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Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
CIA Ruse Is Said to Have Damaged Probe in Milan — Italy Allegedly Misled on Cleric's Abduction — MILAN — In March 2003, the Italian national anti-terrorism police received an urgent message from the CIA about a radical Islamic cleric who had mysteriously vanished from Milan a few weeks before.
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EXCLUSIVE: Sources Tell ABC News Top Al Qaeda Figures Held in Secret CIA Prisons — 10 Out of 11 High-Value Terror Leaders Subjected to 'Enhanced Interrogation Techniques' — Dec. 5, 2005 — Two CIA secret prisons were operating in Eastern Europe until last month when they were shut …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Rice Defends Tactics Used Against Suspects — Europe Aware of Operations, She Implies — BERLIN, Dec. 6 — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, seeking to dampen a furor in Europe over the CIA's secret detention and transport of suspected terrorists on European soil …
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New York Times:
Texas Judge Lets Stand 2 of 3 Charges Against DeLay — HOUSTON, Dec. 5 - A Texas judge dismissed one charge against Representative Tom Delay on Monday but let stand two more serious charges, complicating Mr. DeLay's hopes of regaining his post as House majority leader when Congress resumes in January.
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Lindsey Graham / Washington Post:
Rules for Our War — In my view, the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were an act of war, not a mere crime. Our terrorist enemies don't represent a sovereign nation, wear a uniform, follow the rules of armed conflict or show any regard for humanity. The key difference between them and us is that we care about these things.
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Jonathan Allen / The Hill:
A fellow torture victim splits with Sen. McCain — Two highly decorated veterans who were held captive together in a Vietnamese prison camp more than three decades ago find themselves nose to nose today over U.S. policy on torture. — In a draft letter circulated to some rank …
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William Yardley / New York Times:
Weicker May Return to Politics Over Lieberman's Support of War — HARTFORD, Dec. 5 - Former Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. on Monday criticized Senator Joseph I. Lieberman's continued support of the war in Iraq and said that if no candidate challenged the senator on the issue in the 2006 election, he would consider running.
Mickey Kaus / Slate:
Murtha of All Contradictions — Is it too much to ask him to get his story straight? — Pssst: Don't look now—Bush seems to be reviving among the robots. ... Murtha vs. Murtha: Rep. Murtha on the prospects of an Iraqi civil war: … Continue Article — Rep. Murtha on whether the Iraqis will throw us out:
Jerry Bowyer / National Review:
Bush Boom Continues Unabated — Last week, the growth of gross domestic product was revised upward for the third quarter from an above-average 3.8 percent to a robust 4.3 percent. This level of growth is higher than the averages for the last 10, 20, and 30 years, making it impressive …
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Wesley K. Clark / New York Times:
The Next Iraq Offensive — WHILE the Bush administration and its critics escalated the debate last week over how long our troops should stay in Iraq, I was able to see the issue through the eyes of America's friends in the Persian Gulf region. The Arab states agree on one thing …
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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Dodging Debate On Alito — When conservatives revolted against President Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, they proudly proclaimed their desire for a big debate over constitutional principles. Now they are running from the fight. — No, they are not giving up on Samuel …
Barak / IRIS Blog:
Princeton Censors Ex-PLO Speakers; Likely to Hire PLO Professor — Princeton U. Says Campus Event Against Terrorism is "Too Inflammatory" … Two of the three self-described former terrorists were members of the PLO. Each of them apparently converted to Christianity.
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Marc Morano / CNSNews:
Men Warm Globe, Women Feel the Heat, Group Claims — Montreal (CNSNews.com) - The debate over climate change evolved into a battle of the sexes Monday at the 11th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference in Montreal. The spokesman for a feminist-based environmental group accused men …
Michael Kranish / Boston Globe:
Alito's policy on recusals is questioned — As judge, he was 'present' in case he helped prosecute — WASHINGTON — In 1987, Samuel A. Alito Jr., then the US attorney for the district of New Jersey, signed a bank fraud indictment of a New Jersey man named Larry Kopp.
Rose Nunez / No Credentials:
It's Karaoke Time at the RINO Office Holiday Party — I hope you've all availed yourself of the no-host bar in your refrigerator or liquor cabinet, because we have a fun evening of tunage just ahead. — But before we crank up the record machine, I have a very important announcement to make.
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Craig S. Smith / New York Times:
Raised as Catholic in Belgium, She Died as a Muslim Bomber — MONCEAU-SUR-SAMBRE, Belgium, Dec. 5 - Muriel Degauque, believed to be the first European Muslim woman to stage a suicide attack, started out life as a good Roman Catholic girl in this coal mining corner of Belgium known as the black country.
