Guest guest Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 " Lori R. Price " <lrprice Thu, 23 Feb 2006 01:44:49 -0500 Press Can Be Prosecuted for Having Secret Files, U.S. Says 23 Feb 2006 Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens for Legitimate Government 23 February 2006 http://www.legitgov.org/ All links to articles as summarized below are available here: http://www.legitgov.org/index.html#breaking_news Press Can Be Prosecuted for Having Secret Files, U.S. Says 22 Feb 2006 The Bush regime said that journalists can be prosecuted under current espionage laws for receiving and publishing classified information but that such a step " would raise legitimate and serious issues and would not be undertaken lightly, " according to a court filing made public this week. CBS Correspondent Killed Story At Pentagon's Request 21 Feb 2006 CBS Pentagon correspondent David Martin acknowledged Monday that he killed a report about how the U.S. was dealing with Improvised Explosive Devices in Iraq after a senior military officer complained that it contained information useful to the enemy. [?!?] Martin further acknowledged that he had set aside other stories at the request of the Pentagon " a number of times over the years, and each time it's turned out that going with the story wouldn't have caused any harm. " MPs recall Straw as air traffic controllers confirm 200 CIA flights --Revelations 'fly in face' of government answers --Ministers criticised over attitude to human rights 23 Feb 2006 MPs will today chastise ministers over their stance on the US practice of " extraordinary rendition " amid the first official admission that 200 suspect CIA flights had used British airspace. More than six dozen CIA-linked landings in Canada: declassified memos 22 Feb 2006 Newly declassified memos show the number of Canadian landings by planes tied to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency far exceeds previously known figures... One note, stamped secret, says 20 planes with alleged CIA ties have made 74 flights to Canada since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Force-Feeding at Guantánamo Is Now Acknowledged 22 Feb 2006 The military commander responsible for the American detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, confirmed Tuesday that officials there last month turned to more aggressive methods to deter prisoners who were carrying out long-term hunger strikes to protest their incarceration. The commander, Gen. Bantz J. Craddock, head of the United States Southern Command, said soldiers at Guantánamo began strapping some of the detainees into " restraint chairs " to force-feed them and isolate them from one another... Straw says US Guantanamo Bay is 'no gulag' 21 Feb 2006 Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, has said that the American government has no intention of maintaining a permanent Soviet-style " gulag " at Guantanamo Bay. His comments come a week after a United Nations report called for the closure of the detention centre at the US military base in Cuba. America's Shame Torture in the Name of Freedom (Der Spiegel) 20 Feb 2006 " The new pictures from Abu Ghraib provide the most recent evidence: America's moral bank account is empty -- and it has lost the image wars. They are photos that make your blood run cold. They take your breath away. They turn your stomach. They are photos that make you wonder what kinds of human beings would do these things to other human beings. They trigger anger, disgust and shame... America has forfeited its aura as a global power. It will be a long time before the United States will be able once again to claim moral superiority. America has inadvertently, but consistently, inflamed the clash of cultures. " Mosque Attack Pushes Iraq Toward Civil War 22 Feb 2006 Insurgents posing as police [Yeah, right!] destroyed the golden dome of one of Iraq's holiest Shiite shrines Wednesday, setting off an unprecedented spasm of sectarian violence. Angry crowds thronged the streets, militiamen attacked Sunni mosques, and at least 19 people were killed. Battle of the mosques brings Iraq to the brink of civil war 23 Feb 2006 The revenge attacks started within minutes of the devastating dawn blast that wrecked the Golden Mosque in Samarra, one of the holiest Shia shrines in Iraq. Iraq erupts in violence after shrine bombing 22 Feb 2006 Shiite Muslims attacked dozens of Sunni mosques across Iraq on Wednesday in retaliation for the devastating bombing of one of Shiite Islam's holiest sites, the Askariya shrine in Samarra. Venezuela debates home guard bill 22 Feb 2006 Venezuela says it is moving to a strategy of guerrilla warfare Venezuelan lawmakers are to begin debating proposals which would include compulsory service in the home guard. Army spokesman Gen Alberto Mueller Rojas told the BBC that the country needed a civilian reserve big enough to deter any would-be aggressors. [Good idea. - President Chavez needs to protect himself from the Bush regime.] Al Qaeda answers CIA's hiring call [No Sh*t! It's the same personnel director for both!] 22 Feb 2006 As many as 40 possible terrorists may have attempted to infiltrate U.S. intelligence agencies in recent months, CIA expert Barry Royden reported at a national counterintelligence conference in March. ...Though the agencies caught the potential spies at the job application stage, post-Sept. 11 pressures to quickly boost staffing make it increasingly likely that a terrorist could sneak into the intelligence community's ranks. Al Qaeda's Road Paved With Gold --Secret Shipments Traced Through a Lax System In United Arab Emirates 17 Feb 2002 Dubai, United Arab Emirates --Just as the United States and its allies swept toward Afghanistan's main cities last autumn, the ruling Taliban and Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network sent waves of couriers with bars of gold and bundles of dollars across the porous border into Pakistan... Dubai is also one of the region's most open banking centers and is the commercial capital of the United Arab Emirates, one of three countries that maintained diplomatic relations with the Taliban until shortly after Sept. 11. Sitting at a strategic crossroad of the Persian Gulf, South Asia and Africa, Dubai has long been a financial hub for Islamic militant groups. Much of the $500,000 used to fund the Sept. 11 attacks came through Dubai, investigators believe. [Hurry and read the article, before the PentaPost scrubs it from its archives. --LRP] UAE royals, bin Laden's saviours 15 Mar 2004 The Central Intelligence Agency did not target Al Qaeda chief Osama bin laden once as he had the royal family of the United Arab Emirates with him in Afghanistan, the agency's director, George Tenet, told the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the United States on Thursday. Had the CIA targeted bin Laden, half the royal family would have been wiped out as well, he said. The 10-member bipartisan commission is investigating the events leading up to the September 11, 2001 attacks in the US. Bush to ensure sale of US ports to Dubai 23 Feb 2006 President [sic] George Bush yesterday promised to use his power of veto for the first time to reject any bill that prevents a Dubai company from taking over the management of six important American ports. Bush Unaware of Ports Deal Before Approval 22 Feb 2006 President [sic] Bush was unaware of the pending sale of shipping operations at six major U.S. seaports to a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates until the deal already had been approved by his administration, the White House said Wednesday. Bush Threatens Veto Against Bid to Stop Port Deal 22 Feb 2006 President [sic] Bush yesterday strongly defended an Arab company's attempt to take over the operation of seaports in Baltimore and five other cities, threatening a veto if Congress tries to kill a deal his administration has blessed. Congressional delegation demands stop to ports deal 22 Feb 2006 Members of Louisiana's congressional delegation are vowing to fight the pending sale of two leases at the Port of New Orleans to a company from the United Arab Emirates. DeLay says Bush making mistake on port sale 23 Feb 2006 U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay said Wednesday that President [sic] Bush is making a big mistake backing a sale of shipping operations at six major U.S. seaports to a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates. The former Republican majority leader said the administration's approval of the deal is " pretty outrageous. " L.A.'s Counter-Terrorism Team May Get Permanent Status 22 Feb 206 Warning that Los Angeles remains a prime target for terrorists, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced an initiative Thursday to permanently fund expanded counter-terrorism and disaster response units in the police and fire departments. The proposal would assign four LAPD anti-terrorism officers to a new " intelligence fusion center, " [LOL!] to be staffed by federal, state and local law enforcement officers in Norwalk in the next few weeks, according to Police Chief William J. Bratton. Company develops shocking shotgun shell 22 Feb 2006 Stun-gun maker Taser International of Scottsdale, Ariz., is developing a shotgun shell that will be far more powerful than current ones, a report said. Court Documents: Hospital Gave Lethal Injections to Patients During Hurricane Katrina (LifeSiteNews.com) 22 Feb 2006 " Just after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans rumors circulated that at least one hospital had euthanized patients... In a February 16 report, NPR says it has reviewed secret court documents related to the investigation and not yet released to the public. The documents, says NPR 'reveal chilling details about events at Memorial hospital in the chaotic days following the storm, including hospital administrators who saw a doctor filling syringes with painkillers and heard plans to give patients lethal doses...' Not Dead Yet, a national disability rights organization that leads the disability community's opposition to legalized assisted suicide, euthanasia and other forms of medical killing, points to a section of the NPR report suggesting the staff wanted to eliminate the patients so they could themselves escape. " Two Courts Reject Ban on Abortion Procedure --Appeals panels find the law unconstitutional. New faces on the high court may ultimately help restore the prohibition, experts say. 22 Feb 2006 Two federal appeals courts on opposite coasts Tuesday declared Congress' ban on a controversial late-term abortion procedure unconstitutional — making it a virtual certainty that newly confirmed Justice Samuel A. Alito will have the opportunity to rule on the issue in the future. S. Dakota legislature passes abortion ban 22 Feb 2006 South Dakota became the first U.S. state to pass a law banning abortion in virtually all cases, with the intention of forcing the Supreme Court to reconsider its 1973 decision legalizing the procedure. Just as Bush and his pharma-terrorists planned: Reports: Drug prices rise under US Medicare plan 21 Feb 2006 Prices for some of the most popular medicines used by seniors have jumped an average of 4 percent under the new Medicare drug benefit since it began last month, according to a report released on Tuesday. Bush's budget at odds with new emphasis on alternative energy 21 Feb 2006 President [sic] Bush's own budget shows that programs to increase the energy efficiency of buildings, appliances and vehicles - which their advocates say represent the only way to reduce energy demand in the short run - are being cut back sharply. Is The GOP " Shock-The-Vote Gang " Planning to Heist California? By RJ Eskow 21 Feb 2006 " The usual suspects are slipping into the Golden State. ...[T]he GOP political 'family' is hard at work. California's appointed (as opposed to elected) Republican Secretary of State has recertified Diebold's voting machines, despite a damning report. Schwarzenegger is hiring a 'steely' Karl Rove insider turned Dick Cheney capo, along with other national GOP campaign pols, to run his re-election campaign. The 'shock-the-vote' gang is ready to roll into the Golden State with their patented blend of dishonest spin, old-fashioned dirty tricks - and easy-to-rig voting machines that are being manufactured by Republicans and purchased by other Republicans. " Pa. Governor to Veto Voter ID Bill 21 Feb 2006 Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said Monday he'll veto a bill that would require voters to show identification at the polls because he believes such a mandate is unconstitutional and would disenfranchise some of the state's most vulnerable residents. People including nursing home residents and poorer citizens might not have proper ID and thus could lose their right to vote under the legislation, Rendell said. EU approves bird flu vaccinations 23 February 2006 A European Union veterinary expert panel has approved limited preventative [?!?] bird flu vaccination plans presented by France and the Netherlands. http://www.legitgov.org/flu_oddities.html Bird flu scare: Navapur to be sealed off 23 Feb 2006 (India) Officials will begin sealing off the entire town of Navapur, ground zero for the outbreak of bird flu. No one will be allowed in or out of Navapur, which has a population of nearly 30,000. Bird flu moving freely from Asia to Europe and Africa 23 Feb 2006 Indonesia said a 27-year-old woman died of bird flu as it prepared to scour the capital for infected poultry, while Malaysia and India expanded the slaughter of chickens to try to contain the H5N1 virus. 'Europe has no hope of eradicating bird flu' 23 Feb 2006 Europe has " no hope of eradicating " the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in the foreseeable future, now that there are infected wild birds across the European Union, a senior bird flu expert said yesterday. Second duck in France found to have H5N1 bird flu 23 Feb 2006 France, the European Union's biggest poultry producer, has confirmed that a second wild duck on its territory has been found to have the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. [22 Feb lead stories:] Report says 98 dead in US custody in Iraq, Afghanistan 22 Feb 2006 Nearly 100 prisoners have died in US custody in Iraq and Afghanistan since August 2002, the Human Rights First organisation has said on BBC television. At least 98 deaths occurred, with at least 34 of them suspected or confirmed homicides -- deliberate or reckless killing -- according to the group of US lawyers who will publish the report. Their dossier claims that 11 more deaths are deemed suspicious and that between eight and 12 prisoners were tortured to death. Religious charities accuse US of interfering in their work 22 Feb 2006 Islamic charities here yesterday accused the United States and other Gulf governments of meddling in their activities and preventing them from delivering aid to disaster-hit areas. Horrors of Camp Delta are exposed by British victims 22 Feb 2006 An award-winning film director who reconstructed scenes of torture and abuse at Guantanamo Bay has called for the immediate closure of the US-run camp. The White House appears oblivious to the growing international outcry in recent weeks about conditions in Guantanamo Bay. CLGers: Please contribute for February's expenses, thank you! And, thank you to all who have donated previously!! http://www.legitgov.org/#contribute Address to receive newsletter: http://www.legitgov.org/#_clg Please write to: signup for inquiries. lrp/mdr CLG Newsletter editor: Lori Price, General Manager. 2006, Citizens For Legitimate Government ® All rights reserved. CLG Founder and Chair is Michael Rectenwald, Ph.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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