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12:25 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:
FBI Audit Prompts Calls for Reform
Discussion: The Corner
Washington Post:
Gonzales Tries to Mollify GOP Critics on Firings, FBI Missteps
Discussion: New York Times
Dennis Lormel / Counterterrorism Blog:
National Security Letters...An Important Investigative Tool for the FBI
Washington Post:
D.C.'s Ban On Handguns In Homes Is Thrown Out  —  Fenty Promises to Fight Appellate Court's Ruling  —  A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that the District's longtime ban on keeping handguns in homes is unconstitutional.  —  The 2 to 1 decision by an appellate panel outraged D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty …
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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 …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Appeals Court Says Gun Ban Violates 2nd Amendment
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
Washington Wire:   Dred-full Decision  —  It's not often these days that courts …
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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Juan Carlos Llorca / Associated Press:
Priests to purify site after Bush visit  —  GUATEMALA CITY - Mayan priests will purify a sacred archaeological site to eliminate "bad spirits" after President Bush visits next week, an official with close ties to the group said Thursday.  —  "That a person like (Bush) …
Maura Reynolds / Los Angeles Times:   Brazil, U.S. to promote use of biofuels
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 …
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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 …
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
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: MaxSpeak and Althouse
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 …
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.
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."
Joseph Rago / Opinion Journal:
Free Radical  —  Ayaan Hirsi Ali infuriates Muslims and discomfits liberals.  —  NEW YORK—Ayaan Hirsi Ali is untrammeled and unrepentant: "I am supposed to apologize for saying the prophet is a pervert and a tyrant," she declares.  "But that is apologizing for the truth."
Discussion: JunkYardBlog
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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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
Alan Colmes ties GOP Marine hero, prostitute, porn star in knots
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Michael Roston / The Raw Story:
Zell Miller: Abortion has shrunk our military, hurt social security …
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Philip Klein / American Spectator:
The Protocols of the Elder Carter
Discussion: Power Line and Redstate
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Politicization of Justice
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Martin Samuel / Times of London:
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Miguel Helft / New York Times:
After Mastering Web Traffic, Google Runs Bus Line
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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
Associated Press:
Boston lead singer Brad Delp dies at 55
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Bravo Romeo Delta / protein wisdom:
We Will Lose The War On Terror [BRD]
Discussion: Simianbrain and NewsHog
Michael Roston / The Raw Story:
Anti-McCain vets ready salvo against Senator's presidential campaign
Wyatt Buchanan / San Francisco Chronicle:
Reaction to Coulter's slur hints at shift in view of gays
Discussion: Riehl World View
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
U.S. and Iran May Steal the Show at Iraq's Security Meeting
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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