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5:30 PM ET, June 13, 2007

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Robert F. Bauer / The Huffington Post:
The Progressive Case for a Libby Pardon  —  All the views expressed in this post are those of the author and not of any client of his firm.  —  Until a very short while ago, few had heard of Scooter Libby.  Today, still not a celebrity with the larger public, he carries on his shoulders …
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Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Obama Opposes Libby Pardon  —  Via Atrios, Obama campaign general counsel Robert Bauer caused the Senator some trouble today by writing a piece on the Huffington Post blog arguing for a pardon for Scooter Libby.  Presumably not a popular position among Dems.  —  So we just asked the Obama campaign where he stood on a pardon.
Discussion: TalkLeft and TIME
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Bubblicious  —  Can someone tell me what hold Scooter Libby has on everyone in Washington that he can even get Barack Obama's general counsel to go to bat for him?  Pictures?  Videos?  What? … Well, that's a slick argument —  if you happen to be a 12 year old.  (General counsel?  Really?)
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Pardoning Scooter — Still A Bad Idea, Senator Obama  —  In a rather shocking move, Barak Obama's General Counsel Robert F. Bauer adds his voice to the chorus calling for Scooter Libby to be pardoned, but he believes he is coming at it from a different angle than the Libby apologists:
Discussion: TalkLeft and DownWithTyranny!
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CNN:
White House ex-aides subpoenaed … WASHINGTON (CNN) — Subpoenas are being issued to two former White House officials, the first to be subpoenaed in the fired U.S. attorneys investigation.  —  The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday issued a subpoena to Sara Taylor, former White House political director.
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Elizabeth Williamson / Washington Post:
Earmark Dispute Bogs Down Homeland Security Bill  —  House Committee Chairman Wants Lawmakers' Pet Projects Excluded Until Later in Appropriations Process  —  The congressional spending season began with a blowup over earmarks in the House yesterday, as the first bill to reach a vote prompted …
Washington Post:
Blasts Destroy Remnants of Samarra Shiite Shrine  —  Early morning blasts Wednesday destroyed two minarets at the same Shiite shrine in Samarra where an attack last year demolished the mosque's gilded dome and plunged the country into a wave of deadly sectarian violence.
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Mark Silva / swamppolitics.com:
White House eyes renewed mosque bombings
Jesse Lee / The Gavel:
Follow-Up Hearing on GSA Misconduct  —  The Oversight and Government Reform Committee is currently holding a hearing, "Continuing Allegations of Misconduct at General Services Administration."  The hearing will examine statements made by GSA Administrator Lurita Doan that impugn the reputation …
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Laura McGann / TPMmuckraker:
When In Trouble, Blame The Hortatory Subjunctive
Discussion: Daily Kos
Scott Wyman / Sun-Sentinel:
Broward may cancel deal with radio station because it airs Rush Limbaugh  —  Rush Limbaugh has long been a thorn in the side of liberals, but now, because of him, some Democratic politicians don't even want to join with a local radio station to broadcast hurricane information.
Heidi Przybyla / Bloomberg:
Most Americans Back Stalled Senate Immigration Bill, Poll Shows  —  Most Americans support central elements of the legislation overhauling U.S. immigration laws the Senate shelved last week after it failed to gain sufficient support from lawmakers.  —  A new Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll shows …
Discussion: Democrats.com and First Draft
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Confederate Yankee:
Burning the Smoking Gun  —  On March 12, Thomas Harding, Defense Correspondent of the U.K. Daily Telegraph, published what many regarded as evidence of the literal "smoking gun" proving Iranian government involvement in Iraq: … Other Iranian ordnance, such as explosively-formed penetrators designed …
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Rivals try to deflate F. Thompson campaign  —  Fred Thompson has had a relatively easy ride as he has flirted with a bid for the Republican presidential nomination.  His strategists have found traction promoting him as the heir to Ronald Reagan — and a conservative alternative to the top tier of the GOP field.
CNN:
Blast kills anti-Syrian lawmaker … BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) — A member of the Lebanese parliament was killed in an explosion Wednesday outside a Beirut military sports club in what hospital sources called an assassination.  —  Lawmaker Walid Eido, known as a foe of Syrian involvement in Lebanon …
Steve LeBlanc / Associated Press:
Gov. Romney held fast against pardons  —  BOSTON - Decorated Iraq war veteran Anthony Circosta seemed like an ideal candidate for a pardon from then-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for his boyhood conviction for a BB gun shooting.  Romney said no — twice — despite the recommendation of the state's Board of Pardons.
Tom Shales / Washington Post:
Dan Rather Takes On Network News With His Tart Remark  —  "It may not have been the wisest thing I've done this week," Dan Rather joked yesterday by phone from his office in New York.  —  Wise or not, the former CBS anchor's comments about the network's evening newscast have created a firestorm …
Nouri Al-Maliki / Opinion Journal:
Our Common Struggle  —  America had its civil war.  Why expect freedom to come easy to Iraq?  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq—Americans keen to understand the ongoing struggle for a new Iraq can be guided by the example of their own history.  In the 1860s, your country fought a great struggle of its own …
 
 
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Howard Fineman / Newsweek:
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Discussion: TIME
Greg Sargent / Election Central:
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The Hill:
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