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11:10 AM ET, April 13, 2006

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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Libby's Team Replies On Disclosure  —  Jeralyn Merritt has Team Libby's latest on the disclosure question (29 page .pdf or here) and has added some must-read UPDATES.  It's hard to believe this will make as many headlines as Fitzgerald's last filing, but dig in.
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David Johnston / New York Times:
Prosecutor Corrects Filing About Former Aide to Cheney  —  WASHINGTON, April 12 — The prosecutor in the C.I.A. leak case has corrected an assertion he made in a court filing last week about actions taken by I. Lewis Libby Jr., the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney …
Lewis Libby Indictment / TalkLeft:
Late Night Filing: Libby Responds to Fitzgerald
Discussion: The American Street
Dan / Riehl World View:   Libby Files Response To Fitzgerald
New York Times:
Analysts Say a Nuclear Iran Is Years Away  —  Western nuclear analysts said yesterday that Tehran lacked the skills, materials and equipment to make good on its immediate nuclear ambitions, even as a senior Iranian official said Iran would defy international pressure and rapidly expand its ability to enrich uranium for fuel.
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Editor and Publisher:
UPDATE: White House Seeks Apology, 'Post' Stands By Story  —  NEW YORK The White House on Wednesday hit back at The Washington Post for its front-page story this morning which suggested President Bush in 2003 cited the discovery of mobile biological weapons labs in Iraq as "weapons of mass destruction" …
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Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
White House Decries Report on Iraqi Trailers
Discussion: Or How I Learned …
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Rumsfeld Rebuked By Retired Generals  —  Ex-Iraq Commander Calls for Resignation  —  The retired commander of key forces in Iraq called yesterday for Donald H. Rumsfeld to step down, joining several other former top military commanders who have harshly criticized the defense secretary's authoritarian style …
New Statesman:
The Euston Manifesto  —  It started with some like-minded progressives meeting in a London pub.  Disenchanted with what they saw as the wrong-headed thinking of the anti-war movement, they began to talk of a new left movement.  By Norman Geras and Nick Cohen
Discussion: Harry's Place
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Washington Post:
At Trial, Flight 93 Myth Finally Becomes Reality  —  It began with a muted series of thumps from a sharp knife or maybe clenched fists.  The sounds were muffled but unmistakable, one body blow after another, ending with a squishy thud.  —  "No, no, no, no, no. No," came the high-pitched voice …
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Will / Attytood:
Twenty-three minutes, 58 seconds over America
Discussion: Eschaton
Opinion Journal:
The Minority Maker  —  The clever GOP strategy for defeat in November.  —  If Republicans lose control of Congress in November, they might want to look back at last Thursday as the day it was lost.  That's when the big spenders among House Republicans blew up a deal between the leadership …
Discussion: Decision '08 and HolyCoast.com
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Democrats Face Uphill Battle to Retake House  —  An 18-month recruitment drive by the Democrats has produced nearly a dozen strong candidates with the potential for unseating House Republicans, but probably not enough to take back control of the House absent a massive anti-incumbent wave this fall, according to House political experts.
Michelle Malkin:
WHERE IS BILAL HUSSEIN?  —  Where is Bilal Hussein—and who is he working for?  —  A year ago, I blogged about a controversial, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo taken by an unidentified Associated Press stringer in Iraq.  More background from the blogosphere here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
Drew Griffin / CNN:
Congressman accused of using staff to baby-sit  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Two former staff members of U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Michigan, say the longtime Detroit congressman made them baby-sit his children, run errands and work on political campaigns while they were on his congressional payroll.
Anahad O'Connor / New York Times:
Librarians Win as U.S. Relents on Secrecy Law  —  After fighting ferociously for months, federal prosecutors relented yesterday and agreed to allow a Connecticut library group to identify itself as the recipient of a secret F.B.I. demand for records in a counterterrorism investigation.
Wade Zirkle / Washington Post:
Troops in Support Of the War  —  Earlier this year there was a town hall meeting on the Iraq war, sponsored by Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.), with the participation of such antiwar organizations as CodePink and MoveOn.org.  The event also featured Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), a former Marine who had become an outspoken critic of the war.
John / AMERICAblog:
Here is the Democratic message on Iran  —  George Bush has decided to use Iran as a foil to help his sagging poll numbers and to help Republicans in the fall congressional elections.  I'm going to discuss why this is true, and what the Dems should do about it.  —  Iran is ten years away from developing nukes.
DefenseLINK:
Coalition Launches 'Operation Mountain Lion' in Afghanistan  —  WASHINGTON, April 12, 2006 - Coalition forces, in cooperation with the Afghan National Army, began "Operation Mountain Lion" yesterday to establish security, deter the re-emergence of terrorism, and enhance the sovereignty of Afghanistan, military officials reported today.
Jim Lindgren / The Volokh Conspiracy:
DID COMEDY CENTRAL CENSOR SOUTH PARK?  Did Comedy Central censor tonight's episode of South Park?  The answer would appear to be YES.  —  In Wednesday's episode, part II of "Cartoon Wars," Kyle (one of the boys of South Park) persuades the President of Fox TV to run a Family Guy episode with a short scene including Mohammed.
 
 
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Unacceptable?  —  IN THE SPRING OF 1936—seventy years ago …
Discussion: Power Line and Hugh Hewitt
Washington Post:
William Sloane Coffin Jr.; Chaplain Was Lifelong 'Disturber of the Peace'
Discussion: Daily Kos
New York Times:
Lenient Rule Set for Rebuilding in New Orleans
WorldNetDaily:
Protests backfire!  —  Zogby poll: National demonstrations …
CBS News:
Poll: Sinking Perceptions Of Islam
USA Today:
Critics: National intelligence office not doing much
Associated Press:
Text of Flight 93 Recording
Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times:
Doubts About Taking On Tehran
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William Perry Pendley / mountainstateslegal.org:
RUMSFELD ASKED TO DENY FUNDS TO CALIFORNIA COLLEGE
Gina Piccalo / Los Angeles Times:
The mother lode  —  Caitlin Flanagan: housewife, mom, writer, happy.
Discussion: Sisyphus Shrugged
Josh Feit / thestranger.com:
Bitter Pill  —  Women's Health Clinic Files Complaint …
John Stossel / Real Clear Politics:
Exaggerating Dire 'Scientific' Warnings
Olga Rodriguez / macleans.ca:
Migrants rush to Arizona border anticipating passage of guest-worker plan