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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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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Joe Strupp / Editor and Publisher:
Pro- and Anti-Judy Miller Fallout Grips 'New York Times' Newsroom  —  NEW YORK The New York Times may have hoped to turn the page with Sunday's lengthy article on reporter Judy Miller's entanglement in the CIA leak investigation, but the paper and its star reporter continue to be the focus of media attention.
Discussion: Poynter Online and CorrenteWire
Will / Attytood:   Miller's omission …
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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Newdonkey / NewDonkey.com:
Miers and the Human Life Amendment
Discussion: Daily Kos and Left in the West
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Nominee Backed Ban on Abortion in 1989 Campaign
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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Bill Nienhuis / PunditGuy:
Experiencing Dachau  —  Today, I visited the Dachau concentration camp.  It was an experience I'll never forget.  —  I'm not Jewish, and I haven't studied much of the history of the Holocaust.  I have visited the Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam, I've been to the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington DC …
Discussion: nospeedbumps.com and CatHouse Chat
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.
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.
Discussion: Wonkette
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: Tel-Chai Nation
Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
Illiberal Prosecution  —  Why Democrats should take no comfort in the Plame case.  —  As Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald mulls possible charges in the Valerie Plame investigation, the gloating in liberal enclaves like Manhattan, Oberlin, and Arianna's dining room has swelled to a roar.
Christopher Dickey / Newsweek:
Burning Questions  —  The cannibalistic media frenzy over Judith Miller ignores the lessons that we should be learning from her case  —  Oct. 18, 2005 - Judith Miller takes good notes, but she doesn't always know where they come from.  That was one of the first lessons I learned …
Discussion: Billmon and War and Piece
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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