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9:00 PM ET, September 6, 2007

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Rusty / The Jawa Report:
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 …
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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.
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.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
SITE Institute: New Bin Laden video coming on 9/11; Update: Majority now think Osama will never be captured  —  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.
Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:
Al Qaeda Announces New Bin Laden Video
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
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, The BLT and Corrente
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Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act  —  NEW YORK -  —  A federal judge struck down parts of the revised USA Patriot Act on Thursday, saying investigators must have a court's approval before they can order Internet providers to turn over records without telling customers.
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.
S.A. Miller / Washington Times:
Dems already dismissing Iraq war report  —  Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times Sen. Richard J. Durbin, Illinois Democrat, talked with reporters yesterday in Washington.  "We know what is going to be in it," he said of the Iraq war report next week.  "I expect the Bush report to say, 'The surge is working.
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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 …
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: protein wisdom
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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
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.
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 …
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WNBC:
FBI Makes 11 Corruption Arrests In N.J.  —  NEW YORK — Eleven public officials were charged Thursday in a widespread FBI corruption investigation in New Jersey, officials said.  —  Among those charged were Passaic Mayor Sammy Rivera and Orange Mayor Mims Hackett, investigators said.
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Patrick Healy / The Caucus:
Clinton Supporter Arrested in N.J. Corruption Sting
Discussion: New Jersey Online
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.
St. Petersburg Times:
USF students' box of bullets adds intrigue … TAMPA — Bullets were among the items investigators found in the car of two University of South Florida students.  —  The deputy who pulled over Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed and Youssef Samir Megahed, 21, found a box of bullets near the seat …
 
 
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September 6, 2007 - Clinton Opens Lead Over Giuliani As Dems Surge …
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Michael van der Galiën / The Van Der Galiën Gazette:
A New Realism: Bill Richardson's Foreign Policy
Media Matters for America:
O'Reilly on "assassins who work for Media Matters and Move On"
CNN Political Ticker:
Senior Thompson aide no fan of Iowa's ethanol
Bruce Bartlett / The New Republic:
Dianetics, the Tax Plan
Jeremy McCarter / The Politico:
Thompson's video a theatrical success
Martin Crutsinger / Associated Press:
New Mortgage Foreclosures Set Record
Andrew Tilghman / Washington Monthly:
The Myth of AQI  —  Fighting al-Qaeda in Iraq is the last big argument …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Congressional Ballot  —  Democrats have opened an eighteen point lead …
Michelle Malkin:
Living in Bizarro World: Spit-covered double standards
Michael Lewis / Bloomberg:
A Wall Street Trader Draws Some Subprime Lessons: Michael Lewis
CNN Political Ticker:
GOP senators hold 'spirited' discussion on Craig
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
SO I'M READING JACK GOLDSMITH'S NEW BOOK, The Terror Presidency …
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
The Making of the Front-Runner
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
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