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2:50 PM ET, July 2, 2007

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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
BREAKING: Libby Motion For Release On Bond Pending Appeal — DENIED  —  Breaking news from the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, in an opinion issued just moments ago, Judges Sentelle, Henderson and Tatel say the following: … It it a per curiam opinion issued on July 2, 2007, and initialled by all three of the judges.
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Cary O'Reilly / Bloomberg:
Libby, Ex-Cheney Aide, Must Go to Jail During Appeal  —  Lewis ``Scooter'' Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, must go to prison while appealing his conviction for obstructing a CIA leak probe, a U.S. appeals court said.  —  Libby may be behind bars within weeks …
CNN Political Ticker:
Appeals court rejects Libby's bid for bail  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — A federal appeals court Monday rejected former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby's request to remain free on bond while appealing his March conviction on perjury and obstruction of justice charges.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
Court won't delay Libby prison sentence  —  WASHINGTON - Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby cannot delay his 2 1/2-year prison term in the CIA leak case, a federal appeals court unanimously ruled Monday.  —  The decision is a dramatic setback for Libby, who likely will have to surrender to prison in weeks.
Discussion: TalkLeft, Wonkette and Mercury Rising
Reuters:
Appeals court won't delay Libby prison term
Discussion: Salon
Faiz / Think Progress:
Wilson: Proponents Of Libby Pardon Are 'Accessories To An Ongoing Crime'
Discussion: Firedoglake
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Court Denies Request to Delay Libby Sentence
Discussion: BeldarBlog
Opinion Journal:
Jihad in Britain  —  The terrorists don't seem to care that Tony Blair is gone.  —  Barely 48 hours on the job, Britain's new Prime Minister Gordon Brown got a lesson in the realities of the post-9/11 world.  —  Terrorist plots in London and Glasgow pushed the U.K.'s security alert …
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ABCNEWS:
McCain Shakes Up Campaign  —  McCain, Trailing in Fundraising and Polls, Shakes Up 2008 Presidential Campaign  —  John McCain's campaign, trailing top Republican rivals in money and polls, is undergoing a significant reorganization with staff cuts in every department, officials with knowledge of the shake-up said Monday.
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Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
Not Looking Good for McCain Campaign
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
John Solomon / Washington Post:
Obama Takes Lead In Money Raised  —  Pressure on Clinton Is Expected to Grow  —  Sen. Barack Obama raised $31 million for his presidential primary campaign over the past three months, surging past Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's fundraising machine by nearly $10 million for the quarter …
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Jonathan Singer / MyDD:
Obama Raises $10.3 Million Online in Second Quarter  —  You're reading these numbers first here at MyDD.  —  During the second quarter, Barack Obama brought in $10.3 million dollars online, or about a third of the $32.5 million he raised overall this quarter.  This ups his total online haul for the year to $17.2 million.
Discussion: New York Times and Hotline On Call
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
A President Besieged and Isolated, Yet at Ease  —  Bush, Grasping for Answers and Fixated on Iraq, Remains Resolute  —  At the nadir of his presidency, George W. Bush is looking for answers.  One at a time or in small groups, he summons leading authors, historians, philosophers and theologians …
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Presidential Pity Party  —  The WaPo is hosting a Presidential pity party this morning — but a closer read shows some significant cracks in the sympathy and hand holding facade.  To wit: … How, exactly, can you learn from the study of history when you refuse to apply history's lessons to yourself …
isna.ir:
ISNA - Tehran  —  TEHRAN, July 02 (ISNA)-Writer, producer and director, Michael Moore is to come to Iran for the screening of his new production SICKO in the first international documentary film festival held here.  —  This festival will be held from the 15th to the 19th of October in Tehran.
Discussion: Hot Air and theneweditor.com
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Austan Goolsbee / Slate:
Michael Moore and the Beige Bomber
Discussion: Ezra Klein and EconLog
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
U.S. Ties Iranians to Iraq Attack That Killed G.I.'s  —  Iranian operatives helped plan a January raid in Karbala in which five American soldiers were killed, an American military spokesman in Iraq said today.  —  Brig. Gen. Kevin J. Bergner, the military spokesman, also said that Iran's …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Michael Gordon trains his stenographer weapons on Iran
Discussion: TalkLeft
Michelle Malkin:
The diminished credibility of the Dept. of Homeland Insecurity  —  Update: Chertoff plays down report of imminent al Qaeda attack.  Plays up shortage of lettuce pickers.  —  Actions have consequences.  One of the negative consequences of the Department of Homeland Security's push for shamnesty is its shrinking credibility.
Discussion: Reuters, ABCNEWS and Hot Air
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MSNBC:
Deadly blast at Yemen tourist site  —  At least 6 tourists and 2 Yemenis killed in apparent suicide car bombing  —  SAN'A, Yemen - A suicide car bomber blew himself up Monday at the site of an ancient temple popular with tourists, killing eight people and wounding seven, police said.
Discussion: The Jawa Report
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Associated Press:   9 die in Yemen suicide blast, officials say
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Staying Calm and Carrying On  —  The worrying aspect of the British terror-rash is that it's obviously an amateur effort, inspired rather than organized by al Qaeda.  This means we are likely to face more of these things, but that most of them are not going to be massively successful.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Sharon Waxman / New York Times:
Al Gore's Top-Secret Access for the Final 'Sopranos' Episode  —  Who knew that tree-hugging ex-politicians loved "The Sopranos"?  It turns out that Al Gore is a die-hard fan, but when the series finale loomed in early June, he and his wife, Tipper, had to be on a plane for an appearance in Istanbul.
 
 
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