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9:00 PM ET, April 29, 2006

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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Bloggers review "United 93″  —  I won't see it.  Saw this yesterday on Google Video and realized it was enough.  The first reviews are being posted around the blogosphere this morning, though, and I'm going to try to round them up.  If you've posted a review and want it mentioned here …
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Varifrank:
UNITED 93 AND OUR "SURVIVORS GUILT"  —  One year, during Easter break, I learned a valuable lesson.  Every year during Easter, my cousins and I would go to my Grandparents house in San Simeon for the break in the school year.  My cousins and I were practically the only kids in the area …
Discussion: AMERICAN DIGEST
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:   WHAT'S WRONG WITH UNITED 93? JUST ASK DANA
Jason / LIBERTAS:
Review: United 93  —  Some time ago, when I first heard …
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
UNITED 93: A REVIEW  —  This review originally appears in The American Thinker
Discussion: Brainster's Blog and sisu
The Talking Dog / The American Street:
[Rich] White Men Can't [Wear Orange] Jump [Suits]  —  And so, one of the most consistent doctrines in all of law was on broad display yesterday in Florida, as one of the fattest of fat-cats, professional propagandist-for-the-Imperium Rush "Docta Shoppa" Limbaugh turned himself in to Palm Beach …
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Not Exactly a Rush...  Now that Rush Limbaugh has turned himself in due to his plea deal with the Palm Beach prosecutor's office, I thought a bit of discussion about what Rush has in store for his 18-months of supervised release would be helpful for everyone (well, everyone who hasn't gone through a first time drug arrest anyway).
Discussion: RedState, Eschaton and TalkLeft
Sun-Sentinel:
Rush Limbaugh arrested on prescription fraud charges
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
100,000 Families Are Fleeing Violence, Iraq Official Says  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 29 — A new estimate by one of Iraq's vice presidents has put the number of Iraqi families fleeing sectarian violence at 100,000, far outstripping previous projections and raising the possibility that a total of a half-million people could be displaced.
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Joseph E. Robert Jr / Washington Post:
Dedication and Danger in Iraq  —  I've had the opportunity to travel to Iraq three times, most recently last month, courtesy of the nonpartisan Business Executives for National Security.  On every trip I'm struck by the difference between the Iraq I hear and read about back home and the Iraq I see in person.
Discussion: Blogs for Bush and INDCJournal
Jonathan Finer / Washington Post:
In Iraqi Town, Trainees Are Also Suspects
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Building the Secrecy Wall higher and higher  —  There are multiple investigative efforts underway — Congressional, judicial, journalistic — seeking to uncover the Bush administration's illegal warrantless eavesdropping activities aimed at Americans, and the administration …
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John Markoff / New York Times:
U.S. Steps Into Wiretap Suit Against AT&T  —  SAN FRANCISCO, April 28 — The government asked a federal judge here Friday to dismiss a civil liberties lawsuit against the AT&T Corporation because of a possibility that military and state secrets would otherwise be disclosed.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Tim Golden / New York Times:
Abuse Concerns Stymie Releases From Guantánamo  —  A long-running effort by the Bush administration to send home many of the terror suspects held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has been stymied in part because of concern among United States officials that the prisoners may not be treated humanely …
Discussion: Prairie Weather and Gateway Pundit
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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Insurgent Attacks on Iraqis Soared, Report Says
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
In Leak Cases, New Pressure on Journalists  —  Earlier administrations have fired and prosecuted government officials who provided classified information to the press.  They have also tried to force reporters to identify their sources.  —  But the Bush administration is exploring …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Washington Post:
Prostitution Alleged In Cunningham Case  —  Federal authorities are investigating allegations that a California defense contractor arranged for a Washington area limousine company to provide prostitutes to convicted former congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.) and possibly other lawmakers …
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Jason Leopold / truthout.org:
Fitzgerald to Seek Indictment of Rove  —  Despite vehement denials by his attorney, who said this week that Karl Rove is neither a "target" nor in danger of being indicted in the CIA leak case, the special counsel leading the investigation has already written up charges against Rove …
Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Ex-Head of F.D.A. Faces Criminal Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON, April 28 — Dr. Lester M. Crawford, the former commissioner of food and drugs, is under criminal investigation by a federal grand jury over accusations of financial improprieties and false statements to Congress, his lawyer said Friday.
Discussion: whatever already!
Marty Lederman / Balkinization:
Army Confirms: Rumsfeld Authorized Criminal Conduct  —  Today the Army filed criminal charges against Lt. Col Steven L. Jordan, a military intelligence officer who was second-in-command of interrogation operations at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.  Charge III of the Army's Charge Sheet accuses Jordan of …
Discussion: Andrew Sullivan
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
U.S.: FBI Sought Info Without Court OK  —  WASHINGTON - The FBI secretly sought information last year on 3,501 U.S. citizens and legal residents from their banks and credit card, telephone and Internet companies without a court's approval, the Justice Department said Friday.
Discussion: Donklephant
David A. Lieb / Associated Press:
FBI interviewing former fee office agents  —  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Federal investigators have begun interviewing former state contractors about the way vehicle license offices have been managed under Gov. Matt Blunt's administration, The Associated Press has learned.
 
 
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Docweasel / New England Republican:
Something's happening here...  Hmm.  Powerline was asked …
Discussion: Power Line
Brian Leiter / Brian Leiter's Law School Reports:
"Blogs as Scholarship" Conference at Harvard
James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Zawahri Video: U.S. 'Broken' in Iraq
Michael J. Totten:
"Everything Could Explode at Any Moment"
The Sideshow:
The bad seed  —  "Mommy Party" at Booman Tribune brings …
Discussion: Pacific Views and Amygdala
Chris Kromm / Facing South:
Why the blogosphere silence about May 1?  —  In just three days …
Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette:
LAST MAN OUT...  ...please turn out the lights.
Len Pasquarelli / ESPN:
Snubbing Bush a Texans-size blunder
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WHY SO FEW GAY MARRIAGES?:  Assuming the new report …
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Mike McCurry's Reiterates His Lies
Washington Post:
Prosecutors Opt for Wide Probe of Rep. Ney
BBC:
Iran 'flouts UN nuclear demands'
Washington Post:
Specter Wants More Debate on Spying
Tim Roemer / New York Times:
Enough Already  —  AMERICANS have clearly had enough …
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Six arrested in antiwar rally at U
 

 
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