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Posted on entry "Things you've seen. Things you've, well--done." ::: June 16, 2005, 04:50 AM:
He's catching all kinds of hell for this from the Usual Suspects. "Durbin Compares Our Troops to Nazis" and down hill from there.

I live in Illinois, and have done all kinds of research on the torture issue, especially rendition. (I used to post on Obsidian Wings on the subject.) Durbin is really, really, really one of the good guys on these issues (and in general)--maybe the best guy in the U.S. Senate on these issues; certainly, as minority whip, one of the most effective. I was actively psyched to move to Illinois & have him as my Senator. I've even corresponded with one of his staffers on the subject, and they're incredibly nice.

If you live in Illinois, please call his office and give him your support, write a letter to the editor, etc. I'm sure they're swimming in accusations of treason by now, and it might be nice for them to hear some comments going in the other direction.
Posted on entry Extraordinary rendition ::: October 02, 2004, 03:32 PM:
This is Katherine of Obsidian Wings. Thanks for the link, and the letters.

I am trying to call on the forces of blogger triumphalism and blogger trendiness to get the press--outside of Dana Priest of WaPo, who was already covering it without my help--to pay attention to this story. Like the CBS memos, only important.

(Part of this strategy is whoring for links, so that this story shows up on the blog tracking sites (blogdex, etc.) that some of the press reads. In that vein, I have an update here and more will follow.)

Unfortunately I don't like my chances, as Left Blogistan is not as good as Right Blogistan at incessantly fixating on one story, and Right Blogistan is better at completely ignoring stories that make their side look bad. About 2% of the links that first post got are from right-of-center bloggers.

But the post has already gotten a lot more attention than I would have expected, and I am very grateful for that.

One more thing: if anyone's Congressperson gives them a clear answer on whether or not they support Markey's amendment, could y'all email me the information at katherinesblog@hotmail.com? I'll post the responses if I get a decent number.

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