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.

Rockefeller: Bush Duped Public On Iraq  —  Senator Says World Would Be Better Without Iraq Invasion  —  (CBS News) WASHINGTON When the Senate Intelligence Committee released a declassified version of its findings this past week, the Republican chairman of the committee, Pat Roberts …

In a Pivotal Year, GOP Plans to Get Personal  —  Millions to Go to Digging Up Dirt on Democrats  —  Republicans are planning to spend the vast majority of their sizable financial war chest over the final 60 days of the campaign attacking Democratic House and Senate candidates over personal issues …

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.

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 …

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.

CINDY SHEEHAN: CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MOM  —  The right-wingers who think nothing but the worst of Cindy Sheehan probably won't change their minds after reading Peace Mom.  In the book, which hits bookstores September 19, the antiwar icon admits she has fantasized about going back in time and killing …

ABC Blames Bush, 'Ignorant' Americans for 'Islamophobia'  —  America, you ignorant Islamophobes!  Alright, maybe it's not all your fault.  Your anti-Muslim attitudes have been "stoked" by "inflammatory rhetoric" from . . . President Bush.  That was the basic message of a segment narrated …

Time to send message to Iran  —  Former Iranian President Khatami, welcome to Boston.  —  On the occasion of your speech at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and considering your advocacy for an Islamic bomb, terrorism and the destruction of Israel, let us consider our nation's policy toward Iran.

Cancelling classes to conference?  —  Here's a question for the students out there: does it bother you when a professor cancels a class in order to attend a conference or workshop?  —  On one hand, this sort of thing usually imposes a cost of sorts on you, either in the form of a make-up class …

More Muslims Arrive in U.S., After 9/11 Dip  —  America's newest Muslims arrive in the afternoon crunch at John F. Kennedy International Airport.  Their planes land from Dubai, Casablanca and Karachi.  They stand in line, clasping documents.  They emerge, sometimes hours later …