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4:25 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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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.
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 …
Discussion: Hot Air, Macsmind and Townhall
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 …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Scott Collins / Chicago Tribune:
Following complaints, ABC tweaks its 9/11 mini-series
Discussion: Althouse and Riehl World View
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:   ABC's ridiculous Statement on their 9/11 fakeumentary
Associated Press:
Clinton officials to ABC: Fix or pull 9/11 miniseries
Discussion: Firedoglake and Hullabaloo
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".
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: Wizbang
Rusty / The Jawa Report:   Video: Bin Laden Meeting With 9/11 Hijackers (Updated
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
Discussion: The Right Angle
Reuters:
Senate panel scrubs vote on Bolton as U.N. envoy
Discussion: MyDD
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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BBC:
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.
Alan Cowell / New York Times:   British Leader Announces Plans to Resign in Next Year
Beth Gardiner / Associated Press:
Blair sets a general timeframe for exit
Discussion: The Democratic Daily
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.
Washington Post:
President Shifts Argument, Catches Critics Off Guard  —  With a series of forceful speeches on terrorism and a dramatic announcement that he has sent top-tier terrorism suspects to the Guantanamo Bay prison, President Bush this week has demonstrated anew the power of even a weakened commander …
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.
Nicholas Wapshott / New York Sun:
Iran's Leader Declares Intent To Speak at U.N.  —  Diplomats at the United Nations were sent into disarray yesterday when President Ahmadinejad of Iran declared that he intended to attend the General Assembly of the world body on September 19 and to debate his country's nuclear program with President Bush …
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
BREAKING: THE LAST "TRUE" CONSERVATIVE (WELL, IF YOU DON'T COUNT GLENN GREENWALD, THAT IS) DUSTS OFF THE "GOB SMACKING," ENCOURAGES VOTERS TO PULL THE LEVER FOR DEMOCRATS  —  Turns out Andy Sullivan wasn't all too thrilled with the President's speech yesterday—which, in true recent-vintage Sullivan fashion …
 
 
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
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