Co-conspirator's possible links to prostitutes eyed  —  Federal prosecutors are reviewing records of two Washington, D.C., hotels where Poway defense contractor Brent Wilkes rented suites as part of their investigation into whether prostitutes were involved as he tried to curry favor with lawmakers and CIA officials.

BLOGS DOWN: HACK ATTACK  —  ***scroll for updates...1230pm EDT Looks like the problem may be resolved, though several blogs still down...Glenn Reynolds confirms the attack originated in Saudi Arabia, as I suspected...Mary Katherine Ham of downed blog hughhewitt.com is guest-blogging over at Wizbang...***

Say It With Me: Supply and Demand  —  If you thought the Dubai port deal marked a record high in Washington cynicism, think again.  Nothing can match the spectacle of politicians scrambling for cover during a spike in gasoline prices.  And this time the panderfest has gone all the way to the Oval Office.

Report: Extremists push for terror haven in Iraq  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sunni and Shiite extremist groups are working inside Iraq to create a terrorist haven, where foreign fighters can operate, a U.S. State Department report said Friday.  —  Militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's al Qaeda …

Sen. Specter Threatens to Block NSA Funds  —  WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter said Thursday he is considering legislation to cut off funding for the Bush administration's secret domestic wiretapping program until he gets satisfactory answers about it from the White House.

United Flight 93  —  Update: Ads will be pruchased on liberal blgos now.  Thank you.  I will watch the move on Sunday and post a review.  —  It appears that the new movie, United Flight 93, is getting some good reviews.  When I first saw a trailer for the movie, I must say that I was overcome with a wave of emotions.

Balanced Crowd at Fox's Bash  —  There was a buzz when Dick Cheney walked into the "Fox News Sunday" 10th anniversary bash Wednesday night, but it was another guest — arriving fashionably late — who really got heads turning. … "Having the clear frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination show …

EXCLUSIVE: ILLEGAL ALIEN DAY PLANNING  —  ***scroll for updates...Mexican govt supports the strike...***  —  Courtesy of an inside tipster at the LA Unified School District, I've obtained documents showing the public school teachers and officials' plans in advance of the Monday illegal alien boycott.

No Way to Treat a Relative  —  Chimps shouldn't be forced to live like me.  —  King Kong is my hero.  He's big, muscular, sensitive, a terrific actor—and he's not real.  The use of computer-generated imagery has really taken off in Hollywood.  So why has Madison Avenue suddenly gone bananas for real apes?

Iran 'Won't Give a Damn' About Resolution  —  VIENNA, Austria - Iran "won't give a damn" about any U.N. resolutions concerning its nuclear program, its president said Friday, hours before an expected finding that Tehran has failed to meet a Security Council deadline to suspend uranium enrichment.

Colbert shakes up Bill Kristol over PNAC ties  —  Colbert shakes up Bill Kristol over PNAC ties  —  Bill Kristol, who is one of the major players in the group called PNAC, joined the set of the "Colbert Report," and I think was taken off guard right at the outset of the show …

The End of Personal Saving?  —  Today's GDP report gives some very good news in the top line number—a real growth rate of 4.8 percent in the first quarter of 2006.  As this is the advance report, we'll expect revisions to the number at the end of May with the preliminary report and at the end of June with the final report.

Guantanamo Detainee Caught At The Border  —  As the nation continues to debate what to do about our southern border, I thought I would point out a piece of informaton I found in a cache of documents released by the Pentagon in early March.  In connection with a lawsuit brought by the Associated Press …

'Separate laws for Muslims' idea slammed  —  Sweden's largest Muslim organisation has demanded that Sweden introduce separate laws for Muslims, according to Swedish television.  Sweden's equality minister Jens Orback called the proposals "completely unacceptable".

Live-blogging the Bloggership conference!  —  I'm here, in the nerdy front row, and I'll be live-blogging all day.  —  Here's the link if you want to listen.  No video, so you'll just have to picture a bunch of lawproffy types in a cavernous auditorium at Harvard Law School.

To be or not to be Hillary Clinton  —  Poll: Use of maiden name changes way public feels about senator  —  (CNN) — Who would make a better candidate, Hillary Clinton or Hillary Rodham Clinton?  If you're thinking it doesn't matter, you're probably a Democrat.

Wilentz the Buff  —  Rolling Stone has a splashy cover story this week that asks if George W. Bush is the worst president in American history.  —  Smart rock fans, of course, ignore Rolling Stone.  A rock magazine that once wrote that Exile on Main Street shows the Stones …

Blogs: Good or Evil?  —  I write again today about blogging because I believe it has become the most vibrant, innovative and controversial form of information delivery in the media world today.  —  Also, I was stuck for a column.  —  The old parameters for this discussion seem pretty stale.