The British Foreign Secretary has lost an Appeal Court bid to stop the disclosure of secret information relating to the alleged torture of a UK resident. (more)
An Army sergeant who served in Iraq for 15 months has been restricted to his Washington military base after being accused of waterboarding his 4-year-old daughter because she refused to recite her ABCs. (more)
After five weeks of exercising his “right to remain silent,” the Christmas bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab has finally begun cooperating, and according to The Washington Post is now “providing FBI interrogators with useful intelligence about his training and contacts.” Administration officials are hawking this development as a vindication of their patient approach to Abdulmutallab’s questioning. The Post even declares that this “[r]esult counters recent criticism of the case’s handling.” (more)
AL AIN, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A member of the United Arab Emirates ruling family being tried in connection with the videotaped beating of an Afghan man has been cleared of all charges. (more)























