Need To Know Basis 3/31/06.

Diebold (?) Strikes Again - 43% of newly registered LA voters stricken from rolls
from Daily Kos

States Pressured to Certify Voting Machines
from Truthout

Ex-DeLay Aide Reportedly to Plead Guilty
from Yahoo News

Rice Concedes Errors in Iraq, Elsewhere, “thousands of them I'm sure”.
From the Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Victim voices edited from 9/11 tapes
From Raw Story

Iran missile test successful. Revolutionary Guards air force chief says missile has ‘stealth capabilities, high maneuverability, pinpoint accuracy and radar avoidance features.
from Y-net News

Buckley Says Bush Will Be Judged on Iraq War, Now a ‘Failure’
from Bloomberg

Censure Hearings roundup.
Statement: Testimony of John Dean on censure
Sen. Feingold: Wiretaps invite monarchy
Chair: Censure has 'no merit' - Reagan deputy's statement
From Raw Story

Need To Know Basis 3/30/06.

Bush was warned about bad intell, Rove covered it up.
from the National Journal

Ex-Prosecutor in Terror Inquiry Is Indicted
from the NY Times

Poll: Democrats have ten-point lead over Republicans
from Raw Story

John Dean to testify at Censure hearing.
From Raw Story

U.S. To Test 700-Ton Explosive
from Defense News

Army Bans Use of Privately Bought Armor Not this again!
From Yahoo News

Mosul slips out of control as the bombers move in.
from The Independent

Beleaguered Premier Warns U.S. to Stop Interfering in Iraq's Politics. From the NY Times

Senate Approves Lobbying Limits by Wide Margin
from the NY Times

Liberian Seized to Stand Trial on War Crimes
from the NY Times

Need To Know Basis 3/29/06.

Democrats Release "Real Security" Plan.
from Raw Story

Saudi Arabia seeking the bomb
from Express India

Fitzgerald looking to indict Rove and Hadley soon. Could we see Fitzmas in July?
from Truthout

Supremes balk at assumption Congress could have “inadvertently” suspended Habeas Corpus..
from the NY Times

Conservative Texas judge contests March 7th primary. Calls e-voting “Absolutely Egregious” .
FROM BRADBLOG

Imperial overreach is accelerating the global decline of America.
from the Guardian Unlimited

Former FISA judges say the president was bound by the law "like everyone else".
from the NY Times

Father of Nick Berg to run for Congress in Delaware.
from the NY Times

Is Andrew Card's cousin Susan a political prisoner?
from Democratic Underground

Retired Generals Advise Scalia to Have A Seat.
From WaPo

Undisclosed documents shed light on further Halliburton billing abuse; $57m in new questioned charges.
from Raw Story

Enemy of Our Enemy.
from the NY Times

Israel finds it’s center, but rough road lies ahead for Kadima.
from CBS News

Need To Know Basis.3/28/06

What Bush and Blair Told the Press After Key 2003 Meeting on Iraq.
from Editor and Publisher

Moussaoui, The Suicide Convict. He Wants It!
from Times Online UK

One Card Resigns, Critics Eye the Rest of the Deck.
from USA Today

Scooter Libby’s Spotless Mind. Hires Doctor To Prove He's an Idiot!
from The New Republic (Oh! Now they believe in science.)

All Roves Lead to Cheney.
from Raw Story

FEC Won't Regulate Internet Politics Yeah, so what about the rest of Alphabet Soup.
from Yahoo

Scalia has hand gesture for critics Back at’cha.
From UPI

Bush Comeback Strategy: Send Grover Right. Over
from Think Progress

Tom DeLay's Connection to Sex, Money and Cockfights... Cockfights?
from Daily Kos

Pink Punks the Prez.
from News.com Australia

Need To Know Basis.3/27/06

FBI casts 'overly broad net' in war against terror, investigating anti-war groups
from Raw Story.

RPT-ANALYSIS-Iraq cleric expected to gain from U.S. raid
from Reuters.


Amid confusion, Iraq Shi'ites accuse US troops
from Yahoo News

The Balkans At Peace
from the Washington Post (Kudos To Wesley Clark)

Anything Into Oil. Turkey guts, junked car parts, and even raw sewage go in one end of this plant, and black gold comes out the other end.
from Discover Magazine.

Gas Prices Jump Nearly 15 Cents Per Gallon
from Yahoo News.

Downing Street Redux: The Pennsylvania Avenue Memos
from Raw Story.

NY Magazine, Maxim Magazine, and CNN cover alternative theories on 9/11
Kudos 9/11 Blogger.

Ukraine's Orange Revolution faulters at polls
from the NY Times.

Florida Elections Official Kneecapped By E-Voting Troika
from the Washington Post. (Kudos Brad Blog)

Venezuela Demands Extradition Of Cuban Airlines Bomber Luis Posada Carriles
from ABC News

Feingold Censure Grows Legs
from Yahoo News.

Need To Know Basis 3/26/06.

Founder of US Elite Counter-Terrorism "Delta Force" Says Bush "Started the Third World War"
from the San Bernardino County Sun.

Form letters tell 9/11 families of 911 calls. Some recordings to be released this week
from CNN

Time/ABC/Stanford Poll: 88% of Americans See Global Warming As Serious Threat
from Time Magazine.

On the Ethanol Bandwagon, Big Names and Big Risks
from the NY Times.

Iraqi authorities warn of exploding candy distributed by gunmen in Baghdad
from Kuwait News Agency.

Bound, Blindfolded and Dead: The Face of Revenge in Baghdad
from the NY Times.

Cuba offers to donate baseball winnings to Katrina victims
from CNN.

Republicans on the Run
from Time Magazine.

Arab-American pulled from N.J. ballot ticket
from the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Afghan Court Drops Case Against Christian
from Yahoo News

Need To Know Basis 3/25/06.

Joe Wilson Takes The Neo-Cons To The Woodshed
from Daily Kos

Time to Stall a Bush Nominee
from theNew York Times.

Murder and Intrigue In Florida Congressional Race
from Raw Story.

Abramoff to Testify In Gangland Style Slaying.
More Murder and Intrigue In Florida, from the Sun-Sentinal.

Bush Uses Signing Statement To Deny Congress Oversight Of Patriot Act
from ABC News.

Justice Dept. No Longer Considers Doctor/Patient or Attorney/Client Communication Protected.
from Raw Story.

U.S. Inquiry Finds Russians Passed Spy Data to Iraq in '03
from the New York Times.

Maryland Votes To Drop Diebold
from the New York Times.

Barbara Bush's Katrina Donation Earmarked for Son Neil
from the LA Times.

Senate hearing set on move to censure Bush
from Yahoo News.