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'Mr. President, I've got a few scores to settle' Democratic congressional candidate Valerie Plame's (N.M.) campaign on Monday released a new ad, where she ended it with a message of having a "few scores to settle." The ad, which is titled, "Undercover," shows liberal activist and ex-CIA operative Plame driving a Chevy Camaro backwards on an empty road in rural New Mexico while narrating her background throughout the ad. "I was an undercover CIA operative. My assignment was preventing rogue states and terrorists from getting nuclear weapons. You name a hot spot, I lived it," Plame said, as Iran, Iraq,...

Lisa Jackson is the boss at one of the most contentious government agencies in the Obama administration and is responsible for numerous controversial actions that will have a significant financial effect on American consumers: the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). So it’s no wonder Congress is miffed to discover that her decision-making process on key issues was conducted in the most secretive manner Washington has ever devised—under an alias. Jackson’s secret identity email account name is “Richard Windsor.” The name is part family dog (Richard) and part hometown (East Windsor, N.J.), and it turns out there are at least 12,000 recently...

Colorado hands English immersion backer his first lossBy Nancy Mitchell, Rocky Mountain NewsNovember 6, 2002Stay away - far, far away - from issues of race, ethnicity and culture. Keep $3 million under wraps until the last possible moment. Then, in a blitz of ominous ads, hammer the "No" message home. That's the skeleton of the strategy behind English Plus, the group formed to fight a ballot initiative requiring yearlong English immersion programs for students who speak little English. As Election Day drew to a close, the strategy against Amendment 31 had scored a surprise victory across Colorado. It's a feat...