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9:50 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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Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
Trivializing Torture  —  Andrew Sullivan is yet again calling the president a "war criminal."  This time in response to today's New York Times article revealing that the Bush administration has subjected terror suspects captured abroad to 'severe' and 'brutal' interrogations.
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:
Washington Post:
White House Denies Torture Assertion
Terry Frieden / CNN:   Debate rages over secret torture memo
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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WCSH-TV:
National Guard Troops Denied Benefits After Longest Deployment Of Iraq War  —  Rhonda Erskine, Online Content Producer  —  MINNEAPOLIS, MN (NBC) — When they came home from Iraq, 2,600 members of the Minnesota National Guard had been deployed longer than any other ground combat unit.
Mike Glover / Associated Press:
Obama stops wearing flag pin
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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.
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
Merv / PrairiePundit:
Name that party—New Orleans corruption  —  USA Today: … You can read the entire story and not find the party identification of those who have been charged.  However, most public official in New Orleans have historically been Democrats.  The embedded corruption of cities like New Orleans …
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Warner Todd Huston / NewsBusters.org:
AP: No Mention of Party for So.  Dakota Democrat Accused of Sexual Misconduct
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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.
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: First Draft and Open Left
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Elizabeth Edwards attacks Rush on draft  —  An Air America producer just sent over some transcript from an interview their Richard Greene (not our Richard Greene) conducted with Elizabeth Edwards, in which she questioned Rush Limbaugh's Vietnam exemption:
 
 
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

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Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

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