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Any trial would give KSM a pulpit to the attack the U.S. government. He is fluent in English, charismatic, and, his college friends say, he knows how to perform for an audience. He enjoyed staging weekly skits after Friday prayers near their North Carolina campus. Fellow detainees say he is a gifted public speaker and a scene stealer. Nor is he a conventional Islamic radical. While building bombs in the Philippines, he often held meetings of his terror cell in Manila strip clubs (even once joining a stripper at the brass pole to show her how to wiggle provocatively). To woo a Filipina dentist, he phoned her and asked her to look out of her clinic window. There she spotted KSM in a rented helicopter holding up a banner that said “I love you.” In any trial, he would be hard to pigeonhole and harder to control.

See the full article from “Daily Beast (blog)”

The state Attorney General’s office is investigating whether Paterson improperly intervened in a domestic abuse case in which a woman was seeking an order of protection against his top aide David Johnson. Paterson spoke with the woman by telephone, and afterward she failed to appear for a court hearing and her case was dismissed.
Two top aides — Paterson’s deputy secretary for public safety and director of communications — resigned this week. The communications chief, Peter Kauffmann, said in a statement: “I cannot in good conscience continue in my current position.”
Paterson has denied his guilt, saying he never abused his office, and has insisted he is not resigning.
On Friday, he told reporters waiting outside his New York City offices that he had “no plans” to quit his job. He said he planned to cooperate with the investigations and expected to clear his name, local media reported.
Last week he abandoned his nascent campaign to seek a new term. He became governor two years ago when former Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned in a prostitution scandal.

See the full article from “Reuters”

Now, former New York City Mayor Ed Koch (a fellow Democrat) is joining the chorus of those calling on Paterson to resign. Koch, who is leading a new, statewide effort to oust long-time state legislators from office, spoke to 2 On Your Side’s Aaron Saykin Friday.
“He should have stepped down a week ago,” Mayor Koch said. ”He can’t get anything done. He’s becoming the subject of ridicule. He has no clout. You have to feel sorry for him.”
Paterson lost a third top deputy Thursday when communications director Peter Kauffmann abruptly resigned after weeks of serving as his defending voice.
Paterson’s public safety deputy security and his state police superintendent resigned days before.
Paterson is now getting advice from an attorney who represented former Governor Eliot Spitzer. According to the New York Times, Paterson has sought the help of a veteran lawyer Theodore V. Wells Jr. He was on the defense team that persuaded federal prosecutors not to charge Gov. Eliot Spitzer when he was under investigation in 2008 for patronizing a prostitution ring.

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For my money, Richard Gere gives one of his best performances in years as Eddie Dugan, an embittered, depressed beat cop in his last week before retirement. Eddie’s fighting a losing battle against his own disgust and apathy, and trying like hell to pretend that the prostitute he patronizes is actually his girlfriend. Ethan Hawke plays detective Sal Procida with a hackneyed “yo, Vinny” Italian-American accent, but also provides a complicated portrayal of a family man and star narcotics officer who uses his position to steal drug money and mete out vigilante justice. Don Cheadle, excellent as always, plays another star detective, Tango Butler, who’s gone way too deep undercover inside a drug gang, and may be transferring his loyalty from the NYPD to a vicious, charismatic drug lord (Wesley Snipes, in one of his oiliest and most irresistible performances).

See the full article from “Salon”

March 5, 2010 at 1:29pm
New York could be on the verge of having a governor who has never been elected to any office.
Nonetheless, there are many who suggest that the elevation of Richard Ravitch might very well be an improvement on things as they stand.
New York Gov. David A. Paterson controversially named Ravitch, a lawyer and celebrated financial crisis manager, as lieutenant governor in July 2009. (Republicans challenged the appointment, but the state’s highest court ruled it was constitutional.)
The state had had no lieutenant governor since March 2008 when Paterson became governor, Eliot Spitzer having resigned in the wake of a prostitution scandal.
Now Paterson is mired in scandals of his own.
He was heavily damaged by reports of his alleged attempts to intercede on the behalf of an aide who faced domestic abuse charges.

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The New York Times reports that Gov. David Paterson has
hired Paul Weiss litigation cochair Theodore Wells, Jr., to represent him New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s office continues its investigation into what role the governor played in events surrounding a domestic violence case
involving a top Paterson aide.
Wells, no stranger to high-stakes litigation, was out of
the office on Friday and unavailable for immediate comment. In a separate
story, The Times notes that Wells has a track record when it comes to helping
politicians in trouble. But his firm also has a history with the governor’s
office.
Indeed, it’s the second time in recent years that Paul Weiss has come to the aid of an embattled New York governor. Litigation partner Michele Hirshman advised
Paterson’s scandal-plagued predecessor, Eliot Spitzer, when the revelation that he patronized prostitutes forced him to resign in March 2008. Wells was part of the Hirshman-led Paul Weiss team that persuaded federal prosecutors not to charge
Spitzer with a crime the following November.

See the full article from “The American Lawyer”

Florida: Authorities encourage the community participation in rescuing human trafficking victims. A 15 year old trafficking victim from Guatemala was rescued by a woman who built a friendship with her over a year. She called the police after suspecting that the girl is being exploited by her traffickers. 
New York: Sex trafficking is growing issue in Queens according to the authority. The district attorney says that the rate of conviction in Queens was 81.7%, which exceeded that of the city. 
Georgia:  A new bill’s effectiveness to deter human trafficking and regulate massage parlor is questioned. According to the report, approximately a half of the massage parlors in the state is illegally operating in the state. The report also states that though the bill is necessary, it is not enough to regulate massage parlors and prostitution in the state. 

See the full article from “Examiner.com”

New York was once home to political giants, including presidents Teddy and Franklin Delano Roosevelt and former Democratic Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Hillary Rodham Clinton moved to New York to win a Senate seat, as did Robert F. Kennedy, the late president’s brother.
Now the state is better known for producing people such as state Sen. Hiram Monseratte, a Bronx Democrat expelled last month after being convicted on domestic violence charges that included dragging his girlfriend and cutting her face with a broken bottle.
The most eye-popping New York political scandal took place exactly two years ago, when Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned in disgrace after being linked to a high-priced prostitution ring. His departure elevated Paterson, Spitzer’s hand-picked candidate for lieutenant governor, who seemed in over his head from the start.

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Quinnipiac reports “a significant 48-hour drop in support” for Gov. David Paterson of New York, and my first thought is, how much further does it have to fall?
Their latest numbers:
In a significant 48-hour drop in support, New York State voters say 46 – 42 percent that Gov. David Paterson should finish his term rather than resign, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.  Another 12 percent are undecided.
Today’s finding is a substantial drop from the 61 – 31 percent support for Gov. Paterson serving out the year in a March 3 survey by the independent Quinnipiac University.  
The guy who replaced the guy who hired prostitutes has been found taking gifts and allegedly intimidating a witness. How bad can the next guy in line be? You would think Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravich came to the job after running the New York Knicks for the past few years.

See the full article from “National Review Online (blog)”

March 5, 2010, 7:50 am
Spitzer’s Lawyer Takes Governor’s Call
Gov. David A. Paterson has sought the help of a veteran lawyer with a decent track record when it comes to helping someone in that office.
The lawyer, Theodore V. Wells Jr., was on the defense team that persuaded federal prosecutors not to charge Gov. Eliot Spitzer when he was under investigation in 2008 for patronizing a prostitution ring.
Inside the courtroom, Mr. Wells has a reputation as a gifted orator with a folksy appeal, his adversaries say.
“He understands people, and I think he knows the emotional and intellectual buttons to push,” said Mary Jo White, the former United States attorney in Manhattan whose prosecutors faced him in the courtroom and in pre-indictment discussions in which he would try to persuade them not to proceed with a case. [NYT]

See the full article from “New York Times (blog)”