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12:50 PM 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 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)
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.
New York Times:
Passions Flare as Broadcast of 9/11 Mini-Series Nears  —  Under growing pressure from Democrats and aides to former President Bill Clinton, ABC is re-evaluating and in some cases re-editing crucial scenes in its new mini-series "The Path to 9/11" to soften its portrait of the Clinton administration's pursuit …
New York Post:
'PATH' MISSED REAL  —  9/11 STORY  —  FIRST things first: ABC's miniseries "The Path to 9/11," which will air Sept. 10 and 11, is a stiff.  For those well-versed in the infuriating details of the missteps and missed opportunities in pursing al Qaeda between the first bombing of the World Trade Center …
Andrew Wallenstein / Hollywood Reporter:
ABC: '9/11' mini 'fictional'
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
Aljazeera:
Al-Qaeda video takes credit for 9/11  —  A new videotape aired on Aljazeera television has shown Osama bin Laden and senior Al-Qaeda members meeting with some of the men who carried out the September 11 attacks against the US in 2001.  —  The 90-minute video apparently shows Bin Laden …
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
DID THE DEMS THREATEN ABC?
Discussion: Townhall.com and Riehl World View
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Questions Raised About Bush's Primary Claims in Defense of Secret Detention System  —  In defending the Central Intelligence Agency's secret network of prisons on Wednesday, President Bush said the detention system had used lawful interrogation techniques, was fully described to select members …
Discussion: TAPPED, Andrew Sullivan and TalkLeft
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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 …
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Washington Post:
Bush's Detainee Plan Is Criticized
Discussion: Legal Fiction
New York Times:
Conservatives Help Wal-Mart, and Vice Versa  —  As Wal-Mart Stores struggles to rebut criticism from unions and Democratic leaders, the company has discovered a reliable ally: prominent conservative research groups like the American Enterprise Institute, the Heritage Foundation and the Manhattan Institute.
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
Lamont Criticizes Lieberman's 1998 Rebuke of Clinton Over Affair  —  Ned Lamont, Connecticut's Democratic Senate candidate, has sharply criticized Senator Joseph I. Lieberman's public rebuke of former President Bill Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, suggesting this week …
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Tom Bevan / The RCP Blog:
Election '06 Senate Briefs
Discussion: Townhall and Redstate
Redstate:
3,000 People Still Die  —  LIBERALS CAN'T CHANGE EVERY SCENE IN "THE PATH TO 9/11"  —  As reported earlier today, the Democratic Leadership of the United States Senate sent a threatening letter to the Walt Disney Company.  For what effect - and to what end - we will have to wait and see.
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.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Down the Homestretch, the House Wanders Off Course  —  Let us stipulate, as the lawyers like to say, that horses should not be slaughtered for human consumption.  —  Let us further stipulate that there is nothing inherently offensive about minting coins to commemorate the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth.
Rasmussen Reports:
Tennessee Senate: Ford Within 1  —  Corker (R) 45% Ford (D) 44%  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports election survey shows U.S. Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. closing in on Bob Corker in what has become one of the country's marquee Senate races.  Ford now trails Corker by a single point, 44% to 45% (see crosstabs).
Antonio D. French / PUB DEF:
McCaskill Rallies Democrats, Aide Kicks Jeff Smith Out of Meeting  —  PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE  —  U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill met yesterday with several St. Louis area Democratic elected officials to emphasize the importance of the upcoming statewide elections and to heal whatever wounds …
Associated Press:
Sen. Cantell helped lobbyist's clients  —  WASHINGTON - Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell (news, bio, voting record) helped arrange more than $11 million in federal money in the past year for projects benefiting clients of a lobbyist who is advising her re-election campaign and still owes her money from a personal loan.
Daily Mail:
Muslim fury after bikini model claimed to be Pakistan's entry  —  A prize winning bikini contest model who claimed she was the Pakistani representative has sparked outrage in the predominantly muslim country.  —  Stunning Mariyah Moten, 22, won the 'Best in Media' title …
Discussion: The Bullwinkle Blog
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 …
 
 
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