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5:50 AM ET, April 7, 2006

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New York Times:
In Court Filings, Cheney Aide Says Bush Approved Leak  —  WASHINGTON, April 6 — President Bush authorized Vice President Dick Cheney in July 2003 to permit Mr. Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby Jr., to leak key portions of a classified prewar intelligence estimate on Iraq, according to Mr. Libby's grand jury testimony.
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Associated Press:
Papers: Cheney Aide Says Bush OK'd Leak  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — I. Lewis ''Scooter'' Libby apparently had serious qualms about leaking classified intelligence to the press, but he was quickly persuaded to drop them.  There was pressure from his boss, Vice President Dick Cheney …
Andy McCarthy / The Corner on National Review Online:
THE LATEST PLAME LEAK NEWS  —  We will have to wait to see how this all develops, and I'll be interested in particular in Byron's take, but on first impressions it seems to me that the story the press is going gleefully ga-ga about today is pretty disingenuous.
Discussion: Think Progress, TBogg and Macsmind
CNN:
Ensor: Lowdown on documents in CIA leak case  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Vice President Dick Cheney told his top adviser in 2003 that President Bush had authorized the leaking of pre-war intelligence on Iraq, according to court papers released this week.  —  I. Scooter Libby …
Byron York / The Corner on National Review Online:
BUSH, FITZGERALD, PLAME, AND CLASSIFIED INFORMATION
Discussion: Economist's View and Angry Bear
New York Times:
Senate Focuses on Immigration Compromise  —  WASHINGTON, April 6 — With a Republican compromise in hand, the Senate appeared headed today toward an agreement on the volatile subject of illegal immigration.  —  The action came after the Senate rejected by a decisive margin a plan to advance a bill approved by Judiciary Committee.
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Washington Post:
Immigration Legislation Compromise Announced  —  Compromise Struck Last Evening; Deal Has Bush Support  —  A bipartisan group of senators today announced a "breakthrough" on controversial immigration legislation, as the Senate cleared the way for a vote on a compromise bill that would create …
volpac.org:
Working Towards a Border Security Solution … We are one step closer to passing a landmark immigration bill in the Senate - one that includes all of the crucial border security, interior security and employer enforcement provisions that I called for at the outset of this debate last week.
Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:
Senate Deal on Immigration Falters
Discussion: Power Line and Captain's Quarters
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Warrantless Wiretaps Possible in U.S.  —  Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales left open the possibility yesterday that President Bush could order warrantless wiretaps on telephone calls occurring solely within the United States — a move that would dramatically expand the reach …
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Richard Cowan / Reuters:
Republicans fail to pass budget, tax bills
Discussion: Oliver Willis
White House:
President Discusses Global War on Terror  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you.  Firoz, thanks a lot.  So I said, that's an interesting name.  He said, I've lived in seven countries.  But he also said he's proud to be an American.  And we're proud you're an American.  Thank you very much for inviting me.
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
04/06/06 FOX Poll: Views on Illegal Immigration, Bush Job Rating Down  —  NEW YORK — Although a clear majority of Americans believe illegal immigration is a very serious problem for the country, many think it is somebody else's problem — as fewer than one in four say it is a very serious problem …
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Ron Fournier / Associated Press:
Bush, GOP Approval Ratings Hit New Lows
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Decided or Not, Giuliani Charts a Path to 2008  —  After four years of enjoying private life, former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani is taking several steps that could lay the groundwork for a presidential bid, strengthening alliances with Republicans nationwide and especially with conservative leaders of the party.
Discussion: Decision '08
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Con Coughlin / Telegraph:
UN officials find evidence of secret uranium enrichment plant  —  United Nations officials investigating Iran's nuclear programme say they have found convincing evidence that the Iranians are working on a secret uranium enrichment project that has not been officially declared.
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Con Coughlin / Telegraph:   Iran has missiles to carry nuclear warheads
alternet.org:
Forensic Vagina Specialist (audio)  —  When abortion is criminalized...  Blog Tools  —  This Sunday's New York Times Magazine cover story will be a profile of a nation 8 years into the complete and total criminalization of abortion.  No rape clause, no life of the mother clause.  Nothing.
Radley Balko / Slate:
No SWAT  —  The most important Supreme Court case you've never heard about.  —  Sometime this spring, the Supreme Court will hand down its decision in the case of Hudson v. Michigan.  At issue is whether or not police who used an illegal "no-knock" raid to enter a defendant's home can use …
Discussion: QandO, ACSBlog and Instapundit.com
 
 
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Daniel Rubin / Blinq:
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NY Daily News:
Alec and Ann both vote to abstain
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