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They were hoping for a miracle, but all they can do now is turn the other cheek. On Wednesday Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, authors of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, lost their lawsuit against publisher Random House - again - when Britain's Court of Appeal ruled that Dan Brown had not stolen their ideas for his mega-hit cryptic thriller The Da Vinci Code...
...Sampson and his top-flight lawyer, Brad Berenson, sent through his prepared testimony Wednesday, in accordance with Judiciary Committee rules. In them, Sampson says the distinction between firing U.S. attorney's for "political" or "performance-related" reasons is "largely artificial," according to The Associated Press, which obtained a copy of the remarks. "A U.S. attorney who is unsuccessful from a political perspective ... is unsuccessful," Sampson says, according to the AP. But Samspon also denies that...
...Leahy and Schumer held a briefing for reporters Wednesday afternoon after reviewing Sampson's testimony and said there were no smoking guns expected Thursday. But they will press Sampson on inconsistencies between Gonzales's assertions of ignorance and documents produced by the Justice Department that show the Attorney General approved the firings and was involved in at least some of the deliberations...
...question of White House involvement. Karl Rove, Bush's closest advisor, is as much a target of Democratic interest as Gonzales is, and already it appears Sampson may walk back some of the assertions the Justice Department made regarding Rove's ignorance of the firings. In a surprising move Wednesday, the Justice Department released a new batch of over 200 documents and a correction. Acting Assistant Attorney General Richard A. Hertling said in a letter to the Senate Democratic leadership and top Judiciary committee Senators today that parts of a Feb. 23 response had been "contradicted" by documents later released...
...President Hosni Mubarak and other Arab leaders over the rest of the weekend and into Monday. Soon after touching down, she went behind closed doors to talk with Arab foreign ministers and intelligence chiefs. Rice will urge Arab leaders, who are scheduled to hold a summit in Riyadh on Wednesday, March 28, to revive a 2002 proposal by the Arab League to recognize Israel in exchange for major concessions on the Palestinian issue. Only she wants them to put some action behind the words of the offer. The League never set up a team to negotiate with Israel; it merely...