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OFFICIALS: WHITE HOUSE HOLDING BACK REPORT DETAILING IRAN'S MEDDLING IN IRAQ — WASHINGTON, D.C. — A plan by the Bush administration to release detailed and possibly damning specific evidence linking the Iranian government to efforts to destabilize Iraq have been put on hold, U.S. officials told FOX News.
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Richard G. Lugar / Washington Post:
Beyond Baghdad — Since President Bush announced that he would send more American troops to Iraq, the debate on Iraq policy has reached new levels of stridency. Opponents of the war have rallied against what they see as an unjustified escalation, while the administration has dismissed opposition as defeatism.
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Tim F. / Balloon Juice:Tiptoeing Around Persia
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The Sun:
10 years to save the planet — Global Cool ... Pearl Harbor star Josh Hartnett — A NEW worldwide movement backed by celebrities, musicians, politicians and business leaders is aiming to reverse the effects of global warming over the next decade. — Global Cool launched in London …
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John O'Neil / New York Times:
Senators Assert Right to Block Bush on Iraq — Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee began laying the constitutional groundwork today for an effort to block President Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq and place new limits on the conduct of the war there, perhaps forcing a withdrawal of American forces from Iraq.
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Republicans and Congress' war powers — then and now — Russ Feingold today is chairing a Committee hearing in order to demonstrate that Congress has the Constitutional authority to compel the President to withdraw troops from Iraq, a power that is not merely confined to cutting off appropriations.
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Emptywheel / Firedoglake:
Libby Live: Judy One — Ground rules: not a court reporter. Limit refreshes, but not refreshments. Shameless commerce: buy this. — Fitz in his seersucker-esque taking a drink of water, looking through his notes. — Here she comes. White shirt, big lapels. No glasses.
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CNN:
Iran involvement suspected in Karbala compound attack … BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — The Pentagon is investigating whether a recent attack on a military compound in Karbala was carried out by Iranians or Iranian-trained operatives, two officials from separate U.S. government agencies said.
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Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:Pentagon investingating Iran's Qods Force role in Karbala attack
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Timothy Noah / Slate:
The Obama Messiah Watch — INTRODUCING A PERIODIC FEATURE CONSIDERING EVIDENCE THAT OBAMA IS THE SON OF GOD. — Is Barak Obama—junior U.S. senator from Illinois, best-selling author, Harvard Law Review editor, Men's Vogue cover model, and "exploratory" presidential candidate …
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Michelle Malkin:
Lara Logan & al Qaeda: What's the 411, CBS? — First, read this heart-rending appeal from Lara Logan complaining about CBS News refusing to air one of her Haifa Street reports, which highlighted a masked "Haifa Street resident" who "blamed the fighting on the U.S. Here's a screen shot of her source:
Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
How This White House Operates — From the first time the White House was asked about allegations that senior officials had exposed a CIA agent's identity as part of a plot to discredit an administration critic, the answer was consistent. — As spokesman Scott McClellan put it as early as July 22 …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:Fleischer Handles Questioning in the Usual Fashion
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Lee Harris / TCS Daily:
Hillary Clinton and the Politics of Resenting History — When Abraham Lincoln decided to run for a second term in the midst of the Civil War, he used a homespun analogy that nearly everybody could relate to: "You don't swap horses in the middle of a stream." In 1864, after all, people still rode horses to go places.
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Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
FBI turns to broad new wiretap method — The FBI appears to have adopted an invasive Internet surveillance technique that collects far more data on innocent Americans than previously has been disclosed. — Instead of recording only what a particular suspect is doing …
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Webb to Secretary Rice: Ahem — A couple weeks ago, Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) asked Secretary Condoleeza Rice if the administration thought President Bush had the power to take military action against Iran without permission from Congress. — She deferred an answer, saying …
Confederate Yankee:
The Case for Outing Jamil? — I'm presenting working on what will likely be my last post on the Jamil Hussein/Hurriyah mosque attacks debacle. I've got some emails out to several sources and the AP itself attempting to tie up loose ends, and I won't write a final draft until those addressed …
Julie Farby / All Headline News:
Landmark Court Ruling Orders Apple To Pay $700,000 For Blogger's Legal Fees — Santa Clara, CA (AHN)-In a landmark ruling in favor of bloggers and cyber journalists, a Santa Clara County Court defended the First Amendment rights of online journalists to protect their confidential sources …
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