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2:55 AM ET, May 16, 2007

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David Stout / New York Times:
Gonzales Pressed Ailing Ashcroft on Spy Plan, Aide Says  —  On the night of March 10, 2004, a high-ranking Justice Department official rushed to a Washington hospital to prevent two White House aides from taking advantage of the critically ill Attorney General, John Ashcroft, the official testified today.
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Think Progress:
Former Deputy Attorney General James Comey, 5/15/07, Senate Judiciary Committee  —  COMEY: In the early part of 2004, the Department of Justice was engaged — the Office of Legal Counsel, under my supervision — in a reevaluation both factually and legally of a particular classified program.
David Johnston / New York Times:
President Intervened in Dispute Over Eavesdropping  —  President Bush intervened in March 2004 to avert a crisis over the National Security Agency's domestic eavesdropping program after Attorney General John Ashcroft, Director Robert S. Mueller III of the F.B.I. and other senior Justice Department aides …
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Comey Details White House Attempt to Force Approval of Secret Program  —  In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning, former Deputy Attorney General James Comey detailed the desperate late night efforts by then-White House counsel Alberto Gonzales and White House chief …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
MAKING SENSE OF COMEY
Discussion: News Bloggers Blog
ABCNEWS:
Bush Taps New 'War Czar'  —  ABC News Learns Pentagon Official Selected to Oversee Iraq, Afghanistan Wars  —  After a frustrating search for a new "war czar" to oversee the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, ABC News has learned that President Bush has chosen the Pentagon's director of operations, Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, for the role.
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Nico / Think Progress:
New 'War Czar' Advocated Troop Withdrawals To 'Undercut Perception Of Occupation'
Discussion: Danger Room and Hot Air
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Picks Army General to Coordinate War Policy
Discussion: INTEL DUMP
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Jerry Falwell dies at age 73  —  One of the nation's most notorious TV preachers, Jerry Falwell, died today in Lynchburg, Va. … More soon.  —  Update: I have to admit, writing about Falwell's death poses an awkward challenge for me.  When I worked at Americans United for Separation …
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Sue Lindsey / Associated Press:
Television evangelist Falwell dies at 73  —  LYNCHBURG, Va. - The Rev. Jerry Falwell, the television evangelist who founded the Moral Majority and used it to mold the religious right into a political force, died Tuesday shortly after being found unconscious in his office at Liberty University.
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Palmetto Punditry  —  The debate took a while to gain any traction, but there were some clarifying moments for me.  The questions were often excellent - especially the tough ones at the beginning about the war.  The Republicans, we learned, have absolutely no idea what to do about Iraq.
Discussion: National Review
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Lizstephans / Breitbart.tv:
Exclusive: Thompson Responds to Michael Moore Challenge  —  Breitbart.tv Exclusive: The confrontation over Cuba continues.  Michael Moore has challenged Fred Thompson to a health care debate.  At issue — Moore's trip to Cuba and Thompson's criticism of that trip.
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Bob Krumm:
Fred Thompson: a most unusual candidate  —  Updated to add video:  —  I don't know what's the best part of this video response to Michael Moore's publicity stunt: the cigar, the appropriate disdain, the lecture, the humor, or the quickness of the response, but what I do know is that Fred Thompson …
One Jerusalem:
VIDEO EXCLUSIVE::  Semi-protected Schools, Damaged Homes and Kassam Rockets: A Day in the Life of Sderot  —  Yesterday I had the privilege of visiting the city of Sderot.  Sdert is a city of 20,000 people located directly east of Northern Gaza.  In the last seven years …
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Aussie Dave / Israellycool:
Qassam Attack  —  So far tonight, 9 Qassam rockets have been fired …
Discussion: Israpundit and snapped shot
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:   News Analysis: Reality Overtakes the Illusion of Unity in Gaza
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: MSNBC quotes WhiteHouse.org on Falwell's political influence  —  Yeah, WhiteHouse.org.  The most infamous, relentlessly anti-Bush parody site on the 'Net.  —  You can imagine how it played out.  Producer to intern: "We need a fawning description of him from the White House website …
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
MSNBC punks itself!
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Financial Times:
Wolfowitz 'broke World Bank rules'  —  Paul Wolfowitz's handling of a secondment deal for his girlfriend Shaha Riza broke the World Bank's code of conduct, three staff rules and the terms of his contract as bank president, the final report by a panel investigating his role has concluded.
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Siun / Firedoglake:
Feingold-Reid - what do you think?  —  Yesterday, we discussed Sen. Chris Dodd's statement calling on the Senate leadership to have an up or down vote on Feingold-Reid instead of attaching it as an amendment to the Water Resources Development Act Reauthorization currently on the floor.
Discussion: TalkLeft
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GovExec.com:   Senate leader sets quick votes on Iraq funding
Hotline On Call:
Pre-Spin Room Thoughts: McCain, Rudy, Romney  —  Invoking the Roger Simon rule: in my judgment, John McCain convincingly and incontrovertibly won tonight's debate.  He was strong, confident, answered tough questions with ease and dispatch, and seemed the most presidential.
Discussion: eyeon08.com
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
GOP Debate II: Romney - "Double Guantanamo"  —  During the second GOP debate, Fox News' Brit Hume sets up a hypothetical situation where three terrorist attacks occur at shopping malls in major cities.  A fourth attack is thwarted and that would-be attacker, who we know has information about an impending …
Discussion: Think Progress and Hullabaloo
 
 
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Brandon Keim / Wired News:
New Phytoplankton Model May Revise Warming Estimates
Roxana Tiron / The Hill:
House Dems indicate they are more united on Iran legislation
Yossi Melman / Haaretz:
Experts: IAEA chief exaggerated Iranian nuclear progress
Discussion: Reuters and The Moderate Voice
Mark Kleiman / The RBC:
The plot unmasked  —  My post on the attempt by the New Right …
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Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Wash. Post still blind to liberal blogger successes
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Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg:
Republicans Shaken by Bush Presidency: Albert R. Hunt (Update1)
Redstate:
Sources: Senate GOP on Verge of Amnesty Deal
Max Boot / Opinion Journal:
Surging Ahead in Iraq