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 …

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.

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 …

Did The AP Have A Spy For Saddam?  —  The American Thinker posts a translation of a captured Iraqi Intelligence Service document that intimates a mole for the IIS worked at the Associated Press.  Document ISGQ-2005-00026108, translated by the tireless Joseph Shahda, does make an intriguing reference to a source within the AP:

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.

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.

Getting Hungry Again  —  I haven't blogged very much on Lamont recently, because I've been trying to figure out how to give a bit of gentle criticism to what truly is and has been a remarkable campaign.  So here goes.  —  I think a great deal of Lamont's character, and I think he's incredibly tough, passionate, and strategic.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Khatami, Senate Intelligence, and more.  —  "Interfaith dialogue" is all the rage these days: understanding our commonality by celebrating our differences.  Or something like that.  It's infected venerable pillars of establishment religion, such as the National Cathedral in Washington.