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6:05 PM ET, September 7, 2006

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Ian Bishop / New York Post:
BUBBA GOES BALLISTIC ON ABC ABOUT ITS DAMNING 9/11  —  MOVIE  —  INSISTS NET PULL DRAMA  —  A furious Bill Clinton is warning ABC that its mini-series "The Path to 9/11" grossly misrepresents his pursuit of Osama bin Laden - and he is demanding the network "pull the drama" if changes aren't made.
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Scott Collins / Los Angeles Times:
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 …
The Ostroy Report:
Ostroy Report Exclusive: Iger Alledgedly Agrees to Edit Docu-drama After Receiving Personal Call From Bill Clinton  —  The Ostroy Report has learned from a reliable source connected to ABC that an unnamed ABC executive said that former President Bill Clinton called Disney President …
Scott Collins / Chicago Tribune:
Following complaints, ABC tweaks its 9/11 mini-series  —  HOLLYWOOD — ABC's upcoming five-hour docudrama "The Path to 9/11" is becoming a political cause celebre.  —  In recent days the network has made changes to the mini-series, set to air Sunday and Monday, after leading political figures …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
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 …
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Associated Press:
Al-Jazeera airs pre-9/11 bin Laden tape  —  CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Jazeera broadcast Thursday what it called a previously unshown video in which al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden is seen meeting with some of the Sept. 11 hijackers.  The station did not say how it obtained the video, which was produced by As-Sahab, al-Qaida's media branch.
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
BBC:
Bin Laden '9/11 video' broadcast  —  Arabic TV channel Al-Jazeera has broadcast what it says is unseen footage of Osama Bin Laden meeting some of the 9/11 hijackers.  —  The channel said it showed al-Qaeda leaders "preparing for the attacks and practising their execution".
Discussion: Hit and Run and The Strata-Sphere
Agence France Presse:
Al-Jazeera broadcasts Al-Qaeda video preparing 9/11 attacks  —  The Arab television channel Al-Jazeera broadcast a video which it said showed Osama bin Laden and suicide candidates of Al-Qaeda preparing the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States.
Discussion: Ankle Biting Pundits
Associated Press:
U.S. Senate panel postpones vote on Bolton nomination as U.N. ambassador  —  WASHINGTON A U.S. Senate panel postponed a vote scheduled for Thursday on the nomination of John Bolton as U.N. ambassador.  —  Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Richard Lugar, a Republican …
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Richard Simon / Los Angeles Times:
Senate Republicans Say `No' to a Vote on Rumsfeld  —  Democrats, hoping to focus voters' attention on discontent with the Iraq war, float a resolution urging Bush to oust the Defense chief.  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate's Republican majority on Wednesday blocked a no-confidence vote …
Anne Plummer Flaherty / Associated Press:
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 …
Vicki Allen / Reuters:
Senate panel scrubs vote on Bolton as U.N. envoy
Discussion: Wonkette
BBC:
I will quit within a year - Blair  —  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 - but he did not name a precise departure date, saying it should be left to him.
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
One Leak and a Flood of Silliness  —  Conspiracy theories flourish in politics, and most of them have no more basis than spring training hopes for the Chicago Cubs.  —  Whenever things turn dicey for Republicans, they complain about the "liberal media" sabotaging them.
Ezra Klein / TAPPED:
THE LIKABILITY ECONOMY.  To say a bit more about the economic fraud Brooks is perpetrating in his column, we've got to say a bit about meritocracy and how it relates to income inequality.  Brooks would like you to believe that the driving force for inequality is a relative of skills-based technical change.
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CBS News:
Poll: Many Americans Feel Less Safe  —  Five Years After 9/11, Many Feel Terror Threat Has Grown  —  (CBS) Do Americans feel safer now than before 9/11?  For many, the answer is no, according to a CBS News/New York Times poll.  —  Fifty-four percent of Americans say they generally feel safe …
Newt Gingrich / Opinion Journal:
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.
Associated Press:
Pollster Pleads Guilty to Fraud  —  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — The owner of DataUSA Inc., a company that conducted political polls for the campaigns of President Bush, Sen. Joe Lieberman and other candidates, pleaded guilty to fraud for making up survey and poll results.
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Bush supporters condemn fictionalized political mini-series — in 2003  —  (updated below - updated again)  —  When CBS announced in November, 2003 that it would broadcast a mini-series it produced about Ronald and Nancy Reagan called "The Reagans," Matt Drudge obtained excerpts from the script and published them.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Weldon seeks plan for Iraq withdrawal  —  The second-ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, who is a strong supporter of the U.S. military mission in Iraq, has drafted a resolution that would give military commanders — instead of President Bush or Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld …
 
 
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