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Drudge Report:
CNN MARKS CHENEY: NETWORK FLASHES 'X' OVER VP'S FACE DURING LIVE SPEECH  —  At 11:04:45 AM ET Monday CNN was airing Vice President Dick Cheney's speech live from the American Enterprise Institute in Washington — when a large black 'X' repeatedly flashed over the vice president's face!
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William Branigin / Washington Post:
Cheney Accuses Iraq Critics of Shameless Revisionism  —  Vice President Cheney today accused political opponents of engaging in "corrupt and shameless" revisionism by charging that the Bush administration misled the nation into the Iraq war, and he warned that any sudden withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Opening the Door to Debate, and Then Shutting It  —  Vice President Cheney protested yesterday that he had been misunderstood when he said last week that critics of the White House over Iraq were "dishonest and reprehensible."  —  What he meant to say, he explained to his former colleagues …
Michelle Malkin:
CNN'S X-MEN...UPDATE: IT WAS JUST A GLITCH  —  ***see updates***  —  Ok, just got home and have been deluged with e-mails asking for comment and more info on the Drudge Report's big story tonight about CNN's X-tra special treatment of Vice President Cheney.
Jeff Harrell / The Shape of Days:
Oddness at CNN, supplemented with more oddness in the blogosphere  —  11/22/05 1:04:49 AM Thanks to the benevolence of reader Jamie at IntoxiNation, I've gotten my hands on a higher-resolution recording of the broadcast.  While it's still not a perfect copy of what went out over the air …
Washington Post:
Cheney too divisive to right Bush's ship?  —  As VP assails war critics, some worry messenger compromises message  —  Vice President Cheney yesterday accused critics of engaging in "revisionism of the most corrupt and shameless variety" in the Iraq debate, in a major speech that reflected …
Brian / mediabistro.com:   Drudge Delighted By CNN Glitch
Mary Katharine Ham / hughhewitt.com:
X Marks the Vice President
mediabistro.com:
Woodward & King: Transcript  —  The full, unedited transcript of Bob Woodward's appearance on Larry King Live is after the jump...  CNN's Larry King Live  —  Guest: Bob Woodward  —  LARRY KING, CNN HOST: Tonight, an exclusive, Pulitzer Prize-winning  —  journalist Bob Woodward, caught up in the CIA leak controversy.
Discussion: The Next Hurrah
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John / AMERICAblog:
Larry King Live blogging - Bob Woodward tries to save his ass
Discussion: Eschaton and Hullabaloo
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Bob Woodward: Not Exactly Hero Material
Crooks and Liars:
I've got a leak to sell you
Discussion: TalkLeft
New York Times:
Former Aide to DeLay Pleads Guilty in Conspiracy Case  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 - Michael Scanlon, former aide to a powerful congressman and onetime partner of a wealthy lobbyist, pleaded guilty today to a federal conspiracy charge as part of a deal in which he agreed to cooperate with an investigation …
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Pete Yost / Associated Press:
Ex-Aide to DeLay Pleads Guilty in Conspiracy  —  WASHINGTON — Michael Scanlon, a former partner of lobbyist Jack Abramoff, pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to bribe public officials, a charge growing out of the government investigation of attempts to defraud Indian tribes and corrupt a member of Congress.
Bloomberg:
Scanlon Pleads Guilty, Cooperates in Abramoff Probe (Update2)  —  Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) — Michael Scanlon, a former associate of lobbyist Jack Abramoff, pleaded guilty to conspiring to corrupt public officials and defraud clients, clearing the way for his cooperation in an investigation of his one-time partner.
Discussion: TalkLeft
Jonathan D. Salant / Bloomberg:
Scanlon, Abramoff `Backroom Guy,' Points Probers at DeLay, Ney
Nico / Think Progress:
Declassified Pentagon Document Describes White Phosphorus As 'Chemical Weapon'  —  To downplay the political impact of revelations that U.S. forces used deadly white phosphorus rounds against Iraqi insurgents in Falluja last year, Pentagon officials have insisted that phosphorus munitions …
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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:   Willy Pete LIVES!  (UPDATED TO SHOWCASE THE MORAL OBTUSENESS OF THE KOSSACKS)
Daily Kos:
Pentagon has called WP a "chemical weapon"
Discussion: Pacific Views
Scott Shane / New York Times:   U.S. Is Slow to Respond to Phosphorus Charges
OSM:
Excuse us while we change back into our pajamas  —  Once upon a time, some friends who met in the casual atmosphere of the blogosphere (us) got together and decided it would be groovy to start a blog company.  "We could call it Pajamas Media," we said, referring to the now-famous quote by whatshisface …
James Dao / New York Times:
Louisiana Sees Faded Urgency in Relief Effort  —  BATON ROUGE, La., Nov. 18 - Less than three months after Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans, relief legislation remains dormant in Washington and despair is growing among officials here who fear that Congress and the Bush administration are losing interest in their plight.
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Time:
New Orleans Today: It's Worse Than You Think
Discussion: The Poor Man and The All Spin Zone
Hassan M. Fattah / New York Times:
Iraqi Factions Seek Timetable for U.S. Pullout  —  CAIRO, Nov. 21 - For the first time, Iraq's political factions on Monday collectively called for a timetable for withdrawal of foreign forces, in a moment of consensus that comes as the Bush administration battles pressure at home to commit itself to a pullout schedule.
Discussion: The Reaction and The Mahablog
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