Citizens For Legitimate Governme We're going to change your brain. 02 Aug 2005

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" Lori R. Price " <lrprice

Tue, 2 Aug 2005 23:58:20 -0400

" We're going to change your brain. " 02 Aug 2005

 

 

 

Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government

02 August 2005

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'One of them made cuts in my penis. I was in agony' 02 Aug 2005

Mohammed travelled from London to Afghanistan in July 2001, but after

September 11 he fled to Pakistan. He was arrested at Karachi airport

on April 10 2002, and describes being flown by a US government plane

to a prison in Morocco. These are extracts from his diary. ...One of

them took my penis in his hand and began to make cuts. He did it once,

and they stood still for maybe a minute, watching my reaction. I was

in agony. They must have done this 20 to 30 times, in maybe two hours.

There was blood all over. ...They continued with two or three

interrogations a month. They weren't really interrogations, more like

training me what to say. The interrogator told me what was going on.

" We're going to change your brain, " he said.

 

Suspect's tale of travel and torture 02 Aug 2005 Alleged bomb plotter

claims two and a half years of interrogation under US and UK

supervision in 'ghost prisons' abroad --A former London schoolboy

accused of being a dedicated al-Qaida terrorist has given the first

full account of the interrogation and alleged torture endured by

so-called ghost detainees held at secret prisons around the world.

 

Demand for Intelligence Led to Torture --Detainee's sleeping-bag

death, CIA's use of secret Iraqi squad [*death squad*] highlights

breadth of techniques employed and depth of government secrecy. 03 Aug

2005 On the morning of Nov. 26, 2003, a U.S. Army interrogator and a

military guard grabbed a green sleeping bag, stuffed Iraqi Maj. Gen.

Abed Hamed Mowhoush inside, wrapped him in an electrical cord, laid

him on the floor and began to go to work. Again. It was inside the

sleeping bag that the 56-year-old detainee took his last breath

through broken ribs, lying on the floor beneath a U.S. soldier in

Interrogation Room 6 in the western Iraqi desert. Two days before, a

secret CIA-sponsored group of Iraqi paramilitaries, working with Army

interrogators, had beaten Mowhoush nearly senseless, using fists, a

club and a rubber hose, according to classified documents.

 

Feds File Secret Brief in Abu Ghraib FOIA Suit 02 Aug 2005 Asserting

that " privacy interests " and the safety of US troops trump the " public

interest, " government lawyers seeking a way out of releasing

photographs and video reportedly documenting rampant abuse [*torture*]

of detainees at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison facility in Iraq have

filed partially sealed briefs with the court hearing the case.

 

Third prosecutor critical of Guantanamo trials 03 Aug 2005 A third US

military prosecutor has walked out of the commissions process set up

to try Guantanamo Bay detainees because of concerns it was unfair, the

ABC has learned. Australian detainee David Hicks is due to stand trial

under the system.

 

PM 'should press for Hicks release' 03 Aug 05 Australian people should

pressure the Government to push the United State to release terror

suspect David Hicks, a British lawyer said today.

 

Britain turns to 'torture evidence' 03 Aug 2005 Britain is asking the

CIA to interrogate its terror suspects, held at a network of secret

detention centres, to help to identify the planners behind the London

bombings... There is said to be a torture centre on the island of

Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean, where two navy prison ships ferry

suspects in and out. The CIA reportedly has other sites in

Afghanistan, Pakistan, Jordan and Iraq.

 

Arrests mark launch of UK protest law 02 Aug 2005 Five demonstrators

were arrested in central London yesterday during a rally against a new

law restricting the right to protest near Britain's parliament. It was

timed to coincide with the coming into effect of the Serious Organised

Crime and Police Act, which includes a provision that protests within

one kilometre of parliament must have police approval. The legislation

also outlaws the use of megaphones and loudspeakers.

 

Pentagon to Increase Domestic Surveillance for Counterterrorism 01 Aug

2005 The Department of Defense has developed a new strategy in

counterterrorism that would increase military activities on American

soil, particularly in the area of intelligence gathering.

 

FBI gets local police in the loop 02 Aug 2005 Since the 9/11 attacks,

more than 6,000 state and local police officers have been granted

access to classified material involving terrorist threats, the

broadest dissemination of secret information in U.S. history. ...The

FBI has grown increasingly dependent on local police to assist in

terrorism investigations.

 

2 NY Officials Back Terror Check Profiling 02 Aug 2005 Arabs should be

targeted for searches on city subways, two elected officials

[Reichwing whackjobs] said, contending that the police department has

been wasting time with random checks in its effort to prevent

terrorism in the transit system.

 

Private security guards' training boosted in anti-terror effort 02 Aug

2005 More than 80 percent of California's buildings, power facilities

and other vital structures are in private hands, watched over most

closely by security guards on the lookout mainly for burglars, vandals

and shoplifters. Now many are also being trained to also watch out for

terrorists.

 

Homeland Security calls for tech industry involvement 01 Aug 2005

Technology companies aren't taking advantage of a federal law intended

to spur the development of anti-terrorism tools, the U.S. Department

of Homeland Security says. A federal law enacted after the Sept. 11,

2001, terrorist attacks provides government-authorized companies with

immunity from civil lawsuits if their anti[pro]-terrorism products

fail to perform.

 

582 gang arrests made by Homeland Security 02 Aug 2005 Federal

authorities arrested 582 alleged gang members over a two-week period,

officials said Monday. [Why was Homeland [in]Suckyourity involved?]

 

London 7/7 Terror Suspect Linked to British Intelligence? By Michel

Chossudovsky 01 Aug 2005 " A British citizen named Haroon Rashid Aswat,

living in Lusaka, Zambia is wanted for questioning in relation to the

7/7 London bomb attacks... The same source (Fox News) which presents

Aswat as the 'mastermind', also points to Aswat's relationship to

British and US intelligence, through a British based Islamic

organization Al-Muhajiroun. In an interview with Fox News (29 July

2005), intelligence expert John Loftus revealed that Haroon Rashid

Aswat had connections to the British Secret Service MI-6... "

 

Chertoff warns of nuclear terror --Homeland Security secretary sees

WMD threat as major concern 01 Aug 2005 Issuing yet the latest warning

of the threat of nuclear terrorism in the U.S., Homeland Security

Secretary Michael Chertoff said there are far worse security problems

facing the country than bombings of mass-transit systems.

 

CIA Informant in 2001 Said Iraq Had Abandoned Nuclear Weapons Program:

Suit 01 Aug 2005 The Central Intelligence Agency was told by an

informant in the spring of 2001 that Iraq had abandoned a major

element of its nuclear weapons program, but the agency did not share

the information with other agencies or with senior policy makers, a

former C.I.A. officer has charged.

 

Iran Is Judged 10 Years From Nuclear Bomb --U.S. Intelligence Review

Contrasts With Administration Statements 02 Aug 2005 A major U.S.

intelligence review has projected that Iran is about a decade away

from manufacturing the key ingredient for a nuclear weapon, roughly

doubling the previous estimate of five years, according to government

sources with firsthand knowledge of the new analysis.

 

CIA Reportedly Trained Paramilitary Group [*Reportedly?* My, my the

PentaPost is shy!!] 03 Aug 2005 Before the war in Iraq began, the CIA

recruited and trained an Iraqi paramilitary group, code-named the

Scorpions, to foment rebellion, conduct sabotage [*terrorism*], and

help CIA paramilitaries who entered Baghdad and other cities target

buildings and individuals, according to three current and former

intelligence officials with knowledge of the unit.

 

US-led troops 'part of Iraq problem' 02 Aug 2005 The presence of

British and US troops in Iraq was fuelling the 'Sunni-led' insurgency

that had killed hundreds of people, British Foreign Secretary Jack

Straw said in comments published today.

 

U.S. Ambassador in Iraq Discusses Withdrawal of U.S. Troops 01 Aug

2005 As Iraqi leaders reaffirmed their decision to finish writing the

country's constitution by the middle of the month, the new American

ambassador here spoke in specific terms about the pending withdrawal

of American troops from the country.

 

U.S. Death Toll in Iraq Surpasses 1,800 03 Aug 2005 Seven U.S. Marines

were killed in two separate attacks west of Baghdad, where American

forces are trying to seal a major border infiltration route for

foreign fighters, the military said Tuesday. The deaths pushed the

U.S. military death toll in Iraq past 1,800.

 

Mega barf alert (literally)!! Food Poisoning Sickens More Than 100

Iraqi Soldiers 02 Aug 2005 Police in Iraq say it appears to be a

massive case of food poisoning. More than 100 Iraqi soldiers have been

hospitalized after getting sick at their base in northern Iraq.

Hospital officials say the troops are suffering from fever, vomiting

and stomach pain. [see: Pentagon warned Halliburton-KBR on " dirty "

food service: report 13 Dec 2003 The Pentagon repeatedly warned

contractor Halliburton-KBR that the food it served to US troops in

Iraq was " dirty, " as were as the kitchens it was served in, NBC News

reported Friday... The Pentagon reported finding " blood all over the

floor, " " dirty pans, " " dirty grills, " " dirty salad bars " and " rotting

meats ... and vegetables " in four of the military messes the company

operates in Iraq, NBC said, citing Pentagon documents. The report came

as Dictator George W. Bush fended off Pentagon reports that

Halliburton-KBR overcharged 61 million dollars for gasoline it sold

the military in Iraq. Dick Cheney ran Halliburton for five years until

becoming vice pResident.]

 

Bush Installs Pentagon Official 03 Aug 2005 Dictator Bush again

invoked a constitutional provision enabling him to bypass the Senate

and install directly a nominee who had been blocked in the Senate.

This time, he named Peter Flory to be an assistant secretary of defense.

 

Bush: Rove has 'my compete confidence' despite leak 01 Aug 2005

President Bush on Monday declared " complete confidence " in his top

political adviser, Karl Rove, despite his alleged role in leaking a

covert CIA operative's identity, according to an interview.

 

Bush goes to Texas for month-long vacation 02 Aug 2005 US Dictator

George W. Bush left the White House bound for his ranch in Crawford,

Texas, where he was to relax for a month [!?!] while lawmakers are on

their August recess. [Last time Bush 'relaxed for a month,' we got the

9/11 terrorist attacks!]

 

Stupid is as stupid does: Bush endorses teaching 'intelligent design'

theory in schools 01 Aug 2005 Dictator Bush waded into the debate over

evolution and " intelligent design " Monday, saying schools should teach

both theories on the creation and complexity of life.

 

Group says Bible course riddled with bias, errors --Producers of the

curriculum taught in Texas schools charge censorship 01 Aug 2005 A

religious watch-dog group went on the attack Monday against a Bible

study course taught in hundreds of schools in Texas and across the

country, complaining it pushes students toward conservative Protestant

viewpoints and violates religious freedom.

 

High Court Nominee Roberts a Millionaire 03 Aug 2005 John Roberts is a

multimillion-dollar man, with a fancy golf club membership and some

hefty investments, according to a financial statement filed with the

Senate Judiciary Committee.

 

Highway Bill Full of Special Projects 02 Aug 2005 When President

Eisenhower proposed the first national highway bill, there were two

projects singled out for funding. The latest version has, by one

estimate, 6,371 of these special projects, a record that some say

politicians should be ashamed of.

 

Frist PAC Raises $1.9 Million This Year 01 Aug 2005 Senate Majority

Leader [Reichwing whackjob] Bill Frist outpaced other potential 2008

presidential candidates in the first half of the year, with his

political action committee raising $1.9 million.

 

Ex-Lawmaker Wins Ohio Congressional Race 03 Aug 2005 A former Ohio

lawmaker kept a GOP lock on a conservative House district Tuesday,

defeating an Iraq war veteran who mounted the strongest showing by a

Democrat in decades.

 

Iraq Veteran Seeks House Seat From Ohio 03 Aug 2005 A Bush-bashing

Iraq war veteran and a Republican former state lawmaker were

neck-and-neck Tuesday in a closely watched congressional race that

could serve as a bellwether for next year's midterm elections.

 

Iraq War Vet Arrested in Las Vegas Slay 02 Aug 2005 An Iraq veteran

carrying an assault rifle on his way to buy beer [!?!] killed a woman

and wounded a man in a Las Vegas alley, authorities said.

 

DNA test clears man after 20 years in jail --Wrongly jailed for 20

years, man to go free --Father of 2 will finally go free after

wrongful rape conviction. 30 Jul 2005 Pittsburgh, PA --Almost 20 years

after his imprisonment for an early-morning rape in the cafeteria of

an East End hospital, a Homewood man will be freed Monday because DNA

testing proved he did not commit the crime.

 

Being Transgender is a Crime! (transadvocate.com) 31 Jul 2005 " On

Friday July 29th, 2005 Kim Stankovich turned herself in at the Spokane

County Jail. Her crime? Being transgender. Kim is serving a seven day

sentence in the county jail for being a transgender. "

 

Chevron paid agents who destroyed Nigerian villages 02 Aug 2005 The

bodies of the dead Nigerian villagers had not yet grown cold when the

Navy captain presented Chevron with a bill: 15,000 naira, or $165 for

responding to " attacks from Opia village against security agents. "

Within 24 hours Chevron paid up.

 

Governor's Rules to Protect Workers From Intense Heat (CA) 02 Aug 2005

Standing with the family of a farmworker killed by heatstroke in a

Central Valley field, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced that

his administration would issue emergency orders requiring rest breaks

and shade for laborers in the piercing valley heat.

 

Bird Flu Spreads to Another Russian Region 02 Aug 2005 Russian

veterinary officials said Tuesday that an outbreak of an avian flu

strain that can infect humans has spread to another region in Siberia,

while authorities were struggling to contain the virus.

http://www.legitgov.org/flu_oddities.html

 

Labor wants bird flu fund established (AU) 02 Aug 2005 Labor wants the

federal government to treat the risk of a bird flu pandemic as a

national security issue and set up a fund to compensate farmers

affected by the culling of birds suffering the virus.

http://www.legitgov.org/flu_oddities.html

 

U.S. Increases Forecast for Number of Hurricanes in 2005 Season 02 Aug

2005 U.S. scientists said this year's Atlantic hurricane season will

be stormier than previously forecast, producing as many as 21 tropical

storm and 11 hurricanes, as atmospheric and oceanic conditions align

to favor storm development.

 

Kansas? No, it's a twister ... in Bristol 03 Aug 2005 Just a week

after Birmingham was battered by a tornado, residents in Bristol

witnessed a giant twister sweeping across the skies over the southern

suburbs.

 

[01 Aug lead stories:] Leaked emails claim Guantánamo trials rigged 01

Aug 2005 Leaked emails from two former prosecutors claim the military

tribunals set up to try detainees at Guantánamo Bay are rigged,

fraudulent, and thin on evidence against the accused. [Oh, 'rigged,

fraudulent, and thin on evidence' - just like the 2000 and 2004

presidential 'election' results.]

 

Two Prosecutors Faulted Trials for Detainees 01 Aug 2005 As the

Pentagon was making its final preparations to begin war crimes trials

against four detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, two senior prosecutors

complained in confidential messages last year that the trial system

had been secretly arranged to improve the chance of conviction and to

deprive defendants of material that could prove their innocence. Among

the striking statements in the prosecutors' messages was an assertion

by one that the chief prosecutor had told his subordinates that the

members of the military tribunal that would try the first four

defendants would be " handpicked " to ensure that all would be convicted.

 

Terror trials fixed: US lawyers 01 Aug 2005 Former US Army lawyers

have claimed the American military rigs the trial process under which

Australian David Hicks is to be prosecuted. Hicks's military lawyer

Major Michael Mori said he was " shocked " by the revelations from two

former prosecutors, who claimed there was no attempt to ensure fair

trials and that juries were stacked against terrorist suspects to

ensure convictions.

 

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