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12:35 PM ET, May 12, 2006

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Richard Morin / Washington Post:
Poll: Most Americans Support NSA's Efforts  —  A majority of Americans initially support a controversial National Security Agency program to collect information on telephone calls made in the United States in an effort to identify and investigate potential terrorist threats, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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New York Times:
Bush Is Pressed Over New Report on Surveillance  —  WASHINGTON, May 11 — Congressional Republicans and Democrats alike demanded answers from the Bush administration on Thursday about a report that the National Security Agency had collected records of millions of domestic phone calls …
ABCNEWS:
Phone-Records Surveillance Is Broadly Acceptable to Public  —  May 12, 2006 — Americans by nearly a 2-1 ratio call the surveillance of telephone records an acceptable way for the federal government to investigate possible terrorist threats, expressing broad unconcern even if their own calling patterns are scrutinized.
New York Times:
Ever-Expanding Secret  —  Ever since its secret domestic wiretapping program was exposed, the Bush administration has depicted it as a narrow examination of calls made by and to suspected terrorists.  But its refusal to provide any details about the extent of the spying has raised doubts.
Bruce Mohl / Boston Globe:
Most put security ahead of privacy  —  Say that sharing call records OK  —  Mark Jellison, a Verizon customer in Quincy, isn't fazed that his phone company may have turned over his calling records and those of millions of others to the National Security Agency as part of an effort to thwart terrorism.
Discussion: Right Wing News and Hit and Run
Bull Moose:
They've Got Your Number  —  The Moose weighs in on the latest NSA flap.  —  Once again the battle lines are drawn on another controversy over liberty vs. security in the war against terrorism.  Cries of Big Brother and fascism are being heard.  —  It is time for some reasoned clarity.
Chicago Tribune:
The NSA has your number  —  This sounds like a vast and unchecked intrusion on privacy  —  The National Security Agency has been amassing a vast, secret database with records of tens of millions of telephone calls made by Americans, USA Today reported on Thursday.
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
An Easy Call: Lying
Fox News:
Bush to Address Nation Monday Night on Immigration  —  WASHINGTON — President Bush will address the nation on immigration reform Monday night from the Oval Office.  —  The White House said Friday that this is the first time it has requested network time for a presidential address on a specific domestic issue.
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Terence Hunt / Associated Press:
Bush to Speak About Immigration on Monday
Timothy Dwyer / Washington Post:
One Juror Between Terrorist And Death  —  Only one juror stood between the death penalty and Zacarias Moussaoui and that juror frustrated his colleagues because he never explained his vote, according to the foreman of the jury that sentenced the al-Qaeda operative to life in prison last week.
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Sparing Moussaoui for the Wrong Reasons  —  I am no great fan of the death penalty.  I oppose it in almost all cases, though not on principle.  There are crimes — high, monstrous and rare — that warrant the ultimate sanction.  —  Not because it is a deterrent; the evidence for deterrence is very equivocal.
Monica Davey / New York Times:
New Fears of Security Risks in Electronic Voting Systems  —  CHICAGO, May 11 — With primary election dates fast approaching in many states, officials in Pennsylvania and California issued urgent directives in recent days about a potential security risk in their Diebold Election Systems touch …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Senate Passes $70 Billion in Tax Cuts  —  Measure Set to Become the Sixth Reduction in Six Years Amid Warnings on Deficit  —  The Senate gave final approval yesterday to a five-year, $70 billion tax package that would extend deep cuts to tax rates on dividends and capital gains for two years …
Discussion: NewDonkey.com
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NEWS.com.au:
Video calls for 'sea of blood'  —  A VIDEO by an al-Qaeda member posted on the Internet overnight calls on Muslims to attack Denmark, Norway and France for publishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.  —  "Muslims avenge your Prophet .... We deeply desire that the small state of Denmark …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
How the CIA Came Unglued  —  To understand what went so badly wrong at the CIA under Porter Goss, it's worth examining the career of his executive director, the onomatopoetic Kyle "Dusty" Foggo.  His rise illustrates the conservative cronyism, leak paranoia and political vendettas that undermined Goss's tenure.
Discussion: The Cranky Insomniac
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Courier-Journal:
Fletcher indicted  —  FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Ernie Fletcher was indicted yesterday on three misdemeanor counts alleging that he directed an illegal conspiracy to place his political allies in state jobs at the expense of those who might oppose him.  —  He is the first Republican governor since 1971 …
The Sandmonkey / Rantings of a Sandmonkey:
Pictures and words  —  Here are some pictures of today's [War] protests :  —  Policeman in plaincloths beating up a protester.  —  And he keeps on kicking.  —  Another protester getting arrested by plainclothed policeman.  —  A woman sucrries away with her child as she witnesses another protester getting beat up.
Baltimore Examiner:
Conservatives won't be fooled again  —  The Washington DC Examiner Newspaper, The Examiner  —  WASHINGTON - Low poll numbers are nothing new to President Bush these days, but the latest surveys reflect a significant shift in the political landscape as growing numbers of conservatives …
Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Democrats Won't Try To Impeach President  —  Seeking to choke off a Republican rallying cry, the House's top Democrat has told colleagues that the party will not seek to impeach President Bush even if it gains control of the House in November's elections, her office said last night.
ACLU:
ACLU Condemns NSA's Massive Database of Americans' Phone Call Records, Demands Full, Thorough Congressional Investigation  —  WASHINGTON - In a story released today in USA Today it was revealed that the NSA has been collecting call information about millions of American residents and businesses served by Verizon, AT&T and BellSouth.
 
 
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