From: 60 Minutes Newsletter To: gingold@xxxxxxx Subject: 60 Minutes E-mail Alert Date sent: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:45:23 -0400 In our first story, you'll hear for the first time on American television a former terror detainee's claims of torture at the hands of Americans. Murat Kurnaz, a German resident held by the U.S. for almost five years, tells correspondent Scott Pelley that U.S. troops tortured him -- including hanging him from the ceiling for five days early in his captivity when he was in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Then at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, even after determining he was not a terrorist, Kurnaz says the torture continued while he remained in the offshore prison three and half more years. What does the U.S. Pentagon have to say? "We treat all detainees humanely... and all credible claims are investigated thoroughly," says an e-mailed response. "The abuses Mr. Kurnaz alleges are not only unsubstantiated and implausible, they are simply outlandish." Kurnaz, who has told his story to European investigators, says "[It] doesn't matter whatever they will say. The truth will not change... this is the truth." ___________________ In our second segment, meet the new Al Gore and his new campaign. After winning a Nobel Peace prize and an Oscar for his efforts to educate the world about global warming, he's launching a new $300 million ad campaign on the topic. And he's still whipping up controversy. What does he tell correspondent Lesley Stahl when she asks him about prominent people -- including Vice President Dick Cheney -- who say global warming may not be man-made? "I think that those people are in such a tiny, tiny minority now with their point of view, they're almost like the ones who still believe that the moon landing was staged in a movie lot in Arizona and those who believe the world is flat." ===================================================