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Aljazeera:
Bin Laden offers Americans truce  —  In an audio tape broadcast on Aljazeera, Osama bin Laden has warned that al-Qaida was preparing an attack very soon, but also offered Americans a "long-term truce".  —  "The new operations of al-Qaida has not happened not because we could not penetrate the security measures.
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Crooks and Liars:
Chris Matthews compares Michael Moore to Osama  —  Chris Matthews compares Michael Moore to Osama Bin Laden  —  On Hardball today, Chris Matthews compared Michael Moore to Osama Bin Laden while discussing the newly released tape with Joe Biden.  —  Video-WMP Video-QT
White House:
Press Briefing by Scott McClellan  —  MR. MCCLELLAN: Good afternoon, everyone.  I know there's a lot of interest in the purported bin Laden audiotape that aired on al-Jazeera earlier today.  Let me just give you a couple of quick updates.  The President was informed about the audiotape shortly …
Discussion: Left I on the News
CNN:
Purported bin Laden tape: 'It's only a question of time'  —  Voice warns Americans of impending attacks, offers truce  —  (CNN) — An audiotaped message purported to be from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden warns the American people that plans for terror attacks in the United States are under way.
Lee Keath / Associated Press:
Bin Laden Warns of Attacks, Offers Truce  —  CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Jazeera on Thursday broadcast portions of an audiotape purportedly from Osama bin Laden, saying al-Qaida is making preparations for attacks in the United States but offering a possible truce to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan.
Sebastian Usher / BBC:
Arab media shun al-Qaeda message
Hassan M. Fattah / New York Times:
Bin Laden Warns of More Attacks; Proposes Truce
Radio Blogger:
Congressman Roy Blunt's conference call with the bloggers today, and taking their questions.  —  Well, a couple of questions anyway...  01-19bluntconferencecall.mp3  —  RB: Thank all of you for calling in.  It's good to have a few minutes to talk to you this afternoon.
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Matt Margolis / GOP Bloggers:
Roy Blunt Engages Blogosphere  —  Just in... Majority Whip Roy Blunt will hold an exclusive conference call with bloggers on Thursday, January 19, at 3 PM Eastern Time to discuss his candidacy to be Majority Leader and detail his vision for the House of Representatives.  He will be available to answer a few questions.
Discussion: RedState and QandO
Dale Franks / qando.net:   MY UNENDORSEMENT  —  Jon and I took part in the conference calls today …
Flip / Suitably Flip:
Rep. Roy Blunt Conference Call
Discussion: The Political Teen
Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com:
Roy Blunt: Just Vote No
Discussion: OTB, Radio Blogger and Wizbang
Jim Brady / washingtonpost.blog:
Comments Turned Off  —  As of 4:15 p.m. ET today, we have shut off comments on this blog indefinitely.  —  At its inception, the purpose of this blog was to open a dialogue about this site, the events of the day, the journalism of The Washington Post Company and other related issues.
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Matt Stoller / MyDD:
MyDD Will No Longer Have Comments
Discussion: THE NEWS BLOG
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Lil' Debbie Can't Handle The Truth
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Administration Lays Out Legal Case for Wiretapping Program  —  WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 - The Bush administration today offered its fullest defense of the National Security Agency's domestic eavesdropping program, saying that congressional authorization to defeat Al Qaeda after the Sept. 11 attacks …
Discussion: TAPPED and The Heretik
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Democratic Leaders Turn to Kaine  —  Va. Governor Tapped to Give State of the Union Response for Party  —  RICHMOND, Jan.19 — Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has been tapped to give the Democratic Party's response to President Bush's State of the Union speech on Jan. 31, according to Capitol Hill sources.
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Patricia Wen / Boston Globe:
Girl in vegetative state reported to improve  —  DSS says it has no plan to remove feeding tube  —  A day after the state's highest court ruled that the Department of Social Services could withdraw life support from a brain-damaged girl, the agency said yesterday that Haleigh Poutre might be emerging from her vegetative state.
Thomas Joscelyn / Weekly Standard:
The Algerian Plague  —  THE REVELATION that Saddam Hussein's Iraq trained thousands of Islamic terrorists has important ramifications for European counterterrorism efforts.  According to officials, one of the groups trained in Iraq prior to the war was al Qaeda's Algerian affiliate …
Discussion: Gates of Vienna
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Michelle Malkin:   TODAY'S HELEN THOMAS MOMENT
washingtonpost.blog:
Deborah Howell Responds  —  I've heard from lots of angry readers about the remark in my column Sunday that lobbyist Jack Abramoff gave money to both parties.  A better way to have said it would be that Abramoff "directed" contributions to both parties.  —  Lobbyists, seeking influence in Congress …
dailyhowler.com:
Special report—How to read literacy!  —  PART 3—THE MORE, THE MURKIER: What's the state of literacy among college grads?  It's timely that you should ask.  As we noted last week, the National Center for Education Statistics recently released a massive survey of adult literacy, the National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL).
John O'Neil / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Says White House Has Mishandled Iran  —  Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton last night criticized the Bush administration for its response to Iran's nuclear program, saying it had chosen to "downplay" the crisis over the past several years.  —  In a speech at Princeton University …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and Democrats.com

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