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2:20 AM ET, June 23, 2006

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Kelli Kennedy / Associated Press:
Official: 7 arrested in Sears Tower plot  —  MIAMI - Seven people were arrested Thursday in connection with the early stages of a plot to attack Chicago's Sears Tower and other buildings in the U.S., including the FBI office here, a federal law enforcement official said.
Evan Benn / Miami Herald:
Anti-terror arrests made in Miami raid  —  FBI agents backed by state and local law enforcement cordoned off an area of Liberty City and made several arrests on Thursday as part of what U.S. officials called a significant terror-related investigation.  —  There was no immediate threat to Miami, officials said.
Pierre Thomas / ABCNEWS:
Federal Agents Raid Suspected Terror Cell in Miami  —  Officials Say Group Planned to Bomb the FBI Building in Miami and Sears Tower in Chicago  —  June 22, 2006 — ABC News has learned that federal agents, including the FBI, are launching a series of raids tonight targeting a suspected terror cell based in Miami.
MSNBC:
FBI arrests 7 in Miami terrorism-related search  —  Investigators claim men conspired to attack Sears Tower … MSNBC TV  —  MIAMI - Federal law-enforcement sources tell NBC News that the FBI has arrested seven men here as part of an ongoing anti-terrorism operation.
Discussion: Hyscience, Thomas Joscelyn and Macsmind
Fox News:
Seven Nabbed in Miami on Terror Charges in Plot to Hit Sears Tower  —  MIAMI — Seven people were arrested on terrorism conspiracy charges Thursday in connection with the early stages of a plot to attack Chicago's Sears Tower and other buildings in the United States, a federal law enforcement official said.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Domestic Terrorism Raids In Miami
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
wcbstv.com:
Terror Suspects Arrested In Miami Housing Project
Discussion: lgf: chunks of funk
New York Times:
Bank Data Secretly Reviewed by U.S. to Fight Terror  —  WASHINGTON, June 22 - Under a secret Bush administration program initiated weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, counterterrorism officials have gained access to financial records from a vast international database and examined banking …
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Los Angeles Times:
U.S. Mining Bank Transfer Data in Anti-Terror Effort  —  WASHINGTON — The U.S. government, without the knowledge of many banks and their customers, has engaged for years in a secret effort to track terrorist financing by reviewing confidential information on transfers of money between banks worldwide.
David Stout / New York Times:
Senate Rejects Democratic Efforts on Iraq  —  WASHINGTON, June 22 — The Senate voted today against measures calling for the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, after a long and emotional debate that was in some ways reminiscent of the Vietnam War era.  —  The votes, 86 to 13 on one measure …
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Associated Press:
Senate rejects Iraq redeployment motions
Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
Polls, Pundits and Pols
Discussion: MyDD
Joan Vennochi / Boston Globe:
A military draft might awaken us  —  REINSTATE THE military draft and see how quickly the United States ends its war in Iraq.  —  Imagine if all our sons and daughters were at risk for deployment to the desert.  Imagine if all our children faced the Al Qaeda-style butchery that took the lives …
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John Heilprin / Associated Press:
Study Says Earth's Temp at 400-Year High  —  The Earth is the hottest it has been in at least 400 years, probably even longer.  The National Academy of Sciences, reaching that conclusion in a broad review of scientific work requested by Congress, reported Thursday that the …
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ucar.edu:
Global Warming Surpassed Natural Cycles in Fueling 2005 Hurricane Season, NCAR Scientists Conclude  —  BOULDER—Global warming accounted for around half of the extra hurricane-fueling warmth in the waters of the tropical North Atlantic in 2005, while natural cycles were only a minor factor …
Susan Schmidt / Washington Post:
Senate's Abramoff Report Disputes Rep. Ney  —  Indian Affairs Panel Cites Lobbyist Abuse of Tax Exemptions  —  In the fall of 2004, Rep. Robert W. Ney (R-Ohio) told Senate investigators that he was unfamiliar with a Texas Indian tribe represented by lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
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MSNBC:   Ex-Bush aide convicted in D.C. corruption case
The New Republic:
HERE WE GO AGAIN:  —  Where to begin?  First, there's the issue of the nature of the "Townhouse" e-mail list, and how much weight Kos's words carry with the bloggers on the list.  Kos, in this post, dismisses as "ludicrous" the suggestion that, as he puts it, "I send 'dictats' to other bloggers …
 
 
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