Re: [CTRL] Cloning around - Raelians
Eternal youth you clone your body and transplant your brain or head into disgard the old then there also the implants.
[CTRL] Fwd: Cries From Palestine and Cries From Israel - Appalling Indeed!
___ __ / |/ / /___/ / /_ //M I D - E A S T R E A L I T I E S / /|_/ / /_/_ / /\\ Making Sense of the Middle East /_/ /_/ /___/ /_/ \\http://www.MiddleEast.Org News, Information, Analysis That Governments, Interest Groups, and the Corporate Media Don't Want You To Know! * * * * * * * IF YOU DON'T GET MER, YOU JUST DON'T GET IT! To receive MER regularly email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] CRIES FROM PALESTINE AND CRIES FROM ISRAEL "My sister-in-law just called crying - about 4 hours ago Al-Bireh had about 3 minutes of heavy gunfire. her neighbor, Aida, was walking back home on the Friends road from Ramallah after shopping for the Eid holiday. Her husband was walking with her when a single bullet from Pesgot settlement entered her shoulder and tore into her body. Rushed to Ramallah hospital she was pronounced dead 30 minutes laterher kids are home and were informed a few minutes ago that their mother will never come home Today, Saturday, we laid to rest a beautiful 9-yr old boy.Tomorrow, Sunday, we will bury Aida. Monday is only two days away..." Sam Bahour - Saturday "In the past 24 hours, the Israeli forces have escalated their attacks on Palestinian civilians. They have tightened the siege imposed on the Palestinian towns, especially Ramallah and el Bireh... The Israeli forces' escalation of attacks have resulted in the killing of three Palestinians during the last 24 hours. A fourth has died of wounds of an earlier shooting. Apparently in all four cases, those killed had not been taking part in any demonstrations or clashes and were not posing any threat to Israeli soldiers or settlers when they were killed." LAW Society - Saturday "The iron grip of the closure in its new format is increasingly strangling a population of 2.8 million people, yet no one is saying a word, not around the cabinet table of the outgoing government - the peace government - not among those who are going to serve in the new government, and not in the opposition of the Zionist left." Gideon Levy - Sunday MID-EAST REALITIES - www.MiddleEast.Org - Washington - 3/04: Appalling! Outrageous! War Crimes! Revenge! They are different kinds of cries of course. The Palestinians are bleeding, dying, and being collectively strangled and tortured. But from at least some Israelis and some Jews around the world there are cries of serious anguish and moral protest. APPALLING EQUATION By Gideon Levy [Ha'aretz, Op Ed, 4 March 2001]: The Palestinians' cemeteries will be filled with visitors tomorrow. Every year the Palestinians visit the graves of their loved ones on the morning of the Feast of the Sacrifice, Id al Adha; tomorrow they will be visiting more than 300 fresh graves, of which 87 hold the remains of children. Then they will return to their homes for the festive meals. This year, though, few families will be partaking of sheep's meat, the traditional food of this holiday, but will be eating chicken instead, because of the price. And many children will not be wearing new holiday clothes, as is the custom, because their parents don't have the money to buy them. There will also be fewer than the usual number of guests - some relatives won't be able to attend because of the closure imposed in the territories. It has been a long time - since their calamity in 1948 - that the Palestinians have endured such a hard Feast of the Sacrifice. Just an hour's drive from Jerusalem, a cruel drama has been under way for the past five months the likes of which have not been seen since the early period of the Israeli occupation, but the majority of Israelis are taking absolutely no interest in it. The iron grip of the closure in its new format is increasingly strangling a population of 2.8 million people, yet no one is saying a word, not around the cabinet table of the outgoing government - the peace government - not among those who are going to serve in the new government, and not in the opposition of the Zionist left. It has to be said starkly and simply: There has never been a closure like this there, in the land of the barriers and the closures. In the worst of the times of the previous Intifada, when the IDF was in every corner and curfew reigned supreme, there was not a situation in which a whole people was jailed without a trial and without the right of appeal. Appeal? If in the past the fate of a woman about to give birth, or of a sick person who was about to die, depended on the humanity of the young soldier who was manning the roadblock, and who either let them pass or not, now the Palestinians can only dream about a good soldier who once might perhaps have raised the barrier: Israel has split the West Bank by means of hundreds of trenches,
[CTRL] Fwd: Boasts to Friends Went Unbelieved (washingtonpost.com)
Interesting item - and in this article it speaks of Williams room being shot up, etc. Williams, the kid said he got the idea from a song to shoot up the school - maybae he saw the movie Heathers which was quite a time before Littleton - but drugs involved once again and the mother was in military - but we have another smiling killer who is fifiteen years old, and the Prosecutor gets in on the show with boy prosecute him as an adult - with the natural kill instinct of a prosecutor. So life is so cheap in America - was reading today on this Chris Ofili, the English painter who painted Black Madonna in dung, etc. And how certain Rock Stars supported this art - remember too this one ugly rock star, with the song We're Not Going to Take It Anymore - in the film version of song he pushes his father out the windowthen we have the popular Rap Stars they call them with the kill whitey? TV Violence and these morons want to see warning signs of kids in trouble? You have to be kidding - warning signs? Look to Hollywood where they play games with our chldren - notice how many moves have kids being slaughtered - big joke? Sinking into sublime pictures - what someone needs to do is file a few law suits - seems odd Larry Flynt a front for drus can sell his pornography and be made into an American Hero in movies - yet kids are not permitted to say a prayer in school - but sodomy teachings is A-Ok. Saba Home | Register Web Search: News Home PageNews DigestNationNational SecurityScienceCourtsColumnsSpecial ReportsSearch the StatesPhoto GalleriesLive OnlineNation IndexWorldMetroBusinessWashtechSportsStyleEducationTravelHealthHome GardenOpinionWeatherWeekly SectionsClassifiedsPrint EditionArchivesSite Index Toolbox On the Web Census information Federal crime data Economy by region Stateline.org Boasts to Friends Went Unbelieved _Related Article_ 2 Students Die in Calif. Shootings(The Washington Post, Mar 6, 2001) _Live Online_ Joanne McDaniel, interim director of the Center for the Prevention of School Violence, will discuss the Santana High shooting on Tuesday, March 6 at 11 a.m. EST. Vincent Schiraldi, founder and president of the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, discussed school violence and the Santana High School shooting. Read a transcript. _Video_ At a press conference, San Diego County Sheriff William Kolender, Santana High School Principal Karen Degiescher and San Diego District Attorney Paul Pfingst update reporters on the shooting. President Bush offered condolences to the victims' families in the Santana High School shooting. _Timeline_ Recent School Shootings _Special Report_ Juvenile Violence _On the Web_ Santana High School Web Site E-Mail This Article Printer-Friendly Version Subscribe to The Post By Michael A. Fletcher and Sharon Waxman Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, March 6, 2001; Page A01 If he was not talking about owning a gun, Charles "Andy" Williams was spinning some wild tale about stealing a car and riding off to Mexico. As recently as last weekend, though, he seemed to embrace a more ominous idea, one he had raised on and off for months: shooting up his new high school. He even offered to enlist some friends in the plot. As always, no one really took him seriously. But in a tragic repeat of other school shootings that have rocked rural and suburban communities from Kentucky to Colorado in recent years, Williams is accused of making good on his boasts. The 15-year-old freshman is being held in a shooting that left two dead and 13 wounded at Santana High School in suburban San Diego. In many ways, the broad outlines of Williams's life fit the profile of the suspects in the string of school shootings. Pale and scrawny, he was the constant butt of jokes. After moving to California from Maryland, he hung out with a bunch of skateboarders who dabbled in drugs and did not fit in with the mainstream high school crowd. And when he talked about his plans for mass murder, no one knew quite what to make of them. "He was a talker," said Andrew Kaforey, 17, a Santana senior who said he knows Williams well. "He would talk a lot of stuff and would not act on it. He'd say he's going to steal a car and drive to Mexico. That he was going to shoot people. You wouldn't really think about it." Others said they didn't put much stock in Williams's bravado. Chris Puttbrese, 16, says when he heard rumors that Williams was thinking about bringing a gun to school, he thought he didn't have the nerve to do it. Jacob Kaforey, Andrew's younger brother, said that Williams seemed to enjoy the attention that his bragging brought to him: "He would just say anything that he thought would be cool." Williams and his father moved to California from tiny Knoxville, Md., in Frederick County, last year. Neighbors near the two-story, yellow clapboard home where Williams lived in Maryland described
Re: [CTRL] It Can't Be Worse Than OZ
-Caveat Lector- From: "p" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Uh...a couple of questions here...What "greater detail" do we actually want or need? What, there is no Mike Tyson fight available that night so we have to resort to this? Heck even the XFL sounds more appealing than this! Who plays Bill Clinton? Since it is a DOCUMENTARY, presumably nobody 'plays' anybody else June A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fwd: CIA, Nazis the Republican Party
http://alexconstantine.50megs.com/cia_nazis_and.html HOME | ARCHIVES | NEWS | MESSAGE BOARD | SEARCH | LINKS CIA, Nazis the Republican Party http://www.bartcop.com/nazigop.htm A Fresh Look by Carla Binion Nazis and the Republican Party Investigative reporter Christopher Simpson says in BLOWBACK that after World War II, Nazi migrs were given CIA subsidies to build a far-right-wing power base in the U.S. These Nazis assumed prominent positions in the Republican Party's "ethnic outreach committees." Simpson documents the fact that these Nazis did not come to America as individuals but as part of organized groups with fascist political agendas. The Nazi agenda did not die along with Adolf Hitler. It moved to America (or a part of it did) and joined the far right of the Republican Party. Simpson shows how the State Department and the CIA put high-ranking Nazis on the intelligence payroll "for their expertise in propaganda and psychological warfare," among other purposes... Journalist Russ Bellant (OLD NAZIS, THE NEW RIGHT, AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY) shows that Laszlo Pasztor, a convicted Nazi war collaborator, built the Republican migr network. Pasztor, who served as adviser to Republican Paul Weyrich, belonged to the Hungarian Arrow Cross, a group that helped liquidate Hungary's Jews. Pasztor was founding chairman of the Republican Heritage Groups Council. Two months before the November 1988 presidential election, a small newspaper, Washington Jewish Week, disclosed that a coalition for the Bush campaign included a number of outspoken Nazis and anti-Semites. The article prompted six leaders of Bush's coalition to resign. According to Russ Bellant, Nazi collaborators involved in the Republican Party included: 1.Radi Slavoff, GOP Heritage Council's executive director, and head of "Bulgarians for Bush." Slavoff was a member of a Bulgarian fascist group, and he put together an event in Washington honoring Holocaust denier, Austin App. 2.Florian Galdau, director of GOP outreach efforts among Romanians, and head of "Romanians for Bush." Galdau was once an Iron Guard recruiter, and he defended convicted Nazi war criminal Valerian Trifa. 3.Nicholas Nazarenko, leader of a Cossack GOP ethnic unit. Nazarenko was an ex-Waffen SS officer. 4.Method Balco, GOP activist. Balco organized yearly memorials for a Nazi puppet regime. 5.Walter Melianovich, head of the GOP's Byelorussian unit. Melianovich worked closely with many Nazi groups. 6.Bohdan Fedorak, leader of "Ukrainians for Bush." Fedorak headed a Nazi group involved in anti-Jewish wartime pogroms. The Philadelphia Inquirer ran an article on the Bush team's inclusion of Nazis (David Lee Preston, "Fired Bush backer one of several with possible Nazi links," September 10, 1988.) The newspaper also ran an investigative series on Nazi members of the Bush coalition. The article confirmed that the Bush team included members listed by Russ Bellant. Journalist Martin A. Lee, has written for The Nation, Rolling Stone, The San Francisco Chronicle, and other publications. In THE BEAST Republican Party's ethnic outreach arm recruited members from the Nazi migr network. Lee says that the Republican Party's ethnic outreach division had an outspoken hatred of President Jimmy Carter's Office of Special Investigations (OSI), an organization dedicated to tracking down and prosecuting Nazi war collaborators who entered this country illegally. Former Republican Pat Buchanan attacked Carter's OSI after it deported a few suspected Nazi war criminals. According to Lee, public relations man Harold Keith Thompson was principal U.S. point man for the postwar Nazi support network known as die Spinne, or the Spider. In the late 40s and early 50s, Thompson worked as the chief North American representative for the remaining National Socialist German Worker's Party and the SS. Lee writes that the wealthy Thompson gave generously to Republican candidates Senator Jesse Helms and would-be senator Oliver North. Thompson's money gained him membership in the GOP's Presidential Legion of Merit. Lee says Thompson also "received numerous thank-you letters from the Republican National Committee." Those letters are now in the Hoover Institute Special Collections Library. Christopher Simpson writes in BLOWBACK that in 1983, Ronald Reagan presented a Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor, to CIA migr program consultant James Burnham. Burnham was a psychological warfare consultant who promoted something called "liberationism." Just before the 1952 election, the CIA worked up a multimillion-dollar public relations campaign aimed at selling Americans on expanding cold war activities in Europe. Part of the guiding theory (given the name "liberationism") was the idea that certain Nazi leaders from World War II should be brought in as "freedom fighters" against the USSR. Reagan said that Burnham's ideas on liberation "profoundly affected the way America views itself and the
[CTRL] Fwd: ARCHIVES - Alex Constantine's Political Conspiracy Research Bin
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[CTRL] Fwd: Conspiracy Digest E-Wire
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[CTRL] Fwd: [GATA] A letter from the White House, and a big gun enlists in South Africa
By Bill Murphy www.LeMetropoleCafe.com March 5, 2001 To say the least, I was a bit surprised to see a letter from The White House today when I picked up my mail. The correspondence read: * * * THE WHITE HOUSE Washington February 28, 2001 Dear Mr. Murphy: Thank you for your letter. I apologize for the delay in my response. I hope you understand how tremendously busy I've been over the past several weeks. I appreciate the information you sent regarding the price of gold. I'll be sure to pass this along to the member of my economic team who specializes in this area. If there is any way my staff or I can be of assistance to you, please don't hesitate to contact our office. Thank you, once again, for your thoughts. Sincerely, Larry B. Lindsey Assistant to the President for Economic Policy * * * If that were not enough good news for one day, I just received the curriculum vitae of Eric Bamoza Molefe, who called GATA headquarters in Durban offering to lobby in South Africa on our behalf: * * * ERIC BAMOZA MOLEFE EDUCATION Boston Unitversity, 1983, Diploma in Journalism South African Newspapers Academy (1984), Diploma in Journalism University of the North (1985-1988), 4th year B. Proc Institute of Management (London) 1989 Diploma in Finance Diploma in Marketing Diploma in Economics Diploma in Business Management RAU University (1990) Diploma in Banking Institute of Chartered Financial Analyst (1991) CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) International Management College (IMC) - 1992 MBA (thesis pending) Wits Business School (1993) JSE Course University of Orange Free State (2000) Studying for LLB Institute of Tax (RAU) - 2000 Higher Diploma Tax EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 1983 Sowetan Sunday Mirror 1984 EP Herald and Financial Mail 1989 Cape Investment Bank (Banking Trainee) 1990 Prima Bank Limited 1. Money Market 2. Corporate Finance 3. Funding Department 1994 PrimeVest Structured Finance Director Board of Stocks Business Running Family Complex 1996 Wits Nigel Ltd. (now New Mining Corp.) Group Managing Director Ermeson Group Limited Executive Chairman Powerlib Group Limited Executive Chairman JCI Limited Executive Group Director Excl Petroleum Deputy Chairman Medicare Swaziland Executive Director Memberships Institute of Chartered Financial Analyst Institute of Directors Associate member of the Institute of Bankers Black Management Forum Black Economic Empowerment Commission * * * Could GATA have a finer man in all of South Africa to help us make our GATA Africa Gold Summit a success? Gold traded very quietly today in a shortened session due to the snowstorm enveloping the northeastern United States. The CNBC types keep referring to the big deflation as a reason Alan Greenspan should lower interest rates to help out an increasingly desperate Wall Street. The CRB will give them little solace. Early last week I pointed out the unusually bullish look of the CRB chart pattern. The CRB spent most of today around 226, way off recent lows, as its sharp rally continues. Looks to me like it will make new highs in the months to come. Gold is making yearly highs in yen terms. Canada sold 20,000 ounces of gold in February and is down to a pitiful 1.2 million ounces left. * * * Brief gold rally wrong-foots investors By Robin Bromby March 5, 2001 The Australian Asa rally it was short-lived -- but just long enough to show gold's potential to catch some big players on the wrong foot. Gold rose to $US268.25 last week, its highest level for seven weeks. Those holding any of the many massive short positions would have been given a fright.While the metal was back at $US262.85 by Friday night, the brief rally had shown the yawning gap between available physical gold and that sold forward by traders and speculators. After all, these people know that short positions -- gold sold on paper in the belief that the physical gold can be bought at a cheaper price to fill the contract in the future -- amount to something between five and eight years' physical production.Annual world gold production is about 2550 tonnes, but short positions total several times that, with some estimates as high as 17,000 tonnes. The tight state of gold supply was thrown into relief last week when leasing rates soared as high as 4.75 percent for one month, against a rate of less than 0.5 percent for most of 2000. Even as late as the end of January, the monthly gold lease rate was just 0.8 percent. By last Friday it was back down to 1.7 percent.The rally is being written off by some as just one large short position being covered. But even if that were so, the price and leasing rate jumps do illustrate the potential for serious dislocation if there were to be a sustained rally. * * * Slowly, but very surely, the Gold Cartel is being found out. From James Stock in Durban, South Africa: "You might be interested to know that the market jobbers (also known as market manipulators) got
[CTRL] Fwd: [GATA] Toronto mining conference to hear from GATA
By Bill Murphy, Chairman Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc. March 5, 2001 Some of you may be attending the Prospectors and Developers Convention in Toronto that begins on March 12. If so, I look forward to meeting you. On Tuesday evening GATA will be hosting a hospitality suite from 7 p.m. to midnight. Please join us at the Royal York Hotel, Suite 9175. GATA is very grateful to Canadian Royalties Ltd., which is sponsoring our opportunity to meet people attending the convention. GATA is also organizing the GATA Africa Gold Summit in Durban, South Africa, around the middle of May. We expect to attract the mining ministers of the African gold-producing countries, the leaders of the political parties in South Africa, gold producer executives and business leaders, and the leaders of the mining and trade unions, among others. We already have significant South African support for this conference. Not only will an impressive array of speakers elaborate on the manipulation of the gold market, which has devastated the economies of poor African gold-producing countries, but we will offer African countries an ACTION PLAN with which they can correct the travesty within a few weeks. Today's response to GATA from Lawrence B. Lindsey, President Bush's adviser for economic policy, acknowledging that he appreciated receiving GATA's "information you sent regarding the price of gold," is a signal to us that the Bush administration is aware of and working on the gold problem. GATA understands that the new administration may need time to figure out how to handle the gold nightmare left by the Clinton administration. The Bush people deserve some time to figure out the best way to deal with it and how not to be blamed for something they had nothing to do with. The bottom line is that the gold price is going to soar, no matter what solution they think best. They have to act decisively and put the blame where it belongs. At the summit, GATA will explain how a facet of the previous U.S. administration along with a group of bullion banks determined that their welfare was more important than the lives of millions of black people and the economies of African countries led by blacks. We have much more to present to the African mining ministers, which I will not get into until the summit. GATA extends special thanks to maverick geologist Keith Barron, who has planned and executed this GATA undertaking for some time now. -END- Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[CTRL] FREEPRESSINTERNATIONAL.COM
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.freepressinternational.com/ Click Here: A HREF="http://www.freepressinternational.com/" FREEPRESSINTERNATIONAL.COM/A - monday march 5, 2001 Countries of the WorldWorld Time Current Wars And Conflicts FREE PRESS INTERNATIONAL The State Of The World Report please spread the word fast for your children World Leaders Meet In Complete Secret THE BILDERBERG MEETING IN GENVAL, BRUSSELS 2000 The Takeover Of The People FEMA And The Takeover the new world order globalization illuminati . council on foreign relations . bilderbergs . trilateral commission . international monetary fund . world bank . united nations . bohemian grove . multilateral agreement on investment . council of world churches . national security agency . nasa . central intelligence agency . nafta . gatt . echelon . freemasons . nato . european union . federal reserve . area 51 . federal emergency management agency . multinational corporations . world trade organization . international criminal court . opec . vatican . hollywood . davos . current mainstream media . world economic forum . comprehensive annual financial reports . stock market . free trade agreement of the americas . g7 . current military a must listen Mind Control And The Media New World Order Quotes State Of The Current Mainstream Media Congressman Ron Paul Blasts U.S. Corruption 10.14.2000 Ron Pauls Project Freedom Free Press International Coverage Of World Leaders AUSTIN, TEXAS 2001 U.S. Presidents And The Masonic Power Structurea must read Could You Please Answer Some Of These Questions President Bush? BUSH COMES OUT BOMBING President Bush And The New World Order President Bush Admiting To Time Magazine He Was A Member Of The Skull And Bones Society At Yale University The Skull And Bones Society U.S. Governor Convicted Of Corruption World Leaders Involved In Satanic Ritual BOHEMIAN GROVE, CALIFORNIA 2000 C.I.A. Operatives Book Says World Leaders Involved In Pedophlia, Satanic Ritual And Mind Control Astronaut Gordon Cooper Reveals NASA Involved In Mind Control With Children 7.19.2000 DAVOS, SWITZERLAND 2001 World Leaders Meet: Won't Allow Peaceful Anti-Corruption Protests CANCUN, MEXICO 2001 World Economic Forum Meets And Media Demonizes Protesters As Militants Here's What The New World Order Has For Peaceful Protesters Exercising Their Freedom Of Speech GUN CONTROL Disarming The People So They Can't Protect Themselves? Former U.S. Defence Secretary William Cohen Refers To Altering The Weather And Setting Off Earthquakes! SEATTLE AND INDIA EARTHQUAKE 2001 World Weather Control angels don't play this haarp! Wars Are Done By Design pearl harbor 4 Million People Just Starved To Death In North Korea Right Before The Peoples Eyes ABC's Ted Koppel Named As CIA Source 12.7.2000 quebec city, canada april 20, 2001 Peaceful Protest Of The Free Trade Agreement Of The Americas Meetings With World Leaders it says free trade but its not use your power and email anywhere in quebec city with your support for the protest FPI -PRESS RELEASES GO OUT TO WORLD LEADERS, CORPORATIONS, MILITARY, - Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads EndAINSTREAM/ALTERNATIVE MEDIA AND PEACEFUL ACTIVISTS AROUND THE WORLD. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at:
[CTRL] DEAD MAN RADIOACTIVE footnote
-Caveat Lector- --- byron wahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 23:24:36 -0700 (PDT) From: byron wahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: DEAD MAN RADIOACTIVE footnote To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: forwarded message attached. __ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/ ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 01:47:25 -0400 (EDT) To: "" [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: DEAD MAN RADIOACTIVE About 3 or 4 days ago the Boston Globe online region section posted an AP report about a dead man's body found in a secluded area -- his body "placed" there -- in lower Manhattan's eastside if I recall correctly. When the body was brought into the morgue radioactivity detector alarms sounded. The radioactivity was confined to the interior of the dead man's body. No-one was contaminated. It was speculated that the man received radioactive isotopes intravenously during medical tests and died after leaving the medical facility. Why his body was "placed" in an out-of-the-way location was not mentioned. The story swiftly vanished from the Boston Globe online. The New York online newspapers have no record of the report in their archives. The event has been erased. Perhaps someone can learn more about this peculiar event and post their findings here. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] [MC] The FBI is the Catcher in the Rye ! How the FBI assassinated John Lenn (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- [The below is part of a thread from anotehr list, i.e., a Mind Control listserve. Sorry for the fractured nature of it. --MS] -- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 00:57:42 -0800 From: Catcher of The Catcher in the Rye [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MC] The FBI is the Catcher in the Rye ! How the FBI assassinated John Lenn Dear Jim : Thanks for your comments. And thanks especially for saying it was well written. You might want to know that the info I posted here is just a very brief Internet summary of a book I have written which includes my dissertation for my Master's degree which was on the assassination of John Lennon. The book isn't published yet, and I'm currently looking for a publisher. I researched this subject matter for about ten years and the chapter on the assassination of John Lennon and Robert F. Kennedy has over 500 carefully annotated footnotes, something I for obvious reasons couldn't and didn't want to pass on here. Now with regards to the points you make : 1) For a thorough look at the Freedom of information numbers, see Jon Wiener's book, "Gimme Some Truth, The John Lennon FBI files" It's advertised on the Internet at : http://www.lennonfbifiles.com Like I said, going into all this detail would not be possible here nor desirable from an author's point of view who wants to find a publisher for his manuscript. 2)Eleanor White's back-engineered Silent Sound device does have a very slight Tinnitus effect. I have the device and I tested it more than a hundred times. Apparently this Tinnitus effect depends greatly on the exact configuration of components parts. But with a little bit of experimentation, it might even be improved. Other ultrasonic devices I tested which were quite similar did NOT have a Tinnitus effect. So in order to reproduce the effect you have to follow the instructions in the circuits AS EXACTLY AS POSSIBLE, then once you've got it, you can try to improve it, by making it clearer. http://www.raven1.net/vfmbuild.htm 3) Yeah, ok ! I concede, but they were interesting nevertheless. 4) Like I said, it was just a greatly shortned INTERNET version of a much larger project. My manuscript is about 1524 pages. And I couldn't even begin to condense that here. Thanks again for your reply - Catcher of the Catcher in the Rye wrote : How the FBI assassinated John Lennon THE FBI IS THE CATCHER IN THE RYE : THE ASSASSINATION OF JOHN LENNON QUESTION POSTED ON THE J.D. SALINGER CHAT ROOM --- --- Greetings All ... I found this "article" to be rather amusing. To me it came across more as conjecture supported by what I would term as questionable sources. 1.) There are absolutely no references to ANY of the Freedom of information numbers that were supposedly used to gain access to FBI or any other governmental agency "classified" information. 2.)The "devices" that were mentioned, that are claimed by "RAVEN" to of been "reverse engineered", So far, have yet to work as RAVEN describes on her web site, in ANY of my personal lab experiments. Which was rather disappointing to me. Especially in light of the expense generated for the material list for some of her Rube Goldberg machines. 3.)The other web sites mentioned in this "article" are nothing more than "personal pages" with no substansive or credible backup to their claims. 4.) This "article" was well written in the fact that before the average reader could subjectively look at what was being said, it would immediately take off in a different direction. Usually using "triggers" that would "grab" the readers attention, and cause the reader to lose sight of what was previously read. Of course, this is nothing more than my opinion. One last thing I would like to mention. As the "sophistication level" of the list increases, so does the "sophication of attack" towards the list. Remember Hi-Tech not only applies to the silicon chip and it's related components, it also applies to the level or levels of "mental attack" that can be reached via the written or spoken word. Have a Great Week ALL ! Jim -- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 01:03:51 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: John Lennon assassination plant wiring for the DEA Thanks for your reply. I got it, but I simply didn't comment on that because I'm not sure what to tell you in regards thereto and I don't know the specifics of your case. Sorry. But I got it. --- Good letter. The bottom part of the letter came back with marks on it and no comment on me wiring the plant for the DEA that made all of the Synthetic Cocaine for the destruction of the blacks in the inner cities. They sometimes control my mail and at other times them allow it to go out intact. I was just wondering if they deleted that
[CTRL] NM: Invasion of Your Privacy Has Just Begun
-Caveat Lector- http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/3/5/220402.shtml Invasion of Your Privacy Has Just Begun Charles R. Smith Tuesday, March 6, 2001 Modern privacy is dead. Secrets are very hard to keep in an electronic world filled with viruses, tappers, hackers, pirates and government snoopers. It's no longer a matter of are you being watched. In the 21st century, it's a matter of who's watching you. According to Twila Brase, R.N. and president of the Citizens' Council on Health Care, the lack of privacy can cost far more than money. "Outside access to phone and credit card information certainly can make individuals feel vulnerable and can bring about loss of credit, identity and finances, " stated Brase. "However, phone numbers and credit card numbers can be changed and funds can be moved to another bank. But with breaches in the confidentiality of medical records, the stakes are higher, particularly for those individuals in prominent positions. "Access to one's medical care, mental health status, and pharmaceutical use allows intruders to gain permanent information about an individual - information that can be damaging or can point to personal weaknesses," noted Brase. "Such medical history, diagnoses and individual tendencies cannot be changed like a credit card number. Access to this information can provide a powerful tool to influence legislation, thwart an election, make corporate decisions, decide terms of a merger or build coalitions. "Those who gain access to individual medical records through breaches in electronic data systems can wield great power over those who have the most to hide. In all likelihood, pre-election access to President Clinton's medical record may have provided evidence of his tendency to philander, thereby ending his presidential bid," noted Brase. "Patients and doctors need to begin to view all e-mail like a postcard, open to the world. No physician should send sensitive data by e-mail without specific written permission from the patient. Although we've just heard about one e-mail virus, there are undoubtedly others yet to come, along with intrusive devices yet to be discovered and invented," stated Brase flatly. "And let's not forget Carnivore, the great eavesdropping device of the government that's now under scrutiny by civil rights and privacy groups," noted Brase. Both Clintons Led Attack on Privacy Carnivore, the most recent example of FBI snooping software, is reported to be able to scoop up all of targeted individuals' Internet traffic, including e-mail. Carnivore is only one project aimed at destroying America's privacy. In fact, the FBI under the Clinton administration developed an entire series of hardware and software devices intended to monitor U.S. citizens. Bill Clinton, always first to claim some form of legal privacy over his activities inside the Oval Office, did not carry the same zeal when it came to defending others. The Clinton years of attacks on privacy began with first lady Hillary and the top secret part of her 1993 health care task force. Hillary's National ID Card Mrs. Clinton's task force drew up a plan to issue all U.S. citizens a national health care ID card. According to documents forced from the government using the Freedom of Information Act, the plan included inserting a special government-designed chip into the cards. The idea was the Department of Justice could then monitor your health care providers for fraud and abuse. The result would be to monitor you wherever you presented your card. The Clipper project, a computer chip with an "exploitable" feature, was developed in secret by the U.S. government during the senior George Bush's administration. According to the documents, the snooper chip and some of Mrs. Clinton's involvement became public in 1993. One smart-card manufacturer wrote the Clinton administration and argued against the plan for the Clipper chip to be part of mandatory Hillary Clinton health care. "Health cards are a major new market for smart cards. ... One of their greatest features is to increase the privacy of a citizen's health record," wrote John M. Taskett, vice president of Microcard Technologies, a company in Dallas. "The current [Clinton] administration is also looking at a national health card for all U.S. citizens. Surely the Department of Justice does not need access to the keys within these cards? Does the government have a need to know, even with a court order, what is inside a citizen's health card if the citizen chooses to keep it private?" asked Taskett in his 1993 letter to the U.S. Commerce Department. Project Led by Webster Hubbell The Clipper chip, however, was intended for more than just your Hillary health care card. The Clipper project also included provisions to make the super-chip required in every telephone, fax and computer made or sold in the U.S. According to a March 1993 Justice Department memo from Stephen Colgate, assistant attorney general for
[CTRL] CNN: Taleban says most of ancient Buddhas destroyed
-Caveat Lector- http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/south/03/03/afghan.buddhas/index.html Taleban says most of ancient Buddhas destroyed Afghanistan's ruling Taleban said Saturday it has blown up most of the massive, ancient Buddhas at Bamiyan despite worldwide pleas to spare them. Taleban Information Minister Qudratullah Jamal said Saturday that the fundamentalist Muslim movement's troops used rockets and mortars to destroy the head and legs of the sandstone statues, which are carved into the side of a cliff in central Afghanistan. A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/south/03/03/afghan.buddhas/map.afghanistan.kabul.gif"Afghanistan/A. "Our soldiers are working hard to demolish their remaining parts. They will come down soon," Jamal said. No independent confirmation of Jamal's comments was available, but they came after several reports that demolition of the statues had begun Friday. The Taleban, which rules more than 90 percent of the country, has ordered the statues destroyed as part of a campaign to rid the country of idolatrous and "un-Islamic" representations of the human form -- an interpretation even many Muslim countries have criticized. In addition, more than half of the country's pre-Islamic "idols" have been smashed at historic sites around Afghanistan, Jamal said. "They were easy to break apart and did not take much time," he said. The 50-meter (175-foot) and 36-meter (120-foot) Bamiyan statues are believed to have been built in the Third Century in a combination of Asian and European styles. Archaeologists, museum curators and scholars around the world have urged the Taleban to spare them. The Taleban has imposed an austere Islamic code on Afghanistan since it conquered most of the country in 1996, and the fundamentalist Muslim movement has refused pleas -- even from its closest ally, Pakistan -- to stop the destruction. "Respect for other religions and their beliefs is enjoined upon all Muslims," Shamshad Ahmad, Pakistan's ambassador to the United Nations, said Friday. "Islam is the religion of peace." The U.N. cultural agency UNESCO said Afghanistan's location on the ancient Silk Roads through central Asia give it a unique history influenced by ancient Persia and Greece and the rise of Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam. Phillippe de Montebello, director of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, said the relics targeted by the Taleban are "not theirs to condemn and destroy." A Buddhist monk beats up a burning effigy symbolizing Afghanistan's Taleban regime, in Bombay, India, on Saturday "In one fell swoop, what the Taleban are threatening to do is to eradicate the very identity of a people and a major chapter in the history of mankind," de Montebello said. International envoys still hold out hope that the destruction of Afghanistan's antiquities can be stopped. But they have found themselves stymied by apparent differences within the Taleban. Some officials have raised the possibility that some of Afghanistan's relics could be handed over to a third country for protection even as Jamal said the destruction was well under way. Some diplomats say the statues' destruction will only cement the Taleban's isolation from the world community at a time when ordinary Afghans are suffering from famine and the lingering effects of two decades of civil war. Taleban fighters are still battling an opposition movement in the northern mountains led by Ahmed Shah Masood, a hero of the war against the Soviet occupation in the 1980s. Afghanistan is under U.N. sanctions aimed at forcing the Taleban to hand over suspected terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, who is believed to be living there. "We are really shocked at what is going on about statues in Afghanistan," said Enrico De Maio, Italy's ambassador to Pakistan. "But we must not forget that the problem is very general. It has to do with the life of the people, the basic human rights of the people and women, their food and their liberty to conduct a life that could be called a near-decent life for the future." = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read.
[CTRL] REU: Pipes Show Cocaine Smoked in Shakespeare's England
-Caveat Lector- http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010301/sc/safrica_shakespeare_dc_1.html Pipes Show Cocaine Smoked in Shakespeare's England JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Was William Shakespeare partial to a good deal more than a pinch of tobacco while composing his sonnets? While there is no proof the bard delved into narcotics, clay pipe fragments excavated from his Stratford-upon-Avon home and of the 17th century period show conclusively that cocaine and myristic acid -- a hallucinogenic derived from plants, including nutmeg -- were smoked in Shakespeare's England. The findings, published in the latest issue of the South African Journal of Science, also show hints of residues of cannabis or marijuana, but this has not been proven. Nicotine, unsurprisingly, was one of the compounds firmly identified. "The cocaine was found in two of the 24 pipe fragments examined, which is really quite remarkable," Dr. Francis Thackeray, a paleontologist at the Transvaal Museum in Pretoria who co-write the article, told Reuters. "The Spanish had access to it at that time in the Americas, but the fact that it was smoked in England at that time is a first. It is quite a find," said Thackeray, who is a distant relative of the famous 19th century English author. "Cocaine was recorded in Europe about 200 years ago, but to our knowledge never this early," he said. "Apparently no chemical analyzes have been undertaken to determine what substances other than tobacco may have been smoked in England during the 17th century," the article said. It said cannabis sativa, the plant from which marijuana is derived, "was certainly accessible in Elizabethan England for paper, rope, garments and sails." The fragments, which were lent to Thackeray by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, were examined with the help of Inspector Tommie van der Merwe of the South African Police Service's Forensic Science Laboratory. DRUG-INDUCED POETRY AND PROSE? The findings are certain to spark tantalizing speculation that England's favorite writer may have been inspired to write his enduring classics while under the influence of substances associated with bohemian authors of the 20th century. "There is some suggestive evidence in Shakespeare's own writing," said Thackeray. "In sonnet 76 he refers to a 'noted weed' which may have been a reference to cannabis," he said. "In the same sonnet, he refers to 'compounds strange' and the word compounds is a known reference to drugs," he said. "But I think Shakespeare, who may have experimented with these substances, is saying he would rather turn away from them. I would not read it as an endorsement of drug use," he said. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
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The Coming Explosion in Kosovo
by Ted Galen Carpenter
Ted Galen Carpenter is vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the
Cato Institute and the editor of "NATO's Empty Victory: A Postmortem
on the Balkan
War."
Secretary of State Colin Powell recently pledged that the Bush administration would
"stay the course" with its NATO allies in the peacekeeping and nation-building
missions in the Balkans. "We went in together and we will come out together," said
Powell. The secretary is committing the administration to a foolish and dangerous
course of action.
Washington might get away with keeping troops in Bosnia for the next four years
without having some of them return home in body bags. Bosnia apparently has settled
into the comfortable rut of a "soft partition" that meets the minimum demands of the
three feuding ethnic groups.
The Bush administration is not likely to be so lucky in Kosovo. Indeed, the
situation there deteriorates almost daily. Inside the province, Albanian extremists
continue to launch attacks against the dwindling Serb population.
The attack that
killed nearly a dozen Serbs on a bus headed for commemoration ceremonies at a
cemetery is only the most recent outrage.
But the violence is no longer confined to Kosovo. Tensions are mounting in areas
adjacent to the province. Insurgents linked with the Kosovo Liberation Army have
attacked targets in the Presevo Valleythe portion of
Serbia across the border from
Kosovo. The patience of the new democratic
government in Belgrade is dwindling as
NATO seems unable to stop the KLA's
campaign to carve off another piece of Serbian
territory.
The KLA's apologists in the United States typically excuse violence directed against
Serbs as understandable vengeance for the mistreatment of the Kosovar Albanians at the
hands of Slobodan Milosevic. But the expansion o
f
the KLA's military offensive into the Presevo Valley shows that the more mundane
motive of territorial greed is at work.
That point is made clearer by the KLA's recent trouble-making in Macedonia.
There have been incidents of sabotage in western Macedonia in recent months,
as well as armed clashes between Macedonian police and Albanian gunm
en. The
confrontation escalated in late February with a fire-fight involving
insurgent forces and the Macedonian military.
United States and NATO troops now face the task of trying to prevent the KLA
and its offshoots from waging a war for territorial expansion against both
Serbia and Macedonia. NATO already has decided to shrink the buffer
zone
between Kosovo and the rest of Serbia that KLA fighters have been using as a
staging area for attacks in the Presevo Valley. That is not likely to make
the KLA leadership happy.
Indeed, NATO's current predicament is similar to that of the British forces that
entered Northern Ireland to stem religious violence in the late 1960s. Initially, the
troops were there to protect Catholics from armed Prot
estant extremists. As the mission dragged on, though, the Catholic population viewed
the soldiers as an occupation force thwarting their dream of uniting Ulster with the
Irish Republic. They began to attack the troops,
and the British forces have spent most of the last three decades battling fighters
of the Irish Republican Armyat a cost of some 2,000 casualties.
Likewise, the KLA is emerging as NATO's main problem in Kosovo. To Albanian
Kosovar expansionists, NATO is no longer the de facto ally that helped them
wrest Kosovo from Serbia's control. It is now an obstacle to their
goal of
a Greater Albania that includes additional chunks of Serbian territory, as
well as most of western Macedonia.
During the presidential campaign, Condoleezza Rice stated that the United States
should avoid peacekeeping and nation-building missions in the Balkans. Candidate
George W. Bush also expressed the view that the United
Sta
tes should withdraw its troops from that volatile region. Unfortunately,
both the president and Secretary Powell now seem to be retreating from that
position.
But Rice was right. The United States should exit the Balkans as quickly as possible.
We have no strategic or economic interests there that even remotely warrant the risks
the administration is incurring. Moreover, th
e window of opportunity for a graceful exit from Kosovo is closing. If the
administration does not act soon, it will be saddled with a thankless, dangerous and
endless mission.
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[CTRL] New Files Tie U.S. to Deaths of Latin Leftists in 1970s
-Caveat Lector- March 6, 2001 New Files Tie U.S. to Deaths of Latin Leftists in 1970's http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/06/world/06COND.html By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO WASHINGTON, March 5 - A recently declassified State Department document shows that Latin American officers involved in Operation Condor, the joint effort in the 1970's by right-wing governments to crush left-wing opposition, used an American communications installation to share intelligence. A cable to the State Department in 1978 from the United States ambassador to Paraguay at the time, Robert E. White, quoted the chief of staff to the dictator Alfredo Stroessner as saying an American installation in the Canal Zone was "employed to coordinate intelligence information" among South America countries. "Obviously," the cable said, "this is the Condor network, which all of us have heard about over the last few years." Mr. White wrote that he had not independently confirmed the accuracy of the Paraguayan's report. But he recommended that Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance "review this arrangement to insure that its continuation is in the U.S. interest." To Mr. White's knowledge, he said recently, the review was never done. But the cable appeared to open new avenues of inquiry about the American role in Condor, a shadowy operation to stamp out the Latin American left that, among other things, dispatched death squads to kill critics at home and overseas. Documents already made public have shown that the F.B.I. helped Condor's efforts early on by investigating South American leftists who were arrested and, in at least one case, tortured. The cable was discovered by a Long Island University professor, Patrice McSherry, among thousands of documents being declassified on American relations with South American dictatorships. If Latin American officers did use American facilities to transmit intelligence, this would have provided United States officials the opportunity to monitor Condor activities closely. Lt. Gen. Samuel Wilson, retired, who was director of the Defense Intelligence Agency through August 1977, said, "If such an arrangement existed on an institutional basis, I would have known about it, and I did not then and do not now." However, he added, "that such an arrangement could have been made locally on an ad hoc basis is not beyond the realm of probability." But Peter Kornbluh, a senior analyst at the National Security Archive, said the cable implied "foreknowledge, cooperation and total access" to the plans and operations of Condor. "The degree to which the U.S.A. knew about and supported these operations has remained secret until now," he said. "The layers of the onion are peeling away here." Officially, Condor arose as a defense against Communist-inspired terrorism, but its victims included government officials ousted in United States-supported military coups, trade unionists, rights advocates and suspected socialists. By 1978 investigators were tying Condor to the killing of Orlando Letelier, the former Chilean foreign minister, and Ronni Moffitt, an American colleague, in 1976 when the car in which they were riding exploded in Washington. In his cable, Ambassador White recounted a meeting with a Paraguayan general, Alejandro Fretes Davalos, shortly after a Chilean official visited Paraguay to discuss the Letelier case. Mr. White surmised that in telling him American channels were being used to transmit intelligence for Condor, the generals hoped to fend off questions from the United States Justice Department about their role in the killings. The cable said Condor nations "keep in touch with one another through a U.S. communications installation in the Panama Canal zone, which covers all of Latin America." "This U.S. communications facility is used mainly by student officers to call home to Latin America," the cable continued, "but it is also employed to coordinate intelligence information among the Southern Cone countries. They maintain the confidentiality of their communication through the U.S. facility in Panama by using bilateral codes." Mr. White, who currently runs the Center for International Policy, a research organization, sent his message directly to Secretary Vance in recognition of its sensitivity and his recommendation. In a recent interview, however, he said he had received no response: "Nobody reacted in any way, shape or form." "What it suggests to me is that people in the U.S. government really actively worked not to have this knowledge, this evidence, in play," he said. "There are thousands of telegrams that come in each day. It's very easy to just drop one down that big memory hole." A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used
[CTRL] Never, ever, trust your elites! -- j2
-Caveat Lector- "...everything that the Japanese were planning to do was known to the United States..." ARMY BOARD, 1944 President Roosevelt (FDR) provoked the attack, knew about it in advance and covered up his failure to warn the Hawaiian commanders. FDR needed the attack to sucker Hitler to declare war, since the public and Congress were overwhelmingly against entering the war in Europe. It was his backdoor to war. http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/6315/pearl.html A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] I.R.S. Steps Up Tax-Evasion Raids
-Caveat Lector- March 6, 2001 I.R.S. Steps Up Tax-Evasion Raids http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/06/business/06RAID.html By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON The Internal Revenue Service said yesterday that it conducted its most extensive raids ever last week, pursuing suspected promoters of tax evasion schemes for affluent people. The I.R.S. says that the promoters used foreign banks and trusts to help people hide their income and create fake deductions. Commissioner Charles O. Rossotti said more than three dozen searches were conducted and four arrests made as the I.R.S. deployed about 300 of its 2,700 criminal tax investigators on such cases. Among the targets were the Institute of Global Prosperity, which operates on the Internet and promotes what the government says are a variety of fraudulent tax and investment schemes. Also under investigation is Jerome Schneider, the author of books on moving money offshore to reduce or eliminate taxes. His California marketing office, as well as records of his lawyer in Los Angeles, Eric Witmeyer, were raided. Also raided were the sales and administrative offices of Anderson's Ark, which sells what the government calls sham trusts for tax evaders, out of Costa Rica and the state of Washington. Mr. Rossotti said that "last week's historic enforcement activities send an unmistakable signal about I.R.S. commitment to pursue investigations of promoters and their clients who would try to move money offshore to evade taxes." Since the appointment of Mark E. Matthews as head of the I.R.S. criminal investigation division in late 1999, the division has focused on promoters of sham trusts and offshore banking. Americans are taxed on their worldwide income, and the I.R.S. says that the promoters used foreign banks and trusts to help people hide their income and create fake deductions. The I.R.S. is expected to seek indictments of the promoters. Investors in such schemes are often offered deals to inform on the promoters and are pursued civilly for taxes, interest and penalties. Those arrested, all of whom are affiliated with Anderson's Ark, were identified by the government as Wayne Anderson, 55, of Squaw Valley, Calif., and Richard Marks, 57, of Los Osos, Calif., who were charged with tax evasion and money laundering; and Richard Castellini, 55, of Bridgeton, N.J., and Michael Gonet, 49, of Stow, Mass., who were charged as accessories for reportedly referring clients. Keith Anderson, 59, of Santa Ana, Costa Rica, the founder of Anderson's Ark, said he and those arrested had done nothing wrong and would be vindicated if tried. Mr. Anderson, who is a federal fugitive, spoke by telephone from a location that he declined to specify. He said that "the criminal government of the United States" has deceived people into believing that the income tax laws were properly enacted when in his view they are illegal. He said that for 21 years his "free enterprise organization" has been helping Americans create "what the government likes to call trusts because that sounds like a big deal, but these are just contracts between two parties that help them build wealth" in ways that he said are not taxable. Mr. Schneider has written books including "The Complete Guide to Offshore Money Havens" and "How to Own Your Own Private International Bank," both published by his own company in California. Harland Braun, a Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer who said Mr. Schneider hired him after the raid, said his client had not violated any law and only promoted the lawful use of offshore banks. Mr. Braun said that Mr. Schneider suspected that the undercover I.R.S. agents mentioned in the affidavit supporting the search warrant were tax evaders and, as a law-abiding citizen, turned them in to the authorities. Mr. Schneider's seminars, held in Vancouver, British Columbia, and on tropical islands, attract wealthy Americans. According to the affidavit, Mr. Schneider sold private banks on Nauru, an island in the Pacific Ocean, as a way to hide income and create fake tax deductions. To hide income, a client would funnel unreported income to his bank on Nauru. Investments would grow unseen by the I.R.S. The bank would also issue mortgages against homes in the United States, which would allow a tax evader to take a mortgage interest deduction for money he paid to himself through the bank. The I.R.S. said clients were advised to slowly reduce the income they reported to the I.R.S., a technique that the tax agency said would not be detected by its computers when they search for patterns of tax fraud in the data taken from income tax returns. Mr. Witmeyer, the Los Angeles lawyer whom the I.R.S. characterized as an accomplice of Mr. Schneider, did not return a call requesting an interview. Officials and associates of the Institute of Global Prosperity did not respond to an e-mail request and no listed telephone numbers could be found for the promoters named in the search warrant. Mr. Schneider also runs seminars that
[CTRL] MATTHEWS: 'Traffic II'?
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'Traffic II'?
Chris Matthews
Sunday, March 4, 2001
Washington -- THE JUNIOR SENATOR from New York reminds me of the
drug dealer's wife in "Traffic." She makes it her business not to
know her husband's.
A California cocaine smuggler wins a pardon from President
Clinton by paying Hillary Clinton's brother $200,000. To escape
questioners, Clinton makes a post-midnight car run from
Washington, D.C. to Chappaqua, N.Y. Left behind, she says she
knew nothing about the deal.
Four Hassidic men in New York get their sentences commuted after
their leaders deliver the community's vote to Hillary. The first
lady knows nothing of the reciprocity. All she did, she says, was
go to the White House meeting with the leaders.
A top contributor wins a pardon for her ex-husband, a fugitive
financier high on the government's Most-Wanted list. Again,
Hillary knows nothing.
Amid the rush of 11th hour presidential pardons under way, she
admits to innocently passing "envelopes" from pardon-seekers to
the White House counsel's office.
What convenience of mind! She only attended a "meeting," only
heard "rumors, " only passed "envelopes." Admitting the fact of
her behavior, she denies its purpose. She admits what is
provable, denies what is not.
The neatness of her confession makes Mrs. Clinton the emblematic
actor in this sordid piece. Her husband rakes in millions from a
fugitive's ex-wife. A chunk of that money goes to making Hillary
a senator. She gets to live the dream while Bill does what he has
to do to keep up the payments.
The arrangement is no problem for the crooks. If the president's
wife wants to pretend she's above the sordid trade in pardons,
that's fine with them. If the president's fund-raising friends
want to take the Fifth, that's their business.
What's important to the pardon-seekers is that the Clinton family
can be "reached". The new Sen. Clinton's electoral lifestyle
depends on a regular flow of campaign cash. The job of the
ex-president is to keep that flow of cash regular. To do that, he
needs to keep his service to the wealthy and well-connected
contributors just as regular.
That is what makes Clinton reachable by the likes of drug dealer
Carlos Vignali, whose father is a fat-cat Democratic fund-raiser,
the likes of Marc Rich, who has proven his ability to reach any
politician.
The loser in this deal is the country. Before this, we laughed at
the poor little countries that drug-dealers and international
crooks could buy. We mocked the Third World capitals where a
little money in the fingers of a certain family member would open
doors or close eyes.
Thanks to Bill and Hillary Clinton, we have now forfeited that
small national vanity. The next movie about international
drug-dealing ("'Traffic II?") may well feature not a Mexican
police chief but an American president as the bag man.
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[CTRL] AP: Jesse Jackson Makes Finances Public
-Caveat Lector- Jesse Jackson Makes Finances Public CHICAGO (AP) -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson has revealed financial details for the four civil rights organizations he leads -- details that have long been kept private. In a 102-page report Jackson gave the Chicago Tribune, he indicated he receives a total annual salary of $120,000 from the four organizations, the newspaper reported Tuesday. Jackson has been under scrutiny since Rainbow/PUSH acknowledged in January it paid $35,000 in severance pay to Karin Stanford, with whom Jackson had a child during an extramarital affair. In an interview with the Tribune, Jackson said the revelation had sparked a ''concerted attack'' against him. ''I've seen this attack by the right wing before,'' Jackson said. ''It's about trying to dismember our organization. ''What we have to be judged by is the work we try to do,'' Jackson said. ''It's public service, not perfect service.'' In addition to his annual salary, Jackson said he earned $5,000 a week from hosting ''Both Sides with Jesse Jackson'' on CNN and undisclosed income from speaking engagements. The Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the Citizenship Education Fund, Push for Excellence and People United to Save Humanity collectively employ 102 people who are paid an average annual salary of $42,145, the report said. Jackson's travel expenses accounted for about $614,000 of the more than $1.3 million his Chicago-based organizations spent on travel last year. But more than $450,000 of that was covered by Democratic Party committees as part of ''get-out-the-vote'' efforts, said Billy R. Owens, Jackson's chief financial officer and author of the financial report. Owens said Jackson's security detail for the days he spends in Chicago costs his organizations about $62,000 annually. Jackson's four organizations have distinct agendas and budgets, but they share some board members, top staffers and office space, the report said. The Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and Citizenship Education Fund have significantly larger budgets than the two other less visible organizations. Citizenship Education Fund, which includes Jackson's' efforts to boost the involvement of minorities in business, estimated its revenues in 2000 at $10.2 million. Rainbow/PUSH, which finances Jackson's social activities, including marches and housing discrimination complaints, reported revenues of $5.2 million. The organizations are financially sound, said Owens, whose $137,500-a-year salary makes him the only employee with a higher salary than Jackson. Owens said a review of financial records since 1997 is not yet complete, but ''there's been no evidence, thus far, to make me believe that anything is wrong.'' = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fwd: [CIA-DRUGS] U'WA Colombia, Oil and the so-called War on Drugs
No sooner had LAND SAT delivered the first mineral assays from space of earth's new found abundance, than mean and greedy minds began the most genocidial programs to get the stinking peasants off the valuable places. Napalm worked great for accouplishing this task. No, there was nothing like droping this inflamigant, that would not brush off the skin as it burned, on a bunch of civilians for the rest to get the idea that the ancient values of the worship of the ground where their ansestors were burried was of secondary importance to avoiding this horror. It is kind of sad but no one ever asks what happens in the end to the land that is vacated by terror. The rice farmers of Vietnam whose economic activity was very difficult to profit from are now working the minimum wage factory jobs in newly established cities making money for you know who, but what has happened to the land? Those Kissinger divided this with did very well indeed. Everyone did well except those who suffered in the war and the 2 1/2 million humans killed. They did not show a profit. This is the pattern that I predict in Columbia. Brian Downing Quig dawnstar wrote: Its all very intersting the news coming out on the HAMMER BUSH pardon. re Occidental and Wahington (Gore, etc...) ds* > Here's several recent articles on the situation in Colombia. There is > coverage of both the U'wa and Oxy in the corporate and financial press > as well as important analysis from the independant media about oil's > central role to American involvement in Colombia. > > We hope that everyone who has worked to support the U'wa is continuing > to educate themselves about the broader context of Plan Colombia and > the battle against the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas. One of the > best things we can do to help the U'wa is to get the truth out about > what is going on in Colombia. Communities like the U'wa are the ones > who are paying the price for our addiction to fossil fuels. They are > the people who are literally getting caught in the crossfire as U.S. > military aid escalates the violence > in Colombia. > > Write letters to the editor, educate your communities and keep on > organizing to support the U'wa and all communities on the frontlines of > the corporate global economy. > > For a local organizing packet to help you support the U'wa in your > community contact Rainforest Action Network at > 415-398-4404/1-800-989-RAIN or [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For background information on the U'wa struggle and downloadable > resources see : > www.ran.org www.amazonwatch.org www.moles.org > -- > In this Post > #1 Yahoo Finance - Oxy pipeline temporarily shut down Feb 28th > #2 Financial Times "Colombia strives to Strike Oil" Feb 19th > #3 Oil Rigged : Theres something slippery about the U.S. drug war in > Colombia. Feb 15th > -- > #1 Yahoo Finance > > NOTE force majeure literally means "greater force"; a legal term for > when clause which allows for cancellation of contractual obligations > caused by events beyond the party's control, such as natural disasters > or wars. > > Wednesday February 28, 12:22 pm Eastern Time > > Occidental declares Colombia Cano Limon force majeure > > BOGOTA, Colombia, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Occidental Petroleum Corp (NYSE:OXY > http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=oxyd=t> - news > outbind://26/n/o/oxy.html>) has declared force majeure for production > at its Cano Limon oil field in Colombia due to repeated guerrilla > attacks on its pipeline, a company spokesman said on Wednesday. > ``We have declared force majeure since Tuesday,'' a Bogota-based > spokesman for Occidental's Colombian operation told Reuters. > Oil output at Cano Limon field is ``shut down'' due to bomb attacks > which stopped pumping on its 220,000-barrel-a-day capacity pipeline on > Feb 17, the spokesman said. > Field operator Occidental receives 35 percent of the oil pumped through > Cano Limon, Colombian state firm Ecopetrol owns 50 percent, and > Spanish-Argentine oil company Repsol the rest. > Output from the Cano Limon field in the eastern Colombian province of > Arauca -- a rebel stronghold -- accounts for less than 5 percent of > Occidental's total world production. > The pipeline is a favorite target of rebels waging a 37-year-old war > against the government and was crippled by bombs 98 times in 2000 even > though most of it is buried six feet (two meters) under ground. > Its operators have been forced to declare force majeure twice in recent > years > -- > > #2 Financial Times > Colombia strives to strike oil > By James Wilson in Cubara > Published: February 19 2001 18:34GMT > > Far beneath the snow-capped peaks of the Cocuy mountains, half-concealed > groups of soldiers watch a helicopter as it flies into a narrow valley. > > Dangling below the aircraft
[CTRL] WATER IS LIFE. Don't let them corporatize your water.
-Caveat Lector- 3/6/01 Think of oil and gas in corporate hands. NOW THINK OF WATER IN CORPORATE HANDS. Joshua2 === Our New Resource Crisis By Peter Phillips Imagine, that we are beyond the energy crisis-in that we are used to paying double or triple prices for what in the previous century was a small part of the family budget. But now we are faced with a new shortage that taps another precious resource. Water only comes through the tap fours hours a day and we are forced to pay ten to hundred times what we paid in the 90s. Welcome to the world of privatized water, where fresh water is treated like a commodity, traded and sold in the international market to the highest bidder. No longer can you assume a God-given right to drink from a mountain spring, but instead you will have to pay a toll to drink from Enron Springs, Monsanto Wells or receive tap water from Bechtel Water Works. Global consumption of water is doubling every 20 years, more than twice the rate of human population growth. According to the United Nations, more than one billion people already lack access to fresh drinking water. If current trends persist, by 2025 the demand for fresh water is expected to rise by 56 percent more than the amount of water that is currently available. Multinational corporations recognize these trends and are trying to monopolize water supplies around the world. Monsanto, Bechtel, Enron and other global multinationals are seeking control of world water systems and supplies. The World Bank recently adopted a policy of water privatization and full-cost water pricing. This policy is causing great distress in many Third World countries, which fear that their citizens will not be able to afford for-profit water. Last year in a little known case of high scale international water marketing, a supertanker was reported to have filled up with water from Lake Erie and after paying the Canadian Government they shipped the water to Southeast Asia. Maude Barlow, chair of the Council of Canadians, Canada's largest public advocacy group, states, "Governments around the world must act now to declare water a fundamental human right and prevent efforts to privatize, export, and sell for profit a substance essential to all life. Research has shown that selling water on the open market only delivers it to wealthy cities and individuals. The finite sources of freshwater (less than one half of one per cent of the world's total water stock) are being diverted, depleted, and polluted so fast that, by the year 2025, two-thirds of the world's population will be living in a state of serious water deprivation." Governments are signing away their control over domestic water supplies by participating in trade treaties such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and in institutions such as the World Trade Organization (WTO). These agreements give transnational corporations the unprecedented right to the water of signatory ! compan ies. Monsanto plans to earn revenues of $420 million and a net income of $63 million by 2008 from its water business in India and Mexico. Monsanto estimates that water will become a multibillion-dollar market in the coming decades. This international water crisis news story was selected by over 150 faculty and student researchers at Sonoma State University's Project Censored in California as the number one most censored news story for 2000. Credit for original reporting goes to: International Forum on Globalization: Special Report 6/99, The Global Water Crisis and the Commodification of the World's Water Supply by Maude Barlow www.ifg.org/bgsummary.html THIS, July/August 2000, Just Add Water by Jim Shultz In These Times, Water Fallout: Bolivians Battle Globalization 5/15/00 by Jim Shultz www.inthesetimes.com Canadian Dimension, 2/2000, Monsanto's Billion-Dollar Water Monopoly Plans by Vandana Shiva www.purefood.org/Monsanto/waterfish.cfm Canadian Dimension, 2/00, Water Fallout, by Jim Shultz San Francisco Bay Guardian, 5/31/00, Trouble on Tap, by Daniel Zoll www.sfbg.com/News/34/35/bech2.html San Francisco Bay Guardian, 5/31/00, The Earth Wrecker, by Pratap Chatterjee Peter Phillips is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University and Director of Project Censored. Research for this story is from the book Censored 2001, 25th Anniversary Edition, scheduled for release in March of this year from Seven Stories Press. Peter Phillips Ph.D. Sociology Department/Project Censored Sonoma State University 1801 East Cotati Ave. Rohnert Park, CA 94928 707-664-2588 A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy
[CTRL] AF News 7 Mar 01
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! 0313. Shuttle makes first landing at Cape Canaveral AFS by Ken Warren 45th Space Wing Public Affairs CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. (AFPN) -- For the first time, a space shuttle landed at Cape Canaveral AFS. Perched on top of a modified NASA 747, the shuttle orbiter Columbia made its historic landing here March 5. The landing marked the end of a "ferry flight" from Palmdale, Calif., where Columbia was undergoing extensive avionics upgrades at Boeing facilities. Ferry flights normally land at the Kennedy Space Center's shuttle landing facility. however, the SLF wasn't available for Columbia because the shuttle orbiter Atlantis was parked there after landing on a separate its ferry flight had landed about four hours earlier. With Atlantis parked on the SLF and the need for additional ramp space there for aircraft supporting the March 8 scheduled launch of the next shuttle mission, there was not enough room to park Columbia. The lack of space at Kennedy prompted the plan to land and park Columbia at the adjacent Cape Canaveral AFS. "Supporting two space shuttle landings on the same day required NASA and the Air Force to share resources more than usual," said Lt. Col. Randy Horn, Cape Canaveral AFS commander. "Having Columbia land at Cape Canaveral AFS is the latest example of the Air Force and NASA working together to build Cape Canaveral AFS and KSC into an integrated spaceport." This was the first time two orbiters have been airborne on special 747 carriers at the same time. Atlantis returned from space last week, landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Both Atlantis and Columbia launched on ferry flights March 1. Forecasters from the 45th Weather Squadron flew aboard the two 747s, providing NASA flight crews with weather data that allowed them to avoid unstable weather en route back to Florida. Air Force teams on the "pathfinder" aircraft, flying approximately 100 miles ahead of the 747s, monitored atmospheric conditions and relayed much of the data the forecasters used. Weather created delays when leaving California and flying back to Florida. Ferry flights usually take two or three days, but it took five days to get the orbiters back to Florida. "Bad weather delayed our departure from California," said 2nd Lt. Barry Hunte, of the 45th WS. "Then it changed our route. We were originally supposed to stop at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma on our way to Florida, but weather forced a detour to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas." Hunte flew on the 747 that ferried Columbia back to the Cape. "Our job was to watch the weather and make sure we stayed away from conditions that might damage the orbiter, while at the same time getting the flight as far east as possible every day," he said. Hunte said the primary concern on any ferry flight is precipitation. "With the weather patterns the country has experienced in the past week or so, it wasn't easy getting back to Florida," he said. The pathfinder aircraft that led the way back to Florida for Columbia was a KC-135 assigned to the 91st Air Refueling Squadron, MacDill AFB, Fla. "This mission was a dramatic departure from flying tanker missions," said Capt. Gayle Abbas, Pathfinder co-pilot. "We were busy and weather got in the way, but it was a learning experience and a lot of fun. We feel like we contributed to America's space program. It feels great being part of the team." 0318. Air Force announces selections to colonel RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) -- The calendar 2001A colonel central selection boards for judge advocate general, medical service corps and nurse corps selected 55 lieutenant colonels for promotion to colonel. The list of promoted officers is releasable March 8 (March 9 for those across the international date line). The entire list will be posted on the Air Force Personnel Center's World Wide Web home page at http://www.afpc.randolph.af.mil, no later than noon CST on March 9. The selection boards, which convened at the Air Force Personnel Center here Jan. 8, considered 421 officers. The results of the boards are as follows: Selection statistics in-the-promotion zone for colonel: JAG -- 26 selected from 50 considered for a 52-percent select rate MSC -- Nine selected from 19 considered for a 47.4-percent select rate NC -- 14 selected from 38 considered for a 36.8-percent select rate Selection statistics above-the-promotion zone for colonel: JAG -- One selected from 31 considered for a 3.2-percent select rate MSC -- One selected from 20 considered for a 5-percent select rate NC -- One selected from 33 considered for a 3.0 percent select rate Selection statistics below-the-promotion zone colonel: JAG -- One selected from 68 considered for a 1.5 percent select rate MSC -- One selected from 70 considered for a 1.4 percent select rate NC -- One selected from 92 considered for a 1.1 percent select
[CTRL] Corporate donors seek return on investment in Bush campaign
-Caveat Lector- Corporate donors seek return on investment in Bush campaign http://www.msnbc.com/news/539790.asp Philip Morris has numerous ties to the Bush administration By Tom Hamburger, Laurie McGinley and David S. Cloud THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WASHINGTON, March 6 - For the businesses that invested more money than ever before in George W. Bush's costly campaign for the presidency, the returns have already begun. MBNA America Bank was one of the single largest corporate donors to the Bush campaign and other GOP electoral efforts last year. THE BANK AND ITS EMPLOYEES gave a total of about $1.3 million, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan clearinghouse here. Charles Cawley, MBNA's president, was a member of the Bush "pioneers," wealthy fund-raisers who each personally gathered at least $100,000 for the presidential campaign. Mr. Cawley hosted Bush fund-raising events at his home in Wilmington, Del., last year and, in 1999, at his summer home in Maine, north of the Bush family retreat in Kennebunkport. At the Maine affair, 200 guests gathered in the early evening on the large porch of the Cawley home, situated on a hill with a sweeping view of the Atlantic Ocean. Guests sipped cocktails and heard a brief talk by the candidate. The money didn't stop on election day. Mr. Cawley and his wife each gave the maximum of $5,000 to help fund Mr. Bush's fight in the Florida vote recount. Mr. Cawley gave an additional $100,000 to the Bush-Cheney inaugural committee, the most the committee would take from a single donor. Last week, MBNA's investment began paying off. The company, one of the nation's three largest credit-card issuers, has been pushing for years to tighten bankruptcy laws that allow certain consumers filing for court protection, in effect, to disregard obligations to credit-card companies and other unsecured lenders. On Wednesday, the White House announced that President Bush would sign a bill now moving through Congress that would make it tougher for consumers to escape such debts. If enacted, the measure could translate into an estimated tens of millions of dollars in additional annual earnings for each of the big credit companies. MBNA's vice chair, David Spartin, says his firm has no way to estimate how the legislation would affect the company's bottom line. MBNA has backed the bill for years "because we think it is good for consumers," as it will "reduce the cost of credit for everyone," Mr. Spartin says. The donations to President Bush and other candidates were made because "we think they would make excellent public officials," he adds. No MBNA official "has ever spoken to President Bush about the bill," Mr. Spartin says. 'OUT OF THE CAVE, BLINKING' Many corporations feel like a new day is dawning in Washington. "We have come out of the cave, blinking in the sunlight, saying to one another, 'My God, now we can actually get something done,' " says Richard Hohlt, Washington lobbyist for several other major banks which, like MBNA, are backing an industry coalition whose members provided some $26 million to Republicans during the 1999-2000 campaign cycle. President Clinton last year vetoed a similar bill that would have toughened bankruptcy law. Consumer groups argue that such legislation would weaken protection for working families, many of whom have been the targets of aggressive credit-card marketing. Also in action last week were members of a large coalition of Mr. Bush's business backers who want to roll back new federal rules designed to protect workers from repetitive-motion injuries. In a private meeting with congressional leaders last Tuesday, President Bush signed off on a plan to kill the ergonomic regulations, using the powers of the Congressional Review Act. That act, passed in 1996, gives Congress 60 days to reject regulations issued by federal agencies. But it was never used during Mr. Clinton's term because to take effect, a resolution rejecting new rules has to be approved by the president. Repealing the ergonomic rules ranks high on the priority lists of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers and the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors. The trade groups technically don't endorse candidates, but each of them mounted major grass-roots and advertising campaigns that benefited Mr. Bush and other Republicans in the 2000 elections. A repeal would be a particularly hard loss for organized labor, which has fought for enactment of the ergonomic rules for 10 years, saying they are needed to protect workers from wrist, back and other injuries. On employee safety, consumer bankruptcy and a host of other issues, Bush administration officials maintain they are acting strictly on the merits, not the money. Proponents of the bankruptcy bill, for example, point out that personal bankruptcy filings reached a record 1.4 million in 1998. The bill that would toughen the bankruptcy law won strong
[CTRL] Showdown in Hong Kong
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Showdown in Hong Kong Pro-democracy group opposes communists, works toward free China -- -- Editor's note: WorldNetDaily.com international correspondent Anthony C. LoBaido, a former teacher in Hong Kong, has filed several exclusive stories from there, including his insider report on the shadowy Hong Kong Blondes computer hacking group. In this report, LoBaido documents how the Hong Kong Democratic Alliance -- the top pro-democracy group left in Hong Kong -- faces an uncertain future in the wake of China's increasingly heavy-handed crackdown on dissent. By Anthony C. LoBaido 2001 WorldNetDaily.com HONG KONG -- A resolute, pro-democracy organization in Hong Kong is working tirelessly to promote freedom on the island, memorializing those who died promoting democracy and striving towards a seemingly impossible goal -- the establishment of a free China. Near the TST subway station in the heart of Hong Kong, an interloper will pass by the finest museums, planetariums and shopping malls of the British colonial era. There are restaurants and spectacular views of the harbor. Money is king in Hong Kong. In fact, it is god. Fortunes are made and lost on a daily basis. China's COSCO shipping company sends its products to the four corners of the earth from the aforementioned harbor. People travel to and fro with an energy that is scarcely believable to the new arrival. Yet, there are some who are not too busy shopping or making money to see that all is not well, as Hong Kong enters the new millennium. Tracey Kinchen is a British national and former MI-6 (British intelligence) field agent who grew up in Hong Kong. "All seems normal in Hong Kong. I love it here. I enjoy the rains of the fall, which wash away the heat of the summer. I even love it during the oppressively humid months of July and August, when Hong Kong becomes a living hell. Yet underneath this appearance of 'normalcy,' there are blood-soaked storm clouds emerging on the horizon. For you must remember that Hong Kong is a place where Christianity, democracy and freedom exist in the collective spirit and recent memory of the citizenry. Now those cherished notions are increasingly under attack," she told WorldNetDaily. Kinchen was a part of the anti-China Hong Kong Blondes computer hackers before launching her own Laurie Holden Hackers, now based in Thailand. "Several years after the British handover of Hong Kong and China's accession into permanent World Trade Organization status, the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong has its feet to the fire. And life may well become a living hell for those who dare raise their voices against the dictators in Beijing. You see, the Internet is not changing China, nor is trade. The West is not changing China. China is changing us. The minute we joined up with the global economic trading system, we threw away all of our traditional values," Kinchen explained. The point man for freedom on Hong Kong is Ho Pak Yan, the editor of the China Key and head of the Hong Kong Alliance. The Alliance is the leading group among democrats in Hong Kong. It organizes the candlelight vigil for the memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre every year. "As you can imagine, the Alliance is not frightfully popular with the dictators in Beijing, hence they may get caught up in this Section 23 (a pending Hong Kong law on 'subversion and sedition') business," said Kinchen. "Ho Pak Yan is an awfully good man, a great man, and I admire him so much. If you cherish freedom and democracy in Hong Kong, then you must support the Alliance." In an exclusive interview with WorldNetDaily, Ho explained how his movement began. "The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Democratic Patriotic Movements in China was formed in May of 1989. It is an umbrella organization that brought together representatives of more than 200 local groups (including labor, religious, political and community-based organizations). As Hong Kong's largest grass-roots pro-democracy organization, the HK Alliance coordinates the movement locally through activism and mobilization. We seek to promote freedom and democracy in China by bringing together those who share this vision," he said. What are HK Alliance's goals and activities? "Since its inception, the Hong Kong Alliance has striven to accomplish the following five goals: the release of pro-democracy activists and dissidents imprisoned in China; accountability for those who committed the atrocities in 1989; to rehabilitate the 1989 pro-democracy movement; end the one-party dictatorship; and build a democratic China. On three occasions, over one million Hong Kong people took to the streets, expressing their support of the student activists and decrying their brutal suppression." The activities of the Hong Kong Alliance have become a part of the fabric of
[CTRL] Blacks arrested more for 'hate crimes'
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Blacks arrested more for 'hate crimes' FBI report confirms higher rate than whites for racial attacks -- -- By Jon Dougherty © 2001 WorldNetDaily.com Although "hate-crime" legislation has been championed by minority groups in hopes it would discourage racially motivated crime, a recently released FBI crime report reveals that a higher percentage of blacks than whites are charged with race-biased "hate crimes." The FBI's "Hate Crime Statistics" for 1999 show that 2,030 whites were arrested that year for "hate crimes" against blacks, compared to 524 blacks who were arrested and charged with a "hate crime" against whites. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, blacks make up 12.8 percent of the population -- or about 35.4 million of the country's 280 million people -- so, given the arrest rate versus population percentage, the data indicates that blacks are one-and-a-half times more likely to be arrested for a "hate crime" than whites. The Census Bureau's November 2000 statistics listed the nation's white population at 226.8 million, or 82.2 percent of the total. "In light of this study, it's fair to ask who poses a greater threat to the black community -- racist, violent whites or oblivious black politicians?" said Steve Dasbach, the national director for the Libertarian Party. "Unfortunately, hate crime laws have boomeranged on blacks," Dasbach said in a recent statement. "African-Americans thought that hate crime legislation would protect them, but instead they're being used as another legal weapon to prosecute them." Dasbach also said the FBI study indicated that another 87 blacks were arrested for hate crimes against other blacks. "Hate crimes aren't just for KKK members anymore. They are now being applied even to same-race crimes ⦠apparently giving racist police, prosecutors or judges another weapon to use against African-Americans," Dasbach said. The bottom line, Dasbach said, is that crimes against a certain protected class of citizens "should not be treated more seriously than crimes against anyone else." The Libertarian Party has advocated a complete elimination of all "hate crime" laws. "Racist criminals, whether black or white, should be punished for their crimes, but hate crime laws aren't needed to do that," said the party chief. Officially, Congress has described a "hate crime" as one "in which the defendant intentionally selects a victim, or in the case of a property crime, the property that is the object of the crime, because of the actual or perceived race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, or sexual orientation of any person." The party's position has been echoed by other critics of "hate crimes" laws who say legislation is written in such a way that authorities often have too much arbitrary power to decide whether a crime had a racial undertone. Many believe that "hate crime" laws, now in 45 states, have hit poor and minority communities the worst. "It is demonstrable that these laws hit the poor and minorities hardest. It wasn't meant that way, but that's the way it is," said Christopher Plourd -- a criminal defense lawyer who has represented a number of clients charged with "hate crimes" -- in an Oct. 30 interview with columnist Arianna Huffington. "In the same way that [police] don't go on white college campuses trying to enforce drug laws, but come to the 'hood, they'll use these new hate crime laws against the NAACP's own constituents," Van Jones, director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, told Huffington. Ironically, most blacks continue to vote heavily for Democrats who have championed "hate crimes" legislation for years. According to the NAACP, about 88 percent of blacks who voted in last November's elections chose Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore and other Democratic candidates for nationwide and local races. Prior to the Nov. 7 election, the NAACP launched a $9 million national campaign effort in support of Gore, who had been a vociferous supporter of past "hate crimes" legislation. Some Republicans have also backed expansion of federal legislation, but last fall GOP leaders killed "hate crimes" language in the Defense Department's appropriations bill out of fear it would have jeopardized the whole measure. Also, GOP leaders said that while current federal law was sufficient to punish criminals convicted of racially motivated crime, overall, the issue of "hate crimes" legislation seemed contrary to the Constitution's equality provisions. "It should not be made a matter of federal law to designate one group of crimes and its victims less important than others," said John Czwartacki, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., in an October interview with the Associated Press. The FBI said there were a total of 7,876 "bias
[CTRL] Alamo's Heroes Needed Today
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Alamo's Heroes Needed Today By Chuck Baldwin March 6, 2001 When you awoke this morning, did you say a word of thanks for those 186 brave men who died at the Alamo? It was on this date in 1836 that men like Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie and Will Travis chose to fight and die at that little mission fort, rather than leave their posts. As you meditate on the bravery and commitment of those men, try to imagine a congressman and a group of citizen volunteers being willing to emulate that act of self-sacrifice today. It's tough to visualize, isn't it? By today's standards, the men who died at the Alamo must seem rather foolish. After all, they had no chance of winning - none! And isn't winning all that counts? That's what good Republicans have been telling us for the past year. That's why Trent Lott and the Senate leadership decided to let Bill Clinton stay in office. That's why millions of Christian conservatives voted for G.W. Bush instead of Alan Keyes in the Republican primaries. And that's why they ignored Pat Buchanan and Howard Phillips in the general election. This win-at-all-costs philosophy is one reason the Republican Party, and conservatives in general, have been castrated. They have sold their souls (and their children's futures) to the concept that winning is all that matters. But that was not the spirit of the men at the Alamo; neither was it the spirit of the men at Lexington and Concord. Winning has never been man's duty. Picking winners and losers is the domain of God - and God's alone. Man has but one duty: to be faithful to the truth. Nothing more. Nothing less. When those 186 men at the Alamo decided to step across that line in the sand, they knew they were going to die. A force of over 4,000 seasoned soldiers surrounded them, and no help was coming. They knew they were going to die. Yet, to a man, they chose to stay on those ramparts. One of those men was Tennessee Congressman, David Crockett. Some were farmers. Others were ranchers. James Bowie was a wealthy landowner. Ministers, too, were numbered among that gallant group. They came from various backgrounds and trades. But all of them believed that a man's duty was simply to do right and let God decide the rest. They chose to do right - and they died doing it. I pray that one day my conservative brethren will come to understand that our only duty is to stand for truth and right. In standing for right, some prevail; others don't. The eternal rewards are the same for each. I need to add that it is devotion to duty that often prompts Heaven's assistance. On the other hand, to cling to this humanistic "must win" attitude is to cling to a rope of sand. And for those who continue to embrace the damnable belief that "principle without power is useless," I would only respond by saying, power without principle is dangerous. And I would add one more thing: it was the spirit of Crockett's champions, not the spirit of Lott's Lilliputians, that made America the greatest nation on earth. And only the same uncompromising, fearless spirit will turn our faltering country around. Does anyone see Crockett's shadow on the horizon? *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Iran prepares for major defense pact with Moscow
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Iran prepares for major defense pact with Moscow Special to World Tribune.com MIDDLE EAST NEWSLINE Tuesday, March 6, 2001 NICOSIA â Iran concluded a military exercise in the Gulf yesterday a week before Iranian President Mohammed Khatami is scheduled to arrive in Moscow. Diplomatic sources said Khatami's visit, beginning on March 12, is expected to pave the way for huge arms deals with Russia. Khatami will be accompanied by a 100-member delegation and could sign a defense treaty. Russian sources said Iran is considering buying diesel-powered submarines, fighter-jets and anti-aircraft systems. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov said defense issues would be part of a strategic alliance between Moscow and Teheran. "It is a large and multifaceted question," Klebanov said. "It cannot be just a matter of a military-technical cooperation pact. You have to address the entire range of our bilateral relations." The Victory-9 exercise combined army, air force and marine units. The maneuvers began on Saturday in the northern end of the Gulf at Mahshahr. The exercise included the military as well as the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Among the systems tested were communications equipment as well as Iranian-produced missiles. The exercise was also meant to examine logistics capability. Frigates and patrol boats were deployed. Brig. Gen. Jaber Mahdyar was quoted by the official Islamic Republic News Agency as saying that more than 6,000 soldiers were participating in the war games. Mahdyar said the exercise aimed to demonstrate Iran's defense capability as well as the application of new weaponry deployed in the military. On Sunday, Teheran radio reported that the exercise employed advanced systems to destroy enemy forces. The radio said the second stage of the operation has been launched. No other details were given. Tuesday, March 6, 2001 *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Senate Debates Overturning Midnight Clinton Regulations
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Senate Debates Overturning Midnight Clinton Regulations Monday, March 5, 2001 By Sharon Kehnemui E-mail This Story WASHINGTON â The Senate is scheduled to employ a rarely used legislative device to try to repeal a last-minute rule signed by President Clinton in the waning days of his administration. The resolution, being debated Tuesday, would do away with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's rule requiring businesses to respond to ergonomics complaints by workers. The Joint Resolution of Disapproval, a measure designed under the 1996 Congressional Review Act (CRA), would require both chambers of Congress to overturn the regulation before it would be sent to the new president to sign. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer indicated Monday that the president would sign the resolution if it came to his desk. Two weeks ago, the president undid other Clinton rules when he signed four executive orders that reduced union influence in federally contracted jobs. "I think what you're seeing is a president who is very concerned, as you saw in the executive orders that he issued a couple of weeks ago, to make sure that there is fairness and balance in the system," he said. Fleischer added that the Department of Labor is taking a look at other types of ergonomics rules to protect workers. The 600-page rule requires businesses to place restrictions on certain types of repetitive activities if an employee complains about pain, even if the pain is attributable to activities outside the job, said Gayle Osterberg, a spokeswoman for Sen. Don Nickles, R-Okla. Nickles sponsored the CRA in 1996 and is co-sponsoring the resolution to repeal the rule. The rule "is making work illegal in the workplace," Osterberg said. For instance, she explained, the rule prohibits workers from lifting 25 pounds more than 25 times a day. Soft drink deliverers would be able to make only one delivery per day before meeting the rule's maximum, she said. "The impact is ludicrous," she said. However, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev. â who also sponsored the CRA in 1996 â is not happy that the authority granted to Congress is being used to try to repeal the ergonomics rule. "The senator is disappointed that the CRA, which he is very proud to have something to do with â to sponsor it, is being used against America's workers," spokesman Nathan Naylor said. Naylor said the rule protects supermarket and clerical workers â "those folks that are least able to pay" medical bills incurred from repetitive stress injuries sustained in the workplace. "This rule is founded in good science for the past ten years. Principally, it's the right thing to do," Naylor said. Worker advocates also say the rule is the best means to protect workers from health and safety difficulties. "They are serious problems â they are ones that affect millions of people and they are preventable. And that's what the Department of Labor wanted to do â prevent these very problems," said Karen Nussbaum, director of the Working Women department at the AFL-CIO. Members of the business community, however, strongly oppose the rule. Randel Johnson, vice president for labor and employee benefits at the Chamber of Commerce, told Fox News that OSHA's rule could cost business owners as much as $1 trillion. Osterberg added that the cost would equal about $100 billion every year until businesses were compliant. Osterberg also argued that the science is flawed. "They reached far beyond anything that was based in science or medicine," she said. Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond, R-Mo., who co-sponsored the resolution in the House, said that this is the first test of the CRA's oversight effectiveness. "If this works, then I think we will look at other areas where we can get majorities in both houses and say these regulations make no sense and with the president's signature they can be thrown out," he said. "I think it's a very healthy remedy for the bureaucrats to know that if they do something that's completely off-base there's an opportunity for the Congress to move swiftly and override the regulation and send them back to do the job right." This is the first time the CRA will be used for Senate floor debate and a roll-call vote, according to Osterberg. The House of Representatives has not yet scheduled any action on the resolution. Not all of former President Clinton's midnight mandates have been challenged. Environmental Protection Agency director Christine Todd Whitman said last week that she will keep a last-minute rule by the Clinton administration that requires diesel fuel producers to reduce sulfur content by 97 percent and diesel fuel trucks and buses to run 95 percent cleaner in the next six years. â Fox News' Brian Wilson contributed to this report *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is
[CTRL] Beijing Sets 18% Rise in Spending for Military Part 2
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! . Outlining plans for the next five years, Mr. Zhu said at the opening of the annual session of China's legislature, the National People's Congress, that the government would continue to pull out of the economy, allowing private stockholders to gain control of all but "strategic" industries and giving farmers new rights over the land. . Analysts said that the statement was China's most formal endorsement yet of two policies that have been opposed by more ideologically rigid factions of the Communist Party. . But Mr. Zhu also said that China would continue to subsidize rural incomes by purchasing grain "without limit" at artificially high prices - a key sticking point in China's negotiations to join the World Trade Organization. . He also said that China would issue $18 billion in bonds this year to fund infrastructure projects in the nation's impoverished west, some of which economists believe are of dubious value. Expansion Is Response to 'Drastic Changes' in World Situation BEIJING Seeking to cope with what it calls "the drastic changes in the military situation around the world," China plans to increase its defense spending this year by 17.7 percent, its biggest military expansion in the last 20 years, China's government has decided. . A copy of a speech to be given Tuesday by Finance Minister Xiang Huaicheng said the increase would be mainly used for raises for officers, enlisted men, and "to meet the drastic changes in the military situation of the world and prepare for defense and combat given the conditions of modern technology, especially high technology." . The military spending increase, which dwarfs the yearly increases of the last decade, comes at time when China is experiencing no inflation and facing a record budget deficit - thereby making the expansion all the more significant. . Mr. Xiang said the 2001 publicly acknowledged military budget would reach $17.195 billion - higher than that of India, Taiwan and South Korea. Most analysts say they believe the real figure is at least three times as high, bringing China almost on par with Japan at $45 billion. "This is the biggest increase I have ever seen," said James Mulvenon, a specialist on Chinese security at Rand Corp., noting that larger percentage increases in the mid-90s came as China's economy faced runaway inflation. "In an environment of increasing central budget deficits and continuing revenue problems, these types of increases highlight the amount of fiscal pain China's leadership is willing to endure to maintain the loyalty of the military." . The ballooning budget reflects a mix of several complicated factors, including these: . â¢The increasing belief that China must prepare for a conflict with the United States if it wants to recover Taiwan. . â¢The sense that the People's Liberation Army is falling behind in the race for a high-tech military. . â¢The military's realization that it must pay higher salaries and train more if it wants to be a force in the world. . â¢The government's attempts to make up for the shortfall in the military's budget after it forced the army to divest itself of most of its business interests in 1998. . Mr. Mulvenon said the Kosovo bombing campaign, in which air power and missiles alone forced the Yugoslavia Army out of Kosovo, was a major catalyst for the budget increase - the second major shock after the Gulf War to the People's Liberation Army in 10 years. The allied victory, without a casualty, constituted a major part of the "drastic changes" in the world's military situation, enunciated by Mr. Xiang. . Mr. Mulvenon added, "If the Gulf War was the wake-up call for the PLA, then Kosovo was the snooze alarm telling them it's really time to get going." . Underlying this concern, analysts said, is the view, spelled out in China's defense white paper issued in October last year, that the United States now constitutes China's main threat and is a roadblock on China's way to achieve regional military supremacy and reunification with Taiwan - the island of 23 million people that Beijing says belongs to China. . That document accused Washington of "practicing a new 'gunboat policy' and neo-economic colonialism" and remarked that the U.S. plan to create a shield against missiles would seriously stabilize the security of the Asia-Pacific region. . Money for foreign military purchases - about $1 billion a year - comes from an off-budget fund run by the Central Military Commission. Over the 1990s, China spent an estimated $6 billion on foreign military purchases; Taiwan during the same time frame spent $20 billion. . China Sets Reform Program . By Philip P. Pan of The Washington Post reported earlier from Beijing: . In a major policy address Monday, Prime Minister Zhu Rongji said that China would push forward with reforms targeting impoverished farmers and inefficient state factories, arguing that the nation's
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[CTRL] CIA patching ECHELON shortcomings
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/8/17361.html CIA patching ECHELON shortcomings Thomas C Greene in Washington Posted: 06/03/2001 at 07:47 GMT A core objection to paranoid rants regarding the US National Security Agency (NSA) electronic eavesdropping apparatus called ECHELON is the simple observation that spooks trying to use it are literally buried in an avalanche of white noise from which it's quite difficult to extract anything pertinent. But now the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), no doubt with some assistance and guidance from NSA, is making strides towards cracking that little inconvenience. The CIA's Office of Advanced Information Technology is developing a number of data-mining enhancements to make life easy for those who would eavesdrop on electronic communications, Reuters reports. First up is a computer program called Oasis, which automatically converts audio signals into conveniently readable, and searchable, text. And it distinguishes voices, cleverly enough, so that the transcript of an intercepted 'broadcast' (a conference call via mobile phones?) will show each speaker automatically identified as Male 1, Female 1; Male 2, Female 2; and so on. If the transcript seems implausible at any point, or disappointingly mundane, the operator can easily listen to relevant parts of the broadcast to check the machine's accuracy, and determine that "recognize speech" actually was "wreck a nice beach," and send in the appropriate goon squads to prevent it. Oasis also references search terms and keywords automatically. Thus text containing the phrase "truck bomb" would pop up in a query for "terror*". The CIA is planning to develop Oasis for spy-useful foreign languages such as Arabic and Chinese, the wire service says. Next comes a software tool called FLUENT, which enables an operator to search stored documents in a language s/he doesn't understand by using his or her own language for queries. So, imagine an uneducated, highly-trained Anglophone with a PhD in some anti-intellectual pseudo-'discipline' like medicine, education, women's studies, engineering, creative writing, economics or computer science, naturally poorly acquainted with languages, but charged with grave national security responsibilities. Say this person needs to know what the Chinese have been publishing about nuclear warheads. Salvation: FLUENT allows them to search on "nuclear warhead" in English, and still dredge up Chinese (or whatever) documents for people with actual language skills to translate and evaluate for them. Is that cool or what? Presently, FLUENT can translate Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Serbo-Croatian and Ukrainian, Reuters says. The omissions are almost as telling as the languages included. What, no Japanese, no Arabic, no Spanish, no Hebrew, no French? Laotian and Navajo we can understand, but what have we here? Laziness, discrimination, or misplaced trust? You make the call.
[CTRL] Commission: U.S. weapons technology re-exported to Iran, Iraq, China
http://www.worldtribune.com/Archive-2001/ss-mideast-03-03.html Commission: U.S. weapons technology re-exported to Iran, Iraq, China SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM Monday, March 5, 2001 WASHINGTON — A U.S. presidential commission on defense offsets has charged that American weapons and technology have ended up in such Middle East states as Iran and Iraq.The commission said the United States has failed to enforce what members termed one of the strongest licensing regimes in the world. The panel said U.S. equipment and systems have been re-exported from its allies to such countries as Iran, Iraq and China.Ann Markusen, a professor at the University of Minnesota and a member of the commission, said the U.S. technologies are frequently exported to prohibited third parties for unauthorized uses. She cited the 1992 sale of U.S. gyroscopes and accelerometers for Japan's F-4 fighters, systems which ended up being sold to Iran.Another illegal transfer, Ms. Markusen said in the report, was the Israeli transfer of U.S.-licensed missile and radar technology to China in the 1980s and 1990s. She also asserted that Brazil transferred U.S. missile technology to Iraq. The technology was used to improve the targeting capability of Iraqi Scud missiles."In small arms, there are numerous examples of violations of licensing agreements, many of them the product of offset arrangements," Ms. Markusen said in the report. "Small arms proliferation is a significant security concern for the United States because regional conflicts in areas such as the Balkans, the Middle East, and Africa require peacekeeping and humanitarian operations which are rendered much more dangerous as small arms spread."The report did not disclose Washington's response to the re-export of prohibited U.S. technologies to Iran or Iraq.In 1989, the General Accounting Office, the watchdog agency of Congress, reported five cases of unauthorized transfers of U.S. weapons and components.The illegal transfers stemmed from 18 coproduction agreements. In its interim report, the U.S. commission recommended the elimination or significant reduction of defense offset agreements. Offsets provide a purchasing country with subcontracts or buy-backs as part of a weapons sale.The final report is expected to be completed by October. Other members of the commission — which began in 1999 — include the secretaries of commerce, defense and state in the outgoing Clinton administration as well as the heads of Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Monday, March 5, 2001
[CTRL] Interview with Mary Frances Berry, Chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
-Caveat Lector- Democrats.com Exclusive: Interview with Mary Frances Berry, Chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights http://www.democrats.com/view.cfm?id=1721 by Patty Oppegard [EMAIL PROTECTED] As soon as the polls opened in Florida on November 7, voters began reporting problems voting. The most widely reported problem was the "butterfly ballot" in Palm Beach, which resulted in 19,000 "overvotes" ballots with more than one vote for President. But there were many other problems which received far less attention, including some involving even larger numbers of votes such as the 27,000 "overvotes" in Duval county, especially in black areas of Jacksonville. There were also charges of illegal purges of thousands of voters, failure to process registration forms from black colleges, and many other problems that particularly affected black and hispanic voters. These critical issues were not addressed during the recount battle. That battle focused on the very narrow question of whether the Gore campaign could request a recount of "undervotes" votes that were legally cast, but did not register any vote for President when read by the vote counting machines. Problems which prevented thousands of voters from casting any votes at all did not go before the courts. After a partisan 5-4 majority of the US Supreme Court declared Bush the winner, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights began an investigation of all of the irregularities that were being reported. The Commission traveled to Florida and held two days of hearings in Tallahassee in January and an all-day hearing in Miami on February 16 to document these problems and to interview key witnesses. On February 28, I sat down with Mary Frances Berry, Chairperson of the Commission. Chair Berry said it was unlikely that the commission would ask for further testimony. The commission has requested and received mountains of subpoenaed documents, with more due by March 16th. "We probably have enough information to write the report," says Berry. The only other options she noted were to go to either Jacksonville or Tampa. This decision will be made at the commission's next meeting on March 9. The March 9 meeting will also discuss the findings of the Commission's staff in its investigation of problems in the other 49 states and the District of Columbia, "We asked our staff to put together a report like that because when we started on the Florida investigation some people said 'well why don't you go to all the other states?'" said Berry. She said "different kinds of problems were reported, but none of them rose to the level of intensity of the different kinds of problems that existed in Florida." However, that assessment could change when the Commission reviews the staff's final report. In reviewing Florida, Berry said the biggest problem identified by the Commission was not the recount which was the focus of the court battles but what Berry called the "No Count people who were not counted at all. What was the reason why there were people who couldn't vote?" asked Berry. The "No Count" issues were raised by the Commission with state officials, county officials, poll workers, and the Vice President of Choicepoint DBT - the company that was paid a hefty $4 million fee by Florida's taxpayers to purge Florida's voter rolls of deceased voters and felons. Berry slammed the failure of Secretary of State Katherine Harris to establish consistent policies for county election officials. "It is clear from the testimony ... that the Secretary of State's office did not give guidance to people about what they were to do and did not monitor people to see what they were doing - and that the county supervisors pretty much did whatever they felt like doing. Some of them did one thing and others did something else." Berry also charged county officials with violating the fundamental civil rights of voters. "There was this sort of notion in some of them that their job was to keep people from voting... You didn't get any sense that what we're up to here is trying to let people exercise their rights and trying to make sure that they're getting a chance to exercise it," she said. Berry also criticized the voter purge conducted by Database Technologies. According to company Vice President George Bruder, DBT's contract with the State of Florida did not require any degree of accuracy and his company was not required to verify suspected felons by phone. But a copy of the DBT contract obtained by the Commission and BBC-TV/Guardian Observer reporter Gregory Palast clearly indicated DBT's obligation to verify its list. According to Berry, Bruder "kept saying no - but I don't know if he knew we had the contract, because I don't know if he even knew we had the letter." Florida was the only state in the country to "purge" or scrub a voter list using a private firm. Even more questionable is DBTs' ties to the Republican Party, with many of its board members contributing large amounts to the GOP.
[CTRL] Pentagon's latest weapon: a pain beam
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/03/02/new.weapon.02/index.html Pentagon's latest weapon: a pain beam WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is touting a new "non-lethal" weapon designed to control threatening crowds by using a directed energy beam to inflict a painful but brief burning sensation. The weapon could be deployed during peacekeeping missions when deadly force is not necessary, military officials announced Thursday. The weapon, called "active denial technology," was developed by Air Force research laboratories in New Mexico and Texas as part of a multi-service program run by the Marine Corps. "This revolutionary force-protection technology gives U.S. service members an alternative to using deadly force," said Marine Corps Col. George P. Fenton, director of the program at Quantico, Virginia. The weapon is designed to stop people by firing millimeter-wave electromagnetic energy in a beam that quickly heats up the surface of the victim's skin. Within seconds the person feels pain that is akin to touching a hot light bulb. Like being burned "It's the kind of pain you would feel if you were being burned," said Rich Garcia, a spokesman for the Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. "It's just not intense enough to cause any damage." The Pentagon has made a strong push to develop "non-lethal" weapons in the aftermath of a humanitarian mission in Somalia in 1992-93 that put soldiers in the line of fire in urban areas where civilians were present. The beam reaches only 1/64 of an inch underneath the skin, causing no permanent injury, Pentagon researchers said. "When it penetrates in, it activates the pain sensors, and you feel a lot of pain," Garcia said. "But there's no damage. It truly is a non-lethal device." Michael Murphy, an Air Force lab researcher, said the beam could be used safely. "We've tested 72 humans that have had over 6,500 exposures," he said. The military will test a prototype of the weapon on goats and humans in Kirtland over the next few months. The Marine Corps said $40 million was spent developing the weapon during the past decade. The Marine Corps plans to mount the microwave weapon on top of Humvees, the Jeep-like vehicles used by both the Marines and the Army. Later it might be used on aircraft and ships, officials said. The weapon could be fielded by 2009, officials said. Concerns remain William Arkin, senior military adviser to Human Rights Watch, questioned whether a pain weapon would be safe to use against civilians in combat situations. "What about children in the crowd? What about pregnant women and the elderly?" he said. "We have developed a non-lethal weapon which causes pain. What happens when someone continues to walk toward the source of the high-power microwave? What happens when panic ensues in a crowd as a result of high-power microwave? What happens when it's focused on someone's eye?" Arkin said. Another Humans Rights Watch activist expressed other concerns: "It may fall into the (wrong) hands. It may be eventually sold to other countries to police forces, military forces that don't have the degree of accountability that you see in this country," Joost Hiltermann said. CNN Military Affairs Correspondent Jamie McIntyre and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
[CTRL] Beyond the Bar Code (Link)
http://www.technologyreview.com/magazine/mar01/schmidt.asp Beyond the Bar Code By Charlie Schmidt Within a few years, unobtrusive tags on retail products will send radio signals to their manufacturers, collecting a wealth of information about consumer habits—and also raising privacy concerns. http://www.technologyreview.com/magazine/mar01/schmidt.asp
[CTRL] Fwd: Softwar - Invasion of Your Privacy Has Just Begun
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/3/5/220402.shtml source documents http://www.softwar.net/whois.html Invasion of Your Privacy Has Just Begun Charles R. Smith Tuesday, March 6, 2001 Modern privacy is dead. Secrets are very hard to keep in an electronic world filled with viruses, tappers, hackers, pirates and government snoopers. It's no longer a matter of are you being watched. In the 21st century, it's a matter of who's watching you. According to Twila Brase, R.N. and president of the Citizens' Council on Health Care, the lack of privacy can cost far more than money. "Outside access to phone and credit card information certainly can make individuals feel vulnerable and can bring about loss of credit, identity and finances, " stated Brase. "However, phone numbers and credit card numbers can be changed and funds can be moved to another bank. But with breaches in the confidentiality of medical records, the stakes are higher, particularly for those individuals in prominent positions. "Access to one's medical care, mental health status, and pharmaceutical use allows intruders to gain permanent information about an individual - information that can be damaging or can point to personal weaknesses," noted Brase. "Such medical history, diagnoses and individual tendencies cannot be changed like a credit card number. Access to this information can provide a powerful tool to influence legislation, thwart an election, make corporate decisions, decide terms of a merger or build coalitions. "Those who gain access to individual medical records through breaches in electronic data systems can wield great power over those who have the most to hide. In all likelihood, pre-election access to President Clinton's medical record may have provided evidence of his tendency to philander, thereby ending his presidential bid," noted Brase. "Patients and doctors need to begin to view all e-mail like a postcard, open to the world. No physician should send sensitive data by e-mail without specific written permission from the patient. Although we've just heard about one e-mail virus, there are undoubtedly others yet to come, along with intrusive devices yet to be discovered and invented," stated Brase flatly. "And let's not forget Carnivore, the great eavesdropping device of the government that's now under scrutiny by civil rights and privacy groups," noted Brase. Both Clintons Led Attack on Privacy Carnivore, the most recent example of FBI snooping software, is reported to be able to scoop up all of targeted individuals' Internet traffic, including e-mail. Carnivore is only one project aimed at destroying America's privacy. In fact, the FBI under the Clinton administration developed an entire series of hardware and software devices intended to monitor U.S. citizens. Bill Clinton, always first to claim some form of legal privacy over his activities inside the Oval Office, did not carry the same zeal when it came to defending others. The Clinton years of attacks on privacy began with first lady Hillary and the top secret part of her 1993 health care task force. Hillary's National ID Card Mrs. Clinton's task force drew up a plan to issue all U.S. citizens a national health care ID card. According to documents forced from the government using the Freedom of Information Act, the plan included inserting a special government-designed chip into the cards. The idea was the Department of Justice could then monitor your health care providers for fraud and abuse. The result would be to monitor you wherever you presented your card. The Clipper project, a computer chip with an "exploitable" feature, was developed in secret by the U.S. government during the senior George Bush's administration. According to the documents, the snooper chip and some of Mrs. Clinton's involvement became public in 1993. One smart-card manufacturer wrote the Clinton administration and argued against the plan for the Clipper chip to be part of mandatory Hillary Clinton health care. "Health cards are a major new market for smart cards. ... One of their greatest features is to increase the privacy of a citizen's health record," wrote John M. Taskett, vice president of Microcard Technologies, a company in Dallas. "The current [Clinton] administration is also looking at a national health card for all U.S. citizens. Surely the Department of Justice does not need access to the keys within these cards? Does the government have a need to know, even with a court order, what is inside a citizen's health card if the citizen chooses to keep it private?" asked Taskett in his 1993 letter to the U.S. Commerce Department. Project Led by Webster Hubbell The Clipper chip, however, was intended for more than just your Hillary health care card. The Clipper project also included provisions to make the super-chip required in every telephone, fax and computer made or sold in the U.S. According to a March 1993 Justice Department memo from Stephen Colgate,
[CTRL] Doctor: White House is spinning Cheney's condition
http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/03/06/cheney/index.html Doctor: White House is spinning Cheney's condition There's nothing "precautionary" about Monday's procedure, says a leading cardiologist. - - - - - - - - - - - - By Jake Tapper March 6, 2001 | WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush's reference to Vice President Dick Cheney's heart catheterization as a "precautionary measure" was not accurate, a leading cardiologist said Monday afternoon. "No, you're not going to do [a heart catheterization] on a precautionary basis," said Dr. Douglas Zipes, president-elect of the American College of Cardiology. "You do it when you have information about the patient's chest pain that makes you think that it might lead to a heart attack or an unstable angina -- which is a precursor to a heart attack. The doctors then take the patient to the cath lab to prevent a subsequent heart attack." The issue involves the use of the word "precautionary"; no doctor, Zipes explained, would use that term to describe an invasive surgical procedure employed to help prevent a heart attack in a patient. This is the second time since Nov. 22, when Cheney suffered a mild heart attack, that Bush and his staff initially downplayed to reporters the severity of Cheney's condition. On that day, then-Bush press secretary Karen Hughes characterized Cheney's trip to the hospital as a "precaution" only. Zipes, both a distinguished professor and chief of cardiology at Indiana University School of Medicine, agreed with others who were critical at the time of the Bush campaign's obfuscation of Cheney's November attack, his fourth. "Obviously they're very concerned about what kind of spin they put on things," Zipes said. "The important thing, of course, is that he is being cared for by good doctors." Cheney, 60, had his first heart attack when he was just 37. In 1988, Cheney had quadruple bypass surgery. When Cheney was selected as Bush's vice presidential nominee, the Bush campaign refused to disclose a list of all the medications he was taking. On Monday, the Bush spin operation was similarly unhelpful. The White House put out a statement saying that the catheterization "is a non-emergency precautionary procedure. An EKG obtained at the White House this afternoon was unchanged from one obtained last Thursday." "There's nothing that's very helpful in what they said," Zipes said, hungry for more data and again taking issue with any description of a cardiac catheterization as "precautionary." "Nobody's got heart data," Zipes said. "So everything is speculative." The seriousness of Monday's trip to the George Washington University Medical Center is still unclear. But one hopes that the Bushies will be a little more honest and forthright than they were last time. Zipes' respect for Cheney's spin doctors does not quite equal his respect for his heart doctors. "I am concerned that they weren't forthright about what was going on," he said. What Cheney suffered on Nov. 22 would not have been considered a heart attack a year prior, before the American Heart Association changed its classifications. Still, Dr. Alan Wasserman, president of the George Washington Medical Faculty Associates, assuredly knew what he was saying when, right off the bat, he said that neither Cheney's "initial EKG nor his blood work indicated that he had a heart attack." [Emphasis added.] Of course, it was Cheney's subsequent EKG and blood work that indicated he had had a heart attack, which Wasserman clearly knew at the time, since he referred to the fact that "a second EKG showed minor changes" -- "minor changes" as in a heart attack. Bush, too, made this same deceptive assertion about Cheney's condition when he said that "the initial EKG showed that he had no heart attack." And, as always, despite the blatant disdain for the American people that Bush and his misrepresentation -- and Wasserman and his misrepresentation -- would indicate, the issue was dropped soon enough and media outrage was minimal. None of this is completely new to the world of politics, of course. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt hid his polio from the world, and insisted that photographers never show his crutches or wheelchair. President John F. Kennedy's White House deceived almost everyone about his Addison's disease, and it remains to be comprehensively disclosed as to when, exactly, President Ronald Reagan's Alzheimer's set in. "If you look historically at these types of situations, the White House always does damage control," Zipes said. "The glass is always half full rather than half empty."
[CTRL] VV: The Castration of Wayne DuMond
-Caveat Lector- [This would be some *really* funny stuff, if it were satire:( --MS] http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0110/harkavy.shtml Published March 7 - 13, 2001 A Pardon That Clinton Didn't Grant The Castration of Wayne DuMond by Ward Harkavy As Wayne DuMond listened last week to billionaire fugitive Marc Rich's explanation that Bill Clinton pardoned him for "humanitarian" reasons, he couldn't help but darkly snicker. DuMond had been accused of raping a Clinton cousin in 1984 and was hog-tied and castrated before he even went to trial. He used to be enraged about it, especially when the cracker sheriff, who was a pal of the rape victim's father, scooped up DuMond's balls, put them in a jar, and showed them off. "They were mine. Those were my testicles," DuMond told a sickened courtroom in 1988. "He didn't have no right to take them and he didn't have no right to show them around and he didn't have no right to flush them down the toilet." This is yet another Clinton saga of genitalia that fell into the wrong hands. The rape victim's daddy, mortician Walter E. "Stevie" Stevens, was part of a Democratic machine that ruled the Arkansas Delta and nurtured Clinton's career. Wayne DuMond, guilty or innocent, didn't have a chance at justice. As Clinton was abandoning Arkansas for national politics, he stymied DuMond's release from prison, ignoring the judgmentof his own parole board in June 1990 thatDuMond's continued incarceration was a "miscarriage of justice." It's the word humanitarian that makes Wayne DuMond, now in his early fifties, chuckle a little. He knows it's all politics. "In the eleventh houróthe eleventh hour and 59th minute," DuMond told the Voice in an interview last week, "Clinton capitalized by gaining monetarily from exercising the duties of his office in a perverted kind of way." Clinton argues that years ago prosecutor Rudy Giuliani unfairly hounded Marc Rich. Has Clinton forgotten about the torment that his old Arkansas ally, Sheriff Coolidge Conlee, perpetrated on Wayne DuMond? Or, for that matter, what Clinton himself did? As Clinton was vying for the presidency, he sat on the parole board's DuMond clemency recommendation. Insisting that he wanted to wait until the appeals process was complete (the opposite tack he took in the Rich case), Clinton met with Stevie Stevens and powerful state representative Pat Flanagin (whose sister used to shoot craps with Conlee in the sheriff's office) and convinced the board to reconsider its recommendation. In late 1991, on the campaign trail, Clinton began to be pestered about the DuMond case. Recusing himself, in April Clinton turned over the matter to his lieutenant governor, Jim Guy Tucker. Unlike Clinton, Tucker read every word of DuMond's voluminous file, a DuMond lawyer told the Voice. Tucker promptly reduced DuMond's sentence, making him eligible for parole. Seven years later Republican governor Mike Huckabee signed DuMond's release papers. Releasing Wayne DuMond earlier would have been a tough call, but many people were willing to show the decorated Vietnam veteran mercy, despite his admitted bad pastóbooze, drugs, mayhem. DuMond has told the tale of how he helped slaughter a village of Cambodians. Later, stationed in Oklahoma, he was charged with participating in the claw-hammer murder of a fellow soldier. Turning state's evidence, he insisted that he merely stood by and watched. In Tacoma, Washington, he accosted a teenage girl, an incident that led to five years of probation. "Yeah," DuMond conceded in his Voice interview, "but what's that got to do with anything? That had nothing to do with the alleged case against me in Forrest City." Governor Clinton ignored pleas on behalf of DuMond at the same time that he was ignoring pleas on behalf of Rickey Ray Rector. In early 1992, when the Gennifer Flowers story broke, Clinton interrupted his presidential campaign to stoke his stance as the one Democrat who would lock up and kill criminals. He flew back to Arkansas from New Hampshire so he could be standing on state soil while the convict was put down. It didn't matter to him that Rector had shot himself in the head immediately after the murder, in effect giving himself a lobotomy that left him without the power of reason. Clinton recently noted the persuasive power of his former counsel Jack Quinn's last-minute phone call on behalf of Marc Rich. But in early 1992, Clinton dismissed a similar last-minute phone appeal from Rector's attorney, Jeff Rosenzweig, a Clinton friend since boyhood. Strapped down, the brain-damaged Rector screamed for 50 minutes while the executioners dug into his arm before finding a vein in which to shoot the poison. DuMond thinks Clinton's rejection of his own bid for humanitarian handling was just as cynical, although it did have the personal element. "It would have been politically incorrect on both fronts," said DuMond, "the stand he had already taken about crime and being, maybe
[CTRL] Justices turn down challenge to ban on supporting 'terrorist' groups
-Caveat Lector- Justices turn down challenge to ban on supporting groups considered terrorist http://www.nandotimes.com/nation/story/0%2C1038%2C500460042-500700631-503811885-0%2C00.html By LAURIE ASSEO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (March 5, 2001) - The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a free-speech challenge to a ban on contributing money, weapons or other tangible support to foreign groups designated by the government as terrorist organizations. The court, without comment, rejected arguments that the law creates "guilt by association" and bans aid even for lawful activities by such organizations. The justices also rejected the government's bid to reinstate two provisions of the law that a lower court barred from being enforced. The measure is part of the 1996 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act and was designed to cut off support from within the United States for foreign terrorism. Under the law, the secretary of state can designate a group as a "foreign terrorist organization" if it engages in terrorist activity that threatens the security of the United States or its citizens. It is a crime, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, to provide such organizations tangible support such as money, weapons, false identification, training or personnel. There is no ban on providing medicine or religious materials. The law was challenged by two U.S. citizens and six domestic organizations, including the Humanitarian Law Project. They said they wanted to provide support for lawful, nonviolent activities by two groups designated as foreign terrorist organizations: the Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka. A federal judge in Los Angeles upheld most of the law, saying it did not aim to suppress speech. However, the judge barred enforcement of the ban on providing personnel or training. Those provisions were too vague, the court said. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the decision in March 2000, saying "there is no constitutional right to facilitate terrorism by giving terrorists the weapons and explosives with which to carry out their grisly missions." In the appeal acted on Monday, lawyers for the individuals and organizations said the law "punishes moral innocents" and was similar to McCarthy-era laws that punished association with the Communist Party. Justice Department lawyers said people "remain free to align themselves with designated organizations through expressions of solidarity and advocacy of their causes." The cases are Humanitarian Law Project v. Ashcroft, 00-910, and Ashcroft v. Humanitarian Law Project, 00-1077. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Commerce OKs Census Head Count
-Caveat Lector- http://www.census.gov/index.html Commerce OKs Census Head Count by GENARO C. ARMAS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration declared the actual ''head count'' from the 2000 census the official population numbers for congressional redistricting, despite estimates showing 3.3 million people, mostly minorities, were missed. Commerce Secretary Don Evans agreed Tuesday with a Census Bureau recommendation that the initial, raw count provided the most nearly accurate snapshot of America. Democrats and civil rights groups had called for the use of a second, separate population tally statistically adjusted to protect against the undercount. But supporters of adjustment had expected Evans' decision following the bureau's recommendation last week. It may quiet -- but not end -- a long political dispute between Democrats and Republicans over whether, and how, to count missed Americans. Evans called the initial figures the most accurate census in the history of the nation. The first numbers -- for New Jersey and Virginia -- are expected to be released Wednesday, and all states must have their redistricting data by April 1. The numbers will be used by state lawmakers to redraw congressional district boundaries to reflect population shifts, as is required every 10 years. States will be able to use the figures to remap state and local legislative district boundaries as well. Also, the numbers could be used to redistribute over $185 billion in federal dollars given each year to states. Democrats and civil rights groups wanted an adjustment using statistical sampling to protect against traditional undercounts of minorities, the poor and children. Republicans generally argued adjustment could inject more errors into a 2000 census already proven to be more nearly accurate than the 1990 count. They also contend the Constitution calls only for an ''actual enumeration.'' Members of both parties have said district lines redrawn with adjusted data could add more Democratic-leaning minorities to voter rolls, and could threaten the GOP's narrow House majority. ''We have achieved a quality count,'' he said at a news conference. Evans praised the people the Census Bureau hired to do the headcount, saying ''their toil and their sweat set a very high standard on the issue of whether to statistically adjust. To make that decision we required a standard that was open and transparent and reasonable and fair. We consulted with experts from across the scientific spectrum.'' Evans said he weighed all factors and said he concluded that the recommendation of the Census Bureau professionals ''was correct and prudent. Thus, we will send unadjusted data for the purpose and only the purpose of redistricting.'' The first numbers are expected to be released on a state-by-state basis later this week, and all states must have their redistricting data by April 1. The numbers will be used by state lawmakers to redraw congressional district boundaries to reflect population shifts, as is required every 10 years. States will be able to use the figures to remap state and local legislative district boundaries as well. Also, the numbers could be used to redistribute over $185 billion in federal dollars given each year to states. Democrats and civil rights groups wanted an adjustment using statistical sampling to protect against traditional undercounts of minorities, the poor and children. Republicans generally argued adjustment could inject more errors into a 2000 census already proven to be more accurate than the 1990 count. They also contend the Constitution only calls for an ''actual enumeration.'' Members of both parties have said district lines redrawn with adjusted data could add more Democratic-leaning minorities to voter rolls, and could threaten the GOP's narrow House majority. The numbers will not only be used to remap House lines, but state and local legislative district boundaries as well. It could also be used to redistribute over $185 billion in federal funds each year among the states. The recommendation of the Census Bureau last week temporarily stifled the partisan debate over whether statistical adjustment was necessary to make up for traditional undercounts of minorities, the poor and children. But all sides agree the dispute would arise anew in the courts. Not adjusting would disenfranchise the millions overlooked, Democrats said. Republicans, meanwhile, argued adjustment would inject more errors into a 2000 census proven to be more accurate than the 1990 census. GOP leaders also insist the Constitution calls for only raw numbers to be used for redistricting every 10 years. Members of both parties have said district lines redrawn with adjusted data could add more Democratic-leaning minorities to voter rolls. That, in turn, could threaten the GOP's narrow House majority. A bureau survey following the 2000 tally estimated a net undercount of 1.2 percent of Americans,
[CTRL] AP: Woman Indicted in Bush Tape Release
-Caveat Lector- Woman Indicted in Bush Tape Release by KAREN GULLO Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted a former employee of a media company that handled ads for President Bush's campaign in connection with the release of a Bush debate tape to Vice President Al Gore's campaign. Juanita Yvette Lozano of Austin, Texas, was charged with mail fraud, false statements to the FBI and perjury. If convicted, she faces 15 years in prison and a $750,000 fine. The indictment was handed up by a federal grand jury in Texas. Lozano worked for Maverick Media, an Austin company that handled Bush's political ads. The indictment alleged that Lozano secretly copied more than 120 pages of debate preparation documents and a 60-minute videotape of a debate preparation session with Bush and his advisers and sent it to the Gore campaign under a different name. She lied to FBI agents investigating the matter and testified falsely before the grand jury, the indictment said. AP-NY-03-06-01 1623EST = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] [radtimes] # 174
-Caveat Lector- [radtimes] # 174 An informally produced compendium of vital irregularities. "We're living in rad times!" --- Send $$ to RadTimes!! -- (See ** at end.) --- Contents: --More "vital irregularities" available from the radman --New non-lethal energy weapon heats skin --Democracy, when you least expect it --Canada mounts biggest-ever security operation for Summit of the Americas --The Ultimate Surveillance System? --New Report Criticises US Health Care 'Maze' --Is Our Society Making You Sick? === More "vital irregularities" available from the radman If the RadTimes information flow hasn't intimidated your email inbox too much, I also send out news in the following areas: --[HardGreenHerald] (environment/animal/genetics/GMOs/cloning/etc.) --prison news --voting/electoral news --the "sixties" --corporate criminals/corporation news All of the above are free. To subscribe/unsubscribe to these lists, send appropriate email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]. NOTE: Except for [HardGreen Herald], articles in the above areas are sent in individual emails, NOT in a compilation like RadTimes. === New non-lethal energy weapon heats skin http://www.vny.com/cf/News/upidetail.cfm?QID=163207 By KELLY HEARN, UPI Technology Writer WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- The Marine Corps is developing a non-lethal weapon that uses electromagnetic energy to heat but not permanently burn human skin. The weapon could help soldiers counter terrorism threats, control unruly crowds and defend airfields and ships. Experts confirmed it was the first time the military had designed a so-called "directed energy weapon" for use against human targets. The weapon concentrates energy into a beam of micro-millimeter waves that penetrate clothes to rapidly heat moisture particles in the outermost layer of flesh without going deep enough to damage organs. The device reportedly causes no permanent damage to the body or to electronic devices such as pacemakers. Dubbed the Vehicle-Mounted Active Denial System, the weapon was revealed in a story published first in the Marine Corps Times Monday. Officials at the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate in Quantico, Va. reportedly planned to show the classified system to top generals in April. But Monday's story scuttled those plans and sent officials scrambling to contain a possible public relations fiasco. A Marine spokesmen would not comment on the system, saying only that subject specialists would be available for interviews later this week. Though detailed information about the weapon's design remain classified, the story stated that the weapon would heat a target's skin to approximately 130 degrees Fahrenheit in about two seconds. Humans start to feel pain at 113 degrees. The report went on to say that soldiers could fire the weapon from distances exceeding 750 meters (2,250 feet) from their targeta range that would allow them to remain outside the reach of most small arms fire. The weapon could be mounted atop a military vehicle or on an aircraft. Defense experts told United Press International the Marines especially have sought new ways to non-lethally confront large, hostile crowds. Among other things, the Department of Defense has looked to lasers, teargas and rubber bullets for less-than-lethal impact. But these have either proven ineffective or have attracted consternation from human rights groups. "Unlike the other three branches, the Marines often are in situations where there are lots of innocent bystanders, where they have to control an unruly mob," said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a non-profit policy research firm in Alexandria, Va. "Tear gas and rubber bullets just have not been effective, so they've want something more lethal than those and less lethal than an M16. Whether they have found that here remains to be seen." "One of the fears is that there will be a misapplication of this kind of technology, particularly in terms of civilian use," said Chris Hellman, a senior analyst for the Center for Defense Information, a Washington D.C.-based independent research group that monitors military planning and policy. "Clearly we've seen military combat weaponry migrate to the civil sector. Just walk past any Swat Team and you see what is basically an army unit," he told UPI. The article quoted an official saying that human subjects had been exposed to the beams more than 6,000 times under laboratory conditions. Furthermore, military researchers had completed a study, which has not been released, on the long-term health effects of exposure. "This puts a non-lethal arrow in quiver of commanders," said Ron Madrid, former Marine and an
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[CTRL] Woman Indicted in Bush Tape Release
-Caveat Lector- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- srv/aponline/20010306/aponline165247_000.htm Woman Indicted in Bush Tape Release By Karen Gullo Associated Press Writer Tuesday, March 6, 2001; 4:52 p.m. EST WASHINGTON A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted a former employee of a media company that handled ads for President Bush's campaign in connection with the release of a Bush debate tape to Vice President Al Gore's campaign. Juanita Yvette Lozano of Austin, Texas, was charged with mail fraud, false statements to the FBI and perjury. If convicted, she faces 15 years in prison and a $750,000 fine. The indictment was handed up by a federal grand jury in Texas. Lozano worked for Maverick Media, an Austin company that handled Bush's political ads. The indictment alleged that Lozano secretly copied more than 120 pages of debate preparation documents and a 60-minute videotape of a debate preparation session with Bush and his advisers and sent it to the Gore campaign under a different name. She lied to FBI agents investigating the matter and testified falsely before the grand jury, the indictment said. Attempts to reach Lozano in Austin were not immediately successful, and her attorney, Christopher Gunter, was not immediately available, his office said. Lozano sent the package to former Rep. Tom Downey, who was helping Gore prepare for debates, with a note bearing the name "Amy Smith," the indictment alleged. It quoted the note as saying: "I will call you soon to find out what other materials can be useful to the VP." Downey turned the package over to the FBI, which began an investigation. The FBI obtained a videotape from a surveillance camera at the post office where the package was mailed. The tape showed Lozano mailing a package at a time that corresponded to when the debate package was mailed, law enforcement officials have said. At the time, Lozano said she was mailing a pair of khakis back to The Gap for her boss, Mark McKinnon, a top Bush adviser. Democratic officials in Austin have said that Lozano was a precinct chairwoman for the Democratic Party. Lozano denied mailing the package to Downey when she was interviewed by the FBI in September and when she testified before the grand jury, the indictment said. Contrary to her statements, it said, Lozano schemed "to use her position as a trusted employee of Maverick Media ...to obtain access to the Bush Campaign's confidential and sensitive debate preparation materials ... to assist Gore in his preparation for the presidential debates." In charging her with mail fraud, the indictment said Lozano defrauded the Bush campaign of confidential work products and defrauded Maverick Media of her "honest services." The case is being prosecuted by the public integrity section of the Justice Department. Copyright 2001 The Associated Press -- Best Wishes Few Americans realize it, but the Democratic Party adheres to the basic premise of Marxist political parties. The defining characteristic of a Marxist party is class warfare. -Paul Craig Roberts A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Number of suspected child molestation victims climbs to 27
-Caveat Lector- Dear List, Below please find information on this article. Sincerely, Neil Brick This may be heavy for survivors of abuse to read. Number of suspected child molestation victims climbs to 27 - Mike Henderson and Anjeanette Damon, 3/1/01 - "The number of suspected child-molestation victims at a Reno preschool has climbed to 27 as authorities said Wednesday that a worker has provided more details about the sexual attacks, his inability to stop and how he videotaped some assaults." http://www.rgj.com/news2/stories/news/983511251.html A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] AP: Ex-CIA chief calls Clinton policy ''feckless,'' urges tougher approach toward Saddam
-Caveat Lector- Ex-CIA chief calls Clinton policy ''feckless,'' urges tougher approach toward Saddam by RICHARD PYLE Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Former CIA director R. James Woolsey called Tuesday for tough new policies toward Iraq, saying Saddam Hussein had expanded his power and credibility partly as the result of a ''flaccid and feckless'' approach by the Clinton administration. Among other things, Woolsey said, President Bush should demand the return of international weapons inspectors to Iraq, and expedite a ''boost phase'' missile defense system to intercept and destroy long-range ballistic missiles before they reach orbit. Baghdad is suspected of rushing development of long-range missiles along with nuclear weapons. Except for ordering bombing strikes on Iraqi missile sites as one of his first acts in office, there has been little in the way of ''encouraging statements'' from President George W. Bush, Woolsey said. ''One hopes the new administration will be ... forceful with Iraq,'' he said. ''So far the jury is out.'' Woolsey said that along with development of the boost-phase missile defense, U.S. policy should be based on support for Iraq's political opposition and the eventual removal of Saddam and his Ba'athist party from control in Baghdad. Although the ruling party remains secular, he said, Saddam has made a great effort to restore and forge new ties with Muslim Arab leaders since the Gulf War a decade ago. One sign of this, he said, is the Arabic phrase, ''Allahu akbar'' (God is great) inscribed on the Iraqi national flag, in what is said to be Saddam's own handwriting. ''He (Saddam) is gaining substantial credibility in the Arab street as the one to take on the infidel, namely us,'' said Woolsey. Woolsey, who served as Clinton's director of intelligence from 1993 to 1995, was scathing in his remarks about the former administration at a luncheon sponsored by the Middle East Forum, a non-profit organization concerned with policy issues in that region. Reminding listeners that Madeline Albright, Clinton's secretary of state, had chosen to refer to Iraq, Libya, North Korea and certain other countries as ''states of concern'' rather than ''rogue states,'' Woolsey said Bush has instead used the latter reference to Iraq. He said that after U.S. forensic experts blamed Iraq for an attempt to kill former President Bush with a terrorist bomb during a visit to Kuwait in 1993, ''Clinton shot a couple of dozen cruise missiles into an empty building in the middle of the night.'' ''I think it's kind to call that (response) flaccid and feckless,'' Woolsey said. Woolsey, who resigned the top spy post in 1993 after CIA analyst Aldrich Ames was exposed as a Soviet agent who had inflicted major damage on U.S. intelligence operations for years, said he was never a Clinton policy adviser. ''I provided intelligence,'' he said. ''My career in the Clinton administration was best summed up by the fact that when a little airplane crashed into the south front of the White House in the fall of 1994, the joke among the White House staff was that it must have been Woolsey still trying to get an appointment.'' Woolsey said an FBI counter-intelligence expert recently accused of spying for Russia had also done ''tremendous damage'' to U.S. operations. He declined to comment on reports that U.S. agencies had constructed a secret tunnel under the Russian embassy in Washington D.C. Woolsey said that while the United States continues to insist on international sanctions imposed on Iraq after the war, Saddam is selling oil on world markets in defiance of those restrictions and has used it to curry favor with ostensible U.S. allies, especially France. He said he believes the United States needs ''a clear national policy'' to get rid of the Iraqi regime, but does not know whether the American people would support such a call. ''It depends on how forcefully the president expresses his policy,'' he said. ''I have no problem with deception and covert action, but... as a result of the fecklessness of the Clinton administration over eight years, it would be functionally impossible for us to deceive anyone or provide aid to any resistance organization,'' Woolsey said. ''In backing the opposition groups, we should use force in support of them, at least from the air.'' He said one element of this would be ''no-drive zones'' to limit movement of Iraqi government armed forces, something he said the Clinton administration should have done. Asked whether the first Bush administration blundered in not trying to oust Saddam from power as part of the 1991 Gulf War victory, Woolsey said some of those officials ''with 20-20 hindsight, might look on it differently'' today. He said he could ''fully understand'' former President Bush's decision at the time in view of the difficulties of the military effort and of keeping the allied coalition together. But the administration failed to impose sufficient limits on air
[CTRL] Mutant Bacteria Next Threat From Russia's Mir
-Caveat Lector- http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010306/ts/space_fungus_dc_1.html Tuesday March 6 9:32 AM ET Mutant Bacteria Next Threat From Russia's Mir Photos Reuters Photo MOSCOW (Reuters) - Forget the danger of heavy-weight debris raining down from space when Russia sends the Mir orbiter to a watery grave this month -- the real threat could be mutant fungi, a researcher said Tuesday. Yuri Karash, an expert on the Russian space program, said there was a possibility that micro-organisms, which have spent the last 15 years mutating in isolation aboard Mir, could present a threat if they survived the fall to Earth. ``I wouldn't overstate it ... but a realistic problem exists,'' Karash told a news conference. Karash, who has undergone cosmonaut training and is an aerospace advisor, said his conclusions were based on research carried out by Russia's Institute of Medical and Biological Problems. Researchers have said that the fungi could be especially virulent if mixed with earth varieties that attack metal, glass and plastic. Western health officials have in the past expressed concerns about micro-organisms that could be brought back to earth after a Russian microbiologist 13 years ago discovered the first of many aggressive forms of fungi inhabiting Mir. Russian space officials have played down the threat, but visitors to the orbiter have found numerous types of fungi behind control panels, in air- conditioning units and on dozens of other surfaces. Though surprisingly destructive, they give off corrosive agents like acetic acid and release toxins into the air. -- Best Wishes ...[W]hen you take away a candidate's right to take his message to the people you take away one more piece of the freedoms that define this nation. -Lyn Nofziger A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] TAS: The Mystery of John Podesta
-Caveat Lector- http://www.spectator.org/ The Mystery of John Podesta What did Bill Clinton's last chief of staff, John Podesta, know, and when did he know it? On Sunday one might have been tempted to tune into the much awaited return of "The Sopranos" to find out. Not to offend anyone, but ethnic stereotyping and solidarity are in. We saw confirmed over the weekend when the New York Daily News reported -- in a story the Washington Post saw fit to reprint on page A2 of its Sunday edition -- that a major fundraiser for the Clinton library who is not to be confused with Denise Rich intervened with the White House to help win a pardon for a New York business figure who fifteen years ago in a bankruptcy case agreed to plead guilty on one count of perjury. What made the report interesting on Soprano night is that the ex-felon in question, William Fugazy, "has long been a prominent fixture in New York's political and charity scene," the Daily News reported. "His nonprofit campaigns included fighting anti-Italian bias..." What made the story even more interesting is that in lobbying for Fugazy's pardon, the Clinton library supporter turned directly to Podesta. The idea, presumably, was to get one Italian-American to help another. We have no idea how Podesta responded. But the intervention couldn't have hurt since Fugazy did win a last-second pardon. Podesta did not return the Daily News's calls. What's more, since the Fugazy story broke too late to be the subject of queries at last week's Burton committee hearing before which Podesta and several other top Clinton White House figures appeared, Podesta obviously wasn't asked about it. But it can't be good news for a key Clinton aide who has tried to distance himself from the pardons ever since they turned into Clinton's last official scandal. Until yesterday, he seemed to be getting away with whatever it is he needs to get away with. From the start word was the Podesta had done heroic work to keep his boss from issuing even more dubious pardons. At the same time, he liked to emphasize how "difficult" each of these cases was, as he told "Nightline" on January 30. As February rolled Podesta continued to defend Clinton's decision, though increasingly it became the official word that Podesta, like White House counsel Beth Nolan and Clinton longtime right hand Bruce Lindsey, had personally opposed the Rich pardon. Podesta confirmed as much on February 18's "Meet the Press," all the while hiding behind the idea that Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and even deputy attorney general Eric Holder had greaterinfluence on Clinton in the end. Podesta stuck to this script before the Burton committee. Throughout he's attempted to turn the discussion as much as possible to high politics or serious policy. He's had next to nothing to say about Denise Rich, for instance, or Beth Dozoretz. When the famous Quinn e-mail emerged and had Clinton telling those two women that he was working to overcome White House opposition to the pardon, Podesta dismissed it as a "fourth-hand conversation." It was a perfect situation for Podesta -- he could pretend to be loyal to Clinton even though everyone knew he no longer had to be, now that it was clear he had opposed the Rich pardon. Because there was no widespread follow-up, he dodged a deadly bullet shot at him by Cokie Roberts on "This Week" last February 11. She cited another Quinn e-mail, from January 9, in which Rich's lawyer told colleagues: "I think we've benefited from being under the press radar. Podesta said as much." "So were you involved in this decision making?" Roberts asked him. His response was vintage Clintonite: "That's the first time I've seen that I--I don't actually remember talking to Mr. Quinn, so I don't know where he got that from." A week later, Tim Russert of "Meet the Press" ran the same "under the press radar" quote by Podesta, and received the same answer, if more shakily delivered: RUSSERT: Did you say that to Jack Quinn? PODESTA: I don't believe I ever talked to Jack Quinn, so I don't know where that's coming from. RUSSERT: Where'd that come from? PODESTA: I don't know. I mean, I may have -- I actually have no idea where that came from because I do not believe I talked to Mr. Quinn about this. He doesn't know where it came from? Maybe Podesta never spoke to Quinn, he did speak to Peter Kadzik, a lawyer whose firm was also representing Marc Rich. Kadzik wasn't just anyone. As Podesta let on in an opening statement he read to Burton's committee -- it's curious that Podesta was the only one of the four ex-Clinton White House who appeared before the committee who felt the need to submit on official statement of this sort -- Kadzik has been Podesta's friend since law school days. The same Kadzik called Podesta not once but three times late last year and early this on Rich's behalf, and also came by Podesta's office in January to lobby for Rich. Podesta states he made it clear to Kadzik that a
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[CTRL] Samuel Cabot, Jr. Ledger, 1814-1821
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/sfa/samuelcabotjr.htm - Samuel Cabot, Jr. Ledger, 1814-1821 Mss: 766 1814-1821 C116 Historical Note: Samuel Cabot, Jr., born in Boston on December 21, 1784, trained for the family ancestral career of foreign commerce. At age nineteen he went to sea and settled at Isle of France to learn the East India trade. In 1806, Samuel Cabot, Jr. returned to the United States and formed a partnership with Samuel Hazard of Philadelphia. Moving to Philadelphia, Cabot and Hazard worked as wholesale commission agents. Leaving Hazard in Philadelphia, Cabot returned to Boston in 1808 and serviced the Boston market for the partnership. After his marriage in 1812, Samuel Cabot formed a partnership with his brother, Joseph, and John W. Perit of Philadelphia. Based in Philadelphia, Perit and Cabot maintained a Boston office with Samuel Cabot as their representative. In 1817, Samuel Cabot formed another partnership with his brother-in-law, Thomas H. Perkins, and the latter's cousin, James Perkins. This additional family partnership, Samuel Cabot and James T. H. Perkins' Sons Company, brought substantial income to all concerned through the China trade. By the mid-1820s, Samuel Cabot removed himself from Perit and Cabot. He retired from active business in 1838 and spent the rest of his life investing the abundant proceeds from his merchant days. Samuel Cabot, Jr. died in 1863. Scope and Content: This collection consists of one ledger containing two hundred sixty pages of accounts from 1814 to 1824. At a later date, the first forty pages were used as a scrapbook with 1860s newspaper clippings pertaining to the Civil War pasted over the accounts. Beginning on page 41, the accounts remain as originally written and include both debits and credits. Representative names for the accounts include: Sales; Our One Quarter Sch. Happy Couple; George G. Lee; Joseph Cabot's Expense Account; Third Voyage Bark Pedler; Samuel Cabot; Commissions; James and Thomas H. Perkins; Shipment of Pacific to St. Domingo; Shipment of Schooner Juno; John W. Perit; Perit and Cabot; Oliver, Borland Abbott; Ebenezer Stocker; William Stephens; Coffee Purchase; Francis Oliver; Sales of Sugar; Thomas Lee; Frederick Cabot; Ship Amistad; Shipment to Alexandria; Shipment of Schooner Sukey; James Perkins, Jr.; Merchandize; Notes Payable; Thomas Hollingsworth; Hall Russell; Shipment for schooner Victory; Plimpton Marett; William Dodd; Cash; Farm at Temple; William Appleton; Andrew Cunningham; schooner William; Thomas Thaxter; Lemons for schooner Miller; George Pearle; John Hancock; Bridge Beale; William Tuck; Peter Windsor; Leon Blain; John Bromfield, John Anderson and others. Provenance : Gift of Philip Cabot, 1937 Amount: 1 volume - Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Europeans Restrict Free Speech
-Caveat Lector- ISSUE 2112 Wednesday 7 March 2001 Euro-court outlaws criticism of EU By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in Brussels European Court of Justice Now it's blasphemy to mock Europe [Dec '00] - The Spectator THE European Court of Justice ruled yesterday that the European Union can lawfully suppress political criticism of its institutions and of leading figures, sweeping aside English Common Law and 50 years of European precedents on civil liberties. The EU's top court found that the European Commission was entitled to sack Bernard Connolly, a British economist dismissed in 1995 for writing a critique of European monetary integration entitled The Rotten Heart of Europe. The ruling stated that the commission could restrict dissent in order to "protect the rights of others" and punish individuals who "damaged the institution's image and reputation". The case has wider implications for free speech that could extend to EU citizens who do not work for the Brussels bureaucracy. The court called the Connolly book "aggressive, derogatory and insulting", taking particular umbrage at the author's suggestion that Economic and Monetary Union was a threat to democracy, freedom and "ultimately peace". However, it dropped an argument put forward three months ago by the advocate-general, Damaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, which implied that Mr Connolly's criticism of the EU was akin to extreme blasphemy, and therefore not protected speech. Mr Connolly, who has been told to pay the European Commission's legal costs, said the proceedings did not amount to a fair hearing. He said: "We're back to the Star Chamber and Acts of Attainder: the rights of defendants are not respected or guaranteed in any way; the offence of seditious libel has been resurrected." Mr Colomer wrote in his opinion last November that a landmark British case on free speech had "no foundation or relevance" in European law, suggesting that the European Court was unwilling to give much consideration to British legal tradition. Mr Connolly now intends to take his case to Europe's other court, the non-EU European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] The Perkins Family History
-Caveat Lector- from: http://members.nbci.com/kunzen/perkins.htm - The Perkins Family History The Perkins family lineage shown below comes from a variety of sources. The most notable, and the beginning of this family research, was done by Garry Perkins, my husband's cousin. Thank you, Garry, for starting me out! The majority of his findings were backed up by other information that I found, and other things were corrected after researching other sources. A large part of the family tree has been derived from Family Tree Maker's World Family Tree CDs, and is NOT VERIFIED BY MYSELF! Everything prior to John Perkins, born in 1583, is from this source, as are the various lines other than ours. Notable figures in the Perkins wide spreading family tree. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Calvin Coolidge Richard Milhous Nixon Millard Fillmore Sherrif Dodge Waldo Emerson (These are not listed below. Email me for the webpage showing all these and more!) John Perkins came from Jolly 'Ol England, to the US in 1591 on the ship Lyons. He settled in Massachusetts where the Perkins family began spreading throughout New England. There are so many Perkins in the early years with the same names, that it is difficult to be consistently accurate with who married whom. But since many cousins married in this family, and named their children the same biblical names, there are lots of chances to guess right. (I suppose.) Anyway, down through the years, we ended up with Granmere marrying Edwin Perkins, and here we are. If you are interested in further information than what is here, click here to e-mail me and I will gladly send you what info I have on the other lines! Be prepared for lots of reading! Descendants of Henri Perkins 1 Henri Perkins 1556 - 1608 ... +Elizabeth Sawbridge WFT Est. 1540-1565 - WFT Est. 1589-1653 .. 2 Alice Perkins 1579/80 - 1579/80 .. 2 Thomas Perkins 1582 - 1582 .. 2 John Perkins 1583 - 1654 +Judith Gater 1587/88 - .. 3 Judith Perkins 1608 - 1633 .. 3 (Quartermaster) John Perkins 1609 - 1686 +Elizabeth Eveleth 1611 - 1684 .. 4 Sarah Perkins .. 4 Thomas Perkins Abt. 1630 - .. 4 John Perkins 1636 - .. 4 Abraham Perkins 1640 - .. 4 Jacob Perkins 1646 - +Sarah Wainwright ... 5 Phillis Perkins 1667 - ... 5 John Perkins 1668 - ... 5 Hannah Perkins 1670 - ... 5 Francis Perkins 1672 - ... 5 Wensley Perkins 1674 - ... 5 Sarah Perkins 1679 - ... 5 Mary Perkins 1685 - ... 5 Elizabeth Perkins 1689 - ... 5 Jacob Perkins 1690 - ... 5 Eunice Perkins 1691 - ... 5 John Perkins 1693 - .. 4 Luke Perkins 1649 - .. 4 Isaac Perkins 1650 - .. 4 Nathanial Perkins 1652 - .. 4 Samuel Perkins 1655 - .. 3 Elizabeth Perkins 1610/11 - 1700 +William Sargent .. 4 William Sargent .. 4 Mary Sargent .. 4 Elizabeth Sargent .. 4 Sarah Sargent .. 4 Thomas Sargent 1643 - .. 3 Abraham Perkins 1613 - 1683 +Mary Wyeth 1615 - 1706 .. 4 Caleb Perkins WFT Est. 1630-1658 - WFT Est. 1636 -1738 .. 4 Abraham Perkins 1639 - 1677 ... 5 Mercy Perkins 1671 - WFT Est. 1672-1765 ... 5 Mary Perkins 1673 - WFT Est. 1674-1767 ... 5 Elizabeth Perkins 1676 - WFT Est. 1677-1770 .. 4 Mary Perkins 1639 - WFT Est. 1663-1733 .. 4 Luke Perkins 1641 - 1709/10 ... 5 Henry Perkins 1663 - WFT Est. 1664-1753 ... 5 John Perkins 1664 - WFT Est. 1665-1754 ... 5 Luke Perkins 1666/67 - 1748 . +Martha Conant 1664 - ... 6 John Perkins 1689 - 1727 ... 6 Martha Perkins 1691 - WFT Est. 1692-1785 ... 6 Luke Perkins 1695 - WFT Est. 1728-1786 ... 7 Luke Perkins 1725 - 1776
[CTRL] Beware FINCEN
-Caveat Lector- .. From the New Paradigms Project [Not Necessarily Endorsed] Note: We store 100's of related "New Paradigms Posts" at: http://www.msen.com/~lloyd/oldprojects/recentmail.html From: "Lloyd Miller" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Beware FINCEN Date: Saturday, February 24, 2001 2:12 PM http://www.newnetizen.com/various/fincen.htm Site Sections: Current News Archives Freedom Links Thoughts No to NWO Forum Pictures ebooks Flash Intro Specific Info on: IRS Global Elite Federal Reserve Illuminati FEMA FBI/Federal Presidential Bilderberg Media Cover-Ups Social Security Truth Site links: Mathaba.net Truth Radio CentrExNews Yowusa News Spotlight.org GiveMeLiberty.org Vote-Fraud.org Build Freedom Services: Link to us! Contact Info Additional Site Info Info Request Questions? (FAQ) Mailing List About Search Recommend Take our Survey Sponsors: Ignifuge Amazon Now Private Visa Click our Banner Big Booster PayPal Beware of FINCEN The following is excerpted from Dr. W. G. Hill's "Banking in Silence" Third Edition for 1997 (UK: Scope International, pp. 93-95). "Increasingly, computers are used to not only collect data about you, but more importantly to analyze it with the hope that you will be caught doing something that has recently been reclassified as illegal behavior. The only reason that any information about your private affairs has been collected in the first place is for this express purpose of creating a new class of criminals. New government police forces have been created to track down and bankrupt these individuals who have done nothing more than invest their own money according to their own best interests. In the US, this quasi-secretive sleuthing operation is known as FINCEN, which stands for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. In the eyes of FINCEN, if you have money you automatically guilty until proven innocent. "Since its launch in April of 1990 with a low key champagne reception at the US Treasury Department, FINCEN has become the most effective financial investigation unit in the world. It is a state of the art computer snooping agency and is so effective that when Russian president Boris Yeltsin needed to locate stolen communist party funds, he asked FINCEN for help. FINCEN was established by top IRS agent Brian Bruh a few years before his retirement in October of 1993. In 1991, FINCEN wrote classified reports on 6000 individuals. In 1992, this number had climbed to 12,000 and by 1993, it had escalated further to a total of 20,000 individuals. "To date, the agency can boast more than 40,000 confidential snoops as well as 715 long term investigations known as Strategic Analytical Reports. These reports invaded the privacy of more than 16,000 other individuals and entities. Few concerned ever knew that their financial affairs were being the Pentagon and the CIA. The CIA? Yes, Brian Bruh refuses to discuss his agency's association with the CIA, but he does not deny that there is one. His own background includes time at the Pentagon in addition to his many years with the IRS. "When facing the public, Brian Bruh claims that FINCEN is all about mapping the digital trails of dirty money. He lists examples of how the agency has unearthed profits from drug sales, stolen Savings and Loans money, hidden political slush funds or the financing conduits of terrorists. He does not mention that in reality what FINCEN does is far simpler. It involves all of us, not just terrorists, drug dealers and crooked politicians. It systematically collates and analyzes public databases on a day to day basis. It is the only US federal unit devoted solely to this kind of work. The reason it is so secretive about its operations is that if the public knew what FINCEN was up to, the public wouldn't stand for it. FINCEN breaches civil liberties on a day to day basis. In the eyes of Brian Bruh and FINCEN you need to break a few eggs to make an omelet, invading privacy and peeking into the personal affairs of each and every one of us is necessary to catch criminals, so the excu! se goes. "A list of the 40,000 or so 'criminals' that FINCEN has netted, shows that less than ten per cent of them are bad buys in the moral sense of the word. The vast majority, or some 35,000 people, were merely trying to keep a bit of their own money away from the grabbing hands of the taxman. They didn't succeed. Many more are undoubtedly soon to follow. If you ever find yourself that target of a FINCEN investigation, your chances of outwitting the agency are almost nonexistent. To being with, you will not even be aware of the increased attention pointed in your direction. Furthermore, you will also be pitted against the following forces: *The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) *The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) *The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) *The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) *The
[CTRL] Was the Seattle-Vancouver earthquake triggered by environmental war?
-Caveat Lector- Was the Seattle-Vancouver earthquake triggered by environmental war? EcoNews Service VANCOUVER, BC - Was the Seattle-Vancouver earthquake of 28 February 2001 triggered - accidentally or on purpose - by new, secret electromagnetic weapons? The Vancouver-based author of "EARTH CHANGES" interprets events like this earthquake in the startling new light of Environmental War and Global Earthquakes. You can read from EARTH CHANGES at: http://www.universebooks.com/sampleearthchanges.html "EARTH CHANGES" explores the disciplines of catastrophic geology, seismology, vulcanology, parapsychology, and public interest policy analysis. Vancouver-based author Alfred Lambremont Webre develops a new field theory explaining how an age of global earthquakes might be fulfilled not by earth system mechanics, but by the deployment of a new generation of electromagnetic weapons, used in environmental warfare. A Yakima valley, Washington researcher, writing about "EARTH CHANGES", agreed, "Like the weather and the oceans, the mantle beneath the floating tectonic plates also involve convection cells, but in a plastic medium that sets up wave patterns that may be modified by superimposition of additional waves." Electromagnetic (EM) weapons are a possible trigger of cataclysmic earth events. EM fields can superheat the ionosphere, devastating magnetic bands around the earth, and in turn causing massive disruption of the earths Tectonic plates. A January 17, 1995 earthquake in Kobe, Japan may have been triggered by clandestine deployment of EM weapons. EM strategic warfare includes weather, climate and earth event warfare. Researchers have reported the use of EM weapons in anti-population mind- control operations over major cities. Scientific observers and short wave radio operators now state that unusual electromagnetic (EM) broadcasts preceded the Seattle- Vancouver earthquake. One researcher who actually monitored the EM broadcasts prior to the earthquake states, "Could the abnormal activity on 3.39 MHz February 20 and prior be linked to the Seattle quake? If so, why would HAARP (supposedly funded by U.S. sources) be used to create quakes or other assorted EM mayhem on U.S. property? I picked up a signal so strong it went right off the S meter on my SW set at that frequency at 6:00 am on Feb 20th. Took an audio sampling of half an hour but can't make hide or hair of what HAARP is broadcasting, just that it's STRONG." One example of how earthquakes (and climate shift including so- called global warming) can be triggered is HAARP, a U.S. military electromagnetic EM installation located in Alaska, and part of a global network of U.S. military electromagnetic weapons. HAARP and its EM network are designed to turn the entire ionosphere into a giant anti-submarine and anti-missile antenna. Environmental impact studies show that HAARP could superheat the ionosphere, and substantially damage or destroy it in a runaway ecological process. A Seattle-based researcher notes EM activity just prior to and during the earthquake. "COINCIDENCE? Date: 2/27/01 9:54:34 PM Pacific Standard Time [hour prior to quake] . Washington, Yakima Valley: On the dial at WX Air VHF band around 153 we are getting the strangest signal. Anyone else hearing it or no what it is. HARRP maybe?" "Date: 2/28/01 7:21:39 PM Pacific Standard Time. Does anyone have recording of 153 MHZ signal? I helped install seismic monitoring stations in California in early 90's. They are designed as early warning system in detecting earth movements prior to big quake. Several of these were in the 153-154 band. They send data, but during a big shift they send a screeching sounding data burst. Let me know what you find out." The director of the ELFRAD group that monitors electromagnetic activity, including HAARP EM weapons writes, "Date: 2/28/01 1:55:52 PM Pacific Standard Time. Thought you might find this file interesting. It is a 21 hour recording starting this morning at 0001 hrs. We recorded intense activity from .02 to .036 hertz 473 minutes prior to the Washington quake. Actually this was a double boomer because 4 minutes earlier there was also a quake registering 5.4 off the coast of Central America. Also am including a [picture] during the same time period for yesterday so that you can compare with no major quake." Faced with the information on EM Environmental war and earthquakes, another researcher with the ELFRAD group wrote, "I take back my former statement that all earthquakes are natural. After reading the following article and tying this information in with Russian predictions of major earthquakes in Kamchatka this year, I'm ready to believe we're in for a lot of trouble..." The researcher then cites the information EARTH CHANGES covers on the possible tectonic warfare earthquakes:
[CTRL] Favish: Post-Mortem Lividity in Vince Foster (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 22:26:31 -0800 From: Allan Favish [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Post-Mortem Lividity in Vince Foster Interesting discussion about post mortem lividity in Foster's body in this thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3aa2d51c3eba.htm _ Regards, Allan J. Favish http://members.aol.com/allanf8702/page1.htm = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
