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PBC News & Comment, Monday December 19

We lead with an excerpt from our Jack Abramoff interview–the part where Abramoff rudely hung up and ended his participation.  We also cover the recently departed:  Cesaria Evora, Christopher Hitchens, King Jong Il, Vaclav Havel, and San Francisco philanthropist Warren Hellman.Also covered:

–more on the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012:

–Sen. Bernie Sanders comments

–Sen. Al Franken’s explanation of his NO vote

–Anonymous dumps dirt on 83 Senators who voted YES

–Glenn Greenwald busts 3 biggest myths about NDAA

–Sen. Feinstein introduces Due Process Guarantee Act of 2011