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1:35 AM ET, June 22, 2007

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Committee on Oversight and Government Reform:
Vice President Exempts His Office from the Requirements for Protecting Classified Information  —  The Oversight Committee has learned that over the objections of the National Archives, Vice President Cheney exempted his office from the presidential order that establishes government-wide procedures …
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Justin Rood Reports / The Blotter:
Cheney Power Grab: Says White House Rules Don't Apply to Him  —  Justin Rood Reports:  —  Vice President Dick Cheney has asserted his office is not a part of the executive branch of the U.S. government, and therefore not bound by a presidential order governing the protection of classified information …
Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Rahm Emanuel To Cheney: Please Get The Heck Out Of The White House  —  Call it the Dick Branch of the American government.  —  Rahm Emanuel's office just sent out a nifty chart illustrating Veep Cheney's latest.  As you may have heard by now, Cheney reportedly exempted his own office …
Discussion: A Spork in the Drawer
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Cheney in Dispute on Oversight of His Office
Associated Press:
White House near decision to close Guantanamo  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration is nearing a decision to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and move the terror suspects there to military prisons elsewhere, The Associated Press has learned.
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Mark Benjamin / Salon:
The CIA's torture teachers  —  Psychologists helped the CIA exploit a secret military program to develop brutal interrogation tactics — likely with the approval of the Bush White House.  —  A detainee is escorted by military police at Camp 4 of the maximum security prison Camp Delta …
Discussion: The Next Hurrah
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
White House near decision to close Gitmo  —  WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is nearing a decision to close the Guantanamo Bay detainee facility and move its terror suspects to military prisons elsewhere, The Associated Press has learned.  —  Senior administration officials said Thursday …
MSNBC:   White House denies Gitmo report
Marcus Mabry / Newsweek:
Poll: Bush hits lowest approval rating of presidency  —  President Bush registers the lowest approval rating of his presidency—making him the least popular president since Nixon—in the new NEWSWEEK Poll.  —  Iraq isn't the only issue dragging Bush's approval ratings down
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Jackie Kucinich / The Hill:
House Republican wants to restrict Pelosi's travel  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will not be permitted to use State Department funds to travel to nations that are known to have sponsored terrorism if a Republican amendment to appropriations legislation passes the House on Thursday.
Discussion: Say Anything and Wizbang
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Ulrike Putz / Spiegel Online:
A Visit to Fatah's Torture Chamber  —  A building formerly occupied by Fatah's intelligence service in Gaza was long notorious for torture and execution.  Now Hamas is in control — and is letting former inmates visit the chamber of horrors.  —  The cells are small, perhaps six feet by six feet …
Faiz / Think Progress:
Breaking: Senate Judiciary Committee Authorizes Subpoenas For NSA Domestic Spying Documents  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee just voted 13-3 to authorize chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) to issue subpoenas for documents related to the NSA warrantless surveillance program.
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Ashcroft Tells of Surveillance Disputes
Discussion: Find Habeas and JURIST
Dan Murphy / Christian Science Monitor:
Backlash grows against British award of knighthood to Salman Rushdie  —  Pakistani hard-line clerics respond with an award of their own to Osama bin Laden.  —  The award of a knighthood to Salman Rushdie, author of "The Satanic Verses," has prompted deep criticism from Egypt's parliament …
Discussion: Reuters and The Moderate Voice
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Max Blumenthal:
The Film Take Back America Took Back  —  As a result of the attention surrounding my film about the 2007 Conservative Political Action Conference-it was a YouTube hit-the liberal Campaign for America's Future asked me to produce a similar video about their annual conference, Take Back America (TBA), held in Washington.
Marianne Garvey / New York Post:
NBC'S $1M DEAL FOR PARIS CHAT  —  NBC has agreed to pay as much as $1 million for Paris Hilton's first after-jail interview, which will appear on the "Today" show, The Post has learned.  —  Sources told The Post the sit-down will be conducted by Meredith Vieira the day after the heir-head is sprung some time next week.
Discussion: News Hounds and Gothamist
obama.senate.gov:
Obama Announces FY08 Federal Funding Requests  —  Discloses earmarks to improve government transparency  —  WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) today announced that he had requested federal funding for the following projects, in the amounts designated by his constituents …
Discussion: MSNBC and Bluey Blog
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
The Man Who Knows Too Little  —  WHAT RUDY GIULIANI'S GREEDY DECISION TO QUIT THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP REVEALS ABOUT HIS CANDIDACY.  —  If you don't read Newsday, you might not know (I didn't until this week) that Rudy Giuliani was an original member of the Iraq Study Group …
Edward P. Lazear / The Politico:
Let the market set gas prices  —  When it comes to gas prices, it may be hard to believe that virtually all policymakers actually share the same goal: to protect consumers and help ensure they pay an affordable price at the pump.  We agree that high gas prices impose a big burden on families and businesses.
Discussion: Redstate
Maria Recio / SunHerald.com:
Lott: 'I've already offended everybody'  —  Fence?  Goats?  What is Lott talking about?  —  WASHINGTON —What does a fence on the United State-Mexico border have to do with goats?  —  Sen. Minority Whip Trent Lott, R-Miss., was talking to reporters Wednesday about the immigration bill …
 
 
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Jane Perlez / New York Times:
Muslims' Veils Test Limits of Britain's Tolerance
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Daniel Schulman / Mother Jones:
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Discussion: TalkLeft
Josh White / Washington Post:
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Council of Economic Advisors
National Review:
Cornyn Says No  —  WASHINGTON— U.S. Sen. John Cornyn …
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review Online:
Our Terrorists Are Better Than Your Terrorists
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