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12:20 AM ET, September 11, 2006

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Bryan Rourkejournal / Providence Journal:
The Path to 9/11  —  The terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001, stunned most Americans, but not those in the CIA or FBI or White House.  To them, the day was a decade in the making.  —  The Path to 9/11 shows how.  —  The two-part, five-hour ABC special airing Sunday and Monday at 8 p.m …
Discussion: PoliBlog
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Steve Gilliard / Firedoglake:
Thoughts on 9/11  —  I am a lifelong New Yorker.  —  I went to NYU, worked in New Jersey, spent more hours in the shadows of the World Trade Center than I care to remember.  You could look down LaGuardia Place and see the twin towers, yes, people called them that all the time.
Discussion: TalkLeft
Mark Steyn / chicagosuntimes.com:
9/11 enemies are still hiding in plain sight
Discussion: The Belmont Club
Robert Mayer / Publius Pundit:
SHAME ON HARVARD  —  When I heard about the protests planned against Khatami's speech at Harvard, I knew just the guy to contact.  I emailed Jesse Sage over at HAMSA and he filled me in on all the information.  Khatami was to speak at 4:00 p.m. so the protests would start around three.
Discussion: Technicalities
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M. Hayes / Miss Kelly:
"Shame on Harvard!"  - Mixed Crowd Protests Khatami  —  What an interesting mixed bag of humanity outside Harvard Square today!  Lots of folks (150 or so) were there to let Khatami and Harvard University know that they were not pleased about Khatami's invite, particularly on the eve of September 11th.
Discussion: Technicalities
Jessica Fargen / Boston Herald:
Former Iranian President denies all on feel-good tour  —  Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami rolled through Harvard on his feel-good tour of the United States yesterday extolling democracy and peace, principles at odds with the regime he led for eight years.
Gateway Pundit:
Harvard Students Will Protest Khatami for Release of Ahmed Batebi
Discussion: Miss Kelly
Dick Cheney / MSNBC:
Transcript for Sept. 10  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Good morning.  This is a special edition of MEET THE PRESS, marking the fifth anniversary of September 11.  And joining us for the first time in three years is the vice president of the United States, Dick Cheney.  —  Welcome back.  —  VICE PRES.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Iowa Voice
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Brian Knowlton / New York Times:
Cheney and Rice Defend U.S. Wars  —  The Bush administration offered a combative defense today of its wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, though Vice President Dick Cheney, speaking on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, acknowledged that the insurgency in Iraq had proved tougher than anticipated.
Discussion: Pacific Views and Truthdig
Daily Kos:
Deception Is A Hard Habit To Break
Discussion: Blogcritics and Say Anything
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
I'M WATCHING "THE PATH TO 9/11" NOW: Ed Driscoll offers an interesting quote from a 2001 New Yorker article: … After the pants incident, its hard for me to respect Berger, and easy for me to see him as overly concerned with how things will play in the press.  Read the whole thing and form your own opinions.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Rove Campaign  —  Next week, I'm informed via troubled White House sources, will see the full unveiling of Karl Rove's fall election strategy.  He's intending to line up 9/11 families to accuse McCain, Warner and Graham of delaying justice for the perpetrators of that atrocity …
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Andrew Sullivan / Times of London:   Bush's last stand: turning the war on its head
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Did The AP Have A Spy For Saddam?  —  The American Thinker posts a translation of a captured Iraqi Intelligence Service document that intimates a mole for the IIS worked at the Associated Press.  Document ISGQ-2005-00026108, translated by the tireless Joseph Shahda, does make an intriguing reference to a source within the AP:
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WCBS-TV:
Rockefeller: Bush Duped Public On Iraq  —  Senator Says World Would Be Better Without Iraq Invasion  —  (CBS News) WASHINGTON When the Senate Intelligence Committee released a declassified version of its findings this past week, the Republican chairman of the committee, Pat Roberts …
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Jamie Holly / Crooks and Liars:   Cheney Tells Russert He Hasn't Seen The Senate Intelligence Report
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Getting Hungry Again  —  I haven't blogged very much on Lamont recently, because I've been trying to figure out how to give a bit of gentle criticism to what truly is and has been a remarkable campaign.  So here goes.  —  I think a great deal of Lamont's character, and I think he's incredibly tough, passionate, and strategic.
Discussion: Ned Lamont for Senate and spazeboy
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Stephanie Reitz / Associated Press:
Lamont lauded Lieberman's 1998 rebuke of Clinton in E-mail
Trent Telenko / Winds of Change.NET:
North Korea's Coming Nuclear Test  —  These opening lines from this UK TELEGRAPH article speak for themselves: … . Given the the joint international nature of North Korea's nuclear program, Iran will have an arsenal of tested nuclear missile warheads for its ballistic missile arsenal …
Associated Press:
Al Gore Says He Hasn't Ruled Out 2nd Run  —  SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Former Vice President Al Gore said Sunday he hadn't rule out making a second bid for the White House, though he said it was unlikely.  —  Gore spoke to reporters in Sydney, where he was promoting the local premiere of his documentary on global warming.
Helen / Dr. Helen:
A Bit of an Over-Reaction?  —  I saw on author John Scalzi's blog that his wife, Krissy, had a run-in with a drunk at a bar who was apparently trying to pick her up (Hap tip: Instapundit).  Scalzi states: … Scalzi shows a picture of Krissy with a baseball bat and a caption reading, "Respect me for me.
Discussion: alicublog
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John / Whatever:   Don't Piss Off Krissy
David Harrison / Telegraph:
Media 'contributing to rise of Islamophobia'  —  Britain could face the threat of two million home-grown Islamic terrorists, says a senior Muslim leader.  —  Muhammad Abdul Bari, the secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, fears that continued negative attitudes towards people …
Discussion: USS Neverdock and Samizdata.net
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: AQ celebrates the 9/11 hijackers  —  I have nothing special blog-wise planned for tomorrow save for a short film from the New York City archives I'll post in the a.m. We'll commemorate the day in Vent, of course, but anything I'd have to say will be said more eloquently by others.
Ali Saber / Telegraph:
Tortured screams ring out as Iraqis take over Abu Ghraib  —  The notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad is at the centre of fresh abuse allegations just a week after it was handed over to Iraqi authorities, with claims that inmates are being tortured by their new captors.
The Scrapbook / Weekly Standard:
Khatami, Senate Intelligence, and more.  —  "Interfaith dialogue" is all the rage these days: understanding our commonality by celebrating our differences.  Or something like that.  It's infected venerable pillars of establishment religion, such as the National Cathedral in Washington.
Discussion: Thomas Joscelyn and Power Line
Tom Tomorrow / This Modern World:
Quick McBobo followup  —  Today: … Follow the bouncing logic: the problem is that too many marriages end in divorce.  Therefore we need to make unmarried young men more "marriageable," and to do that, we must encourage them to find work.  Right now, they're sitting around …
Discussion: MaxSpeak
 
 
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King Hack  —  There are many lessons to be learned from this "PT9/11" controversy.
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