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12:40 PM ET, October 2, 2006

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Salon:
Foley fallout: Snow spins, Republicans scramble as more messages emerge  —  White House press secretary Tony Snow may be ready to dismiss Rep. Mark Foley's sexually explicit exchanges with underage House pages as nothing more than "naughty e-mails," but that's not the response we're hearing from most quarters.
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Judd / Think Progress:
Snow on Foley Scandal: 'Simply Naughty Emails'  —  This morning on CNN, Soledad O'Brien asked Tony Snow why "any communication between a 16-year-old and a congressman" didn't "raise red flags — major, massive red flags" with Speaker Dennis Hastert and others who have known about the communications for months.
Discussion: AMERICAblog and Oliver Willis
Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:
Former Pages Describe Foley as Caring Ally  —  Congressional pages live under a curfew in this building in Washington.  Former pages say Representative Mark Foley was unusually friendly.  —  In the hierarchy of Congress, the high school students who serve as Congressional pages fall somewhere near …
Anita Kumar / St. Petersburg Times:
FBI launches Foley investigation … WASHINGTON — The FBI said Sunday that it had launched an investigation into former Rep. Mark Foley's sexually explicit Internet communications with teenage boys.  —  The announcement came after House Speaker Dennis Hastert called for criminal inquiries …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Joe / AMERICAblog:
White House downplays Foley scandal as "simply naughty emails"  —  White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, appearing on CNN this morning, downplayed the Foley scandal.  Soledad later noted that Snow "tried really hard to minimize the impact and any kind of political fallout."
Washington Post:
FBI to Examine Foley's E-Mails
Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:   Ex-Rep. Foley checks in to alcohol rehab
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:   White House Spokesman: Foley's Emails To Teen Were "Simply Naughty"
StrategyPage:
The Joke's on Osama  —  Al Qaeda in particular, and Islamic terrorist groups in general, are desperate for a major success.  Islamic terrorists remember the 19 90s fondly as a time when they were kicking ass big time, or at least more effectively than they have since September 11, 2001.
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
I WATCHED IT, SO YOU WON'T HAVE TO!  —  This morning the London Sunday Times put up a series of al Qaeda video clips dating from early 2000.  They are poor quality video, with lots of annoying moments when the video freezes or goes black, and long stretches of audio-less reading of suicide testaments by terrorists.
Discussion: TigerHawk and Captain's Quarters
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Letter Gives Glimpse of Al-Qaeda's Leadership  —  Letter Shows Worry Over Iraq Infighting  —  Six months before the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in June, a senior al-Qaeda figure warned him in a letter that he risked removal as al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq if he continued to alienate Sunni tribal …
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Corky Siemaszko / NY Daily News:
Bush's men snarled like wild animals  —  Book slams Rummy, Colin & others in bitter fighting over war  —  While U.S. forces were battling in Baghdad, another war was being waged inside the West Wing.  —  In "State of Denial," Bob Woodward describes a White House riven by rivalries …
Sebastian Mallaby / Washington Post:
A Party Without Principles  —  After years of single-party government, the prospect of a Democratic majority in the House ought to feel refreshing.  But even with Republicans collapsing in a pile of sexual sleaze, I just can't get excited.  Most Democrats in Congress seem bereft of ideas or the courage to stand up for them.
Gordon Corera / BBC:
Musharraf nuclear claims attacked  —  The daughter of disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist AQ Khan has criticised claims made by President Pervez Musharraf in his autobiography.  —  In her first statement since her father's arrest in 2004, Dina Khan said she wanted to set the record straight.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Guardian:
Arrested in Afghanistan: Abdullah, 25, an Iranian jihadist 'rejected by the Taliban'
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
MSNBC:
MTP Transcript for Oct. 1
Discussion: TIME
Thomas Harding / Telegraph:
Muslim accosts injured Para in hospital  —  A paratrooper wounded in Afghanistan was threatened by a Muslim visitor to the British hospital where he is recovering.  —  Seriously wounded soldiers have complained that they are worried about their safety after being left on wards that are open …
Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
Patterico's Exclusive Interview with a Man Who Has Spoken to the Terrorists at Guantánamo (Part One: Introduction)  —  I know Zarqawi, the terrorist said to the American. … The terrorist said it all in a matter-of-fact way, looking the American straight in the eye.  —  The American was not frightened.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
The Right Man For Fox News  —  Roger Ailes Soldiers On For the Good of the Cause  —  NEW YORK — Ten years after he created Fox News Channel, Roger Ailes says he still avoids mentioning his place of employment in certain circles.  —  "It's just not worth going through the hassle at an elite party," he says.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
 
 
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Daily Kos:
UPDATE: FOX News Anchor Lays War Dead at Bush's Feet. (video)
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Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
At Gitmo, detainees get La-Z-Boys, pastries
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One small word is one giant sigh of relief for Armstrong
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