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7:05 PM ET, September 27, 2006

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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Backing Policy, President Issues Terror Estimate  —  Portions of a National Intelligence Estimate on terrorism that the White House released under pressure on Tuesday said that Muslim jihadists were "increasing in both number and geographic dispersion" and that current trends could lead to increasing attacks around the globe.
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The Big Question Democrats Are Ducking  —  No matter how you slice it, the National Intelligence Estimate warning that the Iraq war has spawned more terrorism is big trouble for President Bush and his party in this election year.  It goes to the heart of Bush's argument for invading Iraq, which was that it would make America safer.
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Study Doesn't Share Bush's Optimism on Terror Fight  —  Three years ago, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld wrote a memo to his colleagues in the Pentagon posing a critical question in the "long war'' against terrorism: Is Washington's strategy successfully killing or capturing terrorists faster than new enemies are being created?
Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:
White House refuses to release full NIE
New York Post:
POWDER PUFF SPOOKS KEITH  —  MSNBC loudmouth Keith Olbermann flipped out when he opened his home mail yesterday.  The acerbic host of "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" was terrified when he opened a suspicious-looking letter with a California postmark and a batch of white powder poured out.
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Editor and Publisher:
'NY Post' Makes Fun of Olbermann's Reaction to Getting Letter — At Home — With White Powder  —  NEW YORK One would think journalists might not make fun of a high-profile industry colleague, in this day and age, receiving an envelope — at home — which contains white powder.
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Olbermann death threat powered letter made fun of by Murdoch's NY Post  —  What would the conservative media be saying if Limbaugh was sent a letter like this?  The NY Post: "POWDER PUFF SPOOKS KEITH" … You can be sure that it would be front page news for The Post with pictures of Limbaugh …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
David Neiwert / Orcinus:
Olbermann and the terrorists  —  Oliver Willis notes …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Lydia Saad / Gallup Poll:
Bush Blamed More Than Clinton for Failure to Capture Bin Laden  —  Views are predictably partisan; independents mostly blame Bush  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The recent firestorm over former President Bill Clinton's culpability for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was fueled on Tuesday when Secretary …
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Ailes: `An assault on all journalists'  —  NEW YORK - Fox News chief Roger Ailes says former President Clinton's response to Chris Wallace's question about going after Osama bin Laden represents "an assault on all journalists."  —  Ailes said Clinton had a "wild overreaction" in the interview, broadcast on "Fox News Sunday."
Rahimullah Yusufzai Reports / The Blotter:
Taliban to ABC News: OBL Alive and Safe
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
New Report That Senator Uttered Slurs  —  Another acquaintance of Senator George Allen said Tuesday that she heard him use a racial slur in 1976, contradicting a statement he made Monday in an effort to tamp down similar accusations.  —  Mr. Allen's campaign manager, Dick Wadhams …
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Anne Plummer Flaherty / Associated Press:
House approves bill on terror detainees  —  WASHINGTON - The House approved legislation Wednesday giving the Bush administration authority to interrogate and prosecute terrorism detainees, moving President Bush to the edge of a pre-election victory with a key piece of his anti-terror plan.
Discussion: Don Surber and The Jawa Report
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Anne Plummer Flaherty / Associated Press:
Hurdles Cleared for Detainee Legislation
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Source: Twin Cities Win GOP Convention  —  Republicans have chosen the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul _ in the politically pivotal Midwest _ for the 2008 presidential convention, GOP officials said Wednesday.  —  The selection was expected to be announced later in the day …
Denver Post:
Students held hostage in Bailey  —  A gunman took five people hostage, and is still holding at least two of them at a Park County school.  Several shots have been fired.  —  Lance Clem, spokesman for the Colorado State Patrol, said it is unclear if anyone was injured at Platte Canyon High School in Bailey.
Discussion: On Deadline and TalkLeft
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Rocky Mountain News:   Report: hostage wounded
Tom Bevan / TIME:
How Partisan Is Too Partisan?  —  That's the question we tried to tackle at the Pajamas Media event last night at the National Press Club.  The gist of my remarks was that it is a very difficult, if not impossible question to answer.  Indeed, I came to the conclusion that it's probably best …
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Choice: A Longer Life or More Stuff  —  The most authoritative report on the cost of health insurance came out yesterday, and it's sure to cause some new outrage.  —  The average cost of a family insurance plan that Americans get through their jobs has risen another 7.7 percent this year …
Associated Press:
7-Eleven dropping Venezuela-backed Citgo  —  DALLAS - Convenience store operator 7-Eleven Inc. is dropping Venezuela-backed Citgo as its gasoline supplier at more than 2,100 locations and switching to its own brand of fuel.  —  The retailer said Wednesday it will purchase fuel from several distributors …
Amit R. Paley / Washington Post:
Most Iraqis Favor Immediate U.S. Pullout, Polls Show  —  A strong majority of Iraqis want U.S.-led military forces to immediately withdraw from the country, saying their swift departure would make Iraq more secure and decrease sectarian violence, according to new polls by the State Department and independent researchers.
Will Wilkinson / TCS Daily:
Neuro Wine in Old Bottles  —  In the September 18 edition of The New Yorker magazine, writer John Cassidy leads a fascinatin­g tour through parts of the new field of neuroeconomics, the study of the neurological underpinnings of economic decision-making.
Discussion: EconLog and Hit and Run
Pamela Geller Oshry / Atlas Shrugs:
ATLAS INTERVIEW: DICK MORRIS ON THE CLINTONS  —  How rich that after my Clinton VLOG FLOG I would have the opportunity to interview Dick Morris.  If anyone knows Clinton it's Morris.  —  One Jerusalem. org once again sets up the penultimate Clinton interview with Ann, Boker tov, Boulder …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and Wizbang
American Prospect:
The Prospect announces changes  —  Michael Tomasky to step down as editor, will stay on as editor-at large.  —  Michael Tomasky is stepping down as editor of The American Prospect to pursue writing projects.  Tomasky, 45, has led the editorial staff at the Prospect for three years and will finish work on the November issue.
 
 
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Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
House Passes Ban on Permanent Iraq Bases
Thomas Joscelyn / Weekly Standard:
Warning Signs … YESTERDAY, in the wake of President Clinton's …
Associated Press:
Little pressure on Hezbollah to disarm
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