memeorandum: Lung Problems Rife Among WTC Responders (Amy Westfeldt/Associated Press)

11:30 PM ET, September 6, 2006

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Bush plan would withhold terror evidence — WASHINGTON - President Bush pushed a hard line Wednesday on trying terror suspects through military tribunals, exhorting Congress to allow evidence to be withheld from a defendant if necessary to protect classified information.

Discussion: NewsBusters.org, Ankle Biting Pundits, Wonkette, Dependable Renegade, Clarity & Resolve, The Washington Note, Truthdig and Blue Crab Boulevard

Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:

High-Value Detainees Will Be Given Prisoner-of-War Status — President Bush Expected to Announce Major Reversal in Handling of Terror Suspects — ABC News has learned that President Bush will announce that high-value detainees now being held at secret CIA prisons will be transferred …

Discussion: Hot Air, PoliPundit.com, Blogcritics, Unclaimed Territory, Confederate Yankee, Tammy Bruce, Liberal Values, Townhall, On Deadline, The Indepundit, Say Anything, PunditGuy and Discourse.net

Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:

Bush acknowledges secret CIA prisons — WASHINGTON - President Bush on Wednesday acknowledged previously secret CIA prisons around the world and said 14 high-value terrorism suspects — including the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks — have been transferred from the system to Guantanamo Bay for trials.

Discussion: Say Anything, Washington Post, Shakespeare's Sister, The Democratic Daily and On Deadline

Spencer Ackerman / The New Republic:

KSM'S EXCELLENT GITMO ADVENTURE: — It's huge, huge news that Bush is shipping 9/11 architect Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, KSM deputy Ramzi bin Al Shibh, and a dozen other high-level Al Qaeda figures from the CIA's so-called "black sites"—that is, the secret prison complex around the world—to Guantánamo Bay.

Discussion: american footprints, Ezra Klein, Andrew Sullivan and Hit and Run

Allahpundit / Hot Air:

"Significant news" coming in Bush speech today (Video added) — We actually got an inside tip about this earlier, but I sat on it because it wasn't confirmed. Fox just reported, though, that Tony Snow told the press corps this morning that Bush will announce some "significant news" …

Discussion: Associated Press, The Blotter, Ace of Spades HQ, Olbermann Watch, Say Anything, RightWinged.com, Wizbang, Right Truth, protein wisdom and Riehl World View

David Stout / New York Times:

C.I.A. Detainees Sent to Guantánamo — President Bush said today that 14 suspected terrorists held in secret locations by the C.I.A., including some who were deeply involved in the Sept. 11 attacks and other notorious assaults on Americans, are being transferred to the Guantánamo Bay naval base in Cuba to stand trial.

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Hindrocket / Power Line:
MISREPORTING THE NEWS, AGAIN

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CNN: Bush: CIA holds terror suspects in secret prisons

Marty Lederman / Balkinization:
Here's the Administration's Cruel Treatment and Torture Authorization Act

Discussion: Andrew Sullivan

Fox News:
Bush Reveals Secret War On Terror, Movement of Suspects

Discussion: Power Line, The Jawa Report, Assorted Babble, Counterterrorism Blog and GOP Bloggers

Mr. Robert A. Iger / housedemocrats.gov:

House Democrats Demand Accuracy in ABC 9/11 Film — Representatives John Conyers, Jr., John Dingell, Jane Harman, and Louise Slaughter today called on ABC to fix the inaccuracies in its mini-series The Path to 9/11, before its scheduled airing on September 10th and 11th. Read the letter:

Discussion: Think Progress, Firedoglake, Open Letter to ABC, Macsmind, AMERICAN FUTURE and AMERICAblog

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Rusty / The Jawa Report:

Democrats Nominate 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist in Florida (UPDATE: More Dem 9/11 Conspiracists!) — Democrats in Florida's 15th district have nominated a 9/11 conspiracy theorist to run for Congress. — Dr. Bob Bowman had 55 percent over 45 percent for John M. Kennedy.

Discussion: Hot Air, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and IMAO

Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:

Announcing CIA Leak Investigation Book by Marcy Wheeler: We Need Your Help! — Update: Teddy just posted a diary on this over at Kos. If you're a Daily Kos member, please go hit the recommend button! … If it hadn't been for the groundbreaking work of the blogosphere, and Marcy Wheeler …

Discussion: The Next Hurrah, Majikthise, The Left Coaster, Decision '08 and The Political Pit Bull

Amy Westfeldt / Associated Press:

Lung Problems Rife Among WTC Responders — NEW YORK — Nearly 70 percent of the rescue and cleanup workers who toiled in the dust and fumes at ground zero have had trouble breathing, and many will probably be sick for the rest of their lives, doctors said Tuesday in releasing results of the biggest Sept. 11 health study yet.

Discussion: Firedoglake and Center for Media and Democracy

CNN:

Poll: Iraq war could wound GOP at polls — (CNN) — President Bush's unpopularity — due largely to the war in Iraq — seems likely to affect GOP candidates in congressional midterm elections in November, according to a CNN poll released Wednesday. — Fifty-five percent of 1,004 Americans …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Chris Bowers / MyDD:

Twenty-Seven New House Polls Indicate Democratic Takeover — Major poll dump—most important poll release on the House this cycle both thus far and by far. These polls are all conducted by Constituent Dynamics, August 27-29. They are done IVR style (automated telephone), are all likely voters …

Discussion: Swing State Project, Crooks and Liars, Daily Kos and Taegan Goddard's …

New York Times:

Candidates of Both Parties Turn Criticism of Rumsfeld Into Political Chorus — Democrats have tried to turn Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld into a symbol of a war gone wrong. The White House has stood by him. — Democrats and at least some Republicans appear to agree on one thing …

Discussion: Dick Polman's American Debate, Blue Gal and The Democratic Daily