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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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Media Matters for America:
Ensor, Hume accepted without question claim that Bush's NIE "declassification" was legal … On the April 6 edition of CNN's Live From..., national security correspondent David Ensor, reporting on the revelation that President Bush "authorized" the disclosure of classified portions …
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.
Deacon / Power Line:
THE PLAME GAME RESUMES — SORT OF — The Bush-hating side of the blogosphere is buzzing about the latest Plame-related news — that Scooter Libby is said to have told the grand jury that he was authorized by President Bush, via Vice President Cheney, to leak "certain information" …
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Austin Bay Blog:
UPDATED: Declassifying classified data- and White House leaks — The sudden press flap over Scooter Libby's alleged "revelation" that President Bush declassified intelligence information related to Iraq is silly but all too predictable. The entire flap relies on mixing terms and …
Murray Waas / National Journal:
Libby Says Bush Authorized Leaks
Libby Says Bush Authorized Leaks
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Byron York / The Corner on National Review Online:
BUSH, FITZGERALD, PLAME, AND CLASSIFIED INFORMATION
BUSH, FITZGERALD, PLAME, AND CLASSIFIED INFORMATION
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.
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Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:
Senate Deal on Immigration Falters
Senate Deal on Immigration Falters
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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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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
Bush, GOP Approval Ratings Hit New Lows
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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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New York Times:
At Moussaoui Trial, Giuliani Recalls Horror of 9/11 Attacks — ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 — With the smiling Al Qaeda member Zacarias Moussaoui sitting only 10 feet from him, former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani of New York recalled today how the sight of people jumping from the burning World Trade Center will stay with him all his life.
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Decided or Not, Giuliani Charts a Path to 2008
Decided or Not, Giuliani Charts a Path to 2008
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Decision '08
Houston Chronicle:
Perry: No special election, unless DeLay resigns by Friday — Democrat says DeLay should leave office now so a vote can take place on the earliest date — AUSTIN - Gov. Rick Perry said today that he will not call an election to fill the congressional seat to be vacated by U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay …
DavidNYC / Swing State Project:
PA-07: Curt Weldon a Moonie Cultist — When I got an e-mail yesterday from Admiral Joe Sestak's campaign about Curt Weldon's depraved attack on Sestak's four-year-old, cancer-stricken daughter, I wanted to throw things. What kind of disturbed, twisted nutbag could stoop so low?
Mary Katharine Ham / Hugh Hewitt:
It's 'Take An American Flag to Work' Day — Read about it, here. — Michelle has an American flag photo gallery up. — I've always liked this painting. — Both of my grandfathers were career military— one Army and one Air Force. My parents grew up on bases all over the world …
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 …