Saturday, August 25, 2007

Day rejects calls for probe of undercover officers

http://winnipegsun.com/News/Canada/2007/08/25/4445125-sun.html

OTTAWA -- Canada's Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day is ignoring
calls for an investigation into the case of three undercover cops
accused of trying to provoke clashes between riot police and
protesters
at this week's political summit in Montebello.

Quebec's provincial police Surete du Quebec admitted late Thursday
afternoon that three officers were dressed as militant-looking,
bandana-
clad protesters at the North American Leaders' Summit of Prime
Minister
Stephen Harper and the U.S. and Mexico presidents. The Quebec force
had
initially denied the three men were officers, despite a union-
recorded
video showing them fleeing into a police line after they were
cornered
during Monday's demonstrations and denounced by other protesters
as "agent provocateurs" of the police.

http://winnipegsun.com/News/Canada/2007/08/25/4445125-sun.html

Young Republican Chickenhawks

Friday, August 24, 2007

Coming Soon: Alfons Debunks the History Channel

Coming Soon: Alfons Debunks the History Channel's 911 Lies. I will expose these treasonous liars for what and who they are!

By means of Truth we shall wage Peace,
Alfons

9/11: TRUTH, LIES AND CONSPIRACY

CBC News: Sunday's Evan Solomon interviews Jim Meigs, Editor-in-Chief of
Popular Mechanics, publishers of the book "9/11 Myths: Why Conspiracy
Theories Can't Stand Up To The Facts
<http://www.popularmechanics.com/blog/911mythsblog> ."

http://www.cbc.ca/sunday/911meigs.html
<http://www.cbc.ca/sunday/911meigs.html>

James Quintiere, Ph.D. is on Popular Mechanics list, of Experts

James Quintiere, Ph.D. professor of engineering, University of Marylandmember, NIST advisory committee is on Popular Mechanics panel ofexperts, and yet another of their experts disagrees with the PopularMechanics/History Channel so called debunking of 9/11 Truth conspiracy Expostions. In other words they misquote their panel of experts, as well as the 9/11 Truth experts. They are the masters of misquotes, and strawman, they are, aka lying their asses off.
http://www.freedomisforeverybody.org/debunkPopMech4.php


Former Chief of NIST's Fire Science Division Calls for IndependentReview of World Trade Center Investigation
http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_alan_mil_070820_former_chief_of_nist.htm

Alfons v911t

Listen to Sen. Mark Dayton from Minnesota say that 9/11 Commission lied/9/11: A Closer Look

9/11: A Closer Look

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKhEuHzvi9o&mode=related&search

Listen to Sen. Mark Dayton Democrat from Minnesota. (Much more)

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Former Chief of NIST's Fire Science Division Calls for Independent Review of World Trade Center Investigation

Former Chief of NIST's Fire Science Division Calls for Independent Review of World Trade Center Investigation

James Quintiere, Ph.D., former Chief of the Fire Science Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has called for an independent review of NIST’s investigation into the collapses of the World Trade Center Towers on 9/11.

Dr. Quintiere made his plea during his presentation, “Questions on the WTC Investigations” at the 2007 World Fire Safety Conference. “I wish that there would be a peer review of this,” he said, referring to the NIST investigation. “I think all the records that NIST has assembled should be archived. I would really like to see someone else take a look at what they’ve done; both structurally and from a fire point of view.”
“I think the official conclusion that NIST arrived at is questionable,” explained Dr. Quintiere. “Let's look at real alternatives that might have been the cause of the collapse of the World Trade Towers and how that relates to the official cause and what's the significance of one cause versus another.”
Dr. Quintiere, one of the world’s leading fire science researchers and safety engineers, also encouraged his audience of fellow researchers and engineers to scientifically re-examine the WTC collapses. “I hope to convince you to perhaps become 'Conspiracy Theorists', but in a proper way,” he said.
In his hour-long presentation, Dr. Quintiere discussed many elements of NIST’s investigation that he found problematic. He emphasized, “In every investigation I’ve taken part in, the key has been to establish a timeline. And the timeline is established by witness accounts, by information from alarm systems, by any video that you might have of the event, and then by calculations. And you try to put all of this together. And if your calculations are consistent with some of these hard facts, then perhaps you can have some comfort in the results of your calculations. I have not seen a timeline placed in the NIST report.”
Dr. Quintiere also expressed his frustration at NIST’s failure to provide a report on the third skyscraper that collapsed on 9/11, World Trade Center Building 7. “And that building was not hit by anything,” noted Dr. Quintiere. “It’s more important to take a look at that. Maybe there was damage by the debris falling down that played a significant role. But other than that you had fires burning a long time without fire department intervention. And firefighters were in that building. I have yet to see any kind of story about what they saw. What was burning? Were photographs taken? Nothing!”World Trade Center Building 7 was 610 feet tall, 47 stories, and would have been the tallest building in 33 states. Although it was not hit by an airplane on 9/11, it completely collapsed into a pile of rubble in less than 8 seconds at 5:20 p.m. on 9/11. In the 6 years since 9/11, NIST has failed to provide any explanation for the collapse. In addition to NIST’s failure to provide an explanation, absolutely no mention of Building 7’s collapse appears in the 9/11 Commission's "full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks." [To watch a video of the collapse, click here http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/IMAGES/WTC7_Collapse.wmv ]
Dr. Quintiere said he originally “had high hopes” that NIST would do a good job with the investigation. “They’re the central government lab for fire. There are good people there and they can do a good job. But what I also thought they would do is to enlist the service of the ATF [Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives], which has an investigation force and a laboratory of their own for fire. And I thought they would put people out on the street and get gumshoe-type information. What prevented all of this? I think it’s the legal structure that cloaks the Commerce Department and therefore NIST. And so, instead of lawyers as if they were acting on a civil case trying to get depositions and information subpoenaed, those lawyers did the opposite and blocked everything.”
In his presentation, Dr. Quintiere also criticized NIST’s repeated failures to formally respond to serious questions raised about its conclusions regarding the WTC building collapses and the process it employed to arrive at those conclusions. “I sat through all of the NIST hearings. I went to all of their advisory board meetings, as an observer. I made comments at all.”
Responding to a comment from a NIST representative in the audience, Dr. Quintiere said, “I found that throughout your whole investigation it was very difficult to get a clear answer. And when anyone went to your advisory panel meetings or hearings, where they were given five minutes to make a statement; they could never ask any questions. And with all the commentary that I put in, and I spent many hours writing things, and it would bore people if I regurgitated all of that here, I never received one formal reply.”
Although Dr. Quintiere was strongly critical of NIST’s conclusions and its investigatory process, he made it clear he was not a supporter of theories that the Twin Towers were brought down by pre-planted explosives. “If you go to World Trade Center One, nine minutes before its collapse, there was a line of smoke that puffed out. This is one of the basis of the ‘conspiracy theories’ that says the smoke puffing out all around the building is due to somebody setting off an explosive charge. Well, I think, more likely, it’s one of the floors falling down.”
Dr. Quintiere summarized the NIST conclusion about the cause of the collapses of the Twin Towers. “It says that the core columns, uninsulated due to the fact that the aircraft stripped off that insulation; they softened in the heat of the fire and shortened and that led to the collapse. They pulled in the external columns and it caused it to buckle. They went on further to say that there would be no collapse if the insulation remained in place.”Dr. Quintiere then presented his and his students’ research that contradicts the NIST report and points to a different cause for the collapses; the application of insufficient fire-proofing insulation on the truss rods in the Twin Towers. “I suggest that there’s an equally justifiable theory and that’s the trusses fail as they are heated by the fire with the insulation intact. These are two different conclusions and the accountability for each is dramatically different,” he said.
Dr. Quintiere’s presentation at the World Fire Safety Conference echoed his earlier statement to the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Science, on October 26, 2005, during a hearing on “The Investigation of the World Trade Center Collapse: Findings, Recommendations, and Next Steps”, at which he stated:
“In my opinion, the WTC investigation by NIST falls short of expectations by not definitively finding cause, by not sufficiently linking recommendations of specificity to cause, by not fully invoking all of their authority to seek facts in the investigation, and by the guidance of government lawyers to deter rather than develop fact finding.
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Alfons debunks Popular Mechanics

Hi Rob,
Thanks for the mention of Veterans for 9/11 Truth. I debunked Popular Mechanics, Jim Meigs, Benjamin Chertoff, who wrote the hit piece for the magazine, a long time ago, I am sure they want nothing to do with me. What I do to them is embarassing, I beat them like a drum. Grassroots InfoMedia debunks Popular Mechanic's experts, and their false 9/11 claims, with evidence.
http://www.freedomisforeverybody.org/debunkPopMech.php
I wrote the debunk, I have Chertoff''s resume on the pages too.
Alfons v911t

History Channel Hit Piece Consulted "Experts"?

History Channel Hit Piece Consulted "Experts"?
 
08/23/07 - The latest hit piece against the 9/11 Truth Movement aired on The History Channel this past Monday. The program went through various events that occurred on September 11, 2001 in a fashion of introducing a "claim" followed by "expert" response. The majority of "expert" response was supplied by David Coburn and James Meigs of Popular Mechanics, which is owned by Hearst Publishing (Hearst Publishing is also part owner of The History Channel), which set the standard in Yellow Journalism. Replies from such "experts" did not include any solid rebuttal. It is no surprise that the only "experts" they interviewed were titled as such when in support (read: making excuses) for the government story. The experts who question the government story were instead referred to as "Conspiracy Theorists" and were either given very little airtime to present their research/concerns, had details edited out, or were omitted from the program altogether. Pilots For 9/11 Truth, Veterans For 9/11 Truth and Architects and Engineers For 9/11 Truth were never contacted to present information for this program. Was it because the producers of this hit piece were unaware such organizations filled with Experts existed? David Ray Griffin -- who was interviewed for the program -- had this to say when asked if the producers were aware of the above organizations:
 
visit http://pilotsfor911truth.org for full article.


Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles.
Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center.History Channel Hit Piece Consulted "Experts"?

08/23/07 - The latest hit piece against the 9/11 Truth Movement aired on The History Channel this past Monday. The program went through various events that occurred on September 11, 2001 in a fashion of introducing a "claim" followed by "expert" response. The majority of "expert" response was supplied by David Coburn and James Meigs of Popular Mechanics, which is owned by Hearst Publishing (Hearst Publishing is also part owner of The History Channel), which set the standard in Yellow Journalism. Replies from such "experts" did not include any solid rebuttal. It is no surprise that the only "experts" they interviewed were titled as such when in support (read: making excuses) for the government story. The experts who question the government story were instead referred to as "Conspiracy Theorists" and were either given very little airtime to present their research/concerns, had details edited out, or were omitted from the program altogether. Pilots For 9/11 Truth, Veterans
For 9/11 Truth and Architects and Engineers For 9/11 Truth were never contacted to present information for this program. Was it because the producers of this hit piece were unaware such organizations filled with Experts existed? David Ray Griffin -- who was interviewed for the program -- had this to say when asked if the producers were aware of the above organizations:

visit http://pilotsfor911truth.org for full article.

from Les re: Sat. in Newark

> THANKS, Les !!!!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Les Jamieson"
> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 12:41 PM
> Subject: from Les re: Sat. in Newark
>
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> Here's a big announcement for this Saturday in Newark There's a
big
>> ant-war march and 9/11 truth folks have been invited to be there
with
>> signs, banners, etc. They're expecitng 120 different
organizations.
>> The site for info is www.peaceandjusticecoalition.org.
>>
>> It starts at noon at Lincoln Park and Broad St. Please let me know
>> ASAP if you can be there.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Les

torrent for: History Channel: 9/11 Conspiracies - Fact or Fiction?

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History Channel: 9/11 Conspiracies - Fact or Fiction?

9/11 You Tubes

Look at these carefully:
Very fast moving flying objects you can see, they are not birds, they
cast large shadows on the towers.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=JYqEMBXC7mE

http://youtube.com/watch?v=kHI1etfHuqA

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4fMn159Onq0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU9607IVOiY&mode=related&search=

Alfons v911t

Police use remote-controlled drone to spy on crowd at V festival


Police used a remote-controlled spy drone to monitor crowds at last weekend's V festival – the first time the technology has been used at a major public event.

Bristling with sensors, cameras and even infra-red night vision the 70cm-wide flying robot was used by police to keep an eye on suspicious-looking revellers at this year's music festival.

The Record of the Paper: How the New York Times Misreports US Foreign Policy

The Record of the Paper: How the New York Times Misreports US Foreign Policy
Learn More

9/11 Flight 93 Rare Footage/suspicious, eh?

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Fahrenheit 451

This video is a little over a minute so please watch it, eh? You might learn something from it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfAIL0aZuUI&mode=related&search=

Marines For 9/11 Truth


Looks like the Truth Movement is branching out.

9/11/07 Official We Are Change Promo Video Release

9/11/07 Official We Are Change Promo Video Release
Watch it
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/august2007/220807Change.htm

History Channel for the 9/11 Conspiracy program

History Channel has a discussion board, where the 9/11 Truth topic has
been broched:
http://boards.historychannel.com/thread.jspa?threadID=800028561

Alfons v911t

History Channel attacks 9/11 Truth

History Channel Fraudsters Pass Off Joke Website as Representative Of 9/11 TruthLiar Bradley Davis used 'Jews Did 9/11' parody to smear truthers during dirty tricks broadcast
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/august2007/220807_joke_website.htm

Look What Rosie O'Donnell Just Posted

I've been looking at Rosie's blog daily since she came out for 9/11
Truth. She has enormous clout with people who don't normally think
about these things, has changed a lot of minds. I wondered when she'd
get back into the game.
Kathy
Pilotsfor911truth.org
Posted by ro on August 21st at 9:22pm in in the news
Presents. . Volume II - In 3D

Continuation of Volume I with a high quality, updated, 3D in depth
analysis.
Never before seen Three Dimensional view of American 77 Flight Path
according to data provided by the National Transportation Safety
Board. Removing altitude and NTSB northern plot data as a variable
(see http://pilotsfor911truth.org/pressrelease.html and Pandora's
Black Box - Chapter Two for more information), we use the "impact
point" as point of origin analyzing data outwards based on heading,
descent angles and bank angles to observe if the data can account for
the physical damage path. This analysis is unlike any other in that
it asks the question, "Ignoring altitude and flight path plotted by
the NTSB, could remaining American 77 data account for the physical
damage at The Pentagon as reported on September 11, 2001?" This DVD
also Includes presentation by Calum Douglas in Ipswich, United
Kingdom.

Please scroll to bottom at http://pilotsfor911truth.org/store.html
for your personal copy.

Your support helps us to bring this type of in depth analysis to you.
We thank you.

Rob Balsamo
Co-Founder
pilotsfor911truth.org

www.rblog.com

SPP Protest August 20, 2007, Victoria 911 Truth

SPP Protest August 20, 2007, Victoria 911 Truth
http://vic911truth.org/photos.html

9/11 History Channel Item on Rense

This showed up on Rense. I can't tell if it's kosher (ho, ho), so am
just passing it on.

Kathy

http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=23471

History Channel tries to pass off ytmnd joke site "Jews Did WTC" as
real 9/11 truth site!
Chris | InformationLiberation

If you watched the History Channel '9/11 Conspiracies' show last
night, you may have noticed how right off the bat they went for the
old guilt by association method of associating truthers with the
practically nonexistent "Jews did it" crowd. What you may have missed
is that in the end of the segment they do a slow zoom into a website
in an "evil type way", with the implication it was a truther website,
which says "JEWS DID WTC" and flashes Stars of David, the twin
towers, and other 9/11 related pictures. What they didn't mention was
that this site is a ytmnd parody site! You can see the site right
here: http://jewswtc.ytmnd.com/. The history channel is so desperate
to slander 9/11 truth that they actually attempted to link the
movement to a ridiculous ytmnd parody site! Talk about desperation!

SPP Protest: Union Leader Stops Provocateurs

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

John Perkins - Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

John Perkins - Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjPoeQRewiE

Monday, August 20, 2007

NY 911 Truth Update - 8-20-07



Les Jamieson <jazzyday@earthlink.net> wrote:
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:47:57 -0400
To: ny911truth@lists.riseup.net
From: Les Jamieson <jazzyday@earthlink.net>
Subject: [ny911truth] NY 911 Truth Update - 8-20-07

Hello all,

Here's a reminder that tonight at 9pm there will be a 2-hr documentary on the History Channel on the 9/11 truth movement and alternative research. People like David Ray Griffin, Sofia, Jim Fetzer and others were interviewed. Spread the word!

Also, regarding donations to our 6th anniversary events, you can also use Paypal to transfer funds to us. If you don't have an account, it's easy to set up by going to www.paypal.com. You would first deposit some money from your bank account. Then you can send a donation to us by email at donate@ny911truth.org.

Alternately, you can send a check or money order made out to Civic Empowerment Network and mail it to 9/11 Ballot Initiative, P.O. Box 1063, Cooper Station, NY 10276. Please note the check saying it's for the weekend events. We have a contributor who will donate $1,000 if we get a total of $2,000 from the group. So far we've taken in $150 so there's a ways to go. Please help make this weekend a success.

FYI, April Gallop, Pentagon survivor has been added to the speakers list. This will be her first time speaking in NYC!

Truth will prevail,

NY 911 Truth

[For all new members, please be advised that this list serve is an announcement tool used to send out event info and occasionally news items. To correspond, please do not hit Reply. To correspond, email jazzyday@earthlink.net. Thanks!]

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Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search.

Sunday, August 19, 2007

War Protestors in front of Cheney's House topple paper statue

War Protestors in front of Cheney's House topple paper statue

http://www.liveleak .com/view? i=a11_1187129180

Lou Dobbs on NWO - NAU w/Ron Paul Remarks

Commerce, Treasury funds helped boost GOP campaigns 18 Aug 2007

Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government
18 Aug 2007
All links and summaries to articles below are available here:

Commerce, Treasury funds helped boost GOP campaigns 17 Aug 2007 Top Commerce and Treasury Departments officials appeared with Republican candidates and doled out millions in federal money in battleground congressional districts and states after receiving White House political briefings detailing GOP election strategy. Political appointees in the Treasury Department received at least 10 political briefings from July 2001 to August 2006, officials familiar with the meetings said. Their counterparts at the Commerce Department received at least four briefings — all in the 'election' years of 2002, 2004 and 2006.

Poll shows most Americans not trust Sept. Iraq report 18 Aug 2007 A majority of Americans do not trust the upcoming report by top U.S. commander in Iraq on the progress of the war, according to a new poll released on Friday. U.S. President [sic] George W. Bush has frequently asked Congress and the American people to withhold judgment on his so-called "troop surge" in Iraq until , the top commander in Iraq, and Ryan Crocker, U.S. ambassador to Iraq, issue their progress report in September. But according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released on Friday, 53 percent of people polled said they suspect that the military assessment of the situation will try to make it sound better than it actually is.

Ammunition Shortage Squeezes Police 17 Aug 2007 Troops training for and fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are firing more than 1 billion bullets a year, contributing to ammunition shortages hitting police departments nationwide and preventing some officers from training with the weapons they carry on patrol. An Associated Press review of dozens of police and sheriff's departments found that many are struggling with delays of as long as a year for both handgun and rifle ammunition. And the shortages are resulting in prices as much as double what departments were paying just a year ago.

Defense Contractor Was Paid $1 Million to Ship 2 Washers 17 Aug 2007 A South Carolina defense contractor pleaded guilty yesterday to bilking the Pentagon out of $20.5 million over nearly 10 years by adding hundreds of thousands of dollars to the cost of shipping spare parts such as metal washers and lamps. The parts were bound for key military installations, including those in Iraq and Afghanistan. In one instance, in 2006, the government paid C&D Distributors $998,798 in transportation costs for shipping two 19-cent washers.

Texan oilman pleads guilty in oil-for-food case 17 Aug 2007 Texas oilman David Chalmers and two companies he owns pleaded guilty on Friday to paying millions of dollars in secret kickbacks to Iraq in connection with the United Nations oil-for-food program. Chalmers, 53, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, just weeks before he was due to go on trial with Texas oil tycoon Oscar Wyatt.

Images show pleading Iraq prisoners --U.S. forces and Iraq's own security forces have imprisoned tens of thousands of detainees without charge in the four years since the fall of President Saddam Hussein. 18 Aug 2007 Rare footage from inside a Baghdad prison camp shows hundreds of inmates packed into wire-mesh tents, protesting their innocence. "I have been jailed for two years and have never been put before a judge or court!" one prisoner is shown shouting. The video pictures were given to Reuters Television on Saturday by the office of Sunni Arab Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, who visited the Rusafa prison compound in eastern Baghdad with his Shi'ite counterpart.

Medical crisis in Iraq as doctors and nurses flee 18 Aug 2007 The humanitarian disaster in Iraq is being compounded by a mass exodus of their medical staff fleeing chronic violence and lawlessness. The research [report by Oxfam International] revealed that many hospitals, and medical teaching facilities in Baghdad have lost up to 80 per cent of their teaching staff.

Mortars, Bombs in Iraq's North Kill 11 18 Aug 2007 Mortar shells slammed into a Shiite enclave north of Baghdad, killing at least seven people on Saturday, police said, while officials in Kirkuk warned that a string of deadly bombings showed that 'insurgents' were finding new ways to thwart security measures.

Billions In U.S. Aid Wasted In Afghanistan 16 Aug 2007 American doctor Dave Warner is on a mission in eastern Afghanistan to show people back home how billions of taxpayer dollars sent here are being wasted. "When I was here in December," Warner told CBS News. "This was full so you can see they've dug another pit over here." Rotting bio-waste is dumped in the hospital's backyard because as Warner and the hospital director showed us next — the new waste incinerator donated by the U.S. government is completely useless. Even if the hospital knew how to run it, they can't afford the fuel... Warner is a public health expert from San Diego who's taken it upon himself to do what no one else in Afghanistan seems to be doing — documenting the failures in reconstruction.

Suicide raid on U.S. security firm kills 15 Afghans 18 Aug 2007 A suicide car bomb attack outside a base of a U.S. security firm [Houston-based USPI] on Saturday killed 15 people in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, witnesses and police said. [See: American security contractor allegedly shoots dead his Afghan interpreter 30 Sep 2005 Guards for a U.S. security firm obstructed an investigation into whether one of its supervisors fatally shot his Afghan interpreter, an Afghan police chief said Friday. Noor Ahmad, 37, was shot in the head Tuesday at the compound of his employer, U.S. Protection and Investigations, at Tut village in Farah province's Gulistan district, police and provincial officials said.]

Six Iranian guards killed in helicopter crash 18 Aug 2007 Six Iranian Revolutionary Guards were killed when their helicopter crashed during an operation against rebels close to the Iraqi border, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported on Saturday.

U.S. actions against Iran raise war risk, many fear 17 Aug 2007 As President [sic] Bush escalates the United States' confrontation with Iran across a broad front, U.S. allies in Europe and the Middle East are growing worried that the steps will achieve little, but will undercut diplomacy and increase the chances of war.

As U.S. Steps Up Pressure on Iran, Aftereffects Worry Allies 16 Aug 2007 America's allies are increasingly concerned about the Bush regime's plans to unilaterally escalate pressure on Iran, fearing that an evolving strategy may also set in motion a process that could lead to military action if Iran does not back down, according to diplomats and officials of foreign countries.

US set to blacklist 'terrorist' Iranian guards 16 Aug 2007 The Bush regime plans to blacklist as a "global terrorist" group Iran's revolutionary guards, the Islamic fanatics who operate as a shadowy parallel force under the direct authority of the Iranian spiritual leader. The surprise designation, a provocative move which will infuriate Tehran, will allow the US to move against the group's business and financial interests as part of the campaign to rein in Iran's nuclear programme.

Castro: Cuba not cashing US Guantanamo rent checks 17 Aug 2007 The United States pays Cuba $4,085 a month in rent for the controversial Guantanamo naval base, but Cuba has only once cashed a check in almost half a century and then only by mistake, Fidel Castro wrote in an essay published on Friday. The ailing Cuban leader said he had refused to cash the checks to protest the "illegal" U.S. occupation of the land which he said was now used for "dirty work".

The old Iran-Contra death squad gang is desperate to discredit Chavez --Democracy and hope in Latin America have been revived by Venezuela's leader. But the forces allied against him are formidable By John Pilger Friday 17 Aug 2007 Thousands of "the detained and the disappeared" were imprisoned in the stadium following the Washington-backed coup by General Pinochet against the democracy of Salvador Allende on September 11 1973. For the majority people of Latin America, the abandonados, the infamy and historical lesson of the first "9/11" have never been forgotten... In Washington, the old Iran-Contra death squad gang, back in power under Bush, fear the economic bridges Chávez is building in the region, such as the use of Venezuela's oil revenue to end IMF slavery.

US signs deal to give $30bn in military aid to Israel 16 Aug 2007 US Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns has signed a deal that will provide Israel with $30bn (£14.8bn) of military aid over the next 10 years. The new military aid package represents a 25% increase from present levels.

U.S.: No strings attached to new defense package for Israel 17 Aug 2007 The new $30 billion American defense package for Israel is not conditioned on diplomatic progress or concessions to the Palestinians, a top U.S. aide said Thursday as representatives from both countries signed the memorandum of understanding in Jerusalem. U.S. Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns said the aid to Israel was meant to counter "an axis of cooperation between Iran, Syria, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad and Hamas [No, the US] that is responsible for the violence in the region."

Padilla Case Offers New Model of Terrorism Trial [Yeah, the kangaroo model] 18 Aug 2007 The 'Justice' Department's strategy in the trial itself, using a seldom-tested conspiracy law and relatively thin evidence, cemented a new prosecutorial model in terrorism cases. The central charge against Mr. Padilla was that he conspired to murder, maim and kidnap people in a foreign country... But prosecutors needed to prove very little by way of concrete conduct to obtain a conviction under the law. "It is a pretty big leap between a mere indication of desire to attend a camp and a crystallized desire to kill, maim and kidnap," said Peter S. Margulies, a law professor at Roger Williams University who has also written on conspiracy charges in terrorism prosecutions. The conspiracy charge against Mr. Padilla, Professor Margulies continued, "is highly amorphous, and it basically allows someone to be found guilty for something that is one step away from a thought crime."

White House wants more time on subpoenas 17 Aug 2007 The White House on Friday asked a Senate panel for more time to produce subpoenaed information about the legal justification for President [sic] Bush's secretive eavesdropping program. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy had set Monday as the deadline for administration officials already subpoenaed to provide documents and testimony about the National Security Agency's eavesdropping program. The White House already has been given one extension, said an aide to Leahy, D-Vt.

Judge: Feds must answer ACLU demands 17 Aug 2007 The government must answer a watchdog group's demands to release records about the nation's classified terrorist spying program, the chief judge of a secretive national security court has ruled. The American Civil Liberties Union, which announced the order Friday, said it was the first time the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court had responded to a request filed by the public. In her 2-page order, dated Aug. 16, Presiding Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly called the ACLU's demand "an unprecedented request that warrants further briefing."

Minister: Death To My Tax Status Critics --Calif. Clergyman Condemns Those Who Complained To IRS Criticizing His Political Endorsement of Huckabee 17 Aug 2007 A California minister who used church stationery and an Internet radio program to endorse former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) for president is asking his followers to pray for the deaths of those who filed a complaint against him with the IRS. The Rev. Wiley S. Drake of the First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park, Calif., called for "imprecatory prayer" targeting Barry W. Lynn, Joe Conn and Jeremy Leaming of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

Mexican trucks may get full access to U.S. highways 17 Aug 2007 Some Mexican trucks will be allowed to carry cargo anywhere in the United States as soon as a federal inspector general certifies 'safety' and inspection plans, the Bush administration announced today. The latest step toward implementing a controversial provision of the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement drew instant condemnation from labor and driver-owner groups that fear the program will erode highway safety and eliminate U.S. jobs.

Handling of Mine Disaster Questioned --AP: Critics Question Government Handling of Utah Mine Disaster 18 Aug 2007 The government agency overseeing coal mine safety was supposed to have changed its ways after West Virginia's deadly Sago Mine disaster. Its handling of the cave-ins at Utah's Crandall Canyon Mine have some worried that the changes didn't go far enough.

Utah Mine Rescuers Halt Search After 3 Deaths 18 Aug 2007 A sense of doleful finality settled on Friday over the quivering mountain here that swallowed six coal miners 11 days ago. Underground search efforts intended to find them were indefinitely suspended after crumbling walls in the Crandall Canyon Mine killed two rescue workers and a federal mine inspector on Thursday evening. ...The reality sank in among the residents here that the six men, trapped 1,800 feet beneath the surface, might never be found.

Organize the mines! (The Militant) 03 Sep 2007 The collapse of the Crandall Canyon coal mine in central Utah, which has trapped six workers 1,500 feet underground since August 6, highlights one fact above all. The only effective way miners can fight for control over job conditions is to organize a union and use workers' collective power to enforce safety. Coal mine disasters are not due to "acts of God" as Murray Energy Corp. claims. Dangerous job conditions are the result of decisions by bosses to squeeze maximum profits out of our labor, including by seeing how much they can get away with cutting corners on safety and health. That's how capitalism works... In March, two sections of the Crandall Canyon mine collapsed. Instead of closing the mine, "operators moved to another section and continued chipping away," the Associated Press reported. That's what can happen when workers lack a union to enforce basic safety conditions.

N.C. waitress applauds minimum wage hike 18 Aug 2007 A North Carolina waitress on Saturday lauded the Democratic-initiated increase in the minimum wage, saying in the party's weekly radio address that the extra money will have a ripple effect on millions of lives. Fawn Townsend, a nightshift server in Raleigh, N.C., criticized Republicans for blocking efforts to raise the minimum wage over the last 10 years.

Unregulated Release of GM Poplars and Hybrids --USDA rubberstamps the largest ever collection of transgenic poplars with uncharacterized and dangerous constructs By Prof. Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 17 Aug 2007 This report has been submitted to the USDA on behalf of ISIS [Institute of Science in Society]. Please circulate widely and click onto the link to the USDA docket to register your objection to-day!

Court further delays Alaska offshore drilling --Shell blocked from area off Prudhoe Bay due to lawsuit by natives, activists 16 Aug 2007 A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Royal Dutch Shell PLC must further postpone plans for exploratory oil drilling off the northern coast of Alaska.

Arctic sea ice shrinks to record low 17 Aug 2007 There was less sea ice in the Arctic on Friday than ever before on record, and the melting is continuing, the National Snow and Ice Data Center reported. "Today is a historic day," said Mark Serreze, a senior research scientist at the center. "This is the least sea ice we've ever seen in the satellite record and we have another month left to go in the melt season this year."

Hurricane Dean approaches Category 5 18 Aug 2007 Hurricane Dean is expected to grow into a ferocious Category 5 storm as it passes Jamaica and nears Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and the oil and gas rigs of the Gulf of Mexico after it smashed into several Caribbean islands, the US National Hurricane Centre said on Saturday.

State Operations Center Opens Saturday As Texas Braces For Dean 17 Aug 2007 The State Operations Center activates fully Saturday morning as state officials set a plan in motion to ensure the state is prepared should Hurricane Dean take aim at the Texas coast next week. Gov. Perry declared the storm an "imminent threat" on Friday and initiated full-scale preparations.

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[Previous lead stories:] Homeland Security Enlists Clergy to Quell Public Unrest if Martial Law Ever Declared 15 Aug 2007 Could martial law ever become a reality in America? Some fear any nuclear, biological or chemical attack on U.S. soil might trigger just that. KSLA News 12 has discovered that the clergy would help the government with potentially their biggest problem: Us. If martial law were enacted here at home... easing public fears and quelling dissent would be critical. And that's exactly what the 'Clergy Response Team' helped accomplish in the wake of Katrina. Dr. Durell Tuberville serves as chaplain for the Shreveport Fire Department and the Caddo Sheriff's Office. For the clergy team, one of the biggest tools that they will have in helping calm the public down or to obey the law is the bible itself, specifically Romans 13. Dr. Tuberville elaborated, "because the government's established by the Lord, you know. And, that's what we believe in the Christian faith. That's what's stated in the scripture." ['Easing public fears and quelling dissent would be critical.']

Armed Robots Pushed to Police By Noah Shachtman 16 Aug 2007 Armed robots -- similar to the ones now on patrol in Iraq -- are being marketed to domestic police forces, according to the machines' manufacturer and law enforcement officers. None of the gun-toting 'bots appear to have been deployed domestically, yet. Both cops and company officials say it's only a matter of time, however. "Other than some R&D with the shotgun mount, we haven't used it operationally," Massachusetts State Police Trooper Mike Rogowski tells DANGER ROOM. "But they're on the way. They're coming,"

Troops in Iraq to Reach Record Level 16 Aug 2007 The number of U.S. troops in Iraq could jump to 171,000 this fall - a record high for the war - as military leaders expect stepped-up 'insurgent' attacks timed to a progress report from American commanders in Baghdad.

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Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government 18 Aug 2007
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Commerce, Treasury funds helped boost GOP campaigns 17 Aug 2007 Top Commerce and Treasury Departments officials appeared with Republican candidates and doled out millions in federal money in battleground congressional districts and states after receiving White House political briefings detailing GOP election strategy. Political appointees in the Treasury Department received at least 10 political briefings from July 2001 to August 2006, officials familiar with the meetings said. Their counterparts at the Commerce Department received at least four briefings — all in the 'election' years of 2002, 2004 and 2006.