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NSA uses ECHELON against US citizens
Post Date: 2005-12-17 20:15:28 by boonie rat
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NSA uses ECHELON against US citizens By Thomas C Greene in Washington Published Friday 16th December 2005 22:36 GMT Washington Roundup Who would have believed that twitchy paranoiacs are actually onto something? Incredibly, they are: the New York Times has revealed that the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been spying on American citizens. Previously, the Agency had shown itself to be scrupulous about avoiding this sort of activity. But according to numerous un-named sources paraphrased in the Times, the President signed a secret order authorizing him to intercept phone calls and emails from US persons in communication with persons outside the US, and all without the slightest bit ...
Agents' visit chills UMass Dartmouth senior (requested loan of Mao's "The Little Red Book")
Post Date: 2005-12-17 18:03:00 by Zipporah
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NEW BEDFORD -- A senior at UMass Dartmouth was visited by federal agents two months ago, after he requested a copy of Mao Tse-Tung's tome on Communism called "The Little Red Book." Two history professors at UMass Dartmouth, Brian Glyn Williams and Robert Pontbriand, said the student told them he requested the book through the UMass Dartmouth library's interlibrary loan program. The student, who was completing a research paper on Communism for Professor Pontbriand's class on fascism and totalitarianism, filled out a form for the request, leaving his name, address, phone number and Social Security number. He was later visited at his parents' home in New Bedford by two agents of ...
So, just who is Christian Bailey?
Post Date: 2005-12-17 08:43:59 by Eoghan
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A 30-year-old Oxford graduate with no public relations experience has been handed a $100m contract by the Pentagon - to plant false stories in Iraqi papers. The office building situated at 1420 K Street NW has nothing obvious to commend it other than its prime location. Just a couple of streets from the north-west gates of the White House, it sits in the heart of lobbying land - the K Street corridor that represents one of the most crucial centres of power, influence and money in the United States. This grey building, neighboured to one side by an off-licence and to the other by a travel agent, is home to the Lincoln Group, a previously little-known "business intelligence" ...
How Congress Has Assaulted Our Freedoms in the Patriot Act
Post Date: 2005-12-17 07:22:04 by Kamala
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How Congress Has Assaulted Our Freedoms in the Patriot Act by Andrew P. Napolitano The compromise version of the Patriot Act to which House and Senate conferees agreed last week and for which the House voted yesterday is an unforgivable assault on basic American values and core constitutional liberties. Unless amended in response to the courageous efforts of a few dozen senators from both parties, the new Patriot Act will continue to give federal agents the power to write their own search warrants – the statute's newspeak terminology calls them "national security letters" – and serve them on a host of persons and entities that regularly gather and store sensitive, ...
The Idiot King Admits Iraq Isn't Our War
Post Date: 2005-12-16 15:57:14 by boonie rat
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Birch Blog William Norman Grigg, Senior Editor, The New American http://www.thenewamerican.com/birchblog/ Last Updated: Dec 15th, 2005 - 10:36:04 The Idiot King Admits Iraq Isn't Our War Wed, 14 Dec 2005, 18:13 "I spend a lot of time thinking about Abraham Lincoln,” mused George W. Bush in what was described as an interview with NBC reporter Brian Williams. “His picture's there on the wall,” Bush added helpfully, as if childishly eager to display his mastery of the obvious. “That's generally a spot where a president would put [a portrait of the man he regards as] the most influential president.” From this we learn that Mr. Bush can recognize a portrait of ...
Senate Blocks Extension of Patriot Act
Post Date: 2005-12-16 12:48:01 by Brian S
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(12-16) 09:35 PST WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate on Friday rejected attempts to reauthorize several provisions of the USA Patriot Act as infringing too much on Americans' privacy, dealing a major defeat to President Bush and Republican leaders. In a crucial vote Friday morning as Congress raced toward adjournment, the bill's Senate supporters were not able to garner the 60 votes necessary to overcome a threatened filibuster by Sens. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., and Larry Craig, R-Idaho, and their allies. The final vote was 52-47 Bush, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and GOP congressional leaders had lobbied fiercely to make most of the expiring Patriot Act provisions permanent, and add new ...
Rice Denies U.S. Broke Law Amid Report Bush Authorized Spying
Post Date: 2005-12-16 11:26:52 by Brian S
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Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today defended President George W. Bush against reports he authorized spying on American citizens and foreign nationals in the U.S. following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The New York Times reported that Bush in 2002 secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop without the court-approved warrants that are required for domestic spying. The international phone calls and e-mail messages of hundreds, possibly thousands, of people have been monitored without warrants to find numbers linked to al-Qaeda, the paper said. Rice, interviewed on NBC's ``Today'' show, said ``the president has been very clear that he ...
CCRKBA Applauds Wisconsin Assembly on CCW Vote; Warns Doyle 'We'll Be Watching'
Post Date: 2005-12-16 01:53:25 by Coral Snake
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CCRKBA Applauds Wisconsin Assembly on CCW Vote; Warns Doyle 'We'll Be Watching' 12/14/2005 3:54:00 PM To: State Desk Contact: Joe Waldron of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, 425-454-4911, Web: http://www.ccrkba.org BELLEVUE, Wash., Dec. 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) applauded the Wisconsin Assembly this morning for its progressive 64 to 32 vote, approving state concealed carry legislation. The vote, which came just after 3 a.m. following a marathon all-night session, sets the stage for yet another showdown with anti-gun Gov. Jim Doyle, who has already promised to veto this legislation. Supporters ...
The New American Revolution
Post Date: 2005-12-16 01:34:24 by Coral Snake
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The New American Revolution by Jennifer Freeman My willingness to defend myself to the death stems from my own self-esteem. I know I am worthy of being saved, and I am willing to act on that worthiness. It reminds me of my uniqueness and the power of my decision making, and the fact that I can act on what I deem to be important. -- Tammy Bruce THE NEW AMERICAN REVOLUTION As one of the foremost thinkers of 21st century America, Tammy Bruce has hit the ball out of the park with her latest book, THE NEW AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Ms. Bruce was the President of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) from 1990-1996. She later removed herself from Leftist movement ...
San Francisco 'Fights Crime' By Disarming Victims, Says SAF
Post Date: 2005-12-16 01:19:54 by Coral Snake
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San Francisco 'Fights Crime' By Disarming Victims, Says SAF 12/13/2005 3:55:00 PM To: State Desk, Legal Reporter Contact: Alan Gottlieb of Second Amendment Foundation, 425-454-7012; Web: http://www.saf.org BELLEVUE, Wash., Dec. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- While the City of San Francisco is battling a lawsuit to prevent its Draconian gun ban from taking effect Jan. 1, 2006, it has just been revealed that the majority of the city's homicides remain unsolved, and one reason according to police is because witnesses are afraid to testify out of fear of retaliation. The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) said today this scenario will be made worse by the gun ban because it will disarm victims and ...
CITIZENS COMMITTEE URGES WISCONSIN GUN OWNERS TO CALL ASSEMBLY TODAY TO BACK CCW
Post Date: 2005-12-16 01:05:56 by Coral Snake
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NEWS RELEASE Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms 12500 N.E. Tenth Place Bellevue, WA 98005 CITIZENS COMMITTEE URGES WISCONSIN GUN OWNERS TO CALL ASSEMBLY TODAY TO BACK CCW For Immediate Release: December 13, 2005 BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) is urging Wisconsin gun owners to call the State Assembly today, to ask their state representatives to support the proposed Wisconsin Personal Protection Act. The Assembly is scheduled to vote on that measure (SB 403/AB 763) today. CCRKBA Executive Director Joe Waldron said citizens who back the concealed carry legislation can reach their Assembly representatives via the ...
Bush Secretly Lifted Some Limits on Spying in U.S. After 9/11, Officials Say
Post Date: 2005-12-15 21:31:13 by Zipporah
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 - Months after the Sept. 11 attacks, President Bush secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans and others inside the United States to search for evidence of terrorist activity without the court-approved warrants ordinarily required for domestic spying, according to government officials. Under a presidential order signed in 2002, the intelligence agency has monitored the international telephone calls and international e-mail messages of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people inside the United States without warrants over the past three years in an effort to track possible "dirty numbers" linked to Al Qaeda, the officials ...
Pentagon Reviews Use of Suspicious People, Activity Database
Post Date: 2005-12-15 13:55:13 by Zipporah
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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Wednesday it is reviewing its use of a classified database of information about suspicious people and activity inside the United States after a news report said the database listed activities of anti-war groups that were not a security threat to Pentagon property or personnel. Pentagon spokesmen declined to discuss the matter on the record but issued a written statement Wednesday evening that implied — but did not explicitly acknowledge — that some information had been handled improperly. The Pentagon "views with the greatest concern any potential violation" of its policy governing the collection and handling of unvalidated ...
President Bush Is Well-Known For Being Extremely Profane - But That Isn't The Story
Post Date: 2005-12-15 03:44:42 by Coral Snake
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President Bush Is Well-Known For Being Extremely Profane - But That Isn't The Story By Doug Thompson Capital Hill Blue 12-14-5 Every time we publish a major story that puts some elected official in a bad light we get a chorus of boos from detractors who claim everything we publish is garbage and/or just a figment of an overactive imagination. From 1994 until 2001, when Bill Clinton led the follies at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the cackle of disapproval came from hardcore Democrats who couldn't believe we would dare question the actions of their beloved President. Since 2001, the rabid right-wing packed the cheap seats and showered us with catcalls because we uncovered the many misdeeds ...
More Than a 'Piece of Paper'!
Post Date: 2005-12-15 03:10:08 by Coral Snake
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More Than a 'Piece of Paper'! Geoff Metcalf “You've got to stand for something or you'll fall for anything…” Aaron Tippet and Buddy Brock wrote a song titled ‘You’ve Got To Stand for Something’. The warning to the lyric notes “or you’ll fall for anything.” I often say, “It’s not a question of WHO is right or wrong but WHAT is right or wrong that matters.” Different people have difference guidelines for determining what is ‘right’. In this polarized/acrimonious/perpetual contact sport between left and right, liberal and conservative, democrat and republican, (demonstrated by Ann Coulters and Al Frankens), so much ...
Kelo: The Growing Specter of Government "Rights"
Post Date: 2005-12-15 03:08:55 by Coral Snake
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Kelo: The Growing Specter of Government "Rights" Christopher G. Adamo Most profound among the many failures of the American “educational” system has been its abominable distortion of this nation’s history. In particular, the principles of constitutional law, once widely understood by the citizenry, are now treated as hazy and erudite philosophies, only fit for debate within intellectual circles. All too often, any agreeable sounding platitude serves as a worthy substitute. Thus Americans wander through life believing in “constitutional rights” to employment, housing, recreation, or any other amenity they crave. In this parallel universe, ...
Legalizing Currently Illegal Drugs....
Post Date: 2005-12-15 01:48:15 by siagiah
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Whatchoo think about it? Should cocaine be legal? Marijuana? Heroin? Should the government legislate rules for prescription "control drugs" ? Should "free" people have the right to decide for themselves what drugs to indulge in or to avoid or does society have the right to dictate for all what drugs are legal and which are illegal? Please support your arguments with facts as well as feelings.
Antiwar protests monitored by the U.S. Military
Post Date: 2005-12-14 20:22:03 by Zipporah
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Antiwar protests monitored by the U.S. MilitaryRon BrynaertA secret Department of Defense database obtained by NBC News reveals that the Pentagon kept close tabs on nearly 50 antiwar and counter-recruiting demonstrations from November of 2004 to May of 2005, and labeling them potential "threats" and "suspicious incidents." NBC's report (Is the Pentagon spying on Americans?) details a few of the monitored protests, including a meeting held at a Quaker Meeting House in Lakeland, Florida by the group Truth Project. An examination of the database by RAW STORY sheds new light on some of the other protest groups singled out, including a well-known gay and lesbian activist ...
Idaho Suit Over Illegal Immigration Tossed
Post Date: 2005-12-14 19:44:47 by Dakmar
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- A federal judge on Wednesday tossed out a southwest Idaho county's lawsuit against local employers accused of hiring illegal immigrants - an attempt to recoup money the county says it has spent on the workers. The judge said Canyon County's claimed higher expenses for social services such as indigent medical care, schools and jails were simply the costs of being a government entity. The lawsuit marked the first time a government tried to use the federal Racketeering and Corrupt Organizations Act to demand damages from businesses for the costs of allegedly illegal employees. The county filed the lawsuit in July against four businesses: Syngenta Seeds, Sorrento ...
Leon County, FL Dumps Diebold Voting Machines (Read This)
Post Date: 2005-12-14 17:26:35 by boonie rat
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Schneier on Security December 14, 2005 Leon County, FL Dumps Diebold Voting Machines Finnish security expert Harri Hursti demonstrated how easy it is to hack the vote: A test election was run in Leon County on Tuesday with a total of eight ballots. Six ballots voted "no" on a ballot question as to whether Diebold voting machines can be hacked or not. Two ballots, cast by Dr. Herbert Thompson and by Harri Hursti voted "yes" indicating a belief that the Diebold machines could be hacked. At the beginning of the test election the memory card programmed by Harri Hursti was inserted into an Optical Scan Diebold voting machine. A "zero report" was run indicating ...
House Approves Extension of Patriot Act
Post Date: 2005-12-14 16:45:15 by timetobuildaboat
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The House easily approved renewing a modified USA Patriot Act on Wednesday, but with the bill facing a Senate filibuster, its Republican leader began talks with the White House on instead extending the current law unchanged for a year. The House voted 251-174 to approve a House-Senate compromise that would modify and make permanent most of the Patriot Act's 16 expiring provisions. But a group of Republican and Democratic senators is lobbying for more time to add additional safeguards on the law. President Bush urged against any delay in Senate action. "The Patriot Act is essential to fighting the war on terror and preventing our enemies from striking America ...
Ex-Professor Won Court Case but Not His Freedom (JURY MAJORITY WANTED TO ACQUIT AL-ARIAN ON ALL COUNTS)
Post Date: 2005-12-14 16:02:39 by aristeides
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Ex-Professor Won Court Case but Not His Freedom By Peter Whoriskey Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, December 14, 2005; Page A02 TAMPA, Dec. 13 -- The family and friends of former college professor Sami al-Arian greeted his acquittal on terrorism charges last week with exclamations of "Allahu akbar" -- Arabic for "God is great" -- and "God bless America." It was, they said, a political and moral victory. But in the week since those moments of euphoria, it has become increasingly clear to his supporters that his legal triumph was not necessarily a personal one. Al-Arian, who was arrested more than two years ago, is still jailed as federal prosecutors ...
WHERE THERE'S SMOKE, THERE'S IRE
Post Date: 2005-12-13 21:22:15 by Uncle Bill
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Bush on the Constitution: 'It's just a goddamned piece of paper' Bush on the Constitution: 'It's just a goddamned piece of paper' DID PRESIDENT BUSH REALLY SAY THAT? Where there's smoke, there's ire Capitol Hill Blue By DOUG THOMPSON Dec 12, 2005 The firestorm over Friday’s column quoting President George W. Bush’s obscene outburst over the Constitution continues to grow with our email box overflowing from outraged readers who think the President should be impeached along with pro-Bushites who want my head on a platter. I’m surprised by the public’s anger over this. When a GOP operative first emailed me about the White House meeting where Bush called the ...
TOOKIE LIVES? MAYE WALKS FREE (Injustice Abounds)
Post Date: 2005-12-13 10:45:21 by boonie rat
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(REPOST) TOOKIE LIVES? MAYE WALKS FREE Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - http://FreeMarketNews.com With all the controversy over the impending execution of Stanley "Tookie" Williams, founder of the L.A. street gang the Crips, who is on death row for multiple murders, it's noteworthy that the story of another black man facing execution is not making the headlines. In this case, the state is Mississippi, and the man on deathwatch is Cory Maye. With the exception of libertarians Radley Balko, blogging at the Agitator, and Steve Gordon at Hammer of Truth, there is almost nobody in the media ranks who seems to care. Meanwhile, Maye's story is far less convoluted than Williams' sordid ...
National Socialism Comes to America
Post Date: 2005-12-13 09:51:59 by boonie rat
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National Socialism Comes to America November 24, 2005 In 1956, at the height of the Cold War, the historian John Lukacs smiled skeptically at the notion that it was a contest between the opposing principles of capitalism and communism. Actually, he said, it was a rivalry between two broadly similar states, Russian and American, both of which might be more accurately Today's column is "TKTKTK" -- Read Joe's columns the day he writes them.described as “national socialist.” Unfortunately, that term had already been taken, and nobody wanted it after 1945. But Lukacs was far from the only one who saw that it fit most of the regimes that had survived World War II. In his ...
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