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11:25 AM ET, May 13, 2006

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Richard A. Falkenrath / Washington Post:
The Right Call on Phone Records  —  The NSA's Program Safeguards Security — and Civil Liberties  —  On Thursday, USA Today reported that three U.S. telecommunications companies have been voluntarily providing the National Security Agency with anonymized domestic telephone records …
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Beth DeFalco / Associated Press:
Verizon Sued for Giving NSA Phone Records  —  TRENTON, N.J. - Two New Jersey public interest lawyers sued Verizon Communications Inc. for $5 billion Friday, claiming the phone carrier violated privacy laws by turning over phone records to the National Security Agency for a secret government surveillance program.
Discussion: Think Progress and A Blog For All
Washington Post:
Ousted CIA No. 3 Is Target of Raids  —  Foggo's Home and Langley Office Swept in Corruption Probe  —  Federal agents yesterday searched the CIA offices and Northern Virginia home of Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, the spy agency's No. 3 official who was forced to resign this week amid …
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New York Times:
C.I.A. Aide's House and Office Searched  —  WASHINGTON, May 12 — Federal agents conducted searches on Friday at the office and home of Kyle Foggo, who stepped down this week as the Central Intelligence Agency's third-ranking official.  —  The searches were part of a widening criminal investigation …
Associated Press:
Feds Raid Home Of Top CIA Official
Discussion: Left in the West
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Bush Weighs Deploying Guard to U.S. Border  —  WASHINGTON - Once again the Bush administration is turning to the military to help solve a domestic problem.  But instead of hurricane aid or preparations to cope with avian flu, the Pentagon is being asked to possibly provide thousands …
Discussion: NewsHog
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Jason Leopold / truthout.org:
Rove Informs White House He Will Be Indicted  —  Within the last week, Karl Rove told President Bush and Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten, as well as a few other high level administration officials, that he will be indicted in the CIA leak case and will immediately resign his White House job …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Democrats See an Opening to Debate Security Issues  —  WASHINGTON, May 12 — Senate Democrats intend to use next week's confirmation hearings for a new C.I.A. director to press the Bush administration on its broad surveillance programs, engaging Republicans on national security grounds …
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Chris Strohm / govexec.com:
Former NSA officer alleges illegal activities under Hayden
Discussion: The American Street
John Markoff / New York Times:
Questions Raised for Phone Giants in Spy Data Furor  —  The former chief executive of Qwest, the nation's fourth-largest phone company, rebuffed government requests for the company's calling records after 9/11 because of "a disinclination on the part of the authorities to use any legal process," his lawyer said yesterday.
New York Times:
Corrections: For the Record  —  An article on Monday about the state-owned energy company of Bolivia misstated the position held at the company from 1969 to 1979 by Carlos d'Arlach, now an opposition senator, who expressed opposition to the government's recent nationalization of its oil and gas reserves.
Discussion: COUNTERCOLUMN
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
PURPLE HAZE AT THE TIMES
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and OPFOR
CNN:
Poll: Clinton outperformed Bush  —  (CNN) — In a new poll comparing President Bush's job performance with that of his predecessor, a strong majority of respondents said President Clinton outperformed Bush on a host of issues.  —  The poll of 1,021 adult Americans was conducted May 5-7 by Opinion Research Corp. for CNN.
Jay Reeves / Associated Press:
Alabama candidate for AG disputes Holocaust, is coming to NJ  —  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A Democratic candidate for Alabama attorney general denies the Holocaust occurred and said Friday he will speak this weekend in New Jersey to a "pro-white" organization that is widely viewed as being racist.
Billmon:
Leviathan … If someone would just translate The Leviathan into modern colloquial English - or even better, turn it into a comic book - I think Shrub might discover a new favorite philosopher.  Maybe not on same plane as Jesus Christ (and certainly not as politically advantageous) …
Discussion: the talking dog
New York Times:
A Bitter Game: Beijing Battles With Vatican  —  SHENYANG, China, May 9 — From the moment in 1978 when China reopened itself, conditionally, to the outside world, the Roman Catholic Church has been painstakingly working to get back in.  Hopes have been raised, then dashed …
Aaron Beard / Associated Press:
2nd DNA Test Shows No Conclusive Match  —  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A second round of DNA testing in the Duke University lacrosse rape case came back with the same result as the first - no conclusive match to any member of the team, defense attorneys said Friday.
Discussion: RightWinged.com and Brendan Nyhan
Amba / Donklephant:
Dem Centrists Get Tough … "These netroots types think they are something cutting edge when they are merely McGovernites with modems."  —  That saucy salvo was issued a few days ago by Marshall Wittman (aka Bull Moose) on RealClearPolitics.  Today Tom Bevan takes up the fight …
William J. Broad / New York Times:
U.N. Finds New Uranium Traces in Iran  —  Atomic inspectors have found traces of highly enriched uranium on equipment linked to an Iranian military base, raising new questions about whether Iran harbors a clandestine program to make nuclear bombs, diplomats said yesterday.
 
 
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