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2:10 PM ET, March 10, 2007

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David Stout / New York Times:
F.B.I. Head Admits Mistakes in Use of Security Act  —  Bipartisan outrage erupted on Friday on Capitol Hill as Robert S. Mueller III, the F.B.I. director, conceded that the bureau had improperly used the USA Patriot Act to obtain information about people and businesses.
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Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
Gonzales, Mueller admit FBI broke law  —  WASHINGTON - The nation's top two law enforcement officials acknowledged Friday the FBI broke the law to secretly pry out personal information about Americans.  They apologized and vowed to prevent further illegal intrusions.
Washington Post:
Gonzales Tries to Mollify GOP Critics on Firings, FBI Missteps
Discussion: New York Times
Washington Post:
FBI Audit Prompts Calls for Reform
Discussion: The Corner
Dennis Lormel / Counterterrorism Blog:
National Security Letters...An Important Investigative Tool for the FBI
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Democrats link pet causes to troop plan  —  WASHINGTON - Democrats seeking votes for their Iraq-withdrawal plan have stuffed the bill it's in with billions of dollars for farms, flu preparedness, New Orleans levees, home heating and other causes.  —  Some critics say the Democrats are simply …
Discussion: The Impolitic
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TigerHawk:
The price of surrender in Iraq just went up  —  I, for one, find it both fascinating and unbelievably dispiriting that at least some Democratic Congressmen regard their vote to withdraw from Iraq as just another opportunity for legislative horse-trading, and that the Democratic Congressional …
Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
House Dems face uphill battle over Iraq
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Jonathan Chait / Los Angeles Times:
McCain goes over to the dark side  —  John McCain goes over to the dark side  —  'THIS IS NOT Luke Skywalker here," said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), discussing his friend and Senate colleague John McCain's second run for the presidency. "  This is a totally different campaign.
Discussion: Economist's View and Angry Bear
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Joseph Rago / Opinion Journal:
Free Radical  —  Ayaan Hirsi Ali infuriates Muslims and discomfits liberals.
Discussion: JunkYardBlog
Washington Post:
Dangerous Ruling  —  IN OVERTURNING the District of Columbia's long-standing ban on handguns yesterday, a federal appeals court turned its back on nearly 70 years of Supreme Court precedent to give a new and dangerous meaning to the Second Amendment.  If allowed to stand …
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New York Times:
Bush and Chávez Spar at Distance Over Latin Visit  —  SÃO PAULO, Brazil, March 9 — President Bush began the first full day of his weeklong trip to Latin America here on Friday promising job-creating aid but ended up competing for attention with President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela …
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John Hinderaker / News Bloggers Blog:
Democrats Race to the Left  —  More trouble for the Democratic Party, as the nutroots continue to push the party into a far left corner.  It's now being reported that the Democrats are pulling out of a scheduled August debate in Nevada on Fox News.  The stampede started when John Edwards …
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Nico / Think Progress:
General: Conservatives Are 'Absolutely The Worst Thing That's Happened' To The U.S. Military  —  Retired Army Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton, who was in charge of training the Iraqi military from 2003 to 2004, appeared last night on HBO's Bill Maher Show.  —  "We are in the midst of recovering right …
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SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
General Eaton: "Republican Congress worst thing that's happened …
Discussion: The BRAD BLOG
Washington Post:
Privatized Walter Reed Workforce Gets Scrutiny  —  Army Facility Lost Dozens Of Maintenance Workers  —  The scandal over treatment of outpatients at Walter Reed Army Medical Center has focused attention on the Army's decision to privatize the facilities support workforce at the hospital …
Discussion: The Impolitic and Prairie Weather
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:   Did Privatization Undo Walter Reed?
Rocky Mountain News:
Kopel: Coulter and Campos: Two sides of the same coin  —  One's right, one's left, but both often too shrill  —  They seem like opposites: she's tall, blond and right-wing; he's short, balding and left-wing.  Yet both are extremely intelligent weekly columnists with a gift for turning a clever phrase.
Discussion: alicublog, Althouse and MaxSpeak
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Reports of Progress In Iraq Challenged  —  Critics Cite Administration's Past Rhetoric  —  President Bush on Tuesday cited "encouraging signs" of military and political progress in Iraq as his new strategy gets underway.  On Wednesday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice noted that "things are going reasonably well."
Ariel Leve / Times of London:
Europe agrees to embrace nuclear option in battle to save the planet  —  David Charter and Rory Watson, Brussels  —  The role of nuclear power in Europe received an unexpected boost yesterday as EU leaders hailed a landmark climate change deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and switch to renewable fuels.
Bob Geiger:
The Saturday Cartoons  —  All cartoons are posted with the artists' express permission to BobGeiger.com.  Please visit the following sites to see more work from these fine cartoonists:  —  Nick Anderson, Houston Chronicle  —  Tony Auth, The Philadelphia Inquirer  —  Justin Bilicki, City Pulse
Discussion: Firedoglake
Wretchard / The Belmont Club:
The 301 Dalmatians  —  Armed Liberal at Winds of Change is planning to watch the movie 300 and, reading the reviews, was horrified to discover that "Kenneth Turan of the LA Times was the only one who 'got' the historical context of Thermopylae".  Could it be?
Discussion: Dr. Sanity and Fausta's blog
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Armed Liberal / Winds of Change.NET:   '300'  —  ...opens tonight, and we have tickets at the Bridge theater near the airport.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
POLITICAL WINDS SHIFTING ON IRAQ?  —  The National Journal reports this morning that momentum on the Iraq issue may be shifting from the Democrats to the Republicans: … To see how frustrated the Democrats are feeling, check out this video of Congressman David Obey going ballistic on a group of antiwar liberals.
Discussion: Mudville Gazette
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
False alarm: "Islamic State of Iraq" leader not captured
CraigC / protein wisdom:
Brad Delp, RIP
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Dem Rep: Hastings Should "Absolutely" Be Investigated
ZEENEWS.COM:
Top Pakistan nuclear scientists in Taliban Custody: Zee News Exclusive
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
Alan Colmes ties GOP Marine hero, prostitute, porn star in knots
Discussion: Brendan Calling
Philip Klein / American Spectator:
The Protocols of the Elder Carter
Discussion: Power Line and Redstate
 Earlier Items: 
Maha / The Mahablog:
Politicization of Justice
Martin Samuel / Times of London:
Miss Israel finalist quits after family's honour killing plot
Miguel Helft / New York Times:
After Mastering Web Traffic, Google Runs Bus Line
Discussion: TalkLeft
Cenk Uygur / The Huffington Post:
Fred Thompson Considering Entering the Presidential Race
Discussion: Daily Kos
Curt Anderson / Associated Press:
Tape of Padilla interrogation is missing
Bravo Romeo Delta / protein wisdom:
We Will Lose The War On Terror [BRD]
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
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