September 19, 2007

Earlybird Roundup: Iraq Plan, Wiretapping, Blackwater

Congress. Democrats announced yesterday that they'd forgo their efforts to pull troops out of Iraq by next spring and focus instead on a June 2008 withdrawal with a hard deadline.

Administration. Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell told a House committee yesterday that the NSA hasn't wiretapped Americans' phones without court-issued warrants since at least February.

Iraq. An Iraqi government report claims that Blackwater USA security guards and helicopters were not ambushed, as the company reported, but instead fired at a car after its driver failed to stop. The Ministry of Defense says 20 Iraqis were killed.

Economy. The dollar hit a record low against the euro yesterday after the Fed's interest-rate cut.

World. Police arrested the top living leader of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia today.

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