http://www.wonkette.com/ Politics for People with Dirty Minds http://www.wonkette.com/archives/terms-of-use-013564.php en-us 2006-04-11T12:08:05-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.wonkette.com/politics/white-house/guessing-game-results-the-metaleak-166498.php Yesterday we asked you for guesses as to the identity of the senior administration official who confirmed, by email to the New York Times, “that President Bush had ordered the declassification of parts of a prewar intelligence report on Iraq,... 
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Comment on this post 158915@http://www.wonkette.com/ shailagh murray 2006-03-07T12:22:27-05:00 http://www.wonkette.com/politics/defense-department/guessing-game-results-the-memo-part-2-157732.php Last week’s guessing game involved the anonymous sources quoted in Jane Mayer’s New Yorker article about Alberto J. Mora and the stand he took against torture. Earlier today, we shared some guesses with you about two of the three sources... 
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