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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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Philip Shenon / New York Times:
F.B.I. Contends Lawmaker Hid Bribe in Freezer — WASHINGTON, May 21 — The F.B.I. accused Representative William J. Jefferson, Democrat of Louisiana, on Sunday of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from a Kentucky businessman and stashing $90,000 from the scheme in his home freezer in Washington.
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Affidavit: $90,000 found in congressman's freezer — FBI wraps up search of Jefferson's office in bribery probe — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Federal agents searched the Capitol Hill office of a Louisiana congressman under investigation on bribery charges Sunday, while newly released court papers …
Matthew Barakat / Associated Press:
Filing: Tape Shows Lawmaker Taking Money
Filing: Tape Shows Lawmaker Taking Money
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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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Mel Evans / huffingtonpost.com:
TOP MCCAIN AIDE INSULTS ENTIRE COLLEGE GRADUATING CLASS... "VERY UNLIKELY ANY OF YOU WILL EVER POSSESS...ONE SMALL FRACTION OF THE CHARACTER OF JOHN MCCAIN"... Mark Salter, a longtime aide and chief of staff to Senator John McCain, posted a response to Jean Rohe's blog entry on the Huffington Post …
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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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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Gonzales Says Prosecutions of Journalists Are Possible — The government has the legal authority to prosecute journalists for publishing classified information, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales said yesterday. — "There are some statutes on the book which, if you read the language carefully …
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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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 …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Rove Lawyer Has a Pet Peeve — Robert Luskin, Karl Rove's lawyer, says he spent most of the day on May 12 taking his cat to the veterinarian and having a technician fix his computer at home. — He was stunned, therefore, when journalists started calling to ask about an online report …
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New Yorker:
LISTENING IN — A few days before the start of the confirmation hearings for General Michael Hayden, who has been nominated by President Bush to be the head of the C.I.A., I spoke to an official of the National Security Agency who recently retired. The official joined the N.S …
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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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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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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 …
Sebastian Mallaby / Washington Post:
Al Gore's Unlikely Helpers — Liberals famously love John McCain, but that's not the weirdest political coupling. The oil industry and its Republican allies are rooting for Al Gore, albeit unintentionally. — Gore stars in a movie that opens this week in New York and Los Angeles.
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Fox, What Fox? New Press Secretary Changes Channels — WASHINGTON — Reporters en route to Arizona on Air Force One last week opted to watch the movie "King Kong" in the press cabin. Not so Tony Snow, the new White House press secretary and former Fox News commentator …
Salena Zito / PittsburghLIVE.com:
Loose lips sink ships — TRIBUNE-REVIEW — When is it OK to sacrifice national security for personal gain or political one-upmanship? — For the common-sense-challenged, the answer is: "Never." — In the years since Sept. 11, an odd assembly of Capitol Hill-types …