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Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
More Questions Raised About Delay in Reporting Cheney Misfire  —  NEW YORK The more than 18-hour delay in news emerging that the Vice President of the United States had shot a man, sending him to an intensive care unit with his wounds, grew even more curious late Sunday.
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ReddHedd / firedoglake:
Not a Laughing Matter  —  I'm going to out something from my childhood this morning: I grew up in West Virginia, and I used to go hunting with my dad as a kid.  I never actually shot any animals — I was too much of a softie, and spent my time in the woods with my dad feeding peanuts …
Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
Cheney Shoots Fellow Hunter in Mishap on a Texas Ranch  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 — Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a prominent Austin, Tex., lawyer on Saturday while the two men were quail hunting in South Texas, firing a shotgun at the man while trying to aim for a bird, a member of the hunting party said.
Doug Ireland / DIRELAND:   QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VEEP …
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TigerHawk:
The Gorebot: attacking America from the fountainhead of jihad  —  Al Gore has travelled to the heart of the Wahabbi Muslim world and attacked the United States.  One is almost forced to wonder whether he has completely lost his mind. … This is asinine both substantively and procedurally.
Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
An Outspoken Conservative Loses His Place at the Table  —  GREAT FALLS, Va. — What happens if you're a Republican commentator and you write a book critical of President Bush that gets you fired from your job at a conservative think tank?  —  For starters, no other conservative institution rushes …
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MSNBC:
Transcript for February 12  —  TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: President Bush insists Congress was briefed about his plan for wiretapping without a court order.  What information was shared?  When, and in what form?  With us, four of the very few congressional leaders who had notice …
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Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Spying Necessary, Democrats Say
Jay / Stop The ACLU:
Are Democrats Retreating on the NSA Issue?
Larisa Alexandrovna / rawstory.com:
Outed CIA officer was working on Iran, intelligence sources say  —  The unmasking of covert CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson by White House officials in 2003 caused significant damage to U.S. national security and its ability to counter nuclear proliferation abroad, RAW STORY has learned.
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Maggie Farley / Los Angeles Times:
Report: U.S. Is Abusing Captives  — A U.N. inquiry says the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay at times amounts to torture and violates international law.  —  NEW YORK — A draft United Nations report on the detainees at Guantanamo Bay concludes that the U.S. treatment of them violates …
Discussion: The Heretik, Opinio Juris and ACSBlog
Gateway Pundit:
Iran Invites World to Join Holocaust Cartoon Contest  —  Hamshahri Newspaper in Iran published the rules for their international Holocaust Cartoon Contest today on their website.  —  (Click on each half to enlarge)  —  The number of contributions per person is 3 entries at most.
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Gateway Pundit:
The 27 Years of Happy Mullacracy Party Ends Up a Bust
Discussion: daneshjoo.org and Publius Pundit
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Republicans' Report on Katrina Assails Response  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 — House Republicans plan to issue a blistering report on Wednesday that says the Bush administration delayed the evacuation of thousands of New Orleans residents by failing to act quickly on early reports that the levees had broken during Hurricane Katrina.
Nick Coleman / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Troops back from Iraq being deployed on front lines of spin war  —  Evidence of a menacing increase in insurgent attacks on American troops in Iraq was declassified and presented to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington, D.C., last week.  The news was grim …
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
"MIDWEST HEROES" COME UNDER ATTACK
Discussion: The Daily Brief
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Spotsylvania Deputies Receive Sex Services in Prostitution Cases  —  They enter the massage parlors as undercover detectives.  They leave as satisfied customers.  —  In Spotsylvania County, as part of a campaign by the sheriff's office to root out prostitution in the massage parlor business …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Fareed Zakaria / Newsweek:
The Decline and Fall of Europe  —  Talk to top-level scientists and educators about the future of scientific research and they will rarely even mention Europe.  —  Feb. 20, 2006 issue - Cartoons and riots made the headlines in Europe last week, but a far less fiery event …
Sebastian Mallaby / Washington Post:
Ownership Society Redux  —  The president likes to be consistent.  Loves Laura; sticks to Laura.  Kicks drink; keeps kicking it.  First inaugural address: blue tie, white shirt.  Second inaugural address: blue tie, white shirt.  Weight in 2001: 190 pounds.  Weight in 2005: 192 pounds.
Discussion: Greg's Opinion and EconLog

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