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Libby Verdict Roundup
Posted on March 6th, 2007 on The RCP Blog
Here's a quick round up of reaction to the Libby verdict: Howard Dean: "Today the American legal system did something the Bush Administration...

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And Then There Were 11
Posted on February 26th, 2007 on The RCP Blog
The Libby jury loses a member....



A Confession
Posted on September 26th, 2006 on The RCP Blog
I confess I don't have the attention span to sift through David Corn's response to Christopher Hitchens on Niger/yellowcake/Wilson/Plamegate...

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What’s in the Referral? - Jed Babbin
Posted on September 3rd, 2006 on The RCP Blog
plame, cia, leak, libby, armitage, white_house


Plamegate: Another Hitch-Slap
Posted on August 30th, 2006 on The RCP Blog
First Juan Cole, now Michael Isikoff and David Corn. Christopher Hitchens nimbly points out the hypocrisy and sheer chutzpah of Isikoff...

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Plamegate Redux
Posted on July 13th, 2006 on The RCP Blog
Unable to get any frogmarch satisfaction out of Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald, Valerie Plame (Wilson) has now sued Vice-President Cheney,...

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Updated Statement from Joseph Wilson
Posted on July 13th, 2006 on Daily Kos
In attempt to gather all the Joseph Wilson/Valerie Plame Wilson news in one place, let's start it off with an updated statement the ambassador...

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Rove Gives Paper the Vapors
Posted on June 16th, 2006 on The RCP Blog
From the looks of this editorial, the good folks at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette appear to have come down with a case of the vapors over...

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‘Fitzgerald Called. Case Over’
Posted on June 14th, 2006 on The RCP Blog
That's the message that popped up on Karl Rove's Blackberry as he prepared to take off to New Hampshire on Monday afternoon, according...

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What He Said
Posted on April 7th, 2006 on The RCP Blog
As expected, Tom Maguire has a detailed, definitive rebuttal to the New York Times editorial team on the latest "Bush leaked" story. Re...

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Another Blow For Bush
Posted on April 7th, 2006 on The RCP Blog
It seems clear from most of the reports I've read this morning that President Bush had full authority to declassify information from th...

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