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3:35 AM ET, May 17, 2006

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Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:
Hatch: Court Briefed on Bush Surveillance  —  WASHINGTON - Two judges on the secretive court that approves warrants for intelligence surveillance were told of the broad monitoring programs that have raised recent controversy, a Republican senator said Tuesday, connecting a court to knowledge …
David Ellis / CNN:
Verizon denies giving out phone info
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
The Blotter:
FBI Secret Probes: 3,501 Targets in the U.S.
New York Times:
Senate Casts First Votes on Immigration  —  WASHINGTON, May 16 — Senators cast their first votes on immigration legislation this afternoon, just as President Bush vowed to work closely with skeptical members of Congress on a comprehensive bill to fix a system that does not work.
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Associated Press:
Bush: U.S. doesn't eavesdrop on phone calls of ordinary Americans  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush insisted Tuesday that the United States does not listen in on domestic telephone conversations among ordinary Americans.  But he declined to specifically discuss the government's alleged compiling …
CNN:
Conservatives appear unmoved on immigration  —  Poll suggests Bush address swayed viewers  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush's plan to toughen border security may not be enough to overcome opposition within his own party to his "earned-citizenship" proposal, which critics decry as "amnesty," House conservatives said Tuesday.
Marina Montemayor / Associated Press:
Mexico Threatens Suits Over Guard Patrols  —  CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Mexico said Tuesday that it would file lawsuits in U.S. courts if National Guard troops on the border become directly involved in detaining migrants.  —  Mexican border officials also said they worried that sending troops …
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bobharris.com:   Bush dispatches National Guard to defend the border with Reality
Marina Montemayor / Associated Press:   Mexicans Say Guard Won't Slow Migrants
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Inside Higher Ed:
The Ward Churchill Verdict  —  Ward Churchill committed multiple, "deliberate" acts of academic misconduct, according to a review by a faculty panel, released today by the University of Colorado at Boulder.  —  While the panel was unanimous in its findings about Churchill's conduct …
Rocky Mountain News:
Churchill investigation uncovers academic misconduct
Discussion: RightWinged.com and On Deadline
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Video of plane hitting Pentagon on 9/11 to be released at 1 p.m.  —  By the Department of Defense, according to Fox News.  We'll have it here, of course.  —  Update: Here's the still I've isolated.  Video is coming in a second.  I've added the red circle to show …
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Washington Post:
Republican Leadership Approval Hits All-Time Low  —  Public confidence in Republican governance has plunged to the lowest levels of the Bush presidency, with Americans saying they now trust Democrats by wide margins to deal with Iraq, gasoline prices, immigration and more …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Tony Snow: Tar babies...  Tony Snow: Tar babies...  When I heard Tony Snow use the term "tar baby" while responding to a question in his first televised Press conference today, it actually startled me.  Doesn't Tony understand what that phrase means to many people in this country?
Jonathan E. Kaplan / The Hill:
GOP hopes 'Speaker Pelosi' will scare voters this fall  —  Congressional Republicans have begun a media campaign to scare voters about the prospect that Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) likely would become Speaker if Democrats retake the House in November.
John Burtis / canadafreepress.com:
Midnight in the garden of Moe and Curley  —  It is growing very dark in the increasingly shoddy and ethereal Scooter Libby investigation, where Patrick Fitzgerald, bumping into the furniture, stubbing his toes, muttering something about it making no sense, but regardless of the mounting absurdity …
David Germain / Associated Press:
'Da Vinci Code' Misses the Mark for Critics  —  CANNES, France - "The Da Vinci Code" drew lukewarm praise, shrugs of indifference, some jeering laughter and a few derisive jabs Tuesday from arguably the world's toughest movie crowd: critics at the Cannes Film Festival.
Discussion: Right Voices
New York Post:
IRAN'S (COSTLY) WAR ON AMERICA  —  May 16, 2006 — ALTHOUGH "silly season" is still several weeks away, the media are al ready in frenzy about a new war in the Middle East - this time involving the Islamic Republic of Iran.  —  A few American "investigative reporters," quoting anonymous sources …
 
 
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Michael Standaert / The Huffington Post:
So Where did Taiwan Go?  —  So I was looking at the map …
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The Problem Of Mecca  —  Mecca has always been our locus.
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The Riddle of Rove  —  As the presidential adviser's legal …
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Video: Tony Snow vs. Helen Thomas
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CNN roundtable on Bush immigration speech included five white men …
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The End of Legal Bribery
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Osama back in the US crosshairs
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
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DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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