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The CIA obstructed an official US investigation into the September 11 attacks
by withholding tapes of interrogations of Al-Qaeda operatives, according to
former investigators quoted in a report on Saturday.
A review of documents by former members of the 9/11 commission revealed the
panel made repeated, detailed requests to the spy agency in 2003 and 2004 for
information about the interrogation of members of the extremist network, but
were never notified of the tapes, the New York Times reported.
The review of the commission's correspondence with the Central Intelligence
Agency came after the agency earlier this month revealed it had destroyed videotapes
in 2005 that showed harsh interrogations of two Al-Qaeda members.
The review, written up in a December 13 memo prepared by Philip Zelikow, the
former executive director of the 9/11 commission, said that "further investigation
is needed" to resolve whether the CIA's failure to hand over the tapes
violated federal law.
The memorandum does not assert that withholding the tapes was illegal but states
that federal law penalizes anyone who "knowingly and wilfully" withholds
or "covers up" a "material fact" from a federal inquiry,
the newspaper said.
The revelation adds to pressure on President George W. Bush's administration,
already under fire over the affair by human rights groups and lawmakers who
allege that destroying the tapes covered up proof of torture.
Responding to the New York Times report, the CIA said the commission never
specifically asked for interrogation videos.
CIA spokesman Mark Mansfield told… Continue reading
Kurt Nimmo
According to Jessica Lee of Indypendent and Kamau Karl Franklin of the Center for Constitutional Rights, the Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act was penned with plenty of help from the RAND Corporation.
"Rep. Jane Harman, Democrat from California, has had a lengthy relationship with the Rand Corporation," Lee tells Democracy Now, although she was unable to determine if RAND wrote the bill. On the 12th anniversary of the OKC bombing, Rep. Harman, as chair of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment, introduced the bill in the House of Representatives.
"The 'Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007′ seeks to address the roots causes of radicalization, and would establish a grant program to provide funds to States to foster badly needed vertical information sharing from the Intelligence Community to the local level and from local sources to state and federal agencies," explains Harman's website. "It also creates a Center of Excellence for the Prevention of Radicalization and Home Grown Terrorism to examine the social, criminal, political, psychological and economic roots of domestic terrorism and to propose solutions, and promotes international collaboration on strategies to combat radicalization."
Franklin mentions Brian Michael Jenkins, an "expert" on "terrorism, counterinsurgency, and homeland security," according to RAND. Jenkins is "someone who helped the United States in counterinsurgency measures in Vietnam," states Franklin. "In addition to that, he wrote a book, and in his own book" Jenkins declared that "in their international campaign, the jihadists will seek common ground… Continue reading
The National Lawyers Guild on Friday unanimously and enthusiastically passed a resolution supporting the impeachment of Bush and Cheney.
Resolution on Impeachment of Bush and Cheney
Whereas George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney:
1. deliberately misled the nation and doctored intelligence, as described in the Downing Street minutes, http://www.downingstreetmemo.com/memos.html about the threat from Iraq in order to justify a war of aggression and an occupation of Iraq, as further described in House resolution H.Res. 333: http://kucinich.house.gov/UploadedFiles/int3.pdf and as listed in House Resolution H. Res. 635: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=hr109-635
2. committed crimes against peace by initiating war against Iraq in violation of the UN Charter http://www.worldpress.org/specials/iraq/ ;
3. committed crimes against humanity in… Continue reading
October 28, 2007
World Can't Wait- Drive Out the Bush Regime reports police once again used excessive force when they arrested one minor and two college students who were en route to a large anti-war rally. As stated in the World Can't Wait's Call, "If we speak the truth they will try to silence us. If we act they will try to stop us." This statement is especially relevant in this incident.
Saturday about 75-100 students from various organizations were with the young men while marching from the newly opened military recruitment center at University Center to a rally at Union Park when the arrests took place. A student, Thomas Walker, later reported that the initial 10 accompanying officers were "hostile from the beginning, rude and cursing at us" on the way to the rally. The violence happened when the marchers arrived at Canal and Randolph. Eyewitnesses say the police used their bikes to shove protesters and pushed marchers. The minor and one of the arrested college students, Mark H. were victims of a "take-down" characterized as excessive by witnesses who said Mark bled from his injuries as he was dragged away by police officers. The other college student arrested, Sergei T., did not have visible injuries. Mark was released at 1:00 AM Sunday and taken immediately to the hospital. The minor will be brought before juvenile court on Monday to determine if he should be taken away from his parents and immediately put into juvenile detention.
After the massive… Continue reading
By Paul Craig Roberts
The anti-war movement has proven impotent to stop the war in Iraq despite the fact that the war was initiated on the basis of lies and deception. The anti-war movement stands helpless to prevent President Bush from attacking Iran or any other country that he might demonize for harboring a future 9/11 threat.
September 11 enabled Bush to take America to war and to keep America at war even though the government's explanation of the events of September 11 is mired in controversy and disbelieved by a large percentage of the population.
Although the news media's investigative arm has withered, other entities and individuals continue to struggle with unanswered questions. In the six years since 9/11, numerous distinguished scientists, engineers, architects, intelligence officers, pilots, military officers, air traffic controllers, and foreign dignitaries have raised serious and unanswered questions about the official story line.
Recognition of the inadequacy of the official account of the collapse of the twin towers is widespread in the scientific and technical community. One of the most glaring failures in the official account is the lack of an explanation of the near free-fall speed at which the buildings failed once the process began. Some scientists and engineers have attempted to bolster the official account with explanations of how this might happen in the absence of explosives used in controlled demolitions.
One recent example is the work of Cambridge University engineer, Dr. Keith Seffen , published in the Journal of Engineering Mechanics and reported… Continue reading
Dangers of a Cornered George Bush
By Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity & Dr. Justin Frank
July 27, 2007
The "new" strategy of surging troops in Baghdad has simply wasted more lives and bought some time for the president. His strategy boils down to keeping as many of our soldiers engaged as possible, in order to stave off definitive defeat in Iraq before January 2009.
Bush is commander in chief, but Congress must approve funding for the war, and its patience is running out. The war — and the polls — are going so badly that it is no longer a sure thing that the administration will be able to fund continuance of the war.
There is an outside chance Congress will succeed in forcing a pullout starting in the next several months. What would the president likely do in reaction to that slap in the face?
What would he do if the Resistance succeeded in mounting a large attack on U.S. facilities in the Green Zone or elsewhere in Iraq? How would he react if Israel mounted a preemptive attack on the nuclear-related facilities in Iran and wider war ensued?
Applied Psychoanalysis
The answers to such questions depend on a host of factors for which intelligence analysts use a variety of tools. One such tool involves applying the principles of psychoanalysis to acquire insights into the minds of key leaders, with an eye to facilitating predictions as to how they might react in certain circumstances.
For U.S. intelligence, this common-law marriage of psychoanalysis and intelligence work dates back to the early 1940s, when CIA's forerunner, the Office of Strategic Services commissioned two studies of Adolf Hitler.…Continue reading
Washington, DC – The American Civil Liberties Union was encouraged today by
the House Armed Services Committee hearing titled Upholding the Principle of
Habeas Corpus for Detainees. The committee discussed Chairman Ike Skelton's
(D-MO) proposed bipartisan legislation restoring the due process right of habeas
corpus that was taken away by the Military Commissions Act last fall. The ACLU
hopes this hearing will lead to the enactment of Chairman Skelton's bill.
"Chairman Skelton and the House Armed Services Committee should be commended
for trying to restore our nation's Constitution and the rule of law. Returning
habeas corpus should be a top priority of this Congress, and Chairman Skelton's
bill is a good first step," said Caroline Fredrickson, director of the
ACLU Washington Legislative Office. "To let a president define who is an
enemy combatant and then order those people held indefinitely and without charge
at places like Guantánamo Bay undermines our core American values. In the November
2006 elections, the American people demanded Congress rein in the Bush administration's
shredding of the Constitution. Chairman Skelton is acting on that call for reform."
H.R. 2826, sponsored by Chairman Skelton, is a bipartisan bill that would restore
the constitutional due process right of habeas corpus that the Congress and
the president took away with the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA), a law
pushed through by President Bush just weeks before the midterm elections.
"Today's hearing takes us one step closer to restoring our Constitution
and undoing the wrongs of Guantánamo Bay," said Christopher Anders, legislative
counsel for the ACLU.…
By Ray McGovern
What do Rep. John Conyers, D-Michigan, chair of the House Committee on the Judiciary, and President George W. Bush have in common? They both think they can dis Cindy Sheehan and count on gossip columnists like the Washington Post's Dana Milbank to trivialize a historic moment.
I'll give this to President Bush. He makes no pretence when he disses. He would not meet with Sheehan to define for her the "noble cause" for which her son Casey died or tell her why he had said it was "worth it."
Conyers, on the other hand, was dripping with pretence as he met with Sheehan, Rev. Lennox Yearwood and me Monday in his office in the Rayburn building. I have seldom been so disappointed with someone I had previously held in high esteem. And before leaving, I told him so.
Throwing salt in our wounds, he had us, and some 50 others in his anteroom arrested and taken out of action as the Capitol Police "processed" us for the next six hours.
As we began our discussion with Conyers, it was as though he thought we were "born yesterday," as Harry Truman would put it. With feigned enthusiasm he began, Let's hold a Town Hall meeting in Detroit so we can talk about impeachment. Get out my schedule; let's see, we need to hear from everyone about this.
Been there, done that, I… Continue reading
We Will Sit In for Impeachment
David Swanson, 07/05/07
On July 23rd phone John Conyers at 202-225-5126 or send him a fax with one click.
Cindy Sheehan to Lead March for Impeachment, Arlington to Capitol Hill, July 23rd
WHAT: March from Arlington National Cemetery to the Capitol Hill Office of Congressman John Conyers to ask him to begin impeachment proceedings against Vice President Dick Cheney or President George W. Bush or both. Participants hope to meet with Congressman Conyers and receive his assurance that impeachment proceedings will begin at once in the House Judiciary Committee, which he chairs. Many of those participating have commited to only leave if Conyers agrees to begin impeachment or they are arrested.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been the driving force against impeachment in Congress. If there is no agreement to begin impeachment proceedings by Monday, Sheehan will announce her candidacy challenging Pelosi for election in California's 8th Congressional District.
WHO: Cindy Sheehan, mother of Casey Sheehan, KIA in Iraq 2004, founder of Gold Star Families for Peace and of the Camp Casey Peace Institute; Ray McGovern, 27-year veteran of the CIA and cofounder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity; Rev. Lennox Yearwood, President of the Hip Hop Caucus; Ann Wright, retired U.S. Army Colonel and diplomat who resigned in protest the day the U.S. invaded Iraq; Debra Sweet, national coordinator of the World Can't Wait; Dave Lindorff, author of "The Case for Impeachment," David Swanson, cofounder of AfterDowningStreet.org; Jodie Evans and Medea Benjamin, both cofounders of Code Pink; Kevin Zeese, director of Democracy Rising; Tina Richards, military mother and creator of GrassRootsAmerica4Us; and many many others.…Continue reading
From August 3rd – 12th, 911truth.org will join a coalition of organizations
to help host "Answers For 9/11 Families" week. Hundreds
of Americans will come together at house parties across the country to screen
the acclaimed film featuring the September 11th families, 9/11 Press For
This stunning movie exposes the government's and the media's failure to answer
the many important questions of the 9/11 Family Steering Committee, a group
of twelve victim's relatives who tenaciously fought the White House to force
the creation of the 9/11 Commission. Six of them tell their story first-hand
in the movie, revealing for the first time that "70% of our questions"
were not answered by the Final Report. The movie stitches together rare overlooked
news clips, buried stories, and government press conferences to clearly detail
a pattern of deception by U.S. officials.
Now, Congressman Dennis Kucinich
has announced plans for a new 9/11 investigation beginning in September
because "the 9/11 Commission… never resolved some conflicting facts."
Recently, Please join the effort to encourage Congress to support investigations
until all remaining Family Steering Committee questions are answered.
Send a "Press
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or attend a 9/11 Press For Truth house party in your community.
(NOTE: Simple instructions on how to make your house party film screening a
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your DVD immediately after signing up in order to ensure it arrives in time
for your house party.)
"We thought the country was at risk from terrorists and from incompetence,"
says Jersey widow Lorie Van Auken in the movie, "and maybe worse."
Fellow 'Jersey Girl' Patty Casazza puts it more succinctly: "They lied.…
Written by Robert Kubey, EXTRA!
Wednesday, 27 June 2007
Read the full article (below): Bush Moves Toward Martial Law by Frank Morales, published in TowardFreedom.com on October 26, 2006.
The article below is reprinted from EXTRA! Magazine
On October 17, 2006, when George W. Bush signed the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2007–a $538 billion military spending bill–he enacted into law a section called "Use of the Armed Forces in Major Public Emergencies." In the view of many, this Act substantially changed fundamental laws of the United States, giving Bush–and all future U.S. presidents–new and sweeping powers to use the U.S. military anywhere in the United States, virtually as he sees fit–for disaster relief, crowd control, suppression of public disorder, or any "other condition" that might arise.
News coverage of these significant changes in the law has been virtually nonexistent. At nearly every stage when it might have received coverage, the news media have completely ignored the story: When the NDAA was debated, when it was passed in the House on September 29 and in the Senate on Sept.… Continue reading
During June 27th to July 1st, approximately 9,400 people from across the America,
and beyond, gathered in Atlanta for the historic, first-ever United
States Social Forum. Thanks to donations from some of our generous supporters,
911Truth.org was there, together with about 15 other 911Truth activists from
Georgia, California, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Washington DC, and Maryland.
We went with the idea we'd work to "convince" people to look at the
need for a real investigation into the crimes of 9/11. After all, the various
issues and causes represented by this diversity of People were predicated, to
such a strong degree, upon the events of 9/11, and it made sense that if presented
with the information, we'd win some allies.
We were wrong. What we found, instead, was that nearly everyone we spoke with
was already aware of at least some questions about 9/11 and agreed
with us! The People, in spite of resistance we've heard from many of their organizational
"leaders," are already with us.
We learned that on Sunday, the People would gather for a final Assembly where
resolutions would be read and voted upon. Peter Thottam, of 911TruthLA recommended
we submit a proposal, so the group of us at dinner on Friday pulled together
the whereas's and therefore's, Peter and Keith Dunwoody (of Atlanta) tweaked
and typed it up, Brian Ottolini made 1000 copies, and the group hit the ground
Saturday morning to distribute the copies and talk with people. At the last
minute, Jose Rodriguez graciously translated… Continue reading
By Prof. Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research, June 24, 2007
"Another [9/11 type terrorist] attack could create both a justification
and an opportunity that is lacking today to retaliate against some known targets"
(Statement by Pentagon official, leaked to the Washington Post, 23 April 2006)
The US media consensus is that "the United States faces its greatest
threat of a terrorist assault since the September 11 attacks" (USA Today,
12 February 2006) The American Homeland is threatened by " Islamic terrorists",
allegedly supported by Tehran and Damascus.
America is under attack" by an illusive "outside enemy".
Concepts are turned upside down. War becomes Peace. "Offense" becomes
a legitimate means of "self-defense". In the words of President Bush:
"Against this kind of enemy, there is only one effective response:
We must go on the offense, stay on the offense, and take the fight to them."
(President George W. Bush, CENTCOM Coalition Conference, May 1, 2007)
The intent is to seek a pretext to wage a preemptive war.
A "terrorist attack on America" could be used to justify, in the
eyes of an increasingly credulous public opinion, on "humanitarian grounds",
the launching of a major theater war directed against Iran and Syria.
Allegedly supported by Iran, the terrorists are said to possess nuclear capabilities.
They are supposedly planning to explode "radiological dispersion devices"
(RDD) or "dirty bombs" in densely populated urban areas in the US.… Continue reading
From GeorgeWashington.blogspot.com:
The newest volley in the disinformation campaign regarding 9/11 is a simulation of the Twin Towers created by Purdue University. As summarized by Raw Story :
The simulation found jet engine shafts from airlines flown into the World Trade Center "flew through the building like bullets," according to an Associated Press video report.
Flaming jet fuel cascaded through the tower stripping away fireproofing material and causing the building to collapse, the AP video reports.
"The weight of the aircraft's fuel, when ignited, acted like a flash flood of flaming liquid," according to the video.
However, Kevin Ryan has already demonstrated that there was not enough energy from the airplane impacts to have knocked much of the fireproofing off . See also this article .
A recently released Purdue University animated computer simulation "shows that it was the weight of the fuel combined with the fire, and not the aircraft itself, that caused the most damage to the buildings."Specific flaws in this two-year project are being brought to light now. "Researchers have stated that the Purdue simulation contradicts the observed facts in other ways, and in the next couple of weeks, they will publish their findings." (911truth.org will publish these findings as they become available.)Perhaps most disturbing to readers considering whether this simulation is trustworthy is the source of funding for the study, and the fact that Purdue is part of The Regional Visualization and Analytics Centers (RVACs), a Department of Homeland Security "Center… Continue reading
May 24, 2007
For the First Time, New York Links a Death to 9/11 Dust
By ANTHONY DePALMA
New York City's chief medical examiner, Dr. Charles S. Hirsch, has for the first time directly linked a death to exposure to dust from the destruction of the World Trade Center.
In a letter made public yesterday, Dr. Hirsch said that he was certain "beyond a reasonable doubt" that dust from the twin towers contributed to the death of Felicia Dunn-Jones, 42, a civil rights lawyer who was engulfed on Sept. 11 as she ran from her office a block away from the trade center.
She later developed a serious cough and had trouble breathing, and she died five months after the terrorist attack.
Dr. Hirsch said he had decided to amend Mrs. Dunn-Jones's death certificate to indicate that exposure to trade center dust "was contributory to her death." The manner of death will be changed from natural causes to homicide.
Her name will be added to the official list of World Trade Center victims, and the official number of people who died as a result of the attack on the twin towers will be increased to 2,750.
By making a formal connection between Mrs. Dunn-Jones's death and her relatively brief exposure to the dust, the medical examiner's decision could have a wide impact on how the city deals with the growing number of illnesses and deaths linked in some way to ground zero.
The city is already under pressure to re-examine the deaths of people like James Zadroga, 34, a New York police detective who worked at the debris pile in the months after the towers fell.…Continue reading
by Robert Parry
In late August 2001, when aggressive presidential action might have changed the course of U.S. history, CIA Director George Tenet made a special trip to Crawford, Texas, to get George W. Bush to focus on an imminent threat of a spectacular al-Qaeda attack only to have the conversation descend into meaningless small talk.
Alarmed CIA officials already had held an extraordinary meeting with then-national security adviser Condoleezza Rice on July 10 to lay out the accumulating evidence of an impending attack and had delivered on Aug. 6 a special "Presidential Daily Brief" to Bush entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US."
"A few weeks after the Aug. 6 PDB was delivered, I followed it to Crawford to make sure the President stayed current on events," Tenet wrote in his memoir, At the Center of the Storm. "This was my first visit to the ranch. I remember the President graciously driving me around the spread in his pickup and my trying to make small talk about the flora and the fauna, none of which were native to Queens," where Tenet had grown up.
Tenet's trip to Crawford — like the July 10 meeting with Rice and the Aug. 6 briefing paper for Bush — failed to shock the administration out of its lethargy nor elicit the emergency steps that the CIA and other counterterrorism specialists wanted.
While Tenet and Bush made small talk about "the flora and the fauna," al-Qaeda operatives put the finishing touches on their plans.…Continue reading
Democrats in America are evenly divided on the question of whether George W. Bush knew about the 9/11 terrorist attacks in advance. Thirty-five percent (35%) of Democrats believe he did know, 39% say he did not know, and 26% are not sure.
Republicans reject that view and, by a 7-to-1 margin, say the President did not know in advance about the attacks. Among those not affiliated with either major party, 18% believe the President knew and 57% take the opposite view.
Overall, 22% of all voters believe the President knew about the attacks in advance. A slightly larger number, 29%, believe the CIA knew about the attacks in advance. White Americans are less likely than others to believe that either the President or the CIA knew about the attacks in advance. Young Americans are more likely than their elders to believe the President or the CIA knew about the attacks in advance.
However, just 8% of voters say the CIA was Very Truthful before the War in Iraq. Another 33% believe the CIA was Somewhat Truthful. Most, 52%, believe the CIA was Not Very Truthful or Not at All Truthful before the War.
Still, 57% have a favorable opinion of the CIA. Thirty-six percent (36%) have an unfavorable view.
Former CIA Director George Tenet doesn't fare so well. He is viewed favorably by 29% of voters and unfavorably by 49%.
Just 12% have followed news stories about Tenet's new book Very Closely. Another 29% have followed the stories Somewhat… Continue reading
04/30/07 "ICH" — — "If you can't say something positive about someone, don't say anything." This was drummed into me by my Irish grandmother and, as was the case with most of her admonishments, it has stood me in good stead. On occasion, though, it has been a real bother–as when I felt called to comment on George Tenet's apologia, In the Center of the Storm, coming soon to a bookstore near you.
On the verge of despair, I ran into an old classmate of Tenet's from PS 94 in Little Neck, Queens. Help at last. He told me that George was more handsome than his twin brother Billy, and that his outgoing nature and consummate political skill got him elected president of the student body.
Positive enough, Grandma? Now let me add this.
George Tenet's book shows that he remains, first and foremost, a politician–with no clue as to the proper role of intelligence work. He is unhappy about going down in history as "Slam Dunk Tenet." George protests that his famous remark to President Bush on Dec. 21, 2002 was not meant to assure the president that available intelligence on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq was a "slam dunk." Rather he meant that the argument that Saddam Hussein had such weapons could be readily enhanced to slam-dunk status in order to sell war on Iraq. Yesterday evening on CBS' 60 Minutes Tenet explained what he meant when he uttered those words–the words he says have now been distorted to blame him for the war in Iraq.…Continue reading


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When asked about President Obama's statements concerning Ukraine, Vladimir Putin retorted, "Who made him judge?" Nobel laureate, hero of democracy, and former Polish Prime Minister Lech Walesa ruefully put it more bluntly -- the United States is no longer a world leader.
President Obama talks of limiting Vladimir Putin's ambitions and showing American strength. Meanwhile, Canada, has a suggestion: Approve Keystone XL.
Of all the weapons in the West's arsenal, its energy power is perhaps what Putin fears most. An energy-independent West would radically upset the balance of power in the world, undercutting Russia's natural-gas monopoly.
Yet after five years of "review," the pipeline is still awaiting approval from the president. Keystone is now in its final decision phase -- the 90-day "National Interest Determination" -- during which key federal agencies weigh in on whether the pipeline is in our nation's interest.
The choice should be easy. President Obama and his administration can side with green activists to further embolden Putin and his anti-American coalition, or, they can stand with the American people and a major ally and finally approve Keystone. Once approved, the project will strengthen the U.S. economy, loosen Russia's grip on its neighbors, and provide needed resources at home and abroad.
Americans already recognize the benefits of accessing the world's third-largest oil reserves -- Canada's Alberta oil sands. The public supports the project two-to-one, and it enjoys strong backing from governors whose states the pipeline will pass through. Both houses of Congress have endorsed the project in a bi-partisan move. So why the lack of leadership when Americans so clearly get it? Putin and Walesa know why. We have no leader.
The Departments of Homeland Security and Defense should support the pipeline too as it will bolster our national security. As global competition for energy resources intensifies, Keystone would convey 900,000 barrels of oil per day to Texas refineries. Secure access to Canadian imports -- coupled with our own domestic energy boom -- would allow us to cut ties with hostile oil countries.
For our allies, Keystone would mean more Canadian oil shipped to Europe, particularly in light of the recent Canada-Europe free trade agreement. Currently, Europe relies on Russia for up to one-third of its natural gas. Adding energy supplies would loosen Putin's chokehold on the region.
But Putin has a strong ally. American environmentalists are doing their best to cover Putin's policy with their irrational opposition to Keystone. Rest assured, if President Obama yields to their demands, Russia benefits -- America and Europe suffer.
Putin is counting on this. As the world's third-largest producer of both oil and natural gas, Russia uses its energy supply and pricing power to leverage concessions -- and even territory -- from European countries.
Putin also knows that energy insecurity breeds political weakness. Sanctions are moot as long as Europe relies on Russia to power its economy and heat its homes. If the Department of Justice wants to hold Putin accountable, it should break the energy cartel that holds Europe hostage.
Obama's green supporters shouldn't fool themselves into thinking that if Keystone isn't approved, Canada's oil sands won't get developed. Instead, refiners will get the oil they need by other means, including by train and truck -- far more dangerous and carbon-exhaust-producing methods than a pipeline. Safer oil and gas transport should give the Department of Transportation ample reason to support Keystone.
The Environmental Protection Agency might also consider what the State Department found in its final environmental review of the project: that Keystone would add fewer carbon emissions than the alternatives. Plus, of America's top five import sources for oil, Canada is also the only one with our greenhouse-gas standards in place.
The merits of the pipeline for the United States -- and the world -- are clear. But for President Obama and the green lobby, the Keystone decision was never about the merits, but about politics. It's time to stop playing politics -- and playing into Putin's hands.
If President Obama is serious about checking Russian aggression and advancing American leadership, he will have to admit what Americans already know is obvious -- that Keystone is in our national interest. Mr. President, approve the pipeline. America is counting on you.
Lt. Col. Steve Russell, US Army (Ret.) is running for the United States House of Representatives in Oklahoma's 5th congressional district. He is the author of We Got Him! A Memoir of the Hunt and Capture of Saddam Hussein (Simon & Schuster, 2011).
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Byon July 19, 2011
THE PIE'S NOT THE THING /// Murdoch looked so old that there was a Shakespearean charge to Tuesday's hearing, and nary a whiff of true remorse. (Illustration by Julian Sancton for The Politics Blog)
When I was profiling Roger Ailes, I was given an audition of sorts in his office, before he eventually agree to be interviewed. It was supposed to be off-the-record, but Roger being Roger, it was as revelatory as anything that followed, and one of its most revealing aspects was when Roger was informed by his secretary that Rupert Murdoch was waiting outside his office. He seemed bemused by his boss's presence and said that Rupert, in fact, came down to visit him all the time, because Roger alone among News Corp. executives wasn't climbing up Rupert's leg, and because Rupert loved being in the center of the action where the news was made.
And it's Rupert Murdoch's constant presence in Ailes's office his constant presence in his newsrooms, and his sheer animal joy at being there that made his opening salvo at Tuesday's hearings so incredible. The thing that has distinguished Rupert Murdoch's ownership of media in this country and around the world has been his use of the media his conviction that there's no reason to own a newspaper or a television network unless you can use it to advance your own interests and have your own fun. He loves the news because he loves gossip a confidante calls him "a junkie" and so it hardly matters if, as he said before Parliament, "1 percent" of his "53,000 employees" were engaged in illegal means of getting inside dirt: If the dirt was any good, and gave him pleasure, he was privy to it, because the pleasure of proprietary information has always been his payoff... even if he was never directly involved in arranging payoffs.
And that is why I wouldn't give too much credence to the story that is surely to emerge from the hearings the story of an old man who has been exposed in his frailties, and who relied on his son and his wife, respectively, to deflect the questions and then the shaving-cream pie intended for him. Did he look old? He sure did so old that there was a Shakespearean charge to the whole affair, and one couldn't help but wonder how long his wife would accede to having sex with him, how long his son would accede to taking orders from him, and how long the formerly respected New York schools chancellor turned consigliore Joel Klein would accede to sitting in the camera's eye before publicly disemboweling himself in a bid to salvage his honor.
But snapping turtles are old, too; and yet you put your fingers at risk if you think that old is all they are. And so it was with Rupert Murdoch: He might not have had the answers, but he certainly still had the instincts, and the further away he got from the need to offer scripted apologies, the more instinctual hence the more animal, and hence the more alive he plainly became. Murdoch was not apologetic, and even when he declared himself humbled, he showed very little humility. In my mind, the hearing turned toward him when he was asked, in a direct reference to Enron, if News Corp. had exhibited "collective amnesia," and he answered, to his inquisitor's coddled surprise, "Nope," and then explained, "You're not saying amnesia you're saying lying."
From then on, old Rupert was the old Rupert, declaring that his enemies had "caught us with dirty hands, and they built hysteria around it," and then answering flatly, when asked if he acceped responsbility for the whole affair, "Nope." That "Nope" had the snap of the ancient turtle's jaws, and the vehemence of an old man who decided somewhere along the line that he would rather risk defiance than being rendered toothless in front of his young wife, who wound up showing teeth of her own and a properly proprietary animal fervor when they finally came at him with a pie.
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Sorry to disappoint you, I was there when Pat was talking to Winnik....he decided on Toronto over Winnipeg......they may be waiting for Gradiner's deal to go through....but I can tell you the deal is for 1 year @ $1.35 million
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@TheCanucksnaphook Yeah that was a pretty scary hit, shouldn't be in the game. The only reason I can see him not having an in person hearing is that its his first offence. Still don't agree.
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@MaxwellHowe @Bennett2Gareth I suppose not, but I don't think it is just him, made the same look of frustration during the 5 on 3 last night because of Franson
@MaxwellHowe I agree, I have seen the frustration on Kessel's face every time he misses the net. I
@Burtonboy @Bennett2Gareth @B_Leaf Oh, I agree that there are a lot of players with a questionable relationship with Randy.
@B_Leaf @Bennett2Gareth I also believe that the pieces he removed had a lot to do with Carlyle. Wanted to give the coach what he needed to succeed.
@Burtonboy @Bennett2Gareth @B_Leaf I kinda feel like he is just trying way too hard to be "the guy" I am hoping for a turn around next year.
@MaxwellHowe @TheCanucksnaphook Yeah against the Bruins...Millar I believe
@CanuckUKinToronto @Bennett2Gareth I agree with this statement
"They are an 8th-20th club.. that is the reality.. Good enough to be 8th and streaky/clumsy/defensive and bad systems and lack killer instinct to fall of the rails and fall to as low as 20th (not this year but my point is they have that broad of a range). A better coach and 2 upgrades on defense and Bolland back with Bernier in net, and we are a contender"
I see it going down like this.
1. We squeak into the Playoffs and get booted early
2. Next year we have a terrible season to which Randy is "invited to work somewhere else"
3. We do so bad we win the McDavid sweepstakes.
Whaddaya think about that!
@TheCanucksnaphook @Bennett2Gareth @MaxwellHowe idiot greek?
@MaxwellHowe @TheCanucksnaphook Looked like a neck injury
@Burtonboy @Bennett2Gareth Fair enough
@RickC1983 There is a Coach in the AHL, Luke Richardson. He is the head coach of the Binghamton Senators. Has been selected as the coach for the AHL all star team twice i believe. Might be nice to see some new talent, rather than seeing someone who was fired from another team.


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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Lawyer + Militant + Environmentalist
Born Jan 17, 1954 Age 60
Hometown Washington, D.C. Religion Roman Catholic
Nationality American Eye Color Blue
Hair Color Brown - Light Build Athletic
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1954 Birth Born on January 17, 1954.
1964 10 Years Old RFK Jr.'s father was elected to that seat in 1964 and held it for more than three years.
1976 22 Years Old After obtaining his high school diploma from Pomfret School, Kennedy continued his studies at Harvard University and the London School of Economics, graduating from Harvard College in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts in American History and Literature. … Read More
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1998 44 Years Old In 1998, Kennedy, Chris Bartle and John Hoving created a bottled water company that donates all of its profits to Waterkeeper Alliance. … Read More
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An outspoken opponent of vaccination, in June 2005 Kennedy authored an article in Rolling Stone and Salon.com alleging a government conspiracy to cover up connections between the vaccine preservative thimerosal and childhood autism. … Read More
2006 52 Years Old In an article in the June 5, 2006, issue of Rolling Stone titled "Was the 2004 Election Stolen?", Kennedy comes to the conclusion that the Republican Party stole the 2004 American presidential election. … Read More
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In response to subsequent endorsements by Caroline Kennedy, Ted Kennedy and Patrick J. Kennedy for Barack Obama, Robert, Kathleen and Kerry wrote in a January 29, 2008, editorial: … Read More
2009 55 Years Old In 2009 Kennedy collaborated on an article titled, "The Energy of Bobby Kennedy, Jr." for the debut summer issue of Above magazine, an ecological magazine based in London.
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Georgii Nadson
Georgii Adamovich Nadson (June 4 [O.S. May 23] 1867 – April 15, 1939) was a Soviet biologist, "one of the pioneers of radioecology in Russia"[1] In 1930, he founded the Laboratory of Microbiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (which in 1934 was transferred from Leningrad to Moscow and later transformed into the Institute of Microbiology). He was director of the institute until 1937, when he was "falsely accused of participating in so-called anti-Soviet sabotage and terrorism and arrested"[1] The real reason for his execution was his opposition to Lysenkoism.[citation needed]
Ulvella nadsonii, a species of algae, is named for him.
- ^ a b D. I. Nikitin. Soil Microbiology at the Institute of Microbiology. Russian Academy of Sciences
- ^ "Author Query for 'Nadson'". International Plant Names Index.
I. E. Mishustina. History of Marine Microbiology in Russia (the Soviet Union) in the Second Half of the 20th Century. http://www.springerlink.com/content/g784417x816t021j/
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- Georgii Adamovich Nadson at www.cybertruffle.org.uk
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