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10:30 AM ET, September 28, 2006

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New York Times:
Rushing Off a Cliff  —  Here's what happens when this irresponsible Congress railroads a profoundly important bill to serve the mindless politics of a midterm election: The Bush administration uses Republicans' fear of losing their majority to push through ghastly ideas about antiterrorism …
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Charles Babington / Washington Post:
House Approves Bill on Detainees  —  253 to 168 Vote Backs Bush on Prosecution Of Terrorism Suspects  —  The House approved an administration-backed system of questioning and prosecuting terrorism suspects yesterday, setting clearer limits on CIA interrogation techniques but denying access …
Robin Toner / New York Times:
New Hope for Democrats in Bid for Senate  —  Six weeks before Election Day, the Democrats suddenly face a map with unexpected opportunities in their battle for control of the Senate.  —  In Virginia, a state that few expected to be seriously competitive, Senator George Allen, a Republican …
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Rachel Kapochunas / CQPolitics.com:
Ford Pulls Even With Corker in Tennessee Senate Contest
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:   TENNESSEE SENATE UPDATE: One thing that everyone in Washington asked …
Fouad Ajami / Opinion Journal:
Infidel Documents  —  Intelligence, jihadists and the Iraq war debate.  —  The scaffolding of the Iraq war is under renewed attack.  So there had been no meeting between Mohamed Atta and Iraqi intelligence operative Ahmad al-Ani in Prague; and Saddam's regime was "intensely secular" while al Qaeda was steeped in religious doctrine.
Discussion: Hyscience
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Cleric Said to Lose Reins of Parts of Iraqi Militia  —  The radical Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr has lost control of portions of his Mahdi Army militia that are splintering off into freelance death squads and criminal gangs, a senior coalition intelligence official said Wednesday.
Amit R. Paley / Washington Post:
Heralded Iraq Police Academy a 'Disaster'  —  A $75 million project to build the largest police academy in Iraq has been so grossly mismanaged that the campus now poses health risks to recruits and might need to be partially demolished, U.S. investigators have found.
Discussion: Political Animal and Hit and Run
wnbc.com:
Jeanine Pirro Under Criminal Investigation  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — NewsChannel 4's Jonathan Dienst has learned Jeanine Pirro, the Republican candidate for New York Attorney General, has been under state and federal criminal investigation.  — Images: Pirro Probed For Alleged Spy Plan
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John Riley / Newsday:
Pirro bugged over tap flap
Discussion: The Corner
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Webb Denies Ever Using Word as Epithet  —  Racial Slur Overshadowing All Else in Contest  —  Democratic Senate candidate James Webb on Wednesday sought to explain remarks he had made a day earlier, in which he refused to say whether he had used the "N-word," but he insisted he has never used it as a racial epithet aimed at anyone.
Discussion: Virginia Centrist
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 …
Barry Schweid / Associated Press:
Poll: Iraqis back attacks on U.S. troops  —  WASHINGTON - About six in 10 Iraqis say they approve of attacks on U.S.-led forces, and slightly more than that want their government to ask U.S. troops to leave within a year, a poll finds.  —  The Iraqis also have negative views of Osama bin Laden …
brusselsjournal.com:
Brussels Returns to Normal, for Now  —  Last night Brussels police arrested 39 youths, including 15 minors, in the Marollen neigbourhood.  The area had seen heavy rioting the previous nights.  Some of the arrested immigrants were carrying combustibles.  One schack was set alight and one car was torched.
Associated Press:
Chairman seeks review, possible removal of memorial inscriptions  —  PHOENIX — A state commission that authorized placement of the Arizona 9-11 Memorial in Wesley Bolin Plaza will review controversial laser-cut inscriptions "and see if some of them could be removed," the panel's chairman said Wednesday.
Jon Henke / The Allen Blog:
A Coordinated Character Assassination  —  It's an incredible shame that the Democrats have chosen to make the Virginia Senate Race a campaign about what African-American Bishop Gerald O. Glenn called "character assassination" rather than about the many issues facing Virginia.
The Star-Ledger / nj-community:
Menendez Dumps Key Adviser Caught On Tape Seeking 'Favors'  —  U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez's closest political adviser was secretly recorded seven years ago boasting of political power and urging a Hudson county contractor to hire somone as a favor to Menendez, according to a transcript obtained by The Star-Ledger.
Matt Sedensky / Associated Press:
Giuliani Defends Clinton on 9/11 Efforts  —  Rudy Giuliani defends Bill Clinton over former president's counterterrorism efforts  —  (AP) Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani defended Bill Clinton on Wednesday over the former president's counterterrorism efforts, saying recent criticism …
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Arnold's Turnaround  —  A GOP Governor Finds the Key: Independence  —  SACRAMENTO — The Terminator has rescued himself from political ruin by reinventing his approach to government, thus demonstrating in the most dramatic way possible the value of political independence.
Discussion: The Corner
Daily Mail:
Opera featuring Mohammed's head may take place after German leader intervenes  —  Germany's conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday led political and arts world uproar at the scrapping of a Mozart opera that features the head of the prophet Mohammed rolling across the stage.
Discussion: Hyscience
Nico / Think Progress:
Musgrave: Gay Marriage 'Is The Most Important Issue That We Face Today'  —  Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO), the lead sponsor of the constitutional ban on gay marriage in the House, spoke this weekend at the Family Research Council's "Values Voter Summit."  (Other virulently anti-gay speakers were featured at the event.)
 
 
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canada.com:
Dream world a strange, scary place for liberals
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
Jim Krane / Associated Press:
Saudis plan long fence for Iraq border
James Bone / Times of London:
Bin Laden is alive and hiding in Afghanistan, insists Musharraf
Discussion: OxBlog
Patricia Lopez / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Wooing both parties was bipartisan effort that paid off
Bryan Bender / Boston Globe:
Cost of Iraq war nearly $2b a week
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Pamela Constable / Washington Post:
In Tribal Pakistan, an Uneasy Quiet
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
David Burge / iowahawk:
A CLOCKWORK STRAWBERRY  —  [ed. - Found under a pile …
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Keith Olbermann takes a "look back" …
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White House:
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Atrios in Philly
Discussion: Blinq
Jules Crittenden / Boston Herald:
Estimating our national intelligence
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
GOP Attack Calls May Violate Fed Rules
Dennis Cauchon / USA Today:
Marriage gap could sway elections
Discussion: Thought Theater and The Corner
BBC:
UK military claim Taleban defeat
Max Boot / Los Angeles Times:
Muslims' Complicity With Violence
Dean / Dean's World:
Question for Michelle Malkin: Does the Conscience of a Conservative Still Exist?