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11:30 AM ET, August 23, 2006

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Ann Althouse / New York Times:
A Law Unto Herself  —  TO end her opinion in American Civil Liberties Union v. National Security Agency — the case that enjoins President Bush's warrantless surveillance program — Judge Anna Diggs Taylor quoted Earl Warren (referring to him as "Justice Warren," not "Chief Justice Warren," …
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judicialwatch.org:
U.S. District Judge Who Presided Over Government Wiretapping Case May Have Had Conflict of Interest  —  (Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption and judicial abuse, announced today that Judge Anna Diggs Taylor …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Group claims responsibility for Centanni abduction (Video added)  —  The "Holy Jihad Brigades"?  Whose very first act of holy jihad is to kidnap a reporter and a cameraman?  —  That's a shrewd way to get press, but at the rather large expense of antagonizing the Palestinian terror …
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Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Abbas forced to drop anti-Kassam plan
Fox News:
Palestinian Group Claims Kidnapping of Journalists
Discussion: Counterterrorism Blog
Zalmay Khalilzad / Opinion Journal:
The Battle of Baghdad  —  Rampant insecurity—and a detailed plan to combat it.  —  BAGHDAD—Although there has been much good news to report about security progress in Iraq this summer—the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the handover of security responsibility for Muthanna province …
Josh White / Washington Post:
Marine Reservists Facing Combat Duty  —  With Volunteers Lagging, as Many as 2,500 to Be Called Up for Afghanistan, Iraq  —  The Marine Corps is planning to call up as many as 2,500 Marine reservists for combat duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, dipping into a rarely used pool of troops …
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Julian E. Barnes / Los Angeles Times:   Marines Who Served Will Be Ordered Back
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Senator Jokes About House Painter  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. Conrad Burns, whose re-election campaign is pressing for tighter immigration controls, referred to his house painter as "a nice little Guatemalan man" and suggested that worker as well employees of a roofing company he hired might be in the country illegally.
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Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
Comments Haunt Another Senator
New York Times:
51% in Poll See No Link Between Iraq and Terror Fight  —  Americans increasingly see the war in Iraq as distinct from the fight against terrorism, and nearly half believe President Bush has focused too much on Iraq to the exclusion of other threats, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
WHAT ELSE ARE THEY KEEPING SILENT ABOUT?  —  The Swedish Foreign Ministry was delegated to investigate who knew what about corruption in the U.N.'s oil-for-food program in Iraq.  The report has now been made public by a Swedish radio station.  It says that Ole Kolby, Norway's U.N. ambassador …
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Washington Times:
Swedish report: Norway knew of Iraq bribes
Discussion: Liberty and Justice
Car and Driver:
Features Review: Sail to the U.S.A. in a Chevrolet - Features  —  How Luis Grass turned some very old Detroit iron into a seagoing escape vehicle.  Twice.  —  In the '60s, at the height of the Cold War, communist Cuba seemed dangerously close to the United States.
Discussion: Babalu Blog and The Daily Brief
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
For TX GOP, Is Disaster Spelled S-H-E-L-L-E-Y S-E-K-U-L-A—G-I-B-B-S?  —  After Tom DeLay dropped out last week, the Texas GOP was forced to try a Hail Mary, throwing their support behind a write-in candidate.  But the candidate's name — Shelley Sekula-Gibbs — may be a problem.
Hotline On Call:
Allen's Campaign Shifts Gears, Seeks Help  —  Burned by a blog-induced firestorm over an an off-hand comment at a campaign rally, Sen. George Allen's campaign is seeking a conservative blog maven who can blunt future attacks and help rally conservatives in the state and elsewhere behind Allen's campaign.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Al-Jazeera's Tricky Balancing Act  —  DOHA, Qatar — What do people in the Middle East think five years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks?  To get a quick snapshot, I paid a visit here to Ahmed Sheikh, the editor in chief of al-Jazeera television.  It was reassuring, in a perverse way …
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Iran Sanctions Could Fracture Coalition  —  It was always going to be tough for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to hold together her fragile coalition of world powers trying to rein in Iran's nuclear ambitions.  The Israel-Hezbollah war in Lebanon has made that job harder.
John McCarthy / Associated Press:
McCain faults administration on Iraq  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Republican Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record), a staunch defender of the Iraq war, on Tuesday faulted the Bush administration for misleading Americans into believing the conflict would be "some kind of day at the beach."
Christiane Amanpour / CNN:
Bin Laden still deadly relevant  —  Ex-CIA official says cleric sets cap of 10 million U.S. deaths … LONDON, England (CNN) — Nearly five years have passed since the September 11 terrorist attacks, yet Osama bin Laden — the world's most-wanted terrorist — remains a dangerous fugitive …
Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and Hyscience
Media Matters for America:
Buchanan book featured on Today: For nation to "survive[ ]," U.S. must keep "Americans of European descent" from becoming "minority" … On the August 22 edition of NBC's Today, guest host and NBC News chief White House correspondent David Gregory interviewed MSNBC political analyst …
Discussion: Liberty Street and The Sideshow
Hindrocket / Power Line:
HAIL TO THE CHIEF  —  I had the opportunity this afternoon to be part of a relatively small group who heard President Bush talk, extemporaneously, for around forty minutes.  It was an absolutely riveting experience.  It was the best I've ever seen him.  Not only that; it may have been the best I've ever seen any politician.
 
 
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Matt Volz / Associated Press:
Gov. Murkowski Concedes Defeat in Alaska
Discussion: Democrats.com and Drug WarRant
Summer Slump / govexec.com:
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Steve Gorman / Reuters:
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Inside Higher Ed:
What Your Freshmen Don't Know  —  Beloit College has released …
Discussion: CBS News
Spiegel Online:
On the Trail of the Fast-Food Jihadists
Michael J. Totten:
Peace Now Under Fire
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Hillary Clinton: TIME Cover Girl, a Profile in Followership
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Marie Horrigan / CQPolitics.com:
Cubin's Weak Showing in Wyoming Could be Warning Sign
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Henry Chu / Los Angeles Times:
Israel Regroups on Approach to War Inquiry
Peter Prengaman / Associated Press:
Firms Who Hire Illegal Immigrants Sued
Rasmussen Reports:
Maine Governor: Baldacci Campaign Still Running in Place
Saad Eddin Ibrahim / Washington Post:
The 'New Middle East' Bush Is Resisting
Jules Crittenden / Boston Herald:
A Jihadi in Love  —  OK, here's the plan.  —  Agent Whitney …
Tom Shoop / govexec.com:
Beating Up Government  —  Earlier this year, I picked up An Army …
Aziz P / Dean's World:
Hizbollah won, but Israel didn't lose
Discussion: IraqPundit and Abu Aardvark
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The Wagging of the 'Civil' Tongues
Discussion: Firedoglake and Demagogue