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11:45 AM ET, April 7, 2006

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Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
Experts: Tactic Would Be Legal but Unusual  —  Legal experts say that President Bush had the unquestionable authority to approve the disclosure of secret CIA information to reporters, but they add that the leak was highly unusual and amounted to using sensitive intelligence data for political gain.
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New York Times:
Cheney's Aide Says President Approved Leak  —  WASHINGTON, April 6 — Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff testified that he was authorized by President Bush, through Mr. Cheney, in July 2003 to disclose key parts of what until then was a classified prewar intelligence estimate on Iraq, according to a new court filing.
New York Times:
Playing Hardball With Secrets  —  For more than two years, Senate Republicans have dragged out an investigation into how the Bush administration came to use bogus intelligence on Iraq to justify a war.  A year ago, Pat Roberts, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, called it …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Hopelessy Compromised (II)  —  The NY Times editors tackle the latest Fitzgerald filings, and are more disingenuous than their reporters. … Emphasis added throughout.  Regarding the "unmasking of... a covert C.I.A. agent", it is clear that Ms. Plame's status was classified …
Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
Testimony Adds New Element to Probe of CIA Leak  —  The allegation that President Bush authorized the dissemination of secret intelligence as part of an effort to buttress his case for war with Iraq introduces a new dimension to the long-running CIA leak investigation, while posing troubling …
Austin Bay Blog:
UPDATED: Declassifying classified data- and White House leaks
Booman Tribune / A Progressive Community:
Judy Miller and the 2002 NIE
Discussion: NO QUARTER and Firedoglake
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Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:
Senate Deal on Immigration Falters  —  WASHINGTON, April 6 — Senate leaders reached agreement Thursday on a broad, bipartisan compromise that would put the vast majority of the nation's estimated 11 million illegal immigrants on a path to citizenship, but its prospects for passage grew …
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Donna Smith / Reuters:
Senate immigration overhaul in doubt  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate compromise on an overhaul of immigration law appeared to get bogged down late on Thursday in the face of opposition by some Republicans who say it would give amnesty to lawbreakers.
Suzanne Gamboa / Associated Press:
Immigration Bill Hit With Delays  —  Democrats and Republicans blamed each other Friday for problems stalling the progress of an immigration bill that would let millions of illegal immigrants remain in the U.S.  —  Votes were scheduled to break the logjam, but both supporters and opponents …
Discussion: Right Wing News
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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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Gonzales Suggests Legal Basis for Domestic Eavesdropping
Ron Fournier / Associated Press:
Bush, GOP Approval Ratings Hit New Lows  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush's approval ratings hit a series of new lows in an AP-Ipsos poll that also shows Republicans surrendering their advantage on national security — grim election-year news for a party struggling to stay in power.
Washington Post:
Newly Translated Gospel Offers More Positive Portrayal of Judas  —  The National Geographic Society released yesterday the first modern translation of the ancient Gospel of Judas, which depicts the most reviled villain in Christian history as a devoted follower who was simply doing Jesus's bidding when he betrayed him.
Discussion: The Green Knight
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BBC:
Judas 'helped Jesus save mankind'
Con Coughlin / Telegraph:
Iran has missiles to carry nuclear warheads  —  Iran has successfully developed ballistic missiles with the capability to carry nuclear warheads.  —  Detailed analysis of recent test firings of the Shahab-3 ballistic missile by military experts has concluded that Iran has been able to modify …
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Con Coughlin / Telegraph:
UN officials find evidence of secret uranium enrichment plant
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Bush Faces Rare Audience Challenge in N.C.  —  President Defends Warrantless Spying Program After Criticism at Open-Forum Event  —  CHARLOTTE, April 6 — Harry Taylor got the chance Thursday to do what frustrated liberals across the country have wanted to do for a long time: He stood up and told off the president.
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.
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 …
Ellen Goodman / Boston Globe:
Bloggers owe Carroll an apology  —  I AM SURE that Jill Carroll and her family are too busy inhaling the sweet spring air of freedom to spend time sniffing out the pollution in the blogosphere.  Anyone who spent three months imagining the grimmest fate for this young journalist in the hands …
 
 
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