“Well, guess what — the Army may not be willing to reveal its docs to TNR, the target of its investigation, but it has just acknowledged that someone internally has willingly leaked them to Matt Drudge,” reports Talking Points Memo. “This again calls into question the Army’s handling of this affair in a big way. It’s bad enough that the Army hasn’t been willing to show any transparency with regard to its probe into this. It’s worse still that someone — apparently an Army official — is leaking some of the probe docs to Drudge, likely as part of an effort to get back at TNR.”

Related: Drudge / TNR Scandal Brewing

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On the one hand, we have the publication that hired Stephen Glass. On the other hand, we have the U.S. government. You decide: 

Army investigators have concluded that the private whose dispatches for the New Republic accused his fellow soldiers of petty cruelties in Iraq was not telling the truth.

The finding, disclosed yesterday, came days after the Washington-based magazine announced that it had corroborated the claims of the private, Scott Thomas Beauchamp, except for one significant error.

“An investigation has been completed and the allegations made by Pvt. Beauchamp were found to be false,” an Army statement said. “His platoon and company were interviewed and no one could substantiate the claims.”

But New Republic Editor Franklin Foer is standing his ground. “We’ve talked to military personnel directly involved in the events that Scott Thomas Beauchamp described, and they corroborated his account,” Foer said. The magazine granted anonymity to the other soldiers it cited.

A military official, who asked not to be identified because the probe is confidential, said no charges were filed against Beauchamp. Instead, the official said, the matter is being handled administratively, with Beauchamp punished by having his cellphone and laptop confiscated for an undetermined period.

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Big Head DC told you over a week ago that the Army has been investigating Deryk Schlessinger’s MySpace page, which reportedly features cartoon images of rape, murder and child molestation; racial epithets; and stories of drug use. We can now confirm that the profile, which has since been removed, contained the above picture showing Schlessinger pointing a gun into his mouth.

The 21-year-old is currently serving in Afghanistan, while Army officials continue their investigation.

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The Army is investigating Deryk Schlessinger’s MySpace page, which reportedly features cartoon images of rape, murder and child molestation; racial epithets; and stories of drug use. The profile has been removed, so we can’t point you to it, but we hear it contained a photograph of a bound and blindfolded detainee captioned “My Sweet Little Habib.”

The 21-year-old is currently serving in Afghanistan. Before joining the Army in 2004, Schlessinger was expelled from two different colleges.

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President Bush finds sunshine and light in Columbia.

Do you feel forgotten? You’re probably a middle classer, says Hillary Clinton.

Fred Thompson doesn’t want Law and Order to be the last work on his resume.

The new John Edwards is still really pretty.

Cleaning up after Donald Rumsfeld ain’t so easy.

Should Hillary and Barack just get a room?

No room for debate: Dems do not think Roger Ailes is funny.

New meaning brought to ”an Army of one.”

Crack to become less whack?

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We knew that Dick Cheney was a threat, and we did nothing about it. 

“Bush is talking to countries he once shunned.”

Army’s surgeon general knew that Walter Reed needed a heavy duty operation.

We don’t know much about North Korea’s plans to kill us. 

Scoop! John McCain will announce that he’s running for Prez in April.

GOP wants something recorded on the House floor.

Farewell, Arthur Schlesinger.

Big question of the day: “Are there really any straight men in gay porn?”

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English Springer kicks some doggy butt at Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.

Killed someone? No problem. The Army will let you fight in Iraq.  

Meanwhile, the Marines haven’t beaten up any more gay singers…

Rudy Giuliani has a “weirdness factor,” according to aides.

Hot vacay spot this spring break: North Korea!

Could someone named Dusty Foggo really be all that bad?

Pappy Bush has finally realized that something’s wrong with his boy.

Happy Valentine’s Day: Political matchmaker sites are all the rage.

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