--New judge denies release to former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, and Siegelman supporter provides details on Monday’s court hearing...
--Sony bends to hackers’ blackmail, cancels release of “The Interview”
More on Obama’s historic opening with Cuba:
--his action did not end the embargo or tourist travel ban, which require action by Congress
--the unnamed American spy released has been identified, Rolando Sarraf was double agent who spent 20 years in Cuban prisons
--Prof. Marjorie Cohn offers important background on the “Cuban 5”
--will Cuba extradite American accused of killing New Jersey cop 40 years ago?
--secret negotiations were handled by Ben Rhodes and Ricardo Zuniga
--in op-ed, Venezuela’s Assembly president echoes PBC comments about the hypocrisy of new US sanctions
--WikiLeaks pubslishes CIA review of targeted assassination, which was followed by Obama’s surge in drone strikes
--at al Jazeera, Dr. Jeff Kaye links recent torture program to CIA’s dark history with MKUltra and Kubark torture manual
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