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Paul Bedard / US News:
White House Watch: Cheney resignation rumors fly — Sparked by today's Washington Post story that suggests Vice President Cheney's office is involved in the Plame-CIA spy link investigation, government officials and advisers passed around rumors that the vice president might step aside …
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New York Times:
No Final Report Seen in Inquiry on C.I.A. Leak — WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 - The special counsel in the C.I.A. leak case has told associates he has no plans to issue a final report about the results of the investigation, heightening the expectation that he intends to bring indictments …
rawstory.com:
Cheney aide cooperating with CIA outing probe, sources say — A senior aide to Vice President Dick Cheney is cooperating with special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald in the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson, sources close to the investigation say. — Individuals familiar …
TalkLeft:
Let's Make a Deal : The Legalese of PlameGate — Reuters is speculating that Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald may be offering putative defendants one last chance to make a deal in the Valerie Plame investigation. … It has to be a tempting offer for several of them.
Daily Kos:
Dealing With Fitzmas — Hey, did you hear how USNews is reporting on rumors that Cheney will be resigning? — And, did ya hear about John Hannah??? No, not that one. — And, hey, did you know RawStory is such a tease? And Judy is a whore? — And, did you know that we're just hours …
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Salon:
The cult that's running the country — Joseph Wilson blasts the secretive neoconservative cabal that plunged America into a disastrous war, in this excerpt from his new book. — I knew that my credibility would be challenged the moment I publicly stated that President Bush's statement …
Larry Johnson / NO QUARTER:
A New Tidbit on the Plame Affair — Had lunch today with a person who has a direct tie to one of the folks facing indictment in the Plame affair. There are 22 files that Fitzgerald is looking at for potential indictment . These include Stephen Hadley, Karl Rove, Lewis Libby, Dick Cheney …
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Washington Post:
Miers Backed Abortion Ban in 1989 — Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers agreed in 1989 that she would "actively support" a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban abortion except when necessary to prevent the death of the mother. — Miers indicated her support for a …
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Murray Waas / nationaljournal.com:
CIA Leak Prosecutor Focuses On Libby — As federal prosecutors in the CIA leak investigation reach the critical stage of deciding whether to bring criminal charges, they are zeroing in on contradictions between the testimony of I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, the chief of staff to Vice President Cheney …
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Chicago Sun Times:
N.Y. Times reporter could testify for suspect — Bridgeview used car salesman Muhammad Salah recalls being beaten, housed in a "refrigerator cell" and threatened with rape by Israeli soldiers until he admitted to bankrolling overseas terrorists, according to a new filing in U.S. District Court.
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BREITBART.COM:
US security chief strives to expel all illegal immigrants — Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said his department aims without exception to expel all those who enter the United States illegally. — "Our goal at DHS (Homeland Security) is to completely eliminate the 'catch …
Edith M. Lederer / Associated Press:
Global Violence Has Decreased, U.N. Says — UNITED NATIONS - Armed conflicts have declined by 40 percent since the end of the Cold War primarily because the United Nations was finally able to launch peacekeeping and conflict-prevention operations around the world, according to a new study.
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Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
Iraqis Say Civilians Killed in U.S. Raids — Military Asserts Fatalities in West Were Insurgents — BAGHDAD, Oct. 17 — A U.S. fighter jet bombed a crowd gathered around a burned Humvee on the edge of a provincial capital in western Iraq, killing 25 people, including 18 children, hospital officials and family members said Monday.
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:Scores Are Killed by American Airstrikes …
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Jeff Quinton / Backcountry Conservative:
UPDATED: MORE INFO ON POTENTIAL BALTIMORE TUNNEL THREAT SUSPECTS — Updated: Scroll down for the most recent information on the business licensing info for Koko Market in Baltimore and another update on the fact that Egyptian nationals are being questioned.
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Hotlineblog / Hotline On Call:
The F List — From today's Hotline: — Here's a list of folks who have either testified or have been interviewed by Patrick Fitzgerald (or by FBI agents) in connection with the Plame probe. Please send us omissions and additions and expansions. Anonymity is guaranteed.
Cathy Young / The Y Files:
The blogs that cried wolf? — In the past two weeks, some of the blogs have been astir with news of an alleged string of possible jihadist terrorist attacks (update: corrected link) on U.S. soil. The main story is that of 21-year-old Joel Hinrichs, the University of Oklahoma engineering student …
Adam Bellow / National Review:
Dealing in Dynasties — According to a Wall Street Journal/NBC poll, 54 percent of Americans think President Bush values party loyalty and personal friendship over competence. The poll was prompted — as if you didn't know — by Bush's habit of appointing friends and retainers to major jobs in his administration.
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