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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 the media is trying to gin up another anti-Bush swarm ("While the information in the video has been public for months, and was the subject of hearings and reports by Congress and the White House, the footage is giving new life …
Nicole Gaouette / Los Angeles Times:Bush Is Warned on Katrina in Video
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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 …
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)
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.
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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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.
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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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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.
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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In the Bullpen
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.
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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Unfogged
ReddHedd / firedoglake:
The President Either Knew and Lied...Or He Doesn't Bother Doing His Job — Here's my conclusion after reading Murray Waas' exceptional new piece in the National Journal today: (1) the President either knew that Saddam posed no immediate threat to the United States and repeatedly lied …
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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 …
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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