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3:10 PM ET, May 7, 2006

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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
House Intel Panel Chief Opposes Hayden  —  WASHINGTON - A leading Republican came out against the front-runner for CIA director, Gen. Michael Hayden, saying Sunday the spy agency should not have military leadership during a turbulent time among intelligence agencies.
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Washington Post:
White House Set to Fight for Hayden  —  Nomination for CIA Chief Would Reopen Domestic Eavesdropping Controversy  —  The nomination of Gen. Michael V. Hayden to take over the CIA would trigger a fresh battle over the secret warrantless surveillance program he oversaw on behalf of President Bush …
Bloomberg:
House Intelligence Chairman Opposes Hayden as Next CIA Chief  —  May 7 (Bloomberg) — The chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee urged the White House not to nominate Air Force Lieutenant General Michael Hayden to head the civilian Central Intelligence Agency.
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
BREAKING: Hayden to Be Named DCI Tomorrow  —  George Stephanopolous just announced on ABC's This Week that Gen. Michael Hayden will definitely be named President Bush's nominee to succeed Porter Goss as the DCI for the CIA.  Interviewing Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Sen. Saxby Chambliss …
Discussion: Left in the West and War and Piece
Washington Post:
Hayden Faces Senate and CIA Hurdles if Named  —  General Has Streak Of Independence And Nonconformity  —  When Gen. Michael V. Hayden took over as director of the National Security Agency in 1999, he faced a huge organization that was overwhelmingly staffed by aging white men who had spent …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
The Hayden Flier Hits Serious Turbulence
Crooks and Liars:
GOP's Hoekstra: General Hayden is Wrong Choice for CIA
Discussion: Firedoglake
Times of London:
Part of me died when I saw this cruel killing  —  EVEN by the stupefying standards of Iraq's unspeakable violence, the murder of Atwar Bahjat, one of the country's top television journalists, was an act of exceptional cruelty.  —  Nobody but her killers knew just how much she had suffered until …
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Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette:
THE KILLING OF ATWAR BAHJAT  —  Warning: The following contains a graphic description of a brutal murder - probably exceeding what you imagine one human being could do to another.  However, it is typical of the work of Islamic terrorists.  Read on only if you want a bit of insight into the nature of the enemy in this global war.
Robert / Jihad Watch:   "Her cries — 'Ah, ah, ah' — can be heard above the 'Allahu akbar …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Courage And Cowardice  —  The London Times reports on the final days …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Washington Post:
Pollster Suggests Bush Moves Might Be Too Little, Too Late  —  The recent White House shake-up was an attempt to jump-start the administration and boost President Bush's rock-bottom approval ratings, but have those efforts come too late to salvage the presidency?  A prominent GOP pollster thinks that may be the case.
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Confident Democrats Lay Out Agenda
Reuters:
Bush's best moment in office?  Reeling in big perch  —Text+BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush told a German newspaper his best moment in more than five years in office was catching a big perch in his own lake.  —  "You know, I've experienced many great moments and it's hard …
Louise Roug / Los Angeles Times:
Targeted Killings Surge in Baghdad  —  Nearly 4,000 civilian deaths, many of them Sunni Arabs slain execution-style, were recorded in the first three months of the year.  —  BAGHDAD — More Iraqi civilians were killed in Baghdad during the first three months of this year than at any time since …
Discussion: Today in Iraq
Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
In a Dentist Shortage, British (Ouch) Do It Themselves  —  George Glasper, 81, at the Dental Access Center in Rochdale.  It gives emergency care but is always swamped.  —  ROCHDALE, England, May 2 — "I snapped it out myself," said William Kelly, 43, describing his most recent dental procedure …
Newsweek:
Intelligence: Goss Goes Out-But the CIA's Struggles Go On  —  May 15, 2006 issue - If there was one government agency that needed to improve after 9/11, it was the CIA.  Apparently, however, the spy agency has only weakened.  Forced out last week as CIA director, Porter Goss leaves an outfit …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Civic Duty: Go See 'United 93'  —  In most movies made to convey dread, the tension flows from uncertainty about what will happen.  In "United 93," terror comes from knowing exactly what will happen.  People who associate cinematic menace with maniacs wielding chain saws will find …
 
 
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Randy / RightWinged.com:
Jimmy Carter Worships Hamas As They Plot To Assassination Of Abbas
Andrew Klavan / Los Angeles Times:
Draft Hollywood  —  The nation needs more gung-ho …
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
The Bush administration is radical, but not ideological
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
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Eleanor Clift / Newsweek:
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Pachacutec / Firedoglake:
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Agence France Presse:
Islamic scholars to issue pro-Hamas fatwa
Washington Post:
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