memeorandum @ 2:30 PM ET, May 7, 2006

2:30 PM ET, May 7, 2006

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House Intelligence Chairman Opposes Hayden as Next CIA Chief — May 7 (Bloomberg) — The chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee urged the White House not to nominate Air Force Lieutenant General Michael Hayden to head the civilian Central Intelligence Agency.

Discussion: The Heretik, The Mahablog and Middle Earth Journal

Washington Post:

White House Set to Fight for Hayden — Nomination for CIA Chief Would Reopen Domestic Eavesdropping Controversy — The nomination of Gen. Michael V. Hayden to take over the CIA would trigger a fresh battle over the secret warrantless surveillance program he oversaw on behalf of President Bush …

Discussion: Riehl World View and Captain's Quarters

Washington Post:

Hayden Faces Senate and CIA Hurdles if Named — General Has Streak Of Independence And Nonconformity — When Gen. Michael V. Hayden took over as director of the National Security Agency in 1999, he faced a huge organization that was overwhelmingly staffed by aging white men who had spent …

Discussion: The Strata-Sphere and Think Progress

Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
BREAKING: Hayden to Be Named DCI Tomorrow

Discussion: Left in the West and War and Piece

David Ignatius:
The CIA at Rock Bottom

Discussion: The Washington Monthly, Booman Tribune, Los Angeles Times and ZenPundit

Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
The Hayden Flier Hits Serious Turbulence

Discussion: Crooks and Liars

Times of London:

Part of me died when I saw this cruel killing — EVEN by the stupefying standards of Iraq's unspeakable violence, the murder of Atwar Bahjat, one of the country's top television journalists, was an act of exceptional cruelty. — Nobody but her killers knew just how much she had suffered until …

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, The Moderate Voice, Blue Crab Boulevard, Done With Mirrors, lgf and Sweetness & Light

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Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette:

THE KILLING OF ATWAR BAHJAT — Warning: The following contains a graphic description of a brutal murder - probably exceeding what you imagine one human being could do to another. However, it is typical of the work of Islamic terrorists. Read on only if you want a bit of insight into the nature of the enemy in this global war.

Discussion: protein wisdom, The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta, Cold Fury, Elephants in Academia, Riehl World View and Atlas Shrugs

Robert / Jihad Watch: "Her cries — 'Ah, ah, ah' — can be heard above the 'Allahu akbar …

Washington Post:

Pollster Suggests Bush Moves Might Be Too Little, Too Late — The recent White House shake-up was an attempt to jump-start the administration and boost President Bush's rock-bottom approval ratings, but have those efforts come too late to salvage the presidency? A prominent GOP pollster thinks that may be the case.

Discussion: The American Street, The Next Hurrah, Eschaton, Sadly, No! and PoliBlog

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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:

Confident Democrats Lay Out Agenda — Party Plans Probes Of Administration If It Wins the House — Democratic leaders, increasingly confident they will seize control of the House in November, are laying plans for a legislative blitz during their first week in power that would raise the minimum wage …

Andrew Klavan / Los Angeles Times:

Draft Hollywood — The nation needs more gung-ho, patriotic war movies that celebrate our fight against Islamo-fascists. — THERE HAS NEVER been an age without war, not ever. Mass violence is a continual aspect of the human condition. Peace, like good weather, is always local and temporary …

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications and TigerHawk

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Armed Liberal / Winds of Change.NET:
This Morning, The LA Times Email Servers Are Gonna Melt Down...

Discussion: The Washington Monthly

Sarah Lyall / New York Times:

In a Dentist Shortage, British (Ouch) Do It Themselves — George Glasper, 81, at the Dental Access Center in Rochdale. It gives emergency care but is always swamped. — ROCHDALE, England, May 2 — "I snapped it out myself," said William Kelly, 43, describing his most recent dental procedure …

Discussion: In From the Cold, Blue Crab Boulevard, Beat the Press and FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog

Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:

The Bush administration is radical, but not ideological — There have been several interesting responses to the post I wrote regarding the emerging (and largely unprincipled) effort by conservatives to disassociate their political movement from the wildly unpopular George Bush by now proclaiming …

Discussion: Swords Crossed, Rook's Rant, The Green Knight and Daily Kos

Reuters:

Bush's best moment in office? Reeling in big perch —Text+BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush told a German newspaper his best moment in more than five years in office was catching a big perch in his own lake. — "You know, I've experienced many great moments and it's hard …

Discussion: MyDD, Shakespeare's Sister, AGITPROP, AMERICAblog and The All Spin Zone

Louise Roug / Los Angeles Times:

Targeted Killings Surge in Baghdad — Nearly 4,000 civilian deaths, many of them Sunni Arabs slain execution-style, were recorded in the first three months of the year. — BAGHDAD — More Iraqi civilians were killed in Baghdad during the first three months of this year than at any time since …

Discussion: Today in Iraq

Newsweek:

Intelligence: Goss Goes Out-But the CIA's Struggles Go On — May 15, 2006 issue - If there was one government agency that needed to improve after 9/11, it was the CIA. Apparently, however, the spy agency has only weakened. Forced out last week as CIA director, Porter Goss leaves an outfit …

Discussion: TPM Muckraker and War and Piece