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5:00 PM ET, April 12, 2007

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Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Countless White House E-Mails Deleted  —  Countless e-mails to and from many key White House staffers have been deleted — lost to history and placed out of reach of congressional subpoenas — due to a brazen violation of internal White House policy that was allowed to continue for more than six years …
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Laurie Kellman / 165.1.76.240:
Leahy Says Bush Aides Lied About E-Mails  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush's aides are lying about White House e-mails sent on a Republican account that might have been lost, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy said Thursday, vowing to subpoena those documents if the administration fails to cough them up.
Michael Roston / The Raw Story:
Leahy: Missing RNC E-mails are like Nixon's 18-minute gap  —  The top Senate Democrat leading investigations into the dismissal of 8 U.S. Attorneys by the Justice Department is comparing e-mails lost by the Republican National Committee to President Richard Nixon's famous "18-minute" gap in White House tape recordings.
Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Bush aides' use of GOP e-mail probed  —  WASHINGTON - The White House said Wednesday it had mishandled Republican Party-sponsored e-mail accounts used by nearly two dozen presidential aides, resulting in the loss of an undetermined number of e-mails concerning official White House business.
Justin Rood Reports / The Blotter:
White House E-mails: Gone, But Not Forgotten?  —  Justin Rood Reports:  —  The White House set off a miniature firestorm Wednesday when it revealed that years of e-mails belonging to White House political aides were deleted, apparently in violation of federal law requiring presidential documents to be preserved.
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Go To The Mattresses  —  (Photo of somewhat used prison mattresses via macwagen.)
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Faiz / Think Progress:
Perino 'Defends' Email Statements: I Didn't Lie, I Just Had No Idea …
William Finn Bennett / North County Times:
Waxman wants answers on White House contract with MZM
Discussion: Think Progress and The Next Hurrah
Washington Post:
Bombing Inside Green Zone Kills Iraqi Lawmakers  —  A bomb struck the Iraqi parliament building inside the well-protected Green Zone today, killing at least two Iraqi lawmakers and demonstrating the vulnerability of even heavily guarded targets despite increased American attempts to secure the capital.
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Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
Bombing at Iraqi parliament kills 2  —  BAGHDAD - A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up Thursday in the Iraqi parliament's cafeteria in a stunning assault in the heart of the heavily fortified, U.S.-protected Green Zone, killing at least two lawmakers and wounding 10 other people.
Spencerackerman / toohotfortnr:
STREET BY STREET, BLOCK BY BLOCK, TAKING IT ALL BACK:  —  One of the pleasures of the Green Zone is to walk into the manicured courtyard of the Ocean Cliffs facility, where the press center is located, and linger awhile, free of body armor, on one of the benches next to the fountain.
Brian Bennett / Time:
The Iraq Parliament Attack: Al-Qaeda Sends a Message
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
Ana Marie Cox / Time:
An Imus Guest Says No More  —  Every time I've been on Don Imus' show, he has reminded listeners that he "discovered" me.  It's not exactly hyperbole.  He first invited me on when I was just a foulmouthed blogger who ran the gossipy political site Wonkette.
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Michael Yon:
British Forces at War: As Witnessed by an American  —  Basra, Iraq  —  The explosions from enemy rockets and mortar fire have been constant companions for the small contingent of Coalition forces based at the former Basra Palace, on the banks of Shatt al Arab River.
New York Times:
In 5-Year Effort, Scant Evidence of Voter Fraud  —  Five years after the Bush administration began a crackdown on voter fraud, the Justice Department has turned up virtually no evidence of any organized effort to skew federal elections, according to court records and interviews.
Drudge Report:
IMUS: 'WHEN WILL SHARPTON APOLOGIZE TO DUKE PLAYERS'?  —  Patrick Gavin with FISHBOWLDC reports on Imus's radio show this am...  Barely 12 hours after being fired from MSNBC...  6:12 AM: On Imus' radio program (no longer simulcast on MSNBC) this morning, Chris Carlin, who covers sports for the program …
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Patrick / mediabistro.com:
Imus Snipping Back At Sharpton?
Jesse Walker / Reason Magazine:
Kurt Vonnegut, RIP  —  The author of three of my favorite books — the dark Phildickian comedy The Sirens of Titan and two novels of World War II, Mother Night and Slaughterhouse-Five — has died at age 84.  At his worst his whimsy could be cloying, and I have to admit I stopped reading …
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Elaine Woo / Los Angeles Times:
His popular novels blended social criticism, dark humor
Robert H. Frank / New York Times:
In the Real World of Work and Wages, Trickle-Down Theories Don't Hold Up  —  When asked why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton famously replied, "Because that's where the money is."  The same logic explains the call by John Edwards, the Democratic presidential candidate, for higher taxes …
Edward B. Driscoll Jr / TCS Daily:
'A Powerfully Corrosive Internal Culture'  —  Tell me if you've heard this one before: prominent journalist with a quarter century experience at a nationwide broadcasting network leaves said network to write tell-all book exposing its liberal bias.  Said journalist remains on cordial terms …
 
 
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Guardian:
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McCain Calls War 'Necessary and Just'
Charles H. Brunie / City Journal:
My Friend, Milton Friedman
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New York Times:
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