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New York Times:
Spy Agency Data After Sept. 11 Led F.B.I. to Dead Ends  —  WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 - In the anxious months after the Sept. 11 attacks, the National Security Agency began sending a steady stream of telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and names to the F.B.I. in search of terrorists.
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
For The Sake Of The Constitution  —  Al Gore has become the conscience of the Democratic Party.  Following the lead of the new media, and the blogosphere in particular, he just laid out the case as to how the invertebrate Republican congress has sold out its constitutional duty to a president …
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Deacon / Power Line:
WHAT YOU'D EXPECT FROM A DEMAGOGUE
Discussion: ScrappleFace
Gay Patriot:   Law School Dropout Accuses President of Breaking the Law
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Senate Panel's Vote on Alito Delayed Until Next Week  —  The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee reached an agreement yesterday evening to wait until next Tuesday to vote on the nomination of Samuel A. Alito Jr. to the Supreme Court.
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Thomas Ferraro / Reuters:
Democrats force delay on high court nominee vote  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats on Monday forced a one-week delay on a vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, but the 55-year-old conservative was still expected to be confirmed by the full Republican-led Senate.
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Chinese Detainees' Lawyers Will Take Case to High Court
Discussion: TalkLeft and Fantasy Life
David Espo / Associated Press:
Supreme Court Press Releases
Jerusalem Post:
Saudi FM opposes Iranian attempts to build nukes  —  LONDON  —  Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said he opposed any attempt by Iran to develop nuclear weapons, but alleged the West was partly to blame for Tehran's nuclear program.  —  In an interview broadcast Monday by the British Broadcasting Corp. …
Discussion: Link Mecca and lgf
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Carol Giacomo / Reuters:
US senators say military strike on Iran must be option
Frank Gardner / BBC:
Iran nuclear bid 'fault of West'
Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE
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Marcia Kramer / wcbstv.com:
Controversial Words At Sharpton's MLK Event  —  Clinton's Use Of Word 'Plantation' Raises Eyebrows  —  (CBS) NEW YORK The Martin Luther King Day celebration at Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network is a rite of passage in an election year.  And with so many big races this year …
Discussion: Generation Why?
Brett Martel / Associated Press:
New Orleans Mayor Says God Mad at U.S.  —  Mayor Ray Nagin suggested Monday that Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and other storms were a sign that "God is mad at America" and at black communities, too, for tearing themselves apart with violence and political infighting.  —  "Surely God is mad at America.
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CNN:
Nagin calls for rebuilding 'chocolate' New Orleans  —  Black majority city 'the way God wants it to be'  —  NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) — Mayor Ray Nagin on Monday called for the rebuilding of a "chocolate New Orleans" that maintains the city's black majority, saying, "You can't have New Orleans no other way."
Discussion: Balloon Juice and The RCP Blog
Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
Spotlight on Lobbying Swings to Little-Known Congressman  —  WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 - Until recently, Representative Bob Ney was little more than an obscure, sometimes eccentric, lawmaker from Ohio.  —  He had made his biggest public splash in 2003, when he ordered the House cafeteria …
Discussion: TalkLeft
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Underneath Their Robes  —  Winnie the Pooh, or so he tells us, is a Bear of Very Little Brain.  As he struggles to think his way out of a predicament, you can see him trying to knock the solution out of his fluff-filled head.  By contrast, Chief Justice John G. Roberts and Justice …
Discussion: Althouse and Daily Kos
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Daniel J. Solove / Concurring Opinions:
The Confirmation Hearings: A Meaningless Ritual
Robert Novak / Chicago Sun Times:
GOP vote won't be in time for State of the Union  —  House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert turned down a White House request to elect a permanent successor to Tom DeLay as majority leader in advance of President Bush's State of the Union address on Jan. 31.  Republican House members simply …
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Speaker Largely Silent Amid Scandal
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
It's Curtains for al-Qaida  —  What happens when Iraqi "insurgents" take on Zarqawi's thugs?  —  The best news from Iraq this year would certainly be the long New York Times report of Jan. 12 on the murderous strife between local "insurgents" and al-Qaida infiltrators.  This was also among the best news from last year.
Lydia Polgreen / New York Times:
Africa's First Elected Female Head of State Takes Office  —  MONROVIA, Liberia, Jan. 16 - Standing before the bullet-scarred capitol of this war-torn nation, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the Harvard-trained banker and stalwart survivor of Liberia's brutal politics, took the oath today …
Discussion: BBC and ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
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Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Amour Courtois  —  A trembling Sir Galahad comes to the defense of the Fair Deborah Howell over at the WaPo blog: … The links provided by this Derek Willis do in fact prove that the Post has been consistent in their attempts to tar Democrats all along.  —  This hardly works in his defense.
Discussion: Wampum, TBogg and Crooks and Liars
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tcsdaily.com:
Liberals Should Know Better  —  This is the first of a series of essays written for liberals by a libertarian/conservative.  That is, I would like liberals to read it, knowing that you will be inclined to disagree.  —  Most of my friends are liberals.  This series is the conversation I wish that I could have with them.
Discussion: Shot In The Dark
USA Today:
U.S. tally of wounded drops 26%  —  WASHINGTON — The number of U.S. troops wounded in Iraq fell by more than a quarter in 2005 from a year earlier, Pentagon records show.  Military officials call that a sign that insurgent attacks have declined in the face of elections and stronger Iraqi security forces.

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