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David Johnston / New York Times:
Another Time Reporter Is Asked to Testify in Leak Case — WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 - A second reporter for Time magazine has been asked to testify under oath in the C.I.A. leak case, about conversations she had in 2004 with a lawyer for Karl Rove, the senior White House adviser, the magazine reported on Sunday.
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Does TIME Magazine Still Protect Their Sources? — Yesterday, TIME magazine delivered a fascinating Sunday puzzle when it told us that their reporter, Viveca Novak, was cooperating with the Fitzgerald investigation into the Plame leak: … David Johnston of the NY Times has more:
ReddHedd / firedoglake:
I Call Partial Mulligan... After quite a bit of late-night e-mailing with Jeralyn, and a subsequent good night's sleep (well, as good as it can get with an early-rising toddler in the house), I've decided that my theory on opening the attorney-client privilege to get to factual information may be fatally flawed.
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The Next Hurrah
John F. Burns / New York Times:
Tribunal Leader in Hussein's Case Is Target of Plot — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 27 - Less than 24 hours before Saddam Hussein's scheduled return to court on charges of crimes against humanity, the police in northern Iraq said Sunday that they had arrested 10 Sunni Arab men carrying orders …
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Jim Yardley / New York Times:
A Judge Tests China's Courts, Making History — LUOYANG, China - Judge Li Huijuan happened to be in the courthouse file room when clerks, acting on urgent orders, began searching for a ruling on a mundane case about seed prices. "I handled that case," Judge Li told the clerks, surprised that anyone would be interested.
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The Peking Duck
CNN:
Back in court, Hussein hits out at 'occupiers' — BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein argued with the judge and complained about Iraq's "occupiers" as his trial for crimes against humanity resumed in a Baghdad court Monday. — Hussein, carrying a copy of the Quran under …
Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press:
Saddam Trial Resumes, Then Is Postponed — BAGHDAD, Iraq - The trial of Saddam Hussein for alleged crimes against humanity resumed in a heavily guarded courtroom Monday with the former Iraqi president angrily complaining about having to walk up four flights of stairs under foreign guard.
ThreatsWatch.Org:
The Hounds of Husaybah — A night on patrol with the Jackals of Lima Company — By Bill Roggio — HUSAYBAH, IRAQ: The evening kicked off with a ride in the darkness from Camp Qaim, which is situated at the railroad station South of Al Qaim, to Camp Gannon, the outpost that sits directly between …
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
The Man With the Inside Scoop — For Bob Woodward, Proximity to Power Cuts Both Ways — It was a cinematic image that lured thousands of young people into journalism, Robert Redford coaxing information out of Hal Holbrook in a dimly lit parking garage. — And since, in real life …
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Deborah Howell / Washington Post:
More Questions for Bob Woodward — Most of the hundreds of readers who wrote and called after my column on Bob Woodward ran last week said I was way too soft on him and on The Post. I think their concerns and questions deserve to be answered. — One of those readers, Bob Woodward …
Mark Steyn / Associated Press:
Hollywood's PC perversion stifles storytelling — To judge from the way the weekend's box office is breathlessly reported in the news bulletins on Monday morning, more people seem to be interested in movie grosses than in the movies. Evidently, Hollywood's now recovered from this summer's all-time record "box office slump."
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Seymour M. Hersh / New Yorker:
UP IN THE AIR — Where is the Iraq war headed next? — In recent weeks, there has been widespread speculation that President George W. Bush, confronted by diminishing approval ratings and dissent within his own party, will begin pulling American troops out of Iraq next year.
MSNBC:
Transcript for November 27 — MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: the war in Iraq. The debate continues. — (Videotape): — VICE PRES. DICK CHENEY: A precipitous withdrawal from Iraq would be a victory for the terrorists, an invitation to further violence against free nations …
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Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
Gimme an Rx! Cheerleaders Pep Up Drug Sales — As an ambitious college student, Cassie Napier had all the right moves - flips, tumbles, an ever-flashing America's sweetheart smile - to prepare for her job after graduation. She became a drug saleswoman. — Ms. Napier, 26 …
Observer:
The leak that revealed Bush's deep obsession with al-Jazeera — The US president planned to bomb the Qatar-based channel - that was the remarkable claim made in a top-secret memo. Why is the world's most powerful man so worried about a TV station? — It was an ambush.
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Eric Silver / Independent:
Charity cash for Palestinian poor was siphoned to suicide bombers — Millions of pounds donated by British and other European charities to help the Palestinian poor were unwittingly diverted to fund terror and support the families of suicide bombers, Israeli prosecutors claimed yesterday.
