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6:00 AM ET, September 8, 2006

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John / AMERICAblog:
Senate Democratic leadership threatens Disney with legal and legislative sanctions  —  This letter was sent today by the entire Democratic leadership of the US Senate.  This letter is such a major shot across the bow of Disney, it's not even funny.  It is FILLED with veiled threats, both legal and legislative, against Disney.
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Mr. Robert A. Iger / democrats.senate.gov:
SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP URGES DISNEY CEO TO CANCEL MISLEADING 9/11 MINISERIES  —  Washington, DC — Urging him to cancel the grossly inaccurate upcoming miniseries The Path to 9/11, the Senate Democratic Leadership today sent the following letter to Disney President and CEO Robert Iger.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Thugs for life: Dems threaten ABC's broadcast license over "Path to 9/11″ Update: Stolen Honor redux?  —  Via Spruiell.  I forget the context, but I remember Bob Owens at Confederate Yankee saying a while back how disappointed he was in the Democrats over something …
Scott Collins / Los Angeles Times:
ABC alters 9/11 show under pressure  —  ABC's upcoming five-hour docudrama "The Path to 9/11" is quickly becoming a political cause célèbre.  —  The network has in recent days made changes to the film, set to air Sunday and Monday, after leading political figures …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Snatching Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory  —  After the story broke on the artistic license taken by ABC in its upcoming miniseries on the 9/11 attacks, Clinton administration officials and Democrats in general had a good case for protesting.  After all, Republicans had bitterly criticized CBS …
Reuters:   Democrats urge ABC to withdraw 9/11 movie
Michael / Discourse.net:   ABC's '9/11' Libel By Fiction Exposure
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Al Jazeera airs video of Bin Laden meeting 9/11 hijackers  —  I don't know details yet.  That's what it says on Fox.  Obviously we'll work on getting the video.  —  But to all the Truthers out there, let me be the first to say: quagmire.  —  Update: CNN was showing a martyrdom video …
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Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:
Laying Blame and Passing the Buck, Dramatized  —  THE first words spoken on "The Path to 9/11" are at check-in at Logan Airport at 7:13 a.m. "O.K., Mr. Atta," an American Airlines agent says over the clickety-clack of computer keys.  "One way, nonstop to Los Angeles, no return."
Discussion: LiberalOasis and Roger Ailes
Associated Press:
Al-Jazeera airs pre-9/11 bin Laden tape
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Aljazeera:
Al-Qaeda video takes credit for 9/11
Discussion: TalkLeft
CBS News:   Video Shows Bin Laden, 9/11 Hijackers
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
PORKBUSTERS UPDATE: The Federal Funding Accountability …
Discussion: Porkbusters
Warren P. Strobel / Knight Ridder:
Armitage reveals that he was a source in Plame leak  —  WASHINGTON - Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage acknowledged Thursday that he was a columnist's primary source in the disclosure that retired U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson's wife worked at the CIA.
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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Lawyers and G.O.P. Chiefs Resist Proposal on Tribunal  —  The Bush administration's proposal to bring leading terrorism suspects before military tribunals met stiff resistance Thursday from key Republicans and top military lawyers who said some provisions would not withstand legal scrutiny …
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Marcia Kramer / wcbstv.com:
Documents: Feds, City Knew Of Ground Zero Toxins  —  (CBS) NEW YORK CBS 2 Exclusive: Stunning proof has been uncovered that the government knowingly put New Yorkers in harm's way after 9/11.  —  CBS 2 News has obtained documents revealing that Lower Manhattan was reopened a few weeks following …
Discussion: MyDD and The Democratic Daily
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amny.com:
Whitman: 9/11 health woes are city's fault
Discussion: The News Blog
scholastic.com:
SCHOLASTIC REPLACES "THE PATH TO 9/11" CLASSROOM GUIDE WITH NEW DISCUSSION MATERIALS FOCUSING ON CRITICAL THINKING AND MEDIA LITERACY SKILLS  —  Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, today announced that it is removing from its website the materials originally created …
Yahoo! News:
New poll says most Canadians blame U.S. for 9/11 attacks  —  A majority of Canadians believe U.S. foreign policy was one of the root causes that led to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, and Quebecers are quicker to criticize the U.S. administration for its international actions than other Canadians, a recent poll suggests.
 
 
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