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We follow up on the White House leak investigation as Judy Miller talks to
Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald today about recently discovered notes on
her conversations with Cheney's office (his Chief of Staff, I. Lewis "Scooter"
Libby) back in June '03...At issue, Who originally leaked the identify of
Valerie Plame? And did the Administration break the law in trying to discredit
Joe Wilson?...Plame of course is Joe Wilson's wife and works for the
CIA....Wilson was the one who busted out the Administration's claim that Iraq
was trying to buy nuclear materials from Niger...We'll also drop this little
sugar plum which just broke from the National Journal on Scooter and Judy...
http://nationaljournal.com/about/njweekly/stories/2005/1011nj1.htm
In case this piece is pass code protected here's the headline
"In two appearances before the federal grand jury investigating the leak of a
covert CIA operative's name, Lewis (Scooter) Libby, the chief of staff to Vice
President Cheney, did not disclose a crucial conversation that he had with New
York Times reporter Judith Miller in June 2003 about the operative, Valerie
Plame, according to sources with firsthand knowledge of his sworn testimony.
Libby also did not disclose the June 23 conversation when he was twice
interviewed by FBI agents working on the Plame leak investigation, the sources
said."
Andrea http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9410751/ Jim Warren of the Tribune and
Isikoff from Newsweek kick off our coverage...Truly a hot segment...
We'll also do more on this with and throw in the some Harriet Miers with
Margaret Carlson and John Fund...
Please join us...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from
Washington, DC
Storm recovery will be in local hands, Bush says...In 'Today' show interview,
president also defends Supreme Court pick Miers
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9654536/
More than 40 killed in pre-vote Iraq violence...Blasts target Tal Afar
marketplace, army checkpoint in Baghdad (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9659209/
The National Guard and Reserves are suffering a strikingly higher share of U.S.
casualties in Iraq, their portion of total American military deaths nearly
doubling since last year. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051010/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/iraq_reserves_toll&printer=1;_ylt=Ah.OiihpR46h6IedFOtKbjSWwvIE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-
Iraq issues arrest warrants in $1 billion scam...Investigators probe 28
officials from government of ex-PM Iyad Allawi (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9618533/
As it steps up pressure on Damascus, the US is actively seeking an alternative
who would take over from President Bashar al-Assad, according to sources close
to the Bush administration. (Financial Times)
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/42ea38dc-38ea-11da-900a-00000e2511c8.html
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers told George W. Bush in a 1997 birthday
card that he was "the best governor ever" and, in a separate note to her boss,
said she hoped his twin daughters recognize their parents are "cool." (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051011/ap_on_go_su_co/miers&printer=1;_ylt=Ag7c9vjpJlM1LO1wTRGsJcVAw_IE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-
Loyalty, discretion have helped Miers become Bush's nominee (Knight Ridder)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/krwashbureau/20051009/ts_krwashbureau/_scotus_miers_bush_2nd_1&printer=1;_ylt=AsDr5QmZ5LAgoI7RaacSygLF_8QF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-
Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers' law firm contributed $1,000 to Hillary
Clinton's Senate campaign in 2000, Federal Election Commission reports show.
(Boston Herald) http://news.bostonherald.com/politics/view.bg?articleid=106487
Long before his criminal case gets a hearing in a court of law, Rep. Tom DeLay
is fighting in the court of public opinion. With his trademark zeal, he assails
the prosecutor in one sentence and portrays himself as a victim in the next.
And the media - often distrusted by fellow conservatives - is his bullhorn.
(AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051011/ap_on_go_co/delay_fights_back&printer=1;_ylt=AtbHfBI7GNKwRYV6ZGbgiLOMwfIE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-
Opinion/Editorial
Frum on Miers: http://frum.nationalreview.com
Hitchens: Miers and Brimstone...Let's stop pretending there's no religious test
for nominees. http://www.slate.com/id/2127821/
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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