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11:10 PM ET, September 8, 2006

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Max Blumenthal / huffingtonpost.com:
Discover the Secret Right-Wing Network Behind ABC's 9/11 Deception  —  Less than 72 hours before ABC's "The Path to 9/11" is scheduled to air, the network is suddenly under siege.  On Tuesday, ABC was forced to concede that "The Path to 9/11" is "a dramatization, not a documentary."
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New York Post:
'PATH' MISSED REAL 9/11 STORY  —  FIRST things first: ABC's miniseries "The Path to 9/11," which will air Sept. 10 and 11, is a stiff.  For those well-versed in the infuriating details of the missteps and missed opportunities in pursing al Qaeda between the first bombing of the World Trade Center …
Editor and Publisher:
'NYT' Calls Controversial 9/11 Movie Evenhanded, Others Disagree  —  NEW YORK The film-makers and network responsible for the upcoming miniseries, "The Path to 9/11," which is now under assault for its alleged conservative bias, received critical support from a perhaps unexpected quarter on Friday — The New York Times.
Greg Sargent / electioncentral.tpmcafe.com:
In Letter, Albright And Berger Demand Kean Get ABC To Kill Film  —  We've just obtained a letter that Madeleine Albright and Samuel Berger have just sent to 9/11 Commission chair Tom Kean, demanding that Kean use his pull with ABC to get the network to kill "The Path to 9/11."
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Chris Wallace slams ABC on 9/11 project: "I think it's slanderous …
Discussion: MyDD and Daily Kos
Tracy Russo / Democratic National Committee:
RE: A Despicable, Irresponsible Fraud
Discussion: SEIXON, Hot Air and Riehl World View
Michael / Discourse.net:
WPLG Plans to Show 'The Path to 9/11'
David Bauder / Associated Press:   ABC Gets More Pressure to Toss 9/11 Film
Jim Abrams / Associated Press:
Senate: No prewar Saddam-al-Qaida ties  —  WASHINGTON - There's no evidence Saddam Hussein had a relationship with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and his Al-Qaida associates, according to a Senate report on prewar intelligence on Iraq.  Democrats said the report undercuts President Bush's justification for going to war.
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David Stout / New York Times:
Senate Panel Releases Report on Iraq Intelligence  —  The Senate Intelligence Committee said today that there is no evidence that Saddam Hussein had prewar ties to Al Qaeda and one of the terror organization's most notorious members, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.  —  The report, sure to intensify …
Thomas Joscelyn / Weekly Standard:
Rules of Evidence  —  A new Senate report on Iraq and al Qaeda ignores everything which gets in the way of its conclusions.  —  ONCE AGAIN headlines from media outlets around the country declare "No Saddam, al-Qaeda link."  This time the news cycle is being fed by the release of two reports …
Stephanie Heinatz / Hampton Roads Daily Press:
Eustis chief: Iraq post-war plan muzzled  —  FORT EUSTIS — Months before the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld forbade military strategists from developing plans for securing a post-war Iraq, the retiring commander of the Army Transportation Corps said Thursday.
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
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Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
"HE WOULD FIRE THE NEXT PERSON THAT SAID THAT"....Today, via Orin Kerr, comes a remarkable interview with Brigadier General Mark Scheid, chief of the Logistics War Plans Division after 9/11, and one of the people with primary responsibility for war planning.  Shortly after the invasion of Afghanistan …
Discussion: The RBC
Robert Salladay / Los Angeles Times:
Gov.'s Candid Moments Caught on Audiotape  —  Schwarzenegger's banter with aides offers glimpse of bull session behind closed doors.  —  SACRAMENTO — In the sanctuary of his Capitol office with an audio recorder rolling, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger describes Republican legislators as the …
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Los Angeles Times:
Governor Apologizes for Remarks About Latina Lawmaker  —  Schwarzenegger's banter with aides offers glimpse of bull session behind closed doors.  —  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today apologized for saying the lone Latina Republican lawmaker in California had a "very hot," …
Discussion: LA Observed
Tad Walch / Desert News:
BYU places '9/11 truth' professor on paid leave  —  PROVO — Brigham Young University placed physics professor Steven Jones on paid leave Thursday while it reviews his involvement in the so-called "9/11 truth movement" that accuses unnamed government agencies of orchestrating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center.
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Krittivas Mukherjee / Reuters:
Bombs kill at least 32 in India  —  MUMBAI (Reuters) - A series of bomb blasts in a Muslim-majority town in western India killed at least 32 people and wounded more than 70, mostly worshippers at Friday prayers, police said.  —  The blasts came days after Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh …
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Michael / Le Blog Bérubé:
ABF Friday: Blame America First edition!  —  While everyone else in the liberal blogosphere is focused on the world-historical shenanigans of ABC-Disney-Rove's fictionalized docudrama, The Path to 9/11: Clinton Did It (original title: A Million Little Pieces of the Democrats' Plan to Undermine America) …
Daily Mail:
Muslim fury after bikini model claimed to be Pakistan's entry  —  A prize winning bikini contest model who claimed she was the Pakistani representative has sparked outrage in the predominantly muslim country.  —  Stunning Mariyah Moten, 22, won the 'Best in Media' title …
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
JOHN BOLTON CONFIRMATION IS DEAD  —  Several well-placed sources close to the Bolton nomination process have reported to me that the Bolton confirmation process is now dead.  —  The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is "highly unlikely" to reconsider Bolton's confirmation again as things now stand.
Discussion: All Spin Zone and MyDD
Greg Mankiw / Greg Mankiw's Blog:
A Kept Promise  —  In 2000, candidate George W. Bush said: … Today, in Paul Krugman's NY Times column, I learn: … Because this is the group with the highest average tax rate, I guess we should conclude that President Bush kept his promise.  —  Of course, that wasn't Paul's point.
USA Today:
Technology empowers amateur journalism — for better or worse  —  Between broadband Internet access, inexpensive camcorders, simple audio and video editing tools — not to mention YouTube — the power of "citizen journalists" has increased tremendously in the past couple of years.
 
 
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