U.S. explains to Britain that if we wants someone, we’re coming right over and getting them:
Until now it was commonly assumed that US law permitted kidnapping only in the “extraordinary rendition” of terrorist suspects. The American government has for the first time made it clear in a British court that the law applies to anyone, [...]

Letting loose with nukes
When Dick Cheney assured the pubic in 2002 that it was “a bit over the top” to suggest that the Bush administration was considering “preemptive nuclear strikes” as part of its overall defense strategy, it seemed a safe bet that he was being “a bit less than honest”. It was, and he [...]

So, apparently those pirates who hijacked a Japanese ship full of benzene off the coast of Somalia over the weekend are still steaming away for parts unknown–possibly the Island of Lost Meals–with a U.S. destroyer in some sort of pursuit.
Now comes word via your friends at Associated Press and CNN.com