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New York Times:
Accord in House to Hold Inquiry on Surveillance  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 — Leaders of the House Intelligence Committee said Thursday that they had agreed to open a Congressional inquiry prompted by the Bush administration's domestic surveillance program.  But a dispute immediately broke …
Discussion: Amygdala, AMERICAblog and Decision '08
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David Stout / New York Times:
Senate Panel Decides Against Eavesdropping Inquiry, for Now  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 — The Senate Intelligence Committee decided today not to investigate President Bush's domestic surveillance program, at least for the time being.  —  "I believe that such an investigation is currently unwarranted …
Washington Post:
Senate Rejects Wiretapping Probe  —  But Judge Orders Justice Department to Turn Over Documents  —  The Bush administration helped derail a Senate bid to investigate a warrantless eavesdropping program yesterday after signaling it would reject Congress's request to have former attorney …
New York Times:
Doing the President's Dirty Work  —  Is there any aspect of President Bush's miserable record on intelligence that Senator Pat Roberts, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is not willing to excuse and help to cover up?  —  For more than a year, Mr. Roberts has been dragging …
Discussion: King of Zembla
George F. Will / Washington Post:
No Checks, Many Imbalances  —  The next time a president asks Congress …
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
What Is the Value of Algebra?  —  I am haunted by Gabriela Ocampo.  —  Last year, she dropped out of the 12th grade at Birmingham High School in Los Angeles after failing algebra six times in six semesters, trying it a seventh time and finally just despairing over ever getting it.
Discussion: Mark in Mexico and ArchPundit
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PZ Myers / Pharyngula:
Richard Cohen, advocate for ignorance  —  Here is a serious problem: … That's Richard Cohen, who is supposedly the 'liberal' columnist for the Washington Post, giving advice to a young girl.  —  It's outrageous.  —  Because Richard Cohen is ignorant of elementary mathematics …
Shankar Vedantam / Washington Post:
Glacier Melt Could Signal Faster Rise in Ocean Levels  —  Greenland's glaciers are melting into the sea twice as fast as previously believed, the result of a warming trend that renders obsolete predictions of how quickly Earth's oceans will rise over the next century, scientists said yesterday.
Kevin Sites / Associated Press:
Iran Renames Danish Pastries  —  TEHRAN, Iran - Iranians love Danish pastries, but when they look for the flaky dessert at the bakery they now have to ask for "Roses of the Prophet Muhammad."  —  Bakeries across the capital were covering up their ads for Danish pastries Thursday …
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William Lobdell / Los Angeles Times:
Bedrock of a Faith Is Jolted  — DNA tests contradict Mormon scripture.  The church says the studies are being twisted to attack its beliefs.  —  From the time he was a child in Peru, the Mormon Church instilled in Jose A. Loayza the conviction that he and millions of other Native Americans …
Associated Press:
Sheriff: Dick Cheney Won't Face Charges  —  SARITA, Texas (AP) - The sheriff's department closed its investigation Thursday into Dick Cheney's accidental shooting of a hunting partner and said no charges will be filed.  —  The Kenedy County Sheriff's Department issued a report that largely supports …
Discussion: Expose the Left and PunditGuy
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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
Exclusive: Prisoner Abuse Photos from Iraq that MSM Won't Show You  —  **Jawa Report Exclusive**  —  The Jawa Report has obtained new photos from a new prisoner abuse scandal in Iraq.  The photos show Iraqi prisoners being murdered by troops.  The photos have not been published by a single mainstream news outlet.
Anthony Faiola / Washington Post:
Japanese Putting All Their Energy Into Saving Fuel  —  KAMIITA, Japan — When the Japanese government issued a national battle cry against soaring global energy prices this winter, no one heeded the call to arms more than this farming town in the misty mountains of western Japan.
Discussion: Cafe Hayek and Majikthise
Associated Press:
White House Defends Port Sale to Arab Co.  —  WASHINGTON — The Bush administration on Thursday rebuffed criticism about potential security risks of a $6.8 billion sale that gives a company in the United Arab Emirates control over significant operations at six major American ports.
Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
IN THE DARK....Larry Franklin, a former Department of Defense analyst, recently pleaded guilty to leaking classified information and was sentenced to 12 years in prison.  That's a stiff sentence — and an unusual one — but since Franklin worked for the Pentagon at the time of the leak it's at least easy to understand.
Discussion: MyDD and Slate
Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
Proposed law targets tech-China cooperation  —  Nearly every U.S. company with a Web site located in China will have to move it elsewhere or its executives would face prison terms of up to a year, according to proposed legislation expected to be introduced this week in the U.S. Congress.
New York Times:
Radical Cleric Rising as a Kingmaker in Iraqi Politics  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 15 — Late Saturday night, on the eve of a crucial vote to choose Iraq's next prime minister, a senior Iraqi politician's cellphone rang.  A supporter of the Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr was on the line with a threat.
Greg Krikorian / Los Angeles Times:
Secret Data Exposed in Terrorism Case  — Federal officials erred in releasing intelligence documents to an Islamic charity's defense team.  —  Federal officials in Dallas mistakenly disclosed classified counter-terrorism information in a breach of national security that could also threaten …

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