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By KC Johnson

The N&O is reporting that U.S. Department of Justice has rejected Attorney General Roy Cooper's request for a joint state-federal inquiry into allegations of civil rights violations by Mike Nifong and the DPD.In an unusual rationalization, given that the state had requested federal intervention, Justice Department spokesperson Peter Carr said, ?Well-established principles of federalism and comity discourage federal intervention when the state has the primary interest and the state is taking remedial action.?--------- New York Times executive editor Bill Keller, from a recent address: We are agnostic as to where a story may lead; we do not go into a story with an agenda or a pre-conceived notion. We do not manipulate or hide facts to advance an agenda...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on December 05, 2007 (boomark / email).