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	<title><![CDATA[Chief McCain Strategist Went To Bat For Convicted Felon]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/17/chief-mccain-strategist-w_n_96920.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>In 2005, Charlie Black, currently a chief strategist to Senator John McCain, wrote a pair of letters to federal officials aggressively defending Wayne Drizin, a convicted felon, disbarred lawyer, and failed brothel owner with substantial business ties to the controversial Iraqi exile Ahmad Chalabi.</p>

<p>The letters, obtained by The Huffington Post, were sent to a U.S. district court judge and the U.S. Justice Department's inspector general's office. They are scrupulously detailed and, at times, personal notes, praising Drizin and alleging that...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2008-04-25T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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