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May 15, 2009 5:10 a.m.
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  • Republicans are lining up to defend the CIA from Nancy Pelosi’s charge that the agency lied to her about torture. We all know the CIA never lies. (AP)
  • Attorney General Eric Holder assured a congressional committee that the administration would not release onto U.S. soil any detainees considered dangerous. (Washington Post)
  • Karl Rove will be interviewed by the special DOJ prosecutor investigating the US attorney firings. (Politico)
  • Fearing that conservative opposition could sink the first bailout deal last fall, Ed Gillespie, then at the White House, called the president of the Heritage Foundation to sell him on the deal, then reported back with an email written in the style of a five year old. (Politico)
  • In the aftermath of the ouster of Ken Lewis as chairman, the Feds are pressuring Bank of America to appoint new members to the firm’s board of directors, with more banking experience. (WSJ)
  • Ted Stevens owes between $1 million and $5 million to the high-powered Washington law firm Williams and Connolly from his recent defense. Stevens got his money’s worth when the charges were dropped last month. (McClatchy)
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