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6:20 PM ET, April 21, 2006

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MSNBC:
NBC: CIA officer fired after admitting leak  —  Officer allegedly failed polygraph, admitted giving reporter information … MSNBC TV  —  WASHINGTON - In a rare occurrence, the CIA fired an officer who acknowledged giving classified information to a reporter, NBC News reported on Thursday.
Discussion: FishBowlDC
William Branigin / Washington Post:
CIA Fires Employee for Alleged Leak  —  The CIA announced today that it has fired an employee for leaking classified information to the news media.  —  The termination of the unidentified officer was announced to CIA employees yesterday after an internal investigation of the leaks.
Discussion: In the Bullpen
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
China and Its President Greeted by a Host of Indignities  —  Chinese President Hu Jintao got almost everything he wanted out of yesterday's visit to the White House.  —  He got the 21-gun salute, the review of the troops and the Colonial fife-and-drum corps.
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Washington Post:
A Midday Feast for Chinese Leader  —  Let's do lunch!  The White House gave Chinese President Hu Jintao a 21-gun salute and accommodations at Blair House, but there was no black-tie state dinner last night because this was an "official" summit, according to Washington officials …
Discussion: Wonkette and FishBowlDC
New York Post:
'RESPECTFUL' W. HEARS A HU
Discussion: The Left Coaster
John O'Neil / New York Times:   N.Y. / Region  — WORLD - U.S. - N.Y. / REGION - BUSINESS …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Los Angeles Times Yanks Columnist's Blog  —  The Los Angeles Times suspended the blog of one of its top columnists last night, saying he violated the paper's policy by posting derogatory comments under an assumed name.  —  The paper said in an online editor's note that Michael Hiltzik …
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Thomas B. Edsall / Washington Post:
Senate Democrats Ahead in Cash Race  —  The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee continued to outpace the National Republican Senatorial Committee in fundraising, bringing in more contributions and finishing the quarter with twice as much money in the bank, according to Federal Election Commission reports released yesterday.
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CBS News:
A Spy Speaks Out  —  (CBS) A CIA official who had a top role during the run-up to the Iraqi war charges the White House with ignoring intelligence that said there were no weapons of mass destruction or an active nuclear program in Iraq.  —  The former highest ranking CIA officer in Europe …
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Shiites Agree on Pick for Prime Minister  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 21 — Shiite leaders selected Jawad al-Maliki, a hard-line and outspoken Shiite leader, to replace the outgoing prime minister, Ibrahim al-Jaafari.  The move could resolve a two-month-long political deadlock …
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Michael J. Totten:
Back to Iraq Part VI - Smuggling My Way Out of Iraq  —  This is the sixth and final installment in a Back to Iraq series which is basically a single long essay.  Don't miss Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, and Part Five.  —  ZAKHO, IRAQ - Getting into Iraq was easy.
Daniel Henninger / Opinion Journal:
Disinhibition Nation  —  When blogs rule, we'll all talk like —  Kevin Ray Underwood, the repressed Oklahoma cannibal, kept an Internet "blog" of his compulsions for years before kidnapping and killing a 10-year-old neighbor last week.  On his blog, Kevin wrote a lot about Kevin …
The Majority Report:
KATHERINE HARRIS GIVES EVERYTHING SHE HAS TO YOUNG REPORTER  —  Scribe and friend-of-show Stephen Elliott snapped these photos while traveling with Katherine Harris this week.  Harris is fawning over Jason Roberts of the University of Florida, Gainesville student newspaper.
Discussion: ConnecticutBLOG
Digby / Hullabaloo:
True Romance  —  Via Tristram Shandy I see that TIME's in-house faux liberal is at it again, this time giving Hugh Hewitt a private lap dance instead of dancing around the pole for everyone to see: … . And people wonder why liberals are popularly perceived as being cowards.
Discussion: TAPPED and Ezra Klein
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The Generals' Dangerous Whispers  —  Last time around, the antiwar left did not have a very high opinion of generals.  A popular slogan in the 1960s was "war is too important to be left to the generals."  It was the generals who had advocated attacking Cuba during the missile crisis of October 1962 …
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
U.S. Crackdown Set Over Hiring of Immigrants  —  WASHINGTON, April 20 — The apprehension on Wednesday of more than 1,100 illegal immigrants employed by a pallet supply company based in Houston, as well as the arrest of seven of its managers, represented the start of a more aggressive federal crackdown …
Paul Kiel / TPM Muckraker:
Conrad Burns - Another Earmark to Remember  —  Another Conrad Burns earmark - maybe the best one yet.  —  Burns tried to push $20 million in federal funds to a company in which Ed Buckham, Tom DeLay's former chief of staff and a close associate of Jack Abramoff's, had a financial stake.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Warren P. Strobel / Knight Ridder:
Report documents major increase in terrorist incidents  —  WASHINGTON - The number of terrorist attacks documented by U.S. intelligence agencies jumped sharply in 2005, crossing the 10,000 mark for the first time, according to U.S. counterterrorism officials and documents obtained by Knight Ridder Newspapers.
 
 
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