Bush seeks political gains from foiled plot  —  CRAWFORD, United States (AFP) - US President George W. Bush seized on a foiled London airline bomb plot to hammer unnamed critics he accused of having all but forgotten the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Thwarting the Airline Plot: Inside the Investigation  —  Exclusive: U.S. picked up the suspects' chatter and shared it with British authorities; new federal alert warns that peroxide-based explosives could also be employed in future attacks in the U.S.  —  Wednesday night was a long …

Peretz: Israel will exhaust diplomatic options before expanding war  —  Defense Minister Amir Peretz stated Thursday that Israel will exhaust diplomatic options before expanding the military operation in Lebanon.  —  "We are responsible for considering all options," Peretz said while visiting …

Hezbollywood  —  I think we've posted on some of this before, but I want to put it in one post in one place.  —  The fauxtography scandals and speculation point to something lurking behind the scenes of the war in Lebanon and the greater war against radical Islam-the post-modern nature of this war.

More Death Cult Propaganda  —  This AP photograph from Gaza, published yesterday, claims to show a little Palestinian girl killed by an Israeli airstrike being carried into a hospital, surrounded by armed men (probably Hamas). … Another photo, this one from Reuters, shows the dead girl lying …

The Death of Triangulation  —  Ned Lamont's victory Tuesday night in Connecticut's U.S. Senate primary is great news for Democrats.  And it's a watershed moment for the growing majority of Americans, in red states and blue, who want change.  —  For months, polls have warned that across …

STICKS AND STONES  —  This morning, Joe Malchow noted that a CAIR press conference on the arrest of more than twenty alleged terrorists in England was scheduled for noon, eastern time.  Joe gave CAIR some very sound advice on what to say: … Joe also predicted that CAIR wouldn't take his advice …

I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation  —  for the GOP choosing to make Howard Dean look like Hitler on its official website.  —  Atrios posted this screen grab:  —  So I went hunting.  Yes, that "moustache" photo does exist on someone guy's blog under the header "Dean Goes Mad," …

What retirement?  Mike Wallace gets scoop in Iran  —  NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - "60 Minutes" veteran correspondent Mike Wallace may have retired last March but that hasn't stopped him from scoring an exclusive interview with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

President Bush Discusses Terror Plot Upon Arrival in Wisconsin  —  THE PRESIDENT: The recent arrests that our fellow citizens are now learning about are a stark reminder that this nation is at war with Islamic fascists who will use any means to destroy those of us who love freedom, to hurt our nation.

Nedrenaline!  —  Didn't have much time to actually report on what went on in Connecticut while I was there.  There's a conflict between reporting on events and participating in them - the former makes the latter much harder - and I generally just want to be a participant.

Recipients of "Leaks" May Be Prosecuted, Court Rules  —  In a momentous expansion of the government's authority to regulate public disclosure of national security information, a federal court ruled that even private citizens who do not hold security clearances can be prosecuted for unauthorized receipt …

The Guns Of August  —  Two full-blown crises, in Lebanon and Iraq, are merging into a single emergency.  A chain reaction could spread quickly almost anywhere between Cairo and Bombay.  Turkey is talking openly of invading northern Iraq to deal with Kurdish terrorists based there.

Dems say plot proves Iraq is a diversion from the war on terror  —  There are bits from Reid and Kerry too, but as usual it's Teddy who provides the pull-quote for the day's events: … We've reached the point where either you see instantly what's wrong with that statement or you don't …