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Alberto R. Gonzales / Opinion Journal:
America Expects Surveillance — Monitoring the enemy is necessary and appropriate. — In the days following Sept. 11, 2001, President Bush charted a course of action to respond to the worst attack on our homeland in history. He promised to use every tool available to defeat al Qaeda …
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Financial Times:
White House to lash out at media coverage of terror surveillance — The Bush administration will tell the Senate today that the National Security Agency's programme for terrorist surveillance has been badly distorted by media reports, and that the scheme is a strictly limited one aimed at al-Qaeda members and affiliated groups.
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The Blogging of the President
Scott Shane / New York Times:
For Some, Spying Controversy Recalls a Past Drama — WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 — As the Senate prepares to hold hearings on Monday on domestic eavesdropping by the National Security Agency, old Washington hands see a striking similarity to a drama that unfolded three decades ago in the capital.
New York Times:Specter Says Surveillance Program Violated the Law
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Daveed Gartenstein-Ross / The Counterterrorism Blog:The Danish Cartoon Controversy in Context
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Haaretz:
Dutch Islamists post cartoons depicting Anne Frank, Hitler in bed — A Belgian-Dutch Islamic political organization posted anti-Jewish cartoons on its Web site in response to the cartoons of the prophet Mohammed that appeared in Danish papers last year and offended many — Muslims.
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James Kilner / Reuters:
Norway PM blames Syria for embassy attack — OSLO (Reuters) - Norway will complain to the United Nations about Syria's failure to protect its embassy in Damascus from being torched by demonstrators angry over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said.
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:The Goal Of These Pages — Last week the editorial page …
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Commissar / The Politburo Diktat:I am offended — This is an image of the Cross these people are burning.
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Hyscience
Times of London:
Self-harmers to be given clean blades — NURSES want patients who are intent on harming themselves to be provided with clean blades so that they can cut themselves more safely. — They say people determined to harm themselves should be helped to minimise the risk of infection from dirty blades …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Boehner Opposes Sweeping Changes In Lobbyist Work — Newly elected House Majority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) said he opposed efforts to ban privately funded travel for members of Congress and provisions in spending bills that fund lawmakers' pet projects.
Suzan Fraser / Associated Press:
Catholic Priest Shot to Death in Turkey — ANKARA, Turkey — A teenage boy shot and killed the Italian Roman Catholic priest of a church in the Black Sea port city of Trabzon on Sunday, shouting "God is great" as he escaped, according to police and witnesses.
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Chris Bertram / Crooked Timber:
I'm offended. Those people, by their actions, have demonstrated the essentially corrupt nature of their society and culture. Their behaviour, which all right-minded people should be offended by, should be universally condemned. If anything shows that we are right and they are wrong, this is it.
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
"The cartoons were odious, and [...] used to stir people up" (or, Simple Sambo goes to Mecca) - UPDATED — I'm not the most religious person in the world, but even I recognize that, to many devout Christians, abortion, say, is an unpardonable sin—a social / physical act that though sanctioned …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Behind the Urgent Diplomacy: A Sense Iran Will Get the Bomb — WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 — Hours after the United States and Europe prevailed in a contest over officially reporting Iran's history of clandestine nuclear activity to the United Nations Security Council, President Bush issued a statement …
Times of London:
Muslims tell Yard to charge protesters — BRITAIN's leading Islamic body yesterday called on Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan police commissioner, to press charges against the extremists behind last week's inflammatory protests in London over the "blasphemous" cartoons of the prophet Muhammad.
Time:
The Political Science Test — Bush said science would guide his decisions, but those in the lab see ideology intruding on their work — The 3 1/2-hr. conference call brought together nearly two dozen of the nation's best minds on the subject of air quality—and many of them were steamed.
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
As Iraqi Shiites Police Sunnis, Rough Justice Feeds Bitterness — SALMAN PAK, Iraq — When Shiite forces took over this Sunni town, they spread out and clamped down. Checkpoints sprung up. People suspected of being insurgents were driven out. A Shiite took over as mayor.
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The Reality-Based Community
Pastorius / Infidel Bloggers Alliance:
The Infidel Bloggers Alliance Mohammed Cartoon Contest — Draw cartoons, or artistic depictions of Mohammed, and submit them to us here, by leaving a link in the comments section. — You don't need to be mean, or pornographic. Just draw good ole Mo in everyday situations …
Joshua / onefreekorea:
Springtime in the Gulag: S. Korean Gov't Says Play 'Dwells Too Heavily on Negative Aspects' of Concentration Camp Life — Update: Welcome Instapundit readers! — So it has come to this: it is no longer legal to criticize the human rights record of North Korea in Seoul, South Korea.
