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12:45 PM ET, May 17, 2007

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Al Gore / Time:
Book Excerpt: The Assault on Reason  —  Not long before our nation launched the invasion of Iraq, our longest-serving Senator, Robert Byrd of West Virginia, stood on the Senate floor and said: "This chamber is, for the most part, silent—ominously, dreadfully silent.
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Eric Pooley / Time:
The Last Temptation of Al Gore  —  Let's say you were dreaming up the perfect stealth candidate for 2008, a Democrat who could step into the presidential race when the party confronts its inevitable doubts about the front runners.  You would want a candidate with the grass-roots appeal of Barack Obama …
Discussion: EconoPundit
Eric Pooley / Time:
The Last Temptation of Al Gore
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Don Surber:
Al Gore's assault on democracy
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Washington Post:
Justice Weighed Firing 1 in 4  —  26 Prosecutors Were Listed As Candidates  —  The Justice Department considered dismissing many more U.S. attorneys than officials have previously acknowledged, with at least 26 prosecutors suggested for termination between February 2005 and December 2006 …
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R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
No Dissent on Spying, Says Justice Dept.  —  The Justice Department said yesterday that it will not retract a sworn statement in 2006 by Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales that the Terrorist Surveillance Program had aroused no controversy inside the Bush administration …
New York Times:
Loyal to Bush but Big Thorn in G.O.P. Side  —  For a loyal George W. Bush Republican, James B. Comey has made a remarkable amount of trouble for the White House.  —  As deputy attorney general in 2003, he appointed his old friend Patrick J. Fitzgerald as independent counsel in the C.I.A. leak case …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
What will be done about James Comey's revelations?
Discussion: American Footprints
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
ABC News's Charlie Gibson Calls the Shots, Lands on Top  —  After word arrived Tuesday afternoon that Jerry Falwell had suffered a fatal heart attack, Charlie Gibson was determined not to lead his newscast with the preacher's death.  —  "It lends importance to a figure whose legacy contained …
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Jacques Steinberg / New York Times:   Charles Gibson Enjoys a Second Wind on ABC
Mark Daniels / Better Living:
Why Has ABC's Evening Newscast with Charlie Gibson Vaulted to Number One?
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
The search in the Triangle of Death continues  —  a U.S. Army Blackhawk drops reward leaflets over Owesat Village on May 14 [U.S. Army photo].  Click to view.  —  U.S. and Iraqi forces continue to scour the farming regions around Yusifiyah and Mahmudiyah in an effort to recover its 3 missing soldiers
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Crystal Patterson / HillaryClinton.com:
Cast Your Vote for Hillary's Campaign Song  —  Hillary Clinton is getting the 2008 voting started early, posting a YouTube video on her website this afternoon in which she urges supporters to cast their vote for her official campaign theme song.  —  Coming on the heels of her text messaging …
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Skippy / skippy the bush kangaroo:
don't...stop...thinking about her morals  —  hillary.com wants us …
Discussion: The Sideshow
Ed Henry / CNN:
Wolfowitz interview goes nowhere fast … In our Behind the Scenes series, CNN correspondents share their experiences in covering news and analyze the stories behind the events.  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — I was the only reporter in the world to talk to embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz on Wednesday.
Discussion: World Bank President and TBogg
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Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
Rove's Worrisome Witness  —  On the day presidential senior adviser Karl Rove administered a tongue-lashing to a Republican congressman, disturbing news about his former executive assistant was spread on Capitol Hill.  GOP House members learned that Susan Ralston is requesting immunity …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Immigration Overhaul Is Closer to Senate Floor  —  Proposal Would Offer Route to Legal Status, Shift Preferences to Skilled Workers  —  Senate negotiators reached a tentative agreement yesterday on a broad overhaul of the nation's immigration laws that would offer virtually …
Jerry Seper / Washington Times:
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 …
Washington Post:
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.
Newsweek:
Terrorists in the File Cabinet?  —  Three of the Fort Dix suspects entered the United States illegally more than two decades ago.  How tighter immigration enforcement might have prevented the possible plot before it was ever dreamt up.  —  The arrest last week of three New Jersey terror suspects …
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
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?
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Reports Show Wealth as a Common Factor Among 2008 Contenders  —  Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani of New York, who just six years ago told a divorce court he had only $7,000 in assets under his control, has amassed a net worth of more than $30 million, much of it from paid speeches.
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Unity Fractures as Palestinians Battle in Gaza  —  Gaza City was shuttered on Wednesday as gunmen took over rooftops and top-floor apartments.  Most everyone else huddled fearfully indoors on the fourth day of factional Palestinian fighting that is drawing in the Israeli military.
The Atlantic Online:
Richardsonmania  —  I attended a big speech by Bill Richardson, the unknown candidate, this morning where he put forward an extremely ambitious energy and climate change agenda that, I believe, will also be released in greater detail on his website soon.  I also got a chance to talk to Richardson …
Discussion: Eschaton and Ezra Klein
 
 
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Roxana Tiron / The Hill:
Dems fail to rein in Bush's war-making powers with Iran
Discussion: Power Line
Guardian:
Harry could still go to Iraq, MoD says
Rick Maze / Army Times:
White House: 3.5 percent pay hike unnecessary
Jim Davenport / Associated Press:
Michigan GOP leader wants Paul barred from future debates
Politics Central:
The Glenn and Helen Show: Conn Iggulden on Boys and Danger
John Solomon / Washington Post:
Scientists Cast Doubt on Kennedy Bullet Analysis
Telegraph:
Scientists allowed to create hybrid embryos
 Earlier Items: 
Derek Hunter / The Politico:
'Fairness doctrine': Anything but fair
James Robbins / BBC:
War-torn Iraq 'facing collapse'
Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
Democrats Agree on a $2.9 Trillion Budget
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
Plame Seeks Showdown With Cheney
Discussion: Think Progress
Arab News:
'Islamophobia Worst Form of Terrorism'
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Gateway Pundit:
Iraqis Observe Moment of Silence to Mark "Mass Graves Day"