Whispers Editor Paul Bedard reports today that former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson has decided to toss his hat in the ring and run for the Republican nomination for president and will make the first formal moves next week, which will allow him to begin raising money.
But contrary to a report by the Politico, Bedard says, Thompson will not officially declare on July 4, when many people are away and not paying attention to politics, but at some more strategically sound time near that date.
Read Bedard's item here.
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When Lewis "Scooter" Libby is sentenced next month for his involvement in the Valerie Plame-CIA spy scandal, friends and legal allies fear that he will immediately be shipped to jail.
"I think that he will get some jail time and probably be sent away that day," said a member of the Libby Legal Defense Fund.
Libby's supporters plan to make the case again that the prosecution was politically motivated, spun out of control, and ended up nailing someone who wasn't even the leaker of Plame's name in the case. Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, however, has already dismissed those claims and added that Libby has shown no remorse for his acts. Fitzgerald is expected to push for a sentence of up to three years in prison for obstruction.
--Paul Bedard
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The most recent threat released by al Qaeda on a popular website for militants features a familiar face and something unusual for a jihadist video: an American accent. Adam Gadahn, the man featured in the video that promises attacks on American soil worse than 9/11, is a California native and al Qaeda recruit charged with treason by the U.S. government and tagged with a $1 million reward for information leading to his capture. (See his profile on the FBI's website). Gadahn's indictment last October made him the first American to be charged with treason in over 50 years. He was also the subject of a long profile in the New Yorker in January. | |
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This morning's top stories:
- President Bush has nominated Robert Zoellick, a former trade chief in his administration, to replace Paul Wolfowitz at the World Bank.
- U.S. and Iraqi troops are searching in the Sadr City area of Baghdad for five British citizens abducted Tuesday.
- Astronomers have found 28 more planets outside our solar system in diverse regions of space, raising the tally of so-called exoplanets to 236.
- Al Qaeda has released a new video threatening attacks worse than 9/11 if the U.S. doesn't pull out of Arab lands.
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