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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Key 9/11 Suspect to Be Tried in New York — WASHINGTON — Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self-described mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, and four other men accused in the plot will be prosecuted in federal court in New York City, a federal law enforcement official said early on Friday.
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Andy McCarthy / The Corner on National Review Online:
Holder's Hidden Agenda, cont'd . . . — By: Andy McCarthy — This summer, I theorized that Attorney General Eric Holder — and his boss — had a hidden agenda in ordering a re-investigation of the CIA for six-year-old alleged interrogation excesses that had already been scrutinized …
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Washington Post:
Accused 9/11 defendants to be tried in N.Y. court — Khalid Sheik Mohammed — the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks — and four co-defendants will be tried in federal court in New York instead of a military commission, with prosecutors likely to seek the death penalty …
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel: A Political Decision This Ain't — Here's what the Attorney General isn't doing.
Michelle Malkin:Bombshell: Obama bringing KSM to NYC for trial; former Bush AG Mukasey …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:So Now Khalid Sheikh Mohammad Is A 9/11 “Suspect”
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Sarah Palin / Drudge Report:
HER TURN! — Chapter Four; Section 8, pages 255-257 — By the third week in September, a “Free Sarah” campaign was under way and the press at large was growing increasingly critical of the McCain camp's decision to keep me, my family and friends back home, and my governor's staff all bottled up.
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Sarah Palin is dumb. — By her own words, Sarah Palin is dumb. Here's the excerpt of pages 255-257 of “Going Rogue: An American Life”: … Why didn't you have a say? There's that “really” hedging: You didn't really have a say. You're pleading passivity and impotence but you want us …
Associated Press:
FACT CHECK: Palin's Book Goes Rogue on Some Facts — WASHINGTON (AP) — Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over time. Ignoring substantial parts of her record if not the facts, she depicts herself as a frugal traveler …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
McCain Adviser Denies Palin's Claim She Granted Couric Interview Because She Pitied Couric's Low Self Esteem — One of the whackiest claims Sarah Palin makes in her new book is that she agreed to her disastrous interview with Katie Couric — a central event during Campaign 2008 …
Washington Wire:
Sarah Palin to Visit Fort Hood — Peter Wallsten reports on politics. — Grieving soldiers and families at Fort Hood, Texas, will get a visit from Sarah Palin next month as part of her national book tour, her publisher told Washington Wire. — The former vice presidential candidate …
Matthew Continetti / Wall Street Journal:Can Sarah Palin Make a Comeback?
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Tony Romm / The Hill:
Rep. Steve King: Bauer was hired to ‘erase tracks’ between Obama, ACORN — Newly appointed White House counsel Bob Bauer is “perfectly positioned to be tasked with erasing the tracks between Obama and ACORN,” one Republican lawmaker charged Friday. — The lawyer's hiring …
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The Politico:
After spending binge, W.H. says it will focus on deficits — President Barack Obama plans to announce in next year's State of the Union address that he wants to focus extensively on cutting the federal deficit in 2010 - and will downplay other new domestic spending beyond jobs programs, according to top aides involved in the planning.
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Julia Preston / New York Times:
White House to Begin Push on Immigration Overhaul in 2010 — The Obama administration will insist on measures to give legal status to an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants as it pushes early next year for legislation to overhaul the immigration system, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Friday.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: MSNBC uses faked photos to goof on Palin, of course — Skip ahead to 1:00 and then 2:00 if you can't stomach the whole clip. The images of her in the black miniskirt and the American-flag bikini started floating around the 'Net mere days after she joined the ticket last year …
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
More in U.S. Say Health Coverage Is Not Gov't. Responsibility — Marks significant shift from the attitudes of the past decade — PRINCETON, NJ — More Americans now say it is not the federal government's responsibility to make sure all Americans have healthcare coverage (50%) than say it is (47%).
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Kenneth Chang / New York Times:
Water Found on Moon, Scientists Say — There is water on the Moon, scientists stated unequivocally on Friday, and considerable amounts of it. — “Indeed yes, we found water,” Anthony Colaprete, the principal investigator for NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, said in a news conference.
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Manu Raju / The Politico:
Hutchison won't resign Senate seat — Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) is expected to announce today that she will not resign her Senate seat - as had been expected — while she campaigns for governor, according to two sources familiar with the situation. — Get alerted every time your favorite reporter posts a story
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WPCVA.COM:
Danville TEA Party to burn Rep. Perriello in effigy — BLAIRS - In a move sure to spark controversy, the Danville TEA Party will close their “Fired Up for Freedom” rally by burning Rep. Tom Perriello and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in effigy in response to the passage of landmark healthcare legislation …
Ezra Klein:
Some worrying signs out of the Senate — Health reform ain't easy. — Expectations were that the Senate would get the CBO score for its health-care bill today. It didn't. Or, to be more precise, it didn't get the CBO score it wanted. The proposal Reid's office sent to the CBO …
Eli Lake / Washington Times:
EXCLUSIVE: Iran advocacy group said to skirt lobby rules — Shortly before Barack Obama took office, leaders of a prominent Iranian-American group in Washington began to fret. — If the new president were to tap former Middle East envoy Dennis Ross to oversee the nation's Iran policy …
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New Orleans Times-Picayune:
William Jefferson sentenced to 13 years in prison … Former Rep. William Jefferson was sentenced today to 13 years in prison for his conviction on 11 counts of public corruption in a case in which he famously hid $90,000 in his freezer. — U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III delivered …
Matt Corley / Think Progress:
G. Gordon Liddy Says 'I'm Convinced' That ‘Barack Obama Is A Muslim,’ Gary Bauer Doesn't Disagree — On his radio show today, G. Gordon Liddy hosted former Republican presidential candidate Gary Bauer to discuss his Human Events column on the Fort Hood massacre, in which Bauer …
Sara Murray / Wall Street Journal:
More Fiscal Woes Ahead for States — Michigan and California are likely to face a fresh round of budget woes when federal stimulus funds used as a fiscal crutch dry up, finance directors for the states said Friday. — Short-term budget gaps have battered states as revenues plummeted during the recession.
Seth / Enik Rising:
Does unemployment affect midterm elections? — I've seen no small amount of hand-wringing from Democrats worried about the impact of the current double-digit unemployment on next year's midterm elections. By most estimates, even if there is robust economic growth for the next year …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Free to Lose — Consider, for a moment, a tale of two countries. Both have suffered a severe recession and lost jobs as a result — but not on the same scale. In Country A, employment has fallen more than 5 percent, and the unemployment rate has more than doubled.
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