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Thomas M. DeFrank / NY Daily News:
Bush whacked Rove on CIA leak  —  WASHINGTON - An angry President Bush rebuked chief political guru Karl Rove two years ago for his role in the Valerie Plame affair, sources told the Daily News.  —  "He made his displeasure known to Karl," a presidential counselor told The News.
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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 …
Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press:
Saddam Pleads Innocent, Gets Into Scuffle  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Saddam Hussein pleaded innocent to charges of murder and torture as his long-awaited trial began Wednesday with the one-time dictator arguing about the legitimacy of the court and scuffling with guards.
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New York Times:
Hussein Goes on Trial for Crimes Against Humanity  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 19 - Saddam Hussein defiantly faced a panel of Iraqi judges today in a heavily guarded courthouse in central Baghdad, as he pleaded not guilty to charges for mass executions in 1982 and began the long process …
Discussion: Air America Radio
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
Securing the Syrian Border - An Unconventional Solution  —  Efforts to secure the Syrian frontier from infiltration is a key element to defeating the insurgency, as Syria has acted as a safe haven for foreign jihais, al Qaeda and the remnants of Saddam's Baathists.
Discussion: Murdoc Online
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strategypage.com:
Tribes Hired to Guard the Border
Discussion: Murdoc Online
Washington Post:
Rush to Judgment  —  THERE'S A RUSH to judgment in the Valerie Plame affair that's a bit surprising.  One person already convicted by many of her peers is Judith Miller, the New York Times reporter who went to jail for 85 days to protect a source and then agreed to testify.
Discussion: Wonkette, Wizbang and Betsy's Page
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Erin Neff / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Miller spent 85 days in jail to protect source
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Poynter Online
Janet Elliott / Houston Chronicle:
DeLay's lawyer lacking evidence of DA misconduct  —  But as DeGuerin seeks grand jury records, experts call Earle's role strange, not wrong  —  AUSTIN - U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay's chief lawyer says he has no evidence that Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle participated in grand jury deliberations …
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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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
I Red-Pen Murray Waas (Again)
Discussion: firedoglake and Left I on the News
Freddy Cuevas / Associated Press:
Wilma Now Most Intense Atlantic Storm Ever  —  Gathering strength at a fierce pace, Hurricane Wilma swirled into the most intense Atlantic storm ever recorded Wednesday, a Category 5 monster packing 175 mph wind that forecasters warned was "extremely dangerous."  —  Wilma was dumping rain on Central America and Mexico.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Althouse
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Michael Rubin / Opinion Journal:
With Freedom Comes Politics  —  Iraqis are much more optimistic about their country than American opinion makers.  —  On Oct. 15, Iraqis demonstrated that their desire to determine the future through the ballot box was the rule rather than the exception.  Arabs, Kurds and Turkmen; Sunnis …
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Nominee Backed Ban on Abortion in 1989 Campaign  —  WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 - Harriet E. Miers, the Supreme Court nominee, disclosed on Tuesday a 1989 survey in which she supported banning abortion except to protect the life of the pregnant woman.  The disclosure alarmed abortion rights supporters …
Maria Jesus Prades / Associated Press:
Spanish Judge Issues Warrant for Three GIs  —  MADRID, Spain - A judge has issued an international arrest warrant for three U.S. soldiers whose tank fired on a Baghdad hotel during the Iraq war, killing a Spanish journalist and a Ukrainian cameraman, a court official said Wednesday.
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Andrew Heyward: The Era of Omniscience is Over  —  Guest posting at PressThink, the President of CBS News says: "On most matters there are multiple points of view out there as opposed to a single, discoverable truth."  With reactions from Terry Heaton, Andrew Tyndall, Susan Crawford, Tim Porter, Mitchell Stephens and Ken Sands.
Discussion: News Blog and Poynter Online
Steve / thoughtsonline.blogspot.com:
Despite the liberals being unable to accept the truth, it's clear that Joe Wilson lied about Cheney being the one who sent him to Africa and about what he found out while he was there....  I don't know why, but the thought just occurred to me: why did Wilson lie?
Discussion: Power Line and PoliPundit.com
David R. Sands / Washington Times:
Volcker asks U.S., allies to link U.N. budget to reform  —  The United States and its allies should threaten to cut the budget of the United Nations if it fails to end corruption and adopt badly needed reforms, the man who led the probe into the U.N. oil-for-food scandal said yesterday.
Discussion: ¡No Pasarán!
David Kesmodel / Wall Street Journal:
'Splogs' Roil Web, and Some Blame Google  —  Spam, long the scourge of email users, rapidly has become the bane of bloggers too.  —  Spammers have created millions of Web logs to promote everything from gambling Web sites to pornography.  The spam blogs — known as "splogs" …

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Discussion: WILLisms.com and GOP Bloggers
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
John Hannah?!?  —  We are pondering the Raw Story splash telling us …
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