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Toni Locy / Associated Press:
Justice Dept. Probing Domestic Spying Leak — WASHINGTON - The Justice Department has opened an investigation into the leak of classified information about President Bush's secret domestic spying program, Justice officials said Friday. — The officials, who requested anonymity …
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FINALLY: JUSTICE DEPT. OPENS NSA LEAK PROBE — ***scroll for updates...leaks leading to both NYTimes' NSA story and WashPost secret CIA prison story are under investigation...*** — It's about time. Via Breitbart/AP: … Fox News reporting that the White House is expected to comment on the probe.
Greg Simmons / Fox News:
Justice Department Opens NSA Leak Probe — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has opened an investigation into the leak of information to the media about a domestic eavesdropping program run by the National Security Agency, senior Justice Department officials confirmed Friday.
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MSNBC:
Justice Dept. to probe leak of spy program — Bush had called disclosure a 'shameful act'; NY Times reported NSA story — WASHINGTON - The Justice Department has launched an investigation to see who disclosed details about a secret domestic eavesdropping operation, department officials said Friday.
CNN:
Inquiry into leak of NSA spying program launched — WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Justice Department has opened an investigation into leaks to the media about the classified domestic National Security Agency surveillance program. — The New York Times was the first to report the story …
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Reuters:
US probes eavesdropping leak — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has launched an investigation to determine who disclosed a secret NSA eavesdropping operation approved by President George W. Bush after the September 11 attacks, officials said on Friday.
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Mac Ranger / Macsmind:Calling Mr. Fitzgerald? — As I told you about in this post yesterday …
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Dana Priest / Washington Post:
Covert CIA Program Withstands New Furor — The effort President Bush authorized shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, to fight al Qaeda has grown into the largest CIA covert action program since the height of the Cold War, expanding in size and ambition despite a growing outcry at home and abroad …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:Exempt Media Blows Cover On Another Key Counterterrorism Program
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Peter Carlson / Washington Post:
Raiding the Icebox — Behind Its Warm Front, the United States Made Cold Calculations to Subdue Canada — Invading Canada won't be like invading Iraq: When we invade Canada, nobody will be able to grumble that we didn't have a plan. — The United States government does have a plan to invade Canada.
Greg Saunders / This Modern World:
More Torture Memos — Former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig Murray is defying a gag-order and publishing torture memos on his blog relating to the coordination between the Uzbek, British, and American governments. As Kos says, it's brutal : … Here's what that partnership looks like in action :
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BBC:
Minister goes in Iraq oil crisis — Iraqi Oil Minister Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum has been temporarily released from his post amid a dispute over the government's petrol pricing policy. — He is to be replaced for 30 days by Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi.
Michael Idov / Slate:
Bitter Brew — I opened a charming neighborhood coffee shop. Then it destroyed my life. — You know that charming little cafe on New York's Lower East Side that just closed after a mere six months in business—where coffee was served on silver trays with a glass of water and a little chocolate cookie?
Charles S. Johnson / Billings Gazette:
Tax rule change angers groups — HELENA - Representatives of accountants, real estate agents, title agents, ranchers and business groups accused the Revenue Department Thursday of usurping the Legislature's authority with its proposed rule change. — They charged that the state Revenue Department …
myrtlebeachonline.com:
Assumptions about Katrina victims may be incorrect, data reveal — NEW ORLEANS - Four months after Hurricane Katrina, analyses of data suggest that some widely reported assumptions about the storm's victims were incorrect. — For example, a comparison of locations where 874 bodies …
William Safire / New York Times:
The Office Pool, 2006 — HERE is your 32nd annual chance to Beat the Pundit. In each multiple choice, pick one, none or all. In a good year, a master prognosticator gets four right. — 1. U.S. troops in Iraq at 2006 year's end will number: (a) current "base line" 138,000; (b) …
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