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...Ramzi Kassem, a City University of New York law professor who represents Gitmo detainees, said that given those concerns, prosecuting such cases before military commissions would "evidence blatant disregard for the law and be symptomatic of how military commissions were created to produce convictions at the expense of justice and legality." Which is another reason that the newly reformed commissions may not help close Gitmo anytime soon...
...question is whether or not the Obama brand, which has been tarnished in recent months, is strong enough to brighten the hopes of the embattled governor. A recent poll by the New York Times found that 51% of state residents disapproved of how Corzine was handling corruption in the state. Even worse, 77% of state residents said that corruption would either increase or stay the same if Corzine was re-elected. Add to that the fact that Corzine's claim to fame is that he once ran Goldman Sachs, the recently bailed-out bank, which has attracted widespread scorn...
...campaign has also been marked by regular revelations that highlight the sometimes seamy world of New Jersey politics. On Tuesday, the New York Times revealed that a former deputy of Christie's at the U.S. Attorney's office may have used her position twice in improper ways to help the challenger's bid. Further complicating matters, the aide, Michele Brown - who has vehemently denied doing anything wrong - had received a $46,000 personal loan from Christie...
...start of the day's talks in Vienna on the agreement, insisting that it was unnecessary for the French to be in the room. Eventually the talks went ahead with French delegates present, but Iranian officials insisted that they would not accept France as a supplier. The New York Times reported that a face-saving compromise was being developed that would see Iran make a deal with Russia, which could separately subcontract work out to France. (See pictures of people around the world protesting Iran's election...
...Last month, while attending the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, Sarkozy appeared to mock Obama's more temperate and generalized remarks on nuclear proliferation. Nostrils flaring, Sarkozy responded to the U.S. President's remarks by calling Iran's nuclear program the leading threat to international security, which three years of U.N. efforts had not diminished. "What are we going to do about it?" Sarkozy petulantly asked his American counterpart...