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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 …
Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:   Groups Sue to Stop Domestic Spying Program
Gina Holland / Associated Press:
Supreme Court Upholds Oregon Suicide Law  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, with Chief Justice John Roberts dissenting, upheld Oregon's one-of-a-kind physician-assisted suicide law Tuesday, rejecting a Bush administration attempt to punish doctors who help terminally ill patients die.
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James Vicini / Reuters:
Court rules US govt can't stop Oregon suicide law
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court bars federal control over assisted suicide
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Chinese Detainees' Lawyers Will Take Case to High Court
Discussion: TalkLeft and Fantasy Life
CBS News:
Alito Nomination Vote Put Off A Week  —  (CBS/AP) The Senate Judiciary Committee was planning to vote Tuesday on whether to confirm Judge Samuel Alito's nomination as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.  —  But late Monday, as had been expected, the voting got postponed.
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Bill Sam / Washington Times:
Laura defends the GOP  —  MONROVIA, Liberia — First lady Laura Bush yesterday rejected Democratic claims that Republicans are mired in a "culture of corruption" and said she'd be "glad" to campaign for Republican candidates in the fall.  —  "It isn't true," Mrs. Bush said of the …
Thomas Ferraro / Reuters:   Democrats force delay on high court nominee vote
CNN:
Nagin calls for rebuilding 'chocolate' New Orleans  —  Black majority city 'the way God wants it to be'  —  NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) — Mayor Ray Nagin on Monday called for the rebuilding of a "chocolate New Orleans" that maintains the city's black majority, saying, "You can't have New Orleans no other way."
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Brett Martel / Associated Press:
Storms Payback From God, Nagin Says
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CNN:
CNN LARRY KING LIVE  —  Interview With Alberto Gonzales; Interview With James Risen  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  LARRY KING, HOST: Tonight, does the government need permission to spy on Americans it suspects are talking to terrorists?
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Jules Crittenden / Boston Herald:
Ted K. to quit club that bans women  —  U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy — who ripped Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito for ties to a group that discriminates against women — says he's going to quit a club notorious for discriminating against women "as fast as I can."
Jerusalem Post:
Saudi FM opposes Iranian attempts to build nukes  —  LONDON  —  Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said he opposed any attempt by Iran to develop nuclear weapons, but alleged the West was partly to blame for Tehran's nuclear program.  —  In an interview broadcast Monday by the British Broadcasting Corp. …
Discussion: Link Mecca and lgf
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Carol Giacomo / Reuters:
US senators say military strike on Iran must be option
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Speaker Largely Silent Amid Scandal  —  With his affable demeanor and his open-door policy, House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert remains unchallenged in the most powerful post in Congress, even as a growing corruption scandal roils the Republican leadership and more Congress-watchers say the speaker bears …
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Murtha and the Mudslingers  —  I underestimated the viciousness of the right wing.  —  Last November, Rep. John Murtha, a Democrat and a decorated Marine combat veteran, came out for a rapid American withdrawal from Iraq.  At the time, I wrote: "It will be difficult for Bush's acolytes to cast Murtha …
tcsdaily.com:
Liberals Should Know Better  —  This is the first of a series of essays written for liberals by a libertarian/conservative.  That is, I would like liberals to read it, knowing that you will be inclined to disagree.  —  Most of my friends are liberals.  This series is the conversation I wish that I could have with them.
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
It's Curtains for al-Qaida  —  What happens when Iraqi "insurgents" take on Zarqawi's thugs?  —  The best news from Iraq this year would certainly be the long New York Times report of Jan. 12 on the murderous strife between local "insurgents" and al-Qaida infiltrators.  This was also among the best news from last year.

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