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Times of London:
Security adviser named as source in CIA scandal  —  THE mysterious source who gave America's foremost journalist, Bob Woodward, a tip-off about the CIA agent at the centre of one of Washington's biggest political storms was Stephen Hadley, the White House national security adviser, according to lawyers close to the investigation.
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Newsweek:
Sources of Confusion  —  The Plame drama thickens …
Discussion: TalkLeft
rawstory.com:
National Security spokeperson hones denial of Hadley role on Plame
Discussion: The Left Coaster and TalkLeft
David Corn:
Winning the War...over the War/OSM's Less-than-Stellar Launch  —  My colleagues at the new Open Source Media site, partly at my suggestion, have scheduled a Blog Carnival for Monday on the controversy over the prewar intelligence.  In a Blog Carnival, bloggers deluge a "ringmaster" …
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
"Bloggers reacted quickly."
Discussion: Peaktalk, Daimnation! and Yourish.com
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SAY "I'M IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT WITH DAVID CORN" …
Discussion: Daily Pundit and PoliBlog
Los Angeles Times:
How U.S. Fell Under the Spell of 'Curveball'  —  The Iraqi informant's German handlers say they had told U.S. officials that his information was 'not proven,' and were shocked when President Bush and Colin L. Powell used it in key prewar speeches.  —  BERLIN — The German intelligence officials responsible …
Billmon:
The Salvadoran Option II  —  They really ought to send John Negroponte back to Iraq.  It would be just like old home week: … It's apparent — both from this story and from reports by human rights groups (note the date on that one) — that the U.S. and U.K. embassies have been aware …
Discussion: Today in Iraq
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Observer:
Frontline police of new Iraq are waging secret war of vengeance
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Independent:
The Dirty War: Torture and mutilation used on Iraqi 'insurgents'
Discussion: NewsHog
strategypage.com:
Journalism Versus Reality in Iraq  —  November 20, 2005: American troops are developing a hate-hate relation with journalists.  The basic problem is that soldiers and marines in Iraq have access, usually via the Internet, to what the mass media is saying about what they think is happening in Iraq.
Discussion: Rantingprofs
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Austin Bay Blog:   The E-mail Weapon: Troops Tackle Bad Media
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Sectarian Hatred Pulls Apart Iraq's Mixed Towns  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 19 - Abu Noor's town had become so hostile to Shiites that his wife had not left the house in a month, his family could no longer go to the medical clinic and mortar shells had been lobbed at the houses of two of his religious leaders.
Discussion: Rantingprofs and Centerfield
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Mosque Attacks Kill 70 in Iraq; Hotel Is Hit, Too
Discussion: Rantingprofs
Bob Graham / Washington Post:
What I Knew Before the Invasion  —  In the past week President Bush has twice attacked Democrats for being hypocrites on the Iraq war.  "[M]ore than 100 Democrats in the House and Senate, who had access to the same intelligence, voted to support removing Saddam Hussein from power," he said.
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Power Line
Washington Post:
Iraq War Debate Eclipses All Other Issues  —  GOP Flounders as Bush's Popularity Falls; Democrats Struggle for a Voice  —  After largely avoiding the subject since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, lawmakers are suddenly confronting the issue of President Bush's handling of the war.  The start hasn't been pretty.
Discussion: Rantingprofs and blogs4God
Michelle Malkin:
JUST A YELLOW WOMAN DOING A WHITE MAN'S JOB  —  And all I get is this lousy t-shirt...  During one of countless book-related radio interviews this week, a liberal radio host insultingly asked me whether I write my own column.  His question was prompted by vicious anonymous bloggers who portray …
New York Times:
Bill Authorizes Private Purchase of Federal Land  —  DENVER, Nov. 19 - Private companies and individuals would be able to buy large tracts of federal land, from sagebrush basins to high-peak hiking trails around the West, under the terms of the spending bill passed Friday by a two-vote margin in the House of Representatives.
Clifford J. Levy / New York Times:
Seeing Life Outside New Orleans Alters Life Inside It  —  TALK to the people trickling back here, and it becomes apparent that before the hurricane, many had about as much experience living elsewhere as Ignatius J. Reilly, the protagonist in one of the seminal novels about New Orleans …
Discussion: Rantingprofs
Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
Senate adopts 'exit strategy' from reality  —  A busy time in the U.S. Senate, the "world's greatest deliberative body."  Judging from the 2006 conference report, the Senate subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education — Chairman Arlen Specter (R), ranking member Tom Harkin …
Philip Shenon / New York Times:
Corruption Inquiry Threatens to Ensnare Lawmakers  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 - The Justice Department has signaled for the first time in recent weeks that prominent members of Congress could be swept up in the corruption investigation of Jack Abramoff, the former Republican superlobbyist …
Open Source Media:
From the founders  —  "Free speech, not free beer!"  —  In 1985, that's how the Free Software Foundation first described an idealized world wherein innovative ideas would flow freely though the collaborative environment of the internet.  In casting about for a term that would denote freedom …
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Dennis The Peasant:
The "Certain Thing"  —  Well, my work here is just about done.  —  By last Thursday, I had developed a sense there was panic in the air and blood in the water, but frankly I thought Roger was made of sterner stuff.  This may all be High School, but he's the CEO of the company …
Discussion: Random Fate

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