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1:45 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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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.
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 …
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.
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
Discussion: New York Times
Marty Lederman / Balkinization:
Here's the Administration's Cruel Treatment and Torture Authorization Act
Discussion: Andrew Sullivan
CNN:   Bush: CIA holds terror suspects in secret prisons
David Stout / New York Times:
C.I.A. Detainees Sent to Guantánamo
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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Shaun Waterman / UPI:
SECURITY & TERRORISM  —  Analysis: Sept. 11 miniseries under fire  —  An upcoming TV mini-series about the origins of the Sept. 11 plot is provoking angry complaints from Democrats about the portrayal of the Clinton administration's response to terrorism.  —  "The Path to 9/11," …
Judd / Think Progress:
ABC Refuses to Provide Copies of Path to 9/11 to Clinton, Albright, Berger
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 …
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
Sean-Paul Kelley / The Agonist:
Romney No Likey Khatami  —  Yesterday Gov. Mitt Romney barred former Iranian president Mohemmed Khatami from receiving any state security while visiting Massachusett, in particular Harvard and called him a terrorist: … What Gov. Mitt Romney did yesterday was not only childish and immature …
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
Rep. Harris Wins GOP Primary For U.S. Senate Seat in Florida  —  Shunned by party leaders and battered by repeated campaign controversies, Rep. Katherine Harris nonetheless held on to enough support from the state's Republican voters Tuesday to win Florida's Senate primary convincingly over three little-known candidates.
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
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
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 …
 
 
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The American Eleven: A Values-Led Plan for Victory in November
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CNN:
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Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Twenty-Seven New House Polls Indicate Democratic Takeover
Petula Dvorak / Washington Post:
Antiwar Message Travels From Texas to Washington
New York Post:
GLOVES OFF ON IRAN
Discussion: Inactivist and The Corner
Peter Riddell / Times of London:
Best defence against terrorism is a split with US, say voters
 

 
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