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10:45 AM ET, March 9, 2006

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New York Times:
G.O.P. Plan Would Allow Spying Without Warrants  —  WASHINGTON, March 8 — The plan by Senate Republicans to step up oversight of the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance program would also give legislative sanction for the first time to long-term eavesdropping on Americans without …
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New York Times:
The Death of the Intelligence Panel  —  The wrenching debate in the 1970's over the abuse of presidential power produced two groundbreaking reforms aimed at preventing a president from using war or broader claims of national security to trample Americans' rights.
Discussion: Wonkette
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Report Cites F.B.I. Violations  —  WASHINGTON, March 8 — The Federal Bureau of Investigation found apparent violations of its own wiretapping and other intelligence-gathering procedures more than 100 times in the last two years, and problems appear to have grown more frequent …
Washington Post:
Authorizing Surveillance  —  IN THE PAST week both congressional intelligence committees have taken modest steps toward oversight of the National Security Agency's mysterious program of warrantless wiretapping.  First, the House intelligence committee agreed to conduct a comprehensive review …
Washington Post:
Senator Resumes Lobbyist Huddles  —  After saying in January that he would end his regular meetings with lobbyists, Sen. Rick Santorum (Pa.), the third-ranking GOP leader in the Senate, has continued to meet with many of the same lobbyists at the same time and on the same day of the week.
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Brendan Farrington / heraldtribune.com:   Harris says she won't drop out of Senate race
Paul Kiel / TPM Muckraker:
The Daily Muck  —  Sen. Santorum's (R-PA) Operation Good Neighbor has been the subject of unwelcome publicity lately, and rather than stand and fight, he's decided to cut and run.  Says he: "I do not have a personal charity."  He just founded the thing - but he's had nothing to do with it since.
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Associated Press:
Vanity Fair: Bush Had Ties to Abramoff
Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
Official Says Shiite Party Suppressed Body Count  —  BAGHDAD, March 8 — Days after the bombing of a Shiite shrine unleashed a wave of retaliatory killings of Sunnis, the leading Shiite party in Iraq's governing coalition directed the Health Ministry to stop tabulating execution-style shootings …
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Washington Post:
Negative Perception Of Islam Increasing  —  Poll Numbers in U.S. Higher Than in 2001  —  As the war in Iraq grinds into its fourth year, a growing proportion of Americans are expressing unfavorable views of Islam, and a majority now say that Muslims are disproportionately prone to violence …
David Crary / Associated Press:
Men's Rights Group Eyes Child Support Stay  —  NEW YORK - Contending that women have more options than they do in the event of an unintended pregnancy, men's rights activists are mounting a long shot legal campaign aimed at giving them the chance to opt out of financial responsibility for raising a child.
Matthew Yglesias / tpmcafe.com:
Defending All Your Ground  —  Back to the great health care debate.  This is a good post from Kevin Drum, but it concedes rather too much.  It's true, as Kevin says, that Canada and the UK aren't the best examples of national health care policy and that using them as examples of government- financed health care are a bit unfair.
Discussion: Ezra Klein
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
HEALTHCARE HACKERY....Clive Crook takes a sledgehammer …
Discussion: Modulator and The Sideshow
Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
The Three Stooges  —  Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Howard Dean.  —  According to the latest CBS News poll, George W. Bush's approval rating hit a personal worst of 34 percent in February, making him the most unpopular president since Nixon during Watergate.
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
Boy in a Bubble  —  What George Clooney doesn't know about life.  —  Memo to: The Academy  —  From: Just another viewer  —  Re: Advice, as if you wanted more  —  I cannot remember a time when, in the days after the Academy Awards show, it was not criticized, and even blasted.
Discussion: Dr. Sanity and Shot In The Dark
Editor and Publisher:
Gallup: More Than Half of Americans Reject Evolution, Back Bible  —  NEW YORK A Gallup report released today reveals that more than half of all Americans, rejecting evolution theory and scientific evidence, agree with the statement, "God created man exactly how Bible describes it."
Washington Post:
Bush: Congress 'Shortchanged' New Orleans  —  Touring Gulf Coast, President Calls for Restoration of $1.5 Billion for Levee Repairs  —  NEW ORLEANS, March 8 — President Bush, on a Gulf Coast inspection tour that included his first visit to this city's storm-shattered Lower Ninth Ward …
 
 
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New York Times:
Senate Votes to Ban Gifts and Meals of Lobbyists
Thomas Joscelyn / Weekly Standard:
Unholy Alliance  —  Iran secretly agreed to assist the Taliban …
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
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Ze'ev Schiff / Haaretz:
Western sources: Iran has covert nuclear channel
state.gov:
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005
Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
Sen. Clinton slams GOP immigration bill
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Financial Transparency for Thee, But Not For Me at The New York Times
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al-Asadi Trial Begins
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Wall Street Journal:
Minding the Gap  —  Who's getting ahead, who's falling behind, and why?
Discussion: EconLog and Economist's View
CNN:
Suspect: Church fires started as 'joke'
Pierre Thomas / ABCNEWS:
Thousands of Port Truckers Go Unscreened, Yet Many Have Criminal Records
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Reynolds' Rap: An Army of Davids Will Lead Us
Wretchard / The Belmont Club:
A place like many others  —  Robert Kaplan's article in the Atlantic …
Marc Kaufman / Washington Post:
Smoking In U.S. Declines Sharply
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Decision '08
Jacques Billeaud / Associated Press:
Ariz. Governor Orders Troops to Border
Discussion: JunkYardBlog and Cold Fury