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11:20 PM ET, September 6, 2007

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Website: Soon, The Blessed Invasion of Manhattan— "Special Gift" for 9/11 — UPDATE 5:00: New bin Laden video coming soon! Perhaps this is the "special gift"? — I promised myself that I wouldn't give my 'friend' Inshallahshaheed from the Wordpress hosted al Qaeda support website …

Discussion: Unqualified Offerings and Infidels Are Cool

Lee Keath / Associated Press:

Groups: Bin Laden plans video on 9/11 — CAIRO, Egypt - Osama bin Laden will release a new video in the coming days ahead of the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in what would be the first new images of the terror mastermind in nearly three years, al-Qaida's media arm announced Thursday.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Jules Crittenden, Comments From Left Field, Wake up America, Shakespeare's Sister, All Spin Zone, Dust my Broom and Blue Crab Boulevard

Fox News:

Counterterrorism Officials Analyzing Islamic Web Post Warning of 'Special Gift' — DEVELOPING STORY: Federal counterterrorism officials are analyzing a posting on an Islamic forum Web site that warns of "a special gift" to be given on the sixth anniversary of Sept. 11, FOX News has learned.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Wake up America, The Detroit Times, A Blog For All, Take Our Country Back and The Belmont Club

Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:

Al Qaeda Announces New Bin Laden Video — Brian Ross Reports: — Osama bin Laden will soon send a video message to America, according to a Web site regularly used by al Qaeda. — A posting late this afternoon said, "Soon, with the permission of God, a new visual tape, the Sheikh, the Lion, Osama bin Laden.

Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and Blogs of War

Allahpundit / Hot Air:

SITE Institute: New Bin Laden video coming on 9/11; Update: New tape coming tonight, says Fox News — I guess we know now what the "special gift" is. — Wherever he's hiding, they're obviously well stocked with Grecian formula. 2004: — And coming soon: — Update: Quite a scoop for SITE.

Discussion: protein wisdom, Stop The ACLU, CNN Political Ticker, Outside The Beltway, The American Pundit and Jihad Watch

Rusty / The Jawa Report:

New bin Laden Video on 9/11 — Holy schneike, new bin Laden video! Could this be the 9/11 gift to Manhattan? Maybe so. — I had heard that a new bin Laden video was coming out, but frankly I thought it was just wishful thinking on the jihadis part. — Breitbart:

Discussion: Associated Press, Gateway Pundit, michellemalkin.com, Weasel Zippers and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS

Fox News:
Report: Bin Laden to Address Americans on Sept. 11

Discussion: QandO

Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:

Judge strikes down part of Patriot Act — NEW YORK - A federal judge struck down a key part of the USA Patriot Act on Thursday in a ruling that defended the need for judicial oversight of laws and bashed Congress for passing a law that makes possible "far-reaching invasions of liberty."

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Macsmind, Corrente and The BLT

Dan Eggen / Washington Post:

Judge Rules Provisions of Patriot Act Unconstitutional — A federal judge today struck down portions of the USA Patriot Act as unconstitutional, ordering the FBI to stop issuing "national security letters" that secretly demand customer information from Internet service providers and other businesses.

Discussion: TIME, Liberty Street, AMERICAblog and Shakespeare's Sister

Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act

Discussion: Think Progress, Comments From Left Field, The Van Der Galiën Gazette, The Next Hurrah and The Democratic Daily

ACLU:
Federal Court Strikes Down National Security Letter Provision of Patriot Act

Discussion: Firedoglake and TalkLeft

Satyam / Think Progress:

O'Hanlon Rips GAO Report: It Is 'Flat-Out Sloppy' — Last week, Gen. David Petraeus alleged a 75 percent reduction in "sectarian violence" in Iraq and is expected to say the same before Congress. In contrast, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office recently reported that daily attacks in Iraq have …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo, The Carpetbagger Report, Crooks and Liars, WTF Is It Now?!? and TPMmuckraker

Office of the Speaker / The Gavel:
More Evidence Raises Credibility Question About White House Report On Iraq

Discussion: Firedoglake, Think Progress, Crooks and Liars, Wake up America, Daily Kos, Outside The Beltway and The Carpetbagger Report

John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Do Americans believe the Petraeus/White House Report will be honest?

Discussion: Rasmussen Reports, Take Our Country Back and Think Progress

Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Zogby poll: 42% of Democrats think Bush either caused 9/11 or let it happen — I guess we should be grateful it's not a clear majority, eh? You can thank the turds at 9/11 Truth for commissioning the poll; SLC spotted it earlier and has since been digesting the numbers.

Discussion: The Jawa Report, Screw Loose Change, protein wisdom, Gateway Pundit and Dr. Sanity

James B. / Screw Loose Change:

So Much For 84% — 911truth.org is all excited over a poll that they commissioned, which they claim shows the widespread support for their positions. There is plenty to talk about in this poll, but what I found most interesting was when they asked people what their position on 9/11 was, "19 hijackers", LIHOP, MIHOP or "not sure".

Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard

Patrick Healy / The Caucus:

Clinton Supporter Arrested in N.J. Corruption Sting — Among the 11 public officials arrested in an F.B.I. corruption sting in New Jersey today was a leading Democratic supporter of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign in that state, Mayor Samuel Rivera of Passaic.

Discussion: A Blog For All, WILLisms.com, The American Street and Gateway Pundit

WNBC:
FBI Makes 11 Corruption Arrests In N.J.

Discussion: Associated Press, New York Times, CNN, michellemalkin.com, Wake up America, JammieWearingFool, The Van Der Galiën Gazette, Macsmind, Take Our Country Back and Blue Crab Boulevard

Associated Press:

US Democratic hopeful Kucinich meets Assad, blasts Bush — US Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich, on a Mideast visit that included a stop in Syria, said the country lambasted by the Bush administration deserves credit for taking in more than a million Iraqi refugees.

Discussion: Power Line, Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, The Detroit Times, Let Freedom Ring, Wizbang, Don Surber, Burkean Reflections and Gateway Pundit

Jeff G. / protein wisdom:

"Muslim Student Association Harasses Women and Jews at University of Texas-San Antonio" — Happily, they shot their own video to document the occasion. — I'm interested to hear what the diversity czars and the risk-averse university bureaucrats have to say about this kind …

Little Green Footballs:
Video: Muslim Student Association Harasses Women and Jews at UTSA

Discussion: Infidels Are Cool and Hot Air

Sidney Blumenthal / Salon:

Bush knew Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction — Salon exclusive: Two former CIA officers say the president squelched top-secret intelligence, and a briefing by George Tenet, months before invading Iraq. — (Clockwise from top left) Naji Sabri, George W. Bush, Colin Powell and George Tenet.

Discussion: Obsidian Wings, The Van Der Galiën Gazette, Comments From Left Field, Think Progress, A Tiny Revolution, Taylor Marsh and Middle Earth Journal

Pew Research Center:

Clinton and Giuliani Seen as Not Highly Religious; Romney's Religion Raises Concerns — Religion in Campaign '08 — Summary of Findings — So far religion is not proving to be a clear-cut positive in the 2008 presidential campaign. The candidates viewed by voters as the least religious among …

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …, The Trail and Hot Air