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Hindrocket / Power Line:
SO WHO'S SHE PROTECTING?  —  New York Times reporter Judith Miller has finally been released from jail, after agreeing to testify to what everyone already knew, i.e., that she discussed Valerie Plame with Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney's chief of staff.  I wrote about this last night …
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Washington Post:
N.Y. Times Reporter Testifies in CIA Leak Case  —  Miller Says Source Released Her From Pledge of Confidentiality  —  New York Times reporter Judith Miller testified today before a federal grand jury investigating the leak of a covert CIA agent's identity and said afterward she agreed to end …
Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Miller's Big Secret  —  Can it be?  That after all that, New York Times reporter Judith Miller sat in jail for 12 weeks to protect the confidentiality of a very senior White House aide — even though the aide repeatedly made it clear he didn't want protecting?
The Nation:
A CIA-Did-It Defense for Scooter in the Plame Leak Case?  —  When you already have a fall guy, use him—especially if he's a dead man.  —  Could that be the legal strategy of I. Lewis Libby (a.k.a. Scooter), Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, in the Plame/CIA leak case?
Hullabaloo:
Channelling Scott McClellan  —  This.  Is.  Bulls**t.  —  Judy has been released from her confidentiality agreement by her source and she is refusing to even name him publicly?  Even though his own lawyer has given interviews in the press.  Jesus H. Christ.
Discussion: firedoglake and The Moderate Voice
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
If I were A Different Man... (Or Woman)
Discussion: cjrdaily.org and LiberalOasis
Editor and Publisher:
Miller Speaks to Reporters After Testifying, Cites 'Narrow Testimony' as Key
Discussion: mediabistro
Jennifer Saba / Editor and Publisher:   'Philadelphia Inquirer' Writers Scoop Gray Lady on its Own Story
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
What's a "Source," Judy?
National Review:
Shameful Attacks  —  In the course of a free-wheeling conversation so common on talk-format programs, Bill Bennett made a minor point that was statistically and logically unassailable, but that touched a third rail — namely, the nexus between race and crime — within the highly charged context of abortion policy.
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Nick Schulz / Tech Central Station:
Bill Bennett's Reality-Based Defenders  —  Former Drug Czar and Secretary of Education Bill Bennett's comments over skin color, crime and abortion have lots of folks howling, from Nancy Pelosi to Howard Dean to the NAACP to Ted Kennedy to the White House (go figure).  What prompted this bipartisan outrage?
Garance Franke-Ruta / TAPPED:
OUTRAGE VERSUS CLEVERNESS.  One of the reasons the left has such a difficult time moving public opinion is that, all too often, it reacts with cleverness to situations where outrage would be a more appropriate response.  Bill Bennett yesterday offered left bloggers a golden opportunity to make political hay, and what do we have?
Brad DeLong / Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal:
In Defense of Bill Bennett  —  Bill Bennett is a hypocrite, a loathsome fungus on the tree of American politics, a man who has worked unceasingly to make America a worse place—when he's not publishing the work of others under his own name, or rolling the dice at Las Vegas while claiming …
Justin Gardner / Donklephant:
Bennett's Black Babies Theory Blows Up The Blogosphere
Andrew / www.AndrewSullivan.com:
YGLESIAS AWARD NOMINEE:
Janet Elliott / Houston Chronicle:
Others deny DeLay didn't get chance to tell his side  —  AUSTIN - The day after U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay's grand jury indictment, his lawyer and the jury foreman on Thursday appeared to contradict the Texas politician's assertions that he was not given a chance to speak before the jury.
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Hermelinda Vargas / news8austin.com:
Grand jury foreman defends DeLay indictment  —  The 12-member grand jury that indicted U.S. Rep. Tom Delay, R-Sugar Land, faces scrutiny from critics who say they are lackeys for Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle.  —  Foreman William Gibson lives in a Northeast Austin neighborhood.
Aoife White / Associated Press:
EU Wants Shared Control of Internet  —  The European Union insisted Friday that governments and the private sector must share the responsibility of overseeing the Internet, setting the stage for a showdown with the United States on the future of Internet governance.
Discussion: QandO and Kesher Talk
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Rachel Zoll / Associated Press:
Jesuit Official Rips Expected Ban on Gays  —  NEW YORK - A top Jesuit official is raising objections about an upcoming Vatican document that's expected to reinforce Roman Catholic teaching that gays are not welcome in the priesthood, while some U.S. leaders of men's religious orders are considering …
CNN:
THE SITUATION ROOM  —  Fire Crews Battle Major Wildfire Outside L.A.; Interview with Tom DeLay; Gay Penguin Couple Separates  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: It's 5:00 p.m. here in Washington and you're …
PR Newswire:
CAIR: Boeing, Bell, National Journal Apologize for 'Mosque Attack' Ad  —  Boeing: 'We Consider the Ad Offensive, Regret its Publication and Apologize'  —  WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ — A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group said this afternoon that Boeing Co. …
Discussion: Silent Running and Dhimmi Watch

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