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10:40 AM ET, June 18, 2006

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Exclusive Book Excerpt: How an Al-Qaeda Cell Planned a Poison-gas Attack on the N.Y. Subway  —  The plot was called off by Bin Laden's No. 2 only 45 days from zero hour, according to a new book by Ron Suskind  —  Al-Qaeda terrorists came within 45 days of attacking the New York subway system …
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Mark Hosenball / Newsweek:
Too Close for Comfort  —  An Al Qaeda cell had planned a 2003 cyanide attack on the New York subway system, a new book reports  —  Ayman al-Zawahri in a December, 2003 videotape  —  June 17, 2006 - U.S. authorities had intelligence that a team of Al Qaeda-linked terrorists had infiltrated …
Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:   Papers reveal a weaker al Qaeda
AJStrata / The Strata-Sphere:   Time Exposes US Agent Inside Al Qaeda?
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Al Qaeda planned cyanide gas attack on NYC subway
Discussion: PrairiePundit
Joe Lauria / Washington Post:
My Unwitting Role in the Rove 'Scoop'  —  The May 13 story on the Web site Truthout.org was explosive: Presidential adviser Karl Rove had been indicted by Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald in connection with his role in leaking CIA officer Valerie Plame's name to the media, it blared.
Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
2 Missing U.S. Soldiers Are Sought in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 17 — American soldiers on Saturday went house to house, scanned the streets from helicopters and dove into irrigation canals to try to find two of their comrades who had been reported captured by insurgents in an ambush south of the capital.
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Omar / IRAQ THE MODEL:
Forward Together faces a serious challenge.
Discussion: TigerHawk and Blue Crab Boulevard
Chicago Tribune:
How Hastert benefited from sale  —  Planned highway could sweeten asset near Plano  —  The complex structure of a real estate transaction in Kendall County last December left House Speaker Dennis Hastert with a seven-figure profit and in prime position to reap further benefits …
Danny Hakim / New York Times:
'Star Trek' Fans, Deprived of a Show, Recreate the Franchise on Digital Video  —  MASON NECK STATE PARK, Va. — Paul Sieber was wearing a "Star Trek" uniform in the deep Virginia woods when he found himself surrounded by a leathery-looking gang.  —  Fortunately, the ruffians were dressed up as Klingons …
Discussion: Amygdala and Blue Crab Boulevard
Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Obama's Profile Has Democrats Taking Notice  —  Popular Senator Is Mentioned as 2008 Contender  —  EAST ORANGE, N.J. — Barack Obama was standing before a packed high school auditorium when he noticed a familiar face in the crowd — none other than singer Dionne Warwick.
Philip Sherwell / Telegraph:
Ayatollah's grandson calls for US overthrow of Iran  —  The grandson of Ayatollah Khomeini, the inspiration of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, has broken a three-year silence to back the United States military to overthrow the country's clerical regime.  —  Hossein Khomeini's call …
Sylvia Moreno / Washington Post:
Along Part of the Border, A Zero-Tolerance Zone  —  Tough Program Is Discouraging Illegal Crossings  —  DEL RIO, Tex. — On June 1, the three Ordaz-Valtierra brothers from Mexico illegally crossed the Rio Grande with the same dream that so many other Latin American immigrants have …
Sweetness & Light:
9/11 Commission: Somalia Retreat Inspired Bin Laden  —  From National Review's Media Blog: … The author, Stephen Spruiell, goes on to cite the Frontline story "Hunting Bin Laden" to demonstrate how the pullout of Somalia may have inspired Bin Laden.  —  But we don't need to take PBS's word for it.
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Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Democrats offer a 'new direction'  —  Congressional Democrats announced "a new direction for America" yesterday, outlining a litany of promises to raise the minimum wage and lower gas prices, college tuition and the cost of health care.  —  "Democrats are united in presenting a new direction for America …
Josh White / Washington Post:
Bad Advice Blamed For Banned Tactics  —  A secretive military Special Operations group in Iraq used several unauthorized interrogation tactics on detainees in early 2004 after it erroneously received an outdated policy from commanders in Baghdad, according to a high-level military investigative report released yesterday at the Pentagon.
Discussion: Left I on the News and Needlenose
Pixy Misa / Munuviana:
SPLAT, AGAIN  —  Kei suddenly crashed.  I got the techs to reboot it, and two minutes later it crashed again.  —  Rebooted again, and currently working, but disconnected from the net while I investigate.  —  Annika sez: i heard a rumor about a hacker threat?  —  Yes.
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
A high school with 41 valedictorians?  —  Yes! … Interesting multiple causation.  First, there's that horror of competition that we were just talking about yesterday.  Second, lawyers.  (They're everywhere!)  Third, the students, unsurprisingly, pursue their self interest.
 
 
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