A Digest item misstated the number of Obama judicial nominees who have been confirmed by the Senate. The correct number is five, not three. The article also said that the other nominees have been caught in anonymous holds and filibuster threats from Republicans; GOP leaders say that is not true of all the unconfirmed nominees.
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U.S. to pay $3 million to settle CIA lawsuit
The government has agreed to pay $3 million to a former agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration to settle a lawsuit in which he alleged that the CIA illegally eavesdropped on him.
The proposed settlement followed a ruling by U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth in July that CIA officials committed fraud to protect a former covert agent against the eavesdropping allegations.
The lawsuit was brought by former DEA agent Richard A. Horn, who says the CIA illegally wiretapped his home in Rangoon, Burma, in 1993.
He says Arthur Brown, the former CIA station chief in Burma, and Franklin Huddle Jr., the chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Burma, were trying to get him transferred because they disagreed with his work with Burmese officials on the country's drug trade.
-- Associated Press
JUDICIAL
Obama nominates 2 for federal court
President Obama nominated Judge Albert Diaz, a North Carolina superior court judge who handles complex business cases, and Judge James A. Wynn Jr., of North Carolina's state Court of Appeals, to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, which has a reputation as one of the most conservative appeals courts in the country.
"Judges Diaz and Wynn have been exceptional public servants for the people of North Carolina," Obama said in a statement. "Their distinguished judicial careers leave no doubt that they will be esteemed additions to the Fourth Circuit."
