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Tuesday, July 31, 2007 12:00 AM

A new low of mindlessness for our media

Returning to marvel once again at the deceitful Brookings Institution media spectacle.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Tuesday, July 31, 2007 11:15 AM

    O/T: No FISA revisions likely until after recess

    The Hill: House Democrats canceled Tuesday’s planned hearing with Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell, prompting a rebuke from Republicans who want Congress to proceed quickly on updating a key surveillance law.

    The cancellation of the hearing comes amid an uproar in Congress over Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’s perceived lack of candor about a warrantless surveillance program and the Bush administration’s insistence that reform of the court process governing the eavesdropping program is needed in the face of a heightened terrorist threat.

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