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12:15 PM ET, May 25, 2013

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Washington Post:
The press must have the ability to ask questions  —  A FREE press in a democracy demands a delicate balance.  The First Amendment means the media must have the right to inquire without hindrance.  The government has a legitimate interest in keeping some national security information secret.
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Wired
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Menendez: Immigration bill doesn't have enough votes to pass Senate  —  Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) said Friday that the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill doesn't have enough votes to pass the Senate.  —  The bill won approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee in a 13-5 vote …
Ryan Lizza / News Desk:
How Prosecutors Fought to Keep Rosen's Warrant Secret  —  The Obama Administration fought to keep a search warrant for James Rosen's private e-mail account secret, arguing to a federal judge that the government might need to monitor the account for a lengthy period of time.
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Justice asked judge to keep Fox reporter in the dark over tracked email
Discussion: Fox News and Jammie Wearing Fools
Dylan Byers / Politico:   The Sharyl Attkisson approach
BBC:
MI5 ‘approached Woolwich suspect’  —  MI5 asked Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo if he wanted to work for them, a childhood friend has said.  —  Abu Nusaybah told BBC Two's Newsnight his friend had revealed to him six months ago that the security service had been “knocking on his door”.
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Telegraph:
Woolwich attack: Michael Adebowale's mother ‘tried to prevent radicalisation’  —  The mother of a suspected Islamic terrorist who allegedly hacked a British soldier to death tried desperately to turn him away from extremism but “could not get through”, according to friends.
Guardian:
Woolwich killing: universities crack down on the preachers of hate
Discussion: BBC, Telegraph and National Updates
Wall Street Journal:
Inside IRS Unit Under Fire  —  Office at Center of Controversy Rankled Other Groups With Its Aggressive Tactics  —  The Internal Revenue Service unit under fire for its reviews of conservative organizations has a long history of targeting groups with extra scrutiny, including foreclosure …
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Noonan: A Battering Ram Becomes a Stonewall
Jonathan Turley / Washington Post:
The rise of the fourth branch of government  —  Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University.  —  There were times this past week when it seemed like the 19th-century Know-Nothing Party had returned to Washington.
Discussion: Power Line and National Review
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Inhofe: Okla. thanks the nation for its support  —  Oklahoma will bounce back from this week's tornado just as strongly as it has from previous disasters, the state's senior senator said Saturday in this week's Republican address.  —  Sen. Jim Inhofe, on the ground in Moore, Okla. …
Discussion: CNN
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Carol Morello / Washington Post:
The unflagging spirit of Moore, Okla.: 'It's about hope'
Discussion: protein wisdom
George F. Will / Washington Post:
‘Alice in Wonderland’ coercion  —  Barack Obama, vowing to elevate Washington to the level of his fastidiousness, came from Chicago, where the political machine inoculates itself from scandals by the proliferation of them: Many scandals mean merely cursory scrutiny of most.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Keith Laing / The Hill:
Hagel: Sexual assault ‘a profound betrayal’  —  Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel told graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point on Saturday that sexual assaults would be a “a profound betrayal” of their oaths to the Army.  —  Hagel challenged the 2013 West Point graduates to …
Discussion: CNN
Daily Mail:
‘Why are you standing so close to me?’:  Snooki and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie clash as they come together to reopen storm ravaged Shore  — Gov. Christie and Snooki had an angry exchange of words Friday morning at the reopening of Seaside Height's boardwalk
Discussion: Pat Dollard
Globe and Mail:
Globe investigation: The Ford family's history with drug dealing  —  This investigative report reveals that:  — Another brother, Randy, was also involved in the drug trade and was once charged in relation to a drug-related kidnapping.  —  In the 1980s, anyone wanting to buy hashish had to know where to go.
Daily Mail:
Scores of TGI Fridays among New Jersey bars accused of substituting cheap alcohol for premium brands in statewide crackdown  —  At one bar, a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring was sold as scotch.  In another, premium liquor bottles were refilled with water - and apparently not even clean water at that.
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Brent Johnson / New Jersey Online:
Rubbing alcohol as scotch? N.J. officials release details of ‘Operation Swill’
Discussion: The Week
 
 
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Daily Mail:
Two more Angels of Woolwich revealed: Mother and daughter comforted murdered soldier …
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Robert Gehrke / Salt Lake Tribune:
Secret recording: Mark Shurtleff offers $2 million to silence critic
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Do Parties Really Need to Rebrand Themselves?
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China Tells North Korea to Return to Nuclear Talks
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