Discussion about 09/11/2001: 04/07/06

Friday, April 07, 2006

[political-researchp] Bloglines - Dems and Integrity, the Moon and Green Cheese --

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CRIMES AND CORRUPTIONS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER NEWS CRIMES AND CORRUPTIONS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER NEWS - LiveJournal.com Dems and Integrity, the Moon and Green Cheese -- by Mark Drolette www.dissidentvoice.org April 7, 2006 Stop it, stop it, stop it, stop it, stop it, stop it, stop it. Stop it now, stop it, just stop it. Please: Stop it now! For those who continue to suggest the Democrats can somehow save our wretched and forsaken land, I beseech thee: Wake up and smell the corruption. You are intelligent. You are kind. You care deeply about your fellow human beings. We know you have superb taste in columnists. You are also clearly on the correct side, because if there were ever anything in this heavily gray area-tinged world that is laid out in stark black-or-white, right-or-wrong terms, it’s Us the Good Guys and Gals vs. the neocon-driven Bush Bastards. But you have a curious -- and maddening -- blind spot that is a big-time time-waster, a non-starter, an energy sucker-upper, the Mother of All Dead-Ends: You still engage in the fantasy that if we work really hard, even harder then we all worked last time which was damn ass-busting hard, we can get the Democrats back in power, buy some breathing room and start the long uphill climb back to semi-respectability for America. Ain’t gonna happen. No way, unh-uh, no how. Fuhgeddaboutit. Hope is nice. Gotta have hope. But delusional is, well, just delusional. (I say that only in a nice way.) For one thing, America’s major elections are rigged. The fix is in, the jig is up. Repeat after me: The fix is in, the jig is up. Now, I could be wrong, but I’ve always thought sham balloting has the rather annoying side effect of taking the wind right out of democracy’s sails. As if that weren’t bad enough (and it is), just what in the slimy, spineless, mush-mouthed, pants-wetting, knee-knocking, finger-in-the-air, thumb-in-your-eye, two-faced, CYA-ing recent past of the Democratic Party leads you to believe that in any way, shape or form these bipedal jellyfish can lead us to the Promised Land, or even the Implied Parking Lot, even if by the most miraculous of miracles the GOP somehow forgets to throw the vote-conversion switch in the next selection and the Dems manage to regain a majority somewhere? Give me some names. Please. Tell me what Democrat has got the guts to stand up in front of the whoreporate media microphones and say: “You know what? The American people have been had. Our democratic republic does not exist. We are in the grips of murderous fascists who spit on the Constitution, or what little tiny scraps may be left of it, every chance they get. Not only that, but there’s every indication 9/11 didn’t go down the way we’ve all been led to believe it did and I demand answers NOW, no matter the implications.” Oh, yeah, that would be something, wouldn’t it? Far too many questions remain about what really happened on September 11, 2001, a day that spread wide the gaping hellmouth of all gaping hellmouths and loosed the flesh-shredding monsters composing the Bush administration to wreak their uniquely gruesome brand of havoc on, oh, let’s see, everyone in the world who isn’t them. An independent and open investigation of 9/11 -- truly independent and open -- needs to be conducted by a panel comprising experts in physics, aviation, engineering, construction, demolition, metallurgy, photography, insider trading, etc. The “official” explanations of that shockingly barbaric day are pure rubbish. As many have rightly queried lately in a multitude of finely-detailed and compelling articles: How can three skyscrapers, one of which wasn’t even hit by a plane, free-fall into their footprints in the same day? Why did even one of the WTC buildings collapse, considering no skyscraper before or since has ever been brought down by fire? Allow me to suggest a slogan: WTC? WTF?? And so I ask: Do you honestly think a Dem will call for such an investigation, ever? Are you really going to put your faith in Hillary “Always Toe the Waters” Clinton, Joe “Used Car Salesman” Biden or John “Rollover” Kerry to suddenly show what they’ve yet to demonstrate they hold even a thimble’s worth between them: integrity? Did I hear someone say Russ Feingold? Yeah, OK, I applaud Russ’ censure move, too, and certainly his lone senatorial vote against the Patriot Act, but even he, just like practically the whole sorry, seedy, scaredy lot of ‘em, will only go so far, which ain’t nearly far enough. Check this quote of his during a recent trip to Iraq: “It’s the reality of a situation like this that when you have a large troop presence that it has the tendency to fuel the insurgency because they can make the incorrect and unfair claim that somehow the United States is here to occupy this country, which of course is not true.” Yes, of course. Not true. Attaboy, Russ. Way to completely ignore the Project for the New American Century and its right-on-schedule plan of removing U.S. military bases from our enlightened, freedom-loving good buddy Saudi Arabia’s terrortory and building permanent ones right next door in Iraq, at least four of which Tom Engelhardt reports as being humongous “super-bases” and all of which have been under construction ever since the occupation -- whoops, non-occupation -- began. Just exactly who, Senator, is gonna staff these babies -- dust devils? Perhaps, gentle reader, your longing eyes are cast toward Barbara Boxer, the good senator from my home state who, on January 6, 2005, along with Ohio Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones, challenged the eligibility of Ohio’s 2004 twenty electoral votes. Or did she? Boxer asserted on that painfully depressing day on the Senate floor that she was “joining with Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones” not to claim that George W. Bush had stolen the presidency (again), oh, no; but rather “to cast the light of truth on a flawed [balloting] system which must be fixed now.” Nice try, Barb, but a little late. Sure it was brave of you to inconvenience your 99 fellow clubbies for a couple of hours. But it wasn’t enough. Not by a long shot. It falls just a smidgeon short of using your center stage moment to tell the world the harsh truth, that what it was witnessing that day was nothing less than the final nail being unceremoniously pounded into the coffin of our democratic republic and the official birth of American Fascism. In fairness, there are a handful of Dems who do have real guts, folks like John Conyers, Jr., Dennis Kucinich, Cynthia McKinney and Barbara Lee. But they’ve all been marginalized to one extent or another by their whore, er, more “practical” political sisters and brothers. If, genuinely dear reader, your understandable great white-knuckled hope is for fresh blood to somehow reinvigorate the Democratic Party, forget it. Any Dem newbie who doesn’t play by the rulers’ rules -- which in BushWorld means keeping one’s mouth shut and protecting one’s precious little piece of allotted turf for fear of certain incriminating photos hitting the ‘Net or family members being disappeared -- finds it’s not all that long before his or her very own party’s old guard is issuing pointed instructions on how to maintain one’s proper place in the scheming scheme of things lest there be a noticeable lack of party machine support come the next faux voting cycle. Speaking of pointless exercises: A friend in Canada suggests we Americans at least have some fun with the election charade we insist on holding biannually. (Hey, if we’re going to get screwed, we might as well enjoy it, eh?) For real kicks and giggles, he says, we ought to, all of us, “vote Republican. Then, upon exiting the polls, act like one. In other words, lie. Say, “I’m a registered Democrat and I always vote the party line.” When the exit polls show 50-50 (or whatever is announced) but the Republicans see they don’t have to fiddle with the votes and in their hubristic giddiness allow the announcement of the real 100% total, they’ll have a whole lot of “splainin” to do (although, ironically, they’re telling the truth for once!). Plus, in this scenario, the Snakes are left to collectively stand naked (a revolting mental image; sorry) and be seen for what they truly are: the one-party puppets of the real power holders, big bidness. On the other hand, if the announced “official” numbers are instead the now-traditional 52-48% GOP winning margin, this is additional proof, then, that the results are pre-programmed.”* After all, my friend asks, “How bad can it get?” Indeed. In fact, I think his plan has real merit, for it only prolongs our ongoing agony to keep any Dems around at all. It’s been obvious for years how utterly ineffective they are, but it is much worse than that, as their continuing presence provides the Bushian fascists with a patina of legitimacy, making it appear to the less astute (and we know how many of those there are) that some sort of democratic process still exists in America. Believe me, the last thing the Rethuglicans want is for all the Dems to split. Although, frankly, I guess it wouldn’t matter all that much if they did. I have long contended that when it comes right down to it, when it is necessary, when Bushco’s cover is at last fully blown, when enough Americans have finally had enough and take to the streets in sufficient numbers to rattle some cages, they’ll find tanks -- and cops and soldiers and mercenaries and helicopters and dogs and teargas and bullets and truncheons and hoses and horses and trucks and buses (gotta get people to those Halliburton-constructed “temporary detention” facilities somehow) -- to meet them. The Bushies have slaughtered over 100,00 Iraqis (possibly up to a quarter million, per Dahr Jamail), sent more than 2300 U.S. soldiers to needless deaths, allowed 1400 Americans to drown and die of thirst in Katrina’s wake and most likely murdered 3000 of our own countrymen and women in New York, D.C. and Pennsylvania. Blowing Americans away in the streets? Small potatoes. I don’t care how many useless votes are cast or how many fine candidates there seem to be: The more-equal animals are not leaving of their own accord, and the complicit Democrats have enabled them to stay hog-slop happy in charge every sickening, self-serving step of the way. We are entirely on our own, folks, and have been for a long time. If we are to ever survive the pure hell in which America is squarely mired, it is up to us -- and only us -- to pull her out. No one else is gonna do it. Nobody is gonna save us. The longer we wring our hands and furrow our brows, the worse it gets. Meanwhile, the rest of an exasperated and threatened world is looking on with horror and going: Stop it, just stop it. Stop it now. Mark Drolette is a political satirist/commentator who lives in Sacramento, California. He can be reached at: mdrolette@comcast.net. Copyright © 2006 Mark Drolette. All rights reserved. * Actual quote may vary. http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Apr06/Drolette07.htm Comments

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# posted (not necessarily written) by BG : 4/07/2006 11:23:00 PM 0 comments

[political-researchp] Bloglines - Immigration department plagued by corruption, claims ex-official

Bloglines user bill.giltner@gmail.com has sent this item to you, with the following personal message: What a surprise. JURIST - Paper Chase JURIST's legal news weblog, powered by a team of 20 law student reporters and editors led by Professor Bernard Hibbitts at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Immigration department plagued by corruption, claims ex-official By Lisl Brunner [JURIST] Former immigration official Michael Maxwell testified about alleged widespread corruption and security vulnerabilities within the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) [official website] before the US House Committee on International R

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# posted (not necessarily written) by BG : 4/07/2006 11:06:00 PM 0 comments

[political-researchp] Bloglines - Trailer for United93

Bloglines user bill.giltner@gmail.com has sent this item to you, with the following personal message: Anchoress serves the role of earnest disinfo central once again. The Anchoress Religion. Politics. Punditry. Baseball. You know, all the important stuff. Trailer for United93 By TheAnchoress on War on Terror It is chilling, adrenaline-pumping and necessary. But not pleasant. My hands were shaking by the end of the trailer. It’s going to be tough to watch. But then again, The Passion of the Christ was tough to watch too. And I watched it 5 times. The great Jim Geraghty has some insightful remarks about the trailer, about the fact that the passengers of flight 93 essentially fought and won the first battle in a “post 9/11″ world and about how increasingly pervasive it is that some people pull “facts” out of thin air in order to “make their point.” More on that, later - it is a troubling phenom. Meanwhile Geraghty has some excellent links and a (subscription only) column on United 93 in the NY Sun.

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# posted (not necessarily written) by BG : 4/07/2006 10:26:00 PM 0 comments

[political-researchp] NYTimes.com: Study Links Punishment to an Ability to Profit

This page was sent to you by: bill.giltner@gmail.com SCIENCE | April 7, 2006 Study Links Punishment to an Ability to Profit By BENEDICT CAREY An experiment by a team of German economists helps explain why a system of punishment is important to the survival of human communities. 1. 'Gospel of Judas' Surfaces After 1,700 Years 2. Fossil Called Missing Link From Sea to Land Animals 3. David Pogue: Internet Calls Untethered From Your PC 4. It's Passover, Lighten Up 5. With This Ethical Ring I Thee Wed » Go to Complete List Advertisement Thank You For Smoking opens March 17th Nick Naylor, chief spokesman for Big Tobacco, makes his living defending the rights of smokers and cigarette makers in today's neo-puritanical culture. Confronted by health zealots and an opportunistic senator, Nick goes on a PR offensive, spinning away the dangers of cigarettes. http://www2.foxsearchlight.com/thankyouforsmoking/teaser/ Do you love NY? Get the insider�s guide to where to stay, what to do and where to eat. Go to www.nytimes.com/travel for your NYC Guide now. Click here. Copyright 2006 The New York Times Company | Privacy Policy

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# posted (not necessarily written) by BG : 4/07/2006 09:07:00 PM 0 comments

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Your Life's Palette
Color

When we enter a room or see an object for the first time, our minds register its color before any other detail. The colors our eyes can perceive are like words that form a subtle language of mood, energy, and insight. Color can exert a gentle effect on the mind and the body, influencing our dispositions and our physical health. Color has the ability to trigger our emotions, affect the way we think and act, and influence our attitudes. You unconsciously respond to the color of the walls in your home, your car, your clothing, and the food you eat based on your body's natural reactions to certain colors and the psychological associations you have formed around them. The consequences of the decision to paint a room or wear a specific article of clothing therefore goes beyond aesthetics.

The colors you encounter throughout your day can make you feel happy or sad, invigorate you or drain your vitality, and even affect your work habits. Throughout history, cultures spread over many different parts of the globe have attributed varying meanings to different colors. In China, blue is associated with immortality, while people in the Middle East view blue as a color of protection. There is also evidence that human beings respond to color in a very visceral way. Red excites us and inflames our passions. Too much red, however, can make us feel overstimulated and irritated. Pink tends to make people feel loved and protected but also can cause feelings of lethargy. Yellow represents joy or optimism and can energize you and help you think more clearly. Bright orange reduces depression and sadness. Blue and green are known to inspire peaceful feelings, and people are often able to concentrate better and work in rooms painted in soft blues and greens. The darker tones of!
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# posted (not necessarily written) by BG : 4/07/2006 08:05:00 PM 0 comments

[political-researchp] Bloglines - Hannity Demolishes Churchill, Makes Him Pretend Not To Hear (VIDEO)

Bloglines user bill.giltner@gmail.com has sent this item to you, with the following personal message: Churchill is a tool to discredit those who question 9/11, Iraq, etc. Expose the Left Monitoring and exposing liberal bias in the media and partisan politics on the left. Hannity Demolishes Churchill, Makes Him Pretend Not To Hear (VIDEO) By Ian on Liberal Hate Professor Ward Churchill and author David Horowitz appeared on Hannity & Colmes this evening after they debated at a forum in Washington. Churchill made national headlines after he publicly compared those who were killed in the September 11th attacks to “little Eichmanns”. Hannity demands an apology from Churchill’s for his “little Eichmanns” remarks. However, Churchill wants an apology from Hannity for the deaths of innocent Iraqis—even though no one is calling them something on the line of little Eichmanns. Ward Churchill then claimed that his headset is not working. At one point he said he was unable to hear Hannity, to which the co-host asked David Horowitz to repeat his question to Churchill. Later in the interview, Colmes challenged Horowitz’s remarks that by no means are in the same ball park of “little Eichmanns” yet he didn’t even challenge Churchill on that remark. Churchill’s sound magically came back on when it was Alan’s turn to interview him. Why can’t Alan ever take the side of righteousness and stop defending the indefensible? I know he’s a liberal, but it’s Ward Churchill for crying out loud. Colmes continually hid behind the “I’m defending Ward’s right to free speech” line, but it was quite obvious that he condones Churchill’s outrageous opinions. DOWNLOAD – .WMV DOWNLOAD – .MP4 Comments

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# posted (not necessarily written) by BG : 4/07/2006 07:51:00 PM 1 comments

[911TruthAction] Digest Number 1213

There are 17 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1. Re: HOAX: "Bush Administration Media Collusion Memos Surface"
From: "S Miles Lewis" <yahoolists@elfis.net>
2. Re: Fw: AT&T Forwards ALL Internet Traffic Into NSA Says EFF
From: Patrick BURNAND <pburnand@yahoo.com>
3. Missing Dem.Cong.Candidate Baffles Police-What have Republicans Done !
From: ranger116@webtv.net
4. Lookin� for the 911 Truth
From: Joe Stokes <joestokes@sbcglobal.net>
5. Bush Authorized Leak toTimes, LibbyToldGrand Jury+Ohio Election Rigge
From: ranger116@webtv.net
6. Bush Authorized Leak toTimes, LibbyToldGrand Jury+Ohio Election Rigge
From: ranger116@webtv.net
7. Re: [planehuggers] WTC Planehugger Therapy -Top 30 FAQ
From: "Dick Eastman" <olfriend@nwinfo.net>
8. Fw: British and Jewish conspiracies are in fact one -=- "three conspiracies" - don't expose each other, because-=- David Gergen - There is no Israel 'Lobby'
From: "Dick Eastman" <olfriend@nwinfo.net>
9. Fw: Mossad operatives dancing for joy at 9-11 WTC would not have been so happy unless they knew there were no Jews in there. Refuting the Demolition Debunkers, by Morgan Reynolds
From: "Dick Eastman" <olfriend@nwinfo.net>
10. Jewhuggers -- those who insist against all evidence that there were Jews at the WTC on 9-11
From: "Dick Eastman" <olfriend@nwinfo.net>
11. red pill -- Elliot Cohen (Washington Post) "Yes, It's Anti-Semitic" - Debunking The Mearsheimer-Walt "Israel Lobby" Fables
From: "Dick Eastman" <olfriend@nwinfo.net>
12. Joni Ferris nails self-important Jew hater Dick Eastman (must read)
From: "Dick Eastman" <olfriend@nwinfo.net>
13. New Poll - Should Bush Be In Jail ? Please Vote Today 85% Yes ! (;^))
From: ranger116@webtv.net
14. 9/11 LIES: Important Website about the alleged B757 crash!
From: APFN <apfn@apfn.org>
15. Washington Insiders Make Billions from the War on Terrorism
From: APFN <apfn@apfn.org>
16. Sample Letter on preventing internet censorship
From: John Perna <savefreedom2005@yahoo.com>
17. 9/11 in Media - WorldCrisis Radio - Shareholder protests insurance coverup
From: John Leonard <jpleonard@verizon.net>

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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 21:58:06 -0000
From: "S Miles Lewis" <yahoolists@elfis.net>
Subject: Re: HOAX: "Bush Administration Media Collusion Memos Surface"

Thanks Benjamin. I'd heard several reports of April Fool's day "Memo
Hoaxes" but I got suckered in with that one. And who can blame me and
others considering, as GuerrillaFunk folks said:

"... Yes, it's satire, but why did so many of you find it so easy to
believe? Maybe because the whole thing feels real - especially when
you consider the negative images and messages that corporations
continue to endorse and promote as entertainment. If Fox really
reported the truth the news would look more like this because record
labels and video channels influence millions..."

Not to mention the below recent revelations as well as other news in
past years of the Bush admin paying for pundits to pass off their
propaganda as actual news:

Education Dept. paid commentator to promote law
<http://www.parapolitics.info/phorum/read.php?f=32&i=204&t=204>

Maggie Gallagher - Second Columnist Got Money from Bush Administration
<http://www.parapolitics.info/phorum/read.php?f=32&i=205&t=205>

Senators to Introduce 'Stop Government Propaganda Act'
<http://www.parapolitics.info/phorum/read.php?f=32&i=206&t=206>

Third Columnist paid by Bush Administration
<http://www.parapolitics.info/phorum/read.php?f=32&i=207&t=206>

USA Today - Report: PR spending doubled under Bush
<http://www.parapolitics.info/phorum/read.php?f=32&i=208&t=206>

How Team Bush Controls the Message - Stage the Event
<http://www.parapolitics.info/phorum/read.php?f=32&i=210&t=210>

Uncovering the History of Operation Mockingbird
<http://www.parapolitics.info/phorum/read.php?f=32&i=219&t=219>

Probe of Armstrong Williams Widens
<http://www.parapolitics.info/phorum/read.php?f=32&i=238&t=238>

Tommy 'Martial Law' Franks is a Paid Bush Admin Patriot
<http://www.parapolitics.info/phorum/read.php?f=23&i=174&t=174>

U.S. Military Covertly Pays to Run Stories in Iraqi Press
<http://www.parapolitics.info/phorum/read.php?f=32&i=245&t=245>

Pentagon rolls out stealth PR / Foreign Media PsyOp
<http://www.parapolitics.info/phorum/read.php?f=32&i=247&t=247>

77 TV stations aired 'fake news reports'
04/05/2006 @ 10:57 pm / Filed by Ron Brynaert

A study by a group that monitors the media reveals that, over a ten
month span, 77 television stations from all across the nation aired
video news releases without informing their viewers even once that
the reports were actually sponsored content, RAW STORY has found.

One "news report" that aired on three stations relied on a video news
release (VNR) produced by a PR firm on behalf of General Motors which
was even apparently based on a "false claim."

Center for Media and Democracy's Fake TV News: Widespread and
Undisclosed is "a multimedia report on television newsrooms' use of
material provided by PR firms on behalf of paying clients,"
containing video footage of the 36 video news releases (VNRs) cited
in the report, plus a map and spreadsheet of the stations cited.

General Motors, Intel, Pfizer and Capital One are among the companies
who produced VNRs with the help of three PR firms, and "[m]ore than
one-third of the time, stations aired the pre-packaged VNR in its
entirety."

An Oklahoma City FOX station owned by Sinclair is pegged as
the "report's top repeat offender," airing five VNRs in full on its
news broadcasts, with "the publicist's original narration each time."

Three stations "not only aired entire VNRs without disclosure, but
had local anchors and reporters read directly from the script
prepared by the broadcast PR firm."

News broadcasts based on a General Motors VNR stand out in the report
as a striking example of "fake news," not just because they were left
largely unchanged when aired on stations in Louisiana and
Pennsylvania.

"GM, who introduced the first manufacturer web site in 1996, has
recently lowered prices, in some cases by thousands of dollars, on
all of their models as a direct result of the customers' ability to
comparison shop on the Internet," Medialink's Kate Brookes "reported"
in all three broadcasts.

But the Center for Media and Democracy blasts GM's "historical claim"
as "fake."

"A simple dated search for "automotive web site" in the Nexis news
database revealed a press release from August 1995 in which
Volkswagen heralded the launch of their web portal," the report
states. "It wasn't until February 1996 that General Motors announced
gm.com in their own press release."

A comparison between the General Motors VNR and one of the news
broadcasts can be seen at this link.

Last year the New York Times published an article called "Under Bush,
a new age of prepackaged TV news" - written by David Barstow and
Robin Stein - which reported on the stealthy use of VNRs created by
government agencies that crept into network news broadcasts.

The Times revealed that even though Radio-Television News Directors
Association's "code of ethics" specifies to "clearly disclose the
origin of information and label all material provided by outsiders,"
the Federal Communications Commission has "never disciplined a
station for showing government-made news segments without disclosing
their origin."

Last June, Chris Baker at the Washington Times reported that the
Radio-Television News Directors Association "submitted a 13-page
statement that said few TV stations air VNRs, and those that do
almost always identify the source" to the Federal Communications
Commission. The statement drew from an "informal survey of 100
members" because, as the president of the Association told the
Washington Times, "concrete data" was "hard to come by."

An article in Thursday's Times by Barstow (New York Times registered
link) indicates that the Center "presented its findings yesterday to
F.C.C. officials, including Jonathan S. Adelstein, a commissioner who
has criticized video news releases."

Impressed by the "scope of what they found," Adelstein told the Times
that it was a "disgrace to American journalism," and proof
of "potentially major violations" of F.C.C. rules.

<http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/77_TV_stations_aired_fake_news_0405
.html>

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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 00:49:41 +0200
From: Patrick BURNAND <pburnand@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Fw: AT&T Forwards ALL Internet Traffic Into NSA Says EFF

Finally, it comes out in the US !

Funny how the Americans suddenly discovers how they're spied upon...
At least in Europe, we knew this since years...
There has even been a 1 1/2 hour long french TV report 4 years ago about
this.

And just one detail.. This wasn't "authorized by Bush". This is in place
since decades, with or without the approval of the president...

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> AT&T Forwards ALL Internet Traffic Into NSA Says EFF [ Post 294544114 ]
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> Category: News & Opinion (General) Topic: Computers & Internet
> Synopsis:
> Source: www.linuxelectrons.com
> Published: April 6, 2006 Author:
> For Education and Discussion Only. Not for Commercial Use.
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> AT&T Forwards ALL Internet Traffic Into NSA Says EFF
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> Thursday, April 06 2006 @ 03:13 AM CDT
> Contributed by: ByteEnable
>
> San Francisco â The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on Wednesday
> filed the legal briefs and evidence supporting its motion for a
> preliminary injunction in its class-action lawsuit against AT&T. After
> asking EFF to hold back the documents so that it could review them, the
> Department of Justice consented to EFF's filing them under seal â a
> well-established procedure that prohibits public access and permits only
> the judge and the litigants to see the evidence. While not a party to the
> case, the government was concerned that even this procedure would not
> provide sufficient security and has represented to the Court that it is
> "presently considering whether and, if so, how it will participate in
> this case."
>
> "The evidence that we are filing supports our claim that AT&T is
> diverting Internet traffic into the hands of the NSA wholesale, in
> violation of federal wiretapping laws and the Fourth Amendment," said EFF
> Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston. "More than just threatening individuals'
> privacy, AT&T's apparent choice to give the government secret, direct
> access to millions of ordinary Americans' Internet communications is a
> threat to the Constitution itself. We are asking the Court to put a stop
> to it now."
>
> EFF's evidence regarding AT&T's dragnet surveillance of its networks
> includes a declaration by Mark Klein, a retired AT&T telecommunications
> technician, and several internal AT&T documents. This evidence was
> bolstered and explained by the expert opinion of J. Scott Marcus, who
> served as Senior Technical Advisor for Internet Technology to the Federal
> Communications Commission from July 2001 until July 2005.
>
> The internal AT&T documents and portions of the supporting declarations
> have been submitted to the Court under a tentative seal, a procedure that
> allows AT&T five court days to explain to the Court why the information
> should be kept from the public.
>
> "The public deserves to know about AT&T's illegal program," said EFF
> Legal Director Cindy Cohn. "In an abundance of caution, we are providing
> AT&T with an opportunity to explain itself before this material goes on
> the public docket, but we believe that justice will ultimately require
> full disclosure.
>
>
> The NSA program came to light in December, when the New York Times
> reported that the President had authorized the agency to intercept
> telephone and Internet communications inside the United States without
> the authorization of any court. Over the ensuing weeks, it became clear
> that the NSA program has been intercepting and analyzing millions of
> Americans' communications, with the help of the country's largest phone
> and Internet companies, including AT&T.
>
> "Mark Klein is a true American hero," said EFF Staff Attorney Kurt
> Opsahl. He has bravely come forward with information critical for proving
> AT&T's involvement with the government's invasive surveillance program."
>
> In the lawsuit, EFF is representing the class of all AT&T residential
> customers nationwide. Working with EFF in the lawsuit are the law firms
> Traber & Voorhees, Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP and
> the Law Office of Richard R. Wiebe.

--
Patrick BURNAND <pburnand@yahoo.com>

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Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 19:59:55 -0400
From: ranger116@webtv.net
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 17:24:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: Joe Stokes <joestokes@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Lookin� for the 911 Truth

Lookin� for the 911 Truth
April 2006

Last week Charlie Sheen made national news (CNN
Showbiz Tonight 7pm)
three nights in a row, with coverage continuing every
day so far this
week
as well.
http://www.911blogger.com/2006/03/fourth-night-of-showbiz-tonights-sheen.html

What newsworthy event prompted such coverage? Mr.
Sheen has announced
that he thinks the government has been covering up the
truth about
9/11.
Charlie thinks 9/11 was an inside job!
http://9eleven.info/

Maybe you don�t care what he thinks, he�s just an
actor. Perhaps you
want
the opinion of an expert like Steven E Jones,
professor of Physics at
BYU.
http://www.9eleven.info/911JonesPaperhtm7.htm
http://www.question911.com/linkout.php?filename=Steven%20Jones%20Shows%20WTC%20Demolition%20Evidence.wmv

Or perhaps MIT Engineer Jeff King who also believes
the WTC were
brought down by a controlled demolition.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1822764959599063248&pl=true

Maybe they�re too theoretical for you. You want
someone from the
applied sciences. May I suggest Clemson mechanical
engineering
professor Judy Wood.
http://www.911blogger.com/2006/03/mechanical-engineering-professor-from.html
http://janedoe0911.tripod.com/BilliardBalls.html

Maybe you don�t care for �eggheads�.
http://www.st911.org/
http://physics911.net/spine.htm

You want to hear from a true patriot, a military man,
like former head
of Star Wars and air force colonel, Bob Bowman.
http://benfrank.net/blog/2005/10/27/oil_mafia_treason/
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/march2006/030306Evidence.htm

Maybe military types scare you. How about a lady of
letters like poet
Erica Jong?
http://www.etruscanpress.org/02_september_11_2001.html

Maybe you�re not into poetry. Prose is more your
style. How about
Webster Tarpley author of 9/11 Synthetic Terror made
in USA?
http://www.tarpley.net/welcome.html

Or if you prefer your message in song, what about
putting some
of the hard questions to music?
Les Visible: 9/11 Was An Inside Job (music)

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=97737

Maybe you don�t trust actors, authors, musicians or
poets. You want
to hear from a man of God. How about David Ray
Griffin theologian,
professor emeritus at the Claremont School of
Theology?
http://911review.com/articles/griffin/nyc1.html

What could a theologian know about national security?
You want to hear
from
an insider to the covert world. How about CIA analyst
Ray McGovern, an
expert
on National Security who�s career spanned JFK to GHW
Bush?
http://www.electricpolitics.com/podcast/2006/01/interview_with_ray_mcgovern.html

Or how about David Shayler, the MI5 Whistleblower?
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/june2005/270605insidejob.htm
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5403286136814574974

Or former cop Michael C. Ruppert?
http://www.fromthewilderness.com/store/books.shtml#ruby

Or Michael Meacher - MP - Former UK Minister for the
environment
who says "The war on terror is bogus", or Andreas Von
Bulow, Former
German
Secretary Of Defense, who says "The official [9/11]
story is so
inadequate
and far fetched that there must be a different one"
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11222.htm

What about another country's government, such as the
Venezuelan
government under Hugo Chavez, supported by billionaire
philanthropist
Jimmy Walter and WTC survivor William Rodriguez, which
is set to
launch an international investigation into 9/11?
http://www.iraqwar.mirror-world.ru/article/83785

Maybe they're all too far left for you! You want to
hear from a
Republican.
How about Paul Craig Roberts assistant secretary of
the U.S. Treasury
under Ronald Reagan?
http://www.tpmcafe.com/node/28070
http://www.electricpolitics.com/podcast/2006/02/post.html

OK, he�s a Republican, but that was back in the
Reagan
days. Maybe you
need to hear from someone in GW�s administration.
How
about
Morgan Reynolds professor emeritus at Texas A&M
University
and chief economist for the US Department of Labor
during Bush�s first
term?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/reynolds/reynolds12.html

Maybe you don�t want to listen to any of these
individuals, but the
fact is,
a lot of Americans agree with them. Like the 83% of
over 50,000 CNN
Showbiz
Tonight online poll respondents who think the
government is covering up
the truth of 9/11.
http://www.911blogger.com/2006/03/fourth-night-of-showbiz-tonights-sheen.html

Maybe you don�t care what the American people think?

Yea, we know.

[Ref.
http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=11205
]

So what can you do?

Even if you are still skeptical, but think there are
too many questions
about the events of September 11 2001 that need
answers, here are
a few suggestions:

Ask Oprah to host a three-part special that
investigates 9/11
http://www.oprah911.com/

Sign the petition to release the 9/11 information that
is currently
being held by the U.S. government to an independent
review:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/929981172

You can share these links to several 9/11
investigative documentaries
with your friends:

911: In Plane Site
Hard-hitting investigative journalism.
http://unsungwar.com/videos/911InPlaneSite.wmv

Loose Change Second Edition
Well researched and very thought provoking.
http://unsungwar.com/videos/loosechange2.html
http://tinyurl.com/bzg64

Rise
Short and sweet - to the point!
http://unsungwar.com/videos/Rise.swf

9/11 Revisited
This film provides stunning evidence that pre-planted
explosives
were used in the complete demolition of the WTC twin
towers and WTC 7.
http://911revisited.infad.net/video.html

9/11 Eyewitness
A rigorous scientific analysis of the destruction of
the WTC towers.

http://www.freedomisforeverybody.org/911Eyewitness.php

Perspective 9-11
This research will give you an insight into the story
behind the 9-11 attacks.
http://tinyurl.com/layem

Pentagon Strike
What hit the Pentagon?
http://unsungwar.com/videos/pentagonstrike.swf

Discover the Truth about the Events surrounding
9-11-01 via
Video Presentations from some of the top Scholars,
Researchers,
and Analysts from the International Community.
http://911busters.com/

9/11 Special: Dutch Television Documentary (20
minutes)
Two senior government ministers express grave doubts
about
the official 9/11 stories and the so-called "war on
terror".

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11222.htm

Watch David Ray Griffin, professor of theology, and
other speakers
who speak candidly and lucidly about the events of
911.

http://911busters.com/911_new_video_productions/index.html

. . .

And finally, if you still think it's all bunkum and
you can debunk the
9/11
"tin-foil hat" conspiracy brigade, then take the
million dollar
challenge!
I'm sure you could use a spare million bucks?

http://www.reopen911.org/Contest.htm

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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 22:04:27 -0400
From: ranger116@webtv.net
Subject: Bush Authorized Leak toTimes, LibbyToldGrand Jury+Ohio Election Rigge

Bush Authorized Leak toTimes, LibbyToldGrand Jury+Ohio Election Rigged

Bush Authorized Leak to Times, Libby Told Grand Jury - April 6, 2006 -
The New York Sun - NY News

Address:http://nysun.com/timesleak.php

Libby Claimed Bush Authorized Plamegate Leak - April 6, 2006

Address:http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0406061libby1.html

"IMPEACH BUSH CHENEY NOW !"

Bush / Cheney authorized CIA Agent's name leaks libby tells Special
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World Tribune.com -- Report: Israel gave China anti-missile tech from
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Workers accused of fudging '04 recount
Prosecutor says Cuyahoga skirted rules

Thursday, April 06, 2006
Joan Mazzolini
Plain Dealer Reporter
After the 2004 presidential election, Cuyahoga County election
workers secretly skirted rules designed to make sure all votes were
counted correctly, a special prosecutor charges.
While there is evidence of vote fraud, the prosecutor said their
efforts were aimed at avoiding an expensive - and very public - hand
recount of all votes cast. Three top county elections officials have
been indicted, and Erie County Prosecutor Kevin Baxter says more
indictments are possible.
Michael Vu, executive director of the Cuyahoga County elections
board, said workers followed procedures that had been in place for 23
years. He said board employees had no objection to doing an exhaustive
hand count if needed, meaning they had no motive to break the law.

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Help STOP the GOP effort to make Delay their "scape goat" !-05

Friends,
��The mainstream
media GOP lapdogs are already starting their damage control campaign to
protect the Republican Party from the disaster that awaits them at the
polls in upcoming elections. Their hope is that the public can be
persuaded to vent it's wrath on THIS ONE Republican now, rather than on
the whole Republican Party next Nov. ( and in 2008).
��On April
5th, for example, the Washington Post editorialized that Rep. Tom
DeLay's (R-TX) departure from Congress will make it "much tougher for
Democrats to flog their 'culture of corruption' message," offering only
a quote from DeLay in support of the assertion. If this bastion of
Liberalism (LOL) is leading the way, just imagine what the rest of the
media will be publishing in the next few months. � � � � � It
looks as though Democratic leaders are going to be trying
to counter this disinformation campaign. But you know that the media is
going to be thwarting those efforts and instead will be "aiding and
abetting the enemy". So it is very important that people like YOU AND ME
do our best to fertilize the grass roots with THE TRUTH in the next few
months!
��Here's what I plan
to do, and what I believe you might want to do as well. I've been
gathering a "dossier" on GOP corruption for years and the dirt I expose
on the many pages of my http://LiberalsLikeChrist.Org/GOPcorruption
shows that, far from being limited to "a few rotten apples", the whole
damned Greedy Old Party fish is rotten from head to tail, and that it
has been for years. If enough people can circulate this stuff all over
the country between now and the elections, the stench will be such that
only the die-hard core Republicans will be able to stand it and vote
Republican. Independents and Democrats will not only be repulsed by the
Republicans but will be moved to get to the polls to get the stench out
of their lives!
��Along with
the link above to the CORRUPTION page, I would urge you to share this
one as well :
http://www.LiberalsLikeChrist.Org/MediaEmailAddresses.htm as it enables
our allies to bombard the mainstream media with the message that despite
their best efforts to HIDE the G.O.P.'s "culture of corruption", we are
doing THEIR JOB and enabling the public to know better.
��Ray Dubuque,
creator of
http://www.JesusNoRepublican.Org/ which shows why Jesus would abhor
today's Republican Party, &
http://www.LiberalsLikeChrist.Org/ which shows why Liberal Democrats are
more like Christ than are Conservative Republicans.

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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 22:05:19 -0400
From: ranger116@webtv.net
Subject: Bush Authorized Leak toTimes, LibbyToldGrand Jury+Ohio Election Rigge