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9:55 AM ET, March 3, 2006

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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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New York Times:
Senate Passes Legislation to Renew Patriot Act  —  WASHINGTON, March 2 — The Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation renewing the sweeping antiterror law known as the USA Patriot Act on Thursday, ending a months-long impasse on Capitol Hill and virtually guaranteeing that the measure will go to President Bush to be signed.
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F. James Sensenbrenner Jr / USA Today:
No rights have been violated
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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Michael J. Totten:
"The Head of the Snake"  —  SULEIMANIYA, IRAQ - Suleimaniya is the most liberal city in Iraqi Kurdistan, partly because of its long-standing and deep ties to nearby Iran, one of the most culturally liberal countries in the Middle East.  The Iraqi Kurds I met who have been to Iran wanted me to know …
Discussion: Begging to Differ
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Oscars for Osama  —  Nothing tells you more about Hollywood than what it chooses to honor.  Nominated for best foreign-language film is "Paradise Now," a sympathetic portrayal of two suicide bombers.  Nominated for best picture is "Munich," a sympathetic portrayal of yesterday's fashion in barbarism: homicide terrorism.
Discussion: Betsy's Page
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.
Discussion: In the Bullpen
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 …
Discussion: lgf, Solomonia and My Fleeting Thoughts
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.
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Clinton Challenger Pulled From Reagan-Era Hat  —  It was supposed to be a marquee Republican campaign of the 2006 elections — a fusillade-style effort to defeat Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, which, even if it did not succeed, would excite donors nationally, raise millions for the party …
Discussion: ScrappleFace
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 …
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Melting Rapidly  —  The Antarctic ice sheet is losing as much as 36 cubic miles of ice a year in a trend that scientists link to global warming, according to a new paper that provides the first evidence that the sheet's total mass is shrinking significantly.
Washington Post:
U.S. Cites Exception in Torture Ban  —  McCain Law May Not Apply to Cuba Prison  —  Bush administration lawyers, fighting a claim of torture by a Guantanamo Bay detainee, yesterday argued that the new law that bans cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of detainees in U.S. custody does not apply to people held at the military prison.
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  —  Update: Independent translation from aftenposten.no here.
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 …
Discussion: The Daily Nightly and Slate
 
 
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Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Gonzales Denies More Extensive Domestic Spying
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Archivist Urges U.S. to Reopen Classified Files
Discussion: Charging RINO
J. Francis Lehman:
That 'harmless' and 'neccessary' Patriot Act
Discussion: Hit and Run
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Ethics Office For Hill Rejected
Joe Kovacs / WorldNetDaily:
Snorer in the court? Ruth Bader Ginsburg snoozes
ABCNEWS:
Lobbyist's Credit Card Bill Outs DeLay Trip
Discussion: Hoffmania!
New York Post:
GLIMPSING THE ABYSS  —  March 2, 2006 — WHEN late in the spring …
Marc Cooper / Blog Archive:
Portside  —  Oh, I can't tell you how much I love this one.
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Jon Ward / Washington Times:
Black vote no longer a lock for Democrats
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Bush goes on 'trial' in Morris
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Harper's Publishes AIDS Denialist
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Tom Curry / MSNBC:
Blog pioneer maps political strategy for 2008
Rick Klein / Boston Globe:
Democratic group targets Senate GOP
Hugh Hewitt:
Zogby Hangs Up  —  I interviewed John Zogby about 1:00 Pacific today …
Jamie Glazov / Front Page Magazine:
Iraqi WMD Mystery Solved
Todd Manzi / Townhall.com:
Pro-military mom silenced by mainstream media
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

 
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