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10:15 AM ET, September 8, 2006

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William Triplett / Variety:
Pols pound 'Path'  —  Under fire, ABC mulls yanking mini  —  "The Path to 9/11" is looking a lot like "The Reagans, Part II."  —  Bill Clinton loyalists are demanding wholesale changes to the upcoming miniseries — and while ABC is making some snips, the alterations, insiders say, may not please the Dems.
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John / AMERICAblog:
Senate Democratic leadership threatens Disney with legal and legislative sanctions  —  This letter was sent today by the entire Democratic leadership of the US Senate.  This letter is such a major shot across the bow of Disney, it's not even funny.  It is FILLED with veiled threats, both legal and legislative, against Disney.
Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
Why Does the Left Hate "The Path to 9/11"?  —  On Sunday and Monday nights at 8 PM, ABC will air a five hour mini-series, "The Path to 9/11."  I have watched it, and it is a riveting and in some respects horrifying recreation of the events from the hours before the first World Trade Center attack …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Harvey Keitel speaks out on Path to 9/11: "It turned out not all the facts were correct"  —  Harvey Keitel speaks out on "Showbiz Tonight about the controversy ABC's "Path to 9/11" has caused and in which he stars.  —  Video-WMP Video-QT (rough transcript-not full)
Discussion: CNN, TPMmuckraker and Truthdig
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
ABC to Alter Show on Pre-9/11 Run-Up  —  ABC plans to make minor changes to its docudrama on the run-up to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in response to heated complaints from former Clinton administration officials that a number of scenes are fabricated, a network executive said yesterday.
Discussion: MSNBC
Andrew Wallenstein / Hollywood Reporter:
ABC: '9/11' mini 'fictional'  —  ABC issued a defense Thursday of its controversial miniseries "The Path to 9/11," which has come under fire from members of the Clinton administration.  —  The network released a statement saying that the five-hour telefilm, which airs Sunday and Monday nights …
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
Reuters:
Democrats urge ABC to withdraw 9/11 movie  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amid an election-year debate over who can best defend America, U.S. congressional Democrats urged ABC on Thursday to cancel a TV miniseries about the September 11 attacks that is critical of former Democratic President Bill Clinton and his top aides.
CBS News:
Armitage On CIA Leak: 'I Screwed Up'  —  CBS Exclusive: Interview With Man Who 'Outed' CIA Agent Valerie Plame  —  (CBS) In an exclusive interview with CBS News national security correspondent David Martin, Richard Armitage, once the No. 2 diplomat at the State Department, couldn't be any blunter.
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Washington Post:
Decision to Move Detainees Resolved Two-Year Debate Among Bush Advisers
Discussion: The Washington Note
White House:
President Bush Discusses Progress in the Global War on Terror  —  Fact Sheet: Progress Report: Fixing the Problems Exposed by the 9/11 Attacks  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much.  Please be seated.  (Applause.)  Thank you.  Sonny, thanks for the introduction.  Thanks for your leadership.
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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Lawyers and G.O.P. Chiefs Resist Proposal on Tribunal  —  The Bush administration's proposal to bring leading terrorism suspects before military tribunals met stiff resistance Thursday from key Republicans and top military lawyers who said some provisions would not withstand legal scrutiny …
Daniel Freedman / New York Sun:
U.S. Politicians Should Focus On Tehran, Netanyahu Says  —  NEW YORK - Benjamin Netanyahu, as part of an American tour repositioning himself for a return to the Israeli premiership, told an audience in New York yesterday that President Bush is preparing to ditch the United Nations …
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
ON NOT KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD
Discussion: normblog
Senator Bill Frist:
A Triumph for Transparency in Government  —  Tonight I'm proud to report that the Senate unanimously passed S. 2590, the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006.  —  The passage of this legislation is a triumph for transparency in government, for fiscal discipline …
Marcia Kramer / wcbstv.com:
Documents: Feds, City Knew Of Ground Zero Toxins  —  (CBS) NEW YORK CBS 2 Exclusive: Stunning proof has been uncovered that the government knowingly put New Yorkers in harm's way after 9/11.  —  CBS 2 News has obtained documents revealing that Lower Manhattan was reopened a few weeks following …
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amny.com:
Whitman: 9/11 health woes are city's fault
Discussion: A Blog For All and The News Blog
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Interrogation Methods Rejected by Military Win Bush's Support  —  Many of the harsh interrogation techniques repudiated by the Pentagon on Wednesday would be made lawful by legislation put forward the same day by the Bush administration.  And the courts would be forbidden from intervening.
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Iraq: A Civil War We Can Still Win  —  As the Democrats turn themselves into the antiwar party, as popular support for the war continues to sink, as some who initially signed on to the war now heap scorn on the entire Iraqi project, the question of immediate withdrawal must be confronted.
 
 
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