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1:05 AM ET, May 8, 2006

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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
House Intel Panel Chief Opposes Hayden  —  WASHINGTON - A leading Republican came out against the front-runner for CIA director, Gen. Michael Hayden, saying Sunday the spy agency should not have military leadership during a turbulent time among intelligence agencies.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Rove Is Using Threat of Loss to Stir G.O.P.  —  WASHINGTON, May 5 — To anyone who doubts the stakes for the White House in this year's midterm Congressional elections, consider that Representative John Conyers Jr. of Michigan, the Democrat who would become chairman of the Judiciary Committee …
Brian Knowlton / New York Times:
Key Republican Airs Concerns on C.I.A. Pick  —  WASHINGTON, May 7 — The man widely expected to be President George W. Bush's choice to lead the C.I.A. encountered surprisingly strong bipartisan opposition today, with the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee bluntly calling him …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
The Hayden Flier Hits Serious Turbulence  —  The nomination of General Michael Hayden to succeed Porter Goss as CIA Director generated some surprising opposition today by an influential Republican Congressman.  Peter Hoekstra, the chair of the House Intelligence Committee and a reliable supporter …
Discussion: Riehl World View
Robert Novak / Chicago Sun Times:
GOP chief warns Republicans could lose seats  —  Republican National Chairman Kenneth Mehlman went to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to warn the party's House and Senate campaign staffers of dire consequences unless Republicans break the current legislative deadlock.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Katherine Shrader / Washington Times:   Military's role in spycraft ascendant
Digby / Hullabaloo:   "Real Conservatism Has Never Been Tried"
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
BREAKING: Hayden to Be Named DCI Tomorrow
Discussion: Left in the West and War and Piece
Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette:
THE KILLING OF ATWAR BAHJAT  —  Warning: The following contains a graphic description of a brutal murder - probably exceeding what you imagine one human being could do to another.  However, it is typical of the work of Islamic terrorists.  Read on only if you want a bit of insight into the nature of the enemy in this global war.
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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
Knowing the Enemy  —  In "The Killing of Atwar Bahjat", Greyhawk points us to a graphic [warning: not for the week of stomach] Times UK account of the murder of Iraqi journalist Atwar Bahjat.  —  What one is left with, after reading the piece, is twofold, I think: first …
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
On One Of Iraq's Top Journalists Being Beheaded (UPDATED)  —  The barbaric terrorists beheadings that go beyond most definitions of murder in terms of their brutality have continued in Iraq.  —  WARNING: This Times Online piece about the merciless on-camera butchery of Atwar Bahjat …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:   Courage And Cowardice  —  The London Times reports on the final days …
Gaius / Blue Crab Boulevard:   The Face Of Evil
Michelle Malkin:
THE EXECUTION OF ATWAR BAHJAT
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
Deacon / Power Line:
ARE THE EDITORS ON STRIKE AT THE WASHINGTON POST?  —  Last year, when John and I published a piece in the Washington Post's outlook secion, the Post's editor (to her credit) hounded us for details, evidence, and explanations to support our arguments and assertions.  Markos (Kos) Moulitsas must have had a different editor.
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Jonathan Chait / Los Angeles Times:
Don't let the left defeat Lieberman  —  The last thing the Democratic cause needs is martyrdom for the sanctimonious senator from Connecticut.  —  WATCHING the left wing of the Democratic Party trying to take down Joe Lieberman has been a deeply confusing experience for me.
Discussion: Decision '08
Ezra Klein:
Wild And Crazy Netroots
Discussion: Majikthise and LamontBlog
Andrew Klavan / Los Angeles Times:
Draft Hollywood  —  The nation needs more gung-ho, patriotic war movies that celebrate our fight against Islamo-fascists.  —  THERE HAS NEVER been an age without war, not ever.  Mass violence is a continual aspect of the human condition.  Peace, like good weather, is always local and temporary …
The Australian:
Mark Steyn: New coalition of willing needed in Darfur  —  Hollywood stars are naive to expect the UN to stop the bloodbath in Sudan  —  I SEE George Clooney and Angelina Jolie have discovered Darfur and are now demanding "action".  Good for them.  Hollywood hasn't shown this much interest …
Jared Bernstein / Los Angeles Times:
You know how to add, don't you?  —  A dark night, a mysterious dame and a gumshoe looking for clues in the case of the vanishing wages  —  I Was working late in my D.C. office.  I'd been running some new simulations on my macro-model, but nothing was converging, so I figured I'd close …
Sabbah's Blog:
Prominent Egyptian blogger arrested and several other activists  —  Alaa Abd El-Fatah, one of the Egyptian political activists, and one of the first bloggers in Egypt was arrested today together with around ten more activists during a peaceful demonstration in solidarity with sixty activists …
 
 
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Gov. Says Borders Are Vulnerable  —  Schwarzenegger takes Congress …
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