There's a great profile of Murray Waas in US News.com -- I'm so glad to see his great reporting be acknowledged.

With the publication in recent months of his news-breaking stories on the Bush administration's involvement in manipulating prewar Iraq intelligence - particularly its attempt to discredit former Ambassador Joseph Wilson and to out his CIA operative wife, Valerie Plame - Waas has gotten a sometimes bitter taste of what he refers to as his "five minutes of fame." He's now dealing not only with sources and editors but also pesky cable television bookers who never get the answer they want and new interest in his personal and professional life.

Murray explains why he won't go on tv. But my favorite quote is this:

Tonight's episode is "Moe and Joe."

Tony leverages Johnny's misfortune into a domestic upgrade; Bacala suffers vision impairment.

Will Tony end up taking Johnny's house? Will Johnny flip for the feds? Does Bobby get beat up by his new associates and suffer eye damage? Will tonight be a Vito night?

Those are some of my questions, it starts in 15 minutes.

Tony Snow's first informal press gaggle this morning didn't go too well. Snow himself said, "This is just a mess."

Think Progress has more.

TPM Muckraker has the full transcript.

ABC's World Newser on the gaggle is here.

7:00 pm Thursday evening

I'm inside the movie theatre at Denver Pavillions waiting for Al Gore's new movie on global warming, An Inconvenient Truth, to begin screening any moment now. Al Gore will be holding a Q and A session right afterwards. My seat is great, thanks to Mania TV and Special OPs Media -- a blogger press pass.

It's starting, I'll live blog the q and a session as soon as the movie's over.

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Movie over, exellent. I highly recommend it. It's a lot of Gore, he is the movie, but there are excellent graphics and he makes global warming understandable. I know less than nothing about the topic and I came away with some understanding. The use of cartoons in the movie was a great idea, even I could understand those. The scenes of Antartica and Alaska and Mount Kilminjaro were particularly powerful as were the Katrina scenes.

Say hello to Bench Conference, the brand new legal blog at the Washington Post. It is authored by Denverite and CBS News Analyst Andrew Cohen.

I've been reading Andrew's columns at CBS News and in the local Colorado papers for several years. He got his stripes covering the McVeigh trial. I didn't agree with him very often back then, but in recent years, I have noticed that he has become more sensitized to the plight of defendants and the injustices in our system and more critical of the Government. His writing style has loosened up and often packs a punch. Here's his recent column on the Moussaoui verdict. I often find myself nodding in agreement as I read his stuff.

Here's his take on Bush's warrantless NSA surveillance program and an ill-conceived proposed Congressional fix.

Law Professor Geoffrey Stone writes that the Bush Administration's recent threats to prosecute reporters and publishers for printing classified information is not only unprecedented but unlikely to succeed.

the President and some of his supporters have threatened to prosecute reporters and publishers for violating a provision of the 1917 Espionage Act, which provides in part that "whoever having unauthorized possession . . . of information relating to the national defense, which information the possessor has reason to believe could be used to the injury of the United States . . . willfully communicates . . . the same to any person not entitled to receive it . . . is guilty of an offense punishable by 10 years in prison."

Professor Stone provides three reasons these attempts will fail.

Tonight's Soprano's episode is "The Ride," described as:

Christopher makes a surprise announcement; Paulie pays a price for cutting costs at an Italian Street Fair; Tony embraces the "old school."

There's a big photo of Bobby on the episode page, so he probably plays a big part. I hope there's not too much of Janice, she's like fingernails on a blackboard.

I can't believe we're already on Show 9 of the new and almost last season. I'm not feeling like a lot has happened -- Other than Tony being shot, Vito sticks out in my mind as the one major development. Maybe his "embracing the old school" means he agrees to order Vito taken out. Or he hooks up with the real estate agent.

My quick little trip to New York turned out to be huge fun because of the diverse cast of characters and the best weather I've experienced in New York in years. I'm just about to head to the airport to fly home.

I spent yesterday afternoon taping two tv shows which will air sometime in the next few weeks with Montel Williams, CNN's Lou Dobbs, MSNBC's Rita Cosby, Former EPA Secretary (and N.J.Governor) Christine Todd Whitman, Political guru Joe Trippi, actor Joey Pantoliano (who played the now deceased Ralphie on the Sopranos and as co-President of the Creative Coaliton has testified before Congress on First Amendment protections, actor and political activist Esai Morales (La Bamba, NYPD Blue, to name a few) and conservative Phoenix attorney Rachel Alexander, who also is co-editor of the blog Intellectual Conservative and private investigator and tv pundit Rod Wheeler.

Kent State, May 4, 1970. . Don't forget. If you do, I'll remind you every year.

Neil Young, Ohio.

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.

Don't let the music die.

Dan Froomkin at the Washington Post has more on Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondents Dinner, as does today's New York Times. But it's Froomkin's personal account of the dinner I found most interesting. He got to meet Karl Rove, whom he describes as "charming" and not looking very worried at all. Dan explains why it would have been inappropriate for him to ask Rove any questions about PlameGate or his last grand jury appearance. He also posits that the annual dinner is past its prime.

Indeed, if the press and this particular White House had an even moderately functional professional relationship, then a chance to build personal relationships would be a nice bonus. But it's not a functional professional relationship. From the president down to the freshest press office intern, this White House seems to delight in not answering even our most basic questions.

So the last thing in the world we need is a big party where the only appropriate mode of communication is sucking up.

Check it out...GAG by KATS

Bush and Cheney, war, oil, the CIA and lots more...listen to the whole thing.

It's easy to see why we love Gangsta rap
Look at America, who's more Gangsta than that

The episode tonight is JohnnyCakes.

Tony is tempted by a real-estate offer; Vito is wowed by an act of heroism; AJ looks to "diversify."

I thought last week's episode was just so-so. Maybe that's because the two weeks before that were so good. I suspect A.J. will get into big problems tonight.

Let us know what you think of tonight's show.