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Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Bush Takes Questions  —  President Bush briefly emerged from his protective bubble yesterday, took a few thorny questions from an unscreened audience and a network anchor, and was more forthcoming than he has been in months.  Plus, there's more to come: Two more network interviews this week.
Marty Kaplan / The Huffington Post:
Journalism's Slo-Mo Suicide  —  Dan Froomkin's "White House Briefing" column, which appears on washingtonpost.com, is a sparkling daily anthology of the deceit, disingenuousness, evasiveness, hypocrisy and lack of accountability of the W administration.  What Froomkin does is artfully compile links …
Brad DeLong / Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal:
The Future of the Washington Post  —  Washington Post national political editor John Harris launches a creepy assault on Dan Froomkin's Post Online White House Briefing column http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ content/blog/2005/12/12/BL2005121200655 _ pf.html.
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Fire in the Cat House  —  Holy s**t some people just don't know when to shut up.  I mentioned yesterday that the Washington press corps has no idea of the smoldering public rage that threatens to engulf them, but I had no idea that it was about ready to immolate WaPo's National politics editor John Harris so quickly.
Wpnieditor / Washington Post:   John Harris … WaPo- get this straight: this is not about …
Vanessa Gera / Associated Press:
Europeans Outraged at Schwarzenegger  —  VIENNA, Austria - The execution of convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams sparked outrage Tuesday throughout Europe, which has a deep aversion to capital punishment sustained by the painful memory of state-organized murder during the Nazi era.
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MSNBC:
Is the Pentagon spying on Americans?  —  Secret database obtained by NBC News tracks 'suspicious' domestic groups … By By Lisa Myers, Douglas Pasternak, Rich Gardella and the NBC Investigative Unit  —  WASHINGTON -  —  Lisa Myers  —  A year ago, at a Quaker Meeting House in Lake Worth …
Hillary Profita / CBS News:
Cory Maye: "An Interesting Test Of The Power Of The Blogosphere."  —  While the fate of Stanley "Tookie" Williams drew plenty of attention in the in the mainstream media, many in the blogosphere - on the right and the left (Battlepanda has assembled a list of them, conveniently organized …
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Associated Press:
Update 1: Prosecutor Issues Subpoenas in DeLay Case  —  A Texas prosecutor has issued subpoenas for bank records and other information of a defense contractor involved in the bribery case of a California congressman as part of the investigation of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
New Army Rules May Snarl Talks With McCain on Detainee Issue  —  WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 - The Army has approved a new, classified set of interrogation methods that may complicate negotiations over legislation proposed by Senator John McCain to bar cruel and inhumane treatment of detainees in American custody …
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Zogby:
Bush Job Approval at 38% After edging above 40%, it fades again  —  President Bush's job approval rating languishes under 40%, despite an upturn in the economy and a public relations onslaught defending the role of the U.S. military in rebuilding Iraq, a new telephone poll by Zogby International shows.
Karen W. Arenson / New York Times:
Saudi Prince Gives Millions to Harvard and Georgetown  —  Harvard University and Georgetown University each announced yesterday that they had received $20 million donations from Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, a Saudi businessman and member of the Saudi royal family, to finance Islamic studies.
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Charles A. Radin / Boston Globe:
Saudi donates $20m to Harvard
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rawstory.com:
Fitzgerald was long suspicious Rove had hidden evidence; Not swayed by last minute testimony, lawyers say  —  A few weeks after he took over the investigation into the leak of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson in early 2004, Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald had already become suspicious …
Brad / THE BRAD BLOG:
EXCLUSIVE: SECURITIES FRAUD LITIGATION FILED AGAINST DIEBOLD, INC!  —  Eight Current and Former Executives Named as Co-Defendants, Including former CEO O'Dell and New CEO Swidarski  —  Class Action Suit Alleges Fraud, Insider Trading, Manipulation of Stock Prices, Concealment of Known Flaws …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Arctic Oil Gets an Administration Gusher  —  Interior Secretary Gale Norton, campaigning to win oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, had the urgency of a saleswoman falling short of her monthly quota.  —  "ANWR would supply every drop of petroleum for Florida for 29 years …

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