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Matthew Pennington / Associated Press:
Musharraf declares emergency in Pakistan  —  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Gen. Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan on Saturday, suspending the constitution, replacing the chief justice before a crucial Supreme Court ruling on his future as president, and cutting communications in the capital.
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Musharraf Declares State Of Emergency  —  Pervez Musharraf has declared a state of emergency in Pakistan, apparently not content to wait for the Supreme Court decision on his presidential election victory last month.  So far, he has given no reason for the declaration, although the military activity …
Discussion: BitsBlog and Washington Times
Washington Post:
Musharraf Declares Emergency Rule in Pakistan  —  Provisional Constitution Instituted, Leader Expected to Address Nation Saturday  —  Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule Saturday, suspending the constitution amid a heavy security presence including armored personnel carriers on the streets of the capital.
CNN:
Musharraf declares state of emergency  —  LAHORE, Pakistan (CNN) — Faced with increasing violence and unrest, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday declared a state of emergency, government sources told CNN.  —  Musharraf issued a provisional constitutional order proclaiming …
ABCNEWS:
Bush Administration Blocked Waterboarding Critic  —  Former DOJ Official Tested the Method Himself, in Effort to Form Torture Policy  —  A senior Justice Department official, charged with reworking the administration's legal position on torture in 2004 became so concerned …
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Alice Miles / Times of London:
The Petraeus Curve  —  Serious success in Iraq is not being recognised as it should be  —  Is no news good news or bad news?  In Iraq, it seems good news is deemed no news.  There has been striking success in the past few months in the attempt to improve security, defeat al-Qaeda sympathisers …
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Not Cricket
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Gateway Pundit:
Al Qaeda Threatens American Poodle... Libyan leader Gadhafi(?)  —  Al Qaeda lost in Iraq... Now they've lost their minds.  —  This image from video released by IntelCenter on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007 shows a photo of Ayman al-Zawahri as part of an audiotaped speech harshly criticizing Libyan …
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Maggie Michael / Associated Press:
Al-Qaida's No. 2 threatens Libya  —  CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida's No. 2 figure harshly criticized Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in a new audio tape Saturday, accusing him of being an enemy of Islam and threatening a wave of attacks against the North African country because it improved relations with the U.S.
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Argghhh!
Michael Powell / New York Times:
Loyal to Kerik, Giuliani Missed Warning Signs  —  If the rise of Bernard B. Kerik under the mentorship of Rudolph W. Giuliani was meteoric, the speed of his fall was breathtaking.  —  In December 2004, President Bush nominated Mr. Kerik, a former New York police commissioner, to head the federal Department of Homeland Security.
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
The Religious Left Runs Against Porn  —  I like Tom Perriollo, though I find this diatribe on the common good very annoying. … There's lots of stuff that undermines women's rights, sexual health and 'the common good', from legal economic penalties to cultural norms to the sick gender bias …
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Tom Perriello / The Coffee House:   Our Culture War on Greed
Kate Michelman / Open Left:
We've Come A Long Way  —  Remember the commercial:  —  We've come a long way baby.  —  Well, have we?  That's the question American women need to ask themselves.  —  We earn 77 cents for every dollar a man makes.  —  We are 48% more likely to live in poverty than men.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Dean on Mukasey  —  Friend of TPM and former Nixon White House Counsel John Dean knows a few things about lawless presidents.  He just sent us his thoughts on the now certain confirmation of Judge Mukasey ...
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Rich Lowry / Real Clear Politics:
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Jamiecnn / CNN Political Ticker:
Obama: Cheney is 'a crazy uncle in the attic'  —  SPARTANBURG, South Carolina (CNN) - At a campaign event Saturday, Sen. Barack Obama called his distant cousin, Vice President Dick Cheney, "a crazy uncle in the attic."  —  Obama was referencing the recent revelation by the Vice President's wife …
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Joe Klein / TIME: Swampland:
The Real War  —  I'm puzzled by all the neoconservative bloviating and war-whooping about Iran and the near deathly silence about the deteriorating situation in Pakistan.  I mean, we have actual terrorist training camps in Waziristan that are just sitting there, ripe targets for the sort …
 
 
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