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David McHugh / Associated Press:
Germany: Plot targeted U.S. facilities — BERLIN - Three suspected Islamic terrorists from an al-Qaida-influenced group nursing "profound hatred of U.S. citizens" were arrested on suspicious of plotting imminent, massive bomb attacks on U.S. facilities in Germany, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Another shoe drops: "Massive" terror attack thwarted in Germany; Update: Two are German converts to Islam — As predicted in the update to yesterday's post about the Danish terror busts. I'll be shocked if these three aren't connected in some way to the eight pinched in Copenhagen.
Idaho Statesman:
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 — Sen. Larry Craig is reconsidering his decision to resign after his arrest in a Minnesota airport sex sting and may still fight for his Senate seat, his spokesman said Tuesday evening. — "It's not such a foregone conclusion anymore …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
ARLEN! — I'm really not sure I've ever seen such a bizarre story.
ARLEN! — I'm really not sure I've ever seen such a bizarre story.
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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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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.
Andrew Glass / The Politico:
Why can't we all practice Broderism? — How did David Broder go from being revered as the dean of the Washington political press corps to being reviled on both the left and the right as the apotheosis of what has come to be known as Broderism? — Not everybody gets to see his or her name bandied about as an "-ism."
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
Bush Shifts Terms for Measuring Progress in Iraq
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Thompson joins debate for 30 secs. — Former Sen. Fred Thompson's (R-Tenn.) decision to run his first ad during the broadcast of Wednesday night's presidential debate in New Hampshire instead of participating in it could cost him dearly with the state's voters.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Parsing the Polls: Is Thompson Too Late or Right on Time?
Parsing the Polls: Is Thompson Too Late or Right on Time?
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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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Michael Slackman / New York Times:
Hard Times Help Leaders in Iran Tighten Their Grip
Hard Times Help Leaders in Iran Tighten Their Grip
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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 …
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Thompson soft on illegals in Senate votes — Fred Thompson set a mark for obstinateness during his eight years in the Senate, ending up the lone dissenter on more votes on bills and amendments than any other Republican during that time. — As Mr. Thompson prepares to announce tomorrow …
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Opinion Journal:
MoveOn vs. Democrats — Punishing Congressmen for reporting what they see in Iraq. — In the Hell Hath No Fury sweepstakes, groups like MoveOn.org are gearing up to take on a new set of perceived traitors in their midst—Democrats who have acknowledged some success from the troop surge in Iraq.
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 …
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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Washington Post:
New Book Details Cheney Lawyer's Efforts to Expand Executive Power — Vice President Cheney's top lawyer pushed relentlessly to expand the powers of the executive branch and repeatedly derailed efforts to obtain congressional approval for aggressive anti-terrorism policies for fear …
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Andreas Wassermann / Spiegel Online:
German Technology Ends Up in Iranian Nuclear Plant — German technology has made it into an Iranian nuclear power plant despite an export ban. Prosecutors are investigating the case and the German Foreign Ministry is concerned about the damage to Germany's credibility.