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Newsweek:
Secrets of the CIA — A former colleague says the fired Mary McCarthy 'categorically denies' being the source of the leak on agency renditions. — April 24, 2006 - A former CIA officer who was sacked last week after allegedly confessing to leaking secrets has denied she was the source …
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Andy McCarthy / The Corner on National Review Online:
MCCARTHY'S POLITICAL DONATIONS — I substantially agree with Jonah's point that the extraordinary amount of money at issue here is relevant but not dispositive when it comes to divining Mary McCarthy's motives. But I do think it's highly relevant - not just another fact in a firmament of facts.
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Mac Ranger / Macsmind:Rockefeller did you "teller?" - XII- The Coming Storm for Democrats
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:CIA Leak: The Talking Points Take Shape
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Aljazeera:
Transcript: Bin Laden accuses West — The following is an edited translation of an audiotape attributed to al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, parts of which were aired by Aljazeera on April 23, 2006. (It is not known where or when the recording was made.) — Praise be to Allah …
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Jack Khoury / Haaretz:
Police: Many casualties in Egyptian resort blasts — Three explosions rocked the Sinai resort city of Dahab on Monday night leaving at least 100 dead and wounded, according to the doctor who runs Egypt's rescue squad in the peninsula. — Dr. Said Essa said he was headed to the scene of the blasts …
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CNN:
90 casualties reported in Egypt resort blasts — Red Sea town packed with vacationers — (CNN) — More than 90 people are reported killed or injured in at least three explosions Monday in the Red Sea resort town of Dahab, an Egyptian Interior Ministry official told CNN.
Associated Press:
Three Explosions Rock Sinai Resort Town — CAIRO, Egypt — Three explosions Monday night rocked the Egyptian resort city of Dahab at the height of the tourist season, killing at least 18 people and wounding more than 150 at just one hotel, according to the doctor who runs Egypt's Sinai Peninsula rescue squad.
Walid Phares / Counterterrorism Blog:BIN LADEN'S "STATE OF JIHAD" SPEECH
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CNN:
Bush's approval ratings slide to new low — Poll: Only one-third say he's handling his job well — WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush's approval ratings have sunk to a personal low, with only a third of Americans saying they approve of the way he is handling his job, a national poll released Monday said.
Bill Brubaker / Washington Post:
Bush Admits Mistakes in Iraq, Defends Tactics — President Bush today said mistakes were made in planning for the Iraq invasion, but he defended the troop level he ordered in the initial strike, saying he would have committed the same number if given a second chance.
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Editor and Publisher:
Bush Says He Tried to Avoid War 'To The Max,' Explains How God Shapes His Foreign Policy — NEW YORK President Bush today said he had tried to avoid war with Iraq "diplomatically to the max." — Speaking to a business group in Irvine, Ca., he admitted mistakes were made in planning for the Iraq invasion …
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The Sad Case Of Andrea Clarke — Yesterday, as I was perusing the Democratic Underground, I ran across a very troubling story. I'm reposting it here, so that you can read it just as I did last night (the phone numbers present are x'd out, although you can read them in the original post)...
Faiz / Think Progress:
VIDEO: 8th General Calls For Rumsfeld's Resignation — Fox News is reporting an eighth general has called for Rumsfeld's resignation. Ret. Marine General Paul Van Riper said he constantly talks with many active duty and retired senior officers who share his feelings that Secretary Rumsfeld has not fought the Iraq war competently.
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Michelle Malkin:
INTRODUCING HOT AIR — I'm excited to introduce you today to Hot Air—a conservative Internet broadcast network I founded with a team of multi-talented bloggers. (Press release here.) — Internet video is booming. Apple's iTunes store has sold a gazillion videos since its debut.
Michael J. Totten:
An Experiment in Journalism — I went to the Middle East for six months so I could expand my freelance writing portfolio. But I found, after a few months, there may be a better way forward than publishing disconnected dispatches here and there for low pay. — The mainstream media is an industry in decline.
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
A Religious Push Against Gay Unions — WASHINGTON, April 23 — About 50 prominent religious leaders, including seven Roman Catholic cardinals and about a half-dozen archbishops, have signed a petition in support of a constitutional amendment blocking same-sex marriage.
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