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Associated Press:
New Video Shows Blanco Saying Levees Safe — WASHINGTON (AP) — In the hectic, confused hours after Hurricane Katrina lashed the Gulf Coast, Louisiana's governor hesitantly but mistakenly assured the Bush administration that New Orleans' protective levees were intact, according to a new video obtained …
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:WE'RE BACK TO HEARING ABOUT KATRINA, which is a pretty good sign …
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Ronald Brownstein / Los Angeles Times:
Poll Finds Americans Overwhelmingly Disapprove of Port Deal — WASHINGTON — Americans, by a greater than 3 to 1 margin, oppose the proposed deal that would allow a state-owned Arab firm to assume control of operations at several U.S. ports, a Times/Bloomberg poll has found.
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TKS on National Review Online:
AFTER THE PORT DEAL, HOW ELSE DOES THE TIPPING POINT AFFECT OUR POLITICS? [03/02 06:53 PM] — I'll be traveling for a couple of days, so here's some food for thought until we get back. — More polls showing strong, strong opposition to the DPW ports deal - 66 percent opposed in the USA Today poll …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
03/02/06 FOX Poll: Most Oppose Port Deal; Republicans Lose Ground — NEW YORK — Most Americans oppose allowing a Dubai company to run some U.S. ports, even as a majority understands the U.S. would continue to control port security, according to a new FOX News poll.
USA Today:
Americans oppose port deal — WASHINGTON — Americans overwhelmingly oppose the proposed sale of cargo operations at six major U.S. seaports to a Dubai firm, calling it a threat to the nation's security, according to a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll taken Tuesday and Wednesday. (Related:Ports poll results)
F. James Sensenbrenner Jr / USA Today:
No rights have been violated — Zero. That's the number of substantiated USA Patriot Act civil liberties violations. Extensive congressional oversight found no violations. — Six reports by the Justice Department's independent inspector general, who is required to solicit and investigate …
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Steven R. Weisman / New York Times:
Bush Likely to Face Opposition on Atomic Deal With India — WASHINGTON, March 2 — In concluding its nuclear deal with India, the Bush administration faces significant opposition in Congress and tough questions from its allies on whether the arrangement could set a precedent encouraging …
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Fred Kaplan / Slate:The President's Indian Fantasy
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Agora:
Cartoonist's Daughter Hunted by 12 Jihadists — Update: I have now posted the transcript of the interview with Jens Rohde at the bottom of this post. — Update: See below for comments from the Police Intelligence Service — Hmmm.. It seems that all I had to do to get back to blogging was getting my indignation recharged.
Rob Jennings / dailyrecord.com:
Bush goes on 'trial' in Morris — Parsippany students confront issues of terrorism and war — DAILY RECORD — PARSIPPANY — President Bush is being tried for "crimes against civilian populations" and "inhumane treatment of prisoners" at Parsippany High School, with students arguing …
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Gabriel Sherman / The New York Observer Media Mob:
Times Diversity Report: "A Newspaper at Risk" — After a 10-month study, the New York Times Diversity Council issued its confidential internal report yesterday. The 39-page document, made available to staffers, describes The Times as "a newspaper at risk" on diversity matters and says the paper is …
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Victor L. Simpson / Associated Press:
Italian Panel: Soviets Behind Pope Attack — An Italian parliamentary commission concluded "beyond any reasonable doubt" that the Soviet Union was behind the 1981 attempt to kill Pope John Paul II _ a theory long alleged but never proved, according to a draft report made available Thursday.
Jamie Glazov / Front Page Magazine:
Iraqi WMD Mystery Solved — Frontpage Interview's guest today is Ryan Mauro, who spoke at the recent 2006 International Intelligence Summit on Iraq. He is the 19-year old author of Death to America: The Unreported Battle of Iraq and founder of WorldThreats.com.
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CBS News:
U.S. Intel: Qaeda Plotting 'Big Bang' — (CBS/AP) U.S. officials tell CBS News that intelligence has picked up reports that al Qaeda in Iraq is planning what one source calls the "Big Bang," a spectacular terrorist attack in Iraq against either a single high-profile target or multiple targets simultaneously.
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Seth Borenstein / Knight Ridder:
Obama suggests money for fuel economy deal for automakers — WASHINGTON - Trying to jump-start gains in auto fuel efficiency after decades of inaction, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is proposing an unusual swap for the Big Three U.S. carmakers: Washington would pay some of Detroit's multibillion …
Richard Kim / The Nation:
Harper's Publishes AIDS Denialist — The latest issue of Harper's Magazine contains a stunning 15-page article by well-known AIDS denialist Celia Farber (formerly of Spin magazine) that extensively repeats UC Berkeley virologist Peter Duesberg's discredited theory that HIV does not cause AIDS.
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Rick Klein / Boston Globe:
Democratic group targets Senate GOP — Daschle aiding project to gather, spread criticism — WASHINGTON — Hoping to strike back at Republicans who mounted a yearslong effort to oust him from office, former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle is helping raise millions of dollars to form …
ynetnews.com:
Oscar nominee: People hate Israelis for a reason — Hany Abu-Assad, Israeli-born director of Oscar-nominated film 'Paradise Now,' which has stirred controversy for its depiction of two young Palestinian suicide bombers, says in interview with Yedioth Ahronoth terror derives from another terror …
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