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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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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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David Stout / New York Times:
Libby Gets 30 Months in Prison in C.I.A. Leak Case — I. Lewis Libby Jr., once one of the most powerful men in government as Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, was sentenced today to two and a half years in prison for lying to a grand jury and F.B.I. agents who were investigating …
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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Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Democratic earmark reforms lasted 100 days — When Democrats took control of Congress four months back, incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., bragged it would take her party less than 100 hours to curb wasteful pork spending by requiring members to attach their names to their …
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:Democrats Fear a Wider Black Caucus-Pelosi Rift
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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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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 …
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Laura McGann / TPM Muckraker:Leahy And Feinstein Question Schlozman On Voter Fraud
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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 …
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.
Margery Eagan / Boston Herald:
The Hill's got eyes: Medical marvel or makeup, new look turning heads — So I'm in New Hampshire for the Democrats' debate Sunday, watching on two huge screens. The instant Hillary appears, the woman behind me whispers, "Oh look at Hillary. She's had work done!"
Dan Senor / Opinion Journal:
Realists on Iraq — Democratic presidential candidates should listen to the "experts" they so often cite. — During Sunday night's Democratic presidential debate, the candidates cited an oft-repeated source of the mess in Iraq: The White House's refusal to heed knowledgeable advice.
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 …
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