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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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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.
Discussion: Eschaton and Daily Kos
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 …
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 …
Reuters:
Leak prosecutor to announce decisions in Washington
Discussion: ACSBlog
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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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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David Stout / New York Times:
Court Nominee Backed Anti-Abortion Amendment in 1989
Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:   Miers Backed Ban on Most Abortions in '89
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 …
Discussion: Decision '08
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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Will / Attytood:   Miller's omission …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Rantingprofs
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.
Discussion: QandO, GOP Vixen and Secular Blasphemy
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Hotlineblog / Hotline On Call:
Diageo/Hotline Poll Of VA  —  Kaine sports a 2-pt lead over Kilgore among registered voters; Kilgore leads by a point among likelies.  Education and transportation are the most important issues.  Dems seem to be more enthused about their guy than GOPers are about theirs.  —  Most of the dope sheet is after the jump.
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CNN:
Bush's job rating continues to drop
Discussion: bRight & Early
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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 …
Discussion: Power Line and Tel-Chai Nation
David E. Rosenbaum / New York Times:
Panel to Urge Bush to Consider 2 Alternative Tax Plans  —  WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 - President Bush's tax advisory commission agreed today to recommend two alternative tax plans, both of which would limit or eliminate almost all tax deductions, including the ones for state and local income and property taxes.

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