Sami Al-Arian Released After 5.5 Years in Prison; Bush: "Angry Left" Will "Never Break" John McCain; Amy Goodman Grills St. Paul Police Chief About Her Arrest and Two Democracy Now! Producers; Thousands Gather in Minneapolis for Ron Paul Counter-Convention; Fmr. UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter on the RNC, Joe Biden and the Possibility of an Attack on Iran; 8 Years After Accepting Dems’ VP Bid on Gore Ticket, Lieberman Attacks Former Party at GOP Convention; Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign Takes Cause to Streets Outside RNC; Thousands Join Poor People’s March Outside RNC; Freed from Jail, Fmr. Democratic Governor Don Siegelman Accuses Karl Rove of Orchestrating Political Witch Hunt.
Today’s Headlines
* Jailed Professor Sami Al-Arian Released from Prison
* Contradicting ‘00 Primary Smears, Bush Praises McCain on War Record, Adoption
* Top McCain Aide: ’08 Election “Not About Issues”
* Police Fire Flash Grenades, Teargas at RNC Protesters
* Minn. Police Infiltrated RNC Protest Group
* Residents Begin Slow Return to New Orleans Following Gustav
* Bush Cites Gustav to Promote Offshore Drilling
* 21 Haitians Die in Tropical Storm Hanna
* Justice Dept. Rejects Internal Referral to Indict Ex-AG Gonzales for Mishandling Classified Docs
* US Accused of Killing 15 Civilians in Pakistan Ground Attack
* Pelosi Pays Tribute to Hiroshima Victims