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Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
More Questions Raised About Delay in Reporting Cheney Misfire  —  NEW YORK The more than 18-hour delay in news emerging that the Vice President of the United States had shot a man, sending him to an intensive care unit with his wounds, grew even more curious late Sunday.
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Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
Cheney Shoots Fellow Hunter in Mishap on a Texas Ranch  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 — Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a prominent Austin, Tex., lawyer on Saturday while the two men were quail hunting in South Texas, firing a shotgun at the man while trying to aim for a bird, a member of the hunting party said.
John Gideon / THE BRAD BLOG:
BREAKING: Cheney Shoots Man While Hunting, News Held for 24 Hours...  UPDATES...Ranch Owner Hired Cheney at Halliburton, on Covert FISA Board Under Reagan, Bush Pioneer...  Incident Occurred Saturday, Not Released Until Moments Ago...HOSPITAL SPOKESMAN ON WHITTINGTON'S CONDITION …
Houston Chronicle:
Cheney accidentally shoots fellow hunter in South Texas  —  The 78-year-old Austin attorney is 'doing very well'  —  CORPUS CHRISTI - A prominent Austin lawyer is expected to be released from a hospital here today after being accidentally shot and slightly injured by Vice President Dick Cheney during …
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Wonkette
Newsdesk / Chicago Tribune:
Slow (White House) trigger on Cheney  —  How is it that Vice President Cheney can shoot a man, albeit accidentally, on Saturday during a hunting trip and the American public not be informed of it until today?  —  That will likely be the main question asked of the White House …
Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
Cheney Accidentally Shoots a Fellow Hunter
Shakespeare's Sister:   Cheney Shooting Kept Quiet for Almost 24 Hours
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Cheney Accidentally Shoots Fellow Hunter
Jim Krane / Associated Press:
Gore Laments U.S. 'Abuses' Against Arabs  —  JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Former Vice President Al Gore told a mainly Saudi audience on Sunday that the U.S. government committed "terrible abuses" against Arabs after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and that most Americans did not support such treatment.
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TigerHawk:
The Gorebot: attacking America from the fountainhead of jihad  —  Al Gore has travelled to the heart of the Wahabbi Muslim world and attacked the United States.  One is almost forced to wonder whether he has completely lost his mind. … This is asinine both substantively and procedurally.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:   Al Gore Sells Out To The Saudis
The Big Trunk / Power Line:   AL OF ARABIA  —  The adage that "politics stops at the water's edge" …
Tom Bevan / The RCP Blog:
Stuck on Stupid: Ann Coulter & Al Gore
Maggie Farley / Los Angeles Times:
Report: U.S. Is Abusing Captives  — A U.N. inquiry says the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay at times amounts to torture and violates international law.  —  NEW YORK — A draft United Nations report on the detainees at Guantanamo Bay concludes that the U.S. treatment of them violates …
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Con Coughlin / Telegraph:
UN inquiry demands immediate closure of Guantanamo  —  A United Nations inquiry has called for the immediate closure of America's Guantanamo Bay detention centre and the prosecution of officers and politicians "up to the highest level" who are accused of torturing detainees.
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Spying Necessary, Democrats Say  —  But Harman, Daschle Question President's Legal Reach  —  Two key Democrats yesterday called the NSA domestic surveillance program necessary for fighting terrorism but questioned whether President Bush had the legal authority to order it done without getting congressional approval.
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Larry Johnson / NO QUARTER:
National Security: The Attack on the Constitution
Brigade de l'Argent des Français:
La BAF crash la manif des Islamistes contre les caricatures  —  La BAF dédicace ce gag à tous les défenseurs de la liberté d'expression et la liberté de se marrer, vivant dans des pays où les islamistes et assimilés sévissent (Syrie, Iran, Liban, Algérie, etc.).
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Michelle Malkin:
VIDEO: STANDING UP IN FRANCE  —  There are a few brave men left in France.  Hooray!  Two of them—dressed in pro-Denmark shirts and gear—went to the Islamists' demonstration over the Mohammed cartoons at the Place de la Nation in Paris, France this weekend.  Take a look at what happened to Arthur Wneir and Erik Svane:
Bryan Bender / Boston Globe:
Iran is prepared to retaliate, experts warn  —  WASHINGTON — Iran is prepared to launch attacks using long-range missiles, secret commando units, and terrorist allies planted around the globe in retaliation for any strike on the country's nuclear facilities, according to new US intelligence assessments and military specialists.
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Gateway Pundit:
Iran Invites World to Join Holocaust Cartoon Contest  —  Hamshahri Newspaper in Iran published the rules for their international Holocaust Cartoon Contest today on their website.  —  (Click on each half to enlarge)  —  The number of contributions per person is 3 entries at most.
Discussion: Kesher Talk
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Gateway Pundit:
The 27 Years of Happy Mullacracy Party Ends Up a Bust
Discussion: daneshjoo.org and Publius Pundit
Christine Hauser / New York Times:
Big Snowstorm Sets Record in New York and Disrupts Travel  —  A record amount of snow fell in Central Park in New York today as a major storm inundated the Northeast, closing regional airports, canceling hundreds of flights and for several hours virtually paralyzing normal traffic for city residents …
Discussion: A Blog For All
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Karen Matthews / Associated Press:
Record-Setting Snow Buries Northeast
Discussion: Instapundit.com
Greg B. Smith / NY Daily News:
Shameful abuse of 9/11 footage  —  He's paid $300,000, but keeps 30,000 pix  —  A budding filmmaker that FEMA found in the yellow pages used his taxpayer-funded video of the smoldering World Trade Center ruins in a documentary featuring topless women chatting about their breasts, a Daily News investigation has found.

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