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Russians Helped Iraq, Study Says — Papers Show Hussein Was Tipped Off About U.S. Strategy During Invasion — Russian officials collected intelligence on U.S. troop movements and attack plans from inside the American military command leading the 2003 invasion of Iraq and passed that information …
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Camp Saddam — REPRESENTATIVE John Murtha, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, appeared on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday, March 19, to evaluate the war in Iraq on its third anniversary. Murtha, a decorated veteran and longtime hawk, has become a leading spokesman for his party on the war.
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Mike Eckel / Associated Press:
Russian Spies Operated in Iraq Through '03 — MOSCOW - Russia had a military intelligence unit operating in Iraq up through the 2003 U.S. invasion and fall of Baghdad, a Russian analyst said Friday as the Pentagon reported Moscow fed Saddam Hussein's government with intelligence on the American military.
Patrick Baz / MSNBC:
Report: Russia gave Iraq info on U.S. war plan — But intelligence from Russians may have confused, not helped, Saddam — Smoke billowing from burning oil trenches covers Baghdad on April 2, 2003. Russian intelligence reportedly told Saddam Hussein of plans for that day's attack. — NBC VIDEO
Will Dunham / Reuters:
Pentagon report says Russia gave Iraq intelligence
Pentagon report says Russia gave Iraq intelligence
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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Washington Post Blogger Quits After Plagiarism Accusations — A 24-year-old blogger for The Washington Post, Ben Domenech, resigned yesterday after being confronted with evidence that he had plagiarized articles in other publications. — His resignation came after writing six blog items …
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Augustine / RedState:
Contrition — I want to apologize to National Review Online, my friends and colleagues here at RedState, and to any others that have been affected over the past few days. I also want to apologize to my previous editors and writers whose work I used inappropriately and without attribution.
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Krempasky / RedState:
On behalf of RedState — A young man took something and called it his own. He owes apologies to those writers, his editors, and especially his friends who have rushed to his defense in the past 48 hours. It is an embarrassing offense — and one rightly criticized.
The Corner on National Review Online:
DOMENECH, CONTINUED [The Editors] — As we mentioned in our earlier editor's note, staff here at National Review Online are going through all of the pieces Ben Domenech has written for us (the most recent of which appears to have been published in 2002) in light of questions raised in the wake …
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
Ben Domenech takes responsibility
Ben Domenech takes responsibility
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Michael Powell / Washington Post:
Near Paul Revere Country, Anti-Bush Cries Get Louder — HOLYOKE, Mass. — To drive through the mill towns and curling country roads here is to journey into New England's impeachment belt. Three of this state's 10 House members have called for the investigation and possible impeachment of President Bush.
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Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
IT'S NOT ISLAMOPHOBIA WHEN THERE REALLY IS SOMETHING TO FEAR: The striking thing about the Abdul Rahman prosecution — in which an Afghanistan court is considering whether to execute Rahman because he converted from Islam to Christianity — is how Establishment the prosecution is.
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Sanjoy Majumder / BBC:
Mood hardens against Afghan convert
Mood hardens against Afghan convert
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Cam Edwards:
The Rally for Rahman — Went pretty well. Here's the obligatory protest babe. — And here's an image of one little girl from Sudan who was in attendance. — Media turnout was good. There were, by my count, four television cameras there, including one from NBC Nightly News.
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Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:
DOJ: NSA Could've Monitored Doctor's Calls — WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Security Agency could have legally monitored ordinarily confidential communications between doctors and patients or attorneys and their clients, the Justice Department said Friday of its controversial warrantless surveillance program.
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Nicola Woolcock / Times of London:
Bomb plot suspect sold poisoned burgers, says supergrass — AN ISLAMIST terrorist sold poisoned burgers from a street-corner van and planned to contaminate beer at a football stadium, the Old Bailey was told yesterday. — The alleged extremist, one of seven on trial for plotting to blow …
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Los Angeles Times:
Iran's Nuclear Steps Quicken, Diplomats Say — Tehran reportedly is gearing up for uranium enrichment. A split in the Security Council may impede efforts to halt the program. — VIENNA — With efforts to halt its nuclear program at an impasse, Iran is moving faster than expected …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Communication Breakdown — Now it gets painful for George W. Bush. Iraq is wrapped around his presidency as tightly as Vietnam was around Lyndon Johnson's. Bush keeps telling the country he has a plan for victory, but the polls suggest the public doesn't believe it.
Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
Iraq Qaeda Chief Seems to Pursue a Lower Profile — Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian terrorist and the head of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, has sharply lowered his profile in recent months, and his group claims to have submitted itself to the leadership of an Iraqi.
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Administration tells Congress (again) - We won't abide by your "laws" — The Republicans and Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee submitted detailed questions to the Bush Administration regarding the NSA program, and the DoJ's responses to both the Democrats' questions and its responses to the Republicans' are now available.
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