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Scott Shane / New York Times:
German Sues Over Abduction Said to Be at Hands of C.I.A.  —  WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 - A German citizen who says he was abducted, beaten and taken to Afghanistan by American agents in an apparent case of mistaken identity in 2003 filed suit in federal court today against George J. Tenet …
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ACLU:
Companies that Owned and Operated Airplanes Used in CIA Kidnapping Also Named in Lawsuit  —  WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union today announced the first ever lawsuit against former CIA director George Tenet challenging the CIA's abduction of a foreign national for detention and interrogation in a secret overseas prison.
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BBC:
Cameron chosen as new Tory leader  —  David Cameron has been elected as the new Conservative leader by a margin of more than two to one over David Davis.  —  The 39-year-old beat Mr Davis by 134,446 votes to 64,398 in a postal ballot of Tory members across the UK.
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David Lightman / courant.com:
Lieberman Calls For Formation Of 'War Cabinet'  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, increasingly isolated in his own Democratic party because of his strong support for the Iraq war, today called on the White House and congressional leaders to form a special "war cabinet" to provide advice and direction for the war effort.
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Stephen Singer / Associated Press:
Ex-Conn. Governor May Challenge Lieberman
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Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press:
Saddam Vows No Return to 'Unjust' Court  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein shouted Tuesday that he will not return "to an unjust court" when it convenes for a fifth session the following day.  As the end of the session, when the judges decided to resume the trial Wednesday, Saddam suddenly shouted: "I will not return.
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Borzou Daragahi / Los Angeles Times:
Concealed Witness Tells of Torture By Hussein's Forces  —  BAGHDAD — An unnamed woman, her face shielded behind a curtain and her voice masked, gave a harrowing account today of torture and sexual abuse at the hands of Saddam Hussein's security forces during the trial of the former Iraqi leader.
Robert Green / Reuters:
Professor acquitted of funding Islamist group  —  TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - A federal jury on Tuesday found a former Florida professor not guilty of funding a banned Islamist group in a verdict likely to be seen as a stiff blow to the U.S. government in its attempts to prosecute terror suspects.
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Jerusalem Post:
Troops catch suicide bomber's relatives
Bill Nienhuis / PunditGuy:
Throwing National Security Under the Bus  —  It's as if the whole Valerie Plame matter never happened.  —  ABC News is blowing their 'EXCLUSIVE' horn again in an ongoing investigation to 'out' a handful of secret CIA prisons where alleged "enhanced interrogation techniques" are authorized for use by 14 CIA officers.
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Solomon Amendment likely to survive  —  Congress' demand that law schools give military recruiters equal access to their students, despite the military's policy of barring homosexuals from service, appeared to have survived quite easily its constitutional test in the Supreme Court on Tuesday …
Pajamas Media:
Whose Internet is It Anyway?  (Part 2)  —  Yesterday, our panel of experts weighed in on the issue of whether or not the UN should have a hand in internet governance.  Today, several of Pajamas Media's member bloggers take a busman's holiday, discussing the topic from the "man on the street" perspective.
rushlimbaugh.com:
John Kerry Calls American Troops Terrorists  —  RUSH: John Kerry beginning to undermine the war in a big effort now, in a big way.  Let's go the sound bite.  This is Face the Nation yesterday.  Bob Schieffer says, "Democrat Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, he takes a very different view, Senator Kerry.
Lindsey Graham / Washington Post:
Rules for Our War  —  In my view, the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were an act of war, not a mere crime.  Our terrorist enemies don't represent a sovereign nation, wear a uniform, follow the rules of armed conflict or show any regard for humanity.  The key difference between them and us is that we care about these things.
worldtribune.com:
U.S. Army report: Israel can't stop Iran nukes  —  WASHINGTON — Geopolitical limitations render Israel's air force militarily incapable of halting Iran's nuclear weapons program according to a new report published the by U.S. Army War College.  —  The report asserts Israel lacks …

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