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11:10 AM ET, March 21, 2007

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David C. Iglesias / New York Times:
Why I Was Fired  —  WITH this week's release of more than 3,000 Justice Department e-mail messages about the dismissal of eight federal prosecutors, it seems clear that politics played a role in the ousters.  —  Of course, as one of the eight, I've felt this way for some time.
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New York Times:
What People Really Need  —  In nasty and bumbling comments made at the White House yesterday, President Bush declared that "people just need to hear the truth" about the firing of eight United States attorneys.  That's right.  Unfortunately, the deal Mr. Bush offered Congress …
White House:
President Bush Addresses Resignations of U.S. Attorneys  —  White House Counsel's Letter Regarding U.S. Attorneys  —  THE PRESIDENT: Earlier today, my staff met with congressional leaders about the resignations of U.S. attorneys.  As you know, I have broad discretion to replace political …
Washington Post:
E-Mails Reveal Tumult In Firings and Aftermath  —  On the morning of Feb. 7, the day after a combative Senate hearing over the firings of eight U.S. attorneys, Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty was looking on the bright side.  —  "Paul reports this morning that he's hearing good reports …
TBogg:
Little Big President … Just got done watching President Petulant Pissypants throw a snit on national TV where he did a marvelous job of hitting his marks: "reasonable proposal" "partisan" "show trials" and "Doing this for generations of President yet unborn".  The obvious point of contention is this:
U.S. Newswire:
Reid: Rove Should Testify Under Oath
Discussion: MyDD and Brilliant at Breakfast
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
House panel OKs Rove, Miers subpoenas
Richard A. Serrano / Los Angeles Times:
Making a list of reasons for firing U.S. attorneys
James Rowley / Bloomberg:
Senate Votes to Change Way U.S. Attorneys Appointed (Update1)
Discussion: The Mahablog and Obsidian Wings
Marc Morano / epw.senate.gov:
Blogs - Blogs  —  Filter by:  —  Al Gore Continues to Demand Special Treatment  —  From behind the scenes on Capitol Hill: Former Vice President Al Gore, despite being given major preferential treatment, has violated the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee's (EPW) hearing rules.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Clashes With Congress on Prosecutors  —  President Bush and Congress clashed Tuesday over an inquiry into the firing of federal prosecutors and appeared headed toward a constitutional showdown over demands from Capitol Hill for internal White House documents and testimony from top advisers to the president.
New York Times:
Star in New Role, Gore Revisits Old Stage  —  The last time Al Gore appeared publicly inside the United States Capitol, he was certifying the Electoral College victory of George W. Bush.  He returns on Wednesday, a heartbreak loser turned Oscar boasting Nobel hopeful globe trotting multimillionaire pop culture eminence.
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Gore Returns to Capitol Hill a Hero and a Target
Discussion: Hot Air and Connecting.the.Dots
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Democrats Split on Iraq Bill  —  Even Vote Counters Aren't Lined Up Behind Spending Measure  —  One of the Democrats' chief designated vote counters, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), is actively working against the Iraq war spending bill.  The leadership's senior chief deputy whip …
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Jonathan E. Kaplan / The Hill:   It's tough to get 218 votes, so Speaker gets tough, too
Bob Fertik / Democrats.com:
More Dishonesty from Moveon
Discussion: MyDD, The Hill, TalkLeft and Gateway Pundit
CNN:
Schwarzenegger: Rush Limbaugh is 'irrelevant' … SACRAMENTO, California (CNN) — Rush Limbaugh likes to call himself "The Most Dangerous Man in America" because critics have long worried about how his powerful radio show shapes the political landscape.  —  And then came California …
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Robert Salladay / Political Muscle:
Schwarzenegger Calls Rush Limbaugh Irrelevant
RushLimbaugh.com Home:
Schwarzenegger Sold Out  —  BEGIN TRANSCRIPT
Discussion: Macsmind and Political Muscle
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
FBI Violations May Number 3,000, Official Says  —  The Justice Department's inspector general told a committee of angry House members yesterday that the FBI may have violated the law or government policies as many as 3,000 times since 2003 as agents secretly collected the telephone …
Discussion: Salon and Counterterrorism Blog
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / Associated Press:
Lawmakers Threaten FBI Over Spy Powers
Scott Shane / New York Times:
F.B.I. Is Warned Over Its Misuse of Data Collection
Discussion: The Heretik
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Aid to Palestinians Rose in '06 Despite an Embargo  —  Despite the international embargo on aid to the Palestinian Authority since Hamas came to power a year ago, significantly more aid was delivered to the Palestinians in 2006 than in 2005, according to official figures from the United Nations …
Discussion: Hot Air
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:   What A Tough Sanctions Regime!
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
The White House and Congress Seem Headed Toward a Familiar Collision  —  "Once executive privilege is asserted," Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote for the majority in a 2004 Supreme Court decision, "coequal branches of the government are set on a collision course."
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The president's oh-so-noble reliance on "executive privilege"
Agence France Presse:
Iraq insurgents used children in car bombing: general  —  Insurgents in Iraq detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle with two children in the back seat after US soldiers let it through a Baghdad checkpoint over the weekend, a senior US military official said Tuesday.
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Kirk Semple / New York Times:   Iraq Bombers Blow Up 2 Children Used as Decoys
NY1:
Clinton Says She's Not Worried About "1984" Ad Impact  —  In an interview with NY1 Tuesday, Senator Hillary Clinton addressed the controversial new video that's attacking her credibility and promoting the presidential campaign of chief rival, Barack Obama.  —  After talking about Senate …
Mark Mellman / The Hill:
Hounding Fox News coverage  —  Journalists strive to report the news, not to be the news.  So Fox News should have been a bit embarrassed to headline a story that ended with the Nevada Democratic Party canceling Fox's sponsorship of a pre-caucus debate.  —  Then again, Fox is not a typical news organization.
Discussion: MyDD and Liberal Values
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
Obama Rebuffs Soros  —  Billionaire's Comments on Aipac Are Scored  —  WASHINGTON — Leading Democrats, including Senator Obama of Illinois, are distancing themselves from an essay published this week by one of their party's leading financiers that called for the Democratic Party to …
Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
Hollywood's Climate Follies  —  "My fellow Americans, people all over the world, we need to solve the climate crisis.  It's not a political issue.  It's a moral issue.  We have everything we need to get started, with the possible exception of the will to act.  That's a renewable resource.
 
 
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Pork-stuffed Iraq bill shows Bush weakness on earmarks
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Muslims offer to help 'John Does' sued by imams
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