Revealed: the tough interrogation techniques the CIA wants to use  —  Ed Pilkington in New York and Clare Dyer  —  Details emerged yesterday about the seven interrogation techniques the CIA is seeking to be allowed to apply to terror suspects.  Newsweek magazine reported that a New York lawyer …

Iranian leader urges more papal protests  —  CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida in Iraq warned Pope Benedict XVI on Monday that its war against Christianity and the West will go on until Islam takes over the world, and Iran's supreme leader called for more protests over the pontiff's remarks on Islam.

Exiled Muslim Cleric Behind London Protest Calling for Pope's Death  —  As suspected, it was followers of exiled cleric Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed who organized a rally yesterday outside of London's Westminster Cathederal calling for the death penalty for the Pope's blasphemy.

Montana Senate: Tester By Nine  —  Tester (D) 52% Burns (R) 43%  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports election survey in Montana shows Democrat Jon Tester leading incumbent Republican Sen. Conrad Burns 52% to 43% (see crosstabs).  The candidates were tied at 47% in August's survey.

Head-in-the-Sand Liberals  —  Western civilization really is at risk from Muslim extremists.  —  TWO YEARS AGO I published a book highly critical of religion, "The End of Faith."  In it, I argued that the world's major religions are genuinely incompatible, inevitably cause conflict …

When Atheists and Secularists Quote Scripture  —  I probably shouldn't wade into this, but it does dovetail with something I've been pondering lately.  Namely, that an essentially post-Christian West comes to the battle with Islamism, Islamofascism, caliphascism, or whatever you want to call …

Surge in Anti-Muslim Incidents Reported  —  Md., Va. and D.C. Among Top 10 Locations for Harassment  —  A national Muslim advocacy organization yesterday blamed a "negative and politically charged" environment on the Internet and talk radio for the 30 percent jump in anti-Muslim incidents reported to the group last year.

Olbermann: "The President of the United States owes this country an apology"  —  Keith Olbermann delivered another stunning special comment tonight, this time attacking Bush's Rose Garden press conference from last Friday.  —  Olbermann: Finally tonight, a Special Comment about the Rose Garden news conference last Friday.

Americans Deserve Secure Borders  —  Bringing the "Secure Fence Act of 2006" to the Floor  —  A nation that can't secure its borders can't secure its destiny or administer its laws.  And the reality is that America's borders today are inexcusably porous.  —  One of the most important …

BREAKING/Exclusive: Why FBI Raided Largest U.S. Islamic Charity Today  —  I've been writing about LIFE for Relief and Development for years, and I think my columns (especially this one, a shorter version of which appeared in the New York Post), have finally made a difference.

State sues over campaign calls  —  Attorney General Steve Carter has filed a lawsuit today in Brown County Circuit Court against a group making automated phone calls targeting Democratic congressional candidate Baron Hill.  —  Carter also is seeking a preliminary injunction …

FDA to consumers: Don't eat ANY fresh spinach … WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Food and Drug Administration said Monday consumers should not eat any fresh spinach as investigators look for the source of E. coli bacteria that has sickened at least 109 people.  —  The initial FDA advisory late last week focused on bagged spinach.

The Trap  —  There is now a clear and live contrast between Bush and the Democrats on an important issue in the war on terror.  —  Too bad.  It will be.  On September 6, 2006, President Bush set the trap.  He spoke in the East Room of the White House on the war on terror.

What's Really Propping Up The Economy  —  Since 2001, the health-care industry has added 1.7 million jobs.  The rest of the private sector?  None  —  If you really want to understand what makes the U.S. economy tick these days, don't go to Silicon Valley, Wall Street, or Washington.

Call Cruelty What It Is  —  President Bush is urging Congress to let the CIA keep using "alternative" interrogation procedures — which include, according to published accounts, forcing prisoners to stand for 40 hours, depriving them of sleep and use of the "cold cell," in which the prisoner …

What Did You Get For It, Joe?  —  It seems every time No-Show Joe opens his mouth these days, he is touting the virtues of bipartisanship and decrying Ned Lamont for engaging in partisan politics.  It's a nice sound bite if you can get away with it, and the press have certainly let him do so.

Jew!  —  A Virginia Senate campaign fought largely in Youtube got its newest Youtube moment today — courtesy the unlikeliest of sources, a reporter.  —  9News Now reporter Peggy Fox probably wouldn't have been booed at Nuremberg.  But that's the treatment she got inside the Hilton McLean Ballroom …

Four Canadians killed in Afghan suicide bombing  —  The first of four Canadian servicemen killed by a bicycle bomber targeting troops in southern Afghanistan was identified on Monday as a Manitoba-based soldier.  —  An undisclosed number of Canadian soldiers and at least 27 Afghan civilians …