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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 …
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PR Newswire:
ACLU Sues to Stop Illegal Spying on Americans, Saying President is Not Above the Law — Prominent Journalists, Nonprofit Groups, Terrorism Experts and Community Advocates Join First Lawsuit to Challenge New NSA Spying Program — NEW YORK, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ — Saying …
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 …
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Deepti Hajela / Associated Press:
Clinton slams Bush at King event, says Congress like `plantation' — NEW YORK — Sounding a little like a preacher, a fired-up Sen. Hillary Clinton lambasted the Bush administration and the Republican-controlled Congress during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event, predicting the presidency …
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Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
Spotlight on Lobbying Swings to Little-Known Congressman — WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 - Until recently, Representative Bob Ney was little more than an obscure, sometimes eccentric, lawmaker from Ohio. — He had made his biggest public splash in 2003, when he ordered the House cafeteria …
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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. …
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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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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Underneath Their Robes — Winnie the Pooh, or so he tells us, is a Bear of Very Little Brain. As he struggles to think his way out of a predicament, you can see him trying to knock the solution out of his fluff-filled head. By contrast, Chief Justice John G. Roberts and Justice …
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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.
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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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.
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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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.
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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 …
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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:The President Needs to Denounce the Swift-Boating of Murtha... Now!
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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.
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John Boehner / Opinion Journal:
Keep Politics Kosher — House Republicans need a low-pork diet. — WASHINGTON—The Republican agenda is at risk because of a growing perception that Congress is for sale. The guilty plea of Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham for bribery, the guilty pleas of scam artists Jack Abramoff and Michael Scanlon …
