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12:55 AM ET, June 23, 2006

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CNN:
FBI arrests 7 in domestic terrorism probe  —  Raids being conducted in Miami area  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — FBI agents were raiding sites in Miami, Florida, on Thursday in connection with a domestic terrorism investigation, law enforcement sources said.  —  Officials said no weapons …
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Pierre Thomas / ABCNEWS:
Federal Agents Raid Suspected Terror Cell in Miami  —  Officials Say Group Planned to Bomb the FBI Building in Miami and Sears Tower in Chicago  —  June 22, 2006 — ABC News has learned that federal agents, including the FBI, are launching a series of raids tonight targeting a suspected terror cell based in Miami.
Kelli Kennedy / Associated Press:
Official: 7 arrested in Sears Tower plot  —  MIAMI - Seven people were arrested Thursday in connection with the early stages of a plot to attack Chicago's Sears Tower and other buildings in the U.S., including the FBI office here, a federal law enforcement official said.
Evan Benn / Miami Herald:
Anti-terror arrests made in Miami raid  —  FBI agents backed by state and local law enforcement cordoned off an area of Liberty City and made several arrests on Thursday as part of what U.S. officials called a significant terror-related investigation.  —  There was no immediate threat to Miami, officials said.
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MSNBC:
FBI arrests 7 in Miami terrorism-related search  —  Investigators claim men conspired to attack Sears Tower … MSNBC TV  —  MIAMI - Federal law-enforcement sources tell NBC News that the FBI has arrested seven men here as part of an ongoing anti-terrorism operation.
Discussion: Hyscience, Thomas Joscelyn and Macsmind
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Domestic Terrorism Raids In Miami
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
wcbstv.com:
Terror Suspects Arrested In Miami Housing Project
Discussion: lgf: chunks of funk
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Joan Vennochi / Boston Globe:
A military draft might awaken us  —  REINSTATE THE military draft and see how quickly the United States ends its war in Iraq.  —  Imagine if all our sons and daughters were at risk for deployment to the desert.  Imagine if all our children faced the Al Qaeda-style butchery that took the lives …
Los Angeles Times:
U.S. Mining Bank Transfer Data in Anti-Terror Effort
Discussion: TalkLeft
Associated Press:
Senate rejects Iraq redeployment motions  —  Both Democratic proposals easily defeated  —  Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., trying to convince his colleagues to approve his Iraq troop redeployment resolution, failed by a vote of 86-13.  The resolution of fellow Democrat, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., faired better, but still lost, 60-39.
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David Stout / New York Times:
Senate Rejects Democratic Efforts on Iraq  —  WASHINGTON, June 22 — The Senate voted today against measures calling for the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, after a long and emotional debate that was in some ways reminiscent of the Vietnam War era.  —  The votes, 86 to 13 on one measure …
MSNBC:
Ex-Bush aide convicted in D.C. corruption case  —  Safavian found guilty on 4 counts of obstruction, making false statements  —  WASHINGTON - A jury Tuesday convicted a former Bush administration official of four counts of lying and obstructing justice in the first trial to be held in connection …
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Susan Schmidt / Washington Post:
Senate's Abramoff Report Disputes Rep. Ney
Josh Marshall / TPMmuckraker:
John King Interviews VP Cheney  —  Full Text of John King's Interview with VP Cheney.  Below the fold.  —  JOHN KING: Mr. Vice President, thank you for your time, a lot of ground to cover so let's get right to it.  —  THE VICE PRESIDENT: Okay, John.  —  JOHN KING: The Democrats will put …
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The New Republic:
HERE WE GO AGAIN:  —  Where to begin?  First, there's the issue of the nature of the "Townhouse" e-mail list, and how much weight Kos's words carry with the bloggers on the list.  Kos, in this post, dismisses as "ludicrous" the suggestion that, as he puts it, "I send 'dictats' to other bloggers …
John Heilprin / Associated Press:
Study Says Earth's Temp at 400-Year High  —  The Earth is the hottest it has been in at least 400 years, probably even longer.  The National Academy of Sciences, reaching that conclusion in a broad review of scientific work requested by Congress, reported Thursday that the …
Joe Biesk / Associated Press:
State adds weblogs to off-limits sites for state employees  —  FRANKFORT, Ky. - State employees will no longer be able to access a political weblog that has criticized Gov. Ernie Fletcher and other Kentucky politicians.  —  But Mark Nickolas, operator of the bluegrassreport site …
Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
L.A. Times Prints Not One Word of Yesterday's Reports That Chemical Weapons Were Found in Iraq  —  Do you know there's not one word in today's Los Angeles Times about the 500 shells with degraded sarin and mustard gas found in Iraq?  —  Not one word.  —  Just to confirm what I learned …
pmw.org.il:
Hamas: Islam will conquer US and Britain  —  Hamas Video  —  A Hamas video just released on their web site focuses on the broader Palestinian Islamic ideology, promising the eventual conquering and subjugation of Christian countries under Islam.  The way Israel "ran" from Gaza after terror …
Will Dunham / Reuters:
Army takes older recruits  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army, aiming to make its recruiting goals amid the Iraq war, raised its maximum enlistment age by another two years on Wednesday, while the Army Reserve predicted it will miss its recruiting target for a second straight year.
Discussion: Think Progress
Mike Luckovich / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Pot to kettle  —  Do you like today's cartoon?  —  Yes  —  No  —  Voter Limit: Once per Hour  —  Post your comment  —  By I Report, They Whine  —  There you have it, the cartoon says it all.  According to the liberals, the United States is no better than Al Qaeda.  Can it be made more plain to see?
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Setting the Record Straight: On Trolls, Moles, and Dis-Invited Bloggers  —  Dear HuffPost Readers, Commenters, and Bloggers,  —  Here's the bottom line on the issues raised by Peter Rost: We disabled his password for one reason and one reason only — his refusal to act as part of our online community.
Discussion: Dr. Peter Rost, Gawker and BuzzMachine
santorum.senate.gov:
"This is critically important information that the world community needs to know" - Senator Santorum  —  Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, joined Congressman Peter Hoekstra, (R-MI-2), Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee …
 
 
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