Daily Briefing: Disturbing Disguises

* Surprise, surprise — hippies in Congress sell out, Iraq funding bill expected to pass. [WP, NYT]
* Whatever the House can do, the Senate can do better — authorizes subpoenas for US Attorney bloodbath. [WP]
* Fate of Guantánamo Bay detention facility closely tied to the fate of Alberto Gonzales. [NYT]
* Tom Tancredo doesn’t bother reading new immigration bill, calls it “lipstick they keep putting on the pig.” [WP]
* John Edwards’ wife is a bit ill. [WP, NYT]
* The secret to Rudy Giuliani’s success: 9/11. [WSJ]
* CIA still totally about fake mustaches. [AP]
* Robot planes with frickin’ laser beams attached to their foreheads. [USAT]