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3:35 AM ET, August 22, 2007

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Washington Post:
Tenet's Pre-9/11 Efforts Faulted  —  Agency Reluctantly Releases 2-Year-Old Document Critical of Tenet  —  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 …
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
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:   CIA Report Slams Tenet
New York Times:
Tenet's C.I.A. Unprepared for Qaeda Threat, Report Says
Discussion: RADAMISTO and Prairie Weather
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
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
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
New York Times:
Bush Takes a Step Away From Maliki
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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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.
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.
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
Dudley Althaus / Houston Chronicle:
Mexico prepares for Dean's next landfall  —  Storm weakens after blasting Yucatan, but will likely reintensify  —  PLAYA CHACHALACAS, Mexico — A weaker Hurricane Dean spun toward the Mexican Gulf Coast today after bludgeoning the Yucatan Peninsula — but sparing its tourist centers …
Telegraph:
David Cameron: Scrap the Human Rights Act  —  David Cameron last night called for the Human Rights Act to be scrapped outright for the first time amid mounting anger that the controversial law had allowed the killer of the head teacher Philip Lawrence to escape deportation.
Discussion: Tim Worstall and Bookworm Room
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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