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1:45 PM ET, March 16, 2007

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Faiz / Think Progress:
VIDEO: Valerie Plame Confirms Her Covert Status Prior To Novak Leak  —  This morning, in her testimony under oath before the House Government and Oversight Committee, Valerie Plame Wilson asserted that she was in fact a covert officer at the time that columnist Robert Novak revealed her employment at the CIA.
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Washington Post:
Valerie Plame, the Spy Who's Ready to Speak for Herself  —  Years of Silence Will End Today With Capitol Hill Testimony  —  She has been silent nearly four years.  Today, the CIA officer whose unmasking fueled a political uproar and criminal probe that reached into the White House is poised …
Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
Plame: My Cover Was 'Recklessly' Abused  —  WASHINGTON — Valerie Plame, the CIA operative at the heart of a political scandal, told Congress Friday that senior officials at the White House and State Department "carelessly and recklessly" blew her cover to discredit her diplomat-husband.
Holly / The Moderate Voice:
Valerie Plame Puts Critics to Shame
Discussion: Wonkette
Associated Press:
White House cites 'hazy memories' on attorney firings  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Friday backed off its earlier contention that then-White House Counsel Harriet Miers first raised the idea of firing U.S. attorneys — an act that led to a firestorm of criticism of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
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Andrew Cohen / Bench Conference:
Part IV: The Case for Attorney General Patrick Fitzgerald  —  If the first three parts of this series have made a reasonable if not airtight case for the resignation or firing of Alberto Gonzales as attorney general, and with his legal and political failings becoming clearer by the day …
Discussion: Flopping Aces
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Today's Must Read  —  Now that the morning papers have taken a shot interpreting the email released late yesterday, let's take another look.  —  Shortly after the email's release, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters that the email does not show that the idea of firing certain or all U.S. attorneys began with Karl Rove.
Ian Bishop / New York Post:
HILL REDRAWING HER BATTLE LINE  —  After recently vowing to quickly end the Iraq war if she becomes president, Hillary Rodham Clinton is now stressing a plan to keep some U.S. forces there indefinitely - a shift that analysts say shows she's feeling heat from both Barack Obama and Rudy Giuliani.
Discussion: New York Times, The Swamp and TIME
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New York Post:
BILL RIPS TIMES' HILL BASHING
Discussion: The Caucus
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
With Earlier Primary, Calif. Reshapes Race
Discussion: Simianbrain
Washington Post:
Two Senators Secretly Flew to Cuba for Alleged 9/11 Mastermind's Hearing  —  Two key congressional leaders secretly flew to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Saturday to observe the closed military hearing for al-Qaeda leader Khalid Sheik Mohammed, according to Capitol Hill staff members and Pentagon officials.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Gonzales' unprecedented efforts to block a FISA investigation  —  Last July, it was revealed that the Office of Professional Responsibility in the Justice Department — the office "responsible for investigating allegations of misconduct involving Department attorneys" …
UPI:
Danish scientist: Global warming is a myth  —  A Danish scientist said the idea of a "global temperature" and global warming is more political than scientific.  —  University of Copenhagen Professor Bjarne Andresen has analyzed the topic in collaboration with Canadian Professors Christopher Essex …
Discussion: QandO and Maggie's Farm
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Diagnosis: Cheney  —  "What is wrong with Dick Cheney?" asks Michelle Cottle in the inaugural issue of the newly relaunched New Republic.  She then spends the next 1,900 words marshaling evidence suggesting that his cardiac disease has left him demented and mentally disordered.
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Far From Inevitable, McCain Retunes '08 Engine  —  Senator John McCain of Arizona worked hard for years to make himself the all-but-inevitable 2008 Republican presidential nominee, assembling a formidable machine of advisers and contributors, repairing his relationship with the Bush White House …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup Poll:
Americans 3-to-1 Against a Libby Pardon  —  Bush approval rating holds steady  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Last week, former vice presidential aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby was found guilty of making false statements, perjury, and obstruction of justice in connection with a special prosecutor's investigation …
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Donklephant
Ronald Brownstein / Los Angeles Times:
Fox hounded  —  How the Democrats are turning on Fox News.  —  In the history of capitalism has any company had more success with just a wink and a nod than the Fox News Channel?  And can Democrats be successful in the 2008 campaign by refusing to wink or nod back?
USA Today:
VIP ward at Walter Reed gets scrutiny  —  Disclosures of substandard housing for troops treated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center are prompting Congress to investigate whether the Army is running a plush ward at the complex for VIPs at the expense of ordinary war casualties.
Discussion: TPMCafe blogs
Joseph Kahn / New York Times:
China Approves Property Law, Strengthening Its Middle Class  —  After more than a quarter-century of market-oriented economic policies and record-setting growth, China on Friday enacted its first law to protect private property explicitly.  —  The measure, which was delayed …
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Scoop Or Sham?  —  Has Kent State defended a history professor with ties to the Klan and a website calling for the murder of African-Americans?  Mike Adams, a conservative college professor who defends free-speech rights for conservatives on college campuses, takes Kent State to task …
Discussion: Betsy's Page and PoliBlog (TM)
The Raw Story:
45,000-member evangelical group breaks ranks with Bush administration on torture  —  The National Association of Evangelicals, representing roughly 45,000 churches across the U.S. endorsed on Tuesday a declaration against torture put together by Evangelicals for Human Rights …
David Charter / Times of London:
Central fingerprint database plan draws fire from all over EU  —  Proposals for a centralised database of fingerprints from across the Continent were revealed yesterday, fuelling fears on all sides of a Big Brother Europe.  —  The scheme for a computerised collection of personal details drawn …
Discussion: Samizdata.net and Tim Worstall
 
 
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Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Edwards And Obama: A MyDD - Dailykos Generation Gap?
Discussion: Daily Kos and CorrenteWire
John S. Adams / Missoulia Independent:
Slow down  —  Montana Senate moves to kill "fast track"
Will Dunham / Reuters:
Immense ice deposits found at south pole of Mars
White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow
Steve Sailer / The American Conservative:
Obama's Identity Crisis
Emptywheel / Firedoglake:
They're Scared  —  Donate to the Wilson's Defense Trust.
Discussion: MyDD and TIME: Swampland
Mary Beth Sheridan / Washington Post:
D.C. Vote Bill Sent To House Floor
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Immigration Misery  —  A screaming baby girl has been forcibly weaned …
Gerard Baker / Times of London:
Great capital city. Shame about the awful BBC
New York Times:
A New Face of Jihad Vows Attacks on U.S.
Financial Times:
Rough justice - how Pakistan may be slipping from the grasp of the generals
Richard Waters / Financial Times:
Web censorship spreading globally