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White House:
President Discusses War on Terror at National Endowment for Democracy  —  Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center  —  Washington, D.C.  —  In Focus: Homeland Security  —  In Focus: National Security  —  Fact Sheet: President Bush Remarks on the War on Terror  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all.
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Tom Raum / Associated Press:
Bush Accuses Islamic Militants of Trying to Intimidate World  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush accused Islamic militants on Thursday of seeking to "enslave whole nations and intimidate the world" and charged they have made Iraq their main front.  —  "The militants believe that controlling …
MaryKatharineHam:
Bush Speech on War on Terror
John Solomon / Associated Press:
Rove Said to Testify in CIA Leak Case  —  Federal prosecutors have accepted an offer from presidential adviser Karl Rove to give 11th hour testimony in the case of a CIA officer's leaked identity but have warned they cannot guarantee he won't be indicted, according to people directly familiar with the investigation.
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Editor and Publisher:   Indictments in Plame Case Could Come Any Time
John Dickerson / slate.com:
Gods vs. Geeks  —  GOP evangelicals fight intellectuals over Harriet Miers.  —  The debate within the Republican Party over Harriet Miers has quickly devolved into a simple question: Is the nominee qualified because of her religious faith, or unqualified by her lack of intellectual heft?
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Ann Coulter / Townhall.com:
This is what 'advice and consent' means  —  Harriet Miers isn't qualified to play a Supreme Court justice on "The West Wing."  —  Text size: A A  —  Advanced Search  —  I eagerly await the announcement of President Bush's real nominee to the Supreme Court.
Atrios / Eschaton:
Elitisms  —  Lots of discussion in wingnuttia about whether or not it's "elitist" to oppose Miers.  These discussions seem to confuse different kinds of elitism.  There's one kind of elitism which dares to suggest that smart qualified people should get the kinds of jobs that require smart qualified people.
Discussion: Feministe
New York Newsday:
Subway security boosted in response to threat  —  A "credible threat" to the subway system has prompted a vast mobilization of police officers, officials said Thursday.  —  Mayor Michael Bloomberg appeared at a news conference alongside Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly in which they announced the threat …
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ABCNEWS:
Police Investigate New York Subway Terror Threat  —  Security to be Increased Following Possible Plot Information  —  Oct. 6, 2005 — The New York Police Department is investigating what it deems a credible tip that 19 operatives have been deployed to the city to place bombs in the subway …
Tom Hays / Associated Press:
NYC Increases Subway Security After Threat
bbc.co.uk:
God told me to invade Iraq, Bush tells Palestinian ministers  —  This press release is embargoed until 2230 hours on Thursday 6 October.  Before that time it is only available through the link which you have been sent.  —  President George W. Bush told Palestinian ministers that God had told …
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Ryan Welton / channeloklahoma.com:
Norman Police Investigated Hinrichs  —  NORMAN, Okla. — Norman police confirmed Thursday that they ran a routine investigation of a 21-year-old University of Oklahoma student who blew himself up on campus Saturday night.  —  At a 2 p.m. news conference, Norman Police Department spokesman J.D. Younger …
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Stanley Kurtz / The Corner on National Review Online:
MIERS & STEINEM  —  Although I would have chosen differently, I've tried to give the president the benefit of the doubt on the Miers nomination.  Having said that, I note a worrisome report in today's Chronicle of Higher Education.  It seems that Miers was a key figure behind the establishment …
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Peter Schmidt / Chronicle of Higher Education:
Supreme Court Nominee Helped Set …
Discussion: firedoglake
Drudge Report:
FBI FREEH UNLOADS ON CLINTON: 'CLOSETS WERE FULL OF SKELETONS'  —  Louis Freeh Speaks for the First Time About his Terrible Relationship with the President  —  Former FBI Director Louis Freeh says publicly for the first time that his relationship with President Bill Clinton …
Will Lester / Associated Press:
Democrats Urged to Abandon Election Myths  —  WASHINGTON - To regain political power Democrats must abandon favorite election myths, adopt a strong position on national defense and pick candidates who connect with average voters, two political analysts from the party said Thursday.
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thepittsburghchannel.com:
Poll: Casey Strengthens Lead Over Santorum
Discussion: Daily Pundit
Associated Press:
Text of Gore Speech at Media Conference  —  Here is the text of former Vice President Al Gore's remarks at the We  —  Media conference on Wednesday in New York:  —  I came here today because I believe that American democracy is in grave danger.  It is no longer possible to ignore the strangeness of our public discourse .
Guardian:
Breaking America's grip on the net  —  After troubled negotiations in Geneva, the US may be forced to relinquish control of the internet to a coalition of governments  —  Kieren McCarthy  —  You would expect an announcement that would forever change the face of the internet to be a grand affair …
Rob Anderson / The New Republic:
The Quiet Americans  —  In late July, news surfaced that Iran had executed two gay teenagers—ostensibly for sexual assault, but most likely for the crime of being gay.  As pictures of their executions spread around the Internet, American gay and lesbian activists responded swiftly …
Discussion: Gut Rumbles and Secular Blasphemy
Michael Yon / Online Magazine:
The Battle For Mosul IV  —  Soldiers, Spies, and Sheep  —  Charles Ford and "Jeff" at the sheep market  —  They fled.  It was all over the news.  When the bullets flew, they fled.  Leaving stations, abandoning posts, forgetting duties, hundreds of police fled.

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Joseph Curl / Washington Times:
Rove played an active role in selection of Miers
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Discussion: mediabistro and Poynter Online
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
The Miers Misstep  —  What was President Bush thinking?
 
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