CIA admits it destroyed videotapes that could have served as evidence; package bomb kills one in Paris; US voters 'angry' at political system...

7 December :: CIA has admitted it destroyed video tapes documenting interrogations critics have labeled torture; Senate judiciary committee chair Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said the destruction of the tapes, potential evidence, was "hidden away from accountability", while ACLU National Security Project director told press "The destruction of these tapes suggests an utter disregard for the rule of law"; last month federal prosecutors revealed that the CIA had provided false information about the tapes in the trial of 9/11 suspect Zacarias Moussaoui, who pleaded guilty and will spend life in prison... Package bomb explodes after being delivered to law-firm in central Paris, killing secretary who opened the package, wounding one other seriously; building also houses firm where current Pres. Nicolas Sarkozy was formerly a practicing partner, and where he still holds a 34% stake; police cordoned off the area and traffic was stopped throughout the area... Zogby reporting that "Four of five Democrats and two–thirds of Republicans say they are angry at the U.S. political system", according to a recent political opinion survey...