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New York Times:
U.S. Report to Fault F.B.I. on Subpoenas — The Justice Department's inspector general has prepared a scathing report criticizing how the F.B.I. uses a form of administrative subpoena to obtain thousands of telephone, business and financial records without prior judicial approval.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The FBI's lawbreaking is tied directly to President Bush — Multiple media outlets are focusing on the unsurprising story that the FBI seems to have been abusing its powers under the Patriot Act to issue so-called "national security letters" (NSLs), whereby the FBI is empowered to obtain …
Washington Post:
Frequent Errors In FBI's Secret Records Requests — A Justice Department investigation has found pervasive errors in the FBI's use of its power to secretly demand telephone, e-mail and financial records in national security cases, officials with access to the report said yesterday.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Another Hollywood star steps forward for GOP — Former Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker (R-Tenn.) is contacting powerbrokers in the Republican Party to build support for a 2008 presidential campaign by his one-time protégé, former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.).
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Howard Bashman / How Appealing:
BREAKING NEWS — Divided three-judge D.C. Circuit panel holds that the District of Columbia's gun control laws violate individuals' Second Amendment rights: You can access today's lengthy D.C. Circuit ruling at this link. — According to the majority opinion, "[T]he phrase 'the right of the people …
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
D.C. CIRCUIT STRIKES DOWN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GUN CONTROL LAW …
D.C. CIRCUIT STRIKES DOWN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GUN CONTROL LAW …
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Telegraph:
US sends spies into Pakistan to kill bin Laden — By Toby Harnden in Washington and Thomas Coghlan in Helmand — America is stepping up its hunt for Osama bin Laden by dispatching additional CIA operatives and paramilitary officers to Pakistan to kill or capture the al-Qa'eda leader.
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Chris Bowers / MyDD:
The Super-Sized Campaign: Has Obama Raised $6M Online? — During much of 2005-2006, I thought it was funny to watch as many election analysts saw potential 2008 candidates almost entirely in 2004 terms. Specifically, they saw the possibility of an insurgent campaign, probably Feingold …
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Shane Harris / National Journal:
Rolling Back Pentagon Spies — Defense Secretary Robert Gates is considering a plan to curtail the Pentagon's clandestine spying activities, which were expanded by his predecessor, Donald Rumsfeld, after the 9/11 attacks. The undercover work allowed military personnel to collect intelligence …
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Fitzgerald's Folly — There are lies and there are memory lapses. Bill Clinton denied under oath having sex with Monica Lewinsky. Unless you're Wilt Chamberlain, sex is not the kind of thing you forget easily. Sandy Berger denied stuffing classified documents in his pants …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Candidate Clinton, Embracing the Trite and the True — Are you in it to win? Would you regard civil rights as the gift that keeps on giving? Do you believe in the American Dream, stupid? — If you answered yes to any of the above, you might consider supporting Hillary Clinton …
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Fred Langan / Telegraph:
Polar bears 'thriving as the Arctic warms up' — Pictures of a polar bear floating precariously on a tiny iceberg have become the defining image of global warming but may be misleading, according to a new study. — A survey of the animals' numbers in Canada's eastern Arctic has revealed …
Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
Hagel expected to declare '08 bid — Nebraska's Chuck Hagel, the Senate Republican most outspoken in opposition to President Bush's March 2003 decision to invade Iraq, is expected to announce Monday that he will make a bid for the Republican Party's presidential nomination.
Ben Evans / Associated Press:
Gingrich had affair during Clinton probe — WASHINGTON - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich acknowledged he was having an extramarital affair even as he led the charge against President Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair, he acknowledged in an interview with a conservative Christian group.
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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Violent Crime in Cities Shows Sharp Surge — Violent crime rose by double-digit percentages in cities across the country over the last two years, reversing the declines of the mid-to-late 1990s, according to a new report by a prominent national law enforcement association.
Jessica Heslam / Boston Herald:
Mitt under attack by own party: Mass. GOP aims to sink prez bid — A Web-based "truth" squad is poised to chase Mitt Romney in an effort to trip him up on the presidential campaign trail - and its members are Republicans from his very own Bay State. — Founded by GOP consultants Holly Robichaud …
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