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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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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.
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.
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."
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.
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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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.
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New York Times:
Bush Is Pressed Over New Report on Surveillance
Bush Is Pressed Over New Report on Surveillance
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Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
THE HYSTERICAL DRAMA QUEENS OF THE LEFT
THE HYSTERICAL DRAMA QUEENS OF THE LEFT
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Associated Press:
Pentagon eyes ways to use military for border security — WASHINGTON (AP) — Faced with growing pressure from Southern states, the Bush administration wants the military to come up with ideas to help solve security problems along the U.S. border with Mexico.
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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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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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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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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.
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 …
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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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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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 …
USA Today:
Gathering data may not violate privacy rights, but it could be illegal — WASHINGTON — The U.S. government's secret collection of Americans' phone records may not breach the Fourth Amendment's privacy guarantee, legal analysts said Thursday, but it could violate federal surveillance and telecommunication laws.
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Kirstin Downey / Washington Post:
Basics, Not Luxuries, Blamed for High Debt — Why are Americans so deeply in debt? It's not because they are using credit cards to buy plasma TVs and premium coffee drinks at Starbucks. The real culprits, according to a new analysis, are the rising costs of housing, health care and education.
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Amygdala