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...Musharraf lasts that long, that is. Indeed, within days of the declaration of emergency, rumors began to spread of a coup backed by Pakistan's new vice chief of army staff, General Ashfaq Kyani, Musharraf's heir apparent. Rumors are commonplace in Pakistani politics, and Kyani is a loyalist. Still, for many Pakistanis--even those fed up with military dictators--the rumors brought a glimmer of hope. Abida Hussain, a former ambassador to the U.S., got a phone call about a possible coup while being interviewed by TIME. "If only," she responded. "If there were a coup, it would...
...move is a worrying sign that despite Paisley's credentials as the longtime firebrand militant leader of the most uncompromising wing of the pro-British loyalist community, his path of compromise has failed to convince large sections of the Protestant community. Mindful of concerns among his base, Paisley's party has suggested that public contact between him and McGuiness might be scaled back. But the settlement that brought them together remains sound. Paisley has been in politics almost as long as he's been in the pulpit: he ensured that his rivals for the unionist vote were beaten...
...Bush's commutation of Libby's sentence was clever indeed. The President has kept a loyalist from going to jail. By not receiving an outright pardon, Libby is effectually prevented from being forced to testify openly about events related to the Plame incident. The devious nature of this Administration cannot be overestimated Barbara Struthers, DEERFIELD, ILLINOIS...
...White House, Bush backers were quick to try to soften any public relations damage the decision might cause. They claimed Solomonic wisdom had been applied to a thorny case, leaving untouched the verdict while sparing a former loyalist the "excessive" penalty of time in the slammer. Bush's lengthy written statement - unnecessary given the absolute authority he has under the Constitution to grant clemency - claimed respect for the verdict and the jury. "There'd been a lot of questions about intervening at points along the way," said one senior White House official, "And the President had always been clear that...
...McNulty, 49, "a loss"--then told reporters his No. 2 was the one who directly oversaw the U.S. Attorneys and "signed off" on the allegedly political firings that have rocked the Justice Department. (McNulty, who in e-mails expressed some reservations about the firings, did not comment.) The G.O.P. loyalist is the highest-ranking casualty of the Attorneys scandal...