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Richard Bernstein / New York Times:
Skepticism Seems to Erode Europeans' Faith in Rice  —  BERLIN, Dec. 6 - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice did what was expected, many people in Europe said Tuesday, after her meetings with Chancellor Angela Merkel and other German officials.  She gave reassurances that the United States …
Discussion: The Next Hurrah and War and Piece
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 …
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Supreme Court Weighs Military's Access to Law Schools  —  WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 - The military wants access to law schools on the same basis as other potential employers seeking to recruit students, although openly gay law students, of course, need not apply.  The law schools insist …
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Law Schools Against Free Speech  —  The Supreme Court considers military recruitment on campus.  —  Anyone who has attended law school will attest to the lunacy of interview season, wherein law students trade in jeans and sweatshirts for rumpled navy suits and heroically endure an uneasy session …
Discussion: Betsy's Page
David Stout / New York Times:
Supreme Court Hears Case of Recruiters on Campuses
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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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Digby / Hullabaloo:   Moral Foundations  —  I see that Senator Lieberman is concerned …
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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Brian Wheeler / BBC:
The David Cameron story
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Fox News:
Saddam Tells Judge: 'Go to Hell'  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq — Saddam Hussein told the judge overseeing his trial in Iraq to "go to hell" Tuesday and threatened not to return to an "unjust court" when it reconvenes on Wednesday.  —  After five witnesses gave horrific testimony of torture allegedly overseen …
Discussion: Power Line and Six Meat Buffet
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Not Guilty Verdicts in Florida Terror Trial Are Setback for U.S.  —  WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 - In a major defeat for law enforcement officials, a jury in Florida failed to return guilty verdicts Tuesday on any of 51 criminal counts against a former Florida professor and three co-defendants accused …
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
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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.
Aron Heller / Associated Press:
Israeli Suicide Bomber Kills Five at Mall  —  NETANYA, Israel - A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up Monday among shoppers waiting to enter a shopping mall in the central Israeli town of Netanya, killing at least five bystanders and wounding more than 30.
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Jerusalem Post:
Troops catch suicide bomber's relatives
Alan Cooperman / Washington Post:
'Holiday' Cards Ring Hollow for Some on Bushes' List  —  What's missing from the White House Christmas card?  Christmas.  —  This month, as in every December since he took office, President Bush sent out cards with a generic end-of-the-year message, wishing 1.4 million of his close friends and supporters a happy "holiday season."
Discussion: RedState.org and PrestoPundit
Washington Post:
Democrats Fear Backlash at Polls for Antiwar Remarks  —  Strong antiwar comments in recent days by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean have opened anew a party rift over Iraq, with some lawmakers warning that the leaders' rhetorical blasts …
NY Daily News:
Angry activists set to hound Hil  —  WASHINGTON - Anti-war activists furious with Sen. Hillary Clinton are vowing to bird-dog her everywhere she goes, starting with a swanky Manhattan fund-raiser tonight.  —  Clinton's letter last week clarifying her position on Iraq …

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