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2:55 PM ET, October 2, 2006

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Judd / Think Progress:
Snow on Foley Scandal: 'Simply Naughty Emails'  —  This morning on CNN, Soledad O'Brien asked Tony Snow why "any communication between a 16-year-old and a congressman" didn't "raise red flags — major, massive red flags" with Speaker Dennis Hastert and others who have known about the communications for months.
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Joe / AMERICAblog:
White House downplays Foley scandal as "simply naughty emails"
Anita Kumar / St. Petersburg Times:
FBI launches Foley investigation
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
The Blotter:
E-mails Show Foley Sought to Rendezvous with Page  —  Brian Ross and Maddy Sauer Report:  —  In addition to explicit sexual language, former Congressman Mark Foley's Internet messages also include repeated efforts to get the underage recipient to rendezvous with him at night.
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Brian E. Crowley / Palm Beach Post:   Foley's secret confounds friends: Ex-congressman, said to be an …
Sebastian Mallaby / Washington Post:
A Party Without Principles  —  After years of single-party government, the prospect of a Democratic majority in the House ought to feel refreshing.  But even with Republicans collapsing in a pile of sexual sleaze, I just can't get excited.  Most Democrats in Congress seem bereft of ideas or the courage to stand up for them.
Gordon Corera / BBC:
Musharraf nuclear claims attacked  —  The daughter of disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist AQ Khan has criticised claims made by President Pervez Musharraf in his autobiography.  —  In her first statement since her father's arrest in 2004, Dina Khan said she wanted to set the record straight.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Guardian:
Arrested in Afghanistan: Abdullah, 25, an Iranian jihadist 'rejected by the Taliban'
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
MSNBC:
MTP Transcript for Oct. 1
Discussion: TIME
Corky Siemaszko / NY Daily News:
Bush's men snarled like wild animals  —  Book slams Rummy, Colin & others in bitter fighting over war  —  While U.S. forces were battling in Baghdad, another war was being waged inside the West Wing.  —  In "State of Denial," Bob Woodward describes a White House riven by rivalries …
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Bob Woodward / Washington Post:
Should He Stay?  —  The biggest question mark was Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld:
Mark Scolforo / Associated Press:
6 Said Killed in Amish School Shooting  —  The county coroner says at least six people were killed in a shooting at a one-room Amish schoolhouse, where state police said earlier a gunman killed "a number" of people Monday in Pennsylvania's bucolic Lancaster County.
Thomas Harding / Telegraph:
Muslim accosts injured Para in hospital  —  A paratrooper wounded in Afghanistan was threatened by a Muslim visitor to the British hospital where he is recovering.  —  Seriously wounded soldiers have complained that they are worried about their safety after being left on wards that are open …
StrategyPage:
The Joke's on Osama  —  Al Qaeda in particular, and Islamic terrorist groups in general, are desperate for a major success.  Islamic terrorists remember the 19 90s fondly as a time when they were kicking ass big time, or at least more effectively than they have since September 11, 2001.
Markos Moulitsas / Cato Unbound:
THE CASE FOR THE LIBERTARIAN DEMOCRAT  —  It was my fealty to the notion of personal liberty that made me a Republican when I came of age in the 1980s.  It is my continued fealty to personal liberty that makes me a Democrat today.  —  The case against the libertarian Republican is so easy …
Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
The Disappearing 'Us'  —  One of the salutary results of the Clinton administration, I thought, was that it got liberals and Democrats in the habit of using the first person plural.  U.S. military forces in Bosnia, Kosovo and elsewhere were "our troops."  NATO and Japan and Australia and all the rest were "our allies."
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
The Right Man For Fox News  —  Roger Ailes Soldiers On For the Good of the Cause  —  NEW YORK — Ten years after he created Fox News Channel, Roger Ailes says he still avoids mentioning his place of employment in certain circles.  —  "It's just not worth going through the hassle at an elite party," he says.
Discussion: Media Blog and NewsBusters.org
New York Times:
Wal-Mart to Add Wage Caps and Part-Timers  —  Wal-Mart, the nation's largest private employer, is pushing to create a cheaper, more flexible work force by capping wages, using more part-time workers and scheduling more workers on nights and weekends.  —  Wal-Mart executives say they have embraced …
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
(Original Vids) Atta and al Qaeda Videos Released  —  The Jawa Report has obtained the full length video of Mohammed Atta and other of the 9/11 conspirators as reported in the major media.  You can watch the full video below in five parts or post them to your own website using Google video.
Pat Milton / Associated Press:
FBI Worries About al-Qaida Ties to Mob  —  WASHINGTON — The FBI's top counterterrorism official harbors lots of concerns: weapons of mass destruction, undetected homegrown terrorists and the possibility that old-fashioned mobsters will team up with al-Qaida for the right price.
MSNBC:
Several incumbent Republicans trailing with five weeks until election  —  NEW YORK - Five weeks out from the midterm elections, MSNBC/McClatchy polls, conducted by Mason-Dixon in eight states, show Democrats are in striking distance of taking control of the Senate.
 
 
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Steven Thomma / Real Cities:
Poll: Democrats have a shot at capturing the Senate
Rasmussen Reports:
Tennessee Senate: Ford by 5 as Corker Falters
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Agence France Presse:
Bush to sign bill to prevent Internet gambling
BBC:
Victory for Austrian opposition
Discussion: The Reaction and Toasted Bread
Jeff Tietz / Rolling Stone:
The Unending Torture of Omar Khadr
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Letter Gives Glimpse of Al-Qaeda's Leadership
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Norwegian TV Channel TV 2 will show Mohammad cartoons.
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