Good morning. Welcome to The Rachel Maddow Show.  Coming up on the show this morning, the controversy over the ivory-billed woodpecker.  Is it extinct? Author of "The Grail Bird: The Rediscovery of the Ivory Billed Woodpecker," Tim Gallagher joins us to make the case that the ivory-billed wood pecker does indeed exist.

Also on the show this morning, host of Air America Radio's Politically Direct, and our Washington DC insider, David Bender joins us to talk about what the Duke Cunningham controversy may have to do with Porter Goss's abrupt resignation from the CIA.

FRONT PAGE:
The Uighurs, held at Guantanamo for months after the American government conceded they were innocent, are finally free.  But they have to go to Albania.

Why General Michael Hayden is the wrong choice as head of the CIA.

UNDERBELLY:
To learn how republicans plan to rally their conservative base in time for the November elections, read "Fire Up the Culture Wars," by Dana Milbank in today's Washington Post.