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10:55 AM ET, September 5, 2007

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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; Update: New background from Spiegel  —  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.
CNN:
3 planned 'massive airport bombs'
Discussion: Confederate Yankee
Spiegel Online:
Three Islamist Terror Suspects Arrested in Germany
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
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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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
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister
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 …
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."
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 …
Discussion: Hot Air and Townhall.com
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Parsing the Polls: Is Thompson Too Late or Right on Time?  —  With less than 24 hours to go until Fred Thompson's formal entry into the 2008 presidential race, The Fix thought it made sense to scan the available polling data to figure out whether Thompson waited too long to get into the campaign for the GOP nomination.
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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."
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.
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:
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 …
Discussion: Law Blog
 
 
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Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
Rep. Lamborn apologizes
Telegraph:
Put everyone on DNA database, says judge
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The Hill:
Rep. Miller responds to critics, says he is not under FBIscrutiny
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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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Andreas Wassermann / Spiegel Online:
German Technology Ends Up in Iranian Nuclear Plant
Nate Oman / Concurring Opinions:
Law Talk: Steven D. Smith and Law's Quandary
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Zachary Karabell / Wall Street Journal:
Watch Out for the China Bashers
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Robert Samuelson / Real Clear Politics:
Linking Immigration and Poverty
George Borjas / The Borjas Blog:
Assimilation of Muslim Immigrants In The UK
Susan Duclos / Washington Times:
Patriotism, on the march
Atrios / Eschaton:
Lindsey Sees the Future
David Bernstein / The Volokh Conspiracy:
WHY SHOULD LARRY CRAIG RESIGN?:  OK, so he was caught soliciting sex in a public restroom.
Discussion: The Corner
Hecate:
No One Could Have Anticipated . . . .  Today's WaPo reports …
Washington Times:
The next war?
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Accused D.C. Madam Cites National Security
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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