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CNN has a story based on the deposition of Frederick Humphries, the friend of Jill Kelley who first initiated the investigation into Kelley's stalker, who turned out to be David Petraeus' lover, Paula Broadwell. The deposition is in Kelley's suit against the FBI for violating her privacy.
The deposition contains accusations the FBI stalled the investigation because of the Presidential election and that Agents made derogatory comments about Kelly.
If what Humphries alleges is true, then it points to real abuse in an investigation affecting David Petraeus.
That said, Humphries — who has worked counterterrorism for years, including on the Ahmed Ressam case — expresses surprise that the FBI what they do on national security cases: collect broadly and then investigate what they've collected. The FBI used some of Kelley's other emails against both Humphries and Kelley.
"The only victim is her husband because he has to pay for all the food that she goes out and eats and takes pictures of and sends to everyone," said Kevin Eaton, the assistant special agent in charge, according to Humphries.
Kelley is often took photos of her food when she goes out to eat and sends them to her friends, a source close to Kelley said.
It was a comment that "shocked and surprised" Humphries since it revealed that the FBI was looking at Kelley's e-mails beyond the ones relevant to the cyberstalking, contrary to Kelley's explicit instruction.
In September 2012 Ibison "summoned" Humphries to a meeting and asked him "whether there was anything in my communications with Jill Kelley for which I would be embarrassed," he testified.
"No," Humphries said, and Ibison "threw a bunch of pictures at me and files of my e-mails to Jill Kelley."
"Well, I told the director that and he just shoved these up my ass," Ibison said, according to Humphries, "and he tossed the pictures at me."
I'm in no way saying this is right. It's not. It's a privacy violation and it shows how easy FBI can use its deep digs of information to abuse power.
But the FBI is explicit that once it has legally collected information, it can access that information without evidence of a crime.
And Humphries himself makes it clear that the FBI treated this as a cybersecurity investigation, investigations which (if anything) overcollect even more than counterterrorism cases.
Jill Kelley reached out to Humphries, an FBI Agent whom she and her husband knew socially.
"She explained that Gen. Allen had received an odd e-mail," Humphries testified, noting that "whoever sent these e-mails is either in close physical proximity or has penetrated the cyber security of these folks to include the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Director Petraeus, and I was worried and concerned for his safety, the safety of the generals."
Humphries thought the emails "ominous" and contacted Special Agent Adam Malone of the Tampa Cyber Squad.
"We had already reached the threshold on the cyber or physical security of senior government leadership and possible their email," he said.
Again, I absolutely agree with Humphries that FBI's focus on Kelley and them him was wrong. But it's wrong whether it's someone who is two degrees of separation from an Imam of interest or a socialite in Tampa Bay who makes trouble for David Petraeus.
And, of course, such potential violations will only get more widespread if Congress passes CISA, which would permit the sharing of cyber-investigation information broadly across the government.
In a letter to the NYT complaining that the paper compared his client, David Petraeus, with Stephen Kim and John Kiriakou, defense attorney David Kendall implicitly makes the argument that mistress-biographers have a better recognized privilege to access classified information than defense attorneys. (h/t Steven Aftergood via Josh Gerstein)
Now, far be it for me to criticize Kendall's lawyering ability. After all, his firm, Williams & Connolly, has developed quite the expertise for getting well-connected Republicans off for leaking covert officers' identities, having done so for Ari Fleischer, Dick Cheney, and now David Petraeus.
But his letter is ridiculous on both the facts and his rebuttal of the comparison, at least as it pertains to John Kiriakou.
First, Kendall omits key facts in his depiction of Petraeus' crimes.
General Petraeus's case is about the unlawful removal and improper storage of classified materials, not the dissemination of such materials to the public. Indeed, a statement of facts filed with the plea agreement and signed by both General Petraeus and the Justice Department makes clear that "no classified information" from his "black books" (personal notebooks) that were given to his biographer, Paula Broadwell, appeared in the biography.
He notes the plea deal "makes clear that 'no classified information' from his 'black books' … appeared in the biography." That's a very different thing than claiming that no classified information Petraeus shared with Broadwell appeared in her fawning biography of his client — and the record seems to suggest that it does.
Kendall also neglects to mention that this case is also about his client, just days after applauding Kiriakou's plea, lying to the FBI. While, through the good grace of Kendall's lawyering, Petraeus has gotten off scot free for a crime that others do years of prison time for, Petraeus nevertheless admitted that he committed that crime.
Indeed, as Abbe Lowell has made clear, that's what prevented Kim from getting precisely the sweet deal that Petraeus has gotten, his alleged lies to the FBI.
But I'm even more disgusted by Kendall's cynical treatment of Kiriakou's crime.
By contrast, Stephen J. Kim arranged for the publication of highly sensitive classified information from an intelligence report on North Korea's military capabilities, and John C. Kiriakou revealed the identities of covert C.I.A. agents, a betrayal of colleagues "whose secrecy is their only safety," in the words of a government attorney.
Reporters, like biographers, are frequently given access to sensitive information on the understanding that they will not publicize it, and it is hypocritical for The Times to argue for leniency for Mr. Kim and Mr. Kiriakou and harshness for General Petraeus.
Note how Kendall doesn't describe to whom Kiriakou "revealed the identities of covert C.I.A. agents" [a factual error — Kiriakou was only accused of leaking one covert officer's identity]? The answer is he revealed the identity of a torturer to a journalist who was working for defense attorneys defending people that torturer had tortured.
Now, clearly, Kendall does defend the right of journalists to receive such classified information if they don't publicly disclose it. That's what he argues Petraeus' mistress has done (the evidence notwithstanding). So according to Kendall's lawyering, providing that covert officer's identity to a reporter who didn't disclose it publicly — which is what happened in Kiriakou's case — should have gotten Kiriakou probation.
Ultimately though, Kendall doesn't even deal with the fact that, whatever scant privilege journalists and mistress-biographers have been granted in this country, defense attorneys have generally been granted more, for good reason. Thus, by all measures, Kiriakou made no worse, and arguably a much more legally defensible disclosure of a CIA officer's identity than the multiple covert officers' identities Petraeus exposed to his mistress and anyone else who decided to peruse his unlocked desk drawer.
I mean, I never really expect people in Petraeus' vicinity to do anything but fluff his reputation; Petraeus has an infallible ability in eliciting that from people he permits to get close (or closer, in the case of Broadwell).
But I am rather surprised that a defense attorney is arguing he should have fewer privileges than a mistress-biographer.
Sorry to be all Petraeus-centric.
But I wanted to follow up on one more detail about his plea deal, because it has been a point of discussion on whether he faces an appropriate punishment.
A number of people are saying that Paula Broadwell did not publish any classified information that David Petraeus shared with her.
Do we actually know that?
I'm not sure whether we know that to be true or not. What the plea deal says (and unless I'm mistaken, all it says) is that she did not publish any information from his Black Books, those notebooks full of code word intelligence and covert operatives identities and deliberative conversations with NSC.
No classified information from the Black Books appeared in the aforementioned biography.
That's different from saying that he did not share and she did not publish any classified information.
This plea deal, as all plea deals I've seen do, notes that not everything known is in the plea deal.
This Factual Basis does not attempt to set forth all the facts known to the United States at this time.
The early stories on this leak suggested that FBI saw things in their emails and in things seized from her home that suggested he had shared classified information with Broadwell. The Black Books were likely the most classified thing he shared with her (one would hope), but that leaves open the possibility that he shared a lot less classified information (which would be less problematic to share with a Reserve Officer, but not if she published it).
I don't know one way or another. But unless I'm mistaken, neither does anyone else, based on the public record. Clearly DOJ wanted to set Petraeus up with a sweet plea deal, which it did. That would have been a lot harder to do if it also admitted that Broadwell's book included classified information she got from him.
To some degree it doesn't matter (after all, Leon Panetta got away with classified information too!). But I just want to note that I, for one, don't actually know whether Broadwell published any information that was classified.
Update: This piece seems to suggest there may be a good deal of classified information in Broadwell's book. It shows that Broadwell sourced some key discussions from June 2011 involving National Security Council discussions to an interview with Petraeus the day after he retrieved his Black Books which would have included descriptions of those discussions.
There is an exception to every rule, standard operating procedure, and policy; it is up to leaders to determine when exceptions should be made and to explain why they made them.
— David Petraeus' Rules for Living, as presented by Paula Broadwell as they were being caught in an FBI investigation
Predictably, Trey Gowdy has subpoenaed more information about Hillary Clinton's email personal email revealed this week.
But it seems he also ought to call David Petraeus in for another chat about Benghazi in light of details in the former CIA Director's plea deal.
That's because the Plea Documents show that the investigation into Petraeus and Paula Broadwell intersects with the Benghazi investigation in ways that are even more interesting than was already clear. Consider what those two timelines look like when you add in the fact that Petraeus lied to the FBI about leaking information to his mistress on October 26, 2012, which has been updated from this post (note that contemporaneous reporting dated Petraeus' FBI interview to October 29).
From the sex and leaking standpoint, the revised timeline is interesting because it shows Petraeus and Broadwell together at — of all places! — the annual celebration for old-style subterfuge, the OSS dinner, between the time Petraeus lied to the FBI and the time Broadwell was interviewed a second time.
But from a Benghazi perspective, it shows that on the same day Petraeus lied to the FBI, Paula Broadwell made the accusation that the attack was really about freeing militia members held at the CIA annex. The next day Petraeus and Broadwell hobnobbed together among the old style spooks. and then days later — even as an FBI whistleblower was forcing the investigation into the public, without which it might have been dropped — Petraeus went on a "fact-finding" mission to Cairo, in part to consult with some of the people involved in the Benghazi response.
Petraeus did a report on that trip, but Dianne Feinstein was complaining that her committee had not received a copy of it on November 12 (Petraeus was resisting, in part, because he no longer worked at CIA).
There's no evidence that the House Intelligence Committee consulted Petraeus' trip report when they did their report on the attack. (Indeed, the report shows remarkable lack of interest in Petraeus' role altogether, in spite of the fact that he watched the later parts of the attack develop via the drone surveillance camera feed piped to the SCIF at his home.)
Did either of the Intelligence Committees ever get the report on the trip Petraeus did after he knew he was in trouble with the FBI, at a time when his ex-girlfriend was claiming the reason behind the attack was entirely different from what we've been told?
As I've noted, more than anyone else, current HPSCI Chair Devin Nunes showed significant interest in that claim about detainees, as reflected in the backup to a report that Mike Rogers made sure to get done before he left Nunes in charge. In response to his question (as well as some questions about arms-running) Nunes got non-denials denials.
In a related detail, in the earlier session Nunes also elicited a non-denial denial about detainees (and accusation first leveled by David Petraeus' mistress Paula Broadwell), the other alleged reason for the attack on US entities in Benghazi.
Mr. Nunes: Okay. To the detainees, were there ever any detainees at either of these locations in the last year of any kind?
Mr. Morell: Not with regard to the CIA facility, sir.
Mr. Kennedy: And the State Department does not engage in detentions overseas.
Rather than just answering no, between them Morell and Kennedy carved out a space where it might be possible the CIA (or someone else, possibly JSOC) were holding detainees at the TMF or elsewhere in Benghazi.
Maybe Petraeus' last minute trip to do a personal investigation of the aftermath of Benghazi — the results of which Petraeus resisted sharing with the Committees investigating the attack — is just a coinkydink.
But given the timing — and Petraeus' sweetheart plea deal — it'd be nice if the Benghazi Committee asked a few more questions about that coinkydink. Continue reading
On September 26, 2004, the Washington Post disgraced itself by giving David Petraeus space to write an op-ed in which he spouted pure bullshit on how well his vaunted "training" program was going in Iraq. Of course, that program failed multiple times with Petraeus never being called to account. Despite clear military regulations prohibiting political activity by members of the military, Petraeus' op-ed was seen by some as providing an endorsement which gave a significant boost to George W. Bush's re-election campaign at a time when public opinion on the war in Iraq was beginning to sour. Just short of ten years later (and after his career got Broadwelled, I mean, broadsided), Petraeus is back on the pages of the Neocon Daily today, warning us that the "US needs to plan for the day after an Iran deal".
The reviews of Petraeus' newest op-ed are now in, and it has been called "Provocative!", "Apocalyptic!" and even "Gut-Wrenching!" Oh, wait. That's how the 1983 made for TV movie The Day After is described on its DVD cover. My mistake. But clearly Petraeus is playing off that old title. The old movie deals with life in Lawrence, Kansas after a nuclear war and Petraeus is now telling us we must prepare for life after preventing Iran getting the chance to wage nuclear war.
The central tenet of the op-ed is that Iran is "the leading state sponsor of terrorism". Like most of what Petraeus does or says, that statement is just flat wrong. Even though the US (including the military when Petraeus was head of Central Command and the CIA when Petraeus led it) never admits it publicly, the rest of the world knows that Saudi Arabia is by far the largest state sponsor of terrorism. There are even Wikileaks cables confirming the role of Saudi money in supporting Sunni extremists. And note that the single most important organizer of state sponsored terrorism, Bandar bin Sultan, is now returning to his role after a brief interruption.
It appears that Petraeus stopped paying attention to world events when he resigned from the CIA in disgrace in November of 2012, because nowhere in his anti-Iran screed do we see any acknowledgement that in June of 2013, Hassan Rouhani was elected as Iran's new president and has ushered in a new, more moderate outlook that is credited with providing the window for diplomatic progress toward an agreement on Iran's nuclear technology.
Okay, so here is Petraeus (and co-author Vance Serchuk, who was Joe Lieberman's foreign policy advisor after cutting his teeth at the American Enterprise Institute–you just can't make this shit up!) framing the problem for us: Continue reading
Things are becoming clearer day by day in Libya. groups and brigades are polarizing along Islamist-jihadist-secular lines
US drones are not only hovering all the time over eastern Libya, they also bombed a training camp run by Abdulbasit Azuz, a commander from Dernah.
Yes, you heard that right, US drones are bombing Libya already
The above June 8, 2012 quote, apparently from a extremist discussion board, is among the materials (see PDF 119) the State Department used to investigate the Benghazi attack (Darrell Issa released them after last year's Benghazi hearing). While the screen cap of the discussion entry comes with no explanation, it appears to show someone at State was tracking the rise of extremists in real time, particularly the day after an earlier IED attack on the US mission in Benghazi claimed by the Imprisoned Sheikh Omar Abdul-Rahman Brigades (see PDF 110 for State's description of that).
But it wouldn't take reading Jihadist sites to understand what they were saying the summer before the September 11 attack on Benghazi. CNN's June 7 coverage of the attack on the mission included many of the same details.
A senior Libyan official told CNN that the U.S. is flying surveillance missions with drones over suspected jihadist training camps in eastern Libya because of concerns over rising activity by al Qaeda and like-minded groups in the region but said that to the best of his knowledge, they had not been used to fire missiles at militant training camps in the area.
The revelation follows a failed attack on the U.S. Mission in Benghazi on Tuesday night, which a shadowy jihadist group claimed was to avenge the death of al Qaeda No. 2 Abu Yahya al-Libi.
The official said that one militant commander operating in Derna, Abdulbasit Azuz, had complained that a drone strike had targeted his training camp in the east of Libya. Last month, there were reports of explosions outside the Derna area in the vicinity of the camps, according to a different source.
The senior Libyan official said it would be bad if such a strike had occurred. He added that the Americans' use of drones in a surveillance capacity had been discussed at the top level of the transitional Libyan government.
As CNN has reported, Azuz is a senior al Qaeda operative and longtime close associate of the group's leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was dispatched to Libya from the tribal areas of Pakistan in spring 2011, according to several sources. There, he subsequently recruited fighters.
The jihadist group that claimed responsibility for the failed attack on the U.S. Mission in leaflets left at the scene called itself the Imprisoned Omar Abdul Rahman Brigades. It promised more attacks against American interests.
It was first heard from late last month, when it claimed responsibility for an attack on a Red Cross office in Benghazi. A purported video of the attack was apparently posted on jihadist websites that regularly feature statements by al Qaeda. The video showed several rockets being fired into a building at night.
While CNN doesn't make an explicit connection between the bombing of the Benghazi mission and US surveillance (and claimed drone attack) in Derna, the implication is they're related, particularly as they track Libyans with ties to core al Qaeda (CNN also discusses former Gitmo detainee Sufian bin Qumu's presence in Derna) responding to the drone killing in Pakistan of Abu Yahya al-Libi on June 5.
So on June 5 we killed Abu Yahya in Pakistan, on June 6 an unknown militia attacks the compound in Benghazi in retaliation and promises more attacks, on June 7 discussions of the attack tie back to claims we launched a drone strike in Derna.
On September 10, 2012, the day before the Benghazi attack, Ayman al Zawahiri, who had sent Azuz to Derna to set up an al Qaeda presence the year before, confirmed the death of Abu Yahya.
I lay all this out because, even as State and CIA continue to bicker over who is responsible for the bureaucratic failures that led to Ambassador Stevens' death in Benghazi, there seems to be larger underlying issues that remain unspoken.
No. In the name of God, Thor, Zeuss, Cthulhu and the Flying Spaghetti Monster, no. There are few people who personify the vapid, amoral fetid swamp of Washington politics and defense policy more than David Petraeus. Taking a huge part of the blame for propelling Petraeus from a solely military into an entirely political career is the Washington Post, which gave Petraeus a prime op-ed slot in September 2004, where he spewed wildly optimistic numbers on his accomplishments while training Iraqi troops. Petraeus further told us how victory was just around the corner, implying that if only Americans would re-elect George W. Bush, his plan would achieve full fruition. Active military personnel are not supposed to engage in politics, but Petraeus became political with that op-ed and Washington overlooked it, because that's what Washington does and that's what the Washington Post does.
Bush rewarded Petraeus for his role in the election by putting him in charge of US troops in Iraq. Petraeus didn't impress his immediate superior, Admiral Fallon, who termed Petraeus an "ass-kissing little chickenshit" after their first meeting. Once in charge, Petraeus quickly established death squads. Things didn't go all that well in Iraq, in part because everything Petraeus does fails miserably while he is busy explaining to us what a good job he is doing. By 2007, the Kagan brain-trust came up with the idea of the surge to "save" Iraq. Washington politics and defense policy prostitute Michael O'Hanlon was brought onto the job of helping to sell the surge. In the fall of 2007, an orchestrated Washington event, complete with a sideshow purchased in the New York Times for the "General Betrayus" ad, gave us Congressional hearings that resulted in approval for the surge. Completely overlooked at that time was the inconvenient fact that a major part of the Iraq plan moving forward from that point involved a total restart of training Iraqi troops because Petraeus failed spectacularly in his previous attempt at training. But Washington and the Washington Post did not call out Petraeus for that failure, because that's what Washington and the Washington Post do.
Petraeus was next promoted by Bush in late 2008 to Fallon's previous position in charge of CentCom. It was quite clear to Barack Obama once he took office that Petraeus had his sights set on becoming president, so Obama made a very interesting move when he sent Petraeus down in rank to take command in Afghanistan after Petraeus' protege Stanley McChrystal was fired for insubordination in July of 2010. Because lying about training had worked in advancing his career in Iraq, it appears that fudging the numbers on ANSF capabilities was one of the first things Petraeus did once in charge in Afghanistan. He was caught in this by the GAO, who pointed out that criteria for ANSF readiness were being changed to increase the number of troops qualifying for the most advanced classification, but it appears that only SIGAR and I care about those lies. Washington and the Washington Post ignored those dishonest moves by Petraeus, because that's what Washington and the Washington Post do.
After Petreaus had been in charge in Afghanistan for six months or so, political handlers stepped into the picture to try to burnish his image for a future run for president. Continue reading
As the "fighting season" for the tenth full year of US forces being in Afghanistan comes to a close, the Defense Department has released its most recent report (pdf, required every Friedman Unit by law) on "progress" in the war. Although the military does its best, as always, to couch its report in language describing progress against goals which always must be redefined in order to claim any progress, those who have been paying attention knew from the report prepared early this year by Lt. Col. Daniel Davis that the vaunted surge of troops in Afghanistan, despite being billed as guaranteed to work as well as the Iraq surge, has been a complete failure.
Here are the latest results on enemy initiated attacks, on a monthly basis:
Note that in order to not remind us of how violence escalated in Afghanistan while our troops were present, this figure cuts off the early years of the war. A similar chart, with the early years included (but showing events on a daily basis rather than monthly, so the scale is different) can be seen in this post from early last year. However, by cutting off the early years, the Defense Department allows us to concentrate on the surge and its abject failure. Obama's surge began with his order in December, 2009, so this graph gives us 2009 as the base on which to compare results for the surge. Despite a small decrease in violence from the peak in 2010, both 2011 and 2012 are worse than 2009, the last pre-surge year.
But how could the surge fail? Recall the "awesome" results from the Iraq surge (pdf). That eighteen month surge ended in July of 2008:
Daniel Davis explains how the reduction in violence in Iraq was unrelated to the surge or Petraeus' vaunted COIN strategy. From my February post on the Davis report:
Once we realize the fact that the surge in Afghanistan has not worked, the natural question arises of why it didn't since the Iraq surge is so widely credited with turning around the violence trend there. After all, both surges have been sold as the model for the new COIN centered around the idea of protecting the population.
The answer here is that we were sold lies about the underlying forces behind the decrease in violence in Iraq. In short, violence decreased for reasons mostly unrelated to the surge and the new COIN approach. From page 57:
"As is well known, the turning point in 2007 Iraq came when the heart of the Sunni insurgency turned against al-Qaeda and joined with US Forces against them, dramatically reducing the violence in Iraq almost overnight. The overriding reason the Sunni insurgency turned towards the United States was because after almost two years of internal conflict between what ought to have been natural allies – al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) and the greater Sunni insurgency – a tipping point was reached whereby the Iraqi Sunnis finally and decisively turned against AQI. Had this unnatural split not occurred, by all accounts I have been given on both the Iraqi side and the US military side, "we would still be fighting in Iraq today," in the words of two officers I know who fought there."
There simply has been no turning against insurgents in Afghanistan in the same way there was in Iraq. The COIN strategy has been the same in both places, so it is impossible to escape the conclusion that the military's current version of COIN alone is insufficient to end violence in Afghanistan.
The Petreaus-Allen-Broadwell-Kelley scandal very conveniently will prevent this evidence of failure receiving the attention it deserves. Should Congress decide to take a realistic look at Afghanistan, it's hard to see how they can conclude anything other than that our presence has accomplished nothing but death and destruction. Getting out now rather than two years from now is the only responsible decision.
In a holiday document dump, President Obama transmitted Minimum Standards for Insider Threat Detection Programs. As mere citizens, we don't get to see those standards. We only get to see the memo accompanying them, which leaves us guessing what–if anything–to make of the timing and content of the memo. In addition to Steven Aftergood's general overview, Falguni Sheth, Kevin Gosztola, and Jesselyn Radack have some thoughts.
The simplest explanation for the timing of the memo is that's when the Insider Threat Task Force developing them finished the Standards. The Standards were due a year after Obama ordered the creation of them on October 7, 2011.
Sec. 6.3. The Task Force's responsibilities shall include the following:
(a) developing, in coordination with the Executive Agent, a Government-wide policy for the deterrence, detection, and mitigation of insider threats, which shall be submitted to the Steering Committee for appropriate review;
(b) in coordination with appropriate agencies, developing minimum standards and guidance for implementation of the insider threat program's Government-wide policy and, within 1 year of the date of this order, issuing those minimum standards and guidance, which shall be binding on the executive branch;
That would mean they were due 45 days before Obama transmitted them. Perhaps the delay can be explained by either the election or a review within the White House (and I'm wonder whether Obama's victory influenced how Obama received these Standards).
So it could well be that this memo was released as a holiday dump through sheer chance, Obama finishing up business before taking time with the family.
The timing of the transmittal might also be explained by personnel changes. James Clapper and Eric Holder (or their designees) would be the mandatory co-Chairs of the Task Force. While reports suggest Holder will stick around for another year, it's unclear whether Clapper will be.
But then there's the possibility that the Petraeus scandal influenced this release.
As a threshold matter, the EO mandating these Standards includes CIA involvement (by designees of but not the Director himself) on both the Task Force and Steering Committee on Insider Treats. It also reserves the authority of the Director of CIA with regards to security of information systems under an earlier EO and a National Security Directive. What happens where you're in the middle of rolling out an Insider Threat Detection Program and one of the key players involved in it is embroiled in an insider threat investigation himself?
The EO also allows the Director of National Intelligence to "issue policy directives" to help the agencies of the Intelligence Community comply with this.
With respect to the Intelligence Community, the Director of National Intelligence, after consultation with the heads of affected agencies, may issue such policy directives and guidance as the Director of National Intelligence deems necessary to implement this order.
Perhaps such "policy directives" no longer seem like such a good idea if the CIA Director can't even limit his threat profile.
Then there's the possibility that the behavior of one of the players in the scandal demonstrated that the Standards are not yet being met. While reportedly Petraeus and Paula Broadwell only shared a GMail account–and therefore there is no allegation that they used the classified networks addressed in the EO–we have fewer details about what network General Allen was using to exchange sexy-time emails with Jill Kelley. Furthermore, whlie we know Broadwell had classified information on her computer and in her house, we don't have much detail on this, either. As a Reserve Officer, her behavior may well have demonstrated holes in the program implemented by DOD.
In other words, it may be that the Standards had been languishing for 45 days after they were completed, but the Petraeus scandal identified that the Insider Threat Detection should have but did not identify some of the activities going on. That might have created some urgency for Obama to transmit them, so he could start cracking heads at the agencies where they standards were not being met. Obama's memo also promises the standards will "provide the workforce with insider threat awareness training," so it's possible the Administration believes that if just its top Generals had a bit more training they might not destroy their careers by compromising security. Though, as Marc Ambinder explained, because he was in the chain of command for the nuclear football, Petraeus would have had extensive indoctrination on potential threats.
Or maybe it's something else entirely.
In all my coverage of the Petraeus scandal, I haven't really touched on the aspect that regular readers of this blog were presumably least surprised about: the virtually unchecked authority the FBI has to snoop. As always, Chris Soghoian and Julian Sanchez offer worthwhile discussions of that surveillance. Yesterday, Greg Miller and Ellen Nakashima described how folks in DC are freaking out upon discovery of how intrusive all this surveillance can be.
The FBI started its case in June with a collection of five e-mails, a few hundred kilobytes of data at most.
By the time the probe exploded into public view earlier this month, the FBI was sitting on a mountain of data containing the private communications — and intimate secrets — of a CIA director and a U.S. war commander. What the bureau didn't have — and apparently still doesn't — is evidence of a crime.
How that happened and what it means for privacy and national security are questions that have induced shudders in Washington and a queasy new understanding of the FBI's comprehensive access to the digital trails left by even top officials.
I've been saying from the start this whole shit-show would be useful if it made some Members of Congress rethink their permissive attitude towards surveillance and lazy oversight.
All that said, it's important to note that the Petraeus example–at least what we know of it–isn't even close to as bad as Big Brother gets in this country, even with questions about the predicate of the investigation.
Which is why I wanted to consider how this might be different if, instead of a bunch of mostly-Anglo connected Republicans, this investigation had focused on Muslims (we've discussed Jill Kelley and her sister's interesting story as indebted Arab-Americans; it will be interesting to see how their access is treated going forward).
After all, while it is unlikely the FBI would have responded to a cyber-stalking complaint from an unconnected Muslim, it's possible the internet traffic involved, particularly if it spanned international boundaries, might have attracted attention in its own right. Alternately, had the anonymous emails reflecting knowledge of the movement of top Generals involved a Muslim rather than a white Reserve Colonel, we would not now be debating whether the FBI had the predicate to investigate her emails further (though I maintain the FBI may have used a Counter-Intelligence predicate to continue the investigation in the first place).
Probably, from there the FBI would have used additional intrusive investigative methods. The National Security establishment is only now focusing on Kelley and her sister's debt problems. Which leads me to suspect no one bothered to look at their financial records until the press started doing so. What would the FBI have found had they looked at financial records, showing more details about who paid what for whom when? How would the Kelleys' bogus cancer charity look, for example, if you had more access to their financial records?
And then there's one big difference. We know–because we've heard numerous individual stories and because Ted Olson admitted it in court–that the FBI uses discoveries like the ones they made here to coerce people to turn informant. Legal trouble, financial trouble, marital trouble? All have made people targets for "recruitment." And those informants are sent out, with little training or legal protection, to spy on their fellow citizens, often the leaders of their community. The FBI will send out series of informants, for years on end, to target Imams who never do anything illegal but nevertheless either have connections–possibly familial–or First Amendment protected views that lead the FBI to suspect them. In the Muslim community, some people live for years under this kind of surveillance, sometimes ultimately getting caught in an FBI sting, at other times, just living a law-abiding life under the most intrusive scrutiny.
I do hope the Petraeus example scares the shit out of the often more morally and legally compromised people empowered to approve and oversee such surveillance. But I still think the scandal offers the merest glimpse into what our current state of surveillance really looks like.


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Indians closer Cody Allen has been an anchor to the bullpen and saved the day a number of times already. Fellow righty reliever Zach McAllister felt obligated to return the favor on Monday night at Progressive Field.
8/29/2016 | Tomlin hoping to bounce back vs. Albers
If the Indians are to keep it rolling down the stretch in their bid to win their first American League Central title since 2007, they're going to need some help from the back of the rotation, especially from right-hander Josh Tomlin. Tomlin has struggled lately after a strong start to the year, but he will look to turn it around against the scuffling Twins, who will turn to lefty Andrew Albers in his first Major League start since 2013.
8/29/2016 | Clutch Kip: Tribe walks off in 10th vs. Twins
It took until the 10th for the Indians to finally get on the board, but that was all they needed in a 1-0 walk-off win over the Twins in Monday's series opener at Progressive Field. It was the Tribe's eighth walk-off of the season. With the loss, the Twins' season-long slump extended to 11 games.
8/29/2016 | Tribe feels sticking by Tomlin best approach
The results in the box scores have not matched what the Indians have seen from Josh Tomlin over the past month. They see a fastball in its usual velocity range, similar movement on all his pitches and nothing to indicate that the right-hander is fighting fatigue.
8/29/2016 | Indians place Salazar on paternity list
The Indians placed right-hander Danny Salazar on the paternity list on Monday afternoon prior to the start of their three-game set against the Twins at Progressive Field. Right-hander Shawn Armstrong was recalled from Triple-A Columbus to take his place on the active roster.
8/28/2016 | Rangers edge Indians, pad lead in AL West
If the Indians and Rangers see each other again this season, it will be under the bright October lights with much more on the line. For now, Texas will have to settle for finishing off a successful season series with the Tribe with a 2-1 victory on Sunday at Globe Life Park.
8/28/2016 | Salazar's improvement a silver lining in loss
During a 2-1 loss to the Rangers on Sunday, Cleveland walked away encouraged by a solid outing from righty Danny Salazar, whose recent issues compounded some problems for the rotation as a whole. That was the only true positive, along with the fact that the Indians did not lose in blowout fashion like in the previous two losses at Globe Life Park.
8/28/2016 | Francona using DH starts to keep Napoli fresh
Manager Terry Francona praised Mike Napoli, not only for his play on the field, but his leadership behind the scenes. The manager said the first baseman has helped keep the team pulling in one direction and has led by example through his daily preparation. Francona has been repaying Napoli of late by carefully managing his playing time.
8/28/2016 | Indians, Bauer take on Santiago in opener
The Twins are convinced Hector Santiago's bruised left thumb has healed enough to take the mound in the series opener against the Indians on Monday.
8/28/2016 | Carrasco unable to clean up messy first
A mess of things created a dicey first-inning situation for Carlos Carrasco. There were a couple of hits, an error and a mental mistake behind him. He also balked at an unfortunate time. It was an opportunity for Carrasco, one of baseball's best arms, to pull off an escape act.
8/28/2016 | Gimenez steps up in relief to save bullpen
At first glance, it may have seemed unnecessary when catcher Chris Gimenez took the mound for the Indians on Saturday night. The way manager Terry Francona saw it, though, Gimenez's eighth-inning appearance eliminated a tough postgame conversation with another player.
8/28/2016 | Groome, Gonsalves among top prospect performers Saturday
It hasn't taken Jason Groome long to reward the Red Sox for rolling the dice on him with the No. 12 overall pick in the 2016 Draft.
8/27/2016 | More-grand: Rangers slam Tribe to back Griffin
The American League's top two teams expected some back and forth in their series this week, but trading blowouts was probably not what the Rangers and Indians had in mind. On Saturday night, A.J. Griffin's strong start and a big first inning helped Texas pull off a 7-0 romp over the Tribe at Globe Life Park.
8/27/2016 | Pipeline preview: De Leon looks to rack up more K's
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8/27/2016 | Holland, Salazar set for finale of marquee series
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8/27/2016 | Bruises for bases: Guyer racking up HBPs
Brandon Guyer was sporting a bright red bruise on the side of his left shin on Saturday evening. It was the result of the latest pitch to tail low and in and strike the Indians outfielder, who has become baseball's new hit-by-pitch king.
8/27/2016 | Indians end funk with furious 17-hit attack
Following a four-game stretch that saw the Indians score only three runs -- all via solo home runs -- the offense kicked into high gear Friday night in a 12-1 victory over the Rangers.
8/27/2016 | McKenzie, Borucki among top prospect performers Friday
Fans in attendance for Friday's matchup between Class A Lake County and Lansing were treated to a pitchers' duel between starters Triston McKenzie and Ryan Borucki, who combined for 11 scoreless innings and 18 strikeouts.
8/26/2016 | Tribe relentless in Texas to back Kluber
The Rangers and Indians have each put their Cy Young candidate on display this series. On Friday night, it was Corey Kluber's turn to show why he belongs in the discussion, and he did just that in a 12-1 victory at Globe Life Park.
8/26/2016 | Carrasco locked in entering showdown with Rangers
Indians right-hander Carlos Carrasco, coming off one of his finest performances of the season, will look to keep his momentum going against the Rangers on Saturday night at Globe Life Park. Texas counters with righty A.J. Griffin.
8/26/2016 | Tribe won't 'run away from' Tomlin in rotation
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8/26/2016 | Lucroy, Indians move on from near trade
After Jonathan Lucroy reached second base in the second inning on Thursday night, Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor said something to the Rangers catcher before patting him on the back. If Cleveland fans thought Lindor had any harsh words for Lucroy, they were wrong.
8/26/2016 | Lucroy faces Indians for 1st time since vetoing deal
Jonathan Lucroy has flourished in his short time with the Rangers, hitting seven homers with 14 RBIs through 20 games. The veteran catcher faced what could've been a different reality, though, when the Rangers opened up a four-game series over the Indians with a 9-0 win on Thursday.
8/25/2016 | Francona: Tomlin deserves help, not demotion
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A woman comforts a young girl during a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn. (Credit: AP)
LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) -- A mural painted on a wall in northern Colorado in response to the school shooting in Newtown, Conn. is gone but will be preserved.
Longmont artist Gamma Acosta has been painting temporary murals on his uncle's vacant building for over five years, painting over the previous works each time. The day after the Sandy Hook shooting, he painted six shattered crayons along with a small red heart.
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Skip to comments.Rare Cuneiform Script Found on Island of Malta
Posted on 12/24/2011 9:27:13 AM PST by SunkenCiv
A small-sized find in an ancient megalithic temple stirs the imagination.
Excavations among what many scholars consider to be the world's oldest monumental buildings on the island of Malta continue to unveil surprises and raise new questions about the significance of these megalithic structures and the people who built them. Not least is the latest find -- a small but rare, crescent-moon shaped agate stone featuring a 13th-century B.C.E. cuneiform inscription, the likes of which would normally be found much farther west in Mesopotamia.
Led by palaeontology professor Alberto Cazzella of the University of Rome "La Sapienza", the archaeological team found the inscribed stone in the sancturary site of Tas-Silg, a megalithic temple built during the late Neolithic period, and which has been used for various religious and ceremonial purposes by the ancients from the third millennium BC to the Byzantine era. The inscription was translated as a dedication to the Mesopotamian moon god Sin, the father of Ninurta who, for centuries, was the main deity worshiped far to the west in the city of Nippur in Mesopotamia. Nippur was considered a holy city and a pilgrimage site with a scribal school that generated literary texts.
The location of the find makes it the farthest west the ancient script has ever been discovered, raising questions about how it ended up in the remote location. Some scholars theorize that the inscribed stone was likely looted from the temple of Nippur during military conflict and then transported westward through an exchange of hands by Cypriot or Mycenaean merchants, thought to have had trading relations with the central Mediterranean at the time.
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And Merry Christmas to *me*. :') This is huge.
It's the same throughout time
"For a good time call Suzie at...."
Of course, when you ring the number, it's a nursing home.
West? Mesopotamia is in current Iraq which is to the east. It is to the west the looooong way around.
Oh yeah. Continental drift....
Older women......not great, but grateful.
Now I'll have that song in my head all day. Maybe if I turn up the Christmas songs.....
Proof once again, as if any more is needed, that Schools of Journalism are where slow learners go to receive their college degrees. Placing that in one of the opening paragraphs probably indicates the writer has a Masters.
It's part of an Agate Christie novel. "Ten Little Mesopotamians"
BCE in one part, BC in another.
Hating God is tough to remember throughout an entire article.
Only assuming, as you do, that using BCE means the author hates God.
Older men.....willing, but unable.
You've never heard of Columbus? ;')
It says..."made in China."
You obviously never met my grandpa. When he died, they had to add a gable to the middle of his casket.
Wait until the History Channel's "Ancient Aliens" writers get a hold of this story.
What's wrong with BCE? It just stands for "Before Christian Era," right?
/just to tick off the seculonazis
That looks like the kind of Agate we find here in Eastern Washington State. Without the inscription though. :-)
likes of which would normally be found much farther west in Mesopotamia.
West? Mesopotamia is in current Iraq which is to the east. It is to the west the looooong way around
Meybe you should learn to read, it was found on Malta, far to the west of Mesopotamia, anyway, have a merry Christmas youall
That reminds me.....I have to pick up the tickets for The Nutcracker.
That sucks.
Don't forget to drink your Ovaltine!
That, is a good one.
Sorry about that, in another version it said it was the first time an artifact like that had been found that far west, so somebody (author?) made a mistake, clearly Malta is far to the west of Mesopotamia, the land between the rivers as it were, Ninurta, warlord for the God Enlil and son of Sin, for whom the Sinai were named were at war with Marduk, son of Enki for supremacy of the world and his birthright was denied him and the Mesopotamian Gods treatment of his father, Enki, he wanted some revenge, anyhow, it seems as he eventually won that war and made his headquarters in Babylon, Marduke that is.anyway fasinating stuff, have a merry Christmas all and more fun on freepers in 2012
Actually, I believe BCE means Before Common Era
It would be huge news though, if one showed up in Wa St with cuneiform on it...
Thanks killermosquito.
Speak for yourself, sonny.
I forgot the ba-dump-dump!
Malta spelled backwards is Atlam, which is a corruption of Atlantis. No aliens, Malta was the original site of Atlantis.
I know I'll regret the lack of a sarc tag...
"Sinai", as in "Mount Sinai"?
Yes absolutly, and yes to your other question to, the old testament is a history book with most of the earlier stuff borrowed from much older Sumerian and Acadian writings. If you are really interested in this history and noty just hung up on Christianeyt that came much later, but buildt on the older history, you might start with reading "The 12th. Planet" by Zakaria Sitchin, he has studied this stuff since boyhood and he passed away earlier this year, his writing explains a lot of things without destroying \christian teaching and he explain how inteligent design and evolution are not mutualy exclusive, you might be interesting in reading a early \sumerian text about the creation called "Enuma Elish" my copy was translated around 1895 or so, we are away with family for Christmas, so can't check spelling if names,m but if you google it you will find it ok.try "Sitchin.com" good luck and have fun
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Yes - but the revisionists get so mad when you call it "Before Christian Era." Makes it kinda fun.
You have it backwards — the revisionists are the ones who call it "Before Christian Era."
Well, no, the revisionists call it "Before Common Era," when it really is "Before Christ."
BCE = Before Common Era,
CE = Common Era.
BC = Before Christ
AD = Anno Domini (Year of our Lord)
BC is also used in the article, as the "hates God" troll pointed out.
Now I'll have that song stuck in my head a DAY, at least! Thanks a LOT!
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What does albumin do?
Albumin performs many functions including maintaining the "osmotic pressure" that causes fluid to remain within the blood stream instead of leaking out into the tissues.
What diseases cause albumin to be too low?
Liver disease, kidney disease, and malnutrition are the major causes of low albumin. A diseased liver produces insufficient albumin. Diseased kidneys sometimes lose large amounts of albumin into the urine faster than the liver can produce it (this is termed nephrotic syndrome). In malnutrition there is not enough protein in the patient's diet for the liver to make new albumin from.
What is a normal level of albumin?
The normal value depends on the laboratory running the test. Most labs consider roughly 3.5 to 5 grams per deciliter to be normal.
What happens if it gets too low?
In a healthy person with normal nutrition, the liver will simply manufacture more and the level will normalize. If albumin gets very low swelling can occur in the ankles (edema) and fluid can begin to accumulate in the abdomen (ascites) and in the lungs (pulmonary edema).
How can you make the albumin higher?
The person must return to health. Therefore the underlying disorder must be corrected. If the disorder is cirrhosis of the liver, the only way to correct low albumin is generally to have a liver transplant. (Note from Four Winds... Liver transplant: this is the opinion of the author not necessarily ours as this condition can be addressed with natural means in many cases.)
Why does albumin fluctuate so much?
Albumin levels are also dependant on the state of hydration of the body. A person that is deficient of water ("dry") because of dehydration will have an artificially low albumin level. This returns to normal when the dehydration is corrected. Albumin fluctuates so widely because it is very sensitive to changes in hydration of the body.
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Albumin -- What You Don't Know Can Kill You
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In order to fight off invading bacteria, viruses, fungi and other invaders, your body sends the immune system into action engaging T-cells, B-cells, macrophages, eosinophils, and other immune system warriors in battle.
The battle against germs is protein-based, because the immune system utilizes many protein-based substances to fight off the invasion by rapidly producing more protein-based substances to defend the body. However, there can only be a certain concentration of all proteins in the body and when the concentration of immune system proteins goes up, the concentration of other proteins must fall. Albumin is assembled in the liver from more than 500 amino acids.
Portable Liver
"Portable liver" because your liver is your body's chief mechanism for disarming toxins and other dangerous substances, and because albumin, which is made in your liver, does the same throughout the body. It's as if your liver has sent millions of tiny pieces of itself to every single little cell, to round up and destroy harmful substances and organisms.
Albumin plays an indispensable role in maintaining the delicate chemical balance of the nourishing fluids (interstitial fluids) that surround and support the trillions of cells in your body. If these fluids are healthy, your cells will flourish. But if the fluids become polluted, or depleted of certain substances, your cells cannot help but fall ill, and disease will sweep through the body.


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I am having a hard enough time being the only caretaker to husband with ALS of 46 years. My adult children don't get along at all, both such different people. And one of them has a personality mental problem. that one will not believe that i love them both the same and they are 2 unique people. this one just brings arguements, conflicts and doesn't help at all, even argues with her sick father then cries about losing him and i am in the middle. any suggestions?


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1996-03-16 : Mike Tyson 220 lbs beat Frank Bruno 247 lbs by TKO at 0:50 in round 3 of 12
- Location: MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- Referee: Mills Lane
- Judge: Larry O'Connell 20-17
- Judge: Anek Hongtongkam 20-17
- Judge: Jerry Roth 20-17
- World Boxing Council Heavyweight Title (1st defense of Bruno)
- Bruno was cut over his left eye in the first round.
- Referee Mills Lane stopped the fight as Bruno went down against the ropes, unable to defend himself.
- It was the final fight of Bruno's professional career.
- Tyson was paid a reported $30 million and Bruno a reported $6 million.
- Tyson's 3rd fight since his comeback was against Frank Bruno, and this time it was a title match. In his fourth attempt, Bruno had captured the WBC title from Oliver McCall, who on his part, took the belt from Lennox Lewis. Tyson and Bruno met once before in February 1989. Tyson defended his heavyweight crown then when he knocked Bruno out in 5.


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About 7,000 miles south of Pasadena, Doug and Kris Tompkins are securing the planet's abundance in a different way. Doug and Kris got rich in business. Doug co-founded the North Face outdoor-equipment company and the Esprit fashion dynasty. Kris was CEO of Patagonia, Inc., the adventure-apparel company. In 1991 Doug bought 42,000 acres of temperate rain forest at the end of an isolated fjord in Chile. He started the Conservation Land Trust, a nonprofit set up to protect the land permanently. Then he and Kris went about acquiring – or convincing other people to acquire – a total of about two million acres of wilderness in Chile and Argentina to protect it, forever, from development. Their projects include the 700,000-acre Pumalin Park that grew out of their first 42,000-acre ranch; the 726,000-acre Corcovado National Park in Chile; and the ambitious Patagonia National Park project that seeks to connect national parks in Chile and Argentina to protect wilderness at the southern tip of South America. The land is purchased by private individuals, protected by private nonprofits and managed by the governments of Chile and Argentina. Once the parks are established, they are open for the public to enjoy, presumably forever.
Jules Dervaes experiences abundance in the cramped, leafy profusion of his Pasadena backyard. He's proud to support his family on about $40,000 a year. Kris and Doug Tompkins find abundance in the vast wildernesses of South America. They invest hundreds of millions of dollars to preserve it. They are inspired by similar visions, but different definitions, of abundance in humanity's future.
We'll keep on striving toward fairness. It's impossible to visualize a world in which all human beings agreed on a definition for fairness. Human affairs bubble with controversy.
I realize that if I provide an example for the pursuit of fairness in the world I will be inviting dissent. Any real-world example of the ideal of fairness will, no doubt, be contradicted by someone who has been marginalized.
But maybe an idealistic endeavor, an endeavor like the international Fair-Trade movement, can at least illustrate the aspiration toward fairness, even if we'll never have a perfect consensus regarding its definition.
Fair Trade certifies the fairness of certain businesses by illuminating the supply chain all the way from original producers – usually farmers – to the ultimate consumers. Fair-Trade agencies certify that products were grown in ways that were humane and environmentally friendly, that original producers and their employees were paid fairly at values higher than commodity prices and that the products were transported by the most conscientious means possible. Fair-Trade certifications are currently available for dozens of products including coffee, fruits, vegetables, wine, soccer balls, tea and herbs marketed in about 50 countries.
In 2008, Fair Trade labeling organizations worldwide reported a 22-percent increase in sales, worldwide, to just over $4 billion. It appears that fairness, as a marketing strategy, may already be demonstrating its value.
Do you view our nation as fair? How can we create fairness in lacking areas?
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How notorious robbery kingpin, Lawrence Anini terrorised Benin
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Lawrence Nomanyagbon Anini, Nigeria's acclaimed most notorious armed robber, was born sometimes in 1960. He terrorised the old Bendel State, especially its capital, Benin City in the 1980s, but in 1986, his robbery exploits reached a terrific level that it became a national issue. He operated along with his lieutenant, Monday Osunbor, and others. However, one striking feature in the Anini reign of terror was the police complicity. It was soon discovered that the Anini gang had insiders within the police hierarchy of which George Iyamu, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, was their arrowhead.
Anini, dreadfully called 'The Law' or 'Ovbigbo', was born in a village about 20 miles from Benin City. He migrated to Benin at an early age, learned to drive and became a skilled taxi driver in a few years. He became known in Benin motor parks as a man who could control the varied competing interest among motor park touts and operators. He later resorted to criminal acts in the city and soon became a driver and transporter for gangs, criminal godfathers and thieves. Later on, he decided to create his own gang and they started out as car hijackers, bus robbers and bank thieves. Gradually, he extended his criminal acts to other towns and cities far north and east of Benin.
The complicity of the police is believed to have triggered Anini's reign of terror in 1986. In early 1986, two members of his gang were tried and prosecuted against an earlier under-the-table 'agreement' with the police to destroy evidence against the gang members. The incident, and Anini's view of police betrayal, is believed to have spurred retaliatory actions by Anini. In August, 1986, a fatal bank robbery linked to Anini was reported in which a police officer and others were killed. That same month, two officers on duty were shot at a barricade while trying to stop Anini's car. During a span of three months, he was known to have killed nine police officers.
Anini's exploits
In an operation in August of 1986, the Anini team struck at First Bank, Sabongida-Ora, where they carted away N2, 000. But although the amount stolen was seen as chicken feed, they left the scene with a trail of blood. Many persons were killed.
On September 6, same year, the Anini gang snatched a Peugeot 504 car from Albert Otoe, the driver of an Assistant Inspector General of Police, Christopher Omeben. In snatching the car, they killed the driver and went to hide his corpse somewhere. It was not until three months later that the skeleton of the driver was spotted 16 kilometers away from Benin, along the Benin-Agbor highway. A day after this attack, Anini, operating in a Passat car believed to have been stolen, also effected the snatching of another Peugeot 504 car near the former FEDECO office, in Benin.
Two days after, the Anini men killed two policemen in Orhiowon Local Government of the state. Still in that month, three different robbery attacks, all pointing to Anini's involvement, took place. They include the murder of Frank Unoarumi, a former employee of the Nigerian Observer newspapers; the killing of Mrs. Remi Sobanjo, a chartered accountant, and the stealing of the Mercedes Benz car in Benin, of the Ughelli monarch, the Ovie.
Before September, 1986 drew to a close, Anini, now steaming hot and an elusive dread, struck at a gas station along Wire Road, Benin, where he stole a substantial part of the day's sales. He shot the Station's attendant and gleefully started spraying his booty along the road for people to pick.
The height of Anini's exploits, however, took place on October 1, 1986, the Independence Day when the state's Commissioner of Police, Casmir Igbokwe was ambushed by the gang in Benin, and nearly yanked off his nose in a hail of bullets. The police boss survived the attacks with serious injuries. Earlier that day also, the Anini men had gunned down a police man within the city
Also, on October 21 of same year, the Anini robbery gang terminated the life of a Benin-based medical doctor, A.O Emojeve when they gunned him down along Textile Mill Road, in Benin. Not done, Anini and gang went and robbed the Agbor branch of African Continental Bank and carted away about N46, 000. A day after the operation, Anini, The Law, turned to a 'Father Christmas' as he strew wads of naira notes on the ground for free pick by market men and women at a village near Benin.
Anini's image thus loomed larger than life, dwarfing those of Ishola Oyenusi, the king of robbers in the 1970s and Youpelle Dakuro, the army deserter who masterminded the most vicious daylight robbery in Lagos in 1978, in which two policemen were killed. Anini thus spear-headed a four-month reign of terror between August and December 1986. Anini also reportedly wrote numerous letters to media houses using political tones of Robin Hood-like words, to describe his criminal acts.
My friend, where is Anini?
Worried by the seeming elusiveness of Anini and his gang members, the military President, General Ibrahim Babangida then ordered a massive manhunt for the kingpin and his fellow robbers. The police thus went after them, combing every part of Bendel State where they were reportedly operating and living. The whole nation was gripped with fear of the robbers and their daredevil exploits.
However, Police manhunt failed to stop their activities; the more they were hunted, the more intensified their activities became.
Some of the locals in the area even began to tell stories of their invincibility and for a while, it felt like they were never going to be caught.
However, at the conclusion of a meeting of the Armed Forces Ruling Council in October 1986, General Babangida turned to the Inspector- General of Police, Etim Inyang, and asked, 'My friend, where is Anini?'.
At about this time, Nigerian newspapers and journals were also publishing various reports and editorials on the 'Anini Challenge', the 'Anini Saga', the 'Anini Factor', 'Lawrence Anini – the Man, the Myth', 'Anini, Jack the Ripper', and 'Lawrence Anini: A Robin Hood in Bendel'. The Guardian asked, emphatically, in one of its reports: 'Will they ever find Anini, "The Law"?'.
His arrest
Finally, it took the courage of Superintendent of Police, Kayode Uanreroro to bring the Anini reign of terror to an end. On December 3, 1986, Uanreroro caught Anini at No 26, Oyemwosa Street, opposite Iguodala Primary School, Benin City, in company with six women. Acting on a tip-off from the locals, the policeman went straight to the house where Anini was hiding and apprehended him with very little resistance. Uanreroro led a crack 10-man team to the house, knocked on the door of the room, and Anini himself, clad in underpants, opened the door. "Where is Anini," the police officer quickly enquired. Dazed as he was caught off guard and having no escape route, Anini all the same tried to be smart. "Oh, Anini is under the bed in the inner room". As he said it, he made some moves to walk past Uanreroro and his team. In the process, he shoved and head-butted the police officer but it was an exercise in futility.
Uanreroro promptly reached for his gun, stepped hard on Anini's right toes and shot at his left ankle. Anini surged forward but the policemen took hold of him and put him in a sitting position. They then pumped more bullets into his shot leg and almost severed the ankle from his entire leg. Already, anguished by the excruciating pains, the policemen asked him, "Are you Anini?" And he replied, "My brother, I won't deceive you; I won't tell you lie, I'm Anini." He was from there taken to the police command headquarters where the state's Police Commissioner, Parry Osayande, was waiting. While in the police net, Anini who had poor command of English and could only communicate in pidgin, made a whole lot of revelations. He disclosed, for instance that Osunbor, who had been arrested earlier, was his deputy, saying that Osunbor actually shot and wounded the former police boss of the state, Akagbosu
Anini was shot in the leg, transferred to a military hospital, and had one of his legs amputated. That was after Monday Osunbor was also captured.
When Anini's hideout was searched, police recovered assorted charms, including the one he usually wore around his waist during "operations".
It was instructive that after Anini was captured and dispossessed of his charms, the man who terrorised a whole state and who was supposed to be fearless suddenly became remorseful, making confessions. This was against public expectation of a daredevil hoodlum who would remain defiant to the very end.
Revelations on Iyamu, others
Shortly after the arrest of Anini and co, the dare-devil robbers began to squeal, revealing the roles played by key police officers and men, in the aid ing and abetting of criminals in Bendel State and the entire country. Anini particularly revealed that Iyamu, who was the most senior police officer shielding the robbers, would reveal police secrets to them and then, give them logistic supports such as arms, to carry out robbery operations. He further revealed that Iyamu, after each operation, would join them in sharing the loot. It was further exposed how Iyamu planned to kill Christopher Omeben, an Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Intelligence and Investigation. But Iyamu was later to be disappointed as the assailants dispatched to eliminate Omeben were only able to kill his driver, Otue, a sergeant.
Iyamu, whom the robbers fondly referred to as 'Baba', reportedly had choice buildings in Benin City; being how he invested the loots he obtained from men of the underworld
Trial and execution
Due to amputation of his leg, Anini was confined to a wheelchair throughout his trial. Iyamu, on his part, denied ever knowing and collaborating with Anini, but Anini The Law furiously retorted, "You are a shameless liar!" Anini had accused him before Justice James Omo-Agege in the High Court of Justice, off Sapele Road in Benin City. Of the 10 police officers Anini implicated, five were convicted. The robbery suspects, including Iyamu, were sentenced to death. But in passing his judgement, Justice Omo-Agege remarked, "Anini will forever be remembered in the history of crime in this country, but it would be of unblessed memory. Few people if ever, would give the name to their children." Their execution took place on March 29, 1987.
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I think if he was still a life Nigeria security woul have be more better as it is now.. Even the politician fears him..
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visit Northampton Park
This is a multi-facility park: picnicking areas; hiking/birding trails; walking/jogging paths; ski-lodge for winter; horse-riding; one part is used for flying radio-controlled miniature planes.
There are recreational fields and kids playgrounds. Each section of the park has restroom facilities (some of which are handicap-access).
Knollwood Lodge is rentable (see website for details) and has stove and refrigerator, fireplace and grill. Other picnicking areas are open and some have grills and tables but others require you to supply your own equipment.
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Pizza Shack: Garlic Wings
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your own car
There is no public transportation right in Adams Basin so you need a car to get around.
The nearest commercial cars (rentals or taxis) are in the towns (5-10 miles away) of Brockport (Brockport Taxicab Company... 585-637-2840 or Enterprise Rental... 585-637-0260) or North Chili (Binici Taxi... 585-967-1965) or Ogden (Thrifty Rental... 585-352-3866).
The easiest way to visit the area is by your own car.
The best roads into the area are route 104 to the north or routes 531 and 31 to the south or route 36 which runs north-south right through the town. Secondary roads that travel through mostly farmland are: Ogden-Parma Road, Canal Road, Pine Hill Road.
Gasoline is available right near the intersection of route 36 with route 31 and also with route 104. Because these stations do not do a volume business, you will spend a bit more per gallon than if you filled-up in a larger city.Related to:
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Mr. Nick's: Cigars from around the world
If you are still a smoker or if you only enjoy that occasional cigar, then you will like Mr. Nick's Cigar Store.
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Salmon Creek Country Club
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