Cursor's Media Patrol - 10/13/06

After dropping a political bombshell, in "one of the most outspoken interviews ever given by a serving soldier," General Sir Richard Dannatt, the head of Britain's army, says he never meant to signal a rift.

As a bipartisan panel reportedly 'Rules Out Iraq Victory,' co-chairs James Baker and Lee Hamilton appeared on the PBS "NewsHour" to explain why their report won't be made public until after the midterm elections.

'A Soldier's Tale' After traveling to Fort Ashby, West Virginia, the American Prospect's Tara McKelvey is granted the first prison interview with Lynndie England, who offers up descriptions of pre-Abu Ghraib games with "Naked Chem-Light Tuesday" and a cat's head on a soda bottle.

In what is described as "the most deadly attack on members of the Iraqi news media since the 2003 invasion," 'Gunmen Kill 11' during "the first invasion of the offices of a media outlet," although 'U.K. minister urged Al-Jazeera bombing.'

As an 'Army "Big Brother" Unit Targets Bloggers,' the ACLU releases documents showing that the Pentagon kept tabs on a Florida antiwar group in a "military antiterrorism database."

Paul Krugman sees "a huge Democratic storm surge ... heading toward a high Republican levee," but Rigorous Intuition's Jeff Wells muses that "perhaps it's the election itself that distracts Americans ... away from the real war."

After Keith Olbermann reported that David Kuo's "Tempting Faith" quotes Karl Rove demanding, "Just Get Me A F—ing Faith-Based Thing. Got it?", a Los Angeles Times article on the book, quotes the "founding father" of the conservative movement quipping, "If Republicans win, it will prove God is a Republican, since it will take a miracle."