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Judd / Think Progress:
Snow on Foley Scandal: 'Simply Naughty Emails' — This morning on CNN, Soledad O'Brien asked Tony Snow why "any communication between a 16-year-old and a congressman" didn't "raise red flags — major, massive red flags" with Speaker Dennis Hastert and others who have known about the communications for months.
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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.
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 …
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Joe / AMERICAblog:
White House downplays Foley scandal as "simply naughty emails" — White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, appearing on CNN this morning, downplayed the Foley scandal. Soledad later noted that Snow "tried really hard to minimize the impact and any kind of political fallout."
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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 …
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
White House Spokesman: Foley's Emails To Teen Were "Simply Naughty" (UPDATED)
White House Spokesman: Foley's Emails To Teen Were "Simply Naughty" (UPDATED)
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Chicago Tribune:
Ex-page says he saw suggestive e-mails
Ex-page says he saw suggestive e-mails
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Let's talk about sex.
Let's talk about sex.
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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 — Letter Shows Worry Over Iraq Infighting — Six months before the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in June, a senior al-Qaeda figure warned him in a letter that he risked removal as al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq if he continued to alienate Sunni tribal …
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.
Gordon Corera / BBC:
Musharraf nuclear claims attacked — The daughter of disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist AQ Khan has criticised claims made by President Pervez Musharraf in his autobiography. — In her first statement since her father's arrest in 2004, Dina Khan said she wanted to set the record straight.
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Corky Siemaszko / NY Daily News:
Bush's men snarled like wild animals — Book slams Rummy, Colin & others in bitter fighting over war — While U.S. forces were battling in Baghdad, another war was being waged inside the West Wing. — In "State of Denial," Bob Woodward describes a White House riven by rivalries …
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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 …
MSNBC:
Several incumbent Republicans trailing with five weeks until election — NEW YORK - Five weeks out from the midterm elections, MSNBC/McClatchy polls, conducted by Mason-Dixon in eight states, show Democrats are in striking distance of taking control of the Senate.
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
The Right Man For Fox News — Roger Ailes Soldiers On For the Good of the Cause — NEW YORK — Ten years after he created Fox News Channel, Roger Ailes says he still avoids mentioning his place of employment in certain circles. — "It's just not worth going through the hassle at an elite party," he says.
New York Times:
Wal-Mart to Add Wage Caps and Part-Timers — Wal-Mart, the nation's largest private employer, is pushing to create a cheaper, more flexible work force by capping wages, using more part-time workers and scheduling more workers on nights and weekends. — Wal-Mart executives say they have embraced …
BBC:
Victory for Austrian opposition — Austria's opposition Social Democrats have won a surprise election victory, defeating Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel's People's Party. — With all but absentee ballots counted, the centre-left Social Democrats won 35.7% of the vote, narrowly beating the the People's Party at 34.2%.
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.