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9:45 PM ET, September 30, 2006

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Roll Call:
Reynolds Informed Hastert of Allegations Against Foley  —  National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Reynolds (N.Y.) issued a statement Saturday in which he said that he had informed Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) of allegations of improper contacts between then-Rep. Mark Foley …
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New York Times:
Along With Victories, G.O.P. Takes a Few Blows  —  Just hours before Congress closed down for the midterm elections on Saturday, Republican leaders threw together a ceremony to celebrate the passage of what they hoped to promote as their singular legislative accomplishment — a bill to bring terrorism suspects to trial.
Discussion: The Next Hurrah
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Hastert Knew While Foley Flew  —  Well, well, well.  It appears the Republicans actually can make the Foley controversy worse.  As if it wasn't bad enough that John Boehner knew about Foley's track record of sexual harassment of his underage pages, now it turns out that Speaker Denny Hastert lied …
Discussion: AMERICAblog
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.
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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 …
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," …
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.
Discussion: Andrew Sullivan, TalkLeft and Amygdala
Times of London:
Focus: Chilling message of the 9/11 pilots  —  A video shows two of the world's most infamous terrorists joking and laughing while filming their 'death wills' at Osama Bin Laden's lair in Afghanistan.  The journalist and author Yosri Fouda explains the terrible significance of the new find
Discussion: Hot Air and Never Yet Melted
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Associated Press:
U.K. paper says has unseen 9/11 video  —  LONDON - A previously unseen video made by Mohammed Atta, ringleader of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, has been obtained by Britain's The Sunday Times, the newspaper reported Saturday.  —  In editions available late Saturday …
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'
Discussion: Secular Blasphemy
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 …
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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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
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 …
Katie Zezima / New York Times:
When Soldiers Go to War, Flat Daddies Hold Their Place at Home  —  HERMON, Me.  — It was the first day of school, and distance not withstanding, 9-year-old Baylee Smith wanted to take a picture with her father, Mark, who is stationed with a National Guard unit in Afghanistan.
Discussion: Amygdala and Blue Crab Boulevard
Michael B. Brodkorb / Minnesota Democrats Exposed ©:
MDE EXCLUSIVE: PICTURE OF ELLISON DISTRIBUTING NATION OF ISLAM NEWSPAPER IN 1998  —  This was just published on MN Publius: … The picture below tells a much different story than the bloggers behind MN Publius want you to believe:  —  This is a picture from 1998 of Keith Ellison passing …
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
 
 
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CNN:
Al Qaeda No. 2: Bush a liar, 'spiller of Muslim blood'