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Two big stories we're on tonight include the latest on the political and legal
maelstrom engulfing Washington over who leaked the name of Valerie Plame and
the announcement of Justice Sunday Part II (http://www.justicesunday.com/)
...And get this? Where is it going to be held...At the same place Hardball went
to last month in Nashville: Two Rivers Baptist Church...We'll talk to Tony
Perkins, the head of the Family Research Council which is putting the event
together and Ralph Neas, People For The American Way, who clearly isn't jazzed
by it...
On the leak front: a source close to the investigation says Rove got Plame's
name from Novak: Not the other way around...On the Hill yesterday sparks were
flying between Wilson & Schumer at one press conference and Bond, Coleman and
Hutchison on the other....Dueling legislation to strip Rove of his national
security clearance and Republican legislation to strip top Senate Dem leaders
of THEIR security clearances both failed...We'll bring you some flavor of the
fight with Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX) and Andrea Mitchell...
While Republicans and the White House won't comment on the ongoing
investigation, the RNC & Hill Republicans are convinced Rove is innocent...The
Dems seem to be unconcerned about straight legality here, they think Rove
should pay regardless of whether he broke the law or not...We're all over these
questions tonight...
On the journalistic front we'll talk to Dana Milbank, who has been covering the
food fight from day one and Byron York, resident White House Correspondent for
The National Review magazine...We may even throw in a question or two about the
Schwarzenegger controversy...
Please join us...Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball
Briefing
Rehnquist insists he won't resign...Supreme Court chief justice 'not about to
announce my retirement' (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8576020/
Source: Rove says reporters told him of Plame...Bush aide reportedly testifies
that he learned agent's name from press (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8577190/
The partisan fight over Karl Rove exploded onto the Senate floor yesterday,
with Democrats trying to strip him of his security clearance and Republicans
retaliating by trying to strip the chamber's two top Democrats of theirs. (The
Washington Times) http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050715-121257-9887r.htm
JAGs fought interrogation policy...Three top military lawyers said Thursday
that they lodged complaints about the Justice Department's definition of
torture and how it would be applied to interrogations of enemy prisoners
captured by U.S. forces. (The Washington Post)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8557465/
Curry: Clinton burnishes hawkish image...Senator calls for bigger Army and a
crackdown on video games http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8573139/
Suspect in London attack arrested in Cairo...Egyptian-born chemist is believed
connected to four suicide bombers (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8569164/
Federal court rules against ex-bin Laden driver...Panel backs administration on
military commissions for terror suspects (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8584238/
Santorum hits back at Kennedy: "I don't think Ted Kennedy lecturing me on the
teachings of the church and how the church should handle these problems is
something I'm going to take particularly seriously." (PA Patriot News)
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1121419422185420.xml&coll=1
The Senate voted yesterday against fulfilling its pledge from last year to hire
2,000 more Border Patrol agents and fund 8,000 new detention beds for illegal
aliens in fiscal 2006, as some potential presidential candidates weighed in on
border security and illegal immigration. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20050715-121229-7851r
Governor won't give up 2nd job....Deal with fitness magazines signed just
before he took office (SF Chronicle)
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/07/15/MNGE3DOH3H1.DTL
Calif. congressman under fire won't run again...Cunningham dogged by issues
concerning relationship with contractor (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8575353/
Drug trade difficult to uproot, Afghanistan finds...Will and funds lacking in
support of Karzai's holy war on opium production (The Washington Post)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8576889/
Marine had cousin shoot him to avoid Iraq...19-year-old feared returning to
Iraq; told police he was randomly shot (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8583296/
Ali G attacks!...Brit comic dishes it out - but can't take it (The New York
Daily News)
http://nydailynews.com/news/gossip/v-echo/story/328231p-280547c.html
Opinion/Editorial
Conason: The Facts Are In: So Is Rove Out?
http://www.observer.com/opinions_conason.asp
Cliff: What's left? A few liberal hawks
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/cliffordmay/cm20050715.shtml
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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