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Former FBI agent Coleen Rowley, who landed on the cover of Time magazine after her critique of the nation's pre 9/11 security lapses, announced Wednesday that she will seek the DFL nomination to run against two-term incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. John Kline in Minnesota's 2nd District. Rowley, who was a strong opponent of going to war in Iraq, said she would run on the themes of "ethical decision-making," independence from partisan dogma, and balancing security needs with civil liberties, which she believes the Bush administration has damaged. Acknowledging that she voted mostly Republican until 2000, Rowley faulted Kline for voting...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Former Minneapolis FBI agent Coleen Rowley, whose public criticism of the bureau set off an uproar over the FBI's pre-Sept. 11 counterterrorism lapses, said Monday that she will run as a Democrat for the U.S. House. Rowley plans to challenge second-term Republican Rep. John Kline in Minnesota's Second District, which stretches across the Twin Cities' western and southern suburbs and as far south as Le Sueur and Red Wing. She said she will formally launch her campaign July 6 with a pancake breakfast for friends and supporters on the driveway of her Apple Valley home. Her entry...