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Larisa Alexandrovna / The Raw Story:
Despite condemning itself, Pentagon report sees intelligence problem resolved; Makes no recommendations — Raw Story first to acquire report — The following is the declassified two page summary of the Office of Special Plans report, as acquired Friday morning by RAW STORY.
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New York Times:
Pentagon Group Criticized for Prewar Intelligence Analysis
Pentagon Group Criticized for Prewar Intelligence Analysis
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Washington Post:
Official's Key Report On Iraq Is Faulted
Official's Key Report On Iraq Is Faulted
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
All 435 House Members Can See Iraq Intelligence — and Talk on Iraq Next Week
All 435 House Members Can See Iraq Intelligence — and Talk on Iraq Next Week
Think Progress:
VIDEO COMPILATION: Anna Nicole Smith And Our National Media Embarassment — The death of Anna Nicole Smith yesterday was a feeding frenzy for the national media. News of the war was drowned out: NBC's Nightly News devoted 14 seconds to Iraq compared to 3 minutes and 13 seconds Anna Nicole.
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Paul Rieckhoff / The Huffington Post:
Anna Nicole Smith Died. So Did Three American Troops.
Anna Nicole Smith Died. So Did Three American Troops.
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Undoing Obama: Inside the Coming Effort to Dismantle a Candidate — Barack Obama's free ride is ending. — The charismatic Illinois senator has enjoyed a lifetime of hagiography, starting with an 800-word story in The New York Times the day after his election as the first black president of the Harvard Law Review.
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Nico / Think Progress:
Bill Donohue Defended Bush Catholic Outreach Staffer Who Was Outed As Sexual Predator — During the 2004 presidential campaign, George Bush's Catholic outreach coordinator, 54-year-old Deal Hudson, was outed as a sexual predator for taking advantage of a drunken 18-year old while he was a professor.
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Damien Cave / New York Times:
Iraq's No. 2 Health Official Is Held and Accused of Financing Shiite Militants — Iraqi and American troops arrested the second highest official in the Iraqi Health Ministry on Thursday, charging that he funneled millions of dollars to rogue Shiite militants who kidnapped and killed Iraqi civilians.
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Eric Fair / Washington Post:
An Iraq Interrogator's Nightmare — Aman with no face stares at me from the corner of a room. He pleads for help, but I'm afraid to move. He begins to cry. It is a pitiful sound, and it sickens me. He screams, but as I awaken, I realize the screams are mine.
Faye Fiore / Los Angeles Times:
In capital, Pelosi plane dispute stays at high altitude — War and the deficit are the official business, but lawmakers' heads are in the clouds. — WASHINGTON — The plane commotion continued Thursday, with the nation's capital in a partisan fizz. — On a day when the federal deficit …
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Associated Press:
Gates describes Iraq evidence against Iran — Info on explosives shows Tehran 'very much involved,' Pentagon chief says — German Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung, right, and U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates listen to questions from journalists at a NATO gathering Friday in Seville, Spain.
The Raw Story:
Rove on immigration: 'I don't want my son to have to pick tomatoes' — The Corner at the National Review Online reports that at a Republican luncheon yesterday White House adviser Karl Rove was overheard explaining the Bush amnesty immigration plan by saying, "I don't want my 17-year-old son …
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Wonkette
Matthew Yglesias:
You Say "Mean," I Say "Kinda Crazy" — I asked yesterday what Rudy Giuliani's awesome national security credentials were supposed to be, and people replied that he seems mean and therefore tough and therefore good. Jonathan Alter makes an important point about this (via K-Drum) …
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Ellen Goodman / Boston Globe:
No change in political climate — On the day that the latest report on global warming was released, I went out and bought a light bulb. OK, an environmentally friendly, compact fluorescent light bulb. — No, I do not think that if everyone lit just one little compact fluorescent light bulb, what a bright world this would be.
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Reuters:
Officials report sixth helicopter downing in Iraq — BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A helicopter operated by a private security firm came down in Iraq last week, U.S. officials said on Thursday, an incident that marks the sixth downing of a helicopter in three weeks. — Reports of the January 31 incident …
Debbie Schlussel:
Imam Al-Husainy on Vanity & Colmes; Another Conservative Blogger Rips Hannity Plagiarism — **** UPDATE: I've added a 25th question I would have asked Imam Al-Husainy. See below. So last night, Sean (Hannity) Vanity (full credit: I got that name from one of La Shawn Barber's commenters) …
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
White House On Sidelines In 2008 Contest — Absence of a Candidate Shapes Race, Bush's Term — No one in the West Wing is booking tickets to Iowa. No one is scouring matchup poll numbers or hiring campaign managers or dialing for dollars. As candidate after candidate jumps into the race for president …
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 …
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Jessica Holzer / The Hill:
The 2008 ad blitz begins — Presidential campaign advertising will start hitting the airwaves in the coming months, far earlier in the election cycle than during the 2004 race, and the ads will barrage the American public for much longer, delivering a windfall to television and radio stations, industry experts say.
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Journalism's Relentless Centrist — Last month, a group gathered in New York City to celebrate the 80th birthday of Charles Peters, one of the true revolutionaries in modern journalism. For more than 30 years, Peters edited the Washington Monthly— a liberal magazine with a small circulation …
The Rothenberg / The Rothenberg Political Report:
Say What? VoteVets Ad — If supporters of President George W. Bush's policy of sending another 20,000 troops to Iraq had aired a television ad that argued that opposing the new Bush policy means "you don't support the troops," opponents of the President would have rightly gone bananas.
Media Matters for America:
Tucker Carlson on Obama's church: "[I]t's hard to call that Christianity" — During the "Obameter" segment on the February 7 edition of MSNBC's Tucker, host Tucker Carlson criticized Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), a presumptive candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination …