memeorandum @ 12:40 AM ET, April 2, 2006

12:40 AM ET, April 2, 2006

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Carroll Rejects Statements Made in Iraq — RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) - Former hostage Jill Carroll strongly disavowed statements she had made during captivity in Iraq and shortly after her release, saying Saturday she had been repeatedly threatened. — In a video, recorded …

Discussion: Big Lizards

Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:

TWICE A VICTIM — Jill Carroll released a statement through her employer, the Christian Science Monitor, that proves, as Jim Gerghaty says, the efficacy of editors: … (HT: Michelle Malkin) — I will not name names nor link to bloggers who thought the worst of Miss Carroll.

Discussion: PoliPundit.com, Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, Blogoland, Macsmind, In the Bullpen, euphoricreality.net, Outside The Beltway and Solomonia

Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:

Jumping To Conclusions Is Not Good Exercise — Jill Carroll has released a statement through the Christian Science Monitor, now that she has safely left Iraq and the clutches of her captors, that repudiates the video that the kidnappers forced her to make:

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Liberal Avenger, PunditGuy, PoliBlog, bRight & Early and A Blog For All

Cori Dauber / Rantingprofs:
More Insight Into Carroll's Situation

Discussion: The American Street and State of the Day

Jonah Goldberg / The Corner on National Review Online:
CARROLL'S STATEMENT — It was released an hour or so ago.

Discussion: Yourish.com, The American Street and Rising Hegemon

CNN:

Rice: Don't take Iraq errors 'literally' — U.S. secretary of state visits England amid anti-war protests — BLACKBURN, England (CNN) — One day after Condoleezza Rice said the United States made possibly "thousands" of tactical mistakes in the war against Iraq, the secretary of state …

Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister, AMERICAblog, Alternate Brain and Wonkette

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Bloomberg:

Rice Says Era of U.S. Supporting Non-Democratic Regimes Is Over — April 1 (Bloomberg) — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the U.S. will no longer give explicit support to governments that are not elected, suggesting that spreading democracy now takes priority over maintaining political stability.

Discussion: QandO, Blogs for Bush and euphoricreality.net

Joel Brinkley / New York Times:
Rice Gets an Earful From British Muslims

Discussion: Gateway Pundit and Kesher Talk

Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
'Tactical Errors' Made In Iraq, Rice Concedes

Discussion: Hit and Run, Booman Tribune and A Newer World

Adam Nagourney / New York Times:

Politics Is Facing Sweeping Change via the Internet — WASHINGTON, March 31 — The transformation of American politics by the Internet is accelerating with the approach of the 2006 Congressional and 2008 White House elections, prompting the rewriting of rules on advertising, fund-raising …

Discussion: Firedoglake, The Mahablog, Bark Bark Woof Woof, Personal Democracy Forum, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES and Althouse

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John / AMERICAblog:

NYT's Adam Nagourney editorializes in news story, calls Joe Lieberman a "moderate Democrat," attacks blog — If Joe Lieberman is a moderate Democrat, then who exactly is a conservative Democrat in Adam Nagourney's view? — Joe Lieberman is a conservative Democrat and is widely known as one.

Discussion: QandO

Atrios / Eschaton:
Ad Nags — I'm not quite as mad as John about the referenced Ad Nags article.

Discussion: MyDD

David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:

Call to Censure Bush Is Answered by a Mostly Empty Echo — WASHINGTON, MARCH 31 — The Senate Judiciary Committee opened a bitter if lopsided debate on Friday over whether Congress should censure President Bush for his domestic eavesdropping program. — Although few Senate Democrats …

Discussion: State of the Day, Daily Kos, JustOneMinute, Brendan Nyhan and Captain's Quarters

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neo-neocon:
Exclusive: neo-neocon rerats

Discussion: Roger L. Simon

Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Stuart Rothenberg is a Right-wing Analyst

Discussion: Sirotablog

Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
The President's "good faith" defense

Discussion: The American Street, Firedoglake, Crooks and Liars and The Daily Doubter

Jim Stratton / orlandosentinel.com:

Harris' Senate campaign 'imploding' — With more key workers set to flee, it could be the final lap for the troubled race. New hires are expected. — The last of U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris' key staffers appear ready to abandon her campaign for the U.S. Senate in a wave of resignations expected to start this weekend.

Discussion: The Reaction and The All Spin Zone

New York Times:

Civilians in Iraq Flee Mixed Areas as Killings Rise — BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 1 — The war in Iraq has entered a bloodier phase, with American casualties steadily declining over the past five months while the killings of Iraqi civilians have risen tremendously in sectarian violence …

Discussion: Democrat Taylor Marsh …

Sean Rayment / Telegraph:

Government in secret talks about strike against Iran — The Government is to hold secret talks with defence chiefs tomorrow to discuss possible military strikes against Iran. — A high-level meeting will take place in the Ministry of Defence at which senior defence chiefs and government officials …

Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE

AMERICAN DIGEST:

New York Times Picks Up Borders CEO Letter — PUBLISHES AP REPORT: — Click to enlarge. — Covering the web-wide kerfuffle and building blogger-led boycott of Borders since our publication of the Borders CEO's personal letter to leading bloggers yesterday (See item directly below this one.) the opening text reads:

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nytimesfaux.com:
Borders Blasts Back On Controversial Cartoons

Discussion: Riehl World View and Amygdala

Alan Cowell / New York Times:

A Geek, Sure, but No Patsy When It's About Research — WITH his baggy black clothes, his lank, black, center-parted hair, and his black-framed spectacles offsetting a moon-pale face, Laurie Pycroft knows how he is likely to be described. — "You are welcome to use the word geek," he tells an interviewer.

Discussion: Althouse