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4:50 PM ET, July 5, 2007

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Tony Snow / USA Today:
President respects justice  —  So he lifted excessive sentence but left convictions, fine, probation.  —  President Bush commuted part of Lewis Libby's sentence because he considered a 30-month stretch in prison too severe.  Libby was convicted of obstruction of justice and perjury …
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
LIBBY PAYS $250,000 FINE  —  From NBC's Joel Seidman and Mark Murray  —  Convicted former top White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby has paid the fine of $250,400.00.  The U.S. District Court has posted the canceled check on the docket this afternoon.  (Our question: Where did Libby get this money to write this hefty check?)
Bob Geiger:
GOP Senators Who Voted For Clinton Impeachment Dead Silent On Libby  —  Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) was aghast.  He was indignant as hell about how having a high public official involved in something like perjury and obstruction of justice can damage the very foundation on which our nation was built …
Discussion: Think Progress
The Smoking Gun:
Libby Pays The Man
Discussion: Wonkette
CNN:
White House: Clinton shameless on Libby
Discussion: bustardblog and Angry Bear
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Domenici Breaks with Bush War Policy  —  Sen. Pete Domenici (N.M.), a 36-year Republican veteran of the Senate, abandoned President Bush's Iraq war policy today by publicly endorsing legislation designed to withdraw nearly all U.S. troops from Iraq by March 2008.
Discussion: Hot Air
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Eric Kleefeld / Election Central:
Domenici Breaks With White House, Calls For Implementing ISG Recommendations  —  Put down the name of Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) as the latest Republican to break with the Bush Administration's policies on Iraq, after a long history of backing their positions in Congress.
Heath Haussamen on New Mexico Politics:   Domenici wants new, reduced U.S. mission in Iraq
John Steel / Telegraph:
45 Muslim doctors planned US terror raids  —  A group of 45 Muslim doctors threatened to use car bombs and rocket grenades in terrorist attacks in the United States during discussions on an extremist internet chat site.  —  Police found details of the discussions on a site run by one of a three-strong "cyber-terrorist" gang.
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Clinton, Thompson Tied  —  Clinton (D) 46% Romney (R) 42%  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) tied with former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson (R) in an Election 2008 match-up.  Both candidates attract support from 45% of voters.
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
A Mob-Rule Moment  —  Former senator Fred Thompson has begun his unannounced quest for the Republican presidential nomination by telling audiences in New Hampshire that Washington is badly out of touch with the country.  —  As a senior campaign adviser put it to The Post's Michael Shear …
Izhar Wani / Agence France Presse:
Muslim 'Rage Boy' says he's really angry  —  SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - He has become the face of Muslim fury: an angry young man whose bushy beard and fiery-eyed scowl take centre stage at nearly every pro-Islamic demonstration in Indian Kashmir.  —  Shakeel Bhat, 31, has been displaying …
David Usborne / The Independent:
Guantanamo inmates allowed film nights and gardening  —  A holiday camp it plainly will never be but the American officers running the Guantanamo Bay compound in Cuba are taking steps to make the lives of its detainees marginally more tolerable with recreational treats such as once-a-week film nights and limited access to television.
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Romney's Data Cruncher  —  In late 2002, Alex Gage sold his share of a well-established polling firm and set about convincing Karl Rove that he had the answer to ensuring President Bush's reelection.  —  His pitch was simple: Take corporate America's love affair with learning everything …
Washington Post:
Paganism May Not Pass Religious Muster  —  It is debatable whether paganism is a religion, per say.  It is generally defined as a pre-Christian state, but it takes a wide variety of forms—all the way from relatively benign New Age-style nature worship, to pantheism, to witchcraft, and even human sacrifice.
Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Body Count In Baghdad Up in June  —  Nearly five months into a security strategy that involves thousands of additional U.S. and Iraqi troops patrolling Baghdad, the number of unidentified bodies found on the streets of the capital was 41 percent higher in June than in January, according to unofficial Health Ministry statistics.
ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: U.K. Terror Plot — Why the Bombs Failed  —  Fuel-Air Bombs Notoriously Difficult  —  A Mercedes car, which contained a suspected car bomb, is loaded onto a removals truck in Haymarket Street, near Piccadilly, in central London, last Friday.  (Simon Dawson/AP Photo)
 
 
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A Pox on Both Their Houses
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The Atlantic Online:
Changes, Additions At The Top Level Of Edwards's Campaign
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Were Crimes Committed?  —  I thought I'd elevate this comment …
Kevin Sullivan / Washington Post:
Brown Calmly Prevails In First Days as Premier
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
The Atlantic Online:
Gary Hart, Lynne Cheney, and War with China
Discussion: Ezra Klein
Los Angeles Times:
The Heisenberg primaries  —  Candidates and media beware …
Tim Craig / Washington Post:
President Defends War on July 4th
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Libby Fallout: House Committee Plans Hearing, Defense Lawyers Rejoice
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June Kronholz / Wall Street Journal:
Giuliani Support Hints at Shift
Agence France Presse:
Arctic Monkeys shiver at Live Earth 'hypocrisy'
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Guiliani Conference Call
New York Times:
Doctor Accused in Glasgow Attack Described as Loner Angry About the Iraq War
Julia Preston / New York Times:
Surge Seen in Applications for Citizenship
 

 
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