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Judd / Think Progress:
VIDEO: Clinton Sets The Record Straight On Terrorism, Smacks Down Fox News — Here's the key portion of the Fox News Sunday interview with President Clinton. He sets the record straight on his efforts to combat terrorism, the Bush administration's record and the tactics of Fox News. Watch it:
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David / Crooks and Liars:
Fox Clinton Interview - Part 1 - Osama bin Laden — This is the first 20 minutes of Bill Clinton's interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday. In this clip, Wallace asks Clinton why he didn't do more to capture or kill Osama bin Laden while he was in office.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Clinton vs. Wallace on "Fox News Sunday" — I tried to cut all the best parts but you're well advised to read the transcript. Righties are going to have a field day fact-checking him. Points to take away: — 1. He showed leadership by not pulling out of Somalia while the bodies were still warm.
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Karen Matthews / Associated Press:
Bill Clinton Defends Bin Laden Handling
Bill Clinton Defends Bin Laden Handling
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Jules Crittenden / Boston Herald:
Does AP stand for Al-Qaeda Propaganda? — The Associated Press, the reliable just-the-facts news agency you and I once knew, no longer exists. Amoral propagandists have taken over. — It is not only in the disturbing matter of Bilal Hussein, AP photograher and al-Qaeda associate …
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Hurting U.S. Terror Fight — The war in Iraq has become a primary recruitment vehicle for violent Islamic extremists, motivating a new generation of potential terrorists around the world whose numbers may be increasing faster than the United States and its allies …
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Times of London:
Police to brief Muslims before terror raids — POLICE have agreed to consult a panel of Muslim leaders before mounting counter-terrorist raids or arrests. Members of the panel will offer their assessment of whether information police have on a suspect is too flimsy and will also consider …
Elizabeth Holtzman / Chicago Sun Times:
Bush seeks immunity for violating War Crimes Act — Thirty-two years ago, President Gerald Ford created a political firestorm by pardoning former President Richard Nixon of all crimes he may have committed in Watergate — and lost his election as a result. Now, President Bush …
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Time:
Why We Don't Have Enough Troops in Iraq — As the Pentagon weighs whether to put more boots on the ground, TIME examines the reasons behind the U.S.'s chronic manpower shortage — The scenes almost seem lifted from a different war: On a scorching afternoon in Ur, a neighborhood in northeast Baghdad …
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
The Tide's In for Independents — The independence being demonstrated all over the political spectrum these days — by Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman and Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee, both in tough reelection battles, and by Republican Sens. John McCain and John Warner — has its roots in American history.
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Case concedes U.S. Senate race — Ed Case has telephoned U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka and conceded the U.S. Senate Democratic primary, then told supporters he will do everything he can to help Akaka and Hawai'i's Democratic Congressional delegation. — At about 11:50 p.m. …
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David Morgan / Reuters:
No evidence bin Laden is dead: Saudi Arabia — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it had no evidence that Osama bin Laden had died, shedding further doubt on a secret document leaked in France that said Saudi secret services believed he had died last month.
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Elaine Ganley / Associated Press:
Officials doubt bin Laden death report
Officials doubt bin Laden death report
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Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
'Just a comma' — I'll have the transcript up as soon as CNN posts it, but George W. Bush on "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer" this afternoon and made one of those stunning remarks that could — or rather, should — become a political problem for the White House.
Press Association:
One in 10 Muslims 'ignore terror' — Almost one in 10 British Muslims would not inform police if they suspected that someone of the same faith was involved in a terror attack, a poll suggested. — The ICM poll for the News of the World found 9% of the 502 questioned would not tell police …
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ABCNEWS:
Secrets of 'South Park' — Cartoon Co-Creators on Tom Cruise, Mohammed and the Time They Came Close to Packing It in — Comedy Central's vulgar, profane, hilarious animated hit "South Park" begins its 10th season on Oct. 4 in an uncertain place. — In the past year, the show and its creators …
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