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4:45 AM ET, September 6, 2006

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Bin Laden Gets a Pass from Pakistan  —  Brian Ross and Gretchen Peters Report:  —  Osama bin Laden, America's most wanted man, will not face capture in Pakistan if he agrees to lead a "peaceful life," Pakistani officials tell ABC News.  —  The surprising announcement comes …
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White House:
President Discusses Global War on Terror  —  Washington, D.C.  —  Fact Sheet: The President's National Strategy for Combating Terrorism  —  In Focus: National Security  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much.  (Applause.)  Thank you all.  Please be seated.  General Hendrix, thank you for the invitation to be here.
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
JUNIOR  —  For nearly a decade, a former Al Qaeda operative named Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl has been living in the United States government's witness-protection program, under an assumed identity.  A Sudanese citizen and a onetime confidant of Osama bin Laden's, Fadl is expected to serve …
Discussion: Amygdala and War and Piece
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Breaking: Haven For Peace: Pakistan just loves the Taliban  —  This is insane...Osama would not face capture if he suddenly decides a peaceful life.  Is Bush all happy about this?  Does this suddenly render his terror speeches useless?  —  Video-WMP  —  I'm still working on this so I'll turn it over to Will Bunch who has more...
Discussion: Nitpicker, Daily Kos and LiberalOasis
Pamela Constable / Washington Post:
Pakistan Reaches Peace Accord With Pro-Taliban Militias
William Branigin / Washington Post:   Bush Compares Iran to Al-Qaeda
Insight:
GOP secretly channeled millions to Lieberman  —  The White House funneled millions of dollars through major Republican Party contributors to Sen. Joseph Lieberman's primary campaign in a failed effort to ensure the support of the former Democrat for the Bush administration.
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Will Dunham / Reuters:
White House backs Rumsfeld, says he's no bogeyman  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday Democrats were trying to turn Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld into "a bogeyman" two months before U.S. congressional elections, and it dismissed their calls for his ouster.
Discussion: The Democratic Daily
Thomas M. DeFrank / NY Daily News:
W's guys divided on race for House
Discussion: WTF Is It Now??
Senator Bill Frist:
A Choice for Democrats on S. 2590  —  This morning I welcomed the Congress back in session and started work on an aggressive agenda that focuses on fighting and winning the War on Terror.  —  I also had the chance to speak with my Republican colleagues about S. 2590, the Federal Funding Transparency …
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Rebecca Carr / Palm Beach Post:
NOT OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS: NEW HOLD PLACED ON TRANSPARENCY IN SPENDING BILL?  —  Another Democratic senator appears to have placed a "secret hold" on legislation that would pry open the murky world of federal contracting to public scrutiny.  —  That's the word that Oklahoma Republican …
Jeff Stein / CQ.com:
ABC Docudrama Sparks 9/11 Spat  —  The docudrama that ABC will air next week commemorating the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks seems likely to revive some long-running disputes over whether the Clinton or Bush administration has more to answer for in neglecting indications of a pending al Qaeda attack on the United States.
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Okay, I'm watching the Katie Couric show.  —  It's so annoying to feel forced into it!  She's standing up and wearing a weird white jacket buttoned conspicuously at the waist as if to argue with those who said she'd been photoshopped into semi-svelteness.  Now, she's sitting down …
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Townhall:
Mary Katharine Ham: The Obligatory Katie Post: A Milestone For Women's Rights?  —  I'm a woman.  Will she get me to watch?  Nah, because I've confirmed that Allah will, which means I don't have to.  —  It's just too bad that by going to trivia night tonight instead of watching …
radaronline.com:
MEMOGATE REUNION!  —  Good news, phony document fans!  The team that gave you Memogate is back in action.  —  Former CBS News producer Mary Mapes has rejoined her old running partner Dan Rather at Mark Cuban's HDNet channel.  Rather, 74, is starting all over at hi-def cable network …
David Corn / The Nation:
What Valerie Plame Really Did at the CIA  —  In the spring of 2002 Dick Cheney made one of his periodic trips to CIA headquarters.  Officers and analysts were summoned to brief him on Iraq.  Paramilitary specialists updated the Vice President on an extensive covert action program in motion …
Eric Fehrnstrom / mass.gov:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  —  CONTACT:  —  (617) 725-4025  —  ROMNEY DENOUNCES KHATAMI VISIT TO HARVARD  —  Declines to provide escort, or offer state support for trip  —  Governor Mitt Romney today ordered all Massachusetts state government agencies to decline support, if asked …
White House:
Press Gaggle by Tony Snow and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Frances Townsend  —  White House Conference Center Briefing Room  —  MR. SNOW: Good morning, everybody.  Good to have you here on such a lovely day.  Let me begin with the President's schedule.
Huffington Post:
NEW BOOK REVEALS ROVE'S FATHER WAS GAY...  In The Architect, a new book chronicling Karl Rove's life and conservative agenda, authors James Moore and Wayne Slater, reveal Rove's father, Louis Rove, was homosexual.  —  Louis Rove left his family during the 1969 Christmas holidays and moved to Los Angeles where he eventually "came out."
Politics Central:
IMPLICATIONS OF THE LONG WAR: REAL TIME DISPATCHES  —  The Forum is hosted by The Marine Corps Association and The US Naval Institute.  —  Today's keynote speaker was the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Edmund Giambastiani, who began by saying, "We are engaged in an …
Haaretz:
Israeli panel: Giuliani is 'best' presidential candidate for Israel  —  Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani is the "best" candidate in the 2008 race for Israel, a panel of eight Israeli experts assembled by Haaretz has determined.  —  Giuliani is followed by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich …
 
 
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
To Stay Alive, Iraqis Change Their Names
Discussion: Amygdala
David Bauder / Associated Press:
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Associated Press:
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Pamela Hess / UPI:
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KPIX-TV:
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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
A Venerable Newsweekly Changes Its Stripes
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Law school plans big project
Evan Coyne Maloney / Brain-Terminal.com:
Crystal Morning  —  September 11th in Words and Pictures
Discussion: Power Line
Merrill Hartson / Associated Press:
Bush reminds Americans U.S. is at war
Donald Kagan / Commentary:
As Goes Harvard. . .  Harvard University has been much in the public eye …
Discussion: Power Line and Dinocrat
Stephen Fitzpatrick / The Australian:
Eight years for Bali bombing role
Grim / Winds of Change.NET:
The Smell of Death  —  Armed Liberal has, I gather from his posts …
Discussion: Caerdroia and BLACKFIVE
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Disney and The Dobsonites  —  Are Disney and ABC becoming willing tools of the right wing?