memeorandum: Three scoops for Team Romney (David/the david all group)

1:40 PM ET, April 13, 2007

Top Items:

Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:

Missing E-Mail May Be Related to Prosecutors — The White House said Thursday that missing e-mail messages sent on Republican Party accounts may include some relating to the firing of eight United States attorneys. — The disclosure became a fresh political problem for the White House …

Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:

Rove E-Mail Sought by Congress May Be Missing — RNC Took Away His Access to Delete Files in 2005 — A lawyer for the Republican National Committee told congressional staff members yesterday that the RNC is missing at least four years' worth of e-mail from White House senior adviser Karl Rove …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, CorrenteWire, First Read, Shakesville, Firedoglake, The Carpetbagger Report, TPMmuckraker and Think Progress

John Bresnahan / The Politico:

White House Tells Democrats No Deal on Rove Testimony or E-mails — White House Counsel Fred Fielding, in a letter today, told Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chairmen of the House and Senate Judiciary committees, that the White House has not budged in its refusal …

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report, Hullabaloo, Reason Magazine and Daily Kos

Glenn Greenwald / Salon:

The Bush administration's terrible luck with finding documents — (updated below - Update II - Update III) — I feel — in this vaguely intuitive sort of way — as though there is some kind of a pattern buried within this set of facts, but as much as I search, I just can't quite figure out what it might be:

Discussion: DownWithTyranny!, The Gun Toting Liberal™, Sigmund, Carl and Alfred, The Sideshow, NewsHog, Rising Hegemon, JustOneMinute, On Deadline, TPMmuckraker and Angry Bear

Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Today's Must Read

Discussion: Firedoglake

Los Angeles Times:
Controversy escalates over missing e-mails

Discussion: Firedoglake, Patterico's Pontifications and TAPPED

Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Vaporware — It seems as though the firing of eight federal …

Discussion: Sister Toldjah

Krishna Guha / Financial Times:

World Bank pledges action on Wolfowitz — Paul Wolfowitz's future as president of the World Bank was in jeopardy on Friday after the bank's board issued a damaging finding of facts on his role in the Shaha Riza affair and pledged to "move expeditiously to reach a conclusion on possible actions to take."

Discussion: Think Progress, The Moderate Voice and Daily Kos

Washington Post:

Wolfowitz Apologizes For 'Mistake' — At World Bank, Boos Over Pay for Girlfriend — World Bank President Paul D. Wolfowitz publicly apologized yesterday for the "mistake" of personally orchestrating a high-paying job and guaranteed promotions for a bank employee with whom he is romantically involved …

Discussion: Shakesville, The Galloping Beaver and AMERICAblog

BBC:

Pressure grows on World Bank boss — The executive board of the World Bank has said it did not approve a hefty pay rise ordered by its president Paul Wolfowitz for his partner. — Mr Wolfowitz has faced calls to resign after admitting he helped Shaha Riza win a promotion to a high-paying job at the international lender.

Discussion: The Huffington Post and PoliBlog (TM)

Financial Times:
Wolfowitz must be told to resign now

Discussion: Washington Post, Obsidian Wings, Outside The Beltway, The Heretik, A Tiny Revolution, The Washington Note, Grasping Reality … and New York Times

web.worldbank.org:
Statement by Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank Group

Discussion: WSJ.com and FP Passport

Steve Connor / The Independent:

The prospect of all-female conception — Women might soon be able to produce sperm in a development that could allow lesbian couples to have their own biological daughters, according to a pioneering study published today. — Scientists are seeking ethical permission to produce synthetic sperm cells …

Discussion: Outside The Beltway, Unfogged, On Deadline and Sister Toldjah

Dana Milbank / Washington Post:

Byrd Doggedly Expresses His Love for Man's Best Friend — A bomb had struck the Iraqi parliament earlier in the day, but it would take more than that to bring the United States Senate to heel. — "For many in America, pets are more than just companions — they are members of the family …

Discussion: Betsy's Page

Don Surber: 7 for Friday — Seven shiny objects that drew my attention:

Peter Wallsten / Los Angeles Times:

Democratic politicians lose a soapbox with Imus — His show gave many of them a way to reach a national audience of white males — a crucial voting bloc. — WASHINGTON — They came by the hundreds that hot August day in tiny Johnson City, Tenn., gathering on an asphalt parking lot to meet …

Discussion: Top Sports News on AOL, Hullabaloo, Classical Values, CNN Political Ticker, The Influence Peddler, Daily Kos and NewsBusters.org

Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:

The Surge: First Fruits — By the day, the debate at home about Iraq becomes increasingly disconnected from the realities of the war on the ground. The Democrats in Congress are so consumed with negotiating among their factions the most clever linguistic device to legislatively ensure …

Discussion: Confederate Yankee, FP Passport, Neptunus Lex, Matthew Yglesias, Melanie Phillips's Diary and Betsy's Page

Matthew Yglesias:
He Said What Now? — Charles Krauthammer offers up his latest entry …

Discussion: Political Animal

TerryMoran:

DON'T FEEL TOO SORRY FOR THE DUKIES — Mike Nifong, the North Carolina prosecutor who pursued a case of rape and kidnapping against three Duke University lacrosse players, has been found to have been reckless and deceitful in the discharge of his duties according to the state's attorney general.

Discussion: The Corner, Attytood, NewsBusters.org, Wizbang, Confederate Yankee and New York Post

Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:

Top Dem urges colleagues to push on Iraq — WASHINGTON - A memo from a top House Democrat says party leaders must not yield to White House pressure on Iraq and should cast President Bush as increasingly detached from public opinion. — Bush has said he will not negotiate with Democrats …

Discussion: Redstate and Crooks and Liars

Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Obama says he still supports 'shorter leash' for Bush on Iraq

Discussion: TIME: Swampland

Bruce Kesler / Democracy Project:

Important Guest Post: Modern Foreign Policy Execution — Mark Safranski, the ZenPundit of 4GW (fourth generation warfare), has earned quite a deserved reputation for his studies. This, of course, is an essential subject - indeed, critical to the accomplishment of U.S. foreign policy in an asymmetrical warfare world.

Discussion: NewsHog, The Glittering Eye and Chicago Boyz

Guardian:

'I am plotting a new Russian revolution' — London exile Berezovsky says force necessary to bring down President Putin — The Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky has told the Guardian he is plotting the violent overthrow of President Putin from his base in Britain after forging close contacts with members of Russia's ruling elite.

Discussion: Publius Pundit, NewsHog, Secular Blasphemy and Samizdata.net

Joe Klein / TIME: Swampland:

The Worst Person in the World—Continued — Solidarity with Karen...Keith Olbermann and I share a beloved high school English teacher—Arthur Naething. We've done tributes together for the guy. I love the way Keith writes and thinks. I love his program.

Discussion: TAPPED