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12:00 AM ET, March 16, 2007

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Jan Crawford Greenburg / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: E-Mails Show Rove's Role in U.S. Attorney Firings  —  Unreleased E-Mails Contradict White House Assertions That the Firings Originated With Harriet Miers  —  New unreleased e-mails from top administration officials show that the idea of firing all 93 U.S. attorneys was raised …
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Murray Waas / National Journal:
Internal Affairs  —  Aborted DOJ Probe Probably Would Have Targeted Gonzales  —  Shortly before Attorney General Alberto Gonzales advised President Bush last year on whether to shut down a Justice Department inquiry regarding the administration's warrantless domestic eavesdropping program …
CREW:
CREW ASKS FOR HOUSE INVESTIGATION INTO WHITE HOUSE VIOLATIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS ACT  —  U.S. ATTORNEY FIRINGS AND ABRAMOFF-RELATED EMAILS SENT FROM RNC AND OTHER OUTSIDE ADDRESSES CIRCUMVENT MANDATORY RECORD-KEEPING SYSTEM  —  Washington, DC - In light of e-mails released …
Discussion: Needlenose
CBS News:
Strategist Says Gonzales Is "Finished"  —  Senate Investigation Heats Up Amid Calls For Attorney General Gonzales' Ouster  —  (CBS/AP) Pressure mounted on the White House Thursday to fire Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for the abrupt dismissal of U.S. attorneys.
Mark Memmott / On Deadline:
Second Republican suggests Gonzales should go  —  A second Senate Republican stepped forward today to suggest that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should leave his post because of the way the Justice Department handled the firings of eight federal prosecutors, USA TODAY's Kathy Kiely tells us.
Think Progress:
Breaking: New E-Mails Show Rove, Gonzales Had Deeper Role In U.S. Attorney Firings  —  ABC News reports that new emails reveal that the plan for firing U.S. Attorneys originated in the White House.  Both Karl Rove and Alberto Gonzales discussed the idea of firing all 93 U.S. attorneys in early January 2005.
Jan Crawford Greenburg / ABCNEWS:
E-Mails Show Rove's Role in U.S. Attorney Firings  —  White House Says E-Mails Are Consistent With Its Original Statements on the Controversy  —  New unreleased e-mails from top administration officials show that the idea of firing all 93 U.S. attorneys was raised by White House Deputy Chief …
Discussion: Political Animal
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
CREW: White House Breaking Records Law?  —  A number of readers have pointed out that Karl Rove's deputy at the White House, Scott Jennings, used an outside domain, gwb43.com, for his emails.  The domain, it turns out, is owned by the Republican National Committee.
Paul Mirengoff / News Bloggers Blog:   About those fired U.S. Attorneys, Part Two
Cenk Uygur / The Huffington Post:   Why is a Political Operative on the Government Payroll?
Sidney Blumenthal / Salon:
All roads lead to Rove
Discussion: Slate and Think Progress
Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:
Officials: Mohammed exaggerated claims  —  WASHINGTON - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's claims that he was responsible for dozens of successful, foiled and imagined attacks in the past 15 years relies on a loose definition of the word "responsible."  Officials say the 9/11 mastermind was key to some plots but a bit player in others.
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Ian / Hot Air:
Video: Rosie dismisses KSM, says he is not "be all, end all" of terrorism Update: Rosie defends KSM; robbed of his "humanity"  —  UPDATE: Rosie defends KSM:  —  In the segment prior to what we originally posted, Rosie defended Khalid Shaikh Mohammed's "humanity", remarking terrorists aren't treated like …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Support for al-Qaida plots on large right-wing blog
Debbie Schlussel:
OUTRAGE: Rosie O'Donnell Feels Bad for 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
New York Times:
Senate Rejects Measure for Iraq Pullout  —  In a largely party-line vote, the Senate today rejected a Democratic resolution aimed at withdrawing most American combat troops from Iraq in 2008.  But Democratic leaders vowed to keep raising the measure to escalate pressure on the Bush Administration …
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William Branigin / Washington Post:
Senate GOP Turns Back Iraq Pullout Plan  —  The Senate today rejected a binding Democratic-sponsored resolution that would have set a target date a little more than a year from now for the withdrawal of most U.S. combat troops from Iraq.  Senators then approved by large margins …
Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
Panel Keeps Iraq Timeline in Budget Plan
Discussion: Daily Kos
Scott Lilly / Center for American Progress:
"Liberal Idiots"  —  Reality Check for Iraq War Opponents  —  As the result of a concealed camera and the miracle of YouTube, my old boss, Dave Obey (D-WI), roiled the political waters last week by using the term "liberal idiots" during an argument with an Iraq War protestor.
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Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
Endorsing Doing Nothing on Iraq
Paul Kedrosky / Opinion Journal:
Viacom v. YouTube  —  The real issue is a consumer rebellion, not intellectual property.  —  Today's Video on WSJ.com: Inside the Editorial Page—Paul Gigot & Co. discuss Viacom's lawsuit against Google.  —  One billion dollars.  Viacom's claimed damages in its recently announced copyright …
Discussion: EconLog and Reason Magazine
 
 
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Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Stop the Presses, Boys! Women Claim Space on Op-Ed Pages
Discussion: Instapundit.com and Gawker
John Steele / Telegraph:
Freedom of speech row as talk on Islamic extremists is banned
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Daily Show: Serving at the Pleasure of the President
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At Candidates Forum, Silence About the War Speaks Volumes
The Hill:
2008 and counting: Using praise as a weapon on the trail
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 260K digital subscribers in Q3, for 11.9M in total, with digital ad revenue up 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic had its first profit

Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Sources: Shari Redstone does not plan to stay on the board of Paramount Global after the company completes its planned merger with Skydance Media

 
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