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MSNBC:
U.K. charges official with leaking Blair memo  —  Document allegedly says PM dissuaded Bush push for attack on Al-Jazeera  —  LONDON - A civil servant has been charged under Britain's Official Secrets Act for allegedly leaking a government memo that a newspaper said Tuesday suggested …
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Washington Post:
Paper Says Bush Talked of Bombing Arab TV Network  —  LONDON, Nov. 22 — President Bush expressed interest in bombing the headquarters of the Arabic television network al-Jazeera during a White House conversation with Prime Minister Tony Blair in April 2004, a British newspaper reported Tuesday.
Richard Norton-Taylor / Guardian:
Legal gag on Bush-Blair war row
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
CNN:
U.S.: Al-Jazeera bomb story 'outlandish'
U.S. Newswire:
CNN Caught Off-Guard; Recording Proves Damaging 'X' Over Vice President's Face was Intentional Says Team Hollywood  —  Contact: Jane Redding of Team Hollywood Inc., 310-289-2143  —  SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ — The following statement concerning CNN's airing of an 'X …
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Bill Quick / Daily Pundit:
CNN EMPLOYEE ON TAPE: CHENEY "X" IS "FREEDOM OF SPEECH" - "TELL BUSH AND CHENEY TO STOP LYING"  —  EXCLUSIVE - MUST CREDIT BILL QUICK OF DAILY PUNDIT  —  *** Listen to the tape here.  I interviewed Preska Thomas of Team Hollywood, an "international marketing company" today, after Team Hollywood sent out the following press release:
Discussion: Wizbang and Right Thoughts
Murray Waas / nationaljournal.com:
Key Bush Intelligence Briefing Kept From Hill Panel  —  Ten days after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President Bush was told in a highly classified briefing that the U.S. intelligence community had no evidence linking the Iraqi regime …
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
On Torture (updated)  —  Given the impromptu discussion over torture that broke out in the comments of my last WP post, I thought now might be a good time to devote a dedicated post to the subject.  To begin, here's Thomas Sowell, from "Tortured Reasoning":
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Steve Vladeck / PrawfsBlawg:
Padilla Charged in Miami (?) — And the Loaded Weapon  —  As I write this, Attorney General Gonzales is apparently announcing that the federal government is indicting accused dirty-bomber Jose Padilla on a host of criminal charges in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida …
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Edward Jay Epstein / Opinion Journal:
Atta in Prague?  —  An Iraqi prisoner holds the answer to this 9/11 mystery.  —  PRAGUE—On Oct. 27, 2001, the New York Times reported (erroneously) that 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta "flew to the Czech Republic on April 8 and met with [an] Iraqi intelligence officer," helping to give credence to the so-called Prague connection.
Washington Post:
3 Brigades May Be Cut in Iraq Early in 2006  —  Some U.S. Troops Would Stay 'On Call' in Kuwait  —  Barring any major surprises in Iraq, the Pentagon tentatively plans to reduce the number of U.S. forces there early next year by as many as three combat brigades, from 18 now …
Jack Kelly / realclearpolitics.com:
Zarqawi's Bad Week  —  Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the al Qaida chieftain in Iraq, has had a bad week.  If it turns out Zarqawi was among seven al Qaida leaders killed in Mosul Saturday, it'll have been a really bad week.  But even if Zarqawi got away again, it's been a rotten week for him.
wkrc.com:
Congresswoman Jean Schmidt Talks With Local 12  —  STATEMENT FROM CONGRESSWOMAN JEAN SCHMIDT Washington, DC -  —  Last week as I returned to the Capitol Building after attending a funeral at Arlington National Cemetery for a local fallen Marine, I found out that the Democrats had just announced …
Doug Windsor / 365gay.com:
FOF Brings 'Ex-Gay' Crusade To Macy's Parade  —  (New York City) Focus on the Family has announced plans to distribute 5,000 balls during Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade to promote a website it operates that claims homosexuality is a disorder that can be changed through faith.
John O'Neill / Democracy Project:
John O'Neill on "Kerrying" our soldiers  —  A few minutes after I posted "Cowardly Congressional Snipers" below, John O'Neill and I were on the phone chuckling about how we still think alike 34-years after we first joined to bring truth to John Kerry's lies.  John has a great op-ed in today's New York Sun, "Summer Soldiers."
Jacob Gershman / New York Sun:
At Columbia, an Invitation to a Night of Nakedness  —  An invitation to an all-night party at an undisclosed location is spreading among Columbia University's student body with viral intensity.  —  "Compadres," the e-mail states, "join us in refusing to comply with a culture that tells us to hide our body …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
PJM Death Pool:
The Death Pool  —  Pajamas Media, née Open Source Media, née Pajamas Media, nee Tulips Advertising, have we come to this?  A death pool?  Well, this blog is proof of it.  So far, many have expressed their displeasure with the project at virtually every stage of its organization …
Mitch Stacy / Associated Press:
Fla. Teacher Pleads Guilty in Sex Case  —  TAMPA, Fla. - A female teacher pleaded guilty Tuesday to having sex with a 14-year-old student, avoiding prison as part of a plea agreement.  —  Debra Lafave, 25, whose sensational case made tabloid headlines, will serve three years of house arrest and seven years' probation.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
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 …

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