Attorney Confirms WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange in Britain, Responds to U.S. Attacks; Jeremy Scahill: WikiLeaks Cables Confirm Secret U.S. War Ops in Pakistan; U.N. Special Rapporteur Juan Méndez: Instead of Focusing on Assange, U.S. Should Address WikiLeaks’ Disclosures of Torture; and Professor, Author Jacob Hacker on “Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer—And Turned Its Back on the Middle Class.”
Today’s Headlines
* Report: British Police Await Arrest Warrant for Assange
* Amazon Drops WikiLeaks Website
* Admin Cancels Atlantic, Gulf Drilling But OKs it in Alaska
* Report: SEC, Banks in Talks to Settle Securities Probes
* FCC Chair Backs Two-Tiered Internet Fees
* Senate GOPers Threaten Filibusters to Maintain Tax Cuts for Wealthy
* Deficit Panel Releases Proposals to Cut Spending Ahead of Vote
* U.S. Soldier Sentenced for Shooting Afghans
* Egyptian Opposition Group to Boycott Runoff Vote
* GOP to Disband House Panel on Global Warming
* Former New Orleans Police Officer Sentenced to 8 Years for Danziger Shootings
* Illinois Lawmakers Approve Recognition of Civil Unions