President Barack Obama on Thursday signed several executive orders that alter the Central Intelligence Agency's protocol for detaining suspects and interrogating them....Link
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Obama signs orders to close Gitmo.........
President Barack Obama on Thursday signed several executive orders that alter the Central Intelligence Agency's protocol for detaining suspects and interrogating them....Link
Fidel Castro breaks silence to praise Obama...
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's Fidel Castro praised U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday for his "noble intentions" but said in his first opinion column in five weeks that the new American leader had many questions to answer.Castro's prolonged silence after months of prolific column writing had contributed to speculation that the ailing 82-year-old was on his death bed....Link
DR Congo cancels timber contracts........
The Democratic Republic of Congo government has cancelled nearly 60% of timber contracts in the world's second-largest tropical rainforest.It follows a six-month review of 156 logging deals aimed at stamping out corruption in the sector and enforcing legal and environmental standards....Link
Whistleblower: NSA spied on everyone........
Former National Security Agency analyst Russell Tice, who helped expose the NSA's warrantless wiretapping in December 2005, has now come forward with even more startling allegations. Tice told MSNBC's Keith Olbermann on Wednesday that the programs that spied on Americans were not only much broader than previously acknowledged but specifically targeted journalists....Link
She's out..............
Caroline Kennedy abruptly ended her bid to replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate early Thursday morning amid increased friction with Gov. David Paterson’s office and after an evening of confusion among her aides and supporters....link
Hillary Clinton Confirmed.......94-2......
ABC News' Z. Byron Wolf reports: It's official. Hillary Rodham Clinton is President Barack Obama's Secretary of State.The Senate voted 94-2 to confirm Clinton -- a day later than Obama had hoped, but a lopsided vote nonetheless.Link
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