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US academic says targeted by FBI over Venezuela
Post Date: 2006-03-13 08:32:29 by Red Jones
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US academic says targeted by FBI over Venezuela By Saul Hudson Fri Mar 10, 10:03 PM ET A U.S. academic accused the FBI on Friday of trying to silence his criticism of Bush administration policy toward Venezuela, further straining ties between Washington and the major oil supplier. Venezuela seized on agents' questioning of the professor, condemning it in a statement as "a violation of the freedoms of expression, thought and academic inquiry, and ... a desperate attempt to link Venezuela to terrorism." The FBI did not address the accusations directly but said in a statement it had conducted an "informational interview" ofMiguel Tinker Salas, a history professor at ...
Silence of 4 Terror Probe Suspects Poses Dilemma (FBI CONSIDERS TORTURE 10/21/01)
Post Date: 2006-03-13 06:40:59 by aristeides
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Silence of 4 Terror Probe Suspects Poses Dilemma By Walter Pincus Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, October 21, 2001; Page A06 FBI and Justice Department investigators are increasingly frustrated by the silence of jailed suspected associates of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network, and some are beginning to that say that traditional civil liberties may have to be cast aside if they are to extract information about the Sept. 11 attacks and terrorist plans. More than 150 people rounded up by law enforcement officials in the aftermath of the attacks remain in custody, but attention has focused on four suspects held in New York who the FBI believes are withholding valuable information. FBI ...
Post Monday: Top commanders approved use of dogs at Guantanamo Bay
Post Date: 2006-03-13 00:17:45 by Zipporah
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When Army Sgt. Michael J. Smith faces a court-martial Monday on charges that he used his military working dog to harass and threaten detainees, one of the prime examples of that alleged misconduct will be a photograph of Smith holding the dog just inches from the face of a detainee, the Washington Post begins in Monday editions of the paper -- in an article revealing that top military commanders approved the use of dogs at Guantanamo Bay, RAW STORY has learned. Excerpts: # Although officials characterized the other detainees who appeared in the Abu Ghraib photographs as common criminals and rioters, the orange-clad detainee seen cowering before the dog was different. Detainee No. 155148 ...
Conspiracy
Post Date: 2006-03-11 22:14:10 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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'Bush trial' students stand by their teacher
Post Date: 2006-03-11 16:58:34 by angle
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'Bush trial' students stand by their teacher Parsippany board hears from government class Senior Kevin Schultz addresses the Parsippany Board of Education meeting held at Brooklawn Middle School Thursday. Shultz wondered, 'Why could doing something as free, as democratic, as American, as this, have anything but praise for it.' Xiaoyuan Jiang, the student who played President Bush described, his teacher, Joseph Kyle, as 'the greatest teacher I have had in my life.' BY ROB JENNINGS DAILY RECORD PARSIPPANY --Xiaoyuan Jiang, the student who played President Bush in a mock war crimes trial in a Parsippany High School classroom defended the controversial assignment and his teacher, Joseph ...
existence of the government will be imperiled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. Our Government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the Government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law;
Post Date: 2006-03-11 10:35:42 by A K A Stone
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The Title is the article.
Town Of Dillingham Installs 80 Cameras To Stave Off Terrorism [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2006-03-10 23:03:17 by Diana
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Some citizens outraged; police say cameras could stop deaths, drug deals THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANCHORAGE - Dillingham is a quiet fishing village in Southwest Alaska, home to 2,400 people and not a single streetlight. What it does have, however, is 80 surveillance cameras, focused on the port and the town, courtesy of a $202,000 Homeland Security federal grant. Dillingham Police Chief Richard Thompson said the cameras could stop terrorism in Southwest Alaska someday. More to the point, they may also put an end to the drinking, deaths and drug deals that go down at the port every summer when the town fills up with commercial fishermen. If the system prevents even one death, Thompson ...
Bush Administration, Congress, Homeland Security, MARAD, Do Not Know How Many Port Terminals Are Foreign Owned - "It's as clear as mud"
Post Date: 2006-03-10 22:18:14 by Uncle Bill
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Foreign ownership of U.S. terminals remains unknown The Washington Times By Audrey Hudson March 8, 2006 Bush administration officials still don't have a comprehensive list of which foreign companies operate U.S. port terminals two weeks after a Dubai-owned company's pending purchase of operations in six major seaports sparked a political uproar. But Homeland Security officials, who initially said there are about 850 terminals nationwide, now say there are 3,200 terminals, up to about 80 percent of which are operated by foreign companies and countries. The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD), publicly held port authorities, and the Coast Guard, which oversees security, all maintain ...
Monadnock residents reject police spy cameras & Soldier in Iraq speaks out against survelliance
Post Date: 2006-03-10 13:53:05 by Zipporah
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Monadnock residents reject police spy cameras.....busteddice rollNote: Click lower right to expand photos. Incredibly -- or perhaps not -- I found this Keene/Sentinel Piece that a Jaffrey-area resident gave me after a court hearing. He was disgusted about Jaffrey Police Chief Dunn's bullshit extortion case against me for "threatening" to expose police abuse about Black male Willie Toney, who was found not guilty of loitering. "They've got a police state working up in there," said the Caucasian (duh/right) male.Many questioned the need for the $98,000 16-camera grant (my people could have bid that out lower, I'm certain), with retired Army officer Roy D. Lidie exclaiming ...
Regulation Threat Alarms Political Bloggers
Post Date: 2006-03-10 12:11:42 by Brian S
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The Internet has long been a gray area for campaign-finance regulation, but new efforts to regulate digital electioneering are riling the blogosphere. Mar. 10 – The realm of electronic communication has given millions of Americans a cheap but sturdy pulpit from which to criticize, praise and debate just about anyone and everything. But as a boon for the campaigns of political candidates, weblogs and websites have raised concern among legislators and advocates for tighter campaign-finance rules. Recent federal initiatives to apply campaign-finance laws to online political discourse have generated criticism from activists seeking to protect the online "marketplace of ideas," ...
US Rights Groups Ask Courts To End Domestic Spying
Post Date: 2006-03-10 10:37:35 by Brian S
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DETROIT (Reuters) - Civil liberties groups on Thursday asked federal courts to halt the Bush administration's controversial program of domestic eavesdropping, saying it violated the privacy and free speech rights of U.S. citizens. The requests for court-ordered injunctions filed by the American Civil Liberties Union in Detroit and by the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York were an extension of legal challenges the two groups had filed in January. Both groups said their most recent actions were prompted by indications that Republican senators were working with the White House to draft a law that would allow eavesdropping on some communications to and from the United States without ...
House Panel Approves $91 Billion Emergency Spending Bill
Post Date: 2006-03-10 10:30:35 by Brian S
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The House Appropriations Committee approved a $91 billion emergency spending bill late Wednesday that covers wartime and natural disaster costs and includes extra money for the Army and Marine Corps, who have complained about being shortchanged by the White House. It also includes trouble for President Bush. The bill goes to the House floor next week. Lawmakers also found a way to provide extra money to the Department of Veterans Affairs for health care costs related to the war. They agreed to a bipartisan amendment — pushed by Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Tex. — that allows $275 million set aside to replace the New Orleans VA hospital destroyed by Hurricane Katrina to be used for ...
Sexual assault case advances after testimony
Post Date: 2006-03-10 07:46:00 by Jethro Tull
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Paxson assault case advances after testimony Alleged victim denies consent By Pete Bosakpbosak@centredaily.com BELLEFONTE -- Former Penn State football player Scott Paxson could stand trial on charges that he sexually assaulted a woman in his campus apartment in 2004. District Judge Jonathan Grine found enough evidence to send the case to Centre County Court for possible trial. Paxson, 23, is accused of sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault and indecent assault. Speaking from the witness stand at the preliminary hearing Thursday, the alleged victim said she did not want to have sex with Paxson in the early-morning hours of Dec. 15, 2004, having met him for the first time in ...
"MY GOVERNMENT" - George W. Bush
Post Date: 2006-03-10 01:20:36 by Uncle Bill
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President Discusses Hurricane Katrina Lessons Learned Report with Cabinet The Cabinet Room For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary February 23, 2006 9:16 A.M. EST Caren. Q Sir, do you wish you had known earlier about the Dubai Ports deal and were you surprised by the controversy over it? THE PRESIDENT: The more people learn about the transaction that has been scrutinized and approved by my government, the more they'll be comforted that our ports will be secure. Port security in the United States will be run by Customs -- U.S. Customs -- and the United States Coast Guard. The management of some ports, which, heretofore, has been managed by a foreign company will be ...
Berkeley Can Deny Boy Scouts Free Space, Court Rules; ADL Hails Verdict
Post Date: 2006-03-09 22:16:58 by Brian S
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March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Berkeley, California, can deny the Boy Scouts of America free space at a city marina because of the group's stance on gays and atheists, the state Supreme Court said. The court said today the city didn't violate the Berkeley Sea Scouts' free speech rights when it decided in 1998 to stop providing free space for the group's boat at the Berkeley Marina. Berkeley requires groups receiving subsidized services to adhere to nondiscrimination policies and said the Scouts must pay $532 a month for the space. The Scout organization, saying homosexuality is inconsistent with its mandate to be ``morally straight and clean in thought, word and deed,'' doesn't hire gays as scout ...
Police State USA - Part One Big Brother's Most Cool Tool
Post Date: 2006-03-09 20:39:18 by Coral Snake
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Police State USA - Part One Big Brother's Most Cool Tool By Amy Worthington 3-9-6 Senate Minority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) calls this Congress the "most corrupt" in history.(1) U.S. Representative Ron Paul (R-TX) often uses the term "police state" to describe our national state of affairs. George Bush is making the most expansive claims to unbridled power since America's War for Independence, according to Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT).(2) Former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson, who proved Bush/Cheney lied to launch us into war with Iraq, says "fascist forces have seized control of the levers of power."(3) Americans are being told that their Republic has become ...
FBI Admits Many Spying Violations
Post Date: 2006-03-09 20:04:39 by Brian S
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Justice's inspector general investigates problems administering Patriot Act Thursday, March 9, 2006 Washington -- The FBI reported more than 100 apparent violations to an intelligence oversight board over the past two years, including cases in which agents tapped the wrong telephone, intercepted the wrong e-mails or continued to listen to conversations after a warrant had expired, according to a report issued Wednesday. In one case, the FBI obtained the contents of 181 telephone calls rather than just the billing records to which it was entitled. <> In another, a communication was monitored for more than a year after eavesdropping should have ended -- although investigators ...
GOP Bill Could Allow Warrantless Surveillance Information Into Court
Post Date: 2006-03-09 20:01:35 by Brian S
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3:37 p.m. March 9, 2006 WASHINGTON – Four moderate Republican senators have put together legislation that is raising questions about whether information from federal wiretaps started without a judge's approval can be used in court, as the bill's chief sponsor favors. The proposal is aimed at ending the dispute over President Bush's warrantless surveillance program. But legal and civil liberties experts said Thursday the measure ultimately could cause further controversy about how the information collected is used in terrorism prosecutions. The Associated Press obtained a draft of bill, which is expected to be introduced soon by Sens. Mike DeWine of Ohio, Olympia Snowe of Maine, ...
Bush Signs Renewal of Patriot Act
Post Date: 2006-03-09 19:50:01 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON - A day before parts of the USA Patriot Act were to expire, President Bush signed into law a renewal that will allow the government to keep using terror-fighting tools passed after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Bush's signature came two days after the House gave final approval to the legislation over objections that it infringes on Americans' privacy. The president said the law has been vital to protecting Americans from terrorists. "The Patriot Act has accomplished exactly what it was designed to do," Bush said during a signing ceremony in the White House East Room. "It has helped us detect terrorist cells, disrupt terrorist plots and save American lives." ...
Our Two Bobbies (BAKER, KIMMITT, DUBYA,, AND THE DUBAI DEAL)
Post Date: 2006-03-09 19:24:30 by aristeides
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Our Two Bobbies By Lucian Truscott IV The steno-pads in the Washington press corps have covered the Dubai Port deal the way they cover everything else, like a herd of hamsters scurrying for space on the airless, cramped exercise wheel that serves as our national capital. The conventional wisdom has focused exclusively on only one aspect of the story, national security, conveniently overlooking the fact that the Bush White House owns the goddamned national security issue. It's the one thing they can spin freely at Rovian whim, because they happen to have noticed that the inhabitants of Redneck Nation responded so warmly to Ronnie "working" at his "ranch" in his cowboy ...
America, From Freedom to Fascism
Post Date: 2006-03-09 18:04:53 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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Executive Order 13397--Responsibilities of the Department of Homeland With Respect to Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
Post Date: 2006-03-09 17:55:57 by Eoghan
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Executive Order 13397 of March 7, 2006 Responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security With Respect to Faith-Based and Community Initiatives By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to help the Federal Government coordinate a national effort to expand opportunities for faith-based and other community organizations and to strengthen their capacity to better meet America's social and community needs, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Establishment of a Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives at the Department of Homeland Security. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) ...
Parsippany students will defend mock trial of Bush
Post Date: 2006-03-09 13:36:09 by angle
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PARSIPPANY -- The curriculum director and at least two students involved in Parsippany High School's classroom war crimes trial of President Bush will discuss the nationally publicized project at tonight's board of education meeting. High school Principal Anthony Sciaino and teacher Joseph Kyle, whose senior advanced-placement government and politics class conducted the mock tribunal, were invited but decided not to attend, board President Robert Perlett said on Wednesday. "I think they need a little rest from all this," Perlett said of the furor surrounding the tribunal, which concluded on Tuesday with no verdict being reached. Top administrators allowed the trial to proceed, ...
Former Justice Department Lawyer Says Bush's Domestic Spying Program Is Illegal
Post Date: 2006-03-09 13:11:55 by Brian S
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By PETE YOST A former top national security lawyer at the Justice Department questions the Bush administration's legal rationale for its warrantless eavesdropping program, newly released documents show. David Kris, now the chief ethics and compliance officer at Time Warner Inc., said in a Jan. 19 e-mail that administration legal arguments put forth a month after the program was publicly disclosed had "a slightly after-the-fact quality or feeling to them." Kris wrote the e-mail to an aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales the same day Gonzales sent a 42-page white paper to Congress. It said the president has inherent war powers under the Constitution to order eavesdropping ...
Father's Rights? Men Want Right To Turn Down Fatherhood : Group Wants Same Rights As Women
Post Date: 2006-03-09 11:09:45 by Mind_Virus
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Father's Rights? Men Want Right To Turn Down Fatherhood Group Wants Same Rights As Women POSTED: 7:46 am EST March 9, 2006 NEW YORK -- Contending that women have more options than they do in the event of an unintended pregnancy, men's rights activists are mounting a long shot legal campaign aimed at giving them the chance to opt out of financial responsibility for raising a child. The National Center for Men has prepared a lawsuit -- nicknamed Roe v. Wade for Men -- to be filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Michigan on behalf of a 25-year-old computer programmer ordered to pay child support for his ex-girlfriend's daughter. The suit addresses the issue of male reproductive rights, ...
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