By Kim Sengupta HEATHROW BOMB PLOT AIR TRAVEL The scenario was terrifying, a series of airliners, packed with passengers, being blasted out of the sky.

By Leonard Doyle THE FIRST US war crimes trial since the Second World War opened in a small room at Guantanamo Bay yesterday.

The U.S. military trial of a low-level operative for Osama bin Laden is seen as a test for trials of those further up the security chain, observers said.

WASHINGTON _ Ken Robinson, a former Army Special Forces intelligence officer turned Hollywood producer, was working on a short-lived Pentagon drama for CBS aptly titled "E-Ring" when two of the show's writers stopped by his office to discuss the details of torture and other harsh interrogation methods.

By Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune Jul.