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9:45 AM ET, April 13, 2006

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Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Iran Vows Not to Back Away From Enrichment
Discussion: All Things Beautiful
Lewis Libby Indictment / TalkLeft:
Late Night Filing: Libby Responds to Fitzgerald  —  Scooter Libby has just filed a 29 page Reply Memorandum (pdf) (to Patrick Fitzgerald's Response) to Libby's Third Motion to Compel Discovery, and 25 pages of exhibits.  —  I just obtained them and am about to start reading.  Details soon.
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Libby's Team Replies On Disclosure  —  Jeralyn Merritt has Team Libby's latest on the disclosure question (29 page .pdf or here) and has added some must-read UPDATES.  It's hard to believe this will make as many headlines as Fitzgerald's last filing, but dig in.
Discussion: Riehl World View
David Johnston / New York Times:
Prosecutor Corrects Filing About Former Aide to Cheney  —  WASHINGTON, April 12 — The prosecutor in the C.I.A. leak case has corrected an assertion he made in a court filing last week about actions taken by I. Lewis Libby Jr., the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney …
New Statesman:
The Euston Manifesto  —  It started with some like-minded progressives meeting in a London pub.  Disenchanted with what they saw as the wrong-headed thinking of the anti-war movement, they began to talk of a new left movement.  By Norman Geras and Nick Cohen
Discussion: Harry's Place
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Guardian:
Introducing the Euston Manifesto
Discussion: BuzzMachine
Michelle Malkin:
WHERE IS BILAL HUSSEIN?  —  Where is Bilal Hussein—and who is he working for?  —  A year ago, I blogged about a controversial, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo taken by an unidentified Associated Press stringer in Iraq.  More background from the blogosphere here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Rumsfeld Rebuked By Retired Generals  —  Ex-Iraq Commander Calls for Resignation  —  The retired commander of key forces in Iraq called yesterday for Donald H. Rumsfeld to step down, joining several other former top military commanders who have harshly criticized the defense secretary's authoritarian style …
Olga Rodriguez / macleans.ca:
Migrants rush to Arizona border anticipating passage of guest-worker plan  —  NOGALES, Mexico (AP) - At a shelter overflowing with migrants airing their blistered feet, Francisco Ramirez nursed muscles sore from trekking through the Arizona desert - a trip that failed when his wife did not have the strength to go on.
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Ronald Brownstein / Los Angeles Times:
Americans Favor Helping Immigrants, Shoring Up Borders
Opinion Journal:
The Minority Maker  —  The clever GOP strategy for defeat in November.  —  If Republicans lose control of Congress in November, they might want to look back at last Thursday as the day it was lost.  That's when the big spenders among House Republicans blew up a deal between the leadership …
Discussion: Decision '08 and HolyCoast.com
George / SEIXON:
Hydrogen Warfare  —  It seems as if the war to drown the Bush administration in old news presented as scandals has begun.  Who will be able to come up with the most hot air?  Walter Pincus, David Sanger & David Barstow, David Shuster, (three Davids, how about that - an Army of Davids...) …
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John / AMERICAblog:
Here is the Democratic message on Iran  —  George Bush has decided to use Iran as a foil to help his sagging poll numbers and to help Republicans in the fall congressional elections.  I'm going to discuss why this is true, and what the Dems should do about it.  —  Iran is ten years away from developing nukes.
Glenn Greenwald / alternet.org:
Gingrich Criticizes Bush, Aids Enemy  —  As Bush apologists realize their leader is presiding over a dying presidency, they are straining to distance themselves from him.  —  Tools  —  A slightly different version of this story first appeared on Unclaimed Territory.
Drew Griffin / CNN:
Congressman accused of using staff to baby-sit  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Two former staff members of U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Michigan, say the longtime Detroit congressman made them baby-sit his children, run errands and work on political campaigns while they were on his congressional payroll.
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Democrats Face Uphill Battle to Retake House  —  An 18-month recruitment drive by the Democrats has produced nearly a dozen strong candidates with the potential for unseating House Republicans, but probably not enough to take back control of the House absent a massive anti-incumbent wave this fall, according to House political experts.
DefenseLINK:
Coalition Launches 'Operation Mountain Lion' in Afghanistan  —  WASHINGTON, April 12, 2006 - Coalition forces, in cooperation with the Afghan National Army, began "Operation Mountain Lion" yesterday to establish security, deter the re-emergence of terrorism, and enhance the sovereignty of Afghanistan, military officials reported today.
Anahad O'Connor / New York Times:
Librarians Win as U.S. Relents on Secrecy Law  —  After fighting ferociously for months, federal prosecutors relented yesterday and agreed to allow a Connecticut library group to identify itself as the recipient of a secret F.B.I. demand for records in a counterterrorism investigation.
 
 
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At Trial, Flight 93 Myth Finally Becomes Reality
Discussion: the talking dog
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Text of Flight 93 Recording
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Doubts About Taking On Tehran
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The mother lode  —  Caitlin Flanagan: housewife, mom, writer, happy.
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Bitter Pill  —  Women's Health Clinic Files Complaint …
John Stossel / Real Clear Politics:
Exaggerating Dire 'Scientific' Warnings
Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette:
THE BATTLE FOR FRAN O'BRIEN'S
John Hughes / Christian Science Monitor:
Bush had good reason to believe there were WMD in Iraq
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