memeorandum: More Distortion and Lies, Launches Desperate (Jon-David/MN Publius)

5:30 PM ET, September 30, 2006

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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

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 …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Don Surber, Norwegianity, Amygdala, The Political Pit Bull and War and Piece

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: The Next Hurrah, Andrew Sullivan and TalkLeft

Peter Baker / Washington Post:
White House Disputes Book's Report of Anti-Rumsfeld Moves

Discussion: The Jawa Report and Booman Tribune

Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
'State of Denial' Lands Early And Hits Harder

Discussion: Democrats.com, TPMCafe blogs and The Horse's Mouth

Washington Post:

Rep. Foley Quits In Page Scandal — Six-term Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) resigned yesterday amid reports that he had sent sexually explicit e-mails to at least one underage male former page. — Foley, who was considered likely to win reelection this fall, said in a three-sentence letter of resignation …

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CNN:
Colleague: We told Foley to stop contacting teen

Discussion: Unfogged

Newsdesk / The Swamp:
Why did Foley keep child-protection job?

Discussion: Wonkette, Balloon Juice, Brad DeLong's Semi … and 2 Political Junkies

Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
FOLEY MATTER PROVES REPUBLICANS SUPPORT PERVERTS

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report, NewsHog, MyDD, AMERICAblog and TBogg

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.

Discussion: NewsHog, The Moderate Voice, Security Watchtower and Blue Crab Boulevard

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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.

Discussion: Washington Times, Captain's Quarters, Scared Monkeys, Never Yet Melted, Rox Populi, The Corner and Blue Crab Boulevard

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Reuters:
Senate backs fence along Mexico border

Discussion: ParaPundit

New York Times:
Senate Passes Bill on Building Border Fence

Discussion: Slate, TalkLeft, A Blog For All, Los Angeles Times and Power Line

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.

Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard, The Reaction and small dead animals

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Ammar Karim / Agence France Presse:
Baghdad under curfew as suicide bombers prowl

Discussion: Healing Iraq

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 …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Norwegianity and CNN Political Ticker

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

Investor's Business Daily:

97 Reasons Democrats Are Weak On Defense And Can't Be Trusted To Govern In Wartime — Today's Democrats are nothing like Presidents Roosevelt, Truman and Kennedy, who with courage and decisive action kept on top of their jobs and aggressively confronted one national defense crisis after another.

Discussion: Macsmind

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.

Discussion: ParaPundit, Blue Crab Boulevard and Little Green Footballs

Hassan M. Fattah / New York Times:

Al Qaeda Increasingly Reliant on Media — AMMAN, Jordan — On the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Abu Omar received the call to jihad. Literally. — "There's a present for you," a voice on the other end of the phone said that morning, he recalled.

Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard