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6:35 PM ET, June 29, 2007

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Terror Plot Involves Islamic Extremists; Police Have 'Crystal Clear' Picture of Suspect — Brian Ross and Richard Esposito Report: — British police have a "crystal clear" picture of the man who drove the bomb-rigged silver Mercedes outside a London nightclub, and officials tell the Blotter …

Discussion: Danger Room, BBC, Little Green Footballs, Iain Dale's Diary, Michael P.F. van der Galiën, TigerHawk and Ali Eteraz

CNN:

Both London car bombs 'potentially viable,' police say … LONDON, England (CNN) — A vehicle containing fuel, gas canisters and nails found early Friday near Trafalgar Square is "clearly linked" to another explosives-packed car found outside a nightclub near Piccadilly Circus, Metropolitan Police said.

Greg Gutfeld / The Huffington Post:

Seven Things We Now Know About Today's Car Bombing Attempt — Folks, I just spent three hours surfing the net and did I learn a lot! Did you know that most of the news we get is controlled by the Bu$hies? Let me enlighten you about today's so-called terrorist bombing attempt in London:

Discussion: NewsBusters.org

Tucker Reals / CBS News:

Was London Bomb Plot Heralded On Web? — Internet Forum Comment From Night Before: "London Shall Be Bombed" — (CBS) This article was written by CBSNews.com's Tucker Reals. — Hours before London explosives technicians dismantled a large car bomb in the heart of the British capital's …

Discussion: The Blotter, Times of London, Danger Room, Little Green Footballs and TVNewser

Steve / ThreatsWatch:
Rapid Analysis: Attempted London Car Bomb Attack (Updated)

Discussion: This Is London, The Blotter, Spectator and michellemalkin.com

Paisley Dodds / Associated Press:
London police foil major terror plot

Discussion: Telegraph, GINA COBB, Salon, Power Line, Captain's Quarters, Neptunus Lex, Gateway Pundit and JunkYardBlog

Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:

Court switches, will hear detainee cases — In a startling turn of events in the legal combat over the war on terrorism, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to reconsider the appeals in the Guantanamo Bay detainee cases. It vacated its April 2 order denying review of the two packets of cases.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Volokh Conspiracy, Discourse.net, JURIST, TalkLeft, Abovethelaw.com, Firedoglake, The Debate Link and ACSBlog

Robert Barnes / Washington Post:

High Court to Hear Terror Detainee Case — The Supreme Court said today that it would review the rights of Guantanamo Bay detainees to challenge their confinements in federal court, reversing a decision in April not to take up that issue. — The justices did not say what had changed their minds.

Discussion: TPMmuckraker, The Moderate Voice and Obsidian Wings

William Glaberson / New York Times:

Supreme Court to Hear Guantánamo Detainees' Case — The United States Supreme Court reversed course today and agreed to hear claims of Guantanamo detainees that they have a right to challenge their detentions in American federal courts. — The decision, announced in a brief order released …

Discussion: PrawfsBlawg, ACSBlog, Washington Post, CNN and Feministe

Pete Yost / Associated Press:
Supreme Court to review Guantanamo cases

Discussion: Midtopia, KnoxViews and The Carpetbagger Report

Emily Bazelon / Slate:
Sorry Now? — WHAT DO THE LIBERAL AND MODERATE LAWYERS …

Discussion: Washington Post, The Newshoggers, Think Progress, DownWithTyranny!, Balkinization, Election Law, SCOTUSblog, Shakespeare's Sister, Lawyers, Guns and Money, ABCNEWS and New York Times

Renee Schoof / McClatchy Washington Bureau: Congress letter to Bush: Close Guantanamo

William Douglas / Salt Lake Tribune:

Romney second to Hillary in the can't-stand-'em poll — WASHINGTON - More than half of Americans say they wouldn't consider voting for Sen. Hillary Clinton for president if she becomes the Democratic nominee, according to a new national poll made available to McClatchy Newspapers and NBC News.

Discussion: Stubborn Facts

Mark Murray / MSNBC:
First Read: Poll asks, 'Is Clinton electable?'

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog and The Carpetbagger Report

Sam Hananel / Associated Press:
Brownback writes of 'hatred' of Clintons

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Associated Press:

Romney Accused of Mistreating Family Dog — BOSTON (AP) — An example of Mitt Romney's crisis management skills has turned into something of a political problem for the Republican presidential contender. — Romney placed his family dog, an Irish setter named Seamus, into a kennel lashed …

Discussion: Oliver Willis, Connecting.the.Dots, First Draft and GregsOpinion.com

Boston Herald:
PETA hits roof over Mitt's animal antics

Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and The American Mind

Jonathan S. Landay / McClatchy Washington Bureau:

Bush plays al Qaida card to bolster support for Iraq policy — WASHINGTON — Facing eroding support for his Iraq policy, even among Republicans, President Bush on Thursday called al Qaida "the main enemy" in Iraq, an assertion rejected by his administration's senior intelligence analysts.

Discussion: All Spin Zone, The Carpetbagger Report and The Garlic

White House:
President Bush Visits Naval War College, Discusses Iraq, War on Terror

Discussion: Associated Press, Washington Post, The Carpetbagger Report, First Draft, Washington Monthly and Brendan Nyhan

Associated Press:

Farfour Mouse dies in last episode — Hamas TV on Friday broadcast what it said was the last episode of a weekly children's show featuring "Farfour," a Mickey Mouse look-alike who had made worldwide headlines for preaching Islamic domination and armed struggle to youngsters.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and NewsBusters.org

New York Times:

Transcript of the Third Democratic Primary Presidential Debate — The following is a transcript of the Democratic primary presidential debate on PBS. The participants were Senator Joseph Biden, Jr. (D-Del.); Senator Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.); Senator Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) …

Discussion: Comments From Left Field, Riehl World View, ImmigrationProf Blog, The Carpetbagger Report and Lonewacko

Ray Rivera / New York Times:

City May Seek Permit and Insurance for Many Kinds of Public Photography — Some tourists, amateur photographers, even would-be filmmakers hoping to make it big on YouTube could soon be forced to obtain a city permit and $1 million in liability insurance before taking pictures or filming on city property, including sidewalks.

Discussion: Boing Boing

Bill Moyers / The Huffington Post:

On Murdoch — If Rupert Murdoch were the Angel Gabriel, you still wouldn't want him owning the sun, the moon, and the stars. That's too much prime real estate for even the pure in heart. — But Rupert Murdoch is no saint; he is to propriety what the Marquis de Sade was to chastity.

Mark Henderson / Times of London:

Car bomb would have caused huge fireball — The "patio gas" bomb defused in Haymarket would have generated a fireball the size of a house and a shock wave spreading out over a diameter of at least 400 yards, explosives experts said today. — The propane cylinders and petrol used in the device …

Discussion: Danger Room and Yourish.com