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3:25 PM ET, January 13, 2007

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New York Times:
Prosecutor Asks to Exit Duke Case  —  The district attorney in the Duke lacrosse sexual assault case asked the state attorney general on Friday to take over the troubled prosecution, saying he faced a conflict of interest because of ethics charges filed against him by the state bar, officials involved in the case said.
Discussion: Althouse
Randy Barnett / The Volokh Conspiracy:   PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT: Dorothy Rabinowitz had an excellent essay …
Duff Wilson / New York Times:
Duke Accuser Contradicts Herself
Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
Official Attacks Top Law Firms Over Detainees  —  The senior Pentagon official in charge of military detainees suspected of terrorism said in an interview this week that he was dismayed that lawyers at many of the nation's top firms were representing prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba …
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Jeralyn Merritt / The Huffington Post:
Keeping an Eye on Cully Stimson
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Rod Dreher: "Hadn't the hippies tried to tell my generation this"?  —  (updated below)  —  Rod Dreher is as conservative as it gets — a contributor to National Review and the Corner, a current columnist for The Dallas Morning News, a self-described "practicing Christian and political conservative."
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Maha / The Mahablog:
Betrayal  —  Per Glenn Greenwald, don't miss this audio essay by rightie Rod Dreher. … Like so many loyal soldiers of movement conservatism, Dreher's earliest political memories are of the Carter Administration and the Iranian hostage crisis, followed by the triumphant ascension of Ronald Reagan.
Discussion: The Sideshow
Jonathan Zasloff / The RBC:   Vietnam, the Democrats and foreign policy
Anne Gearan / Associated Press:
Rice says U.S. won't pull plug on Iraq  —  JERUSALEM - Americans' skepticism about Iraq will not change until they see progress, but the U.S. will not "pull the plug" on the war, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.  —  Rice, at the start of a Mideast trip, would not detail any backup strategy …
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New York Times:
Passing Exchange Becomes Political Flashpoint  —  A passing exchange during a Senate hearing on Thursday turned into a political flashpoint overnight as Senator Barbara Boxer, the California Democrat, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice accused one another of insensitivity in comments about motherhood and the war in Iraq.
Haaretz:
Rice: I am not coming to Middle East with a plan
New York Times:
Bush Authorized Iranians' Arrest in Iraq, Rice Says
Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton Calls Situation in Iraq 'Heartbreaking'  —  Senator Spoke Out Against the President's Policy in Iraq  —  In an exclusive interview with ABC News in Baghdad, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., called the situation in Iraq "heartbreaking" and said she doubts Congress …
BBC:
Last Somali Islamist base 'falls'  —  Somali government troops backed by Ethiopian soldiers have captured the last stronghold of the Union of Islamic Courts, the defence minister says.  —  Col Barre Aden Shire said the town of Ras Kamboni, in south-eastern Somalia, fell after several days of fighting.
Discussion: ThreatsWatch
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:   Final Islamist Collapse In Somalia (Updated)
Robert B. Reich / American Prospect:
Bad-Faith Negotiation  —  What's missing from the Democrats' new bill on bargaining prescription drug prices.  —  House Democrats are pushing a bill to require Medicare to negotiate drug prices.  So far, so good.  But in what appears to be a bow to the political clout of Big Pharma …
Opinion Journal:
The Berger Files  —  The case of the purloined archives gets stranger all the time.  —  The more we learn about Sandy Berger's brilliant career as a document thief, the clearer it becomes that there is plenty we still don't know and may never learn.  On Tuesday, the House Government Reform …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Amateur Sleuthing Lands Grisham in Real-Life Court  —  He's a lawyer.  He's a best-selling author.  Now he's The Client.  —  The Virginia Supreme Court ruled yesterday that John Grisham must face a jury for his actions in a real-life whodunit.  —  Grisham, author of "The Pelican Brief …
Los Angeles Times:
Iraqi leader goes own way to fill top post  —  He picks an unknown to lead forces in Baghdad, which raises questions about his motives.  —  BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has filled the top military job in Baghdad with a virtually unknown officer chosen over the objections …
Discussion: Informed Comment
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
When Dumb Political Activism Attacks  —  Sometimes we all think people know where we basically stand on issues.  And sometimes we learn that people either don't really know, or they don't really care.  —  There's smart political activism, and there's dumb political activism.
Discussion: Riehl World View
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Smash / The Indepundit:   Et Tu?  —  I SAW IT IN MY INBOX this evening.
Economist:
The problem with Made in China  —  China is choking on its success at attracting the world's factories.  That has handed its Asian neighbours a big opportunity  —  AS A vote of confidence in Vietnam, the decision by Intel early in 2006 to spend $350m building a new factory in the emerging South-East Asian economy was hard to beat.
Discussion: Instapundit.com
Thomas Harding / Telegraph:
Terrorists 'use Google maps to hit UK troops'  —  Royal Green Jackets provide 'top cover' from their Bulldog armoured vehicle outside Basra Palace  —  Terrorists attacking British bases in Basra are using aerial footage displayed by the Google Earth internet tool to pinpoint their attacks, say Army intelligence sources.
 
 
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