Secrets of the CIA  —  A former colleague says the fired Mary McCarthy 'categorically denies' being the source of the leak on agency renditions.  —  April 24, 2006 - A former CIA officer who was sacked last week after allegedly confessing to leaking secrets has denied she was the source …

Police: Many casualties in Egyptian resort blasts  —  Three explosions rocked the Sinai resort city of Dahab on Monday night leaving at least 100 dead and wounded, according to the doctor who runs Egypt's rescue squad in the peninsula.  —  Dr. Said Essa said he was headed to the scene of the blasts …

Bush's approval ratings slide to new low  —  Poll: Only one-third say he's handling his job well  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush's approval ratings have sunk to a personal low, with only a third of Americans saying they approve of the way he is handling his job, a national poll released Monday said.

Bush Admits Mistakes in Iraq, Defends Tactics  —  President Bush today said mistakes were made in planning for the Iraq invasion, but he defended the troop level he ordered in the initial strike, saying he would have committed the same number if given a second chance.

The Sad Case Of Andrea Clarke  —  Yesterday, as I was perusing the Democratic Underground, I ran across a very troubling story.  I'm reposting it here, so that you can read it just as I did last night (the phone numbers present are x'd out, although you can read them in the original post)...

Joseph Wilson's Revenge  —  Why no special prosecutor for the latest CIA leak case?  —  If Mary O. McCarthy should ever be so desperate as to need a character witness, or to require one so badly that she must stoop to my level, I declare in advance that I shall step forward pro bono.

Iraq war contractors ordered to end abuses  —  Tribune series detailed undocumented pipeline of foreign workers into Iraq, and abuses perpetrated along the way.  —  WASHINGTON — The top U.S. commander in Iraq has ordered sweeping changes for privatized military support operations …

VIDEO: 8th General Calls For Rumsfeld's Resignation  —  Fox News is reporting an eighth general has called for Rumsfeld's resignation.  Ret. Marine General Paul Van Riper said he constantly talks with many active duty and retired senior officers who share his feelings that Secretary Rumsfeld has not fought the Iraq war competently.

Transcript: Bin Laden accuses West  —  The following is an edited translation of an audiotape attributed to al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, parts of which were aired by Aljazeera on April 23, 2006.  (It is not known where or when the recording was made.)  —  Praise be to Allah …

Fund Smears Cole with Barrage of Lies  —  John Fund of the Wall Street Journal editorial page has published a large number of falsehoods about me.  —  The most egregious is this: … This a lie.  I never said that.  Try googling it.  —  I did say that then-Israeli policies …

Gearing Up for '08?  McCain Befriends Old Enemies  —  He's Receiving Money From People Who Attacked Him in 2000  —  April 23, 2006— Once they were "coyotes."  Now, they're pals.  —  Some of the very same men who helped derail Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign in 2000 using techniques …

Iran President: Israel Is a 'Fake Regime'  —  TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday renewed his criticism of Israel, calling it a "fake regime" that cannot continue to exist.  —  "Some 60 years have passed since the end of World War II.

INTRODUCING HOT AIR  —  I'm excited to introduce you today to Hot Air—a conservative Internet broadcast network I founded with a team of multi-talented bloggers.  (Press release here.)  —  Internet video is booming.  Apple's iTunes store has sold a gazillion videos since its debut.

What the neo-Nazi fanatic did next: switched to Islam  —  Two faces, two converts - two Muslim extremists in Britain  —  A NEO-NAZI whose ideas were said to be the inspiration for the man who let off a nail bomb in Central London in 1999 has converted to an extremist form of Islam.