Harry Reid eviscerates GOP leaders in interview

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• Harry Reid eviscerates GOP leaders in interview
• Giving away ‘Anatoly Z.’
• King James commits personal foul with royal touch
• UN expert calls for prosecution over torture
• Israel minister says US censure slows settlements
• Torture report: Harsh tactics didn't net bin Laden
• Malala vows to fight on as she shares Nobel Peace Prize
• Lawmakers agree on $1.1 trillion spending bill
• Chicago proposes chokehold ban in wake of U.S. protests
• U.S. chokehold protesters 'die-in', issue demands in NY
• Ex-CIA officials say torture report is one-sided, flawed
• 19 arrested in 4th night of California protests
• Senate report: CIA torture produced 'fabricated' intel, thwarted no plots
• Hundreds march as California protests continue
• President Obama, politicians react to Senate CIA torture report
• Attorneys: Darren Wilson should be banned from policing in Missouri
• CIA torture report: The most stunning findings
• Senate report: Harsh CIA tactics didn't work

Harry Reid eviscerates GOP leaders in interview Posted: 10 Dec 2014 07:41 AM PST The outgoing senate majority leader lets lose on Republicans.

Giving away ‘Anatoly Z.’ Posted: 10 Dec 2014 04:01 AM PST A tiny handful of adoption professionals in the U.S. specialize in finding new homes for children whose original adoptive parents give them up. Technically this is called "disruption" (if the interruption comes before the adoption is finalized) and "dissolution" (if it comes after). Those who are appalled by the very thought often call it "rehoming," as if with a pet. Those who believe it has been the dirty little secret of the adoption world for far too long prefer "second chance adoption."

King James commits personal foul with royal touch Posted: 10 Dec 2014 07:59 AM PST LONDON (AP) — When King James touched the future queen of England on the shoulder after a basketball game, royal watchers cried foul.

UN expert calls for prosecution over torture Posted: 10 Dec 2014 10:33 AM PST Members of Bush's national security team must be prosecuted, says a UN official.

Israel minister says US censure slows settlements Posted: 10 Dec 2014 08:43 AM PST JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. criticism of Israel's settlement policies has slowed down construction in the West Bank, Israel's defense minister said in comments broadcast Wednesday, adding that he hopes the slowdown will be "temporary" because the Obama administration "won't be around forever."

Torture report: Harsh tactics didn't net bin Laden Posted: 10 Dec 2014 12:24 AM PST A Senate report says harsh CIA interrogations did not lead to the killing of bin Laden.

Malala vows to fight on as she shares Nobel Peace Prize Posted: 10 Dec 2014 10:17 AM PST Malala Yousafzai vowed Wednesday to struggle for every child's right to go to school as she became the youngest ever Nobel laureate, sharing the peace prize with Indian campaigner Kailash Satyarthi. "I will continue this fight until I see every child in school," the 17-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl told an audience in Oslo City Hall after receiving the award. Malala became a global icon after she was shot and nearly killed by the Taliban in October 2012 for insisting that girls had a right to an education. "The so-called world of adults may understand it, but we children don't.

Lawmakers agree on $1.1 trillion spending bill Posted: 09 Dec 2014 07:31 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Time running short, Republicans and Democrats agreed Tuesday on a $1.1 trillion spending bill to avoid a government shutdown and delay a politically-charged struggle over President Barack Obama's new immigration policy until the new year.

Chicago proposes chokehold ban in wake of U.S. protests Posted: 10 Dec 2014 09:21 AM PST By Mark Guarino CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago city council members have proposed a ban on the use of chokeholds by police officers working within city limits in an expansive proposal coming in the wake of the chokehold death of an unarmed black man being arrested in New York. The proposal, which includes all security personnel such as deputy sheriffs, U.S. Marshals and private security guards, is the first among U.S. municipalities attempting to regulate arrest techniques after a grand jury last week declined to indict a New York City police officer in a chokehold death. ...

U.S. chokehold protesters 'die-in', issue demands in NY Posted: 10 Dec 2014 09:33 AM PST By Sharon Bernstein and Scott Malone BERKELEY, Calif./NEW YORK (Reuters) - Students at medical schools around the United States planned "die-ins" to protest the chokehold death by police of an unarmed black man and New York activists demanded the city take action after a grand jury declined to indict the officer involved. Protests intensified last week after the grand jury decision to not charge a white New York City police officer in the July death of Eric Garner, who was unarmed. ...

Ex-CIA officials say torture report is one-sided, flawed Posted: 10 Dec 2014 09:31 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of former top-ranking CIA officials disputed a U.S. Senate committee's finding that the agency's interrogation techniques produced no valuable intelligence, saying such work had saved thousands of lives. Former CIA directors George Tenet, Porter Goss and Michael Hayden, along with three ex-deputy directors, wrote in an op-ed article published on Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal that the Senate Intelligence Committee report also was wrong in saying the agency had been deceptive about its work following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. ...

19 arrested in 4th night of California protests Posted: 10 Dec 2014 08:42 AM PST BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Northern California arrested at least 19 people as protesters angered by the killings of unarmed black men by white police officers rallied for a fourth night.

Senate report: CIA torture produced 'fabricated' intel, thwarted no plots Posted: 09 Dec 2014 03:20 PM PST After waterboarding, 9/11 planner told interrogators what "he thought they wanted to hear."

Hundreds march as California protests continue Posted: 09 Dec 2014 09:09 PM PST BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of protesters angered at the killing of unarmed black men by white police officers marched through downtown Berkeley streets Tuesday night as protests continued in Northern California.

President Obama, politicians react to Senate CIA torture report Posted: 09 Dec 2014 11:41 AM PST Some reaction to the Senate Intelligence Committee report released Tuesday on the CIA's harsh interrogation techniques at secret overseas facilities after the 9/11 terror attacks.

Attorneys: Darren Wilson should be banned from policing in Missouri Posted: 09 Dec 2014 02:15 PM PST Darren Wilson, who shot and killed unarmed teen Michael Brown, may have resigned from the Ferguson Police Department, but a group of attorneys wants the controversial officer stripped of his right to carry a badge anywhere in Missouri.

CIA torture report: The most stunning findings Posted: 09 Dec 2014 09:06 PM PST The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence today released a controversial report on the CIA's interrogation practices.

Senate report: Harsh CIA tactics didn't work Posted: 09 Dec 2014 01:30 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — In a damning indictment of CIA practices, Senate investigators on Tuesday accused the spy agency of inflicting pain and suffering on al-Qaida prisoners far beyond its legal boundaries and then deceiving the nation with narratives of useful interrogations unsubstantiated by its own records.

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