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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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.
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BREITBART.COM, Captain's Quarters, Michelle Malkin, A Blog For All, Tim Worstall and Brilliant at Breakfast
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.
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 …
