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Gonzales
Gone Wild
By Mark Anderson 29 May 2006 "On Feb. 6, 2006, U.S. Attorney
General Alberto Gonzales launched a convoluted attack on the
Fourth Amendment before the Senate Judiciary Committee. This
assault on the meaning of the Fourth Amendment is, in my
estimation, the biggest leap forward for totalitarianism in this
country... To fully appreciate the significance of the Bush
administration's assault on the Fourth Amendment, one should place
this in a historical context. For King George III's deputies to
enforce his laws, Parliament passed the Writs of Assistance Act.
Writs of assistance were warrants so general that they allowed the
king's agents to go wherever they wanted, whenever they wanted,
for whatever reason they wanted. Writs of assistance were
basically licenses for the king's men to oppress the colonists. It
was the writs of assistance that spawned the Revolutionary War.
The Founding Fathers prevailed in the war against the Crown. The
Founders gave us the Bill of Rights, which includes the Fourth
Amendment. The Fourth Amendment condemns the concept of general
warrants. Fast-forward 230 years: King George W. Bush is
surpassing George III, by attacking the concept of needing any
type of warrant." [Well, maybe King George W. Bush will
spawn the second American Revolution - hope
springs eternal.]
The
Evil Is in Our Government
By Paul Craig Roberts 29 May 2006 "Is the Bush Regime a state
sponsor of terrorism? A powerful case can be made that it is...
U.S. Marines, our finest and proudest military force, are under
criminal investigation for breaking into Iraqi homes and murdering
entire families. In an unprecedented event, Gen. Michael Hagee,
the Marine Corps commandant, has found it necessary to fly to Iraq
to tell our best-trained troops to stop murdering civilians. The
war criminals in the Bush Regime have dismissed the murders as
'collateral damage,' but they are in fact murders. Otherwise,
there would be no criminal investigations, and the Marine
commandant would not be burdened with the embarrassment of having
to fly to Iraq to lecture U.S. Marines on the lawful use of
force... Gentle reader, do you believe
that the Bush Regime will not shoot you down in the streets if you
have a rebellion?" [Not if we shoot first.]
'I
Pretended to Be Dead.' Girl, 12, was sole survivor when her
family was killed [by US terrorists] in Haditha; Congressman says
'mass murder' was covered up 28 May 2006 After a small group
of Marines stormed the Younis family home in Haditha last
November, everybody inside was killed -- except one person. ABC
News has obtained an interview with the sole survivor, 12-year-old
Safa Younis. The interview was done by a local Iraqi journalism
student about one week after the killings on Nov. 19, 2005. ...The
interviewer asks, "What did the American soldiers do when
they broke into the house?" "They knocked at the
door," Younis says. "My father went to open it, they
shot him dead from behind the door, and then they shot him again
after they opened the door." She describes hearing the
Marines go through the rest of the house, shooting and setting off
a grenade before getting to the bedroom where she was with her
mother and siblings. "Then comes one American soldier and
shot [at] us all," she says. "I pretended to be dead …
and he did not know about me."
Marine
at Haditha: 'I Can Still Smell the Blood'
29 May 2006 As military officials investigate the Haditha killings
in Iraq, one of the Marines involved has spoken out about what he
saw last year. Only hours after Iraqi civilians were killed, a
second team of Marines was sent in to take the victims' bodies to
a local morgue. Lance Corp. Ryan Briones was among the Marines
sent in to recover the bodies, and he told the Los Angeles Times
he is still haunted by what he saw, including a young girl who was
shot in the head. "[The victims] ranged from little babies to
adult males and females," Briones told the newspaper. "I
can still smell the blood." Briones says he and
another Marine were told to photograph the bodies. Military
officials say those photos -- which they say show people shot at
close range in the head and chest -- clearly contradict initial
reports that the civilians were killed by a roadside bomb.
US
terrorists deliberately poisoning Iraq's food supply:
Aerial Spraying to Save [sic] Iraq's Wheat, Date Crops
Concludes (DoD) 29 May 2006 Operation Barnstormer, part of the
Iraqi Agriculture Ministry's program to protect key staple crops
from insect damage, wrapped up yesterday with a final day of
aerial spraying in the northern Iraqi province of Dahuk, Task
Force Band of Brothers officials reported. The Ministry of
Agriculture contracted with a private company to conduct the
spraying. Using Soviet-designed helicopters and bi-planes, the
company flew low over the trees and fields, distributing the
pesticide.
Guantanamo
hunger strike spreads
29 May 2006 The number of detainees on hunger strike at the US
detention centre at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has grown and now
involves 75 inmates, the US says... About 500 prisoners remain at
Guantanamo, many of them captured in Afghanistan. Some have been
held for nearly four years without charge.
Bombings
in Iraq Kill 3 Dozen People
29 May 2006 A wave of car bombings and shootings plagued Iraq on
Monday, killing more than three dozen people including two CBS
crew members and a U.S. soldier. At least eight bombings rocked
the capital in the worst wave of violence in days.
Two
CBS journalists among 4 dead in Baghdad bomb 29 May 2006 Two
British journalists working for U.S. television network CBS were
among four people killed when a car bomb hit a U.S. military
patrol in Baghdad on Monday.
Vehicle
Bomb Kills CBS Crew Members, Soldier, Contractor
29 May 2006 A Multinational Division Baghdad soldier, an Iraqi
contractor [mercenary], and two members of a CBS News crew
were killed today when a bomb-laden vehicle exploded near a patrol
in central Baghdad, military officials here reported... Another
member of the CBS crew and six occupation soldiers wounded in the
attack were evacuated to a military hospital for further
treatment.
Two
UK soldiers killed in Basra 29 May 2006 A roadside bomb has
killed two British soldiers in southern Iraq. The Ministry of
Defence said two members of the Queen's Dragoon Guards were killed
in Basra at 1830 BST on Sunday, and two others were injured.
U.S.
Will Reinforce Troops in West Iraq 30 May 2006 The U.S.
military said Monday it was deploying the main reserve fighting
force for Iraq, a full 3,500-member armored brigade, as emergency
reinforcements for the embattled western province of Anbar.
US-led
air raid kills 50 Taliban: Afghan official
29 May 2006 More than 50 'Taliban guerrillas' were killed in a
U.S.-led air strike on a mosque in Afghanistan's southern province
of Helmand on Monday, a provincial official said. [Since an air
raid can't possibly sort the Taliban from the non-Taliban, why do
'Defense' Department liars and trolls consistently report that
it's Taliban that are killed by US air strikes, rather than
civilians? --LRP]
Anti-U.S.
Rioting Erupts in Kabul; at Least 14 Dead 30 May 2006 A deadly
traffic accident caused by a United States military convoy quickly
touched off a full-blown antiAmerican riot on Monday that raged
across much of the Afghan capital, leaving at least 14 people dead
and scores injured. Witnesses said American soldiers fired on
Afghans throwing stones at them after the crash, though the United
States military said only that warning shots had been fired in the
air [Yeah, right!].
Unrest
grips Kabul after US truck crash
29 May 2006 Thousands marched angrily through Kabul on Monday
after at least seven people were killed and 40 were wounded
following a riot sparked by a fatal traffic accident involving a
U.S. military truck... Soon after, thousands of protesters
gathered in central Kabul, some marching on parliament and some on
the presidential palace. Several hundred congregated at an
intersection leading to the heavily fortified U.S. embassy
chanting slogans of "Death to
America" and burning American flags.
US
frustrates Swiss nuclear probe
29 May 2006 A Swiss investigation into an international nuclear
smuggling network is being hampered by a lack of cooperation from
the United States. The Swiss authorities say they asked US
officials for judicial assistance a year ago but have yet to
receive a reply.
Opponents
of 'Divine Strake' Celebrate
29 May 2006 A huge test explosion was set to take place next
month, 90 miles north of Las Vegas. But the project was pushed
back and finally indefinitely postponed. Sunday, opponents
celebrated. Opponents said the 700-ton blast would send a mushroom
cloud into the sky and possibly spread radioactive dust from
previous nuclear experiments. [The sickos in the US government
actually named the test explosion 'Divine Strake.']
Police
sent 78 to quell lone protester 26 May 2006 A total of 78
police officers were used, at a cost of £7,200, in the night-time
operation to crack down on the anti-war protester Brian Haw in
Parliament Square, it was disclosed yesterday.
Muhammad
jury to weigh conspiracy theory 29 May 2006 Early in his
closing argument, John Allen Muhammad laid out the heart of his
defense against six murder charges for the 2002 sniper shootings
in the Washington area: He and accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo were
framed. Muhammad launching into a speech on Friday in which he
claimed that government agencies conspired to falsely imprison him
and that most of the evidence against him was planted.
'Monster'
taxpayer lien: $510,678 per household --Federal, state, local
unfunded obligations keep growing. 25 May 2006 Taxpayers owe more
than a half-million dollars per household for financial promises
made by government, mostly to cover the cost of retirement
benefits for baby boomers, a USA Today analysis shows.
Support
Oklahoma's "Petition for Impanelment of a Presidential Grand
Jury Probe" By Larry W. Bryant 29 May 2006
Bush
rating at all-time low in W.Va. 29 May 2006 A record number of
West Virginians don’t like the way pResident Bush is doing his
job, according to a new poll from the nonpartisan group SurveyUSA
and WUSA-TV in Washington. Fifty-nine percent of state residents
disapproved in the survey of 600 adults taken May 12 to 14.
Thirty-seven percent approve.
Democrats
Eye November Landslide
29 May 2006 Republicans are three steps from a November
shellacking - each a grim possibility if habitually divided
Democrats get their acts together.
Agribusiness
fomenting bird flu pandemic: Bird-Flu Trail Leads Medical
Detectives Back to Poultry Farms 30 May 2006 Officials looking
to contain the avian influenza virus that may spark a human
pandemic are downplaying the importance of migrating wild birds as
the source of infections among domestic poultry. Farms and poultry
traders are the more likely cause of the spread of the flu, which
has killed 48 people so far this year, more than all of 2005...
"The disease is spreading more through commercial husbandry
and the humans that are moving poultry around,'' said Juan Lubroth,
head of infectious diseases at the animal-health service of the
Rome-based United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. http://www.legitgov.org/flu_oddities.html
Bloomberg
vows he'll honor gay marriage 29 May 2006 Mayor Bloomberg
landed another left on the right yesterday, coming out strongly in
favor of gay marriage - and vowing the city will perform same-sex
wedding ceremonies, if allowed. The Republican mayor of New York
City used his weekly Sunday radio address on Memorial Day weekend
to say he is "firmly opposed" to any constitutional
amendment outlawing same-sex marriage.
Namibia
'bowed to pressure' from Pitt and Jolie over birth
Monday 29 May 2006 Oscar-winning actor [and Bush troll] Angelina
Jolie has given birth to a daughter fathered by Hollywood movie
star Brad Pitt. ..Namibian authorities said they had bowed to
pressure from Jolie and Pitt and granted them the right to ban
foreign journalists from entering the country - a remarkable move
for the Government of any sovereign state.
[29
May lead stories:] Bush 'planted fake news stories on American TV'
29 May 2006 Federal authorities are actively investigating dozens
of American television stations for broadcasting items produced by
the Bush regime and major corporations, and passing them off as
normal news. Some of the fake news segments talked up success in
the war in Iraq, or promoted the companies' products.
Cheney
aide is screening legislation --Adviser seeks to protect
Bush power 28 May 2006 The office of Vice President [sic] Dick
Cheney routinely reviews pieces of legislation before they reach
the president's desk, searching for provisions that Cheney
believes would infringe on presidential power, according to former
White House and Justice Department officials.
Gonzales
pressures ISPs on data retention
26 May 2006 U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI
Director Robert Mueller on Friday urged telecommunications
officials to record their customers' Internet activities, CNET
News.com has learned.
Pentagon
pressing for new rapid-strike weapon: report 28 May 2006 The
Pentagon is seeking congressional approval for development of a
new weapon able to strike distant targets an hour after they are
detected, a newspaper reported on Monday.
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