Daily Briefing: A Clockwork Broken
* Maverick straight talkerChuck Hagelwon't be a complete mirror image ofJoe Liebermanuntil he's lost a Presidential election. [ WP ]
*Scooter Libby'spersonal hell is spending eternity trapped in 2003. [ NYT ]
* Military now kills Iranian agents captured in Iraq, no more "Ludovico technique." [ WP ]
*John Warnercopied Joe Biden's homework, plans to turn in his "resolution of opposition, opposition." [ WP ]
* How are lawsuits against the NSA's warrantless spying program going? Sorry, that's classified. [ WP , NYT ]
* Strategic energy independence or an ash choked planet: choose one. [ WSJ ]
*Ruth Bader Ginsburgsays she, er, the court misses the benefits of two women on the bench. This is code for "enjoy your abortions while you can!" [ USAT ]
* Subliminal messages hidden in SOTU, like the speech itself, contain "nothing, nothing at all. " [ LAT ]