Daily Briefing: All Tapped Out
A federal judge invalidates the administration's warrantless wiretapping program, saying it "blatantly disregard the parameters clearly enumerated in the Bill of Rights." Oh, burn! [ NYT , WP ]
Elsewhere in the federal judiciary, smoking causes cancer (and cigarette companies knew it). So long, "low tar" cigs. [ WP , WSJ ]
Internal investigations suggest the Marine Corps withheld and destroyed information regarding the November killing of 24 Iraqis at Haditha. [ NYT ]
Civilian contractor convicted in the beating death of an Iraqi prisoner. [ LAT ]
The veracity of John Karr's confession in the JonBenet Ramsey case is being questioned. Hey, 12 hours in a Thai prison and you'd confess to her murder, too. [ ABC News ]