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Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:
Experts: Unclassified Report 'Pure Pablum,' Hides Truth — Brian Ross Reports: — Intelligence analysts and the former White House counterterror official describe as "pure pablum" the unclassified version of the National Intelligence Estimate released today on terror threats to the United States.
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Washington Post:
Exit Strategies — Would Iran Take Over Iraq? Would Al-Qaeda? The Debate About How and When to Leave Centers on What Might Happen After the U.S. Goes. — If U.S. combat forces withdraw from Iraq in the near future, three developments would be likely to unfold.
Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:
The NIE and Iraq: What's Missing from this Picture? — Tons of intelligence reports exist about the windfall that the Iraq war has given to global Salafist jihad. The National Intelligence Council in 2005, for instance, called Iraq the new "breeding ground" for "professionalized" terror.
CNN:Official: Al Qaeda will use Iraq to attack U.S.
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BuzzFlash.org, Whiskey Fire, Weasel Zippers, Jihad Watch, Riehl World View and In Search Of Utopia
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
AP Poll: GOP pick is 'none of the above' — WASHINGTON - And the leading Republican presidential candidate is ... none of the above. — The latest Associated Press-Ipsos poll found that nearly a quarter of Republicans are unwilling to back top-tier hopefuls Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson …
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Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Wamp: Thompson is close to joining '08 race — Rep. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.) said Monday that he expects former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) to soon join the race for the White House. — "My view is that he'll enter the race at some point just in the coming days," said Wamp, a key supporter of Thompson.
Joan Walsh / Salon:
The Salon Interview: Elizabeth Edwards — On her confrontation with Ann Coulter, why she backs gay marriage — and why Edwards is a better choice for women than Hillary Clinton. — Elizabeth Edwards listens to her husband speak at a campaign event in Concord, N.H., April 2, 2007.
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TIME: Swampland, Brian Beutler, Taylor Marsh, Hot Air, Political Radar and National Review
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Salon:
The Salon Interview: Elizabeth Edwards — So in January 2009, what's the first thing John Edwards does to make life different for poor people in America? — Well, a lot of it is a legislative agenda that needs to pass, but some of it he can do right away.
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CNN Political Ticker, TIME: Swampland, Ian Schwartz, The Atlantic Online, UrbanGrounds and TalkLeft
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
Suicide bombing at Islamabad courthouse kills 13 — Over 50 wounded in attack where ousted Chief Justice was scheduled to speak; government still negotiation with Taliban in North Waziristan — The suicide attacks that have plagued the Northwest Frontier Province have shifted to the heart of Pakistan in the capital of Islamabad.
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Jeb Koogler / The Moderate Voice:Pervez Musharraf: How Good Of An Ally Is He Really?
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The Newshoggers
Matt / Think Progress:
Novak: Women's 'venom' toward Bush is 'so vicious.' — Appearing on Hugh Hewitt's radio show yesterday, conservative pundit Robert Novak claimed that "women, particularly," are making our current political discourse more "vicious":
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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
The Messianic Maniac — It's more disturbing in a way than MoDo's fantasies or Frank Rich's tragedies. After four years of mounting, centrifugal chaos in a country he invaded on false pretenses, with no plan for victory, Bush is still "empowered" by a sense of religious mission and the aphrodisiac of the appearance of power.
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The Carpetbagger Report, Brian Beutler, The Peking Duck, Beliefnet, Think Progress and Brilliant at Breakfast
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Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:
FBI: Iraqis Being Smuggled Across the Rio Grande — Brian Ross Reports: — The FBI is investigating an alleged human smuggling operation based in Chaparral, N.M., that agents say is bringing "Iraqis and other Middle Eastern" individuals across the Rio Grande from Mexico.
Washington Times:
Bush office is anti-Muslim, group says — A Muslim civil rights group today blamed Bush administration policies for promoting "Islamophobia" and said the "war on terror" won't stop terrorists. — "The new perception is that the United States has entered a war with Islam itself," …
James Thorner / St. Petersburg Times:
Cigarmakers in a panic … Eric Newman punches the numbers on his calculator and gapes at the results one more time. — It's no mathematical error: The federal government has proposed raising taxes on premium cigars, the kind Newman's family has been rolling for decades in Ybor City, by as much as 20,000 percent.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The Politico sewer — The Politico today is prominently touting on its front page another vapid, petty, and inane "news story" — the type of story which has, in just a few short months, become its hallmark: … Impressively, they followed up their Romney scoop with a hard-hitting …
Matt / Think Progress:
Blogosphere Responds To O'Reilly's Baseless Attacks On The Netroots — Last night on The O'Reilly Factor, host Bill O'Reilly dedicated a segment to disingenuously attacking the upcoming YearlyKos convention, its namesake DailyKos, and one of the event's sponsors, JetBlue.
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NewsBusters.org, News Bloggers, FRAMESHOP, The Carpetbagger Report, Riehl World View, Crooks and Liars and Shakesville
Mike Allen / The Politico:
A look inside the war rooms on the war — Leaders are instructing Democratic lawmakers to blitz their states with anti-Bush messages as the Senate gears up for an all-night debate on Iraq withdrawal, according to an internal memo provided to The Politico by a Democratic official.
Arnold Kling / TCS Daily:
Myths and Realities of the George Bush Presidency … Near the end of his shows, humorist Mort Sahl used to ask, "Is there anyone I haven't offended yet?" These days, I find myself asking the same question about President Bush. Economic libertarians gripe about high government spending.
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