WikiLeaks Cables Reveal U.S. Tried to Thwart Spanish Probes of Gitmo Torture and CIA Rendition; Leaked Cables Reveal U.S. Pressured Spain to Drop Case of Cameraman Killed in 2003 Attack on Journalists in Baghdad; and As GOP Appears to Win Extension of Bush-Era Tax Cuts for Wealthy, Rev. Jesse Jackson Calls for “War on Poverty.”
Today’s Headlines
* Cables: U.S. Tried to Thwart Spanish Probes; U.K. Assured Bush Admin over Iraq Inquiry
* Interpol Issues Arrest Warrant for WikiLeaks Founder
* Huckabee Calls for Execution of Alleged Leaker
* Senate Approves Food Safety Bill
* Pentagon: No Harm to Military in Repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
* House Approves Settlements for Black and Native American Farmers
* Obama Hosts GOP Leaders as Jobless Benefits Begin to Expire
* Deficit Panel Delays Vote on Recommendations
* Climate Delegates Differ on Kyoto Extension, Compliance Monitoring
* Thousands Attend Climate Protest in Mexico City
* Pakistani Sends Legal Notice to CIA over Drone Attacks
* British Students Protest Education Cuts, Fee Hikes
* Probe: SEC Was Lenient on Bank of America