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Todd S. Purdum / New York Times:
New Disclosure Could Prolong Inquiry on Leak  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 - The disclosure that a current or former Bush administration official told Bob Woodward of The Washington Post more than two years ago that the wife of a prominent administration critic worked for the C.I.A. threatened Wednesday …
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Washington Post:
Woodward Could Be a Boon to Libby  —  The revelation that The Washington Post's Bob Woodward may have been the first reporter to learn about CIA operative Valerie Plame could provide a boost to the only person indicted in the leak case: I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
John / AMERICAblog:
Bob Woodward's explanation …
Associated Press:   Woodward Claim on CIA Leak Disputes Charge
Atlas Shrugs:
THE LAST SUPPER FOR PAJAMA MEDIA  —  Not alot of time to post (on not alot of sleep) but for those followers of Pajama Media, here are some snaps of the first (and last supper) at a chi chi little boite in the Big Apple last night.  All of the Masters of the Blog Universe were present …
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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 …
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Taking off the Pajamas: now, what do you see?
Will / Attytood:
Bob and me  —  I've never been very trendy, but there was one time in my life when I did find myself swept up by a trend, a big one.  And so today I come here to confess: I am a charter member of that '70s show, a generation of starry-eyed idealists who became newspaper reporters all because of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.
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John Whitesides / Reuters:
Cheney says war critics 'dishonest, reprehensible'  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the sharpest White House attack yet on critics of the Iraq war, Vice President Dick Cheney said on Wednesday that accusations the Bush administration manipulated intelligence to justify the war were a "dishonest and reprehensible" political ploy.
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Cheney Says Senate War Critics Make 'Reprehensible Charges'
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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James Glanz / New York Times:
American Faces Charge of Graft for Work in Iraq  —  In what is expected to be the first of a series of criminal charges against officials and contractors overseeing the rebuilding of Iraq, an American has been charged with paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks …
Discussion: CorrenteWire, Roger Ailes and TBogg
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Aram Roston / MSNBC:
NBC: Massive bid-rigging scam alleged in Iraq
Discussion: Informed Comment and Demagogue
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Senate Presses Administration for Iraq Plans  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 - The Senate voted on Tuesday to press the Bush administration to provide more public information about the course of the war in Iraq as lawmakers of both parties made it clear they wanted chief responsibility for securing …
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National Review:
Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory  —  I wrote Monday that late last week, the Senate — after a year-and-a-half of fiddling while Rome burned — had finally acted to bar al Qaeda terrorists detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, from using the courts of the American people as a weapon in their war against the American people.
Jamie Glazov / Front Page Magazine:
Where the WMDs Went  —  Frontpage Interview's guest today is Bill Tierney, a former military intelligence officer and Arabic speaker who worked at Guantanamo Bay in 2002 and as a counter-infiltration operator in Baghdad in 2004.  He was also an inspector (1996-1998) for the United Nations Special Commission …
Wall Street Journal:
Bush's Approval Rating Falls Again, Poll Shows  —  President Bush's positive job rating continues to fall, touching another new low for his presidency, the latest Harris Interactive poll finds.  —  Bush's current job approval rating stands at 34%, compared with a positive rating of 88% soon after 9/11 …
Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
General Decries Call For Timetable in Iraq  —  Senate Call a 'Disaster,' Commander Says  —  BAGHDAD, Nov. 16 — A top American commander in Iraq on Wednesday denounced calls by some U.S. senators and others to set a deadline for a troop withdrawal, calling it "a recipe for disaster" for the 2 1/2 -year-old war.
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Jonathan Finer / Washington Post:
Among Insurgents in Iraq, Few Foreigners Are Found
Discussion: Rantingprofs and ParaPundit
Louis Freeh / Opinion Journal:
An Incomplete Investigation  —  Why did the 9/11 Commission ignore "Able Danger"?  —  It was interesting to hear from the 9/11 Commission again on Tuesday.  This self-perpetuating and privately funded group of lobbyists and lawyers has recently opined on hurricanes, nuclear weapons …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Congress Arrives at A Deal on Patriot Act  —  Limits Would Spare Some Controversial Government Powers  —  House and Senate negotiators reached a tentative agreement yesterday on revisions to the USA Patriot Act that would limit some of the government's powers while requiring the Justice Department …
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:   Congress Nears Deal to Renew Antiterror Law

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