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In Martin Luther King Day address, Gore compares wiretapping of Americans to surveillance of King — RAW STORY — In an address delivered in Washington to multiple standing ovations, Vice President Al Gore repeatedly attacked the Bush Administration for the expansion of executive power …
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Vikas Bajaj / New York Times:
Gore Is Sharply Critical of Bush Policy on Surveillance — Former Vice President Al Gore said today that recent revelations that the Bush administration monitored domestic telephone conversations without obtaining warrants "virtually compels the conclusion that the president of the United States …
Larry Margasak / Associated Press:
Gore Assails Domestic Wiretapping Program — WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Al Gore called Monday for an independent investigation of President Bush's domestic spying program, contending the president "repeatedly and insistently" broke the law by eavesdropping on Americans without court approval.
Associated Press:
Gore assails domestic wiretapping program — Former vice president: Bush 'repeatedly and persistently' broke the law — WASHINGTON - Former Vice President Al Gore asserted Monday that President Bush "repeatedly and persistently" broke the law by eavesdropping on Americans without …
Sizemore / TBT: The Brutal Truth:Gore'd Out Of His Boots — President-Elect Al Gore is currently live …
Drudge Report:GORE BLASTS BUSH FOR 'DANGEROUS BREACH'
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New York Times:
Spy Agency Data After Sept. 11 Led F.B.I. to Dead Ends — WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 - In the anxious months after the Sept. 11 attacks, the National Security Agency began sending a steady stream of telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and names to the F.B.I. in search of terrorists.
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Two Groups Planning to Sue Over Federal Eavesdropping — WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 - Two leading civil rights groups plan to file lawsuits Tuesday against the Bush administration over its domestic spying program to determine whether the operation was used to monitor 10 defense lawyers, journalists …
radioblogger.com:
Arizona Congressman John Shadegg is the first of the three House leadership candidates to answer the hard questions. — HH: One of the men who would replace Tom Delay is the Congressman from the 3rd District in Arizona, John Shadegg, originally elected in the landslide year of 1994.
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Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:Spotlight on Lobbying Swings to Little-Known Congressman
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Brett Martel / Associated Press:
New Orleans Mayor Says God Mad at U.S. — Mayor Ray Nagin suggested Monday that Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and other storms were a sign that "God is mad at America" and at black communities, too, for tearing themselves apart with violence and political infighting. — "Surely God is mad at America.
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Senate Panel's Vote on Alito Delayed Until Next Week — The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee reached an agreement yesterday evening to wait until next Tuesday to vote on the nomination of Samuel A. Alito Jr. to the Supreme Court.
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Marcia Kramer / wcbstv.com:
Controversial Words At Sharpton's MLK Event — Clinton's Use Of Word 'Plantation' Raises Eyebrows — (CBS) NEW YORK The Martin Luther King Day celebration at Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network is a rite of passage in an election year. And with so many big races this year …
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ThreatsWatch.Org:
Security Incidents in Iraq — al-Qaeda and the Iraqi Insurgency, a week in review — al-Qaeda in Iraq has issued a statement claiming to "have set up an umbrella body to coordinate their fight against U.S.-led forces and the Iraqi government." Notably excluded from this body of insurgent groups …
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Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Amour Courtois — A trembling Sir Galahad comes to the defense of the Fair Deborah Howell over at the WaPo blog: … The links provided by this Derek Willis do in fact prove that the Post has been consistent in their attempts to tar Democrats all along. — This hardly works in his defense.
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USA Today:
U.S. tally of wounded drops 26% — WASHINGTON — The number of U.S. troops wounded in Iraq fell by more than a quarter in 2005 from a year earlier, Pentagon records show. Military officials call that a sign that insurgent attacks have declined in the face of elections and stronger Iraqi security forces.
Maha / The Mahablog:
18 Deaths Cancelled! — Rightie blogger Thomas Lifson says the New York Times ran a fake photo on its web site. A fake staged photo, even. … I did some detective work and learned more about where the fake staged photo came from. But first let's let Mr. Lifson rant for a while about media bias.
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Thomas Lifson / The American Thinker:Is a fake staged photo fit to print? What if it staged …
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Chris Bowers / MyDD:
MyDD Polling Project: Starting the Final Push — Donate to the MyDD / Start Change Polling Project — This is it. The poll is going into the field this afternoon. History is being made, and we need your help. — Our groundbreaking poll, which will challenge conventional wisdom …
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Lydia Polgreen / New York Times:
Africa's First Elected Female Head of State Takes Office — MONROVIA, Liberia, Jan. 16 - Standing before the bullet-scarred capitol of this war-torn nation, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the Harvard-trained banker and stalwart survivor of Liberia's brutal politics, took the oath today …
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ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
Howard W. French / New York Times:
Girl, 13, Dies as Police Battle Chinese Villagers — SHANGHAI, Jan. 16 - A week of protests by villagers in China's southern industrial heartland exploded into violence over the weekend with thousands of police officers brandishing automatic weapons and using electric batons to put down the rally , residents of the village said today.
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Why Democrats Lose Independent Voters — We got an email today and will not run the person's name. But if you read this site regularly, you know that we quote all sides, have raised a series of questions, and do take strong stands. — This reader — in a new twist — suggests I'm being a ventriloquist for George Bush.
