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Confederate Yankee:
Well, the Smell is Certainly Biological... The Washington Post, which within the past week blasted President Bush for declassifying a story to defend false allegations by Joe Wilson, collected classified information of its own through anonymous sources and leaked it on page one Wednesday, declaring:
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
The Minority Report — The Washington Post runs a deceptive and dishonest report about the evaluation of the Iraqi trailers that had been identified as biological weapons labs prior to the invasion in March 2003. Their front-page story announces breathlessly that the Bush administration ignored …
Reuters:
White House denies report on Iraq WMD — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday angrily denied a newspaper report that suggested President George W. Bush in 2003 declared the existence of biological weapons laboratories in Iraq while knowing it was not true.
Michael Tomasky / TAPPED:
DEAN CALLS FOR DECLASSIFICATION RE WASHPOST PIECE. DNC Chairman Howard Dean this morning called on the Bush administration to declassify a 2003 Defense Intelligence Agency-sponsored report that undercuts a key administration claim about Saddam Hussein-era Iraqi weapons.
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Lacking Biolabs, Trailers Carried Case for War
Lacking Biolabs, Trailers Carried Case for War
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Bloomberg:
Iran Could Produce Nuclear Bomb in 16 Days, U.S. Says (Update1) — April 12 (Bloomberg) — Iran, which is defying United Nations Security Council demands to cease its nuclear program, may be capable of making a nuclear bomb within 16 days if it goes ahead with plans to install thousands …
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Juan / Informed Comment:
Iran Can Now Make glowing Mickey Mouse Watches — Despite all the sloppy and inaccurate headlines about Iran "going nuclear," the fact is that all President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday was that it had enriched uranium to a measely 3.5 percent, using a bank of 180 centrifuges hooked up so that they "cascade."
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David Ignatius:
An Iranian Missile Crisis? — The emerging confrontation between the United States and Iran is "the Cuban missile crisis in slow motion," argues Graham Allison, the Harvard University professor who wrote the classic study of President John F. Kennedy's 1962 showdown with the Soviet Union that narrowly averted nuclear war.
New York Times:
At the White House, Engaging Iran With Words Over Action — WASHINGTON, April 11 — One of President Bush's most senior foreign policy advisers spoke with unusual candor last week about the quandary the White House faces as it tries to confront Iran. — "The problem is that our policy …
Barry Schweid / Associated Press:
Rice Calls for 'Strong Steps' Against Iran — Denouncing Iran's successful enrichment of uranium as unacceptable to the international community, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday the U.N. Security Council must consider "strong steps" to induce Tehran to change course.
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Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Iran says it's moving toward large-scale uranium enrichment
Iran says it's moving toward large-scale uranium enrichment
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Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
Fitzgerald Retreats on a Claim Critics Had Used Against Bush — In a startling move, a special prosecutor investigating the leak of a CIA operative's identity retreated yesterday from an assertion that news outlets and critics of the administration seized on as evidence that President Bush …
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Robert Scheer / truthdig.com:
Now Powell Tells Us
Now Powell Tells Us
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Diana Walsh / San Francisco Chronicle:
Military recruiters, confronted by crowd, leave campus job fair — Anti-war protesters at university block doors to building — Four military recruiters hastily fled a job fair Tuesday morning at UC Santa Cruz after a raucous crowd of student protesters blocked an entrance to the building …
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newt.org:
Speaker Gingrich's remarks on Iraq at the University of South Dakota — Gingrich Communications April 11 2006 — Released 4/11/2006 at 2:05pm ET. Updated 2:40pm ET. — The Argus Leader article, Gingrich at USD: Pull out of Iraq (video) has caused confusion as to Newt's position …
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Arthur Silber / Once Upon a Time:
Morality, Humanity and Civilization: "Nothing remains...but memories" — The San Francisco Chronicle is offering a ten-part series about the Great Earthquake of 1906 and its aftermath. The opening installment begins: … Nature frequently does not announce in advance her intentions to fundamentally alter the world.
Richard Lindzen / Opinion Journal:
Climate of Fear — Global-warming alarmists intimidate dissenting scientists into silence. — There have been repeated claims that this past year's hurricane activity was another sign of human-induced climate change. Everything from the heat wave in Paris to heavy snows in Buffalo …
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W. Thomas Smith, Jr / Townhall.com:
Dispelling myths about American soldiers — Myths abound when it comes to military personnel in the modern American armed forces. Most are in some way related to recruiting new soldiers, who's fighting, and who's dying. — Five of the biggest myths include:
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John Byrne / rawstory.com:
Pentagon admits spying on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' protests — The Pentagon confirmed Tuesday that the Defense Department surveilled groups opposed to the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law banning openly lesbian, gay and bisexual service members, RAW STORY has learned.
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People:
Oprah Winfrey: Wealth Is 'A Good Thing' — By Stephen M. Silverman with Susan Mandel — Oprah Winfrey is a rich woman - and she's got no problem with that. — Speaking in Baltimore on Monday at a fundraiser for Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School, Winfrey told the audience, "I have lots of things, like all these Manolo Blahniks.
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
A Street Corner in Ramadi [Updated with another photo from February of 2005] — Did the media fall for yet another insurgent information operation in Ramadi? — Click to play CNN video of Ramadi incident — Last weekend, several news sources, including the Associated Press and CNN …
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Amy Har / New York Times:
Seeking Ancestry in DNA Ties Uncovered by Tests — Alan Moldawer's adopted twins, Matt and Andrew, had always thought of themselves as white. But when it came time for them to apply to college last year, Mr. Moldawer thought it might be worth investigating the origins of their slightly tan-tinted skin …