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FBI arrest four in alleged plot to bomb Bronx synagogues, shoot down plane — The FBI busted a homegrown terror cell late Wednesday night as the men sneaked around a Jewish temple in Riverdale planting what they thought were packages of C-4 explosives, sources told the Daily News.
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New York Times:
4 Accused of Bombing Plot at Bronx Synagogues — Four men were arrested Wednesday night in what the authorities said was a plot to bomb two synagogues in the Bronx and shoot down military planes at an Air National Guard base in Newburgh, N.Y. — The men, all of whom live in Newburgh …
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New York Post:
NY TERROR PLOT FOILED — EXTREMISTS BUSTED IN BRONX — Four home-grown Muslim terrorists hell bent on blowing up two Bronx synagogues and shooting down a military plane have been arrested following a massive, year-long investigation, sources told the Post.
Jonathan Dienst / NBC New York:
FBI, NYPD Arrest 4 in Alleged Plot to Bomb NY Synagogues — One suspect was allegedly upset over the war in Afghanistan — John F. Kennedy International Airport | Four New York men were arrested Wednesday in connection with an alleged plot to blow up area Jewish centers and military targets.
MSNBC:
NBC: 4 arrested in plot to bomb NYC targets — Suspects were under heavy surveillance, authorities say — WASHINGTON - Four men have been arrested in a plot to attack several targets in the New York City area, including synagogues, federal and local authorities told NBC News Wednesday.
Tom McElroy / Associated Press:APNewsBreak: 4 arrested in plot to bomb NYC temple
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Obama Is Said to Consider Preventive Detention Plan — WASHINGTON — President Obama told human rights advocates at the White House on Wednesday that he was mulling the need for a “preventive detention” system that would establish a legal basis for the United States to incarcerate terrorism suspects …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Obama: U.S. ‘lost way’ fighting terror — President Barack Obama plans to say in his speech Thursday that the U.S. lost its way in fighting terrorism over the last eight years by failing to trust its institutions and values, according to an administration official.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Setting the stage at AEI — The former Vice President's speech at the American Enterprise Institute today is, among other things, a bid to challenge Obama head-to-head on security policy, and perhaps the most difficult part for Cheney is matching Obama's ability to make news and to speak directly to a far larger, warmer audience.
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
1 in 7 Freed Detainees Rejoins Fight, Report Finds — WASHINGTON — An unreleased Pentagon report provides new details concluding that about one in seven of the 534 prisoners already transferred abroad from the detention center in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has returned to terrorism or militant activity …
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
A Setback Of His Own — There are no friends in politics, just interests. Some in the White House relearned that dictum this week, as their party dissolved into factions, and largely knelt down in front ofRepublican political priorities. — As usual, administration officials won't concede …
CNN:
CNN Poll: Obama moving US in right direction — WASHINGTON (CNN) - As the Republican Party gets ready to condemn what they call the Democrats ‘march to socialism’, a new national poll indicates that most Americans believe President Barack Obama's policies would move the country in the right direction.
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
California, a Broke State, Reels as Voters Rebuff Leaders — LOS ANGELES — Direct democracy has once again upended California — enough so that the state may finally consider another way by overhauling its Constitution for the first time in 130 years. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger returned home …
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Specter defends Pelosi, questions CIA's honesty — Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) took the opportunity Wednesday to defend House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who has come under fire in recent weeks over a controversy surrounding when she was told of the use of enhanced interrogation techniques being used by the CIA.
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Obama: Plame Lawsuit Should Not Be Reconsidered By Supreme Court — Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: — CREW learned today that the Obama administration is opposing our request that the Supreme Court reconsider the dismissal of the lawsuit, Wilson v. Libby, et al.
Associated Press:
PM aide: Focus on 2-state idea ‘stupid’ — Article's topics: Ron Dermer, 2-state Solution, Binyamin Netanyahu, Barack Obama — As Binyamin Netanyahu returned to Israel from Washington late Wednesday afternoon, an aide to the prime minister said that media focus on the idea …
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David Holwerk / Sacramento Bee:
Time for reform - not for blame — NOW VOTERS HAVE JUDGED LEADERS; HOW WILL LEADERS TAKE THE REBUKE? — Good morning, members of the California Legislature. Good morning, Governor. — Feeling bruised and abused this morning? Well, you can't say you didn't see it coming.
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Kristina Wong / Political Punch:
Do You Want Your OTV? — On April 27, President Obama welcomed the University of Connecticut Lady Huskies, who had just won the NCAA women's basketball championship. — After the event, President Obama went to the White House basketball court to shoot hoop with the Lady Huskies.
Joe Klein / Swampland:
Krauthammer — The usual neoconservative malingerers have been hammering me about a quote I gave to Politico, regarding Charles Krauthammer's limitations as a columnist. — Obviously, I didn't mean to imply second-class status for disabled people. On the contrary, the distance and perspective …
Washington Post:
Judge Diane Wood, Solicitor General Elena Kagan Seen as Supreme Court Hopefuls — President Obama is intensifying his search for a Supreme Court nominee and has interviewed Judge Diane P. Wood of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago, believed to be among a handful of top contenders.
Ari Shapiro / NPR:
Did White House OK Earliest Detainee Abuse? — Listen Now — · It is clear that increasingly abusive interrogation techniques were used on Abu Zubaydah, the first high-value detainee, in the months between his capture and the first Justice Department memo authorizing harsh interrogations.
Wall Street Journal:
Pre-emption of State Laws Rolled Back — WASHINGTON — In a sweeping order Wednesday, President Barack Obama called for a rollback of Bush administration regulations designed to protect companies from product-liability lawsuits in state courts. — The memo didn't name specific industries …
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Chris Isidore / CNNMoney.com:
Fed's economic forecast worsens — Central bank now expects unemployment to rise to a range of 9.2% to 9.6% this year. Fed also predicts a sharper decline in GDP than it had forecast in January. — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The Federal Reserve's latest forecasts for the U.S. economy …
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The Huffington Post:
Dodd Dinner With Online Payday Lenders Transforms Into Fundraiser — The Online Lenders Alliance, a lobby group for Internet payday lenders, is hosting a three-day conference in Washington, D.C. The agenda's highlights include Senate Republicans, such as Richard Shelby (Ala.) …
Moe Lane:
Reviewing the April fundraising numbers. — [UPDATE]: Welcome, Instapundit readers. Have you seen the new V trailer? It's going to amusingly infuriate a bunch of people at some point in the near future. — Short version: the DNC kept quiet about its fundraising for a reason …
Bob Davis / Wall Street Journal:
World Economies Plummet — Fall in GDP Quickens in Mexico and Japan; Global Outlook Brighter This Quarter — Steep declines in the economies of three of the U.S.'s biggest trading partners — Mexico, Japan and Germany — underscored the severity of the global recession and put pressure …
Bill Sammon / Fox News:
Obama ‘Distracted’ by Biden's ‘Indiscipline,’ Book Asserts — The president is so “distracted by his vice president's indiscipline” that he has been forced to rebuke privately Vice President Biden, according to a new book by Richard Wolffe. — FOXNews.com
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Steve Stecklow / Wall Street Journal:
Sexual-Harassment Cases Plague U.N. — The United Nations, which aspires to protect human rights around the world, is struggling to deal with an embarrassing string of sexual-harassment complaints within its own ranks. — Many U.N. workers who have made or faced accusations of sexual harassment …
The Huffington Post:
Obama Huddles With Human Rights Groups Before Security Speech — Under heavy criticism for a series of decisions on national security that resembled, for some, those of the Bush years, President Barack Obama hosted a lengthy meeting on Wednesday with the leaders of several key human rights and civil liberties groups.
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