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6:15 AM ET, January 18, 2007

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New York Times:
Court to Oversee U.S. Wiretapping in Terror Cases  —  The Bush administration, in a surprise reversal, said on Wednesday that it had agreed to give a secret court jurisdiction over the National Security Agency's wiretapping program and would end its practice of eavesdropping without warrants on Americans suspected of ties to terrorists.
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Secret Court to Govern Wiretapping Plan  —  The Justice Department announced today that the National Security Agency's controversial warrantless surveillance program has been placed under the authority of a secret surveillance court, marking an abrupt change in approach by the Bush administration after more than a year of heated debate.
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
FISA and the President — together again  —  (updated below - updated again - and again)  —  Everything I know about the FISA story is contained in this AP article, which I just read, and in this letter from Attorney General Gonzales to Senators Leahy and Specter.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Climbdown On Warrantless Surveillance (Updated And Bumped)
Discussion: TalkLeft
James Vicini / Reuters:   Bush won't reauthorize eavesdropping
Marty Lederman / Balkinization:
Terrorist Surveillance Program . . . Never Mind? …
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Transcript: DoJ Officials Discuss NSA, FISA
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow
Discussion: The Caucus and First Draft
Dafydd / Big Lizards:
Another Bush "Surrender" That Isn't
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Shiite Fighters Arrested in Crackdown, Iraq Says  —  Facing intense pressure from the Bush administration to show progress in securing Iraq, senior Iraqi officials announced Wednesday that they had moved against the country's most powerful Shiite militia, arresting several dozen senior members in the past few weeks.
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Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Maliki Stresses Urgency In Arming Iraqi Forces  —  Need for U.S. Troops Could Drop 'Dramatically'  —  The Iraqi government's need for American troops would "dramatically go down" in three to six months if the United States accelerated the process of equipping and arming Iraq's security forces …
Stephen Farrell / Times of London:
Give us guns - and troops can go, says Iraqi leader
Discussion: Dean's World
Washington Post:
Libby Jury Selection Seen as Challenge  —  To see just how small a town Washington really is, drop in on jury selection at the trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, where nearly every candidate so far seems to have some connection to the players or events surrounding the leak of an undercover CIA officer's identity.
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knbc.nbcweatherplus.com:
Snow Falls In West LA, Malibu  —  CHP To Escort Motorists Through Icy Grapevine  —  SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — Snow fell on the palm trees of West Los Angeles and Malibu Wednesday afternoon as Jack Frost visited the Southland again.  —  Images: Malibu, West LA Snow  —  Video
CBS News - Couric & Co.:
Katie: A Woman At The Table  —  One week ago, Katie sat down for a briefing at the White House, and noticed something unusual.  —  Last Wednesday, President Bush gave his address to the country about "the new way forward" for Iraq, and lots of journalists—including me, of course—were in Washington to cover it.
Ronald Brownstein / Los Angeles Times:
Commanding majority opposes more troops in Iraq  —  WASHINGTON — A commanding majority of Americans oppose President Bush's decision to send more troops to Iraq and just over half the country wants Congress to block the deployment, a Times/Bloomberg poll has found.
Ezra HaLevi / Arutz Sheva:
Exclusive: Jimmy Carter Interceded on Behalf of Nazi SS Guard  —  A former U.S. Justice Department official disclosed to Arutz-7 that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's advocacy extended beyond the Palestinians, when he interceded on behalf of a Nazi SS man.
Greg Sargent / electioncentral.tpmcafe.com:
Obama's Turn: Says He'll Introduce Iraq Legislation Calling For Phased Withdrawal  —  Barely moments after Hillary Clinton concluded her press conference this afternoon calling for a "cap" on the number of troops in Iraq, Barack Obama's office sent out a statement saying that he, too, would be introducing his own Iraq legislation.
Jonathan E. Kaplan / The Hill:
Van Hollen and Dean bury hatchet  —  Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), the new chief election strategist for the House Democrats, welcomed Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean to his office Tuesday for a "jovial" meeting in which the two pledged to work together during the 2008 election cycle.
Discussion: MyDD
Peter Overby / NPR:
Big Campaigns Undermine Public-Financing System  —  · Sen. Barack Obama's tentative step toward a White House run sets the stage for a fundraising free-for-all among Democratic presidential hopefuls.  —  Obama, the first-term Democrat from Illinois, announced by posting a video …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Ryan Keith / Associated Press:
Obama's Past Offers Ammo for Critics  —  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama may have a lot of explaining to do.  —  He voted against requiring medical care for aborted fetuses who survive.  He supported allowing retired police officers to carry concealed weapons …
 
 
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Telegraph:
Commentary: Government tears up fundamental principle of justice
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Justices Scrutinize Death Penalty in Texas
Discussion: TalkLeft
Judd / Think Progress:
Santorum: Bush's Iraq Approach Is 'Lincolnesque'
Gregg Krupa / Detroit News:
Northwest apologizes, vows to reimburse Muslims barred from flight
Discussion: News Hounds and Hot Air
Steven Pearlstein / Washington Post:
A New Consensus on Universal Health Care
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
It's Never Too Early to Get Defensive
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
A Humble Request  —  Hello All -  —  It's Christy, with a humble request.
Discussion: Orcinus and MyDD
Noam Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Senators' resolution condemns Bush plan for Iraq
Tim Hall / Telegraph:
'Extraordinary heroism' of helicopter rescue bid
Max Boot / Los Angeles Times:
No better idea  —  Both sides' strategies in Iraq are big ifs with big risks.
Discussion: toohotfortnr
Frank Ahrens / Washington Post:
Post Web Site Is Publishing Reporter's Novel as a Serial
Discussion: FishBowlDC and Lonewacko
Michelle Mittelstadt / Houston Chronicle:
Census gains could give state more clout