McCain’s Oppo Team Takes Aim,
Did FDA Commish Lie About Ketek?

The ‘08 Race
If Hillary Clinton thinks she’s been vetted and that the Republican attack machine has exhausted all its efforts, she’s in for a rude surprise. Several opposition researchers working for McCain have compiled a lengthy dossier on her, sources tell Muckraked, and expect plenty of old scandals to be rehashed in the coming weeks.

National Security
The Army is blocking public access to the Reimer Digital Library, the largest online collection of doctrinal publications, “the latest step in the ongoing withdrawal of government records from the public domain”, reports the Federation of American Scientists.

Health
Did FDA officials know about fraudulent trial data before approving the antibiotic Ketek? At Tuesday’s hearing, Congressmen Stupak and Dingell implied that FDA commissioner Andrew Von Eschenbach may have committed perjury when he testified that the agency did not use a flawed safety study to approve the drug.

War on Terror
Will Hezbollah retaliate for the killing of their longtime operations director Imad Mughniyah in Damascus? Is the sky blue?

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