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Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
Calif. Congressman Admits Taking Bribes — Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy and tax charges and tearfully resigned from office, admitting he took $2.4 million in bribes to steer defense contracts to conspirators. — Cunningham, 63, entered pleas …
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Erica Werner / Associated Press:
Rep. Cunningham to Plead Guilty, Source Says — WASHINGTON - Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham will plead guilty to tax violations, a person close to the investigation of the California Republican has told The Associated Press. — Cunningham has been under investigation since his sale of his home …
Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
Calif. Congressman Pleads Guilty — SAN DIEGO — Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy and tax charges involving the sale of his home two years ago to a defense contractor at an inflated price. — Admitting to a judge that he took bribes, Cunningham entered pleas …
sandiegotribune.com:
Cunningham pleads guilty to conspiring to take bribes, income tax evasion — SAN DIEGO - Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham pleaded guilty Monday morning to conspiring to take bribes in exchange for using his influence to help a defense contractor get business. — He also pleaded guilty to one count of income tax evasion.
Maria Newman / New York Times:
Congressman Resigns After Admitting He Took Bribes — Representative Randy Cunningham of California resigned from Congress today after admitting to a federal judge that he had taken $2.4 million in bribes from a military contractor. — Mr. Cunningham, 63, made a brief and tearful announcement …
Associated Press:
GOP lawmaker pleads guilty to tax charge, quits — Rep. Cunningham's sale of home to defense contractor sparked inquiry — SAN DIEGO - Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham resigned Monday after admitting he took $2.4 million as part of guilty pleas in a case that grew from an investigation …
rawstory.com:
Testimony from Rove's former assistant may solidify case that he misled leak inquiry, lawyers say — Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald will present evidence to a second grand jury this week in his two year-old investigation into the outing of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson …
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Bull Moose:
Are Bloggers Necessary? — The Moose urges perspective on the blogosphere. — The author has been blogging on and off for four years with a two year hiatus. It has been a good experience. Where else can someone write unedited in third person as an antlered mammal?
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Seymour M. Hersh / New Yorker:
UP IN THE AIR — Where is the Iraq war headed next? — In recent weeks, there has been widespread speculation that President George W. Bush, confronted by diminishing approval ratings and dissent within his own party, will begin pulling American troops out of Iraq next year.
Anne Gearan / Associated Press:
Ex-Powell Aide Criticizes Detainee Effort — WASHINGTON — A top aide to former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday that wrongheaded ideas for the handling of foreign detainees arose from White House and Pentagon officials who argued that "the president of the United States is all-powerful" …
citizensforethics.org:
CREW FILES IRS COMPLAINT AGAINST JAMES DOBSON'S FOCUS ON THE FAMILY — Washington, DC - Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) today filed an Internal Revenue Services (IRS) complaint against Focus on the Family, a conservative, non-profit organization led by its Founder and Chairman James C. Dobson.
Roger Pilon / Opinion Journal:
Alito and Abortion — Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided, but he shouldn't say if he'd overturn it. — There's little doubt any longer: Samuel Alito's now-famous 1985 memo has changed the dynamics of the upcoming confirmation battle. Not that abortion would not be at the center of the battle in any event …
Lillian Swift / Telegraph:
Iran's war on weblogs - the new voice of dissidents — Iran is fighting a constant battle against dissenters who are using the internet to voice criticism of the Islamic Republic and to push for freedom and democracy. — With the closure of most independent newspapers and magazines in Iran …
John J. Miller / New York Times:
The Very Foundation of Conservatism — Washington — "Please give me a date," William E. Simon used to ask the industrialist John M. Olin years ago, when the two men discussed Mr. Olin's desire to have his charitable foundation go out of business at some point in the future.
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