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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 …
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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: AMERICAblog and Decision '08
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Patriot Act Moves Closer to Renewal
Discussion: ThoughtCrimes.org and Prometheus 6
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Dick Cheney Did Not Make a Mistake By Not Telling the Press He Shot a Guy  —  "The public visibility of the presidency itself is under revision.  More of it lies in shadow all the time.  Non-communication has become the standard procedure, not a breakdown in practice but the essence of it …
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Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
Can Cheney be His Own Declassification Machine?  —  In my view, the law says "No". . .but I have little doubt Alberto Gonzales and his minions will construct a rationale that says otherwise.  —  But I have run across some interesting information — and have some questions that we should all pose …
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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Mark Benjamin / Salon:
Salon exclusive: The Abu Ghraib files  —  Never-published photos, and an internal Army report, show more Iraqi prisoner abuse — evidence the government is fighting to hide.  —  Print EmailFont: S / S+ / S++  —  An unknown detainee with women's underwear on his head, strapped to a bed frame.
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 …
National Review:
Checked and Unbalanced  —  As a reverent admirer of George Will, it pains me to say that his diatribe today against the National Security Agency's terrorist-surveillance program is an embarrassing magpie of hyperbole and error.  —  Will's premise is that the administration, in authorizing the program …
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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.
White House:
President Discusses Health Care  —  Reforming Health Care for the 21st Century  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thanks for coming.  Please be seated.  (Applause.)  Jack, thanks for the introduction, thanks for letting us convert your lobby into a — (laughter) — place to come and visit.
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Bush Promotes Health Accounts at Wendy's
Discussion: Demagogue and TalkLeft
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: PunditGuy and Expose the Left
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Nancy Martinez / knoxstudio.com:
Sheriff, deputy explain responses to Cheney shooting
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
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Bryant Gumbel: Winter Olympics So White They Look Like a "GOP Convention"  —  Well, yeah, moron.  Last time I checked, black kids weren't walking around in Nike Air Turino luge-cleats.  —  Suffice to say that Mr. Gumbel will not, in the near future, be commenting on the NBA looking like a Biggie Smalls funeral procession.
Polly Curtis / Guardian:
Abortions at home are safe - pilot study  —  Women who are less than nine weeks pregnant can safely have medical abortions at home, according to the head of a government-backed pilot project.  —  Abortion services for the 20,000 women who seek a chemically induced abortion every year …
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 …
Mario F. Cattabiani / Philadelphia Inquirer:
Swann sat out on most election days  —  When Lynn Swann votes for himself in the May Republican primary, it will be a rare springtime trip to the polls.  —  Despite once saying that the right to vote should never be taken for granted, Swann missed 20 of the state's 36 elections in the last 18 years …
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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MSNBC:
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