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<http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/police-prepare-for-unrest-2008-10-21.html>Police prepare for unrest on Election Day 21 Oct 2008 Police departments in cities across the country are beefing up their ranks for Election Day, preparing for possible civil unrest and riots after the historic presidential contest. Public safety officials said in interviews with The Hill that the election, which will end with either the nation's first black president or its first female vice president, demanded a stronger police presence. <http://www.aclu.com/safefree/general/37274prs20081021.html>ACLU Demands Information On Military Deployment Within U.S. Borders --Deployment Erodes Longstanding Separation Between Civilian And Military Government (ACLU) 21 Oct 2008 The American Civil Liberties Union today demanded information from the government about reports that an active military unit has been deployed inside the U.S. to help with "civil unrest" and "crowd control" - matters traditionally handled by civilian authorities. This deployment jeopardizes the longstanding separation between civilian and military government, and the public has a right to know where and why the unit has been deployed, according to an ACLU Freedom of Information request filed today. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7681743.stm>MoD scientists 'deployed in UK' 21 Oct 2008 Scientists from Porton Down have been deployed in the UK a "number of times this year", the government's head of counter-terrorism has told MPs. The lab mainly specialises in nuclear and biological warfare but the reason for the deployments is not known. Brigadier Chip Chapman told a committee of MPs he could not go into details for national security reasons. The Commons defence committee is probing the UK's level of readiness for a terrorist attack or other emergency. <http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/10/10385_16_words_detain.html>16 Words: New Court Filing Suggests Manufactured Terror Threat in Bush's 2002 State of the Union By Laura Rozen 17 Oct 2008 A new court filing by the lawyers for <http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/12/gitmo-sarajevo-guantanamo-algerian-six.html>Lakhdar Boumediene and five other Guantanamo detainees suggests that the Bush administration ordered the Bosnian government to arrest and hold the men after an exhaustive Bosnian investigation had found them innocent of any terrorism related activity and had ordered their release, in order to use them as props in Bush's January 2002 State of the Union speech. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/21/AR2008102102477.html>Al-Qaeda Endorses McCain 22 Oct 2008 Al-Qaeda [al-CIAduh] is watching the U.S. stock market's downward slide with something akin to jubilation, with its leaders hailing the financial crisis as a vindication of its strategy of crippling America's economy through endless, costly foreign wars against Islamist insurgents. And at least some of its supporters think Sen. John McCain is the presidential candidate best suited to continue that trend. <g> "Al-Qaeda will have to support McCain in the coming election," said a commentary posted Monday on the Web site al-Hesbah, which is closely linked to the terrorist group. It said the Arizona Republican would continue the "failing march of his predecessor," President [sic] Bush. <http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C10%5C23%5Cstory_23-10-2008_pg4_1>McCain raises spectre of nuclear war 23 Oct 2008 John McCain raised the spectre of nuclear war as he struggled to overcome rival Barack Obama's widening lead in the polls with just 14 days left in the epic race to the White House... The next president "won't have time to get used to the office," the Republican said at a rally on Tuesday. "I sat in the cockpit on the flight deck of the USS Enterprise off of Cuba. I had a target," McInsane said, referring to the 1962 Cuban Missile crisis. "I know how close we came to a nuclear war and I will not be a president that needs to be tested. I have been tested. Senator Obama has not." <http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article4992996.ece>Nine Afghan soldiers die in 'friendly fire' attack by US warplanes 23 Oct 2008 American aircraft have killed nine Afghan soldiers in an accidental attack on an army post - the latest in a string of deadly mistakes involving Western forces in Afghanistan. Afghan officials said that the attack happened overnight on Tuesday in the eastern province of Khost. <http://www.agi.it/world/news/200810221030-pol-ren0012-art.html>Afghanistan: 9 Soldiers Killed, "Possible U. S. Error" 23 Oct 2008 The Command of the US-led multinational coalition has admitted that US troops may have been responsible for killing nine Afghan governmental soldiers and injuring three others, one of whom in critical condition, in an air strike last night during which a government army post was accidentally bombed in the south-eastern Khost province, one of the main Taliban strongholds. It was, however, only a partial admission of fault in which an attempt was made to lay part of the blame on the victims themselves. <http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C10%5C23%5Cstory_23-10-2008_pg4_5>Iraq says won't be bullied into signing US pact --Baghdad rejects US military chief's warning over failure to materialise deal 23 Oct 2008 Iraq will not be bullied into signing a security pact with the United States despite top US leaders warning of potentially dire consequences if it does not, the government spokesman said on Wednesday. Ali al-Dabbagh blasted US military chief Admiral Michael Mullen for saying that Baghdad faced the potential of significant losses if a deal is not concluded to keep American forces in Iraq beyond year end. <http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/54551.html>Iraq's cabinet rejects current draft of U.S. troop accord 21 Oct 2008 Shiite Muslim government ministers raised objections Tuesday to a "final draft" of an agreement to authorize U.S. troops to remain in Iraq, and after a four-and-a-half-hour cabinet meeting Iraq's government spokesman said that the agreement wouldn't be finalized in its current form. The clock is ticking: The United Nations mandate under which U.S. troops are in Iraq expires on Dec. 31... Lawmakers also want to strike a clause that would give the Iraqi government the right to extend the agreement without parliamentary approval if it felt that was advisable. Hamoudi said that Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki himself raised objections to the draft agreement. <http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1224664307228190.xml&coll=2>Court rejects public hearing on Blackwater guards' deaths in Iraq 22 Oct 2008 A federal appeals court has ruled that a hearing on the deaths of Cleveland native Jerko "Jerry" Zovko and three other Blackwater guards in Iraq will go to private arbitration, a decision that probably ends a public investigation into their gruesome deaths in 2004. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday dismissed a petition by the families of the deceased guards -- Zovko, Stephen Helveston, Mike Teague and Wesley Batalona -- to move the case into public courts. <http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2008/10/senate_offices_receive_bomb_th.html>Senate Offices Receive Bomb Threats 22 Oct 2008 The U.S. Capitol Police are investigating bomb threats to "several" Senate offices, though so far the department has not felt the need to evacuate any offices or buildings on the congressional campus. Roll Call <http://www.rollcall.com/news/29458-1.html>reports that a total of five Senate offices have received threats. <http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/1008/Senate_receives_bomb_threats_no_evacuation.html>Senate receives bomb threats, no evacuation 22 Oct 2008 Several Senate offices have received bomb threats this afternoon, but the offices have not been evacuated and Capitol Police are investigating the threats. Capitol Police just sent out this alert to Senate offices, and seem to be downplaying the level of the threat: "Several offices have received a bomb threat by phone and email. The United States Capitol Police are actively investigating. There is no need for staff to take any precautions at this point. If your office receives a threat please take note of the time, caller I.D., and wording." <http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gn-v2ZSHIyd75HnwKFqrvmWyt0AAD93VQTVG0>White powder at NY Times believed to be harmless 23 Oct 2008 An employee of The New York Times opened a letter Wednesday containing a white powder that officials later said was harmless. The discovery comes after more than 30 letters containing a suspicious powder were mailed to Chase bank branches and federal banking regulators' offices in nine cities. <http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6091463>ABC: Letter Threatens Chase Bank CEO, 'You Will Be Killed' 22 Oct 2008 The U.S. Postal Inspection Service posted a $100,000 reward late Wednesday for information about a flurry of threatening letters sent to JP Morgan Chase facilities, its CEO Jamie Dimon, and several federal banking offices around the country this week. "You need to be pay back. You will be killed in 10 days," one of the typewritten letters read, federal law enforcement officials told ABC News. Another letter, addressed to the JP Morgan Chase CEO, Jamie Dimon, in New York, threatened a series of attacks ending in an [inside job] Oklahoma City-like bombing. <http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6082535>Chase Bank Hoax Threat Letters Sent from Amarillo, Texas --More Than 30 Letters Sent on October 18th to Banks Across the Country 21 Oct 2008 Federal authorities say more than 30 threat letters were sent to JP Morgan Chase banks around the country, all postmarked last Saturday, October 18, in Amarillo, Texas. An FBI spokesperson said the letters all contained a powder substance that appears to be harmless. Additional testing is underway. The letters went to Chase bank facilities in at least seven cities, according to the FBI, and began showing up yesterday. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/22/AR2008102202646.html>Homeland Security to Change Airline Boarding Process 22 Oct 2008 The Department of Homeland Security will take responsibility from airlines for checking passenger names against watch lists beginning in January and will require all commercial passengers for the first time to provide their full name, date of birth and gender as a condition of boarding a flight, U.S. officials said today. The changes will be phased in next year for the 2 million passengers each day aboard domestic and international flights to, from or over the United States. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7668477.stm>Ministers shelve 42-day detention 13 Oct 2008 Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has told MPs that plans to extend terror detention to 42 days will be dropped from the Counter-Terrorism Bill. It follows a heavy defeat for the government in the House of Lords, which threw out the plan by 309 votes to 118. <http://bailoutsleuth.com/2008/10/more-bailout-contracts-contain-blacked-out-portions/>More bailout contracts contain blacked out portions By Chris Carey 21 Oct 2008 The Treasury Department has hired two big accounting firms to help keep tabs on the government's financial-industry rescue program, and once again certain basic elements of the deals are shrouded in secrecy... The PricewaterhouseCoopers <http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/reports/pwc.pdf>contract released by the Treasury Department on Tuesday has blacked-out text in the area covering the firm's bid, and also conceals the name of the PricewaterhouseCoopers partner who signed the deal. Another section listing the names of the PricewaterhouseCoopers employees designated to work on the contract also is blacked out. <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122360084563521627.html>Rescue Was Sold Softly to the Street --Kashkari Told Financial-Industry Players That Salary Caps Wouldn't Be Too Onerous 10 Oct 2008 As the biggest market intervention in U.S. history made its way through Congress, Neel Kashkari, the Treasury official named this week to run the program, offered assurances to 800 financial-industry players. Attempts by Congress to make beneficiaries pay for their mistakes, such as placing caps on executive pay, were "quite reasonable" and "a pretty modest hindrance to you," he told them, according to a recording of the Sept. 28 conference call made public on video-sharing Web site YouTube. <http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/22/rigging.election/index.html>Ex-GOP operative tells cautionary tale about 'how to rig an election' --Allen Raymond went to prison for jamming phones of N.H's Democratic Party --Operation also prevented local firefighters from helping senior citizens get to polls 22 Oct 2008 Allen Raymond is living proof that political dirty tricksters do exist. The former Republican political operative went to federal prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of phone harassment. He jammed the phone lines of New Hampshire's Democratic Party on Election Day six years ago. "I think they were willing to do whatever it took to win, even if that meant breaking the law," Former New Hampshire Democratic Party Chairwoman Kathy Sullivan said. "Even if that meant suppressing the votes. So if that means they were trying to steal the election, yes, then they were trying to steal the election." <http://www.rhinelanderdailynews.com/articles/2008/10/22/ap-state-wi/d93vo5583.txt>Workers quit over anti-Obama phone calls 22 Oct 2008 Telemarketers in Wisconsin and West Virginia asked to make calls bashing Barack Obama and linking him to 1960s radical William Ayers quit their jobs rather than read the required script. The calls were paid for by the McCain campaign and the Republican National Committee and are being placed in several states across the country. [Awesome!] <http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/articles/2008/10/22/palin_nc_lawmaker_apologize_for_comments/>Palin, N.C. lawmaker apologize for comments 22 Oct 2008 Republicans were in mea culpa mode yesterday after comments in North Carolina suggesting that their supporters are more patriotic than Democrats. At a fund-raiser in the Tar Heel state last week, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said, "We believe that the best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America . . . pro-America areas of this great nation." Yesterday on CNN, Palin said she didn't mean to say some parts of the country are more pro-American than others. "I don't want that misunderstood," she said. "If that's the way it came across, I apologize." <http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gN2UuEbyF64GtuHQfJzWDqDg7PqgD93VNPAG3>GOP spent $150,000 in donations on Palin's look 22 Oct 2008 The Republican National Committee spent about $150,000 on clothing, hair styling, makeup and other "campaign accessories" in September for the McCain campaign after Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin joined the ticket as his running mate. The McCain campaign now says the clothing will go to a "charitable purpose" after the campaign. <http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gN2UuEbyF64GtuHQfJzWDqDg7PqgD93VQJE00>Shop, baby, shop? GOP spent $150K on Palin clothes 22 Oct 2008 Who knew looking like a hockey mom was this darned expensive? Certainly not Wanda Routier, a proud hockey mom in Hewitt, Wis., who spends her time in sweat pants, turtlenecks, ankle boots and heavy coats. She was dismayed to hear Wednesday that the Republican Party had spent $150,000 on clothes, hair styling and accessories for Sarah Palin and her family from such upscale stores as Saks Fifth Avenue and Nieman Marcus. <http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i7K20RiBJeMQhhTZUST64ABObHjAD93VP3IG1>Biden lashes out at corporate greed in Colo. stop 22 Oct 2008 Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Wednesday that Barack Obama will attack corporate greed and go after executives who reward themselves at the expense of employees. Biden took direct aim at executives who draw big salaries while leading failed companies where employees are losing pensions. "Their pensions go first," he told a roaring crowd. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7532075.stm>Democrats set to dominate Senate 22 Oct 2008 "It doesn't get bigger than this." That is what Larry Sabato, Professor of Political Science at the University of Virginia, is saying about the potential for big Democratic gains in the US Senate races in November. <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=apOiibhMQCiw>McCain Draws Even With Obama After Final Debate in AP Poll 22 Oct 2008 Republican John McCain erased Democrat Barack Obama's lead in the presidential race less than two weeks before Election Day in an Associated Press-GfK poll, as two other surveys put Obama ahead by 10 points or more. The AP poll, taken over five days following the candidates' final debate Oct. 15, shows Obama with 44 percent support and McCain with 43 percent backing among likely voters. <http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j_V8-OHmKy1Edb5H0YFBDP33mP_Q>Former NYTimes 'reporter' Judith Miller joins Fox News 20 Oct 2008 Judith Miller, whose pre-Iraq war reporting propaganda was faulted in a 2004 apology to its readers by editors of The New York Times, has joined the Fox News television channel as a contributor. Miller "will provide commentary and analysis on national security issues, counterterrorism, and international affairs, including the Middle East on Fox," the cable news channel announced in a statement on Monday. Heads up! <http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/384397_species22.html>Interior rushing species act changes --Public comment review speeded 21 Oct 2008 Rushing to ease endangered species rules before Dictator Bush leaves office, Interior Department officials are attempting to review 200,000 comments from the public in just 32 hours, according to an e-mail obtained by The Associated Press. The Fish and Wildlife Service has called a team of 15 people to Washington this week to pore through letters and online comments about a proposal to exclude greenhouse gases and the advice of federal biologists from decisions about whether dams, power plants and other federal projects could harm species. CLG needs your support. <http://www.legitgov.org/#contribute>http://www.legitgov.org/#contribute<> Or, please mail a check or money order to CLG: Citizens for Legitimate Government (CLG) P.O. Box 1142 Bristol, CT 06011-1142 Contributions to CLG are not tax deductible. Previous lead stories: <http://www.pressrepublican.com/homepage/local_story_295092819.html>Top world military leaders meet in Lake Placid 21 Oct 2008 (NY) Some of the most powerful military commanders in the world <http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/page/content.detail/id/503045.html>met in Lake Placid over the weekend. Speculation was rife after a C-32, the military equivalent to a Boeing 757 airliner, touched down Friday at the Adirondack Regional Airport in Lake Clear. The 155-foot-long jumbo jet, which is used as Air Force 2 when the vice president is aboard, was emblazoned with "United States of America" on the side and parked on the eastern edge of the airport. Following the landing, a motorcade led by State Police rushed Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and top military commanders from four nations -- Britain, France, Germany and Italy -- to a resort in Lake Placid. <http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200810/s2397886.htm>Guantanamo Bay to remain open: Bush 22 Oct 2008 America's Bush administration has confirmed the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, that houses suspected terrorists, will still be open when the new President takes office in January. White House spokeswoman, Dana Perino, says there is no way the facility could be closed in the president's [sic] remaining three months in office. <http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iixseMsnrpMliemQ4_IlTd9SAa0QD93V67GO0>US drops charges against -- but still holds -- 5 Guantanamo prisoners 21 Oct 2008 The U.S. military abruptly dropped charges against five Guantanamo Bay prisoners, including one who allegedly plotted to detonate a "dirty bomb" in the U.S., after a prosecutor accused the military of suppressing evidence that could have helped clear them. But despite the decision, announced Tuesday, there are no plans to free the men. New trial teams are taking another look at the evidence, the military said, and after consulting with intelligence agencies will recommend whether to reinstate charges. Please forward this newsletter to anyone you think might be interested. 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