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6:40 PM ET, September 30, 2006

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Michiko Kakutani / New York Times:
A Portrait of Bush as a Victim of His Own Certitude  —  In Bob Woodward's highly anticipated new book, "State of Denial," President Bush emerges as a passive, impatient, sophomoric and intellectually incurious leader, presiding over a grossly dysfunctional war cabinet and given …
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Editor and Publisher:
Woodward Excerpt Appears in 'Post' With New 9/11 Bombshell  —  NEW YORK After being scooped by The New York Times, '60 Minutes' and New York's Daily News, The Washington Post comes out with its first excerpt/digest of Bob Woodward's upcoming blockbuster, "State of Denial," …
Discussion: AMERICAblog, TalkLeft and Eschaton
Tim Golden / New York Times:
Memo Fueled Deep Rift in Administration on Detainees  —  In June 2005, two senior national security officials in the Bush administration came together to propose a sweeping new approach to the growing problems the United States was facing with the detention, interrogation and prosecution of terrorism suspects.
Bob Woodward / Washington Post:
STATE OF DENIAL  —  In May, President Bush spoke in Chicago and gave a characteristically upbeat forecast: "Years from now, people will look back on the formation of a unity government in Iraq as a decisive moment in the story of liberty, a moment when freedom gained a firm foothold …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
'State of Denial' Lands Early And Hits Harder
citizensforethics.org:
CREW CALLS FOR HOUSE TO APPOINT OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE FOLEY PAGE SCANDAL  —  Washington, DC - Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) calls upon the House of Representatives to appoint an outside counsel to investigate the House leadership's role in covering up Rep. Mark Foley's …
Discussion: New York Times and Macsmind
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CNN:
Colleague: We told Foley to stop contacting teen  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Rep. Mark Foley "was not honest about his conduct," according to the chairman of the House Page Board, referring to e-mail exchanges between the former congressman and a teenage male page.
Associated Press:
Police in India Say Pakistan's Spy Agency Planned Train Blasts  —  MUMBAI, India (AP) — The police officer leading the investigation into train bombings that killed more than 200 people in the Indian city of Mumbai in July accused Pakistan's spy agency on Saturday of masterminding the attack.
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BBC:
Pakistan 'role in Mumbai attacks'  —  Pakistan's intelligence agency was behind the train blasts in Mumbai in July that killed 186 people, Indian police say.  —  The attacks were planned by the ISI and carried out by the Islamist militant group Lashkar-e-Toiba, based in Pakistan, Mumbai's police chief said.
Discussion: Secular Blasphemy
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Has Pakistan Changed Sides?
Discussion: Middle Earth Journal
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
With Senate Vote, Congress Passes Border Fence Bill  —  The Senate gave final approval last night to legislation authorizing the construction of 700 miles of double-layered fencing on the U.S.-Mexico border, shelving President Bush's vision of a comprehensive overhaul of U.S. immigration laws in favor of a vast barrier.
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Reuters:
Senate backs fence along Mexico border
Discussion: ParaPundit
Omar / IRAQ THE MODEL:
Baghdad under curfew.  —  The situation in Baghdad calmed down soon after we made the previous post.  —  Saturday has been so quiet so far, never a single explosion happened as far as I know and there was hardly any sound of gunfire in or around our district in Baghdad.
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Skip Navigation / clerk.house.gov:
Office of the Sixteenth Congressional District of Florida Formerly the Office of Representative Mark Foley  —  The Washington, D.C. office and the district offices of the Honorable Mark Foley will continue to serve the people of the Sixteenth Congressional District of Florida under the supervision …
Brendan Montague / Daily Mail:
China's 'cruelty olympics' causes international outrage  —  A bear struggles to retain its balance while gripping the two metal hoops, which look more like shackles than acrobatics equipment, as a wildlife park worker looks on and laughs.  —  This is just the latest shocking picture to emerge …
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com
Hartford Courant:
Lieberman Won't Forget  —  Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman is willing to forgive but not forget Chris Dodd and others who abandoned him after he lost the Democratic primary to Ned Lamont and became a petitioning candidate.  —  In an online interview this week with PajamasMedia …
Erwin Chemerinsky / Washington Post:
Legislating Violations of the Constitution  —  With little public attention or even notice, the House of Representatives has passed a bill that undermines enforcement of the First Amendment's separation of church and state.  The Public Expression of Religion Act - H.R. 2679 …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Preemptive Karma
Guardian:
How one of the biggest rows of modern times helped Danish exports to prosper  —  One year on, protagonists have few regrets despite deaths of more than 139 people  —  Luke Harding in Copenhagen  —  For years Denmark's Muslim community had been trying to get its own graveyard.
 
 
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Johnny Dollar / Olbermann Watch:
The 18-Second Gap  —  On Friday, Countdown reported …
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PoliPundit.com:
(URGENT) Foley CAN Be Removed From The Ballot
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Elaine Sciolino / New York Times:
Teacher in Hiding After Attack on Islam Stirs Threats
Lawrence Kudlow / Townhall.com:
Facts over Democrat fantasy
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whitehouse.gov:
Testimony of Edward P. Lazear Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers …
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