DN!: Chicago Police Torture Settlement Hits Roadblock//US Intelligence Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:54:10 -0500 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST December 13, 2007 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now! is accepting applications for internships in New York City for the winter/spring semester. Please email admin@democracynow.org for more information. = = = = = = = = = Notice to users with older web browsers: We've recently fixed some issues on the new site that were causing problems for some users with old web browsers (Internet Explorer 5 for example). If you are experiencing any problems using the site, please send us an email: website@democracynow.org. = = = = = = = = = We invite you to visit our newly revamped website that has just launched at http://www.democracynow.org. And you can get your holiday shopping done by visiting our online store. = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Chicago Deal to Pay $20 Million in Police Torture Case Hits Roadblock * The City of Chicago¹s landmark decision to pay nearly $20 million dollars to four former death row prisoners tortured by Chicago police has hit a roadblock. The four men‹all African American‹sued former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge and more than twenty officers who worked with him, alleging that they were coerced into falsely confessing to murder in the 1980s. We speak with John Conroy, the investigative reporter who brought the story to the fore eighteen years ago. He was recently laid off from the Chicago Reader. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/13/chicago_deal_to_pay_ * US Intelligence Tapping Phones of Indonesian Civilians * Investigative journalist Allan Nairn reveals that U.S. intelligence officers in Jakarta are secretly tapping the cell phones and reading the SMS text messages of Indonesian civilians. Some of the Americans involved in the spy operation work out of the Jakarta headquarters of Detachment 88, a US-trained and­funded paramilitary unit which is part of Kopassus, the Indonesian army¹s special forces famed for abduction, torture and assassination. The news comes as Congress weighs whether to send more military aid to Indonesia. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/13/us_intelligence_tapping * Anthropologists Up in Arms Over Pentagon's "Human Terrain System" to Recruit Graduate Students to Serve in Iraq, Afghanistan * A new $40 million Pentagon program called the Human Terrain System has begun enlisting recruits with graduate degrees in anthropology to serve in the military. The move has anthropologists up in arms. They point to the ethical implications of renewing a program like CORDS during the Vietnam war that assassinated over 26,000 suspected Viet Cong. We speak with David Price, a founding member of the Network of Concerned Anthropologists. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/13/anthropologists_up_in_arms * Headlines for December 13, 2007 * Climate Talks in Doubt Over U.S. Stance on Emission Cuts Bush Issues 2nd Veto of Child Health Insurance Expansion Gitmo Chief Judge Criticized Military Tribunals Palestinians Protest Raids, Settlement Expansion as Talks Begin Docs: Israel Demanded 80% of Settlements in 2000-01 Peace Talks Poll: 67% of Pakistanis Want Musharraf to Resign Kucinich Barred from Democratic Debate in Iowa California Town Votes Out Pro-Blackwater Board Members Army Suicides in 2007 Reach All-Time High Auditors: White House Forced EPA to Weaken Toxic Oversight Gay Historian Allan Berube Dies at 61 Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/13/headlines = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Thursday, December 13, 2007: http://www.democracynow.org/es To subscribe to these "Titulares de Hoy" by email, send a blank message to: boletin-sub@list.democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW! 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