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5:10 AM ET, May 18, 2006

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MSNBC:
Lawmaker: Marines killed Iraqis 'in cold blood'  —  Navy conducting war crimes probe into November violence in Haditha  —  A video provided to Reuters in March by Hamourabi, a human rights group, shows covered bodies, which Hamourabi says are of 15 civilians shot to death by Marines in Haditha in November.
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Gary Gross / California Conservative:
John Murtha, Traitor  —  John Murtha's said some extremely outrageous things the past 6 months but nothing as outrageous as his latest pack of lies.  He was barely tolerable when he was hurling lies about conditions on the ground.  This latest tripe is the stuff that should get him expelled from the House.
David Espo / Associated Press:
Senate OKs Border Fence, Mulls Citizenship  —  The Senate voted to build 370 miles of triple-layered fencing along the Mexican border Wednesday and clashed over citizenship for millions of men and women who live in the United States illegally.  —  Amid increasingly emotional debate …
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New York Times:
Senate Votes to Extend Fence Along Border  —  WASHINGTON, May 17— The Senate voted overwhelmingly today to add hundreds of miles of fencing along the border between the United States and Mexico and to bar illegal immigrants convicted of a felony or three misdemeanors from remaining …
Discussion: ParaPundit, dartblog.com and VDARE.com
John Conyers Jr / Washington Post:
No Rush to Impeachment  —  As Republicans have become increasingly nervous about whether they will be able to maintain control of the House in the midterm elections, they have resorted to the straw-man strategy of identifying a parade of horrors to come if Democrats gain the majority.
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Zachary Roth / Washington Monthly:
Investi-Gate  —  What's really at stake in the November elections.  —  There are plenty of reasons why George W. Bush managed to eke out a 51 percent re-election victory in 2004: John Kerry was a lousy candidate; Iraq had not yet descended into civil war; and anti-gay-marriage ballot initiatives …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
U.S. Said to Weigh a New Approach on North Korea  —  WASHINGTON, May 17 — President Bush's top advisers have recommended a broad new approach to dealing with North Korea that would include beginning negotiations on a peace treaty, even while efforts to dismantle the country's nuclear program …
Discussion: Hot Air, Sadly, No! and Amygdala
t r u t h o u t:
Update on the Rove Indictment Story  —  For the past few days, we have endured non-stop attacks on our credibility, and we have fought hard to defend our reputation.  In addition, we have worked around the clock to provide additional information to our readership.
Henryk M. Broder / Spiegel Online:
"Voltaire and Erasmus Are Spinning in their Graves"  —  Holland's most famous immigrant — Ayaan Hirsi Ali — has been stripped of her citizenship overnight following television revelations about news that's long been public: she lied a little on her application for asylum years ago.
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Who Isn't A 'Values Voter'?  —  An aggressively annoying new phrase in America's political lexicon is "values voters."  It is used proudly by social conservatives, and carelessly by the media to denote such conservatives.  —  This phrase diminishes our understanding of politics.
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Al Gore Overcomes the Fear Factor, Hillary Succumbs  —  Last night, I attended the premiere of An Inconvenient Truth, the powerful new global warming documentary featuring an impassioned and surprisingly humorous Al Gore.  —  After the screening, as I watched him interact with well-wishers …
Discussion: Think Progress and Daily Kos
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Justin Rood / TPMmuckraker:
Dingbat Billing Dust-up Shuts Down Security Clearances  —  A minor billing dispute between the Pentagon and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is threatening operations throughout the U.S. national security community.  —  Last month, OPM — which currently handles background investigations …
William Triplett / Variety:
Tony Snow at the White House  —  Possibly through Inauguration Day 2009, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. Running time: 40 MIN.  —  In the often surreal world of the televised press briefing, the media don't stand a chance against a nice guy, and judging by his first performance …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
G.O.P. Voters to Be Target of Radio Ads by Democrats  —  WASHINGTON, May 16 — House Democrats, trying to capitalize on conservative dissatisfaction with Republicans, are reaching out to Christian voters with radio advertisements critical of Republican proposals to overhaul Social Security.
Max Boot / Los Angeles Times:
Forget privacy, we need to spy more  —  Electronic surveillance is a key weapon in the war on terror.  Don't handcuff the president and the NSA.  —  PRETTY MUCH everyone agrees that our human-spy capacity is missing in action.  The chances that a CIA agent will be in the same cave …
Discussion: world-o-crap.com and TAPPED
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
In Defense Of Mark Tapscott  —  Over the past couple of weeks, many conservative bloggers have debated the future of the conservative movement and the potential electoral strategies that we feel will most benefit the cause.  Over the course of that time, the bloggers have appeared to separate us …
 
 
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Siobhan Gorman / Baltimore Sun:
NSA killed system that sifted phone data legally
Mark Henderson / Times of London:
Pyow pyow pyow . . . hack hack hack hack!  Let's get out of here (in monkey talk)
New York Post:
YOU'LL LOUVRE IT!  —  INTRICATE THRILLER ENOUGH TO MAKE MONA LISA SMILE
Aljazeera:
Saudi king calls for female picture ban
Discussion: DIE WELT.de Blogs
english.pravda.ru:
US President 2008: Hillary Clinton or Condoleezza Rice?
Discussion: Althouse and dartblog.com
Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Iran Rejects European Nuclear Incentives
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Seeking to Control Borders, Bush Turns to Big Military Contractors
Gregory / belgraviadispatch.com:
LET'S TALK TO IRAN—A GROWING CHORUS!
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Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
'Arafat used aid to buy weapons'
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
David Cay Johnston / New York Times:
IRA Swaps Could Cost U.S. Billions in Tax Revenue
Joseph Carroll / Gallup:
Americans Increasingly View Most Members of Congress as Corrupt
Discussion: Daily Kos and Decision '08
Will / Attytood:
The coming tidal wave
Discussion: Philly.com and MyDD
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Alberto's " unclear" about how his grandparents got here
Christopher Wang / Associated Press:
Dow Plunges; Nasdaq Turns Negative on Yr.
Jim Romenesko / poynter.org:
Stengel named Time managing editor
CBS News:
Bush Is Now A Lame Duck