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10:40 AM ET, October 14, 2007

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New York Times:
Spies, Lies and FISA  —  As Democratic lawmakers try to repair a deeply flawed bill on electronic eavesdropping, the White House is pumping out the same fog of fear and disinformation it used to push the bill through Congress this summer.  President Bush has been telling Americans that any change …
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Washington Post:
Surveillance Update  —  WHEN IT comes to updating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for a new technological age, the Bush administration refuses to take yes for an answer.  —  The House is poised this week to take up a carefully crafted revision to the law that addresses …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The Beltway Establishment's contempt for the rule of law  —  The Washington Post's Editorial Page, in the establishment-defending form of Fred Hiatt, today became but the latest Beltway appendage to urge the enactment of a special law providing amnesty to our nation's poor, put-upon, lawbreaking telecoms:
Discussion: Corrente
Frank Rich / New York Times:
The 'Good Germans' Among Us  —  "BUSH lies" doesn't cut it anymore.  It's time to confront the darker reality that we are lying to ourselves.  —  Ten days ago The Times unearthed yet another round of secret Department of Justice memos countenancing torture.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
A Mock Columnist, Amok  —  I was in my office, writing a column on the injustice of relative marginal tax rates for hedge fund managers, when I saw Stephen Colbert on TV.  —  He was sneering that Times columns make good "kindling."  He was ranting that after you throw away the paper …
Washington Post:
Better Numbers  —  NEWS COVERAGE and debate about Iraq during the past couple of weeks have centered on the alleged abuses of private security firms like Blackwater USA.  Getting such firms into a legal regime is vital, as we've said.  But meanwhile, some seemingly important facts …
Discussion: Don Surber and PrairiePundit
Massoud Ansari / Telegraph:
Taliban use hostage cash to fund UK blitz  —  Millions of dollars handed over to secure the release of South Korean hostages in Afghanistan have been used to buy weapons deployed against British and American forces in the country, the Taliban claims.  —  Major Alexis Roberts, 32 …
Discussion: Jihad Watch and PrairiePundit
Laura Figueroa / MiamiHerald.com:
Candidate's oral-sex slogan is no laughing matter  —  A campaign slogan focusing on oral sex is creating a storm of controversy during Hialeah City Council election season.  —  AIM reprint  —  lfigueroa@MiamiHerald.com  —  Live in Hialeah?  Like oral sex?
Discussion: The Newshoggers, Digg, Althouse and Hot Air
Michael Barone / Opinion Journal:
The Special Relationship  —  These books illuminate the shared heritage of America and Britain.  —  1. "Albion's Seed" by David Hackett Fischer (Oxford, 1989).  —  Colonial Americans didn't come from just anywhere; they came, David Hackett Fischer tells us in "Albion's Seed," …
Discussion: Power Line and Fausta's blog
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
G.O.P. Lawmakers Voice Their Unease  —  Members of the White House communications team invited their Capitol Hill counterparts down to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue the other day to see how Republican morale was holding up in Congress.  The answer: Not so well.  —  Under fierce attack …
Discussion: The Next Hurrah
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The Dignity Agenda  —  "We talk about democracy and human rights.  Iraqis talk about justice and honor."  That comment from Lt. Col. David Kilcullen, made at a seminar last month on counterinsurgency, is the beginning of wisdom for an America that is trying to repair the damage of recent years.
Discussion: SWJ Blog
The Atlantic Online:
About self-righteousness and Al Gore  —  I am old enough... well, there are many ways to end that sentence, but for now: I am old enough to remember, from my school years, the disdainful reaction in my home town to the news that Martin Luther King had won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
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Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
Bauer urges 'open mind'  —  Social conservative leader Gary L. Bauer has issued an appeal to supporters to consider former Sen. Fred Thompson's bid for the Republican presidential nomination.  —  "I hope pro-family, pro-life Christians will continue to keep an open mind about Senator Thompson's candidacy …
Discussion: Power Line
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Rice Worried by Putin's Broad Powers  —  MOSCOW -  —  The Russian government under Vladimir Putin has amassed so much central authority that the power-grab may undermine Moscow's commitment to democracy, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday.  —  "In any country …
rediff.com:
Empire State Building goes green for Eid  —  For the first time in its history, the Empire State Building in New York was lit in green in celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr.  —  It will be green till Sunday.  —  So far, the landmark tower has been lit in traditional colours every year …
 
 
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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
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