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Uh-oh. Someone needs to check Sandy Berger’s sock drawer. ASAP:
Federal authorities are investigating the disappearance of a computer disc from the National Archives containing Social Security numbers and Secret Service procedures from former President Bill Clinton’s administration, congressional officials said.
Among the files on the disc were 100,000 Social Security numbers, including that of one [...]

Know-nothings.

Lettucehead alert.

Scroll for update…Sanders confirms…

Over the weekend, I wrote about Washington state Supreme Court justice Richard Sanders, an old friend of mine from my days in Seattle who had been identified on Friday by lawyer Wendy Long as the man who heckled Attorney General Michael Mukasey during his Federalist Society address.
I received the following non-response response [...]

Before Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed during his Federalist Society speech on Thursday night, someone in the audience disrupted the remarks. The heckler reportedly shouted “Tyrant!” Lawyer Wendy Long reported on Fox News last night that the heckler was Washington State Supreme Court Justice Richard Sanders.
I dearly hope this is not true.
I knew, respected, and [...]

Gravitas.
The media’s in a tizzy over Colin Powell’s Meet the Press endorsement of Barack Obama this morning.
It’s not a surprise to anyone who’s paid attention to his pro-Obama murmurings over the last four months.
How will people outside the Beltway bubble respond?
Yawn.
Here’s the vid:

Powell’s embrace of Barack Obama is a triumph of hope over reality. He [...]

“Too far.”

Skinned.

Dial U for unhinged.

Navigating the nutroots.

That smile.

“Show me that. I’ll be surprised to see that.”

Double standards.

Lots of readers are asking how to send condolences to Tony Snow’s family. His optimism, faith, decency, and good cheer have touched countless Americans. Kristinn Taylor at FR writes that the “White House Correspondents Association announced today that they will receive cards and letters of condolence for the family of Tony Snow at their Washington, [...]

Heartbreakingly sad news this morning. Tony Snow has died. He was 53. He was a true mensch, multi-talented–and one of the kindest people I had the honor to meet in the news business.
Tears:
Tony Snow, the former White House press secretary and conservative pundit who bedeviled the press corps and charmed millions as a FOX News [...]

Petrocracy.

The thanks we get.

Your tax dollars at work, splitting atoms in Saudi Arabia. PLUS: France is building reactors for Algeria and Libya.

Profile this.

Back in November, when the latest Julie Myers fiasco broke out, I said I had no tears for her. She’s the crony DHS head of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau whose unpreparedness for the job I’ve spotlighted repeatedly over the years. When word spread about her photo-op at a Halloween party with a [...]

You don’t say!

Soporific.

“Coming clean.”

Targeted.

DLTDHYOTWO.

Fraudulent Emergency Mismanagement Asshats.

Don’t let the door…

Update 4pm Eastern. Radar talks to Fred Thompson rep Mark Corallo, who seems to shoot down rumors of a Rove jump to the campaign.
Update: Video highlights and a parting shot.
Update: Press conference at 11:35am. Update: 11:25am Eastern.
The President is talking about Rove’s family “making huge sacrifices. We’re going to be friends for a long time. [...]

Chertie has chosen to lie in bed with the very people who make a living intimidating and suing vigilant Americans who take homeland security seriously.

Update: 7/11 11:15am: Chertoff forgot to share his tummy troubles with the White House, which denies there’s any emergency meeting about an increased threat of attack. Buffoonery: ” U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff had told the Chicago Tribune’s editorial board his “gut feeling” was that the United States faced an increased risk of attack [...]