memeorandum: Hot-Seat Confirmation for CIA (MSNBC)

6:20 AM ET, May 14, 2006

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Chip Somodevilla / Newsweek:

A Fresh Focus on Cheney — Hand-written notes by the Vice President surface in the Fitzgerald Probe — The Vice President at an awards ceremony on Wednesday — May 13, 2006 - The role of Vice President Dick Cheney in the criminal case stemming from the outing of White House critic …

Discussion: Macsmind, TalkLeft, AMERICAblog, The Democratic Daily Blog, Andrew Sullivan, Flopping Aces and The Reaction

New York Times:

Cheney Pushed U.S. to Widen Eavesdropping — WASHINGTON, May 13 — In the weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, Vice President Dick Cheney and his top legal adviser argued that the National Security Agency should intercept purely domestic telephone calls and e-mail messages without warrants …

Discussion: Balkinization, Democrat Taylor Marsh …, The Anonymous Liberal, US Politics, SEIXON, Booman Tribune, Middle Earth Journal, True Blue Liberal, Amygdala, The Moderate Voice and The Mahablog

The Raw Story:

Times' Frank Rich: Any 'witch hunt' for traitors should begin in the White House — Defending journalists who have been castigated as traitors for exposing government blunders, New York Times columnist Frank Rich writes that any "witch hunt" for traitors should begin in the White House, RAW STORY has found.

Discussion: Obsidian Wings

R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:

Fired Officer Believed CIA Lied to Congress — Friends Say McCarthy Learned of Denials About Detainees' Treatment — A senior CIA official, meeting with Senate staff in a secure room of the Capitol last June, promised repeatedly that the agency did not violate or seek to violate …

Discussion: The Strata-Sphere and The Washington Monthly

TalkLeft:

Breaking Report: Karl Rove Indicted — Huge breaking news from Jason Leopold just now at Truthout — Karl Rove has been indicted. … Leopold reports the charges include lying to investigators and perjury before the grand jury but it is not yet known if obstruction of justice is one of the charges.

Discussion: Sadly, No!

Empty Wheel / The Next Hurrah:
Fitzgerald Collecting Cheney's Smoking Guns

Discussion: Firedoglake

Empty Wheel / The Next Hurrah:
Dick Takes Notes

Discussion: Needlenose and Firedoglake

Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
The Cirque du Soleil Defense, Part II

Discussion: The Next Hurrah

Dan / Riehl World View:

Hey, I Got Polled — Looks like many are confused by recent polling over the NSA story. … They aren't alone. But I did actually get a call today from Gallup / USA Today to participate in a poll on the topic. I'll share some feedback from a participant's point of view.

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Editor and Publisher:
Sibling Rivalry: 'Wash Post' and 'Newsweek' Polls Clash on NSA

Discussion: Mystery Pollster, Blogcritics.org, Hyscience and Ezra Klein

David Jefferson / Newsweek:
Newsweek Poll: Americans Wary of NSA Spying

Discussion: The American Street, The Moderate Voice, Comments From Left Field, Outside The Beltway, Blue Crab Boulevard, AMERICAblog, US Politics, Democrat Taylor Marsh …, In Search Of Utopia, The Carpetbagger Report, The Washington Monthly, Bark Bark Woof Woof, AMERICAN FUTURE and Hotline On Call

Washington Post:
NSA Program Further Blurs Line on Privacy

Discussion: BuzzMachine, Blogcritics.org and Amygdala

Billmon:
Vox Pollsteri — One of the things that I find frustrating …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

White House:

President's Radio Address — THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week I nominated General Mike Hayden to be the next Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. The work of the CIA is essential to the security of the American people. The enemies who struck our Nation on September the 11th …

Discussion: Obsidian Wings, Bring it On! and Daily Kos

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Pete Hoekstra / Los Angeles Times:

Rep. Pete Hoekstra: Journalism vs. security — Leaking classified information puts American lives at risk, says Republican congressman. — WE ARE IN the first war of the Information Age, and we have a critical advantage over our enemy: We are far better at gathering intelligence.

Discussion: NewsBusters.org, GOP Bloggers, The Washington Monthly and AMERICAN FUTURE

William M. Arkin / Washington Post:
NSA's Multi-Billion Dollar Data Mining Effort

Discussion: The Mahablog, SEIXON and Weekly Standard

MSNBC:

Hot-Seat Confirmation for CIA — Intelligence experts warn that a proposal to merge two Pentagon intelligence units could create an ominous new agency. — • — Court documents in the Moussaoui hearing cast doubts on his '20th hijacker' claim and provide fresh information about Al Qaeda's plans for another 9/11-style attack.

ABCNEWS:

Duke Lacrosse DNA: Mystery Man Revealed — Accuser's Boyfriend is 'Single Source' of DNA on Vaginal Swab — May 13, 2006 — The second round of DNA test results in the Duke University rape investigation show "no conclusive match'' to any lacrosse players, defense attorneys said …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, TalkLeft, Gateway Pundit, BitsBlog, Brainster's Blog and Wizbang

CBS News:

Why Qwest Hung Up On NSA — Former CEO Believed Handing Over Call Data Violated Privacy, Telecom Act — (CBS/AP) AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., and BellSouth Corp. began sharing records of tens of millions of their customers' phone calls with the NSA shortly after the 2001 terror attacks, according to USA Today.

Discussion: New York Sun, The Democratic Daily Blog and Macsmind

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The Numbers / Wall Street Journal:
Is the Phone Company Violating Your Privacy?

Discussion: Bring it On! and Instapundit.com

New York Times:

Despite Political Pressure to Scale Back, Logistics Are Pinning Down U.S. in Iraq — WASHINGTON, May 13 — Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld regularly says he wants major troop withdrawals from Iraq, if possible this year. But he rarely mentions the daunting challenges beyond …

Discussion: Informed Comment and Amygdala

expatica.com:

Liberals don't care Hirsi Ali lied to get asylum in 1992 — AMSTERDAM — Somali-born MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali may have told more lies about her past in order to get asylum in the Netherlands in 1992 than she has previously admitted, news programme Zembla has suggested.

Discussion: protein wisdom, Jihad Watch, Kesher Talk, Atlas Shrugs and lgf: mangler of memes

Thom Shanker / New York Times:

Military Plans Tests in Search for an Alternative to Oil-Based Fuel — WASHINGTON, May 13 — When an F-16 lights up its afterburners, it consumes nearly 28 gallons of fuel per minute. No wonder, then, that of all the fuel the United States government uses each year, the Air Force accounts for more than half.

Discussion: The American Mind

BBC:

Attacks in Brazil leave 30 dead — At least 30 people, including 19 policemen, have been killed in a spate of attacks in Sao Paulo, Brazil. — Armed criminals targeted officers in 55 attacks in the early hours of Saturday. Authorities blamed the First Command of the Capital (PCC) faction.