800,000 Californians face 39% increase for health coverage starting in May.
American spy chiefs alarmed by Binyam Mohamed ruling --US intelligence sources are concerned that a British court's ruling on secret CIA interrogation records could affect the flow of information. Alarmed US spy chiefs are seeking urgent assurances from British counterparts that intelligence they share on terror threats will remain classified after a London court authorised the release of secret CIA interrogation records. British officials have been asked to explain the impact of the Court of Appeal ruling amid fears in the US that Britain can no longer be trusted with secrets crucial to the two country's national security.
Goldsmith calls for investigation into UK's role in torture --Former attorney general demands 'clarification' from ministers on activities of intelligence agencies The former attorney general Lord Goldsmith last night called for an investigation into whether Britain's intelligence agencies or government were complicit in the torture of British terror suspects abroad. His demand came days after the Court of Appeal's decision last week to release seven paragraphs summarising a US intelligence report which showed that MI5 was aware of the inhumane treatment, including sleep deprivation and shackling, meted out to the terror suspect Binyam Mohamed by his CIA interrogators in 2002.
American spy chiefs alarmed by Binyam Mohamed ruling --US intelligence sources are concerned that a British court's ruling on secret CIA interrogation records could affect the flow of information. Alarmed US spy chiefs are seeking urgent assurances from British counterparts that intelligence they share on terror threats will remain classified after a London court authorised the release of secret CIA interrogation records. British officials have been asked to explain the impact of the Court of Appeal ruling amid fears in the US that Britain can no longer be trusted with secrets crucial to the two country's national security.
Goldsmith calls for investigation into UK's role in torture --Former attorney general demands 'clarification' from ministers on activities of intelligence agencies The former attorney general Lord Goldsmith last night called for an investigation into whether Britain's intelligence agencies or government were complicit in the torture of British terror suspects abroad. His demand came days after the Court of Appeal's decision last week to release seven paragraphs summarising a US intelligence report which showed that MI5 was aware of the inhumane treatment, including sleep deprivation and shackling, meted out to the terror suspect Binyam Mohamed by his CIA interrogators in 2002.
Palestinian protesters pose as Na'vi from "Avatar" Palestinian protesters have added a colorful twist to demonstrations against Israel's separation barrier [apartheid wall], painting themselves blue and posing as characters from the hit film "Avatar." The demonstrators also donned long hair and loincloths Friday for the weekly protest against the barrier near the village of Bilin. They equated their struggle to the intergalactic one portrayed in the film
Pentagon to track assault of contractor employees The sexual assault of employees of U.S. military contractors working in Iraq and Afghanistan will be tracked by the Pentagon under a system it is setting up. The tracking will likely begin this year, Defense official Gail McGinn said in a memo to the Pentagon's Inspector General included in a report released Friday.
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