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6:45 PM ET, September 5, 2006

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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.
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White House:
President Discusses Global War on Terror  —  Washington, D.C.  —  Fact Sheet: The President's National Strategy for Combating Terrorism  —  In Focus: National Security  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much.  (Applause.)  Thank you all.  Please be seated.  General Hendrix, thank you for the invitation to be here.
The Blotter:
Bin Laden Gets a Pass from Pakistan  —  Brian Ross and Gretchen Peters Report:  —  Osama bin Laden, America's most wanted man, will not face capture in Pakistan if he agrees to lead a "peaceful life," Pakistani officials tell ABC News.  —  The surprising announcement comes …
Washington Post:
President Bush Delivers Remarks on the War on Terror  —  WASHINGTON, D.C.  —  SPEAKER: GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES  —  BUSH: Thanks for the kind introduction.  I'm honored to stand with the men and women of the Military Officers Association of America.
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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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 …
louise.house.gov:
Slaughter Calls for ABC to Come Clean on New 9-11 Docudrama  —  Divisive and Politicized Accounts of September 11th Attacks and National Security Issues Endanger Nation  —  Washington, DC - Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY-28), Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Think Progress
Jeff Stein / CQ.com:
ABC Docudrama Sparks 9/11 Spat
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Disney and The Dobsonites  —  Are Disney and ABC becoming willing tools of the right wing?
Discussion: Firedoglake
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David Corn:   What Valerie Wilson Really Did at the CIA
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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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.
Rebecca Carr / Palm Beach Post:
NOT OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS: NEW HOLD PLACED ON TRANSPARENCY IN SPENDING BILL?  —  Another Democratic senator appears to have placed a "secret hold" on legislation that would pry open the murky world of federal contracting to public scrutiny.  —  That's the word that Oklahoma Republican …
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Examiner:
Yeas and Nays: Tuesday, Sept. 5
Discussion: Abovethelaw.com
USA Today:
Immigration drops off the political calendar  —  WASHINGTON — As Congress returns to work this week after a month-long break, little progress is imminent on an issue that leaders of both parties have identified as urgent: illegal immigration.  —  No meeting has been scheduled for House …
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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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Nasser Karimi / Associated Press:
Iranian president wants to purge profs  —  TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Tuesday for a purge of liberal and secular teachers from the country's universities, urging students to return to 1980s-style radicalism.  —  "Today, students should shout …
David Rohde / New York Times:
Afghan Symbol for Change Becomes a Symbol of Failure  —  LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan — It began last summer.  —  On a July morning, Taliban gunmen shot dead the province's most powerful cleric as he walked to the main city mosque to lead morning prayers.  Five months later …
 
 
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Grim / Winds of Change.NET:
The Smell of Death  —  Armed Liberal has, I gather from his posts …
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Redstate Network / Redstate:
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Agence France Presse:
Bush brands Iran leader a 'tyrant'
Rasmussen Reports:
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Todd Zywicki / The Volokh Conspiracy:
HISTORY OF TRUSTEE ELECTION RULES AT DARTMOUTH: Proponents …
Discussion: The Corner
Jeremiah Marquez / Associated Press:
Feds look at congressman and a land deal
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Radley Balko / Fox News:
Fighting Terror Five Years Later
Geoffrey Lean / Independent:
The hungry planet  —  As stocks run out and harvests fail …
Discussion: The Corner and Daily Pundit
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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
Odds, Ends  —  1) Once again, I spent the entire day looking at houses.
Caryle Murphy / Washington Post:
For Conservative Muslims, Goal of Isolation a Challenge
Louise Roug / Baltimore Sun:
Killings on rise in Iraqi capital
Discussion: AMERICAblog and PBD
NY Daily News:
At Bill library, Bush sounds sub-versive
Agence France Presse:
British hospital introduces burka-style gown for Muslim patients
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
"All of this blogging-in-drag is bewildering and appalling."
Robert Novak / Chicago Sun Times:
Bush looking to revive Social Security, tax reform
Maria Aspan / New York Times:
New Republic Suspends an Editor for Attacks on Blog
 

 
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Reuters:
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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
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