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2:10 AM ET, March 19, 2007

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U.S. attorney's firing may be connected to CIA corruption probe  —  WASHINGTON - Fired San Diego U.S. attorney Carol Lam notified the Justice Department that she intended to execute search warrants on a high-ranking CIA official as part of a corruption probe the day before a Justice Department official sent …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Leahy Wants Bush Aides to Testify on Fired Prosecutors  —  The Democratic senator leading the inquiry into the dismissal of federal prosecutors insisted today that Karl Rove and other top aides to President Bush must testify publicly and under oath, setting up a confrontation between Congress …
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Prosecutor's Firing Was Urged During Probe  —  The U.S. attorney in San Diego notified the Justice Department of search warrants in a Republican bribery scandal last May 10, one day before the attorney general's chief of staff warned the White House of "a real problem" with her, a Democratic senator said yesterday.
MSNBC:
MTP Transcript for Mar. 18, 2007  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday, the attorney general of the United States under fire.  Why were eight U.S. attorneys removed?  Did the Bush administration mislead Congress?  With us, from the Senate Judiciary Committee, Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York.
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. Recognized Prosecutor's Work on Election Fraud Before His Firing  —  One of the U.S. attorneys fired by the Bush administration after Republican complaints that he neglected to prosecute voter fraud had been heralded for his expertise in that area by the Justice Department …
Discussion: Oliver Willis
Robert Gehrke / Salt Lake Tribune:
Right-hand man now a scapegoat?
Discussion: TBogg
Tim Lambon / New Statesman:
Observations on Iraq  —  It's hard to describe the noise when a whole cabinet of crockery is emptied on to the floor.  Even harder not to shout in indignation when the American soldier who intentionally tipped it forward, until the plates and dishes slid smashing to the floor, says without regret …
Discussion: Today in Iraq and Jules Crittenden
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Siun / Firedoglake:
"The desire for freedom resides in every human heart."
Discussion: Today in Iraq
Faiz / Think Progress:
Hume Launches New Smear: Plame Lied Under Oath  —  Today on Fox News Sunday, Brit Hume continued his campaign to smear Valerie Plame Wilson.  Previously, he had falsely said that it was "unlikely she was" covert.  —  Instead of apologizing this morning, he launched a new attack against Plame …
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
I was waiting for this: Hume says Plame lied under oath
Discussion: The Mahablog
Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
Uproar Over Power Broker's Unpaid Utility Bills  —  Everybody has to pay the light bill, an unpleasant maxim lately made even more so here, knowing the powerful do not always observe it.  —  Month after month, Memphis Light, Gas and Water allowed City Councilman Edmund Ford to forgo paying thousands …
Jerusalem Post:
Report: France urged Israel to hit Syria  —  French President Jacques Chirac told Israel at the start of the war in Lebanon that France would support an Israeli assault on Syria, it was reported on Sunday.  —  Army Radio reported that in the message, which was delivered by Chirac to Israel via …
CNN:
Poll: Confidence in Iraq war down sharply … WASHINGTON (CNN) — Americans are starkly less confident and proud of their country's involvement in Iraq, according to poll results released Sunday.  —  However, the poll — results of which were released on the eve of the Iraq war's 4-year anniversary …
Stephen Gerlis / Times of London:
Unravelling the confessions of the 9/11 chief  —  Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is finally talking to his US captors.Yosri Fouda, the only journalist ever to interview him, knows why  —  In April 2002, as chief investigative reporter on Al-Jazeera, I was taken blindfolded to meet Khalid Sheikh Mohammed at a safe house in Karachi.
Eleanor Clift / Newsweek:
Gore on the Un-Campaign Trail  —  Since the documentary he starred in, "An Inconvenient Truth," won an Academy Award, speculation has only increased about Al Gore's potential entry into the presidential race.  He is not taking any overt steps toward running, and that may be the cleverest strategy of all.
 
 
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Insurgents Resilient!  —  The AP's Stephen R. Hurst proclaims …
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
C-Span Tomorrow at 8am
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Stephanie Rosenbloom / New York Times:
Evolution of a Feminist Daughter
Tim Graham / NewsBusters.org:
WashPost Promotes 'Peace' Marchers to Pentagon on Front Page …
Nico / Think Progress:
VIDEO: Sestak, Andrews Dominate Debate With Tom DeLay and Richard Perle
Deacon / Power Line:
WHITHER THE WEATHER  —  Jonathan Last takes a look at Al Gore's case on global warming.
Discussion: philly.com and Scared Monkeys
Steve Chapman / Real Clear Politics:
Signs of Life in the Second Amendment
Discussion: Chicago Boyz
Philip Sherwell / Telegraph:
Straight-talking McCain vows to fix world's view of the 'ugly American'
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Anthony Shadid / Washington Post:
Imagining Otherwise In Egypt
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The Nation:
Congress, End the War
Discussion: TalkLeft and Daily Kos
Sean-Paul Kelley / MySanAntonio.com:
Iran's holy city isn't what it seems
Discussion: NewsHog
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Saudi Arabia Routinely Frees Detainees
Discussion: the talking dog
Lawrence Lessig / New York Times:
Make Way for Copyright Chaos  —  LAST week, Viacom asked …
Neal Stephenson / New York Times:
It's All Geek to Me  —  A WEEK ago Friday, moments before an opening …
Ryan Lizza / New York Times:
Nowadays, a Candidate Can Seem Too Experienced
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Congress's Oversight Offensive