Clinton aide forfeits law license in Justice probe  —  Samuel R. Berger, the Clinton White House national security adviser who was caught taking highly classified documents from the National Archives, has agreed to forfeit his license to practice law.  —  In a written statement issued by Larry Breuer …

Hamas blames world, Israel and Arabs  —  The international community, Israel and Arab countries are to blame for the current inter-Palestinian fighting in the Gaza Strip for failing to life an economic siege on the Palestinians, a senior Hamas official said Wednesday.

don't...stop...thinking about her morals  —  hillary.com wants us to vote for hillary's theme song.  they've provided a list of suggestions to choose from.  —  we think it's more appropriate to suggest our own nominations.  —  for example, sammy davis, jr:  —  or some elton john:  —  or ace of base:

Same game, new rules with Dems at helm  —  Democrats are wielding a heavy hand on the House Rules Committee, committing many of the procedural sins for which they condemned Republicans during their 12 years in power.  —  So far this year, Democrats have frequently prevented Republicans …

What Could Possibly Be So Bad?  —  I did not get a chance to see the full Comey testimony until today and it is a doozy, all right.  (If you haven't see it yet, check out the YouTube)  —  Glenn Greenwald says most of what needs to be said in this piece, and The Muckraker and FDL also fill in some gaps.

For '08 Résumés, Don't Ask Them to Fill in Blanks  —  Stealing a page from the Soviet playbook, the current crop of presidential candidates has taken to eliminating whole chapters of their histories.  —  Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's turbulent final years as first lady?

The Wages of Weakness  —  Bernard Lewis is our greatest living scholar of the Islamic world.  In today's Wall Street Journal, he drew lessons from our Cold War experience and applied them to the current situation in the Middle East.  Lewis's arguments are powerful; doubly so …

A Disaster: The GOP Caves On Border Security  —  Word is leaking that the GOP in the Senate are on the verge of agreeing to an immigration bill that has —as a concession to the GOP— less than half of the fencing promised by law last year.  —  White flag time on the border, and a national security and thus a political disaster.

Debates: DNC Announces Six; Two On CNN, Two On NBC/MSNBC  —  The Democratic National Committee has officially announced "the dates, media sponsors and cities for the six DNC sanctioned debates."  —  CNN and NBC get two and ABC and CBS get one each.  Fox News isn't included.  Here's the list:

It's Our Cage, Too  —  Torture Betrays Us and Breeds New Enemies  —  Fear can be a strong motivator.  It led Franklin Roosevelt to intern tens of thousands of innocent U.S. citizens during World War II; it led to Joseph McCarthy's witch hunt, which ruined the lives of hundreds of Americans.

Iraqis Admit Ambush Roles as U.S. Searches for 3 G.I.'s  —  Four days into a huge manhunt for three American soldiers abducted in an ambush a few miles from here, military officials said Wednesday that they had detained several local residents who confessed to taking part in the attack …

Seeing Jose Padilla for the first time  —  Let's all welcome Lew to Firedoglake - he'll be covering the Padilla trial for us - and he'll be on the Thom Hartmann show on Air America tomorrow!  —  Seeing Jose Padilla for the first time in person - after five years of studying the man …