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A former congressman and delegate to the United Nations was indicted Wednesday as part of a terrorist fundraising ring that allegedly sent more than $130,000 to an al-Qaida and Taliban supporter who has threatened U.S. and international troops in Afghanistan. Mark Deli Siljander, a Michigan Republican when he was in the House, was charged with money [...] Representative John Doolittle of California, once a rising star in the Republican Party but more recently under investigation in a scandal involving the disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, announced his retirement from Congress on Thursday, declaring that it was time for a new chapter in his life. “I plan to complete my term and finish my Congressional [...] Attorney General Michael Mukasey appointed John Durham, a veteran federal prosecutor in Connecticut, to oversee a full criminal investigation that could further challenge the Bush administration’s handling of terrorism suspects. Durham, a 25-year veteran of the Justice Department, has a reputation as one of the nation’s most relentless prosecutors. He was appointed to investigate the FBI’s [...] “I’ve never done any favors for anybody  lobbyist or special interest group  that’s a clear, 24-year record.” Why? Because it is useless. A special state commission found in January that the death penalty was a more expensive sentence than life in prison, hasn’t deterred murder, and could kill innocent people. Maybe New Jersey can be a model for national change (instead of its usual position as punch line). He loves to tell you how he singlehandedly saved New York City after 9/11, how he was the mastermind behind lowering taxes and controlling spending, how he was both accountable and solely responsible for the decision making and management of the city government. But something as routine as whether it would be appropriate for [...] |
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