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Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
Documents contradict Gonzales' testimony — WASHINGTON - Documents show that eight congressional leaders were briefed about the Bush administration's terrorist surveillance program on the eve of its expiration in 2004, contradicting sworn Senate testimony this week by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
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Think Progress:
AP Reveals New Document Demonstrates 'Clear Case' Of Gonzales Perjury On Spying Program — The AP reports that a four-page memo sent by then-National Intelligence Director John Negroponte in May 2006 confirms that a March 2004 White House intelligence briefing for top congressional leaders was on "the Terrorist Surveillance Program."
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New York Times, CANNONFIRE, Washington Monthly, Brilliant at Breakfast, Sadly, No!, Bloomberg and The Politico
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Senator May Seek Gonzales Perjury Probe — Leahy Sets Deadline For Revised Testimony — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy threatened yesterday to request a perjury investigation of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, as Democrats said an intelligence official's statement …
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Watching Those We Chose
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
BREAKING: Documents Contradict Gonzales' testimony — We have documentation now, Congress. C'mon, is there another "Contempt of Congress" charge on the horizon? — USA Today:
Hindrocket / Power Line:
LEAKING AGAINST GONZALES — Paul writes below about Alberto Gonzales's Senate Judiciary Committee testimony. Gonzales testified that he went to the hospital to see John Ashcroft, then the Attorney General, in part to communicate to him the consensus of Congressional leaders …
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:The Avoidable Conclusion To Executive Privilege Tension
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Washington Post, Associated Press, TPMmuckraker, TalkLeft, Wake up America, UrbanGrounds and Left in the West
CNN Political Ticker:
Protester removed from Fred Thompson event — HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) - A woman screaming "you're not a real conservative, sir" was removed by police from a welcoming reception for likely GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson Wednesday morning. A second protester was also taken from the room.
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
Fred, interrupted — From NBC's Carrie Dann — You might be running for president if ... you've got hecklers. — At a quick campaign stop at a Texas airport this morning, candidate-in-waiting Fred Thompson faced harassment from a young woman who was vocally displeased with the senator's conservative credentials.
Tom Elia / theneweditor.com:Fred Thompson Deals With 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist
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Lonewacko
Don Surber:
You are what you blog — A DNC apologist last night accused Bill O'Reilly of cherry-picking foul-language comments and hateful comments left at the Daily Kos web site. The DNC guy may have had a better case if Kos himself could make a point without resorting to profanity.
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
Exclusive First Read: Obama hits Clinton - harder — From NBC's Andrea Mitchell — Sen. Obama has ESCALATED his criticism of Hillary Clinton — taking it to political defcon three — in an exclusive on-camera interview with NBC News. — It is a lot tougher than what he said in the debate …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
As regular readers... IMPEACHMENT? — As regular readers of this site know, I've always been against the movement to impeach President Bush. I take this position not because he hasn't done plenty to merit it. My reasons are practical. Minor reasons are that it's late in the president's term …
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Liberal Values, TalkLeft, Fact-esque, Liberty Street, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, The Carpetbagger Report, Obsidian Wings and Whiskey Fire
Michael Cieply / New York Times:
While Real Bullets Fly, Movies Bring War Home — LOS ANGELES, July 25 — On a night four years ago, five soldiers back from three months in Iraq went drinking at a Hooters restaurant and a topless bar near Fort Benning, Ga. — Before the night was over, one of them, Specialist Richard R. Davis …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Newt flirts with Thompson — Newt Gingrich's long, slow striptease over whether he will seek the presidency in 2008 looks like it might come to an unexpected conclusion: a date with Fred Thompson. — Publicly, Gingrich has been sending signals making clear that a presidential candidacy for him is becoming less likely.
Richard Blair / All Spin Zone:
"Welcome Back Bob. Now, STFU." — George Bush is a contemptuous, spoiled little prick. Even when he's receiving the recommendations of a committee he set up to investigate poor veteran's health care at Walter Reed hospital, he just has to show how much of a smarmy little man …
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Des Moines Register:
Edwards talks issues, borrows salve on RAGBRAI — Dumont, Ia. — Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards squeezed into a pair of Spandex bike shorts today and pedaled on the RAGBRAI route with champion cyclist Lance Armstrong. — After riding from just north of Dumont to Kesley …
Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
OHIO COURT INTERPRETS ITS STATE ANTI-SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AMENDMENT: The amendment, enacted in 2004, provides, … A preexisting state statute, Ohio Rev. Code 2919.25(A), provides, "No person shall knowingly cause or attempt to cause physical harm to a family or household member," with …
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