Yes, pakistan is in mourning a day after after taliban militants killed 135 people, 132 of them children at a school in , the city of peshawar. We will go to pakistan for the latest and speak to tariq ali. Then as protests continue over the killing of Michael Brown, we look at the strange case of witness 40. The duty of the grand jury is to separate fact from fiction. After a full, impartial examination of all of the evidence in the law, and deciding the smoking gun website has revealed the witness who claimed Michael Brown charged at Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson like a Football Player suffers from Mental Illness and has a history of posting racist messages online. Did she lie to the grand jury about seeing the shooting . About even being in the neighborhood . We will get an update on one of the most significant press freedom cases in decades. On tuesday New York Times reporter james risen learned he will be subpoenaed to answer questions ahead of the trial of a former c. I. A. Officer accused of leaking classified information. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A Human Rights Group in berlin, germany, has filed a criminal complaint against the architects of the Bush Administrations torture program. The European Center for constitutional and human rights has accused former Bush Administration officials, including cia director george tenet, and defense secretary donald rumsfeld, of war crimes, and called for an immediate investigation by a german prosecutor. The move follows the release of a Senate Report on cia torture which includes the case of a german citizen, khaled al masri, who was captured by cia agents in 2004 due to mistaken identity and tortured at a secret prison in afghanistan. So far no one involved in the cia torture program has been charged with a crime except the whistleblower john kiriakou, who exposed it. In a statement today, wolfgang kaleck, head of the group which filed the complaint, said quote by investigating members of the Bush Administration, germany can help to ensure that those responsible for abduction, abuse and illegal detention do not go unpunished. The death toll from a Taliban Attack on a school in peshawar, pakistan, has risen to 141, making it the deadliest single attack in the groups history. Over an eighthour period, a group of taliban gunmen killed 132 School Children and nine staff. The taliban has said it carried out the attack in return for the Pakistani Militarys attacks on taliban families in north waziristan. Secretary of state john kerry condemned the school massacre. The images are gutwrenching Young Children carried away in ambulances. A teacher burned alive. In front of the students. Ehouse a learning turn into a house of unspeakable horror. The Prime Minister said these are my children, my loss. This morning, wherever you live, wherever you are, those are our children, and this is the world s loss. Well have more on the attack after headlines. As the attack was underway in pakistan, a u. S. Drone strike killed 11 people in eastern afghanistan. A local official said the dead were militants, including four members of the Pakistani Taliban. The Obama Administration has confirmed that it will seek limited testimony from New York TimesInvestigative Reporter james risen. On tuesday, risen was ordered to participate in a hearing early next month in advance of the trial of a former cia officer jeffrey sterling who is charged , with giving risen classified information that revealed a botched cia plot to disrupt Irans Nuclear program. If verizon refuses to testify, he could be jailed. N refuses to testify, he could be jailed. Well have more on the case later in the broadcast. Hundreds of attorneys have joined the nationwide protests over unpunished Police Killings of African Americans. The attorneys, many of them in business attire, staged a diein outside a los angeles courthouse, lying on the ground in the rain for four and a half minutes one minute for each hour that Michael Browns body lay in the street after he was shot dead. Attorney Carmina Ocampo said lawyers have a particular obligation to speak out about the failure to indict Police Officers who killed brown and eric garner. Lawyers have felt anger and grief about what has been happening, and as legal actors, we feel particular responsibility to call out and theemn the injustices in criminal system, and the racism. As people uphold the law, study law, we enforce the law, take of to uphold the law and we want to speak out against these practices in the criminal system that are racist and result in the failure to indict police who kill unarmed people. It is expected that at a Brooklyn Criminal Court scores of lawyers will also host a diein. In ohio, the family of a 22yearold African American shot dead by police as he held an unloaded bb gun inside a walmart have filed a federal lawsuit against the retailer and police. The lawsuit accuses walmart of negligently leaving the gun unpackaged on a shelf and Faults Police for shooting John Crawford within a second of their initial contact. Surveillance footage shows crawford was on the phone with the gun swinging loosely toward the ground, but a grand jury found the shooting was justified. Video published by the guardian show that after the shooting police aggressively questioned crawfords girlfriend, who was in the store with him. As tasha thomas sobbed, police accused her of lying and threatened to jail her. I want to be clear. That man produced that weapon. That man had the weapon, you picked him up. You had your car or something. You understand we are investigating and a serious incident. You lied to me, and you might be on your way to jail. Police questioned thomas for over an hour and a half before telling her that her boyfriend, John Crawford, was dead. Former Florida Republican governor jeb bush has announced announced he will actively explore a run for president in 2016. Jeb bush is the brother of former president george w. Bush and the son of former president george h. W. Bush. In 2000, as the governor of florida, his administration wrongfully purged 12,000 eligible voters from the rolls. Jeb bush expressed skepticism about humancaused Climate Change and once said during a failed bid for governor in 1994 that women on welfare quote should be able to get their life together and find a husband. In a departure from his partys right wing republicans, he supported comprehensive immigration reform. President obama has vowed to sign a new round of sanctions against russia and new military funding for ukraine. The move comes as the russian currency has punched. Jason furman, chair of the White House Council of economic advisors, said us sanctions are having an impact. If i was chairman of president putins council of economic advisers, i would be concerned. They are between a rock and a hard place the uncertainty they have created for themselves with their international actions, and the falling price of oil has put their economy on the brink of crisis. Thousands of people gathered in the occupied west bank for the funeral of a palestinian man shot dead by Israeli Soldiers during a raid on the qalandiya refugee camp. The Israeli Military the man threw an explosive device, but witnesses told reuters he was watching from the roof of his home. The shooting comes as palestinians plan to submit a draft resolution to the u. N. Security council today calling for israel to end its 47year occupation. The United States expected to veto the measure. Mass protests are continuing in haiti over delayed local and legislative elections which were due to take place in 2011. The protests forced haitian Prime MinisterLaurent Lamothe to announce his resignation over the weekend. Protesters are now calling for president Michel Martelly to resign as well. One of the leading musicians in cuba has told the u. S. Agency for International Development to quote go to hell for ensnaring his son and other hiphop artists in a botched plot to foment antigovernment unrest. Silvio rodriguez made the comments on his blog following revelations by the Associated Press that usaid tried to recruit cuban rappers under the guise of civic causes like hiv prevention. As part of the program, usaid hired Creative Associates international, a firm that also played a key role in the cuban Twitter Program a fake social Media Program launched in another bid to undermine the cuban government. In the hiphop case, Creative Associates was directed to recruit young rap artists looking to make social change. But the Program Ended up endangering some of the artists, spiking their careers and forcing some, like rodriguezs son, to move to florida. The vatican has praised the role of nuns in the United States following a controversial yearslong probe into their adherence to catholic doctrine. The report marks a shift in tone from a 2012 vatican reprimand which resulted in an allmale takeover of the Largest Group of u. S. Nuns. The nuns were accused of promoting radical feminist ideas and challenging teachings on homosexuality and the allmale priesthood. At a News Conference tuesday, sister sharon holland, president of the Leadership Conference of women religious, praised the latest vatican findings. As the reexport as the report itself acknowledges, the visitation was met by some religious with apprehension and suspicion. The expect the expressed purpose, to look into the quality of life of religious women in the United States was troubling. Some congregations reported that their elder sisters felt that their hold whole lives had been judged and found wanting. Apprehension, however, today we are looking at an affirmative and realistic support which we know is based on the study of written responses, and on countless hours of attentive listening. In a statement, the nun Justice Project called the investigation into catholic women quote both demeaning and a huge waste of time and energy. The vatican report came as another denomination, the church of england, appointed its firstever woman bishop. Reverend libby lane will serve as the bishop of stockport in northern england. A leading Brain Injury Program designed to treat soldiers veterans of war has expanded its mission to include professional Football Players. The Eisenhower Center has announced it will become the top center for treating brain National FootballLeague Players who suffer brain injuries. The nfl estimates nearly a third of its players will develop crippling brain conditions, including alzheimers. In upstate new york, 41 people, including 25 teachers have been arrested for blocking the gates of a gas Storage Facility as part of a campaign against the texasbased company crestwood midstream. The group we are seneca lake has staged regular blockades over the companys plans to expand methane gas storage in lake which provides Drinking Water to 100,000 people. Biologist and activists said the action was led by teachers. We had 40 people blockading among them, many teachers. Special education teachers, Elementary School teachers, my sons fifth grade teacher, my husband the art teacher was among them, professors who teach constitutional law ive never been so proud of educators. This is the kind of education that the whole world needs right now. A new report finds the number of imprisoned journalists in prison has increased, with 220 currently held around the world. The committee to project protect journalists says the tally is the second highest since its tally began in 1990. China and iran are together holding one third of all jailed journalists. In the United States, the jailed journalist and activist Barrett Brown has had his sentencing postponed until january 22 following a hearing tuesday. Brown faces up to eight and a half years in prison on charges related to the hacking of the private Intelligence Firm stratfor, which exposed how the firm spied on activists on behalf of corporations. Brown originally faced 100 years in prison before pleading guilty to lesser charges. And u. S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning turns 27 years old today. Manning is serving a 35year sentence for leaking secret documents on the iraq war and us diplomacy to wikileaks. Among those who have sent her birthday messages is nsa whistleblower edward snowden, who wrote quote i thank you now and forever for your extraordinary act of service. You have inspired an angry public to demand a government that is accountable for its perpetration of torture and other war crimes. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. And i am one gonzalez. Welcome to our listeners and viewers around the country and around the world. We begin todays show in pakistan, where people in the North Western city of peshawar are burying their dead after a Taliban Attack at a school killed at least 145 people, including 132 children in the , talibans deadliest attack to date. According to the pakistani army, tuesdays attack was carried out by seven Taliban Attackers against the army public school, which both military and civilian girls and boys attend. One of the surviving students described the scene of the attack. As soon as the firing started, our teacher made us sit in a corner and told us to lower our heads. When theut one hour, firing subsided, Army Personnel came to rescue us. We saw friends that had been shot. Some data, some injured. Blood spilled all over the place. Prime minister nawaz sharif has declared three days of mourning and convened a meeting of all parliamentary parties in peshawar to discuss the response to the attack. The army has reportedly launched attacks at militants in the region. The taliban said they targeted the children of military families in retaliation for pakistans antitaliban campaign in north waziristan. Since june, at the urging of the United States, pakistan has waged a massive offensive in the region, which coincided with the resumption of u. S. Drone strikes. Pakistani taliban spokesman Mohammad Khurasani said the militants had been forced to launch the attack in response to army attacks. In a statement, khurasani said quote we targeted the school because the army targets our families. We want them to feel our pain. Pakistani education activist and Nobel Peace Prize activist Malala Yousafzai said she was heartbroken by the attack. My family and i are heartbroken after hearing the news that more than 100 innocent teachers and students have lost their lives. We stand with those families and those children who are injured right now suffering through this big trauma, and it is time that we unite and i call upon the international community, all political parties, everyone, togetherhould stand up and fight against terrorism, and make sure every child gets safe, and a quality education. That is Malala Yousafzai speaking in birmingham on tuesday. Earlier this month, yousafzai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The youngest ever. In 2012, she was shot in the head by a taliban gunman who boarded her school bus. She survived and continued to campaign for the right of girls to go to school. For more, we are joined by tariq ali, a britishpakistani political commentator, historian, activist, filmmaker, novelist, and an editor of the new left review. Welcome. Can you respond to this horrific attack . Two things need to be said about this. This has very little to do with religion. What we