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Good question.
Open Questions on a Closed Case - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
… The investigators fail to address another underlying problem with their anthrax match: that Dr. Ivins was an investigator in the case before he was a suspect. After the anthrax attack, Dr. Ivins himself worked directly with the evidence. The F.B.I. asked Dr. Ivins to [...] -
The point.
Josh Marshall on the bit of the Edwards mess that is actually relevant to the American public:
Talking Points Memo
… I don’t think I have anything to add to the obvious. Fundamentally, it’s between him and his wife and their family. And I wish them the best.
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Booted.
Missing votes spark lawsuit Columbus Dispatch Politics
The touch-screen voting setup used in half of Ohio’s 88 counties doesn’t work properly, and the former Diebold Election Systems should pay as a result, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner said in a court filing yesterday.
The move comes fewer than 90 days before Ohio voters go to the [...] -
Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?
Win Points for McCain!
Spread John McCain’s official talking points around the Web — and you could win valuable prizes!That, in essence, is the McCain campaign’s pitch to supporters to join its new online effort, one that combines the features of “AstroTurf” campaigning with the sort of customer-loyalty programs offered by airlines, hotel chains, restaurants [...] -
Strange days.
Los Angeles Times: Apparent suicide in anthrax case
A top government scientist who helped the FBI analyze samples from the 2001 anthrax attacks has died in Maryland from an apparent suicide, just as the Justice Department was about to file criminal charges against him for the attacks, the Los Angeles Times has learned.
Bruce E. Ivins, [...] -
Right on schedule.
U.S. in ‘Heightened Alert’ Stage
Government officials have been quietly stepping up counterterror efforts out of a growing concern that al Qaeda or similar organizations might try to capitalize on the spate of extremely high-profile events in the coming months, sources tell ABC News.
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Anti-terror officials in the U.S. cite this summer and fall’s lineup of [...]