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Terence Hunt / Associated Press:
Bush slams leak of terror finance story — WASHINGTON - President Bush on Monday sharply condemned the disclosure of a program to secretly monitor the financial transactions of suspected terrorists. "The disclosure of this program is disgraceful," he said.
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Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
The New York Times at War With America — Why do they hate us? No, I'm not talking about Islamofascist terrorists. We know why they hate us: because we have freedom of speech and freedom of religion, because we refuse to treat women as second-class citizens, because we do not kill homosexuals, because we are a free society.
Hugh Hewitt:
Mr. Keller Believes You Are Easily Confused — The NYT's Executive Editor Bill Keller refuses interviews but does provide a wholly unpersuasive reponse that is, at best, defensive posturing. … First, unless Mr. Keller makes himself available for interviews on this subject, he is not taking the questions and concerns seriously.
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
BILL KELLER ISN'T VERY BRIGHT, or else he thinks you aren't. How else to explain this passage in his apologia for the Times' publication of classified information about the terrorist financial surveillance program: … I realize that the Times' circulation is falling at an alarming rate …
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New York Times:
Letter From Bill Keller on The Times's Banking Records Report
Letter From Bill Keller on The Times's Banking Records Report
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Writer Sat on His Own Life-and-Death Story — For a reporter whose specialty is digging out secrets, Murray Waas has been keeping one about himself for a long time. — He was once diagnosed with an advanced form of cancer and told he had little chance of survival.
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W. Thomas Smith, Jr / Townhall.com:
Spinning Haditha — So I receive a phone call from a reporter at ABC News. They are working on a story about Haditha, and the reporter's comments to me go something along the lines of; "I am particularly interested in your recent pieces on Haditha in which you say that in order to understand what happened …
Susan Milligan / Boston Globe:
Democrats split on a 2d run by Kerry — Some embrace recent rhetoric; others say it's time for a new face — WASHINGTON — Senator John F. Kerry has intensified his quest to regain the Democratic presidential nomination with a sharp move to the left, presenting himself in high-profile speeches …
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Decisions: campaign finance limits nullified; five rulings overall — (NOTE: The next decision day will be Wednesday, the Supreme Court announced. Five decisions remain (see below). Presumably, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., will announce on Wednesday when the Term will end.
Ray Robison / Fox News:
Was Saddam Regime a Broker for Terror Alliances? — Prologue: — Newly declassified documents captured by U.S. forces indicate that Saddam Hussein's inner circle not only actively reached out to the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan and terror-based jihadists in the region …
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Karl Rove / Time:
Lessons from a Larger-than-Life President — Theodore Roosevelt is one of the most remarkable figures in America's story. Adventurous, brave, opinionated, a larger-than-life personality, he was a man of action, energy and motion. T.R. loved what he called "the literature of history" …
Washington Post:
Call for Lobbying Changes Is A Fading Cry, Lawmakers Say — Calming of Political Storm Cited as Reason for Attitude Shift — When Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) announced his resignation as majority leader in January — soon after lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty to corruption charges — House Republicans panicked.
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Los Angeles Times:
The Dems' Iraq gap — Senate Democrats' resolutions on the war are dubious from both a policy and political standpoint. — IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE THAT DEMOCRATS in the U.S. Senate would use the war in Iraq to send a political message to the party faithful, as some did last week in voting …
Roger Alford / Lexington Herald-Leader:
Fletcher rides a few hundred feet home — BUT KENTUCKIANS URGED TO WALK MORE — FRANKFORT - Under a blue Kentucky sky, birds sing from the boughs of the oaks and magnolias on the Capitol lawn. People walk their dogs. Joggers pass by. — Gov. Ernie Fletcher finishes a day at the office …
Pamela Constable / Washington Post:
Afghan Leader Losing Support — KABUL, Afghanistan, June 25 — Many Afghans and some foreign supporters say they are losing faith in President Hamid Karzai's government, which is besieged by an escalating insurgency and endemic corruption and is unable to protect or administer large areas of the country.