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8:55 AM ET, July 12, 2009

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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Cheney Is Linked to Concealment of C.I.A. Project  —  The Central Intelligence Agency withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress for eight years on direct orders from former Vice President Dick Cheney, the agency's director, Leon E. Panetta …
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Carrie Johnson / Washington Post:
Probe of Alleged Torture Weighed  —  Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is leaning toward appointing a criminal prosecutor to investigate whether CIA personnel tortured terrorism suspects after Sept. 11, 2001, setting the stage for a conflict with administration officials who would prefer …
Washington Post:
Democrats May Investigate Secret Program  —  House Democrats said yesterday that they expect to launch a formal investigation into a secret CIA program that was not disclosed to Congress for almost eight years, a probe that could entangle senior Bush administration officials who oversaw intelligence issues.
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Holder Considers A Torture Prosecutor  —  A Justice Department official confirms Newsweek's report that Attorney General Eric Holder is leaning towards appointing a special prosecutor to investigate Bush administration-era torture and interrogation policies.
Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
Nominee Wraps Up Rehearsals  —  WASHINGTON — For a few hours each day for more than a week, Judge Sonia Sotomayor has sat in a small conference room in a building adjacent to the White House, fielding questions from lawyers helping her prepare for the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on her nomination to the Supreme Court.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:   In Supreme Court Pick Sotomayor, an Insider's Rise Meets an Outsider's Doubts
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Path to Supreme Court: Speak Capably, Say Little
Discussion: The Politico
Associated Press:
Gov. Ritter Steered Stimulus Money To Ex-Employer  —  DENVER (AP) ― Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter has awarded some of the state's first stimulus money to his former employer in a no-bid contract.  —  Ritter hired his former law firm, the Washington-based Hogan & Hartson …
Discussion: Don Surber, Moe Lane and Gateway Pundit
Paul Singer / Roll Call:
Freshman Rep. Grayson Taken to Cleaners in Ponzi Scheme  —  Freshman Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) lost $3 million in a stock swindle between 2000 and 2005, a Florida television station reported this week.  —  According to Orlando's Local 6, Grayson was an investor in a Ponzi scheme run by the company Derivium Capital.
Discussion: Redhot
WCBS-TV:
Teen Girl Falls In Open Manhole While Texting  —  Alexa Longueira Suffers Deep Cuts, Bruises After Landing In Raw Sewage, Blames DEP For Leaving Hole Unattended  —  NEW YORK (CBS) ― It was an accident waiting to happen — an open sewer and a 15-year-old girl who was texting while she walked.
Discussion: JONATHAN TURLEY and Scared Monkeys
Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
EXCLUSIVE: Palin plans to stay in politics  —  Brushing aside the criticisms of pundits and politicos, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she plans to jump immediately back into the national political fray — stumping for conservative issues and even Democrats — after she prematurely vacates her elected post at month's end.
Emma Graham-Harrison / The Independent:
Crackdown or conciliation: China's politburo split over response to Uighur violence  —  The unrest that claimed 184 lives last week has again forced Beijing to question its reaction to calls for regional autonomy  —  The script is jarringly familiar.  Bodies lie on riot-scarred streets …
Discussion: AMERICAblog News
WhiteHouse.gov Blog:
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT TO THE GHANAIAN PARLIAMENT  —  Accra International Conference Center  —  Accra, Ghana  —  THE PRESIDENT: (Trumpet plays.)  I like this.  Thank you.  Thank you.  I think Congress needs one of those horns.  (Laughter.)  That sounds pretty good.  Sounds like Louis Armstrong back there.
Edwin Chen / Bloomberg:
Obama Says Economic Stimulus Plan Worked as Intended  —  President Barack Obama said his $787 billion stimulus bill “has worked as intended” as he pushed back against Republican criticism that his recovery program has failed to rescue the economy.  —  “It has already extended unemployment insurance …
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Weekly remarks: Obama still clearing wreckage; Cantor asks, where are the jobs?
 
 
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Frank Rich / New York Times:
She Broke the G.O.P. and Now She Owns It
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Frank Lombardi / NY Daily News:
Shhh!  Mayor Bloomberg quietly authorizes $69 million in bonuses …
Discussion: Spin Cycle and New York Times
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Obama Diagrams Health-Care Strategy From Abroad
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
What Would More Stimulus Look Like?  —  Paul Krugman and Brad DeLong …
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