memeorandum @ 12:45 AM ET, May 6, 2006

12:45 AM ET, May 6, 2006

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The Next Head of the CIA? — EXCLUSIVE: Air Force General Michael Hayden is likely to be named Porter Goss's successor. Then the partisan fireworks will really begin — President George W. Bush stunned Washington on Friday by accepting the resignation of CIA Director Porter J. Goss …

Discussion: The Left Coaster, AMERICAblog, Balloon Juice, NewsHog, protein wisdom and The Democratic Daily Blog

Think Progress:

BREAKING: CIA Director Porter Goss Resigns — UPDATE: AP has the story. — UPDATE II: We've put together a primer on the connection between Goss and the Cunningham scandal: — For more than a decade, Cunningham-linked defense contractor Brent Wilkes curried favor with lawmakers …

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CNN:

Porter Goss resigns as CIA chief — 'I honestly believe that we have improved dramatically,' he says — WASHINGTON (CNN) — CIA Director Porter Goss is resigning, President Bush announced Friday. — "Porter's tenure at the CIA was one of transition, where he's helped this agency become integrated …

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Mac Ranger / Macsmind:

Mission Accomplished — No matter what you hear, Goss came, he saw, he conquered. This isn't a "staff change", it has nothing to do with Rove. It was understood when he came in what he was coming in for. He did what he came to do. — He swept, now others will collect the dust.

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Timothy J. Burger / Time:

The Incredible Shrinking CIA — Recent moves by Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte have continued to chip away at the spy agency's role — It's more than a bureaucratic battle. Ever since John Negroponte was appointed Director of National Intelligence a year ago and given …

Discussion: The Belmont Club and Thomas Joscelyn

Associated Press:

CIA Director Goss resigns — Bush announces departure after short term … MSNBC TV — WASHINGTON - CIA Director Porter Goss is resigning, President Bush said Friday. — Bush called Goss' tenure one of transition. "He has led ably," Bush said from the Oval Office.

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Liza Porteus / Fox News:
CIA Chief Porter Goss Resigns

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David Stout / New York Times:
C.I.A. Director Porter Goss Resigns

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Dana Priest / Washington Post: The Fix-It Man Leaves, but The Agency's Cracks Remain

In From the Cold:
Goss Steps Down — This may be administration spin, or …

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Laura / War and Piece:
I hear that when Porter Goss went to meet with Negroponte today …

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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Hookers — Color me confused. Everyone on TV seems to be buying …

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Associated Press: Source: CIA Director Goss Resigns

alternet.org:
Sex, Lies, and Government Contracts

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Andrew Miga / Associated Press:

Rep. Patrick Kennedy to Enter Drug Rehab — WASHINGTON - Rep. Patrick Kennedy (news, bio, voting record) said Friday he was entering treatment for addiction to prescription pain medication, a decision made after a highly publicized car crash near the Capitol that the congressman said he cannot recall.

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Associated Press:

Text: Statements From Rep. Patrick Kennedy — Text of statements on Rep. Patrick Kennedy's traffic accident: — ___ — Kennedy's first statement, released by his press secretary: — "I was involved in a traffic incident last night at First and C Street SE near the US Capitol.

Michelle Malkin:

KENNEDY PRESS CONFERENCE — ***scroll for updates*** — Coming up in seconds. — Rep. Kennedy says "I struggle every day with this disease...the chronic disease of addiction." — Translation: I am changing the subject. — More rough transcription:

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New York Times:

Patrick Kennedy Says He'll Seek Help for Addiction — WASHINGTON, May 5 — A day after a minor traffic caused a major stir by raising questions about Representative Patrick J. Kennedy's condition while he was driving, the Congressman announced that he is entering treatment for addiction to prescription medication.

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CNN:
Rep. Kennedy entering rehab after crash

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MSNBC:
Rep. Kennedy to enter rehab for addiction

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thesmokinggun.com:
Cops: Kennedy Was Under Influence

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Fox News:
Rep. Kennedy: 'I Never Asked for Any Preferential Treatment'

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Washington Post:
Rep. Kennedy to Enter Rehab After Crash

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The American Thinker:
Patrick Kennedy and Cynthia McKinney

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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:

Time to smear the latest Bush critic — Yesterday, Ray McGovern — an American citizen with a 27-year career as a CIA analyst behind him — stood up at a speech given by Donald Rumsfeld and aggressively questioned Rumsfeld on various statements Rumsfeld made regarding Iraq.

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Gateway Pundit:
Nutjob Ray McGovern Heckles Rummy

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Jerome Taylor / Independent:

Iraqi police 'killed 14-year-old boy for being homosexual' — Human rights groups have condemned the "barbaric" murder of a 14-year-old boy, who, according to witnesses, was shot on his doorstep by Iraqi police for the apparent crime of being gay. — Ahmed Khalil was shot at point-blank range …

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Juan / Informed Comment:

Cole/Weisberg Correspondence on Hitchens — With Mr. Weisberg's permission, I am posting our correspondence on the Hitchens hatchet job on me in Slate earlier this week. — From: Jacob Weisberg — Sent: Thu 5/4/2006 6:15 PM — To: Cole, Juan — Subject: RE: Forwarded from Weisberg

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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:

The second ever protein wisdom fundraiser (or, how I learned to stop worrying about begging and love the influx of beautiful greenbacks) — True, I'm no Andrew Sullivan—hell, I'm only about one-third of Oliver Willis, come to think of it (thank you, Smart Balance spread!)