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9:30 AM ET, May 17, 2007

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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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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 …
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 …
Real Cities:
2 additional prosecutors were considered for ouster
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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?
Discussion: Prairie Weather and MSNBC
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Susan Milligan / Boston Globe:
Democrats moving to the left on war
Discussion: New York Times and MSNBC
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
McCain, Romney Duel as Giuliani Leads
Discussion: MSNBC and The Caucus
Simon Barnes / Times of London:
Gaza lurches towards civil war as leaders lose control of gunmen battling on street  —  Sonia Verma in Jerusalem and Azmi Keshawi in Gaza  —  Gaza was on the brink of civil war last night as violent clashes between Palestinian factions spiralled out of control.
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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Unity Fractures as Palestinians Battle in Gaza
Discussion: Jules Crittenden
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 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:
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.
Discussion: MSNBC
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Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
Giuliani Raked in $16.1 Million
Discussion: News Hounds
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 …
Discussion: CNN and Cliff Schecter
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.
Discussion: MSNBC, BuzzMachine and EconoPundit
Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
Plame Seeks Showdown With Cheney  —  A lawsuit brought by a CIA agent whose cover was blown by Bush administration officials, Valerie Plame, is expected to face a withering attack this morning at a court hearing in Washington.  —  Through their attorneys, the defendants in the case …
Discussion: Think Progress
Nancy Benac / Associated Press:
Democrats seek diversity in advisers  —  WASHINGTON - When the leading Republican presidential candidates sit down with their top advisers, those with a seat at the table don't exactly look like America, to use the phrase popularized by former President Clinton.
Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
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.
Joshua Treviño / joshua.treviño.at:
Party men, Townhall, and war.  —  A truly remarkable series of events has transpired in the past few days, and we are faced with a split in the online right that is both portentious — and necessary.  Before we get into the details of the division, we must step back a bit and ask why we participate …
 
 
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Beth Frerking / The Politico:
Military families hit hard by ban on social sites
Jerusalem Post:
Shin Bet uncovers plot to kill Olmert
Eric Pooley / Time:
The Last Temptation of Al Gore
Arab News:
'Islamophobia Worst Form of Terrorism'
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Gateway Pundit:
Iraqis Observe Moment of Silence to Mark "Mass Graves Day"
Discussion: Associated Press
Steven R. Weisman / New York Times:
Wolfowitz Said to Push for Deal to Quit
Damien Cave / New York Times:
Iraqis Admit Ambush Roles as U.S. Searches for 3 G.I.'s
Washington Post:
It's Our Cage, Too  —  Torture Betrays Us and Breeds New Enemies
 Earlier Items: 
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Faith-Based Fraud  —  JERRY FALWELL'S FOUL RANTINGS PROVE …
Newsweek:
Terrorists in the File Cabinet?
Discussion: National Review
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Dan Rather makes his acting debut
Ian Traynor / Guardian:
Russia accused of cyberwar
Lewis Z. Koch / Firedoglake:
Seeing Jose Padilla for the first time
Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Sideshow
Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
Clinton won't commit on Iraq deadline
Discussion: QandO
Kate O'Beirne / National Review:
Immigration-Reform Update  —  Senate Repubicans met today …
Brian / TVNewser:
Debates: DNC Announces Six; Two On CNN, Two On NBC/MSNBC