PLOT AGAINST CARTER? - AT 7:28 A.M. ET:  From Fox News:

Hamas has discovered two roadside bombs planted near a crossing between Israel and Gaza on a path Former President Jimmy Carter's convoy took to meet with the group's leaders, a Palestinian source tells FOX News.

According to the source, the aim of the bombs was to hit Carter's vehicle as he exited Gaza. There is some suspicion that Hamas extremists identified with Al Qaeda may be behind the attempt.

The former president says he's trying to persuade Hamas leaders to accept the international community's conditions for ending its boycott of the Islamic militant group.

COMMENT:  Hard to know what to believe here.  Why would Al Qaeda want to kill Jimmah Carter, one of the world's leading flacks for the Arab cause?  Well, of course they might want to do it and blame it Israel, and CNN would take that seriously.  You can just see Christiane Amanpour, fake British accent and all, reporting from the blast scene.

We'll wait and see on this.  It will be interesting to see how different news organizations play the story.

June 16, 2009