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12:00 PM ET, March 29, 2007

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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Former Key Aide Testifies Today on Gonzales's Statements  —  D. Kyle Sampson, point man for the removal of eight United States attorneys, has spent almost seven years at the right hand of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales.  —  And over time, friends and former colleagues say …
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New York Times:
Gonzales Draws Strong Criticism of Prosecutors  —  Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales endured blunt criticism Tuesday from federal prosecutors who questioned the firings of eight United States attorneys, complained that the dismissals had undermined morale and expressed broader grievances …
New York Times:
E-Mail Shows Rove's Role in Fate of Prosecutors  —  Almost every Wednesday afternoon, advisers to President Bush gather to strategize about putting his stamp on the federal courts and the United States attorneys' offices.  —  The group meets in the Roosevelt Room and includes aides …
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Sampson: Answers To Look For  —  So what, exactly, will Democrats be grilling Kyle Sampson about, starting in a couple minutes?  —  U.S. News has a general rundown which is a good start, but there a few key things to look for, a couple of which they touch on.
Discussion: US News and On Deadline
Rick Klein / Boston Globe:
Kennedy: Justice firings are keyed to '08 vote
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Kyle Sampson Testimony, Part II
Discussion: politburo diktat 2.0
Washington Post:
Ex-Aide to Say Others at Justice Knew of Firings
Robin Toner / New York Times:
Democrats Are Building on Unity Over Iraq Pullout  —  No one has seemed more surprised by the Democrats' success in pushing an exit strategy for Iraq than the Democrats.  —  Their aggressiveness and unity on a major foreign-policy challenge to the president is a striking change for a party that has …
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
A 'Law & Order' Presidential Candidate?  —  "Law & Order" star and former U.S. senator Fred Dalton Thompson is considering a bid for the White House that would test whether Hollywood can once again launch a Republican to the world's premier political stage.  —  His interest, confirmed …
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Thompson Run Could Trigger 'Equal Time' Rule  —  If Fred Thompson, the one-time Tennessee senator better known to most Americans as district attorney Arthur Branch on "Law & Order," runs for president, some of his fans may be in for a letdown.  Television stations are expected to drop reruns …
Discussion: August J. Pollak, NewsHog and Wonkette
Nico / Think Progress:
Video: Rove raps at correspondents dinner.  —  At tonight's Radio and Television Correspondents Dinner, Karl Rove said he likes to "tear the tops off of small animals" in his spare time, then rapped about it as "MC Rove."  Watch it:  —  At the same event, President Bush said of the U.S. Attorney scandal …
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Washington Post:
The Myth Of Voter Fraud  —  As Congress probes the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, attention is centering on who knew what, and when.  It's just as important to focus on "why," such as the reason given for the firing of at least one of the U.S. attorneys, John McKay of Washington state …
Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Democrats say McCain nearly abandoned GOP  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was close to leaving the Republican Party in 2001, weeks before then-Sen. Jim Jeffords (Vt.) famously announced his decision to become an Independent, according to former Democratic lawmakers who say they were involved in the discussions.
Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
Blogging with Bush  —  In trying to win support for his escalation in Iraq, President Bush was reduced to quoting two bloggers in Baghdad — who turned out to be brothers he had met here— and their postings were more than three weeks old.  Has it come to this?
BBC:
US 'no longer technology king'  —  The US has lost its position as the world's primary engine of technology innovation, according to a report by the World Economic Forum.  —  The US is now ranked seventh in the body's league table measuring the impact of technology on the development of nations.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
MCCAIN STANDS IN THE GAP  —  Let's put aside for a moment McCain/Feingold and the right's other grievances against John McCain.  When it comes to the war on terror, is he the Lincoln of our time?  McCain has now launched a petition drive, under the name Surrender Is Not an Option.  McCain says:
Nicole Gaouette / Los Angeles Times:
White House works behind the scenes for immigration reform  —  The administration has been meeting with key Republican senators to devise a consensus plan aimed at garnering wide GOP support.  —  WASHINGTON — With President Bush looking to counter a legacy increasingly marred by the war in Iraq …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Lonewacko
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
As Forbes Endorses Giuliani, Giuliani Endorses a Flat Tax  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani accepted the endorsement of Steve Forbes yesterday and embraced Mr. Forbes's signature issue, saying he liked the idea of a flat tax — something Mr. Giuliani denounced when Mr. Forbes was running for president.
Austin Bay / TCS Daily:
Iran's Latest Hostage Gamble  —  The sailors call them "RHIBs" — rigid hull inflatable boats.  Add powerful outboard motors, and the agile, shallow-draft RHIB becomes an ideal watercraft for scooting around the Tigris and Euphrates estuary or for slipping among suspicious dhows in Iraqi coastal waters.
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
Katherine Kersten / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Moderate American Muslim gives a challenging response to the six imams  —  Dr. Zuhdi Jasser of Phoenix was deeply troubled after 9/11.  A Muslim, he saw his faith threatened by extremists seeking to hijack it for political ends.  "Islam is a spiritual path," he says.
Discussion: Power Line and Hot Air
 
 
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Johanna Neuman / Los Angeles Times:
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USA Today:
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Neoconservative radicalism has reshaped our political spectrum
Allison Klein / Washington Post:
You Can Bring Gun to Capitol, but Not Through D.C.
Rob Bluey / Bluey Blog:
All Together Now: 'The Largest Tax Increase in History'
Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
Fence execs sentenced for illegal hiring
Washington Post:
Md. Senate Advances Bill To Dodge Electoral College
Sky News:
Scottish Firm In The Poo
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Reuters:
Iraq official confirms police in reprisal killings
Discussion: Mia Culpa
Media Matters for America:
BREAKING: Drudge links to Politico 45 times during its two-month existence
Discussion: Oliver Willis
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Senate's Bold Proposal for Iraq: Sugar Beets and Rural Schools — in the U.S.
David Miliband / Telegraph:
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

 
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