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Judith Miller / New York Times:
My Four Hours Testifying in the Federal Grand Jury Room  —  In July 2003, Joseph C. Wilson IV, a former ambassador, created a firestorm by publishing an essay in The New York Times that accused the Bush administration of using faulty intelligence to justify the war in Iraq.
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New York Times:
The Miller Case: From a Name on a Pad to Jail, and Back  —  In a notebook belonging to Judith Miller, a reporter for The New York Times, amid notations about Iraq and nuclear weapons, appear two small words: "Valerie Flame."  —  Ms. Miller should have written Valerie Plame.
rawstory.com:
Reporter in leak case to take leave of absence effective immediately  —  New York Times reporter Judith Miller, who spent 85 days in jail protecting her source in the recent CIA leak investigation, will take an indefinite leave of absence effective immediately.
Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
After 'NY Times' Probe: Keller Must Fire Miller, and Apologize to Readers  —  As the devastating Times article, and her own first-person account, make clear, Miller should be promptly dismissed for crimes against journalism — and her own paper.  And her editor, who has not taken responsibility …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
JUDY MILLER SPEAKS  —  In today's New York Times, reporter Judith Miller offers a lengthy and seemingly comprehensive summary of her testimony before Patrick Fitzgerald's grand jury.  Miller's account is interesting, but it falls short of explaining what all the fuss was about.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Reporter Says Libby Told Her About CIA Operative  —  Times' Miller Cites More Than One Instance  —  Vice President Cheney's chief of staff discussed with New York Times correspondent Judith Miller the fact that the wife of a White House critic worked for the CIA on as many as three occasions …
Discussion: Poynter Online
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Times Report on Judith Miller is Up: Key Passages  —  Here are my initial annotations of the big report.  Key passages and brief comments.  Do add your own.  I will have a (slightly) more considered view later tonight.  —  I give credit to the Times for running the story a few days …
Steve Soto / The Left Coaster:
Miller's Mea Culpa And Convenient Memory Lapses To Protect Cheney
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The Judy chronicles
Discussion: Instapundit.com
Atrios / Eschaton:
Important Bit About the Newspaper
Discussion: Mark A. R. Kleiman and Needlenose
Judd / Think Progress:
Did Libby Obstruct Justice?
Lee Keath / Associated Press:
Large Turnout for Iraq Constitution Vote  —  AP Photo BAG142  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Sunni Arabs voted in surprisingly high numbers on Iraq's new constitution Saturday, many of them hoping to defeat it in an intense competition with Shiites and Kurds over the shape of the nation's young democracy after decades of dictatorship.
Discussion: Rantingprofs and Daimnation!
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New York Times:
Iraqis Cast Votes on Constitution; Turnout Is Mixed  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 15 - Iraqis streamed to the polls Saturday, casting ballots on a new constitution that would fundamentally alter the shape and nature of the nation.  —  With most vehicular traffic banned, and more than 150,000 American …
New York Times:
Two Sides of the Sunni Vote: Deserted Polls and Long Lines
Discussion: Informed Comment
Roger L. Simon / Mystery Novelist and Screenwriter:   Iraqi Freedom - How Short It Has Been - A Revolutionary Comparison
toledoblade.com:
Violence in North Toledo after Nazi march canceled; mayor declares curfew  —  Mayor Jack Ford declared a state of emergency this afternoon following a violent uprising in North Toledo that erupted following an aborted march by a group of Nazis.  —  He issued a citywide curfew starting at 8 p.m. tonight, tomorrow, and possibly Monday.
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Associated Press:
Violence at Ohio Neo-Nazi March  —  TOLEDO, Ohio — A crowd protesting a white supremacists' march Saturday turned violent, throwing baseball-sized rocks at police, vandalizing vehicles and stores, and setting fire to a neighborhood bar, authorities said.  —  When Mayor Jack Ford (search) …
Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Split on Right a Chance, Choice for Democrats  —  The conservatives' noisy split over the Harriet Miers Supreme Court nomination has largely obscured the fact that Senate Democrats could control her fate in a way that was never possible in the confirmation battle over Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.
Discussion: Daily Pundit and Conglomerate Blog
Sooni:
Voting photos from Baghdad … At 4:08 PM, DagneyT said...  At 4:14 PM, doug said...  At 4:24 PM, Anthony said...  At 4:24 PM, Flatlander said...  At 4:29 PM, StanB713 said...  At 4:31 PM, erp said...  At 4:40 PM, Chevy Rose said...  At 4:50 PM, Anonymous said...  At 5:00 PM, dcat said...
Jesse Taylor / Pandagon:
...AND ALOHA MEANS GOODBYE  —  Sometimes the best things are also the most unexpected.  —  Effective Monday, I'll be ending my time at Pandagon.  Amanda now owns the site, the domain, the webhosting, the ads, and all other relevant facets of the site.  The reason?
Discussion: The Sideshow and Roger Ailes

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