“No signs of phaseout for Guantanamo”: This article appears today in The Boston Globe.
And The Los Angeles Times today contains an article headlined “Powell: It’s time to close Guantanamo; The onetime secretary of State says the prison is only damaging the United States in the eyes of the world.”
“Libby’s Supporters Who Wrote to Judge Learn That Letters Take on New Life on the Web”: The New York Times today contains an article that begins, “In what may be a sign of things to come, the lawyers for I. Lewis Libby Jr. last month invoked the rarely used courtroom tactic: the ‘bloggers can be mean’ defense.”
And The Washington Post reports today that “Dozen Top Legal Scholars Line Up for Libby Appeal.”
“A Test of the Senate”: The New York Times today contains an editorial that begins, “The Senate has scheduled a no-confidence vote today on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.”
And The Los Angeles Times reports today that “Vote on Gonzales marks juncture in probe; The next step for the inquiry of the U.S. attorney firings is unclear as the Senate takes up a no-confidence motion, which Tony Snow calls ‘purely a symbolic act.’”
“Trial this week for prosecutor in Duke case; Mike Nifong to face ethics charges”: This article appears today in USA Today.
“Vietnamese, Americans Appeal Rulings on Use of Agent Orange”: Today in The New York Sun, Joseph Goldstein has an article that begins, “A federal appeals court will soon hear oral arguments in lawsuits brought by citizens of Vietnam and American Vietnam War veterans who say their health has suffered from exposure to the defoliant Agent Orange.”