Daily Briefing: 'It's an outrage. It's scandalous.'

• Bushis first president to attend papal funeral. [ WP , WT ]

• Schiavomemo "may have disseminated to other offices," according toMartinezaide; investigation underway. [ WP , WT ]

• DeLaysays federal courts have "run amok": "Judicial independence does not equal judicial supremacy. [We can] to reassert our constitutional authority over the courts." [ NYT ]

•Government unable to track full extent of lobbying: "Last year, corporations, labor unions and interest groups spent more than $3 billion trying to influence the federal government." [ WP ]

• Rumsfeldmemo seen as challenge toNegroponte. [ WP ]

• Cartersurrogate says "he did not believe there was any kind of snub or anything inappropriate."Brzezinski: "It's an outrage. It's scandalous." [ WP ]

•Democrats escalate fight over nominees, hope to blockBolton. [ NYT , USAT ]

•TSA denigrated as director is forced out: "Most Republicans didn't want to create this [agency] in the first place. Democrats see security as an easy target. So you don't have anyone to defend it." [ WP ]

•Leak probe near completion. [ NYT ]

• Riceon Iraq: "When you're dealing with a very closed society like that, it is not very easy; it's not a very easy intelligence target." [ WP ]

• Bill Clintonbasks in Rome's love: "Isn't this a great city?" [ NYT ]

• Hillaryspeaks of importance of protecting religious liberty home and abroad. [ WT , NY Sun ]

• Spellingsheralds "new day" of cooperation on NCLB. [ NYT ]