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To: LindyBill who wrote (62532)	8/21/2004 8:43:20 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793868

"Web of Connections" Apparently in the Eye of the Beholder So, when successful lawyers in Houston know prominent Republicans in the state (including Karl Rove), the New York Times calls that a "web of connections" between the White House and a 527 group led by one of those lawyers. And we are treated to a chart such as the FBI might prepare in a prosecution of top Mafia leaders. But when Saddam Hussein's intelligence officials repeatedly met with top Al Qaeda leaders -- something a little more unusual than lawyers knowing politicians -- I don't remember seeing the phrase "web of connections" used in the New York Times. Or a chart. Am I the only one who finds that a bit odd? Patterico