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Washington Post:
Woodward Was Told of Plame More Than Two Years Ago  —  Washington Post Assistant Managing Editor Bob Woodward testified under oath Monday in the CIA leak case that a senior administration official told him about CIA operative Valerie Plame and her position at the agency nearly a month before her identity was disclosed.
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
"Mr. Fitzgerald Now Say He Was Wrong?"  —  Bob Woodward tosses a spanner into the Plame leak chronology developed by Special Counsel Fitzgerald: … As noted by Libby's counsel, that does not jibe well with the assertion made by Mr. Fitzgerald at his press conference that "In fact …
Discussion: firedoglake
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Journalists Said to Figure in Strategy in Leak Case  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 - Lawyers for I. Lewis Libby Jr., the former White House official indicted on perjury charges, plan to seek testimony from journalists beyond those cited in the indictment and will probably challenge government agreements limiting …
Betsy Newmark / Michelle Malkin:
WILL A JOURNALIST AT THE POST HAVE TO BE INDICTED?  —  The Washington Post reveals that big foot reporter Bob Woodward heard from some government official who was not either Libby or Rove about the identity of Joe Wilson's wife as a CIA agent about a month before Libby is supposed to have told anyone …
Discussion: Decision '08
Washington Post:
Testifying in the CIA Leak Case  —  On Monday, November 14, I testified under oath in a sworn deposition to Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald for more than two hours about small portions of interviews I conducted with three current or former Bush administration officials that relate …
Paul / Wizbang:   NEW TWIST IN THE PLAME GAME- WOORDWARD KNEW 2 YEARS AGO
Sydney H. Schanberg / villagevoice.com:
Woodward's Dis … . . . a media marketplace that long ago …
Discussion: firedoglake
Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:   PLAME UPDATE....This is just bizarre.  According to the Washington Post …
Editor and Publisher:
Woodward Had Recently Denied He Had 'Bombshell' and Downplayed Plame Probe
Discussion: Poynter Online
Washington Post:
Document Says Oil Chiefs Met With Cheney Task Force  —  A White House document shows that executives from big oil companies met with Vice President Cheney's energy task force in 2001 — something long suspected by environmentalists but denied as recently as last week by industry officials testifying before Congress.
New York Times:
Ignore the Man Behind That Memo  —  Judge Samuel Alito Jr.'s insistence that the Constitution does not protect abortion rights is not the only alarming aspect of a newly released memo he wrote in 1985.  That statement strongly suggests that Judge Alito is far outside the legal mainstream …
Discussion: The Anchoress
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Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
Alito's Smoking Gun
Discussion: Daily Pundit
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John F. Burns / New York Times:
Torture Alleged at Ministry Site Outside Baghdad  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 15 - Iraq's government said Tuesday that it had ordered an urgent investigation of allegations that many of the 173 detainees American troops discovered over the weekend in the basement of an Interior Ministry building …
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Kim Sengupta / Independent:   Raid on torture dungeon exposes Iraq's secret war
Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Pentagon Used White Phosphorous in Iraq  —  WASHINGTON — Pentagon officials acknowledged Tuesday that U.S. troops used white phosphorous as a weapon against insurgent strongholds during the battle of Fallujah last November.  But they denied an Italian television news report …
Discussion: Rantingprofs and Shot In The Dark
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BBC:
US used white phosphorus in Iraq
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Hagel Defends Criticisms of Iraq Policy  —  Administration Calls Statements by Democrats Harmful to War Effort, Troops  —  Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) strongly criticized yesterday the White House's new line of attack against critics of its Iraq policy, saying that "the Bush administration must understand …
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The Poor Man Institute:
Veteran's Day week in Wingnuttia
Discussion: apostropher
Associated Press:
Deal averts Internet showdown  —  TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A summit focusing on narrowing the digital divide between the rich and poor residents and countries opened Wednesday with an agreement of sorts on who will maintain ultimate oversight of the Internet and the flow of information, commerce and dissent.
Discussion: Hit and Run and Captain's Quarters
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Andrew / www.AndrewSullivan.com:
BUSH AND THE POLLS:  —  Some interesting context from MysteryPollster.  What strikes me in the numbers is not so much the slightly waning GOP support for Bush and the intense Democratic opposition, but the shift among Independents.  Last October, in response to the question …
Discussion: NY Daily News
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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
Liveblogging the Pajamas Media launch festivities from the W Hotel in New York, 1  —  My cab pulled up outside the W a little before 9 PM New York time, and after checking in and dropping my suitcase on the bed, I immediately made my way to the hotel bar, where I found Tim Blair, Roger Simon …
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Daniel Rubin / Blinq:
Dressing Up  —  Goodnight Pajamas Media.  —  Good morning Open Source Media.
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com
William K. Rashbaum / New York Times:
Kerik Is Accused of Abusing Post as City Official  —  New Jersey officials said yesterday that Bernard B. Kerik abused his position as New York City correction commissioner in the late 1990's by accepting tens of thousands of dollars from a construction company that he was helping to pursue business with the city.
Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
Broadcast Chief Violated Laws, Inquiry Finds  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 - Investigators at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting said on Tuesday that they had uncovered evidence that its former chairman had repeatedly broken federal law and the organization's own regulations in a campaign to combat what he saw as liberal bias.
Dan Caterinicchia / Washington Times:
U.S. to retain oversight of Web  —  Efforts to replace U.S. oversight of the Internet with an international committee were defeated yesterday during U.N.-sponsored meetings.  —  Hundreds of government, nonprofit and industry delegates meeting at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis …
Discussion: Daily Pundit

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