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African-American voters are loyal, not stupid. That's really why two controversial candidates easily won re-election even though the media did its best to beat them back.
Just as some observers believe President Barack Obama's resounding victory was the result of a backlash to the backlash, the same can be said for the races involving Derrick E. Smith and U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.
Smith easily defeated third-party challenger Lance Tyson. It apparently didn't make a difference to voters that Smith was expelled from the Illinois House after he was indicted for allegedly taking a $7,000 bribe.
"Either we believe in democracy or we don't," noted Victor Henderson, the attorney representing Smith on the bribery charges.
Henderson argues that it is insulting to assume that 24,276 voters were "sleepwalking" when they chose Smith over Tyson.
"If the rule is once you are accused of a crime then you've got to go, that is one thing. But that is not the rule," he said.
Moreover, because many African Americans know someone who has had an encounter with the criminal justice system, they are much more likely to withhold judgment until the matter goes through the legal process. With respect to Smith, there is more at stake than a House seat, Henderson said.
"We either believe people are innocent until proven guilty, or we don't. Which one is it?"
Under the Illinois Constitution, Smith can't be expelled from office twice on the same charges. If convicted, however, he will be removed from his seat. But for now, Smith has the last laugh.
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. won a ninth term in office, garnering 60 percent of the vote without making one negative commercial. Jackson, who is being treated for a bipolar disorder, hasn't made a public appearance since June.
Jackson's re-election sounds absolutely absurd until you consider a story I heard on the radio while driving into work Wednesday.
Sen. Mario Gallegos of Houston won re-election on Tuesday despite his death two weeks ago. Gallegos got 71 percent of the vote compared to his Republican opponent.
Gallegos' widow, Theresa Gallegos, told supporters her husband wanted to help keep the district in the hands of a Democrat.
Gov. Rick Perry will have to call for a "special election" to fill Gallegos' seat early next year, according to the Houston Chronicle.
Besides being on a medical leave, Jackson has federal charges possibly hanging over his head. But Jackson is a Democrat and that status apparently trumped the allegations. If Jackson does decide to step down, my money is on someone in the Jackson family stepping up to take his place.
On Tuesday, I got an up-close look at why Obama doesn't hang out in Chicago too often. When you shut down any portion of Lake Shore Drive north of 31st Street, the Loop becomes one huge parking lot. Every time I was on the move, the president was on the move, which meant I wasn't going anywhere.
Obama's visit to Attack Athletics, 2641 W. Harrison, for his Election Day pickup basketball game was especially intriguing since the facility has such a storied history.
The multimillion-dollar, 60,000-square-foot complex has four NBA regulation courts and was built by Tim Grover. Grover has worked with a slew of celebrity athletes, including Michael Jordan.
But the bank foreclosed on the property, according to published reports. Now the lender has decided to give the entire facility to Chicago Hope Academy, a private school operated by Bob Muzikowski.
Muzikowski has a long history of helping inner-city youth through sports programs. Within hours of his pickup game, the president's visit to the gym was noted on "Wikipedia."
I hope the next time Obama's in town he considers shooting a few hoops at the Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center on the far South Side. I'm in awe every time I step foot through the center's doors.
The $47 million facility has an NBA-quality basketball court as well.
There won't be any celebrities about, but there will be plenty of young people who will never forget the day the president of the United States came to town.


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|I am trying to find a product that I can put on the edge of a planting area (for shrubs) that will effectively raise up the edge of the planting area, so I can plant my shrubs higher, and they will have a larger volume of dirt to put roots into.
This area faces the street, so appearances matter.
I have tried 10x8 inch pavers on their side, but they are fairly thick, and take up more of the "growable area" than I would like.
Would a few sections of 8-foot board do well?
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i am of the opinion that you should go big or just do shovel cut edges.
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|I would dig a shallow ditch around the bed and throw the topsoil up towards the middle back of the bed. Plant the bed and then fine tune lawn edge. Then fill the ditch with mulch and then mulch the rest of the bed as needed.
You've lost some width, but gained a lot in height and depth. I think, all in all, you come out with more root area this way and no sloughing of material from the raised bed to the path or lawn because they're at the same level.
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If pavers on edge take up too much horizontal area, how big is the overall planting space that will not tolerate them?
If you are considering boards, it can be assumed you planting area has a totally straight outline and 90-degree corners? Most board would rot, the plastic/wood hybrid lumber is rated for soil contact.
Any lengthy (8-foot) board material would have to be firmly staked at least every 4 feet to prevent obvious bowing over time.
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Grey's Anatomy Caption Contest LXXIVby Steve Marsi at . Comments
The Season Four premiere of Grey's Anatomy has come and gone and given way to a whole new season of Caption Contest fodder. This is the last edition of Insider's Caption Contest with an older photo for awhile.
It was a tough call, as always, with so many good entries. In the end, we chose McDreamys Lover. Something about the Feist lyrics resonated!
Congratulations to the winner and thanks to all of you, as always, for playing and for making Grey's Anatomy Insider the #1 Grey's Anatomy website online. Scroll down the page for the full list of responses we received, and good luck again this week! We appreciate your continued support!
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Callie: "One, Two, Three, Four. Tell me that you love me more. Sleepless long nights, that is what my youth was for."
George: "That's the definition of our marriage."
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George: I don´t believe in divorce.
Callie: You are a freaking bastard, you know that? First you sleep with Izzie and then you tell me that? You know what? It doesn´t matter. I´m not taking this BS from a two-timing, coward, forever-intern like you. I´m telling you now, and you better believe me, I´m divorcing your adulterous ass! Now, get out of my way!
George: ... I love you too.
Callie: Oh George, I love you. I'm so glad you finally came to your senses.
George: Actually, I was practicing for Izzie..
Callie: Well, this is awkward.
lmfao mckatie's was hilarious.
Callie vs George: The Staring Contest, Round 1.
George: Callie I already told you staring me down does not work!
Callie: Oh my gosh, George! Did you watch our Season 4, Episode 1 last night?! George: Yeah, why wouldn't I? I'm just ready for episode 2. Callie: Why are you ready for that one? George: Because I get to end our mariage and be with Izzie. Callie: SERIOUSLY! This hospital has to many relationship boats hitting rock bottom. I can't believe you... you actually want to end our mariage? George: Uh, duh. I have since... FOREVER!
George: Lexi is....amazing.
Callie: Meradith is a slut. Izzie is a whore. And Lexi is the slut's sister! I can't believe this. I'm married to a cheating man-whore.
George: Wait. What happened?
Callie: We're pregnant!!! George: I'm McScrewed!!!
Callie: I'm staring you down. Is it working? George: No, You are scaring me. (Go to your happy place...Mmmm, Izzie!)
George: Callie, why do you always look so dirty? Do you think you can like scrub yourself and look halfway presentable? I mean, you live in the basement, where do you shower?


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Middle East: Cauldron of conflictDecember 13,2012For many Americans, the Middle East is a bewildering and confusing place. Absent a better understanding of the complicated realities in the Middle East, this situation is likely to continue, since the ultimate outcomes of the Arab Spring are and will remain cloudy for a very long time.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, when the European colonial powers carved out most of the countries that exist in the Middle East today, they divided the entire region to suit their own convenience and for their own profit. In the process of doing so, they set in concrete the realities that now cause most if not all of the friction, anger and bloodshed that is part of life in todays Middle East. There are few countries there that are internally content.
Taking Iraq as an example, and recognizing that it is simply symptomatic of conditions that exist almost everywhere else in the region, we find the following very real sources of domestic conflict in that country of roughly 31 million souls:
Nationalism: Iraq is 75-80 percent Arabs; 15-20 percent Kurds; and 5 percent Turkmen, Assyrian, or others. In this context, it is important to realize that with a total population of about 30 million spread throughout the Middle East, Kurds comprise the largest national group in the world without a country of their own.
Sectarianism: Ninety-seven percent Muslim, Iraq is 60-65 percent Shia Muslims and 32-37 percent Sunni Muslims, with a smattering of others. Again, it is important to understand that although they are the majority and now in charge in Iraq, the Shia before the 2003 U.S. invasion were often brutally ruled by Saddam Husseins Sunni iron fist.
Tribalism: Tribes have long played a critical role in Iraq. The Albu Nasir tribal group, of which Saddams Tikrit tribe was a member, is one of many tribal groups that played extremely important roles in pre-Arab Spring Iraq and will continue to do so in the future as individual tribal groupings within Albu Nasir contest for power and influence. In addition to Albu Nasir, there are at least 150 tribes in existence in Iraq, each advocating for the well-being of its members.
But those realities aside, who are we to say that our democracy should override what we think of as the shortcomings of the Quran in which they so devoutly believe?
All of the countries in the Middle East are affected to one degree or another by these three realities of tribe, sect and nation. These have led both foreign and native governors of the inherently fractious Middle East to maintain order by repressing those conflicts with iron-fisted rule. During the post-World War II period, American policy, dictated largely by the perceived demands of the Cold War, has been to support those repressive regimes, opting for stability in favor of the rights of the governed.
In this respect, one has to wonder why a succession of American administrations has insisted that we are there bringing democracy to the Middle East. What could be more laughable? Of course, the real reason for such pronouncements by Democrats and Republicans alike is that they are trying to reassure an ill-informed American public that the fruits of our American exceptionalism democracy will somehow make the world right again.
Where it is possible in the very long run, at least many decades from now, that some or all of these countries may somehow evolve into democratic rule, it seems unlikely. With millions of people who are unfamiliar with democracy and who possess few if any of the necessary preconditions for the establishment of democracy (pluralism, the general right to vote, fair elections, the rule of law, guaranteed human rights for all, separation of powers, freedom of speech, press and religion, good governance and the absence of corruption), it seems unlikely that democracy will find fertile ground there.
Instead, we might hope for self-determination that the people get to select the kind of governance they want. We will not see democracy flourish. We will see halting and imperfect steps taken by some good people who seek power for their people and some bad people who seek it for themselves or their causes. It is likely to be painful and often violent and perhaps brutal, but it will be their own.
Given our recent activities and policies, we have little credibility in the Middle East. We cannot hope successfully to impose any sort of system on them.
We can only hope to polish up our own rather tarnished shining city to the point where others might want to emulate it.
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Jakarta, Indonesia--A police officer has lost an arm and three others have
been injured after a bomb meant for a high-ranking member of President
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's party exploded at an office in East Jakarta.
The bomb, which detonated about 4.10pm local time (8.10pm AEDT) on Tuesday,
was in a package addressed to Ulil Abshar Abdalla, a moderate Muslim scholar
and the founder of the group, Jaringan Islam Liberal (Liberal Islam
Jakarta police chief Sutarman said the explosion occurred before the bomb
squad arrived when another officer already on the scene attempted to open
the package.
The officer, identified as Dodi Rahmawan, lost his arm when the device
exploded and remains in a critical condition in the Cipto Mangunkusumo
Two other police officers and a security guard were also injured in the
blast and were also taken to hospital.
Graphic footage aired on Indonesian television shows the moment Rahmawan
lost his arm when the device exploded. He can be seen hosing down the
package and attempting to open it before the blast.
Sutarman said it was unclear why Rahmawan had attempted to open the package,
but added that he may of thought it had been disarmed.
His condition meant he was not able to be questioned.
"Maybe there was communication (between him) and the bomb squad, then he
tried to use water hose," Sutarman said.
"He might think that it's already inactive, but then when he tried to open
it, it blew up. He lost his one arm, and definitely we still cannot question
The package containing the bomb was wrapped in brown paper, and also
contained a book and a letter addressed to Abdalla.
However, it appears the person, or persons, that sent the bomb was off
The building houses the offices of the Institute for Studies on Free Flow of
Information (ISAI), a group which Abdalla has not worked with for some
The Muslim scholar founded Jaringan Islam Liberal while with ISAI, as part
of efforts to counter the growing influence and activism of militant and
radical Islam in Indonesia.
It describes itself as "a community which is studying and bringing forth a
discourse on Islamic vision that is tolerant, open and supportive for the
strengthening of Indonesian democratization".
Abdalla is also a key member of Indonesia's Democrat Party, which he joined
after President Yudhoyono won his second term in office in 2009.
The incident on Tuesday comes as Dr Yudhoyono remains under pressure to do
more to curb a spike in religious violence in Indonesia including attacks on
members of Ahmadiyah, a minority Muslim sect.
The president has made statements recently condemning attacks against
Ahmadis after three were killed during a violent rampage involving 1500
people in Cikeusik, in west Java's Banten province, last month.
But he has also been criticized by human rights groups after he defended a
2008 decree banning members of Ahmadiyah from spreading their faith.
Book BombFourth Mail-Bomb Attempt Foiled In Indonesian Capital
Jakarta, Indonesia--A mail bomb has been sent to a well-known Indonesian
singer - the fourth such incident in less than a week.
Like the previous packages, it contained an explosive device hidden in a
hollowed-out book.
The bomb was defused without anyone getting injured.
There is, however, mounting concern over the number of these attacks, which
have all targeted people known to espouse religious tolerance.
Indonesia has the largest population of Muslims in the world, but it is a
secular country and there is an increasing divide between hardline Islamic
groups and those with more moderate views.
The first book bomb was addressed to Ulil Abshar Abdalla, a prominent
politician known for his liberal opinions.
Later that day, a former counter-terrorism chief received a similar package.
So did the chairman of a youth organization seen as a rival to Islamic
fundamentalist groups.
The latest recipient, Ahmad Dhani, is a musician who has been openly
critical of hardline Muslims in the lyrics of his songs.
No one has admitted sending the packages, but the head of Indonesia's
anti-terrorism agency, Ansyaad Mbai, said the mail bombs were probably sent
by one of several militant groups that have been active in the country in
recent years.
"Old forces are behind this," he told the BBC.
The country has been notably targeted by the South East Asian group Jemaah
Islamiah, which has links to Al-Qaeda.
It has been accused of a string of attacks, the largest being the Bali
bombings of 2002, which killed more than 200 people, many of whom were
foreign tourists.
In a televised address, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono urged the police
and military to not "give anyone the opportunity to rip apart the security
But tensions are increasing between hardline Muslims and other sectors of
Indonesian society.
Last month an angry group of hardliners burned two Christian churches, to
protest against a court judgment against a Christian which they deemed far
too lenient.
Another mob attacked members of a small Islamic sect called the Ahmadiyah,
killing three people.
Hardliners are putting pressure on the government to ban the Ahmadiyah
completely, saying that because the Ahmadis' faith deviates from the tenets
of Islam, they are violating the country's laws against blasphemy.
The national government has so far not granted this request, but several
local authorities have issued decrees limiting the Ahmadis' activities and
encouraging them to convert to mainstream Islam.
Indonesia is known for its religious tolerance and pluralism, but
increasingly this reputation is under threat.
University of North Alabama Staff Member Charged For Sending Threatening
FLORENCE, AL - - UNA Police arrested 56-year-old Mary Lee Hudson of
Tuscumbia Monday afternoon in the case of a threatening letter containing a
suspicious substance received on the fifth floor of Stevens Hall last
Hudson was charged with making terrorists threats and booked on $5,000 bond.
The fifth floor of Stevens Hall houses administrative offices for the UNA
College of Education, where Hudson had served on the staff from 2003 to
2010. She has been on staff at UNA since 1997.
According to the university's website, Hudson is Senior Administrative
Assistant in the Student Financial Services department.
The letter, addressed to a UNA faculty member, quickly prompted an
evacuation of Stevens Hall last Thursday afternoon. The building's
ventilation system was also shut down, while the building was decontaminated
by Colbert County Hazmat before reopening Friday morning.
Three staff members coming in contact with the letter were also held for
decontamination Thursday. They were released later that afternoon.
UNA Police have worked on the case in cooperation with Colbert County
HazMat, the Florence Police Department, the Florence Fire Department, the
FBI, the county EMA, the Department of Homeland Security and the Alabama
Department of Public Health.
Following the criminal investigation, the case was turned over to the
Lauderdale County District Attorney and the United State Postal Inspector.
Current charges are from the Lauderdale County District Attorney.
Hudson claims that the letter was a joke, but the UNA police chief says that
their investigation does not support that. The letter was delivered to
someone who had only worked on the campus for two days and never came in
contact with Hudson.
Bomb Threat Letter Causes City Hall Evacuation In Carlsbad, New Mexico
CARLSBAD, N.M. -- The Carlsbad City Hall was evacuated on Monday morning
after someone sent a letter that stated a bomb would explode inside the
building, police said.
Police and fire crews searched the building but did not find any bombs.
The note was addressed to City Administrator Harry Burgess. According to
police, the note revealed that a bomb would detonate in the building on
either Monday or Tuesday.
Carlsbad police said they will continue to monitor the building over the
coming days to ensure the safety of its employees.
Inmate in Maine Admits Writing Letter Threatening To Kill Governor
DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine - A Bangor man admitted his guilt Monday in
Dover-Foxcroft District Court to penning a letter that included mortal
threats to Gov. Paul LePage.
Leroy Dunn, 29, who is a Penobscot County inmate being boarded at the
Piscataquis County Jail, pleaded guilty to terrorizing in connection with a
letter he wrote that described how he planned to kill the governor.
Dunn will be sentenced on the terrorizing charge at the same time he is
sentenced on an aggravated drug-trafficking charge in Penobscot County. That
court date is currently unknown.
Dunn had asked that a sentence be meted out on Monday, but Piscataquis
County District Attorney R. Christopher Almy told Judge Kevin Stitham that
he discussed the case with the governor's security detail and had advised it
that the case would be transferred to the Penobscot Judicial Center in
Almy said Dunn has a prior criminal history that includes carrying a
concealed weapon and negotiating a worthless instrument, as well as theft
and criminal mischief.
Dunn wrote the letter to LePage on white-lined paper and then folded it up
and pushed it under his cell door into the jail hallway on Jan. 29,
according to Investigator Guy Dow of the Piscataquis County Sheriff's
Dow said inmates who want to send a letter typically enclose them in
envelopes and slip them under their cell doors for the guards to mail.
Dave Harmon, the jail's administrator, said last month that Dunn's letter
was read because it was not in an envelope. Jail officials cannot censor an
inmate's mail, he said. Stamps are placed on the letters and notations are
made that the letters come from a correctional facility. Harmon said that if
inmates are indigent the county provides stamps for three letters a week.
Others pay for their own stamps.
The letter from Dunn's cell, which was signed by him, graphically detailed
how he planned to kill the governor and said he hated him, according to Dow.
It is unknown if Dunn has ever met LePage.
LePage spokesman Dan Demeritt confirmed last month that the governor had
been notified about a threatening letter. Demeritt declined to comment on
Dunn's case.
Chemist Sentenced For Cyanide Possession, Could Face More Legal Troubles for
Sending Letter and Powder to Judge
Kansas City, MO--A federal judge on Monday sentenced a chemist convicted
last year of possessing a chemical weapon to 97 months in federal prison.
But Hessam S. Ghane, 61, could be facing even more legal headaches.
Authorities revealed Monday that Ghane is suspected of sending a letter
laced with a harmless white powder from his jail cell in Leavenworth to the
judge in his case.
A federal jury convicted Ghane in December of possessing 177 grams of
potassium cyanide at his Independence apartment in February 2003.
Ghane testified that he kept the deadly chemical under his sink to use for
suicide if his depression became too unbearable. Prosecutors, however,
believed that he planned to use the cyanide in a scheme to kill federal
employees, possibly even a judge who had dismissed some civil lawsuits that
Ghane had filed years earlier.
Because that plot may have involved a federal judge in Missouri, Chief Judge
Kathryn H. Vratil of the Kansas federal district heard Ghane's case. Issues
about Ghane's mental competency delayed his trial for years.
But investigators now are wondering if Vratil may have become one of Ghane's
targets. A note in the envelope labeled the white powder she received as
Investigators lifted DNA and a palm print off the envelope.
Ghane has denied sending the letter.
On Monday, Vratil asked Ghane's lawyers if they were comfortable having her
remain on his case.
"I do not feel threatened and I do not have any bias against Dr. Ghane
because of this," Vratil said. "If he did send it, I assume it was a
misguided attempt to have his case dismissed or have me recused from this
Ghane said he was prepared for sentencing.
Two FedEx Employees Receive Medical Care After Hazmat Incident in
Medford, MA--Two FedEx employees in Medford received medical care last night
after inhaling suspicious materials from a package they were transporting,
according to Medford fire officials.
The 911 call came in about 8 p.m. from a passerby who noticed a FedEx
delivery driver on the ground at Meadow Glenn Mall on Mystic Valley Parkway,
Deputy Fire Chief Martin Cunniff said.
Cunniff said the driver had opened the door of his truck to retrieve a
package when he was overcome by fumes from another package. He was taken to
Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Medford.
Minutes later, another FedEx employee called 911 and reported feeling ill.
Cunniff said that employee, who worked at the FedEx store at Station
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received oxygen but was not taken to the hospital.
A hazardous materials team was called in to investigate the incident. The
team isolated and removed the package, Cunniff said. The contents of the
package remain under investigation.
No other injuries related to this incident were reported.
Workers at IRS Facility Isolated After Discovery of Powder in Suspicious
Holtsville, NY--About 60 workers at a multipurpose Internal Revenue Service
facility in Holtsville were isolated for about two hours Tuesday after an
envelope containing a white powder -- later determined to be baking soda --
was discovered in a mailroom, officials said.
Dianne Besunder, a spokeswoman for the IRS, said 55 employees and three
managers were isolated after the envelope was discovered, sometime before 9
The New York Joint Task Force on Terrorism, which includes Suffolk County
police and its hazardous materials team, responded, and preliminary tests
indicated the powder was baking soda, Besunder said.
James Margolin, an FBI agent and a task force spokesman, said the incident
was being investigated. Neither Besunder nor Margolin had any more details
on the envelope or how it was found.
Margolin said workers exposed to the envelope displayed "no known symptoms."
There were no injuries, Besunder said.
Besunder said about 3,000 employees work at the IRS facility at 1040 Waverly
Ave. The building was not evacuated, she said, but the workers who came in
contact with the envelope were isolated for about two hours before being
sent back to work at about 11 a.m.
Ex-Newspaper Driver Convicted Of Terrorism Hoax After Mailing Boss Envelope
With White Powder
NEWARK, NJ - A former Star-Ledger truck driver was convicted Friday of
committing a terrorism hoax, after he mailed his newspaper supervisor an
envelope containing white powder that he hoped would be mistaken for anthrax
or cocaine, federal authorities said. Testing later showed the substance was
actually a protein powder.
Paul D. Meyer, 54, had been a commercial driver at the paper for 15 years,
when in February 2010 he mailed the powder to his supervisor, after the
supervisor had asked him to send in time-logs showing his hours for January
and February 2010, said authorities, who cited testimony from this week's
four-day trial in Newark federal court.
According to prosecutor Edward J. McAndrew, Meyer testified in his own
defense, saying he mailed the white powder "as a joke, and that he didn't
appreciate the consequences of the response - he didn't appreciate that
hazmat teams would be called."
McAndrew also said Meyer, of Chester, N.Y., testified that "he was involved
in a dispute with some of his bosses at The Star-Ledger and he was
retaliating - but he meant it as a joke." In the fall of 2009, Meyer was
temporarily suspended for "job-performance reasons," federal authorities
McAndrew also said that Meyer - who faces up to five years in prison for the
crime - testified that he had never heard of the well-known terrorist
anthrax mailings that happened in the U.S. after 9/11.
In his closing argument, McAndrew said he questioned how someone living in
the New York metropolitan area after 9/11 could not have been aware that
anthrax mailings had killed people.
According to federal authorities, Star-Ledger circulation director Dennis
Carletta got a voice mail from Meyer the day before the powder arrived,
saying "it was time to retaliate against Anthony Paglia."
McAndrew said when Meyer's envelope made it to Paglia's desk, he opened it.
Then, McAndrew said - recounting Paglia's testimony - panic ensued.
"Paglia testified that upon opening it and the powder spilling out onto him
and the desk, he immediately thought it was a poison and a toxin," McAndrew
"And he thought he was going to die. And that he thought about his family
members and his coworkers. And then he just remembers going numb."
McAndrew cited testimony from a former postal inspector who noted that New
Jersey has seen a rash of some 200 terrorism hoaxes using powder-mailings in
the last three years. He said each incident must be taken seriously and
causes a large and costly hazmat and law enforcement response.
"Terrorism hoax is such a serious offense," he said. "It terrorizes the
victim and it also causes panic in the general community, and it diverts law
enforcement resources away from other terrorism threats in the community."
In 2004, in the wake of 9/11, deadly anthrax mailings and hoax powder
mailings, Congress passed the Stop Terrorist and Military Hoaxes Act of
2004. Meyer was convicted under it.
McAndrew added that during the trial, a former U.S. postal inspector
testified "about the amount of powder," explaining that "it was not to the
layperson something that would have looked like a lot of powder -- but the
inspector testified that if the powder had contained anthrax, it would have
been enough to take out the city of Newark."
A call to Meyer's attorney was not returned. Meyer's sentencing is slated
for June 20.
UK Businessman Made Money By Selling Terrorists' Bomb-Making Manual
England--Terence Brown, 47, compiled CDs with instructions on how to make
electronic detonators, homemade poisons, and tips on assassination missions.
The discs included tens of thousands of pages of information with topics
including "how to make a letter bomb" and "how to enter countries
One section had a instruction on how to make a thermite bomb with the
introduction: "Thermite is nasty s**t."
The discs used the title of the Anarchist Cookbook, originally published in
America in the 1970s, but Brown collated extra content, put it onto CDs and
marketed it on a website, Winchester Crown Court heard.
He set up a website called http://www.anarchist-cookbook.com, which has
since been shut down, where buyers could send cash or use a credit card to
pay for the discs.
The CDs claimed they were "for educational use only" and a statement added:
"Do not attempt any activities contained in these CD-Roms. Many are illegal
and dangerous."
Under the terms and conditions, the website said that anyone who was a
member of a terrorist organisation should not order the discs.
But Brown made no checks on who was buying the discs, accepted cash and
would destroy the order to safeguard buyers' anonymity, the court was told.
He claimed he was only interested in making money, that the information was
freely available on the internet and that he had no sympathy with
But he sold several thousand of the CD-Roms across the world in yearly
editions between 2003 and 2008 for $35 (-L-24) each, later producing a
double-CD limited edition set.
Parmjit Cheema, prosecuting, told the jury that Brown made money by
producing and selling computer discs from his home in Portsmouth, Hampshire
that went all over the world.
She added: "The discs he painstakingly produced and sold contained a vast
collection of material downloaded from the internet, of which substantial
parts could be of practical use to anyone planning or committing a terrorist
Miss Cheema said that the discs were being sold against the background of
the September 11 attacks of 2001, the Bali bombings in 2002, the Madrid
train bombs in 2004 and the July 7 bombings in 2005.
"He was putting out his product in that environment for anyone to buy," the
barrister said.
Brown was convicted of seven counts of collecting information that could
have been used to prepare or commit acts of terrorism, two counts of selling
and distributing the information and a further count under the Proceeds of
Crime Act.
He closed his eyes as the first guilty verdict was delivered by the foreman
after less than four hours of deliberations.
The court heard that Brown had previously served a jail term for
counterfeiting software.
Mr Justice Blair adjourned the case for sentencing but warned Brown that a
custodial sentence "of some length" was inevitable.
The court heard that Brown had previously served a jail term for
counterfeiting software.
Moira Macmillan, lawyer for the Crown Prosecution Service's
counter-terrorism division, said Brown had made money by producing and
selling CD-Roms which contained details of "step-by-step instructions that
could be used by anyone planning or committing a terrorist attack."
Florida Inmate Says He Sent Anthrax Threat Letter To The Judge For His Own
Safety; Admits He Went About it in Wrong Way
Jacksonville, FL--An inmate at the Putnam Country jail in Jacksonville,
Florida, recently told a court he sent a judge an envelope containing a
white powder because he sought to save himself by receiving a federal
Benjamin David Gore of Palatka, Florida, was sentenced to three years and
one month at a federal prison for sending a judge an envelope filled with
crushed aspirin and a letter with the misspelled word "antrax" on it,
according to Jacksonville.com.
Gore attempted to explain himself to U.S. District Judge Anne C. Conway. He
said that while in jail on other charges he began to talk to federal
authorities. Other inmates, in response, began to refer to him as a snitch.
Gore told Conway that he had begun to fear for his life and thought his best
way out of the situation might be to receive a federal indictment.
"I would never hurt nobody," Gore said, according to Jacksonville.com. "I
went about it the wrong way and I apologize."
In February 2009, Gore sent the letter, which was addressed to 7th Circuit
Judge Edward E. Hedstrom's chambers. It never made it out of the jail.
Authorities quickly intercepted it, Jacksonville.com reports.
In Gore's jail cell, corrections officers found hand-written directions on
how to build pipe bombs, other letters threatening to blow up the federal
courthouse and kill Hedstrom and a hand-drawn map of the judicial parking
lot at the Putnam County Courthouse.
Last December, Gore pleaded guilty to a single count of false information
and hoaxes, according to Jacksonville.com. Judge Conway stressed that the
sentence was at the highest range possible through the guidelines. The
sentence also includes mental health treatment and two years of supervised
British Columbia Man Charged After Razor Blade Sent To Jail Warden
Victoria, BC--A Saanich man has been charged after a razor blade was
concealed in a letter sent to the warden at the Vancouver Island Regional
Correctional Centre.
Thomas Andrew Sandy Taylor is also charged with two other counts involving
razor blades, with attempted assault against VIRCC's deputy warden and
carrying a razor as a concealed weapon.
The charges relate to incidents on Jan. 28 and Feb. 15.
Taylor, 54, is currently incarcerated at VIRCC on other matters.
Greek Police Arrest Letter Bomb Terror Suspects
ATHENS, Greece -- Greek police said today they had arrested three leading
members of a homegrown terror group responsible for a spree of attacks last
year, including a mail bomb campaign that spilled into neighboring European
The three suspects -- all men between the ages of 24 and 32 -- had been
wanted for almost a year, since a crackdown on the Conspiracy of the Cells
of Fire, a mob of militant anti-capitalists who have evaded police since
Police say Christos Tsakalos, left, Giorgos Nikolopoulos and Bolano Ntamiano
are leading members of Greek terror group Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire.
The suspects were arrested in a predawn dragnet launched in Volos, Greece,
before swooping 200 miles (326 kilometers) south to Athens. In all, six
terror suspects -- five men and a 27-year-old woman -- were arrested in a
rash of raids that turned up a stash of weapons, ammunition, and even wigs
and police uniforms.
Authorities said "hit notes" were also found in the Volos safe house where
Giorgos Nikolopoulos, 25, Bolano Ntamiano, 24, and Christos Tsakalos, 32,
were believed to be preparing a bank heist to fund the operation of their
group, commonly known by its Greek acronym, SPF.
"We're convinced that these guys played a leading role in the group," police
spokesman Athanassios Kokkalakis told AOL News. "We're waiting for the
ballistic tests on the guns found at the 11 safe houses to determine the
role of the rest [of the suspects]."
Kokkalakis did not elaborate but added that a second woman detained in
today's dragnet was released for lack of incriminating evidence.
All of the suspects are due to appear before a state prosecutor on Tuesday.
Since bursting onto Greece's turbulent political scene in 2008, SPF has been
linked to about 200 bomb attacks, one of which resulted in the death of a
bystander in March 2009.
SPF went silent for months after that but made a stunning comeback in
November when it was linked to a barrage of parcel bombs against diplomatic
missions in Greece and three European leaders.
Most of the 14 bombs were detected and destroyed, but one managed to reach
the mail room of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, inspiring Italy's Informal
Anarchist Federation, or FAI, to pursue a copycat campaign weeks later.
One of the bombers who was caught is the younger sibling of Tsakalos, who
was arrested today.
Earlier this year, 13 suspects linked to the group went on trial charged
with terrorism counts related to a series of attacks on Greek politicians,
none of which caused fatalities or serious injuries.
The trial, expected to run for months, is seen as a critical stage in
Greece's anti-terrorism efforts. If convicted, they may face up to life
Left-wing terror and anarchy riddled much of Europe in the 1970s and 1980s.
But as political violence fizzled in the later decades, it continued to
simmer in Greece, gaining fresh appeal -- and new recruits -- after violent
student protests resulting from the killing of a teenage boy in 2008 by the
Police Investigate Threat Letter At Idaho Courthouse
POCATELLO, Idaho -- Update: A suspicious substance found in the letter was
delivered to a state lab for testing on Thursday morning, Idaho State Police
Lt. Jon Ganske said.
Preliminary results are expected on Thursday afternoon, but full testing
takes about 24 hours.
Hazmat teams at the courthouse on Wednesday did an initial, preliminary test
for radioactive contaminants which tested negative.
Ganske said ISP has a few leads they are following at this point.
Original Story:
Police in Pocatello are investigating a suspicious note taped to the wall
inside the Bannock County Courthouse, Sheriff Lorin Nielson said.
The envelope, taped next to the auditor's office, said something to the
effect of "if you open this, you're dead," Nielson said.
The threat was made against Judge Gaylen L. Box, the sheriff said.
Idaho State Police, the Pocatello police and fire departments and a
sheriff's deputy are at the courthouse.
David Gates with the Pocatello Fire Department said the building has been
evacuated and the only people in the courthouse now are the hazmat team. To
his knowledge, the only person exposed to any hazardous material was a
Bannock County sheriff. If the team finds that the envelope does contain
hazardous material, others who may have been exposed will be screened, Gates
Pocatello Police Department Community Services Specialist Kim Ellis said
that the envelope has been secured and is being sent to the state labs for
evaluation. He said the department is already following up on some promising
Georgia Trucking Company Receives Letter With Suspicious Powder
GAINESVILLE, GA - A Gainesville business was evacuated Thursday morning
after a letter was delivered containing a suspicious powder.
Hall County Sheriff's Col. Jeff Strickland said units responded to Arrow
Trucking on Industrial Boulevard around 10 a.m. and secured the letter in
biohazard bags and decontaminated the area.
"The sheriff's office requested assistance from the Atlanta FBI," Strickland
said. "Agents from the Joint Terrorism Task Force, along with a postal
inspector, responded to the scene."
Strickland said the powder substance was tested and was determined not to be
"We do know what the substance is, but at this time we're not releasing it,
but it is a non-dangerous, food-type substance," he said.
Strickland said so far, there are no suspects in the case.
Missouri Man Charged In Mail Threat
EAST ST. LOUIS, MO - A Livingston man has been indicted in a case accusing
him of mailing an envelope with granular powder to a family in his hometown.
Gary James Smith, 67, of Livingston, was indicted by a federal grand jury
sitting in East St. Louis. The indictment charges him with mailing a
threatening communication and making a false threat, U.S. Attorney Stephen
R. Wigginton said.
The alleged violations took place June 19. Smith was arraigned last Friday.
According to the court documents, Smith mailed an envelope to a family in
his town said to contain a white granular substance.
The threat came from phrases on a letter in the same envelope, stating,
"Your hands are on fire," "You have a decease (sic)" and "Go to the hospital
The indictment does not state a motive for the alleged threat, nor does it
identify any connection Smith had to the family.
Trial has been set for May 10 in U.S. District Court in East St. Louis.
If convicted of mailing a threatening communication, Smith faces a term of
imprisonment of up to 10 years, a $250,000 fine and a term of supervised
release of three years.
If convicted of making a false threat, Smith faces a term of imprisonment of
up to five years, a $250,000 fine and a term of supervised release of three
Wigginton said the case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, the United States Postal Inspector and the Illinois State
Suspicious Device Pulled From Federal Building in Detroit Contained
Detroit, MI--What was initially referred to as a 'bomb scare' at the
McNamara Federal Building Friday turned out not to be a scare at all, but an
actual explosive device that could have maimed or killed anyone who tried to
open it, according to an FBI spokeswoman.
A metal box was discovered in a nylon bag inside the federal building Friday
morning. Federal security officers X-rayed the box and concluded that its
contents were suspicious.
According to DPD spokeswoman Sgt Eren Stephens, the feds called for the DPD
Bomb Squad's assistance at about 9:45 AM Friday. In the meantime, the
security officers removed the metal box and bag from the building, placing
it inside a dumpster between two concrete barriers at 1st and Howard. Three
adjacent streets were closed off temporarily, though the federal building
itself stayed open,
Things returned to normal at the facility after the DPD Bomb Squad removed
the bag and its contents. The bomb squad took the package to Belle Isle and
detonated it with an explosive charge, which is standard protocol for
suspicious packages found in the city. Afterward, Stephens said: "Exactly
what was in it, I don't know. [The Bomb Squad] just blew it up to be on the
safe side."
The FBI then obtained access to the debris from the box and studied it.
While FBI special agent Sandra Berchtold stopped short of calling the device
a bomb, she said "explosive components were found" that could have placed
anyone trying to open the box in mortal danger.
The remains of the box may be sent on to the FBI lab at Quantico, Va, or to
a Michigan State Police forensics lab, for further analysis.
Circuit Court in Norfolk, VA Evacuated Over Suspicious Powder
NORFOLK, VA--Norfolk Circuit Court was evacuated this afternoon for about an
hour after a clerk found a suspicious white powder in an envelope sent to
the court.
Emergency officials arrived and evacuated the courthouse around 3:15 p.m.
after a clerk opened a letter from a prisoner at Hampton Roads regional jail
and discovered white powder, said Circuit Court Clerk George Schaefer. The
clerk's office re-opened around 4:30 p.m.
A hazardous materials team has shut down the building's air conditioning
system and investigated the powder but found nothing dangerous, said chief
deputy clerk Tom Larson. The material was cleaned up and a sample will be
sent to Richmond for analysis, he said.
No one has been reported ill, Larson said. The chief judge has cancelled
afternoon court hearings, he said.
The court acted cautiously, in case the powder was hazardous. "Better safe
than sorry," Schaefer said.
Federal Court Clerk's Office Receives White Powder In Mail
NEWPORT NEWS, VA-- The federal court clerk's office in Newport News received
mail containing an unidentified white powder Monday.
The mail arrived shortly before noon, and the building was closed down while
the city's hazmat team, postal inspector's office and the FBI responded,
according to John Hackman of the U.S. Marshal's office.
Hackman said a preliminary test of the powder found it to be not harmful and
the authorities reopened the building at 3:00 p.m.
Hackman says authorities have found the person who mailed the substance, but
no charges are pending.
The powder is at the state lab for further testing. Results should be
available Tuesday morning as authorities continue their investigation.
Police Clear Suspicious Packages At Mississippi Post Office
JACKSON, MS - Jackson Police cleared the four suspicious packages late
Wednesday night as a possible bomb at the Medgar Wiley Evers Post Office in
Downtown Jackson.
The four packages were considered suspicious Wednesday because they were
unmarked and upon scanning wires were discovered.
Jackson Police Officer Colendula Green said late Wednesday night the boxes
were breeched and no explosives were found in the four boxes.
Officer Green said the postal inspector was alarmed because the four boxes
were unmarked and sitting outside the postal boxes.
The postal inspector then took one inside and x-rayed it and he saw wires in
the box.
This is the third time unmarked boxes have been investigated in about a
month in the Capital City.
Suspicious Package Puts Postal Marines On Full Alert
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan - What seemed like an average day at
the northside Post Office turned out to be quite eventful here March 1
during exercise Active Shield 2011.
Postal Marines, unaware of the simulated exercise, went through their daily
routine before the Post Office had even opened.
They sorted and distributed mail until Lance Cpl. Krystal Baird, an
augmented postal clerk for Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, noticed
something out of the ordinary.
With fear-filled eyes and shaking hands, Baird showed her co-worker a
greasestained, ticking package with no return address.
Carefully examining the parcel and saying, "Whoever sent this does not want
it back," Lance Cpl. Dominique L. Butts, a postal clerk for Headquarters and
Headquarters Squadron, made the final decision to call the suspicious
package into the Provost Marshal's Office.
"We need to evacuate the building," said Baird. "Everyone needs to get out!"
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Isaias G. Rodriguez, the postal officer in charge,
handed Butts a piece of paper with a phone number to call.
Butts let out a sigh of relief when he was instructed to repeat the words,
"exercise, exercise, exercise," over the phone.
It wasn't an actual bomb, but Post Office personnel continued to treat the
incident as such by evacuating the building and getting as far away from the
site as possible while waiting for PMO and explosive ordnance disposal
Marines to arrive.
PMO and auxiliary security force Marines set up a 360 degree cordon of the
area, cleared out all buildings within the 360 perimeter and set up medical
and firefighting personnel at the edge of the cordon.
While EOD set up their equipment, the Criminal Investigation Division
questioned Rodriguez, trying to find out as much information about the
suspicious package as they possibly could.
Describing the package in as much detail as he could, he told them the size,
weight and what the package looked like.
Over the span of approximately two hours, EOD sent in their robots to
examine the package.
EOD then retrieved the package, neutralized and destroyed the bomb.
"I'm really proud of my Marines," said Rodriguez. "They had no idea what was
going on and they noticed it right away. I think it's great Baird was the
one to find it, especially because she's not even originally a postal Marine
and she hasn't had the same training we have."
Even though it was a simulated incident, it gave some of the Marines a
reality check.
"It was kind of scary," said Baird. "I had no idea that it wasn't really a
bomb, and there was no way I was staying in that building."
Not only did this scenario provide good training to postal Marines, but also
to all other supporting sections, including PMO, EOD, the station Fire
Department, BHC and CID.
Bethesda Postal Workers Released From Hospital After Powder Deemed Harmless
KBethesda, MD--All employees that came into contact with a black powdery
substance at a Bethesda post office Saturday morning were released from the
hospital later that day, a U.S. Postal Service inspector said.
The suspicious powder found on letters at a Bethesda post office Saturday
morning did not contain any hazardous material, and was likely the powder
that sometimes falls off of belts and equipment at the postal service's
processing plants, said U.S. Postal Inspector Frank Schissler.
At around 10:30 a.m., Montgomery County Fire and Rescue crews were sent to a
report of an unconfirmed powder and persons exhibiting signs of illness at
the Westlake Post Office, at 10421 Motor City Drive, said Assistant Chief
Scott Graham.
Four employees - three women and one man - had signs of irritation to the
skin. After being decontaminated at the post office, they were taken to a
hospital for treatment, Graham said. Skin irritation was the only reported
Hazardous material teams evaluated the post office, employees and equipment,
according to fire officials.
Customers of the post office were not exposed to the powder, Graham said.
The powder was discovered in an employees-only area of the post office,
Graham said. There were no signs of the substance inside any packages or
This was the first incident of suspicious powder at the Westlake Post
Office, Schissler said.
Russian Bomb Squad Called In To Defuse Sex Toy at Post Office
Anti-terrorist bomb squad experts were called to a post office in the
northwest of Russia to make safe a package from which a strange ticking
sound was coming, local police said Monday. They found a vibrator.
The incident took place at Petrozavodsk in the republic of Karelia and
followed a call from a postal worker who had identified a suspect package, a
police spokeswoman told AFP by phone.
"The post building was ringed by the security forces and people were
evacuated," she said. "In the package the bomb squad found a vibrator."
The sex toy had apparently been turned on "by accident".
Nerves are on edge in Russia after an attack in January on the Domodedovo
airport near Moscow left 37 dead. Two suicide bombers killed 40 in March
2010 in the Moscow metro. False bomb scares and evacuations have since
affected commercial centers, stations and other public places.
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* Royal Mail Apologizes Over Theft of 14,000 Pieces of Mail
* Another Bomb Found in Indonesia--Might Be Linked to Mailed Explosives
* Mail Bomb Fear Spreads In Indonesia
* Former West Java Top Cop's Daughter Received Bomb Mail
* In a City on Edge, Jakarta Bomb Squad Kept Busy Responding to Suspicious
* Louisiana Churches Get Pornographic Mail
* Indonesian Radio Station Receives Its Second Mail Bomb
* Anthrax in 2001 Letters Was Traced to Maryland by Genetic Mutations
* Accused Terrorist Claims Antiterrorism Squad Responsible for Indonesia
Mail Bombs
* Biohazard Drill at Greenbay Post Office Gets Area Agencies in Sync
* U of Minnesota Building Briefly Closes Due To A Suspicious Package
* Expert Slams Belief That Bioweapons Hard To Obtain
* UPS Shipping Error Causes Anthrax Fears in Massachusetts
* Suspicious package forces evacuation 20/20 Eyecare Centers in Alabama
* Massachusetts Book Distributor Evacuated After White Powder Found In
* Scientific Procedures in Anthrax Probe Detailed
* Police Investigating Contraband Being Mailed to Jail Find Bomb Materials
and Arrest Indiana Man
* Judge in Wyoming Orders Release Of Woman Once Accused of Threat Letters
To Congresswoman
* Suspicious Powder Investigated At Florida Power & Light Headquarters In
Juno Beach
* UK Football Coach Neil Lennon Placed Under 24-Hour Guard After Sickos
Target Him In 'Nail Bomb' Terror
* White Powder Found At ABC NY Office Is Instant Soup
* Malta Court Suspends Postman's 'Anthrax' Letter-Related Sentence
* White Powder Shuts Cop Station in Australia
* Suspicious Package Found At Florida Synagogue
* AQAP Called Greater Threat Than Bin Laden
* Hazmat Teams Investigate Mailing In Schenectady
* Al-Qaeda Calls For New Attacks On West
* DC Area Postal Worker Convicted of Destroying Mail
* Office Complex in New Mexico Evacuated Due To Ticking Package
* New Review Of Anthrax Case Discussed By Review Committee Vice Chair,
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Opinion articles on immigration issues and the local and federal attempts to address them.
Torture, Race, Marijuana and 12 Other Big Issues of 2014
Here's how The Times's editorial board reacted to the year's biggest news events as they unfolded.
December 28, 2014, Sunday
Op-Ed Contributor
Bilingual Nationhood, Canadian-Style
America should look north for help with its immigration debate.
December 26, 2014, Friday
Op-Ed | Timothy Egan
Obama Unbound
The president is acting like a man who's been given the political equivalent of a testosterone boost.
December 20, 2014, Saturday
Op-Ed Contributor
A Vast Migration Tragedy
Nearly 5,000 people have died on land and at sea in 2014, double last year's number.
December 18, 2014, Thursday
Op-Ed | Thomas B. Edsall
The Rise of 'Welfare Chauvinism'
In Europe, populist right-wing parties have become proponents of a more lavish, but also more restrictive, welfare state. Could that happen here?
December 17, 2014, Wednesday
Op-Ed Contributor
Malaysia's New Migrants
Rapid growth means that millions of foreigners are drawn to work here, but not to make the land their home.
December 12, 2014, Friday
Today's Editorials
On Immigration, a Huge Job Ahead
Getting the resources required to handle the millions of families navigating the immigration bureaucracy and justice system is the next crisis coming.
December 3, 2014, Wednesday
Op-Ed | Kenan Malik
A Collision With 'White-Van Man'
An ill-considered tweet reveals much about the gulf between Britain's politicians and the public.
November 29, 2014, Saturday
Today's Editorials
The New G.O.P. Showdown Threat
Republicans in Congress should not use the power of the purse to pressure the White House into backing off its executive order on immigration.
November 28, 2014, Friday
Op-Ed Columnist
Bigger Than Immigration
For conservatives, this debate is really about the fear of seeing traditional power slip away.
November 24, 2014, Monday
The Op-Doc "Paraíso" (Paradise) reveals the beauty and danger of three immigrant window cleaners' work on Chicago's skyscrapers.
Occupy Bakery
An immigrant fights to change working conditions at a Manhattan bakery cafe.
Border Patrol Body Slam
In a California lucha libre-style wrestling match, Blue Demon Jr., a self-proclaimed defender of Mexican immigrants, does battle against wrestlers who portray United States border patrol agents.
The Caretaker
A short documentary explores the tender relationship between a caretaker who is an undocumented immigrant and an elderly woman in the last months of her life.
Parsing the Senate's Immigration Bill
Some observations from the Senate bill, a bipartisan first crack at comprehensive immigration reform.
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