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10:30 PM ET, September 6, 2006

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White House:
President Discusses Creation of Military Commissions to Try Suspected Terrorists  —  Fact Sheet: Bringing Terrorists to Justice  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you.  Thanks for the warm welcome.  Welcome to the White House.  Mr. Vice President, Secretary Rice, Attorney General Gonzales …
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Bush plan would withhold terror evidence  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush pushed a hard line Wednesday on trying terror suspects through military tribunals, exhorting Congress to allow evidence to be withheld from a defendant if necessary to protect classified information.
Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
High-Value Detainees Will Be Given Prisoner-of-War Status  —  President Bush Expected to Announce Major Reversal in Handling of Terror Suspects  —  ABC News has learned that President Bush will announce that high-value detainees now being held at secret CIA prisons will be transferred …
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Bush acknowledges secret CIA prisons  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush on Wednesday acknowledged previously secret CIA prisons around the world and said 14 high-value terrorism suspects — including the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks — have been transferred from the system to Guantanamo Bay for trials.
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
"Significant news" coming in Bush speech today (Video added)  —  We actually got an inside tip about this earlier, but I sat on it because it wasn't confirmed.  Fox just reported, though, that Tony Snow told the press corps this morning that Bush will announce some "significant news" …
David Stout / New York Times:
C.I.A. Detainees Sent to Guantánamo  —  President Bush said today that 14 suspected terrorists held in secret locations by the C.I.A., including some who were deeply involved in the Sept. 11 attacks and other notorious assaults on Americans, are being transferred to the Guantánamo Bay naval base in Cuba to stand trial.
CNN:   Bush: CIA holds terror suspects in secret prisons
Marty Lederman / Balkinization:
Here's the Administration's Cruel Treatment and Torture Authorization Act
Discussion: Andrew Sullivan
Hindrocket / Power Line:
MISREPORTING THE NEWS, AGAIN
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Mr. Robert A. Iger / housedemocrats.gov:
House Democrats Demand Accuracy in ABC 9/11 Film  —  Representatives John Conyers, Jr., John Dingell, Jane Harman, and Louise Slaughter today called on ABC to fix the inaccuracies in its mini-series The Path to 9/11, before its scheduled airing on September 10th and 11th.  Read the letter:
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Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
Dean Barnett: My Concerns with "The Path to 9/11"  —  I know this may not be a popular sentiment around here, but I'm uncomfortable with the upcoming miniseries, "The Path to 9/11."  Let me explain why.  —  In the conservative portion of the blogosphere, the film has occasioned much joyous ballyhoo.
Judd / Think Progress:
ABC Refuses to Provide Copies of Path to 9/11 to Clinton, Albright, Berger  —  ABC has been aggressively advancing its inaccurate and politically slanted miniseries, "The Path to 9/11," to the right wing.  Big players like Rush Limbaugh have been provided copies, as have obscure right-wing bloggers like Patterico.
Judd / Think Progress:
ABC Insider Assures Right-Wing Bloggers: 'The Message of the Clinton Admin Failures Remains Fully Intact'  —  ABC won't give President Clinton, Madeleine Albright or Sandy Berger a copy of their 9/11 docudrama, "The Path to 9/11."  But there is virtually nothing about the film ABC won't share with the right-wing blogosphere.
Tom Shales / Washington Post:
No News Not the Best News For Katie Couric's Debut  —  Atitle change would seem to be in order.  Maybe "The CBS Evening No-News."  Or "The CBS Evening Magazine."  Or "30 Minutes."  —  Whatever it was, Katie Couric did a brisk, engaging job of getting the strange new show off the ground last night as …
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Jaya Narain / Daily Mail:
Fury as academics claim 9/11 was 'inside job'  —  The 9/11 terrorist attack on America which left almost 3,000 people dead was an "inside job", according to a group of leading academics.  —  Around 75 top professors and leading scientists believe the attacks were puppeteered by war mongers …
Rusty / The Jawa Report:
Democrats Nominate 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist in Florida (UPDATE: More Dem 9/11 Conspiracists!)  —  Democrats in Florida's 15th district have nominated a 9/11 conspiracy theorist to run for Congress.  —  Dr. Bob Bowman had 55 percent over 45 percent for John M. Kennedy.
Discussion: IMAO
New York Times:
Candidates of Both Parties Turn Criticism of Rumsfeld Into Political Chorus  —  Democrats have tried to turn Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld into a symbol of a war gone wrong.  The White House has stood by him.  —  Democrats and at least some Republicans appear to agree on one thing …
CNN:
Poll: Iraq war could wound GOP at polls  —  (CNN) — President Bush's unpopularity — due largely to the war in Iraq — seems likely to affect GOP candidates in congressional midterm elections in November, according to a CNN poll released Wednesday.  —  Fifty-five percent of 1,004 Americans …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Announcing CIA Leak Investigation Book by Marcy Wheeler: We Need Your Help!  —  Update: Teddy just posted a diary on this over at Kos.  If you're a Daily Kos member, please go hit the recommend button! … If it hadn't been for the groundbreaking work of the blogosphere, and Marcy Wheeler …
 
 
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