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3:08 AM ET, September 7, 2007

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Website: Soon, The Blessed Invasion of Manhattan— "Special Gift" for 9/11 — UPDATE 5:00: New bin Laden video coming soon! Perhaps this is the "special gift"? — I promised myself that I wouldn't give my 'friend' Inshallahshaheed from the Wordpress hosted al Qaeda support website …

Discussion: Unqualified Offerings, Comments From Left Field, Outside The Beltway, Infidels Are Cool and Take Our Country Back

Lee Keath / Associated Press:

Groups: Bin Laden plans video on 9/11 — CAIRO, Egypt - Osama bin Laden will release a new video in the coming days ahead of the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in what would be the first new images of the terror mastermind in nearly three years, al-Qaida's media arm announced Thursday.

Discussion: Jules Crittenden, Captain's Quarters, Wake up America, Bark Bark Woof Woof, The Gun Toting Liberal™, Shakespeare's Sister, All Spin Zone, Secular Blasphemy and Blue Crab Boulevard

Fox News:

Counterterrorism Officials Analyzing Islamic Web Post Warning of 'Special Gift' — DEVELOPING STORY: Federal counterterrorism officials are analyzing a posting on an Islamic forum Web site that warns of "a special gift" to be given on the sixth anniversary of Sept. 11, FOX News has learned.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Wake up America, The Detroit Times, A Blog For All and The Belmont Club

Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:

Al Qaeda Announces New Bin Laden Video — Brian Ross Reports: — Osama bin Laden will soon send a video message to America, according to a Web site regularly used by al Qaeda. — A posting late this afternoon said, "Soon, with the permission of God, a new visual tape, the Sheikh, the Lion, Osama bin Laden.

Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and Blogs of War

Allahpundit / Hot Air:

SITE Institute: New Bin Laden video coming on 9/11; Update: New tape coming tonight, says Fox News — I guess we know now what the "special gift" is. — Wherever he's hiding, they're obviously well stocked with Grecian formula. 2004: — And coming soon: — Update: Quite a scoop for SITE.

Discussion: Associated Press, protein wisdom, Stop The ACLU, CNN Political Ticker, GINA COBB, Jihad Watch and The American Pundit

Fox News:
Report: Bin Laden to Address Americans on Sept. 11

Discussion: QandO

Rusty / The Jawa Report:
New bin Laden Video on 9/11

Discussion: Gateway Pundit, michellemalkin.com, Weasel Zippers and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS

San Francisco Chronicle:

Fugitive fundraiser captured in Colorado tonight — (09-06) 20:52 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — Fugitive political fundraiser Norman Hsu, who skipped out on San Mateo County authorities this week rather than face sentencing in a fraud scheme, was apprehended tonight by federal and local lawmen in Grand Junction, Colo.

Discussion: Suitably Flip, Gateway Pundit and Blue Crab Boulevard

Patrick Healy / The Caucus:

Clinton Supporter Arrested in N.J. Corruption Sting — Among the 11 public officials arrested in an F.B.I. corruption sting in New Jersey today was a leading Democratic supporter of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign in that state, Mayor Samuel Rivera of Passaic.

Discussion: New Jersey Online, Wake up America, The American Street, A Blog For All and JammieWearingFool

Daily Sentinel:
Disgraced Democratic donor arrested in Grand Junction

Discussion: michellemalkin.com and The American Pundit

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Norman Hsu captured in Colorado; Update: Hospitalized …

Discussion: Mercury News, WILLisms.com, Wizbang and Patterico's Pontifications

Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:

Judge strikes down part of Patriot Act — NEW YORK - A federal judge struck down a key part of the USA Patriot Act on Thursday in a ruling that defended the need for judicial oversight of laws and bashed Congress for passing a law that makes possible "far-reaching invasions of liberty."

Discussion: Macsmind, Crooks and Liars, Corrente and Liberal Values

Dan Eggen / Washington Post:

Judge Invalidates Patriot Act Provisions — A federal judge struck down controversial portions of the USA Patriot Act in a ruling that declared them unconstitutional yesterday, ordering the FBI to stop its wide use of a warrantless tactic for obtaining e-mail and telephone data from private companies …

Discussion: New York Times, TIME, Liberty Street, AMERICAblog, Shakespeare's Sister, The Reaction and The Democratic Daily

ACLU:
Federal Court Strikes Down National Security Letter Provision of Patriot Act

Discussion: Firedoglake and TalkLeft

Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act

Discussion: Think Progress, Comments From Left Field, The Next Hurrah and The Van Der Galiën Gazette

Satyam / Think Progress:

O'Hanlon Rips GAO Report: It Is 'Flat-Out Sloppy' — Last week, Gen. David Petraeus alleged a 75 percent reduction in "sectarian violence" in Iraq and is expected to say the same before Congress. In contrast, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office recently reported that daily attacks in Iraq have …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Online NewsHour, Talking Points Memo, The Carpetbagger Report, Crooks and Liars, WTF Is It Now?!? and TPMmuckraker

John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Do Americans believe the Petraeus/White House Report will be honest?

Discussion: Rasmussen Reports and Think Progress

Office of the Speaker / The Gavel:
More Evidence Raises Credibility Question About White House Report On Iraq

Discussion: Obsidian Wings, Firedoglake, Daily Kos, Think Progress, Wake up America, Crooks and Liars, Outside The Beltway, The Carpetbagger Report and The Detroit Times

Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Zogby poll: 42% of Democrats think Bush either caused 9/11 or let it happen — I guess we should be grateful it's not a clear majority, eh? You can thank the turds at 9/11 Truth for commissioning the poll; SLC spotted it earlier and has since been digesting the numbers.

Discussion: Zogby, Flopping Aces, Screw Loose Change, The Jawa Report, Gateway Pundit, Blue Crab Boulevard and Dr. Sanity

James B. / Screw Loose Change:
So Much For 84% — 911truth.org is all excited over a poll …

Discussion: protein wisdom

Little Green Footballs:

Video: Muslim Student Association Harasses Women and Jews at UTSA — This is what the Muslim Student Association is doing on American campuses, in a video apparently shot by an MSA member at the University of Texas at San Antonio using the name "dawahworks." — The title of the video is: The Missing Hijab 2 & the Jew.

Discussion: The Jawa Report, Infidels Are Cool and Hot Air

Jeff G. / protein wisdom: "Muslim Student Association Harasses Women and Jews at University …

Associated Press:

US Democratic hopeful Kucinich meets Assad, blasts Bush — US Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich, on a Mideast visit that included a stop in Syria, said the country lambasted by the Bush administration deserves credit for taking in more than a million Iraqi refugees.

Discussion: HazZzMat, The Detroit Times, Power Line, Let Freedom Ring, Wizbang, Burkean Reflections, Don Surber and Gateway Pundit

Pew Research Center:

Clinton and Giuliani Seen as Not Highly Religious; Romney's Religion Raises Concerns — Religion in Campaign '08 — Summary of Findings — So far religion is not proving to be a clear-cut positive in the 2008 presidential campaign. The candidates viewed by voters as the least religious among …

Discussion: The Trail and Hot Air

New York Times:

Petraeus, Seeing Gains as Fragile, Is Wary of Cuts — Gen. David H. Petraeus wants to keep heightened troop levels in Iraq well into next year, but could accept the pullback of one brigade in January, officials say.

Discussion: Pat Dollard, Balloon Juice and Daily Kos