Jeff Ely on torture and commitment

I wanted to quote Alec McGillis's excellent article on the misunderstood history and modern problems of the Senate. The problem is I can't decide which part to quote. There's just too much good stuff in there.

Oracle really isn't giving up in its copyright infringement lawsuit against G

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — Prosecutors on Thursday introduced graphic text messages in the trial of two Ohio high school football players charged with raping a 16-year-old girl. The texts include messages from the alleged victim in which she says she doesn’t remember the night of the attack and is trying to find out what happened. The girl also implies that she believes she was drugged that night. “Swear to God I don’t remember doing anything with them,” the girl wrote to a friend who authorities say saw the assaults.

GATINEAU, Que. — Sen. Patrick Brazeau formally entered a not guilty plea to charges of assault and sexual assault Tuesday as court documents revealed the alleged victim accused the senator of violently pushing her and touching her in a sexually aggressive way. Brazeau, 38, was charged earlier this month after a 911 call brought police to his home in Gatineau, Que., just across the Ottawa river from the national capital. According to documents, Brazeau and his accuser had an argument over aboriginal issues that started on the night of Feb. 6 and continued the next morning.

Bloody interrogations like those depicted in Hollywood's take on the hunt for Osama bin Laden "Zero Dark Thirty" never really happened, according to the former CIA official who ran such programs.

The Indian government is to publish the names, photographs and addresses of thousands of convicted sex offenders in a bid to tackle a wave of sexual violence against women, and head off growing anger at what has been seen as an inadequate and tardy response by elderly political leaders out of touch with a rapidly changing society.

A new investigation called "Raising Adam Lanza" has revealed sad new details about how difficult life was for the mass shooter's mom before her death on the morning of Dec. 14.