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Pelosi accuses CIA of misleading her on use of waterboarding

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused CIA officials Thursday of misleading her in 2002 about the use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" such as waterboarding, which simulates drowning and has been described by critics as torture. Pelosi reiterated an earlier claim that she was briefed on such techniques only once — in September 2002 — and that she was told at the time that the techniques were not being used. A recently released Justice Department memo says that the CIA used waterboarding at least 83 times in August 2002 in the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah, a suspected al Qaeda leader imprisoned at U.S

Source: Aide told Pelosi waterboarding had been used

A source close to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi now confirms that Pelosi was told in February 2003 by her intelligence aide, Michael Sheehy, that waterboarding was actually used on CIA detainee Abu Zubaydah.

House passes bill taxing Wall Street bonuses

The House of Representatives passed legislation Thursday to try to recoup bonuses paid to Wall Street executives with taxpayer money. The measure passed, 328-93; most Democrats supported the measure, while Republicans were sharply divided.

Trinidad’s streets fill with the sound of Carnival

Trinidad hosted the Caribbean’s largest Carnival celebration Tuesday. Across the country, revelers donned their costumes at daybreak to take part in parades and marches on the day before Ash Wednesday. Sharpton has lead a chorus of criticism and allegations that the cartoon published Feb.

Rupert Murdoch apologizes for chimp cartoon

The chairman of the New York Post, Rupert Murdoch, personally apologized Tuesday for an editorial cartoon published by the newspaper that drew charges of racism.

Stimulus deal struck, but still no final bill

House Democratic leaders were forced to put off until Friday a vote on the $789 billion economic stimulus bill after many rank-and-file Democrats who were unhappy with some spending cuts demanded time to read the compromise measure. As of Thursday afternoon, the text of legislation spelling out the details of the House-Senate deal had not been completed. Despite the delay, sources said the bill was not in jeopardy

Stimulus bill snag worked out, sources say

Negotiators have worked out a disagreement between the Senate and House over education funding that threatened to throw a last-minute roadblock in front of the economic stimulus bill, Democratic leadership sources said Wednesday evening. Details on how they settled it were not immediately available. But a Democratic source said leaders have come up with an agreement that House Democrats and moderate Senate Republicans can live with.