ROY HERRON EMAILS to tell me about his new site, FaithfulDemocrats.com.

THERE’S A HUGE AND ONGOING 9/11 ANNIVERSARY ROUNDUP over at Pajamas Media. Just keep scrolling.

And if you were offline this weekend, don’t miss this video by Richard Miniter and Andrew Marcus on Khatami at the National Cathedral.

LOOKING BACK TO September 11, 1565.

JONAH GOLDBERG: “While I don’t subscribe to so-called ass-brained theories that Bin Laden never existed, I am coming around to the view that he’s dead as Michael Ledeen has suggested. I mean why wouldn’t Bin Laden issue a video for the five year anniversary of 9/11?”

BLOGOSPHERE LEGEND STEVEN DEN BESTE writes on the disunited states of America.

MARK STEYN, JAMES LILEKS, JUDITH KLINGHOFFER, FRANK GAFFNEY, and more: A 9/11 symposium.

Plus, a huge 9/11 roundup at Wizbangblog, and another from LaShawn Barber.

UPDATE: Eric Muller, and his readers, look at what stands out about 9/11.

WIRED NEWS says that 9/11 was the birth of the blog.

That’s right, in a way. I was happily blogging before 9/11 and would rather things had continued in that vein. But this post from that morning was in some senses the first true InstaPundit post. It’s help up pretty well over time, which is a mixed thing. . . .

THANKS TO THE MIRACLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE, reader Deanna Heaven has seen the rest of “The Path to 9/11:”

Part 2 just finished here in New Zealand. It was harder than I realized it would be to watch the portrayal of the attacks. Frankly, the last 20 minutes dwarfed all of the rest of it, underscoring, I suppose, your point that what happened afterwards is what’s important. I actually felt less inclined to indulge in recriminations having just watched plane number 2 smash through the tower again. On the politics though – Condi does not look good, but as a consequence of cluelessness rather than being a jerk. On the other hand, there are some scenes with Albright and Ambassador Bodine (in Yemen where the Cole was attacked) which I hope are true because if they are not, would be really unfair. (At one point Bodine chastises a female FBI employee for wearing clothing inappropriate for a Muslim country, and then proceeds to roughly pull at said clothing.)

I think the overall effect of the movie, however, absent the left-wing frothing, would have been to concentrate the mind on the nature of the threat and what they are capable of. Secondarily, it should have been seen as a critique of the bureaucracy, in general.

Yes, watching it last night I was repeatedly reminded of Keith Laumer’s Retief novels. Ambassador Grossblunder, alas, has soulmates in both parties — which is why I think it was a big mistake for the Democrats to make such a stink.

UPDATE: Dean Barnett is crying foul:

As a historical document, its rampant inaccuracies both bothered and distracted me. Osama bin Laden did not fund Ramsi Yousef. Al Qaeda did not control the Taliban. The film’s implication that the Taliban was bin Laden’s puppet is absurd. Al Qaeda was not awash in riches; the organization was chronically impoverished. In other words, it really disturbed me how the film magnified and exaggerated the capabilities, reach and power of Al Qaeda.

Okay, now a word on THE SCENE, the one where the Northern Alliance and a few intrepid CIA men were ready to snatch or kill bin Laden only to have gutless Washington bureaucrats thwart their efforts. Nothing like it ever happened.

Actually, I believe that Al Qaeda pretty much did control the Taliban, at least with regard to stuff that Al Qaeda cared about. As for THE SCENE, I had never heard this story before the film, and have no reason to doubt Barnett’s characterization.

MORE: Further thoughts on the film, and especially on George Tenet’s problems, from Blue Crab Boulevard.

MICHAEL LEDEEN ON 9/11: “I am still angry.”

Ed Cone is still sad.

Kenneth Anderson, meanwhile, notes how 9/11 has affected his daughter.