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Rep. Anthony Weiner says he “can’t say with certitude” that the lewd photo of a man’s crotch sent using his Twitter account to one of his followers isn’t of him. “I didn’t send that picture out,” Weiner said in an interview with NBC News. “That’s not a picture of you?” reporter Luke Russert asked. Weiner responded: “You know, I can’t say with certitude.” The New York Democrat continued to claim that a hacker sent the photo to a 21-year-old college co-ed in Seattle. “My system was hacked, pictures can be manipulated, dropped in and inserted,” he said. “One reason I...

When we last left New York Rep. Anthony Weiner, he was retaining counsel to determine "what civil or criminal actions should be taken" against the hackers who posted a lewd image on his Twitter account. The problem seemed to be solved, and the fallout looked minimal. Then yesterday happened. Weiner first found trouble during a bizarre late-afternoon press conference just outside the House chamber, where he stonewalled questions about whether he'd ask law enforcement to investigate the hacks and then refused to issue simple denials. ... Hypothetical pie throwing or not, even sympathetic political observers trashed Weiner's performance. Salon's Steve...