Sneak Peek

By Chris Nolan, AlterNet
Posted on June 26, 2008, Printed on December 4, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/story/89540/

-Breaking news: House passes legislation to stop child abuse in teen boot camps and other residential programs. [HuffPo]

-DC residents to get legal guns. [Above The Law]

-The Talking Dog interviews a lawyer who represents four Guantanamo detainees. [TTD]

-Former McCain strategist blames Charlie Black’s gaffe on ‘Tremendous reporter cleavage." [Think Progress]

-DOJ applicant done in by a potentially liberal love of wolves. [TPM Muckraker]

-A call for fashion models to unionize. [Jezebel]

-The FBI retaliated against a whistle blower, three members of Congress say. [FedBlog]

-Jon Yoo: “I don’t think I’ve ever given advice that the President could order someone buried alive." [folo]

-Supreme Court furthers tort reform bait-and-switch in Exxon Valdez case. [Lawyers Guns and Money]

-New twists in the case of Chris Ward, former treasurer of the RNC who is accused of stealing nearly $800,000 from the organization. [Capitol Briefing]

Lindsay Beyerstein a New York writer blogging at Majikthise.

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