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Associated Press:
Second Reporter Asked to Testify on Leak — WASHINGTON - A second Time magazine reporter has been asked to testify in the CIA leak case, this time about her discussions with Karl Rove's attorney, a sign that prosecutors are still exploring charges against the White House aide.
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Woodward's Source - Now The Times Points To Armitage — Who leaked to Bob Woodward that Valerie Plame was at the CIA? — The NY Times provides a handy pop-up graphic highlighting denials and folks who are "not telling". — The pretty slim "not telling" list consists of Richard Armitage …
Empty Wheel / The Next Hurrah:Rove Over and Over — I guess, when I noted in July that Rove …
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Washington Post:
Sympathetic Vibrations — Democrats fumed last week at Vice President Cheney's suggestion that criticism of the administration's war policies was itself becoming a hindrance to the war effort. But a new poll indicates most Americans are sympathetic to Cheney's point.
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
IT'S A REVERSE-VIETNAM: On Reliable Sources I said that the Plame scandal was a reverse-Watergate, with the press, not the White House, keeping the important secrets about what happened. But looking at the transcript, I see that Iraq is also a reverse Vietnam, as made clear in this statement from UPI correspondent Pamela Hess:
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:"Sympathetic Vibrations" — So. How's that Republican pushback …
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Sean Rayment / Telegraph:
'Trophy' video exposes private security contractors shooting up Iraqi drivers — A "trophy" video appearing to show security guards in Baghdad randomly shooting Iraqi civilians has sparked two investigations after it was posted on the internet, the Sunday Telegraph can reveal.
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Daily Kos:
"Trophy Video" of Civilian Shootings By Contractors Emerges — Oh, that's just great. Just great. From the Sunday Telegraph (UK): … According to the Telegraph reporter, the video is even set to music: "Mystery Train", by Elvis Presley. — And so the circle — or spiral — continues.
Agence France Presse:
White House claims 'strong consensus' on Iraq pullout — WASHINGTON (AFP) - The White House has for the first time claimed ownership of an Iraq withdrawal plan, arguing that a troop pullout blueprint unveiled this past week by a Democratic senator was "remarkably similar" to its own.
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Times of London:
Giant mosque for 40,000 may be built at London Olympics — A MASSIVE mosque that will hold 40,000 worshippers is being proposed beside the Olympic complex in London to be opened in time for the 2012 Games. — The project's backers hope the mosque and its surrounding buildings would hold …
NY Daily News:
All disquiet on West Wing front — Aides: W must right ship — WASHINGTON - Embattled White House aides have begun to believe President Bush must take the reins personally if his evaporating agenda and credibility are to be salvaged. — "We're just plodding along," …
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Jim Hoagland / Washington Post:
Middle East Surprises — Call it history's revenge or the Nixon-goes-to-China syndrome run amok: Events in the Middle East now force political leaders to eat vows never to do certain things and then pronounce the dish tasty. Their reversals carry seeds of hope for a desperate region.
Sarah Baxter / Times of London:
Bruce Willis comes out fighting for Iraq's forgotten GI heroes — ANGERED by negative portrayals of the conflict in Iraq, Bruce Willis, the Hollywood star, is to make a pro-war film in which American soldiers will be depicted as brave fighters for freedom and democracy.
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Don Surber / Don Surber After Hours:
RINO Sightings, NSFW Edition — I have looked forward to hosting the RINO Sightings since August. I have only been a RINO for three years. Before that, I was a DINO. Some say I am a WINO (West Virginian In Name Only) and my wife insists that she is a SINO; I say I was born this way, what is her excuse?
Arthur Silber / Once Upon a Time:
When Honor Is No Longer Possible: A Nation Beyond Forgiveness — Some stories are almost impossible to contemplate. This is one of them. — In June, Col. Ted Westhusing was found dead near the Baghdad airport. His death was most likely a suicide, a single gunshot wound to the head.
New York Times:
Look Who's Talking About Making a Comeback in the Senate — WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 - Trent Lott is talking again - and again and again and again. — It has been three years since White House officials and some Senate Republicans orchestrated Mr. Lott's ouster as Senate majority leader amid an uproar over racially insensitive remarks.
Frank Rich / truthout.org:
Dishonest, Reprehensible, Corrupt ... George W. Bush is so desperate for allies that his hapless Asian tour took him to Ulan Bator, a first for an American president, so he could mingle with the yaks and give personal thanks for Mongolia's contribution of some 160 soldiers to "the coalition of the willing."
