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8:00 PM ET, August 21, 2007

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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Report: CIA Director Unprepared for al-Qaeda Threat  —  Former CIA Director George Tenet failed to lead a strategic effort against al-Qaeda before the Sept. 11 attacks, the agency's inspector general concluded in a long-classified report released today.  —  The report, which Congress ordered …
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New York Times:
Statement by George J. Tenet on C.I.A. Report
Discussion: The Raw Story and Danger Room
New York Times:
Tenet's C.I.A. Unprepared for Qaeda Threat, Report Says
Discussion: RADAMISTO and Prairie Weather
Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:
CIA missed chances to thwart al-Qaida
Discussion: PoliPundit.com and Publius Pundit
Kate O'Beirne / The Corner:
CIA Fights Accountability
Discussion: Hot Air
Kevin Whitelaw / US News:
CIA Releases Harsh Internal Report on 9/11 Failures
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup Poll:
Congress Approval Rating Matches Historical Low  —  Just 18% approve of job Congress is doing  —  PRINCETON, NJ — A new Gallup Poll finds Congress' approval rating the lowest it has been since Gallup first tracked public opinion of Congress with this measure in 1974.
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Fred File:
A New York State of Mind  —  When I was working in television, I spent quite a bit of time in New York City.  There are lots of things about the place I like, but New York gun laws don't fall in that category.  —  Anybody who knows me knows I've always cared deeply about the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.
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Alex Mooney / CNN:
Romney blasts 'sanctuary cities'
The Rothenberg / The Rothenberg Political Report:
Louisiana Governor: Backlash Anyone?  —  In one of the hardest hitting - Republicans will undoubtedly say "dirtiest" - television ads aired in history, the Louisiana Democratic Party is accusing Rep. Bobby Jindal of being anti-Protestant.  —  The bizarre charge is delivered by an unidentified woman …
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Kos / Daily Kos:
LA-Gov: Jindal (R) accused of being anti-Protestant
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
The Party Of Tolerance  —  How desperate are Louisiana Democrats to hold onto power?
Discussion: Hot Air
Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:
DOD 'Talon' Database Declawed  —  The Quakers can sleep easier.  This morning, the Pentagon announced that it's canceling a database created to monitor threats to Defense Department installations in the U.S. that ended up compiling lists of citizens engaged in peaceful, constitutionally-protected protest speech.
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Associated Press:
Pentagon to shut controversial database
Discussion: Think Progress
Fred Barnes / Opinion Journal:
Can the GOP Make a Comeback?  —  The recipe for Republicans is to stop acting like, well, Republicans—that is, Republicans of recent vintage.  —  It's not particularly visible at the moment, but there is a road to political recovery for Republicans.  Chances are they won't get far enough …
Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
CAIR blames Justice for its troubles  —  The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) says it is suffering from a decline in membership and fundraising and blames the Justice Department for listing it as an unindicted co-conspirator in a case involving a charity accused of terrorist ties.
Jennifer Hunter / Chicago Sun Times:
Michelle gets stronger all the time  —  'I don't want my girls to live in a country based on fear'  —  Barack Obama often says that his wife, Michelle, is smarter than he is, stronger than he is, and gives better speeches than he does.  —  On a trip to Iowa last week, Michelle was a firebrand …
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Bush is 'soft on lead'  —  You've no doubt heard quite a bit about toys manufactured in China reaching U.S. stores, despite the use of lead-based paints.  McClatchy's Kevin Hall reports today on the Bush administration's role in the story. … Under federal regulations …
Michael J. Totten:
How to Spy in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD - American soldiers arrived in Iraq in 2003 with not much of a plan and little idea what to expect.  The Iraqi government, military, and police were overthrown and disbanded under de-Baathification.  Most Iraqis who knew how to run the country were either sent home or imprisoned.
Nan Aron / Washington Post:
An Unjust Judge  —  To understand the furor over President Bush's nomination of Leslie Southwick to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, one should start with the Goode family of Mississippi.  —  A propane heater exploded in their house, killing their granddaughter.  The Goodes sued the manufacturer.
Daniel Trotta / Reuters:
Bloomberg says won't run for president  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he cannot win the U.S. presidency and won't run, the strongest statement to date about his intentions for the 2008 presidential race.  —  Bloomberg previously had said he had no plans to run …
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com
Joan Walsh / Salon:
Are Democrats really so lame?  —  Republicans are on the ropes, but yet another mainstream media star says it's Democrats who are in trouble, thanks to Bush-hating bloggers and billionaires.  Here we go again.  —  The Republican Party is the least respected institution in the U.S today …
Roy / alicublog:
ANNALS OF LIBERTARIANISM.  Talking about the Giuliani health care plan, Megan McArdle argues that "As a class, the old and sick are already luckier than the young and healthy":  —  Moreover, as a class, the old and sick have some culpability in their ill health.
Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG:
UPDATED: ES&S to Face Millions in Fines, Possible Decertification in CA for Use of Uncertified Voting Systems!  —  By Brad Friedman from St. Louis, MO...  ED NOTE: Story now updated with additional information and statement from Secretary of State, Debra Bowen.
Discussion: Election Updates and Calitics
The Atlantic Online:
I fear you may have misunderstood me  —  One of my commenters demands: … I am not defending Rudy, the presidential candidate.  Almost no one who has lived in New York wants Rudy anywhere near the nuclear football, nor would we like to see his strongly authoritarian instincts …
Discussion: The RBC
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
9/11 TRUTHERS GUT PUNCHED BY HISTORY CHANNEL  —  In what will surely be seen as a defining moment for the 9/11 truther movement, the History Channel has delivered a blow for sanity and rationalism by airing a superior documentary entitled 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction.
 
 
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New York Times:
Iran Releases Iranian-American Scholar on Bail
New York Times:
Despite 'Frustration,' Bush Plans New Defense of Iraq War
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Jesse Lee / The Gavel:
Chairman Waxman on "Asset Deployment"
WCBS-TV:
Arctic August: NYC Sets Record For Coldest Day
USA Today:
Dem freshmen get fundraising burst
Alan Fram / Associated Press:
Book Chief: Conservatives Want Slogans
Geoffrey Gray / New York Magazine:
The New McCain Gang Still Paying Bills
Discussion: Think Progress
Undercover Black Man:
Illegal immigrant = runaway slave? Buuulls**t.
 Earlier Items: 
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
What Presidents Don't Know
Discussion: TalkLeft
Cernig / The Newshoggers:
Guest Post - Who's Killing The Clerics Of Najaf?
Sam Boyd / American Prospect:
The group blog of The American Prospect
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Faiz / Think Progress:
O'Hanlon: Soldiers Of The 82nd Airborne 'May Have Been Taking A Slight Poke' At Me
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The Caped Crusader From Vermont
Discussion: Daily Kos
Frank Ahrens / Washington Post:
For Wall Street's Math Brains, Miscalculations
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