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3:20 AM ET, August 22, 2007

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Washington Post:
Tenet's Pre-9/11 Efforts Faulted  —  CIA Reluctantly Releases 2005 Report Critical of Agency Leadership  —  Former central intelligence director George J. Tenet and his top lieutenants failed to marshal sufficient resources and provide the strategic planning needed to counter the threat …
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MSNBC:
CIA watchdog faults agency on 9/11  —  Agency watchdog says officials lacked comprehensive plan to stop al-Qaida  —  WASHINGTON - The CIA's top leaders failed to use their available powers, never developed a comprehensive plan to stop al-Qaida and missed crucial opportunities to thwart …
New York Times:
Statement by George J. Tenet on C.I.A. Report  —  Following is the text of a written statement issued by George J. Tenet, the former Director of Central Intelligence, regarding the public release today of the executive summary of the June 2005 report by the Office of the Inspector General concerning the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001:
Kate O'Beirne / The Corner:   CIA Fights Accountability
Fred File:
A New York State of Mind  —  When I was working in television, I spent quite a bit of time in New York City.  There are lots of things about the place I like, but New York gun laws don't fall in that category.  —  Anybody who knows me knows I've always cared deeply about the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.
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Alex Mooney / CNN:
Romney blasts 'sanctuary cities'  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney Tuesday stepped up his ongoing attack on cities with what he calls sanctuary policies for illegal immigrants — including rival Rudy Giuliani's home city — with a new radio ad set to air …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Rudy and Fred scrap a bit  —  In his first quasi-attack on an opponent, Fred Thompson is seizing on New York City's zeal for gun control to remind voters (and reporters) of Rudy Giuliani's past support for such measures.  —  In a post on his blog today that reads a lot like the radio commentaries …
Discussion: New York Times
Alan Fram / Associated Press:
Book Chief: Conservatives Want Slogans  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Liberals read more books than conservatives.  The head of the book publishing industry's trade group says she knows why—and there's little flattering about conservative readers in her explanation.
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Alan Fram / Associated Press:   One in four read no books last year
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup Poll:
Congress Approval Rating Matches Historical Low  —  Just 18% approve of job Congress is doing  —  PRINCETON, NJ — A new Gallup Poll finds Congress' approval rating the lowest it has been since Gallup first tracked public opinion of Congress with this measure in 1974.
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Spiegel Online:
Norway's Moose Population in Trouble for Belching  —  The poor old Scandinavian moose is now being blamed for climate change, with researchers in Norway claiming that a grown moose can produce 2,100 kilos of methane a year — equivalent to the CO2 output resulting from a 13,000 kilometer car journey.
Washington Post:
Bush Turns Up Heat on Maliki  —  Iraqis Could Seek New Government, President Cautions  —  President Bush pointedly declined Tuesday to offer a public endorsement of embattled Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, expressing his disappointment at the lack of political progress in Iraq …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Bush Admits 'Frustration' With Iraqi Leader
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
CAIR blames Justice for its troubles  —  The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) says it is suffering from a decline in membership and fundraising and blames the Justice Department for listing it as an unindicted co-conspirator in a case involving a charity accused of terrorist ties.
Associated Press:
Pentagon to shut controversial database  —  Anti-terror program criticized for storing information on peaceful protesters  —  WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said Tuesday that it will shut down an anti-terror database that has been criticized for improperly storing information on peace activists and others whose actions posed no threat.
Discussion: Think Progress
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WCBS-TV:
Arctic August: NYC Sets Record For Coldest Day  —  High Of 59 Degrees Ties Chilliest August High Set In 1911  —  Featured Slideshows:  —  (CBS) NEW YORK Don't forget to bundle up if you're headed out in New York City today.  After all, it is August 21.  —  The city along with the rest …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Daily Pundit
Daniel Trotta / Reuters:
Bloomberg says won't run for president  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he cannot win the U.S. presidency and won't run, the strongest statement to date about his intentions for the 2008 presidential race.  —  Bloomberg previously had said he had no plans to run …
Michael J. Totten:
How to Spy in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD - American soldiers arrived in Iraq in 2003 with not much of a plan and little idea what to expect.  The Iraqi government, military, and police were overthrown and disbanded under de-Baathification.  Most Iraqis who knew how to run the country were either sent home or imprisoned.
Katrin Bennhold / International Herald Tribune:
France shifts its stance on the conflict in Iraq  —  PARIS: After years of shunning involvement in a war it said was wrong, France now believes it may hold the key to peace in Iraq, proposing itself as an "honest broker" between the Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish factions.
Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Wrongly Arrested Bush Protesters Talk About Their $80K Government Settlement On Hardball  —  On July 4th, 2004, Jeffery and Nicole Rank attended an public Independence Day event in Charleston, WV where President Bush was to speak.  Despite the fact that the event was open to the public …
 
 
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Telegraph:
David Cameron: Scrap the Human Rights Act
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Democracy Now:
"Iraq Does Not Exist Anymore": Journalist Nir Rosen on How the U …
Jonathan Singer / MyDD:
Bush to Raise Money for Coleman; Bring Him On
Discussion: MSNBC
Andrea Bottaro / The Panda's Thumb:
So Sue Me  —  Some of you may have heard about the latest …
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
Monitoring the Monitor  —  After reviewing the latest critique …
Discussion: Blogs for Bush
Michael Ledeen / The Corner:
Amends to the Post Editorialists
Associated Press:
Young, white Americans are happier
New York Times:
Iran Releases Iranian-American Scholar on Bail
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Geoffrey Gray / New York Magazine:
The New McCain Gang Still Paying Bills
Discussion: Think Progress
Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG:
UPDATED: ES&S to Face Millions in Fines, Possible Decertification …
Nan Aron / Washington Post:
An Unjust Judge  —  To understand the furor over President …
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
9/11 TRUTHERS GUT PUNCHED BY HISTORY CHANNEL
Fred Barnes / Opinion Journal:
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

 
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