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Lisa Cornwell / Associated Press:
Court Rejects Domestic Spying Suit — CINCINNATI — A federal appeals court Friday ordered the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging President Bush's domestic spying program, saying the plaintiffs had no standing to sue. — The 2-1 ruling by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel vacated …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Appeals Court Rejects Lawsuit on Surveillance — A divided federal appeals court today dismissed a case challenging the National Security Agency's program to wiretap without warrants the international communications of some Americans, reversing a trial judge's order that the program be shut down.
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Associated Press:
Court nixes suit against spying program — CINCINNATI - A federal appeals court on Friday ordered the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging President Bush's domestic spying program, saying the plaintiffs had no standing to sue. — The 2-1 ruling by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel …
Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Ron Paul Tops McCain in Cash on Hand — ABC News' George Stephanopoulos Reports: Though often regarded as a longshot candidate for president, Republican Ron Paul tells ABC News that he has an impressive $2.4 million in cash on hand after raising an equal amount during the second quarter …
Joseph Lieberman / Opinion Journal:
Iran's Proxy War — Tehran is on the offensive against us throughout the Middle East. Will Congress respond? — Earlier this week, the U.S. military made public new and disturbing information about the proxy war that Iran is waging against American soldiers and our allies in Iraq.
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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
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Michael Yon:
Baqubah Update: 05 July 2007 — Today marks "D +16" of Operation "Arrowhead Ripper," the Battle for Baqubah. Arrowhead Ripper kicked off on 19 June 07. I have several dispatches in the works about the major events since that time. Although the serious fighting seems to be over …
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Global Business News Online:
exclusive: rupert murdoch buys dow jones, owners of the wall street journal — Rupert Murdoch has succeeded with his $5 billion bid for Dow Jones. Negotiations are now complete and a formal announcement is expected next week. — Rupert Murdoch has succeeded with his $5 billion bid for Dow Jones …
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Eric Kleefeld / Election Central:
Poll: Americans Evenly Divided On Impeachment Of Bush, Majority For Targeting Cheney — Does the conventional wisdom that impeachment would be politically radioactive still hold true in the post-Libby commutation political world? A new poll from American Research Group shows a startling result …
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Erik Schelzig / Associated Press:
Live Earth Adds DC Show to Global Event — Al Gore announced Friday a surprise Live Earth concert in Washington, foiling Senate Republicans who blocked Gore's attempt to bring his global warming extravaganza to the grounds of the U.S. Capitol. — The former vice president said the all-day …
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Munir Ahmad / Associated Press:
Pakistani leader escapes attempt on life — ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Gunners fired after President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's plane took off from a military base on Friday in what one official described as a failed assassination attempt. — Security forces quickly raided a nearby home …
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zombietime:
Anti-American July 4th — July 4th in San Francisco. So many things to do! — After attending the AK Press "F**k the Fourth" party as a pre-holiday warm-up, I was hungry for some more Independence Day patriotism — San Francisco style. — I was tempted at first by a public event celebrating the …
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Rusty / The Jawa Report:
The Taliban Challenges Jawa, Jawa Responds — No joke, the Taliban have posted a message on a well-known Islamic forum addressing me, Rusty Shackleford, indirectly. In it, they gloat that their website is back online. I'll just add: for now. — Here's a rough translation:
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Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:
War Costs Soar by a Third; Total Could Top $1.4 Trillion — It's not just the troops that are surging. War costs are up for American operations in Iraq and Afghanistan* — way up, more than a third higher than last year. In the first half of this fiscal year, the Defense Department's …
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Klaus Marre / The Hill:
White House questions Dems' zeal for oversight — The White House Thursday raised questions about the level of Democratic oversight, saying that the time the majority spends on investigating the Bush administration could be used to pass bills. — Bush spokesman Scott Stanzel told reporters during …
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Walter Shapiro / Salon:
"They don't own the Democratic Party" — Joe Biden talks about lefty bloggers, the perils of candor in a YouTube age, Dick Cheney's secret thoughts, and how many troops a Biden administration would keep in Iraq. … Joe Biden speaks during a news conference at the Iowa statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday, July 3, 2007.
Peter Hecht / Sacramento Bee:
Doolittle calls for pullback in Iraq — Criticizing 'quagmire,' he sees advisory role for U.S. — Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A1 — Rep. John Doolittle, questioning whether the Iraq war is worth the continued loss of American lives, said Thursday that U.S. troops …