[Mb-civic] CIA Leak Scandal: Proof Bush Lied?

[Barbara Siomos]

As indictment rumors fly in the CIA leak scandal, the question of whether President Bush knew about the cover-up--and Karl Rove's role in it--is being asked. Read David Corn's Capital Games for the latest. http://www.thenation.com/blogs/capitalgames?bid=3&pid=29782

John Nichols says it's about time that the vice president and his aides are finally widely known as likely suspects in moves to discredit the CIA and to leak an agent's name. http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?bid=1&pid=29442

Robert Scheer argues that the New York Times is on a misguided and unethical campaign to make a terrible reporter a First Amendment saint.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20051031/scheer1018


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And don't miss other new Nation online exclusives.

Katrina vanden Heuvel visits Johnny Depp's (and her husband's) hometown of Owensboro, Kentucky. http://www.thenation.com/blogs/edcut?bid=7&pid=29322

Nicholas von Hoffman shows why Delphi's bankruptcy is a marker of a new America in which workers stand alone. http://www.thenation.com/doc/20051031/vonhoffman

Gore Vidal Speaks
On his 80th birthday, novelist and social critic Gore Vidal speaks with host Marc Cooper about Republic and Empire, Truth and Consequences, the American government and the American people in a RadioNation special.
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/audioblog?bid=8&pid=29221

Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
Award-winning filmmaker Robert Greenwald's new documentary has the potential to raise much more awareness about what's wrong with Wal-Mart and why The film is a powerful, emotional and entertaining way to help trigger change in the way the company conducts business in the US and across the globe.  Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price will debut in a limited theatrical run in NY and LA theaters on November 4th and will expand wide on November 13th to over 3,000 screenings nationwide in churches, colleges, community centers and living rooms in the largest grassroots mobilization in movie history. Click below for details. http://www.walmartmovie.com/?track=nation

Is A Fairer Globalization Possible?
Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland; Kemal Dervis, head of United Nations Development Program; and Stephen Macedo, Professor of Politics, Princeton University will explore both the possibilities and limitations of globalization's ability to bring about a more just world. Moderated by Gideon Rose. This free event takes place on Wednesday, October 26th at 7:00pmat the New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th St, Central Park West, NYC. 
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Resolved: The Hollywood Reds Did More Harm Than Good--October 27, NYC
A free debate between Victor Navasky vs. Ronald Radosh on the Hollywood Ten and the contemporary lessons of McCarthyism. Moderated by WNYC's Leonard Lopate. At 6:30, Thursday, Oct. 27 at CUNY Graduate Center (365 Fifth Avenue, corner of 34th St.). Click below for further info.  http://www.thesmithfamilyfoundation.org/event.cfm