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Palestinian PM says government will quit after Hamas win — Israeli PM: 'Will not negotiate' with those who won't fight terrorism — RAMALLAH, West Bank (CNN) — In a stunning development ahead of official election results, Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei said Thursday he and others …
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Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
Hamas Claims Victory in Palestinian Elections — Group Says It Has Clear Majority of Seats; Prime Minister and Cabinet Resign — RAMALLAH, West Bank, Jan. 26 — The radical Islamic group Hamas claimed victory Thursday in voting for the first Palestinian parliament in a decade …
New York Times:
Anticipating Hamas Victory, Palestinian Cabinet Resigns — RAMALLAH, West Bank - The Palestinian prime minister, Ahmed Qurei, and his government submitted their resignations Thursday as the radical Islamic faction Hamas appeared to have scored a major upset and defeated the ruling Fatah party in parliamentary elections.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Welcome To War — Exit polling turned out to be optimistic for the now-defunct Palestinian Authority, dominated by Fatah since its founding by Yasser Arafat. The supposedly reformed terrorist kept the government as a sinecure for his PLO comrades, and made sure that any elections held …
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Patrick Belton / OxBlog:UF, WELL THAT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN! When I wrote …
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Alexandra von Maltzan / All Things Beautiful:A Dark Victory — The radical Islamist movement Hamas win the Palestinian elections.
William Branigin / Washington Post:Bush: Hamas Must Alter Stance on Israel to Be 'Partner in Peace'
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
White House Dismissed '02 Surveillance Proposal — The Bush administration rejected a 2002 Senate proposal that would have made it easier for FBI agents to obtain surveillance warrants in terrorism cases, concluding that the system was working well and that it would likely be unconstitutional to lower the legal standard.
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Words, Deeds on Spying Differed — Even as warrantless U.S. eavesdropping was being conducted, the White House opposed easing rules on the issue in 2002 to avoid public debate. — WASHINGTON — Four years ago, top Bush administration lawyers told Congress they opposed lowering …
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Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
The Power-Madness of King George — Is Bush turning America into an elective dictatorship? — It's tempting to dismiss the debate about the National Security Agency spying on Americans as a technical conflict about procedural rights. President Bush believes he has the legal authority …
New York Times:
Senators in Need of a Spine — Judge Samuel Alito Jr., whose entire history suggests that he holds extreme views about the expansive powers of the presidency and the limited role of Congress, will almost certainly be a Supreme Court justice soon. His elevation will come courtesy …
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Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:Alito Picks Up Second Democrat Supporter
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Ira Stoll / New York Sun:
Iraq's WMD Secreted in Syria, Sada Says — The man who served as the no. 2 official in Saddam Hussein's air force says Iraq moved weapons of mass destruction into Syria before the war by loading the weapons into civilian aircraft in which the passenger seats were removed.
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Right Wing Nut House:
OH THOSE PESKY IRAQI WMD'S! — For almost three years, the conventional wisdom regarding Iraq WMD's prior to our invasion was that Saddam never had them, we knew it, Bush lied, and we invaded anyway because we wanted their oil, or to establish military bases, or because George Bush is a meany …
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Milt Freudenheim / New York Times:
Prognosis Is Mixed for Health Savings — President Bush has made "consumer-directed" health savings plans a cornerstone of his policy for addressing runaway medical costs, and he plans to push them again in the State of the Union address next week. But so far there is little evidence …
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Media Blog on National Review Online:
The Left's Revolution Against the Media — I think this post, written by Salon's Peter Daou, captures the essence of a movement that is sweeping the liberal side of the blogosphere. In the past few weeks, liberal blogs have organized campaigns against Chris Matthews, Tim Russert and the the Washington Post …
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Washington Post:
President Bush Holds a White House Press Conference — SPEAKER: GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES — BUSH: I thank you all very much. Look forward to answering some of your questions here in a minute. — I'm also looking forward to going up to Capitol Hill next Tuesday to give my State of the Union address.
Maeve Reston / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Santorum denies ties to 'K Street Project' — WASHINGTON — With Democrats comparing his ties to lobbyists with "organized crime," Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., yesterday swung back, saying the Democratic criticism amounted to libel and unequivocally denying that he helped shape the GOP's controversial "K Street Project."
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Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:GOP Freezes Jobs List, a Vestige of the K Street Project
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Mickey Kaus / Slate:
Worst Beltway Incest Yet? — Tim Russert isn't doing his son any favor. — Earl Ofari Hutchinson contributes a forceful and admirably BS-free post on a dirty little un-PC secret of the Democratic coalition: Anti-illegal immigrant sentiment among blacks. ...
The Poor Man Institute:
Let's stage an all-star panel on blogger ethics in my pants — Scattered thoughts on the Deborah Howell dust-up: — 1. Wha' happened? Finding someone to explain approximately what it was all about has not been easy. Pointless wankers like Jack Shafer carefully considered that nice …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
In Case About Google's Secrets, Yours Are Safe — The Justice Department went to court last week to try to force Google, by far the world's largest Internet search engine, to turn over an entire week's worth of searches. The move, which Google is fighting, has alarmed its users …
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
R.I. Senate: Does Chafee's Future Hinge on Alito Vote? — With the confirmation vote on Samuel A. Alito Jr. nearing, Rhode Island Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R) faces a Hobson's choice that could dramatically affect his reelection campaign this November. — Chafee remains the most high-profile undecided senator …
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neo-neocon:
A mind is a difficult thing to change—Part 6 B (After 9/11: war is interested in you) — You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you. — Leon Trotsky — INTRODUCTION — This segment of the story begins with a shock to the system: 9/11.
