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Hilton Check-In / The Smoking Gun:
Scooter Libby Love Letters — Washington elite petition judge on behalf of convicted Cheney aide — Donald Rumsfeld, Henry Kissinger, Paul Wolfowitz, and John Bolton top the list of individuals who wrote a federal judge on behalf of former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby …
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Associated Press:
Libby sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison — WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Tuesday for lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation — the probe that showed a White House obsessed with criticism of its decision to go to war.
Washington Post:
Libby Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison, Fined $250K — I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Cheney, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison and fined $250,000 for lying to investigators about his role in leaking the identity of an undercover CIA officer.
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Who, Me? — Bush evades his responsibility with respect to Libby. … I FEEL TERRIBLE for Scooter Libby's family. Millions of Americans feel terrible for Scooter Libby's family. But we can't do anything about the injustice that has been done. Nor can we do anything to avert …
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CNN:
Libby sentenced, Cheney 'saddened' … WASHINGTON (CNN) — I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months in prison for lying to investigators looking into the leak of a CIA operative's identity. — He also was fined $250,000.
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:Libby Sentencing — Marcy Wheeler is liveblogging …
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CNN:
GOP 10 jostle for spotlight … MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (CNN) — Ten Republicans who want to be president will take the stage Tuesday night for their first debate in New Hampshire, hoping to make an impression on the voters who will cast ballots in the nation's first primary early next year.
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Associated Press:
Sen. Clinton: God got me through marital strife … WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare public discussion of her husband's infidelity, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that she probably could not have gotten through her marital troubles without relying on her faith in God.
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Hillel Fendel / Arutz Sheva:
Editor Admits: We Slanted the News — (IsraelNN.com) A former Israel Broadcasting Authority news editor admits: "We slanted the news towards a withdrawal from Lebanon - because we had sons there." — Speaking at the Haifa Radio Conference on Monday, several former and current news broadcasters …
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Dallas Morning News:
Conservatives: We must band together on immigration bill — The choice we face on immigration isn't between the Senate bill and perfection; it's between the Senate bill and the unacceptable status quo. — This is the most far-reaching and thoughtful reform of our immigration system …
Jason Lee Miller / Insider Reports Feed:
New AT&T Same As The Old AT&T — AT&T chief Ed Whitacre is out, retired, ready to sit back and enjoy his golden (and I mean golden) years. As of yesterday, he's replaced by SBC front-man Randall Stephenson, a 25-year company man, and a man after Whitacre's own heart.
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Amanda / Think Progress:
Petraeus: 'We Haven't Started The Surge Yet' — In April, during the congressional debate over war funding, Gen. David Petraeus pushed back against a withdrawal timeline from Iraq "because we're only about two months into the surge," assuring Congress that he would be able to report on progress in September:
Suzanne Goldenberg / Guardian:
Rulings leave Guantánamo in legal limbo — The US government faced renewed calls today to abandon the separate legal system at Guantánamo Bay and to try detainees at existing military and civilian courts. — In the second blow to the credibility of the Guantánamo legal process …
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Nico / Think Progress:
Leahy To Schlozman: 'You're Trying To Break Gonzales' Record' Of Saying 'I Don't Recall' — Today before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Justice Department official Bradley Schlozman was supposed to testify on his role in the politicization of the Department's Civil Rights Division …
Libby Spencer / The Newshoggers:
Jeri Thompson - asset or albatross? [Part Two] — It never fails. You do a throw-away post at the end of the day that you think no one is even going to read and it generates a firestorm of criticism. After over four years of blogging, I'm used to that.
Wall Street Journal:
In Murdoch's Career, A Hand on the News — His Aggressive Style — Can Blur Boundaries; — 'Buck Stops With Me' — By STEVE STECKLOW and AARON O. PATRICK in London, MARTIN PEERS in Sydney, Australia, and ANDREW HIGGINS in New York — As Rupert Murdoch advances in his bid to buy …
Kevin Cullen / Boston Globe:
Graying duo keep passenger in check — Shortly before landing, Bob Hayden and a flight attendant had agreed on a signal: When she waved the plastic handcuffs, he would discreetly leave his seat and restrain an unruly passenger who had frightened some of the 150 people on board a Minneapolis …
Ryan Grim / The Politico:
BlogJam: Bloggers can't blunder — Last week we launched a new feature called BlogJam, in which we sketch bloggers who are affecting the ongoing political conversation. — We've taken a little heat for the name ("How low can you go?" wondered one reader at Mediabistro's FishbowlDC …
Pew Research Center:
Thompson Demonstrates Broad Potential Appeal — Bush Approval Falls to 29% — Lowest Ever — Summary of Findings — Former Sen. Fred Thompson has broad potential appeal among Republican voters even before his expected entrance into the presidential race.
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