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12:30 PM ET, September 9, 2006

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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
C.I.A. Said to Find No Hussein Link to Terror Chief  —  The Central Intelligence Agency last fall repudiated the claim that there were prewar ties between Saddam Hussein's government and an operative of Al Qaeda, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, according to a report issued Friday by the Senate Intelligence Committee.
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AJStrata / The Strata-Sphere:
Truth Of Senate Report  —  Now I know why journalists get their stories so wrong so often - they lack basic reading comprehension skills.  With all the hoopla about the Senate Intelligence report supposedly saying there were no ties between Saddam and Terrorists (despite Iraq documents …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Iraq's Alleged Al-Qaeda Ties Were Disputed Before War  —  Links Were Cited to Justify U.S. Invasion, Report Says  —  A declassified report released yesterday by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence revealed that U.S. intelligence analysts were strongly disputing the alleged links …
Andrew Gumbel / Independent:   Saddam had no link with al-Qa'ida, US Senate concludes
Jim Abrams / Associated Press:
Senate finds no al-Qaida-Saddam link
Discussion: True Blue Liberal and Say Anything
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.
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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 Reaction
Washington Post:
WASHINGTON IN BRIEF  —  Chertoff Urges Better Security At Ports, Chemical Plants  —  The nation's homeland security chief urged Congress yesterday to approve plans to better protect seaports and chemical plants from terrorists — or risk another attack on the scale of those on Sept. 11, 2001.
Los Angeles Times:
ABC Stands By Its 9/11 Story — Almost  —  After minor edits in response to Democratic critics, the miniseries will air as scheduled.  It's already set off a bitter election-year dispute.  —  Walt Disney Co.'s ABC is forging ahead with plans to air a miniseries starting Sunday despite controversy …
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
ABC Gets More Pressure to Toss 9/11 Film
New York Post:   9/11 MOVIE  —  FURY SPURS ABC TO ALTER OSAMA SCENE
Knight Ridder:
U.S. count of Baghdad deaths excludes car bombs, mortar attacks  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. officials, seeking a way to measure the results of a program aimed at decreasing violence in Baghdad, aren't counting scores of dead killed in car bombings and mortar attacks as victims of the country's sectarian violence.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and State of the Day
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Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
Body Count in Baghdad Nearly Triples
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Television Ad Shows Reagan Praising Webb In 1985 Speech  —  Democratic Senate candidate James Webb will launch his first television ad Monday, a 30-second tribute by former President Ronald Reagan, for whom Webb once served as Navy secretary.  —  The commercial shows Reagan, a Republican …
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
F.B.I. Agents Question Accuracy of 9/11 Series  —  Two retired F.B.I. agents said today that they had rejected advisory roles on the disputed ABC mini-series, "The Path to 9/11," because of concerns about the program's accuracy.  —  One of the agents, Thomas E. Nicoletti …
Paul A. Gigot / Opinion Journal:
'Most People Want Us to Win'  —  A president in the fray, more Truman than LBJ.  —  ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — Speaker Nancy Pelosi?  —  "That's not going to happen," snaps the president of the United States, leaning across his desk in his airborne office.  He had been saying that he hoped …
Discussion: Blogs for Bush
Donna Abu-Nasr / Associated Press:
Saudi religious cops ban dog, cat sales  —  JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia's religious police, normally tasked with chiding women to cover themselves and ensuring men attend mosque prayers, are turning to a new target: cats and dogs.  —  The police have issued a decree banning the sale of the pets …
Discussion: Tammy Bruce
Associated Press:
France: Int'l fleet won't employ force  —  France announced on Friday that the international naval force designated to patrol Lebanon's territorial waters would not be authorized to employ force to stop ships from entering or leaving Lebanon.  —  A spokesman for the French defense ministry …
Michael Powell / Washington Post:
9/11 conspiracy theorists multiply  —  Many Americans suspect U.S. government involvement or complicity  —  NEW YORK - He felt no shiver of doubt in those first terrible hours.  —  He watched the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and assumed al-Qaeda had wreaked terrible vengeance.
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard and Eschaton
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The GOP's Top 18 Pick-Up Opportunities In The House For 2006  —  It's not shaping up to be a great year for the GOP, the Democrats definitely have a big edge, and quite frankly, this is a lean field.  Still, the GOP does have some opportunities that we may be able to exploit.
 
 
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