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6:05 AM ET, May 9, 2007

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CNN:
Official: Radicals wanted to create carnage at Fort Dix … WASHINGTON (CNN) — The federal government charged five alleged Islamic radicals with plotting to kill U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix in New Jersey.  —  A sixth was charged with aiding and abetting the illegal possession of firearms by three of the others.
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Wayne Parry / Associated Press:
6 men charged in plot to attack Fort Dix  —  FORT DIX, N.J. - Six foreign-born Muslims were arrested and accused Tuesday of plotting to attack Fort Dix and slaughter scores of U.S. soldiers — a scheme the FBI says was foiled when the men asked a store clerk to copy a video of them firing assault weapons and screaming about jihad.
TRex / Firedoglake:
Late Nite FDL: Outrage in a Can
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Practice in the Poconos: U.S. Details How Men Prepared
Discussion: ParaPundit and philly.com
Wonkette:
LOST THE PLOT DEPT.  —  Feds Nix Dix Six  —  The FBI has …
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
New York Times:
6 Arrested in Plot to Attack Fort Dix
David Barboza / International Herald Tribune:
China finds two companies guilty in tainted pet food export  —  SHANGHAI: China said Tuesday that it had found two companies here guilty of intentionally exporting contaminated pet food ingredients to the United States.  —  The country's quality control investigator released a statement …
Discussion: The Peking Duck
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Andrew Glass / The Politico:
Justice Dept. diversity under fire  —  The House Judiciary Committee will summon Attorney General Alberto Gonzales this week to answer fresh charges stemming from the failure of the Justice Department's civil rights division to hire more minorities.  —  Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) …
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Roger Simon / The Politico:
Call me irresponsible: I say Romney won  —  SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — It would be terribly irresponsible to pick a winner of Thursday night's Republican debate.  So I will.  —  I think Mitt Romney won.  And I think John McCain came in second and Rudy Giuliani came in third.
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Politico Playbook: Mitt's moment  —  SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Good morning.  From the Spin Room to the Carl's Jr. near the headquarters hotel, The Politico's informal read of the consensus order of finish for last night's GOP Presidential Candidates Debate in the Air Force One Pavilion of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library:
Bill Schneider / CNN:
Poll: Most back Congress over Bush in war funding fight … WASHINGTON (CNN) — Most Americans disagree with President Bush's decision last week to veto the war funding bill that contained a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq.  —  What do they think Congress should do now?
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and NPR
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Alexander Mooney / CNN Political Ticker:
Poll: Americans disapprove of Bush's Iraq veto
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Reed Hundt / The Coffee House:
Sally Quinn Expresses Beltway Zeitgeist Again  —  I'm not giving you the link because I don't want you to read it in full.  Take my precis:  —  Sally Quinn writes in the Washington Post that she is from Savannah, Ga., and typically notices people's skin color but in the case of Barack Obama she doesn't …
The Hill:
Pelosi threat to sue Bush over Iraq bill  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is threatening to take President Bush to court if he issues a signing statement as a way of sidestepping a carefully crafted compromise Iraq war spending bill.  —  Pelosi recently told a group of liberal bloggers …
obama.senate.gov:
Debunked Insight Magazine and Fox News Smear Campaign  —  Contact: Tommy Vietor or Robert Gibbs, 202-228-5511  —  Debunked Insight Magazine and Fox News Smear Campaign  —  In the past week, many of you have read a now thoroughly-debunked story by Insight Magazine, owned by the Washington Times …
Diaa Hadid / Yahoo! News:
Hamas 'Mickey Mouse' wants Islam takeover  —  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Hamas militants have enlisted the iconic Mickey Mouse to broadcast their message of Islamic dominion and armed resistance to their most impressionable audience — little kids.  —  A giant black-and-white rodent — named …
Anne Applebaum / Slate:
So, Farewell Then, Jacques Chirac  —  TAKE YOUR SCORN FOR THE ANGLO-AMERICAN WORLD WITH YOU.  —  "All political careers end in failure," a British statesman once wisely said.  Judging by the wreckage of the famous political career that ended this week, he was even wiser than he knew.
Discussion: The Reaction
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Democrats To Widen Conflict With Bush  —  Even as their confrontation with President Bush over Iraq escalates, emboldened congressional Democrats are challenging the White House on a range of issues — such as unionization of airport security workers and the loosening of presidential secrecy orders …
Discussion: Election Central
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Habeas Restoration: Move Quick  —  I'm told there's an outside shot that House Democrats on the Armed Services Committee will put a restoration of habeas corpus into the Defense Department Authorization Bill being marked up tomorrow and Thursday.  Apparently Chairman Skelton has the votes …
 
 
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