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ROVE:
Time Magazine reporter Matt Cooper flatly contradicts Karl Rove’s assertion that he did not leak Valerie Plame’s identity to him.

Rove, The Legacy!

THE WAR ON TERROR:
A coincidence, I’m sure… Gen. Petraeus’ may end up testifying before Congress about progress in Iraq on 9/11. Yeah—wasn’t that the day Saddam attacked us?

It’s been revealed that the “Petraeus” report will be written by the White House—and that even the General’s “testimony” will just be him reading White House talking points.

Veteran newsman Bob Schieffer says it feels like we’re being “dragged down the old rabbit hole.” Well, it’s some kind of hole.

A group of soldiers back from Iraq have written an excellent NY Times op-ed piece called “The War As We Saw It”.

Sens. Carl Levin is calling the Iraqi government “non-functional.” He says the Iraqi Parliament should dump Prime Minister Maliki if major changes don’t happen in the next few days. Take a listen to Levin’s comments.

The US Army reserve is a “Broken Force”. Finally, they are SPEAKING OUT!

Bush declares Iran's Revolutionary Guard a Terrorist Group (the first time in HISTORY a President declared any Country's Army a Terrorist Group)

There will be an attack on IRAN informed sources say.

WIRETAPPING:
Dick Cheney admits that his office does have wiretapping documents…but he’s going to keep them secure in his man-sized safe as long as he can!

Meanwhile, Patrick Leahy says he’s had enough of White House refusals to comply with subpoenas over the wiretapping program. Listen to Leahy’s comments.

AT&T, MCI and Verizon are looking for immunity in the class-action lawsuit filed against them in the warrantless wiretapping probe. Leahy says no way!

Could there be more outsourcing of spying to private contractors? $1 billion could be used to do so.

TRAPPED MINERS:
Experts say that the mine is still too dangerous to continue looking for the 6 trapped Utah miners.

But families are still holding out hope that their loved ones are alive.

Richard Stickler, Head of the Mine Safety and Heath Administration, was a RECESS appointment. Republicans wouldn't confirm him because he was the head of a Coal Mining Company and had more accidents and the worst Mine Safety record in the mines he managed. There was NO discussion of this in the wall to wall coverage of the Utah Mining Disaster

SIDEBARS:
An Oxford Philosophy Professor opines that we may ALL be a "character" in a kids’ video game and nothing more.

Hurricane Dean moves on with 165mph winds. First Jamaica, now Mexico.

White House Designated Spinner Tony Snow says he plans to leave before Bush’s term is over.

Speaking of disappearing Snow… 600 activists get naked on a glacier to protest global warming.

A grim comment on the state of airport security: a pastor suffered a stroke outside the Orlando airport and no one noticed for 3 days.

Bush has issued an executive order to “expand and enhance hunting”! Throw the hunt for Osama in their somewhere, George.

QB Michael Vick cops a plea.

These stories, your calls and much more on today’s Randi Rhodes Show!

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