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1:15 AM ET, September 15, 2006

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Laurie Kellman / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Powell endorses efforts to block Bush's terrorist plan  —  WASHINGTON - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Thursday endorsed efforts by three Republican senators to block President Bush's plan to authorize harsh interrogations of terror suspects.  —  The latest sign of GOP division …
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Anne Plummer Flaherty / Associated Press:
Senate panel defies Bush on terror  —  WASHINGTON - A rebellious Senate committee defied President Bush on Thursday and approved terror-detainee legislation he has vowed to block, deepening Republican conflict over a key issue in the middle of congressional campaigns.
CNN:
GOP split as Senate panel bucks Bush on terror tribunals … WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday voted 15-9 to recommend a bill — over the objections of the Bush administration — that would authorize tribunals for terror suspects in a way that it says would protect suspects' rights.
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
An Unexpected Collision Over Detainees
Discussion: The Heretik
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Inside the Oval Office  —  President Bush gives journalists a "heads up" about the mid-term elections, among other things.  —  WE NOW KNOW WHY the Bush administration hasn't made the capture of Osama bin Laden a paramount goal of the war on terror.  Emphasis on bin Laden doesn't fit …
Discussion: NewsHog and The Democratic Daily
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Sabrina Eaton / Associated Press:
Ney to plead to criminal charge  —  Bob Ney, R-Ohio discusses his bid for re-election, during a campaign rally at the Tuscarawas County GOP headquarters in Dover, Ohio.  Ney has agreed with the Justice Department to plead guilty to at least one criminal charge.
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Philip Shenon / New York Times:
Ohio Congressman Is Said to Agree to Plead Guilty  —  Representative Bob Ney, Republican of Ohio, has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges related to his dealings with the corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff, lawyers and others with knowledge of the investigation said Thursday.
Ian Fisher / New York Times:
Muslim Leaders Assail Pope's Speech on Islam  —  As Pope Benedict XVI arrived back home from Germany, Muslim leaders strongly criticized a speech he gave on his trip that used unflattering language about Islam.  —  Some of the strongest words came from Turkey, possibly putting in jeopardy Benedict's scheduled visit there in November.
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Pew Research Center:
Democrats Hold Solid Lead; Strong Anti-Incumbent, Anti-Bush Mood  —  Terrorism Focus Increases, But No GOP Boost  —  Summary of Findings  —  As the congressional midterm campaign begins in earnest, the mood of the electorate is sharply drawn.  Voters are disappointed with Congress and disapproving of President Bush.
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Politics Central:
AL-DURA: THE TRIAL (PART ONE)  —  Starting September 14, three Frenchmen go on trial in Paris for questioning the veracity of the 2000 videotape of the putative murder of Palestinian child Mohammed Al-Dura by Israeli soldiers.  This tape - promulgated by the French state-run channel France 2 …
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Sen. Reid: The Specter bill will NOT be enacted.  Period.  —  (updated below)  —  Sen. Harry Reid participated in a conference call with a dozen or so bloggers this afternoon.  For the first question, I asked him about the Specter bill — specifically, what the Democrats' strategy …
Nancy Zuckerbrod / Associated Press:
Frist Targets Internet Gambling  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is trying use a bill authorizing U.S. military operations, including in Iraq and Afghanistan, to prohibit people from using credit cards to settle Internet gambling debts.  —  Frist, R-Tenn. …
Discussion: AMERICAblog and Cato-at-liberty
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Asher Susser / Jerusalem Post:
Lebanon - a reassessment  —  Anyone following the war in Lebanon in the Israeli media could not but come away engulfed in deep depression.  Israelis and their media tend to focus obsessively on themselves, their own losses and failings, remaining largely oblivious to what is happening on the other side of the divide.
Kevin G. Hall / Seattle Times:
Analyst predicts plunge in gas prices  —  WASHINGTON — The recent sharp drop in the global price of crude oil could mark the start of a massive sell-off that returns gasoline prices to lows not seen since the late 1990s — perhaps as low as $1.15 a gallon.  —  "All the hurricane flags are flying" …
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
Iraqi Official Testifies to Links Between Saddam and Al Qaeda  —  WASHINGTON — A deputy prime minister of Iraq yesterday offered a sharp contradiction of the conventional wisdom here that Saddam Hussein's Iraq and Al Qaeda had no connection before the 2003 war, flatly contradicting a recent report …
Associated Press:
U.S. Military: Senior Al Qaeda Member Arrested in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq — A senior member of Al Qaeda in Iraq was killed during an operation in Baghdad this week carrying letters for Usama bin Laden and the new leader of the terror group's Iraqi offshoot, an Interior Ministry official said Thursday.
Examiner:
Stuart Buck and Megan McArdle: Media map gives wrong directions on incomes  —  WASHINGTON - It often gets dicey for readers when journalists, who are rarely math majors, play with numbers and then publish misleading or mistaken conclusions.  It happened Labor Day when the Detroit Free Press published …
Discussion: The Corner and EconLog
Dafna Linzer / Washington Post:
U.N. Inspectors Dispute Iran Report By House Panel  —  U.N. inspectors investigating Iran's nuclear program angrily complained to the Bush administration and to a Republican congressman yesterday about a recent House committee report on Iran's capabilities, calling parts of the document …
 
 
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