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The Rhetorican (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
... I think, is that Barack Obama (who criticized the NSA program during the campaign), James Risen, Eric Lichtblau, Bill Keller, the Pulitzer Prize committee and countless other liberals owe the Bush administration an apology.” I’ll settle for Dick Cheney pouncing on this whole thing. Tagged: intelligence, Law, News, Politics, Security, surveillance, Technology
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NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
... lose their mouthpiece. Despite dire circumstances, excellent journalism exists. James Risen and Eric Lichtblau of the New York Times uncovered the secret NSA wiretapping program. Richard Engel of NBC News has tirelessly followed the corruption-ridden American-supported Iraqi government. Even CBS News’ Lara Logan is more deserving than Couric. Logan was one of the first to report...
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The Caucus (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
... the Senate state. We were very careful.”Separately and uh, less noisily without video, of course, Eric Lichtblau and Eric Lipton, the reporters on the Ensign investigation for The Times, on Tuesday afternoon.Dog Fights and Gun FightsFor this term, the Supreme Court doesn’t want to hear about Confederate flag, the Pledge of Allegiance or whether license plates can sport the...
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MyDD (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
... would fade before he faced re-election in 2012. Unfortunately for him, New York Times reporters Eric Lichtblau and Eric Lipton have been researching Ensign's efforts to help Doug Hampton find work upon leaving his Senate office. First, Ensign "contacted a small circle of political and corporate supporters back home in Nevada" to see whether anyone had work for Hampton....
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Mike Tidmus : Blog (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
... and left-leaning liberal to depend on the increasingly godless New York Times to make her case: Eric Lichtblau and Eric Lipton ( New York Times ): Senator’s Aid After Affair Raises Flags Over Ethics Eric Lichtblau and Eric Lipton ( New York Times ): Inquiries on Senator Ensign Are Anticipated
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Dullard Mush (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Both John Ensign and John Edwards, and their respective affairs, were back in the news this week. They had probably been hoping their storms had passed. They were wrong. Today The New York Times' Eric Lichtblau and Eric Lipton ran a thorough , and damning, piece on Ensign's attempts at helping Douglas Hampton acquire lobbying work. Hampton was a close friend and former aide to...
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OpenSecrets.org (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
... behalf with federal agencies in Washington, often after urging from Mr. Hampton," reporters Eric Lichtblau and Eric Lipton write in a new 4,000-plus-word article. Furthermore, they note, these actions may have violated the restrictions signed into law in 2007, which prohibit lobbying by former Senate staffers for 12 months after their departures. For his part, Ensign maintains...
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
By Eric Lichtblau and Eric Liptonupdated 6:53 p.m. ET Oct. 1, 2009WASHINGTON - Early last year, Senator John Ensign contacted a small circle of political and corporate supporters back home in Nevada — a casino designer, an airline executive, the head of a utility and several political consultants — seeking work for a close friend and top Washington aide, Douglas Hampton. “He’s...
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MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
By Eric Lichtblau and Eric Lipton6:53 p.m. ET Oct. 1, 2009WASHINGTON - Early last year, Senator John Ensign contacted a small circle of political and corporate supporters back home in Nevada — a casino designer, an airline executive, the head of a utility and several political consultants — seeking work for a close friend and top Washington aide, Douglas Hampton. “He’s a competent...