Insurance giant AIG spent $343,000 on an executive retreat to an Arizona resort last week, despite a financial situation so dire that the Treasury Department agreed to give the firm another $150 billion in taxpayer money Monday. The company has already apologized for its October spree at the lavish St. Regis resort in California, which occurred shortly after the company received its first multi-billion dollar infusion from the government. It does at least appear that AIG has stuck to its promise to take the current economic conditions into account. This time, the company tried to keep the event secret. (New York Times/ABC) One of Barack Obama’s first moves as president may be to close Guantanamo Bay and institute a special national security court to prosecute detainees. The Cuban base has come under fire at home and abroad from those who say the Pentagon is using the offshore location to circumvent US laws against harsh interrogation tactics and holding prisoners for lengthy periods without charge. (CNN)
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