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7:10 AM ET, April 23, 2006

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Washington Post:
CIA Officer's Job Made Any Leaks More Delicate  —  The rare firing last week of a CIA officer accused of leaking information to the news media stems both from the sensitivity of the subjects she allegedly discussed and the Bush administration's forceful efforts to block national security disclosures …
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David S. Cloud / New York Times:
Colleagues Say C.I.A. Analyst Played by Rules  —  WASHINGTON, April 22 — In 1998, when President Bill Clinton ordered military strikes against a suspected chemical weapons factory in Sudan, Mary O. McCarthy, a senior intelligence officer assigned to the White House, warned the president …
Katherine Shrader / dailynews.att.net:
CIA Fires Employee for Alleged Leak  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - The CIA has fired an employee for leaking classified information to the news media, including details about secret CIA prisons in Eastern Europe, officials said Friday.  —  A federal criminal investigation has also been opened.
Varifrank:
MCCARTHY: SECOND DAY - FIRST THOUGHTS  —  1. Maybe the war would be over by now if half the CIA wasnt more interested in "getting Bush" than it is with "getting Osama".  —  2. The WAPO and the New York Times are saying that McCarthys efforts are not just legitimate, but actually required for the safe running of a government.
Discussion: Dr. Sanity
And Another Thing:
Who is Mary McCarthy?  —  Well, as of this morning (Saturday) most of the big media don't care.  They're fixated with the weather and gas prices — and anything else that will divert the public's attention from the stunning revelation that a Sandy Berger crony has apparently …
Dan / Riehl World View:
Mary O. McCarthy - The Plot Thickens
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ and Hyscience
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
CIA leak story grows
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
CIA VS. THE WHITE HOUSE: PROCEED WITH EXTREME CAUTION
Discussion: In the Bullpen
New York Times:
Young Officers Join the Debate Over Rumsfeld  —  WASHINGTON, April 22 — The revolt by retired generals who publicly criticized Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has opened an extraordinary debate among younger officers, in military academies, in the armed services' staff colleges and even in command posts and mess halls in Iraq.
Discussion: THE NEWS BLOG
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Associated Press:
Ford 'troubled' by Rumsfeld criticism
Discussion: Power Line and Blue Crab Boulevard
Will Hutton / Observer:
Why the Euston group offers a new direction for the left  —  A disparate set of left-wing thinkers meeting in a London pub has reopened an essential debate on the nature of democracy  —  To be on the left is to be both temperamentally inclined to dissent and to be passionate about your own utopia, which can never be achieved.
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Martin Kettle / Guardian:   We live in changed times. The Euston group, alas, does not
Sarah Baxter / Times of London:
Dump Cheney for Condi, Bush urged  —  REPUBLICANS are urging President George W Bush to dump Dick Cheney as vice-president and replace him with Condoleezza Rice if he is serious about presenting a new face to the jaded American public.  —  They believe that only the sacrifice …
Sydney Morning Herald:
White House knew there were no WMD: CIA  —  The CIA had evidence Iraq possessed no weapons of mass destruction six months before the 2003 US-led invasion but was ignored by a White House intent on ousting Saddam Hussein, a former senior CIA official said, according to CBS.
William Saletan / Slate:
Big or Me  —  What Big Love teaches about marriage and jealousy.  —  In the final scene of the latest episode of Big Love, high-schooler Ben Henrickson wonders whether to become a polygamist like his dad.  His father, Bill Henrickson, tells the young man that it's a big responsibility, but that he's up to it.
Discussion: Ezra Klein
Senator Bill Frist / National Review:
Back to the Border  —  Democrat obstruction torpedoed comprehensive immigration reform in the Senate earlier this month.  At the same time, concerns about getting our border under control came into clear relief with news this week of the Department of Homeland Security's effort to crack down on egregious violations of immigration law.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Tim Rutten / Los Angeles Times:
Reporting so good it's ... criminal?  —  THERE are a lot of ways to react to the annual award of the Pulitzer Prizes, which occurred this week.  —  You could congratulate the winners — fulsomely or, as is often the case, through the gritted teeth of a strained smile.
White House:
President's Radio Address  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good morning.  This weekend I am traveling in California, where I'm focusing on important issues for our Nation's future, including our economy, energy prices, the war on terror, and immigration reform.  —  America's economy is strong …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Bring it On!
Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
New Plans Foresee Fighting Terrorism Beyond War Zones  —  Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has approved the military's most ambitious plan yet to fight terrorism around the world and retaliate more rapidly and decisively in the case of another major terrorist attack on the United States, according to defense officials.
Discussion: Hugh Hewitt
 
 
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