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Senate Panel Questions CIA Detentions

By Scott Shane, New York Times The Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday questioned the continuing value of the Central Intelligence Agency’s secret interrogation program for terrorism suspects, suggesting that international condemnation and the obstacles it […]

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ACLU Suit Alleges Boeing Is Profiting From Torture

By Henry Weinstein, The Los Angeles Times The American Civil Liberties Union filed a suit Wednesday that accused a Boeing Co. subsidiary of helping the Central Intelligence Agency facilitate “the forced disappearance, torture and inhumane […]

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US Attorney Targeted for Supporting Voting Rights

Minnesota Case Fits Pattern in US Attorneys Flap By Tom Hamburger, The Los Angeles Times For more than 15 years, clean-cut, square-jawed Tom Heffelfinger was the embodiment of a tough Republican prosecutor. Named U.S. attorney […]

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Rove protege to step down as U.S. attorney

Patrick O’Connor, The Politico Tim Griffin, a former protege of White House political guru Karl Rove who replaced one of the controversially fired U.S. attorneys late last year, will resign his post as the top […]