Day December 11, 2005

Lapdog Lieberman

Lowell Weicker may return to politics over Lieberman’s support of war No politician in Connectict has greater stature than Lowell Weicker, who once ran as an independent for governor – and won. "When you’ve become the president’s best friend on…

New MI6 and CIA torture claims

An Ethiopian student who lived in London claims that he was brutally tortured with the involvement of British and US intelligence agencies. Binyam Mohammed, 27, says he spent nearly three years in the CIA’s network of ‘black sites’. In Morocco…

Poland orders probe into self

Poland’s prime minister said Saturday he has ordered an investigation into whether the CIA ran secret prisons for terror suspects in the country – an allegation the government repeatedly has denied. Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz said a "detailed" probe would be conducted…

No justice, no peace?

Authorities in Los Angeles are concerned about possible rioting if the co-founder of the Crips street gang, Stanley "Tookie" Williams. Robin Toma, executive director of the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission, said the organization had received "credible" threats of…