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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Democrats Force Closed Meeting on Iraq — WASHINGTON - Democrats forced the Republican-controlled Senate into an unusual closed session Tuesday, questioning intelligence that President Bush used in the run-up to the war in Iraq and accusing Republicans of ignoring the issue.
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Fox News:
Senate Goes Into Rare Closed Session — WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate prepared to go into closed session Tuesday after Democrats enacted a rare parliamentary rule forcing the shutdown of the chamber so senators could speak in a classified session about the lead-up to the war in Iraq.
Steve Clemons:
RULE 21 CLOSED DOOR SENATE SESSION: Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid's Stock Moves Strongly Up — Senator Harry Reid, in a motion seconded by Senator Richard Durbin, just called for a very rare closed door executive session of the Senate. This motion is called "Rule 21" so that Senators can discuss "secret matters."
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John / AMERICAblog:
Holy s**t, put on CNN — UPDATE: Call Harry Reid's DC office and tell them their boss rocks. It's high time a Democrat showed some cojones. We need to support them when they do the right thing (and you know the Republicans are going to try to destroy Reid over this). — Reid's phone number:
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New York Times:
Democrats Force Senate Into Closed Session Over Iraq Data — WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 - Democrats invoked a rarely used rule today that sent the Senate into a two-hour closed session, infuriating Republicans but producing an agreement for a bipartisan look at whether the Republican leadership …
rawstory.com:
Reid takes Senate into closed session over Iraq intelligence — RAW STORY — The Senate's Democratic leader Harry Reid (D-NV) unexpectedly pulled the Senate into secret session Tuesday afternoon in order to have closed discussion of Iraq intelligence, RAW STORY has learned.
Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
CLOSED SESSION....Huh? Harry Reid has shut down the Senate by invoking Rule 21 and placing the Senate into closed session to discuss the intelligence that led to war. What's up with that? — Frist is pissed. Really pissed. Reid did this without warning him.
John Podhoretz / The Corner on National Review Online:I'M BACK, BUT FOR A MOMENT — I think the Democratic move today …
livejournal.com:
I want to explain what's wrong with Alito's strip-search thing — There's been a lot of internet chatter about Alito's dissent, which would have permitted the strip search of a 10-year-old, in Doe v. Groody, 361 F.3d 232 (3d Cir. 2004). I want to explain why I, personally …
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April Castro / Associated Press:
Judge Removed From DeLay's Criminal Case — AUSTIN, Texas - The judge in the conspiracy case against Republican Rep. Tom DeLay was removed at the congressman's request Tuesday because of his donations to Democratic candidates and causes. — A semi-retired judge who was called in to hear the dispute …
Los Angeles Times:
Filibuster Option Is in the Democrats' Arsenal — Senators say the 'Gang of 14,' a bipartisan group that helped avoid a showdown on judicial nominees in May, could decide Alito's fate. — WASHINGTON — Democrats began gearing up Monday for a high-stakes fight over federal appellate Judge Samuel …
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Thomas Oliphant / Boston Globe:
The coverup worked — NO ONE really noticed, but Patrick Fitzgerald made an unassailable point last week about the timing of the indictment that his CIA leak investigation has produced so far. — ''I would have wanted nothing better," he said, ''that when the subpoenas were issued in August of 2004 …
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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:What the 'Shield' Covered Up — Has anyone noticed that the coverup worked?
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Associated Press:
13 Arrested In Paris Suburb Riots — (AP) Youths torched cars, set garbage bins alight and threw stones at police in a fifth night of rioting in a Paris suburb, and set two primary school classrooms on fire as rioting spread to two other suburban towns, police and an official said Tuesday.
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Trent Lott: Get Rid-O-Rove — Trent Lott: Get Rid-O-Rove — Trent was on Hardball today and said: — TRENT LOTT: Well, the question is, that you asked, is he good for American politics? Look, he has been very successful, very effective in the political arena.
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JSOnline:
Editorial: A nomination that will divide — In picking Appeals Court Judge Samuel Alito for the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, President Bush gave his right flank what it wanted: a true-blue conservative. The question now is: Is Bush giving the country what it needs?
