memeorandum: SECURITY & TERRORISM — Analysis: Sept. 11 miniseries under fire (Shaun Waterman/UPI)

1:45 AM ET, September 7, 2006

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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.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, NewsBusters.org, Ankle Biting Pundits, Wonkette, Clarity & Resolve, Dependable Renegade, The Washington Note, Truthdig and Blue Crab Boulevard

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 …

Discussion: Hot Air, PoliPundit.com, Blogcritics, Unclaimed Territory, On Deadline, Confederate Yankee, Liberal Values, Townhall, Tammy Bruce, The Indepundit, Say Anything, PunditGuy and Discourse.net

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: Say Anything, Shakespeare's Sister, The Democratic Daily and On Deadline

Spencer Ackerman / The New Republic:

KSM'S EXCELLENT GITMO ADVENTURE: — It's huge, huge news that Bush is shipping 9/11 architect Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, KSM deputy Ramzi bin Al Shibh, and a dozen other high-level Al Qaeda figures from the CIA's so-called "black sites"—that is, the secret prison complex around the world—to Guantánamo Bay.

Discussion: american footprints, Ezra Klein, Andrew Sullivan, Hit and Run and AMERICAN FUTURE

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" …

Discussion: Associated Press, The Blotter, Olbermann Watch, Ace of Spades HQ, Say Anything, RightWinged.com, Right Truth, Wizbang, Dr. Sanity, protein wisdom and Riehl World View

David E. Sanger / New York Times:

A Challenge From Bush to Congress — In calling for public war-crime trials at Guantánamo Bay, President Bush is calculating that with a critical election just nine weeks away, neither angry Democrats nor nervous Republicans will dare deny him the power to detain, interrogate and try suspects his way.

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Hindrocket / Power Line:
MISREPORTING THE NEWS, AGAIN

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Marty Lederman / Balkinization:
Here's the Administration's Cruel Treatment and Torture Authorization Act

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CNN: Bush: CIA holds terror suspects in secret prisons

David Stout / New York Times:
C.I.A. Detainees Sent to Guantánamo

Discussion: The Left Coaster and Talking Points Memo

Fox News:
Bush Reveals Secret War On Terror, Movement of Suspects

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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:

Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard, Firedoglake, Think Progress, Open Letter to ABC, AMERICAN FUTURE, Macsmind and AMERICAblog

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Shaun Waterman / UPI:

SECURITY & TERRORISM — Analysis: Sept. 11 miniseries under fire — An upcoming TV mini-series about the origins of the Sept. 11 plot is provoking angry complaints from Democrats about the portrayal of the Clinton administration's response to terrorism. — "The Path to 9/11," …

Discussion: QandO, Classical Values and Blogs for Bush

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.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, New York Post, Nitpicker, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, The Left Coaster, TalkLeft, AMERICAblog and Open Letter to ABC

Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Clinton Administration Officials Assail ABC's 'The Path to 9/11'

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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Ben-Veniste rips ABC's fakeumentary over inaccuracies

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Judd / Think Progress:
ABC Refuses to Provide Copies of Path to 9/11 to Clinton, Albright, Berger

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 …

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All Spin Zone:

BREAKING: Did Scholastic Yank 'Path to 9/11' Propaganda? — Two days ago, I wrote about Scholastic Books catapulting the "Path to 9/11" propaganda. More than 400 comments were made at a crossposting that I did on Daily Kos, the vast majority of the comments containing excellent suggestions for action …

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Sean-Paul Kelley / The Agonist:

Romney No Likey Khatami — Yesterday Gov. Mitt Romney barred former Iranian president Mohemmed Khatami from receiving any state security while visiting Massachusett, in particular Harvard and called him a terrorist: … What Gov. Mitt Romney did yesterday was not only childish and immature …

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Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:

Rep. Harris Wins GOP Primary For U.S. Senate Seat in Florida — Shunned by party leaders and battered by repeated campaign controversies, Rep. Katherine Harris nonetheless held on to enough support from the state's Republican voters Tuesday to win Florida's Senate primary convincingly over three little-known candidates.

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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: Hot Air, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and IMAO

Patrick Wintour / Guardian:

The day Blair accused his chancellor of blackmail — An all-out power struggle between the chancellor and the prime minister, culminating with allegations of blackmail by Tony Blair and a ferocious shouting match between the two men, appeared last night to have forced Mr Blair to publicly declare …

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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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