Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
1:55 AM ET, June 19, 2007

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform:
The Use of RNC E-Mail Accounts by White House Officials  —  The Oversight Committee has been investigating whether White House officials violated the Presidential Records Act by using e-mail accounts maintained by the Republican National Committee and the Bush Cheney '04 campaign for official White House communications.
RELATED:
Jesse Lee / The Gavel:
Interim Report on RNC Emails and the Presidential Records Act  —  The Oversight Committee has been investigating whether White House officials violated the Presidential Records Act by using e-mail accounts maintained by the Republican National Committee and the Bush Cheney '04 campaign for official White House communications.
Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
New Questions About Abu Ghraib  —  A New Yorker article is raising uncomfortable questions for the White House about what President Bush knew about the horrific abuse at Abu Ghraib, when he knew it — and whether he and his top lieutenants bear more responsibility for it than they have acknowledged.
Agence France Presse:
Pakistan says Rushdie knighthood may spark terrorism  —  Pakistan demanded on Monday that Britain withdraw a knighthood awarded to author Salman Rushdie, as a government minister said the honour gave a justification for suicide attacks by Muslims.  —  Angry protesters in several cities …
RELATED:
Ben Hoyle / Times of London:
Muslim world inflamed by Rushdie knighthood
Discussion: Power Line
Lloydshep / Dadblog:
Hello? Free speech people? You in?
Discussion: Dr. Sanity and Blue Crab Boulevard
Redstate:
Intimidation Shouldn't Pay
Discussion: The Belmont Club
RELATED:
RELATED:
Michael Duffy / Time:
Surge Architect: More Time Needed  —  Fred Kagan, the man widely seen as the "architect" of the military surge in Iraq, sees signs of progress but warns that September is too early to make a final decision about how well it has achieved its goals.  Instead, in an interview with TIME.com …
RELATED:
Fred Dalton Thompson / ABC Radio Networks:
Reading Harry Reid  —  Well, you've heard by now that Senate leader Harry Reid insulted one of this country's brightest military minds, Marine Corps General Peter Pace — calling him "incompetent."  Let me take a few moments to put this in context.  —  First, Harry Reid voted for the war, like a majority of our legislators.
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard and Hot Air
CBS News:
Iraqi Orphanage Nightmare  —  Exclusive: U.S. Troops Discover And Rescue Orphan Boys Left Starving, Chained To Beds  —  (CBS) It was a scene that shocked battle-hardened soldiers, captured in photographs obtained exclusively by CBS News.  —  On a daytime patrol in central Baghdad …
Maria Glod / Washington Post:
Va. School's No-Contact Rule Is a Touchy Subject  —  Fairfax County middle school student Hal Beaulieu hopped up from his lunch table one day a few months ago, sat next to his girlfriend and slipped his arm around her shoulder.  That landed him a trip to the school office.  —  Among his crimes: hugging.
White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow  —  White House Conference Center Briefing Room  —  MR. SNOW: Good afternoon.  One thing to add to this morning's gaggle — the President this morning had a 52-minute secure video teleconference with the members of the presidential council in Iraq …
Discussion: First Draft and Daily Kos
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Fred Thompson seeks Thatcher's blessing  —  Fred Thompson, the actor and former Tennessee senator who is expected to announce next month he is running for president, flew to London on Monday to meet Margaret Thatcher and deliver a foreign policy speech, his advisers tell The Politico.
The Young Turks:
Sherrod Brown (D-OH) from Take Back America  —  Young Turks interview Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown from Ohio.  —  Transcript of the Military Commissions Act questions:  —  Cenk Uygur: Thanks for joining us Senator.  We appreciate it.  I gotta start off with the question we've …
Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and The Agonist
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Pentagon hires ABC reporter to improve PR  —  The Pentagon will announce this week that Geoff Morrell, previously a White House correspondent for ABC News, has been hired as the Defense Department's on-camera briefer, a senior administration official told The Politico.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 1:55 AM ET, June 19, 2007.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Despite Bush's Promises, Georgians Remain Skeptical About Immigration Bill
Robert E. Rector / Heritage Foundation:
Setting the Record Straight: Illegal Immigrants Will Receive …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Embassy Staff In Baghdad Inadequate, Rice Is Told
Discussion: The Next Hurrah
WRAL-TV:
Judge Boots Nifong From Office, Names Special Prosecutor
Charles Levinson / Conflict Blotter:
Gaza bits and pieces
Discussion: Jules Crittenden
David Morgan / Reuters:
Iraq now ranked second among world's failed states
Pundit Review Radio / BLACKFIVE:
BLACKFIVE TURNS FOUR!
 Earlier Items: 
Frank Langfitt / NPR:
Women File Suit to Defend Online Reputation
Discussion: Althouse and Feministe
ABCNEWS:
Democratic Candidates Moving Left
CNN:
CNN RELIABLE SOURCES
Discussion: CBS News
Eric Kleefeld / Election Central:
In New Hampshire, Senate Candidate Swett Sours On Lieberman
Douglas Burns / Iowa Independent:
Edwards Suggests Obama, Clinton Could Cost Swing States
James S. Gilmore III / Washington Post:
Redefining the U.S. Role in Iraq
William Branigin / Washington Post:
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Car Passengers
Eric Alterman / American Prospect:
My Marty Peretz Problem — And Ours
Discussion: The Debate Link and Ezra Klein