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The museum also houses an extensive manuscript and photograph collection, featuring original and copy material relevant to state political and military history. Notably, the museum has a large collection of New Jersey related Civil War research material in the country, including copies of diaries, letters, newspaper clippings, memoirs, regimental histories and articles.


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I am having a conceptual hard time understanding where this formula came from. It does not seem to make any sense to me. Could someone shed some light on this:
"The natural estimator p is $\hat p = \frac{X}{n}$, the same fraction of success. Since $\hat p$ is just $X$ multiplied by a constant, $\hat p$ has an approximately normal distribution. $E(\hat p) = p$ and $\sigma_{\hat p} = \sqrt{\frac{p(1-p)}{n}}$. Standardizing, this implies that:
$$P\left(-z_{\alpha/2} < \frac{\hat p- p}{\sqrt{p(1-p)/n}} < z_{\alpha/2}\right) \approx 1 - \alpha $$"
Could someone derive this equation so that it makes sense to someone who's never seen this before?

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Processes for Instructional Improvement
Having presented initial portraits of the CSR schools under study, we turn now to several detailed discussions of the data analyses from which these portraits were constructed. The first analysis to be discussed in this paper examines the organizational processes for school improvement found in the four groups of schools under study. A detailed discussion of these findings has been presented in Rowan and Miller (2007). That paper used measures of organizational processes constructed from surveys administered annually over the 4-year course of the study to approximately 5,500 teachers and about 800 school leaders. Specifically, measures of organizational processes for school improvement were developed from teacher and school leader survey responses in four analytic domains: (1) the degree of instructional guidance and standardization in schools; (2) the degree of intensive instructional leadership present in schools; (3) schools' emphasis on faculty innovation, discretion, and autonomy; and (4) the strength of faculty professional communities in schools.
Overall, a total of 12 separate measures (view here) of these organizational processes were constructed in three steps. First, person-level scale scores were created by applying the Rasch model (a one parameter item response theory model) to the survey responses of teachers and school leaders (see Bond and Fox, 2001 for an accessible discussion of the Rasch model). We used the Rasch modeling software program, Winsteps, and provide examples of Winsteps control and output files using the "instructional guidance" measure as an example (view here). Second, these scores were modeled as outcome measures in three-level hierarchical linear models (HLM) which nested individuals' annual scores on a particular scale within individuals, who were then nested within schools. In a third step, school-level scores on the outcome measures were derived from these HLM models (review steps here). Specifically, the variables reported in this section are school-level empirical Bayes residuals from the models and indicate a school's average score on a measure, aggregated across all teachers (or leaders) and all four years; after controlling for staff characteristics, student characteristics, and school size. In all instances, these empirical Bayes (EB) residuals are standardized scores with mean = 0 and standard deviation = 1. The results reported below are based on comparisons of the overall means of the four quasi-experimental groups on the 12 outcome measures, where group means were "bracketed" by their standard errors. By comparing the ranges defined by the standard errors of the means, we were able to get a sound understanding of both the magnitude and degree of uncertainty of group mean differences in these organizational measures.
As expected, the four quasi-experimental groups differed in important ways with respect to the amount of instructional guidance and standardization that was reported to exist in schools. Here, three separate measures of instructional guidance were examined: (a) school leaders' reports of the extent to which there was a press for a standardization of practice in the school; (b) teachers' reports of how closely their improvement efforts were monitored; and (c) teachers' reports of instructional guidance they received.
Rowan and Miller (2007) showed that schools participating in the AC and SFA programs exhibited much higher levels of instructional guidance and standardization than schools participating in the ASP program and comparison schools. For example, we have found that among the four quasi-experimental groups in SII, the press for standardization was reported to be much greater in schools implementing AC and SFA than in comparison or ASP schools. In addition, teachers in AC and SFA schools felt that their improvement efforts were monitored more closely than did teachers in ASP and comparison schools. Teachers in schools implementing AC and SFA also reported receiving greater levels of instructional guidance than teachers in ASP and comparison schools, however, mean differences on the instructional guidance variable were not statistically significant (view graph 1).
The second domain of organizational processes examined was instructional leadership. Here, school leaders reported on three dimensions of instructional leadership —their involvement in staff development, their advising of teachers on matters of instruction, and their efforts at setting a vision for teaching and learning in the school. The data indicate that schools implementing the AC design were higher than schools in the other three groups on all three dimensions of instructional leadership. The differences between AC schools and schools in the other three groups are statistically significant in nearly every case. These findings on leadership processes illustrate a key difference in implementation strategy between SFA and AC. Even though both programs provided teachers with strong instructional guidance, SFA's strategy of procedural controls relied primarily on scripted lesson routines to secure faithful implementation, while AC relied more on having school leaders work closely with teachers to help teachers "learn" the design (view graph 2).
The third organizational process we examined was schools' emphasis on teacher autonomy and innovation. Here, we examined a measure of leaders' reports of teacher autonomy, leaders' reports of the prevalence of values-based decision making in the school, and teachers' reports of support for innovation in the school. Given ASP's strategy of cultural control, we anticipated that ASP schools would have higher average scores than AC and SFA schools on these three measures. The results confirmed this prediction. The means for schools implementing the Accelerated Schools Project design were higher than the means of the three other quasi-experimental groups on all three measures of teacher autonomy and innovation, and with only a few exceptions, these mean differences were statistically significant (view graph 3).
The fourth and final organizational process examined was the strength of professional community in the schools under study, which was assessed through three measures: teachers' reports of trust and respect among the faculty, the prevalence of collaboration on instruction, and the prevalence of critical discourse among school staff. Recall that the ASP strategy of cultural control relied strongly on teachers to generate locally-proposed instructional improvements. For this approach to be successful, however, schools would seem to need strong professional communities in which high levels of trust, critical discourse, and collaboration were evident. We found evidence that this was indeed the case in ASP schools. As with the indicators of teacher autonomy and innovation, ASP schools were higher than the other three quasi-experimental groups on all three measures of professional community, though the differences on these indicators were not as large as differences found in the areas of autonomy and innovation. In particular, ASP teachers reported substantially greater levels of trust among faculty members than did teachers in AC schools; and further, ASP teachers also reported a greater prevalence of critical discourse among colleagues than did teachers in AC schools (view graph 4).
Our analyses of data on organizational processes in schools illustrate how externally-designed and operated instructional improvement programs can pursue very different strategies to produce instructional change in schools. In particular, the survey data just discussed show that ASP's strategy of cultural control led to the development of school environments that were quite strong in professional community (i.e., trust among faculty, critical discourse, and teacher collaboration) and led to a great deal of teacher autonomy in pursuit of classroom instructional innovations. In contrast, AC and SFA used very different approaches to instructional reform. SFA, for example, pursued a strategy of "procedural controls" to promote instructional change, and as our data show, this approach led to relatively high levels of instructional guidance and to an associated press for instructional standardization. But, as we saw, in SFA, the heavy reliance on procedures and routines appeared to act as an organizational substitute for instructional leadership, and conversely failed to stimulate a sense of strong professional community. Finally, America's Choice also emphasized a significant amount of guidance and press for instructional standardization as part of its instructional improvement strategy, but it did so not by emphasizing scripted instructional routines, but rather by encouraging development of strong instructional leadership in schools. As with SFA, this emphasis on standardization and leadership worked against the formation of strong professional communities and also decreased the press for innovation and autonomy in AC schools.
Bond, T.G. and Fox, C.M. (2001) Applying the Rasch Model: Fundamental Measurement in the Human Sciences. Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc.
Rowan, B. and Miller, R.J. (2007). Organizational strategies for promoting instructional change: Implementation dynamics in schools working with comprehensive school reform providers. American Educational Research Journal, 44, 252-297.
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The animation wizards at Dreamworks leave "Shrek" and "Madagascar" sequels behind, and what do they come up with?
A "Close Encounters"-"Independence Day"-"Clone Wars"- "Mars Attacks"-"Monsters, Inc." "Mothra" mashup that is more fun than any movie this derivative has a right to be. Steal from one movie, you're a plagiarist. Steal from 20, you're a genius. "Monsters vs. Aliens" isn't quite "genius," but it is a beautifully animated, wacky and laugh-out-loud 3D riff on monster movies, alien conspiracy and invasion thrillers, past and present.
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Reese Witherspoon is the voice of Susan, a pretty young thing prepping for her wedding to up-and-coming Modesto TV weather man Derek (Paul Rudd). She's struck by a meteor. Next thing she knows, she's glowing. Next thing she knows after that, she's growing.
"What's your name? What do people scream when you're coming?" Bob (Seth Rogen, perfect) wants to know.
Ginormica, Susan's new name, is doomed to a life hidden from humanity. Until, that is, an alien armed with skyscraper-sized robots shows up and menaces the Earth. The president (Stephen Colbert) is at a loss. Throw the monsters at them, promise them freedom if they defeat the four-eyed freak (Rainn Wilson) who threatens to clone himself into an army to conquer the world!
The action scenes are downright thrilling, the storytelling is brisk and witty, the homages to alien and monster movies funny and affectionate. Directors Rob Letterman and Conrad Vernon (and five credited writers) know their B-movies and have fun paying tribute to them in a spectacular brawl on the Golden Gate Bridge, for instance.
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Baseball Cupcakes
Her son likes baseball, so I thought little baseballs on top would be really cute! And it gave me a chance to play with fondant again! I'm hooked. I even got to buy brand new toys—Americolor Food Writers! Markers you can write on food with? Heck yeah! I can't wait to use those some more. I was really happy with how they turned out, and I can't wait to hear how everyone liked them!
My Go-to Chocolate Cupcakes
Adapted from Food Network
Makes 24 cupcakes
1 cup sugar
1 cup real mayonnaise
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups cake flour
½ cup cocoa powder
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1. Preheat oven to 350. Line 2 standard muffin tins with paper liners. Set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt; set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat mayonnaise and sugar until smooth. Add vanilla extract and beat until combined. Add flour mixture to mayonnaise mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the buttermilk, beating until just combined, scraping down sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed.
3. Fill liners with 2 tablespoons of batter (2/3 of the way full) and bake, rotating pans halfway, until a toothpick inserted in the center of each cake comes out clean, about 18 minutes. Let cool in pans for 10 minutes, then remove from pans and cool completely on a wire rack. Once cooled, frost cupcakes.
Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
Makes enough to frost 24 cupcakes
2 ½ cups confectioner's sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
Food coloring (optional)
1. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat butter until creamy. Add vanilla extract and pinch of salt and beat until combined. Reduce speed to low and add confectioner's sugar a little at a time, beating until incorporated. Add food coloring if using. Raise speed to medium high, and beat until fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes.
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Those are so stinkin' cute! I'm seeing scarlet and gray ones in the future! Yum! ~Kelli~
- May 3, 2010 at 8:05 PM
- Heavenly Housewife said...
Congrats on your first paid order daaaaahling, so happy for you. Hope its the first of many.
The baseball cupcakes are adorable.
*kisses* HH
- May 4, 2010 at 10:52 AM
- oneordinaryday said...
Wow, these cupcakes are awesome. Any baseball lover would be all over them. Congrats on a paid gig too!!
- May 4, 2010 at 2:20 PM
- LivingInspired said...
Congrats on getting paid! I work with a bunch of hooligans who would never in a million years PAY for the cupcakes they so often request. Am I bitter? YES. Anywho, super adorable and great job! I would totally have paid for 'em!
- May 6, 2010 at 12:54 AM
- Kiesha Jenkins-Duffy said...
So I was just thinking that next year on May 5, you should make these cupcakes, but with fondant Mexican flags and call them
wait for it
(you have to pronounce mayo as may-o, not my-o)
- May 6, 2010 at 9:39 PM


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WESTMINSTER, Md. – Three straight goals, including two 41 seconds apart, lifted No. 2 Dickinson to an 11-10 win over McDaniel in Centennial Conference (CC) men's lacrosse action on Wednesday.
Skippy Clary (Baltimore, Md./Catonsville) and Michael Woglom (Cranford, N.J./Cranford) each scored two goals to lead the Green Terror (3-7, 0-2 CC) on attack. Ryan Hennessy (Corning, N.Y./Corning East) led the defense with five caused turnovers and two ground balls.
Brian Gleason paced the Red Devils (8-0, 1-0 CC) with two goals and three assists while Kobi Frankel netted three goals.
Trailing 9-8 on a Zach Monzo (Collegeville, Pa./Spring-Ford) goal with 4:34 to play in the third quarter, Rob Kendall converted a man-up goal nearly three minutes later to knot the game entering the final period.
With 8:58 showing, Frankle hit the back of the net to put the visitors in front before Kendall riffled one home from Matt Cherry 41 seconds later for an 11-9 lead.
Pat Bivons (Cockeysville, Md./Loyola Blakefield) drew McDaniel within one with 1:57 to play off Jason Lawrence's (Fallston, Md./Fallston) second assist.
After a double penalty with 1:15 to play, the Green Terror had possession but was unable to get a shot off after a timeout with 26.7 seconds left.
Glaason staked Dickinson to a 1-0 lead just 1:46 into the game before Ryan Weiss (Easton, Pa./Easton Area) started a three-goal burst in a 1-minute, 45-second span.
Woglom and Matt Dupras (Hillsborough, N.J./Immaculata) pushed the lead to 3-1 with 10:51 to play in the opening quarter.
Goals from Frankel and Gleason knotted the game with 7:28 showing before a Will Scott man-up tally 1:21 later put the Red Devils on top, 4-3.
Patrick Serio (Marriottsville, Md./Marriotts Ridge) knotted the game at the end of the first period before a Nick Leon man-up goal midway through the second quarter put Dickinson back in front.
Two Clary goals and a Lawrence tally over the final 5:44 of the second quarter gave McDaniel a 7-5 edge at the break.
Leon and Woglom traded tallies over the first 3:18 of the second quarter before Frankel and White tied the game at 8-all with goals 80 seconds apart.
McDaniel returns to action at Haverford on Saturday. Game time is 1 p.m.


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In the horror genre, it's always more surprising when films don't get sequels than when they inevitably do, especially on the indie front. So when it was announced that Norwegian director Tommy Wirkola would be revisiting Nazi zombie in a sequel to his 2009 cult hit Dead Snow, it only seemed strange that it hadn't happened already. And honestly, we probably wouldn't even be covering this film except that it has attracted the likes of Judd Apatow-world alum Martin Starr, reports Variety, along with comic actresses Ingrid Haas and Jocelyn Deboer. While that news is crazy enough on its own, they've also somehow decided to change the film's name from Dead Snow 2: War of the Dead to the even more cringe-worthy Dead Snow 2: Red Vs. Dead. My interest in Starr's involvement was cut in half by that stupid ass title.
Given the first film was a full Norwegian production, it's somewhat surprising that this second film will be released in English as well as Norwegian, but the original was pretty popular here in the U.S., as well as many parts of Europe. And the plot reflects this, as it will follow the first film's lone survivor, who soon finds himself taking on an even more expansive Nazi zombie army, only this time he has the assistance of The Zombie Squad, a professional team of zombie killers from the U.S. I'm sure some of you could hear me sighing unbelievably loud after writing that. I'm going to give Wirkola the benefit of the mountainous doubt, however, because Dead Snow contained some damned good moments amidst the genre buffoonery, and his latest movie, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, was on the flashier side of average. And having a cast of funny people doesn't hurt.
Starr, who first achieved fame as the lovably awkward Bill in Freaks and Geeks, was most recently seen in Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's apocalyptic comedy This is the End, as well as Adult Swim's police procedural spoof NTSF:SD:SUV and the reality show parody web series Burning Love. He was also in Abe Levy and Silver Tree's below-all-radars indie thriller Deep Dark Canyon. You can find him soon opposite Kristen Bell in both The Lifeguard and Veronica Mars.
Though Haas' feature work has been limited to Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World and Jason James' upcoming comedy That Burning Feeling, she's appeared on Chelsea Lately and episodes of The League and Key and Peele. She also starred in some CollegeHumor Originals, just like Deboer. Aside from a few really independent movies in 2009, Deboer has really only been seen on TV for an episode of Inside Amy Schumer, but will appear in Victor Levin's upcoming romantic comedy 5 to 7.
There's no word on when Dead Snow 2: Red Vs. Dead will be releasing, but hopefully it drops the ass end of that name before it does. Below you'll find a recently released featurette for the film discussing the look of the Nazi zombies. And below that, a trailer for the original film, which you can find on Netflix.


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At the close of business Thursday, NBA front office legend Donnie Walsh will be stepping down from the Knicks front office to take a "consulting" role with the team. Given his clash with clown owner James Dolan, it's unknown how much say Walsh will really have. What is known is that the interim general manager will be Walsh right hand man and former Toronto Raptors GM Glen Grunwald. The journey of Glen Grunwald is an interesting one. To me, he seems like a man who has paid his dues and has plenty of basketball experience as both a player and a front office man. Him and Isiah Thomas, yes that Isiah Thomas, were co-captains on Indiana's 1981 championship team. He was drafted in the 5th round by the Celtics but never played in the NBA. Grunwald graduated from Northwestern with a law degree and Indiana with a Business Administration degree. After spending time with the Nuggets, Grundwald's first big job came as Isiah's right hand man when Thomas was hired as the Raptors general manager during their 1994 inception. In 1997 Thomas' bid to become owner in Toronto failed and he resigned. Grunwald was hired as GM. He made many successful personnel moves, such as trading for Vince Carter, Charles Oakley and Antonio Davis and trading Damon Stoudamire away, in building a winner out of a perennial lottery team. He built a strong team around Vince Carter and they made the playoffs from 1999-2002. His veteran teams got old and injury riddled quickly and began to lose games. In the 2004 draft, Grunwald selected Chris Bosh fourth overall and the team fell just short of the 8th seed in the eastern conference. Grunwald was then fired. He became the President and CEO of the Toronto Board of Trade before returning to Isiah Thomas' side as senior VP of basketball operations with the Knicks in 2006. When Thomas was relieved of his duties in 2008, Donnie Walsh was brought in and kept Grunwald in the same position he held under Thomas. Now Walsh is the one who is leaving and Grunwald is now the man in charge. Although the Isiah Thomas friendship and prior experience is obviously alarming for Knick fans, I've read numerous times from different writers that Grunwald is not seen as a Thomas loyalist by anybody around the league. It will be interesting to see if Grunwald has big enough balls to stand up to the Thomas-Dolan marriage. Clearly Walsh could not get what he needed out of the moronic owner, it remains to be seen if Grunwald will be able to. The people in place right now seem to be Grunwald's people so there shouldn't be much of a transition or dispute over personnel as we know Dolan rules the organization with his moronic tyrannical ways. While Walsh was calling the shots, I believe Grunwald has had a bigger role in both free agent recruiting and personnel decisions than anybody has been led on to believe. Grunwald does have ties to CAA which has to appeal to Dolan as he seems to be inclined to let the agency run the entire organization. Grunwald's ties to Thomas and CAA would seemingly make him a strong candidate to be hired as the general manager once the upcoming lockout is resolved.
Grunwald's goal is simple: Build a supporting cast around Amare Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony. The goal seems simple but it may not be. Thanks to Walsh, Grunwald no longer has to build the team but he needs to surround the building blocks with talent. Given his past history of personnel decisions, I feel somewhat confident in his abilities. While he's not seen as an Isiah disciple, the looming dark cloud of Thomas' influence is still surrounding the organization and Grunwald's prior relationship with him scares me. If anything Grunwald's tenure should be interesting but beware Knick fans, the job is far from finished. As Dallas showed Miami in the finals, basketball is still a team sport and basketball is played with 5 men at a time, not 2 or 3. If the Knicks don't build the right supporting cast, this team will never reach the pinnacle that Knick fans expect it to each.
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Stephen van Haestregt visits Sonor factory in Aue
Stephen van Haestregt visits Sonor factory in Aue
The staff at Sonor was proud to welcome Sonor artist and endorser Stephen van Haestregt at the factory in Aue, Germany, last week. Stephen, who was born and still lives in Holland, is still active with his band Within Temptation (www.within-temptation.com) – one of the most active and popular Gothic Rock band around.
Make sure to check out his new project My Favorite Scar at www.myfavoritescar.net – you will probably hear a lot about these cats in the future!
Stephen plays a SQ2 Drumkit consisting of two 22x18" Bass Drums, 10x7", 12x8" Tom Toms, 14x14" and 18x16" Floor Tom. Besides, he uses a Gong Tom measuring 22x16" and various Snare Drum sizes along with 600 Series Hardware and Giant Step Series. His SQ2 is a Vintage Maple shell construction.


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A federal indictmentfiled earlier this month alleges that Jesus Vicente Zambada-Niebla, also known as "El Vicentillo," served as a "logistical coordinator" for the notorious Sinaloa drug-trafficking cartel. Zambada is accused of allegedly participating in the importation into the United States of multiple tons of cocaine, as well as other related crimes.
But in a two-page filing with the federal court in Chicago, Zambada's lawyers made a startling assertion that could have broad repercussions for the prosecution. According to the document, Zambada was actually operating under government authority on behalf of multiple U.S. law enforcement agencies including the FBI, DEA, ICE, the Department of Homeland Security, and even the U.S. Department of Justice. Some of the agents allegedly involved were even mentioned in the document.
"Public authority for the defendant's acts began from at least on or about January 1, 2004 and continued to and included on or about March 19, 2009," the court filing states. Zambada's lawyers also noted that he may invoke "entrapment by estoppel" in his defense as well — essentially arguing that, at the very least, the feds actively led Zambada to believe that he was acting "pursuant to official authorization."
After being arrested by the Mexican military in 2009, Zambada was transferred to the U.S. early last year to stand trial. He pled not guilty to conspiracy charges related to the importation and distribution of cocaine and heroin. But if convicted, Zambada could face life in prison.
A few American reporters, including Bill Conroy of NarcoNews, Fronteras Project's Michel Marizco, and Paul Joseph Watson of InfoWars, have covered the new allegations of government involvement. But while most U.S. media outlets failed to report the news, the court filing is making headlines all across Latin America.
"U.S. Agents Helped Drug Trafficking," reads a headline about the case in a Mexican newspaper — one of many. "The United States Sponsors Drug Traffickers," declares another, noting in the opening paragraph that the ATF was recently caught supplying weaponry to the cartels in Operation Fast and Furious. "DEA and FBI allowed 'El Vicentillo' to traffic drugs to the U.S.," states a third. The outrage is intense.
Reporters also pointed out that Zambada was connected to an airplane that crashed in 2007 carrying four tons of cocaine. European investigators linked that plane — tail number N987SA — to CIA torture operations in Europe. It was purchased using Sinaloa drug money just weeks before it crashed. The buyer, a man named Greg Smith, is known to have worked for the numerous U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
There are several theories floating around about what might be going on. "[Zambada's] claim, if true, adds credence to theories long in play that the Mexican and U.S. governments are essentially showing favor toward the Sinaloa drug organization and its leadership … as part of a broader strategy to weaken and ultimately eliminate rival narco organizations," wrote Bill Conroy in a detailed piece for NarcoNews.
The Austin, Texas-based global intelligence firm Stratfor confirmed in a recent report that most of the Mexican cartels were suffering major setbacks — except the Sinaloa Federation. "In order to reduce the violence, compromise with the lead cartel — once unspeakable — now looks like a real option for the Mexican government, which is incapable of eliminating cartels completely," a summary of the report explained, noting that Sinaloa would likely dominate Mexican drug trafficking soon.
In response to questions from The New American, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office in Chicago declined the opportunity to comment, saying, "as a matter of policy, we do not comment outside of the public court record on pending cases." Prosecutors have not yet filed a response to Zambada's allegations.
Three of Zambada's attorneys could not be reached for comment by press time. One of the lawyers representing him said he was not authorized to speak about the case beyond what was already noted in the filing.
But a law professor highlighted the seriousness of the allegations in an interview with Fronteras Project reporter Michel Marizco. "Essentially, this is the type of claim by a defendant that puts the government on trial; saying that the government sponsored illegal activity," asserted Wayne State University Law School professor Peter Henning, pointing out that a "public authority" defense is almost unheard of in organized crime cases.
"Given what's going on with the Mexican drug cartels, the last thing the United States can handle is any kind of finding that it in fact sponsored one of the drug cartels," he added.
Of course, this would not be the first time the federal government's involvement in drug trafficking has been exposed. Former DEA boss Robert Bonner actually went on CBS and accused the CIA of importing cocaine. The New York Times covered part of the story, too, in a piece entitled "Anti-Drug Unit of C.I.A. Sent Ton of Cocaine to U.S. in 1990."
Investigative journalist Gary Webb exposed a drug-trafficking network reaching into the highest levels of the U.S. government. The cocaine profits were being used to finance various clandestine operations in Latin America. Webb eventually died from two gunshot wounds to the head in what authorities dubbed a "suicide." But the government eventually admitted to even more than what he had exposed.
Mexico's Zambada is also accused of conspiring to obtain weapons in the U.S. to wreak havoc during the period he claims to have been working for the federal government. The Obama administration is refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation of the ATF operation that was deliberately giving high-powered weapons to Mexican cartels, some of which were involved in the murders of federal agents.
According to analysts, there is likely much more to come about these stories — unless, as some speculate, the case completely disappears from public view under the guise of "national security." But with almost 40,000 murders in Mexico attributed to the government's war on drugs in recent years, interest will certainly not fade any time soon.
The Zambada drug case is currently pending in federal court in Illinois. The next step is a status hearing on June 15 before U.S. District Judge Ruben Castillo. The other case is pending in Washington.
The allegations made by Zambada add to worries about a long list of suspicious government operations attracting scrutiny in recent weeks. With the exposure of the ATF's Operation Gunrunner, project "Fast and Furious"; along with recent revelations that some al Qaeda terrorists were working with Western intelligence agencies, even as others currently serve as U.S. government allies in Libya; it appears to critics that many of the "boogey men" the federal government claims to be saving Americans from are not always what they seem.
Photo: A courtroom artist's drawing of Jesus Vicente Zambada-Niebla appearing before a U.S. District Judge on Feb. 23, 2010, in Chicago's federal court.