The Senate hearings on the nomination of Michael Hayden to head the CIA come in the wake of new claims about NSA data mining. Listen to live excerpts of the hearings followed by guest analysis.
Confirmation Day
Kevin Whitelaw, senior writer, US News and World Report
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Holly Bailey, White House correspondent for Newsweek
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Dafna Linzer, national security correspondent for the Washington Post
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Holly Bailey, White House correspondent for Newsweek
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Dafna Linzer, national security correspondent for the Washington Post
» US News and World Report
» Newsweek
Black Jack, Mo.: No Dice for Couple
Every name in this USA Today article is bizarre - the town, the boyfriend, the girlfriend.
"ACLU to sue after community rejects unmarried pair" (USA Today)
City Hall Rap
Mayor Bloomberg gets his own personal rapper
Require Reading, May 18, 2006
In which House ethics committee takes on ethics, Italian PM slams Iraq war, NY Republicans try to derail Faso, military contractors bid for immigration contracts, Rudy makes makes right turn, Richard Clarke to be played by Sean Penn, new clues in Hoffa remains search?