memeorandum: Kucinich challenges Edwards and Clinton (Richard Allen Greene/The Politico)

Exclusive: Terror Commander: New Attack Will Dwarf Failed Bomb Plot — Brian Ross and Maddy Sauer Report: — As senior intelligence and law enforcement officials met again today in the White House Situation Room to deal with the "summer terror threat," a top terror commander said an attack …

Discussion: The Jawa Report, Left in the West, Blah3, Truthdig and Little Green Footballs

The Blotter:

Signal to Attack? Worries Over Latest al Qaeda Tape — Brian Ross and Rhonda Schwartz Report: — Fearing a possible coded signal to attack, U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials are studying an unusual pattern of words in the latest audiotape from al Qaeda's No. 2 man, Ayman al Zawahri.

Discussion: MSNBC, ThreatsWatch, Hot Air, Peace Like A River and Time

Ynetnews:

Iranians arrest 14 squirrels for spying — Islamic Republic's intelligence agents allege rodents were carrying advanced Western spy gear — Iranian intelligence operatives recently detained over a dozen squirrels found within the nation's borders, claiming the rodents were serving as spies …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Sky News:

Iranian Police Smash Squirrel Spy Ring — Police in Iran are reported to have taken 14 squirrels into custody - because they are suspected of spying. — The rodents were found near the Iranian border allegedly equipped with eavesdropping devices. — The reports have come from the official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).

Discussion: Once Upon a Time, TigerHawk and skippy the bush kangaroo

Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:

Republican Senators Call for New War Authorization — Two leading Republican senators said today that President Bush should seek a new war authorization and present a plan to Congress by Oct. 16 outlining contingency plans in Iraq. Those plans, which would include reducing American forces, should begin by the end of the year.

Discussion: Hot Air, The Daily Background, Comments From Left Field, Redstate, Booman Tribune, Think Progress, On Deadline, TalkLeft and Taylor Marsh

Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
New GOP bill challenges Bush Iraq policy

Discussion: Booman Tribune, All Spin Zone, The Carpetbagger Report, Left I on the News, Daily Kos and BartBlog

David Litterick / Telegraph:

Conrad Black guilty of multiple fraud charges — Conrad Black, the former media tycoon, last night faced years in jail after an American jury found him guilty of criminal fraud and obstructing justice. — Conrad Black arrives at court before the verdicts were delivered

Discussion: Samizdata.net

BBC:
Conrad Black convicted of fraud

Discussion: The Reaction, Bloomberg and The Newshoggers

Deacon / Power Line:

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOT MUCH, PART TWO — It occurs to me that my discussion of lobbying Fred Thompson may have performed in 1991 on behalf of an abortion rights group is somewhat superficial. It's true that traditionally in this country lawyers are not identified with the positions of their clients.

Discussion: TBogg

MattC / race42008.com:
Thompson's Trouble With Abortion

Discussion: The Corner and Power Line

Satyam / Think Progress:

ABC Hit Piece On Reid Embraced By Right Wing

Discussion: Washington Times and Daily Kos

Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Benchmarks and Bickering: Where Are Dems on Iraqi Security?

Discussion: The Politico

Darlene Superville / Associated Press:

AP Poll: Public gives Congress low marks — WASHINGTON — In the eyes of the public, Congress is doing even worse than the president. — Public satisfaction with the job lawmakers are doing has fallen 11 points since May, to 24 percent, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll.

Discussion: Riehl World View

David Beckham / CNN:

Release of tape in teen sex case may violate child-porn law — ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — A federal prosecutor wants a Georgia district attorney to stop giving out copies of a videotape used as evidence in a teenage sex case that has drawn national attention.

Discussion: Comments From Left Field, Instapundit.com and Sentencing Law and Policy

Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:

LAFFING IT UP....The Wall Street Journal editorial page is really getting desperate. Even for them. In an editorial today they present data on corporate tax rates around the world and, like those people who find an outline of the Virgin Mary in a potato chip, they discover a Laffer Curve!

Discussion: Crooked Timber, MaxSpeak, Ezra Klein, Economist's View, The RBC and Lawyers, Guns and Money

Wall Street Journal: We're Number One, Alas — Some good news on the tax cutting front …

Richard Allen Greene / The Politico:

Kucinich challenges Edwards and Clinton — Dennis Kucinich has challenged Hillary Clinton and John Edwards each to debate him one on one. — He has been on the warpath since the two were caught on open mics yesterday at the NAACP debate, apparently proposing to have debates without the long-shot candidates.

Discussion: The Daily Background

Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:

McCain's Florida Campaign Co-Chair Arrested For Solicitation — Another day, another sex scandal involving a god-fearing republican who just happened to be a key supporter of John McCain. That and the fact that this legislator had also co-sponsored bills on public sex is pretty much par for the course with these guys.

Discussion: State of the Day

Atrios / Eschaton:

Late Night — Reader s sent this in. — ...it's Glenn Gould, late in life, performing the first 7 of Bach's Goldberg Variations.

Discussion: Suburban Guerrilla

Paul Joseph Watson / Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com:

Ron Paul: U.S. In "Great Danger" Of Staged Terror — Congressman & presidential candidate warns of economic collapse precipitated by bombing of Iran — Presidential candidate Ron Paul says the U.S. is in "great danger" of a staged terror attack or a Gulf of Tonkin style provocation …

Discussion: Human Voices and Hot Air