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9:45 AM ET, October 25, 2007

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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Baghdad Diarist Was On Guard When Questioned by Editors  —  The soldier whose New Republic article about military cruelty in Iraq was labeled false by Army investigators refused to defend his accusations when questioned by the magazine, even after being told that the editors could no longer support him unless he cooperated.
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Mark Steyn / The Corner:
Beauchamp takes a powder  —  No disrespect, Kathryn, but count me among those who raised an eyebrow over your five o'clock Scott Thomas Beauchamp post.  It's not about Beauchamp "confessing".  Given the alarm bells Beauchamp's original piece set off among those familiar with the subject matter …
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
New Steps by U.S. Against Iranians  —  The Bush administration will announce a long-debated policy of new sanctions against Iran on Thursday, accusing the elite Quds division of the Revolutionary Guard Corps of supporting terrorism, administration officials said Wednesday night.
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Robin Wright / Washington Post:
U.S. to Impose New Sanctions Targeting Iran's Military  —  The Bush administration plans to roll out an unprecedented package of unilateral sanctions against Iran today, including the long-awaited designations of its Revolutionary Guard Corps as a proliferator of weapons of mass destruction …
Discussion: The Swamp, MoJoBlog and The Gate
Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Bomb Iran?  U.S. Requests Bunker-Buster Bombs  —  White House Bomber Request Leaves Some Wondering if U.S. Is Preparing Action in Iran  —  Tucked inside the White House's $196 billion emergency funding request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is an item that has some people wondering whether …
Daniel Henninger / Opinion Journal:
Rudy?  —  Giuliani and religious right meet on the road to political adulthood.  —  One school of thought on the religious right holds that if Rudy Giuliani would commit to an unequivocal anti-abortion position, they could vote for him.  A second school of thought, articulated by Richard Land …
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Gail Collins / New York Times:
Who Doesn't ♥ Huckabee?  —  Chuck Norris has spoken.
Discussion: Boston Globe, MSNBC and Hullabaloo
Jeremiah Marquez / Associated Press:
Feds join probe in SoCal wildfire  —  LOS ANGELES - Federal agents joined the search for evidence Wednesday in brush-covered Orange County hills where an arsonist is believed to have ignited one of the wildfires devastating Southern California.  —  In San Bernardino County …
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Bobby / The GALLIVANT:
Simply Simpatico  —  Lima is beautiful in the spring, when it's not too hot, I was told.  Machu Pichu is a must see, too.  —  My visits to the Green Zone are always a joy when I pass through checkpoints manned by Peruvian troops, with whom I have established a rapport.
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Little Green Footballs:
Media Arrogance Squared  —  An almost unbelievable example of media arrogance, as a reporter for the Sacramento Bee complains about an ID check at the Green Zone, belittles the soldier for not knowing who "Knight Ridder" is, then brags about his bravery at his blog: Simply Simpatico |  The GALLIVANT.
New York Times:
Mideast Hawks Help to Develop Giuliani Policy  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani's approach to foreign policy shares with other Republican presidential candidates an aggressive posture toward terrorism, a commitment to strengthening the military and disdain for the United Nations.
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Bill Roggio / The Long War Journal:
"The darkness has become pitch black" - Osama bin Laden on Iraq situation  —  Banner announcing Osama bin Laden's audiotape.  Click image to view animated version.  —  Recent report from US commanders in Iraq have stated al Qaeda in Iraq has been set back by a combination of the latest offensive …
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Wayne Barrett / Village Voice:
Rudy's Pants On Fire
Discussion: The Reaction
Bloomberg:
Minimum-Tax Fix May Cost Hedge Funds, Buyout Firms $48 Billion  —  Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) — House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel said he would propose paying for curbing the alternative minimum tax this year with a $48 billion tax increase on executives of buyout firms and hedge funds.
Discussion: Liberty Pundit and ScrappleFace
New York Times:
Another $200 Billion  —  President Bush waited until he had vetoed a relatively inexpensive children's health insurance bill before asking for tens of billions of dollars more for his misadventure in Iraq.  The cynicism of that maneuver is only slightly less shameful than the president's distorted priorities.
Joe Klein / TIME: Swampland:
The GOP in 2008  —  It's long been my belief that the GOP hole card in 2008 is going to be a rancid furriner-bashing anti-illegal-immigrant smear campaign.  Make no mistake, whatever lipstick they put on this pig, the bottom line is the same old know-nothing nativism that has been a minor American stain since …
Brian Beutler / Gristmill:
Lieberman-Warner meets the microscope  —  The U.S. Senate held its first hearing today to examine America's Climate Security Act, the new climate-change bill introduced last Wednesday by Sens. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) and John Warner (R-Va.).  Given that the hearing was convened by a subcommittee …
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
 
 
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
McCain Reflects on P.O.W. Past, and Goes After Clinton
Discussion: Brendan Nyhan
White House:
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Associated Press:
Thompson downplays staff departure
Discussion: The Impolitic
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
White House Feels Waxman's Oversight Gaze
The Atlantic Online:
Musn't say the V-word  —  I read this sort of thing and I just do a slow burn.
Discussion: Ezra Klein
Amanda Marcotte / RHRealityCheck.org blogs:
Anti-Choice Lingo Decoded
Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:
Obama Adds Openly Gay Minister to Concert
Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
Google Declares Jihad On Blog Link Farms
Discussion: LAist
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
THE NATIONAL SECURITY DILEMMA....Publius defends the Democratic Party leadership here.
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
End of a Movement
Barry E. Piatt / dorgan.senate.gov:
DORGAN PREDICTS SENATE WILL REJECT FCC'S RUSH TO CHANGE MEDIA OWNERSHIP RULES
Discussion: The Sideshow
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Justices to consider gun case Nov. 9
Discussion: QandO
USA Today:
Terror watch list swells to more than 755,000 names
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Wildfire victims getting what's coming to them, says Carlin
Martin Kady II / The Politico:
Democrats unveil SCHIP sequel; hunt for votes
 

 
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Cybersecurity startup Wiz acquires Dazz, a specialist in security remediation and risk management; sources say the cash-and-stock deal is valued at $450M

 
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