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10:55 AM 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 …
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
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
An Easy Call: Lying  —  At least now we know that the Bush administration's name for spying on Americans without first seeking court approval — the "terrorist surveillance program" — isn't an exercise in Orwellian doublespeak after all.  It's just a bald-faced lie.
Discussion: The Mahablog
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.
Washington Post:
More Domestic Spying  —  Now we learn that the NSA sought records …
Discussion: AMERICAblog
David Stout / New York Times:
Senate Leaders Expect Immigration Bill Next Week  —  WASHINGTON, May 11 — Senate leaders said today that they had broken a political stalemate and would bring to the floor next week an immigration bill that could put millions of illegals on the road to eventual American citizenship.
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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.
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
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.
Paul Caron / TaxProf Blog:
Joint Economic Committee Releases Tax Cuts Make Tax System More Progressive  —  The Joint Economic Committee yesterday released Federal Income Tax System Is Highly Progressive After Recent Tax Cuts (#109-36):
Discussion: Angry Bear, KnoxViews and Bring it On!
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:   Senate Passes $70 Billion in Tax Cuts
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 …
Charles R. Babcock / Washington Post:
House Appropriations Chairman Is Facing Federal Investigation  —  The Justice Department has begun investigating the activities of Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, focusing in part on his dealings with a lobbying firm that hired some of his former staff members …
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New York Times:
Influence Inquiry Turns Toward House Panel
Discussion: Think Progress
Iraqipundit / IraqPundit:
Indexing Iraq  —  Brookings, the liberal Washington think tank, this week released a massive compendium of statistics about the extraordinary situation in Iraq.  The report, by Michael O'Hanlon and Nina Kamp, consists of 55 pages of tables and graphs addressing everything from civilian deaths to economic growth to life expectancy.
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.
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 …
David Anfinrud:
US Senate leaders reach deal on immigration legislation  —  page:  —  Again the Republicans cave to the Democrats.  When will they learn.  The only reason I vote Republican is I know that the Democrats would destroy this country.  My top reasons Why I vote the lesser of two evils.
 
 
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Washington Post:
House Injects Prayer Into Defense Bill
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Conservatives won't be fooled again
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Bull Moose:
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Fletcher indicted  —  FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Ernie Fletcher …
The Raw Story:
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The Sandmonkey / Rantings of a Sandmonkey:
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Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
Dean Misstates Party Platform on Gays
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Larisa Alexandrovna / The Raw Story:
US military, intelligence officials raise concern about possible …
 

 
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