Chris Floyd, MT: Rumsfeld deals with the devil. Habitually. Chronically. Profitably. And treasonably? You decide. Story

Don't look here. Look over there: the Bush people would rather you not ask about North Korea, or Pakistan. Story

The Red Brigades are back: One killed, one captured in train shootout with police. Spy gear found. Story

Stalin's demise: Natural causes, or poisoned to avert WWIII? One man speculates. Story

Moscow Times: In Russia, they value independence in the newsroom. Unlike here in the good old US of A, Inc. Have things come full-circle or has time turned the two old adversaries into mirror images? Story

Trial of November 17: Day 1 of humongous political prosecution opens to a "surge of excitement," a parade of defendants and a bevy of lawyers. Story