Monday, December 10, 2007

SPB News for Monday.


Chertoff "by coincidence" had security advisor at Omaha mall during shooting spree --Memorandum of Agreement Signing and Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano on Enhanced Driver's Licenses Question: Mr. Secretary, a question on a different subject relating to the Omaha shooting [Westroads Mall] yesterday. I was wondering if you and the department have any concerns about safety at shopping malls... Secretary Chertoff: This past fall, we held regional training seminars in 12 cities across the country to talk about things like IED and vehicle-borne IED prevention, and soft target awareness... We also have our protective security advisors who go and visit various facilities. We actually had one, by coincidence, at the mall in question at the time of the incident, discussing reaction to IEDs and what you can do to prevent or reduce your vulnerability to IEDs. We had, again, given over $45,000 to this particular mall as part of a Buffer Zone Protection Plan, which resulted in allowing them to build entrance bollards, portable barriers, and communication systems.

CIA photos 'show UK Guantanamo detainee was tortured' Lawyers for a British resident who the US government refuses to release from Guantanamo Bay [Binyam Mohammed] have identified the existence of photographs taken by CIA agents that they say show their client suffered horrific injuries under torture.
Family calls on US to free last UK resident in Guantanamo Bay --As four others are released, man who 'confessed' under torture may face a military tribunal Lawyers for Binyam Mohammed al-Habashi, the last UK resident to be imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay, last night called on the Foreign Office to exert pressure on the US to free him.
CIA is accused of torture cover-up The CIA has been accused of covering up the torture of two top 'Al-Qaeda' terror suspects after it emerged that White House and justice department officials and senior congressmen warned it against destroying hundreds of hours of videotape of the interrogations in 2003.

CIA Director to Testify About Destroyed Tapes CIA Director Michael Hayden will testify before Congress on Tuesday amid Democratic fury over the spy agency's destruction of videotapes that showed terrorism suspects being interrogated using harsh techniques. Democratic Sen. John Rockefeller of West Virginia, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said on Sunday Hayden would appear before his committee to talk about interrogation and techniques.


Iran accuses U.S of espionage Iran has accused the United States of espionage in collating a report which was released this week which concluded Iran is not developing nuclear weapons, and hasn't done for several years. Iran says the U.S. has admitted the NIE report was produced as a result of espionage activities, including satellite surveillance.

1 comment:

airJackie said...

Let the law suit begin as these prisoners who were illegally tortured by the CIA with tapes to prove it. Now it's time to bring Porter Goss back for Canada to answer questions. Yes I know Porter is now living in Canada with his male lover but his lover doesn't have to return with him this time.