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Associated Press:
Second Reporter Asked to Testify on Leak  —  WASHINGTON - A second Time magazine reporter has been asked to testify in the CIA leak case, this time about her discussions with Karl Rove's attorney, a sign that prosecutors are still exploring charges against the White House aide.
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Time:
A Second TIME Reporter Cooperates  —  W hen a grand jury indicted vice presidential chief of staff I. Lewis Libby in late October for perjury and obstruction of justice in the Valerie Plame case, special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald said no one should assume the leak inquiry was now completed.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Woodward's Source - Now The Times Points To Armitage  —  Who leaked to Bob Woodward that Valerie Plame was at the CIA?  —  The NY Times provides a handy pop-up graphic highlighting denials and folks who are "not telling".  —  The pretty slim "not telling" list consists of Richard Armitage …
Empty Wheel / The Next Hurrah:
Rove Over and Over  —  I guess, when I noted in July that Rove …
Discussion: Needlenose and firedoglake
Sean Rayment / Telegraph:
'Trophy' video exposes private security contractors shooting up Iraqi drivers  —  A "trophy" video appearing to show security guards in Baghdad randomly shooting Iraqi civilians has sparked two investigations after it was posted on the internet, the Sunday Telegraph can reveal.
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Daily Kos:
"Trophy Video" of Civilian Shootings By Contractors Emerges  —  Oh, that's just great.  Just great.  From the Sunday Telegraph (UK): … According to the Telegraph reporter, the video is even set to music: "Mystery Train", by Elvis Presley.  —  And so the circle — or spiral — continues.
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
IT'S A REVERSE-VIETNAM: On Reliable Sources I said that the Plame scandal was a reverse-Watergate, with the press, not the White House, keeping the important secrets about what happened.  But looking at the transcript, I see that Iraq is also a reverse Vietnam, as made clear in this statement from UPI correspondent Pamela Hess:
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CNN:
CNN RELIABLE SOURCES
Discussion: mediabistro and NewsBusters.org
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
"Sympathetic Vibrations"  —  So.  How's that Republican pushback …
Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE
Washington Post:
Sympathetic Vibrations  —  Democrats fumed last week …
Agence France Presse:
White House claims 'strong consensus' on Iraq pullout  —  WASHINGTON (AFP) - The White House has for the first time claimed ownership of an Iraq withdrawal plan, arguing that a troop pullout blueprint unveiled this past week by a Democratic senator was "remarkably similar" to its own.
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Digby / Hullabaloo:   VI Day!!!!  —  Yea!  President Bush has finally achieved consensus …
Times of London:
Giant mosque for 40,000 may be built at London Olympics  —  A MASSIVE mosque that will hold 40,000 worshippers is being proposed beside the Olympic complex in London to be opened in time for the 2012 Games.  —  The project's backers hope the mosque and its surrounding buildings would hold …
Henry Samuel / Telegraph:
Chirac's influence sinks to new low  —  Jacques Chirac's presidency hit a new low yesterday when a poll revealed that most voters think he now has little or no influence over events at home or abroad.  —  Of those polled, 72 per cent regarded the influence of their president …
Laurence Simon / IMAO:
Know Thy Enemy: Cats  —  Well, it's time for The Carnival of the Cats, but what do you really know about that furry little beast that you leave in your home unsupervised for nine to twelve hours a day while you slave away at a keyboard earning barely enough money to pay for their food …
Discussion: Running Scared
Jim Hoagland / Washington Post:
Middle East Surprises  —  Call it history's revenge or the Nixon-goes-to-China syndrome run amok: Events in the Middle East now force political leaders to eat vows never to do certain things and then pronounce the dish tasty.  Their reversals carry seeds of hope for a desperate region.
Discussion: JunkYardBlog and Power Line
NY Daily News:
All disquiet on West Wing front  —  Aides: W must right ship  —  WASHINGTON - Embattled White House aides have begun to believe President Bush must take the reins personally if his evaporating agenda and credibility are to be salvaged.  —  "We're just plodding along," …
Jay Weaver / Miami Herald:
Feds probing SunCruz links to GOP  —  Federal investigators are scrutinizing a $10,000 donation made five years ago by SunCruz Casinos to a Republican campaign committee on behalf of an Ohio congressman.  —  jweaver@herald.com  —  When U.S. Rep. Bob Ney assailed the owner of SunCruz Casinos in 2000 …
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Dennis Cook / Newsweek:
Bob Ney: Will Ethics Scandals Hurt GOP Bids in 2006?
Discussion: firedoglake and Roger Ailes
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Mother's Iraq Protest Plays to Smaller Crowd  —  CRAWFORD, Tex., Nov. 26 — Dancing to reggae music and hugging her supporters, Cindy Sheehan led an anti-Iraq war rally Saturday at a one-acre campsite adjoining the ranch where President Bush is spending his holiday weekend.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:   Another Item For Which To Give Thanks
Don Surber / Don Surber After Hours:
RINO Sightings, NSFW Edition  —  I have looked forward to hosting the RINO Sightings since August.  I have only been a RINO for three years.  Before that, I was a DINO.  Some say I am a WINO (West Virginian In Name Only) and my wife insists that she is a SINO; I say I was born this way, what is her excuse?
Jazz / Running Scared:
"War" on Christmas: The Echo Chamber Strikes Back  —  Apparently some of the right wingnutterati has taken exception to our pointing out the blatant mendacity of the Bushies' "war on Christmas" meme as it applied to the now disproven story of the US Post Office attacking Christmas.
CNN:
Ex-PM: Abuse as bad as Saddam era  —  LONDON, England — Human rights abuses in Iraq are as bad as they were under Saddam Hussein if not worse, former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has said.  —  "People are doing the same as (in) Saddam's time and worse," Allawi said in an interview published in Britain on Sunday.
Discussion: The Reaction and AMERICAblog

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