This is a breaking story, folks. Here's the Washington Post's story.

On Tuesday, the Council of Europe issued its report on the CIA rendition flights in Europe.

Here's the BBC news story, an FAQ and some analysis by Beeb European Editor Mark Mardell.

This June 27 BBC story says that The Netherlands' Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk has found a loophole in the Ayaan Hirsi Ali case. Thus, the ex-MP won't be stripped of her Dutch citizenship.

This Beeb piece is a competent overview of the decision by some U.S. newspapers to publish stories about the existence of a program to track the finances of suspected terrorists.

A good starter if you're new to this story.

An NYT editorial on the Bush administration's heated reaction to the revealing of its program for monitoring the financial transactions of suspected terrorists:

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Dubya, Dick "Duck!" Cheney and Treasury Secretary John Snow all came out with guns blazing on Monday against the decision by some U.S. newspapers, most notably the NYT, to report on a secret program to monitor ...   more »

Given the furor over spying on financial transaction information (see above and this), Democracy Now! asks some disquieting questions about whether the Total Information Awareness program ever went away.

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Bill Keller, executive editor of the New York Times, has written an open letter to critics assailing his paper for publishing a story that the U.S. government has been scouring the records of "terrorism suspects."

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The Beeb's Ben Sutherland looks at the World Urban Forum in Vancouver and, among the cries for "more power!", finds some workable ideas.

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The Toronto Star has a big blow-out today on immigrants. It's worth checking out.

Including in that package is Forgotten in media's culture gap, about ethnic media in T.O.

The Salon blurb: In his devastating new book, Ron Suskind shows how 9/11 allowed George W. Bush and his shadowy courtier, Dick Cheney, to "create whatever reality was convenient."

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U.S. Veep Dick Cheney blasted the news media Friday for revealing a program by which security officials conducted possibly hundreds of thousands of searches at the financial transaction records of Americans.

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A new Pew Research Center study finds both Muslims and Westerners holding unflattering views of the other one.

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A new round of anti-terror arrests has reportedly been carried out in Miami. The early word is they were targeting the Sears tower in Chicago.

Apparently the suspects have no al Qaeda link. But to this point, authorities haven't said if they turned up any bomb-making equipment or similar evidence.

U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says a news conference will be held Friday.

Here are the CTV.ca, BBC and CNN stories.