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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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Brian Knowlton / New York Times:
Key Republican Airs Concerns on C.I.A. Pick — WASHINGTON, May 7 — The man widely expected to be President George W. Bush's choice to lead the C.I.A. encountered surprisingly strong bipartisan opposition today, with the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee bluntly calling him …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
The Hayden Flier Hits Serious Turbulence — The nomination of General Michael Hayden to succeed Porter Goss as CIA Director generated some surprising opposition today by an influential Republican Congressman. Peter Hoekstra, the chair of the House Intelligence Committee and a reliable supporter …
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Riehl World View
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 …
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.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Courage And Cowardice — The London Times reports on the final days of Atwar Bahjat, an Iraqi woman viciously murdered by terrorists of one type or another for her courage in reporting on events in her native Samarra. Bahjat, a television reporter for al-Arabiya television …
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The Moderate Voice
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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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 …
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Sabbah's Blog:
Prominent Egyptian blogger arrested and several other activists — Alaa Abd El-Fatah, one of the Egyptian political activists, and one of the first bloggers in Egypt was arrested today together with around ten more activists during a peaceful demonstration in solidarity with sixty activists …
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The Sandmonkey / Rantings of a Sandmonkey:Alaa arrested — Alaa and his wife and fellow blogger Manal
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The Raw Story:
Senator Kerry tells students to 'speak out' to to make their issues the voting issues of nation — Senator John Kerry defended the right to dissent in a speech to Iowa college students, urging them to "speak out" to make their issues the voting issues of the nation, RAW STORY has found.
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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.
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 …
Nanman / The Influence Peddler:
GOP's Best Friend: Democratic Leaders — There has been a debate in Democratic circles whether Congressional Democrats maximize their November prospects by saying little about their policy ideas - thereby giving Republicans nothing to shoot at, or whether they need to offer an alternative to Republican governance.
Jared Bernstein / Los Angeles Times:
You know how to add, don't you? — A dark night, a mysterious dame and a gumshoe looking for clues in the case of the vanishing wages — I Was working late in my D.C. office. I'd been running some new simulations on my macro-model, but nothing was converging, so I figured I'd close …
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Just a Bump in the Beltway
Philip Pullella / Reuters:
Cardinal urges legal action against Da Vinci Code — VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - In the latest Vatican broadside against "The Da Vinci Code", a leading cardinal says Christians should respond to the book and film with legal action because both offend Christ and the Church he founded.
Sfarber / the talking dog:
Members of no organized political party: Democrats — We'll compare and contrast op-eds this morning (and then tell you why both are right for the wrong reasons!) The first is by TNR's Jonathan Chait in the Los Angeles Times, concerning why Democrats are... misguided... to try to oust Senator Joe "Joementum" Lieberman.
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