Dec 11, 2007 5:24 AM

Five for Fighting 12/11/07

* Putin = Czar Premier * CIA interrogator spills on waterboarding * RAF: Xmas crackers = "dangerous air cargo" * Nebraska’s three-wheeled space car * IDF bigs blabbed secret info

* Putin = Czar Premier
* CIA interrogator spills on waterboarding
* RAF: Xmas crackers = "dangerous air cargo"
* Nebraska's three-wheeled space car
* IDF bigs blabbed secret info

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