MSNBC

12/13/05

A year ago, at a Quaker Meeting House in Lake Worth, Fla., a small group of activists met to plan a protest of military recruiting at local high schools. What they didn't know was that their meeting had come to the attention of the U.S. military. A secret 400-page Defense Department document obtained by NBC News lists the Lake Worth meeting as a 'threat' and one of more than 1,500 'suspicious incidents' across the country over a recent 10-month period...

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10454316/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Tampa Tribune

12/13/05

A European investigator said Tuesday he has found mounting indications the United States illegally held detainees in Europe but then hurriedly shipped out the last ones to North Africa a month ago when word leaked out. Dick Marty, a Swiss senator looking into claims the CIA operated secret prisons in Europe, said an ongoing, monthlong investigation unearthed 'clues' that Poland and Romania were implicated - perhaps unwittingly...

http://tinyurl.com/72zom


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

When US companies work with the Canadian federal government, their files, including confidential personal information on Canadians, could today be subject to FBI search. The Canadian government is taking steps to prevent this potential assault on Canadians' privacy.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/121305H.shtml

A federal grand jury on Monday indicted former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman and former HealthSouth Chairman Richard Scrushy on more charges in a political corruption case.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5475859,00.html


From Information Clearing House

California's execution of Stanley Tookie Williams on Tuesday outraged many in Europe who regard the practice as barbaric, and politicians in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's native Austria called for his name to be removed from a sports stadium in his hometown.

http://tinyurl.com/ccphb


From Information Clearing House

Not satisfied with the level of pollution and carbon dioxide emissions spewed by the world today, blinded by the quest to further our comfortable, gluttonous ways, we continue pushing the increase of carbon, oil and gas consumption ever more.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11296.htm

According to this article from Brazil's OTempo newspaper, mock trials of U.S. President George W. Bush are to be held as a way of educating young people about the 'crimes' and abuse of power by the Bush Administration.

http://www.watchingamerica.com/otempo000002.shtml

A former top adviser to President George W. Bush on Iraq policy said on Monday there are instances when torture may be appropriate.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051213/us_nm/iraq_usa_blackwill_dc


From Information Clearing House

VIDEO: ACLU Holds Briefing With Khaled El-Masri, Announcing His Lawsuit Against the CIA for Torture.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11299.htm

Straw finally admits CIA planes landed in Britain.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foreignaffairs/story/0,11538,1665912,00.html


From Information Clearing House