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Richard Keil / Bloomberg:
Cheney May Be Entangled in CIA Leak Investigation, People Say — Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) — A special counsel is focusing on whether Vice President Dick Cheney played a role in leaking a covert CIA agent's name, according to people familiar with the probe that already threatens top White House aides Karl Rove and Lewis Libby.
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Washington Post:
Miller's Lawyer Says Aide May Face 'Problem' in Probe — Attorney for Reporter Cites Possibility of Conflicting Testimony — Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, has "a problem" in the investigation of the leak of a CIA operative's identity if his testimony conflicts …
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
FLEITZ TO BOLTON TO NOVAK?....I've always thought that the single most mysterious issue in the Valerie Plame case is...."Valerie Plame." Reporters never refer to a woman by her maiden name if she normally goes by her married name, yet for some reason Robert Novak's July 14 column specifically referred …
Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:MILLER AND FITZGERALD....Hold on a second. I've now read several …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:Nit Picks And Quick Hits on Plame
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Administration's Tone Signals a Longer, Broader Iraq Conflict — WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 - For most of the 30 months since American-led forces ousted Saddam Hussein, the Bush administration has argued that as democracy took hold in Iraq, the insurgency would lose steam because Al Qaeda …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
For U.S., a Hard Road Is Still Ahead in Iraq — For the Bush administration, the apparent approval of Iraq's constitution is less of a victory than yet another chance to possibly fashion a political solution that does not result in the bloody division of Iraq.
Lee Keath / Associated Press:
Sunnis Appear to Fall Short in Iraq Vote — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's landmark constitution seemed assured of passage Sunday after initial results showed minority Sunni Arabs had fallen short in an effort to veto it at the polls. The apparent acceptance was a major step in the attempt …
Washington Post:
Iraqi Constitution Appears Headed For Voter Approval — BAGHDAD, Oct. 16 — Iraq's war-battered voters apparently approved a new constitution in voting Saturday, preliminary and unofficial results showed Sunday, but disaffected Sunni Arabs proved unexpectedly formidable in their first venture …
John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Judgment Call — Did Christian conservatives receive assurances that Miers would oppose Roe v. Wade? — Two days after President Bush announced Harriet Miers's Supreme Court nomination, James Dobson of Focus on the Family raised some eyebrows by declaring on his radio program …
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Ramesh Ponnuru / New York Times:
Why Conservatives Are Divided — CONSERVATIVES are conducting a bitter debate about President Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court. Some see a divide between populists and elitists: they say that the conservative masses are gung-ho for the nomination, which is opposed only by Beltway insiders.
Mike Allen / Time:
Why They Can't Hit The Right Note — With even Laura off-key on Miers, Bush plans to change the message—again — Get ready for a whole new Harriet. After a disastrous two weeks, White House officials say they hope to relaunch the nomination of Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court by moving …
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Michael J.W. Stickings / The Reaction:The new Harriet Miers (is the same as the old one)
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Opinion Journal:
Religion and the Court — Harriet Miers's faith tells us nothing about how she would rule. — The world will learn a lot more about Harriet Miers in coming weeks, so we're not going to join the pack already chasing her back to Texas. But one strategy that the White House would be wise …
William E. Jackson, Jr / Editor and Publisher:
Judith Miller: The 'Classified' Angle — A new area receiving a good deal of attention in the wake of the New York Times' probe: Judy Miller's claim of receiving special security clearance during her time as an "embed" in Iraq. It is newly relevant, with the federal prosecutor expressing strong interest …
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Editor and Publisher:'Hidden Scandal' in Miller Story, Charges Former CBS Newsman
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Rush Limbaugh / Opinion Journal:
Holding Court — There's a crackdown over Miers, not a "crackup." — I love being a conservative. We conservatives are proud of our philosophy. Unlike our liberal friends, who are constantly looking for new words to conceal their true beliefs and are in a perpetual state of reinvention …
Jason / G e n e r a t i o n W h y ?:
The BOOMer Sooner IV — Suddenly there's a suicide note. (hat tip: Mark) If it's the real deal, it would seem to be the end of this case and the speculation that the suicide bombing was terror-related... or would it? Mark has alot of good questions, like:
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Mark Tapscott / tapscottscopydesk.blogspot.com:Does "Suicide Message" Close OU Bomber Case?
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U.S. nabs al-Qaida Web site producer — Propaganda site was unusually quiet during weekend referendum — The al-Qaida in Iraq Web site publicizes attacks, like this one Friday in Kirkuk. — By Ashraf al-Taie — BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Web site run by al-Qaida in Iraq was strangely quiet during …
Brad Plumer / Bradford Plumer:
DOWN WITH "REFORM" — Kos argues that California's "redistricting reform" ballot initiative is a good thing, while Nancy Pelosi is making it her "top priority" to defeat the measure. On this, I think Pelosi's absolutely right and Kos is wrong. Yes, redistricting reform makes sense …
John / AMERICAblog:
The Normalization of Treason, the Republicans' gift to America — If a senior White House staffer had intentionally outed an American spy during World War II, he'd have been shot. — We're at war, George Bush keeps reminding us. We cannot continue with business as usual. A pre-9/11 mentality is deadly.
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