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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:
Qwest's Refusal of N.S.A. Query Is Explained — WASHINGTON, May 12 — The telecommunications company Qwest turned down requests by the National Security Agency for private telephone records because it concluded that doing so would violate federal privacy laws, a lawyer for the telephone company's former chief executive said today.
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Polling hysteria and the NSA program — Somehow, The Washington Post — on the very same day most people learned about the new NSA data-collection program — managed to conduct a poll which purports to show that "63 percent of Americans said they found the NSA program to be an acceptable way to investigate terrorism."
Mark Blumenthal / Mystery Pollster:
ABC/WAPO ON NSA PHONE RECORDS — Did yesterday's USAToday story on the collection of domestic telephone records by the NSA do President George Bush a backhanded favor? An overnight survey released earlier this morning by ABC News and the Washington Post suggests that it may be doing just that.
Josh Marshall / TPMmuckraker:
Tony's First Press Gaggle — Tony Snow holds his first White House press gaggle. Check it out below the fold ... TONY SNOW: Okay, first thing, very quickly through the President's schedule for today. As you know, there's a meeting with the former Secretaries of Defense and State …
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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.
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Tony Snow on His First Press Gaggle: "This is Just a Mess"
Tony Snow on His First Press Gaggle: "This is Just a Mess"
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George Jahn / Associated Press:
More Uranium Reportedly Found in Iran — The U.N. atomic agency has found traces of highly enriched uranium at an Iranian site linked to the country's defense ministry, diplomats said Friday. The finding added to concerns that Tehran was hiding activities that could be used to make nuclear arms.
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San Diego Union-Tribune:
Federal agents raid home of CIA's former No. 3 boss — VIENNA, Va.- Federal agents Friday morning raided the home of Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, who stepped down this week from the No. 3 post at the CIA amid accusations of improper ties to a defense contractor named as a co-conspirator in the bribery case …
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Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:
CIA Official's Home, Office Searched — WASHINGTON - Law enforcement officials executed search warrants Friday on the house and office of CIA's outgoing executive director as part of an investigation into corruption involving agency contracts, the FBI said.
Media Matters for America:
Gibson: "Make more babies" because in "[t]wenty-five years ... the majority of the population is Hispanic" … On the May 11 edition of Fox News' The Big Story, host John Gibson advised viewers during the "My Word" segment of his program to "[d]o your duty. Make more babies."
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John Gibson / Fox News:
Procreation Not Recreation — Make more babies. That's the lesson drawn out of two interesting stories over the last couple days. — First, a story Wednesday that half the kids under 5 years old in this country are minorities. By far, the greatest number are Hispanic. — Know what that means?
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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.
Cenk Uygur / The Huffington Post:
Michael Smerconish Is a Pussy — Michael Smerconish is a pussy. A big gaping pussy. — He loves to talk tough from his comfortable reclining chair about death penalties and the war on terror - and how tough he would be in killing people. Yeah, I know, you're really tough.
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 …
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Online NewsHour:
The President speaks out — JIM LEHRER: As the story gained momentum this morning, President Bush made a statement at the White House. And here it is in full. — PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: After September the 11th, I vowed to the American people that our government would do everything within …
Wall Street Journal:
Bush's Ratings Hit New Low, Poll Shows — President Bush's approval rating has fallen to its lowest mark of his presidency, according to a new Harris Interactive poll. — Of 1,003 U.S. adults surveyed in a telephone poll, 29% think Mr. Bush is doing an "excellent or pretty good" …
Lolita C. Baldor / ABCNEWS:
Pentagon Exploring Using Military to Patrol Border — Pentagon Exploring Ways Military Can Help Provide More Security Along U.S. Southern Border — WASHINGTON May 12, 2006 (AP)— The Pentagon is looking at ways the military can help provide more security along the U.S. southern border …