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  • Bush vows ports deal will stand

    02/22/2006 6:20:19 AM PST · by Rennes Templar · 105 replies · 1,598+ views
    Washington Times ^ | Feb. 22, 2006 | Joseph Curl
    President Bush yesterday vowed to use his first-ever veto to strike any law that Congress passes to block a deal allowing an Arab state-owned company to operate six major U.S. seaports, amid growing bipartisan efforts to thwart the plan for security reasons. "If there was any chance that this transaction would jeopardize the security of the United States, it would not go forward," the president said in a brief but firm statement on the White House South Lawn. Mr. Bush said questioning the deal because it involves United Arab Emirates company makes no sense, given that a British company now...
  • Protecting a Principle: Why jailed reporter Judith Miller is a worthy defendant

    07/12/2005 2:21:01 PM PDT · by rface · 49 replies · 1,192+ views
    NewsWeek / MSNBC ^ | 4:53 p.m. ET July 12, 2005 | Eleanor Clift
    July 12 - The New York Times is only slightly to the right of Pravda in the eyes of the Bush White House, but ideological differences fade when there’s a principle at stake. Times reporter Judith Miller is in jail for refusing to reveal who she talked to for a story she never wrote, a stand that is both heroic and bizarre. [ puke!!! ] Miller is protecting whoever leaked the identity of undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame to columnist Robert Novak from getting fingered by the special prosecutor looking into the matter. She’s not shielding sources who are...