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11:20 AM ET, September 5, 2007

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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Another shoe drops: "Massive" terror attack thwarted in Germany; Update: Two are German converts to Islam; Update: New background from Spiegel; Update: Suspects received unemployment benefits  —  As predicted in the update to yesterday's post about the Danish terror busts.
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 …
CNN:
3 planned 'massive airport bombs'
Discussion: Confederate Yankee
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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CNN:
Craig rethinking resignation, spokesman says  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho may reconsider his resignation if he is cleared of a disorderly conduct charge to which he pleaded guilty last month, his spokesman said Tuesday.  —  "He's fighting this.
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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Countdown / MSNBC:
Special Comment Tonight
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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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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 …
Michiko Kakutani / New York Times:
Bush Profiled: Big Ideas, Tiny Details  —  Days before the 2006 election, Robert Draper reports in his fascinating new book, as things were looking bleaker and bleaker for House Republicans, and even the party's chairman was predicting a G.O.P. defeat, George W. Bush brushed aside such forecasts …
Discussion: Althouse
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.
The Hill:
Rep. Miller responds to critics, says he is not under FBIscrutiny  —  After months of silence amid media articles that raised questions about the ethics of his business transactions, Rep. Gary Miller (R-Calif.) has launched an aggressive counteroffensive.  —  Miller has complained this year …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
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."
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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Andrew Glass  —  Andrew J. Glass, known as "Andy," views himself as an online pioneer.
Doug Conway / New Zealand Herald:
Bush has a back-up or two for his jumbo
Fred Thompson / The Trail:
More Departures For Thompson Team
Discussion: The Politico and TIME
Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
Rep. Lamborn apologizes
Telegraph:
Put everyone on DNA database, says judge
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Greg Moran / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Indictment against Kontogiannis not dismissed
Washington Post:
D.C. Case Could Shape Gun Laws
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Thompson soft on illegals in Senate votes
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Zachary Karabell / Wall Street Journal:
Watch Out for the China Bashers
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Washington Post:
New Book Details Cheney Lawyer's Efforts to Expand Executive Power
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Parsing the Polls: Is Thompson Too Late or Right on Time?
Robert Samuelson / Real Clear Politics:
Linking Immigration and Poverty
George Borjas / The Borjas Blog:
Assimilation of Muslim Immigrants In The UK
David Bernstein / The Volokh Conspiracy:
WHY SHOULD LARRY CRAIG RESIGN?:  OK, so he was caught soliciting sex in a public restroom.
Discussion: The Corner
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No One Could Have Anticipated . . . .  Today's WaPo reports …
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