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Chris Matthews compares Michael Moore to Osama — Chris Matthews compares Michael Moore to Osama Bin Laden — On Hardball today, Chris Matthews compared Michael Moore to Osama Bin Laden while discussing the newly released tape with Joe Biden. — Video-WMP Video-QT
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White House:
Press Briefing by Scott McClellan — MR. MCCLELLAN: Good afternoon, everyone. I know there's a lot of interest in the purported bin Laden audiotape that aired on al-Jazeera earlier today. Let me just give you a couple of quick updates. The President was informed about the audiotape shortly …
BBC:
Text: 'Bin-Laden tape' — The pan-Arab TV station al-Jazeera has broadcast an audio tape purporting to be by al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, in which the speaker says al-Qaeda is preparing new attacks on the US. — Here is the full text of the message as broadcast.
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New York Times:
Full Text of the bin Laden Tape — The following is the full text of a new audiotape from al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. Parts of the tape were aired on Al-Jazeera television, which published the entire version on its Web site. The text was translated from the Arabic by The Associated Press.
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AMERICAN DIGEST, Attytood, Hit and Run, Roger L. Simon, Kobayashi Maru and Left I on the News
Hassan M. Fattah / New York Times:
Bin Laden Warns of More Attacks; Proposes Truce — DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 19 - Breaking more than a year's silence, Osama bin Laden warned Americans in an audiotape released on Thursday that Al Qaeda was planning more attacks on the United States, but he offered a "long truce" on undefined terms.
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Administration Lays Out Legal Case for Wiretapping Program — WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 - The Bush administration today offered its fullest defense of the National Security Agency's domestic eavesdropping program, saying that congressional authorization to defeat Al Qaeda after the Sept. 11 attacks …
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New York Times:
Legal Rationale by Justice Dept. on Spying Effort — WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 - The Bush administration offered its fullest defense to date Thursday of the National Security Agency's domestic eavesdropping program, saying that authorization from Congress to deter terrorist attacks …
Radio Blogger:
Congressman Roy Blunt's conference call with the bloggers today, and taking their questions. — Well, a couple of questions anyway... 01-19bluntconferencecall.mp3 — RB: Thank all of you for calling in. It's good to have a few minutes to talk to you this afternoon.
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Matt Margolis / GOP Bloggers:
Roy Blunt Engages Blogosphere — Just in... Majority Whip Roy Blunt will hold an exclusive conference call with bloggers on Thursday, January 19, at 3 PM Eastern Time to discuss his candidacy to be Majority Leader and detail his vision for the House of Representatives. He will be available to answer a few questions.
Dale Franks / qando.net:
MY UNENDORSEMENT — Jon and I took part in the conference calls today with the three candidates for House Majority Leader, John Shadegg, John Boehner, and Roy Blunt. These conference calls were organized through the efforts of NZ Bear, and each lasted about half an hour.
Jim Brady / washingtonpost.blog:
Comments Turned Off — As of 4:15 p.m. ET today, we have shut off comments on this blog indefinitely. — At its inception, the purpose of this blog was to open a dialogue about this site, the events of the day, the journalism of The Washington Post Company and other related issues.
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washingtonpost.blog:
Deborah Howell Responds — I've heard from lots of angry readers about the remark in my column Sunday that lobbyist Jack Abramoff gave money to both parties. A better way to have said it would be that Abramoff "directed" contributions to both parties. — Lobbyists, seeking influence in Congress …
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Dems Pick Kaine for State of Union Response; What the Hell Are They Thinking? — So the Democrats have chosen Virginia Governor Tim Kaine to deliver the party's response to President Bush's State of the Union speech. Chalk up another one for the What the Hell Are They Thinking? file.
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John O'Neil / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Says White House Has Mishandled Iran — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton last night criticized the Bush administration for its response to Iran's nuclear program, saying it had chosen to "downplay" the crisis over the past several years. — In a speech at Princeton University …
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Ross Liemer / dailyprincetonian.com:Sen. Clinton calls for sanctions against Iran
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Kieran Healy / Crooked Timber:
Radical Professors Exposed, Woo — Eugene Volokh is already on this, but I caught a segment on the radio about the UCLAProfs.com, the site founded by some recent political science grad "dedicated to exposing UCLA's most radical professors," people who are engaged in "brainwashing" their students …
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The Debate Link, Instapundit.com, Althouse, volokh.com, TaxProf Blog, The American Thinker, LawCulture and Pam's House Blend
Michael J.W. Stickings / The Reaction:
Bombing Pakistan: Was the attack justified? — Remember that CIA bombing of a remote Pakistani village last week? The one that killed 18 Pakistanis, but not Ayman al-Zawahiri? Well, it looks like at least one really bad guy was among the dead: … Before I learned of this news I was critical of the bombing.
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Federal Grants Bring Surveillance Cameras to Small Towns — BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. — This snowy village, in the shadow of Fall Mountain and alongside the iced-over Connecticut River, is the kind of place where a little of anything usually suffices. There are just eight full-time police officers …
Ben Feller / Associated Press:
Study: Most College Students Lack Skills — Nearing a diploma, most college students cannot handle many complex but common tasks, from understanding credit card offers to comparing the cost per ounce of food. — Those are the sobering findings of a study of literacy on college campuses …
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