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Toni Locy / Associated Press:
Justice Dept. Probing Domestic Spying Leak — WASHINGTON - The Justice Department has opened an investigation into the leak of classified information about President Bush's secret domestic spying program, Justice officials said Friday. — The officials, who requested anonymity …
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Michelle Malkin:
FINALLY: JUSTICE DEPT. OPENS NSA LEAK PROBE — ***scroll for updates...leaks leading to both NYTimes' NSA story and WashPost secret CIA prison story are under investigation...*** — It's about time. Via Breitbart/AP: … Fox News reporting that the White House is expected to comment on the probe.
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Opens Inquiry Into Leak of Domestic Spying — WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 - The Justice Department said today that it had opened a criminal investigation into the disclosure of classified information about a secret National Security Agency program under which President Bush authorized eavesdropping …
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AMERICAN FUTURE
CNN:
Inquiry into leak of NSA spying program launched — WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Justice Department has opened an investigation into leaks to the media about the classified domestic National Security Agency surveillance program. — The New York Times was the first to report the story …
Bloomberg:U.S. Justice Department Probes NSA Eavesdropping Leak (Update3)
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Associated Press:
Fla. Boy Coming Home After Iraq Adventure — BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — A 16-year-old from Florida who traveled to Iraq on his own without telling his parents was put on a flight home Friday, the U.S. Embassy said, while warning Americans of the dangers of undertaking similar journeys.
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Steve Martin / The Huffington Post:
Leap Second Lovers are Traitors Says Bill O'Reilly — "This year's leap second is an assault on the American public," says commentator Bill O'Reilly. "The reason the leap second is even being proposed is because of America Haters, because of Iraqi hate mongers, and let's be honest, Shiites.
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Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:
Bill on Illegal-Immigrant Aid Draws Fire — WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 - Churches, social service agencies and immigration groups across the country are rallying against a provision in the recently passed House border-security bill that would make it a federal crime to offer services or assistance to illegal immigrants.
John / AMERICAblog:
Confidential British memos show how information procured by torture in Uzbekistan is being used by US and UK, in violation of international law — Markos has the story, and I'm repeating the gist of it here to help get it out there. Feel free to copy and past this entire post on your blog.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Exempt Media Blows Cover On Another Key Counterterrorism Program — In another attempt to find something sinister to hang onto the Bush administration, another secret program constituting a major part of the war on terror has been exposed by another member of the Exempt Media.
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Charles Fried / Boston Globe:
The case for surveillance — PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH has acknowledged that he authorized surveillance of electronic communications between people in the United States and people beyond our borders without asking for court authorization. The president claims that congressional authorization …
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Gateway Pundit:
Media Blackout on Iraqi Body Counts — This is startling news! It is a shame the media is not reporting it! — Iraq has seen a very dramatic decrease in the number of civilian casualties this past year! — (click on picture to enlarge) — In fact if you take out that horrible …
Peter Carlson / Washington Post:
Raiding the Icebox — Behind Its Warm Front, the United States Made Cold Calculations to Subdue Canada — Invading Canada won't be like invading Iraq: When we invade Canada, nobody will be able to grumble that we didn't have a plan. — The United States government does have a plan to invade Canada.
Karl Ritter / Associated Press:
'Devilish' Jeans a Hot Seller in Sweden — STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A punk-rock style, trendy tight fit and affordable price have made Cheap Monday jeans a hot commodity among young Swedes, but what has people talking is the brand's ungodly logo: a skull with a cross turned upside down on its forehead.
Francis Harris / Telegraph:
Embattled Bush seeks new ideas to inspire the nation — President George W Bush and his advisers were yesterday reported to be planning a 2006 relaunch, emphasising a newly cautious White House. — With the critical annual state of the union address to Congress only weeks away …
myrtlebeachonline.com:
Assumptions about Katrina victims may be incorrect, data reveal — NEW ORLEANS - Four months after Hurricane Katrina, analyses of data suggest that some widely reported assumptions about the storm's victims were incorrect. — For example, a comparison of locations where 874 bodies …
