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Latest Articles: Dead Constitution
Cheney exempts his own office from reporting on classified material
Post Date: 2006-05-01 16:09:24 by BTP Holdings
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Cheney exempts his own office from reporting on classified material BY MARK SILVA Chicago Tribune | April 29, 2006 WASHINGTON - As the Bush administration has dramatically accelerated the classification of information as "top secret" or "confidential," one office is refusing to report on its annual activity in classifying documents: the office of Vice President Dick Cheney. A standing executive order, strengthened by President Bush in 2003, requires all agencies and "any other entity within the executive branch" to provide an annual accounting of their classification of documents. More than 80 agencies have collectively reported to the National Archives that ...
Who's buying cell phone records online? Cops
Post Date: 2006-05-01 09:41:28 by The 7th MJS2U2
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Bob Sullivan Technology correspondent • Profile • E-mail A congressional panel investigating the fraudulent acquisition and sale of mobile phone records by Internet Web firms has collected evidence that indicates law enforcement officials at the local, state and federal levels use the Internet-based services as an investigative short-cut, http://MSNBC.com has learned. At least one Web-based data seller has told Congress that the FBI is a client. The phone records are generally acquired by the resellers through fraudulent means and would not be admissible in court as evidence, but they are still helpful as an investigative tool, say officials familiar with the ...
Carl Schmitt and the Bush Dictatorship
Post Date: 2006-04-30 21:33:23 by loner
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Sunday April 30th 2006, 4:43 pm If you need evidence the Straussian neocon controlled Bush administration is a dictatorship, consider the “decider” in the White House, according to the Boston Globe, “has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution,” or rather his trashing of the Constitution. No doubt Bush has never read the Constitution, not that it matters—he is president in name only and the executive branch is controlled by a cabal of Straussians who believe in Machiavellian ...
A Day Without Meskins
Post Date: 2006-04-30 16:23:00 by Jethro Tull
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ConspiracyPenPal Newsletter background="../columns/varyyellow.gif" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> http://www.ConspiracyPenPal.com Nickel Ranttm: A Day Without Meskinsby Edgar J. SteeleApril 28, 2006 "We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed..." --- 1 Corinthians 15:51 Downloadable audio files of A Day Without Meskins: >http://www.conspiracypenpal.com/rants/meskins16-16.mp3 >http://www.conspiracypenpal.com/rants/meskins32-24.mp3 >http://www.conspiracypenpal.com/rants/meskins48-44.mp3 Streaming mp3: Good (16 kb/16 khz), Better (32 kb/24 khz), Best (48 kb/44 khz) Latest Nickel Rants: 3/4/06 - Live and ...
Powell Says He Advised Bush to Invade Iraq With a Larger Force
Post Date: 2006-04-30 13:07:31 by Brian S
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April 30 (Bloomberg) -- Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said he urged President George W. Bush to deploy a greater numbers of troops for the 2003 invasion of Iraq than advocated by the Pentagon. ``I made the case to General (Tommy) Franks and Secretary (Donald) Rumsfeld before the President that I wasn't sure we had enough troops,'' Powell said in an interview with Britain's ITV television network broadcast today. ``The President's military advisers felt that the size of the force was adequate. They may still feel that years later. Some of us don't. I don't.'' Powell said that generals and other Department of Defense advisers were ``anticipating a different kind of ...
President claims power to disregard 750 statutes; Bush has said he's not bound by laws he deems unconstitutional
Post Date: 2006-04-30 12:47:22 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution. Among the laws Bush said he can ignore are military rules and regulations, affirmative-action provisions, requirements that Congress be told about immigration-services problems, whistle-blower protections for nuclear regulatory officials, and safeguards against political interference in federally funded research. Legal scholars say the scope and aggression of Bush's assertions that he can bypass laws represent a concerted effort to ...
Bush challenges hundreds of laws - President cites powers of his office
Post Date: 2006-04-30 10:57:41 by Red Jones
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Bush challenges hundreds of laws - President cites powers of his office By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff | April 30, 2006 WASHINGTON -- President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution. Among the laws Bush said he can ignore are military rules and regulations, affirmative-action provisions, requirements that Congress be told about immigration services problems, ''whistle-blower" protections for nuclear regulatory officials, and safeguards against political interference in federally funded ...
“False Flagg” op called Rosetta Stone of 9/11
Post Date: 2006-04-29 21:29:18 by loner
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You know. A false flag op is when a nation attacks itself but makes it appear that an enemy has committed the attack. This way it stirs its more or less peace-loving people into going to war with the demonized “enemy.” It’s false flag ops 1.1. And Flagg is not a misspelling of flag but the name of a former FBI agent, Warren Flagg who (along with a former federal prosecutor) helped direct the New England investigation of the Sept. 11 attacks. Flagg was nice enough in a http://Newsday.com piece by Michael Dorman to mention that “one bag found in Boston contained far more than what the commission report cited, including the names of the hijackers, their assignments and ...
In Leak Cases, New Pressure on Journalists (he criminal prosecution of reporters under the espionage laws)
Post Date: 2006-04-29 18:45:46 by Zipporah
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April 30, 2006 Earlier administrations have fired and prosecuted government officials who provided classified information to the press. They have also tried to force reporters to identify their sources. But the Bush administration is exploring a more radical measure to protect information it says is vital to national security: the criminal prosecution of reporters under the espionage laws. Such an approach would signal a thorough revision of the informal rules of engagement that have governed the relationship between the press and the government for many decades. Leaking in Washington is commonplace and typically entails tolerable risks for government officials and, at worst, the ...
U.S.: FBI Sought Info Without Court OK (on 3,501 U.S. citizens)
Post Date: 2006-04-29 15:30:12 by Zipporah
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Friday April 28, 2006 11:31 PM Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI secretly sought information last year on 3,501 U.S. citizens and legal residents from their banks and credit card, telephone and Internet companies without a court's approval, the Justice Department said Friday. It was the first time the Bush administration has publicly disclosed how often it uses the administrative subpoena known as a national security letter, which allows the executive branch of government to obtain records about people in terrorism and espionage investigations without court approval. Friday's disclosure was mandated as part of the renewal of the Patriot Act, the administration's ...
Bush administration moves to quash privacy suit against AT&T; case might expose state secrets
Post Date: 2006-04-29 12:38:23 by Brian S
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Saturday, April 29, 2006 The Bush administration said Friday that it will ask a federal judge to dismiss a privacy rights group's lawsuit against AT&T over the company's reported role in a government surveillance program, because the case might expose state secrets. In a filing in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, Justice Department lawyers said the government will assert the "military and state secrets privilege ... to protect against the unauthorized disclosure in litigation of information that may harm national security.'' The information is so sensitive that the entire subject matter of the case is a state secret, government lawyers said. The suit was filed by the ...
U.S.: FBI Sought Info On 3,501 U.S. Citizens And Legal Residents Without Court OK
Post Date: 2006-04-28 21:54:04 by Brian S
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(04-28) 16:15 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI secretly sought information last year on 3,501 U.S. citizens and legal residents from their banks and credit card, telephone and Internet companies without a court's approval, the Justice Department said Friday. It was the first time the Bush administration has publicly disclosed how often it uses the administrative subpoena known as a National Security Letter, which allows the executive branch of government to obtain records about people in terrorism and espionage investigations without a judge's approval or a grand jury subpoena. Friday's disclosure was mandated as part of the renewal of the Patriot Act, the administration's sweeping ...
Rick Adams on now with a Mexican About the Destruction of America(thank you george bush)
Post Date: 2006-04-28 21:08:25 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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http://www.rbnlive.com/listen.html Click for Full Text!
Hideous Kinky: Moral Nullity as Normality in Pentagon Plans
Post Date: 2006-04-27 17:36:16 by loner
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Thursday, 27 April 2006 Imagine growing up in a family where every day, father raped daughter, mother tortured son, brother abused brother, sister stole from sister, and the whole family murdered neighbors, friends and passing strangers. Imagine the underlying assumptions about life that you would adopt without question in such an atmosphere, how normal the most hideous depravity would seem. If some outsider chanced to ask you about your family's latest activities, you would spew out perversions as calmly and unthinkingly as a man giving directions to the post office. This state of unwitting confession to monstrous crime has been the default mode of the American Establishment for many ...
I posted this video on Liberty Forum and now it can't be accessed [How to Keep 100% of You Taxes]
Post Date: 2006-04-27 11:40:30 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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April 15, The day you paid your "VOLINTARY" Income Tax How to Keep 100% of Your Earnings Marc Lucas 1 hr 26 min 36 sec - Apr 3, 2006 Click for Full Text!
Populist #21: On the Executive Branch
Post Date: 2006-04-26 23:06:13 by BTP Holdings
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Populist #21 by Franklin Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006 at 5:44 PMOn the Executive BranchRead Previous Papers hereThe administration of the American central government, in its most general interpretation, encompasses all the federal undertakings of the nation; whether legislative, judiciary, or executive. But, in the common course of our lives, and perhaps in its most practical description, it is the executive branch, and all its related offices, which truly captures our attention. Thus, the constitution of this branch, the pinnacle of American empire, requires a thorough examination. It is my strongest contention that the structure of this branch was fatally flawed from its ...
Target Letter Drives Rove Back to Grand Jury
Post Date: 2006-04-26 16:15:49 by aristeides
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Target Letter Drives Rove Back to Grand Jury By Jason Leopold t r u t h o u t | Report Wednesday 26 April 2006 Karl Rove's appearance before a grand jury in the CIA leak case Wednesday comes on the heels of a "target letter" sent to his attorney recently by Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, signaling that the Deputy White House Chief of Staff may face imminent indictment, sources that are knowledgeable about the probe said Wednesday. It's unclear when Fitzgerald sent the target letter to Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin. Sources close to the two-year-old leak investigation said when Rove's attorney received the letter Rove volunteered to appear before the grand jury for an ...
7 Gitmo detainees claim they were renditioned to countries known for torture
Post Date: 2006-04-25 21:19:55 by Zipporah
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Published: Tuesday April 25, 2006 "At least seven US prisoners at Guantanamo Bay say they were transferred to countries known for torture prior to their arrival at the base, according to recently released transcripts from military commission hearings and other court documents," begins an article set for Wednesday's edition of the Boston Globe, RAW STORY has found. The article also clears up the "mystery of one of the most well-known cases of rendition," regarding the whereabouts of a Saudi diplomat's son who was arrested in Indonesia before being "whisked away in an American private jet." Although a number of newspapers "speculated that [Muhammad ...
N.H. Leads Revolt Against Federal ID Rules
Post Date: 2006-04-25 20:02:15 by Zipporah
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15 minutes ago New Hampshire has suddenly become a battleground in the fight over privacy rights versus homeland security, with state legislators voting against strict new federal standards for issuing driver's licenses. At issue is the federal Real ID Act, which is intended to keep terrorists from getting fake IDs. It requires states by 2008 to verify documents such as birth certificates, Social Security cards and passports when people apply for driver's licenses. State databases with driver information and photos will also be linked. Last month, the Republican-controlled New Hampshire House voted overwhelmingly to bar the state from participating in the program. A vote in the ...
Air Force Censors Liberal Websites, But Leaves Conservative Ones Alone (FR and Little Green Footballs)
Post Date: 2006-04-25 19:46:14 by Zipporah
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Earlier today, a friend of mine who flies for the Air Force sent me an email reporting that sometime in the middle of the day today, the Air Force's IT people put a block on DailyKos. He was on a coffee break and wanted to show a colleague a diary about energy policy, so he told me (probably one of Jerome à Paris'). Although it was possible to do that this morning, by around two o'clock (or however they say that in the Air Force) DailyKos was blocked. So was Atrios. So was TalkingPointsMemo, for crying out loud - and they're all policy and minimal invective over there! On the other hand, Free Republic and Little Green Footballs came through just fine, thank you very much. * ...
New Hampshire Leads Revolt Against Federal ID Rules
Post Date: 2006-04-25 18:25:52 by Brian S
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New Hampshire has suddenly become a battleground in the fight over privacy rights versus homeland security, with state legislators voting against strict new federal standards for issuing driver's licenses. At issue is the federal Real ID Act, which is intended to keep terrorists from getting fake IDs. It requires states by 2008 to verify documents such as birth certificates, Social Security cards and passports when people apply for driver's licenses. State databases with driver information and photos will also be linked. Last month, the Republican-controlled New Hampshire House voted overwhelmingly to bar the state from participating in the program. A vote in the GOP-dominated Senate is ...
WAYNE MADSEN ON FIRING OF MARY MCCARTHY
Post Date: 2006-04-25 17:19:02 by aristeides
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April 24, 2006 -- WMR has received information from a veteran member of the U.S. Intelligence Community that the firing of CIA Inspector General (IG) officer, 61-year old CIA veteran Mary O. McCarthy, was the result of a White House-launched political vendetta designed to ferret out pro-Democrats in the CIA. The source also revealed that McCarthy, who was fired rather than being permitted to resign, is almost certain to write a tell-all book that will reveal even more misconduct and illegal activity, in addition to secret prisons and rendition flights, on the part of the Bush administration and CIA director Porter Goss. These may include CIA drug smuggling activities to support ...
Co-Workers Cite Fired CIA Analyst's Integrity, Virtue
Post Date: 2006-04-24 07:51:44 by Eoghan
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In 1998, when President Clinton ordered military strikes against a suspected chemical weapons factory in Sudan, Mary O. McCarthy, a senior intelligence officer assigned to the White House, warned the president that the plan relied on inconclusive intelligence, two former government officials said. McCarthy's reservations did not stop the attack on the factory, which was carried out in retaliation for al-Qaida's bombing of two American embassies in East Africa. But they illustrated her willingness to challenge intelligence data and methods endorsed by her bosses at the Central Intelligence Agency. On Thursday, the CIA fired McCarthy, 61, accusing her of leaking information to reporters ...
EU accused of ignoring human rights abuses in rush for gas deal
Post Date: 2006-04-23 23:39:05 by Max
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EU accused of ignoring human rights abuses in rush for gas deal uploaded 22 Apr 2006 · Trade agreement with Turkmenistan revived · Fate of gas-poor Belarus 'provides telling contrast' Nicholas Watt, Brussels Friday April 21, 2006 Human rights groups have attacked the EU for negotiating a trade deal with Turkmenistan, one of the harshest regimes in the former Soviet Union. Campaigners have accused the EU of turning a blind eye to the abuses of President Saparmurat Niyazov as it eyes up his country's huge gas reserves. "It comes as a huge shock that the EU is moving to break ranks and cosy up to this pariah government," Human Rights Watch and the International ...
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