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10:45 AM ET, May 17, 2007

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Washington Post:
Justice Weighed Firing 1 in 4  —  26 Prosecutors Were Listed As Candidates  —  The Justice Department considered dismissing many more U.S. attorneys than officials have previously acknowledged, with at least 26 prosecutors suggested for termination between February 2005 and December 2006 …
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R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
No Dissent on Spying, Says Justice Dept.  —  The Justice Department said yesterday that it will not retract a sworn statement in 2006 by Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales that the Terrorist Surveillance Program had aroused no controversy inside the Bush administration …
New York Times:
Loyal to Bush but Big Thorn in G.O.P. Side  —  For a loyal George W. Bush Republican, James B. Comey has made a remarkable amount of trouble for the White House.  —  As deputy attorney general in 2003, he appointed his old friend Patrick J. Fitzgerald as independent counsel in the C.I.A. leak case …
Jerry Seper / Washington Times:
Clinton aide forfeits law license in Justice probe  —  Samuel R. Berger, the Clinton White House national security adviser who was caught taking highly classified documents from the National Archives, has agreed to forfeit his license to practice law.  —  In a written statement issued by Larry Breuer …
Real Cities:
2 additional prosecutors were considered for ouster
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
For '08 Résumés, Don't Ask Them to Fill in Blanks  —  Stealing a page from the Soviet playbook, the current crop of presidential candidates has taken to eliminating whole chapters of their histories.  —  Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's turbulent final years as first lady?
Discussion: TIME, Prairie Weather and MSNBC
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
McCain, Romney Duel as Giuliani Leads
Discussion: MSNBC and The Caucus
Susan Milligan / Boston Globe:
Democrats moving to the left on war
Discussion: New York Times and MSNBC
Crystal Patterson / HillaryClinton.com:
Cast Your Vote for Hillary's Campaign Song  —  Hillary Clinton is getting the 2008 voting started early, posting a YouTube video on her website this afternoon in which she urges supporters to cast their vote for her official campaign theme song.  —  Coming on the heels of her text messaging …
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Skippy / skippy the bush kangaroo:
don't...stop...thinking about her morals  —  hillary.com wants us to vote for hillary's theme song.  they've provided a list of suggestions to choose from.  —  we think it's more appropriate to suggest our own nominations.  —  for example, sammy davis, jr:  —  or some elton john:  —  or ace of base:
Discussion: The Sideshow
Al Gore / Time:
Book Excerpt: The Assault on Reason  —  Not long before our nation launched the invasion of Iraq, our longest-serving Senator, Robert Byrd of West Virginia, stood on the Senate floor and said: "This chamber is, for the most part, silent—ominously, dreadfully silent.
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Unity Fractures as Palestinians Battle in Gaza  —  Gaza City was shuttered on Wednesday as gunmen took over rooftops and top-floor apartments.  Most everyone else huddled fearfully indoors on the fourth day of factional Palestinian fighting that is drawing in the Israeli military.
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Simon Barnes / Times of London:
Gaza lurches towards civil war as leaders lose control of gunmen battling on street
Damien Cave / New York Times:
Iraqis Admit Ambush Roles as U.S. Searches for 3 G.I.'s  —  Four days into a huge manhunt for three American soldiers abducted in an ambush a few miles from here, military officials said Wednesday that they had detained several local residents who confessed to taking part in the attack …
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Washington Post:
It's Our Cage, Too  —  Torture Betrays Us and Breeds New Enemies  —  Fear can be a strong motivator.  It led Franklin Roosevelt to intern tens of thousands of innocent U.S. citizens during World War II; it led to Joseph McCarthy's witch hunt, which ruined the lives of hundreds of Americans.
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Immigration Overhaul Is Closer to Senate Floor  —  Proposal Would Offer Route to Legal Status, Shift Preferences to Skilled Workers  —  Senate negotiators reached a tentative agreement yesterday on a broad overhaul of the nation's immigration laws that would offer virtually …
Discussion: Townhall.com and MyDD
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Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
Rove's Worrisome Witness  —  On the day presidential senior adviser Karl Rove administered a tongue-lashing to a Republican congressman, disturbing news about his former executive assistant was spread on Capitol Hill.  GOP House members learned that Susan Ralston is requesting immunity …
Discussion: The Next Hurrah, CNN and Cliff Schecter
Steven R. Weisman / New York Times:
Wolfowitz Said to Push for Deal to Quit  —  After six weeks of combating efforts to oust him as president of the World Bank, Paul D. Wolfowitz began Wednesday to negotiate the terms under which he would resign, in return for the dropping or softening of the charge that he had engaged in misconduct, bank officials said.
James Robbins / BBC:
War-torn Iraq 'facing collapse'  —  Iraq faces the distinct possibility of collapse and fragmentation, British foreign policy think-tank Chatham House has warned.  —  The report says the Iraqi government is now largely powerless and irrelevant in many parts of the country.
Discussion: The Newshoggers
Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
Plame Seeks Showdown With Cheney  —  A lawsuit brought by a CIA agent whose cover was blown by Bush administration officials, Valerie Plame, is expected to face a withering attack this morning at a court hearing in Washington.  —  Through their attorneys, the defendants in the case …
Discussion: Think Progress
Nancy Benac / Associated Press:
Democrats seek diversity in advisers  —  WASHINGTON - When the leading Republican presidential candidates sit down with their top advisers, those with a seat at the table don't exactly look like America, to use the phrase popularized by former President Clinton.
 
 
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
S.C.'s Sanford: So Far, Still on the Fence
Ezra Klein:
Vacation In The US  —  Speaking of our inability to focus …
Telegraph:
Scientists allowed to create hybrid embryos
Derek Hunter / The Politico:
'Fairness doctrine': Anything but fair
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
New Demographic Racial Gap Emerges
Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
Democrats Agree on a $2.9 Trillion Budget
Discussion: Balloon Juice
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Reports Show Wealth as a Common Factor Among 2008 Contenders
Discussion: Associated Press and MSNBC
Jerusalem Post:
Shin Bet uncovers plot to kill Olmert
 Earlier Items: 
Eric Pooley / Time:
The Last Temptation of Al Gore
Arab News:
'Islamophobia Worst Form of Terrorism'
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Gateway Pundit:
Iraqis Observe Moment of Silence to Mark "Mass Graves Day"
Jacques Steinberg / New York Times:
Charles Gibson Enjoys a Second Wind on ABC
Discussion: Better Living
Joshua Treviño / joshua.treviño.at:
Party men, Townhall, and war.
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Faith-Based Fraud  —  JERRY FALWELL'S FOUL RANTINGS PROVE …
Newsweek:
Terrorists in the File Cabinet?
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Dan Rather makes his acting debut