Tip Followed '05 Attacks on London Transit  —  It all began with a tip: In the aftermath of the July 7, 2005, suicide bombings on London's transit system, British authorities received a call from a worried member of the Muslim community, reporting general suspicions about an acquaintance.

'Mass Murder' Foiled  —  A terror plot is exposed by the policies many American liberals oppose.  —  Americans went to work yesterday to news of another astonishing terror plot against U.S. airlines, only this time the response was grateful relief.  British authorities had busted the …

Olmert gives IDF green light to expand ground offensive  —  Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz on Friday ordered the Israel Defense Forces to implement an expanded ground operation in Lebanon.  —  The cabinet approved an operation Wednesday calling for a push to the Litani River …

Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Pain  —  With the defeat of Joe Lieberman in the Democratic primary in Connecticut, antiwar forces are poised for a takeover of the Democratic Party.  Tuesday's exhilarating victory, and the elan and electoral legitimacy gained, may carry the newly energized Democratic left …

GOP Candidates Facing Troublesome Trend  —  Republicans determined to win in November are up against a troublesome trend - growing opposition to President Bush.  —  An Associated Press-Ipsos poll conducted this week found the president's approval rating has dropped to 33 percent, matching his low in May.

President Remains Eager to Cut Entitlement Spending  —  The Bush administration has begun sounding out lawmakers and other key figures about mounting a new bipartisan effort to rein in the costs of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security after the midterm elections, according to officials in the administration and on Capitol Hill.

Video: Brian Williams' liberal math  —  Oops, he did it again.  NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, reporting from London's Heathrow Airport, likens jihadi suicide bombers to-well, let's let him speak for himself: … Last year, Brian Williams compared our founding fathers to terrorists:

Terror Arrests Play in Political Arena  —  Republicans seized on the arrests of terrorism suspects in Britain yesterday to bolster a White House campaign to turn national security issues to their advantage this fall, arguing that the nation needs tough Republican policies to protect Americans from threats from abroad.

Fog of Reuters  —  Between 2001 and 2004 I worked as a reporter for Reuters, the global news agency that is embroiled in a scandal for running doctored photos of Israeli military operations in Lebanon.  —  Though I don't have specific knowledge of what went on at the photo desk when Reuters ran …

haXored [25]  —  Ummm ... the Lieberman campaign sent out a mass email on the morning of the election.  Further, they invited their entire list to attend a "victory party" at 5 PM ... three hours before the polls closed.  —  Just sayin ... let's stop repeating that they didn't have the ability …

The War and the Democrats  —  A reader writes: … My only substantive quarrel with this is as follows: the proclaimed Bush policy was not mere deployment of brute force, torture, bombs and swagger as a response to the civil war within Islam.  It was ostensibly to create a beach-head for modernity and democracy in Iraq.

The first step towards defeating the terrorists: stop blaming ourselves  —  THERE'S A familiar ritual each time an operation to thwart a putative terrorist incident dominates the news.  After the public's initial expressions of relief and shuddering contemplation of what might have been …