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12:15 PM 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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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Kurtz On Katrina  —  Howard Kurtz reviews the raging storm over the media coverage on Katrina and the supposedly new revelations that Bush was somehow warned about levee breaches without the word "breach" ever being mentioned.  He also notes that the "newly uncovered" video footage actually …
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 …
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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J. Francis Lehman:
That 'harmless' and 'neccessary' Patriot Act
Discussion: Hit and Run
F. James Sensenbrenner Jr / USA Today:
No rights have been violated
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.
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Adam Zagorin / Time:
Exclusive: "20th Hijacker" Claims That Torture Made Him Lie
Discussion: Iowa Voice and Andrew Sullivan
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.
New York Times:
Bush and India Reach Pact That Allows Nuclear Sales  —  NEW DELHI, March 2 — President Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India announced here on Thursday what Mr. Bush called a "historic" nuclear pact that would help India satisfy its enormous civilian energy needs while allowing it to continue to develop nuclear weapons.
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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 …
Discussion: The Daily Nightly and TAPPED
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.
The American Thinker:
Lefty teachers meet the MP3  —  A very compelling story from Aurora, Colorado is still unfolding.  A student named Sean Allen openly taped his geography teacher on a regular basis as a study aid.  The teacher abused his post to indoctrinate his charges with left wing rants derived from the loony websites.
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Ethics Office For Hill Rejected  —  Bipartisan Defeat For Independent Lobbying Overseer  —  A Senate committee yesterday rejected a bipartisan proposal to establish an independent office to oversee the enforcement of congressional ethics and lobbying laws, signaling a reluctance in Congress …
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 …
Marc Cooper / Blog Archive:
Portside  —  Oh, I can't tell you how much I love this one.  Bill Clinton advising the monarchs of Dubai on how to sell the ports deal.  I'd expect no less from Slick Willie.  Just happy to see one more confirmation of what absolute, rank opportunists he and the Missus are.
Ryan Jones / jnewswire.com:
Al Qaeda joins the party in Hamastan  —  Abbas admits Osama bin Laden's group active in PA areas  —  Not wanting to miss out on all the fun, Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda terrorist network has set up camp in the Gaza Strip and possibly Judea and Samaria in order to better participate …
Discussion: Jerusalem Post, JunkYardBlog and Blinq
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.
Editor and Publisher:
Gallup: 2 Out of 3 Americans Want U.S. Pull Out from Iraq  —  NEW YORK While newspaper editorials remain virtually silent on the subject, the American public seems to have made up its mind.  A new Gallup/CNN/USA Today poll out tonight shows that 2 out of 3 adult Americans now want U.S. troops to start to come home from Iraq.
Discussion: AMERICAblog and Sirotablog
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.
MB Williams / Wampum:
2005 Koufax Awards: Best Series  —  I have been conducting the Koufax Awards for four years now.  The nominations for Best Series this year are by far the most far ranging and difficult to compile I have yet encountered.  The nominations run the full range of subjects.
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
 
 
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