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11:45 PM ET, September 28, 2006

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New York Times:
Senate Rejects Measure on Detainees  —  The Senate today rejected an amendment to a bill creating a new system for interrogating and trying terror suspects that would have guaranteed such suspects access to the courts to challenge their imprisonment.  —  The vote was 51 to 48 against the amendment …
Associated Press:
Senate Passes Detainee Bill Sought by Bush  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday endorsed President Bush's plans to prosecute and interrogate terror suspects, all but sealing congressional approval for legislation that Republicans intend to use on the campaign trail to assert their toughness on terrorism.
Justin Rood / TPMmuckraker:
Senate Kills Habeas Amendment on Torture Bill  —  The Senate just killed an amendment to ensure federal courts could review the legitimacy of individual' imprisonment on suspicion of involvement in terrorism.  The amendment had been proposed by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Bush Rules  —  Today's Senate vote on President Bush's detainee legislation, after House approval yesterday, marks a defining moment for this nation.  —  How far from our historic and Constitutional values are we willing to stray?  How mercilessly are we willing to treat those we suspect to be our enemies?
Bruce Ackerman / Los Angeles Times:
The White House Warden  —  Congress may give the president the power to lock up almost anyone he thinks is a terror threat.  —  BURIED IN THE complex Senate compromise on detainee treatment is a real shocker, reaching far beyond the legal struggles about foreign terrorist suspects in the Guantanamo Bay fortress.
Salon:
Tortured justice
Discussion: MyDD and Orcinus
Pamela Leavey / The Democratic Daily:
John Kerry: 'This Bill Permits Torture'
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and Unfogged
feingold.senate.gov:
Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold In Opposition of the …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Majikthise
Roll Call:
House Report Details 485 Contacts Between Abramoff Team and White House Officials  —  Hundreds of contacts between top White House officials and former lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his associates "raise serious questions about the legality and actions" of those officials, according …
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Lieberman Goes on Rightwing Blog, Attacks Al Gore, Chris Dodd, and Ted Kennedy  —  I don't normally link to right-wing outlet Pajamas Media, but since this right-wing billionaire backed blog outlet has an exlusive interview with Joe Lieberman....  Lieberman is throwing the whole party under the bus.
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Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Kazakhs Shrug at 'Borat' While the State Fumes  —  There is no Running of the Jews here.  No one greets you with the expression "Jagshemash," which is either nonsense, garbled Polish or mangled Czech; it's hard to say.  The country's national drink is not made from horse urine …
Discussion: Hit and Run and Daniel W. Drezner
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The Blotter:
Sixteen-Year-Old Capitol Hill Page Concerned About E-mail Exchange with Congressman  —  Rhonda Schwartz and Maddy Sauer Report:  —  A 16-year-old male congressional page concerned about the appropriateness of an e-mail exchange with a congressman alerted Capitol Hill staffers to the communication.
Patrick Quinn / Associated Press:
Iraq terror leader recruits scientists  —  CAIRO, Egypt - In a new audio message Thursday, the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq called for explosives experts and nuclear scientists to join his group's holy war against the West.  He also said that more than 4,000 foreign insurgent fighters …
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CBS News:
Bob Woodward: Bush Misleads On Iraq  —  Tells 60 Minutes' Wallace That Kissinger Is Regular Visitor To White House  —  (CBS) Veteran Washington reporter Bob Woodward tells Mike Wallace that the Bush administration has not told the truth regarding the level of violence, especially against U.S. troops, in Iraq.
New York Times:
Iraqi Journalists Add Laws to List of Dangers  —  BAGHDAD — Ahmed al-Karbouli, a reporter for Baghdadiya TV in the violent city of Ramadi, did his best to ignore the death threats, right up until six armed men drilled him with bullets after midday prayers.  —  He was the fourth journalist killed …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Military Officials Add to U.S. Criticism of Iraq's Government  —  Senior American military officials are warning that time is growing short for Iraq to root out militias inside and outside the government and purge ministries of corrupt officials who are diverting large sums of money to their own political parties.
Washington Times:
Times employee arrested in sting  —  Metropolitan Police today charged the director of human resources at The Washington Times with one count of attempting to entice a minor on the Internet.  —  Randall Casseday, 53, was arrested at 9:45 p.m. yesterday in the 1300 block of Brentwood Road NE …
David Corn:
This Is What Waterboarding Looks Like  —  As Congress has debated legislation that would set up military tribunals and govern the questioning of suspected terrorists (whom the Bush administration would like to be able to detain indefinitely), at issue has been what interrogation techniques …
Mark / CNN Political Ticker:
Lott: Bush barely mentioned Iraq in meeting with Senate Republicans  —  From CNN's Ted Barrett  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush barely mentioned the war in Iraq when he met with Republican senators behind closed doors in the Capitol Thursday morning and was not asked about the course of the war …
Senator Bill Frist:
Secure Fence Act to Pass Senate  —  In a post 9/11 world, border security is a matter of national security.  Securing our borders is not an insurmountable problem ... but it has been a problem that too many have been willing to ignore for too long.  —  While our borders are still inexcusably porous …
Fred Barnes / Opinion Journal:
Is There Life After 'Macaca'?  —  Don't discount Sen. George Allen's presidential ambitions just yet.'  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Suddenly, for George Allen, mere re-election has become a perilous business.  As recently as six weeks ago, he was expected to glide to an easy victory …
Hooman Majd / writely.com:
Mahmoud and Me  —  Ahmadinejad's Wild Week, by His Translator: 'I Heard You Sounded Great!'  ; Meet the Wife; Asks for Michael Moore; Big Dinner at Hilton  —  On Tuesday, Sept. 19, the day of his now-famous speech, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad entered the General Assembly …
 
 
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