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9:20 PM ET, May 18, 2006

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MSNBC:
Hayden: Spying has become political football  —  CIA nominee complains of constant scrutiny of intelligence gatherers  —  WASHINGTON - CIA nominee Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden complained Thursday that intelligence-gathering has become "football in American political discourse."
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Ken Silverstein / Harper's:
"Fairy Tales"  —  The (lack of) intelligence underpinning Bush's Iraq policy  —  During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein's Information Minister became the butt of a million jokes for predicting that American soldiers were being routed, even as U.S. troops were quickly closing in on Baghdad.
David Stout / New York Times:
Senate Panel Questions C.I.A. Nominee
Discussion: Big Lizards and On Deadline
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Michael Rogers / pageoneq.com:
Sen. Feingold walks out as Marriage Amendment Hearing moved behind closed doors
Bryan / Hot Air:
Breaking: Ahmadinejad to send a Letter to the Pope  —  As nearly every single character in the Star Wars universe says, "I have a bad feeling about this." … He also invited Bush to become a Muslim.  And you would be wise to interpret the word "invite" to have a whiff of the mob inviting you to dinner at the end of a pier.
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Reuters:
Iran president to send letter to Pope - paper  —  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is writing a letter to Pope Benedict, following an unprecedented letter to U.S. President George W. Bush earlier this month, a newspaper said on Thursday.
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Donna Smith / Reuters:
Senate blocks effort to limit benefits to immigrants
Discussion: Hot Air and Riehl World View
Reuters:
Hamas force battles police in Gaza, 4 hurt  —  GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian police fought gunbattles in Gaza City on Friday with a new Hamas-led security force set up by the Islamist government in defiance of President Mahmoud Abbas.  —  At least four people were wounded …
Discussion: A Blog For All
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Adel Zaanoun / Agence France Presse:   Civil war feared as Palestinian factions flex muscle
Jason DeParle / New York Times:
G.O.P. Conservatives Topple Veteran State Lawmakers in Pennsylvania  —  WASHINGTON, May 17 — A revolt among Pennsylvania conservatives gained national attention on Wednesday after challengers toppled at least 12 state lawmakers they deemed insufficiently committed to small government and fiscal restraint.
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Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
Out of Touch  —  What the president's immigration speech and "The DaVinci Code" have in common.  —  What was missing in the president's approach the other night was the expression, or suggestion, of context.  The context was a crisis that had gone unanswered as it has built …
Judd / Think Progress:
New Ads Funded by Big Oil Portray Global Warming Science as Smear Campaign Against Carbon Dioxide  —  Yesterday, the Competitive Enterprise Institute - a front group funded by ExxonMobil and other big oil companies - launched two advertisements in response to Al Gore's new movie, An Inconvenient Truth.
Frederic J. Frommer / Associated Press:
Sensenbrenner: Bush Turned Back on Bill  —  WASHINGTON - Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, who has pushed a tough border security bill through the House, accused President Bush on Wednesday of abandoning the legislation after asking for many of its provisions.  —  "He basically turned his back on provisions …
Discussion: Hot Air, NewsHog and Pensito Review
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Nutroots video: Kos makes TV political ad debut  —  **Watch the video remix.  Geraghty calls it "perhaps the most surreal campaign ad I've ever seen."  Me, I've seen this movie before; the line "the call's coming from inside the house" figures prominently.
David Streitfeld / Los Angeles Times:
A Job Americans Won't Do, Even at $34 an Hour  —  Some landscape firms rebut claims that higher pay, not immigration reform, is needed.  —  Cyndi Smallwood is looking for a few strong men for her landscaping company.  Guys with no fear of a hot sun, who can shovel dirt all day long.
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
In TWN News: Michael Hayden, Bobby Ray Inman, and Richard Armitage  —  (Former NSA Director Bobby Inman speaking at George H.W. Bush Presidential Library)  —  Michael Hayden's CIA Director confirmation hearings start today in the Senate Intelligence Committee at 9:30 a.m.  —  I'll be listening.
Hotline On Call:
Have A Heart  —  This has to be just about the nastiest piece of direct mail we've ever seen.  —  A candidate for State Assembly in the central valley region of CA, Bill Conrad (R) is apparently running on the platform that his opponent won't survive his term because he had a heart transplant.
 
 
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