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Mike Kelly / NorthJersey.com:
Al-Qaida associates in N.J.  —  Osama bin Laden may be hiding in the impenetrable mountains near the Afghanistan border, but FBI counterterror officials say they have identified several of his associates in a far more accessible spot — northern New Jersey.  —  The FBI's elite Joint Terrorism …
New York Times:
An Internet Jihad Aims at U.S. Viewers  —  When Osama bin Laden issued his videotaped message to the American people last month, a young jihad enthusiast went online to help spread the word.  —  "America needs to listen to Shaykh Usaamah very carefully and take his message with great seriousness," he wrote on his blog.
Mark Hemingway / The Corner:
Treason — It's Kind of a Big Deal  —  Over at the NYT today, Michael Moss outs a jihadi in North Carolina named Samir Khan who was anonymously operating an Al Qaeda sympathetic blog: … But here was the kicker for me: … He hasn't broken any laws?  Wha?  Huh?  Here's what they had to say at the Jawa Report:
Washington Post:
Al-Qaeda In Iraq Reported Crippled
Amanda / Think Progress:
Malkin quits The O'Reilly Factor.  —  Inside Cable News has obtained an e-mail written by Michelle Malkin stating that she has decided to quit appearing on Fox News's The O'Reilly Factor: … Some highlights of her time on the show HERE, HERE, and HERE.
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Spud / Inside Cable News:
Malkin quits The Factor...  ICN has obtained an email written by Michelle Malkin that states she has quit doing The O'Reilly Factor...
Discussion: Greatscat!
New York Magazine:   Michelle Malkin Quits O'Reilly After Nasty Three-Way
TBogg:
The death of hard-hitting journalism as we have come to know it...
Discussion: Daily Kos
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Romney gets joint drubbing  —  Sensing weakness, Sen. John McCain and Rudy Giuliani have formed an unspoken alliance to try to torpedo Mitt Romney just as many voters are tuning in to the Republican presidential race.  —  "I'm not going to con you," McCain said Monday on ABC's "Good Morning America" when asked about Romney.
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Richelieu / Weekly Standard:
Romney's Blues  —  Every serious campaign hits a big slump in the pre-primary season, be it John McCain's time in the immigration reform wood chipper or Fred Thompson's Zombie on Ice announcement tour.  Rudy Giuliani's big slump will surely come soon enough.  But for now, Mitt Romney is in the ditch.
UPI:
Craig: Romney 'threw me under ... bus'
Discussion: Redstate and The Influence Peddler
New York Post:
COURT SUPREMELY OBJECTS TO MEMOIR  —  SUPREME Court Justice Clarence Thomas' memoir "My Grandfather's Son" is doing well everyplace but in the Supreme Court.  With the utmost respect, the Supremes are supreme.  Yes, the president of the United States of America is commander in chief of the Army …
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court will define money "laundering"
Discussion: TalkLeft
James Kirchick / Los Angeles Times:
Clarence Thomas is not the hypocrite
Discussion: PrairiePundit
Charles Hurt / New York Post:
'WIRE' LAW FAILED LOST GI  —  10-HOUR DELAY AS FEDS SOUGHT TAP  —  U.S. intelligence officials got mired for nearly 10 hours seeking approval to use wiretaps against al Qaeda terrorists suspected of kidnapping Queens soldier Alex Jimenez in Iraq earlier this year, The Post has learned.
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Martin Kady II / The Politico:
Democrats profile another SCHIP family  —  Michelle Malkin, meet Bethany Wilkerson.  —  Bethany is the latest child being profiled by Democrats arguing for an override of President Bush's veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Program bill.  —  Malkin, the conservative blogger …
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Hillary Rodham Clinton / Foreign Affairs:
Security and Opportunity for the Twenty-first Century  —  Summary: The next U.S. president will have a moment of opportunity to reintroduce America to the world and restore our leadership.  To build a world that is safe, prosperous, and just, we must get out of Iraq, rediscover the value of statesmanship …
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The Atlantic Online:
Clinton's Foreign Policy
Discussion: MoJoBlog and Washington Monthly
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Group Plans to Provide Investigative Journalism  —  As struggling newspapers across the country cut back on investigative reporting, a new kind of journalism venture is hoping to fill the gap.  —  Paul E. Steiger, who was the top editor of The Wall Street Journal for 16 years …
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Universal healthcare: it's not just for Dems anymore  —  With the party taking a bit of a beating over its resistance to expanding access to healthcare for low-income children, Republicans on Capitol Hill apparently have a new idea: they'll introduce a universal healthcare plan of their own.
Jed Babbin / Human Events:
Pelosi's Most Dangerous Ploy  —  Congressional Democrats anxious to force a withdrawal of American forces from Iraq are frustrated by their inability to muster a veto-proof majority for legislation that would establish a firm date for retreat.  But what they cannot do directly they are now working hard to do indirectly.
New York Times:
Air Force Official Dies in Apparent Suicide  —  The second-highest ranking member of the Air Force's procurement office was found dead of an apparent suicide at his Virginia home Sunday, Air Force and police officials said today.  —  The official, Charles D. Riechers, 47 …
Jon Ponder / Pensito Review:
Limbaugh Had Himself Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize, Now Is in a Snit of Jealousy over Gore's Win  —  While it may have been common knowledge in the Dittohead universe that Rush Limbaugh was nominated for the Nobel Prize this year, the story went largely unreported out here in the real world.
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Mark Steyn / The Australian:
Doom if Saint Al loses carbs
 
 
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General Disarray  —  Speaking of the troops, here's OneLastMission.org …
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