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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Bloggers review "United 93″ — I won't see it. Saw this yesterday on Google Video and realized it was enough. The first reviews are being posted around the blogosphere this morning, though, and I'm going to try to round them up. If you've posted a review and want it mentioned here …
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Varifrank:
UNITED 93 AND OUR "SURVIVORS GUILT" — One year, during Easter break, I learned a valuable lesson. Every year during Easter, my cousins and I would go to my Grandparents house in San Simeon for the break in the school year. My cousins and I were practically the only kids in the area …
Jason / LIBERTAS:
Review: United 93 — Some time ago, when I first heard …
Review: United 93 — Some time ago, when I first heard …
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Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
UNITED 93: A REVIEW — This review originally appears in The American Thinker
UNITED 93: A REVIEW — This review originally appears in The American Thinker
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Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
100,000 Families Are Fleeing Violence, Iraq Official Says — BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 29 — A new estimate by one of Iraq's vice presidents has put the number of Iraqi families fleeing sectarian violence at 100,000, far outstripping previous projections and raising the possibility that a total of a half-million people could be displaced.
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Joseph E. Robert Jr / Washington Post:
Dedication and Danger in Iraq — I've had the opportunity to travel to Iraq three times, most recently last month, courtesy of the nonpartisan Business Executives for National Security. On every trip I'm struck by the difference between the Iraq I hear and read about back home and the Iraq I see in person.
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Not Exactly a Rush... Now that Rush Limbaugh has turned himself in due to his plea deal with the Palm Beach prosecutor's office, I thought a bit of discussion about what Rush has in store for his 18-months of supervised release would be helpful for everyone (well, everyone who hasn't gone through a first time drug arrest anyway).
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Jeff Leeds / New York Times:
In Legal Deal, Limbaugh Surrenders in Drug Case
In Legal Deal, Limbaugh Surrenders in Drug Case
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Kitty Litter, The Carpetbagger Report, Sister Toldjah, Pensito Review and Democrat Taylor Marsh …
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Building the Secrecy Wall higher and higher — There are multiple investigative efforts underway — Congressional, judicial, journalistic — seeking to uncover the Bush administration's illegal warrantless eavesdropping activities aimed at Americans, and the administration …
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John Markoff / New York Times:
U.S. Steps Into Wiretap Suit Against AT&T — SAN FRANCISCO, April 28 — The government asked a federal judge here Friday to dismiss a civil liberties lawsuit against the AT&T Corporation because of a possibility that military and state secrets would otherwise be disclosed.
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Tim Golden / New York Times:
Abuse Concerns Stymie Releases From Guantánamo — A long-running effort by the Bush administration to send home many of the terror suspects held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has been stymied in part because of concern among United States officials that the prisoners may not be treated humanely …
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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Tough Primary Race Confronts Lieberman — Antiwar Democrat Mounts a Major Challenge to Connecticut's 3-Term Senator — NEW HAVEN, Conn. — With his ruddy tan and dark gray suit, Ned Lamont is an antiwar liberal with a twist. Rather than targeting a Republican, the millionaire Greenwich businessman …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
In Leak Cases, New Pressure on Journalists — Earlier administrations have fired and prosecuted government officials who provided classified information to the press. They have also tried to force reporters to identify their sources. — But the Bush administration is exploring …
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Jason Leopold / truthout.org:
Fitzgerald to Seek Indictment of Rove — Despite vehement denials by his attorney, who said this week that Karl Rove is neither a "target" nor in danger of being indicted in the CIA leak case, the special counsel leading the investigation has already written up charges against Rove …
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Donald Sensing / Winds of Change.NET:
An "Army of Davids" or a platoon? — I explained yesterday at DonaldSensing.com why I am discontinuing posting there, although the site will remain online for several more months at least. For the foreseeable future, all my postings will be here at WOC, whose founder Joe Katzman graciously …
Washington Post:
Prostitution Alleged In Cunningham Case — Federal authorities are investigating allegations that a California defense contractor arranged for a Washington area limousine company to provide prostitutes to convicted former congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.) and possibly other lawmakers …
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Marty Lederman / Balkinization:
Army Confirms: Rumsfeld Authorized Criminal Conduct — Today the Army filed criminal charges against Lt. Col Steven L. Jordan, a military intelligence officer who was second-in-command of interrogation operations at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Charge III of the Army's Charge Sheet accuses Jordan of …
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
U.S.: FBI Sought Info Without Court OK — WASHINGTON - The FBI secretly sought information last year on 3,501 U.S. citizens and legal residents from their banks and credit card, telephone and Internet companies without a court's approval, the Justice Department said Friday.
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Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Ex-Head of F.D.A. Faces Criminal Inquiry — WASHINGTON, April 28 — Dr. Lester M. Crawford, the former commissioner of food and drugs, is under criminal investigation by a federal grand jury over accusations of financial improprieties and false statements to Congress, his lawyer said Friday.
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