Daily Briefing: We Like Our Data Raw
•Senate, by vote of 89-2, sends intelligence overhaul bill toBush;Byrd, Inhofecast nays. [ WP , NYT , WSJ , LAT , USAT , WT ]
• Bushstuns chattering class by invitingSnowto stay "into the second term"; Wall Street executive turned down offer.Minetaresignation imminent. [ WP , NYT , WSJ , USAT ]
• Rumsfeldunprepared for grilling from troops: "Now, settle down, settle down. Hell, I'm an old man, it's early in the morning and I'm gathering my thoughts here." Said one soldier, "I would feel safer in a Volvo than I would in one of these Humvees." ALSO: Despite being public face of war in Iraq, Rumsfeld is more interested in restructuring Pentagon than dealing with the war. [ NYT , USAT , USAT , WSJ , WSJ ]
•Congressional Republicans playing hardball withBushover legislative agenda; intelligence bill showed their independence. [ LAT ]
•Judges inPlamecase seem to reject argument about First Amendment advocated byCooper, Miller. [ NYT ]
• Harman, Lieberman, Hoekstra, Keanconsidered for new intelligence czar position. [ WT ]
• Powelltells Europeans: "What we have to do now is come together and work hard to support the Iraqi people." [ NYT ]
• Deanwould stay out of '08 race if named party chairman: "There is only one thing the Republican power brokers want more than for us to lurch to the left, and that's for us to lurch to the right because what they fear most is that we may really begin fighting for what we believe." [ WP , NYT ]
• Kerryplans trip to Iraq, will meet with troops. [ BG ]
• Bushauthorizes $20m for Palestinian Authority to show renewed commitment. [ WP , NYT , WT ]
•Relatives of 9/11 victims credited with passage of intelligence bill.Collins: "They had the moral conviction." [ WP ]
•Provision in intelligence bill restricts conflict of interests for private-sector job offers. [ WP ]
• Biden: "I'm going to proceed as if I'm going to run" in '08. [ USAT ]
•Human rights groups unite for answers aboutGonzales. [ WT ]
•House leaders put priority on upcoming border security bill. [ WT ]
•Civil rights commission infused with fresh, conservative blood; no more snapping at meetings. [ WP ]
• Conyerswants "raw" exit poll data for investigation into voting irregularities but consortium not expected to share. [ USAT ]
•Human Rights Campaign moves to the center looking for concessions: "It's a wake-up call. Just continuing to do what we were doing would not be productive." [ NYT ]
• Zell Millerjoins law firm as "senior policy advisor." [ WP ]
