memeorandum: Undercover, under fire (Ken Silverstein/Los Angeles Times)

4:35 PM ET, June 30, 2007

Top Items:

Two Held As Burning Jeep Strikes Airport — Two people have been arrested after a burning Jeep smashed through the terminal building at Glasgow airport. — Holidaymakers reported hearing a series of loud "bangs" and saw two men - one of whom was on fire - emerge from the vehicle.

Discussion: MSNBC, Little Green Footballs, Don Surber, The American Mind and Blogs of War

Ian Stewart / Associated Press:

Flaming SUV rams U.K. airport; 2 arrests — GLASGOW, Scotland - Two men rammed a flaming Jeep Cherokee into the main terminal of Glasgow airport Saturday, crashing into the glass doors at the entrance in what appeared to be the third attempted terror attack on Britain in two days, witnesses said.

Discussion: AMERICAblog

Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Breaking: Car on fire drives into Glasgow airport terminal; Update: Gas cylinders in Jeep? Update: "His skin ... just fell off him"; Update: Britain moves to highest alert; Update: Suspect dies of burns — Just breaking on CNN. No idea how serious or unserious this is, but supposedly there are no injuries reported.

Discussion: The Jawa Report, The Blotter, Gateway Pundit, Riehl World View, BLACKFIVE, JammieWearingFool and Blue Crab Boulevard

Telegraph:

Blazing car crashes into Glasgow airport — By staff and agencies — A four-wheel drive vehicle has crashed into Glasgow Airport's terminal building and burst into flames. — Reports said witnesses saw a car attempting to drive into the airport through the main doors.

Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard

Philip Gould / Times of London:

Blazing car driven into Glasgow Airport terminal — Glasgow Aiport has been closed until further notice after a blazing car crashed into the main terminal building around 3.15pm today. — The incident occurred just a day after a car bomb attack on central London was foiled.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh

Larry Johnson / NO QUARTER:

Glasgow's Burning—Run For Your Lives — Preliminary, unconfirmed reports indicate a nuclear blast has occurred at Glasgow's international airport. No one has seen the mushroom cloud or heard the blast, but something by God is happening and it must be terrible. There is smoke and fire.

Discussion: The Mahablog

CNN:
Burning car crashes into Scottish airport

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Guardian and Redstate

Scott McCulloch / Scotsman: Suspected terror attack closes Glasgow airport

Atrios / Eschaton: Terrorpalooza — I never understood the whole "blow up car at an airport" idea.

The Independent: Blazing 4x4 rammed into airport terminal

Cernig / The Newshoggers:
Third UK Attack At Glasgow Airport Also Fails

Discussion: Craig Murray

Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters: Another Terror Attack?

Daily Mail:
Two held as blazing jeep crashes into British airport

Discussion: Little Green Footballs

Alistair Bell / Reuters: Car explodes at Scottish airport after London bombs

BBC: Blazing car crashes into airport

Pajamas Media:
Exploding Car Rams Into Scottish Airport

Discussion: Dr. Sanity

Josh Kraushaar / The Politico:

Immigration bill's fallen soldiers — As supporters of the Senate's comprehensive immigration reform bill continue to mourn its collapse this week, key Republican backers must also brace for potentially stinging political repercussions from their party's base.

Steven Thomma / McClatchy Washington Bureau:

Thompson gets mixed reviews in New Hampshire premiere — BEDFORD, N.H. — When Fred Thompson made his debut on the presidential stage here this week, he left some Republicans thinking he needs more work before his nascent campaign matches the media hype it's gotten in advance.

Discussion: DownWithTyranny!, The Impolitic, Captain's Quarters, Oliver Willis, PoliBlog (TM), Cliff Schecter, Taylor Marsh and Talking Points Memo

Politico Partners / The Politico: State of the States: Fred rising

CBS News:

Poll: Calls To Get Out Of Iraq Escalate — 77% In CBS News Poll Say War's Going Badly, 40% Urge Withdrawal Of All U.S. Troops — (CBS) A CBS News poll shows Americans are increasingly dissatisfied with the Iraq war, President Bush and the Congress, as well as the overall direction of the country.

Discussion: Firedoglake, The Moderate Voice, The Reaction, protein wisdom, Middle Earth Journal, Talking Points Memo and Pollster.com

Ken Silverstein / Los Angeles Times:

Undercover, under fire — The Washington press corps is too busy cozying up to the people it covers to get at the truth. — EARLIER THIS YEAR, I put on a brand-new tailored suit, picked up a sleek leather briefcase and headed to downtown Washington for meetings with some of the city's most prominent lobbyists.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Rising Hegemon, The Carpetbagger Report, Cliff Schecter, Economist's View and Unfogged

New York Times:

Questions About a Governor's Fall — It is extremely disturbing that Don Siegelman, the former governor of Alabama, was hauled off to jail this week. There is reason to believe his prosecution may have been a political hit, intended to take out the state's most prominent Democrat …

Discussion: The Locust Fork Journal, Outside The Beltway and JammieWearingFool

Ace of Spades HQ:
Larry Johnson: Yesterday and Today

Discussion: Redstate

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Olby and Larry Johnson shrug at the "non-event in London"

Discussion: protein wisdom, Right Wing Nut House, The Independent, The Blotter, Betsy's Page, Little Green Footballs and Danger Room

Ruy Teixeira / Center for American Progress:

Public Opinion Snapshot: The Verdict on the Surge — A number of key Republican Senators—Richard Lugar of Indiana, George Voinovich of Ohio, and John Warner of Virginia—notably expressed skepticism of their own administration's plans in Iraq this week. Lugar said the military escalation …

Discussion: QandO

Think Progress:
REPORT: Public Expresses Solid Opposition To Bush On Iraq

Discussion: The Next Hurrah

Alan Cowell / New York Times:

London Finds Linked Bombs, a Qaeda Tactic — London was gripped by a terrorist threat on Friday when the police found two Mercedes sedans packed with gasoline, nails and gas canisters that had been parked near Piccadilly Circus in the bustling West End entertainment district.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

James Kirkup / Scotsman:
Police hunt Iraqi on run after double bomb plot in London

Discussion: Power Line and The Agonist

StrategyPage:

Japanese Propaganda and American Mass Media — U.S. troops have been mystified at how differently the war they fight in Iraq is portrayed by the U.S. media back home. Most just shrug it off as "politics," and yet another reason to not trust what the mass media presents as reliable reporting.

Discussion: BLACKFIVE and Confederate Yankee

Dani Rodrik / Dani Rodrik's weblog:

Nuggets from the Pew survey — The new Pew survey of global attitudes is full of interesting findings. Here is one that I think might be surprising. Respondents thought that the influence of China on their country is more positive than that of the United States in virtually all countries surveyed …

Discussion: The Huffington Post