U.S. Refuses to Help Polish Probe of Secret CIA Prisons

U.S. Refuses to Help Polish Probe of Secret CIA Prisons: "An international human rights group has revealed the Obama administration has refused to help the Polish government investigate claims that the CIA ran a secret black site prison inside Poland. Polish prosecutors launched a probe in August 2008, but U.S. authorities have refused to cooperate, claiming that they consider the matter closed. Flight records show that seven CIA planes landed in 2002 and 2003 at Szymany, a Polish military base in northeast Poland." DISCLAIMER:Text may be subject to copyright.This blog does not claim copyright to any such text. Copyright remains with the original copyright hold...

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Crossbow cannibal Stephen Griffiths - stalked and beat ex-girlfriend - mirror.co.uk

Crossbow cannibal Stephen Griffiths - stalked and beat ex-girlfriend - mirror.co.uk: "EX-GIRLFRIEND Kathy Hancock has told how she was stalked by Griffiths – who she calls Psycho Steve – for 10 YEARS. Former prison officer Kathy, 37, repeatedly fled but time and time again he tracked her down. She shuddered: “I was completely brainwashed by him. It was 10 years of mental torture and abuse. I couldn’t get away. “He wants control of everything but he does it in such a passive way. He would make you doubt the way you are.” Kathy was introduced to Griffiths in February 2000 and at first she enjoyed talking to a man she saw as a shy loner." DISCLAIMER:Text may be subject to copyright.This blog does not claim copyright to any such text. Copyright remains with the original copyright hold...

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Man shot dead on Cheshire street - Crime, UK - The Independent

Man shot dead on Cheshire street - Crime, UK - The Independent: "man has died after being shot in the street. Officers were alerted after residents in Hale, Cheshire, heard gunfire shortly after midnight. The 30-year-old victim, from nearby Widnes, was found on Pepper Street with serious head injuries and was taken to hospital where he later died. His next of kin have been informed." DISCLAIMER:Text may be subject to copyright.This blog does not claim copyright to any such text. Copyright remains with the original copyright hold...

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Crossbow cannibal may have killed six women, police fear

When he was first arrested he indicated to detectives that he had murdered five or six women in total.He held up one hand with his fingers outstretched and put up a finger on another when asked about killings he had carried out.But he only named Susan Rushworth, Shelley Armitage and Suzanne Blamires, refusing to co-operate further about the identities of the others.It is not known if he was attempting to exercise some form of control over investigators, exaggerating his notoriety or hinting at the truth.West Yorkshire Police’s Homicide and Major Enquiry Team is considering the possibility that he has killed before.DISCLAIMER:Text may be subject to copyright.This blog does not claim copyright to any such text. Copyright remains with the original copyright hold...

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A lot of drugs, a lot of money.”U.S. authorities deport Salvatore Montagna, a reputed New York crime boss to Montreal

U.S. authorities deport Salvatore Montagna, a reputed New York crime boss to Montreal, the city of his birth.Within months, bodies begin to fall.The decimation of Montreal’s ruling crime family, the Rizzutos, has begun.Montagna, 39, known as Sal the Ironworker because of his family’s metal business in Brooklyn and who was dubbed Bambino Boss by New York media, was reportedly acting boss of New York’s powerful Bonanno family.What part — if any — Montagna is playing in the bloody mob war in Montreal is unclear.He arrived back from the States in April 2009.In August 2009, the assault on the crime group starts with the murder of convicted drug trafficker...

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S.African police probe Dewani case link to 2007 murder

AFP: S.African police probe Dewani case link to 2007 murder: "South African police are probing a link between a Cape Town murder of the wife of a British businessman and a 2007 killing of a local doctor under similar circumstances, media said Sunday. The Sunday Times said the doctor, Pox Raghavjee, was found shot dead in his car in Bhisho, a small town in the Eastern Cape region, but nothing was stolen from him. His widow, Heather Raghavjee, travelled to Cape Town to comfort businessman Shrien Dewani after the murder of his wife Anni last month, the paper said. 'National police commissioner Bheki Cele confirmed yesterday that police were probing...

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Now Wikileaks suffers its own leaks - Telegraph

Now Wikileaks suffers its own leaks - Telegraph: "The development comes as a senior WikiLeaks activist told The Sunday Telegraph that she and others had resigned from the organisation because of their deep concern about its treatment of sources and 'lack of transparency with relation to large sums of money'. This newspaper has learned that one of WikiLeaks's main funding channels, the Germany-based Wau Holland Foundation, has been issued with two official warnings by charity regulators after failing to file financial records. It has also emerged that the online payment service PayPal, which last week cut off donations to WikiLeaks, suspended...

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Russia 'tracked' spy killers in UK - Europe - Al Jazeera English

Russia 'tracked' spy killers in UK - Europe - Al Jazeera English: "Russia was following the suspected killers of former spy Alexander Litvinenko before he was poisoned in London in 2006, but had been told to stand down by British authorities, according to remarks in leaked US diplomatic cables. '[Russian Special Presidential Representative Anatoly] Safonov claimed that Russian authorities in London had known about and followed individuals moving radioactive substances into the city but were told by the British that they were under control before the poisoning took place,' the cable said. Litvinenko, a former KGB agent turned Kremlin critic, died in hospital after being poisoned with the radioactive substance polonium-210 in a restaurant. The leaked US cable, quoting a meeting in Paris between...

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Mark Madoff in suicide 2 years on from dad Bernard Madoff's arrest - mirror.co.uk

Mark Madoff in suicide 2 years on from dad Bernard Madoff's arrest - mirror.co.uk: "The son of jailed financier Bernard Madoff was found dead yesterday - on the second anniversary of his father's arrest. Mark Madoff, 46, was found hanging from a dog collar attached to a pipe in an apparent suicide at his New York apartment. His two-yearold son was sleeping nearby. Bernard Madoff, 72, was jailed for 150 years for swindling billions from investors in a fraudulent 'Ponzi scheme'. Mark had also been under investigation even though he is said to have turned his father in. But he had yet to face criminal charges. Last night close friends say he had...

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WikiLeaks backlash: The first global cyber war has begun, claim hackers | Media | The Observer

WikiLeaks backlash: The first global cyber war has begun, claim hackers Media The Observer: "He is one of the newest recruits to Operation Payback. In a London bedroom, the 24-year-old computer hacker is preparing his weaponry for this week's battles in an evolving cyberwar. He is a self-styled defender of free speech, his weapon a laptop and his enemy the US corporations responsible for attacking the website WikiLeaks. He had seen the flyers that began springing up on the web in mid-September. In chatrooms, on discussion boards and inboxes from Manchester to New York to Sydney the grinning face of a Guy Fawkes mask had appeared with a call to...

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Police chief suspended over 'fraud' - mirror.co.uk

Police chief suspended over 'fraud' - mirror.co.uk: "senior police officer has been suspended after a fraud probe was launched. Acting deputy chief constable Gordon Fraser, who joined Leicestershire Police in January, is being investigated over foreign property investment deals. Two other officers are also being investigated." DISCLAIMER:Text may be subject to copyright.This blog does not claim copyright to any such text. Copyright remains with the original copyright hold...

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Among the pressures Mark Madoff faced was a strongly worded lawsuit by Irving Picard.

Almost a year after the multibiliion dollar fraud conducted by his father, Bernard Madoff, was revealed, both Mark and Andrew Madoff were sued by Mr. Picard, the trustee gathering assets for Bernard Madoff's victims. Also named were their uncle Peter and cousin Shana, who worked with them at the firm. Mr. Picard accused Mark Madoff in the October 2009 lawsuit of receiving at least $66.9 million improperly through the investment company. "Mark Madoff lived a high-end lifestyle with homes in Manhattan, Nantucket, and Greenwich, Conn. Investment firm funds paid for all aspects of his lavish lifestyle from the purchases of his high-end homes to the mattress and box spring he slept on, the television he watched in his home gym, and the outdoor shower in his home," the lawsuit said. According...

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Madoff trustee files lawsuits worth $20bn

BBC News - Madoff trustee files lawsuits worth $20bn: "trustee charged with recovering funds for the victims of Bernard Madoff's multi-billion dollar fraud scheme has filed lawsuits seeking nearly $20bn (£12.6bn) in damages. Irving Picard has charged nearly 60 people, including a key shareholder in Austria's Medici Bank. Mr Picard accused Sonja Kohn of 'masterminding an illegal scheme' to help Madoff defraud investors. Earlier this week, Mr Picard sued HSBC bank for $9bn." DISCLAIMER:Text may be subject to copyright.This blog does not claim copyright to any such text. Copyright remains with the original copyright hold...

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BBC News - Madoff trustee files lawsuits worth $20bn

BBC News - Madoff trustee files lawsuits worth $20bn: "trustee charged with recovering funds for the victims of Bernard Madoff's multi-billion dollar fraud scheme has filed lawsuits seeking nearly $20bn (£12.6bn) in damages.Irving Picard has charged nearly 60 people, including a key shareholder in Austria's Medici Bank.Mr Picard accused Sonja Kohn of 'masterminding an illegal scheme' to help Madoff defraud investors.Earlier this week, Mr Picard sued HSBC bank for $9bn."DISCLAIMER:Text may be subject to copyright.This blog does not claim copyright to any such text. Copyright remains with the original copyright hold...

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