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6:10 PM ET, April 12, 2007

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Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Countless White House E-Mails Deleted  —  Countless e-mails to and from many key White House staffers have been deleted — lost to history and placed out of reach of congressional subpoenas — due to a brazen violation of internal White House policy that was allowed to continue for more than six years …
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Laurie Kellman / 165.1.76.240:
Leahy Says Bush Aides Lied About E-Mails  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush's aides are lying about White House e-mails sent on a Republican account that might have been lost, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy said Thursday, vowing to subpoena those documents if the administration fails to cough them up.
Michael Roston / The Raw Story:
Leahy: Missing RNC E-mails are like Nixon's 18-minute gap  —  The top Senate Democrat leading investigations into the dismissal of 8 U.S. Attorneys by the Justice Department is comparing e-mails lost by the Republican National Committee to President Richard Nixon's famous "18-minute" gap in White House tape recordings.
Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Bush aides' use of GOP e-mail probed  —  WASHINGTON - The White House said Wednesday it had mishandled Republican Party-sponsored e-mail accounts used by nearly two dozen presidential aides, resulting in the loss of an undetermined number of e-mails concerning official White House business.
Justin Rood Reports / The Blotter:
White House E-mails: Gone, But Not Forgotten?
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Go To The Mattresses  —  (Photo of somewhat used prison mattresses via macwagen.)
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Faiz / Think Progress:
Perino 'Defends' Email Statements: I Didn't Lie, I Just Had No Idea …
William Finn Bennett / North County Times:
Waxman wants answers on White House contract with MZM
Discussion: Think Progress and The Next Hurrah
Washington Post:
Bombing Inside Green Zone Kills Iraqi Lawmakers  —  A bomb struck the Iraqi parliament building inside the well-protected Green Zone today, killing at least two Iraqi lawmakers and demonstrating the vulnerability of even heavily guarded targets despite increased American attempts to secure the capital.
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Brian Bennett / Time:
The Iraq Parliament Attack: Al-Qaeda Sends a Message
Discussion: Pajamas Media and Ace of Spades HQ
Associated Press:
CBS fires Don Imus from radio show  —  Decision comes day after MSNBC drops shock jock's TV simulcast  —  NEW YORK - CBS fired Don Imus from his radio show Thursday, the finale to a stunning fall for one of the nation's most prominent broadcasters.  —  Imus initially was given a two-week suspension …
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WCBS-TV:
CBS Radio Fires Don Imus  —  (CBS) NEW YORK BREAKING NEWS: CBS Radio fired Don Imus Thursday, one day after MSNBC discontinued its relationship with his radio show.  —  CBS Chairman and CEO Les Moonves issued the following statement regarding the decision:
Michael Yon:
British Forces at War: As Witnessed by an American  —  Basra, Iraq  —  The explosions from enemy rockets and mortar fire have been constant companions for the small contingent of Coalition forces based at the former Basra Palace, on the banks of Shatt al Arab River.
Ana Marie Cox / Time:
An Imus Guest Says No More  —  Every time I've been on Don Imus' show, he has reminded listeners that he "discovered" me.  It's not exactly hyperbole.  He first invited me on when I was just a foulmouthed blogger who ran the gossipy political site Wonkette.
Jesse Walker / Reason Magazine:
Kurt Vonnegut, RIP  —  The author of three of my favorite books — the dark Phildickian comedy The Sirens of Titan and two novels of World War II, Mother Night and Slaughterhouse-Five — has died at age 84.  At his worst his whimsy could be cloying, and I have to admit I stopped reading …
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Elaine Woo / Los Angeles Times:
His popular novels blended social criticism, dark humor
New York Times:
In 5-Year Effort, Scant Evidence of Voter Fraud  —  Five years after the Bush administration began a crackdown on voter fraud, the Justice Department has turned up virtually no evidence of any organized effort to skew federal elections, according to court records and interviews.
Drudge Report:
IMUS: 'WHEN WILL SHARPTON APOLOGIZE TO DUKE PLAYERS'?  —  Patrick Gavin with FISHBOWLDC reports on Imus's radio show this am...  Barely 12 hours after being fired from MSNBC...  6:12 AM: On Imus' radio program (no longer simulcast on MSNBC) this morning, Chris Carlin, who covers sports for the program …
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Patrick / mediabistro.com:
Imus Snipping Back At Sharpton?
Michael McAuliff / Mouth of the Potomac:
HILLARY IS HEADING TO RUTGERS  —  A Mouth Exclusive:  —  The Mouth has learned that Hillary Clinton is following up her e-love efforts for the Rutgers women's basketball team with something more tangible — a real-life visit on Monday.  —  The trip to see the Scarlet Knights comes …
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Giuliani's States Rights Dodge Of The Day  —  Ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani has taken to using a mantra — let states decide controversial issues — to avoid having to voice his own opinion on said controversial issues.  (The Giuliani campaign hates it when we call it a "mantra.")
Discussion: The RBC and Matthew Yglesias
 
 
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Andrea Peyser / New York Post:
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Discomfited, Again  —  Yes, if Fred Thompson jumps into the race …
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McCain and the War
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