ABC News has uncovered the site of one of the CIA’s secret European prisons: inside a fancy-pants horse riding school in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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UN secretly negotiating with Iran to lift nuclear sanctions
Documents leaked to the Times reveal the United Nations has been negotiating with Iranian officials to lift the country’s nuclear sanctions, allowing it to retain most of its nuclear program, in return for co-operation with UN inspectors.
Blogger Belle de Jour’s true identity revealed
The anonymous blogger behind the famous Diary of a London Call Girl diary, which inspired spin-off books and a TV show, has revealed her true identity to the Times: Dr Brooke Magnanti.
US security contractor planned a $1m cover-up of Iraqi civilian killings
The US military security contractor formerly known as Blackwater paid $1 million in an attempt to buy Iraqi officials’ silence over the killing of 17 Iraqi civilians by Blackwater guards in 2007, claims the NYT.
Iran steps up uranium production
Satellite images obtained by Bloomberg show Iran has increased its production of uranium, according to nuclear analysts. The country now has enough to build two atomic bombs a year. It this further evidence of a covert nuclear weapons program?
A new twist in the JFK assasination
A recently declassified oral history by JFK’s former military aide claims that, following the president’s assassination, he found Lyndon Johnson huddled in the bathroom of Air Force One, crying, “They’re going to get us all. It’s a plot. It’s a plot. It’s going to get us all.”
Goldman Sachs secretly banked on the US housing crash
How did Goldman Sachs emerge from the financial crisis in such good shape? By simultaneously selling more than $40 billion in mortgage-backed securities, while secretly betting that the US housing market would crash.
Inside Campaign Obama
Get a peak inside Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential campaign from the man pulling all the strings, campaign manager David Plouffe, with this extract from his new memoir, The Audacity to Win
Read Sarah Palin’s financial records [PDF]
Sarah Palin has released her financial disclosures for the past year, revealing some juicy insights, including: a $1.5m retainer received for her upcoming memoirs, she owns a marketing business called “Pie Spy”, and hubbie Todd got $2000 from a teen abstinence advocacy group. Download it all here.
The historical horrors of naval warfare: how Admiral Nelson lost his arm and was back fighting 30 mins later
Journals written by surgeons upon British naval vessels in the 18th and 19th century have come to light, revealing amazing bloody stories of wounded serviceman during the Battle of Trafalgar and the amputation of Admiral Nelson’s arm.
How the Pentagon used PSYOPS on the US public
New evidence uncovered by Raw Story exposes how the US military’s propaganda arm used “psychological operations” tactics on the US public to sell them on the Iraq War.
Obama’s secret deal with Iran
Iranian nuclear experts and world powers met today to negotiate the future of the country’s uranium stockpiles. But Barack Obama has been personally wheeling and dealing secretly with Iran for four months now, TIME reveals.
The real lost city of Atlantis
Archaeologists have been exploring an underwater city off the coast of Greece, said to be inspiration for the Atlantis myth. Underwater since 1000BC, the city includes buildings, courtyards, main streets, tombs and religious structures.
The climate change report Bush tried to suppress
America’s EPA has finally released a 2007 report suppressed by the Bush White House, which recommends the government begin regulating greenhouse emissions because of the serious threat posed by climate change.
Growing up Bin Laden
Osama Bin Laden’s wife and son (well, in both cases, one of many) are set to reveal all about what life was like in the household of the world’s most wanted terrorist. The New York Post has some choice insights from the pair.
REVEALED: Who’s on Timothy Geithner’s speed dial?
The AP has obtained seven months of US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s appointment records, finding he spends more time chatting with executives from Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Citigroup than the President himself. Is he getting too close to Wall St?
The Middle East’s secret plan to bring down the dollar
Arab states, along with China, Japan, Russia and France, have been holding secret meetings to plot a move from doing oil deals in US dollars, instead moving to a mix of the yen, yuan, euro, gold and a new, unified Arab currency.
Is anti-semitic Ahmadinejad actually Jewish?
A chance snapshot of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s identity card has revealed a curious fact: he was born with a Jewish surname. Are his attacks on Israel and the Jewish world all a rouse to cover his true roots?
FBI release secret Oklahoma City Bombing tapes
It’s pure disaster porn, but can you look away? The FBI has released security surveillance tapes showing the chaos in the moments after the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, as people flee collapsing buildings.
