Wonkette

* Cheney takes full responsibility for shooting accident: “The image of him falling is something I’ll never be able to get out of my mind. I fired, and there’s Harry falling. And it was, I’d have to say, one of the worst days of my life.” [WP, NYT, W$J, USAT, WT]
* Cheney, in choosing Brit Hume, avoided the “elephant-in-the-room issue” of his lack of candor with the press; Fox News is considered a “secure location.” [WP, NYT, LAT, LAT]
* Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) helped allocate $48.7m in Pentagon spending to a clients of a top aide’s husband. [USAT]
* Congressional report faults response to Katrina as partisans debate what to do. [WP]
* Rice requests $75m to advance reforms in Iran. [WP, NYT, LAT]
* Cheney, Chertoff take responsibility without specifying mistakes. [WP, NYT, USAT]

* Cheney says he has the authority for declassification. [NYT]
* Cheney describes Harry Whittington as “an acquaintance.” [WP]
* Justice Department will review its role in NSA eavesdropping. [NYT, WP]
* Rep. William Jefferson, Louisiana’s first black congressman since Reconstruction, is sinking by scandal; special election may be held. [WP]
* Bush pushes health savings accounts at Wendy’s headquarters. [NYT, WP]
* Lobbying filing system crippled by technical difficulties. [WP]
* Justice Stephen Breyer says he was “frightened to death for the first three years.” [NYT]