memeorandum: Alabama candidate for AG disputes Holocaust, is coming to NJ (Jay Reeves/Associated Press)

1:05 PM ET, May 13, 2006

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Questions Raised for Phone Giants in Spy Data Furor — The former chief executive of Qwest, the nation's fourth-largest phone company, rebuffed government requests for the company's calling records after 9/11 because of "a disinclination on the part of the authorities to use any legal process," his lawyer said yesterday.

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Carl Hulse / New York Times:

Democrats See an Opening to Debate Security Issues — WASHINGTON, May 12 — Senate Democrats intend to use next week's confirmation hearings for a new C.I.A. director to press the Bush administration on its broad surveillance programs, engaging Republicans on national security grounds …

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David Jefferson / Newsweek:

Newsweek Poll: Americans Wary of NSA Spying — Bush's approval ratings hit new lows as controversy rages. — May 13, 2006 - Has the Bush administration gone too far in expanding the powers of the President to fight terrorism? Yes, say a majority of Americans, following this week's revelation …

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Beth DeFalco / Associated Press:

Verizon Sued for Giving NSA Phone Records — TRENTON, N.J. - Two New Jersey public interest lawyers sued Verizon Communications Inc. for $5 billion Friday, claiming the phone carrier violated privacy laws by turning over phone records to the National Security Agency for a secret government surveillance program.

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Chris Strohm / govexec.com:
Former NSA officer alleges illegal activities under Hayden

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eff.org:
EFF's Class-Action Lawsuit Against AT&T for Collaboration …

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Michelle Malkin:
IN DEFENSE OF THE NSA

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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:

Bush Weighs Deploying Guard to U.S. Border — WASHINGTON - Once again the Bush administration is turning to the military to help solve a domestic problem. But instead of hurricane aid or preparations to cope with avian flu, the Pentagon is being asked to possibly provide thousands …

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New York Times:

C.I.A. Aide's House and Office Searched — WASHINGTON, May 12 — Federal agents conducted searches on Friday at the office and home of Kyle Foggo, who stepped down this week as the Central Intelligence Agency's third-ranking official. — The searches were part of a widening criminal investigation …

Associated Press:
Feds Raid Home Of Top CIA Official

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Jay Reeves / Associated Press:

Alabama candidate for AG disputes Holocaust, is coming to NJ — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A Democratic candidate for Alabama attorney general denies the Holocaust occurred and said Friday he will speak this weekend in New Jersey to a "pro-white" organization that is widely viewed as being racist.

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Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:

Spy Agency Watching Americans From Space — WASHINGTON (AP) - A little-known spy agency that analyzes imagery taken from the skies has been spending significantly more time watching U.S. soil. — In an era when other intelligence agencies try to hide those operations …

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Billmon:

Leviathan … If someone would just translate The Leviathan into modern colloquial English - or even better, turn it into a comic book - I think Shrub might discover a new favorite philosopher. Maybe not on same plane as Jesus Christ (and certainly not as politically advantageous) …

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Heather Mac Donald / Weekly Standard:

Information Please — Oh, sorry, it's not 1942. It's 2006, and these three phone giants are about to be excoriated for cooperating with the war on terror. Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter has demanded that ATT, Verizon, and BellSouth testify under oath about their assistance …

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New York Times:

Corrections: For the Record — An article on Monday about the state-owned energy company of Bolivia misstated the position held at the company from 1969 to 1979 by Carlos d'Arlach, now an opposition senator, who expressed opposition to the government's recent nationalization of its oil and gas reserves.

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New York Times:

A Bitter Game: Beijing Battles With Vatican — SHENYANG, China, May 9 — From the moment in 1978 when China reopened itself, conditionally, to the outside world, the Roman Catholic Church has been painstakingly working to get back in. Hopes have been raised, then dashed …

CNN:

Poll: Clinton outperformed Bush — (CNN) — In a new poll comparing President Bush's job performance with that of his predecessor, a strong majority of respondents said President Clinton outperformed Bush on a host of issues. — The poll of 1,021 adult Americans was conducted May 5-7 by Opinion Research Corp. for CNN.