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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 …
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
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.
White House:
President Discusses Creation of Military Commissions to Try Suspected Terrorists — Fact Sheet: Bringing Terrorists to Justice — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thanks for the warm welcome. Welcome to the White House. Mr. Vice President, Secretary Rice, Attorney General Gonzales …
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" …
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R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
GOP Senators Differ With President on Military Trials — Terrorism Suspects' Right To Information Is at Issue — Key Republican senators have drafted a legislative plan for special military trials of suspected terrorists that diverges from a recent Bush administration plan …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Republican Rift Over Wiretapping Widens — Party at Odds on Surveillance Legislation — Deepening Republican divisions over the future of President Bush's warrantless wiretapping program may jeopardize GOP leaders' hopes of making terrorism surveillance legislation a centerpiece of their final legislative push this month.
Associated Press:
C.I.A. Detainees Sent to Guantánamo — WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.
Judd / Think Progress:
ABC Refuses to Provide Copies of Path to 9/11 to Clinton, Albright, Berger — ABC has been aggressively advancing its inaccurate and politically slanted miniseries, "The Path to 9/11," to the right wing. Big players like Rush Limbaugh have been provided copies, as have obscure right-wing bloggers like Patterico.
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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:
Editor and Publisher:
Controversy Over 9/11 Film Hits Press — Here's a Sneak Preview — NEW YORK Just bubbling up from the blogs into the mainstream press — a New York Times article appears today — is debate over the "The Path to 911," the TV movie to be aired on ABC this coming Sept. 10 and 11.
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Boston Globe:
Romney bars state security for Iranian's Harvard visit — Cites unacceptable use of funds on `a terrorist' — Governor Mitt Romney declared yesterday he would not allow any state resources to be used to protect a former Iranian president during his visit to the Boston area this weekend …
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Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:
Pakistan Denies Bin Laden Gets a Pass — Brian Ross Reports: — The government of Pakistan today denied it would allow Osama bin Laden to avoid capture under terms of a peace agreement it signed with Taliban leaders in the country's North Waziristan area.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Florida Primary: Winners and Losers — Florida voters made their primary picks yesterday. The day brought few surprises but — as always — a handful of winners and losers. (For complete results from Florida, click here.) — WINNERS — Sen. Bill Nelson (D): Rep. Katherine Harris' victory …
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New York Post:
SHE LOOKED LIKE A LITTLE GIRL WHO HAD TO GO POTTY — E-mail katiecbs@nypost.com . — KATIE COURIC last night underwent her second on-air colonoscopy. — Watching the procedure was not a horribly painful event. Nor was it an experience I would volunteer to repeat any time soon.
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Qais Al-Bashir / Associated Press:
Al-Qaida's No. 2 in Iraq arrested in June, not a few days ago — BAGHDAD, Iraq — The U.S. military said today the arrest of al-Qaida in Iraq's second in command took place in June and was the most significant blow to the terror network since the death of al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
Norimitsu Onishi / New York Times:
Princess Kiko of Japan Has a Boy — Princess Kiko, the wife of the emperor's younger son, gave birth to a boy on Wednesday morning, securing the succession of Japan's imperial throne for another generation. — In an event that had been anticipated for months, the princess gave birth …
expatica.com:
Hezbollah doubtful over German role in UN force — BERLIN - The Shiite Hezbollah militia has expressed "reservations" about Germany's involvement in the multinational UN force deploying for Lebanon, owing to German demands that its troops be allowed to stop and search boats bound for the country.
Peter Riddell / Times of London:
Best defence against terrorism is a split with US, say voters — MOST people believe that the Blair Government's foreign policy has increased significantly the risk of terrorist attacks and now want Britain to distance itself from America and set a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq, according to a poll for The Times.
Jaya Narain / Daily Mail:
Fury as academics claim 9/11 was 'inside job' — The 9/11 terrorist attack on America which left almost 3,000 people dead was an "inside job", according to a group of leading academics. — Around 75 top professors and leading scientists believe the attacks were puppeteered by war mongers …
Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Zoroastrians Keep the Faith, and Keep Dwindling — BURR RIDGE, Ill. — In his day job, Kersey H. Antia is a psychologist who specializes in panic disorders. In his private life, Mr. Antia dons a long white robe, slips a veil over his face and goes to work as a Zoroastrian priest …
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