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Adam Entous / Reuters:
Plame's husband wants Post to probe Woodward — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Joseph Wilson, the husband of outed CIA operative Valerie Plame, called on Thursday for an inquiry by The Washington Post into the conduct of journalist Bob Woodward, who repeatedly criticized the leak investigation without disclosing his own involvement.
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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
15 Questions for Bob Woodward — 1. If you didn't tell your editor, Len Downie, about the CIA leak because you were so afraid of being subpoenaed, why did you supposedly tell Walter Pincus? Did you trust Pincus but not Downie? — 2. Why were you afraid of being subpoenaed in 2003?
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Wall Street Journal, azerbic, Hullabaloo, Slate, Washington Post, TalkLeft, The Reaction and firedoglake
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Hawkish Democrat Calls for Iraq Pullout — WASHINGTON - One of Congress' most hawkish and influential Democrats called Thursday for an immediate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, sparking bitter and personal salvos from both sides in a growing Capitol Hill uproar over President Bush's war policies.
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John / AMERICAblog:
Pentagon starts trying to swift boat Cong. Murtha — Well, that didn't take long. — Anonymous sources (read: cowards) at the Pentagon are already telling CNN that Murtha, a 37-year Marine, is being "irresponsible" by alerting folks to the fact that our military is "suffering" …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:Democrats Keep Shifting Towards Surrender
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The Moderate Voice
Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette:
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THIS... The Honorable John P Murtha, D Pa, is concerned for me: … Okay, he's concerned for all the troops, and because of that I'm willing to help him out. — In his speech demanding our immediate surrender in Iraq he cited this statistic on casualties over there: "Over 15,500 have been seriously injured".
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Hugh Hewitt
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Andrew / www.AndrewSullivan.com:MURTHA, MURTHA: — The Bushies are all over John Murtha.
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Donklephant
house.gov:The Honorable John P. Murtha
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James Glanz / New York Times:
Issuing Contracts, Ex-Convict Took Bribes in Iraq, U.S. Says — A North Carolina man who was charged yesterday with accepting kickbacks and bribes as a comptroller and financial officer for the American occupation authority in Iraq was hired despite having served prison time for felony fraud in the 1990's.
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Mark Sherman / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:American charged in Iraq scheme an ex-con
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Patridiot Watch
Jim / Jim Lowney Photo:
Party Like It's 1999 — A little corvid out in Reno mentioned yesterday that the mad Aussie journo Tim Blair was back in the Big Apple. I hadn't smoked cigarettes and swilled Chardonnay with Mr. Blair since we covered the Axis of Ass during last year's Republican convention.
ITV:
'Cheney is vice president for torture' — A former CIA director has exclusively told ITV News that torture is condoned and even approved by the Bush government. — The devastating accusations have been made by Admiral Stansfield Turner who labelled Dick Cheney "a vice president for torture".
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Power Line
Guardian:
Simon Tisdall and Ewen MacAskill — Iran is facing political paralysis as its newly elected president purges government institutions, bringing accusations that he is undertaking a coup d'état. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's clearout of his opponents began last month but is more sweeping …
New York Times:
SPEAKERS: U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DUNCAN HUNTER (R-CA) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE KAY GRANGER (R-TX) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE GEOFF DAVIS (R-KY) — U.S. REPRESENTATIVE MIKE CONAWAY (R-TX) — U.S. REPRESENTATIVE ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN (R-FL) — U.S. REPRESENTATIVE TOM TANCREDO (R-CO) — U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DAVID DREIER (R-CA)
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Talking Points Memo
Dana Priest / Washington Post:
Foreign Network at Front of CIA's Terror Fight — Joint Facilities in Two Dozen Countries Account for Bulk of Agency's Post-9/11 Successes — The CIA has established joint operation centers in more than two dozen countries where U.S. and foreign intelligence officers work side by side …
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Patrick / mediabistro.com:
A Leaky Post Newsroom — The Post's internal critiques are proving to be a real opportunity for internal discussion — and the critiques in the wake of the Bob Woodward controversy of this week are no exception. — Now in the wake of more revelations and debates over leaked information …
Matthew Franck / Bench Memos on National Review Online:
Views, Personal and Constitutional — Like Gerry Bradley, I thought Ramesh's piece this morning was (as usual) a fine analysis of where we now stand in the Alito nomination story. Let me add a few more thoughts on this business of Judge Alito's "personal" views on abortion and Roe v. Wade.
Matt Lagrone / Lag in Iraq:
A Wheelchair for Kevin — I'm sure you all recall that we have a friend here who happens to be an Iraqi translator that goes by the alias "Kevin." Kevin was nearly killed in a recent VBIED attack and has been maimed for life. I briefly mentioned him yesterday under "They Say Blogging is Contagious."
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Michelle Malkin
