December 11, 2007
Earlybird Roundup: CIA Tapes, Mahdi Army, Ice Storms
Washington. A senior intelligence official told the New York Times that CIA lawyers approved the destruction of hundreds of hours of interrogation tapes.
Congress. The recurring battle over the "fix" to the alternative minimum tax is taking longer than usual this year.
Iraq. Muqtada al-Sadr, the cleric who controls the Mahdi army, has been quiet since the summer but is now reportedly gathering his forces in Baghdad and Shiite areas in the south.
Nation. An ice storm is sweeping across the Midwest. At least 17 deaths have been blamed on the storm.
World. Cuba has promised to cooperate with U.N. monitors and sign two agreements guaranteeing civil and political rights.
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