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John Solomon / Washington Post:
FBI Provided Inaccurate Data for Surveillance Warrants — FBI agents repeatedly provided inaccurate information to win secret court approval of surveillance warrants in terrorism and espionage cases, prompting officials to tighten controls on the way the bureau uses that powerful anti-terrorism tool …
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Jan Crawford Greenburg / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: DOJ Official Ignored White House Guidance
EXCLUSIVE: DOJ Official Ignored White House Guidance
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New York Times:
Justice Official Won't Testify on Prosecutor Firings
Justice Official Won't Testify on Prosecutor Firings
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Ryan Sager / New York Sun Politics:
McCain-Feingold: Five Years of Failure — Five years ago today, President Bush signed into law the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002. Today, American politics is so clean you could eat off it — except for the mud-slinging, back-scratching, favor-trading, influence-peddling, bald-faced lying, indictments, and convictions.
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Tapscott's Copy Desk — ‹‹ More From this Blog … Five years ago today President Bush signed into law the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, the main sponsors of which were Sen. John McCain, R-AZ, and Sen. Russ Feingold, D-WI. Bush signed the bill despite having …
William Glaberson / New York Times:
Plea of Guilty From Detainee in Guantánamo — In the first conviction of a Guantánamo detainee before a military commission, an Australian who was trained by Al Qaeda pleaded guilty here Monday to providing material support to a terrorist organization.
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Mark Coultan / Sydney Morning Herald:
Hicks pleads guilty — An artist's impression of David Hicks, left, who sits with his defence counsel in the US military courtroom in Guantanamo Bay. — David Hicks has pleaded guilty to one count of supporting a terrorist organisation. — The plea to a late night specially convened …
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Washington Post:
Republicans Soften Stance on Pullout Language — GOP Senators Willing To Let Bush Confront Iraq Timetable Issue — Unwilling to do the White House's heavy lifting on Iraq, Senate Republicans are prepared to step aside to allow language requiring troop withdrawals to reach President Bush …
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times: Republicans to Rely on President Bush's Veto to Block Troop Withdrawal Plan
Elizabeth Williamson / Washington Post:
'Billboard King' Reid Looks to Leave Mark on Senate War Funding Measure
'Billboard King' Reid Looks to Leave Mark on Senate War Funding Measure
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Matthew Fisher / canada.com:
Rice floats idea of Middle-East super summit — Photograph by : Associated Press/Murad Sezer — JERUSALEM - The emerging goal of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's recent shuttle diplomacy has created conditions that may make it possible to convene a Middle East peace super summit involving Israel …
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Associated Press:
Tests Show Snow's Cancer Has Returned — WASHINGTON (AP) - Presidential spokesman Tony Snow's surgery to remove a small growth showed that his cancer has returned, the White House said Tuesday. — Snow, 51, had his colon removed in 2005 and underwent six months of chemotherapy after being diagnosed with colon cancer.
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Frank Newport / Gallup Guru:
The Thompson factor — Our latest weekend USA Today/Gallup poll is full of interesting insights into American public opinion. Tops among them may be the changing landscape of the Republican primary field. — Of course it's early and much can change. But, as I noted here, that's the point.
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Mindful of Past, Clinton Cultivates the Military — Of all the early problems Bill Clinton faced as president, few stand out to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as more frustrating and avoidable than his rocky relationship with the military, her advisers say.
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Ned Parker / Los Angeles Times:
Insurgents report a split with Al Qaeda in Iraq — The U.S. hopes to take advantage of the Sunni rebel schism, which has resulted in combat in some areas. — BAGHDAD — Insurgent leaders and Sunni Arab politicians say divisions between insurgent groups and Al Qaeda in Iraq have widened …
Allison Klein / Washington Post:
Webb Aide Tried To Take Gun Into Senate Building, Capitol Police Say — A top aide to Sen. James Webb was charged yesterday with trying to carry a loaded pistol and extra ammunition into a Senate office building, U.S. Capitol Police said. — The staffer, Phillip Thompson …
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Inside Higher Ed:
Fooling the College Board — In the 1930's, American businesses were locked in a fierce economic competition with Russian merchants for fear that their communist philosophies would dominate American markets. As a result, American competition drove the country into an economic depression …
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Elizabeth Williamson / Washington Post:
Democrat Proposes Making Withdrawal Date Secret — Only Congress, White House and Iraqi Government Would Know Plan — In one of the more unusual proposals to emerge in the Senate debate on Iraq withdrawal, Sen. Mark Pryor wants to keep any plans for bringing troops home a secret.
Timothy Egan / New York Times:
Heat Invades Cool Heights Over Arizona Desert — SUMMERHAVEN, Ariz. — High above the desert floor, this little alpine town has long served as a natural air-conditioned retreat for people in Tucson, one of the so-called sky islands of southern Arizona. When it is 105 degrees in the city …
Kathy Sierra / Creating Passionate Users:
Death threats against bloggers are NOT "protected speech" (why I cancelled my ETech presentations) — As I type this, I am supposed to be in San Diego, delivering a workshop at the ETech conference. But I'm not. I'm at home, with the doors locked, terrified.
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Glen Johnson / Associated Press:
Romney offers student fundraisers money — BOSTON - A millionaire thanks to his work as a venture capitalist, Mitt Romney is acutely aware of the motivating power of money. His presidential campaign hopes it will have a similar effect on college students, which is why it's offering them a cut of their fundraising.
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