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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Does Fred Hiatt Even Read the Washington Post? — Update: Folks are gathering over at the post.blog to make their feelings on the subject known. — For years now the GOP machine has succeeded in strong-arming the Washington Post into legitimizing their propaganda, dribbling …
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Specter: CIA Leak Roles Must Be Explained — WASHINGTON — President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney should speak publicly about their involvement in the CIA leak case so people can understand what happened, a leading Republican senator said Sunday. — "We ought to get to the bottom …
New York Times:
Bush Ordered Declassification, Official Says — WASHINGTON, April 9 — A senior administration official confirmed for the first time on Sunday that President Bush had ordered the declassification of parts of a prewar intelligence report on Iraq in an effort to rebut critics who said the administration …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
What Is Happening At The WaPo? — If an editorial can induce aneurysms, the Washington Post may have killed or wounded a significant slice of left-leaning America with their effort on Sunday - in "A Good Leak" they both defend Libby's leak of the NIE to Judy Miller and beat on Joe Wilson.
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Washington Post:
A Good Leak — President Bush declassified some of the intelligence he used to decide on war in Iraq. Is that a scandal? — PRESIDENT BUSH was right to approve the declassification of parts of a National Intelligence Estimate about Iraq three years ago in order to make clear why he had believed …
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
WaPo Shocker: Editorial Supports President Bush on Recent Leak Allegations
WaPo Shocker: Editorial Supports President Bush on Recent Leak Allegations
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom: Washington Post Editorial Supports President Bush on Supposed Plame …
Eriposte / The Left Coaster: A Washington Post Editor Caught Brazenly Lying: When is this going to stop?
Newsweek:
The Leaker in Chief? — Is he a CEO who stays above the fray?
The Leaker in Chief? — Is he a CEO who stays above the fray?
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The Poor Man Institute
Martin Peretz / The New Republic:
JOHN KERRY AND JESUS: — Continuing his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, John F. Kerry addressed (by telephone) a conference convened by that racist hustler and prevaricator Al Sharpton who won, if I'm not mistaken, exactly one delegate at the party convention in 2004.
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Decision '08
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Ctblogger / ConnecticutBLOG:
Joe Lieberman refuses to rule out independent run — Joe Lieberman met with DTC members in Windsor today and was asked a pointed question from Joe Lalli, a good friend of our favorite 17-year old who grilled a Lieberman staff member earlier this week. — The question was whether …
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Helen Thomas / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Want more Bush? Elect McCain — WASHINGTON — In his bid for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, Sen. John McCain is moving to the right. — The Arizona Republican, who failed to win the Republican presidential nomination in 2000, is the most visible Republican on television …
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John Reynolds / Middlebrow:
The Gospel of Judas or Hugh Hewitt is a Democrat Operative! — Imagine that someone told you that Hugh Hewitt was a secret agent for Howard Dean. With breathless assurance, he tells you that Hugh has been given instructions to act as an advocate of Republican or conservative values as part of an elaborate plan.
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Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Military Plays Up Role of Zarqawi — Jordanian Painted As Foreign Threat To Iraq's Stability — The U.S. military is conducting a propaganda campaign to magnify the role of the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, according to internal military documents and officers familiar with the program.
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Lieut. General Greg Newbold / Time:
"Why I Think Rumsfeld Must Go" — A military insider sounds off …
"Why I Think Rumsfeld Must Go" — A military insider sounds off …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
READY. AIM. SHOOT! — Another round of pro-illegal immigration demonstrations is scheduled to take place tomorrow. One of the groups organizing tomorrow's demonstrations is a Communist organization called International A.N.S.W.E.R. A.N.S.W.E.R., which has championed every tyrant …
Jason Trahan / Dallas Morning News:
Blog: Up to 500,000 march in Dallas — Protest size estimated — About 4:50 p.m., Dallas police estimated the crowd size to be 350,000 to 500,000 in an e-mail from Senior Cpl. Jamie Kimbrough. — From Staff Reports, 4:52 p.m. — Peaceful protest pleases chief
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Top Iraqis Assail Egyptian Leader's Talk of Civil War — BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 9 — Iraqi leaders joined together to denounce President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt today for publicly asserting that Iraq was already engulfed in civil war and that Iraqi Shiites were loyal to Iran.
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Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
No easy answers on immigration conundrum — Here's my immigration "compromise": We need to regularize the situation of the 298 million non-undocumented residents of the United States. Right now, we get a lousy deal compared with the 15 million fine upstanding members of the Undocumented American community.
Crooks and Liars:
Sy Hersh on the "Iran war plans" — Sy Hersh on the "Iran war plans" — Sy Hersh was on "Late Edition", and talked about his new article in the New Yorker with Wolf Blitzer about serious war plans being drawn up against Iran-that includes nukes-which is causing military leaders to say they'll resign.
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Time:
Pssst! Who's behind the decline of politics? [Consultants.] — On the evening of april 4, 1968, about an hour after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Robert F. Kennedy responded with a powerfully simple speech, which he delivered spontaneously in a black neighborhood of Indianapolis.
Reuters:
Republican leader rejects guest worker plan — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Majority Leader John Boehner on Sunday rejected efforts to establish a guest worker program in the United States, despite calls from President Bush to make provisions for millions of current illegal immigrants.
Jill Abramson / New York Times:
When Will We Stop Saying 'First Woman to _____'? — IT was the Platonic ideal of the ladies' lunch. There was chicken salad, parfait and blue Tiffany gift boxes. There was the first woman president, her friend Louise and, though we did not know it for certain, the first female solo network news anchor.