memeorandum: GERMANY: 3 HELD IN TERROR PLOT AGAINST US BASE, AIRPORT (Pajamas Media)

9:00 AM ET, September 5, 2007

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UPDATED 7:25 p.m. — Craig may not quit after all if he's cleared of charges, spokesman says — Sen. Larry Craig says he may fight to keep his job in the U.S. Senate after all. — "Basically, as he stated on Saturday, Senator Craig intends to resign on Sept. 30th," said his spokesman Dan Whiting via e-mail Tuesday night.

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John Miller / Associated Press:

Craig reconsiders decision to resign — BOISE, Idaho - One of Sen. Larry Craig's lawyers said Wednesday the Senate has no business looking into the conduct of one of its own following Craig's guilty plea in connection with an airport men's room sex sting. — An unbroken line of precedents dating …

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New York Times:
Craig Said to Consider Not Resigning

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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Arlen! — I'm really not sure I've ever seen such a bizarre story.

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The Politico:
Craig reversal angers GOP colleagues

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ABCNEWS:
AP: Craig Reconsiders Decision to Resign

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Associated Press:
FALLOUT — Political support for Craig continues to erode.

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Mcjoan / Daily Kos:
ID-Sen: Tough it out, Larry!

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Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Paper Publishes Larry Craig's Voicemail to his Lawyer

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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Sex scandal senator reconsiders quitting

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David McHugh / Associated Press:

3 terror suspects arrested in Germany — BERLIN - Three suspected Islamic militants were arrested for allegedly plotting "imminent" and "massive" attacks on the Ramstein Air Base, a major U.S. and NATO military hub, and Frankfurt's busy international airport, German authorities said Wednesday.

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CNN:

3 planned 'massive airport bombs' — BERLIN, Germany (CNN) — Three terror suspects held in Germany planned to carry out "imminent" and "massive" bombs attacks on a U.S. air base and Frankfurt's international airport, according to officials. — "They were planning massive attacks," Federal Prosecutor Monika Harms said.

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New York Times:

Terrorism Suspects Arrested in Germany — Police in Germany have arrested three Islamic militants suspected of planning major terrorist attacks on Frankfurt's airport and the United States military base at Ramstein. — The suspects — two German citizens and a Turkish resident of Germany …

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Pajamas Media:
GERMANY: 3 HELD IN TERROR PLOT AGAINST US BASE, AIRPORT

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Keith Olbermann / MSNBC:

Bush just playing us with 'troop withdrawal' — Night is day, and death is life, and enraging the world against us is safety — SPECIAL COMMENT — And so he is back from his annual surprise gratuitous photo-op in Iraq, and what a sorry spectacle it was.

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Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:

Countdown Special Comment: You have no remaining credibility about Iraq, sir. — Keith Olbermann's Special Comment tonight is without a doubt, one of his hardest hitting and most emotional to date. Keith absolutely lays waste to President Bush's lies and rhetoric about the surge.

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Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Kabuki at Camp Cupcake

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Washington Post:

Military Officials in Iraq Fault GAO Report — A bleak portrait of the political and security situation in Iraq released yesterday by the Government Accountability Office sparked sharp protests from the top U.S. military command in Baghdad, whose officials described it as flawed and "factually incorrect."

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Anne Flaherty / Associated Press: Bush faces political clash over war plan

Associated Press:
Advisers Tell Bush to Stand Pat on Iraq

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WCBS-TV:

Couric: 'Real Progress' In Iraq — Evening News Anchor Says Police Finally Making Inroads — Featured Slideshows: — (CBS) BAGHDAD, Iraq One week before Gen. David Petraeus is expected to give his report on U.S. progress in Iraq, CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric says she has already seen dramatic improvements in the country.

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David E. Sanger / New York Times:

Bush Shifts Terms for Measuring Progress in Iraq — With the Democratic-led Congress poised to measure progress in Iraq by focusing on the central government's failure to perform, President Bush is proposing a new gauge, by focusing on new American alliances with the tribes and local groups …

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Horses Mouth:

Oh, man, this is an unsightly one indeed. — Take a look at this video of CNN's Kyra Phillips reporting today on the big GAO report finding that the Iraqi government has only met three of 18 benchmarks for measuring political progress. Phillips wonders whether this really carries any …

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Frederick W. Kagan / Weekly Standard:
What's Wrong with the GAO Report

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Martin Miller / Los Angeles Times:

Is Clinton's candidacy blocking the "Path to 9/11?" — Screenwriter of docudrama says ABC exec said delay has been prompted by unflattering portrayal of previous administration. — Among the nearly two dozen television DVDs slated for nationwide release on Sept. 11 is the second season of …

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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:

Accused D.C. Madam Cites National Security — Palfrey Asks for Closed Door Hearing to Discuss Muslim Clients — The woman accused of being the D.C. Madam now argues that the fact that Muslim men used her elite, Washington-based escort service before the Sept. 11, 2001 …

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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo: STATE SECRETS — Is the D.C. Madam attempting to raise the graymail defense?

Washington Times:

The next war? — BERN, Switzerland. — After a brief interruption of his New Hampshire vacation to meet President Bush in the family compound at Kenebunkport, Maine, French President Nicolas Sarkozy came away convinced his U.S. counterpart is serious about bombing Iran's secret nuclear facilities.

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David Bernstein / The Volokh Conspiracy:

WHY SHOULD LARRY CRAIG RESIGN?: OK, so he was caught soliciting sex in a public restroom. Not so good. But compare that with behavior by other Senators that is not leading to any resignations: — (1) Violating their oath to uphold the Constitution, by voting for legislation they believe …

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