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Bill Clinton Still Doesn't Use Email — If Hillary Clinton's emails are eventually cracked open, don't expect to see any juicy correspondence with her husband—or any correspondence at all. Bill Clinton doesn't use email. — The former president, who does regularly use Twitter …

Discussion: Politico, America Rising, Hit & Run, PUNDIT PRESS, National Review, Washington Free Beacon and Mediaite

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Clinton press conference threatens to be a media fiasco — Amid intense media scrutiny over her use of a private email account at the State Department, Hillary Clinton has finally agreed to take questions from the press: On Tuesday, she will hold a brief media avail at the United Nations …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Washington Post, Guardian, Hot Air, The Week and The Daily Caller

Washington Post:

BREAKING: Clinton says it ‘might have been smarter’ to use State e-mails — UNITED NATIONS — Hillary Rodham Clinton acknowledged Tuesday that she had erred in using only a private e-mail server for work correspondence at the State Department, saying that she sent about 60,000 e-mails …

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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:

What Hillary Clinton Says About Her Private Emails … Addressing the ongoing email controversy for the first time, Hillary Clinton said today that she used a private account out of “convenience” and later went through a “thorough process” to deliver her work-related messages to the State Department.

Discussion: Bloomberg Business and Associated Press

Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:

Hillary Clinton Reveals She Didn't Save Trove Of Personal Emails — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that while she took “unprecedented” steps to provide the State Department with emails related to her tenure as secretary of state, she did not save a trove of emails related to her personal life.

Discussion: Washington Monthly

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: New York Magazine, ABC News, Washington Examiner and Business Insider

Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:

Hillary Clinton Defends Use of Private E-Mail as Legal — Hillary Clinton defended the legality of her use of a private e-mail account and server while she served as secretary of state, saying Tuesday that she had done so out of a desire for convenience. — Eight days after reports emerged …

Discussion: Bloomberg View

Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Condoleezza Rice Used a State Department Email Address

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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Credentials for Hillary Press Avail Needed to Be Requested 24 Hours Ahead of Time

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Ron Fournier / National Journal:
Hillary's Choice

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Andrew Rafferty / NBC News:
Clinton: ‘Would Have Been Better’ to Use Two Email Accounts

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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Decision to Hold News Conference at U.N. Irks Press Corps

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CBS News:
Hillary Clinton to respond to email controversy Tuesday

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Olivier Knox / Yahoo! News:
Hillary Clinton breaks silence on emails: ‘I thought it would be easier to carry just one device’

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Marina Koren / National Journal:
Yes, Hillary Clinton Will Hold a Press Conference. And It's Going to Be ‘Brief.’

Discussion: CNN, Reuters, Althouse and Hot Air

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: The New Republic, ABC News, The Gateway Pundit, Hullabaloo, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos and The PJ Tatler

Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:

Tom Cotton May Just Have Undermined His Own Cause — The letter drafted by the freshman Senator Tom Cotton, and signed by 46 of his Republican colleagues, warning Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that any deal he makes with U.S. Non-Supreme Leader Barack Obama might soon be undone …

Discussion: Washington Post, The Reality-Based Community and Bloomberg View

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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: NY Daily News, Senator Tom Cotton, Hinterland Gazette, Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Guardian, NPR, Taylor Marsh, The Gateway Pundit, The Week, Lawfare, The Moderate Voice, Latest from Crooks and Liars, Bloomberg Business, Foreign Policy and National Journal

New York Times:

Republican Moves Imperil Democratic Cooperation on Iran — WASHINGTON — The open letter that 47 Senate Republicans sent to Iran's leadership on Monday warning about making a nuclear agreement with President Obama is forcing Democrats to choose between confronting Tehran and rallying around …

Discussion: Political Wire and No More Mister Nice Blog

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

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Politico:
GOP dissenters: Iran letter could backfire

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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Morning Plum: Tom Cotton hands Dems an easy way of siding with Obama on Iran

Discussion: The New Republic, Business Insider, CNN, UT San Diego and Washington Monthly

Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
‘TRAITORS’: NY Daily News Slams GOP Senators Who Signed Iran Letter (PHOTO)

Discussion: Joe. My. God., Twitchy and The Hill

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

Discussion: Vox, FreakOutNation, US News, Raw Story, The Huffington Post and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times

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

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Steve Vladeck / Lawfare:

The Iran Letter and the Logan Act — Please like our Facebook page and follow Lawfare on Twitter: — The second-day story about the letter by 47 Republican Senators to the government of Iran that Jack's discussed here and here has shifted to whether these Senators have violated the Logan Act …

Discussion: Bloomberg View, Detroit Free Press, Opinio Juris, NewsBusters, Daily Signal, Common Dreams, National Review and Outside the Beltway

Michael Crowley / Politico: Was the GOP's Iran letter really unprecedented?

Hart Williams / The Moderate Voice:
Defending Treason … Shorter translation: Neener neener poo pooh.

Discussion: New Articles and Washington Examiner

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.

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Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
University of Oklahoma Expels 2 Students Over Racist Fraternity Video

Discussion: Right Wing Watch, Washington Post, Daily Oklahoman, ThinkProgress and USA Today

ATF:

Notice to those Commenting on the Armor Piercing Ammunition Exemption Framework — Thank you for your interest in ATF's proposed framework for determining whether certain projectiles are “primarily intended for sporting purposes” within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(17)(C).

Discussion: Washington Post, Washington Examiner, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, National Review, Washington Free Beacon and The Right Scoop

Tim Devaney / The Hill:
ATF shelves bullet ban proposal

Discussion: National Review and The Federalist

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: KOCO, Reuters, neo-neocon, The Daily Caller, The Federalist, ABC News and Hit & Run

Wikimedia blog:

Wikimedia v. NSA: Wikimedia Foundation files suit against NSA to challenge upstream mass surveillance — Justice presides with her scale and sword at Frankfurt am Main. — Photo by Roland Meinecke, licensed under a Free Art license. — Today, the Wikimedia Foundation is filing suit …

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

New York Times:
Stop Spying on Wikipedia Users

Discussion: The Intercept, Hot Air, Common Dreams, The Hill and Hit & Run

Bill Clark / Roll Call:

Retribution: King Says Boehner Canceled Trip After Immigration Fight — Speaker John A. Boehner canceled a foreign trip by Rep. Steve King in retribution for his opposition to Boehner's cave on “clean” Department of Homeland Security funding, according to the Iowa Republican.

Discussion: Daily Kos

Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Steve King: Boehner Canceled My Trip Abroad After DHS Shutdown Fight

Discussion: CNN and Washington Monthly

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.