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Aljazeera:
Bin Laden offers Americans truce — In an audio tape broadcast on Aljazeera, Osama bin Laden has warned that al-Qaida was preparing an attack very soon, but also offered Americans a "long-term truce". — "The new operations of al-Qaida has not happened not because we could not penetrate the security measures.
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The Corner on National …, The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta, Washington Post, The Counterterrorism Blog, Stop The ACLU, The Moderate Voice, Link Mecca, The Mahablog, Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, The Heretik, ARMAVIRUMQUE, Secular Blasphemy, Wizbang, THE ASTUTE BLOGGER, Dr. Sanity, No End But Victory, Macsmind, The Uncooperative Blogger, The Political Teen, PunditGuy, The Dread Pundit Bluto, Media Lies, AMERICAN FUTURE, Kobayashi Maru, ThreatsWatch.Org, Rantings of a Sandmonkey, Suitably Flip and danieldrezner.com
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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.
Crooks and Liars:
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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Hullabaloo, AMERICAblog, The Huffington Post, The Green Knight, Seeing the Forest, IMAO, firedoglake and Daily Kos
CNN:
Purported bin Laden tape: 'It's only a question of time' — Voice warns Americans of impending attacks, offers truce — (CNN) — An audiotaped message purported to be from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden warns the American people that plans for terror attacks in the United States are under way.
Lee Keath / Associated Press:
Bin Laden Warns of Attacks, Offers Truce — CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Jazeera on Thursday broadcast portions of an audiotape purportedly from Osama bin Laden, saying al-Qaida is making preparations for attacks in the United States but offering a possible truce to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan.
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.
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Conference Calls With The Candidates For Majority Leader — All 3 Republican Candidates for the Majority Leader spot in the House decided to do teleconferences with bloggers today. Here's a quick rundown of the calls: — 10:30 EST: John Shadegg: My questions:
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OTB, La Shawn Barber's Corner, RedState, Michelle Malkin, protein wisdom, tapscottscopydesk.blogspot.com and PoliPundit.com
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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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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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Democratic Leaders Turn to Kaine — Va. Governor Tapped to Give State of the Union Response for Party — RICHMOND, Jan.19 — Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has been tapped to give the Democratic Party's response to President Bush's State of the Union speech on Jan. 31, according to Capitol Hill sources.
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The Carpetbagger Report
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Thomas Joscelyn / Weekly Standard:
The Algerian Plague — THE REVELATION that Saddam Hussein's Iraq trained thousands of Islamic terrorists has important ramifications for European counterterrorism efforts. According to officials, one of the groups trained in Iraq prior to the war was al Qaeda's Algerian affiliate …
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Gates of Vienna
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dailyhowler.com:
Special report—How to read literacy! — PART 3—THE MORE, THE MURKIER: What's the state of literacy among college grads? It's timely that you should ask. As we noted last week, the National Center for Education Statistics recently released a massive survey of adult literacy, the National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL).
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 …
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firedoglake, Wampum, David E's Fablog, The Moderate Voice, skippy the bush kangaroo, Daily Kos and The Sideshow
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Clinton Cover-Up In Barrett Report: Daily News — The New York Daily News reports that the long-awaited Barrett report on the investigation into Henry Cisneros will claim that the Clinton administration actively covered up a tax-fraud case against the former HUD Secretary …
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Gateway Pundit, The Mahablog, Generation Why?, OTB, Media Blog on National …, Mark in Mexico and Bark Bark Woof Woof
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 …
