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Ian Bishop / New York Post:
RICE BOILS OVER AT BUBBA — RIPS 'FLATLY FALSE' CLAIM ON BUSH'S BID — TO GET BIN LADEN — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday accused Bill Clinton of making "flatly false" claims that the Bush administration didn't lift a finger to stop terrorism before the 9/11 attacks.
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Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Olbermann's Special Comment: Are YOURS the actions of a true American? — (video coming soon) Keith pulled no punches and launched another smack down on Bush and FOX News... And finally tonight, a Special Comment about President Clinton's interview. The headlines about them are, of course, entirely wrong.
Keith Olbermann / MSNBC:
A textbook definition of cowardice — Keith Olbermann comments on Bill Clinton's Fox News interview — SPECIAL COMMENT — The headlines about them are, of course, entirely wrong. — It is not essential that a past president, bullied and sandbagged by a monkey posing as a newscaster, finally lashed back.
Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
More Leaks, Please — Questioning the Iraq Intelligence Report — It's too bad we won't get to see the full National Intelligence Estimate on "Trends in Global Terrorism" selectively leaked to The Post and the New York Times last week. The Times headline read "Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terrorism Threat."
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In From the Cold:
More of What You Won't Read in the NYT — Yesterday, we noted that the MSM (along with their fellow travelers in the intel community), had apparently "cherry-picked" information from a recent National Intelligence Estimate, making their case that the Bush Administration's War on Terror had actually made the problem worse.
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Washington Post:
Democrats Focus on Terrorism Report in Attacks on Bush — Conclusion of Rising Extremism Since Iraq Invasion Is Used to Counter Assertion That the World Is Safer — Democratic lawmakers yesterday seized on elements of a new classified intelligence assessment as validation …
William Branigin / Washington Post:
Three Retired Officers Demand Rumsfeld's Resignation — Three retired military officers who served in Iraq called today for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, telling a Democratic "oversight hearing" on Capitol Hill that the Pentagon chief bungled planning for the U.S. invasion …
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Detainee Measure to Have Fewer Restrictions — White House Reaches Accord With Lawmakers — Republican lawmakers and the White House agreed over the weekend to alter new legislation on military commissions to allow the United States to detain and try a wider range of foreign nationals …
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:Wiretap Bill Moves Closer to Passage
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
2 Ex-Acquaintances of Senator Allen Say He Used Slurs — Two former acquaintances of Senator George Allen said Monday that he used racist slurs in the 1970's and 1980's, a development that compounded accusations of racial insensitivity that have dogged his re-election campaign in Virginia.
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Senator Accused of Using Racially Charged Term — Two acquaintances of Senator George Allen of Virginia said today that he had used racially inflammatory language in the 1970's and 1980's, compounding allegations of racial insensitivity that have dogged his re-election campaign since he referred …
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Europe Panel Faults Sifting of Bank Data — A European Union panel has serious doubts about the legality of a Bush administration program that monitors international financial transactions, the group's leader said Monday, and plans to recommend tighter controls to prevent privacy abuses.
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Agence France Presse:
Key 9/11 planner linked to London bombings: Musharraf — The chief architect of the September 11, 2001 attacks was also linked to last year's suicide blasts on the London transport network, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf says in his memoirs. — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed …
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Simon Kennedy / Bloomberg:
U.S. Loses Ranking as Most Competitive Economy to Switzerland — Sept. 26 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. lost its position as the world's most competitive economy to Switzerland as budget and trade deficits prompted a slide to sixth in the World Economic Forum's annual rankings.
Joyce Purnick / New York Times:
Stricter Voting Laws Carve Latest Partisan Divide — MESA, Ariz. — Eva Charlene Steele, a recent transplant from Missouri, has no driver's license or other form of state identification. So after voting all her adult life, Mrs. Steele will not be voting in November because of an Arizona law …
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