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Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Judiciary Panel May Ask Dobson to Testify  —  Evangelical Leader Says He Has Been Privy to Miers's Views  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee is likely to summon a leading conservative Christian to explain the private assurances he says he received from the White House about Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers …
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Newsweek:
The Gathering Storm  —  How Katrina hurt Harriet—and what's next for the embattled high-court nominee.  —  Oct. 31, 2005 issue - The White House Counsel's Office is home to some of the best, brightest and busiest conservative lawyers in the country.  Among their duties …
Adam Entous / Reuters:
Lawyers see charges this week in CIA-leak case  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald appears to be laying the groundwork for indictments this week over the outing of a covert CIA operative, including possible charges of perjury and obstruction of justice …
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
'Mao': The Real Mao  —  If Chairman Mao had been truly prescient, he would have located a little girl in Sichuan Province named Jung Chang and "mie jiuzu"- killed her and wiped out all her relatives to the ninth degree.  —  But instead that girl grew up, moved to Britain and has now written …
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New York Times:
Fitzgerald Is Expected to Decide Whether to Seek Indictments  —  WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 - After a 22-month inquiry, the special counsel in the C.I.A. leak case, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, is expected to announce this week whether he will seek indictments against White House officials …
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner on National Review Online:
HEWITT V WILL  —  I'm sure this will be much discussed in certain quarters of the web today.  Let me just throw in two cents now one small part of his broadside which is aimed in part at me.  Hewitt writes: … Me: Piffle.  If reports are to be believed Miers argued …
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Matt / The Tattered Coat:
Another Military Blogger Silenced  —  Months ago, in response to a post I wrote about the military blogger Colby Buzzell, Kate of Broken Windows told me to pay attention to Daniel Goetz, a soldier writing a blog called All the King's Horses.  —  Regrettably, I never followed her advice.
Discussion: NewsHog and rubber hose
Washington Post:
List of Foiled Plots Puzzling to Some  —  White House Document Mixes Half-Baked Plans With Serious Terrorist Threats  —  A White House list of 10 terrorist plots disrupted by the United States has confused counterterrorism experts and officials, who say they cannot distinguish between …
Discussion: Eric Umansky
MSNBC:
Transcript for October 23  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, the war in Iraq, and the investigation into the CIA leak case.  With us, three United States senators with very different views: Republican George Allen of Virginia …
Charles Fried / Boston Globe:
What Miers must show  —  OF COURSE, it is not necessary for Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers to have attended an elite law school to be qualified for a seat on the Supreme Court: Neither John Marshall Harlan nor his grandfather (famous for his eloquent dissent in the separate-but-equal decision) …
Associated Press:
Four U.S. Contractors Killed in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - An angry mob of insurgents attacked a convoy of American contractors last month when they got lost in a town north of Baghdad, killing four and wounding two, the U.S. military said on Sunday.  —  The Sept. 20 attack in the mostly Sunni Arab town …
Discussion: Hyscience and lgf
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Daniel Gross / New York Times:
If You Don't Eat or Drive, Inflation's No Problem  —  Steve Triantafillou of Bell Fuels prepares to fill an oil tank at a home in Chicago.  While the cost of energy has risen sharply, one price index intentionally excludes it.  —  ASIDE from the stuff that's becoming more expensive …
Discussion: AMERICAblog and Economist's View
CNN:
CNN RELIABLE SOURCES  —  Are White House Officials in Legal Jeopardy?  ; Miller Testifies for Federal Shield Law for Reporters  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  HOWARD KURTZ, HOST (voice-over): Indictment fever.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Roger Ailes
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
The Washington Secret Often Isn't  —  WASHINGTON — There are still lots of real secrets in Washington.  But the most secretive White House in modern history has learned the hard way - even while its spokesman reflexively utter the caution, "We don't talk about intelligence," or, "Sorry …
Discussion: NathanNewman.org and Prometheus 6

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