SPB News for Wednesday

'New' evidence of secret CIA detention site in Poland reported by Raw Story 2 years ago

Gov. Schwarzenegger Declares 'State Of Emergency'

Poll: 71% Think Waterboarding is Torture

Nielsen: Viewing Of WH Streaming Vids Soars Under Obama

Feingold Gives Obama A "D" On State Secrets

Report: BoA, Citi need more money

WSJ Poll: 81% Like Obama Personally

Lawyers try to force KBR exec to be deposed in suit An executive of an Army contractor that has been sued for wrongful death in federal court can't have it both ways, say attorneys seeking to compel his deposition. He can't assert on a newspaper editorial page that his company -- KBR -- had nothing to do with the electrocution death of a soldier in the shower in Iraq, and then claim he has no knowledge of the incident. Attorneys who represent the parents of Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth filed a motion in federal court yesterday asking a judge to order William C. Bodie, KBR interim president for government and infrastructure, to testify in the case.

Trio not guilty of helping 7/7 London bombers --Jury clears men of conspiring with four bombers over London 2005 explosions that killed 52 Three British Muslims were today cleared of helping the 7 July bombers choose their targets by carrying out a reconnaissance mission in London seven months before the attacks that killed 52 people and injured almost 1,000. A jury at Kingston crown court unanimously found Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem, and Mohammed Shakil, all from Beeston, Leeds, not guilty of conspiring with the four bombers to cause explosions, after deliberating for eight days.

FAA Memo: Feds Knew NYC Flyover Would Cause Panic — Threatened Federal Sanctions Against NYPD, Secret Service, FBI & Mayor's Office If Secret Ever Got Out — Furious Obama Apologizes: “It Will Never Happen Again”

9th Circuit Strikes Down Obama's State Secrets Argument

Phantom of al-Qaeda arrested The Iraqi government has hailed the capture of a man accused of being the al-Qaeda [al-CIAduh] leader in Iraq, even as the US expresses skepticism that he even existed. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Tuesday hailed the arrest of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and referred to him as 'the head of evil' and the leader of the al-Qaeda-affiliated umbrella group, the so-called "Islamic State of Iraq".