Daily Briefing: 'There's Harry Falling'
*Cheneytakes full responsibility for shooting accident: "The image of him falling is something I'll never be able to get out of my mind. I fired, and there's Harry falling. And it was, I'd have to say, one of the worst days of my life." [ WP , NYT , W$J , USAT , WT ]
*Cheney, in choosingBrit Hume, avoided the "elephant-in-the-room issue" of his lack of candor with the press; Fox News is considered a "secure location." [ WP , NYT , LAT , LAT ]
* Sen.Arlen Specter(R-Pa.) helped allocate $48.7m in Pentagon spending to a clients of a top aide's husband. [ USAT ]
* Congressional report faults response to Katrina as partisans debate what to do. [ WP ]
*Ricerequests $75m to advance reforms in Iran. [ WP , NYT , LAT ]
*Cheney, Chertofftake responsibility without specifying mistakes. [ WP , NYT , USAT ]
*Cheneysays he has the authority for declassification. [ NYT ]
*CheneydescribesHarry Whittingtonas "an acquaintance." [ WP ]
* Justice Department will review its role in NSA eavesdropping. [ NYT , WP ]
* Rep.William Jefferson, Louisiana's first black congressman since Reconstruction, is sinking by scandal; special election may be held. [ WP ]
*Bushpushes health savings accounts at Wendy's headquarters. [ NYT , WP ]
* Lobbying filing system crippled by technical difficulties. [ WP ]
* JusticeStephen Breyersays he was "frightened to death for the first three years." [ NYT ]