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.

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 …

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 …

Republican General: Rummy responsible for deaths, failure, Abu Ghraib, the leaning tower of Pisa...  Leadership "extraordinarily bad"; violated rules of war  —  Uber-decorated Major General John R.S. Batiste, who retired last year "on principle," delivers a bruising point by point indictment …

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 …

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.

There's no such thing as a stupid question . . .  Brad Delong tears into the White Collar Crime Prof Blog for asking the following questions about Enron: … Sez Mr Delong in response: … Contra the title of this post, I do think there are stupid questions, like "Do you think I'm fat?"

Bill Clinton "never criticized" Bush  —  One of the quotes I had missed before reading the transcript of Bill Clinton's spontaneous (or maybe not so spontaneous) rage-fest this weekend was the former president saying "now, I have never criticized President Bush..."

British forces kill leading terrorist  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - British forces shot and killed a leading al-Qaida terrorist Monday more than a year after he embarrassed the U.S. military by making an unprecedented escape from a maximum security military prison in Afghanistan, officials said.

A Dog's Life, Upgraded  —  ON a sunny day in August, a half-dozen large dogs — mostly Labrador retrievers — bounded in and out of the swimming pool here at Top Dog Country Club.  Others lounged on the artificial-turf lawn, or looked on with envy and vocal protests from "time out" pens on the edge of the play yard.

Poll: Terrorism, Iraq very important to midterm voters  —  (CNN) — Terrorism and the Iraq war will play very important roles in the votes of a large majority of Americans when they go to the polls for the November midterm election, a new CNN poll shows.  —  On terrorism, 49 percent …