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The Scooter Libby trial: What was the original sin?
The Intelligence Identities Protection Act was believed to be the prime mover behind prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's long investigation of White House leaks to the press, yet it ended up netting not a single indictment. Is the act too narrow? Too broad?...Tags: Prosecution, Criminals, FBI, Dick Cheney, White House
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Tim Russert, 58; keen-minded NBC journalist brought blue-collar touch to political coverage
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNew York Tim Russert, the longest-serving moderator of NBC's "Meet the Press" and the lion of the Washington press corps, died of a sudden heart attack Friday. He was 58. Russert had returned early from a family trip to Italy and was working at NBC's...Tags: Television Industry, NBC (tv network), Employees, ABC (tv network), Brian Williams
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Lucky Libby
PRESIDENT BUSH'S carefully calibrated decision to commute the prison sentence of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby without granting a pardon may prove politically wise. But it epitomizes the moral obtuseness that has so handicapped his administration. Bush is...Tags: Paris Hilton, Martha Stewart, Punishment, FBI, Dick Cheney
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The American way
THERE'S PLENTY to bemoan about America on this Fourth of July: We're a nation at war, and it's not going well. The climate is warming, and we carry more than our share of the blame. Guantanamo is open, and "Scooter" Libby is not a guest there. The...Tags: Barack Obama, Government, Elections, George W. Bush, Joe Biden
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Bushs final year
Today, Lomonaco and York open their second Times Dust-Up with a discussion of President Bush's remaining agenda. Later in the week, they'll discuss calls for impeachment, Bush's legacy and the White House-Congress balance of power. Watch foreign policy...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Iraq, International Military Interventions, United Nations, Dick Cheney
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The Times' Joe McCarthy
In his Feb. 26 , Jonah Goldberg provides us with textbook examples of the logical fallacies employed to such good effect by Joseph McCarthy and his minions in the 1950s. I thought we had driven a stake through the heart of McCarthyism, and that Red-...Tags: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Georgetown, Defense, University of Illinois at Chicago
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The Netroots aren't just about winning
After years of being dismissed or mocked by press and politicians alike, the grassroots insurgents of progressive blogs won new credibility after the stream of Democratic victories in the 2006 elections. These decentralized "netroots" played...Tags: Montana, U.S. Department of Justice, Unrest, Conflicts and War, National Government, Activism
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Life on Blago's enemies list
At my first newspaper job in Iowa, an angry labor leader said he wanted to castrate me because of something I'd written. During 18 years as a correspondent for Newsweek, the only threat of dismissal that reached my ears came from a New York editor who...Tags: Bankruptcy, Washington (U.S. state), U.S. Department of Justice, FBI, Journalism
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Former aide: Bush should tell all on CIA leak
A former White House spokesman told Congress on Friday that President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney wanted him to say that Cheney's chief of staff wasn't involved in the leak of a CIA operative's identity, an assertion that turned out to be false....Tags: Washington (U.S. state), George W. Bush, Iraq, Punishment, FBI
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Bonds' destiny is now linked to Charlie Hustle and Shoeless Joe
Special to The TimesIn the big picture, a federal grand jury's indictment of Barry Bonds has now underscored the lie that was baseball's steroid era, and the Mitchell report is still to come. If you can't tell the players without a scorecard, the soon-to-be-released...Tags: Prosecution, Mark McGwire, Steroids, Hank Aaron, Pete Rose
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A not-so-secret mission
Back in 1982, Congress passed a law designed to guard against the disclosure of the names of U.S. spies. The lawmakers acted because two obscure publications, "CounterSpy" and the "Covert Action Information Bulletin," were printing the names of undercover...Tags: Local Government, U.S. Department of Justice, FBI, Dick Cheney, Government
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Checks and balances checkup
Today, Lomonaco and York assess Bush's relationship with Congress. Previously, they discussed his remaining agenda. Tomorrow and Friday, they'll address calls for impeachment and the president's legacy. Unilateralism made Bush less powerful By Jeff...Tags: Al-Qaeda, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Dick Cheney, Heads of State, Government
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