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Obama’s CIA ‘amnesty’ condemned by human rights groups
Barack Obama’s decision to grant an amnesty to CIA operatives
who used controversial interrogation techniques on terror suspects has
been criticised by human rights groups as a failure to uphold US laws.
British
intelligence prosecution fear over US torture memos
Fresh revelations about the CIA’s torture techniques have thrown
the spotlight on British Intelligence, which gained valuable insight
into terror networks from confessions extracted by American officers.
They have raised further fears that British agents could be prosecuted
for their indirect role in the abuse of detainees.
Turley:
Torture investigation would ‘go directly to the doorstep of President
Bush’
President Barack Obama’s release on Thursday of four Bush administration
memos sanctioning torture has been widely praised. However, questions
have been raised by the statements from both him and Attorney General
Eric Holder that they have no intention of prosecuting the low-level
CIA officers who carried out the tortures.
Obama
to regulate ‘pollutant’ CO2
The US government is to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, having decided
that it and five other greenhouse gases may endanger human health and
well-being.
Video
Bloggers Fear "You" Being Phased Out Of YouTube
A new You Tube video getting a lot of attention highlights concerns
that the "You" is being phased out of YouTube, as individual
users are sidelined by regulation and censorship in favor of corporate
domination of the popular video website, an eventuality that we first
warned about years ago.
Fannie
Mae Exec Chosen to Oversee TARP: White House
The executive chosen to lead Fannie Mae through a government takeover
has been tapped to oversee the $700 billion rescue of the U.S. financial
system, the White House said Friday.
What’s
Obama smiling about?
The Obama presidency is becoming a reverse fairy tale: The prince
is turning into a frog. HopeOver,
HopeLash, HopeBreak: A Lexicon of Disappointment
All is not well in Obamafanland. It’s not clear exactly what
accounts for the change of mood. Maybe it was the rancid smell emanating
from Treasury’s latest bank bailout. Or the news that the
president’s chief economic adviser, Larry Summers, earned
millions from the very Wall Street banks and hedge funds he is protecting
from reregulation now. Or perhaps it began earlier, with Obama’s
silence during Israel’s Gaza attack. Israel
stands ready to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites
The Israeli military is preparing itself to launch a massive aerial
assault on Iran’s nuclear facilities within days of being
given the go-ahead by its new government.
G20
Rally Victim Died From Internal Bleeding
A policeman has been questioned on suspicion of manslaughter after
G20 rally victim Ian Tomlinson was found to have died of internal
bleeding and not a heart attack.
Mumbai
attacks suspect alleges torture, retracts confession
The suspected Pakistani gunman on trial in India for last year’s
Mumbai attacks will plead not guilty and has accused police of extracting
a confession through torture, his lawyer said Friday.
