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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
Hostage Video Released, Hostages Identified (Images/Video)  —  **Jawa Report Exclusive**  —  ***The Jawa Report releases names of four Western hostages.  A hostage video has been released of the four Western peace activists taken hostage in Iraq.  The Jawa Report has obtained a copy of the video.
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Robert H. Reid / Associated Press:
Video Shows Activists Kidnapped in Iraq  —  Al-Jazeera broadcast an insurgent video Tuesday showing four peace activists taken hostage in Iraq, with a previously unknown group claiming responsibility for the kidnappings.  —  The Swords of Righteousness Brigade said the four were spies working undercover …
Alexandra von Maltzan / All Things Beautiful:
The Islamofascist Manifesto
Discussion: Telegraph and Hammerswing75
John M. Broder / New York Times:
Lawmaker Quits After He Pleads Guilty to Bribes  —  LOS ANGELES, Nov. 28 - Representative Randy Cunningham, a Republican from San Diego, resigned from Congress on Monday, hours after pleading guilty to taking at least $2.4 million in bribes to help friends and campaign contributors win military contracts.
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Washington Post:
Congressman Admits Taking Bribes, Resigns  —  Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.) resigned from Congress yesterday after tearfully confessing to evading taxes and conspiring to pocket $2.4 million in bribes, including a Rolls-Royce, a yacht and a 19th-century Louis-Philippe commode.
Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
CONGRESSIONAL CORRUPTION....Jeffrey Birnbaum has a story …
Discussion: MyDD and Left in the West
Washington Post:
'86 Alito Memo Argues Against Foreigners' Rights  —  Work for Justice Dept. Points to Views That May Affect Anti-Terrorism Rulings on High Court  —  As a senior lawyer in the Reagan Justice Department, Samuel A. Alito Jr. argued that immigrants who enter the United States illegally …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Alito Memos Supported Expanding Police Powers
Discussion: Wonkette
Michael / Petrelis Files:
Justice Dept: 470 Pages of Alito Files for 180 Minutes of Examination
Discussion: ACSBlog and AGITPROP
Golnaz Esfandiari / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Iran: President Says Light Surrounded Him During UN Speech  —  Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad says that when he delivered his speech at the UN General Assembly in September, he felt there was a light around him and that the attention of the world leaders in the audience was unblinkingly focused upon him.
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Financial Times:   Iran president had 'religious vision' during UN speech
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Bush's Can't-Lose Reversal  —  Wednesday's speech will set the agenda for withdrawal from Iraq.  —  Brace yourself for a mind-bog of sheer cynicism.  The discombobulation begins Wednesday, when President George W. Bush is expected to proclaim, in a major speech at the U.S. Naval Academy …
Anne Gearan / Associated Press:
Ex-Powell Aide Criticizes Detainee Effort  —  WASHINGTON - A top aide to former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday that wrongheaded ideas for the handling of foreign detainees arose from White House and Pentagon officials who argued that "the president of the United States is all-powerful" and the Geneva Conventions irrelevant.
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister
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Christopher Lee / Washington Post:
Vice President's Office Keeps Travel Expenses Under Wraps  —  Open-government advocates say that Vice President Cheney is to executive branch secrecy what darkness is to the night.  —  In 2001, Cheney famously refused to disclose the names of oil company executives and others who attended meetings …
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Labor's Lost Story  —  Decades ago, Walter Reuther, the storied head of the United Auto Workers union, was taken on a tour of an automated factory by a Ford Motor Co. executive.  —  Somewhat gleefully, the Ford honcho told the legendary union leader: "You know, not one of these machines pays dues to the UAW."
Allison Dunfield / Globe and Mail:
Liberal government falls  —  The short-lived 38th Parliament met its demise on Monday night, setting the stage for the longest election campaigns in two decades, as the Liberal government was defeated in a no-confidence vote at the hands of all three opposition parties and the country was launched into official election mode.
Associated Press:
Tribe: Abramoff Arranged Dorgan Donation  —  Tribe Says Abramoff Arranged for Dorgan Donation After Lawmaker's Letter  —  WASHINGTON Nov 29, 2005 — New evidence is emerging that the top Democrat on the Senate committee currently investigating Jack Abramoff got political money arranged …
Stephanie Simon / Los Angeles Times:
Offering Abortion, Rebirth  —  Yes, an Arkansas doctor says, he destroys life.  But he believes the thousands of women who have relied on him have been 'born again.'  —  FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Dr. William F. Harrison has forgotten how many children the woman had.
David Lightman / courant.com:
`We Do Have A Plan'  —  Returning From Iraq, Lieberman Praises U.S. Strategy, Urges Bush To Tout Successes  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, just back from Iraq, wants President Bush to give the American people details about the progress being made in that country …

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