Lieberman: Bomb Iran If It Doesn't Stop  —  Conn. Senator Says The U.S. Should Strike If Tehran Keeps Helping Anti-U.S. Forces In Iraq  —  (CBS) The United States should launch military strikes against Iran if the government in Tehran does not stop supplying anti-American forces in Iraq …

'Meet the Press' transcript for June 10, 2007  —  Colin Powell on the war in Iraq, Decision 2008 and much more  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: February 5th, 2003, then Secretary of State Colin Powell goes before the United Nations to lay out the case against Saddam Hussein.

Immigration Judges Often Picked Based On GOP Ties  —  Law Forbids Practice; Courts Being Reshaped  —  The Bush administration increasingly emphasized partisan political ties over expertise in recent years in selecting the judges who decide the fate of hundreds of thousands of immigrants …

The Sopranos Finale: will Tony live or will he get whacked?  —  Will Tony Soprano live or will he get whacked in tonight's final episode of The Sopranos?  Momentum is building up among the popular TV series "aficionados", so is the betting frenzy surrounding the last episode of The Sopranos.

Giving It Away For Free  —  Avedon Carol pointed me to this interesting observation that I think is worthy of a little more discussion.  Writing about the inexplicable decision of the Democrats to appropriate more money for abstinence only education Avedon says:

Studies say death penalty deters crime  —  Anti-death penalty forces have gained momentum in the past few years, with a moratorium in Illinois, court disputes over lethal injection in more than a half-dozen states and progress toward outright abolishment in New Jersey.

WHAT DID THE CIA TELL PRESIDENT BUSH ABOUT IRAQ?  —  Earlier today, Scott discussed a recent article by Paul Pillar, in which Pillar defended the CIA's performance on Iraq.  Pillar, who was largely responsible for Iraq intelligence, wrote about the Senate Intelligence Committee's release …

Gaza militants' "TV" sign draws reporters' anger  —  Source: Reuters  —  The Palestinian journalists' union criticised militants on Sunday for using a vehicle marked with a "TV" sign to approach Gaza's border with Israel and attack an Israeli military position across the frontier.

America's Secret Obsession  —  "If you guard your toothbrushes and diamonds with equal zeal, you'll probably lose fewer toothbrushes and more diamonds."  —  McGeorge Bundy  —  In April 1971, CIA officer John Seabury Thomson paddled his aluminum canoe across the Potomac on his daily commute …

Bandar and the $2 Billion Question  —  Hundreds of pages of confidential U.S. bank records may be the missing link in illuminating new allegations that a major British arms contractor funneled up to $2 billion in questionable payments to Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan.