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The NDAA and the Death of the Democratic State
February 11, 2013
On Wednesday a few hundred activists crowded into the courtroom of the Second Circuit, the spillover room with its faulty audio feed and dearth of chairs, and Foley Square outside the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse in Manhattan where many huddled in the cold. The fate of the nation, we understood, could be decided by the three judges who will rule on our lawsuit against President Barack Obama for signing into law Section 1021(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
The section permits the military to detain anyone, including U.S. citizens, who "substantially support"—an undefined legal term—al-Qaida, the Taliban or "associated forces," again a term that is legally undefined. Those detained can be imprisoned indefinitely by the military and denied due process until "the end of hostilities." In an age of permanent war this is probably a lifetime. Anyone detained under the NDAA can be sent, according to Section (c)(4), to any "foreign country or entity." This is, in essence, extraordinary rendition of U.S. citizens. It empowers the government to ship detainees to the jails of some of the most repressive regimes on earth.
Section 1021(b)(2) was declared invalid in September after our first trial, in the Southern District Court of New York. The Obama administration appealed the Southern District Court ruling. The appeal was heard Wednesday in the Second Circuit Court with Judges Raymond J. Lohier, Lewis A. Kaplan and Amalya L. Kearse presiding. The judges might not make a decision until the spring when the Supreme Court rules in Clapper v. Amnesty International USA, another case in which I am a plaintiff. The Supreme Court case challenges the government's use of electronic surveillance. If we are successful in the Clapper case, it will strengthen all the plaintiffs' standing in Hedges v. Obama. The Supreme Court, if it rules against the government, will affirm that we as plaintiffs have a reasonable fear of being detained.
If we lose in Hedges v. Obama—and it seems certain that no matter the outcome of the appeal this case will reach the Supreme Court—electoral politics and our rights as citizens will be as empty as those of Nero's Rome. If we lose, the power of the military to detain citizens, strip them of due process and hold them indefinitely in military prisons will become a terrifying reality. Democrat or Republican. Occupy activist or libertarian. Socialist or tea party stalwart. It does not matter. This is not a partisan fight. Once the state seizes this unchecked power, it will inevitably create a secret, lawless world of indiscriminate violence, terror and gulags. I lived under several military dictatorships during the two decades I was a foreign correspondent. I know the beast.
"The stakes are very high," said attorney Carl Mayer, who with attorney Bruce Afran brought our case to trial, in addressing a Culture Project audience in Manhattan on Wednesday after the hearing. "What our case comes down to is: Are we going to have a civil justice system in the United States or a military justice system? The civil justice system is something that is ingrained in the Constitution. It was always very important in combating tyranny and building a democratic society. What the NDAA is trying to impose is a system of military justice that allows the military to police the streets of America to detain U.S. citizens, to detain residents in the United States in military prisons. Probably the most frightening aspect of the NDAA is that it allows for detention until 'the end of hostilities.'
Five thousand years of human civilization has left behind innumerable ruins to remind us that the grand structures and complex societies we build, and foolishly venerate as immortal, crumble into dust. It is the descent that matters now. If the corporate state is handed the tools, as under Section 1021(b)(2) of the NDAA, to use deadly force and military power to criminalize dissent, then our decline will be one of repression, blood and suffering. No one, not least our corporate overlords, believes that our material conditions will improve with the impending collapse of globalization, the steady deterioration of the global economy, the decline of natural resources and the looming catastrophes of climate change.
But the global corporatists—who have created a new species of totalitarianism—demand, during our decay, total power to extract the last vestiges of profit from a degraded ecosystem and disempowered citizenry. The looming dystopia is visible in the skies of blighted postindustrial cities such as Flint, Mich., where drones circle like mechanical vultures. And in an era where the executive branch can draw up secret kill lists that include U.S. citizens, it would be naive to believe these domestic drones will remain unarmed.
Robert M. Loeb, the lead attorney for the government in Wednesday's proceedings, took a tack very different from that of the government in the Southern District Court of New York before Judge Katherine B. Forrest. Forrest repeatedly asked the government attorneys if they could guarantee that the other plaintiffs and I would not be subject to detention under Section 1021(b)(2). The government attorneys in the first trial granted no such immunity. The government also claimed in the first trial that under the 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force Act (AUMF), it already had the power to detain U.S. citizens. Section 1021(b)(2), the attorneys said, did not constitute a significant change in government power. Judge Forrest in September rejected the government's arguments and ruled Section 1021(b)(2) invalid.
The government, however, argued Wednesday that as "independent journalists" we were exempt from the law and had no cause for concern. Loeb stated that if journalists used journalism as a cover to aid the enemy, they would be seized and treated as enemy combatants. But he assured the court that I would be untouched by the new law as long as "Mr. Hedges did not start driving black vans for people we don't like."
Loeb did not explain to the court who defines an "independent journalist." I have interviewed members of al-Qaida as well as 16 other individuals or members of groups on the State Department's terrorism list. When I convey these viewpoints, deeply hostile to the United States, am I considered by the government to be "independent"? Could I be seen by the security and surveillance state, because I challenge the official narrative, as a collaborator with the enemy? And although I do not drive black vans for people Loeb does not like, I have spent days, part of the time in vehicles, with armed units that are hostile to the United States. These include Hamas in Gaza and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in southeastern Turkey.
I traveled frequently with armed members of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front in El Salvador and the Sandinista army in Nicaragua during the five years I spent in Central America. Senior officials in the Reagan administration regularly denounced many of us in the press as fifth columnists and collaborators with terrorists. These officials did not view us as "independent." They viewed us as propagandists for the enemy. Section 1021(b)(2) turns this linguistic condemnation into legal condemnation.
Alexa O'Brien, another plaintiff and a co-founder of the US Day of Rage, learned after WikiLeaks released 5 million emails from Stratfor, a private security firm that does work for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Marine Corps and the Defense Intelligence Agency, that Stratfor operatives were trying to link her and her organization to Islamic radicals, including al-Qaida, and sympathetic websites as well as jihadist ideology. If that link were made, she and those in her organization would not be immune from detention.
Afran said at the Culture Project discussion that he once gave a donation at a fundraising dinner to the Ancient Order of Hibernians, an Irish Catholic organization. A few months later, to his surprise, he received a note of thanks from Sinn Féin. "I didn't expect to be giving money to a group that maintains a paramilitary terrorist organization, as some people say," Afran said. "This is the danger. You can easily find yourself in a setting that the government deems worthy of incarceration. This is why people cease to speak out."
The government attempted in court last week to smear Sami Al-Hajj, a journalist for the Al-Jazeera news network who was picked up by the U.S. military and imprisoned for nearly seven years in Guantanamo. This, for me, was one of the most chilling moments in the hearing.
"Just calling yourself a journalist doesn't make you a journalist, like Al-Hajj," Loeb told the court. "He used journalism as a cover. He was a member of al-Qaida and provided Stinger missiles to al-Qaida."
Al-Hajj, despite Loeb's assertions, was never charged with any crimes. And the slander by Loeb only highlighted the potential for misuse of this provision of the NDAA if it is not struck down.
The second central argument by the government was even more specious. Loeb claimed that Subsection 1021(e) of the NDAA exempts citizens from detention. Section 1021(e) states: "Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect existing law or authorities relating to the detention of United States citizens, lawful resident aliens of the United States, or any other persons who are captured or arrested in the United States."
Afran countered Loeb by saying that Subsection 1021(e) illustrated that the NDAA assumed that U.S. citizens would be detained by the military, overturning two centuries of domestic law that forbids the military to carry out domestic policing. And military detention of citizens, Afran noted, is not permitted under the Constitution.
Afran quoted the NDAA bill's primary sponsor, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who said on the floor of the Senate: "In the case where somebody is worried about being picked up by a rogue executive branch because they went to the wrong political rally, they don't have to worry very long, because our federal courts have the right and the obligation to make sure the government proves their case that you are a member of al-Qaida and didn't [just] go to a political rally."
Afran told the court that Graham's statement implicitly acknowledged that U.S. citizens could be detained by the military under 1021(b)(2). "There is no reason for the sponsor to make that statement if he does not realize that the statute causes that chilling fear," Afran told the judges.
After the hearing Afran explained: "If the senator who sponsored and managed the bill believed people would be afraid of the law, then the plaintiffs obviously have a reasonably objective basis to fear the statute."
In speaking to the court Afran said of 1021(e): "It says it is applied to people in the United States. It presumes that they are going to be detained under some law. The only law we know of is this law. What other laws, before this one, allowed the military to detain people in this country?"
This was a question Judge Lohier, at Afran's urging, asked Loeb during the argument. Loeb concurred that the NDAA was the only law he knew of that permitted the military to detain and hold U.S. citizens.
Via Truth-Dig Source
Chris Hedges: NDAA Lawsuit Update
Bad enough Americans already have people being Entrapped.
Inside the FBI's 'Terror factory'
You could be sent to anyone of these Countries.
CIA used 54 countries for detaining prisoners for toture
The 54 governments identified in this report span the continents of Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America, and include: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Yemen,
and Zimbabwe. Must not forget Cuba. Cuba did not help, but did have the US prison there. Guantánamo Bay. Source
Now the Military can help with all of this.
You can bet many of those countries still help the CIA.
Like many who were sent to prison from Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and other countries of course.
The Counter-Terrorism Rewards Program, administered by the United States Department of State offers monetary compensation for individuals who volunteer information that leads to the location, capture, and trial of suspected terrorists. The program also seeks information relevant to finances, assets, and plans of terrorist organizations. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) work closely with the Department of State to investigate all information garnered through the Counter-Terrorism Rewards Program. In 1998, after the bombing of United States embassies in East Africa, the Department of State raised the maximum reward for information to $5 million.
The rewards program not only offers monetary rewards for information aiding anti-terrorism operations, but also promises confidentiality and anonymity for the informant. The United States government further promises to aid and relocate informants whose disclosure of information places themselves, and their family, in jeopardy.
The Counter-Terrorism Rewards Program is now a part of a larger anti-terrorism operation, the Rewards for Justice Program. The program pays for information relevant to the arrest and capture of wanted terrorists, both domestic and foreign. As part of the Patriot Act of 2001, the secretary of state can pay rewards greater than $5 million for information leading to the arrest of suspected terrorists. To date, the program has paid $9.75 million to 24 individuals who aided government antiterror investigations.
The Counter-Terrorism Rewards Program, as part of Rewards for Justice, has had several key successes. Information received through the program led to the arrest and eventual conviction of the 1993 World Trade Center bomber, Ramzi Yousef. The highest current priority of the rewards program is information leading to the capture of al-Qaeda front man, Usama bin Laden, and others with suspected involvement in the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Source
Max Blumenthal: How Israeli Occupation Forces, Bahraini Monarchy Guards Trained U.S. Police For Coordinated Crackdown On "Occupy" Protests
New York – In October, the Alameda County Sheriff's Department turned parts of the campus of the University of California in Berkeley into an urban battlefield. The occasion was Urban Shield 2011, an annual SWAT team exposition organized to promote "mutual response," collaboration and competition between heavily militarized police strike forces representing law enforcement departments across the United States and foreign nations.
At the time, the Alameda County Sheriff's Department was preparing for an imminent confrontation with the nascent "Occupy" movement that had set up camp in downtown Oakland, and would demonstrate the brunt of its repressive capacity against the demonstrators a month later when it attacked the encampment with teargas and rubber bullet rounds, leaving an Iraq war veteran in critical condition and dozens injured. According to Police Magazine, a law enforcement trade publication, "Law enforcement agencies responding to…Occupy protesters in northern California credit Urban Shield for their effective teamwork."
Training alongside the American police departments at Urban Shield was the Yamam, an Israeli Border Police unit that claims to specialize in "counter-terror" operations but is better known for its extra-judicial assassinations of Palestinian militant leaders and long record of repression and abuses in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Urban Shield also featured a unit from the military of Bahrain, which had just crushed a largely non-violent democratic uprising by opening fire on protest camps and arresting wounded demonstrators when they attempted to enter hospitals. While the involvement of Bahraini soldiers in the drills was a novel phenomenon, the presence of quasi-military Israeli police – whose participation in Urban Shield was not reported anywhere in US media – reflected a disturbing but all-too-common feature of the post-9/11 American security landscape.
The Israelification of America's security apparatus, recently unleashed in full force against the Occupy Wall Street Movement, has taken place at every level of law enforcement, and in areas that have yet to be exposed. The phenomenon has been documented in bits and pieces, through occasional news reports that typically highlight Israel's national security prowess without examining the problematic nature of working with a country accused of grave human rights abuses. But it has never been the subject of a national discussion. And collaboration between American and Israeli cops is just the tip of the iceberg.
Having been schooled in Israeli tactics perfected during a 63 year experience of controlling, dispossessing, and occupying an indigenous population, local police forces have adapted them to monitor Muslim and immigrant neighborhoods in US cities. Meanwhile, former Israeli military officers have been hired to spearhead security operations at American airports and suburban shopping malls, leading to a wave of disturbing incidents of racial profiling, intimidation, and FBI interrogations of innocent, unsuspecting people. The New York Police Department's disclosure that it deployed "counter-terror" measures against Occupy protesters encamped in downtown Manhattan's Zuccotti Park is just the latest example of the so-called War on Terror creeping into every day life. Revelations like these have raised serious questions about the extent to which Israeli-inspired tactics are being used to suppress the Occupy movement.
The process of Israelification began in the immediate wake of 9/11, when national panic led federal and municipal law enforcement officials to beseech Israeli security honchos for advice and training. America's Israel lobby exploited the climate of hysteria, providing thousands of top cops with all-expenses paid trips to Israel and stateside training sessions with Israeli military and intelligence officials. By now, police chiefs of major American cities who have not been on junkets to Israel are the exception.
"Israel is the Harvard of antiterrorism," said former US Capitol Police Chief Terrance W. Gainer, who now serves as the US Senate Sergeant-at-Arms. Cathy Lanier, the Chief of the Washington DC Metropolitan Police, remarked, "No experience in my life has had more of an impact on doing my job than going to Israel." "One would say it is the front line," Barnett Jones, the police chief of Ann Arbor, Michigan, said of Israel. "We're in a global war."
Karen Greenberg, the director of Fordham School of Law's Center on National Security and a leading expert on terror and civil liberties, said the Israeli influence on American law enforcement is so extensive it has bled into street-level police conduct. "After 9/11 we reached out to the Israelis on many fronts and one of those fronts was torture," Greenberg told me. "The training in Iraq and Afghanistan on torture was Israeli training. There's been a huge downside to taking our cue from the Israelis and now we're going to spread that into the fabric of everyday American life? It's counter-terrorism creep. And it's exactly what you could have predicted would have happened."
Changing the way we do business
The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) is at the heart of American-Israeli law enforcement collaboration. JINSA is a Jerusalem and Washington DC-based think tank known for stridently neoconservative policy positions on Israel's policy towards the Palestinians and its brinkmanship with Iran. The group's board of directors boasts a Who's Who of neocon ideologues. Two former JINSA advisors who have also consulted for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Douglas Feith and Richard Perle, went on to serve in the Department of Defense under President George W. Bush, playing influential roles in the push to invade and occupy Iraq.
Through its Law Enforcement Education Program (LEEP), JINSA claims to have arranged Israeli-led training sessions for over 9000 American law enforcement officials at the federal, state and municipal level. "The Israelis changed the way we do business regarding homeland security in New Jersey," Richard Fuentes, the NJ State Police Superintendent, said after attending a 2004 JINSA-sponsored Israel trip and a subsequent JINSA conference alongside 435 other law enforcement officers.
During a 2004 LEEP trip, JINSA brought 14 senior American law enforcement officials to Israel to receive instruction from their counterparts. The Americans were trained in "how to secure large venues, such as shopping malls, sporting events and concerts," JINSA's website reported. Escorted by Brigadier General Simon Perry, an Israeli police attaché and former Mossad official, the group toured the Israeli separation wall, now a mandatory stop for American cops on junkets to Israel. "American officials learned about the mindset of a suicide bomber and how to spot trouble signs," according to JINSA. And they were schooled in Israeli killing methods. "Although the police are typically told to aim for the chest when shooting because it is the largest target, the Israelis are teaching [American] officers to aim for a suspect's head so as not to detonate any explosives that might be strapped to his torso," the New York Times reported.
Cathy Lanier, now the Chief of Washington DC's Metropolitan Police Department, was among the law enforcement officials junketed to Israel by JINSA. "I was with the bomb units and the SWAT team and all of those high profile specialized [Israeli] units and I learned a tremendous amount," Lanier reflected. "I took 82 pages of notes while I was there which I later brought back and used to formulate a lot of what I later used to create and formulate the Homeland Security terrorism bureau in the DC Metropolitan Police department."
Some of the police chiefs who have taken part in JINSA's LEEP program have done so under the auspices of the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), a private non-governmental group with close ties to the Department of Homeland Security. Chuck Wexler, the executive director of PERF, was so enthusiastic about the program that by 2005 he had begun organizing trips to Israel sponsored by PERF, bringing numerous high-level American police officials to receive instruction from their Israeli counterparts.
PERF gained notoriety when Wexler confirmed that his group coordinated police raids in 16 cities across America against "Occupy" protest encampments. As many as 40 cities have sought PERF advice on suppressing the "Occupy" movement and other mass protest activities. Wexler did not respond to my requests for an interview.
Lessons from Israel to Auschwitz
Besides JINSA, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has positioned itself as an important liaison between American police forces and the Israeli security-intelligence apparatus. Though the ADL promotes itself as a Jewish civil rights group, it has provoked controversy by publishing a blacklist of organizations supporting Palestinian rights, and for condemning a proposal to construct an Islamic community center in downtown New York, several blocks from Ground Zero, on the basis that some opponents of the project were entitled to "positions that others would characterize as irrational or bigoted."
Through the ADL's Advanced Training School course on Extremist and Terrorist Threats, over 700 law enforcement personnel from 220 federal and local agencies including the FBI and CIA have been trained by Israeli police and intelligence commanders. This year, the ADL brought 15 high-level American police officials to Israel for instruction from the country's security apparatus. According to the ADL, over 115 federal, state and local law enforcement executives have undergone ADL-organized training sessions in Israel since the program began in 2003. "I can honestly say that the training offered by ADL is by far the most useful and current training course I have ever attended," Deputy Commissioner Thomas Wright of the Philadelphia Police Department commented after completing an ADL program this year. The ADL's relationship with the Washington DC Police Department is so cozy its members are invited to accompany DC cops on "ride along" patrols.
The ADL claims to have trained over 45,000 American law enforcement officials through its Law Enforcement and Society program, which "draws on the history of the Holocaust to provide law enforcement professionals with an increased understanding of…their role as protectors of the Constitution," the group's website stated. All new FBI agents and intelligence analysts are required to attend the ADL program, which is incorporated into three FBI training programs. According to officialFBI recruitment material, "all new special agents must visit the US Holocaust Memorial Museum to see firsthand what can happen when law enforcement fails to protect individuals."
Fighting "crimiterror"
Among the most prominent Israeli government figure to have influenced the practices of American law enforcement officials is Avi Dichter, a former head of Israel's Shin Bet internal security service and current member of Knesset who recently introduced legislation widely criticized as anti-democratic. During the Second Intifada, Dichter ordered several bombings on densely populated Palestinian civilian areas, including one on the al-Daraj neighborhood of Gaza that resulted in the death of 15 innocent people, including 8 children, and 150 injuries. "After each success, the only thought is, 'Okay, who's next?'" Dichter said of the "targeted" assassinations he has ordered.
Despite his dubious human rights record and apparently dim view of democratic values, or perhaps because of them, Dichter has been a key figure in fostering cooperation between Israeli security forces and American law enforcement. In 2006, while Dichter was serving at the time as Israel's Minister of Public Security, he spoke in Boston, Massachusetts before the annual convention of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Seated beside FBI Director Robert Mueller and then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, Dichter told the 10,000 police officers in the crowd that there was an "intimate connection between fighting criminals and fighting terrorists." Dichter declared that American cops were actually "fighting crimiterrorists." The Jerusalem Post reported that Dichter was "greeted by a hail of applause, as he was hugged by Mueller, who described Dichter as his mentor in anti-terror tactics."
A year after Dichter's speech, he and then-Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff signed a joint memorandum pledging security collaboration between America and Israel on issues ranging from airport security to emergency planning. In 2010, Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano authorized a new joint memorandum with Israeli Transport and Road Safety Minister Israel Katz shoring up cooperation between the US Transportation Security Agency – the agency in charge of day-to-day airport security – and Israel's Security Department. The recent joint memorandum also consolidated the presence of US Homeland Security law enforcement personnel on Israeli soil. "The bond between the United States and Israel has never been stronger," Napolitano remarked at a recent summit of AIPAC, the leading outfit of America's Israel lobby, in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The Demographic Unit
For the New York Police Department, collaboration with Israel's security and intelligence apparatus became a top priority after 9/11. Just months after the attacks on New York City, the NYPD assigned a permanent, taxpayer-funded liaison officerto Tel Aviv. Under the leadership of Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, ties between the NYPD and Israel have deepened by the day. Kelly embarked on his first trip to Israel in early 2009 to demonstrate his support for Israel's ongoing assault on the Gaza Strip, a one-sided attack that left over 1400 Gaza residents dead in three weeks and led a United Nations fact-finding mission to conclude that Israeli military and government officials had committed war crimes.
Kelly returned to Israel the following year to speak at the Herziliya Conference, an annual gathering of neoconservative security and government officials who obsess over supposed "demographic threats." After Kelly appeared on stage, the Herziliya crowd was addressed by the pro-Israel academic Martin Kramer, who claimed that Israel's blockade of Gaza was helping to reduce the numbers of "superfluous young men of fighting age." Kramer added, "If a state can't control these young men, then someone else will."
Back in New York, the NYPD set up a secret "Demographics Unit" designed to spy on and monitor Muslim communities around the city. The unit was developed with input and intensive involvement by the CIA, which still refuses to name the former Middle East station chief it has posted in the senior ranks of the NYPD's intelligence division. Since 2002, the NYPD has dispatched undercover agents known as "rakers" and "mosque crawlers" into Pakistani-American bookstores and restaurants to gauge community anger over US drone strikes inside Pakistan, and into Palestinian hookah bars and mosques to search out signs of terror recruitment and clandestine funding. "If a raker noticed a customer looking at radical literature, he might chat up the store owner and see what he could learn," the Associated Press reported. "The bookstore, or even the customer, might get further scrutiny."
The Israeli imprimatur on the NYPD's Demographics Unit is unmistakable. As a former police official told the Associated Press, the Demographics Unit has attempted to "map the city's human terrain" through a program "modeled in part on how Israeli authorities operate in the West Bank."
Shop 'til you're stopped
At Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport, security personnel target non-Jewish and non-white passengers, especially Arabs, as a matter of policy. The most routinely harassed passengers are Palestinian citizens of Israel, who must brace themselvesfor five-hour interrogation sessions and strip searches before flying. Those singled out for extra screening by Shin Bet officers are sent to what many Palestinians from Israel call the "Arab room," where they are subjected to humiliating questioning sessions (former White House Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala encountered such mistreatment during a visit to Israel last year). Some Palestinians are forbidden from speaking to anyone until takeoff, and may be menaced by Israeli flight attendants during the flight. In one documented case, a six-month-old was awoken for a strip search by Israeli Shin Bet personnel. Instances of discrimination against Arabs at Ben Gurion International are too numerous to detail – several incidents occur each day – but a few of the more egregious instances were outlined in a 2007 petition the Association for Civil Rights in Israel filed with the country's Supreme Court.
Though the Israeli system of airline security contains dubious benefits and clearly deleterious implications for civil liberties, it is quietly and rapidly migrating into major American airports. Security personnel at Boston's Logan International Airport have undergone extensive training from Israeli intelligence personnel, learning to apply profiling and behavioral assessment techniques against American citizens that were initially tested on Palestinians. The new procedures began in August, when so-called Behavior Detection Officers were placed in security queues at Logan's heavily trafficked Terminal A. Though the procedures have added to traveler stress while netting exactly zero terrorists, they are likely to spread to other cities. "I would like to see a lot more profiling" in American airports, said Yossi Sheffi, an Israeli-born risk analyst at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Transportation and Logistics.
Israeli techniques now dictate security procedures at the Mall of America, a gargantuan shopping mall in Bloomington, Minnesota that has become a major tourist attraction. The new methods took hold in 2005 when the mall hired a former Israeli army sergeant named Mike Rozin to lead a special new security unit. Rozin, who once worked with a canine unit at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, instructed his employees at the Mall of America to visually profile every shopper, examining their expressions for suspicious signs. His security team accosts and interrogates an average of 1200 shoppers a year, according to the Center for Investigative Reporting.
One of the thousands who fell into Rozin's dragnet was Najam Qureshi, a Pakistani-American mall vendor whose father accidentally left his cell phone on a table in the mall food court. A day after the incident, FBI agents appeared at Qureshi's doorstep to ask if he knew anyone seeking to harm the United States. An army veteran interrogated for two hours by Rozin's men for taking video inside the mall sobbed openly about his experience to reporters. Meanwhile, another man, Emile Khalil, was visited by FBI agents after mall security stopped him for taking photographs of the dazzling consumer haven.
"I think that the threat of terrorism in the United States is going to become an unfortunate part of American life," Rozin remarked to American Jewish World. And as long as the threat persists in the public's mind, Israeli securitocrats like Rozin will never have to worry about the next paycheck.
"Occupy" meets the Occupation
When a riot squad from the New York Police Department destroyed and evicted the "Occupy Wall Street" protest encampment at Zuccotti Park in downtown Manhattan, department leadership drew on the anti-terror tactics they had refined since the 9/11 attacks. According to the New York Times, the NYPD deployed "counterterrorism measures" to mobilize large numbers of cops for the lightning raid on Zuccotti. The use of anti-terror techniques to suppress a civilian protest complemented harsh police measures demonstrated across the country against the nationwide "Occupy" movement, from firing tear gas canisters and rubber bullets into unarmed crowds to blasting demonstrators with the LRAD sound cannon.
Given the amount of training the NYPD and so many other police forces have received from Israel's military-intelligence apparatus, and the profuse levels of gratitude American police chiefs have expressed to their Israeli mentors, it is worth asking how much Israeli instruction has influenced the way the police have attempted to suppress the Occupy movement, and how much it will inform police repression of future upsurges of street protest. But already, the Israelification of American law enforcement appears to have intensified police hostility towards the civilian population, blurring the lines between protesters, common criminals, and terrorists. As Dichter said, they are all just "crimiterrorists."
"After 9/11 we had to react very quickly," Greenberg remarked, "but now we're in 2011 and we're not talking about people who want to fly planes into buildings. We're talking about young American citizens who feel that their birthright has been sold. If we're using Israeli style tactics on them and this stuff bleeds into the way we do business at large, were in big trouble."
This article is cross-posted from Al-Akhbar.com with permission from the author Max Blumenthal.
You can read more of Max Blumenthal at MaxBlumenthal.com. He is the author of Republican Gomorrah, published by Nation Books.


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Doug Book,FloydReports.com
Why waste time asking "What did you know and when did you know it?" when the
Obama Regime might already face felony charges?
That's the question Attorney David Hardy and others are asking those
investigating the role of Regime members in the deadly gun walking fiasco,Fast
and Furious.
Since whistleblowers
brought this scheme to the attention of Congress early this year,Senator Charles
Grassley and Congressman Darrell Issa have been frustrated
by Department of Justice stonewalling,subterfuge,and
As Grassley wrote to Attorney General Eric Holder in a July 18th
correspondence,"If the attorneys working on the [Justice] Department's response
to the Committee spent less time redacting documents and more time producing
them,we would be much closer to understanding the failures in leadership
surrounding Operation Fast and Furious."
But it is Hardy's contention that….

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DiS has put together a Record Store Day 2012 playlist featuring many of the things we're excited about purchasing on RSD12.
Saturday April 21st is the date you probably have scribbled in your diary already. If that day is blank, you'll wanna grab a big thick marker and write RECORD STORE DAY in that square/page/pixelated box, because that's the day when loads of one-off releases come out - there seem to be quite a few albums coming out on vinyl this year, including The Breakfast Club soundtrack and Mclusky Do Dallas.
This year's list of releases is as exhaustive as ever (full list is here!), so in an attempt to help you navigate through it all, we've put together this Record Store Day Spotify playlist (yeah, yeah, we know you love vinyl and hate the sound quality of streaming, and think Spotify is the devil's work...).
Please note, before you moan in the comment box: There are a couple substitutions, like Zomby is actually releasing 'Where were you in '92?' but that wasn't on Spotify, same goes for Bob Dylan's version of 'Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window' but Jimi's version was there, and Beach House are releasing a different track. Please feel free to leave any other incredibly pedantic remarks below, and, you could, like, maybe make your own playlist or tell us what you're excited about buying, and things like that.
My Brightest Diamond 'I Have Never Loved Someone'
Kimbra 'Settle Down'
The Supremes 'Baby Love - Single Version'
David Bowie 'Starman'
Leonard Cohen 'First We Take Manhattan (Live)'
Afrika Bambaataa 'Kick Out The Jams'
Television 'Blank Generation - Live'
Ramones 'Blitzkrieg Bop'
Mclusky 'To Hell With Good Intentions'
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- The gold market operates on a fractional reserve basis and a stampede to claim physical bullion could send the price soaring at any moment. It is an accident waiting to happen.
- There is far more gold in private hands than is realised. Its origin is most likely to have been the Japanese conquest of 12 Asian nations during 1894-1945, subsequent to which it has been laundered into the gold market over many years. In this case, the evolution of the current gold bull market could be more gradual, until the true extent of the upcoming dollar crisis becomes apparent.
Paul goes on to explain the case of General Yamashita's gold – quite a story! This is a terrific read, lengthy, but take it all the way through and I guarantee that, like me, you'll learn a thing or ten about gold and be entertained along the way. Great report, Paul, thanks for the effort and thanks for sharing!
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Colin Mochrie, who should be well-known to anyone who's ever seen an episode of ad-lib comedy spectacular Whose Line is it Anyway?, here grabs some Star Wars figures and re-enacts some of his favourite scenes.
If you're wondering why, at least initially, so many lines are "wrong", see again his job description, above.
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After mounting rally, Rox beat by familiar face
Bettis goes five solid innings, but Young scores go-ahead run for Mets
NEW YORK -- Rockies manager Walt Weiss knows what type of player Eric Young Jr. is, and how much of a menace he can be on the bases. For 57 games this season, Young was Weiss' weapon, injecting speed into the Rockies' lineup with an ability to affect a game's outcome. On Tuesday, Young gave the organization he grew up with one more reminder of the player it traded away.
When Mets center fielder Juan Lagares hit a slow ground ball to second base for an infield single off Wilton Lopez in the bottom of the eighth inning, Young hustled from second base to score the Mets' winning run and send the Rockies to a 3-2 loss at Citi Field. Young's run spoiled a strong start by Chad Bettis, and continued what's been a dreadful road trip for the Rockies.
"He's a hard-nosed player. He plays hard all the time," Weiss said of Young. "He's got game-changing speed."
Colorado is 1-7 since leaving Denver last week.
Five days after struggling through his first Major League start, Bettis showed the Rockies he can be the pitcher they hoped to see when they brought him up from Double-A Tulsa. Bettis moved up one game to start in place of Tyler Chatwood, who the Rockies gave extra rest after he experienced left hamstring tightness doing sprint work in Pittsburgh on Saturday. Since Colorado had an off-day Monday, Bettis was on normal rest.
Bettis, 24, only made one significant mistake against the Mets. In the first inning, the righty threw a flat slider that stayed over the plate to Lagares, who lined it into the gap in right-center field for a two-run triple that gave the Mets a 2-0 lead.
"Chad settled in well. Started to get strike one," Weiss said. "He did a nice job giving us a shot to win."
Bettis allowed only one more hit, a double by Mets first baseman Ike Davis in the third inning. Bettis retired the next seven hitters he faced.
Bettis permitted two runs on four hits with a walk and two strikeouts over five innings. This was a considerable improvement after giving up five earned runs on six hits against Atlanta on Thursday.
"I definitely felt like it was back to normal," Bettis said. "I got settled in there after that first game. I felt like the first game, I was so locked in I wasn't able to see what the hitters were doing, stuff like that. Today was a better day."
Aside from a sacrifice fly by Nolan Arenado, Colorado didn't do much damage against Mets starter Jenrry Mejia through the first five innings. But the Rockies started to break through in the sixth.
Charlie Blackmon pinch-hit for Bettis and turned on an 0-2 pitch from Mejia for a home run to right-center field that tied the game at 2.
Colorado then had a chance to take a comfortable lead. The Rockies had the bases loaded with one out, but Carlos Torres, who came on in relief of Mejia, retired Wilin Rosario and Todd Helton to get out of the inning.
What could've been a big inning ended with Colorado stranding the bases loaded, and it cost Colorado in the bottom of the eighth.
Young led off the inning with a single, and was a threat to steal immediately. Lopez paid plenty of attention to Young, throwing over to first several times. Mets right fielder Marlon Byrd hit a long fly out to center that allowed Young to tag up. Lopez then intentionally walked Davis.
Young, who was drafted by the Rockies in 2003 and spent parts of five seasons with them in the Majors, then scored on Lagares' infield single.
"It felt good against those guys. There's no hard feelings," Young said. "I'm more appreciative that they made the move they did, because I wouldn't be in this situation if they didn't. But it was good being able to showcase that."
Colorado threatened against Mets reliever LaTroy Hawkins in the ninth. Arenado singled, and DJ LeMahieu hit one of his own to allow pinch-runner Jonathan Herrera to get to third.
Weiss then sent Yorvit Torrealba up to pinch-hit, but Torrealba hit a sharp line drive behind first base that Davis snagged in foul territory to end the game. Weiss said Carlos Gonzalez, who wasn't in the starting lineup as he continues to deal with a sprained right middle finger, was not available to hit.
Of the Rockies' struggles on this road trip, this was certainly among the toughest losses to digest. They had a well-pitched ballgame, but ended up losing when one of their former teammates, Young, scored in a bizarre way.
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The finals of Bellator's first-ever light-heavyweight tournament are now set.
In a highly exciting pair of semifinal bouts, Christian M'Pumbu and Richard Hale took one step closer to a six-figure payout, though the former fighter had a far easier time doing so.
It took M'Pumbu a little more than two minutes to dispatch his opponent with a flurry of punches at Bellator 42, which took place tonight at Lucky Star Casino in Concho, Okla., and aired live on MTV2. Hale, on the other hand, went to the scorecards in a nail-biter.
There was no inverted triangles in store for former bodybuilder Hale, though his grappling chops likely sealed a close fight. Semifinal opponent D.J. Linderman wanted nothing more than to chase down and chop down his taller opponent with a right hand.
From the get-go, Linderman returned the favor in the second with a spinning backfist that opened up a slam opportunity. Hale popped back up, though, and the two went back to slugging it out.
Hale (17-3 MMA, 2-0 BFC) came out big with a leaping high kick in the final frame, but Linderman wanted the fight down. Instead, he ended up mounted when a double-leg attempt went awry, and spent the remainder of the fight fending off a rear naked choke. Hale was never able to finish, but gamely stayed at his opponent's back.
In the end, judges favored Hale's counter-striking and ground control to Linderman's charging aggression, and two judges gave him the fight two rounds to one with one seeing the opposite for Linderman (9-2 MMA, 1-1 BFC).
Mann smothers Arocho in three-round domination
Who says Englishmen can't wrestle?
Featherweight U.K. import and future tournament competitor Ronnie Mann had his way with Josh Arocho on the mat, and he delivered punishment all the way.
So complete was Mann's domination on the canvas that one judge awarded him a score of 30-25. Two judges were more conservative with 30-27 tallies. But it was still nothing other than a blowout.
Mann, who made his U.S. debut this past September with a decision win at Shark Fights 13 over UFC vet Douglas Evans, took full advantage of the Unified Rules by parking Arocho on the mat and raining down elbows that opened some nasty, bleeding cuts.
Arocho tried to even the score in the second with his own takedown but found Mann's sprawl defense more sound than he might have imagined. In fact, he ran into a brick wall and ended up flat on his back, where the pain continued. Elbow after elbow after punch smashed into Arocho's face. Mann resembled nothing so much as a smaller "Smashing Machine."
Despite all the blows he took, Arocho (13-10 MMA, 0-1 BFC) never gave up in the fight. He tried again for a takedown after Mann nearly decapitated him with a head kick. But Mann again sprawled and took top position, and felt no lack of confidence in trying an Americana, then an inverted triangle after getting the crucifix position.
The Brit didn't get it and had to console himself with hammering away from top position.
When the next featherweight tourney kicks off, Mann (19-2-1 MMA, 1-0 BFC) will likely be a favorite if he continues to deliver performances he did on Saturday. Of course, he'll also likely meet opponents with stiffer résumés.
M'Pumbu scores quick semifinal win with first-round flash knockout
In the first light-heavyweight semifinal bout of the season-four tourney, M'Pumbu punched his ticket to the finals, literally, in short order.
M'Pumbu, a veteran of the M-1 Challenge circuit who'd earned his semifinal berth with a first-round TKO of Chris Davis, met opponent Tim Carpenter with the same disregard. Carpenter met a thunderous right that took his legs. A second put him on his back, and were it not for the canvas, which acted as a smelling salt in waking him up, more damage would likely have come his way. The fight's official end was at 2:08.
At no time was that more evident than when cameras caught Carpenter uttering, "What happened?"
M'Pumbu (17-3-1 MMA, 2-0 BFC) now has back-to-back wins under his belt, while Carpenter, who earned a spot in the semifinals with a decision over Daniel Gracie, (7-1 MMA, 2-1 BFC) is no longer undefeated.
Nogueira impresses in U.S. debut
In his U.S. debut, Renovacao Fight Team's Luis "Betao" Nogueira proved to be too much for Jerod Spoon in a special feature bout leading the Bellator 42 broadcast.
Nogueira's aggressive standup put Spoon on his bicycle from the beginning. Flurries of punches and kicks had the Oklahoman covering up for dear life, and a few flying knees nearly took his head off.
Spoon hoped quality would triumph over quantity and waited for a brief window in which to counter. Several times he managed to crack Nogueira with a stiff right hand. Unfortunately, none of them stopped the charge.
Both men tried to put the edge firmly in their corners by taking the action to the mat. In that battle, they ran neck and neck for the first two frames. But in the final frame, Nogueira inched ahead.
Spoon was all too aware that he might be trailing on scorecards and plastered Nogueira in the final moments of the third with several power punches that might have felled other men. The Brazilian, however, was undeterred.
In the end, two judges gave Spoon (5-2-1 MMA, 0-1 BFC) a round, but all three agreed that Nogueira (11-1 MMA, 1-0 BFC) had won the bout with final scores of 30-27, 29-28, and 29-28.
- Richard Hale def. D.J. Linderman via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) – light-heavyweight tourney semifinal
- Ronnie Mann def. Josh Arocho via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-25)
- Christian M'Pumbu def. Tim Carpenter via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 2:08 – light-heavyweight tourney semifinal
- Luiz "Betao" Nogueira def. Jerod Spoonvia unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
- Brandon Shelton def. Owen Evinger via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:35*
- Jared Hess def. Chris Bell via submission (triangle choke) – Round 1, 1:40
- Shane Howell def. Mark Oshiro via submission (D'arce choke) – Round 1, 4:15
- Mark Holata def. Tracy Willis via submission (strikes) – Round 1, 0:49
* – Bout took place following main event
For more on Bellator 42, check out the MMA Events section of the site.
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The Secret to Healing Sindragosa as a Paladin
I wasn't going to write this post. When I got back from vacation and thought about post writing and stuff, I told myself, naaaah, no one wants to read about Sindragosa anymore. At least not normal mode Sindragosa, not with all those shiny hard mode guides everwhere. But after talking with other paladins, I discovered that some are still deprived from the Secret. The Secret to healing Sindragosa as a paladin.
Ok, so you know phase 3? The one where the tanks play hot potato with the boss? And you're TRYING to keep your beacon on the right tank while not dying and not getting too many stacks of everything? Yeah, that phase.
Oh, but before I reveal the Secret, here are some other tricks to healing Sindragosa:
1- If you have trouble running from Blistering Cold, you might be standing too far away. You don't want to be in melee range (you'll get mana back as you melee but you'll also take Chilled to the Bone damage), yet you don't want to be at max range either. The further you are, the more time you waste getting pulled in.
2- When I'm affected by Unchained Magic, I rack up 5 stacks of Instability by casting Holy Light, then count down from 5 before starting over. Everyone has their own strategy, but that's the one that works for me. 5 stacks means I get decent healing out before having to pause, but there's still some leeway in case I need to make an emergency cast.
3- On the last phase, when she's throwing Frost Beacons around and getting poor, good-willing, innocent holy paladins caught in misplaced Frost Tombs, you can get out of the way by getting slightly closer to her. Don't melee her (you don't want to be Chilled to the Bone), but snuggling up will keep you out of the path of wayward Frost Beacons who can't run fast enough dropping their tombs on your face.
As for the Secret…
On the last phase, as the tanks take turns holding Sindy's interest, as everyone is out of line of sight all the time and as you take tons, oh tons of damage…beacon yourself. Just beacon yourself. Direct heal whichever tank is currently hanging on to the boss and bask in the redirected heals.
(Edit: Only do this on the last phase, when the constant switching of beacon targets becomes a waste of GCDs and mana. For the rest of the fight, just beacon whoever is tanking the boss.)
Suddenly your life becomes so much easier. The constant influx of heals on yourself means you don't have to drop your stacks as often, you don't have to blame the raid healers for not healing you, you can just focus on what you do best: delivering ginormous, blissful, toe-curling tank heals.
And, that, friends, is the secret to getting those scary, epic Sindragosa kills that end with only you and the tanks alive, and the rest of the raid groveling in admiration at your feet.Explore posts in the same categories: Boss Fight: Wrath, Teh paladin
23 Comments on "The Secret to Healing Sindragosa as a Paladin"
June 18, 2010 at 6:25 am
Hmm! I'm in a similar situation as the above commentor (reg mode, no kill yet) and Holy is my off-spec, so tips are good. My guild had our first go at this a couple days ago and yeah, p3 was definitely nuts. I'm going to try these suggestions on our next attempts.
June 18, 2010 at 2:54 pm
This fight is pretty much easy till you got into that one last phase when everything you worked on, for so long (first phase) just go to hell 😛
Tho I find it easier just to beacon one tank that is currently tanking, and spam holylight on self, while standing on range dps (Glyph FTW). You dont have to care about LOS since beacon works as long as you stay in range, so you can freely move with your dps.
Also we find it much easier with one tank having frost gear and the other one just stand in for those 5-10 sec needed to drop MT stacks. Since he got the gear he can have much more stacks on.
June 18, 2010 at 7:17 pm
I had terrible problems avoiding Blistering Cold until I stood with the melee. I get a few swings in with my mace before I turn to face the stairs, and start running as soon as she says "Can you feel…" (or whatever it is she says, been a few weeks).
If that's not enough, Hand of Freedom works, although it's castable on others so it's neat to help out a fellow raider if they're having trouble, too. 😀
June 19, 2010 at 2:30 pm
I'll remember this if my guild ever gets past Dreamwalker.
I'm currently having mad healer guilt for not being able to get past that fight, since everyone pretty much says it's a snoozefest at this point. But if I ever get a chance at Sindy, I'll remember this advice. 😉
June 27, 2010 at 10:36 am
just focus on the boss and heal the target of the focus, its not that hard,
if you want to reset the stacks, set the beacon on the target of the focus and heal yourself, the beacon does not require los,
if blistering cold + low tank tank happen = bubble
if tank stacks more then 8, use aura master for the next frost breath
June 30, 2010 at 6:21 pm
Have a lock putting Curse of Tongues on her, slows the casting speed of Blisting Cold by 1.5 secs (for a grand total of 6.5 secs cast) even keyboard turners and backpedalers can get away from it!
As for the people speaking of Beacon, yes it doesnt work when there is not a LoS between the Beacon and the receiver of the heal (tested). I usually beacon myself and can heal the tank WHILE LoS Sind (the important part here to avoid increasing stacks of Mystic Buffet), just stand a few steps behind the IceBlock on a diagonal between you and her body (but a staight line to the tank).
Once the iceblock is down you can stand still in that spot while the raid moves cause the beacon would let you get 8+ stacks w/o sweating; after that if you need to reposition call it out (as well when you have Unchained Magic).


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Phoenix Mars Mission
Launch: August 4, 2007
Status: Mission Completed
The Phoenix Mars Lander was the first mission to explore the Arctic region of Mars at ground level. Phoenix was launched from the Kennedy Space Centre aboard a Delta II rocket at 5:26 a.m. EDT on August 4, 2007. It landed near Mars's northern polar cap on May 25, 2008 in an area known as Vastitas Borealis, where it continued to operate successfully for more than five months (far beyond its planned 90-day ).
The Phoenix Mission marked the first time that Canada, as a nation, landed on the surface of Mars. Canada's meteorological station recorded the daily weather at the landing site. It measured Mars' temperature and pressure, and probed clouds, fog and dust in Mars' lower atmosphere. Most significantly, the weather station confirmed that it snows on Mars by detecting snowflakes falling from clouds about 4 kilometres above the spacecraft's landing
The Canadian Space Agency Celebrates the 10th Anniversary of Phoenix's Landing
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On May 25, 2008, the Phoenix Mars Lander made a dramatic landing on Mars, with millions of people worldwide sharing the jubilation of the international team gathered at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Within hours of landing, the spacecraft beamed back images of the rocky polar region of Mars. This panorama stitches together hundreds of images of Phoenix itself and its barren surroundings, looking much like the northern regions of our own planet. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University)
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Phoenix made several breakthrough discoveries about Mars, our planetary neighbor. It was the first spacecraft to actually touch ice on Mars, confirming that the Red Planet still has water in the form of ice beneath its desert-like surface.
This image of the trenches dug by Phoenix's robotic arm reveals ice as white patches just below just a few centimeters of soil. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University)
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Phoenix also set out to study whether Mars ever had the conditions to support life. Its on-board chemistry labs shown in this image determined that the nearby is unlike any found by earlier Mars missions: mildly alkaline, with small concentrations of salts that could be nutrients for life.
Phoenix detected quantities of calcium carbonate in the soil. Commonly found in rocks on Earth like limestone and chalk (also a major ingredient of seashells, eggshells and found in broccoli and kale), calcium carbonate lead scientists to believe that the environment where Phoenix landed could have once been wet or damp. On Earth, where there is water, there is life. Following the water on Mars is a first step in eventually finding out if Mars was ever—or could still be—an abode for life. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University)
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Phoenix also found perchlorate salts in the soil—a surprising new puzzle for Mars scientists. Percholorate can lower the freezing point of water. Could that be the reason why satellite photos show areas where water flowed recently on Mars in spite of frigid temperatures? If percholorate can destroy organic molecules when they are heated together, is that the reason why early Mars missions like Viking didn't find any evidence of the building blocks of life on Mars? Do scientists need to change the way they search for signs of life on Mars? Could percholorate—found in rocket fuel and fireworks—be used by future missions to Mars to make oxygen and fuel? As is often the case with science, each discovery brings a myriad of new questions to answer...
Image: A vertical projection of images taken by Phoenix's on-board cameras, stitched together as if looking downwards towards the lander from above. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University)
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The Phoenix mission marked the first time that Canada was part of a mission to land on Mars. On May 26, 2008, the Phoenix Mars Lander beamed back the first image of the word "Canada" displayed prominently on the side of the lidar instrument, part of the Canadian-built meteorology station that probed Mars's weather and climate throughout the mission, studying clouds, fog and dust in the lower atmosphere. The lidar proudly bears the same Canada wordmark on its thermal blankets as the iconic Canadarm on the Space Shuttle, Canadarm2 and Dextre, the Canadian robots aboard the International Space Station (ISS). (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University)
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On the 99th day of the mission, the Canadian lidar made an unprecedented discovery: it detected snowflakes falling from the clouds about 4 kilometres above the spacecraft's landing site. The colour on this graph shows Martian clouds, with snowfall where the streaks curve towards the right of the graphic, showing faster winds at higher altitudes. "Nothing like this view has ever been seen on Mars," said Jim Whiteway, of York University, lead scientist for the Canadian Space Agency's Meteorological Station. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Canadian Space Agency)
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What could be more Canadian that studying the weather of Mars? Throughout the mission, the Canadian Space Agency's Meteorological Station recorded the temperature and barometric pressure, producing a daily Mars weather report for Earthlings to compare with their home planet. Wind speeds were supplied by Danish collaborators from the University of Aarhus. This weather report is from Martian Day (Sol) 151, the final data sent by the Phoenix lander. Designed to last for 90 days, Phoenix outperformed all expectations by working for five months. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) officially ended the mission on May 25, 2010, after it was determined that the spacecraft likely did not survive the harsh conditions of Martian winter. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Canadian Space Agency. Wind: University of Aarhus)
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Badly burned after his armored personnel carrier hit a land mine in Vietnam, Chuck Hagel sat in a medical evacuation helicopter thinking of the horrors he had experienced during combat.
"If I ever get out, if I ever can influence anything, I will do all I can to prevent war," he would later tell his biographer, Charlyne Berens.
It was a seminal moment for the young soldier turned Nebraska senator who sources now say will be nominated by President Barack Obama to become the next secretary of defense.
Should he be nominated to replace current Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Hagel would bring to the Pentagon a distinct bias against armed conflict forged during the Vietnam War.
Hegal volunteered to join the Army and ended up serving a yearlong tour in 1968 during the Tet Offensive, considered the most violent period in that war. Because of a clerical error, he served side by side with his younger brother.
He earned two Purple Hearts, one of which was for saving his brother's life. The second Purple Heart was for shrapnel he took in the chest while on patrol with his brother; his brother saved his life by patching up the wound.
After coming home, Hagel worked briefly as a newscaster, then had a career in business, before entering public service as a Republican senator from Nebraska. He served in that role from 1997 to 2009.
Hagel's time in Vietnam forged his thoughts about combat for the rest of his life, earning him a reputation on Capitol Hill as someone with an independent streak that meant he was sometimes at odds with his Republican colleagues.
"Not that I'm a pacifist - I'm a hard-edged realist, I understand the world as it is - but war is a terrible thing. There's no glory, only suffering," he is quoted as saying in his 2006 biography, "Chuck Hagel: Moving Forward."
Hagel opposed the troop surge in Iraq, as did Obama, calling it, "the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since Vietnam." He similarly opposed Obama's surge in Afghanistan and called for deep cuts in defense spending.
Those and other positions did not sit well with Hagel's Republican colleagues, and they hurt his chances to move up the ranks to power positions.
Most recently, Hagel has taught at Georgetown University while serving as co-chairman of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board.
While serving in the Senate, Hagel became close with then-Sen. Obama, and they seemed to find common ground on the use of military force and on Hagel's fairly moderate approach to foreign relations issues. Obama also appreciated Hagel's willingness to buck his own party.
Hagel, Obama and Sen. Jack Reed toured parts of the Middle East, including Iraq, in 2008.
"It was an extraordinary trip," Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat, told CNN's Security Clearance. "There was just an exchange of ideas about the region, and I think the president was also impressed with not only (Hagel's) understanding but the questions he raised, not just with the president but with the foreign leaders that we met."
Hagel and Obama also have common ground when it comes to Iran. Both believe in open dialogue with Iran, though Hagel has argued against sanctions, while the president has tightened the screws on Iran with tougher sanctions.
"By refusing to engage Iran, we are perpetuating dangerous geo-political unpredictabilities," Hagel said in a 2007 speech. "Our refusal to recognize Iran's influence does not decrease its influence but rather increases it. Engagement creates dialogue and opportunities to identify common interests, demonstrate America's strengths, as well as make clear disagreements," he said.
In September, Hagel co-authored an opinion piece in the Washington Post backing the idea of "keeping all options on the table" for stopping Iran's suspected nuclear program.
"Since the consequences of a military attack are so significant for U.S. interests, we seek to ensure that the spectrum of objectives, as well as potential consequences, is understood," it read. The piece did not rule out the possibility of using military force.
For Hagel, getting to the Pentagon would mean overcoming vocal opposition from pro-Israel groups and others who object to his stance on Iran and Hamas. Hagel has opposed efforts to isolate militant groups such as Hamas.
He has also faced opposition from gay-rights groups, strong supporters of Obama's election campaign, for a comment Hagel made in 1998 in which he questioned whether a nominee for an ambassadorship was suitable because he was "openly, aggressively gay." He apologized for that remark in December.
If nominated and confirmed, Hagel would be handed the challenge of closing the final chapter on the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan and overseeing the continued footprint of a smaller U.S. training force there.
Hagel has been critical of U.S. policy in Afghanistan. In 2009 he opposed Obama's 30,000-troop surge, telling the National Journal, "I'm not sure we know what the hell we are doing in Afghanistan."
"It's not sustainable at all; I think we're marking time as we slaughter more young people," he said. Later he called for the United States to stop its "nation-building" there.
He would also have to tackle the Pentagon's budget. Hagel has said in the past that be believes the Pentagon's budget is too big.
"The Defense Department, I think in many ways, has been bloated," Hagel said in a September 2011 interview with the Financial Times. "So I think the Pentagon needs to be pared down."
CNN's Barbara Starr and Dana Ford contributed to this report.


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What do we see in a single drop of ocean water? An image captured by David Liittschwager for National Geographic, then magnified 25 times, reveals an impressive abundance of many types of microscopic organisms. In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will describe some of the creatures discovered therein, and will discuss the larger systems at work in the vast cosmos of a single drop of water.
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Marlins' Fernandez shuts down Phillies
Philadelphia, PA – Jose Fernandez dazzled Philadelphia hitters over seven scoreless innings to guide the Miami Marlins to a 2-0 win over the Phillies on Saturday.
Fernandez (1-2) allowed just one hit and two baserunners during his stint and retired 17 straight batters before issuing a walk in the seventh inning. The 20-year-old rookie also struck out a career-high nine to earn his first career win in the majors.
"Jose was great out there. He had command of the strike zone. Their lineup is a tough lineup to plow through, but he was great," said Marlins manager Mike Redmond.
Marcell Ozuna and Chris Valaika both clubbed solo homers for the Marlins, who had dropped three straight entering the contest.
Freddy Galvis provided the lone hit for the Phillies, who were shut out for the fifth time this season. Cole Hamels (1-4) allowed four hits, including both homers, while striking out six over eight innings.
"I went out and I was able to accomplish what I wanted to accomplish except for that part when you get that 'W' by your name," said Hamels.
Ozuna hit a towering homer to left field to open the second inning and Valaika cracked a one-out shot to left-center in the third to put the Marlins up for good.
Galvis picked up a one-out single in the first inning after lacing a grounder to left field, but Fernandez was dominating from there on out. The hard- throwing righty struck out the next two hitters and navigated his was through the Phillies lineup until walking Galvis to open the seventh. Fernandez settled down, though, and struck out the next three hitters to put an exclamation point on his gem.
Mike Dunn worked a perfect eighth and Steve Cishek worked around a ninth- inning walk to earn his fourth save of the season.
Game Notes
Ozuna's homer was the first of his career. Over five games since replacing injured-slugger Giancarlo Stanton, Ozuna is batting .400 (6-for-15) with one homer, two doubles and two RBI ... Fernandez has struck out 32 batters over six starts this season ... Chase Utley, Ryan Howard and Delmon Young, the Phillies 3, 4, and 5 hitters went 0-for-10 with seven strike outs ... Philadelphia did not have a batter advance past first base.


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A place for discussion and friendly banter for Atheists of the Yorkshire variety; from or residing in North, South, East and West Yorkshire :)
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Started by Jwan Khalaf. Last reply by James Ingham Mar 28, 2013. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Greetings GuysLet us discuss best times for a meet up.I propose a monthly one, and say over a weekend where people aren't working.What do you guys think? :)Continue
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Hello new comers! loving the Yorkshire solidarity vibe! Jwan - we Huddies should meet up! Callum - you're only a train/bus ride away.....cometh hither! Eljay - sort it out bruv! :-)
Shame you're on the otherside of the north i'm right on the east side
Oh, who knows...depends if you're allergic to the Parish pub! Otherwise...sure we can sort something out. :)
That's 4 of us known freethinkers in Hudds now. We'll take England from the north...await my signal.
Oh this group feels good !
Another Huddersfieldian here. So when are we Hudds people meeting up? :D
I see my husband had already joined this group! ello Eljay! just wondering if this group ever gets together for meetings or social events? it would be nice to mingle with like minded people yorkshire.
'Ello! I'm from Devon, currently living in Essex but recently married (in York) to a Huddersfield lass and going to be living in Hudds in just a couple of months. Do I qualify as an honorary Yorkshire atheist (even though I've already clicked join)?
You know I haven't been into Bradford city centre for years! I go quite a lot to Salts Mill in Saltaire which I LOVE! I could spend a fortune in those book shops in there. Hope the weather was good for your YSP visit; there's some lovely pieces there at the moment, though I really go just for the beautiful natural surroundings. Thanks for your kind comment on the photos. The Twelve Apostles on the Great Ocean Road is certainly worth 22 hours on a plane for! :) So what are you studying at Hudds Uni?
Hi and thank you :) Originally from Bradford (not something I like to openly admit), but now living, working and studying here in Hudds. And... speaking of the YSP... should hopefully be making another trip there tomorrow. Love the pics of the twelve apostles by the way - somewhere to put on the to-visit list.
Hi Stuart :) Bloomin' 'eck it's good to see another Huddersfield dweller 'ere! :) Welcome!


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Rangers honor 'Faces of Freedom' with trip to DC
DALLAS -- Jay Liske was with a sniper unit attached to the 173rd Airborne Combat Brigade in the Kunar Province in Afghanistan. "I was over there for 15 months," Liske said. "A lot of fighting. We probably saw 650 firefights in 15 months. I think the most was 14 in one day." On Wednesday morning, Liske was one of 14 veterans and their guests who departed Dallas Love Field on a Southwest Airlines jet bound for Washington, D.C. They were up before the sun, mingling with commercial passengers bound for Houston, Austin, San Antonio and other locales on the daily perfunctory business trips. The veterans served in Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam and Korea. Herbert Mowery just retired after 28 years of service, with commendations that included a Legion of Merit, Purple Heart and two Bronze Stars. Paul Thurman was injured in battle and confined to a wheelchair, but he now is able to play hockey competitively with no aid. He and his wife, Tanya, walked onto the plane. They are part of the Faces of Freedom Program sponsored by the Rangers and Southwest Airlines. The group is spending two days in the nation's capital, touring the famous monuments and meeting with Congressman Pete Sessions. "I think seeing Arlington Cemetery would be pretty cool," said Jonathan Basaldua, a Marine who served in Operation Phantom Fury in Iraq. For the 14 veterans who were guests of the Rangers, their trip to Washington was more personal. "I love D.C.," Liske said. "I'm looking forward to seeing the memorials, and Arlington Cemetery. I've got a few buddies buried in Arlington Cemetery." David Hilario was also in Operation Phantom Fury. Otherwise known as the Second Battle of Fallujah, it involved U.S. Marines in some of the heaviest urban combat action they've seen since the Tet Offensive in 1968. It was the first of two deployments for Hilario in that city. "The second deployment, we helped in the rebuilding of the city," Hilario said. "It was a unique experience. The first time, we were looking for people that were trying to hurt us. The second deployment, we were having breakfast with them. It's something I'll never forget." Hilario was accompanied to Washington, D.C., by his wife, Patricia. "It should be a very good trip," Hilario said. "This is my second time to D.C. since my deployment. It's a time to reflect on what I went through and think about the guys who didn't come back. I like being around veterans. I'm a history buff, and when those guys start talking, I shut up and listen." Hilario was able to meet Jon Lunkwicz, the current Commander of VFW Post 1054, a Purple Heart recipient and veteran of the Vietnam War. Lunkwicz's guest was James Wilson, another veteran of Vietnam. "He and I are the only two Vietnam veterans in the group," Lunkwicz said. "I was in the 198th Light Infantry Brigade in Vietnam ... the grunt infantry. I was at Firebase Dottie near Chu Lai. It wasn't too bad. We got kidded by the old veterans who said we were living in a palace. They said it was a palace because we had gourmet pizza." Lunkwicz said he hasn't been to Washington D.C. since 1966 and was looking forward to seeing the Vietnam War Memorial. The "Wall" has all the names of those who died in Southeast Asia etched in the iconic black marble shrine. "Yeah, I know a few names on it. ... My buddy, he's got names on there too," Lunkwicz said.David Apperson was a private first class in the Army who did his tour on in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. A cease fire was reached in 1953 after three years of fighting, but the actual Korean War has never officially ended and U.S. soldiers still man their posts in maybe the last front still in existence from the Cold War. "What I remember is it was either too hot or too cold, and be careful you don't step on a land mine," Apperson said. "It was a little different than being in Seoul or Pusan, [South Korea]. Besides guarding our posts, we would have to stop North Korean infiltrators from infiltrating and coming into the South." No doubt there will be more than a few stories swapped as these Faces of Freedom spend two days in Washington, D.C., as guests of the Rangers and Southwest Airlines.T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger.
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