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Salon:
Foley fallout: Snow spins, Republicans scramble as more messages emerge — White House press secretary Tony Snow may be ready to dismiss Rep. Mark Foley's sexually explicit exchanges with underage House pages as nothing more than "naughty e-mails," but that's not the response we're hearing from most quarters.
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Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:
Former Pages Describe Foley as Caring Ally — Congressional pages live under a curfew in this building in Washington. Former pages say Representative Mark Foley was unusually friendly. — In the hierarchy of Congress, the high school students who serve as Congressional pages fall somewhere near …
Washington Post:
FBI to Examine Foley's E-Mails — The FBI announced last night that it is looking into whether former representative Mark Foley (R-Fla.) broke federal law by sending inappropriate e-mails and instant messages to teenage House pages. — The announcement came hours after House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert asked …
New York Times:
Review of Messages Sent by Congressman Begins — Law enforcement officials said Sunday that the F.B.I. had begun a preliminary inquiry into whether former Representative Mark Foley broke any federal laws when he reportedly exchanged sexually explicit e-mail messages with under-age Congressional pages …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Laws Involving Contact With Minors Allow Prosecutors a Broad Range of Discretion — The decision by Representative Mark Foley of Florida to resign after the disclosure of his sexually explicit e-mail and text messaging exchanges with Congressional pages has been followed by a flood of demands …
Chicago Tribune:
Ex-page says he saw suggestive e-mails — WASHINGTON — A former House page said Sunday that in 2003 he saw sexually suggestive e-mails that Rep. Mark Foley had sent to another former page. — Patrick McDonald, 21, now a senior at Ohio State University, said he eventually learned of …
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Susan Davis / Roll Call:Hastert Calls on Justice Department to Investigate Foley
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The Blotter:GOP Staff Warned Pages About Foley in 2001
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Bob Woodward / Washington Post:
Should He Stay? — The biggest question mark was Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld: — After President Bush won reelection in 2004, White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. got out an 8 1/2 -by-11 spiral notebook, half an inch thick, with a blue cover.
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Jamie Holly / Crooks and Liars:
Woodward's 60 Minutes Interview on 'State of Denial' — Bob Woodward sat down with Mike Wallace to talk about his new book, State of Denial, and had many, many interesting things to report. The title of the book really says it all; the Bush administration is so convinced that what they're doing …
Philip Shenon / New York Times:9/11 Panel Members Weren't Told of Meeting
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Michael Gawenda / Sydney Morning Herald:Woodward's book damns Bush team
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San Francisco Chronicle
StrategyPage:
The Joke's on Osama — Al Qaeda in particular, and Islamic terrorist groups in general, are desperate for a major success. Islamic terrorists remember the 19 90s fondly as a time when they were kicking ass big time, or at least more effectively than they have since September 11, 2001.
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:Letter Gives Glimpse of Al-Qaeda's Leadership
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Thomas Harding / Telegraph:
Muslim accosts injured Para in hospital — A paratrooper wounded in Afghanistan was threatened by a Muslim visitor to the British hospital where he is recovering. — Seriously wounded soldiers have complained that they are worried about their safety after being left on wards that are open …
Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
Patterico's Exclusive Interview with a Man Who Has Spoken to the Terrorists at Guantánamo (Part One: Introduction) — I know Zarqawi, the terrorist said to the American. … The terrorist said it all in a matter-of-fact way, looking the American straight in the eye. — The American was not frightened.
Sebastian Mallaby / Washington Post:
A Party Without Principles — After years of single-party government, the prospect of a Democratic majority in the House ought to feel refreshing. But even with Republicans collapsing in a pile of sexual sleaze, I just can't get excited. Most Democrats in Congress seem bereft of ideas or the courage to stand up for them.
Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
At Gitmo, detainees get La-Z-Boys, pastries — 'This is not just a bad bill," said Sen. Patrick Leahy, ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee. ''This is truly a dangerous bill." And it's not just a dangerous bill. It's also "unconstitutional" and "unconscionable" and represents the loss of the nation's "moral compass."
Tariq Ramadan / Washington Post:
Why I'm Banned in the USA — For more than two years now, the U.S. government has barred me from entering the United States to pursue an academic career. The reasons have changed over time, and have evolved from defamatory to absurd, but the effect has remained the same: I've been kept out.
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