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4:20 PM ET, March 21, 2007

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Nico / Think Progress:
VIDEO: Former Reagan U.S. Attorney Blasts Administration Over Purge  —  As Atrios noted, former Rep. Bob Barr (R-GA), who served as a U.S. Attorney under President Reagan, appeared today on CNN.  —  Barr blasted the White House, saying "the integrity of the Department of Justice is being used …
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
House panel OKs Rove, Miers subpoenas  —  WASHINGTON - A House panel on Wednesday approved subpoenas for President Bush's political adviser, Karl Rove and other top White House aides, setting up a constitutional showdown over the firings of eight federal prosecutors.
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Snow Job  —  It's getting deep at the White House.  Tony Snow, during today's daily briefing just said that the President has no recollection of ever being asked about the US attorney firings.  —  And that the White House has made a "generous offer" of having WH staffers and DoJ folks …
MSNBC:
House panel subpoenas White House aides  —  Move sets up a constitutional showdown over firings of U.S. attorneys  —  WASHINGTON - A House panel on Wednesday defied the White House and authorized subpoenas for President Bush's political adviser, Karl Rove and other top aides …
Discussion: Political Radar and TPMmuckraker
Bob Geiger:
Study: White House Guilty Of "Political Profiling"  —  In a study cited on the floor of the United States Senate earlier this week, two researchers have found that the Bush administration's Justice Department has persistently engaged in what they call "political profiling" and that there is a …
Lane Hudson / The Huffington Post:
Tony Snow: WH Asserts Privilege for Conversations That Never Took Place!  —  In the White House Press briefing that just concluded, press secretary Tony Snow said that he was not aware of the president being briefed on the US Attorney issue.  He further said the president did not sign off on the firings.
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 …
New York Times:
House Panel Authorizes Subpoenas for Top Bush Aides  —  A House Judiciary subcommittee today authorized subpoenas for Karl Rove, President Bush's political adviser, and other senior White House officials in the investigation into the firing of eight United States attorneys.
Discussion: Redstate and ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
"The Math"  —  (Electoral college numbers map via The Talent Show.)  —  Readers will be happy to know that the House Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative law voted to authorize Full Committee Chairman Conyers to issue subpoenas for WH and DOJ officials and documents this morning.
Discussion: Lean Left and Hullabaloo
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Bush Aides Facing Subpoenas Over Firings
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Gore Returns to Capitol Hill a Hero and a Target  —  Skeptics of Global Warming Hope to Test the Former Vice President's Mettle  —  Al Gore wowed moviegoers and Hollywood elites with his Oscar-winning documentary on global warming.  Today he faces a far tougher audience in Congress.
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Robert Salladay / Los Angeles Times:
Governor calls Limbaugh 'irrelevant'  —  Schwarzenegger's repudiation of the conservative talk show host comes as he is accused of betraying his party's values.  —  SACRAMENTO — After repeatedly being asked about his conservative critics, including talk show host Rush Limbaugh …
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Richard A. Serrano / Los Angeles Times:
Making a list of reasons for firing U.S. attorneys
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Newsdesk / The Swamp:
Snow swallows own old words  —  "What kinds of conversations does executive privilege protect?...What are the limits on privilege?'' a newspaper columnist wrote in the spring of 1998 on a subject strangely familiar today.  —  "Evidently, Mr. Clinton wants to shield virtually any communications …
Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
Muslims offer to help 'John Does' sued by imams  —  Lawyers and a Muslim group say they will defend at no cost airline passengers caught up in a lawsuit between a group of imams and U.S. Airways if the passengers are named as "John Does" and sued for reporting suspicious behavior that got …
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.
Scott Shane / New York Times:
F.B.I. Is Warned Over Its Misuse of Data Collection  —  House Republicans joined Democrats on Tuesday in warning the F.B.I. that it could lose the power to demand that companies turn over customers' telephone, e-mail and financial records if it did not swiftly correct abuses in the use …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Anti-war protesters vow more office takeovers  —  Peace activists armed with poetry occupied the Capitol Hill office of Rep. Chris Van Hollen (Md.), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Tuesday to protest Democrats' support for a bill funding the Iraq war.
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.
 
 
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