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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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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
CIA Leak: A Blog Primer
CIA Leak: A Blog Primer
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Andy McCarthy / The Corner on National Review Online:
MCCARTHY'S POLITICAL DONATIONS
MCCARTHY'S POLITICAL DONATIONS
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Mac Ranger / Macsmind:
Rockefeller did you "teller?" - XII- The Coming Storm for Democrats
Rockefeller did you "teller?" - XII- The Coming Storm for Democrats
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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:
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 presently are x'd out, although you can read them in the original post)...
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Suzanne Malveaux / CNN:
Sources: Tony Snow likely to take White House post — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sources close to the White House said Monday that Fox anchor Tony Snow is likely to accept the job as White House press secretary, succeeding Scott McClellan. — The sources said they expect him to announce his decision within the next few days.
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Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Joseph Wilson's Revenge — Why no special prosecutor for the latest CIA leak case? — If Mary O. McCarthy should ever be so desperate as to need a character witness, or to require one so badly that she must stoop to my level, I declare in advance that I shall step forward pro bono.
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Bush Orders Probe Into Gas Price Cheating — ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Bush is trying to calm Americans' outrage over soaring gas prices by ordering an investigation into whether the price of gasoline has been illegally manipulated, his spokesman said Monday.
White House:
President Discusses Comprehensive Immigration Reform — Fact Sheet: Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Securing Our Border — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Please be seated. (Applause.) Thanks for letting me come by. Tom, thanks for the invitation.
New York Times:
Iran Is Described as Defiant on 2nd Nuclear Program — WASHINGTON, April 24 — Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency that it will refuse to answer questions about a second, secret uranium-enrichment program, according to European and American diplomats.
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Tim F. / Balloon Juice:
Our Leadership In A Nutshell — If you missed 60 Minutes this weekend rest assured that they remain the same nest of anti-American terrorist-lovers, or whatever we call people with the temerity to criticize the president. An extended interview with Tyler Drumheller, a 26-year veteran …
Times of London:
What the neo-Nazi fanatic did next: switched to Islam — Two faces, two converts - two Muslim extremists in Britain — A NEO-NAZI whose ideas were said to be the inspiration for the man who let off a nail bomb in Central London in 1999 has converted to an extremist form of Islam.
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Juan / Informed Comment:
Fund Smears Cole with Barrage of Lies — John Fund of the Wall Street Journal editorial page has published a large number of falsehoods about me. — The most egregious is this: … This a lie. I never said that. Try googling it. (All that comes up is the circular allegation I said it, never sourced.
Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
PRO-TALIBAN SPEECH CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED, CRITICISMS OF HOMOSEXUALITY UNPROTECTED: Here's an excerpt from Judge Reinhardt's short dissent in Lavine v. Blaine School Dist. (Jan. 2002); Judge Reinhardt was taking the view that a school improperly disciplined a student for writing a poem with a violent theme: