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Despite condemning itself, Pentagon report sees intelligence problem resolved; Makes no recommendations — Raw Story first to acquire report — The following is the declassified two page summary of the Office of Special Plans report, as acquired Friday morning by RAW STORY.
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WaPo quasi-retracts page-one story about Feith Iraq/AQ intel — Spruiell e-mails with the subject header, "Good Lord." Indeed. — They're calling it a "correction," but is it really a correction if you're quoting from an entirely different document than the one you thought you were?
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VIDEO COMPILATION: Anna Nicole Smith And Our National Media Embarassment — The death of Anna Nicole Smith yesterday was a feeding frenzy for the national media, and coverage of the war was drowned out: NBC's Nightly News devoted 14 seconds to Iraq compared to 3 minutes and 13 seconds to Anna Nicole.
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Young Woman Meets Tragic End — No, It's Not Anna Nicole — NEW YORK A young woman met a sudden and tragic end, it was reported on Thursday, leaving her family and people who knew her in great distress. — No, it's not Anna Nicole Smith. Her name is Jennifer Parcell, and she died in Iraq.

Anna Nicole Smith Died. So Did Three American Troops.
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Undoing Obama: Inside the Coming Effort to Dismantle a Candidate — Barack Obama's free ride is ending. — The charismatic Illinois senator has enjoyed a lifetime of hagiography, starting with an 800-word story in The New York Times the day after his election as the first black president of the Harvard Law Review.
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Bill Donohue Defended Bush Catholic Outreach Staffer Who Was Outed As Sexual Predator — During the 2004 presidential campaign, George Bush's Catholic outreach coordinator, 54-year-old Deal Hudson, was outed as a sexual predator for taking advantage of a drunken 18-year old while he was a professor.

No change in political climate — On the day that the latest report on global warming was released, I went out and bought a light bulb. OK, an environmentally friendly, compact fluorescent light bulb. — No, I do not think that if everyone lit just one little compact fluorescent light bulb, what a bright world this would be.
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Zogby Road to New Hampshire Poll: Hillary Surges on Campaign Announcement, But Edwards, Obama Lurk in Key States Zogby telephone surveys find tight races in Iowa, New Hampshire, but everyone's support is soft as Jell-o — New York Sen. Hillary Clinton received a bounce in her presidential …

An Iraq Interrogator's Nightmare — Aman with no face stares at me from the corner of a room. He pleads for help, but I'm afraid to move. He begins to cry. It is a pitiful sound, and it sickens me. He screams, but as I awaken, I realize the screams are mine.


Rove on immigration: 'I don't want my son to have to pick tomatoes' — The Corner at the National Review Online reports that at a Republican luncheon yesterday White House adviser Karl Rove was overheard explaining the Bush amnesty immigration plan by saying, "I don't want my 17-year-old son …


Author attacked in S.F. hotel — SAN FRANCISCO - In a bizarre attack, a well-known author and Holocaust scholar was dragged out of a San Francisco hotel elevator by an apparent Holocaust denier who reportedly had been trailing him for weeks. — Police escorted Elie Wiesel …

First Democratic Campaign Disses Edwards — The only problem is, we don't know which one. An unamed Democratic staffer for a rival campaign just through Edwards under bus for keeping Amanda and Melissa on staff. From Slate: … Apparently, that person is so brave and unfraid of …

It's a Tough Life — The secret new way of earmarks. — This budget week, there was one thing on which Democrats and Republicans agreed: It's time to do something about earmarks. And in a nod to voter disapproval with these special-interest projects, this year Congress will do its pork spending in secret.


Gates describes Iraq evidence against Iran — Info on explosives shows Tehran 'very much involved,' Pentagon chief says — German Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung, right, and U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates listen to questions from journalists at a NATO gathering Friday in Seville, Spain.