Post story bolsters Cheney  —  The Washington Post leads today with an extraordinary story cutting against the conclusions of a series of recent government and media reports to cast as straight news — with a few hedges and qualifications — that waterboarding and sleep deprivation worked …

UAE Seizes North Korean Weapons Shipment to Iran  —  Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) — The United Arab Emirates has seized a ship carrying North Korean-manufactured munitions, detonators, explosives and rocket-propelled grenades bound for Iran in violation of United Nations sanctions, diplomats said.

REID'S MUDDLED SUPPORT FOR A PUBLIC OPTION.... On a conference call yesterday afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) emphasized his support for a public option as part of health care reform.  That support started sounding a little shaky, though, when the Democrats' Senate leader explained what he means by “public option.”

How wall-to-wall Chappaquiddick would have changed history — for the worse  —  Of course every network would have had special logos featuring bridges, water, wrecked cars or portraits of the main players.  And each would have had a snappy title for their non-stop coverage:

Tilting at Statists  —  On his Twitter feed, talk radio host Mark Levin has asked for feedback on “A Conservative Manifesto,” the epilogue to his bestselling book Liberty and Tyranny.  Some time ago I borrowed the book from my grandfather, so I thought I'd skip ahead, read its final pages and offer my thoughts.

Imbalance of Trust  —  Liberals are flummoxed by the fact that obviously false and widely discredited claims about health care reform have not only taken root, but appear to be growing in acceptance.  —  According to a poll of 600 adults ages 18 and older, which was conducted Aug. 13 to 18 …

Enzi blasts Dems over healthcare goals  —  A key member of the Senate Republican Conference on Saturday blasted Democrats for offering a healthcare solution distinctly at odds with his party's goals.  —  Democratic healthcare reform will drive up the deficit, discriminate against the elderly …

Holmes on Caldwell  —  If you look across the Atlantic to Europe, there's no question that some real problems exist with the social exclusion of immigrant communities that's leading, in the particular case of Muslim immigrant communities, to the rise of some extremist ideologies.

Rangel's Lies Proliferate  —  Rep. Charles Rangel has had to go for some time now, but his lies keep proliferating.  He's lied to the IRS over his tax obligations.  He's lied to state and local officials about his tax obligations.  —  He's lied to his mortgage lender.

Tax Pledge Is a Target As Deficits, Debt Grow  —  Obama Advisers Will Not Rule Out Broad-Based Hike  —  During last year's campaign, President Obama vowed to enact a bold agenda without raising taxes for the middle class, a pledge budget experts viewed with skepticism.

Huckabee: Kennedy Would Have Been Urged To Die Earlier Under ObamaCare  —  Conservative media figures are blasting Democrats for trying to draw political gain from the death of Senator Ted Kennedy.  But on Thursday, it was one of their own — former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee — who went there.

Halting Recovery Divides America in Two  —  The U.S. recovery is a tale of two economies.  —  At one extreme of Corporate America is a cadre of companies and banks, mostly big, united by an enviable access to credit.  At the other end are firms, chiefly small, with slumping sales that can't borrow or are facing stiff terms to do so.

Romanoff has eye on Senate  —  Democrat to run against Bennet, sources say  —  Former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff is poised to mount a Democratic primary campaign against U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet.  —  Urged to challenge Gov. Bill Ritter as he seeks re-election in 2010 …