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Times of London:
Security adviser named as source in CIA scandal — THE mysterious source who gave America's foremost journalist, Bob Woodward, a tip-off about the CIA agent at the centre of one of Washington's biggest political storms was Stephen Hadley, the White House national security adviser, according to lawyers close to the investigation.
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Newsweek:
Sources of Confusion — The Plame drama thickens, as Washington once again tries to guess who Bob Woodward's been talking to. — Nov. 28, 2005 issue - Who was Bob Novak's source? It's a parlor game any Washington insider or media junkie can play—and most do.
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David Corn:
Winning the War...over the War/OSM's Less-than-Stellar Launch — My colleagues at the new Open Source Media site, partly at my suggestion, have scheduled a Blog Carnival for Monday on the controversy over the prewar intelligence. In a Blog Carnival, bloggers deluge a "ringmaster" …
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Clifford J. Levy / New York Times:
Seeing Life Outside New Orleans Alters Life Inside It — TALK to the people trickling back here, and it becomes apparent that before the hurricane, many had about as much experience living elsewhere as Ignatius J. Reilly, the protagonist in one of the seminal novels about New Orleans …
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Sectarian Hatred Pulls Apart Iraq's Mixed Towns — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 19 - Abu Noor's town had become so hostile to Shiites that his wife had not left the house in a month, his family could no longer go to the medical clinic and mortar shells had been lobbed at the houses of two of his religious leaders.
Washington Post:
Iraq War Debate Eclipses All Other Issues — GOP Flounders as Bush's Popularity Falls; Democrats Struggle for a Voice — After largely avoiding the subject since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, lawmakers are suddenly confronting the issue of President Bush's handling of the war. The start hasn't been pretty.
Michelle Malkin:
JUST A YELLOW WOMAN DOING A WHITE MAN'S JOB — And all I get is this lousy t-shirt... During one of countless book-related radio interviews this week, a liberal radio host insultingly asked me whether I write my own column. His question was prompted by vicious anonymous bloggers who portray …
Philip Shenon / New York Times:
Corruption Inquiry Threatens to Ensnare Lawmakers — WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 - The Justice Department has signaled for the first time in recent weeks that prominent members of Congress could be swept up in the corruption investigation of Jack Abramoff, the former Republican superlobbyist …
Terence Hunt / Associated Press:
Bush Rejects Calls for Iraq Withdrawal — Bush Rejects Calls in Congress for U.S. Troop Withdrawal From Iraq As 'A Recipe for Disaster' — BUSAN, South Korea Nov 18, 2005 — President Bush on Saturday swatted down calls in Congress for a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq …
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Open Source Media:
From the founders — "Free speech, not free beer!" — In 1985, that's how the Free Software Foundation first described an idealized world wherein innovative ideas would flow freely though the collaborative environment of the internet. In casting about for a term that would denote freedom …
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Bob Graham / Washington Post:
What I Knew Before the Invasion — In the past week President Bush has twice attacked Democrats for being hypocrites on the Iraq war. "[M]ore than 100 Democrats in the House and Senate, who had access to the same intelligence, voted to support removing Saddam Hussein from power," he said.
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Sean Gleeson:
Hilarious Buckley bio by David Brooks — [Pundit and National Review founder William Buckley turns 80 next week. I wanted to mark the event by linking to "The Greatest Story Ever Told," an hilarious satirical biography of the elder statesman written by David Brooks while still an undergraduate at the University of Chicago.
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Los Angeles Times:
How U.S. Fell Under the Spell of 'Curveball' — The Iraqi informant's German handlers say they had told U.S. officials that his information was 'not proven,' and were shocked when President Bush and Colin L. Powell used it in key prewar speeches. — BERLIN — The German intelligence officials responsible …
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Philip Sherwell / Telegraph:
US offer would allow Teheran to enrich uranium in Russia — President George W Bush has backed a plan to allow Iran to enrich uranium in Russia. The sudden change in tactics over Teheran's controversial nuclear programme has angered hawks in Washington and surprised European diplomats.
Associated Press:
Justice Dept. May Pursue Halliburton Probe — The Justice Department is deciding whether to pursue an investigation into allegations of wrongdoing over how a division of the Halliburton Co. was awarded a contract in Iraq. — Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., released a letter Friday …
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New York Times:
Bill Authorizes Private Purchase of Federal Land — DENVER, Nov. 19 - Private companies and individuals would be able to buy large tracts of federal land, from sagebrush basins to high-peak hiking trails around the West, under the terms of the spending bill passed Friday by a two-vote margin in the House of Representatives.
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Alan Elsner / Reuters:
Bush turns to political base as war support wanes — WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Fighting a decline in public support for the Iraq war and his own leadership, U.S. President George W. Bush and Republican allies have chosen to court his political base with a campaign-style offensive against Democrats.
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, I'M AFRAID — The House leadership had a golden opportunity to make the Democrats put up or shut up tonight, and I'm afraid they blew it. Rep. John Murtha offered a resolution demanding surrender in Iraq within six months (at least, that's how the New York Times describes it …
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