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The New Republic:
A STATEMENT FROM SCOTT THOMAS BEAUCHAMP: — As we've noted in this space, some have questioned details that appeared in the Diarist "Shock Troops," published under the pseudonym Scott Thomas. According to Major Kirk Luedeke, a public affairs officer at Forward Operating Base Falcon …
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Ace of Spades HQ:
Source: TNR Is A Lot More Worried Than They're Letting On; Scott Thomas Got His Job For Plame-ish Reasons — There's actually more to this. Let's just say TNR are playing the hard guys. As a for instance, someone was searching for all of "Gracie's" posts at discarded lies last night.
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The Corner:
Everybody Chill Out — The issue with Scott Thomas Beauchamp isn't how he came to be published by the New Republic, or who his girlfriend-fiancee-wife might be. If TNR chose to publish his work because he had a relationship with someone on staff, so what?
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Michelle Malkin:
"Scott Thomas" steps out of the shadows Update: The blog of "Sir Real Scott Thomas" Update: His MySpace page Update The soon-to-be wife of Scott Thomas Beauchamp? — Update 5:30pm Eastern. See-Dubya answers the "so what?" question about Beauchamp/Reeve. — Update 4:15pm Eastern.
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Pundit Review Radio / BLACKFIVE:PRIVATE BEAUCHAMP- REQUIEM FOR A DUNG BEETLE
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Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Leahy issues subpoena for Rove — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Thursday issued a subpoena for top White House adviser Karl Rove to compel him to testify about the firing of several U.S. attorneys. — "The evidence shows that senior White House political operatives …
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CNN:
FBI director appears to contradict Gonzales — WASHINGTON (CNN) — FBI Director Robert Mueller told Congress Thursday that the confrontation between then-White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and then-Attorney General John Ashcroft in Ashcroft's hospital room in 2004 concerned …
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
BREAKING: Senate Committee Issues Subpoenas to Rove and Deputy — Finally, the big one. — The Senate Judiciary Committee issued two more subpoenas as part of the U.S. attorney firings investigation today: one for Karl Rove and the other for his deputy, Scott Jennings.
Faiz / Think Progress:
Senators Call For Appointment Of Special Counsel To Investigate Gonzales For Perjury — At a news conference this afternoon, four members of the Senate Judiciary Committee called for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate Alberto Gonzales on perjury charges.
Paul Kane / Associated Press:Senate Democrats Call for Perjury Probe of Gonzales
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Joe Klein and Beltway seriousness — Joe Klein today responds to my post from earlier this morning — regarding Joe Lieberman, John Hagee and Seriousness — without expressly acknowledging that he is doing so. He all but quotes my post at length and says he is responding to the use of the word …
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Matalin Sticking With Fred Thompson — Rumors are flying about more senior level departures from the unofficial presidential campaign of former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.). — But The Fix can knock down one of the major ones: Mary Matalin, a former adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney …
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Fred File:
Hazleton Immigraton Decision — Most Americans want something to be done about the illegal immigration problem we have in this country. They've been expecting the federal government to enforce the immigration laws already on the books. The federal government hasn't done that …
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Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
Gates seeks to calm feud with Clinton — WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Robert Gates wrote to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton that a top Pentagon official did not intend to impugn her patriotism by suggesting that questions about U.S. planning in Iraq boosts enemy propaganda.
Jesse Lee / The Gavel:
Oversight Hearing on US Embassy in Iraq — The Oversight Committee is currently holding a hearing, "Allegations of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse at the New U.S. Embassy in Iraq." The hearing will examine the performance of the State Department and its contractors in the construction of the new $600 million U.S. embassy in Baghdad.
Jean Edward Smith / New York Times:
Stacking the Court — WHEN a majority of Supreme Court justices adopt a manifestly ideological agenda, it plunges the court into the vortex of American politics. If the Roberts court has entered voluntarily what Justice Felix Frankfurter once called the "political thicket," it may require a political solution to set it straight.
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