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Washington Post:
White House Officials Brace for Charges — Announcement of Grand Jury Actions Not Likely Today — The prosecutor in the CIA leak case met with the federal grand jury today and was prepared to outline possible charges, two days after the FBI conducted last-minute interviews …
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Richardsale / Sic Semper Tyrannis 2005:
Aides To Be Indicted, Probe to Continue — Aides To Be Indicted, Probe to Continue — By Richard Sale, long-time Intelligence Correspondent — Two top White House aides are expected to be indicted today on various charges related to the probe of CIA operative Valerie Plame whose classified identity …
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Steve Clemons:
Rumors, Accident, Interviews, Articles and Jon Stewart — This will be a short, quick entry. . .I think. — First of all, for those of you who have heard that I was in a car accident last night — thanks for your notes. I am ok. For those of you who did not know …
Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
Prosecutor Meets With Chief Judge — Consequences for Leak Probe Tough to Divine — WASHINGTON—The federal prosecutor investigating the alleged involvement of White House officials in the leak of a CIA operative's identity spent most of the lunch hour today meeting with the chief judge …
rawstory.com:
Prosecutor in leak case seeks indictments against Rove, Libby, lawyers close to case say — Special Prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald has asked the grand jury investigating the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson to indict Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" …
Richard B. Schmitt / Los Angeles Times:
Suspense Builds Over CIA Leak Investigation — WASHINGTON — The CIA leak case continued to build today toward a climactic finish as a grand jury investigating possible wrongdoing by top White House figures met behind closed doors for three hours and the special counsel met privately with the chief judge overseeing the case.
Hotlineblog / Hotline On Call:
Evening Buzz, Buzz — From his hospital bed, Steve Clemons (whose bona fides were endorsed by Howard Fineman) updates his post. Indictment targets notified. Presser 10/27 or 10/28. — From the Los Angeles Times: "One grand juror was overheard telling another juror, 'See you Friday …
CNN:CIA leak probe has Washington waiting
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National Review:
Miers's Muddle — With the understanding that Harriet Miers's Spring 1993 speech to the Executive Women of Dallas is just part of the evidence that has led me to conclude that she should withdraw her nomination, let me highlight the elements of that speech that I find disturbing.
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Daily Kos
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Deacon / Power Line:
SOME EXPLAINING TO DO — Ed Whelan, a former Scalia law clerk and the head of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, argues that Harriet Miers should withdraw. Until now, Ed has been giving the White House "the benefit of the doubt" on this nomination. However, a 1993 speech by Miers …
The Gray Monk:
Requiem for Church Mouse — It is with great sadness that I have to report that my beloved Church Mouse has died. She finally succumbed to the cancer which attacked her around this time last year at 12.30 EST (17.30 BST) today. She will be missed. Earlier this year her husband …
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The Laughing Wolf:
INTO THE LIGHT: MOMMA BEAR/CHURCH MOUSE/HEATHER — It is with heavy heart that I report that Momma Bear, also known as Church Mouse, and who will always be my Bonnie, Bonnie Heather died shortly after noon today. I am glad that she is released from the suffering caused by her cancer, and indescribably sad at the loss of a friend.
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On The Third Hand
Michelle Malkin:
DEMONIZING CONDI — ***scroll down for updates...345pm EDT flash: THE PHOTO HAS BEEN REMOVED from USA Today's site with an editor's note...reax from readers here...I'll be talking about more unhinged examples of Condi hatred next week. More details here. Check out the photo of Condoleezza Rice …
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Michelle Malkin:
USA TODAY REMOVES DOCTORED PHOTO — ***scroll for updates, reax, and spoofs galore...plus another explanation from USA Today with new details...*** — The doctored photo of Condi Rice has been removed from USA Today's website with this editor's note: … More photog feedback from Brad:
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RealClearPolitics:
What Congress did is disgusting. — You heard what the Senate did to Tom Coburn's attempt to impose some sanity on spending. — How do they live with themselves? — Years ago, interviewing economist Walter Williams for a show ABC News called "Greed," I was perplexed when Williams said …
Griff Witte / Washington Post:
White House Restores Wage Protection on the Gulf Coast — The White House reversed course today and reinstated a key wage protection for workers doing Hurricane Katrina reconstruction, bowing to pressure from a group of moderate House Republicans who argued that local residents were being left …
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The American Street
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Mark Tapscott / tapscottscopydesk.blogspot.com:Bush Caves, Reinstates Davis-Bacon on Hurricane Recovery
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