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Robert Novak / Human Events:
My Leak Case Testimony — Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has informed my attorneys that, after two and one-half years, his investigation of the CIA leak case concerning matters directly relating to me has been concluded. That frees me to reveal my role in the federal inquiry that …
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Robert Novak Acknowledges Confidential Administration Sources — Syndicated columnist Robert Novak acknowledged for the first time today that he identified three confidential administration sources during testimony in the CIA leak investigation, saying he did so because they had granted …
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Pete Yost / Associated Press:
Novak: Rove was a source in outing Plame — WASHINGTON - Columnist Robert Novak said publicly for the first time Tuesday that White House political adviser Karl Rove was a source for his story outing the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame. — In a column, Novak also says his recollection …
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
U.S. Terror Targets: Petting Zoo and Flea Market? — WASHINGTON, July 11 — It reads like a tally of terrorist targets that a child might have written: Old MacDonald's Petting Zoo, the Amish Country Popcorn factory, the Mule Day Parade, the Sweetwater Flea Market and an unspecified "Beach at End of a Street."
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Paul Blustein / Washington Post:
White House Lowers '06 Deficit Estimate — The Bush administration yesterday lowered its estimate of this year's federal budget deficit to $296 billion — a figure that prompted the White House to claim vindication for its tax cuts, and Democrats to issue new denunciations of the nation's fiscal problems.
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BBC:
Pink Floyd's Barrett dies aged 60 — Syd Barrett, one of the original members of legendary rock group Pink Floyd, has died at the age of 60 from complications arising from diabetes. — The guitarist was the band's first creative force and an influential songwriter, penning their early hits.
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Times of India:
LeT, SIMI hand in Mumbai blasts — [ 11 Jul, 2006 2329hrs IST TIMES NEWS NETWORK ] — NEW DELHI: The terror attack on Mumbai trains was carried out by Lashkar-e-Toiba and local Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) activists and was designed to trigger communal conflagration …
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Terror and Presidential Power: Bush Takes a Step Back — WASHINGTON, July 11 — From the outset, President Bush declared that the battle against Al Qaeda would be a war like no other, fought by new rules against new enemies not entitled to the old protections afforded to either prisoners of war or criminal defendants.
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Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
Lieberman's Real Problem — I am about to become a traitor to my class. Among my estimable colleagues in the Washington commentariat, the idea that Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman is facing a serious challenge from a fellow Democrat over Lieberman's support for the Iraq war seems to evoke incredulity and exasperation.
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
John Dean on Countdown: Conservatives Without Conscience — John Dean joined Keith Olbermann Monday to explain the theories in his new book, "Conservatives Without Conscience," which explains a lot of the behavior we see today. — Video -WMP Video -QT — To put it simply, Dean makes the case …
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Alexis Simendinger / National Journal:
Who's Making What In The White House — President Bush's most senior aides — the ones who hold the coveted title of "assistant to the president" — recently received a $4,200 cost-of-living bump-up in compensation and now earn a top pay rate of $165,200, according to an internal White House list of staff salaries.
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Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Army to End Expansive, Exclusive Halliburton Deal — Logistics Contract to Be Open for Bidding — The Army is discontinuing a controversial multibillion-dollar deal with oil services giant Halliburton Co. to provide logistical support to U.S. troops worldwide, a decision that could cut deeply …
Terrance / The Republic of T.:
LIFEbeat's Anti-Gay Death Concert — There are some things that defy imagining. For example, why would an AIDS organization that calls itself LIFEbeat promote a benefit concert where half the headliners are artists who've advocated anti-gay violence in their music? — Can't think of a reason?
David Morgan / Reuters:
Republican says US readying crackdown on leaks — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration is preparing a crackdown on intelligence leaks to the media and will try to pursue prosecutions in some recent cases, the chairman of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee on Tuesday.
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Prominent right-wing blogger today calls for the murder of Supreme Court Justices - the Right fails to condemn it — If your only source for news was reading right-wing blogs, you would have thought that the most significant world event in the last few days was that some crazy woman …
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Associated Press:
A Low-Water Mark for Broadcast TV Viewing — TV viewers must have taken to the beach: It was the least-watched week in recorded history for the four biggest broadcast networks. — CBS, ABC, NBC and Fox averaged 20.8 million viewers during the average prime-time minute last week, according to Nielsen Media Research.
Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
Political Strategists to Launch Web Site — A bipartisan group of prominent political strategists on Tuesday announced an Internet information venture designed to interact with America's opinion leaders and serve as an antidote to the right-left clash that typifies political discourse on the Web.