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New York Times:
Bush Vows to Fight Wiretapping Ruling — President Bush said today that he is confident that a federal court ruling against his administration's electronic surveillance program will be overturned, and he described those who hailed the ruling as naïve. — "I would say that those who herald …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Experts Fault Reasoning in Surveillance Decision — Even legal experts who agreed with a federal judge's conclusion on Thursday that a National Security Agency surveillance program is unlawful were distancing themselves from the decision's reasoning and rhetoric yesterday.
Taylor Marsh:
John Bolton Won't Talk to Me — updated— … Okay, so let me get this straight. — John Bolton will give several interviews to drunken wingnut blogger of Atlas Shrugged, Pam Geller Oshry. Her web bio states that "her publishing career at The New York Daily News and subsequently took …
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Bloomberg:
German Suitcase Bombs Were Primed to Go Off, Kill (Update2) — Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) — Two suitcases containing bottles of gasoline, propane gas and a detonating device that were found abandoned in German regional trains last month were bombs primed to go off and kill a ``high number'' of people, police said.
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David D. Perlmutter / Editor and Publisher:
Photojournalism in Crisis — The Israeli-Hezbollah war has left many dead bodies, ruined towns, and wobbling politicians in its wake, but the media historian of the future may also count as one more victim the profession of photojournalism. In twenty years of researching and teaching …
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Andrew Young, Former Democratic Mayor Of Atlanta, Goes Mel Gibson— Without Drinking — I'm sure this will get the play that the Gibson story did. After all, this is a fairly prominent Democratic official making these remarks; why on earth wouldn't the media put the spotlight on this?
Discussion:
Flopping Aces, Florida Cracker, Outside The Beltway, Facing South, Shakespeare's Sister and Demagogue
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Associated Press:
Bush: In time, world will recognize Hezbollah's loss — CAMP DAVID, Maryland (AP) — President Bush acknowledged Friday that it could take time for the people of Lebanon and the world to view the war between Israel and Hezbollah as a loss for the militant group.
Discussion:
Hot Air
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Associated Press:
France defends sending 200 troops — PARIS, France (AP) — French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie on Friday defended France's decision to send just 200 additional troops to reinforce the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon and reiterated that the force needs a clear mandate to operate effectively.
Discussion:
Jay Currie
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Nick Schou / Los Angeles Times:
The CIA-Contra-Crack Connection, 10 Years Later — Reporter Gary Webb was the victim of his own hyperbole, but he never got credit for what he got right. — TEN YEARS AGO today, one of the most controversial news articles of the 1990s quietly appeared on the front page of the San Jose Mercury News.
Daily Mail:
It's art, says the naked woman who'll hug a dead pig on stage — After pickled sheep, unmade beds and painting with elephant dung, some questioned where modern art could go next. — Kira O'Reilly will provide her own answer today by spending four hours naked, hugging a dead pig - at the taxpayer's expense.
Roy Spencer / TCS Daily:
'Cane Mutiny — What a difference one year makes. With the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall (August 29, 2005) rapidly approaching, who would have predicted that we would now be in the middle of a near-normal Atlantic hurricane season? Weren't the global warming pundits' predictions …
Ovetta Wiggins / Washington Post:
Supporters Scuffle At Candidate Forum — The increasingly contentious race between U.S. Rep. Albert R. Wynn and his main Democratic primary challenger, Donna Edwards, led to a police call during a forum Wednesday night when a member of Wynn's team allegedly hit a volunteer for Edwards's campaign.
BBC:
Terror police find 'martyr tapes' — Police investigating an alleged plot to bring down airliners have found several martyrdom videos in the course of their searches, the BBC has learned. — Unofficial police sources said the recordings - discovered on laptop computers …
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Lieberman's New Consultants: 1 R, 1D — Joe Lieberman's indie CT SEN campaign sent out a release to announce the hiring of two new consultants: media/direct mail consultant Josh Isay and pollster Neil Newhouse. Isay mostly works with Dems, with his most prominent former employer being Sen. Chuck Schumer …
Daily Mail:
Panic for Rolling Stones as tour tickets go unsold — Mick Jagger and his bandmates will never have to worry about where the next paycheque is coming from. — And that is, perhaps, something they should be grateful for judging by the apparent apathy surrounding tickets sales …
Discussion:
Michelle Malkin
Reuters:
U.N. Congo peacekeepers again accused of sex abuse — Source: Reuters — The United Nations is investigating a suspected child prostitution ring involving its peacekeepers and government soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the U.N. mission said on Thursday.