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    The CIA Disinformation CampaignBy Jed Babbin Published 11/8/2005 12:09:28 AM The CIA's disinformation campaign against President Bush -- headlined in the Wilson/Plame affair -- is more jujitsu than karate. Instead of applying your own force to defeat your opponent, you turn his energy and momentum against him and bring him down. The CIA, as much or more than the State Department, didn't support President Bush's decision to invade Iraq. And to discredit that decision, it appears the CIA first chose an unspeakably unqualified political activist for a sham intelligence mission, structured it so that the results would be utterly...

NM Republicans want to know how much Texans' absence costs Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A Republican state lawmaker said Thursday he wants the Legislative Finance Committee to investigate how much it's costing to provide state police security for 11 Texas Democrats who fled to New Mexico to break a quorum in the Texas Senate. State police should be protecting New Mexico taxpayers, not Texas legislators, said Rep. Dan Foley, R-Roswell. Foley, who is not a member of the LFC, said he wants the committee to subpoena state Department of Public Safety Secretary John Denko, whose department oversees the...