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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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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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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.
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.
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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 …
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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.
Chicago Tribune:
The NSA has your number — This sounds like a vast and unchecked intrusion on privacy
The NSA has your number — This sounds like a vast and unchecked intrusion on privacy
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.
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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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 …
Washington Post:
D.C. Vote's Stars Are Aligning, Davis Says — Co-Sponsor Sees Enough Support On House Panel — A bipartisan proposal to give the nation's capital a vote in Congress has "more than enough votes" to win approval in one House committee, the panel's chairman said yesterday …
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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.
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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 …
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 …
Rob Kall / opednews.com:
Poll: 2004 Election Was Stolen; according to viewers of all news networks except Fox News — Who are these Fox viewers. OpEdNews gives you the details. — In the first poll of its kind, OpEdNews.com, in the second OpEdNews/Zogby People's poll has learned that except for viewers of right wing news show …
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?