Discussion about 09/11/2001: 02/25/06

Saturday, February 25, 2006

[911TruthAction] Digest Number 1143

There are 25 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1. Re: Dubai firm says "it will delay" U.S. port takeover ! " WE WON " !!!!!
From: "hitech2_47460" <hitech2_47460@yahoo.com>
2. Ride Across America to Honor Victims of 911?
From: "S Miles Lewis" <yahoolists@elfis.net>
3. Koppel Admits: Iraq is About the Oil!! tvnl news
From: "reggie501" <reggie501@optonline.net>
4. Restraining Order against Tim White granted
From: janet phelan <jcphelan10@yahoo.com>
5. UAE gave $1 million to Bush library
From: "mojo_j_2000" <mojo_j_2000@yahoo.com>
6. Fwd: National Call Out Corruption Day - Next Tuesday, February 28
From: Mofmars3@wmconnect.com
7. Air America host: "9/11 Was An Inside Job"!
From: al rogers <goatsortowers@yahoo.com>
8. UPI !! --> UAE Terminal Takeover EXTENDS To -->>" 21 ! " PORTS !!!!!!
From: ranger116@webtv.net
9. 9/11 and October Surprise scandal
From: "stoelting1981" <fiat@sofnet.com>
10. Homeland Security to Confiscate Your Bank Savings!
From: al rogers <goatsortowers@yahoo.com>
11. Re: Dubai firm says "it will delay" U.S. port takeover ! " WE WON " !!!!!
From: alan random <alanrandom@yahoo.com>
12. ***Saluting Greg Nixon & 911 Truthers***New Press Release***
From: "Marsha" <Mofmars3@wmconnect.com>
13. FBI shut down server, and seized hardware. So now who is sending this virus?
From: John Perna <savefreedom2005@yahoo.com>
14. in the $1 million or more! category. Re: UAE gave $1 million to Bush library
From: "mojo_j_2000" <mojo_j_2000@yahoo.com>
15. ***911 Truth***Every one should hear the awesome Wing TV Show today
From: "Marsha" <Mofmars3@wmconnect.com>
16. Powerful New 9/11 Video. Streaming Online
From: Joe Stokes <joestokes@sbcglobal.net>
17. Diebold's Touch-Screen Voting Machines Have Built-In Wireless Infra Red Ports
From: "mojo_j_2000" <mojo_j_2000@yahoo.com>
18. Re: Yesterday's NYC March for 9/11 Truth
From: Jolly Roger <slicingthroats@yahoo.com>
19. Audio link to Scholars for 9-11 Truth on Coast-to-Coast AM
From: "angiesept11" <angiesept11@yahoo.com>
20. Re: Audio link to Scholars for 9-11 Truth on Coast-to-Coast AM
From: Naveed <flanker12k@yahoo.com>
21. RE: Audio link to Scholars for 9-11 Truth on Coast-to-Coast AM
From: "Scott Peden" <scotpeden@cruzio.com>
22. N.Y.& N.J. Sue Bush to Stop Dubai Port Deal + Free OnLineBook+Cheney !
From: ranger116@webtv.net
23. UAE TERMINAL TAKEOVER EXTENDS TO TWENTY-ONE (21) PORTS. - IMPORTANT
From: Quechick Barnyard <quechick007@yahoo.com>
24. My second piece on 9/11 & Katrina as Inside Jobs published -SF Bay View
From: Cathy Garger <savorsuccesslady@yahoo.com>
25. Good Audio link to Scholars for 9-11 Truth on Coast-to-Coast AM
From: Mark S Bilk <mark@cosmicpenguin.com>

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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:35:59 -0000
From: "hitech2_47460" <hitech2_47460@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Dubai firm says "it will delay" U.S. port takeover ! " WE WON " !!!!!

Take ANYthing the 'cloak and dagger' guys say with a HUGE grain of
salt! Skolnick has been knowingly propping up and pushing COINTELPRO
TRASH from Stew Webb and Tom Heneghen. THEY ARE LIARS and anybody with
half a brain figures that out fairly quick or they are KNOWINGLY
pushing DISINFORMATION!! Skolnick pushes the 'arabs did 911' point of
view when much shows ISRAELI involvement and tries to shift blame to
the 'Queen' etc.

BALONEY!

--- In 911TruthAction@yahoogroups.com, "Total Information"
<totalinfo@...> wrote:
>
> the cloak & dagger guys say the delay is to arrange massive payouts to
> congress to make sure the deal gets thru...
>
> On 2/24/06, ranger116@... <ranger116@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Dubai firm

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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:53:56 -0000
From: "S Miles Lewis" <yahoolists@elfis.net>
Subject: Ride Across America to Honor Victims of 911?

Great opportunity to educate folks as this 911-non-truth vigil rolls
across AmeriKa.

Ride Across America to Honor Victims of September 11th and Raise
Funds for Memorials
Wednesday February 22, 9:25 am ET

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Captain Thomas Heidenberger today
announced the "Airline Ride Across America," a 33-day cross country
fundraising bicycle ride that will honor the 33 flight crew members
who lost their lives on the hijacked flights of September 11th.
Heidenberger, a pilot for over 28 years, lost his wife Michelle, who
was the senior flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 77 in the
attack on the Pentagon.

The "Airline Ride Across America" will start outside of Los Angeles
International Airport, the destination of the four fateful flights of
that day, with stops in Shanksville, PA and the World Trade Center in
New York City before finishing on the grounds of the proposed
Pentagon Memorial. The Ride is designed to raise funds for all three
9-11 memorials -- the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, the World
Trade Center Memorial and the Pentagon Memorial.

"The flight crew members from those four flights have often been
forgotten or overlooked. Just as everyone who lost their life that
day going about their job, so were these crew members. They faced
incredible struggles and did the best they could to survive an
unimaginable situation," said Heidenberger. "I want this Ride Across
America to honor those 33 lives as well as all the other victims who
experienced that terrible day. Any and all funds raised from this
ride will be donated equally among the three memorials. We must never
forget their sacrifices nor the sacrifice and spirit of survival our
country felt that day."

During the 33-day ride, a different flight crew member will have
their own day of remembrance. On many legs of the ride different
family members will join Tom's riding team. Part of the support team
includes Sheri Burlingame whose husband Captain Chip Burlingame was
the pilot on Flight 77. Heidenberger will be making the ride with a
team of five other riders and will have police escorts throughout
much of the country.

"9-11 is a day that means so much to so many -- a day of tragedy, a
day of loss and a day to reflect. But I want it also to be a solemn
reminder that individuals do make differences. Flight crews did their
best to alert others and react to the attacks. I hope this ride makes
people remember that and reminds them to help build these memorials,"
said Heidenberger.

For route and donation information about the "Airline Ride Across
America" please visit <http://www.airlineride.org>.

Source: Pentagon Memorial Fund

<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060222/nyw091.html?.v=41>

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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:33:49 -0000
From: "reggie501" <reggie501@optonline.net>
Subject: Koppel Admits: Iraq is About the Oil!! tvnl news

HEADLINES and NEWS LINKS Courtesy of TvNewsLies.org
http://tvnewslies.org/news
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Feb.24-2006
WAR : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#war

**Ted Koppel in 'NYT': Iraq for U.S. Is 'About the Oil'
· Sectarian violence stalks Iraq on holy day - Article
· Soldiers die in 'Taleban attack'
· Civilian contractors: Invisible casualties of Iraq - His
security-personnel losses are among 505 civilian contractors who
have died in Iraq since the beginning of the war. Another 4,744
contractors have been injured
· FOUR SOLDIERS KILLED NEAR HAWIJAH
· THREE SOLDIERS KILLED BY IED

POLITICS : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news#politics

· UAE gave $1 million to Bush library

ECONOMY : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news#economy

· Bush insists outsourcing to India has its benefits

9/11 News : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#911

· Blogger bares Rumsfeld's post 9/11 orders - Hours after a
commercial plane struck the Pentagon on September 11 2001 the US
defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, was issuing rapid orders to
his aides to look for evidence of Iraqi involvement, according
to notes taken by one of them.

DOMESTIC : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#domestic

· Watchdog Group Questions 2004 Fla. Vote - An examination of Palm
Beach County's electronic voting machine records from the 2004
election found possible tampering and tens of thousands of
malfunctions and errors, a watchdog group said Thursday.
· Difficult to discern who runs U.S. ports - Who's in charge of
security at U.S. seaports?

ENVIRONMENT : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#environment

· UN warns world on Africa drought
· Shell told to pay Nigeria $1.5bn

INTERNATIONAL : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#international

· Memos Detail 74 CIA Landings in Canada - CIA planes have
landed in Canada 74 times since the 9/11 terror attacks,
underscoring fears that the United States is ferrying suspected
terrorists through its neighboring country en route to foreign
prisons for torture
· Emergency declared in Philippines

MILITARY & VETERANS : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#military

· Army stretched to breaking - the Army is being battered and
shattered in the same way that it was in Vietnam.

JOURNALISM & MEDIA : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#media

· Protests Planned Against Media War Coverage - America's largest
anti-war coalition, United For Peace and Justice, is broadening
its anti-war protest to include targeting a US media system that
has largely substituted jingoism for journalism and backed the
war — often in the name of supporting the troops.
· Falklands BBC radio show to end - after 62 years.

HEALTH & SCIENCE : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#health

· Chromium Evidence Buried, Report Says - Scientists working for the
chromium industry withheld data about the metal's health risks
while the industry campaigned to block strict new limits on the
cancer-causing chemical

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#rights

· Judge orders U.S. to release Guantanamo detainee data
· Peacekeeper sex abuse 'too high'
· New documents show senior officials approved Gitmo

OF INTEREST : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#interest

· London's mayor has been suspended from office for four weeks
for comparing a Jewish journalist to a concentration camp guard.
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Note: Read Jesse's Blog every day!
http://www.tvnewslies.org/blog/

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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:20:59 -0800 (PST)
From: janet phelan <jcphelan10@yahoo.com>
Subject: Restraining Order against Tim White granted

In Santa Monica Courthouse this morning, Judge Bobbi Tillman granted the Civil Harrassment TRO against Timothy Patrick White. The case number is S0002133. It has been filed with CLETS, as well. The hearing on the permanency of this order will take place in approximately one month.

Janet Phelan

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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 20:13:46 -0000
From: "mojo_j_2000" <mojo_j_2000@yahoo.com>
Subject: UAE gave $1 million to Bush library

UAE gave $1 million to Bush library
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/3681451.html

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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:18:15 EST
From: Mofmars3@wmconnect.com
Subject: Fwd: National Call Out Corruption Day - Next Tuesday, February 28

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We are witnessing the most corrupt Congress in decades. Former House Majority
Leader Tom DeLay has been indicted for money laundering. Former
Representative Randy "Duke" Cunningham admitted to accepting bribes and resigned his seat.
Former Republican super lobbyist Jack Abramoff has pled guilty to conspiracy
to bribe public officials, and the Department of Justice investigation of
Abramoff could ensnare up to a half dozen members of Congress and even more of
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Meanwhile, in the midst of all this scandal the House ethics committee has
not launched a single investigation. Special interest money is flowing to
members of Congress like never before, and important legislation, such as the
Medicare prescription drug bill and last fall's energy bill, have turned into little
more than enormous gravy trains for corporate interests.

The time for reform is NOW! The Senate will be debating reform legislation
starting next week, and they need to hear our demand for real reform.

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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:25:34 -0800 (PST)
From: al rogers <goatsortowers@yahoo.com>
Subject: Air America host: "9/11 Was An Inside Job"!

from Revere Radio Network on Myspace:

Today, 2/23/06 at 7:39 pm EST, XM SAT radio channel 167, Air America Radio, The Majority Report, co-host Janeane Garofalo said, "9/11 was an inside job!! I have come to this conclusion about that."

I think all Air America phone-in callers should open by saying, "9/11 was an inside job. We can all agree on that.", then get on with their specific question or comment. We should re-condition the listening audience to accept the Truth about 9/11 as the gospel. Repetition, to inspire research....

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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:39:08 -0500
From: ranger116@webtv.net
Subject: UPI !! --> UAE Terminal Takeover EXTENDS To -->>" 21 ! " PORTS !!!!!!

UPI !! --> UAE Terminal Takeover EXTENDS To -->>" 21 ! " PORTS !!!!!!
United Press International - Security & Terrorism - UAE terminal
takeover extends to 21 ports

Address:http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20060223-051657-4981r

United Press International
News. Analysis. Insight.
2/24/2006 7:25:00 AM -0500

SECURITY & TERRORISM
UAE TERMINAL TAKEOVER EXTENDS TO 21 PORTS

By PAMELA HESS
UPI Pentagon Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (UPI) --

  A United Arab Emirates government-owned company is poised to take
over port terminal operations in 21 American ports, far more than the
six widely reported.
            The Bush administration has approved
the takeover of British-owned Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co.
to DP World, a deal set to go forward March 2 unless Congress
intervenes.
P&O is the parent company of P&O Ports North America, which leases
terminals for the import and export and loading and unloading and
security of cargo in 21 ports, 11 on the East Coast, ranging from
Portland, Maine to Miami, Florida, and 10 on the Gulf Coast, from
Gulfport, Miss., to Corpus Christi, Texas, according to the company's
Web site.
          President George W. Bush on Tuesday
threatened to veto any legislation designed to stall the handover. Sen.
Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. said after the briefing she expects swift,
bi-partisan approval for a bill to require a national security review
before it is allowed to go forward.
          At issue is a 1992 amendment to a law that
requires a 45-day review if the foreign takeover of a U.S. company
"could affect national security." Many members of Congress see that
review as mandatory in this case.
But Bush administration officials said Thursday that review is only
triggered if a Cabinet official expresses a national security concern
during an interagency review of a proposed takeover.
          "We have a difference of opinion on the
interpretation of your amendment," said Treasury Department Deputy
Secretary Robert Kimmitt. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the
United States, comprised of officials from 12 government departments and
agencies, including the National Security Council and the Department of
Homeland Security, approved the deal unanimously on January 17.
            "The structure of the deal led us to
believe there were no national security concerns," said Homeland
Security Deputy Secretary Michael P. Jackson.
          The same day, the White House appointed a
DP World executive, David
C. Sanborn, to be the administrator for the Maritime Administration of
the Department of Transportation. Sanborn had been serving as director
of operations for Europe and Latin America at DP World.
          Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman
John Warner, R- Va., said he will request from both the U.S. attorney
general and the Senate committee's legal counsel a finding on the
administration's interpretation of the 1992 amendment. Adding to the
controversy is the fact Congress was not notified of the deal. Kimmitt
said Congress is periodically updated on completed CFIUS decisions, but
is proscribed from initiating contact with Congress about pending deals.
It may respond to congressional inquiries on those cases only.
            Iowa Republican Sen. Charles
Grassley stated in a letter to Bush on Feb. 21 that he specifically
requested to be kept abreast of foreign investments that may have
national security implications. He made the request in the wake of a
controversial Chinese proposal to purchase an oil company last year.
          "Obviously, my request fell on deaf ears.
I am disappointed that I was neither briefed nor informed of this sale
prior to its approval. Instead, I read about it in the media," he wrote.
          According to Kimmitt, the deal was
reported on in major newspapers as early as last October. But it did not
get critical attention in the press until the Associated Press broke the
story Feb. 11 and the Center for Security Policy, a right-leaning
organization, wrote about it Feb.
13. CSP posited the sale as the Treasury Department putting commerce
interests above national security.
Kimmitt said because the 2005 Chinese proposal had caused such an uproar
before it ever got to CFIUS, the lack of reaction to the Dubai deal when
it was reported on last fall suggested it would not be controversial
enough to require special notification of Congress. Central to the
debate is the fact that the United Arab Emirates, while a key ally of
the United States in the Middle East, has had troubling ties to
terrorist networks, according to the Sept. 11 Commission report. It was
one of the few countries in the world that recognized the
al-Qaida-friendly Taliban government in Afghanistan; al-Qaida funneled
millions of dollars through the U.A.E. financial sector; and A.Q. Khan,
the notorious Pakistani nuclear technology smuggler, used warehouses
near the Dubai port as a key transit point for many of his shipments.
Since the terrorist attacks, it has cut ties with the Taliban, frozen
just over $1 million in alleged terrorist funding, and given the United
States key military basing and over-flight rights. At any given time,
there are 77,000 U.S. service members on leave in the United Arab
Emirates, according to the Pentagon.
Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England warned that the uproar about the
United Arab Emirates involvement in U.S. ports could risk alienating the
very countries in the Middle East the United States is trying to court
as allies in the war on terrorism.
"It's very important we strengthen bonds ... especially with friends and
allies in the Arab world. It's important that we treat friends and
allies equally around the world without discrimination," he said. The
security of port terminal operations is a key concern. More than 7
million cargo containers come through 361 American ports annually, half
of the containers through New York-New Jersey, Los Angeles and Long
Beach, Calif. Only a small percentage are physically searched and just
37 percent currently screened for radiation, an indication of an attempt
to smuggle in nuclear material that could be used for a "dirty bomb."
After the September 11 terrorist attacks, the government began a new
program that required documentation on all cargo 24 hours before it was
loaded on a ship in a foreign port bound for the United States. A "risk
analysis" is conducted on every shipment, including a review of the
ship's history, the cargo's history and contents and other factors. Each
ship must also provide the U.S. government 96 hours notice of its
arrival in an American port, along with a crew manifest. None of the
nine administration officials assembled for the briefing could
immediately say how many of the more than 3,000 port terminals are
currently under foreign control.
Port facility operators have a major security responsibility, and one
that could be exploited by terrorists if they infiltrate the company,
said Joe Muldoon III. Muldoon is an attorney representing Eller & Co., a
port facility operator in Florida partnered with M&O in Miami. Eller
opposes the Dubai takeover for security reasons. "The Coast Guard
oversees security, and they have the authority to inspect containers if
they want and they can look at manifests, but they are really dependent
on facility operators to carry out security issues," Muldoon said. The
Marine Transportation Security Act of 2002 requires vessels and port
facilities to conduct vulnerability assessments and develop security
plans including passenger, vehicle and baggage screening procedures;
security patrols; establishing restricted areas; personnel
identification procedures; access control measures; and/or installation
of surveillance equipment.
Under the same law, port facility operators may have access to Coast
Guard security incident response plans -- that is, they would know how
the Coast Guard plans to counter and respond to terrorist attacks. "The
concern is that the UAE may be our friend now ... but who's to say that
couldn't change, or they couldn't be infiltrated. Iran was our big
buddy," said Muldoon.
In a January report, the Council on Foreign Relations pointed out the
vulnerability of the shipping security system to terrorist exploitation.
Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the U.S. customs agency requires
shippers to follow supply chain security practices. Provided there are
no apparent deviations from those practices or intelligence warnings,
the shipment is judged low risk and is therefore unlikely to be
inspected.
CFR suggests a terrorist event is likely to be a one-time operation on a
trusted carrier "precisely because they can count on these shipments
entering the U.S. with negligible or no inspection." "All a terrorist
organization needs to do is find a single weak link within a 'trusted'
shipper's complex supply chain, such as a poorly paid truck driver
taking a container from a remote factory to a port. They can then gain
access to the container in one of the half-dozen ways well known to
experienced smugglers," CFR wrote.
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 23:02:32 -0000
From: "stoelting1981" <fiat@sofnet.com>
Subject: 9/11 and October Surprise scandal

Google: "Arrest Bush 41"

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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:15:32 -0800 (PST)
From: al rogers <goatsortowers@yahoo.com>
Subject: Homeland Security to Confiscate Your Bank Savings!

January Sunday 22nd 2006 (06h07) :
Homeland Security To Confiscate Bank Safe Deposit Box Contents
195 comment(s).
BANK OF AMERICA & COMPASS BANK MANAGERS WERE TOLD HOMELAND SECURITY WILL CONFISCATE SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES by notepad
While all the other points I mentioned in a previous post are fairly well documented and discussed elsewhere on the Internet, the bank information I reported is not. This information is from my own experience and research. I discovered the disturbing news quite by accident - and by virtue of its importance, I decided to post my findings here and on a few other forums.
What did I hear?
A family member from Irvine, CA (who’s a branch manager at Bank of America) told us two weeks ago that her bank held a "workshop" where the last two days were dedicated to discussing their bank’s new security measures. During these last two days, the workshop included members from the Homeland Security Office who instructed them on how to field calls from customers and what they are to tell them in the event of a national disaster. She said they were told how only agents from Homeland Security (during such an event) would be in charge of opening safe deposit boxes and determining what items would be given to bank customers.
At this point they were told that no weapons, cash, gold, or silver will be allowed to leave the bank - only various paperwork will be given to its owners. After discussing the matter with them at length, she and the other employees were then told not to discuss the subject with anyone.
The family member has since given her notice to quit the bank.
I found the news alarming and decided to find out more myself. On a trip to my bank here in Houston, I remarked to a young bank employee (who’s new there), "well I guess you’ve been told all that stuff by the manager and the Homeland Security about what to tell your customers" - and to my amazement, the young woman came right out and said yes she’d been through all that, then whispered to me across the counter, "but we’re not supposed to talk about - I could lose my job."
Why haven’t you heard more about this?
First of all, since maybe only banks’ upper management is privy to the new "rules", the information doesn’t trickle down so easily.
Also keep in mind that employees have been told NOT to say anything about this, that it’s a matter of National Security (with an allusion toward arrest if they do). They face possibly losing their job too. Another reason is that bank employees may not think it’s important, or they believe they’re a unique part of the effort towards curtailing "terrorism" and helping America’s internal defenses.
It is also important to realize that not everyone’s a writer, or Internet savvy - even if the employees moved beyond their banks’ warnings & constraints, most people don’t know how to get their experience published on the Web in the public domain - it’s a mystery they are not familiar with so you never hear their story.
How to get the information yourself:
Visit your bank, ask a few well-worded questions, being careful not to arouse suspicion - if that doesn’t work, talk to friends and other family members - maybe they’ve heard something - or as a last resort, just point blank call the bank manager in private and demand to know what’s all this business with the Homeland Security deciding what I can have from my safe deposit box - tell me now or I’ll close my account today.
I’ll bet if you put forth the effort you’ll get the answers you want.
What should you do with this information?
I’m not trying to "scare" anyone - just providing some news I think is relevant to Americans. Each must find his way through this dark forest - you will do with this information what best suits you and your loved ones - me personally, I see this as another indicator of how the criminals in charge over our lives intend to fleece U.S. citizens completely then dispose of them as only refuse.
Be prepared.

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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:02:10 -0800 (PST)
From: alan random <alanrandom@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Dubai firm says "it will delay" U.S. port takeover ! " WE WON " !!!!!

And probably some massive payouts to the right-wing talk radio and pundit gang as well. Right now, at least half of the usually pro-Bush right-wing pundits are against the UAE deal. If they start singing a different tune in the next week or two, we'll know why: $$$

Total Information <totalinfo@gmail.com> wrote: the cloak & dagger guys say the delay is to arrange massive payouts to congress to make sure the deal gets thru...

On 2/24/06, ranger116@webtv.net <ranger116@webtv.net> wrote:
Dubai firm says "it will delay" U.S. port takeover ! " WE WON " !!!!!

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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:26:54 -0000
From: "Marsha" <Mofmars3@wmconnect.com>
Subject: ***Saluting Greg Nixon & 911 Truthers***New Press Release***

***Saluting Greg Nixon & 911 Truthers***New Press Release***

I've been trying to send this since yesterday and twice it has come
back with permanent errors so I'm posting at each group individually

Date: 2/24/2006 7:10:13 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: Mofmars3
To: 911TruthAction@yahoogroups.com
CC: wethepeople_united@yahoogroups.com, 9-
11_Truth_Alliance@yahoogroups.com, 911InsideJobbers@yahoogroups.com,
911nomorevictims@yahoogroups.com, 911Remembered@yahoogroups.com,
Aftermath_September_11@yahoogroups.com,
AmericaRemembers@yahoogroups.com, antiwarto911truth@yahoogroups.com,
newyorksworldtradecenter@yahoogroups.com, rcnewschat@yahoogroups.com,
thecrest@yahoogroups.com
BCC:

Much revised...If you received privately, please read every word

Urgent information concerning The New Super Third Party
added...Please see note at the end...FYI
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To Greg Nixon and everyone who stood & marched with him at The
President's Day March in New York

Thank you so very much...I know I can say this on behalf of all our
people everywhere

I must say I was very worried about everyone, especially Greg, as The
President's Day March was done in his name...

I could get my own adrenaline running just imagining the mixed
emotions and how they all must have felt, as what they were doing
became reality

Not to mention the danger, that could have been, they all placed
themselves in for the rest of "US"

In hearing Lisa Guliani's report from Wingtv.net and reading Cathy's
from 911Truth Action, I was very encouraged...

But when reading what Greg wrote I have come to some conclusions

Oh...and reading pieces here and there such as info at 911 Inside
Jobbers & 911 Truth Action groups, too

I believe Greg, and some others aren't seeing the real picture here

"Mission Accomplished" and not a lie like pResident's bush's was,
either

It was a small turnout, yes...But the message was "Gigantic" and
don't think you didn't open a door and accomplish a super urgent
giant step to what's next

It happened as it was supposed to and that was just the beginning

Do you think they are laughing at that March because it was
small?...I don't think so

Some may have thought it nothing but those with insight are worried...

Especially those you guys targeted as well as all the other guilty
and their accomplices

The fear in their heart was real for them when they heard your angry
and sincere voices...

Believe it...

That was just a taste of what's to come and they know that

Now, please read the press release at the end here...It started going
out the day after that "Wonderful President's Day March"

Pretend you are one of the guilty while reading it and read every word

Know that every single news organization received this...Doubly,
because it hit all media, going directly to their personal email
boxes, only reporters and journalists use

Up till now, I haven't networked through newspapers for some years
but they remember me

I was waiting for a good cause and laying a little low because last
time I went all out, my computer was killed

So all media received the first press release announcing the March...
(doubly for major media here in the US) and abroad...

Down to and including all talk shows, comedians, many but not all
elected officials but every major newspaper around the
nation...including all newspapers in New York City

I sent to every big name Patriot, as well as those not so well known
on my list and I believe I have them all...Most anyway

I have many lists...I hit them all

Many radio show hosts received it too (I lost my original list and
only have, maybe, 20, now...(big guess and may be stretching it)

Then through the large network of approx. 500 Yahoo Groups I belong
to, it went...including some but not all of the massive number of
organizations I'm signed up or affiliated with...

I must belong to all organizations with differing issues such as
human & civil rights, antiwar, corrupt courts, prison issues, tax
issues, big business, big pharma, alternative energy, veterans,
spiritual etc etc etc...

Including all third party groups and organizations I have been
collecting...This in preparation for the seriously needed New Super
Third Party, made up of all third parties everywhere & those coming
out of the corrupt & broken democrat & republican parties...

The New Super Third Party, Press Release will soon be coming & there
is a surprise tactic that should make unification a piece of cake
causing a snow ball effect

Should be perfect timing before they can even think about recovering
from the attack of "911 Truth"

Except for one thing that has me a little worried and we must see
never happens>>>Click here: Hammer of Truth » Congress Attempting to
Outlaw Independent and Third Party Competition
http://tinyurl.com/qtc7m

http://hammeroftruth.com/2006/02/11/congress-attempting-to-outlaw-
independent-and-third-party-competition/

Back to the matter at hand concerning The president's Day March...

Just as Wing TV, we didn't know in time to be of much help this
time...But next time...Look out evil empire and all cohorts

As time & events pass we become heard clearer & clearer

This new press release has been sent to all of the above and I'm
still working on all the minor newspapers and yahoo groups

We will be motivating & activating other activists and groups to join
in this email blitz...I encourage you to copy this press release and
send it to kingdom come

I even corresponded personally, yesterday, with a couple reporters I
know from my past, from our main newspaper here in Ohio>>>The Akron
Beacon Journal...I know Jewell Cardwell and Bob Dyer

Jewell used to write human interest stories for me for the
organization I worked for and Bob published many editorials for me

I will be replying with the press release to all, including any
organizations who contact me between now and Patriot Jim Kujawa's,
May 4th March

Watch for the press release pertaining to Patriot Jim's May event...

Please know the appreciated and brave actions you Patriots, who are
now Heroes, took, was as the new press release states>>>Just the test
run and eye opener

Again, thank you so much for what you guys did for "US" and I know
I'm speaking for all of our people

Much going on & to come to your attention besides what everyone is
doing in the 911 "Truth Movement"

Many Patriots & Heroes are on the move so stand by for much action

Marsha

Press Release

Open Letter to Media and everyone behind the 911 Atrocity & Tragedy

"We The People" have an important message for the guilty and all
conspirators behind the demolition of The Twin Towers and the 911
cover up.

We want you to know that the President's Day March was just a test
run and an eye opener for many people.

We don't want you to get comfortable and mistake that was it and all
is over. Not by a long shot.

The big event scheduled very soon at Kent State University, in Ohio,
will be the one the guilty should fear.

Not to mention all the events that will happen in synchronization all
over this once great and soon to be again, nation.

We want you to know there's still time for some of you in media to
come over to the correct and moral side in this unjust and evil war.

All you have to do is start reporting the truth.

The whole truth and nothing but the truth, will do.

How long can you pretend the barrage of lies we are all continually
up against does not exist?

We, the majority, refuse to live in a state of lies and perpetual
war, any longer. All the many wrongs in America need righted, right
now.

Down with the corrupt administration.

This has to be.

Please help "US" and do it now as we are weary and very tired of
waiting for you.

We are desperate now and we mean business. Never will we give up our
rights.

Thank you to those of you in media who are on our side and please
don't give up.

You who witnessed the high level of emotions, the anger and
desperation at that March, have seen nothing yet.

Realize our people are aware, alert and angry.

You do not want to be on the wrong side if and when the full wrath of
our people needs to manifest. Our numbers are many.

We have our backs covered and "The Calvary" has arrived, too.

It is bad news for the evil empire.

We want to tell those of you who may not know, something of major
importance.

We want to tell you of the many allies who have joined our "Truth
Movement" recently.

Finally, church leaders are speaking out with truth, scrapping their
gag orders. They are scraping the 501c3 tax exempt agreements, that
have kept them silent for many years.

We are happy to report this is true and want to provide a few links
here to prove this as fact.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1635696&CMP=OTC-
RSSFeeds0312

washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/18/.../religion

www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/18/ap/national/mainD8FRM418E.shtml

Then there are our other allies.

The military and police enforcement in many localities all over the
USA, are informed, alert and angry, too.

After all they have their own families to think about.

Understand and make no mistake. Our men in uniform, for the most
part, stand with "We The People" and not the corrupt administration.

They have been educated by the best and fact is, they know what's up.

If you don't know Highly Decorated & Retired Police Officer Jack
McLamb.........

You will.

Click here: Operation Vampire Killer The Lawful Path
http://tinyurl.com/hoowv

Several years ago Jack had help from other retired police and
firemen. They created this well known and lawful path.

It's The Police Against the New World Order.

Jack is founder of the American Citizen and Lawmen's Association and
publisher of the Aid & Abet Police and Military Newsletter.

The whole basis of this long time project and program is:

If and when it all comes down as our corrupt administration keeps
opting for...

"We The People," those in military and law enforcement want to be
sure everyone knows which way to point the guns.

Marsha McClelland
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
XXX XXX_XXXX

"We The People United Movement"
We are many Political and Patriot Groups joining together, to help
right the wrongs in America..."United We Will Stand"

PS...Ms Jacki Blue says my mailbox is not accepting email...There is
no reason for this...If you have a message that can't get through use
mofmars3@sbcglobal.net and put SOS in the subject
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Added note from Marsha...

For those who don't know me>>>I'm a human and civil rights activist
working to help unite organizations, projects and groups with
important issues for one loud voice and strength in numbers

We are spiritual and secular people from many walks of life, learning
to put differences aside enough to work together for the good of
mankind

I have not been able to keep up with scanning the digests of almost
500 yahoo groups I network with...I have to delete my email
continually so if you want me to see something important pertaining
to a productive and positive nature please put>>>***SOS***in the
subject box and send to me personally...mofmars3@wmconnect.com

Please contact me with your group link if you are an owner and would
like it added to our awesome website

Sneak peek at our website under construction that belongs to "We The
people" from everywhere...Please know we are already many groups who
have united beginning in 2003...As you will soon see

>>> Click here: Home Page
http://www.wethepeopleunited.com/

"One for All and All for One" no matter what issue you stand
for...This is the only way we will defeat the enemy who is our same
enemy>>>corruption in the form of tyranny

Please answer the Patriot Calls as they come for the future and sake
of all the children on this planet

Keep the corrupt hopping and make it more difficult for them by
giving strength to the numbers of as many good and productive patriot
groups possible, that come your way

WETHEPEOPLE_UNITED
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WETHEPEOPLE_UNITED/

If the corrupt are successful with stopping cyberactivism...This
could be a good thing

Hit the streets and join the many concerned citizens and patriots
already working in the trenches

Local churches is where you'll find many of your fellow activists
with truth

Even church leaders are speaking out and scrapping their gag orders
which are the 501c3 tax exempt agreements that has kept them silent
for many years

Proof>>>

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1635696&CMP=OTC-
RSSFeeds0312

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Message: 13
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:32:31 -0800 (PST)
From: John Perna <savefreedom2005@yahoo.com>
Subject: FBI shut down server, and seized hardware. So now who is sending this virus?

FBI shut down server, and seized hardware. So now who is sending this virus?
The full message is being censored, but can be found here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FreedomOfSpeechNow/message/41

MY VIRUS PROTECTION SENT ME THE FOLLOWING NOTE:
Symantec Email Proxy deleted the following email message:

From: rwhite3@leo.gov
To:
Subject: Re: Secure SMTP Message

NOTICE THE ENDING " .gov "

IT LOOKED STRANGE THAT A VIRUS WOULD BE BEING SENT BY THE GOVERNMENT.
MORE STRANGE YET: NOTICE THE PART " leo. " :
"LEO" OFTEN STANDS FOR "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER"

Try a Google search on rwhite3@leo.gov
and see what you find,
or just click here:

http://www.google.com/search?q=rwhite3%40leo.gov&hl=en&lr=&start=10&sa=N

Here is a small sample:

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Message: 14
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:24:41 -0000
From: "mojo_j_2000" <mojo_j_2000@yahoo.com>
Subject: in the $1 million or more! category. Re: UAE gave $1 million to Bush library

--- In 911TruthAction@yahoogroups.com, "mojo_j_2000" <mojo_j_2000@...>
wrote:
>
> UAE gave $1 million to Bush library
> http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/3681451.html
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Message: 15
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:39:01 -0000
From: "Marsha" <Mofmars3@wmconnect.com>
Subject: ***911 Truth***Every one should hear the awesome Wing TV Show today

***911 Truth***Every one should hear the awesome Wing TV Show today
Date: 2/24/2006 4:35:51 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: Mofmars3
To: wethepeople_united@yahoogroups.com
CC: 9-11_Truth_Alliance@yahoogroups.com,
911InsideJobbers@yahoogroups.com, 911nomorevictims@yahoogroups.com,
911Remembered@yahoogroups.com, Aftermath_September_11@yahoogroups.com,
AmericaRemembers@yahoogroups.com, antiwarto911truth@yahoogroups.com,
newyorksworldtradecenter@yahoogroups.com, rcnewschat@yahoogroups.com,
thecrest@yahoogroups.com

wingtv.net

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Message: 16
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 18:39:09 -0800 (PST)
From: Joe Stokes <joestokes@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Powerful New 9/11 Video. Streaming Online

9/11 Revisited

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psP_9RE0V2I

Powerful new 9/11 video, 40 min. Focus on the bombs in
WTCs and controlled demolition. Lots of on the spot
testimony from the people who were there.

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Message: 17
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 03:15:08 -0000
From: "mojo_j_2000" <mojo_j_2000@yahoo.com>
Subject: Diebold's Touch-Screen Voting Machines Have Built-In Wireless Infra Red Ports

Diebold's Touch-Screen Voting Machines Have Built-In Wireless Infra
Red Ports

Why do Diebold's Touch-Screen Voting Machines Have Built-In Wireless
Infrared Data Transfer Ports? Brads Blog IrDA Protocol Can 'Totally
Compromise System' Without Detection, Warns Federal Voting Standards
Website So far, no state or federal authority -- to our knowledge --
has dealt with this alarming security threat. We hate to pile on...
(Or do we?) But, really, with all the recent discussion of
California Sec. of State Bruce McPherson's mind-blowing about-face
re-certification of Diebold -- against state... We hate to pile
on... (Or do we?) But, really, with all the recent discussion of
California Sec. of State Bruce McPherson's mind-blowing about-face
re-certification of Diebold -- against state law, we hasten to add --
this may be a good time to point out one small item that we've been
meaning to mention for a while. As Jody Holder's recent comment
points out, McPherson's silly "conditions" for re-certification of
Diebold in California require a few much-less-than-adequate knee-
jerk "safe guards" towards protection of the handling of the
hackable memory cards in Diebold's voting machines. (Here's McP's
full "Certificate of Conditional Certification"). Never mind, as
Holder mentions, that the protective seals to be required are easily
peeled away without tearing. Or that such voting machines have been
stored in poll workers houses for weeks leading up to an election.
More to the point, for the moment, there are ways to manipulate the
information on those memory cards even without removing them or
breaking the seals. This is more of a concern than ever, since it
was recently proven, by the now-infamous Harri Hursti hack in Leon
County, FL, that changing the information on the memory cards can
force election results to be flipped...without a trace being left
behind. On that note, here's the little item we've been meaning to
point out. It's a photograph from the side of a Diebold AccuVote TSx
touch-screen voting machine: Now we have no idea what that "IrDA"
port is meant to be used for with a touch-screen voting machine, but
we do know that the IrDA (Infrared Data Association) is an Infrared
port used for wireless connection between two devices. We used to
have one on the back of our notebook and desktop computers which we
used to keep the two systems synched up via wireless data transfers
over that Infrared port. A few election watchdog groups, including
some members of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST) who works with the federal authorities on these matters, have
issued warnings about the IrDA port and protocols on voting
machines. However, little -- if anything -- seems to have been done
to mitigate the rather obvious security threat posed, as far as we
can tell. Here's how a page at Microsoft.com, last updated December
4, 2001, explains cable-free Infrafred data transfer on the
Microsoft Windows CE operating system (the operating system which
happens to be used in Diebold's AccuVote touch-screen voting
machines -- like the one pictured above)... Imagine the following
scenario: Two notebook computers are placed beside each other. A
computer icon appears on both desktops with the name of the peer
computer below it. Open one of the icons to display a folder with
the contents of the peer computer's desktop. Drag-and-drop between
your desktop and the open folder to move files between the two
computers. · Imagine that the only configuration that this
application required to be installed or used was the ability for the
user to enable or disable it. Imagine that multiple such
applications could be running at the same time without interfering
with each other. · Imagine that this application could run on 23
million existing notebook computers at a transfer speed of 115Kbps,
and on 14 million existing notebook computers at 4MBps. Imagine that
all applications, regardless of the speed of the underlying
hardware, would work with all other applications at a common fastest
speed. · Imagine that the other notebook computer in this example
was a digital still camera, a handheld personal computer, a data
capture device or a device that supports electronic commerce. · As a
bonus, assume that the two computers do not need to be cabled
together. This application is currently possible under Microsoft®
Windows® CE and the Windows family of operating systems. The
underlying technology is based on inexpensive, widely available
short-range infrared transceivers that adhere to the Infrared Data
Association (IrDA) standards. IrDA standards (available from the
IrDA at http://www.irda.org) also enable non-Windows devices to talk
to Windows-based applications. There ya go. The issue of the IrDA
port on touch-screen voting machines hasn't been much discussed as
far as we can tell. VotersUnite.org issued an alert mentioning it,
with a photograph (seen at right), back on October 26, 2004. The
alert warned: 3) A dangerous port on the Diebold touch screen!! This
from TrueVoteMD: Diebold AccuVote TS electronic voting machines have
an infrared (IrDA) port installed. This is a remote communication
port through which another remote device could communicate with the
touch screen and change either its data or its software or both. If
your county uses Diebold touch screens, let your county officials
and election judges know that it is crucial to cover the IR port
with opaque tape. The National Institute for Standards and
Technology (NIST) -- who works with the federal Election Assistance
Commission (EAC) to develop and recommend guidelines for electronic
voting machines -- issued a similar warning [PDF] about the Infrared
ports on voting machines in a report which warned "The use of short
range optical wireless," like infrared, "particularly on Election
Day should not be allowed." As mentioned, since touch-screen
machines have been stored at poll workers' houses and other
unsecured locations prior to Election Day, and since data can be
transferred to the machines and their memory cards via Infrared --
even without removing the cards or breaking their protective seals --
the IrDA ports would seem to be a tremendous concern. The NIST
report discusses such concerns and some of the troubling security
issues with IrDA protocols: How Secure is IrDA IrDA does not provide
encryption at the Physical Layer, and depends on the end systems to
implement security if any. ... With optical, it is possible for a
session to be `hijacked' unless strong authentication measures are
implemented between communicating systems. When a session is
hijacked, a foreign device masquerades as a trusted system that is
authorized to exchange data. Because the system has no way to
distinguish the masquerader from the authorized system, it will
accept anything from it as if [sic] was authorized. The undated
report -- from the EAC's own standards body, NIST -- then goes on to
describe how simple and readily available IrDA software drivers are
to obtain for use with UNIX and most Windows Operating Systems,
including Windows CE. As well, it points out that such software
could add executable code to the machines on, or prior to, Election
Day and could then delete itself after ithe code has completed its
main purpose [emphasis ours]: IrDA Software IrDA software drivers
are available form [sic] a number of sources for use with UNIX,
Windows and other Operating Systems (OS). Most versions of MS
Windows come with support for IrDA already included. This is true of
the MS Windows CE operating system as well as Windows XP. Microsoft
also provides a free IrDA driver which can be downloaded from it web
site. Other suppliers of IrDA systems (e.g., Ericsson) offer their
own drivers including source code (Texas Inurnments [sic]). With the
source code available, an interrupt handler (executable code) could
easily be added. For example, when the voting terminal receives a
special bit configuration (caused by holding down multiple keys
concurrently) that is outside the usually accepted range, a special
interrupt could be generated invoking a handler that could be
programmed to perform any desired function. This would require a
small amount of code and could easily be hidden; such code would be
difficult to discover. If such code was installed in the driver,
which is considered to be Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) [even if
compiled and installed by the voting system manufacturer] it would
not be examined by the ITAs [the federal Independent Testing
Authorities]. Code in such a handler could be designed to place the
voting terminal in a mode where it downloads and install [sic] an
executable module, thus allowing unapproved logic to be added to the
voting machine while in use on Election Day. Obviously this
executable could perform any function the programmer desired
including deleting itself when finished. The only recourse is to
disallow communications with the voting terminal during use. It
might be augured [sic] that such code could be added the day before
Election Day. Obviously, that last paragraph is very troubling. But
also note the section about COTS. The source code for
that "Commercial-Off-The-Shelf" software is what Diebold recently
argued that they couldn't provide to North Carolina after they
changed their law to require all voting machine vendors to submit
such code in order to receive state certification. Diebold went to
state court arguing they shouldn't be forced to supply the source
code for COTS software. Eventually, they lost that battle, and
notified North Carolina they preferred to pull out of the state
entirely (if the state wouldn't change the law for them) rather than
complying with the state law requiring the submission of all such
source code. And another comment posted to NIST's voting website
[PDF] by James C. Johnson on October 5, 2005, also discusses the
concern, revealing that the use of the IrDA protocols could be used
at any time, even after final "Logic and Accuracy" tests have been
performed, and thus "totally compromising the system": In Diebold
System's AccuVote TS systems these [IrDA] ports are supported using
Microsoft's Windows CE with Winsock. This makes the application
interface easy to program to, and all required drivers are already
installed in the OS. It is interesting that the VVSG [Voluntary
Voting System Guidelines] currently under development, while
mentioning this technology does nothing to restrict or prevent its
use, not even on Election Day. It is understandable that
communications technology be used for pre election preparation, but
is totally irresponsible and inexcusable to allow it to be used
during an election. The presence of this technology makes it
possible to upload to the voting system anything that is desired
after the final "Logic and Accuracy" test have been performed, thus
totally compromising the system. Perhaps some of you have additional
thoughts on this matter. Like why such a port would be needed, or
even present, on a touch-screen voting machine at all. And why the
existence of such a port -- to our knowledge -- has hardly been
discussed at all in conjuction with these machines. Especially in
light of the now-infamous Leon County, FL "hack test" proving that
executable code can be added to Diebold's memory cards resulting in
a completely flipped election...as we've said...without a trace
being left behind. Blogged by Brad on 2/22/2006 @ 12:06pm PT... Very
truly yours, Joe, Webmaster www.bushguiltyof911.com

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/3681451.html

"If you've retired, you don't have anything to worry about 3rd time
I've said that. (Laughter.) I'll probably say it 3 more times. See,
in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over
and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the
propaganda. (Applause.)"

Tell them it's propaganda, promise to tell them three more times,
and they applaud.

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Message: 18
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 20:43:49 -0800 (PST)
From: Jolly Roger <slicingthroats@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Yesterday's NYC March for 9/11 Truth

I was real happy to meet Cathy and Greg in person, and Cathy, I agree 100% with your description of the event. I screwed up by not planning for your accomodations. You could have crashed here, or I should have found you a cheaper hotel.
We should do this again soon, but with better planning in that department so this can be done inexpensively, and consequently, more often.
I had a little fun with Greg, by taking advantage of the fact that he had never seen me. When I arrived I walked up to him and asked "Do you lunatics really think the U.S. government did this?" He said "Yes, and I can prove it." Then he began to say something about Jolly Roger being a bum for not being there, so I introduced myself. lol

Cathy Garger <savorsuccesslady@yahoo.com> wrote:
Just now got in the door after my trip to be with Greg & Friends up in NYC for the March for 9/11 Truth.

I will not even share how much, in terms of dollars and cents, that that trip set me back. (I could have flown to Florida for the weekend instead of braving 20-something frigid temps and a way-overpriced tiny hotel room in NYC)... But please know that it was worth every single penny - and then some.

If there were any of you present and I did not introduce myself? My apologies - I just did not know who you were. But if you saw me there, you saw that there was no place else I would have rather been than with my Internet (now real-life) friends, Greg Nixon and Jolly Roger. (not to forget, I also made a bunch of other delightful new friends - from Delaware, NJ, and NY - one more caring about getting out the truth than the next).

Talk about an awesome event.

While we were not an exceedingly large number (my guess is that we may have had approximately 50 people, all total), the energy of the crowd was unreal. We were mostly older folks (that is, the 30something to 60something set, I'd say) but a march filled with 18 year olds could not have been more passionate - nor more energetic.

It is hard to capture with words what was truly one of the most fulfilling days I can recall. While the 9/24 march of approximately 300,000 in DC was by far a more grand and spectacular event? Yesterday's 9/11 March in NYC was far more emotional an experience for this truth activist.

Each one of us chanted and educated, we screamed from our hearts the very outrage and utter disgust we may have been bottling up inside for, like - forever. And admittedly while Amy Goodman, Rudi Guiliani, the folks from the NY Times and Elliott Spitzer were not available (ahem) to see us? We shouted long and passionately outside their doors and windows. I have no doubt whatsoever that each person inside each of the buildings heard us on the sidewalk below. (Oh - a tiny note - We got the honour of Amy Goodman waving down at us regally from her window above us. No doubt she was afraid to come down and chat)...

The star du jour, of course, was the brainchild and organizer of the event, Greg Nixon. I will never, as long as I live, forget the way that Greg's voice boomed his insinuations (every one justified, in my opinion) at each of the left gatekeepers who serve to keep the truth from our citizens. Greg put his total heart and soul into the event and watching his passion and outrage in action is truly something I will never forget.

To all those who are reading this, please know that as I see it, yesterday's event woke up thousands of New Yorkers on the streets in the three hours that we walked and then, finally, found our final "camp" at a huge NYC public library. The looks on the faces of the residents and workers of NY were a sight to behold - Most looked puzzled, some nodded in agreement, some were downright angry and insinuated that we were all crazy, but one young man (looked like he might have been from a small Midwest town) spoke with me for a moment and his face became as white as a ghost as he said, "Nooooooo waaaaaaaayyyyyy." But in that look (you know that *holy s*&% look)... that he "got" our message and went home to Kansas (or wherever) a changed (albeit shaken) young man.

Huge thanks to Greg Nixon for spearheading yesterday's AWESOME event!!! Never have I been to any march, protest, etc., where so relatively few people accomplished so tremendously much. Thanks also rightfully go to all of NY9/11truth, who supported us, brought along many participants, and carried a huge banner that said "9/11 WAS AN INSIDE JOB." And also, credit and thanks to Les Jamieson, who arranged for the film crew from the Netherlands to change the scheduled plan and be with us to film our event (rather than another event on Saturday). No doubt our overseas friends will get to have a special glimpse into American outrage at its grittiest!

And during a late lunch that included many organizers, something tells me that yesterday's one day event was only the beginning for many 9/11 truth activists.

Cathy Garger
Maryland

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Message: 19
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 05:25:15 -0000
From: "angiesept11" <angiesept11@yahoo.com>
Subject: Audio link to Scholars for 9-11 Truth on Coast-to-Coast AM

Here's a link where you can download the audio (MP3 file) to:

Jim Fetzer, David Ray Griffin, Dr. Morgan Reynolds, on George Noory's
Coast-to-Coast AM radio show, which apparently just aired on 2/23/06
http://911underground.com/2006-02-23_George_Noory_Hosts_Jim_Fetzer_and_Scholars_for_9-11_Truth.MP3
Looks like the audio runs about 2 hours, don't know if that's the
whole show or not.

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Message: 20
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:08:25 -0800 (PST)
From: Naveed <flanker12k@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Audio link to Scholars for 9-11 Truth on Coast-to-Coast AM

not working

angiesept11 <angiesept11@yahoo.com> wrote: Here's a link where you can download the audio (MP3 file) to:

Angie

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Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:16:11 -0800
From: "Scott Peden" <scotpeden@cruzio.com>
Subject: RE: Audio link to Scholars for 9-11 Truth on Coast-to-Coast AM

I even copied and pasted the link from both lines and got a 404.

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not working

angiesept11 <angiesept11@yahoo.com> wrote:
Here's a link where you can download the audio (MP3 file) to:

Jim Fetzer, David Ray Griffin, Dr. Morgan Reynolds, on George Noory's
Coast-to-Coast AM radio show, which apparently just aired on 2/23/06
http://911underground.com/2006-02-23_George_Noory_Hosts_Jim_Fetzer_and_Schol
ars_<http://911underground.com/2006-02-23_George_Noory_Hosts_Jim_Fetzer_and_Scho
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whole show or not.

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    By Jason Leopold
    t r u t h o u t | Report
    Friday 24 February 2006

    The White House turned over last week 250 pages of emails
from Vice President Dick Cheney's office. Senior aides had sent the
emails in the spring of 2003 related to the leak of covert CIA operative
Valerie Plame Wilson, Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald revealed
during a federal court hearing Friday.
    The emails are said to be explosive, and may prove that
Cheney played an active role in the effort to discredit Plame Wilson's
husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, a vocal critic of the Bush
administration's prewar Iraq intelligence, sources close to the
investigation said.
    Sources close to the probe said the White Hou se
"discovered" the emails two weeks ago and turned them over to Fitzgerald
last week. The sources added that the emails could prove that Cheney
lied to FBI investigators when he was interviewed about the leak in
early 2004. Cheney said that he was unaware of any effort to discredit
Wilson or unmask his wife's undercover status to reporters.
    Cheney was not under oath when he was interviewed. He told
investigators how the White House came to rely on Niger documents that
purportedly showed that Iraq had tried to purchase uranium from the
African country.
    Cheney said he had received an intelligence briefing on the
allegations in late December 2003, or early January 2004, and had asked
the CIA for more information about the issue.
    Cheney said he was unaware that Ambassador Wilson was chosen
to travel to Niger to look into the uranium claims, and that he never
saw a report Wilson had given a CIA analyst upon his return which stated
that the Niger claims were untrue. He said the CIA never told him about
Wilson's trip.
    However, the emails say otherwise, and will show that the
vice president spearheaded an effort in March 2003 to attack Wilson's
credibility and used the CIA to dig up information on the former
ambassador that could be used against him, sources said.
    Some of the emails that were turned over to Fitzgerald
contained references to Plame Wilson's identity and CIA status, and
developments related to the inability of ground forces to find weapons
of mass destruction in Iraq after the start of the war in March 2003.
    According to sources, the emails also contained suggestions
by senior officials in Cheney's office, and at the National Security
Council, on how the White House should respond to what it believed were
increasingly destructive comments Wilson had been making about the
administration's pre-war Iraq intelligence.
    Last month, Fitzgerald disclosed in court documents that he
discovered from witnesses in the case that some emails related to Wilson
and his wife, written by senior aides in Cheney's office and sent to
other officials at the National Security Council, had not been turned
over to investigators by the White House.
    "In an abundance of caution," Fitzgerald's January 23 letter
to Libby's defense team states, "we advise you that we have learned that
not all email of the Office of the Vice President and the Executive
Office of the President for certain time periods in 2003 was preserved
through the normal archiving process on the White House computer
system."
    Sources close to the case said that Attorney General Alberto
Gonzales withheld numerous emails from Fitzgerald's probe citing
"executive privilege" and "national security" concerns. These sources
said that as of Friday there are still some emails that have not been
turned over to Fitzgerald because they contain classified information in
addition to references about the Wilsons.
    Attorneys representing Cheney's former Chief of Staff, I.
Lewis "Scooter" Libby, charged with perjury, obstruction of justice, and
lying to investigators related to his role in the leak, were in court
Friday arguing that Fitzgerald should be required to turn over
classified material, including highly sensitive Presidential Daily
Briefs, to Libby's defense team.
    The defense hopes that the classified materials will
establish that Libby was dealing with more pressing matters facing the
White House and that he simply did not intend to mislead the grand jury
when he testified that he did not disclose Plame Wilson's name to
reporters.
    In another development in the leak case Friday, U.S.
District Judge Reggie B. Walton said another administration official,
who does not work at the White House, also spoke to reporters about
Plame Wilson. This individual, according to sources close to the case,
works at the National Security Council.
    Walton said that Libby's defense team was not entitled to be
told of the individual's identity because the person is not charged with
a crime in the leak. However, the person is said to be one of several
people in the administration who is cooperating with the probe.
    Jason Leopold spent two years covering California's
electricity crisis as Los Angeles bureau chief of Dow Jones Newswires.
Jason has spent the last year cultivating sources close to the CIA leak
investigation, and is a regular contributer to t r u t h o u t.
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Message: 23
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 23:55:32 -0800 (PST)
From: Quechick Barnyard <quechick007@yahoo.com>
Subject: UAE TERMINAL TAKEOVER EXTENDS TO TWENTY-ONE (21) PORTS. - IMPORTANT

UAE terminal takeover extends to 21 ports
By PAMELA HESS
UPI Pentagon Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- A United Arab Emirates
government-owned company is poised to take over port
terminal operations in 21 American ports, far more
than the six widely reported.

The Bush administration has approved the takeover of
British-owned Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation
Co. to DP World, a deal set to go forward March 2
unless Congress intervenes.

P&O is the parent company of P&O Ports North America,
which leases terminals for the import and export and
loading and unloading and security of cargo in 21
ports, 11 on the East Coast, ranging from Portland,
Maine to Miami, Florida, and 10 on the Gulf Coast,
from Gulfport, Miss., to Corpus Christi, Texas,
according to the company's Web site.

President George W. Bush on Tuesday threatened to veto
any legislation designed to stall the handover.

Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. said after the briefing
she expects swift, bi-partisan approval for a bill to
require a national security review before it is
allowed to go forward.

At issue is a 1992 amendment to a law that requires a
45-day review if the foreign takeover of a U.S.
company "could affect national security." Many members
of Congress see that review as mandatory in this case.

But Bush administration officials said Thursday that
review is only triggered if a Cabinet official
expresses a national security concern during an
interagency review of a proposed takeover.

"We have a difference of opinion on the interpretation
of your amendment," said Treasury Department Deputy
Secretary Robert Kimmitt.

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United
States, comprised of officials from 12 government
departments and agencies, including the National
Security Council and the Department of Homeland
Security, approved the deal unanimously on January 17.

"The structure of the deal led us to believe there
were no national security concerns," said Homeland
Security Deputy Secretary Michael P. Jackson.

The same day, the White House appointed a DP World
executive, David C. Sanborn, to be the administrator
for the Maritime Administration of the Department of
Transportation. Sanborn had been serving as director
of operations for Europe and Latin America at DP
World.

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner,
R- Va., said he will request from both the U.S.
attorney general and the Senate committee's legal
counsel a finding on the administration's
interpretation of the 1992 amendment.

Adding to the controversy is the fact Congress was not
notified of the deal. Kimmitt said Congress is
periodically updated on completed CFIUS decisions, but
is proscribed from initiating contact with Congress
about pending deals. It may respond to congressional
inquiries on those cases only.

Iowa Republican Sen. Charles Grassley stated in a
letter to Bush on Feb. 21 that he specifically
requested to be kept abreast of foreign investments
that may have national security implications. He made
the request in the wake of a controversial Chinese
proposal to purchase an oil company last year.

"Obviously, my request fell on deaf ears. I am
disappointed that I was neither briefed nor informed
of this sale prior to its approval. Instead, I read
about it in the media," he wrote.

According to Kimmitt, the deal was reported on in
major newspapers as early as last October. But it did
not get critical attention in the press until the
Associated Press broke the story Feb. 11 and the
Center for Security Policy, a right-leaning
organization, wrote about it Feb. 13. CSP posited the
sale as the Treasury Department putting commerce
interests above national security.

Kimmitt said because the 2005 Chinese proposal had
caused such an uproar before it ever got to CFIUS, the
lack of reaction to the Dubai deal when it was
reported on last fall suggested it would not be
controversial enough to require special notification
of Congress.

Central to the debate is the fact that the United Arab
Emirates, while a key ally of the United States in the
Middle East, has had troubling ties to terrorist
networks, according to the Sept. 11 Commission report.
It was one of the few countries in the world that
recognized the al-Qaida-friendly Taliban government in
Afghanistan; al-Qaida funneled millions of dollars
through the U.A.E. financial sector; and A.Q. Khan,
the notorious Pakistani nuclear technology smuggler,
used warehouses near the Dubai port as a key transit
point for many of his shipments.

Since the terrorist attacks, it has cut ties with the
Taliban, frozen just over $1 million in alleged
terrorist funding, and given the United States key
military basing and over-flight rights. At any given
time, there are 77,000 U.S. service members on leave
in the United Arab Emirates, according to the
Pentagon.

Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England warned that
the uproar about the United Arab Emirates involvement
in U.S. ports could risk alienating the very countries
in the Middle East the United States is trying to
court as allies in the war on terrorism.

"It's very important we strengthen bonds ...
especially with friends and allies in the Arab world.
It's important that we treat friends and allies
equally around the world without discrimination," he
said.

The security of port terminal operations is a key
concern. More than 7 million cargo containers come
through 361 American ports annually, half of the
containers through New York-New Jersey, Los Angeles
and Long Beach, Calif. Only a small percentage are
physically searched and just 37 percent currently
screened for radiation, an indication of an attempt to
smuggle in nuclear material that could be used for a
"dirty bomb."

After the September 11 terrorist attacks, the
government began a new program that required
documentation on all cargo 24 hours before it was
loaded on a ship in a foreign port bound for the
United States. A "risk analysis" is conducted on every
shipment, including a review of the ship's history,
the cargo's history and contents and other factors.
Each ship must also provide the U.S. government 96
hours notice of its arrival in an American port, along
with a crew manifest.

None of the nine administration officials assembled
for the briefing could immediately say how many of the
more than 3,000 port terminals are currently under
foreign control.

Port facility operators have a major security
responsibility, and one that could be exploited by
terrorists if they infiltrate the company, said Joe
Muldoon III. Muldoon is an attorney representing Eller
& Co., a port facility operator in Florida partnered
with M&O in Miami. Eller opposes the Dubai takeover
for security reasons.

"The Coast Guard oversees security, and they have the
authority to inspect containers if they want and they
can look at manifests, but they are really dependent
on facility operators to carry out security issues,"
Muldoon said.

The Marine Transportation Security Act of 2002
requires vessels and port facilities to conduct
vulnerability assessments and develop security plans
including passenger, vehicle and baggage screening
procedures; security patrols; establishing restricted
areas; personnel identification procedures; access
control measures; and/or installation of surveillance
equipment.

Under the same law, port facility operators may have
access to Coast Guard security incident response plans
-- that is, they would know how the Coast Guard plans
to counter and respond to terrorist attacks.

"The concern is that the UAE may be our friend now ...
but who's to say that couldn't change, or they
couldn't be infiltrated. Iran was our big buddy," said
Muldoon.

In a January report, the Council on Foreign Relations
pointed out the vulnerability of the shipping security
system to terrorist exploitation.

Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the U.S. customs
agency requires shippers to follow supply chain
security practices. Provided there are no apparent
deviations from those practices or intelligence
warnings, the shipment is judged low risk and is
therefore unlikely to be inspected.

CFR suggests a terrorist event is likely to be a
one-time operation on a trusted carrier "precisely
because they can count on these shipments entering the
U.S. with negligible or no inspection."

"All a terrorist organization needs to do is find a
single weak link within a 'trusted' shipper's complex
supply chain, such as a poorly paid truck driver
taking a container from a remote factory to a port.
They can then gain access to the container in one of
the half-dozen ways well known to experienced
smugglers," CFR wrote.
http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20060223-051657-4981r

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Message: 24
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 04:00:08 -0800 (PST)
From: Cathy Garger <savorsuccesslady@yahoo.com>
Subject: My second piece on 9/11 & Katrina as Inside Jobs published -SF Bay View

Just a note to share that my second piece that compares Katrina to 9/11 as yet another Inside Job was published in the SF Bay View . Here's an excerpt:

Well, my friends listen up. This is the same toxic garbage they are now trying to feed us with Katrina. Governmental claims of mock ignorance and ineptitude along the lines of "Oh, we just clearly were not prepared for such a storm and failed to take the required 'initiative' to act" are just not going to cut it this time.

Yeah, they sure fooled us, well, some of us, with 9/11. But the second time around?

Unfortunately for the malevolent in power, we are not so stupid or as naive as to be fooled yet again. Dirty deeds can only go on for so long before, as they say, "the jig is up."

"Shades of 9/11 All Over Again":
http://www.sfbayview.com/neworleans/shadesof911022206.shtml

Also at My Town column: http://mytown.ca/garger/

Another article I wrote about Katrina and 9/11 as both Inside Jobs:
http://www.sfbayview.com/021506/purposefulgenocide021506.shtml

Also featured at:
http://www.scholarsfor911truth.org/Resources.html

Cathy Garger
Maryland
Writer/Activist
Associate Member
Scholars for 9/11 Truth
http://www.scholarsfor911truth.org
Column My Town

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Message: 25
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 03:10:37 -0800
From: Mark S Bilk <mark@cosmicpenguin.com>
Subject: Good Audio link to Scholars for 9-11 Truth on Coast-to-Coast AM

Here's the link; it works fine:

http://911underground.com/2006-02-23_George_Noory_Hosts_Jim_Fetzer_and_Scholars_for_9-11_Truth.MP3

My mail program will put it alone on a single line. It's a
Linux program, so it doesn't fuck with things without asking
the user. The link is 98 characters long.

But maybe your mail program splits long lines, and inserts
extra punctuation characters at the splits, like in the message
quoted below.

So here I've split it myself in the middle of the words "George"
and "Scholars". There are no punctuation characters at those
splits. If your mail program inserts them, delete them. And
then paste the three lines with no spaces in between into the
URL line of your browser, download program, or audio player
program.

http://911underground.com/2006-02-23_Geo
rge_Noory_Hosts_Jim_Fetzer_and_Scho
lars_for_9-11_Truth.MP3

Here is the whole address recreated by combining the three
pieces. It's the same as the one at the beginning of this
message. It works.

http://911underground.com/2006-02-23_George_Noory_Hosts_Jim_Fetzer_and_Scholars_for_9-11_Truth.MP3

Mark

Use Linux -- here's how:
http://cosmicpenguin.com/linux/

On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 10:16:11PM -0800, Scott Peden wrote:
>I even copied and pasted the link from both lines and got a 404.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: 911TruthAction@yahoogroups.com
>[mailto:911TruthAction@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Naveed
>Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 10:08 PM
>To: 911TruthAction@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [911TruthAction] Audio link to Scholars for 9-11 Truth on
>Coast-to-Coast AM
>
>not working
>
>angiesept11 <angiesept11@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Here's a link where you can download the audio (MP3 file) to:
>
>Jim Fetzer, David Ray Griffin, Dr. Morgan Reynolds, on George Noory's
> Coast-to-Coast AM radio show, which apparently just aired on 2/23/06
>http://911underground.com/2006-02-23_George_Noory_Hosts_Jim_Fetzer_and_Schol
>ars_><http://911underground.com/2006-02-23_George_Noory_Hosts_Jim_Fetzer_and_Scho
>lars_/>
>for_9-11_Truth.MP3
>Looks like the audio runs about 2 hours, don't know if that's the
>whole show or not.
>
>Angie
>
>

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