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the 2010 decision that struck
Protesters rally Wednesday outside the Supreme Court in Wash-
down limits on independent campaign spending by corpo-
ington. In a 5-4 decision Wednesday, the court struck down aggregate limits on federal campaign contributions.
rations and unions.
Wednesday's dec i sion seemed to alter campaign finance law in subtle but im-
the context o f c a mpaign contributions. The court's 88-page decision reflected sharply different visions of the meaning of the First Amendment and
the role of government in regulating elections, with the majority deeply skeptical of government efforts to control participation in politics, and the minority saying that such oversight was needed to ensure a functioning democracy.
In a dissent from the bench, er said Wednesday's decision Justice Stephen Breyer called would allow "a single individthe majority opinion a disturb- ual to contribute millions of ing development that raised dollars to a political party or the overall contribution ceil- to a candidate's campaign." He ing to "the number infinity." was joined by Justices Ruth "If the court i n C i t izens Bader Ginsburg, Sonia SotoUnited opened a door," he said, mayor and Elena Kagan. "today's decision may well The case, McCutcheon v. open a floodgate." Federal Election Commission, Such oral dissents are rare, was brought by Shaun Mcand they signal deep disagree- Cutcheon, an Alabama busiments. But both Roberts and nessman, and the Republican Breyer also noted from the N ational C o m mittee. M c bench that the other side's ar-
Cutcheon, who had contribut-
guments were well presented. Wednesday's decision did
ed a total of some $33,000 to 16
currently $2,600 per candidate in primary and gener-
the overall cap for individuals. The party committee said it
al elections. But it said that
wanted to receive contribu-
said the overall limits could not survive First Amendment
overall limits of $48,600 by individuals every two years for contributions to all federal
tions above the legal limit for political committees.
scrutiny. "There is no right in our democracy more basic," he wrote, "than the right to participate in electing our political leaders."
Cutcheon said his goal was Amendment, as did separate to encourage the adoption of aggregate limits on contribu- conservative principles. "To me," he said, "being a consertions to political party committees, currently $74,600. vative means smaller governIn his written opinion, Brey- ment and morefreedom."
Chief Justice John R ob-
erts, writing for four justices in the controlling opinion,
candidates for federal office in not affect familiar base lim- the 2012 election cycle, said he i ts o n c o n t ributions f r o m had wanted to give $1,776 each individuals to c a ndidates, to 12 more but was stopped by
In an interview last fall, Mc-
candidates violated the First
Edits to Benghazi talking points
not political, saysex-CIAofficial ti-Islamic video rather than an assault by extremists.
By Donna Cessete The Associated Press
dent Obama and then Secre-
tary of State Clinton. These Republicans have accused allegations are false," Morell CIA's former deputy director the Obama administration of sard. said Wednesday he deleted trying to mislead the AmerHe said he and the agenreferencesto terrorism warnican people about an act of cy could have done a better ings from widely disputed terrorism in the final weeks job, but he dismissed suggestalking points on the deadly before the November election. tions that the CIA "cooked the 2012 Benghazi attack to avoid Morell deleted references books" in the assessment of the spy agency's gloating to extremist threats linked the attack. at the expense of the State to al-Qaida in versions of M orell said he had n o Department. the talking points that were idea that Rice would use the Mike Morell faced more used by Susan Rice, then U.S. talking points on the Sunday than three hours of question- ambassador to the United shows. ing from the H ouse IntelliNations, in a series of Sungence committee in a rare day talk show appearances. open session that examined Morell said his actions were who changed the talking driven by the information promplements 'rfasue '3n,pe~ca~J points — and why — in the vided by intelligence commupolitically-charged aftermath nity analysts and the Defense 70 SW Century Dr., Ste. 145 -
Chilean earthquake —Hard-wonexpertise andabig doseof luck helped Chile escapeits latest magnitude-8.2 earthquake with surprisingly little damageand death. Authorities on Wednesdaydiscovered just six reported deaths from the previous night's quake. It's possible that other people werekilled in older structures made of adobe in remote communities that weren't immediately accessible, but it's still a very low toll for such apowerful shift in the undersea fault that runs along the length of South America's Pacific coast. "How muchis it luck? Howmuchis itscience? Howmuchis it preparedness? It is a combination of all of the above. I think what wejust saw here is pure luck. Mostly, it is luck that the tsunami wasnot bigger and that it hit a fairly isolated area ofChile," said Costas Synolakis, an engineer who directs the TsunamiResearchCenter at the University of Southern California. Afghan bOmbing —A suicide bombing killed six policemen at the Afghan Interior Ministry compound in one of the capital's most heavily fortified areas Wednesday, part of a recent escalation in violence in the heart of Kabul. The bloodshed is threatening to scare voters away from the polls as Afghans worry security forces unable to guard areas previously considered safe won't be able to protect them on election day. TheTaliban have launched acampaign of violence to disrupt Saturday's vote for a newpresident and provincial councils.
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methodical deregulation of election spending by striking down aggregate limits on federal campaign contributions. The ruling, issued near the start of a campaign season, will change and very likely increase the already large role money plays in U.S. politics. The 5-4 decision, with
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MiSSing jet —A British submarine joined the search Wednesday for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet as Malaysian police said their probe of the 227 passengers found no personal or psychological problems or motivation to hijack or sabotage the aircraft. Authorities are continuing to investigate the pilot, co-pilot and10 other crew members for clues as to howand why Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished March 8, police Inspector-General TanSri Khalid Abu Bakar told Bernama, the Malaysian state news agency. Conditions for Wednesday's search for the Boeing 777 in the Indian Ocean were fair, but the quest turned up noevidence of debris, Australian authorities said. Mllloost tolks —U.S. officials on Wednesdayclung to the idea of revived Middle East peacetalks even after tit-for-tat provocations by the Palestinians and Israelis in recent days signaled that Secretary of State John Kerry's signature diplomatic effort was in danger of collapse. Palestinian officials on Wednesdayformally applied to join15 international treaties andconventions, pressing aheadwith a surprise move that wasexplained as retaliation for Israel's failure to carry out an agreed-upon release of Palestinian prisoners by March 29. Israel has said it wants the Palestinians to agree first to extending talks beyond an April 29 deadline. YOSemite fire —Thousands of acres of Yosemite National Park closed to the public since last year's massive Rim fire have beenreopened,officialsannounced Wednesday. However,park officials cautioned those visiting the affected areas — which include Hetch Hetchy hiking trails and the Tuolumne Grove of Giant Sequoias — faced "potential risks" such as "hazardous trees, uneven ground, potential rockfall, and down and dead debris on trails." FIOrida VOting —Florida Gov. Rick Scott's effort to try to remove voters who are not American citizens from voter registration rolls, a subject of continuing political controversy, has suffered aone-twopunch inthepastweek.OnTuesday,afederalappeals court ruled that Florida violated the National Voter Registration Act in trying to "systematically" remove noncitizen voters from the rolls within 90 days of the 2012 presidential election. But even before this week's11th Circuit Court ruling — which weighed in only on the timing of the program — Florida's secretary of state, Ken Detzner, had decided to temporarily suspend the program. NASA-RuSSiall tiOS —NASA said Wednesday that it was suspending most contacts with Russian space agency officials, underscoring just how rapidly the Russian-U.S. relationship is deteriorating in the wake of the Kremlin's annexation of Crimea. The one exception, NASAsaid, would involve operations of the International Space Station. Otherwise, the extent of NASA's break in relations is broad and includes "travel to Russia and visits by Russian government representatives to NASAfacilities, bilateral meetings, email, and teleconferences or videoconferences," Michael O'Brien, the agency's associate administrator for international and interagency relations, wrote in an email to top NASA officials.
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on a U.S. diplomatic mission He said the CIA knew that complementshomeinteriors.com in Libya. some of the individuals inFour Americans, including volved in t h e a t tack w ere U.S. Ambassador Chris Ste- al-Qaida f r o m c l a ssified vens, were killed in two sepa- sources, information t hat rate attacks over a chaotic pe- couldn't be included unless it riod of several hours. Multiple was declassified. The talking independent and congressio- points were provided to memnal investigations have largely bers of the committee for disfaulted the State Department for inadequate security at the
mission. Morell,a 33-year veteran of the agency who has served six Republican and Democratic presidents, insisted that politics had no bearing on the revisions to the talking points and said he was under no pressure to protect either
President Barack Obama or then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. "I never allowed politics to influence what I said or did. Never," he said.
The White House, wrapped up in a fierce presidential campaign, made only minor editorial changes to the talking points, according to the onetime CIA official.
The intelligence community's talking points, compiled for members of Congress, suggested the Sept. 11 attack stemmed from protests in Cairo and elsewhere over an an-
semination to the American
people. Morell said he removed
references to the warnings based on previous CIA analysis. Otherwise, he said, the
talking points would have been a "way for CIA to pound its chest and say 'we warned,'
laying all the blame on the State Department." Morell said there would be
plenty of time later on to figure out what went wrong.
In his prepared testimony, Morell said he was deeply troubled by allegations made by lawmakers and some in the media "that I inappropriately altered and influenced CIA's classified analysis and its unclassified talking points about what happened in Benghazi, Libya in September 2012 and that I covered up those actions."
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