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7:55 AM ET, November 30, 2010

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Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Serious Questions about the Obama Administration's Incompetence in the Wikileaks Fiasco  —  We all applaud the successful thwarting of the Christmas-Tree Bomber and hope our government continues to do all it can to keep us safe.  However, the latest round of publications …
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blogs.forbes.com:
Andy Greenberg  —  When will WikiLeaks return to its older model of more frequent leaks of smaller amounts of material?  —  If you look at the average number of documents we're releasing, we're vastly exceeding what we did last year.  These are huge datasets.  So it's actually very efficient for us to do that.
Reuters:
WikiLeaks plans to release a U.S. bank's documents  —  (Reuters) - The founder of whistle-blower website WikiLeaks plans to release tens of thousands of internal documents from a major U.S. bank early next year, Forbes Magazine reported on Monday.  —  Julian Assange declined in an interview …
Washington Post:
WikiLeaks founder could be charged under Espionage Act  —  Federal authorities are investigating whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange violated criminal laws in the group's release of government documents, including possible charges under the Espionage Act, sources familiar with the inquiry said Monday.
Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Wants To Spill Your Corporate Secrets
DEBKAFile:
Nuclear scientist killed in Tehran was Iran's top Stuxnet expert  —  World Exclusive from DEBKAfile's intelligence sources:  —  Prof. Majid Shahriari, who died when his car was attacked in North Tehran Monday, Nov. 29, headed the team Iran established for combating the Stuxnet virus rampaging through its nuclear and military networks.
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Laura Rozen / The Politico:
Iran a focal point of documents
Ben Birnbaum / Washington Times:
Ahmadinejad: U.S. orchestrated WikiLeaks release
Discussion: The Atlantic Online and FrumForum
Daily Mail:
Iranian nuclear scientist killed and another wounded in separate bomb attacks
Discussion: Hot Air and Daled Amos
Thomas Erdbrink / Washington Post:
Iranian nuclear scientist killed, another injured in Tehran bombings
Discussion: PostPartisan, Threat Level and Gawker
Digby / Hullabaloo:
With friends like these —  When the only people who defend you are the Villagers, you know you're on the wong track  —  With Friends Like These ...  I'm watching an exasperated John King on CNN right now visibly stunned that the liberals don't see the savvy genius of Obama's move to freeze Federal Workers' pay.
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Everyone Hates Obama's Pay Freeze Plan... Except Republicans  —  The early reviews of President Obama's plan to freeze federal worker pay are in — and it gets a resounding “F” from just about everybody outside of GOP leadership.  —  Michael Linden, a budget expert at the liberal Center …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Amid Deficit Fears, Obama Freezes Pay
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Obama's Federal Worker Pay Freeze Was Blasted By Democrats Months Ago
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
A Witness Lies, the Court Shrugs and Veterans Are Outraged  —  Elven J. Swisher wore a replica of a Purple Heart on the witness stand when he testified that the defendant had tried to hire him to kill three federal officials.  —  Asked about the medal, Mr. Swisher pulled a document …
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Netflix Partner Says Comcast ‘Toll’ Threatens Online Video Delivery  —  Level 3 Communications, a central partner in the Netflix online movie service, accused Comcast on Monday of charging a new fee that puts Internet video companies at a competitive disadvantage.
Washington Post:
Where we and Democrats can work together  —  When congressional leaders of both parties meet at the White House today, all of us will have an opportunity to show the American people that we got the message of the elections earlier this month.  —  Republicans heard the voters loud and clear.
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Roll Call:   Road Map: Still No Agenda for Lame Duck
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
In Which I Become a Conservative  —  Ross Douthat, an Atlantic alumnus, contends in the NY Times that the recent controversy over “enhanced” TSA procedures illustrates the dominance of partisan reflex in today's politics.  Liberals complained about excessive state power when Bush and Cheney were in charge …
Joe Scarborough / The Politico:
GOP should take on Palin  —  Republicans have a problem.  The most-talked-about figure in the GOP is a reality show star who cannot be elected.  And yet the same leaders who fret that Sarah Palin could devastate their party in 2012 are too scared to say in public what they all complain about in private.
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Jedediah Bila / Human Events:
Exclusive Interview: Governor Sarah Palin
Discussion: The Huffington Post and sisu
Simon Tisdall / Guardian:
China ‘ready to abandon North Korea’  —  Leaked dispatches show Beijing is frustrated with military actions of ‘spoiled child’ and increasingly favours reunified Korea  —  China has signalled its readiness to accept Korean reunification and is privately distancing itself from the North Korean regime …
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New York Times:
U.S. and South Korea Balk at Talks With North
Discussion: Guardian and FrumForum
Penny Starr / CNSNews:
Smithsonian Christmas-Season Exhibit Features Ant-Covered Jesus, Naked Brothers Kissing, Genitalia, and Ellen DeGeneres Grabbing Her Breasts  —  WARNING: This story contains graphic photographs of items on display in an exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery.
J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
With Kirk's swearing-in, GOP formally claims Obama's old seat  —  Senate Republicans on Monday formally claimed President Obama's former Senate seat with the swearing-in of Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.).  —  As is customary, Kirk was sworn in by Vice President Joe Biden twice — once on the Senate floor …
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Celebrating Secession Without the Slaves  —  ATLANTA — The Civil War, the most wrenching and bloody episode in American history, may not seem like much of a cause for celebration, especially in the South.  —  And yet, as the 150th anniversary of the four-year conflict gets under way …
Discussion: The Atlantic Online and Unfogged
Directorblue / Doug Ross:
Say, About That Old ‘Bush Lied’ Trope, Looks Like Wikileaks Proved Obama Repeatedly Lied About Middle East Policy  —  Runner-up headline: Obama lied, diplomacy died  —  Anyone remember that exactly one year ago President Obama's original deadline for Iran expired?
Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Jon Bershad / Mediaite:
Why Nothing Gets Done?  Sen. Harry Reid Tells A 5-Minute College Football Story On Senate Floor  —  This weekend, the University of Nevada won a big upset against Boise State.  It was an exciting upset and a great game between conference rivals.  Why am I discussing this here and not over at SportsGrid?
Discussion: Hot Air and Breitbart.tv
Debra J. Saunders / Townhall.com:
You Can Stop Paying for Al Gore's Mistake  —  In Greece earlier this month, Al Gore made a startling admission: “First-generation ethanol, I think, was a mistake.”  Unfortunately, Americans have Gore to thank for ethanol subsidies.  In 1994, then-Vice President Gore ended a 50-50 tie …
 
 
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Jim Puzzanghera / Los Angeles Times:
Estimate of TARP losses falls to $25 billion
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U.S. spied on Israel's Washington embassy, claims ex-envoy
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Bloomberg:
U.S., EU Expect Limited Progress at Climate Talks, No Treaty
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Sen. Joe Lieberman: Fox News ‘Is My Favorite,’ ‘Anything Rupert Murdoch Owns’
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CNN:
STATE OF THE UNION WITH CANDY CROWLEY
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
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Marc Caputo / St. Petersburg Times:
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James C. McKinley Jr / New York Times:
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Google Earth 6 Brings Integrated Street View And 3D Trees. …
Discussion: Gizmodo
Mark Kleiman / The Reality-Based Community:
Of WikiLeaks and the Pentagon Papers