Karl Rove Indicted on Charges of Perjury, Lying to Investigators  —  Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald spent more than half a day Friday at the offices of Patton Boggs, the law firm representing Karl Rove.  —  During the course of that meeting, Fitzgerald served attorneys …

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.

Critics Want Dutch Lawmaker Deported  —  AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born Dutch legislator who has championed the rights of Muslim women, is returning from a book tour to a firestorm for lying on her asylum application when she fled to the Netherlands in 1992 to escape an arranged marriage.

Jail riots follow Brazil attacks  —  Riots have broken out in 18 prisons in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo after a wave of attacks on the streets left at least 30 people dead.  —  State officials said the riots were organised by the same criminal faction - the First Command of the Capital (PCC) - that carried out the attacks.

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 …

BACK FROM IRAQ  —  Bad stuff happened in Iraq, stuff Adam Reuter doesn't want to talk about.  Not with his friends, not with the line cooks in the burger joint where he worked when he first came home or the tenants in the apartment complex he manages now.  —  He doesn't even want to talk …

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 …

SNL: If Al Gore were President  —  SNL: If Al Gore were President  —  "Saturday Night Live," opened their show tonight with Al Gore addressing the nation as if he was the President of the United States.  Gore was focused and quite funny in this entertaining spoof of the current administration and their long range of failures.

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 …

Report: Mentally ill troops forced into combat  —  Military not following own rules on deployment, paper says  —  HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) — U.S. military troops with severe psychological problems have been sent to Iraq or kept in combat, even when superiors have been aware of signs of mental illness …

At Falwell's University, McCain Defends Iraq War  —  LYNCHBURG, Va., May 13 — With the Rev. Jerry Falwell at his side, Senator John McCain offered a spirited defense of the Iraq war on Saturday, telling graduating students at Liberty University that victory there was crucial to world security.

Where There's Smoke . . . There's Cheney and Addington  —  It was only a matter of time, right?  This can't come as a surprise to anyone by now: The New York Times reports that the idea of engaging in electronic surveillance in violation of FISA was hatched by the Vice President's Office …

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.

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.

Bush Fatigue  —  Bruce Kesler writes: … Nope.  I don't really care one iota about "irredentist Democrats in Congress and their fifth-column in the media."  I'm suffering from Bush fatigue brought on by the culmination of:  — Failure to finish the 9/11 job by bringing Osama to justice