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5:20 AM ET, July 12, 2006

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Robert Novak / Human Events:
My Leak Case Testimony  —  Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has informed my attorneys that, after two and one-half years, his investigation of the CIA leak case concerning matters directly relating to me has been concluded.  That frees me to reveal my role in the federal inquiry that …
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Robert Novak Acknowledges Confidential Administration Sources  —  Syndicated columnist Robert Novak acknowledged for the first time today that he identified three confidential administration sources during testimony in the CIA leak investigation, saying he did so because they had granted …
Pete Yost / Associated Press:
Novak: Rove was a source in outing Plame  —  WASHINGTON - Columnist Robert Novak said publicly for the first time Tuesday that White House political adviser Karl Rove was a source for his story outing the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame.  —  In a column, Novak also says his recollection …
Discussion: First Draft and AMERICAblog
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Novak discusses role in CIA Plame leak case investigation
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Novak names Bill Harlow as a confirming source
Paul Blustein / Washington Post:
White House Lowers '06 Deficit Estimate  —  The Bush administration yesterday lowered its estimate of this year's federal budget deficit to $296 billion — a figure that prompted the White House to claim vindication for its tax cuts, and Democrats to issue new denunciations of the nation's fiscal problems.
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BBC:
Pink Floyd's Barrett dies aged 60  —  Syd Barrett, one of the original members of legendary rock group Pink Floyd, has died at the age of 60 from complications arising from diabetes.  —  The guitarist was the band's first creative force and an influential songwriter, penning their early hits.
Discussion: SteveAudio
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Associated Press:
Pink Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett dies  —  Troubled musician, 60, lived final years largely as recluse  —  LONDON - Syd Barrett, the troubled Pink Floyd co-founder who spent his last years in reclusive anonymity, has died, the band said Tuesday.  He was 60.
BBC:
Obituary: Syd Barrett
Discussion: The Road to Surfdom
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
U.S. Terror Targets: Petting Zoo and Flea Market?  —  WASHINGTON, July 11 — It reads like a tally of terrorist targets that a child might have written: Old MacDonald's Petting Zoo, the Amish Country Popcorn factory, the Mule Day Parade, the Sweetwater Flea Market and an unspecified "Beach at End of a Street."
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Jed Babbin / The RCP Blog:
DoD Memo on Terror Detainees - Jed Babbin  —  The new memorandum about the status of terrorist detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and elsewhere - signed by Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England on Friday — is being widely misreported.  The memo, which is reproduced in full below …
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Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
Lieberman's Real Problem  —  I am about to become a traitor to my class.  Among my estimable colleagues in the Washington commentariat, the idea that Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman is facing a serious challenge from a fellow Democrat over Lieberman's support for the Iraq war seems to evoke incredulity and exasperation.
Alexis Simendinger / National Journal:
Who's Making What In The White House  —  President Bush's most senior aides — the ones who hold the coveted title of "assistant to the president" — recently received a $4,200 cost-of-living bump-up in compensation and now earn a top pay rate of $165,200, according to an internal White House list of staff salaries.
Financial Times:
Mumbai commuter train blasts least 170  —  By Khozem Merchant in Mumbai and Jo Johnson in New Delhi  —  At least 170 people were killed and hundreds more injured on Tuesday after a series of co-ordinated explosions ripped through Mumbai's commuter transport network in the middle of the evening rush hour.
Discussion: Washington Post and Hit and Run
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
John Dean on Countdown: Conservatives Without Conscience  —  John Dean joined Keith Olbermann Monday to explain the theories in his new book, "Conservatives Without Conscience," which explains a lot of the behavior we see today.  —  Video -WMP Video -QT  —  To put it simply, Dean makes the case …
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The Raw Story:
Video: 50 year study says conservatives 'followers'
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister
Pam M. / Blogmeister USA:
Memo to the NYT: We're Not Buying It  —  I went to this evening's rally protesting the New York Times and its publishing of a legal secret government program designed to track the movements of terrorists in order to capture them.  It happened across the street from the Times' office at 229 West 43rd Street.
David Morgan / Reuters:
Republican says US readying crackdown on leaks  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration is preparing a crackdown on intelligence leaks to the media and will try to pursue prosecutions in some recent cases, the chairman of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee on Tuesday.
Terrance / The Republic of T.:
LIFEbeat's Anti-Gay Death Concert  —  There are some things that defy imagining.  For example, why would an AIDS organization that calls itself LIFEbeat promote a benefit concert where half the headliners are artists who've advocated anti-gay violence in their music?  —  Can't think of a reason?
 
 
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