Newslinks!

• The FBI is underreporting use of extraordinary powers granted under the (Orwellian-named) PATRIOT Act. "The inspector general's audit found 22 possible breaches of internal FBI and Justice Department regulations -- some of which were potential violations of law -- in a sampling of 293 "national security letters." The letters were used by the FBI to obtain the personal records of U.S. residents or visitors between 2003 and 2005"
  
  
• Legislation finally granting voting rights to the 600,000 tax-paying residents of the District of Columbia will be taken up by the House at the end of the month.
  
  
• Unemployment rates decline in February as the economy adds 97,000 jobs. Bonddad notes a few caveats, such as construction losing 62,000 jobs and average employees working .1 fewer hours each week.
  
  
• Newt Gingrich admits to having an affair while he was managing the Republican impeachment against Bill Clinton... for having an affair. Don't worry though, because "Gingrich argued in the interview, however, that he should not be viewed as a hypocrite for pursuing Clinton's infidelity." Of course not, Newt.