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New York Times:
In C.I.A. Leak, More Talks With Journalists — WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 - A conversation between Karl Rove's lawyer and a journalist for Time magazine led Mr. Rove to change his testimony last year to the grand jury in the C.I.A. leak case, people knowledgeable about the sequence of events said Thursday.
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Digby / Hullabaloo:Memory Hole — Jane is reporting that Rove's lawyer Luskin …
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Jonathan S. Landay / Knight Ridder:
U.S. military pays Iraqis for positive news stories on war — WASHINGTON - U.S. Army officers have been secretly paying Iraqi journalists to produce upbeat newspaper, radio and television reports about American military operations and the conduct of the war in Iraq.
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Laura / War and Piece:
Blowback — Broken yesterday by the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times has another major installment on the story that the Pentagon is paying the Lincoln Group tens of millions of dollars, and Iraqi journalists hundreds of dollars per month, to plant US written and storyboarded propaganda in Iraqi newspapers disguised as journalism.
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Justice Staff Saw Texas Districting As Illegal — Voting Rights Finding On Map Pushed by DeLay Was Overruled — Justice Department lawyers concluded that the landmark Texas congressional redistricting plan spearheaded by Rep. Tom DeLay (R) violated the Voting Rights Act …
Associated Press:
Murtha Says Army Is 'Broken, Worn Out' — LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — Most U.S. troops will leave Iraq within a year, and the Army is "broken, worn out" and may not be able to meet future military threats to the country's security, Rep. John Murtha said. — Two weeks ago, Murtha created a storm …
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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
"Broken, worn out" — Newly-minted Democratic uber "hawk" John Murtha, on the US military and Iraq: … This insane calculus—which is the position of the Democratic leadership, at least in the House—argues, in essence, that going to war puts a strain on our troops, and that protecting ourselves …
Reuters:
Iraqi rebels attack in Ramadi, seize some streets — RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Masked militants attacked a U.S. base and a local government building with mortars and rockets in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Thursday, before holding ground on central streets, residents said.
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Steve Clemons:
Bush Gossip & Tonight's Ten Minutes on Air America' Majority Report — Barbara Bush is allegedly TICKED off at Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Andy Card, nearly all of them — except Karen Hughes — for how her boy is faring in the hearts and minds of Americans. — The matriarch of the Bush clan …
Associated Press:
Iraq suicide blasts at lowest level in 7 months — U.S. military attributes decline to 'effectiveness of our operations' — BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military said Thursday that suicide bombings fell in November to their lowest level in seven months after joint U.S.-Iraqi operations west of the capital.
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
The Role of Labor in a Political Campaign — The blogosphere isn't very conducive to discussing labor issues, mostly because blog readers probably don't belong to unions and don't know much about them. I know I didn't know anything about unions a few years ago. This can often blind us to important political developments.
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Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
Lobbyist's Role in Hiring Aides Is Investigated — WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 - With a federal corruption case intensifying, prosecutors investigating Jack Abramoff, the Republican lobbyist, are examining whether he brokered lucrative jobs for Congressional aides at powerful lobbying firms in exchange …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Andrea Held Hostage - Day 4 — Accuracy in Media notes the odd case of Andrea Mitchell and her Missing Memory - did she or did she not mean to say, back in October 2003, that among reporters following the Niger story it was "widely known" that Joe Wilson's wife worked at the CIA?
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Bill Roggio / ThreatsWatch.Org:
The Sulemani — Airstrikes, a Meeting with Sheikhs, a Cache on the River and a Trip to Camp al-Qaim — HUSAYBAH, IRAQ: Thursday morning started off with strikes at undisclosed locations near the Syrian border by "the task force", presumably Task Force 626, the group assigned to hunt Zarqawi and the leaders of al-Qaeda in Iraq.
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Hilary Leila Krieger / Jerusalem Post:
PM: Iranian nukes unacceptable — Israel "can't accept a situation where Iran has nuclear arms" and "is making all the necessary preparations to handle a situation like this," Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday. — Iran's enemies have "the capability" to use military force …
Media Matters for America:
O'Reilly brought Christmas war to Cavuto — On the November 30 edition of Fox News' Your World with Neil Cavuto, Bill O'Reilly continued his campaign to promote use of the holiday greeting "Merry Christmas" in retail stores. His effort to combat retail stores he believes are replacing …
Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
South African Court Rules for Same-Sex Marriage — JOHANNESBURG Dec. 1 — South Africa's highest court ruled on Thursday that gays and lesbians have a right to marry, and it gave the national parliament one year to change the words "husband" and "wife" to "spouse" in its marital laws.
