memeorandum: No Accountability — In a hypothetical world where the Democrats … (Tparty/LamontBlog)

12:50 AM ET, September 22, 2006

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Punked — The "compromise" will, as I predicted, allow the "tough interrogations" by amending the war crimes act. And they will reportedly create a new JAG office to review classified information and determine if terrorist suspects can see it if it's being used against them in a trial.

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Anne Plummer Flaherty / Associated Press:

Bush, GOP Rebels Agree on Detainee Bill — WASHINGTON — The White House and rebellious Senate Republicans announced agreement Thursday on rules for the interrogation and trial of suspects in the war on terror. President Bush urged Congress to put it into law before adjourning for the midterm elections.

Discussion: Townhall, The Left Coaster, The Strata-Sphere, TPMCafe blogs, Talking Points Memo, Clarity & Resolve and Associated Press

Top MSNBC Headlines:

• Bush, GOP rebels reach tribunal deal — President urges Congress to pass bill on interrogating terror suspects — WASHINGTON - The White House and rebellious Senate Republicans announced agreement Thursday on rules for the interrogation and trial of suspects in the war on terror.

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Brian Knowlton / New York Times:

Agreement Is Reached on Detainee Bill — Three Republican senators said this afternoon that they had reached an agreement with the Bush administration on legislation to clarify which interrogation techniques can be used against terror suspects and to establish trial procedures for those in military custody.

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Kate Zernike / New York Times:

Republicans Reach Deal on Detainee Bill — The Bush administration and Congressional Republicans reached agreement Thursday on legislation governing the treatment and interrogation of terrorism suspects after weeks of debate that divided Republicans heading into the midterm elections.

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Bush, McCain reach compromise on "torture"; Update …

Discussion: The Blotter, Power Line, Ace of Spades HQ and The Political Pit Bull

Joel Havemann / Los Angeles Times:
Bush, Senate GOP Reach Deal on Detainee Measure

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications

Ben Evans / ledger-enquirer.com:
Ga. Republican says he supports "methods necessary" for detainees

Discussion: Blogometer, The Sideshow and american footprints

Reuters:

Leading Bush critic at home calls Chavez a "thug" — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of President George W. Bush's fiercest political opponents at home took his side on Thursday, calling Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez a "thug" for his remark that Bush is like the devil.

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CNN:

Democrats warn Chavez: Don't bash Bush — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Two of President Bush's staunchest domestic critics leapt to his defense Thursday, a day after one of his fiercest foreign foes called him "the devil" in a scorching speech before the United Nations.

Discussion: TAPPED, The Left Coaster, Blue Crab Boulevard, NewsBusters.org, QandO, WTF Is It Now?? and The Remedy

Darwin Danielson / radioiowa.com:

Harkin defends Venezuelan President's U-N speech against Bush — Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, a democrat, today defended Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's United Nations speech in which Chavez called President George Bush the devil. Harkin said the comments were "incendiary", then went on to say …

Discussion: WCBS-TV, Patterico's Pontifications, Atlas Shrugs, The Anchoress, Blue Crab Boulevard, WuzzaDem and Little Green Footballs

Emile Milne / house.gov:

CONG. RANGEL CONDEMNS CHAVEZ'S ATTACK ON BUSH — WASHINGTON - I want to express my extreme displeasure with statements by the President of Venezuela attacking U.S. President George Bush in such a personal and disparaging way during his remarks at the United Nations General Assembly.

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Hindrocket / Power Line:
BEDFELLOWS — We haven't commented on Hugo Chavez's bizarre speech …

Discussion: Agence France Presse

BBC:

Iraq torture 'worse after Saddam' — Torture may be worse now in Iraq than under former leader Saddam Hussein, the UN's chief anti-torture expert says. — Manfred Nowak said the situation in Iraq was "out of control", with abuses being committed by security forces, militia groups and anti-US insurgents.

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Eliane Engeler / Associated Press: U.N. expert: Iraq torture may be worse

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Fauxtography at the United Nations — Salam Daher, also known as "Green Helmet Guy," the corpse-posing ghoul from Qana photographed by discredited Reuters propagandist Adnan Hajj, makes it to the podium of the UN General Assembly via Hizballah's poodle, Emile Lahoud: … UPDATE at 9/21/06 11:05:53 am:

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Brian C. Ledbetter / Snapped Shot:
FAUXTOGRAPHY IN SEARCH OF A POINT

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Declan Butler / Nature:

Lawyers call for science to clear AIDS nurses in Libya — Lawyers defending six medical workers who risk execution by firing squad in Libya have called for the international scientific community to support a bid to prove the medics' innocence. The six are charged with deliberately infecting …

Discussion: Firedoglake, Declan Butler, reporter, The Next Hurrah, Pharyngula, Liberty Street and Sisyphus Shrugged

Asif Shahzad / Associated Press:

Pakistani clerics demand pope's removal — LAHORE, Pakistan - About 1,000 Muslim clerics and religious scholars meeting Thursday in eastern Pakistan demanded the removal of Pope Benedict XVI for making what they called "insulting remarks" against Islam. — Benedict "should be removed …

Discussion: Secular Blasphemy

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Reuel Marc Gerecht / Opinion Journal:
The Pope's Divisions — Benedict XVI promotes "interfaith" dialogue.

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Matthew Yglesias:

Mahmoun's Style — I keep talking about this with people in real life, but it deserves a blog mention as well — Mahmoun Ahmadinejad has a pretty sweet hipster style. It all starts with a beard not unlike the one I and many of my twentysomething male friends sport. But it goes deeper.

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Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss / Reuters:

U.S. threatened to bomb Pakistan after 9/1: Musharraf — NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan said that after the September 11 attacks the United States threatened to bomb his country if it did not cooperate with America's campaign against the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Discussion: Hot Air, The Jawa Report, Taylor Marsh, Counterterrorism Blog, The Fourth Rail, Snapped Shot, Ace of Spades HQ and Say Anything

Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:

Judge Hands Libby Defense Initial Win — WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge handed a victory to the defense Thursday in the Valerie Plame case, siding with Vice President Dick Cheney's indicted former chief of staff in a fight over release of classified information.

Discussion: The Political Pit Bull, JustOneMinute and ThoughtsOnline

Ronald Brownstein / Los Angeles Times:

Bush and GOP Making Gains Among Voters — The turnaround is a sign that the election battle in November could be fierce. But history shows Democrats remain poised to claim seats. — WASHINGTON — President Bush's approval rating has reached its highest level since January …