Secret Court to Govern Wiretapping Plan  —  The Justice Department announced today that the National Security Agency's controversial warrantless surveillance program has been placed under the authority of a secret surveillance court, marking an abrupt change in approach by the Bush administration after more than a year of heated debate.

Libby Jury Selection Seen as Challenge  —  To see just how small a town Washington really is, drop in on jury selection at the trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, where nearly every candidate so far seems to have some connection to the players or events surrounding the leak of an undercover CIA officer's identity.

Dodd Introduces Bill to Cap U.S. Troops in Iraq  —  Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.) announced legislation today capping the number of troops in Iraq at roughly 130,000, saying that lawmakers should take an up-or-down vote on President Bush's plan to send additional troops to the country …

Colbert Nails Dinesh D'Souza  —  Colbert was in top form last night when conservative pundit Dinesh D'Souza came on the show to promote his new book, The Enemy At Home: The Cultural Left and Its Responsibility for 9/11.  In his latest screed, D'Souza, according to Publishers Weekly's review …

Did Specter Give WH Power to Replace Prosecutors?  —  In order to replace several U.S. Attorneys with handpicked successors, the Bush Administration has relied on a tiny, obscure provision tucked into last year's USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act.  —  How did it get there?

Katie: A Woman At The Table  —  One week ago, Katie sat down for a briefing at the White House, and noticed something unusual.  —  Last Wednesday, President Bush gave his address to the country about "the new way forward" for Iraq, and lots of journalists—including me, of course—were in Washington to cover it.

Exclusive: Jimmy Carter Interceded on Behalf of Nazi SS Guard  —  A former U.S. Justice Department official disclosed to Arutz-7 that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's advocacy extended beyond the Palestinians, when he interceded on behalf of a Nazi SS man.

Preventive Quagmire  —  Kevin explains further his position on the rightness and wrongness of liberal hawks and doves and makes a lot of sense.  But on one point, I have to disagree completely: … Preventive war is based on the idea that an enemy (presumably) is preparing to do something …

What's Wrong With Vocational School?  —  Too many Americans are going to college.  —  The topic yesterday was education and children in the lower half of the intelligence distribution.  Today I turn to the upper half, people with IQs of 100 or higher.  Today's simple truth is that far …

Snow Falls In West LA, Malibu  —  CHP To Escort Motorists Through Icy Grapevine  —  SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — Snow fell on the palm trees of West Los Angeles and Malibu Wednesday afternoon as Jack Frost visited the Southland again.  —  Images: Malibu, West LA Snow  —  Video

Post Web Site Is Publishing Reporter's Novel as a Serial  —  Washingtonpost.com is publishing fiction for the first time, serializing the debut novel of Post Business section reporter David Hilzenrath.  —  The book, "Jezebel's Tomb," is a thriller set in the present-day Middle East.