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| September 12, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Philadelphia Inquirer. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Thomas Fitzgerald

Sep. 12--Sen. Arlen Specter (R., Pa.) said he urged disgraced Idaho Sen. Larry Craig to withdraw a guilty plea in part because the sting tactics used to catch Craig in an airport restroom brought to mind a case Specter prosecuted in Philadelphia 43 years ago, involving judicial shakedowns of men accused of soliciting homosexual sex.

"It was the Family Theater, in the 1300 block of Market, where the police used to ensnare people, homosexuals, on morals charges, and they then were shaken down by the magistrates," Specter said yesterday.

What happened in the theater case was not clear-cut, Specter said, and it might not be in Craig's case either. Craig pleaded guilty last month to disorderly conduct after an undercover police officer had said he was acting suspiciously in a restroom at the Minneapolis airport in June.

Specter said there was an important issue at stake.…

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