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12:05 AM ET, September 7, 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 …
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.
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.
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."
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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.
ACLU:
Federal Court Strikes Down National Security Letter Provision of Patriot Act
Discussion: Firedoglake and TalkLeft
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.
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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
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 …
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.
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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.
Little Green Footballs:
Video: Muslim Student Association Harasses Women and Jews at UTSA  —  This is what the Muslim Student Association is doing on American campuses, in a video apparently shot by an MSA member at the University of Texas at San Antonio using the name "dawahworks."  —  The title of the video is: The Missing Hijab 2 & the Jew.
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Jeff G. / protein wisdom:   "Muslim Student Association Harasses Women and Jews at University …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Do Americans believe the Petraeus/White House Report will be honest?  —  Not according to the new Rasmussen Poll: … You could say 65% of Americans believe this will be more propaganda coming from the White House on Iraq as usual.
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New York Times:
Petraeus, Seeing Gains as Fragile, Is Wary of Cuts  —  Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top American commander in Iraq, has told President Bush that he wants to maintain heightened troop levels in Iraq well into next year to reduce the risk of military setbacks, but could accept the pullback …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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 …
 
 
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