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...George W. Bush may be the very best. Indeed, his Administration represents the final, squalid perfection of the Permanent Campaign: a White House where almost every move is tactical, a matter of momentary politics, even decisions that involve life and death and war. That is what the Scooter Libby indictment is really all about...
...smelling of chlorine. It was July 12, 2003, in Washington, a beautiful summer day, and I had just come back from swimming. All morning I had been trying to reach I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby for a cover story about both President George W. Bush's claim that Iraq had sought uranium in Africa and former Ambassador Joseph Wilson's controversial Op-Ed. I had been invited to a fancy Washington country club by friends. Since the club didn't allow the use of cell phones, I kept running from pool to parking lot to try to reach Libby...
...Thanks for the chance to get out of Washington." PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH, in Norfolk, Virginia for a speech on terrorism, on the same day Fitzgerald indicted White House official I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby for perjury, making false statements and obstruction of justice...
...there was little special about last Saturday's serial bomb attacks in New Delhi that killed at least 55, save this: there may never have been softer targets. Police?who received a warning of the attacks 20 minutes before the initial blast?said the first bomb was driven by scooter or rickshaw into Paharganj, a run-down food-and-clothes bazaar containing a handful of backpacker hostels. The second was planted in the Sarojini Nagar market, a ramshackle collection of open-air stalls crammed with knock-off designer wear and cheap plastic knick-knacks. Both areas were favorites of lower...
...Amit Gupta, the owner of Rangoli Garments, another shop in the area, was on his scooter, driving in to his shop, when the explosion happened. "There were children hurt and screaming, and total chaos out here," he says. "I'm a lucky man, a very lucky man. My shop is just 20 steps away from the blast...