Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Sunday 14 December 2014


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Mohamed Bashmilah, left, in 2008. A Senate report acknowledges Mr. Bashmilah's 19 months of detention as wrongful.
Amid Details on Torture, Data on 26 Who Were Held in Error

By SCOTT SHANE

Of 119 prisoners in C.I.A custody, the Senate report found that 26 were either described in the agency's own documents as mistakenly detained, or released and given money.
Ex-Chief Leads Vocal Defense of C.I.A.

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and ERIC LICHTBLAU

The counteroffensive, which includes a new website, began even before the Senate committee issued its report on the agency's harsh treatment of detainees.
Mary Van looks into the vacant living room of the abandoned house at 569 Mount Vernon Street.
Good Intentions of Detroit Residents Are Tested by Blight

By JOHN ELIGON

Many Detroiters are willing to wait for promised change, but it has been slow to come. "The city has good intentions," one resident said, "but then the actions are like a snail."