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Fitzgerald Nears Decision on Indictments

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/101405I.shtml

Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald has a variety of options as he

weighs whether anyone broke a law that bars the intentional unmasking

of a

CIA officer. Defense lawyers increasingly are concerned Fitzgerald might

pursue other charges such as false statements, obstruction of justice

or mishandling classified information.

 

 

CIA's New " National Clandestine Service "

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/101405J.shtml

Intelligence officials yesterday announced establishment of a National

Clandestine Service at the CIA. The NCS will carry out that agency's

espionage, taking over what has been called the Directorate of

Operations, and will coordinate the increasing spying and covert

activities

conducted worldwide by the Pentagon and FBI.

 

 

Paul Krugman | Questions of Character

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/101405K.shtml

Paul Krugman writes that right now, with the Bush administration in

meltdown on multiple issues, we're hearing a lot about President Bush's

personal failings. But what happened to the commanding figure of yore,

the heroic leader in the war on terror? The answer, of course, is that

the commanding figure never existed: Mr. Bush is the same man he always

was.

 

 

Juan Cole | Judy Miller and the Neocons

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/101405L.shtml

Juan Cole raises the question: Should Miller herself be understood as a

neocon? He states that the evidence suggests that she is not. Rather it

was a combination of hawkish convictions about Saddam, ambition,

arrogance pumped up by her pre-9/11 work on WMD and jihadis, lax

editorial

oversight, and her long-standing tendency to get too close to her

sources, that led her to become a credulous mouthpiece for those who

sought to

justify war with Iraq.

 

 

Norman Solomon | What's Happening out of Camera Range?

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/101405M.shtml

Norman Solomon writes that by now, millions of TV viewers have seen the

video numerous times on television: Two police officers are beating a

man on the pavement. It's big news - because a camera was there.

 

 

Scandals Take Toll on Bush's 2nd Term

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/101405N.shtml

A series of scandals involving some of the most powerful Republicans in

Washington have converged to disrupt President Bush's agenda, distract

aides and allies, and exacerbate political problems for an already

weakened administration, according to party strategists and White House

advisers.

 

 

Earle Seeks More Records from DeLay and His Daughter

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/101405O.shtml

Travis County prosecutors want to know how US Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Sugar

Land, purchased a 2004 Toyota Sienna minivan, subpoenaing all records

surrounding the transaction, as well as telephone records from DeLay, his

campaign and his daughter.

 

 

Nick Turse | The Fallen Legion: Casualties of the Bush Administration

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/101405P.shtml

Since almost the day he assumed power, George W. Bush has left a trail

of broken careers in his wake. Nick Turse lists but a handful of the

most familiar names on the rolls of the fallen.

 

 

Bush Teleconference with Soldiers Staged

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/101405Z.shtml

Bush's teleconference with soldiers in Iraq was billed as a

conversation with US troops, but the questions he asked were

choreographed to

match his goals for the war in Iraq and Saturday's vote on a new Iraqi

constitution.

 

 

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