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08 February 2006

 

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U.S. Initiates Legal Processes Against Christian Group that Marched to

Guantánamo 07 Feb 2006 (Witness Against Torture) " Seven individuals

from Witness Against Torture, a group protesting the denial of rights

to prisoners at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, were

served papers by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets

Control (OFAC) last week. The group of twenty-four U.S. Christians

marched over 60 miles to the Naval Base in an attempt to practice the

Christian act of prisoner visitation. "

 

Is CIA Leak Probe a 'Witch Hunt'? --Director Launches Internal

Investigation Into Who Gave Sensitive Information to the Media 07 Feb

2006 The director of the CIA has launched a major internal probe into

media leaks about covert operations. According to people familiar with

the [Porter] Goss e-mail, sent in late January and classified secret,

the CIA director warned that any CIA officer deemed suspect by the

agency's Office of Security and its Counter Intelligence Center (which

handles internal affairs) could be subjected to an unscheduled lie

detector test... One former intelligence officer called the new

warning a " witch hunt. "

 

CIA chief looks inside agency for media leaks-ABC 07 Feb 2006 CIA

director Porter Goss has launched an internal investigation into leaks

of secret information about covert operations to the media, ABC News

reported on Tuesday.

 

Cheney resists changing U.S. spy program 08 Feb 2006 U.S. Vice

pResident Dick Cheney on Tuesday resisted bipartisan appeals for

changes in a hotly disputed warrantless eavesdropping program, saying

he believed " we have all the legal authority we need. "

 

Republican Who Oversees N.S.A. Calls for Wiretap Inquiry 08 Feb 2006 A

House Republican whose subcommittee oversees the National Security

Agency broke ranks with the White House on Tuesday and called for a

full Congressional inquiry into the Bush administration's domestic

eavesdropping program.

 

Lawyers: Many Guantanamo Detainees Not Accused 07 Feb 2006 More than

half of the terror suspects being held at Guantanamo Bay have not been

accused of committing hostile acts against the United States or its

allies, two of the detainees' lawyers said in a report released Tuesday.

 

US audit finds 'spectacular' waste of funds in Iraq 27 Jan 200

" Spectacular misuse of tens of millions of dollars. " That is what The

Australian says an audit by the US Special Inspector-General for Iraq

Reconstruction of the former Coalition Provisional Authority office in

Hilla, Iraq, has uncovered... The findings come almost a year after

Stuart Bowen, the Inspector-General, found that more than $9 billion

of Iraq's oil revenues, which was disbursed in 2004 by the then US-led

CPA, could not be accounted for.

 

Millions wasted in Iraq cash orgy 27 Jan 2006 An audit of US

reconstruction spending in Iraq has uncovered spectacular misuse of

tens of millions of dollars in cash, including bundles of money

stashed in filing cabinets, a US soldier who gambled away thousands

and stacks of newly minted notes distributed without receipts. The

audit, released on Wednesday by the US Special Inspector-General for

Iraq Reconstruction, describes a country in the months after the

overthrow of Saddam Hussein awash with US dollars and a " wild west "

atmosphere where even multi-million-dollar contracts were paid for in

cash.

 

Navy to increase numbers inside Iraq 07 Feb 2006 The U.S. Navy will

try to lift some of the burden off U.S. Army troops in Iraq this year

by increasing the number of sailors inside that country and taking on

duties soldiers have been doing, according to the Navy's top sailor.

 

Seven Iraqis, four U.S. Marines killed in Iraq attacks 07 Feb 2006 Two

bombs exploded minutes apart Tuesday near a central Baghdad square,

killing at least seven people and wounding 20. Also Tuesday, the U.S.

military said four Marines died in separate explosions in western Iraq

and masked gunmen killed a Sunni Arab cleric who headed the city

council in the western city of Fallujah.

 

Ex-U .N. inspector: Iran's next 06 Feb 2006 The former U.N. weapons

inspector who said Iraq disarmed long before the U.S. invasion in 2003

is warning Americans to prepare for a war with Iran. " We just don't

know when, but it's going to happen, " Scott Ritter said to a crowd of

about 150 at the James A. Little Theater on Sunday night.

 

Chief of CIA's Counter-Terror Center Ousted --Robert Grenier is

criticized for not pursuing 'Al Qaeda' and its ilk aggressively

enough. No successor is announced. 07 Feb 2006 The head of the CIA's

counter-terrorism center was forced to step down Monday over concerns

that he was not aggressive enough in leading the agency's pursuit of

Al Qaeda [al CIAduh] and other terrorist organizations, current and

former intelligence officials said.

 

A Young Bush Appointee Resigns His Post at NASA 08 Feb 2006 George C.

Deutsch, the presidential appointee at NASA who told public affairs

workers to limit reporters' access to a top climate scientist resigned

yesterday, agency officials said. Mr. Deutsch's resignation came on

the same day that officials at Texas A & M University confirmed that he

did not graduate from there, as his résumé on file at the agency

asserted. Mr. Deutsch, 24, was offered a job as a writer and editor in

NASA's public affairs office in Washington last year after working on

Dictator Bush's re-s-election campaign and inaugural committee,

according to his résumé.

 

Bush Budget Pumps Propaganda, Slashes PBS (mediacitizen.blogspot) 07

Feb 2006 " [George W.] Bush's proposed 2007 budget calls for a $671.9

million for the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal

agency that supervises all US government non-military propaganda.

Bush's budget also cuts by more than $53 million money set aside for

the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the agency that

allocates federal money for NPR, PBS and other federally funded media. "

 

Bush Plan Would Eliminate Survivor Benefits 07 Feb 2006 Dictator

Bush's budget calls for elimination of a $255 lump-sum death payment

that has been part of Social Security for more than 50 years and urges

Congress to cut off monthly survivor benefits to 16- and 17-year-old

high school dropouts.

 

Teachers, doctors protest budget cuts 07 Feb 2006 ...Sen. Arlen

Specter, R-Pennsylvania, called Bush's proposed cuts in education and

health " scandalous " while Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, said she was

" disappointed and even surprised " at the extent of the

administration's proposed cuts in Medicaid and Medicare.

 

Thousands of Katrina Victims Evicted 07 Feb 2006 The occupants of more

than 4,500 government-paid hotel rooms were ordered to turn in their

keys Tuesday, as the Federal Emergency Management Agency began cutting

off money to pay for their stays.

 

Bush Gets an Earful at Coretta King's Funeral 07 Feb 2006 A day of

eulogizing Coretta Scott King turned into a rare, in-person rebuke of

Dictator Bush, with a succession of civil rights and political leaders

assailing White House policies as evidence that the dream of social

and racial equality pursued by King and her slain husband is far from

reality.

 

Way clear for electronic 'voting' machines 07 Feb 2006 (Pittsburgh) An

Allegheny County judge rejected a request Monday from a group of

voters seeking to bar the county from buying new voting machines. The

ruling set the stage for the Allegheny County Board of Elections to

select a manufacturer of computerized voting machines as soon as today

to comply with a federal law written after Florida's 2000 'voting

problems during the 2000 presidential election' [bush's first coup

d'etat].

 

Pittsburgh Must Undo the Coup! 05 Feb 2006 CLG Webpage that contains

the following information and full contact info for the Allegheny

County Council members, and an 'email this page to a friend' option

http://www.legitgov.org/pittsburgh_must_undo_the_coup_050206.html

 

Senate Votes to Debate Bill for Asbestos Victims' Fund 08 Feb 2006

Backers of legislation to create a $140 billion trust fund for victims

of asbestos exposure won an important victory on Tuesday evening, when

the Senate voted to begin debate on the measure.

 

WMass asbestos victims condemn bill 03 Feb 2006 Two former Easthampton

residents who worked at the now-closed Zonolite plant in Easthampton

told lawmakers yesterday that a pending liability bill would prevent

them from seeking damages for their asbestos-related illnesses.

 

Europe's Biotech-Seed Rules Ruled Illegal by WTO, U.S. Says 08 Feb

2006 The World Trade Organization ruled that the European Union

unfairly blocked imports of genetically engineered crops, U.S. trade

officials said, setting a precedent that may force other nations to

drop their restrictions.

 

January Was America's Warmest on Record 08 Feb 2006 America's average

temperature for the month was 39.5 degrees Fahrenheit, 8.5 degrees

above average for January, the National Climatic Data Center said Tuesday.

 

86 Evangelical Leaders Join to Fight Global Warming 08 Feb 2006

Despite opposition from some of their colleagues, 86 evangelical

Christian leaders have decided to back a major initiative to fight

global warming, saying that " millions of people could die in this

century because of climate change, most of them our poorest global

neighbors. "

 

Iraq Finds 7 Possible Bird Flu Cases as Virus Spreads 08 Feb 2006 Iraq

is treating seven people for suspected bird flu in the country, where

a possible third fatality indicates the lethal virus may have spread

to the south. http://www.legitgov.org/flu_oddities.html

 

Steelers Nation turns out for Super Bowl champs --250,000 pack

Downtown to cheer the champion Steelers 08 Feb 2006 Clinging to

lampposts, perched in trees, hanging out of office windows and

standing 15-deep in places, an estimated quarter of a million people

-- one of the largest crowds in Pittsburgh's history -- clogged

Downtown arteries yesterday to honor the Steelers and their Super Bowl

XL victory.

 

Steelers Super Bowl XL parade and celebration (Photo galleries) 08 Feb

2006

 

[07 Feb lead stories:] Gonzales: NSA may tap 'ordinary' Americans'

e-mail 06 Feb 2006 Agents operating a controversial National Security

Agency surveillance program may have inadvertently spied on the

e-mails and phone calls of Americans with no ties to terrorists,

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Monday.

 

Q.: FEINSTEIN: Can the President suspend the application of the Posse

Comitatus Act? GONZALES: Of course, Senator, that is not what is at

issue here. This is not about law enforcement, this is about foreign

intelligence - FEINSTEIN: I understand. I'm asking the questions. You

choose not to answer it? GONZALES: Yes, ma'am. [Link to exchange

between Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Attorney General Alberto

Gonzales, NSA Surveillance & Presidential Wartime Powers hearing, 06

Feb 2006] http://www.legitgov.org/posse_comitatus_act_101602.html

 

US law chief defends domestic wiretapping --Attorney general clashes

with Senate critics 07 Feb 2006 The US attorney general, Alberto

Gonzales, yesterday strongly defended the Bush regime's domestic

spying as an " early warning system " for the 21st century, and said the

pResident did not break the law when he ordered surveillance of

Americans without court oversight.

 

Telecoms let NSA spy on calls 05 Feb 2006 The National Security Agency

has secured the cooperation of large telecommunications companies,

including AT & T, MCI and Sprint, in its efforts to eavesdrop without

warrants on international calls by suspected terrorists, according to

seven telecommunications executives.

 

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