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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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Orin Kerr / The Volokh Conspiracy:
IS THE FISA COURT ISSUING ANTICIPATORY WARRANTS?:
IS THE FISA COURT ISSUING ANTICIPATORY WARRANTS?:
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Nothing to celebrate — (updated below - updated again with correction)
Nothing to celebrate — (updated below - updated again with correction)
Marty Lederman / Balkinization:
Terrorist Surveillance Program . . . Never Mind? …
Terrorist Surveillance Program . . . Never Mind? …
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The Carpetbagger Report
Stephen Farrell / Times of London:
Give us guns - and troops can go, says Iraqi leader — Listen to the interview with Nouri al-Maliki — America's refusal to give Baghdad's security forces sufficient guns and equipment has cost a great number of lives, the Iraqi Prime Minister said yesterday.
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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.
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 …
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Tennessee Guerilla Women
Damien Cave / New York Times:
Iraqis Answer Global Critics by Tackling Troubling Issues
Iraqis Answer Global Critics by Tackling Troubling Issues
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FP Passport
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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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.
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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Pajamas Media
Nora Boustany / Washington Post:
Arab World Outraged Over Hangings in Iraq — Beirut's daily an-Nahar newspaper ran a caricature Tuesday of the Iraqi flag adorned with three nooses. At the center of the red, white and black banner, the outline of the coiled ropes appears similar to the word "Allah" in Arabic script.
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.
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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 …
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Daily Kos
Judd / Think Progress:
Santorum: Bush's Iraq Approach Is 'Lincolnesque' — Today on Fox News, former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) said President Bush's approach to the war in Iraq, particularly his recent speech, was "Lincolnesque." — Fox Host Martha MacCallum asked Santorum what he thought of the criticism that President Bush …
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.
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