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Washington Post:
Role of Rove, Libby in CIA Leak Case Clearer — Bush and Cheney Aides' Testimony Contradicts Earlier White House Statement — As the CIA leak investigation heads toward its expected conclusion this month, it has become increasingly clear that two of the most powerful men in the Bush administration …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
The Libby-Miller Correspondence — The NY Times has posted the correspondence between Libby and Miller that eventually led to her jail break (via Glenn, we see that Powerline has found these letters as well). — We are most intrigued by this passage, in the letter from Libby to Miller …
Judd / Think Progress:
Source to Stephanopoulos: President Bush Directly Involved In Leak Scandal — Near the end of a round table discussion on ABC's This Week, George Stephanopoulos dropped this bomb: … This would explain why Bush spent more than an hour answering questions from special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald.
TalkLeft:
Judith Miller and Fitzgerald's Agreement — Note: This is long, and primarily for the terminally-addicted PlameGate followers among you. — There are two components to Judith Miller's explanation for her decision to testify before the grand jury. One is her claim that by speaking to Libby …
BBC:
Bali bombs 'were suicide attacks' — Suicide bombers carried out the attacks on three Bali restaurants that killed at least 19 people, a senior Indonesian anti-terror official has said. — Maj Gen Ansyaad Mbai said the remains of three bombers were found at the scenes in the tourist areas of Jimbaran and Kuta.
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Irwan Firdaus / Associated Press:
Suicide Bombers Kill 25 in Bali Attacks — BALI, Indonesia - Suicide bombers targeted the Indonesian resort of Bali with coordinated attacks that devastated three crowded restaurants, killing at least 25 people. Two men linked to even deadlier blasts at the same resort in 2002 were suspected …
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Bradley Graham / Washington Post:
Rumsfeld Defends Iraqi Forces — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said yesterday that Iraqi security forces are steadily improving, and he dismissed news of a drop in the number of highest-rated units as having minimal relevance. — "There are an awful lot of people chasing the wrong rabbit here …
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Mark Mazzetti / Los Angeles Times:U.S. Generals Now See Virtues of a Smaller Troop Presence in Iraq
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Mark / Decision '08:
The Most Painful Correction of All Time — Paul Krugman can rest easy - he will not be forced by Gail Collins into personally admitting the error behind his continued stubborn insistence that he got the story right on the 2000 Florida recounts despite widespread evidence to the contrary.
Callimachus / Donklephant:
Bennett's Race Problem, and Mine … Like Bill Bennett, I probably should just keep my mouth shut. — I confess, I've completely lost track of what "racist" means in contemporary American political discourse. I know what I think it means, but evidently I'm one of the people who are disqualified …
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Basil / Basil's Blog:
Try one of these specials with your weekend brunch: — The Blog Interviews: Taking questions for Jay from Stop the ACLU! and Denise from Grandma's House. — The Steel Deal looks at Canadian crops. — Don Surber finds why looting in Texas wasn't widespread. — Jo's head explodes.
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SoCalPundit, BIG DOG's WEBLOG, Two Babes and a Brain, Stop The ACLU, The Florida Masochist and Soldiers' Angel
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Google offers S.F. Wi-Fi — for free — Company's bid is one of many in response to mayor's call for universal online access — Google Inc. has offered to blanket San Francisco with free wireless Internet access at no cost to the city, placing a marquee name behind Mayor Gavin Newsom's effort …
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Associated Press:
Man charged with murder after girl, 4, found — Daughter of suspect's girlfriend found wandering streets of New York — NEW YORK - A Queens man was charged Saturday with murdering his live-in girlfriend, the latest twist in a weeklong mystery that began when the slain woman's 4-year-old daughter …
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Andy McCarthy / The Corner on National Review Online:
GOOD NEWS FOR SEN. FRIST — The weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) indicates that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist appears to have a very good defense to suspicions about whether he traded on inside information in selling his HCA stock.
neo-neocon:
How Tuvia Grossman got to be a "Palestinian" — In case you missed the story the first time round, Richard Landes of Second Draft has a post at Solomonia on the misidentification of Tuvia Grossman by the press. — Grossman, an American Jew studying in Israel, was beaten by a mob …
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
Thin skins — Two surprising truths about journalists: — First, they give bad interview. You'd think all those years on the other end of the pencil would teach them how to give clear, concise answers to questions ... and how to beware of reporters' tricks.
Don Surber:
Looter Speaks — Sen. Mary "Looter" Landrieu, D-Looterland, gave a hysterical response to the Washington Post's very logical and well-reasoned editorial on Wednesday, "Louisiana Looters." A quarter of a trillion dollars to rebuild one state? Says who? The editorial gave a great example …
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