DN!: Attorney Gen. Nominee Michael Mukasey//Sexual Terrorism in Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 14:01:21 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST October 8, 2007 = = = = = = = = = * DN! is hiring * Full-Time Senior TV Producer/Editor http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml Full-Time Broadcast Engineer http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Attorney General Nominee Michael Mukasey "Has Distaste For People Who Voice Skepticism About the Government's Motives In the War on Terror," Says Attorney From Center For Constitutional Rights * Shayana Kadidal discusses MuKasey's role in the trial of Jose Padilla, his view on presidential power and the significance of the news that that the Justice Department under former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales secretly issued legal opinions that reportedly authorize methods including head-slapping, simulated drowning and frigid temperatures. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/1340250 * "They Are Destroying The Female Species in Congo": Congolese Human Rights Activist Christine Schuler Deschryver on Sexual Terrorism & Africa's Forgotten War * In a war that has already killed over 4 million people, Christine Schuler Deschryver describes how women continue to be the victims of "sexual terrorism" in the Congo. John Homes, the UN undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs, called the sexual violence in the Congo ³the worst in the world.² Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/1340255 * Israeli Columnist Akiva Eldar on Nuclear Weapons in the Middle East, Iran, Military Censorship in Israel and the Influence of the Israel lobby in the United States * Akiva Eldar, chief political columnist and a senior analyst for the Israeli daily ³Ha¹aretz,² calls for a nuclear-free Middle East and questions whether the Israeli lobby in Washington is contributing to the security of Israel. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/1341205 * Headlines for October 8, 2007 * - Iraq Accuses Blackwater of "Deliberate Murder" - Blackwater Hires PR Firm Connected To Hillary Clinton - Gen. Petraeus Steps Up Accusations Against Iran - 1,000 Iraqis March Against U.S.-Built Wall In Baghdad - Suicide Bomb Kills Five on Sixth Anniversary of Afghanistan Invasion - World War II Interrogators Criticize U.S. Interrogation Practices - Off Duty Sheriff's Deputy in Wisconsin Kills Six - 83 Arrested at Columbus Day Protest in Denver Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/1340244 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Monday, October 8, 2007: http://www.democracynow.org/ To subscribe to these "Titulares de Hoy" by email, send a blank message to: boletin-sub@list.democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW! 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