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...late. I faced the world—and my early morning Life Sciences 1a lecture—only reluctantly on that cold December morning. As I set foot in the lecture hall, stale coffee in hand, I saw Herschel Smith Professor of Molecular Genetics Andrew W. Murray taking a stand against the chronic tardiness of students like me. I was surprised; while an unsettlingly high proportion of students arrive late (if at all) to their early morning classes, most professors grin and bear it. But not Prof. Murray...
...WHERE THINGS STAND Facing overwhelming support for the torture ban in both houses, the Administration agreed to it in December. A last-minute change added protection from litigation for interrogators. On a recent trip to Europe, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said, "The United States does not condone torture...
...WHERE THINGS STAND The Administration has neither confirmed nor denied the existence of secret prisons, called "black sites" in classified documents, according to the Post. Fingered by Human Rights Watch as likely hosts, E.U. member Poland and aspiring member Romania denied involvement. The Post said sites in Thailand and Cuba were shut down before its report appeared. The possibility of CIA-run prisons within Europe raised a furor on the Continent, and E.U. leaders have suggested participating countries could face sanctions...
...WHERE THINGS STAND In the wake of the Post article on secret prisons, most European governments have said their airspace is off limits to CIA flights carrying prisoners to countries practicing torture. A judge in Italy last year ordered 13 CIA operatives arrested after prosectors there said the CIA seized Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr, an Egyptian imam, in Milan and sent him to Egypt, where he claims he was tortured. Although President Bush has said the U.S. seeks assurances that suspects sent abroad won't be tortured, CIA Director Porter Goss has acknowledged that "there's only so much...
...meeting on Monday, returning him to an office that he previously held for two terms in the 1990s.After taking the oath of office before the packed chamber, Reeves extolled his fellow council members and the city of Cambridge in a statement in which he promised to “stand up, speak up, and be brief.”“Any one of us could be the mayor; every two years we change the mayor. It is an odd process. I promise to serve you to the best of my ability,” said Reeves, who first...