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10:00 AM ET, September 7, 2006

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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Clinton Administration Officials Assail ABC's 'The Path to 9/11'  —  Top officials of the Clinton administration have launched a preemptive strike against an ABC-TV "docudrama," slated to air Sunday and Monday, that they say includes made-up scenes depicting them as undermining attempts to kill Osama bin Laden.
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Ian Bishop / New York Post:
BUBBA GOES BALLISTIC ON ABC ABOUT ITS DAMNING 9/11  —  MOVIE  —  INSISTS NET PULL DRAMA  —  A furious Bill Clinton is warning ABC that its mini-series "The Path to 9/11" grossly misrepresents his pursuit of Osama bin Laden - and he is demanding the network "pull the drama" if changes aren't made.
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Ben-Veniste rips ABC's fakeumentary over inaccuracies  —  Richard Ben-Veniste, a member of the 9/11 commission rips ABC over their many false representation of the 9/11 commission report and the use of it to market their 9/11 mini-series as the definitive account of the 9/11 tragedy.
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Why It Matters  —  Dean Barnett, of Hugh Hewitt's blog …
Discussion: Unclaimed Territory and Pandagon
Washington Post:
President Shifts Argument, Catches Critics Off Guard  —  With a series of forceful speeches on terrorism and a dramatic announcement that he has sent top-tier terrorism suspects to the Guantanamo Bay prison, President Bush this week has demonstrated anew the power of even a weakened commander …
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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.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
President Moves 14 Held in Secret to Guantánamo  —  President Bush said Wednesday that 14 high-profile terror suspects held secretly until now by the Central Intelligence Agency — including the man accused of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks — had been transferred to the detention center …
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.
Washington Post:
Secret World of Detainees Grows More Public
Associated Press:
Bush Admits the CIA Runs Secret Prisons
Discussion: Associated Press and Media Needle
New York Times:
Proposal for New Tribunals Would Hew to the First Series
Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE
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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L. Brent Bozell III / Media Research Center:
Compelling "Path to 9/11"  —  To mark the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attack on America, ABC Entertainment is presenting a six-hour miniseries titled "The Path to 9/11," a forceful, compelling docudrama chronicling the struggles faced by America's counter-terrorist experts between …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Angry Bear
Elena Becatoros / Associated Press:
Iraq to take control of armed forces  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq will take control of its armed forces command on Thursday, a major step on its painful path toward independence and an essential move before international troops can eventually withdraw.  —  Despite the progress …
Discussion: Say Anything and Seeing the Forest
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Rebecca Santana / Associated Press:
Iraq takes control of military from U.S.
Washington Post:
Defense Department News Briefing on Detainee Policies  —  SPEAKERS: CULLY STIMSON, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR DETAINEE AFFAIRS  —  LIEUTENANT GENERAL JOHN KIMMONS (USA), ARMY DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR INTELLIGENCE  —  BRYAN WHITMAN, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS
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Josh White / Washington Post:
New Rules of Interrogation Forbid Use of Harsh Tactics
Discussion: Balkinization and PoliPundit.com
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
One Leak and a Flood of Silliness  —  Conspiracy theories flourish in politics, and most of them have no more basis than spring training hopes for the Chicago Cubs.  —  Whenever things turn dicey for Republicans, they complain about the "liberal media" sabotaging them.
Nicholas Wapshott / New York Sun:
Iran's Leader Declares Intent To Speak at U.N.  —  Diplomats at the United Nations were sent into disarray yesterday when President Ahmadinejad of Iran declared that he intended to attend the General Assembly of the world body on September 19 and to debate his country's nuclear program with President Bush …
Discussion: irna.ir and It Shines For All
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NewsMax.com:
Iran's Ahmadinejad Coming to New York
Discussion: RightWinged.com and Hot Air
CBS News:
Poll: Many Americans Feel Less Safe  —  Five Years After 9/11, Many Feel Terror Threat Has Grown  —  (CBS) Do Americans feel safer now than before 9/11?  For many, the answer is no, according to a CBS News/New York Times poll.  —  Fifty-four percent of Americans say they generally feel safe …
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Vote on Rumsfeld fizzling out in Senate  —  WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats pushed for a vote Wednesday calling for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to be fired, but Republicans moved to head them off.  Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., submitted the resolution, which blasted the Bush administration's Iraq policy.
Discussion: The Democratic Daily and Hot Air
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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 …
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The Rightroots 15 Day Challenge  —  In our first month, Rightroots raised roughly $47,500 and Jack Kingston's PAC chipped in another $14,000 to our candidates.  That's not a bad start for a virgin effort.  Still, there's a lot more to do on the fund raising front, especially with the GOP still struggling to retain the House.
Shannon McCaffrey / Associated Press:
War turns southern women away from GOP  —  MACON, Ga. - President Bush's once-solid relationship with Southern women is on the rocks.  "I think history will show him to be the worst president since Ulysses S. Grant," said Barbara Knight, a self-described Republican since birth and the mother of three.
Discussion: AMERICAblog and Truthdig
Newt Gingrich / Opinion Journal:
Bush and Lincoln  —  Echoes of the past in today's strategic mistakes. … WASHINGTON—Five years have passed since the horrific attack on our American homeland, and, still, there is one serious, undeniable fact we have yet to confront: We are, today, not where we wanted to be and nowhere near where we need to be.
 
 
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