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David E. Kaplan / US News:
EXCLUSIVE: Nuclear Monitoring of Muslims Done Without Search Warrants  —  In search of a terrorist nuclear bomb, the federal government since 9/11 has run a far-reaching, top secret program to monitor radiation levels at over a hundred Muslim sites in the Washington, D.C., area, including mosques …
Sinan Salaheddin / Associated Press:
Iraqis March, Say Elections Were Rigged  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Large demonstrations broke out across the country Friday to denounce parliamentary elections that protesters say were rigged in favor of the main religious Shiite coalition.  Also, the U.S. military said two soldiers were killed …
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Mohammed / IRAQ THE MODEL:
Dispute continues over election results...  Yesterday was an eventful day for the parties that rejected the results of the elections.  Those parties and coalitions-more than 30 in total-signed a "charter of honor" and formed a new movement under the name "Maram".
Robert Mayer / Publius Pundit:   35 IRAQI PARTIES UNITE TO CONTEST ELECTION; LIST OF VIOLATIONS; PROTESTS BEGIN
Tom Daschle / Washington Post:
Power We Didn't Grant  —  In the face of mounting questions about news stories saying that President Bush approved a program to wiretap American citizens without getting warrants, the White House argues that Congress granted it authority for such surveillance in the 2001 legislation authorizing the use of force against al Qaeda.
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Judd / Think Progress:
The Department of Justice Memo, Debunked
Discussion: AMERICAblog and Daily Kos
TalkLeft:
Justice Dept.'s Explanation of Warrantless Surveillance
Discussion: Daily Kos
Donna Cassata / Associated Press:
Alito Defended Officials From Wiretap Suits  —  WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito defended the right of government officials to order domestic wiretaps when he worked for the Reagan Justice Department, documents released Friday show.  —  He advocated a step by step approach …
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Michelle Malkin:   DID ALITO DEFEND WARRANTLESS DOMESTIC SPYING?
Radio Blogger:
University of Chicago Professor Cass Sunstein on the NSA intelligence kerfuffle.  —  HH: Yesterday, you heard me talking with my friend John Eastman, my colleague at Chapman Law School, and Erwin Chemerinsky, my longtime friend, one from the right, one from the left.
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Karen Travers / ABCNEWS:
Cheney's iPod Takes Top Priority on Extended Flight  —  Reporters Wait to File Stories as VP's MP3 Player Charges  —  WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2005 — After a four-day overseas trip that took him to four countries in the Middle East, Vice President Dick Cheney really wanted to get his iPod charged …
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
The Bush justifications for law-breaking (con't)  —  My post yesterday requested that Bush defenders explain how there can be any limits at all on his power under the theories of Executive Power which they are advocating to argue that Bush had the right to violate Congressional law.
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
MORE ON THE LEGALITY OF THE NSA PROGRAM  —  Yesterday we received a message responding to John's analysis of the legality of the NSA program.  Our correspondent has asked us to withhold identifying information and we have agreed to do so.  He is a gentleman who has had occasion to focus …
Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGER
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
THE TWILIGHT ZONE, PART 3
John Cole / Balloon Juice:
The Holiday for the Rest of Us  —  Partially inspired by this, and wholly inspired by Seinfeld, it is time for the First Annual Airing of Grievances at Balloon Juice:  —  (Thanks to whoever made this screen capture originally)  —  The Airing of Grievances is the traditional time of the year …
Philip Shenon / New York Times:
On Opinion Page, a Lobby's Hand Is Often Unseen  —  WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 - Susan Finston of the Institute for Policy Innovation, a conservative research group based in Texas, is just the sort of opinion maker coveted by the drug industry.  —  In an opinion article in The Financial Times on Oct. 25 …
Washington Post:
Newly Emboldened Congress Has Dogged Bush This Year  —  After four years in which Congress repeatedly lay down while President Bush dictated his priorities, 2005 will go down as the year legislators stood up.  —  This week's uprising against a four-year extension of the USA Patriot Act …
Discussion: danieldrezner.com
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Associated Press:
Santorum Breaks With Christian-Rights Law Center  —  PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 22 — Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) withdrew on Thursday his affiliation from the Christian-rights law center that defended a school district's policy requiring the teaching of "intelligent design."
Discussion: blogs4God
Washington Post:
Mike McCurry's 'Munich' Tour of Duty  —  Every movie needs buzz.  But Steven Spielberg didn't want any old red-carpet, klieg-light buzz for "Munich" — he wanted Washington wonk buzz.  —  Enter Mike McCurry, the former State Department and White House press secretary who was tapped …
New York Times:
Mr. Cheney's Imperial Presidency  —  George W. Bush has quipped several times during his political career that it would be so much easier to govern in a dictatorship.  Apparently he never told his vice president that this was a joke.  —  Virtually from the time he chose himself …

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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
A War Without Heroes?
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Among Those Told of Program, Few Objected
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