Daily Briefing: A Day On
* To sum up: guy accuses white house of bad intelligence practices, White House uses henchman for a white collar hatchet job on guy's wife - thereby offending both legal and natural practice. You care because whenScooter Libby'strial starts tomorrow the witness stand will be a virtual "Who's Evil in Washington: 2003." [ WP , NYT ]
*Dick Cheneygives the same answer to every question: "There's nothing wrong with it or illegal." [ NYT ]
* Troop surge was "the only option," obv. [ WP ]
* And Democrats are against it, this they know for sure. [ NYT ]
* Government contractors in Iraq may soon add "take it to prison" to their already established "taking it to the bank." [ WP ]
*Robert Gatesenjoyed his evening with UK counterpartDes Browne, wants a second date. [ NYT ]
* Two more Hussein lieutenants hanged, coming soon to a theater near you. [ LAT ]
* Republican presidential contenders have a hard time finding where to sit on Iraq plan. [ USAT ]
*Martin Luther Kingso well loved that only 2 in 10 college students don't have a clue who he was. [ WP ]