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Judd / Think Progress:
Richard Clarke Blasts Key Scene In ABC's 9/11 Docudrama — On September 10 and 11, ABC is planning to air a "docudrama" called Path to 9/11, billed by writer Cyrus Nowrasteh as "an objective telling of the events of 9/11." — The first night of Path to 9/11 has a dramatic scene …
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Jennifer Nix / Firedoglake:
If Only I Had An ABC-Approved Press Pass — ABC is clearly feeling some heat over their fictionalized drama, "The Path to 9/11," set to air on September 10th and 11th. After pulling the public blog from the movie's web site and stonewalling progressive and liberal bloggers late last week …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Post:
HATEFUL 'MOVE' VS. JOE — SITE'S ANTI-JEWISH SLURS — A string of anti-Semitic rants about Sen. Joe Lieberman have popped up on the liberal MoveOn.org's open forum Web site, drawing criticism from the Anti-Defamation League. — It's the latest flap in the contentious race between Lieberman …
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Bull Moose:
Liberalism of Fools — The Moose objects to the pollution of the blogosphere. — For months, the Moose has observed that if you seek anti-Semitic and anti-Israel filth on the internet, look to the left side. Comment threads and diariists regularly rant against Jews and the Jewish state.
David Corn / The Nation:
What Valerie Plame Really Did at the CIA — In the spring of 2002 Dick Cheney made one of his periodic trips to CIA headquarters. Officers and analysts were summoned to brief him on Iraq. Paramilitary specialists updated the Vice President on an extensive covert action program in motion …
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David Corn:
What Valerie Wilson Really Did at the CIA — Another mystery solved. Last week a Newsweek excerpt from HUBRIS: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal and the Selling of the Iraq War, by Michael Isikoff and David Corn (and out this week), revealed that Richard Armitage was the original source …
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Who Set the Wayback Machine for 1939? — With George W. Bush talking so much about Nazis and fascism, Donald Rumsfeld warning ominously against lily-livered appeasement and Dick Cheney quoting Franklin Roosevelt on the "dirty business" of war, one might worry that this direction-challenged administration …
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Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Condi takes historical analogies to an absurd level — Last week, top administration officials, including Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld, equated the war in Iraq with fighting Nazis in World War II. As part of this analogy, the Bush gang made its critics out to be Neville Chamberlain …
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Agence France Presse:
Nine arrested in Denmark's 'most serious' terrorism case — Nine men have been arrested in Denmark suspected of planning terrorist attacks, the Danish intelligence service PET said in what the second major anti-terrorism raid in less than a year. — Danish Justice Minister Lene Espersen …
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Jasmina Nielsen / Associated Press:
7 charged in terrorism plot in Denmark
7 charged in terrorism plot in Denmark
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Maura Reynolds / Los Angeles Times:
Security Is Atop GOP's Agenda — In the run-up to the elections, Republican leaders in Congress are planning to highlight issues they believe play to the party's strengths. — WASHINGTON — It's going to be "Security September" on Capitol Hill. — With GOP control of the House …
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Jerusalem Post:
Abbas confirms deal on Shalit's release — Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas confirmed Tuesday that a deal had been reached to secure the release of kidnapped IDF soldier Cpl. Gilad Shalit. — Abbas told Bahrain-based newspaper El-Halij that Shalit would be transferred to Egypt …
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Radley Balko / Fox News:
Fighting Terror Five Years Later — The fatal flaw in the "war on terror" has always been its open-endedness. The president of the United States is never going to sit down on a battleship to sign a peace treaty with terrorism. So when we give the government special …
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Caryle Murphy / Washington Post:
For Conservative Muslims, Goal of Isolation a Challenge — 9/11 Put Strict Adherents on the Defensive — Twelve girls sat in rows at the front of the community room in Silver Spring's Muslim Community Center, calming their nerves with giggles and girl talk. In their sweaty hands, they held prepared speeches.
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Maria Aspan / New York Times:
New Republic Suspends an Editor for Attacks on Blog — A senior editor at The New Republic was suspended and his blog was shut down on Friday after revelations that he was involved in anonymously attacking readers who criticized his posts. — Lee Siegel, creator of the Lee Siegel …
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New York Times:
U.S. Strategy Shifts Focus From Al Qaeda — The White House today released an updated version of its plan for combating terrorism that focused more on decentralized networks of extremists than on Al Qaeda and that singled out Iran as a potential source of unconventional weapons for terrorist groups.
U.S. Newswire:
United House and Senate Democratic Leaders Urge President to Change Course in Iraq; Call for Changes to Iraq Policy — Contact: Jim Manley or Rebecca Kirszner (Harry Reid), 202-255-3736 or 202-281-5425; Brendan Daly (Nancy Pelosi), 202-225-3225 — WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 /U.S. Newswire …
Washington Post:
'Mortgage Moms' May Star in Midterm Vote — With Wages Stagnant and Debt Growing, Democrats See an Opportunity — BURLINGTON, Ky. — Life is cramped at the Condit household. Dale and Sharon Condit and their two young sons need more room but can't seem to sell their current home — on the market now for three months.