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11:35 AM ET, July 24, 2006

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Arlen Specter / Washington Post:
Surveillance We Can Live With  —  President Bush's electronic surveillance program has been a festering sore on our body politic since it was publicly disclosed last December.  Civil libertarians, myself included, have insisted that the program must be subject to judicial review to ensure compliance with the Fourth Amendment.
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Dialing for Spines...And the Constitution  —  Last week Pachacutec asked all of the Roots project members to reach out to their senators to find out how they intended to vote on Arlen Specter's revision of FISA legislation.  [If you haven't yet joined the Roots Project, you should] (see UPDATE below).
Discussion: MyDD, Eschaton and Shakespeare's Sister
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Specter instructs us to be grateful to the President  —  Sen. Arlen Specter has an Op-Ed in this morning's Washington Post which attempts to justify his proposed FISA legislation — legislation which, at its core, renders legal the President's lawbreaking and cedes to the President the right …
A.L. / The Anonymous Liberal:   Arlen Specter Displays His Near Total Ignorance of Basic Constitutional Law
Marty Lederman / Balkinization:   Proof Positive That Arlen Specter Does Not Read Balkinization
Valerie Olander / Detroit News:
Kerry knocks Bush on handling of Mideast conflict  —  U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D- Mass., who was in town Sunday to help Gov. Jennifer Granholm campaign for her re-election bid, took time to take a jab at the Bush administration for its lack of leadership in the Israeli-Lebanon conflict.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:   New, Improved John Kerry — Now With Even Less Substance!
Mike Allen / Time:
Into the Fray  —  After years of pulling away from Mideast diplomacy …
Discussion: MyDD and Wonkette
Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:
Rice meets with Lebanon PM in Beirut  —  WASHINGTON - In a surprise visit to Beirut, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised the beleaguered prime minister of Lebanon on Monday for his courage in struggling to contain the fighting between the Hezbollah militia and Israel.
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Washington Post:
Rice Makes Unannounced Visit to Beirut  —  BEIRUT, July 24 — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced stop in Beirut Monday in an effort to shore up Lebanon's fragile government, beleaguered by nearly two weeks of relentless bombing raids that have wrecked much of the country's infrastructure …
Discussion: TAPPED and Decision '08
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
U.S. Must Deal With Damascus and Hezbollah to Ease Mideast Crisis, Syrian Says  —  DAMASCUS, Syria, July 23 — The Bush administration's approach of indirectly pressuring Syria to end its support for Hezbollah is doomed to failure, a top Syrian minister said Thursday.
CNN:
Rice in Beirut for talks with Lebanese premier  —  Secretary of state: Conditions must be right before cease-fire  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced stop in Beirut on Monday to meet with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora about the crisis in the Middle East.
Discussion: The Mahablog and PoliBlog
Cal Perry / CNN:
Four children and the cost of war  —  TYRE, Lebanon (CNN) — The last time I sat down to write something, it was about the cost of war.  As I looked ahead to the coming days, the last words I wrote were: Who will die?  —  Today, I found out.  —  Standing in front of this 8-year-old boy lying …
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Anthony Shadid / Washington Post:   Civilian Toll Mounts in Lebanon Conflict
Hassan M. Fattah / New York Times:
To Flee or to Stay? Family Chooses Too Late and Pays Dearly
Discussion: Israel Matzav and The Agonist
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Legal Group Faults Bush for Ignoring Parts of Bills  —  WASHINGTON, July 23 — The American Bar Association said Sunday that President Bush was flouting the Constitution and undermining the rule of law by claiming the power to disregard selected provisions of bills that he signed.
Discussion: The Next Hurrah
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Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
Bush's Tactic of Refusing Laws Is Probed
Discussion: Bring it On!
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Pakistan Expanding Nuclear Program  —  Plant Underway Could Generate Plutonium for 40 to 50 Bombs a Year, Analysts Say  —  Pakistan has begun building what independent analysts say is a powerful new reactor for producing plutonium, a move that, if verified, would signal a major expansion …
Jeff Jacoby / Boston Globe:
'Chickenhawk'  —  ``IT'S TOUCHING that you're so concerned about the military in Iraq," a reader in Wyoming e-mails in response to one of my columns on the war.  ``But I have a suspicion you're a phony.  So tell me, what's your combat record?  Ever serve?"
Discussion: QandO and Blue Crab Boulevard
Juan / Informed Comment:
Israelis Kill 8, wound 45 on Sunday  —  Strike Clinic, Ambulance, Factories, Minibus, Journalist  —  Hizbullah Rockets Hit Haifa, Kill 2  —  The Daily Star reports that … Jan Egeland, the United Nations undersecretary general for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator …
Discussion: Jerusalem Post
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Lebanon Daily Star:   Help Lebanon.  Send a letter to your government representative.
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Your Daily Ned  —  . Congresswomen Marcy Kaptur and Maxine Waters campaigned yesterday for Ned Lamont.  It was exceptionally brave to buck the party and do so, though yesterday's Rasmussen results indicate the decision might be quite politically pragmatic (YouTube above by CTBlogger).
Aaron Klein / New York Sun:
War Dead Flown to Iran  —  JERUSALEM — The bodies of Iranian Revolutionary Guard soldiers killed by the Israeli army in Lebanon have been transported to Syria and flown to Tehran, senior Lebanese political sources said.  —  Israeli and Egyptian security officials confirmed the news …
Discussion: A Blog For All
Associated Press:
Hastert: House may challenge office search  —  WASHINGTON - House Speaker Dennis Hastert said Sunday he may challenge a judge's order allowing FBI agents to examine documents seized at a Louisiana congressman's Capitol Hill office in a bribery probe.  —  Hastert said he believed Rep. William Jefferson …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and QandO
Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:
Study: Ex-Rep. Made Use of 'Black' Budgets  —  WASHINGTON - An independent investigation has found that imprisoned former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham took advantage of secrecy and badgered congressional aides to help slip items into classified bills that would benefit him and his associates.
Discussion: The Left Coaster and TPMmuckraker
Patrick Cockburn / Independent:
Sectarian break-up of Iraq is now inevitable, admit officials  —  The Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, meets Tony Blair in London today as violence in Iraq reaches a new crescendo and senior Iraqi officials say the break up of the country is inevitable.
Discussion: AMERICAblog
 
 
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Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:
That Raise Might Take 4 Years to Earn as Well
Ron Brynaert / The Raw Story:
Time: Presidential adviser wants Bush to 'beef up' White House …
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
'It Looked Weird and Felt Wrong'
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
Nicholas Blanford / Lebanon Daily Star:
Help Lebanon.  Send a letter to your government representative.
Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
U.S. doubts Israeli figures about damage of air war
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Send Better Lawyers
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Saudis Urge Bush to Push for Cease-Fire in the Mideast
Janny Scott / New York Times:
Cities Shed Middle Class, and Are Richer and Poorer for It
Hindrocket / Power Line:
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Discussion: world-o-crap.com and TBogg
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Health Secretary Is Questioned on Use of Family Foundation
Discussion: DMI Blog
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
U.S. Cuts in Africa Aid Said to Hurt War on Terror