• Resignation of Andrew Card could be the beginning of a “second-term overhaul.” Senior official: “The president’s style is not Saturday Night Massacre.” [WP, NYT, W$J, LAT, USAT]
• Resignation of Card indicates that Bush is increasingly “deferring to the expectations of Washington conventional wisdom.” Anonymous official: “Part of what you are seeing is some adjustment to the political realities.” Ari Fleischer: “There was a drumbeat out there that the president’s staff could not miss and Bush could not miss.” [WP]
• FISA court judges voice opposition to warrentless eavesdropping. [NYT]
• Shiites contend that Bush opposes the Iraqi prime minister. [NYT]
• Department of Homeland Security is experiencing a dangerous “brain drain.” [USAT]
• Democratic leaders set to unveil plan for “real security,” though “most of the proposals are not new.” [NYT]

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