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August 17, 2006 in Links

Judge rules warrantless wiretapping unconstitutional and orders an immediate halt! Let’s see what the Bush administration does…will they obey the order or ignore the judicial branch? Are we headed for a Constitutional crisis? (Kos post.)

Sign up for Jon Tester’s email list.

Conrad Burns now denies he ever insulted firefighters. Weird. I guess he thinks we’re morons or something.

Of course, Rehberg thinks the whole thing was hilarious.

Montana Fem gets a letter from our Representative!

From the mouths of babes…or crayons, in this case.

Singer on the worker health care crisis. This is not an isolated case. Remember the woman who joined the army for the health care benefits?

Let’s see. If you kill two people, should you get the death penalty? Or be forced to teach a class?

Cheney campaigns for Lamont by denouncing him at an Arizona fundraiser.

Meanwhile, Lieberman’s support is overwhelmingly Republican. Let’s see…does the GOP have a bigger tent? Or are Joe’s true loyalties coming to the fore?

Matt Taibbi on David Brooks and the DLC.

Bush administration preparing to give up on democracy in Iraq after November? Should we start the betting lines on who’s dictator? Chalabi the current favorite at 3 to 1…

The BBC’s documentary on the illusion of an international terrorist network.

Speaking of illusions…a former UK ambassador questions how serious the terror plot was. Hm…did the fact that torture was used on one of the suspects cause bad information to be passed? This story’s worth watching…

The trifecta for the UK! UK Deputy Prime Minister: “Bush is crap.” Excellent analysis.

…some interesting tidbits on airport security…which appears to have more holes than Swiss cheese…

But the real threat to American security, apparently, isn’t from Islamic extremists, it’s from liberal peaceniks! Digby: “There’s no reason to make a big deal out of some white supremecist with a WMD in his living room when you have these SUV vandals on the loose.”