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5:10 PM ET, September 10, 2006

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Dick Cheney / MSNBC:
Transcript for Sept. 10  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Good morning.  This is a special edition of MEET THE PRESS, marking the fifth anniversary of September 11.  And joining us for the first time in three years is the vice president of the United States, Dick Cheney.  —  Welcome back.  —  VICE PRES.
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Greg Tinti / The Political Pit Bull:
VIDEO: Cheney On Meet The Press
Discussion: Hot Air
Matthew Yglesias:
Dreaming of the Caliphate  —  The President actually sort …
Discussion: The Glittering Eye
New York Post:
BILL SICS LEGAL EAGLES ON ABC  —  * LETTER: YANK 'DESPICABLE' FILM * CAST'S  —  ON-SET TURMOIL REVEALED  —  Bill Clinton's camp yesterday demanded that ABC can its controversial film "The Path to 9/11," due to air tonight - and in a scathing new letter accused the network of exploiting the tragedy for ratings.
Discussion: Firedoglake
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Does ABC/Disney Movie Include Bush Allowing Osama Bin Laden to Escape from Tora Bora?  —  (Graphic from our own twolf1.)  —  I am as furious as I can ever remember being at the moment.  LHP sent me a link this morning to a WaPo article, and I only got about seven paragraphs …
John / AMERICAblog:
Disney/ABC adds mock assassination of Bill Clinton to 9/11 flick
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and The Agonist
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Jamie Holly / Crooks and Liars:
Cheney Tells Russert He Hasn't Seen The Senate Intelligence Report  —  As I warned in my previous post, Cheney is out in full spin mode this morning when it comes to the rational for the Iraq war.  This is just an example from Meet the Press this morning of the spin he is trying to weave:
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
Hugh Hewitt: "The Path to 9/11"  —  A full page ad, brightly colored, depicting malevolent eyes peering threw a tear in the American flag the terrorust has torn, is on p.  A-9 of the Los Angeles Times this morning.  The copy below the title "The Path to 9/11": "The years that led up to it.
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WCBS-TV:   Remembering 9/11: 5 Years Later
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Tivo alert: 9/11 TV reminders
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Ali Saber / Telegraph:
Tortured screams ring out as Iraqis take over Abu Ghraib  —  The notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad is at the centre of fresh abuse allegations just a week after it was handed over to Iraqi authorities, with claims that inmates are being tortured by their new captors.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Rove Campaign  —  Next week, I'm informed via troubled White House sources, will see the full unveiling of Karl Rove's fall election strategy.  He's intending to line up 9/11 families to accuse McCain, Warner and Graham of delaying justice for the perpetrators of that atrocity …
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Andrew Sullivan / Times of London:
Bush's last stand: turning the war on its head  —  Karl Rove has a reputation as a political genius.  There's a very good argument that this is absurd.  Under his guidance an incumbent war-president with a strong economy won a bare 51% of the vote against a weak opponent, and is now facing a mid-term electoral rout.
Associated Press:
Al Gore Says He Hasn't Ruled Out 2nd Run  —  SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Former Vice President Al Gore said Sunday he hadn't rule out making a second bid for the White House, though he said it was unlikely.  —  Gore spoke to reporters in Sydney, where he was promoting the local premiere of his documentary on global warming.
Michael Sluss / The Roanoke Times:
Senate race a close one, poll suggests  —  Negative publicity has reduced George Allen's once-sizable lead to just 4 percentage points.  —  The controversy surrounding U.S. Sen. George Allen's campaign trail remarks in August has helped turn his re-election race into a close contest …
Discussion: Swing State Project
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The Roanoke Times:   Nancy Reagan says it's not OK for Webb to use president in ad
Martin Amis / Observer:
The age of horrorism (part one)  —  On the eve of the fifth anniversary of 9/11, one of Britain's most celebrated and original writers analyses - and abhors - the rise of extreme Islamism.  In a penetrating and wide-ranging essay he offers a trenchant critique of the grotesque creed and questions …
Gateway Pundit:
Harvard Students Will Protest Khatami for Release of Ahmed Batebi  —  A Bi-partison Ggoup of Harvard Students will hold a Protest Rally Tonight to stand up for their Iranian counterparts who have been arrested and tortured on Mr. Khatami's orders!  —  Ahmad Batebi is no Che Guevara!
Michelle Malkin / New York Post:
FIVE YEARS AFTER 9/11: TINFOIL HATS ATTACK  —  September 10, 2006 — DEBUNKING 9/11 MYTHS: WHY CONSPIRACY THEORIES CAN'T STAND UP TO THE FACTS BY THE EDITORS OF POPULAR MECHANICS, FOREWORD BY SEN. JOHN MCCAIN HEARST, 192 PAGES, $14.95  —  I GET several e-mails from 9/11 conspiracy theorists every week …
Mark Tapscott / Tapscott's Copy Desk:
What is Going on at AP?  —  Saddam Hussein had a very trusted source inside AP, according to the translation of another of the thousands of documents captured by U.S. forces that are only slowing being made public.  In this particular document, the source inside AP tells Hussein about the formation …
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Jo Mannies / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Clinton questions GOP's sincerity on security issues  —  Former President Bill Clinton asserted here Saturday that if Republicans were serious about national security, they'd carry out the recommendations of the bipartisan 9/11 Commission instead of regularly using the issue to pound political opponents.
 
 
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Andrea Elliott / New York Times:
More Muslims Arrive in U.S., After 9/11 Dip
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David Selbourne / Times of London:
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Washington Post:
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