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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 …
CNN:
Audit: FBI snooping did not follow rules … WASHINGTON (CNN) — The FBI is guilty of "serious misuse" of the power to secretly obtain private information under the Patriot Act, a government audit said Friday. — The Justice Department's inspector general looked at the FBI's use …
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.
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 as a violation of the Second Amendment, adopts individual rights view. Howard Bashman has more, and the opinion is here. This is a very important development. — Some additional background on the Second Amendment can be found here, here and here.
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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David Saltonstall / NY Daily News:
Rudy, firefighters feud — Group, already fuming over Ground Zero curbs, irate as he skips forum — Rudy Giuliani never fails to cast firefighters as his heroes, but the nation's largest firefighters union all but declared war on him yesterday after he backed out of a forum for presidential hopefuls.
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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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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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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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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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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 …
johnshadegg.house.gov:
Shadegg Introduces Bill Requiring Congress to Cite Constitutional Authority — Shadegg- "The Enumerated Powers Act would hold Congress accountable for its actions." — Yesterday, Congressman John Shadegg reintroduced the Enumerated Powers Act, a bill that highlights the importance …
Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
Rove Doing His Part to Help Shape a Positive Legacy for Bush — In an interview this week in his windowless West Wing office, Karl Rove said that there is "very little" discussion about President Bush's legacy at the White House these days, only a focus on developing good policy that might have a long-term impact.
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.