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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 …
David Johnston / New York Times:
Novak Told Prosecutor His Sources in Leak Case — WASHINGTON, July 11 — The journalist who first identified the intelligence officer at the center of the C.I.A. leak case says he later voluntarily identified three sources to the prosecutor in the case, who, he says, had already learned of his conversations with each of the three.
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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."
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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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.
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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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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The Raw Story:
Video: 50 year study says conservatives 'followers' — In an interview with MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, former Nixon counsel John Dean explained a largely unknown 50 year academic study. The data shows that conservatives are much more likely to follow authoritarian leaders.
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Washington Post:
Dan Rather's Carry-On Baggage — Former CBS newsman Dan Rather says he'll have complete editorial control over the content of the weekly newsmagazine he will kick off for Mark Cuban's HDNet in October. — "News at its best is a wake-up call, not a lullaby, and I'm not in the lullaby business …
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Glenn Greenwald whips himself into foaming frenzy, condemning the right for supposedly not doing something he doesn't do - when he wants them to — I generally refrain from frisking the blogposts of those I disagree with because I don't want to risk beginning a pointless and time-wasting blog war …
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Prominent right-wing blogger today calls for the murder of Supreme …
Prominent right-wing blogger today calls for the murder of Supreme …
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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 …
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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Greg Bluestein / Associated Press:
Questions hover over Reed campaign in Ga. — ATLANTA - Former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed, whose campaign for Georgia lieutenant governor has been clouded by questions over his ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, is promoting himself as the candidate with "stronger values."
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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.