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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Review of Port Deal Will Leave Decision to Bush — WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 — The Dubai company seeking to take over some terminal operations at six American ports formally asked the Bush administration on Sunday to conduct a deeper investigation into security concerns surrounding the deal.
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New York Times:
How a Deal Became a Big Liability for G.O.P. — WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 — Representative Peter T. King of New York was in a room packed with reporters last week, complaining that the White House had jeopardized national security by contracting with an Arab-owned company to manage terminals …
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TKS on National Review Online:
AN ORGANIZED DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN ON THE PORT DEAL [02/27 06:16 AM] — My friends, there is an organized disinformation campaign going on in the discussion of the Dubai Ports World deal. Draw whatever conclusions you wish about whether the deal is worthwhile, but please do not buy …
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tcsdaily.com:
Give Civil War a Chance — Blogger and TCS contributor Stephen Green argues that civil war in Iraq might not be such a bad thing, noting that, "A civil war is the nastiest way to get a good result." He cites several examples, notably the Thirty Years War, the English Civil War …
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National Review:
A CIA Leak Trial Without the CIA Leak — CIA leak prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald argued at a hearing Friday that, as far as the perjury charges against former Cheney chief of staff Lewis Libby are concerned, it does not matter whether or not Valerie Wilson was a covert CIA agent when she was mentioned …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
How Covert Was Valerie Plame? Don't Ask! — Byron York of NRO reports on Friday's hearing in the Libby pre-trial maneuvering. He focuses on skirmishing regarding the circumstances of Ms. Plame's classified status and the actual harm done by the "outing" of her CIA affiliation:
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Another White House Briefing, Another Day of Mutual Mistrust — Mike McCurry, who was President Bill Clinton's press secretary a decade ago, is kicking himself to this day for ever allowing the White House briefings to be televised live. — "It was a huge error on my part," …
James Glanz / New York Times:
Army to Pay Halliburton Unit Most Costs Disputed by Audit — The Army has decided to reimburse a Halliburton subsidiary for nearly all of its disputed costs on a $2.41 billion no-bid contract to deliver fuel and repair oil equipment in Iraq, even though the Pentagon's own auditors had identified …
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Dr Mabuse / Edward Champion's Return of the Reluctant:
Octavia — 1987. Sacramento. I was in eighth grade and my best friend was African-American. And he was a handful of African-Americans in a school comprised almost entirely of whites. This made no difference to me. I was simply relieved to meet someone who dug Full Metal Jacket …
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harpers.org:
The Case for Impeachment — Why we can no longer afford George W. Bush … On December 18 of last year, Congressman John Conyers Jr. (D., Mich.) introduced into the House of Representatives a resolution inviting it to form "a select committee to investigate the Administration's intent …
MSNBC:
A tipping point on Islam? — With the Cartoon Wars giving way to the ports imbroglio, Jim Geraghty, blogging from Turkey, wonders if we're seeing a tipping point in Western attitudes toward Islam. Geraghty collects a lot of quotes, and writes of "my sense that in recent weeks …
John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Jihadi Turns Bulldog — The Taliban's former spokesman is now a Yale student. Anyone see a problem with that? — Never has an article made me blink with astonishment as much as when I read in yesterday's New York Times magazine that Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi, former ambassador-at-large for the Taliban …
David Corn:
A Challenge To Rich Lowry: Is Buckley Weak on Tyranny? — Last September, I did a debate with Rich Lowry of The National Review, and as I reported here, Lowry — maintained that those of us who oppose the war dishonor the troops who sacrifice their lives for this county and that critics …
Marc Kaufman / Washington Post:
Plan B Battles Embroil States — Filling a void left by the Food and Drug Administration's inability to decide whether to make the "morning-after" pill available without a prescription, nearly every state is or soon will be wrestling with legislation that would expand or restrict access to the drug.
LAW.com:
Harvard conference — Law professor blogging is such a hot topic that a confab of faculty members from across the country will meet at Harvard Law School in April for a two-day symposium focusing on how blogs are transforming legal scholarship. — "It's a whole different kind of animal," Caron said.
Washington Post:
'We Do Not Wish to Throw Them Into the Sea' — Since Hamas won control of parliament in the recent Palestinian elections, policymakers in Washington and Jerusalem have been faced with a dilemma: how to deal with a democratically elected government that is also on the State Department's list of foreign terrorist organizations.
Alexandra von Maltzan / All Things Beautiful:
Storm The White House — I just have one thing to say: Hahahahahahaha: … If this fails, go to Plan A and then Plan B. Yeah right. As I said before "If you believe in nothing you'll fall for anything" — Haven't had such a good laugh for a long time.....Thanks Michelle.
Lori Aratani / Washington Post:
Students Call for Banning of Peace Studies Class — Bethesda-Chevy Chase High Protesters Say That Teachings Are Skewed — For months, 17-year-old Andrew Saraf had been troubled by stories he was hearing about a Peace Studies course offered at his Bethesda high school.
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