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Washington Post:
7 Indicted in Sears Tower Plot — The seven men indicted in Miami for allegedly plotting to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago never had actual contact with the al-Qaeda terrorist network or access to weapons and explosives, U.S. law enforcement officials said today.
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The Next Hurrah
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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The Daily Kos: Arresting Terrorists Is Just A Way To "Change The Focus" — Over at the Daily Kos, there's a recommended diary at krazypuppy, that explains that the terrorist ring down in Miami was busted — get ready for this — in order to distract people from John Kerry's attempts to cut'n'run in Iraq.
Miami Herald:
Terrorism raid targets a warehouse in Miami — FBI agents arrested seven men in what is being described as a conspiracy to attack targets in the U.S., including the Sears Tower. Authorities said the suspects posed no immediate threat to South Florida. — dovalle@MiamiHerald.com
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Terror Suspects Sought Ties With al-Qaida — WASHINGTON (AP) - Seven young men arrested in an alleged plot against the Sears Tower were part of a group of "homegrown terrorists" who sought to work with al-Qaida but ended up conspiring with an informant, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Friday.
Heather Mac Donald / Weekly Standard:
National Security Be Damned — BY NOW IT'S UNDENIABLE: The New York Times is a national security threat. So drunk is it on its own power and so antagonistic to the Bush administration that it will expose every classified antiterror program it finds out about, no matter how legal the program …
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White House:
Executive Order: Protecting the Property Rights of the American People — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to strengthen the rights of the American people against the taking of their private property, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Richard Morin / Washington Post:
Jon Stewart, Enemy of Democracy? — This is not funny: Jon Stewart and his hit Comedy Central cable show may be poisoning democracy. — Two political scientists found that young people who watch Stewart's faux news program, "The Daily Show," develop cynical views about politics and politicians …
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kfoxtv.com:
Mineta Resigns As Transportation Secretary — WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta is stepping down from his Cabinet position. — Mineta, 74, is one of President George W. Bush's longest-serving Cabinet members. He has served in the position since Bush assumed the presidency in 2001.
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Del Quentin Wilber / Washington Post:
Lone Democrat in Bush Cabinet Is Departing
Lone Democrat in Bush Cabinet Is Departing
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The Sundries Shack
Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
Clinton: Democrats 'struggling' with Iraq — WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton conceded Friday the Democrats are "openly struggling with a lot of the difficult issues," but said that was better than the GOP's "hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil."
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Sinan Salaheddin / Associated Press:
State of emergency declared in Baghdad — BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi government declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew Friday after insurgents set up roadblocks in central Baghdad and fired on U.S. and Iraqi troops outside the heavily fortified Green Zone.
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Jonathan Finer / Washington Post:
Roadblocks, Curfew Imposed in Baghdad
Roadblocks, Curfew Imposed in Baghdad
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Meg Bortin / New York Times:
Muslims 'Still in Denial' About 9/11, Pew Survey Finds — PARIS, June 22 — Non-Muslim Westerners and Muslims around the world have widely different views of world events, and each group tends to view the other as violent, intolerant, and lacking in respect for women, a new international survey …
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Richard Wike / pewglobal.org:
The Great Divide: How Westerners and Muslims View Each Other
The Great Divide: How Westerners and Muslims View Each Other
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Tom Raum / Associated Press:
Analysis: CIA program expands Bush's power — WASHINGTON - A secret CIA-Treasury program to track financial records of millions of Americans is the latest installment in an expansion of executive authority in the name of fighting terrorism. The administration doesn't apologize …
Martin Peretz / The New Republic:
A MESSAGE FROM TNR'S LIEBERMAN-LOVING NEOCON OWNER: — Forgive me. But I never read Daily Kos until today. Well, now that I've read it, the first thought that came to me is how illiterate Kos is, just plain illiterate. There has been other not-with-a-pick-axe-but-with-a- bludgeon left-wing journalism …
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Hot Air
kare11.com:
Mondale: Force an option for stopping North Korea — Former Vice President Walter Mondale says he supports a pre-emptive U.S. strike against a North Korean missile that is raising nuclear fears around the globe. — Earlier this week North Korea announced it was preparing to test a missile that could reach United States mainland.
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Does The New Republic have a new Stephen Glass in Jason Zengerle? — Over the last few days, Jason Zengerle of The New Republic has been engaged in a bizarre crusade to depict "liberal bloggers" as a bunch of mindless, obedient zombies who take orders about what to write from Markos Moulitsas …
Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:
New intel report reignites Iraq arms fight — WASHINGTON - Hundreds of chemical weapons found in Iraq were produced before the 1991 Gulf War and probably are so old they couldn't be used as designed, intelligence officials said Thursday. — Two lawmakers — Sen. Rick Santorum (news, bio …
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Associated Press:
Television producer Aaron Spelling dies — LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — Aaron Spelling, a onetime movie bit player who created a massive number of hit series, from the vintage "Charlie's Angels" and "Dynasty" to "Beverly Hills 90210" and "Melrose Place," died Friday, his publicist said. He was 83.
showmenews.com:
Bandanna banned in Springfield mall — Officials won't explain how headgear is offensive. — SPRINGFIELD (AP) - A southwest Missouri mall defended its dress code after a security guard told a 10-year-old girl her bandanna decorated with peace signs, smiley faces and flowers violated the mall's code of conduct.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans Divided on Whether Federal Government Should Promote Moral Values — Americans less accepting of government involvement now than in 1996 — Americans are divided as to whether the federal government should promote moral values in our society; a significant shift from what Gallup measured 10 years ago.