Flying imams lawsuit update: Leave the John Does alone
Update: Imams backing down?
Michelle Malkin

The Becket Fund has filed an amicus brief on behalf of the citizen John Doe whistleblowers targeted:

Today the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty will file an amicus brief asking the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota to dismiss all claims against the unnamed defendants (“John Does”) who reported the suspicious activity of six imams aboard a US Airways Flight in November. The brief argues that to allow the suit to go forward against the Does would result in a chilling effect, lessening the likelihood that similar activity would be reported in the future and potentially endangering the lives of American citizens. The brief relies in part on the recent legislation passed by Congress, which shields John Does who report suspicious behavior aboard an airplane. ...

Democrats To Wait Until September For Surrender Bill
Ed Morrissey

Apparently the Democrats have resolved to wait until September to offer a withdrawal bill -- and John Murtha stomped off the floor when he learned about their plans. He had planned to offer a bill which would have required withdrawal to start within 60 days but not demand an end date, and the anti-war faction balked:

A proposal by Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) for the House to vote on withdrawal from Iraq without a timetable has been nixed, several lawmakers and aides said.

The opposition of the Progressive Caucus also apparently doomed a proposal by Reps. Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) and John Tanner (D-Tenn.) demanding a redeployment plan from President Bush. The measure will not get a vote this week. ...

Below the fold:

• CAIR threatens Young America’s Foundation, seeks to stifle Robert Spencer
• Obama: Hey, let’s invade Pakistan
• Barack Obama: Macho man
• Defending Stanislav Shmulevich

See also:

• South Korean Christian hostage crisis: Rescue attempt reported… “The operation has started”…Refuted? Update: Reuters withdraws rescue report Update: More conflicting reports Update: 1:30pm Eastern…The final deadline?
• Breaking: South Korean hostage deadline passes, Reuters reports a rescue operation is underway Updated: Reuters withdraws its report
• Lieberman tells the Dems what’s wrong
• CAIR's Congressman Ellison Praises Key Elements of Counterinsurgency Strategy
• Video: Hitchens clashes with CAIR leader over Pace Koran prosecution;
  Update: Robert Spencer responds to Hooper
• The Martyrs No One Cares About

CAIR threatens Young America’s Foundation,
seeks to stifle Robert Spencer
Bryan Preston

Noted author, Hot Air contributor/host and jihad watcher Robert Spencer is scheduled to speak before a gathering of the Young America’s Foundation in Washington on Thursday. CAIR, whose spokesman Ibrahim Hooper defamed Spencer on CNN Tuesday night, has issued a demand via its lawyers that YAF cancel the speech or “ensure that false and defamatory statements are not disseminated at that session.” Here’s the letter from CAIR’s lawyers to YAF. ...

See also:

• What a Shock: CAIR Trying to Stifle Free Speech
• Free Speech Vs Prior Restraint
• Outrage: CAIR’s war on Robert Spencer, Young America’s Foundation
• Stupidity Begets Stupidity

Obama: Hey, let’s invade Pakistan
Allahpundit

Or “Afghania.” Whatever. McQ is aghast but then he’s always been queasy about irresponsible statements from warmongering unilateralist cowboys. I think it’s brilliant. Once we pull out of Iraq we’re going to have a huge manpower surplus from all the leftist cretins who’ve spent the last four years chanting “chickenhawk” running off to enlist so they can live out their dream of fighting the “real war on terror.” Put ‘em to use. There’ll be casualties and, yeah, an incursion into another Muslim country will hurt America’s “global image” and, sure, there’s a significant risk that it would push Pakistan’s moderate population into the radical camp — a point the left grasps in the context of attacking Iran, ironically, but not here — but they’ve been positively itching for this fight. It seems cruel to deny them.

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Barack Obama: Macho man
Michelle Malkin

Looks like the laughingstock Democrat presidential candidates have been eating their Wheaties. Yesterday, it was John Edwards flexing his imaginary muscles at Saudi Arabia. Today, it’s Barack Obama shaking his fist at Pakistan. ABC News reports on the first-term senator’s latest, greatest “bold” idea–invading Pakistan unilaterally. Diplomacy, international law, and the U.N. be damned! Behold, Obama the Cowboy: ...

See also:

• Obama Says He'd Invade Pakistan
• Obama: It Was Fun While It Lasted
• Barack Obomber
• Sure You Will
• War, Democrat style
• Obama: Let's Pull Out Of Iraq And Invade Pakistan
  (Update: Obama's Website Emphasizes Punitive Invasion)

Defending Stanislav Shmulevich
Michelle Malkin

Many of you have asked how you can contribute to/help the defense of Stanislav Shmulevich, the former Pace University student being charged with felony hate crimes for putting copies of the Koran in a campus toilet on two occasions last fall.

Charles Johnson at LGF has an update: ...