Reluare miercuri, 1 octombrie 2003

All Roads Lead to Iraq

Date: 02 October 2003

By James Risen

James Risen

News analysis: current and former intelligence officials believe that inquiry into whether senior Bush administration officials illegally exposed CIA officer's identity stems from long-running battle within administration over handling of prewar intelligence on Iraq's programs to develop non-conventional weapons; intelligence professionals believe information about Iraqi weapons programs was deliberately hyped and distorted by Bush administration in months before war, while White House and Pentagon officials have long been dismissive of what they see as overly cautious culture at CIA; former senior CIA official says career intelligence officers are angry at way Pentagon has tried to bully them and pressure them into reaching certain conclusions on Iraq; says leak case is another episode in this cultural war (M)

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World Briefing | Europe: Italy: Berlusconi Bill Blocked

Date: 02 October 2003

By Jason Horowitz (NYT)

Jason NYT

Italian Parliament, voting by secret ballot, rejects bill that would allow Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to consolidate ownership of large portion of news media companies; bill was anticipated to pass (S)

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Top Editor at El Diario Quits Over Decision on Castro Article

Date: 01 October 2003

By Michael Luo

Michael Luo

Gerson Borrero resigns as top editor of El Diario/La Prensa over decision by newspaper's owners to kill article by Fidel Castro; Spanish-language newspaper, with daily circulation of 52,000, was bought in July by newspaper investment company Knight Paton Media Corp; company's two partners Douglas Knight and David Paton refuse to comment (M)

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Limbaugh Resigns From ESPN's N.F.L. Show

Date: 02 October 2003

By Richard Sandomir

Richard Sandomir

ESPN commentator and conservative political pundit Rush Limbaugh resigns from Sunday NFL Countdown show after contending on air that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb was overrated; his assertion that media has hyped McNabb's abilities in hopes of promoting success of black quarterback has drawn heavy criticism; photo (M)

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Cover Story Kept Work For C.I.A. A Secret

Date: 02 October 2003

By Douglas Jehl and David Stout

Douglas Jehl

Interview with Joseph C Wilson IV, retired diplomat who charges Bush administration illegally diclosed to columnist Robert Novak that his wife Valerie Plame was CIA operative as way to discredit him after he questioned intelligence reports that Iraq was buying uranium from Niger; says her career as covert operative specializing in nonconventional arms, in which she posed as private energy expert, is over; she declines comment (M)

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Loving the Circus, and Negotiating With the Lions

Date: 01 October 2003

By Robin Finn

Robin Finn

Public Lives profile of Barry F Lipton, 10-term president of Newspaper Guild of New York, which settled last week with The New York Times on eight-year contract, and this week is bargaining with Reuters, Time Inc, and El Diario/La Prensa; photo (M)

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Van Gundy's Chance For More Misery

Date: 02 October 2003

By Chris Broussard

Chris Broussard

Houston Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy holds first practice and answers friendly media questions, reminded that he is no longer in frenetic and often-hostile environment of New York City, or at mercy of New York Knicks reporters; photos (M)

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U.S. Must Counteract Image In Muslim World, Panel Says

Date: 01 October 2003

By Steven R. Weisman

Steven Weisman

Panel chosen by Bush administration warns that US would have to radically transform public relations efforts to salvage plummeting image among Muslims and Arabs because hostility has reached 'shocking levels; US Advisory Group on Public Diplomacy for the Arab and Muslim World, led by former Amb Edward P Djerejian, says Iraq war and Mideast conflict have increased anger toward US among people ignorant of or misinformed about US policies; committee says much more should be spent on outreach programs and calls for special White House coordinator; Djerejian notes power of Arab satellite television that reaches even worst slums, and absence of American perspectives there (M)

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Sports of The Times; Situational Pitching To Bonds Is Risky

Date: 02 October 2003

By Harvey Araton

Harvey Araton

Harvey Araton Sports of The Times column contends that Florida Marlins, and any other teams that may face San Francisco Giants in playoffs, would be wise to intentionally walk Giants slugger Barry Bonds, regardless of fan or media reaction (M)

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A Newspaper's Cuban Revolt

Date: 02 October 2003

Editorial says management of El Diario/La Prensa, oldest Spanish-language daily newspaper in United States, killed column from Fidel Castro, and paper's top editor, who solicited piece, has resigned in protest; says Castro regularly silences journalists and tortures dissenters in his own country, but when it is done by an American newspaper, effect is unsettling; suspects that El Diario was caught in so-called Miami vise, in which vocal Cuban-American opponents put squeeze on anything deemed even remotely accommodating to Cuban dictator

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