BBC NEWS | Americas | Man sues CIA over torture claims: "A man who says he was a victim of the CIA's alleged secret prisons is suing its former chief over torture claims.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said this week the US does not practice or condone torture.
The lawsuit says Mr Masri suffered 'prolonged arbitrary detention, torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment'."
(Via BBC News.)
posted by Lally at 12/06/2005 11:11:00 PM
AMERICAblog: Because a great nation deserves the truth: "In a nutshell, the rabid homophobes at the American Family Association threatened Ford with a boycott earlier this year because they were advertising in the gay press. Suddenly in June the AFA called off their threatened boycott because local Ford dealers had contacted the national Ford office and, apparently, suggested Ford might be amenable to working out a deal. Now we find out that Ford is pulling its gay ads and that Ford even tells the Advocate that the AFA's press release claiming credit for this entire thing is accurate.
Ford wants to dance with bigots, that's fine. But you don't get to do that in the year 2005 and remain a prosperous company in America."
(Via AMERICAblog.)
posted by Lally at 12/06/2005 11:10:00 PM
