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10:50 PM ET, April 28, 2007

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Atrios / Eschaton:
The Reeds and Brass Have Been Weaving  —  Often people, usually in the course of needing to explain the almighty power of blogs to people who don't get it, want to describe blogs in terms of specific tangible successful events.  You know, "blogs took down Trent Lott," and whatnot.
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Former C.I.A. Chief's Memoir Irritates Some High-Ranking Readers  —  In January 2002, George J. Tenet, the man who oversaw all American spy agencies, was asked by a visiting Italian intelligence official what he knew about United States officials making contact with exiled Iranian opposition figures.
Atrios / Eschaton:
More Broder  —  We normally think of "High Broderism" …
Discussion: CorrenteWire
PBS:   Talkingpointsmemo.com's Josh Marshall on the prosecutor firings
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Global War on Terror: Clinton Fails, Edwards Shines  —  I believe I was the first blogger to note the importance of Edwards not raising his hand when asked whether there is a Global War on Terror.  Ben Smith at the Politico posted it a few hours later, followed by Wonkette.  And now it's moving outward.
Discussion: The Agonist and Oliver Willis
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Edwards: No Terror "War"  —  This is a quite big deal that most of us totally missed last night: John Edwards doesn't believe there's a "global war on terror," at least not in the simple-show-of-hands sense.  —  This is something a lot of Democrats say privately — and something mainstream …
James Glanz / New York Times:
Rebuilt Iraq Projects Found Crumbling  —  In a troubling sign for the American-financed rebuilding program in Iraq, inspectors for a federal oversight agency have found that in a sampling of eight projects that the United States had declared successes, seven were no longer operating as designed …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
SCANDALS AND "SCANDALS"  —  Eleanor Clift's current column in Newsweek is unremarkable, but I was struck by this line: … That's the liberal line, of course: the White House is consumed by scandals.  Certainly Newsweek, along with pretty much every other mainstream news outlet, has done its best to convey this impression.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
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Eleanor Clift / Newsweek:
A Third Way?  —  Fred Thompson isn't the only 'Law and Order' character eyeing the 2008 presidential campaign.  Inside Sam Waterston's efforts to help promote a third-party ticket.  —  A WEB-EXCLUSIVE COMMENTARY  —  The actor Sam Waterston, who plays the hard-hitting assistant D.A. in "Law and Order," has a confession to make.
Karen Armstrong / Financial Times:
Balancing the Prophet  —  Ever since the Crusades, people in the west have seen the prophet Muhammad as a sinister figure.  During the 12th century, Christians were fighting brutal holy wars against Muslims, even though Jesus had told his followers to love their enemies, not to exterminate them.
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Robert / Jihad Watch:
Karen Armstrong reviews Spencer's The Truth About Muhammad!  —  Karen Armstrong's second hagiographical and highly selective (i.e., quasi-fictional) biography of the Islamic prophet Muhammad appeared around the same time as my book The Truth About Muhammad.  Armstrong, however …
Mark Silva / Chicago Tribune:
Unusual split over GOP race  —  WASHINGTON — As President Bush carefully avoids backing any of those seeking to succeed him in the Oval Office, an unusual split has developed between his top political advisers and immediate family members.  —  Many of Bush's key operatives from campaigns past …
Discussion: The American Street
Nico / Think Progress:
Official Caught Using Escort Service Demanded Anti-Prostitution 'Loyalty Oaths'  —  Former U.S. AID director Randall Tobias, who resigned yesterday upon admitting that he frequented a Washington escort service, oversaw a controversial policy advocated by the religious right that required …
Discussion: Firedoglake
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Roy Sekoff / The Huffington Post:
Randall Tobias: Another GOP Hypocrite Bites the Dust
Discussion: Don Surber and Obsidian Wings
The Sandmonkey / Rantings of a Sandmonkey:
Done  —  Today is going to be the day that I've been dreading for quite sometime now.  Today is the day I walk away from this blog.  Done.  Finished.  —  There are many reasons, each would take a post to list, and I just do not have the energy to list them.
SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Sen. Durbin Drops Bombshells on the Senate Floor  —  Senator Dick Durbin, who was on the Senate Intelligence Committee during the lead up to the war, fills us in on what was going on behind the intel scenes in 2002-2003 and how accurately it matched up with what we were being told publicly.
Washington Post:
Political Appointees No Longer to Pick Justice Interns  —  The Justice Department is removing political appointees from the hiring process for rookie lawyers and summer interns, amid allegations that the Bush administration had rigged the programs in favor of candidates with connections …
Financial Times:
Defra in storm over discredited EU carbon plan  —  The government department spearheading Britain's effort to reduce carbon output is driving companies and individuals towards paying for emissions cuts that do not take place.  —  The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
 
 
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Omar / IRAQ THE MODEL:
Why Are the Democrats Doing This?  —  Instead of trying to come …
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Frist's e-mail habits clear him
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No Results in Damascus
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Africans for Wolfowitz  —  Third World reformers resist a coup by rich Europeans.
Associated Press:
Clinton Says Her Southern Twang a Virtue
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U.S. Proposal Would Allow Oil Drilling Off Virginia
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Olmert: The Delay Of A Thousand Tomahawks
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
Trifecta  —  Yesterday's British newspapers had more information …
Discussion: At-Largely, CANNONFIRE and Redstate
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Mr. Obama's Worldview  —  BARACK OBAMA, who has been chided …
Bob Geiger:
The Saturday Cartoons
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Gateway Pundit:
Iranian Regime Is "Proud to Be Democrat"
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Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Congress sets terms of Iraq exit
Discussion: Think Progress and At-Largely
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Tenet Details Efforts to Justify Invading Iraq
AcademicElephant / Redstate:
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
US Raids Capture AQI Terrorists, Iranian Weapons
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