SPB News for Monday.

Why we sued the phone company — More than six years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Bush administration remains committed to using the specter of those attacks (and other possible new attacks) as justification for reckless, unlawful and unconstitutional behavior.


Wes Clark: McCain Doesn't Have the Right Kind of Military Experience To Be Commander-in-Chief — On a just-finished conference call in which retired military leaders endorsed Hillary Clinton to be commander in chief, retired General Wesley Clark said John McCain's military experience …


Breaking: Ecuador's president has ordered troops to the border with Colombia, following a similar move by Venezuela

MPs warn against US attack on Iran A military strike against Iran is unlikely to succeed and could provoke a violent backlash across the region, MPs have warned. The Commons foreign affairs committee urged the Government to use its influence with Washington to persuade the US administration to "engage" diplomatically with the Iranians over their nuclear programme.

Iraq does not like America, says Iran's Ahmadinejad Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that Iraq "does not want" the United States and dismissed President [sic] George W. Bush's charge that Tehran supports militants in Iraq.

Bhutto's death: two charged in terrorism court Two men accused in the assassination of the former prime minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto have appeared in a special terrorism court. Wearing black hoods and with hands in cuffs, Sher Zaman, 32, and Aitzaz Shah, 15, were led into court on Saturday morning. The public and news media were barred from the proceedings, but lawyers at the court familiar with the case said the two were formally charged.

Barnstorming Obama plans to pick Republicans for cabinet Obama is hoping to appoint cross-party figures to his cabinet such as Chuck Hagel, the Republican senator for Nebraska and an opponent of the Iraq war, and Richard Lugar, leader of the Republicans on the Senate foreign relations committee. Senior advisers confirmed that Hagel, a highly decorated Vietnam war veteran and one of McCain’s closest friends in the Senate, was considered an ideal candidate for defence secretary. Some regard the outspoken Republican as a possible vice-presidential nominee although that might be regarded as a "stretch".

Ga. House OKs seizing vehicles from illegal immigrants A bill that would allow police to seize cars from illegal immigrants was approved by the House Thursday. Bill sponsor Rep. James Mills (R-Gainesville) repeatedly told House members Thursday the measure would protect Georgia citizens from the "epidemic" of illegal immigration.