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5:20 AM ET, September 7, 2006

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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 …
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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.
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
A Challenge From Bush to Congress  —  In calling for public war-crime trials at Guantánamo Bay, President Bush is calculating that with a critical election just nine weeks away, neither angry Democrats nor nervous Republicans will dare deny him the power to detain, interrogate and try suspects his way.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
MISREPORTING THE NEWS, AGAIN  —  I caught a few minutes of President Bush's speech over the lunch hour.  It was powerful stuff.  He laid out some of the history of our captures of key al Qaeda leaders, and how tough questioning of those individuals allowed us to catch more of them, and break up plots.
CNN:   Bush: CIA holds terror suspects in secret prisons
Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
High-Value Detainees Will Be Given Prisoner-of-War Status
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:
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Clinton Administration Officials Assail ABC's 'The Path to 9/11'  —  Top officials of the Clinton administration have launched a preemptive strike against an ABC-TV "docudrama," slated to air Sunday and Monday, that they say includes made-up scenes depicting them as undermining attempts to kill Osama bin Laden.
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Ben-Veniste rips ABC's fakeumentary over inaccuracies  —  Richard Ben-Veniste, a member of the 9/11 commission rips ABC over their many false representation of the 9/11 commission report and the use of it to market their 9/11 mini-series as the definitive account of the 9/11 tragedy.
Judd / Think Progress:
ABC Insider Assures Right-Wing Bloggers: 'The Message of the …
Digby / Hullabaloo:   Why It Matters  —  Dean Barnett, of Hugh Hewitt's blog …
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.
NewsMax.com:
Iran's Ahmadinejad Coming to New York … UNITED NATIONS — U.N. officials tell NewsMax.com "they expect" Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to travel to New York City to attend the 2006 General Assembly.  —  The controversial Iranian leader attended the 2005 GA and held several "colorful" news conferences during that visit.
Discussion: RightWinged.com and Hot Air
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irna.ir:
Ahmadinejad says he is ready for debate with Bush at UN General Assembly
Discussion: Clarity & Resolve
All Spin Zone:
BREAKING: Did Scholastic Yank 'Path to 9/11' Propaganda?  —  Two days ago, I wrote about Scholastic Books catapulting the "Path to 9/11" propaganda.  More than 400 comments were made at a crossposting that I did on Daily Kos, the vast majority of the comments containing excellent suggestions for action …
Discussion: Open Letter to ABC
Patrick Wintour / Guardian:
The day Blair accused his chancellor of blackmail  —  An all-out power struggle between the chancellor and the prime minister, culminating with allegations of blackmail by Tony Blair and a ferocious shouting match between the two men, appeared last night to have forced Mr Blair to publicly declare …
Discussion: James Wolcott and The Left Coaster
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 …
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 …
Elena Becatoros / Associated Press:
Iraq to take control of armed forces  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq will take control of its armed forces command on Thursday, a major step on its painful path toward independence and an essential move before international troops can eventually withdraw.  —  Despite the progress …
Discussion: Say Anything and Seeing the Forest
Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
How We Dummies Succeed  —  If you're looking for the action in education, forget the Ivy League.  Talk instead to Anthony Zeiss, president of Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte.  It has six campuses and 70,000 students taking classes in everything from remedial English to computer networking.
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
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Vote on Rumsfeld fizzling out in Senate  —  WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats pushed for a vote Wednesday calling for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to be fired, but Republicans moved to head them off.  Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., submitted the resolution, which blasted the Bush administration's Iraq policy.
Discussion: The Democratic Daily and Hot Air
 
 
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Arnold Kling / TCS Daily:
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CBS News:
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Digby / Crooks and Liars:
Public Justice  —  So the right wing is predictably euphoric …
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Iran says U.S., Israel ordered September 11 attacks
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