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Matthew Barakat / Associated Press:
Filing: Tape Shows Lawmaker Taking Money — A congressman under investigation for bribery was caught on videotape accepting $100,000 in $100 bills from an FBI informant whose conversations with the lawmaker also were recorded, according to a court document released Sunday.
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Allan Lengel / Washington Post:
FBI Says Jefferson Was Filmed Taking Cash — Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.), the target of a 14-month public corruption probe, was videotaped accepting $100,000 in $100 bills from a Northern Virginia investor who was wearing an FBI wire, according to a search warrant affidavit released yesterday.
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MyDD
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Prosecution of Journalists Is Possible in NSA Leaks — Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales raised the possibility yesterday that New York Times journalists could be prosecuted for publishing classified information based on the outcome of the criminal investigation underway into leaks …
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Associated Press:
Iraqi Vows 'Maximum Force' to End Attacks — BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Iraq's new prime minister promised Sunday to use ''maximum force'' if necessary to end the brutal insurgent and sectarian violence wracking the country, while a suicide bomber killed more than a dozen people at a restaurant in downtown Baghdad.
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CNN:
Israel: Iran 'months' from making nukes — Prime minister says unilateral action not being considered — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Iran is only months away from joining the club of nations that can make a nuclear weapon, Israel's prime minister said in a recent interview.
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THE CUNNING REALIST
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Ramit Plushnick-Masti / Associated Press:
Olmert: Iran Close to Atomic Bomb Know-How
Olmert: Iran Close to Atomic Bomb Know-How
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forum.truthout.org:
Information Sharing on the Rove Indictment Story — I'd like to break this posting into two categories: What we know, and what we believe. They will be clearly marked. — We know that we have now three independent sources confirming that attorneys for Karl Rove were handed …
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Drudge Report:
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE WORKED TO DEFEAT NAGIN — The Democratic National Committee (DNC) secretly placed political operatives in the city of New Orleans to work against the reelection efforts of incumbent Democrat Mayor Ray Nagin, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
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Washington Post:
Elections Are Crux Of GOP's Strategy — Bush Aides Look to Midterm Vote as Way to Reverse Slide — Confronting the worst poll numbers seen in the West Wing since his father went down to defeat, President Bush and his team are focusing on the fall midterm elections as the best chance …
Mike Wells / TBO.com:
Judge Revokes Bail For Saudi Bus Riders — TAMPA - A judge revoked bail for two Saudi men arrested Friday for boarding a school bus and riding to Wharton High. — Initially, Mana Saleh Almanajam, 23, and Shaker Mohsen Alsidran, 20, were held in Orient Road Jail on bails of $250 each on misdemeanor trespassing charges.
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Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Libby Prosecutor Focuses on CIA Officer's Status — Filings Say Ex-Cheney Aide Knew That Plame Was Classified, Giving Him Reason to Lie to Grand Jury — The classified status of the identity of former CIA officer Valerie Plame will be a key element in any trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" …
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JustOneMinute
Opinion Journal:
Days of Rage — John McCain and Joe Lieberman feel the wrath of the antiwar left. — Two events last Friday speak volumes about the direction of modern liberal politics, and it's not an encouraging trend, especially if you're a Democrat who wants to take back the White House.
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Jonathan Chait / Los Angeles Times:
The right discovers Bush's 'honesty' — Conservatives are finally getting a taste of his misleading rhetoric. — IT APPEARS that the scales have fallen from David Frum's eyes. The former Bush speechwriter, and current National Review writer, once had faith in the basic decency and honesty of George W. Bush.
Jessamy Brown / Dallas Star-Telegram:
Coin image omits 'In God We Trust' — A Keller school district parent said political correctness has run amok at her daughter's elementary school, where the principal chose to omit the words "In God We Trust" from an oversize coin depicted on the yearbook cover.
David Leppard / Times of London:
More than 230 terror suspects free to stay in Britain — MORE than 230 foreigners identified by MI5 and Scotland Yard as suspected terrorists have been allowed to stay in Britain as asylum seekers. — Home Office records show that nearly a quarter of the 963 people arrested …
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The Big Pharaoh
Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
Not just immigration: It's societal transformation — From the Washington Times: "The Senate voted yesterday to allow illegal aliens to collect Social Security benefits based on past illegal employment." — Well, I think that's the kind of moderate compromise "comprehensive immigration reform" …
Ed O'Keefe / ABCNEWS:
Edwards: Bush Worse than Nixon — 2004 Vice Presidential Contender Blasts Bush and Readies to Run Again — May 21, 2006 — Former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., says George W. Bush is the "worst president of our lifetime," and "absolutely" worse than Watergate-tainted President Richard M. Nixon.