Tatamount to treason? Franklin GOP slams Susan Fisher, other state legislators over “torture flights

As Xpress noted in this week’s Buzzworm news briefs, a North Carolina-based air-transport company, Aero Contractors, is under scrutiny for its alleged role in the CIA’s so-called “torture flights,” wherein terrorist suspects are kidnapped and secretly shuttled off to be interrogated in other countries. On Jan. 18, 22 state legislators wrote N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper asking that he direct the SBI to investigate Aero for “alleged involvement in a conspiracy to support the kidnap and torture of individuals.”

Latest Shuler post expands his influence

When Democrat Heath Shuler ran against long-time Rep. Charles Taylor, one of the knocks against the upstart challenger was the fact that he wouldn,Aeot be able to bring home the bacon and that constituents would lose an influential voice in Congress ,Aei thanks to Taylor,Aeos 16-year incumbency and his seats on various committees and subcommittees vital to local interests.

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