ABC alters 9/11 show under pressure  —  ABC's upcoming five-hour docudrama "The Path to 9/11" is quickly becoming a political cause célèbre.  —  The network has in recent days made changes to the film, set to air Sunday and Monday, after leading political figures …

Breaking: Al Jazeera airs video of Bin Laden meeting 9/11 hijackers  —  I don't know details yet.  That's what it says on Fox.  Obviously we'll work on getting the video.  —  But to all the Truthers out there, let me be the first to say: quagmire.  —  Update: CNN was showing a martyrdom video …

Chafee delays vote on Bolton nomination  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Lincoln Chafee has pulled the plug on a push by his fellow Republicans to confirm John Bolton as U.N. ambassador, saying he had more questions that needed to be answered.  —  The Senate Foreign Relations Committee was expected …

Armitage reveals that he was a source in Plame leak  —  WASHINGTON - Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage acknowledged Thursday that he was a columnist's primary source in the disclosure that retired U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson's wife worked at the CIA.

SCHOLASTIC REPLACES "THE PATH TO 9/11" CLASSROOM GUIDE WITH NEW DISCUSSION MATERIALS FOCUSING ON CRITICAL THINKING AND MEDIA LITERACY SKILLS  —  Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, today announced that it is removing from its website the materials originally created …

David Brooks Swings and Misses in Inequality Debate  —  NYT columnist David Brooks weighed in on the origins of inequality in his column (sorry—it's NYT select and therefore not linkable).  While he wants to assure readers that inequality is not a serious issue, and not caused by policy, he gets almost everything in his article wrong.

Blair confirms plan to stand down  —  Tony Blair has confirmed he will be stepping down as prime minister within the next 12 months.  —  Mr Blair said the Labour conference in two weeks' time would be his last.  —  He did not set a precise date but said he would do so in the future - when it was in the best interests of the country.

New poll says most Canadians blame U.S. for 9/11 attacks  —  A majority of Canadians believe U.S. foreign policy was one of the root causes that led to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, and Quebecers are quicker to criticize the U.S. administration for its international actions than other Canadians, a recent poll suggests.

Department of Potentially Truly Appalling Statistics  —  (Note: all reporter-type legwork for this piece was done by the inimitable Stuart Buck, whom I hope never to find on my six . . . )  —  Poor, poor Nebraska.  Did you know that in 2000, at the height of the Clinton boom, their median household income fell by over 8%?

Bush and Lincoln  —  Echoes of the past in today's strategic mistakes. … WASHINGTON—Five years have passed since the horrific attack on our American homeland, and, still, there is one serious, undeniable fact we have yet to confront: We are, today, not where we wanted to be and nowhere near where we need to be.