Scott Thomas revealed; Update: So is his blog
Bryan Preston

He’s Private Scott Thomas Beauchamp, a member of Alpha Company, 1/18 Infantry, Second Brigade Combat Team, First Infantry Division. He’s also calling most of his critics chickenhawks, even though most of his critics a) served in the military and/or b) have been to Iraq or c) both. The pre-amble to Pvt Thomas’ letter is one more exercise in silliness from TNR: ...

See also:

• Private Beauchamp- Requiem for a dung beetle
• 'Scott Thomas' - Engaged to TNR Staffer?
• One Apology--and Only One (UPDATED)
• The Thomas Affair - The End of the Beginning (H/T)
• Scott Thomas speaks
• ““Scott Thomas” steps out of the shadows Update: The blog of “Sir Real Scott Thomas” Update: His MySpace page Update The soon-to-be wife of Scott Thomas Beauchamp?

Below the fold:

• Video: Flying imams stunt may have been set up to provoke lawsuit, says Peter King; Update: CAIR after Rudy now?
• Unhinged mechanic demands troop withdrawal, threatens bombings, murder
• The Iraq Dodge

See also:

• An Intent to Misinform?
• 'It Didn't Happen' 
• Stephen Glass Meets the Winter Soldiers

Video: Flying imams stunt may have been set up to provoke lawsuit, says Peter King; Update: CAIR after Rudy now?
Allahpundit

Yeah, that theory's been floated before. He's only speculating but his cop pals evidently think there's something to it. As for who he thinks is behind it, I'll make you watch the clip for that. A hint: they're "a terrible organization, they are a disgrace, they support Islamic extremism." See if you can guess!

The ACLU has already started whining about the "John Doe" provision, incidentally: ...

Unhinged mechanic demands troop
withdrawal, threatens bombings, murder
Michelle Malkin

Moonbat of the day:

An aircraft mechanic sent e-mails to the FBI claiming he had planted explosives at Utah's Hill Air Force Base and planned to take six hostages in Idaho, authorities said Wednesday. Five buildings were evacuated Tuesday after the e-mails began surfacing, but the threat turned out to be false and no hostages were taken, FBI agent Tim Fuhrman said.

William Stiffler, 39, was unarmed when he was arrested Tuesday in Malad, Idaho, as he prepared to board an employee shuttle to the base, Fuhrman said. Stiffler has worked on C-130 planes at Hill since 2001.

Even weirder: ...

The Iraq Dodge
By Philip Klein

Last week, when key findings of the National Intelligence Estimate were released reporting that al Qaeda was thriving, Democratic candidates seized on the opportunity to declare President Bush's strategy for fighting terrorism a dismal failure.

John Edwards fired out a statement calling the NIE "proof positive that George Bush's 'Global War on Terror' Doctrine is more of a bumper sticker than a strategy to eliminate terrorism." He added that "the next president will need a bold new strategy that will attack the root causes of terrorism, rather than wait for the problem to get worse."

Not to be left out of the party, Barack Obama declared: "It is deeply troubling that more that [sic] nearly six years after 9/11, al Qaeda maintains a safe haven, an intact leadership, and the capability to plan further attacks. It is time to act to correct those mistakes, and the first step is to get out of Iraq, because you can't win a war when you're on the wrong battlefield."

The release did not include a second step -- i.e. a part about how Obama proposes to eliminate terrorist groups, or to pursue them in Afghanistan and Pakistan once U.S. troops leave Iraq.  ...