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Murray Waas / nationaljournal.com:
Cheney 'Authorized' Libby to Leak Classified Information  —  Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, testified to a federal grand jury that he had been "authorized" by Cheney and other White House "superiors" in the summer of 2003 to disclose classified information …
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Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
Ex-Cheney Aide Testified Leak Was Ordered, Prosecutor Says  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 — I. Lewis Libby Jr., the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, told a grand jury that he was authorized by his "superiors" to disclose classified information to reporters about Iraq's weapons capability …
Discussion: Donklephant and No More Apples
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:   Libby Testified He Was Told To Leak Data About Iraq
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Will the Comey-to-Margolis Handoff Hold?
Discussion: TalkLeft
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Scott Shields / MyDD:
Smearing Harry Reid  —  Checking the latest headlines at Yahoo! News a few minutes ago, I was shocked to read that "Reid Aided Abramoff Clients, Records Show."  Immediately, I clicked on it to get the story.  My first impression was that, unless I wanted to be a complete and total hypocrite …
MSNBC:
Abramoff says Bush met, even joked, with him  —  Statement follows White House claim that president does not know lobbyist  —  WASHINGTON - Jack Abramoff said in correspondence made public Thursday that President Bush met him "almost a dozen" times, disputing White House claims Bush …
Associated Press:
Abramoff Team and Reid's Office Had Frequent Contact, Records Show  —  Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid wrote at least four letters helpful to Indian tribes represented by Jack Abramoff, and Reid's staff had frequent contact with the disgraced lobbyist's team about legislation.
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
White House Knew of Levee's Failure on Night of Storm  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 — In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Bush administration officials said they had been caught by surprise when they were told on Tuesday, Aug. 30, that a levee had broken, allowing floodwaters to engulf New Orleans.
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Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Ex-CIA Official Faults Use of Data on Iraq  —  Intelligence 'Misused' to Justify War, He Says  —  The former CIA official who coordinated U.S. intelligence on the Middle East until last year has accused the Bush administration of "cherry-picking" intelligence on Iraq to justify a decision …
Discussion: Mathew Gross and Nitpicker
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MSNBC:
Bush highlights foiled 2002 L.A. terror plot  —  Mayor says White House didn't inform city of threat … MSNBC TV  —  MSNBC staff and news service reports  —  WASHINGTON - Seeking to justify his tactics in the war on terrorism, President Bush on Thursday disclosed new details …
Associated Press:
Bush: Al Qaeda attack on West Coast thwarted
David Espo / Associated Press:
Agreement Reached on Patriot Act Changes  —  WASHINGTON - A band of Senate Republican holdouts reached agreement Thursday with the White House on changes in the Patriot Act designed to clear the way for passage of anti-terror legislation stalled in a dispute over civil liberties.
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Andrew C. Revkin / New York Times:
NASA Aide Who Resigned Over Warming Offers Defense  —  George C. Deutsch, the young NASA press aide who resigned on Tuesday in the center of a storm over claims that he had tried to keep keep the agency's top climate scientist from speaking publicly about global warming, defended himself today in his first public interviews.
Clive Crook / The Atlantic Online:
Capitalism: The Movie  —  Why Americans don't value markets enough—and why that matters  —  C apitalism is not much loved, even in the parts of the world it has served best.  If only one country were to dote on free enterprise, America surely ought to be it.

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Robert E Klein / Associated Press:
Briton arrested in deaths of wife, child
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Michelle Malkin:
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Reza Aslan / Slate:
Depicting Mohammed  —  Why I'm offended by the Danish cartoons of the prophet.
Discussion: The Stranger and Ezra Klein
Jamil Momand / Los Angeles Times:
What would Muhammad do?  — History suggests the prophet …
Christopher Rhoads / Wall Street Journal:
More Surveillance Puts Strain on Carriers
Discussion: firedoglake and Amygdala
The Anchoress:
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Peter Schworm / Boston Globe:
Showing of Danish flag roils town
Discussion: Daily Pundit

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Classless Acts  —  Mark Antony in his famous funeral oration …
Reuters:
Anti-war mom Sheehan will not run for Senate
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tcsdaily.com:
Strong Economy, Weak Coverage
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
Carol Giacomo / Reuters:
U.S., Britain discuss promoting democracy in Iran
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