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12:05 PM ET, February 9, 2007

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Washington Post:
Official's Key Report On Iraq Is Faulted  —  'Dubious' Intelligence Fueled Push for War  —  Intelligence provided by former undersecretary of defense Douglas J. Feith to buttress the White House case for invading Iraq included "reporting of dubious quality or reliability" …
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New York Times:
Pentagon Group Criticized for Prewar Intelligence Analysis  —  A Pentagon investigation into the handling of prewar intelligence has criticized civilian Pentagon officials for conducting their own intelligence analysis to find links between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda, but said the officials …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
All 435 House Members Can See Iraq Intelligence — and Talk on Iraq Next Week  —  To the surprise of the Bush administration, the House Intelligence Committee voted unanimously Wednesday night to allow all 435 House members to see the classified version of the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq sent to the White House last week.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
They Were For Dissent And Alternative Analysis Before They Were Against It  —  The acting Inspector General of the Defense Department has issued a long-awaited report on the intelligence analysis provided by Douglas Feith during the period between 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq.
Discussion: Dean's World
Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Pentagon Says Pre-War Intel Not Illegal
Discussion: Flopping Aces and TPMmuckraker
Hindrocket / Power Line:   THE BUREAUCRATS' WAR CONTINUES
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Speaker's Plane Becomes a Point of Criticism  —  It is quite a way from Washington to San Francisco, but evidently nothing like the distance separating House Democrats and Republicans when it comes to the air travel arrangements of Speaker Nancy Pelosi.  —  Republicans, accusing Ms. Pelosi …
Discussion: First Read and Angry Bear
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Edward Epstein / San Francisco Chronicle:   Pelosi finds unlikely ally in flight fuss
Laura Litvan / Bloomberg:
Pelosi May Decline Air Force Flights Over Plane Issue (Update1)
Discussion: Hot Air and Instapundit.com
Digby / Hullabaloo:
They're Baaack  —  If you doubt that we are now operating under …
Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
NBC's Russert Wraps Up Prosecution Case in Libby Trial  —  The prosecution finished presenting its case in the perjury trial of I. Lewis Libby Jr. on Thursday, leaving his defense lawyers to try to undo the government's contention that Mr. Libby lied under oath during an investigation into the leak of a C.I.A. officer's identity.
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Washington Post
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
"A Victory Of Sorts"  —  I love the smell of dropped felony counts in the morning.  It smells like victory... of a sort.  —  Neil Lewis of the Times reports, sort of, on the latest in the Libby trial: … Which count?  Not clear from this, but our panel of experts is betting on 33 (c), related to Judy Miller.
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
John M. Broder / New York Times:
Edwards Learns Campaign Blogs Can Cut 2 Ways  —  John Edwards learned the hard way this week of the perils of grafting the raucous culture of the Internet to the decidedly staider world of a presidential campaign.  —  Mr. Edwards announced on Thursday, after 36 hours of deliberation …
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CBS News:
McCain Courts Wary Bloggers
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Power Line
Matt Browner Hamlin / The Huffington Post:
The Bible That Bill Donohue Isn't Reading
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
House Democrats Reach Accord on Debate Over War Resolution  —  House Democrats agreed yesterday to debate a straightforward, nonbinding resolution that rejects President Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq, but they will also allow Republicans to bring their own war-related measure to the floor.
Discussion: The Stakeholder
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Democrats Set House Debate to Rebuke Bush Over Iraq Policy
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Eric Fair / Washington Post:
An Iraq Interrogator's Nightmare  —  Aman with no face stares at me from the corner of a room.  He pleads for help, but I'm afraid to move.  He begins to cry.  It is a pitiful sound, and it sickens me.  He screams, but as I awaken, I realize the screams are mine.
Discussion: Eschaton
Edward Cody / Washington Post:
Despite a Ban, Chinese Youth Navigate to Internet Cafes  —  GEDONG, China — There was no sign, but Gedong's teenagers knew the way.  Down a dusty alley just off Jicui Park and a few minutes' walk from local schools, the curtained door beckoned.  Inside, in a dingy back room off the kitchen …
Discussion: Amygdala
Ian Sample / Guardian:
The brain scan that can read people's intentions  —  Call for ethical debate over possible use of new technology in interrogation  —  A team of world-leading neuroscientists has developed a powerful technique that allows them to look deep inside a person's brain and read their intentions before they act.
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
White House On Sidelines In 2008 Contest  —  Absence of a Candidate Shapes Race, Bush's Term  —  No one in the West Wing is booking tickets to Iowa.  No one is scouring matchup poll numbers or hiring campaign managers or dialing for dollars.  As candidate after candidate jumps into the race for president …
Discussion: The Caucus and First Read
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Journalism's Relentless Centrist  —  Last month, a group gathered in New York City to celebrate the 80th birthday of Charles Peters, one of the true revolutionaries in modern journalism.  For more than 30 years, Peters edited the Washington Monthly— a liberal magazine with a small circulation …
Discussion: Attytood, FishBowlDC and Romenesko
Ellen Goodman / Boston Globe:
No change in political climate  —  On the day that the latest report on global warming was released, I went out and bought a light bulb.  OK, an environmentally friendly, compact fluorescent light bulb.  —  No, I do not think that if everyone lit just one little compact fluorescent light bulb, what a bright world this would be.
Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
'08 slate without standout for GOP  —  Many conservatives say they pick "none of the above" when faced with a choice of Arizona Sen. John McCain, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani as the 2008 Republican presidential nominee.
Discussion: Power Line and Daily Pundit
Peter Slevin / Washington Post:
Obama Forged Political Mettle In Illinois Capitol  —  When Sen. Barack Obama heads downstate to Springfield on Saturday to announce his candidacy for president, he will speak in lofty tones of America and Abraham Lincoln, but also of a more prosaic topic: his own eight years in the Illinois Senate.
Discussion: The Daily Background
 
 
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Reuters:
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