Transcript for Sept. 10  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Good morning.  This is a special edition of MEET THE PRESS, marking the fifth anniversary of September 11.  And joining us for the first time in three years is the vice president of the United States, Dick Cheney.  —  Welcome back.  —  VICE PRES.

Rockefeller: Bush Duped Public On Iraq  —  Senator Says World Would Be Better Without Iraq Invasion  —  (CBS News) WASHINGTON When the Senate Intelligence Committee released a declassified version of its findings this past week, the Republican chairman of the committee, Pat Roberts …

BILL SICS LEGAL EAGLES ON ABC  —  * LETTER: YANK 'DESPICABLE' FILM * CAST'S  —  ON-SET TURMOIL REVEALED  —  Bill Clinton's camp yesterday demanded that ABC can its controversial film "The Path to 9/11," due to air tonight - and in a scathing new letter accused the network of exploiting the tragedy for ratings.

The Rove Campaign  —  Next week, I'm informed via troubled White House sources, will see the full unveiling of Karl Rove's fall election strategy.  He's intending to line up 9/11 families to accuse McCain, Warner and Graham of delaying justice for the perpetrators of that atrocity …

Did The AP Have A Spy For Saddam?  —  The American Thinker posts a translation of a captured Iraqi Intelligence Service document that intimates a mole for the IIS worked at the Associated Press.  Document ISGQ-2005-00026108, translated by the tireless Joseph Shahda, does make an intriguing reference to a source within the AP:

Hugh Hewitt: "The Path to 9/11"  —  A full page ad, brightly colored, depicting malevolent eyes peering threw a tear in the American flag the terrorust has torn, is on p.  A-9 of the Los Angeles Times this morning.  The copy below the title "The Path to 9/11": "The years that led up to it.

Al Gore Says He Hasn't Ruled Out 2nd Run  —  SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Former Vice President Al Gore said Sunday he hadn't rule out making a second bid for the White House, though he said it was unlikely.  —  Gore spoke to reporters in Sydney, where he was promoting the local premiere of his documentary on global warming.

Tortured screams ring out as Iraqis take over Abu Ghraib  —  The notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad is at the centre of fresh abuse allegations just a week after it was handed over to Iraqi authorities, with claims that inmates are being tortured by their new captors.

Senate race a close one, poll suggests  —  Negative publicity has reduced George Allen's once-sizable lead to just 4 percentage points.  —  The controversy surrounding U.S. Sen. George Allen's campaign trail remarks in August has helped turn his re-election race into a close contest …

The age of horrorism (part one)  —  On the eve of the fifth anniversary of 9/11, one of Britain's most celebrated and original writers analyses - and abhors - the rise of extreme Islamism.  In a penetrating and wide-ranging essay he offers a trenchant critique of the grotesque creed and questions …

FIVE YEARS AFTER 9/11: TINFOIL HATS ATTACK  —  September 10, 2006 — DEBUNKING 9/11 MYTHS: WHY CONSPIRACY THEORIES CAN'T STAND UP TO THE FACTS BY THE EDITORS OF POPULAR MECHANICS, FOREWORD BY SEN. JOHN MCCAIN HEARST, 192 PAGES, $14.95  —  I GET several e-mails from 9/11 conspiracy theorists every week …

Khatami, Senate Intelligence, and more.  —  "Interfaith dialogue" is all the rage these days: understanding our commonality by celebrating our differences.  Or something like that.  It's infected venerable pillars of establishment religion, such as the National Cathedral in Washington.