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6:35 PM ET, October 4, 2007

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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
War Criminal  —  After reading the full investigative piece in the NYT today on how this administration decided on breaking America's historic ban on torture and then pursued a long, corrupting policy of ensuring that the interpretation of the law was politicized to keep torture alive, it is hard to disagree with Marty Lederman:
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Washington Post:
White House Denies Torture Assertion  —  Bush administration officials acknowledged today that the Justice Department issued a secret legal opinion in early 2005 allowing specific interrogation techniques to be used on CIA terrorism suspects, but denied that the tactics violated earlier government decrees against torture.
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Perino: We Don't Torture Because We Say We Don't Torture  —  For fans of circular reasoning, today's press gaggle was a classic.  Here's White House spokeswoman Dana Perino reacting to this morning's New York Times blockbuster that revealed secret Justice Department memos that authorized brutal interrogation techniques:
U.S. Senator Larry E. Craig:
Craig Reaction to Court Ruling  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Idaho Senator Larry Craig issued the following statement in reaction to today's ruling by the State of Minnesota District Court Fourth Judicial District allowing the guilty plea to stand:  —  "I am extremely disappointed with the ruling issued today.
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CNN:
Sen. Craig not resigning despite judge's ruling  —  (CNN) — Sen. Larry Craig on Thursday said he was not resigning from the Senate despite a Minnesota judge denying his request to withdraw his guilty plea stemming from his arrest in a sex sting at an airport men's room.
mncourts.gov:
State of MN v. Larry Edwin Craig
Discussion: The Politico
Jonathan Turley / USA Today:
A liberal's lament: The NRA might be right after all  —  This term, the Supreme Court may finally take up the Voldemort Amendment, the part of the Bill of Rights that shall not be named by liberals.  For more than 200 years, progressives and polite people have avoided acknowledging that following …
Associated Press:
Obama Dropped Flag Pin in War Statement  —  Obama Stops Wearing Flag Pin, Says He'll Show Patriotism Through Ideas  —  An eagle-eyed reporter for the ABC affiliate in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, noticed something missing from Democratic presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama's, D-Ill., lapels.
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Mike Glover / Associated Press:
Obama stops wearing flag pin  —  WATERLOO, Iowa - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he doesn't wear an American flag lapel pin because it has become a substitute for "true patriotism" since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.  —  Asked about it Wednesday in an interview …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and MSNBC
Geoff Earle / New York Post:
CLINTON HAS 33-POINT LEAD
Discussion: Vox Popoli and Truthdig
Rasmussen Reports:
27% of Republicans Would Vote for Pro-Life Third Party Instead of Giuliani  —  If Rudy Giuliani wins the Republican nomination and a third party campaign is backed by Christian conservative leaders, 27% of Republican voters say they'd vote for the third party option rather than Giuliani.
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Garance Franke-Ruta / American Prospect:
COULTER COMES OUT AGAINST WOMEN VOTING.  —  Most of the time I ignore aging would-be pin-up Ann Coulter, but this week she came out with a whopper that could be as much of a gift to the Democratic Party as MoveOn.org's advertisement on Gen. Petraeus was for the G.O.P. More of a gift, even.
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
FOX News Poll: Nearly 1 in 5 Democrats Say World Will Be Better Off if U.S. Loses War  —  NEW YORK — Nearly one out of every five Democrats thinks the world will be better off if America loses the war in Iraq, according to the FOX News Opinion Dynamics Poll released Thursday.
Discussion: Power Line
David Stout / New York Times:
House Bill Would Allow Prosecution of Contractors  —  Amid the fallout over the shooting of Iraqis by private American security guards, the House today overwhelmingly passed a bill to make all private contractors working in Iraq subject to prosecution in United States civilian courts.
Discussion: MoJoBlog
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Edward T. Pound / National Journal:
Questionable Contracts  —  In April last year, Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson traveled to Dallas to deliver a speech to a group of minority real estate executives.  The event should have been pretty routine stuff.  But Jackson — and these are his words — shot off his mouth by describing …
Discussion: Open Left
Adam Zagorin / Time:
Selective Justice in Alabama?  —  On may 8, 2002, Clayton Lamar (Lanny) Young Jr., a lobbyist and landfill developer described by acquaintances as a hard-drinking "good ole boy," was in an expansive mood.  In the downtown offices of the U.S. Attorney in Montgomery, Ala., Young settled into his chair …
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Obama, Others Nix Deal on Voter Fraud Guru … Obama earlier called von Spakovsky an "unacceptable nominee."  For a rundown for why Dems would find von Spakovsky so objectionable, see here and here.  —  Rick Hasen has more on where things might go from here over at the Election Law Blog.
Discussion: Obama HQ
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Jonathan Saltzman / Boston Globe:
Student takes his C to federal court  —  Judge dismisses suit against UMass  —  In his lawsuit, Brian Marquis contended the university violated his civil rights and contractual rights.  (STEPHEN ROSE FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE)  —  Plenty of college students grumble when they get a mediocre grade and feel that they deserved better.
 
 
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