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9:40 AM ET, March 3, 2006

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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Senate Approves Patriot Act Renewal  —  WASHINGTON - The Senate on Thursday gave its blessing to the renewal of the USA Patriot Act after adding new privacy protections designed to strike a better balance between civil liberties and the government's power to root out terrorists.
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F. James Sensenbrenner Jr / USA Today:
No rights have been violated
J. Francis Lehman:
That 'harmless' and 'neccessary' Patriot Act
Discussion: Hit and Run
David Stout / New York Times:
Senate Approves Renewal of Antiterrorism Bill
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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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
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
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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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
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.
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
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
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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: Unfogged
 
 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
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