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1:10 PM ET, March 4, 2006

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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Bill Frist threatens to re-structure the Intelligence Committee in order to block NSA hearings  —  (updated below)  —  The Senate Intelligence Committee was created in 1976 and, from the beginning, it has been unique in its structure and operation.  Due to the urgency of ensuring …
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ReddHedd / firedoglake:
Bill Frist: Cheater  —  Since its creation in 1976, the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has purposely been a bi-partisan, non-political committee.  It was specifically designed to minimize the partisanship among Republicans and Democrats, to function as a check …
ReddHedd / firedoglake:   Bill Frist: Cheater and Hypocrite
Washington Post:
Caught on Tape  —  ON THE DAY before Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, federal emergency officials warned President Bush that the hurricane could be "the big one," the storm the region had long feared; that the Superdome, the shelter of last resort in New Orleans, was below sea level …
Discussion: Brainster's Blog and Decision '08
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
THE AP CLARIFIES WHAT THE AP MUDDIED  —  Lord help those who rely for their news on the mainstream media and their inferior imitators around the country.  A mere two days after its outrageously misleading reporting on the warnings given to President Bush before Hurricane Katrina hit, the AP has issued this:
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
AP Issues Clarification Concerning Bush-Katrina Video Story
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Andy McSmith / Independent:
Blair: 'God will be my judge on Iraq'  —  Tony Blair has proclaimed that God will judge whether he was right to send British troops to Iraq, echoing statements from his ally George Bush.  —  Contradicting warnings from advisers not to mix politics and religion, the Prime Minister …
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Agence France Presse:
Blair under fire for evoking God in Iraq war decision  —  LONDON (AFP) - Tony Blair triggered strong reactions from parents of soldiers killed in Iraq and the political opposition, after the British prime minister evoked God in his decision to go to war.  —  Details emerged Friday …
Discussion: Eschaton
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Boston Globe:
Aide's role in mosque deal eyed  —  BRA official raised funds, priced land  —  A top Boston Redevelopment Authority official who previously downplayed his role in the Roxbury mosque project of the Islamic Society of Boston assisted in the city's reduction of the price the mosque backers paid …
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Jay Lindsay / Associated Press:
Islamic group offers stay in defamation suit
Discussion: lgf
New York Times:
Bush Says Pakistan Cannot Expect Nuclear Deal Like One With India  —  ISLAMABAD, March 4 — President Bush made clear today that Pakistan should not expect anytime soon a civilian nuclear agreement like the one the United States reached only days ago with India, and he bluntly …
Discussion: Hugh Hewitt
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Steve Rosenberg / BBC:
Pomp and punch-ups in Belarus  —  Being in Minsk this week is like being back in the USSR.  —  At the giant Palace of the Republic, 2,500 delegates are attending a lavish Soviet-style congress.  —  Among them are tractor drivers and priests, factory directors and soldiers.
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br23 blog:
Kazulin && Belarus' "elections"
Discussion: Publius Pundit and Taking Aim
Crooks and Liars:
O'Reilly-FOX Security threatening callers  —  O'Reilly-FOX Security threatening callers  —  (O'Reilly threatened radio show caller with "a little visit" from "Fox security" for mentioning Olbermann's name on the air)  —  I posted this yesterday and Media Matters picked it up.
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Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
U.S. commander says Iraqi 'crisis has passed'  —  The top U.S. commander in Iraq yesterday declared an end to a 10-day wave of sectarian violence that killed an estimated 350 civilians, asserting that many reports of violence were "exaggerated."  —  "It appears that the crisis has passed …
New York Times:
U.S. Reveals Identities of Detainees  —  GUANTÁNAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba, March 3 (AP) — After four years of secrecy, the Pentagon released documents on Friday that have the names of detainees at the American military prison at Guantánamo Bay.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
Bush Plan Would Raise Deficit by $1.2 Trillion, Budget Office Says  —  WASHINGTON, March 3 — President Bush's budget would increase the federal deficit by $35 billion this year and by more than $1.2 trillion over the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office reported on Friday.
Discussion: Economist's View
BBC:
Pakistan blocks blogs on cartoons  —  Pakistan telecom authorities have blocked several websites inviting people to draw cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, it has emerged.  —  Instructions were issued to internet service providers across Pakistan on 27 February to block about a dozen websites of various origins.
Discussion: The Big Pharaoh
Sophie Arie / Telegraph:
Chavez prepares his people's army to confront US  —  Venezuela begins training a vast army of civilian reserves today to fight off the attack its Left-wing president, Hugo Chavez, says the United States is plotting against it.  —  The oil-rich state aims to teach up to two million volunteers …
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and Tim Worstall
 
 
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Jimmy Carter / cfr.org:
Peace versus Democracy in Palestine: A Conversation with Jimmy Carter …
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Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
Searching for the Sheikh of Slaughters
Libby Quaid / Associated Press:
House mulls bill on food label removal
David Holman / American Spectator:
Republicans Turn on Santorum
Michael Kalin / Boston Globe:
Why Jon Stewart isn't funny
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Greg Gutfeld / The Huffington Post:
Gutfeld's Oscar Predictions 2006
Roger L. Simon / Roger L. Simon:
It's not my LA either...
Discussion: TBogg and Ed Driscoll.com