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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?
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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 …
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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.
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.
MSNBC:
Lott: 'Not comfortable' with Miers' nomination — Miss. Senator says he'll need more information before supporting nominee — Add Senator Trent Lott (R-Miss.) to the list of Republicans not entirely pleased with President Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court.
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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.
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.
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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 …
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CNN:
Poll: Support for Miers not as high as that for Roberts — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Americans, particularly conservatives, are less supportive of President Bush's nominee to the Supreme Court than they initially were for his nomination of John Roberts, according to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Tuesday night.
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Mark Blumenthal / Mystery Pollster:FIRST MIERS REACTION FROM GALLUP
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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.
John Podhoretz / The Corner on National Review Online:
IS THIS BUSH'S HIDDEN AGENDA? — A friend, one of the wisest analysts of politics I know, asks the following fascinating questions: Did the president pick Harriet Miers because she is an evangelical Christian? Is this the real meaning of the "trust me" message — and are her religious beliefs …
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James S. Tyree / normantranscript.com:
Stadium security to be stepped up — University of Oklahoma President David Boren on Tuesday said investigators are saying there is no known threat connected to the Saturday bomb explosion near a packed football stadium, and an FBI press release repeated Boren's opinion.
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Erin Neff / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Son of former president to challenge Ensign in 2006 — Jack Carter, the son of former President Carter, said Tuesday he plans to run against John Ensign for the U.S. Senate next year. — Carter, 58, and his wife, Elizabeth, have lived in Las Vegas since 2003, operating the investment consulting firm Carter Global.
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MyDD, The Fix, Outside The Beltway, DC Debate, Swing State Project, Shakespeare's Sister, Taegan Goddard's … and Daily Pundit
