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Brian DeBose / Washington Times:
FISA judges say Bush within law — A panel of former Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judges yesterday told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that President Bush did not act illegally when he created by executive order a wiretapping program conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA).
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
VERDICT: THE NEW YORK TIMES BLEW THE STORY — Yesterday, five former judges of the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Court testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the subject of the amendments to FISA that have been proposed by Senator Arlen Specter.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
SOMEONE'S MISREPORTING THIS STORY — Yesterday, five former judges of the FISA court testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the National Security Agency's international terrorist surveillance program. Some observers have alleged that the NSA program is illegal to the extent …
Associated Press:
Bush blames Iraq's instability on Hussein — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush said Wednesday that Saddam Hussein, not continued U.S. involvement in Iraq, is responsible for ongoing sectarian violence that is threatening the formation of a democratic government.
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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush to Iraqis: Time to Get a Government — WASHINGTON - President Bush expressed frustration Wednesday that Iraqis have so far failed to form a unity government, but he said withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq too early would damage U.S. security. — "I want the Iraqi people …
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The Big Pinata — SOMETIMES EVEN MICHELLE MALKIN misses, in THE AMERICAN FLAG COMES SECOND, what's right in front of her eyes. It's understandable that with the disturbing images of misplaced loyalties represented by the much discussed "flag issue" of the last few days …
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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Democrats Offer National Security Strategy — WASHINGTON — Democrats on Wednesday proposed a wide-ranging strategy for protecting Americans at home and abroad, an election-year effort aimed at changing public perception that Republicans are stronger on national security.
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Washington Post:
Abramoff Gets Minimum Sentence — Former Lobbyist to Spend 5 Years, 10 Months in Prison — MIAMI, March 29 — Jack A. Abramoff, the once-powerful Republican lobbyist at the center of a major corruption scandal, was sentenced Wednesday to five years and 10 months in prison for his role …
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Justin Rood / TPM Muckraker:
Kaloogian: I'm Sorry, Photo Was a Mistake — "I just returned from a 10-day trip to Iraq," begins GOP candidate Howard Kaloogian's Web essay on his experiences visiting troops in the country. The page, part of his campaign Web site, includes photographs and captions which illustrate his point …
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Justin Rood / TPM Muckraker:
Kaloogian Blames Iraq Photo Error on Staffer — Oops. — Howard Kaloogian, a leading GOP candidate for Randy "Duke" Cunningham's seat in Congress, posted a photo on his Web site of a quiet Turkish suburb. No problem there — but his site said it was of Baghdad, taken during his trip there.
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Debra Saunders / realclearpolitics.com:
The 'Immigration Backlash' — Of course America needs immigrants. This is a country founded by immigrants and made richer by the imprint of newcomers in search of a land that rewards their hard work and determination to make a better life for their families.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger / Los Angeles Times:
Next step for immigration — THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS ago, I first arrived in America owning nothing but a dream. — I had few friends, little money and knew even less English. But of this I was certain: Here was a land where I could go as far and as fast as my dreams and my desire would take me.
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Agence France Presse:
Saudis, with Pakistani help, working on nuclear programme — BERLIN (AFP) - Saudi Arabia is working secretly on a nuclear programme, with help from Pakistani experts, a German magazine reports in its latest edition, citing Western security sources. — The German magazine Cicero says that during …
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Maria Sanminiatelli / Associated Press:
Afghan Christian Given Asylum in Italy — ROME - The Afghan man who faced the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity received asylum in Italy Wednesday, despite requests by lawmakers in Afghanistan that he be barred from fleeing the conservative Muslim country.
Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
Sharon's Party Is Winner In Israel — Support for Kadima Short of Projections — JERUSALEM, March 28 — The Kadima party led by acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert won the most seats in Israel's parliamentary elections Tuesday, in a vote that hinged on his plan to draw the country's final …
Teddy Davis / ABCNEWS:
McCain Woos the Right, Makes Peace With Falwell — Possible 2008 Presidential Contender Makes Inroads With GOP Base — March 28, 2006 — Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., still breaks from GOP orthodoxy on such issues as torture and immigration. But operating below the radar …
Penraker:
Thank You, Democratic Party. Thank You, New York Times — Amir Taheri, one of the best observers of the Middle East, has an article in the WSJ indicating that the common assessment of Iranian leaders is that Bush is failing, and all they need do is wait him out.
11alive.com:
McKinney Allegedly Punches Cop — According to sources on Capitol Hill, U.S. Representative Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) punched a Capitol police officer on Wednesday afternoon after he mistakenly pursued her for failing to pass through a metal detector. — Members of Congress are not required to pass through metal detectors.
PZ Myers / Pharyngula:
Cloning as solace — You all may recall the memorable, late Tito the wonder dog. Hank Fox has done something thought-provoking: he has frozen away some of Tito's cells, on the chance of cloning him. … This is a personal decision, and I wouldn't argue one way or the other about what Hank should do …
Associated Press:
Scalia: Reporter misread hand gesture — Justice blames 'too many episodes of 'The Sopranos'' — BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, in a scathing letter to the editor of the Boston Herald, accused the newspaper's staff of watching "too many episodes of 'The Sopranos'" …
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