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Is This Why Rosenberg Recused?

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The AP reveals that prosecutors in the Alexandria US Attorney’s Office–including the lead prosecutor in the Moussaoui case–did know of the torture tapes in early 2006, before Moussaoui was sentenced.

The lead prosecutor in the terror case against Zacarias Moussaoui may have known the CIA destroyed tapes of its interrogations of an al-Qaida suspect more than a year before the government acknowledged it to the court, newly unsealed documents indicate.

The documents, which

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Feingold Slaps Down Bond’s, Mukasey’s, and McConnell’s “Tired Accusations”

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Senator Feingold noticed the same thing I noticed today: Republican opponents of his amendments are mischaracterizing his amendments.

[Bond] referred to our concerns that somehow the rights and privacy could be affected by this bill as “tired accusations.” I object to that characterization. I think that this is clearly the kind of thing we should be worried about and debating, but I’ll tell you what is a “tired accusation”–the notion that somehow

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McConnell and Mukasey Tell Half Truths

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One benefit of the process the Senate is using to develop a FISA bill is that, by rejecting the SJC bill then considering amendment after amendment that had been part of the SJC bill, we begin to learn what the government really plans to do with its wiretapping program, as distinct from what it has said it was doing.

Recall.

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FISA Debate Liveblog

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Three amendments up, no votes today. The first two Feingold amendments prohibit bulk collection and reverse targeting. The third, with Dodd, is immunity.

Feingold on Reverse Targeting

Director of Intelligence has testified that reverse targeting is violation of 4th amendment.

Notes Senator from GA has said reverse targeting is possible.

[Placing declassified documents in record]

This confirms that when FBI has interest in American, up to FBI whether to seek a warrant.

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Doesn’t Hillary Have Anything Better to Do?

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In a matter of 22 hours, Hillary has had two campaign events that are only tangentially about the fact that almost half of all delegates will be awarded today. Yesterday, she once again very generously offered to unilaterally decide to reinterpret our Clusterfuck vote, all in the name of democracy. And today, smack dab in the middle of the biggest election day this side of November 4, Hillary has challenged Obama

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