memeorandum: Cotton fires back at Biden over Iran letter (Kendall Breitman/Politico)

2:25 PM ET, March 10, 2015

Top Items:

Kendall Breitman / Politico:

Cotton fires back at Biden over Iran letter — Sen. Tom Cotton is firing back at Vice President Joe Biden's criticism of his letter to Iran, saying: What does he know about foreign policy? — “Joe Biden, as [President] Barack Obama's own secretary of defense has said …

Discussion: Washington Post, Hullabaloo, Daily Kos, The PJ Tatler and The Gateway Pundit

Politico:

GOP dissenters: Iran letter could backfire — Republicans could alienate Democrats whose votes are needed to override an Iran sanctions veto. — Not every Senate Republican signed on to Sen. Tom Cotton's extraordinary letter to Iran's leaders, and several of those who didn't are fuming …

Discussion: ABC News, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Guardian and Bloomberg View

en.mfa.ir:

Dr. Zarif's Response to the Letter of US Senators — Asked about the open letter of 47 US Senators to Iranian leaders, the Iranian Foreign Minister, Dr. Javad Zarif, responded that “in our view, this letter has no legal value and is mostly a propaganda ploy.

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Lawfare, Guardian, The Gateway Pundit, Taylor Marsh, Washington Post, NPR, The Huffington Post, The Moderate Voice, Latest from Crooks and Liars and Foreign Policy

Byron York / Washington Examiner:

A war of Obama's making — The White House and some Democrats are livid over congressional Republican attempts to circumvent President Obama's authority to make a nuclear arms deal with Iran. They have a right to be angry — but not to be surprised. — There's a war going on between …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Bloomberg View, Washington Monthly, Patterico's Pontifications, Betsy's Page, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Power Line and National Review

Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:

‘TRAITORS’: NY Daily News Slams GOP Senators Who Signed Iran Letter (PHOTO) — The New York Daily News on Tuesday used its front page to condemn Republican senators for signing an open letter to Iran warning that a potential nuclear deal could be null once President Barack Obama is out of office.

Discussion: Joe. My. God. and Twitchy

Bloomberg Business:
Tom Cotton Says Republicans Are Not Traitors for Letter to Iran

Discussion: Daily Kos

Iran Primer / New Articles:
Part II: Iran Responds to GOP Letter

Discussion: NY Daily News, Power Line, Hit & Run, Wall Street Journal and The Daily Banter

Editorials / NY Daily News:
Un-patriot games as GOP senators undermine President on Iran

Discussion: Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and The Daily Banter

ABC News:
Tom Cotton Denies GOP Letter Undermines Iran Nuclear Talks

Discussion: Politico, The Hill, ABC News, ThinkProgress, Fox News, Hot Air, Israel Matzav, Washington Post and Chicago

Lee Fang / The Intercept:
Immediately After Launching Effort to Scuttle Iran Deal, Senator Tom Cotton to Meet with Defense Contractors

Discussion: Raw Story and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times

Agence France-Presse:
Iran says lawmakers' letter has sapped trust in US

Discussion: Mediaite

Washington Post:
GOP letter to Iran deepens White House ire

Discussion: Power Line, Wall Street Journal, The Hill, Moe Lane, RedState, Liberaland and Bloomberg Business

Senator Tom Cotton:
Search form — Washington, D.C.— Senator Tom Cotton …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, BREITBART.COM, NewsBusters, Washington Post, Power Line, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times, Hot Air, The Huffington Post, CNN, Newsmax, Outside the Beltway, France 24, BBC, Washington Free Beacon, New York Magazine, The Daily Caller, National Journal and The Week

Peter Baker / New York Times:
White House Faults G.O.P. Senators' Letter to Iran's Leaders

CBS News:

Hillary Clinton to respond to email controversy Tuesday — Shares - — A source close to Hillary Clinton tells CBS News that the former secretary of state will speak publicly about her use of a private email account, rather than a government address while she was secretary of state.

Discussion: Politico, Talking Points Memo, Taylor Marsh, National Review, NBC News and Balloon Juice

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:

Credentials for Hillary Press Avail Needed to Be Requested 24 Hours Ahead of Time — Hillary Clinton will be holding a press availability today at the United Nations in New York City. But all members of the press won't be able to attend. Only those who requested credentials 24 hours before the event …

Discussion: Business Insider, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Huffington Post, Hot Air and Moe Lane

Marina Koren / National Journal:

Yes, Hillary Clinton Will Hold a Press Conference. And It's Going to Be ‘Brief.’ — A Clinton spokesman just confirmed the biggest political event of the day. — Forget Hillary Clinton's speech on gender equality at the United Nations this afternoon. What the people wanted to know on Tuesday …

Discussion: CNN, Reuters, Hot Air and The Week

Clinton E-mails / Bloomberg Business:

Hillary Clinton Press Conference: The Live Blog — Bloomberg Politics is following the run-up to former Secretary of State's Hillary Clinton press conference on Tuesday—her first press availability since September, coming amid scrutiny of her family foundation finances and private e-mail use.

Discussion: ABC News and Washington Examiner

Dylan Byers / Politico:
Clinton press conference threatens to be a media fiasco

Discussion: National Journal, Yahoo! News, Hit & Run, Bloomberg View, Washington Post, The Week and The Moderate Voice, more at Mediagazer »

Kelly Ogle / news9.com KWTV:

SAE House Mom And Coach Switzer Get Emotional Over Controversial Video — NORMAN, Oklahoma - — Monday night as SAE members scrambled to empty their belongings out of the closed fraternity house their 79-year-old house mother, a longtime friend of Barry Switzer, did the same thing.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, CBS News, Hit & Run, Mediaite, Hinterland Gazette, Raw Story, News One and Mashable

Oklahoma Daily:

Sigma Alpha Epsilon house mom implicated in recently surfaced racist video — A video surfaced Monday evening appearing to depict OU's Sigma Alpha Epsilon house mom. — The Feb. 24, 2013 Vine, shows a woman who appears to be Beauton Gilbow saying the n-word repeatedly.

Discussion: NY Daily News, Talking Points Memo, Liberaland, Gawker, FreakOutNation, News One, Mashable, KOCO and KFOR-TV

New York Times:

Stop Spying on Wikipedia Users — SAN FRANCISCO — TODAY, we're filing a lawsuit against the National Security Agency to protect the rights of the 500 million people who use Wikipedia every month. We're doing so because a fundamental pillar of democracy is at stake: the free exchange of knowledge and ideas.

Discussion: Hit & Run and Common Dreams

Wikimedia blog:
Wikimedia v. NSA: Wikimedia Foundation files suit against NSA to challenge upstream mass surveillance

Discussion: Reuters, Politico, The Daily Caller, The Hill, Techdirt, The Verge, Mashable, Computerworld, Big Think and The Week, more at Mediagazer »

Mark Murray / NBC News:

Poll: Nearly 60% Looking For Change in '16. Will They Get It? — As for Bush, he finds himself swimming upstream on the issues of Common Core and immigration reform. — In the poll, 52 percent of potential GOP primary voters unfavorably view a candidate who supports the Common Core education standards - as Bush does.

Discussion: Fox News, Guardian, OnPolitics, No More Mister Nice Blog, New York Times, Scared Monkeys, Daily Kos and Political Wire

Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
Poll Finds Big 2016 Field Divides GOP

Discussion: Weekly Standard, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, Business Insider, Politico and Naked Politics

Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Voters see Hillary and Jeb as old hat

Discussion: New York Magazine, Shakesville, Bloomberg Business and Politico

Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:

No, a public university may not expel students for racist speech [UPDATED in light of the students' expulsion] — Some Oklahoma University students in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity were videorecorded singing (as best I and others can tell), … Oklahoma University president David Boren said …

Discussion: Inside Higher Ed, Reuters and Hit & Run

Jeremy Scahill / The Intercept:

The CIA Campaign to Steal Apple's Secrets — RESEARCHERS WORKING with the Central Intelligence Agency have conducted a multi-year, sustained effort to break the security of Apple's iPhones and iPads, according to top-secret documents obtained by The Intercept.

Discussion: Techdirt, Common Dreams and The Verge

Drug Policy Alliance:

Tuesday: Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) to Introduce Historic Medical Marijuana Legislation — First-Ever Bill in U.S. Senate To Legalize Marijuana for Medical Use — Tuesday: Senate Press Conference @12:30 pm and Drug Policy Alliance Teleconference @ 3 pm Will Reveal Details

Discussion: Washington Post and Washington Examiner