Top Items:
Jason Leopold / truthout.org:
Karl Rove Indicted on Charges of Perjury, Lying to Investigators — Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald spent more than half a day Friday at the offices of Patton Boggs, the law firm representing Karl Rove. — During the course of that meeting, Fitzgerald served attorneys …
Discussion:
TalkLeft, Billmon, Concurring Opinions, Bad Attitudes, BluegrassReport.org, Kesher Talk, Democrat Taylor Marsh …, SEIXON, The Gun Toting Liberal, Sweetness & Light, Bark Bark Woof Woof, AfterDowningStreet.org, Preemptive Karma, Shakespeare's Sister, In Search Of Utopia, The Florida Masochist, Blanton's and Ashton's, Outside The Beltway, Booman Tribune, THE NEWS BLOG, News Hounds, Cannonfire and Running Scared
RELATED ITEMS:
Chip Somodevilla / Newsweek:
A Fresh Focus on Cheney — Hand-written notes by the Vice President surface in the Fitzgerald Probe — The Vice President at an awards ceremony on Wednesday — May 13, 2006 - The role of Vice President Dick Cheney in the criminal case stemming from the outing of White House critic …
Discussion:
Macsmind, TalkLeft, AMERICAblog, The Democratic Daily Blog, Andrew Sullivan, Flopping Aces and The Reaction
New York Times:
Cheney Pushed U.S. to Widen Eavesdropping — WASHINGTON, May 13 — In the weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, Vice President Dick Cheney and his top legal adviser argued that the National Security Agency should intercept purely domestic telephone calls and e-mail messages without warrants …
The Raw Story:
Times' Frank Rich: Any 'witch hunt' for traitors should begin in the White House — Defending journalists who have been castigated as traitors for exposing government blunders, New York Times columnist Frank Rich writes that any "witch hunt" for traitors should begin in the White House, RAW STORY has found.
Discussion:
Obsidian Wings
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Fired Officer Believed CIA Lied to Congress — Friends Say McCarthy Learned of Denials About Detainees' Treatment — A senior CIA official, meeting with Senate staff in a secure room of the Capitol last June, promised repeatedly that the agency did not violate or seek to violate …
TalkLeft:
Breaking Report: Karl Rove Indicted — Huge breaking news from Jason Leopold just now at Truthout — Karl Rove has been indicted. … Leopold reports the charges include lying to investigators and perjury before the grand jury but it is not yet known if obstruction of justice is one of the charges.
Discussion:
Sadly, No!
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:The Cirque du Soleil Defense, Part II
Discussion:
The Next Hurrah
David Jefferson / Newsweek:
Newsweek Poll: Americans Wary of NSA Spying — Bush's approval ratings hit new lows as controversy rages. — May 13, 2006 - Has the Bush administration gone too far in expanding the powers of the President to fight terrorism? Yes, say a majority of Americans, following this week's revelation …
RELATED ITEMS:
Editor and Publisher:
Sibling Rivalry: 'Wash Post' and 'Newsweek' Polls Clash on NSA — They may be owned by the same company, but two polls commissioned by The Washington Post and Newsweek magazine on the important issue of public approval of the National Security Agency's gathering of phone records produced quite different results.
Pete Hoekstra / Los Angeles Times:
Rep. Pete Hoekstra: Journalism vs. security — Leaking classified information puts American lives at risk, says Republican congressman. — WE ARE IN the first war of the Information Age, and we have a critical advantage over our enemy: We are far better at gathering intelligence.
RELATED ITEMS:
White House:
President's Radio Address — THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week I nominated General Mike Hayden to be the next Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. The work of the CIA is essential to the security of the American people. The enemies who struck our Nation on September the 11th …
William M. Arkin / Washington Post:NSA's Multi-Billion Dollar Data Mining Effort
Discussion:
SEIXON
ABCNEWS:
Duke Lacrosse DNA: Mystery Man Revealed — Accuser's Boyfriend is 'Single Source' of DNA on Vaginal Swab — May 13, 2006 — The second round of DNA test results in the Duke University rape investigation show "no conclusive match'' to any lacrosse players, defense attorneys said …
New York Times:
Despite Political Pressure to Scale Back, Logistics Are Pinning Down U.S. in Iraq — WASHINGTON, May 13 — Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld regularly says he wants major troop withdrawals from Iraq, if possible this year. But he rarely mentions the daunting challenges beyond …
expatica.com:
Liberals don't care Hirsi Ali lied to get asylum in 1992 — AMSTERDAM — Somali-born MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali may have told more lies about her past in order to get asylum in the Netherlands in 1992 than she has previously admitted, news programme Zembla has suggested.
Thom Shanker / New York Times:
Military Plans Tests in Search for an Alternative to Oil-Based Fuel — WASHINGTON, May 13 — When an F-16 lights up its afterburners, it consumes nearly 28 gallons of fuel per minute. No wonder, then, that of all the fuel the United States government uses each year, the Air Force accounts for more than half.
Discussion:
The American Mind
Deputy Health & Science Editor, DC — 
Weather Reporter, NY — 
Legal Editor, Johannesburg — 
Transcription Copy Editor - Opinion, CA — 
Agriculture Reporter, Winnipeg — 
Part-time Editor, Remote — 
Home & Travel Reporter - Ireland — 
Investigative Reporter, SC — 
Deputy Spotlight Editor, MA — 
Disinfo/Extremism/Tech Reporter — 
Audience Editor - Search, NY — 
Awards Specials Editor, CA — 
Middle East Editor, Remote — 
Arts Editor, London — 
Deputy Tech Ed. - CNBC, CA — 
Reporter - Police Beat, OR — 
National Tech Reporter — 
Express Desk Reporter, CA — 
Alabama Reporter, AL — 
Tech Reporter, CA — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
Deputy Editor - Investigations, NY — 
Senior Writer - Biotech, Remote — 
Senior IP Correspondent, Brussels — 
Senior Editor - Business Desk, DC — 
Freelance Reporter - L.A. Education, CA — 
Associate Editor, London — 
Copy & Weekend Editor, NH — 
Private Equity Reporter, NY — 
Political Reporter, TX — 
Economic Mobility Reporter, FL — 
Reporter - Skift Meetings, Remote — 
Reporter, NC — 
Digital Editor, DC — 
