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Juror calls on Bush to pardon Libby — Ex-Cheney aide was 'really nice guy' who was 'caught in the initial lie' — WASHINGTON - Saying "I don't want him to go to jail," a member of the jury that convicted I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby of perjury and obstruction of justice in the CIA leak case called Wednesday …
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
A PARDON IS CERTAIN — IN HIS last days as president, George W. Bush will pardon Scooter Libby - that is, if the convictions secured yesterday don't get overturned on appeal. — For political reasons, Bush can't pardon Libby earlier than that. His responsibilities as head of the Republican Party …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Pardon My Outrage — I just heard a juror on Hardball say that Libby is a very nice guy who just got caught in a lie and it snowballed and that she hopes he gets a pardon, preferably soon. She agrees that the case was trivial and wishes she had been on a jury for the real crime.
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Washington Post:The Libby Verdict — The serious consequences of a pointless Washington scandal
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Domenici Lawyers Up — What a small world. Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) has nabbed Lee Blalack, best known as Duke Cunningham's lawyer, to represent him in the Senate ethics investigation, The Washington Post reports. — And they note the obvious irony:
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Domenici Hires Top Attorney for Ethics Investigation — Sen. Pete V. Domenici (R-N.M.) has hired a top defense attorney to handle the pending ethics investigation into allegations that he pressured a federal prosecutor to bring indictments against New Mexico Democrats on the eve of the 2006 elections.
Matthew Miller / DSCC:Changing Tunes Again, Domenici Now Says He Can't Recall Violating …
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Abraham Rabinovich / The Australian:
Iranian general 'seeking asylum in US' — A RETIRED Iranian general who went missing in Turkey last month has defected and sought asylum in the US, according to a well-connected Arabic newspaper published in London. — The newspaper, al-Shark al-Awsat, cited "high-profile" …
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Kenneth R. Timmerman / NewsMax.com:
Iranian General Reportedly Defects — A former high-ranking Iranian government official, Brig. Gen. Alireza Asghari, 63, has defected to the United States, Iranian exiles and other sources told Newsmax today. — Asghari had access to highly-classified intelligence information and …
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Baltimore Sun:
Giuliani reminds GOP of the glory days - of 2002 … Given conservatives' wariness toward Mr. Giuliani - who is twice divorced and supports both reproductive and gay rights - it's surprising to find "America's mayor" as the GOP front-runner. — Here's my theory for why Mr. Giuliani is ascendant …
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Harsh Words Die Hard on the Web — Law Students Feel Lasting Effects of Anonymous Attacks — She graduated Phi Beta Kappa, has published in top legal journals and completed internships at leading institutions in her field. So when the Yale law student interviewed with 16 firms for a job this summer …
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Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Contextualizing the Fox News Fight — It looks like the Nevada Democratic Party's house of cards, and particularly Harry Reid's stonewalling, is collapsing. Local Democrats are frustrated. John Edwards stepped up big time, and made a choice of refusing to validate a right-wing institution …
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David Burge / iowahawk:
LET'S TONE IT DOWN, PEOPLE — Iowahawk Online Community Issues Forum Special — by Ann Coulter and Bill Maher — ANN: Hello, I'm syndicated columnist and best-selling author Ann Coulter. — BILL: And I'm Bill Maher, host of HBO's "Real Time." — ANN: Today we want to talk …
The Raw Story:
Soviet-era compound in northern Poland was site of secret CIA interrogation, detentions — US, Britain asked Poland to join clandestine program — POLAND — The CIA operated an interrogation and short-term detention facility for suspected terrorists within a Polish intelligence training school …
Phyllis Chesler / Times of London:
How my eyes were opened to the barbarity of Islam — Is it racist to condemn fanaticism? — Once I was held captive in Kabul. I was the bride of a charming, seductive and Westernised Afghan Muslim whom I met at an American college. The purdah I experienced was relatively posh …
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / Associated Press:
Conservative Democrats Assert Power — WASHINGTON (AP) — When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi faced scorn from fellow Democrats during a recent closed-door meeting for not moving more aggressively on Iraq, it was conservative Blue Dogs _ her ideological opposites _ who rose to defend her.
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John Cochran / ABCNEWS:
Surprise! Pork-Barrel Spending Drops — Citizens Against Government Waste Says Spending on Legislators' Pet Projects Dropped in 2006 — Tax money spent on small projects that only benefit one congressional district or region are often slipped into legislation at the 11th hour …
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