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CIA Accused of Lying over Agency’s Role in Downing of Plane in Peru in 2001

An internal CIA investigation has determined agency officials lied to members of Congress and withheld crucial information about the CIA’s role in the downing of a civilian plane in Peru in 2001. An American missionary and her infant daughter died when a Peruvian military jet shot down their plane after a CIA surveillance aircraft had mistakenly identified their plane as a drug-smuggling aircraft.

Report: 90 Trade Unionists Murdered in 2007; 39 in Colombia

A new report has found more than ninety trade unionists were murdered last year while defending workers’ rights. Thirty-nine of the murders occurred in Colombia. Guy Ryder of the International Trade Union Confederation said, “Governments have failed to do enough to protect workers’ rights, either at home or in their international diplomatic, economic and trade relations.”

Report: Citigroup Board Considers Selling Off Company

Stocks in Citigroup fell a record 26 percent yesterday as concern grows over the future of what was once the nation’s largest bank. Citigroup shares have lost half their value this week even though the government injected $25 billion into the bank last month. Citigroup’s board is holding an emergency meeting today. The Wall Street Journal reports the board is considering selling off the entire company to another bank or to sell off parts of the firm. Earlier this week, Citigroup announced plans to lay off 52,000 workers.

Dershowitz Says He Pressured Obama Not to Let Carter Speak at DNC

Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz has publicly claimed he pushed Barack Obama not to allow former President Jimmy Carter to speak at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Dershowitz told Shalom TV, “Barack Obama had to make a choice between his Jewish supporters and his anti-Israel supporters like Jimmy Carter, and he did not choose Jimmy Carter… It was a good decision, a wise decision, a moral decision.” Dershowitz has harshly criticized Carter for publishing the book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.