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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Missing E-Mail May Be Related to Prosecutors — The White House said Thursday that missing e-mail messages sent on Republican Party accounts may include some relating to the firing of eight United States attorneys. — The disclosure became a fresh political problem for the White House …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The Bush administration's terrible luck with finding documents — (updated below - Update II - Update III) — I feel — in this vaguely intuitive sort of way — as though there is some kind of a pattern buried within this set of facts, but as much as I search, I just can't quite figure out what it might be:
Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
Rove E-Mail Sought by Congress May Be Missing — RNC Took Away His Access to Delete Files in 2005 — A lawyer for the Republican National Committee told congressional staff members yesterday that the RNC is missing at least four years' worth of e-mail from White House senior adviser Karl Rove …
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John Bresnahan / The Politico:
White House Tells Democrats No Deal on Rove Testimony or E-mails — White House Counsel Fred Fielding, in a letter today, told Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chairmen of the House and Senate Judiciary committees, that the White House has not budged in its refusal …
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:Vaporware — It seems as though the firing of eight federal …
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Steve Connor / The Independent:
The prospect of all-female conception — Women might soon be able to produce sperm in a development that could allow lesbian couples to have their own biological daughters, according to a pioneering study published today. — Scientists are seeking ethical permission to produce synthetic sperm cells …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Byrd Doggedly Expresses His Love for Man's Best Friend — A bomb had struck the Iraqi parliament earlier in the day, but it would take more than that to bring the United States Senate to heel. — "For many in America, pets are more than just companions — they are members of the family …
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Krishna Guha / Financial Times:
World Bank pledges action on Wolfowitz — Paul Wolfowitz's future as president of the World Bank was in jeopardy on Friday after the bank's board issued a damaging finding of facts on his role in the Shaha Riza affair and pledged to "move expeditiously to reach a conclusion on possible actions to take."
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Financial Times:
Wolfowitz must be told to resign now — The president of the World Bank has one asset: his credibility. The Bank's capacity to make a difference lies not in its money and ideas but in its ability to be the world's voice for development. This includes, as Paul Wolfowitz, the current president …
Peter Wallsten / Los Angeles Times:
Democratic politicians lose a soapbox with Imus — His show gave many of them a way to reach a national audience of white males — a crucial voting bloc. — WASHINGTON — They came by the hundreds that hot August day in tiny Johnson City, Tenn., gathering on an asphalt parking lot to meet …
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The Surge: First Fruits — By the day, the debate at home about Iraq becomes increasingly disconnected from the realities of the war on the ground. The Democrats in Congress are so consumed with negotiating among their factions the most clever linguistic device to legislatively ensure …
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TerryMoran:
DON'T FEEL TOO SORRY FOR THE DUKIES — Mike Nifong, the North Carolina prosecutor who pursued a case of rape and kidnapping against three Duke University lacrosse players, has been found to have been reckless and deceitful in the discharge of his duties according to the state's attorney general.
Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
Top Dem urges colleagues to push on Iraq — WASHINGTON - A memo from a top House Democrat says party leaders must not yield to White House pressure on Iraq and should cast President Bush as increasingly detached from public opinion. — Bush has said he will not negotiate with Democrats …
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Dale Franks / QandO:
IT'S FOR THE CHILDREN... ...E — xcept for when it isn't. But, I'll get to that in a minute. — So, Don Imus, after a 40-year broadcast career, is now off the air, because of a single bad one-liner, insensitive as it might've been. What do we learn from this episode?
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Guardian:
'I am plotting a new Russian revolution' — London exile Berezovsky says force necessary to bring down President Putin — The Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky has told the Guardian he is plotting the violent overthrow of President Putin from his base in Britain after forging close contacts with members of Russia's ruling elite.
Bruce Kesler / Democracy Project:
Important Guest Post: Modern Foreign Policy Execution — Mark Safranski, the ZenPundit of 4GW (fourth generation warfare), has earned quite a deserved reputation for his studies. This, of course, is an essential subject - indeed, critical to the accomplishment of U.S. foreign policy in an asymmetrical warfare world.
Joe Klein / TIME: Swampland:
The Worst Person in the World—Continued — Solidarity with Karen...Keith Olbermann and I share a beloved high school English teacher—Arthur Naething. We've done tributes together for the guy. I love the way Keith writes and thinks. I love his program.
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Maha / The Mahablog:
Acts of Unkindness — Now that the Duke University rape case involving members of the lacrosse team has been dismissed for lack of evidence, the Right has formed a howling virtual mob and targeted the plaintiff. In the New York Post, John Podhoretz writes "Let the liar be named and shamed …
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