Libby testimony shows a White House pattern of intelligence leaks  —  WASHINGTON - The revelation that President Bush authorized former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby to divulge classified information about Iraq fits a pattern of selective leaks of secret intelligence to further the administration's political agenda.

N.Y. Post Cooperating With Gossip Writer Inquiry  —  The New York Post is cooperating with the federal authorities in an investigation into whether a freelancer reporter for the Page Six gossip column — the avidly read daily log of wrong-doing, double-dealing and sexual indiscretions …

Whistle-Blower Outs NSA Spy Room  —  AT&T provided National Security Agency eavesdroppers with full access to its customers' phone calls, and shunted its customers' internet traffic to data-mining equipment installed in a secret room in its San Francisco switching center …

Race Baiting  —  From AP: NASCAR: Dateline NBC Plan 'Outrageous' … This cartoon is based on a combination of ideas by three Michelle Malkin readers: Chris S., Steve B. and Uncle Jack.

Immigration Bill Stalls in Senate  —  Efforts to rewrite the nation's immigration laws collapsed in the Senate today, renewing doubts about Congress's ability and willingness to tackle the complex, emotional issue in an election year.  —  A tenuous bipartisan compromise, announced yesterday …

First a Wall — Then Amnesty  —  Every sensible immigration policy has two objectives: (1) to regain control of our borders so that it is we who decide who enters and (2) to find a way to normalize and legalize the situation of the 11 million illegals among us.  —  Start with the second.

Threat of Shiite Militias Now Seen As Iraq's Most Critical Challenge  —  BAGHDAD, April 7 — Shiite Muslim militias pose the greatest threat to security in many parts of Iraq, having killed more people in recent months than the Sunni Arab-led insurgency, and will likely present the most daunting …

Jobs Americans Won't Do  —  Want to make the country poorer?  Close the borders.  —  President Bush is taking knocks from all sides in the immigration debate over his argument that the U.S. needs foreign workers to fill "jobs Americans don't want."  Economists on both the left and right …

Give Rebuilding Lower Priority in Future Wars  —  WASHINGTON, April 7 — As factions in the Bush administration continue their bitter infighting over the reconstruction program in Iraq, the State Department has produced a draft planning document saying that after any future conflicts …

The Devils At Duke  —  Duke University is now at the eye of a Perfect Storm.  —  So many distinct winds of social antagonism are colliding so viciously and with such clear definition that it's almost hard to believe that the whole situation is real and not contrived for fiction.

Joseph Wilson Reveals Himself  —  One of the posters at Daily Kos saw former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson III speak at Florida State University in March, quoting him fairly extensively at the Kiddie Blog.  —  After reading these quotes made at a public event, how can anyone continue to take this guy seriously?

Washington Post searching for bloggers from the right and left  —  This time around the Washington Post plans to hire two bloggers for its Web site.  —  The paper's ombudsman, Deborah Howell, has informed RAW STORY that Jim Brady, executive editor of washingtonpost.com, is looking for a liberal blogger …