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Washington Post:
Official's Key Report On Iraq Is Faulted — 'Dubious' Intelligence Fueled Push for War — Intelligence provided by former undersecretary of defense Douglas J. Feith to buttress the White House case for invading Iraq included "reporting of dubious quality or reliability" …
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New York Times:
Pentagon Group Criticized for Prewar Intelligence Analysis — A Pentagon investigation into the handling of prewar intelligence has criticized civilian Pentagon officials for conducting their own intelligence analysis to find links between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda, but said the officials …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
They Were For Dissent And Alternative Analysis Before They Were Against It
They Were For Dissent And Alternative Analysis Before They Were Against It
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Dean's World
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Edwards Blogger Flap Discomforts Religious Left — As the flap over alleged anti-Catholic writings by two John Edwards campaign bloggers devolves into a shouting match between conservative religious voices and liberal bloggers, some members of the "religious left" say they feel - again - shoved to the margins of the Democratic Party.
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John M. Broder / New York Times:
Edwards Learns Campaign Blogs Can Cut 2 Ways — John Edwards learned the hard way this week of the perils of grafting the raucous culture of the Internet to the decidedly staider world of a presidential campaign. — Mr. Edwards announced on Thursday, after 36 hours of deliberation …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Speaker's Plane Becomes a Point of Criticism — It is quite a way from Washington to San Francisco, but evidently nothing like the distance separating House Democrats and Republicans when it comes to the air travel arrangements of Speaker Nancy Pelosi. — Republicans, accusing Ms. Pelosi …
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Rep. Gordon quotes Tony Snow to squash the phony Pelosi plane nonsense
Rep. Gordon quotes Tony Snow to squash the phony Pelosi plane nonsense
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Fired Prosecutor Disputes Justice Dept. Allegation — He Calls Testimony 'Unfair'; Meanwhile, Senate Panel Votes to Limit Attorney General's Power — A recently fired U.S. attorney based in Seattle said yesterday that he was told of no performance problems when he was asked to resign …
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Nasser Karimi / Associated Press:
Iran warns U.S. it will retaliate if hit — TEHRAN, Iran - Iran stepped up its warnings to the United States Thursday, with the nation's supreme leader saying Tehran will strike U.S. interests around the world if his country is attacked. — Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's words were also likely meant …
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Sldn / The Frontlines:
Ackerman's Lesbian Platoon — Congressman Gary Ackerman (D-NY) has an idea for Secretary of State Condaleeza Rice: Have the State Department hire all those gay linguists booted from military service. In fact, hire a whole platoon of lesbians! — Yesterday, during hearings …
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Financial Times:
Climate change concerts 'to dwarf Live Aid' — A series of concerts "bigger than Live Aid" is being planned for July, in a bid to put the subject of climate change before an audience of a global audience of 2bn. — The event, scheduled for July 7, will feature co-ordinated film …
Ian Sample / Guardian:
The brain scan that can read people's intentions — Call for ethical debate over possible use of new technology in interrogation — A team of world-leading neuroscientists has developed a powerful technique that allows them to look deep inside a person's brain and read their intentions before they act.
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Edward Cody / Washington Post:
Despite a Ban, Chinese Youth Navigate to Internet Cafes — GEDONG, China — There was no sign, but Gedong's teenagers knew the way. Down a dusty alley just off Jicui Park and a few minutes' walk from local schools, the curtained door beckoned. Inside, in a dingy back room off the kitchen …
Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
'08 slate without standout for GOP — Many conservatives say they pick "none of the above" when faced with a choice of Arizona Sen. John McCain, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani as the 2008 Republican presidential nominee.
Robert R. Reilly / Washington Post:
Britney vs. The Terrorists — In the spring of 2003, across a field of rubble in Baghdad, a young Iraqi journalist accosted me and demanded: "Why did you stop broadcasting substance and substitute music?" The year before the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the government entity in charge …
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Blue Crab Boulevard
Michael Fumento / fumento.com:
CODE OF SILENCE — Another source of useful stem cells has been found - and the media and the cloning crowd are trying keep it quiet. — While the Democratic-controlled House voted 253-174 to expand federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research, it fell far short of the 290 votes needed …
CBS News:
McCain Courts Wary Bloggers — Online Conservative Activists Remain Skeptical Of GOP Hopeful — (CBS) By CBSNews.com's David Miller. — Presidential campaigns, even in their infancy, are already working on building rapport with political blogs — the constantly updated …
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
Fox to Begin a 'More Business Friendly' News Channel — No one has ever accused CNBC, the cable TV home of Jim Cramer, Larry Kudlow and Maria Bartiromo, of being antibusiness. Until now. — Yesterday, Rupert Murdoch confirmed one of the worst kept secrets in the media industry …
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Little Green Footballs:
Howard Dean and the Radical Imam — When Imam Husham Al-Husainy delivered his now-infamous lines about doom, oppression, and occupation at the DNC winter meeting, standing at his side was none other than party chairman Howard Dean. — And Dean gave him a congratulatory handshake …
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