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Seymour M. Hersh / New Yorker:
THE IRAN PLANS — Would President Bush go to war to stop Tehran from getting the bomb? — The Bush Administration, while publicly advocating diplomacy in order to stop Iran from pursuing a nuclear weapon, has increased clandestine activities inside Iran and intensified planning for a possible major air attack.
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Philip Sherwell / Telegraph:
Bush 'is planning nuclear strikes on Iran's secret sites' — The Bush administration is planning to use nuclear weapons against Iran, to prevent it acquiring its own atomic warheads, claims an investigative writer with high-level Pentagon and intelligence contacts.
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Agence France Presse:
US considers use of nuclear weapons against Iran — WASHINGTON (AFP) - The administration of President George W. Bush is planning a massive bombing campaign against Iran, including use of bunker-buster nuclear bombs to destroy a key Iranian suspected nuclear weapons facility, The New Yorker magazine has reported in its April 17 issue.
Washington Post:
U.S. Is Studying Military Strike Options on Iran — Any Mix of Tact, Threats Alarms Critics — The Bush administration is studying options for military strikes against Iran as part of a broader strategy of coercive diplomacy to pressure Tehran to abandon its alleged nuclear development program …
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John / AMERICAblog:
Seymour Hersh: Bush already decided on war against Iran, thinking of using nukes
Seymour Hersh: Bush already decided on war against Iran, thinking of using nukes
Washington Post:
A 'Concerted Effort' to Discredit Bush Critic — Prosecutor Describes Cheney, Libby as Key Voices Pitching Iraq-Niger Story — As he drew back the curtain this week on the evidence against Vice President Cheney's former top aide, Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald for the first time described a …
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New York Times:
Intelligence Leaked by Aide to Cheney Was in Dispute — WASHINGTON, April 8 — When President Bush authorized Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff to reveal previously classified intelligence to a reporter about Saddam Hussein's efforts to obtain uranium, that information was already …
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
"I will tell you, nowhere in there, nowhere, not in one page, not in one phrase uttered and reported by the Lord Jesus Christ..." — "... can you find anything that suggests that there is a virtue in cutting children from Medicaid and taking money from the poor and giving it to the rich," …
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Martin Peretz / The New Republic:
THE PROBLEM WITH JOHN KERRY:
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Investor's Business Daily:
More Damning Documents On Saddam — Origins Of War: The latest in a stream of eye-opening Iraqi documents shows Saddam Hussein's regime was planning suicide attacks on U.S. interests six months before 9-11. Why won't Washington get the word out? — Last month the Pentagon began releasing …
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Agence France Presse:
Bigs bunny: monster rabbit devours English veggie plots — LONDON (AFP) - In a tale reminiscent of the last Wallace and Gromit movie, furious villagers in northeast England have hired armed guards to protect their beloved communal vegetable gardens from a suspected monster rabbit.
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Jack Hitt / New York Times:
Pro-Life Nation — It was a sunny midafternoon in a shiny new global-economy mall in San Salvador, the capital city of El Salvador, and a young woman I was hoping to meet appeared to be getting cold feet. She had agreed to rendezvous with a go-between not far from the Payless shoe store and then come to a nearby hotel to talk to me.
Philip Shenon / New York Times:
Lobbying Cases Shine Spotlight on Family Ties — WASHINGTON, April 8 — On Dec. 3, 2003, Aeneas Enterprises opened for business in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, and judging by its bank records, the small consulting company with no listed telephone number was an instant success.
New York Times:
U.S. Study Paints Somber Portrait of Iraqi Discord — WASHINGTON, April 8 — An internal staff report by the United States Embassy and the military command in Baghdad provides a sobering province-by-province snapshot of Iraq's political, economic and security situation …
Larry Ribstein / Ideoblog:
Is Disney about to be reversed? — The Delaware supreme court is taking a long time following oral arguments to decide Disney. I believe this means it's about to reverse. Assuming I'm right so far, the question is why. Here I'm going to take a stab at predicting the general outlines …
White House:
President's Radio Address — THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week, Members of the United States Senate reached a promising bipartisan compromise on comprehensive immigration reform. Unfortunately, this compromise is being blocked by the Senate Democratic leader who has refused …
Ryan Singel / Wired News:
Whistle-Blower Outs NSA Spy Room — AT&T provided National Security Agency eavesdroppers with full access to its customers' phone calls, and shunted its customers' internet traffic to data-mining equipment installed in a secret room in its San Francisco switching center …
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
washingtonpost.com > Live Discussions — Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and Washington Post columnist David S. Broder will be online Friday, April 7, at 1:30 p.m. ET to answer your questions about the world of politics, from the latest maneuverings on Capitol Hill to developments in the White House.