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ABCNEWS:
Espionage Case Breaches the White House  —  Accused Marine Worked in Vice President's Office  —  Oct. 5, 2005 — Both the FBI and CIA are calling it the first case of espionage in the White House in modern history.  —  Officials tell ABC News the alleged spy worked undetected at the White House for almost three years.
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Bill / PunditGuy:
SPY in the House of Bush  —  This is not good.  —  While much of this story has been out for nearly a month (see links below), ABC News has been investigating a possible White House angle.  That part of the story is breaking for the first time today. … Undetected for 3 years?
Michelle Malkin:
ESPIONAGE IN THE WHITE HOUSE
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:   F.B.I. Widens Investigation in New Jersey Espionage Case
Washington Post:
Spy Probe Widens to Cover Aide's White House Service
Reuters:
US officials brace for decisions in CIA leak case  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The federal prosecutor investigating who leaked the identity of a CIA operative is expected to signal within days whether he intends to bring indictments in the case, legal sources close to the investigation said on Wednesday.
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John / AMERICAblog:
The White House is hiding Karl Rove - they know something's coming...  I just talked to a source who told me that Karl Rove has been missing from a number of recent White House presidential events - events that he has ALWAYS attended in the past.  For example, Rove was absent …
CNN:
Bush plans 'major speech' on Iraq, terrorism
Discussion: The Left Coaster
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:   There were rumors flying around all day today that Plame prosecutor …
Washington Post:
Conservatives Confront Bush Aides  —  Anger Over Nomination of Miers Boils Over During Private Meetings  —  The conservative uprising against President Bush escalated yesterday as Republican activists angry over his nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court confronted …
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Media Matters for America:
O'Reilly calls Media Matters "assassins" and "the worst" among "most vicious" political websites  —  In a segment on the October 4 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor that he promoted as examining "the most vicious political websites in the country," host Bill O'Reilly named Media Matters for America …
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David Kline / BlogRevolt.com:
O'Reilly's Sneak Attack on Bloggers!  —  Last night I appeared on the conservative TV talk show The O'Reilly Factor, ostensibly to talk about political blogs and the impact they are having on the American political process.  —  Or so I was told by the two producers for the show who spent over an hour pre-interviewing me.
Associated Press:
DeLay, Successor Blunt Swapped Donations  —  WASHINGTON - Tom DeLay deliberately raised more money than he needed to throw parties at the 2000 presidential convention, then diverted some of the excess to longtime ally Roy Blunt through a series of donations that benefited both men's causes.
Michael J. Sniffen / Associated Press:
Former Bush Official Indicted in Probe  —  WASHINGTON — The Bush administration's former chief procurement official was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on charges of making false statements and obstructing investigations into high-powered Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Discussion: The Mahablog and AMERICAblog
Laylan Copelin / statesman.com:
Prosecutor reveals third grand jury had refused DeLay indictment  —  Newly impaneled grand jury returned money-laundering charge within hours  —  A Travis County grand jury last week refused to indict former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay as prosecutors raced to salvage their felony case against the Sugar Land Republican.
Washington Post:
Senate Supports Interrogation Limits  —  90-9 Vote on the Treatment of Detainees Is a Bipartisan Rebuff of the White House  —  The Senate defied the White House yesterday and voted to set new limits on interrogating detainees in Iraq and elsewhere, underscoring Congress's growing concerns …
Sara Kugler / Associated Press:
Rangel: Cheney should be 'ashamed' for age remark  —  NEW YORK — Vice President Dick Cheney's feud with Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel was perpetuated Wednesday when the 75-year-old congressman said Cheney "ought to be ashamed of himself" for a remark about his age.

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RealClearPolitics:
THE ULTIMATE TROJAN HORSE?:  She's polite.  Shy.  Smart.  Modest.
Michael Ledeen / The Corner on National Review Online:
THE COURT  —  On the Supreme Court frenzy, I am proud to say I am …
Discussion: The Anchoress
Associated Press:
Senate votes to restrict treatment of detainees
thefire.org:
Freshman Comp Class 'For Native Americans Only'
Discussion: Discriminations
Associated Press:
Python Tries to Eat Alligator, Explodes
Jerome Armstrong / MyDD:
Ohio Senate race
The Anchoress:
Infantile and needlessly injurious: UPDATED
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Earlier Picks:

Dan Whitcomb / Reuters:
Border activist faces Republican in Calif. runoff
John Podhoretz / The Corner on National Review Online:
IS THIS BUSH'S HIDDEN AGENDA?
Gawker:
If You Love Something, Get Rid of It: Nick and Jessica to Divorce
Ruth Gledhill / Times of London:
Catholic Church no longer swears by truth of the Bible
Discussion: Southern Appeal and Pharyngula
Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com:
The Case Against Harriet Miers: The Baseball Analogy
Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
Sunnis Drop Threat to Boycott Referendum
CNN:
Poll: Support for Miers not as high as that for Roberts
Meghan Clyne / New York Sun:
Senate Will Probe Saudi Distribution Of Hate Materials
Erin Neff / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Son of former president to challenge Ensign in 2006
 
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