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2:30 PM ET, May 7, 2006

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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
House Intel Panel Chief Opposes Hayden  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - 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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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.
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 …
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 …
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
BREAKING: Hayden to Be Named DCI Tomorrow
Discussion: Left in the West and War and Piece
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
The Hayden Flier Hits Serious Turbulence
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
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 …
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  —  Party Plans Probes Of Administration If It Wins the House  —  Democratic leaders, increasingly confident they will seize control of the House in November, are laying plans for a legislative blitz during their first week in power that would raise the minimum wage …
Andrew Klavan / Los Angeles Times:
Draft Hollywood  —  The nation needs more gung-ho, patriotic war movies that celebrate our fight against Islamo-fascists.  —  THERE HAS NEVER been an age without war, not ever.  Mass violence is a continual aspect of the human condition.  Peace, like good weather, is always local and temporary …
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Armed Liberal / Winds of Change.NET:
This Morning, The LA Times Email Servers Are Gonna Melt Down...
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 …
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
The Bush administration is radical, but not ideological  —  There have been several interesting responses to the post I wrote regarding the emerging (and largely unprincipled) effort by conservatives to disassociate their political movement from the wildly unpopular George Bush by now proclaiming …
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
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 …
Discussion: TPM Muckraker and War and Piece
 
 
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Randy / RightWinged.com:
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New York Times:
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Pachacutec / Firedoglake:
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Poll: More Drivers Feel Pinch at the Pump
Christopher Toothaker / Associated Press:
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Agence France Presse:
Islamic scholars to issue pro-Hamas fatwa
Washington Post:
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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