Re: [CTRL] Uncovering the Dark Side of the world wide web
-Caveat Lector- How did Buchanan International obtain data like this without having full access to password protected sites? Buchanan International appears to be either the world's largest pornography patron or the most prolific hacker. If I had a porn site I would be considering legal action. Kris Millegan wrote: The programmers found that more than 20,000 new hosts for pornography sites were being created daily. The average site contained just 43 images, and 98 per cent held almost no original material. However, some sites had more than 100,000 images. The porn-viewing public - which forms just 2.5 per cent of the database - cannot keep up: the number of sites is growing exponentially but the number of visitors to them only linearly, says Whitelaw. Child pornography, much of it now originating in eastern Europe, is a big growth industry, he adds. For the past decade, Buchanan has provided security software and criminal-tracking services to the police, security services, banks, the RUC and utilities such as airports and oil rig operators. Recently, it was involved in tracing the international tentacles of the vast Wonderland paedophile ring, which led directly to hundreds of arrests. One password used by the ring took 35 days for Buchanan to crack. 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.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] Intelligence Authorization Act, H.R. 4392
-Caveat Lector- http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/2000/10/treaty.html American Civil Liberties Union Federation of American Scientists Lawyers Committee for Human Rights World Organization Against Torture, USA October 11, 2000 Hon. Porter Goss, Chairman Hon. Julian Dixon, Ranking Member Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence H-405 Capitol Building Washington, D.C. 20515-6415 Re: Intelligence Authorization Act, H.R. 4392, and Treaty "Obligations" Dear Reps. Goss and Dixon: We are writing to ask that you reject Section 305 of the Senate-passed version of the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY 2001, H.R. 4392. Section 305 would legalize "authorized intelligence activity" that is illegal under the terms of any legislation adopted in the future to implement a treaty, unless the implementing legislation indicates otherwise. In essence, it puts intelligence activity above the law. Because this sweeping change has been the subject of no public hearings and virtually no public debate, and because this provision would sanction lawless activity, we urge you to reject it. Under Section 305, "authorized intelligence activity" that violates any law enacted in the future to implement a treaty or other international agreement would be legal, unless the implementing legislation indicated otherwise. Legislation implementing international treaties prohibits some of the most heinous conduct imaginable. Treaties into which the United States has or will soon enter proscribe genocide, bribery, racial discrimination, hostage taking and hijacking. For example, the legislation implementing the Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Punishment establishes that it is the policy of the United States not to expel, extradite or effect the involuntary return of any person to a country in which there are substantial grounds for believing that the person would be in danger of being tortured. This policy applies regardless of whether the person who might be tortured is in the United States. Section 2242 of Pub. Law 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681-822 (1998). Had section 305 been law when Congress considered the legislation implementing the Convention Against Torture, it would be legal under the statute for a CIA agent acting pursuant to an "authorized intelligence activity" to return a person to a place where they would be tortured. This would be the case unless a member of Congress successfully slipped into the implementing legislation a provision indicating that it applied to intelligence activity as well. The very limited Senate debate on this provision indicates that whether a particular intelligence activity that violates a law implementing a treaty is "authorized" is unclear. For example, it appears that the authorization need not be written and need not be issued specifically with respect to the conduct in question. Rather, as Senator Shelby put it, "Individual actions might be authorized through general written policies, rather than case-specific authorizations." See colloquy between Senators Biden and Shelby, 146 Cong. Rec. page S9686-7, October 3, 2000. This is an invitation for abuse of authority to evade a law by which every other government official must abide. There can be no excuse for giving intelligence agencies a license to ignore the law, including laws that implement treaty obligations. To create such a blanket exception for "authorized intelligence activities" is to invite other countries that undertake treaty obligations to except these and other activities from the requirements of the treaty. This provision would ensure that there is no public debate as to whether there should be an "intelligence exception" to a future treaty obligation proscribing objectionable conduct. We urge you to reject it. Sincerely, Laura W. Murphy, Director American Civil Liberties Union Washington National Office Steven Aftergood, Project Director Federation of American Scientists Elisa Massiminoe, Director Lawyers Committee for Human Rights Morton Sklar, Director World Organization Against Torture, USA 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.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
[CTRL] Al Gore protects local corruption?
-Caveat Lector- http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_exnews/20001012_xex_al_gore_prot.shtml TENNESSEE UNDERWORLD Al Gore protects local corruption? Vice president's home state 'evil place,' says investigator By Charles Thompson and Tony Hays © 2000 WorldNetDaily.com A senior FBI official said public corruption in Tennessee was "too extensive" to successfully prosecute and that protection for the corrupt officials in the state came from Vice President Al Gore's office, according to a career undercover policeman. The stunning declaration came after a five-month investigation into narcotics trafficking and public corruption in Warren County, Tenn. ran into twin brick walls at the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. WorldNetDaily has recently run a series of reports on alleged corruption within the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, particularly on the part of its director, Larry Wallace, a longtime friend and supporter of Vice President Al Gore. The reports document allegations that Gore has routinely relied on Wallace to "take care" of criminal matters involving the vice president's family and friends. Wallace has since threatened to "jail" any current or former agents who supply WND with information, according to a senior TBI official. "He can't threaten us. That's our constitutionally protected right to talk to you if we want to," responded one former TBI agent, Butch Morris, who is now chief of police of La Vergne, Tenn. "It just shows how desperate he's become." Corruption 'too extensive' Meanwhile, new information from current and former TBI agents continues to flow freely. One spectacular example of alleged corruption in the bureau came from career undercover officer Michael Downie, a veteran of numerous federal, state and local operations. The case, which took place in Warren County, Tenn., in 1993-1994, is exceptional for the documentation associated with it, including audio and video and stacks of documents and correspondence. Downie and former Warren County Sheriff Mason Black had attempted to build cases against a local drug dealer, Billy Wannyn, and a state judge, Barry Medley. But efforts to prosecute Wannyn, the son-in-law of a prominent state senator and congressional candidate, Jerry Cooper, were allegedly shut down by the local district attorney, Bill Locke, and the FBI promised and then refused to pursue corruption charges against Medley for accepting a $6,000 bribe and altering drivers license records. Black was elected sheriff of Warren County, Tenn., in 1990. A 20-year veteran of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Black had a reputation for being impeccably honest. And when he took over the sheriff's department, he told other officers that something was wrong. "When we were going out and just busting the little nickel-dime dealers, everybody was happy," he told journalist James L. Pate. "But when we started rolling over some of these guys and working up the drug ladder, it seemed like the district attorney's office would start to throw obstacles in our path." Warren County is not a place to be caught playing both sides of the fence. The area has a history of mysterious drug-related deaths. Two men -- Billy Hill and James West -- died soon after agreeing to serve as informants. Hill died of an apparent drug overdose, but West was killed the day after he was released from jail. West's murder is still unsolved. It wasn't just drug cases that prosecutors wanted swept under the carpet. Drunk-driving
[CTRL] Man killed by police serving warrant at wrong home
-Caveat Lector- http://www.msnbc.com/local/WSMV/34605.asp?cp1=1 Man killed by police serving warrant at wrong home October 5, 2000, In Wilson County, something went terribly wrong early Thursday morning when Lebanon Police tried to serve a search warrant. It appears the officers forced their way into the wrong house. Now an elderly man is dead and five police officers are under criminal investigation. The TBI and Lebanon Police Department are investigating the overnight fatal shooting. Authorities say police shot John Adams about 10 oclock Wednesday night while attempting to serve an arrest warrant. Police say Adams filed a sawed-off shotgun as they forced their way into his home. According to a Lebanon City Councilman, police had the wrong house. The house they were looking for was next door. Adams and his wife are in their sixties and Adams used a walker and was disabled. Neighbors tell Channel 4 that police officers knocked on Adams door, then kicked it in. And at some point, shot him and handcuffed his wife. It took more than 12 hours for any authorities to comment on the shooting. Police Chief Billy Weeks said, The person that did the surveillance did go on the raid. The surveillance was probably not as good as it should have been. A mistake was made, a severe mistake, a very costly mistake. According to a local newspaper, he has placed two officers on administrative leave. According to family members, the arrest stemmed from a drug charge. John Adams house is clearly marked with a house number next to the front door. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.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] Climate feels the Sun's effects
-Caveat Lector- http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_953000/953353.stm Tuesday, 3 October, 2000, 16:49 GMT 17:49 UK Climate feels the Sun's effects What part has the Sun played in recent climate changes? By environment correspondent Alex Kirby Recent reports that global warming is caused "mainly by the Sun" have been dismissed by leading scientists. The reports claimed that research by the European Space Agency (Esa) and others showed that computer models had severely underestimated the Sun's impact on the climate. But a conference sponsored by the Esa and the European Union has heard that the evidence is far more complex. And some participants say solar influences have diminished, while the human effects are intensifying. The conference, entitled The Solar Cycle and Terrestrial Climate, took place in Tenerife, and was held to review the mechanisms of the Sun's influence on climate and its importance compared with human influences. Possible mechanisms of solar influence on the Earth's climate include variations in ultraviolet (UV), visible and infrared (IR) radiation, and also in cosmic rays. Professor Mike Lockwood, of the United Kingdom's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, told BBC News Online he believed that climate change was solar-induced to begin with, but that it was now caused increasingly by anthropogenic factors. Increasing human influence "I have doubts about how low some people want to keep the solar contribution," he said. "Over the whole of the last century, I'd say it was perhaps about 40-50% of the total. "But the important point is that most of that was in the first 50 years. From 1970 to now the main influence has been human activity, and that's rather scary. "The anthropogenic effects are now kicking in for real. And after all, the amount of carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere should have had some effect, though there are still a lot of unknowns." Paal Brekke is the deputy project scientist for the Esa's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory satellite, Soho. He told BBC News Online: "The Sun may explain up to 20% of global warming over the last 30 years, if you look only at irradiance. "But if you include other, indirect effects, including cosmic rays and their influence on cloud cover, that percentage could rise. "The pattern of systematic change in the global climate over recorded history seems to follow the observed changes in cosmic ray flux. "It is consistent with the explanation that a low flux corresponds to fewer clouds and a warmer climate, and vice versa." Dr Joanna Haigh, of Imperial College, London, said Soho's measurements have shown that changes in solar UV radiation are larger than once thought. Ozone's equivocal role She believes that ozone responds to changes in solar UV, but said the picture was complex. Dr Haigh told BBC News Online: "How much the ozone responds, and where it changes, is crucial. "In the upper stratosphere, about 50 km up, an increase in ozone will have a cooling effect. "But about 20 km above the Earth, more ozone will act like other greenhouse gases, trapping IR radiation and enhancing warming. "I think it's very unlikely anyway that the response of ozone to solar UV will be as dramatic as some reports have claimed." Dr Mike Hulme, executive director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia, UK, said the so far unquantifiable contribution of the Sun is consistent with climatologists' understanding of what is happening. He told BBC News Online: "The case argued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a carefully-worded judgement. "Most scientists say it is fairly guarded, and is supportable. "It allows both a substantial role for the Sun, and an inconsequential one. "All the evidence suggests
[CTRL] Sheriff's deputy kills man
-Caveat Lector- http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/092700/loc_092700031.shtml Wednesday, September 27, 2000 Last modified at 4:22 p.m. on Wednesday, September 27, 2000 © 2000 - The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Sheriff's deputy kills man Family says victim unarmed during child custody matter By ELIZABETH LANGTON Avalanche-Journal A Lubbock sheriff's deputy shot and killed a man Tuesday just yards away from where the victim's family had gathered for a birthday party. Joe Cavazos Jr., 46, died about 6:45 p.m. in a ditch bordering a cotton field at Woodrow Road and Interstate 27. The shooting occurred across the road from Cavazos' parents' home, where family members gathered Tuesday night to celebrate his mother's birthday. Relatives who witnessed the shooting said it was unprovoked and that Cavazos was unarmed. The 10-year patrol deputy who shot Cavazos was placed on paid administrative leave, Sheriff David Gutierrez said. He refused to release the officer's name. Gutierrez asked the Texas Rangers to investigate the shooting. ''I want a thorough, complete, independent investigation into this shooting,'' he said. ''I've talked to the family, and they are handling it very well under the circumstances. I assured them that we would have a thorough investigation into this.'' Texas Ranger Warren Yeager, the investigating officer, was working at the scene late Tuesday and was unavailable for comment. Authorities released few details about the shooting. The incident started when Children's Protective Services arrived at Cavazos' parents' house and called for assistance from the Sheriff's Office on a child custody matter, Gutierrez said. One of the responding deputies shot Cavazos. Jose Sr. and Viola Cavazos had custody of their grandsons, ages 4 and 7, said their daughter Norma Berlanga. CPS workers came to the house looking for the children's parents, who were barred from seeing the boys. ''CPS thought they were here, but they weren't here,'' Berlanga said. ''They searched the house, but they weren't here. ''They (the children's parents) were going by the law; they weren't coming over here.'' The CPS workers left but returned later with sheriff's deputies and a court order to take the children, Berlanga said. As CPS officials left with the children, Joe Cavazos Jr., the father, drove up to the house and saw them, she said. Cavazos Jr. followed the CPS vehicle, and the sheriff's deputies pulled in behind him, said Cavazos' cousin Simon Castillo. Cavazos Jr. exited his truck and ran toward the cotton field. ''The cops started chasing him. He was standing in the ditch,'' Castillo said. Two deputies with their guns drawn ordered Cavazos Jr. to the ground, Castillo said, but he continued to stand and pleaded with them. ''He was telling them, 'I want to see my kids; I just want to see my kids,' '' Castillo said. One deputy then fired his gun, and the bullet struck the ground near Cavazos' foot, Castillo said. ''I don't know if it hit him. But he reacted; he got scared. He just reacted to the shot,'' he said. ''Then the cop shot him in the chest. The impact he went up, and he just fell.'' Family friend Linda Arnold said she saw the first shot hit the ground, then saw Cavazos fall after the second shot.''I didn't see any cause for them to shoot him.'' Cavazos' body lay in the ditch covered by a white sheet for hours as law enforcement officials conducted an investigation. Family members, many whom came to celebrate Viola Cavazos' birthday, stood outside hugging and crying. ''I had rented a limo to take her to dinner,'' Berlanga said. ''We were going to have a big birthday party.'' Viola Cavazos was taken to a hospital by ambulance after ''going into shock,'' Berlanga said through tears. She looked toward the cluster of officers on the road and said, ''I wish I could go see him and touch him and say my last goodbye.'' Jose Cavazos Sr., who saw the shooting, said his son was a gentle person, and the deputy has no reason to claim self-defense. ''The reason they shot him is because he wouldn't kneel down. He was just murdered. He didn't have nothing; they just cut him down,'' the father said. ''That is a murder. ... They are not going to get away with it.'' Elizabeth Langton can be contacted at 766-8795 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.com A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list.
[CTRL] 32 State Dept. officials were stripped of clearances
-Caveat Lector- http://www.foxnews.com/national/0925/d_ap_0925_105.sml Thirty-two State Department officials were stripped of clearances 3.40 p.m. ET (1953 GMT) September 25, 2000 By Barry Schweid, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) The State Department has suspended the security clearances of five employees for violations of security policies this year, spokesman Richard Boucher said Monday. Another 27 employees had their security clearances suspended for other reasons in the last 18 months or two years, Boucher said. The disclosure followed announcement over the weekend that Martin Indyk, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, was under FBI and State Department investigation for suspected security violations. Indyk has lost his security clearance and no longer can participate in Mideast diplomacy. "He's highly regarded for his contributions,'' Boucher said Monday. "Obviously, the fact that he doesn't have a security clearance, and therefore is not able to participate in the deliberations, makes things more difficult, because he has been an important member of the team.'' Boucher said there was no indication of espionage and "there has been no indication that any intelligence information has been compromised. This is a question of security procedures that have not been followed.'' Boucher provided no details of the other cases. He said he did not know which employees had been reinstated, but said he assumed some had been. Last week, Sen. Rod Grams, R-Minn., dropped a hold he had placed on seven career foreign service officers who had been nominated for ambassadorships. They had accumulated about 100 security violations. The violations reportedly included leaving safes open and removing classified documents from embassies. Indyk was an important channel to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, who requested his return to Tel Aviv for a second tour. In between, Indyk headed the State Department's Near East bureau. In both positions, and earlier as the head of the Middle East desk at the White House, he helped shape U.S. policy on the Arab-Israeli conflict. In a speech this month in Jerusalem he said Israel and the Palestinians should share the Holy City. The first American ambassador stripped of his security clearances, Indyk was sidelined as U.S. mediation to break a deadlock between Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat entered another critical stage. Israeli and Palestinian negotiators were due to resume talks here on Wednesday. The deadlock centers on the future of Jerusalem and other issues such as the disposition of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees who claim Israel expelled them. Indyk said in a statement this weekend: "I regret that my trying to do the best possible job under very difficult conditions has led to the temporary suspension of my security clearances. Jeopardizing the national security interests of the U.S. is absolutely abhorrent to me, and I would never do anything to compromise those interests.'' He expressed gratitude that the State Department "agreed with my firm conviction that no classified information has been compromised.'' -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.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] Case of the poisoned umbrella is closed
-Caveat Lector- http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/2000/09/22/timnwsnws01028.html September 22 2000 BRITAIN Case of the poisoned umbrella is closed BY DANIEL MCGRORY BRITISH spy chiefs learnt yesterday that the files were being closed on of one of the most infamous murders carried out by secret agents in London. The Bulgarian dissident Georgy Markov was on Waterloo Bridge in September 1978 when he was stabbed by a poisoned umbrella and died four days later. The killer, who appeared to bump into his victim at a bus stop, was never caught. Yesterday the Bulgarian authorities said they have stopped looking because the crime had been committed 20 years ago. In 1990 a double agent who worked for Russia and Britain, Oleg Gordievsky, revealed in his memoirs that the Soviet KGB had provided the poison and had coached Bulgarian secret services in how to commit the murder. This was confirmed by the former head of the KGB, Oleg Kalugin, who claimed that the murder had been ordered by Bulgaria's Communist dictator, Todor Zhivkov. He died in jail in 1998 still refusing to confirm that he had been responsible. Now the public prosecutor in Sofia, Nestor Nestorov, said Bulgaria would supply information to British authorities whose inquiry is still open. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.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
Re: [CTRL] Fw: Authorities Make Record Cocaine Seizure
-Caveat Lector- Al Gore's uncle Whit LaFon must have started using alternate routes to ship his drugs. Ynr Chyldz Wyld wrote: -Caveat Lector- Note the nearest town...sounds like potus is stocking up for post Jan. 2001? ;-) June - Original Message - Authorities Make Record Cocaine Seizure Updated 8:11 AM ET September 20, 2000 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) - More than ten tons of cocaine valued by authorities at $125 million was confiscated from a transport truck in what Arkansas authorities said on Tuesday was the largest cocaine seizure in the state's history. 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.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] Feds to Homeowners: Make Room for a View
http://www.foxnews.com/national/091400/scenicview_mand.sml Feds to Homeowners: Make Room for a View Thursday, September 14, 2000 By Adrienne Mand [FOXNews.com] Sheila Davis has lived near the beach in Florida, but she chose to raise her family in Hinton, W.Va., a city nestled along the New River in an area known for its railroad history and national historic district. She owns an acre of land where she shares her mobile home with three teenage daughters and plans to build a log cabin. But a road improvement plan that ballooned into a federal park project has threatened to force Davis and dozens of other Hinton residents from their homes, all to create a better view. And the situation is not unique to West Virginia. In order to fix New River Road, a two-lane stretch that was riddled with potholes, Raleigh County and the state asked for federal assistance. They were offered funding, but the roadway was designated a scenic parkway. Then government agencies were required to be involved, including the National Park Service, Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Natural Resources. Davis said that as late as May 1998 homeowners in the area were assured that their property would not be affected unless they were willing to sell it. But that changed last September, when the original plans were expanded. The National Park Service wants to create an unobstructed "viewshed." The issue has not been settled, but one option under consideration is forcing people to sell their homes. "If, in fact, this is going to be a scenic parkway, then we feel the scenic qualities should be protected," said Lorrie Sprague of the National Park Service. "Wherever you happen to be at that point in time, and what you see from there is your viewshed." Doug Tolbert of the New River Parkway authority said, "The response to their concerns was that we acquire the additional right-of-way." This includes all the land from the road to the river where dozens of homes now sit, many of which have been in families for generations. Davis and others rallied to save their homes and have had some success being heard. Ann Roach, who lives in Ohio but hopes to retire to her home overlooking the river in Hinton, said the issue can't be solved with the money being offered to those who don't want to sell. "I don't know the answer, but I just keep on fighting," she said. The case in Hinton is not unique, according to Mike Hardiman, spokesman for the American Land Rights Association. Rather than spending time and money maintaining its current property, he said, the National Park Service has sought out new sites across the country. "The whole thing is a disgrace," he said of the parkway project. "It is an absolutely perfect case study of the mentality of abuse of taxpayer money and of individual citizens at the park service, in particular over the last eight years." Currently, all sides say they are seeking alternatives, but the search for a compromise hasn't gotten anywhere. "My dad died giving me this land," Davis said, "and this is what I have for myself and for my children." Fox News' Bret Baier contributed to this report -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.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] Suharto's son faces arrest over car bomb
http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/ ISSUE 1940 Saturday 16 September 2000 Suharto's son faces arrest over car bomb By Alex Spillius, South East Asia Correspondent and Chris McCall in Jakarta PRESIDENT Abdurrahman Wahid of Indonesia yesterday ordered the arrest of the youngest son of the former dictator Suharto in connection with a car bomb at the Jakarta Stock Exchange this week which killed 15 people. It raised the stakes in the conflict between Mr Wahid's struggling administration and the family, ex-colleagues and supporters of Suharto, who is charged with large-scale embezzlement of state funds. The president also prompted fears of violence on the streets of the capital by asking the 40,000-strong security force of the Islamic movement he once led to "stand by the people" against pro-Suharto thugs, who attacked student protesters this week. Mr Wahid, a Muslim cleric, told the congregation at the mosque where he led Friday prayers that Hutomo Mandala Putra, widely known as Tommy, was wanted for questioning "to avoid further incidents such as the Jakarta stock exchange blast". He added: "Pity our people because the victims are the little people." Later he visited the injured in hospital. Most of those who died in the explosion in the basement of the exchange were chauffeurs. The blast occurred the day before the resumption of 79-year-old Suharto's trial, which he again failed to attend for medical reasons. The explosion was the worst of a series of attacks in which the 37-year-old Tommy was rumoured to be involved. The playboy of the family and his father's favourite, he has owned several luxury properties in London. When the International Monetary Fund bailed out his father's government just before he was ousted, Tommy had to give up the abundantly profitable government-awarded clove distribution monopoly. Since Suharto's resignation in May 1998, Tommy's myriad businesses have come under considerable pressure. He has been charged with and acquitted of corruption. On July 4, hours after he was last questioned about his father's case, a bomb exploded in the building housing the attorney-general's office. No one was injured. Police questioned Tommy's bodyguards after a second, more powerful bomb was defused the next day. On Aug 1, a powerful bomb at the residence of Leonides Caday, the Philippine ambassador, killed two people and injured 20, including Mr Caday. Analysts expressed concern that Mr Wahid, who is virtually blind and debilitated by two strokes, was again acting in the unpredictable, arbitrary fashion that has cost him so much credibility. He also ordered the arrest of a conservative Islamic group suspected of fostering religious violence, without giving any reasons. The issue of bringing Suharto to justice is at the heart of attempts by the nation of 210 million to establish itself as a democracy
[CTRL] There's plenty of cheap oil, says the U.S. Geological Survey
http://www.sciam.com/2000/0900issue/0900scicit4.html Awash in Oil There's plenty of cheap oil, says the U.S. Geological Survey The debate over this summer's skyrocketing gasoline prices-an issue that has drawn the ire of both U.S. presidential candidates, Congress and the Federal Trade Commission-obscures what may be a larger truth: there's gobs of oil out there. In June, after a five-year study, the U.S. Geological Survey raised its previous estimate of the world's crude oil reserves by 20 percent, to a total of 649 billion barrels. The USGS team believes the largest reserves of undiscovered oil lie in existing fields in the Middle East, the northeast Greenland Shelf, the western Siberian and Caspian areas, and the Niger and Congo delta areas of Africa. Significant new reserves were found in northeast Greenland and offshore Suriname, both of which have no history of production. "What we did is look into the future and predict how much will be discovered in the next 30 years based on the geology of how it gets trapped," explains Suzanne D. Weedman, program coordinator of the USGS World Petroleum Assessment 2000. "We also believe that the [oil] reserve numbers are going to increase." Besides relying on geological surveys, the USGS also based its numbers on changes in drilling technology that are making it easier to find new supplies and to squeeze more oil out of existing fields. Petroleum companies are flushing out oil with pressurized water and carbon dioxide and using improved robot technology to construct offshore drilling rigs in up to 3,500 feet of water. They are also conducting three-dimensional seismic imaging of underground and underwater fields. The idea of an expanding "reserve growth" of undiscovered oil isn't shared by everyone. Colin J. Campbell, an oil industry analyst based in Ireland, believes the USGS estimates are overly optimistic. "It's only the low end of this scale that has any practical meaning; the other end of the scale is a very bad estimate," argues Campbell, who warned of an impending crunch, based on projections of current production and reserves, in an article in Scientific American ["The End of Cheap Oil," March 1998]. Weedman says the USGS report is documented with 32,000 pages of data. "We've looked at all the information," she states, "and tried to predict on the basis of science and not on past [oil] production." --Eric Niiler -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.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] Behind Amazon's preferential pricing
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/2911/tc/behind_amazon_s_preferential_pricing_1.html Monday September 11 08:15 AM EDT Behind Amazon's preferential pricing By David Coursey, ZDNet News Are some Amazon.com customers more equal than others? An interesting story in Computerworld last week detailed yet another of the wonders of the Internet. The story, "Amazon charging different prices for some DVDs," informs us that the premier online retailer sometimes charges people $10 more for the same item than other people buying it at the same time! According to the newspaper, Amazon's DVD pricing depended on "many different factors which browser was being used, whether a consumer was a repeat or first-time customer, and which Internet service provider a customer was using." I hate to quote so much, but Linda Rosencrance, the reporter on the story, tells it pretty well: "Computerworld also checked the price of the "Men in Black" DVD and discovered that on Netscape the quoted price was $25.97, while it cost $23.97 on Internet Explorer. After completely flushing the cache and cookie files of the PC being used, the price remained $25.97 using the Netscape browser but had risen to $27.97 with Internet Explorer." Testing our patience The company confirmed that different customers could be charged different prices, describing the practice as a "test" but declining to say exactly what was being tested or how long the tests would last. Here's what I think Computerworld caught Amazon doing: It's called "dynamic pricing," and in this case it involves putting customers into groups based on how price-sensitive they appear to be. If someone accepts the $10-higher price, say, three times in the row, maybe that's all they will ever get in the future. Customers who always turned down the higher price could always be given lower prices. I can't prove it, but it wouldn't be the most underhanded thing a retailer has done. And this dynamic pricing is perfectly within the capability of today's technology. Another potential for dynamic pricing: I've read an article in Fortune that talks about Coca-Cola investigating how to build soft drink machines that increase its prices as the outdoor temperature goes up. Apparently, a Coke is worth more on a hot day than a cool one. (Pepsi responded saying it would never consider "exploiting" consumers in this manner, which I take to mean they regretted not thinking of it first.) My friend Richard Hart likened Amazon's pricing to walking up to the counter at Safeway and having your items ring up higher than the person just ahead of you. What's the difference between you and the next guy? "This is what we think you're willing to pay," the checker responds. Given the slow but steady move to electronic shelf labels, we can soon expect groceries to cost more at busy times and less at slow ones. No, I don't go to Amazon for great prices but I don't like the idea that someone is paying less than I am for the same item at the exact same instant. If I want that, I can compare ticket prices with the person next to me on the airplane. But thanks to the wonders of Internet personalization, I can get higher prices from Amazon, just for being the special person -- or sucker -- that I am. Industry analyst David Coursey is vice president of news for PennNET Inc., a Silicon Valley B2B startup. He responds to readers on his site at www.coursey.com. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.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.
[CTRL] Woman protests restroom arrest
http://www.cincypost.com/news/toilet083000.html C I N N A T I P O S T Woman protests restroom arrest By Kimball Perry, Post staff reporter Police Specialist Charles Taber is known as one of Cincinnati's finest - except at the Hamilton County Courthouse where he arrested a female custodian who refused to let him use a closed bathroom. Sheila Williams, 28, was arrested Aug. 21 by Taber - who was not in uniform and didn't immediately identify himself as a police officer - and charged with disorderly conduct. ''He's just a bully with a badge,'' said John Burlew, attorney for Ms. Williams. ''No comment,'' Taber, a District Four officer, said Tuesday. Ms. Williams - who has been employed by Hamilton County for 14 months - was in a men's bathroom Aug. 21 cleaning the toilets with two probationers helping her as part of their community service. Immediately outside was a bright yellow sign indicating the bathroom was closed. Taber came in, Burlew said, and tried to enter a stall. Ms. Williams told him he couldn't use the bathroom and gave him directions to other bathrooms. Taber - who still hadn't identified himself as a police officer - tried to sit down in the stall. Ms. Williams' version of the story, Burlew said, details how she got on her two-way radio to ask for assistance from a Hamilton County Sheriff's deputy and went into the courtroom of Common Pleas Court Judge Thomas Crush to ask for help. Taber then started to leave, so Ms. Williams followed him. When a deputy arrived, Taber still wouldn't give his name, merely opening his jacket to reveal a badge and gun. Taber, though, says in his affidavit and other police documents he filed that day that he arrested Ms. Williams after she created ''alarm'' in the bathroom. She ''engaged in violent behavior, challenging PS Taber under which circumstances such conduct was likely to provoke a violent response,'' Taber wrote. She followed Taber, still unaware that he was a police officer, to the second-floor security center. Taber asked one of the deputies for handcuffs and arrested Ms. Williams. She was held for an hour and 15 minutes, Burlew said, as the charges were being processed. She faces up to 30 days in jail for the fourth-degree misdemeanor when her case comes to court Sept. 7. Publication date: 08-30-00 -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to:
[CTRL] Stewards of the Darby Organizers prepare for land rights rally
http://www.madison-press.com/NF/omf/madison/news_story.html?[rkey=0007270+[cr=gdn Organizers prepare for land rights rally MELISSA TELL Press Staff Writer Published August 30, 2000 2:44 PM CDT When asked about her ties to the Darby farming community in Madison County, tears came to Donna Breckner's eyes. "I have lived in this area for 50 years," Breckner said. "My Dad was a dairy farmer. He was a hard worker. He worked hard to provide for his family. "I delivered eggs so we had money for school clothes." Like many others in the area with strong family ties to the farming industry, Breckner has joined the Stewards of the Darby, a coalition of farmers and citizens fighting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's proposal to create a Little Darby National Wildlife Refuge in the heart of Madison County. Calling the proposed refuge a "land grab" by the federal government that will hurt farming interests, SOD is holding a Darby Farmland Rally on Saturday at the farm of Dale Rapp, 3815 Lafayette-Plain City Road. Organizers have said they are holding the rally to raise public awareness of the Darby refuge controversy and to educate citizens about property rights. "The issue is property rights. Property rights for everyone to be treated fairly," Breckner said. "Our heritage is sitting there," she said of the rally location. Event organizers are expecting a crowd of more than 1,000 people. Supporters are coming from as far away as Florida, Massachusetts, Washington State, Maine and Connecticut, Breckner said. "Forty-two states will be represented," she said. SOD has invited several Ohio politicians -- including senators George Voinovich and Mike DeWine and U.S. Rep. Deborah Pryce -- to their event but none of the three have agreed to attend, Breckner said. There should be representatives from their offices attending the event, Breckner said. "This is an issue that is important to their people," she said. Ohio Sen. Merle Grace Kearns and Madison County Commissioner David Dhume are expected to speak at the event, along with numerous individuals from across the country. "We have the speakers and that's the main thing," Breckner said. And they will be "telling about what's going on around the country ... talking about federal land purchases in the past," she said. The rally is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. and continue until dusk. Local singers Judy and Mike McGinnis will perform and a dozen craftsmen will be on hand, displaying their work. Food and beverages will be available. For more information about the rally, contact Dale Rapp at (740) 857-1675 or visit SOD's Web site at www.nodarbyrefuge.com COPYRIGHT ® 2000 The Madison Press, Central Ohio Printing Corporation, All rights reserved. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.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,
[CTRL] Kosovo death toll may climb to be between 4,000 and 5,000
http://www.pstripes.com/ed082700c.html Sunday, August 27, 2000 Kosovo death toll climbs as KFOR finds more graves By Gregory Piatt Stars and Stripes PODUJEVO, Kosovo Graves are still being unearthed by investigators, scientists and forensic experts sent to put the puzzle together of how many people were killed during last years ethnic cleansing of Kosovo. Perhaps thousands of corpses remain in graves scattered around the Yugoslav province. Still others were reportedly cremated in haste or carted back to Serbia before the NATO-led KFOR peacekeeping troops entered Kosovo. War crimes investigators and forensic experts, who delicately strip inches of soil from these graves with backhoes and garden tools, may never find every body, but are putting together evidence for war crimes indictments. Its physically and emotionally demanding work, said Billy Fulton, the crime scene coordinator for the British forensic team working on behalf of the tribunal here. Quite often we work in view of the relatives. Since forensic experts started last year, they have found nearly 3,000 bodies in mass graves, down wells and in shallow ponds. On Thursday, Fultons forensic team unearthed eight bodies in the Podujevo Cemetery as relatives watched. The seven Muslim men and one woman whose remains were exhumed allegedly were killed during last years ethnic cleansing campaign. Scientists are investigating the sites for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. With only a few months before the ground freezes and their work halts until spring, they expect the body count to grow. This year, forensic teams have examined 200 grave sites, found 700 bodies and know of at least 400 more sites, said Paul Risley, spokesman for the tribunals prosecutor, Carla del Ponte. Every week KFOR reports more grave sites, Risley said in a telephone interview last week. Many of those found are ethnic Albanians, who allegedly were killed by the Yugoslav Army or Serbian paramilitaries. But the tribunal is also investigating grave sites where Serbs may have been killed by the Kosovo Liberation Army, the disbanded guerrilla group that fought against the Serbs for independence. So far, the tribunal has publicly indicted Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, Yugoslav Deputy Prime Minister Nikola Sainovic, Yugoslav Interior Minister Vlajko Siejiljkovic, former Yugoslav Army chief of staff Ojdanic Dragoljub and Serb President Milan Milatinovic on war crimes charges for last years ethnic cleansing. As for the KLA, the tribunal is still investigating what part the guerrilla organization had in the deaths of Serbs. So far, no indictments have been issued. But del Ponte has said the tribunals investigation is focusing on the KLAs top commanders. North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary-General Lord George Robertson said recently that when the indictments are completed, alliance troops will arrest wanted war criminals inside Kosovo. Graham Blewitt, deputy prosecutor at The Hague Tribunal, said recently he expects the final toll of confirmed killings to be between 4,000 and 5,000 bodies. NATO officials, notably former Supreme Allied Commander Europe Gen. Wesley K. Clark, put the figure of ethnic Albanians killed by the Serbs at 10,000 after NATO peacekeeping troops entered the Yugoslav province. During last years Yugoslav bombing campaign and the refugee crisis that ensued, U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen said the number could be as high as 100,000 dead. Since then, NATO has been accused of exaggerating the number of killings as part of a propaganda campaign to justify the 78 days it bombed Yugoslavia. As for the fluctuating numbers during the bombing campaign, KFOR spokesman U.S. Army Maj. Scott Slaten said there was no way NATO knew what was going on in Kosovo during the bombing. Many people were reported missing and were found alive later, Slaten said. We were bound and determined to keep the mass killings that happened in Bosnia [and Herzegovina] from happening in Kosovo, Slaten said. Whether the final number comes out to 3,000 or 7,000, there are still graves. When the tribunal started its exhumations, Risley said, it put the final figure of those possibly dead at 11,000 because that was how many people are reported missing. But, he added, many bodies probably were burned or taken back into Serbia for disposal. There will be no way to find all the people killed, he said. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and
[CTRL] China puts '700,000 troops' on Sudan alert
http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/ ISSUE 1920 Sunday 27 August 2000 China puts '700,000 troops' on Sudan alert By Christina Lamb, Diplomatic Correspondent TENS of thousands of Chinese troops and prisoners forced to work as security guards have been moved into Sudan. They have been sent in preparation for a big offensive against southern rebels to try to bring to an end one of Africa's longest-running conflicts, according to Western counter-terrorism officials.The Chinese have been brought in by aircraft and ship, ostensibly to guard Sudan's increasingly productive oilfields in which the China National Petroleum Corporation is a leading partner. Col Johnny Garang's Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) has managed in recent weeks to advance within 10 miles of the oilfields in the Upper Nile region, causing the country's Islamic regime to activate emergency plans drawn up with allies whose interests in the oil project are directly under threat. These plans aim to crush the rebels from the mainly Christian and animist south and bring to an end the 17-year civil war that has cost an estimated two million lives. Since oil production began last year arms have been arriving from Libya, Qatar and China. The ruling National Islamic Front (NIF) is spending £300 million a year of its oil revenues on weapons, according to western intelligence sources. The NIF denies this charge but last month Gen Mohamed Osman Yassin, the Sudanese army spokesman, told student conscripts that "thanks to our growing oil industry" Sudan is now "manufacturing ammunition, mortars, tanks and armoured personnel carriers". The SPLA captured a group of Chinese in an attack last week. An internal document from the Sudanese military said that as many as 700,000 Chinese security personnel were available for action. Three flights a week have been taking the Chinese into Sudan since work on the oilfields started three years ago. Diplomats in Khartoum, however, cast doubt on the numbers. Baroness Caroline Cox, the leading human rights campaigner who has just returned from Sudan where she helped to free 353 slaves captured by NIF soldiers, yesterday accused western governments of turning a blind eye to what is going on because of their own economic interests in the oil. She warned: "If with foreign help the NIF regime crushes all opposition we will have entrenched in the heart of Africa a militant Islamist regime aimed at spreading terrorism throughout the continent. It's unbelievably serious for the future of democracy in Africa and could happen in the next few weeks." She was particularly critical of the British Government. Last month it welcomed the Sudanese foreign minister on a visit even although Sudan is still technically under United Nations sanctions that ban such visits, and officially is still regarded as a pariah state. She said: "The British Government has
[CTRL] Agent Green casts shades of Vietnam over Colombia
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2000/08/27/stifgname02001.html August 27 2000 CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA © Killing fields: Clinton is backing an intensified campaign against Colombian cocaine growers and dealers, with helicopter gunships raining defoliants on coca plants Agent Green casts shades of Vietnam over Colombia Tom Rhodes, Washington IN PUERTO ASIS, in the remote, coca-rich hinterland of Colombia, Father Luis Alfonso Gomez is preparing for war. As President Bill Clinton arrives this week to promote efforts to fight the drug trade and end the 30-year civil war on which it has thrived, the priest fears his country may drag the superpower into a new Vietnam. The parallels are all too apparent: not only is the local terrain as forbidding as the forests of southeast Asia, but America is even developing a toxic herbicide known by its Colombian opponents as Agent Green - a thinly veiled allusion to Agent Orange, the toxin that killed and maimed Vietcong and American soldiers during the Vietnam war. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), the country's most powerful guerrilla group, meanwhile, is rallying supporters to fight any attempt to clamp down on a business from which it is believed to make $500m (£330m) a year. Paul Reyes, the group's chief negotiator, warned Washington it risked being dragged into a long and nightmarish conflict. In towns such as Puerto Asis, many already appear to be heeding Farc's call. "We arrive at a village to give mass and find just women and children in church," Gomez said. "The men are all being trained by the guerrillas, who tell them that the gringos [Americans] are going to invade." Clinton will spend just eight hours in Colombia during his visit on Wednesday to Cartagena, a coastal colonial resort hundreds of miles from the cocaine-producing regions. His visit is intended to endorse Plan Colombia, a $1.3 billion aid package devised by President Andres Pastrana and approved by America last week, that aims to bring peace largely by trying to eradicate narcotics and the country's drug barons. Despite efforts to promote a $240m share going to judicial reform, human rights education and the restoration of democracy, the bulk of the money will go on military aid - prompting fears it will tempt the government to step up counter-insurgency measures rather than seek a peaceful solution to violence dating back 36 years. America is providing 60 Black Hawk helicopters and Huey-2 gunships - earlier versions of which flew above the jungles of Vietnam - as well as 200 special forces to train two Colombian battalions to secure drug fields and allow the country's police force to destroy crops and laboratories. Plan Colombia appears to call for more than just the eradication of crops, however. It also seeks to eliminate the guerrilla and paramilitary groups that guard the fields so that aircraft can safely spray crop-decimating fungus over the plantations. While initial flights will use a fungus similar to weedkiller, America has asked the United Nations to oversee tests for a new defoliant, Fusarium oxysporum, that officials in Washington describe as a potential "silver bullet" for killing coca plants. Local environmentalists and scientists have warned that this Agent Green could cause mutations among humans and plants in the delicate Amazon basin.Human rights groups have also criticised Clinton for his decision last week to waive a list of conditions set by the US Congress that linked the aid package to improvements in human rights - in particular, the efforts to block human-rights violations by the Colombian army and its right-wing paramilitary allies, who are as dependent on money from the drugs trade as Farc. Pastrana so far has met only one of the conditions by handing over jurisdiction for the trial of military officers charged with such violations. Although he has fired four generals and suspended 30 other military officers, the action has done little to quell the fears of many Colombians that American money could led to more massacres and atrocities of the sort that have already seen more than 35,000 people killed in the past 10 years. Earlier this month, four boys and two girls aged six to 11 were killed and five wounded when a school party was ambushed by an army patrol in Antioquia province. Witnesses claimed that troops armed with assault rifles and grenades fired on the children for 45 minutes. The Colombian army insisted the youngsters were trapped in the crossfire in a clash with Marxist rebels. Colombia's neighbours have also expressed alarm about the effects of American involvement: Brazil warned last week it would take no part in any international action in Colombia; Venezuela has refused to let American planes fly over its territory to track the movement of Colombian drugs. Clinton will not see first hand the crucial role the drug plays in providing a
[CTRL] ANTI-GLOBALIZATION - A SPREADING PHENOMENON
http://www.csis-scrs.gc.ca/eng/miscdocs/28e.html PERSPECTIVES a CANADIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE publication Report # 2000/08 ANTI-GLOBALIZATION - A SPREADING PHENOMENON August 22, 2000 This paper uses open sources to examine any topic with the potential to cause threats to public or national security INTRODUCTION 1. Shock and surprise were widespread in the wake of the disruptive protests and associated violence that characterized the Seattle World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference, 29 November-3 December, 1999. Yet the demonstrations were not something new, nor was the principal targetmultinational corporate poweran unexpected focus. Opposition to corporate globalization has been growing for several years, a trend underscored by increasing media attention since 1995. Security agencies at Seattle, however, were caught off-guard by the large number of demonstrators and scope of representation, combined with the use of sophisticated methods and technology that effectively shut down the Conference. 2. Prior to Seattle, the most recent associated event occurred six months earlier, on 18 June, 1999, when protests known as J18 were organized to coincide with the G8 Economic Summit in Cologne, Germany. The focal point was the City of London, where a march of 2000 people degenerated into a riot in which 42 people were injured and damage was estimated at one million pounds sterling.(1) But the activities were not confined to London; cities in North America and Europe also were involved, and in most cases financial districts were targeted. 3. Bringing together a broad spectrum of interests and agendas, J18 incorporated both people and technology. While the former demonstrated on the streets, the latter featured in cyberattacks against business institutions. For five hours, at least 20 companies were subjected to more than 10,000 attacks by hackers(2). Adding a sense of insult to injury, the Internet was the means by which the concept of J18 originated, and by which the event was ultimately orchestrated. 4. Neither J18 nor the WTO protest in Seattle, or its counterpart, A16, the International Monetary Fund/World Bank (IMF/WB) demonstration five months later in Washington, DC, were unique, one-off events. As exemplified by further protest activity at the Organization of American States (OAS) Ministerial Meeting in Windsor, and the World Petroleum Conference (WPC) in Calgary, similar incidents can be expected to occur in various forms and with varying degrees of intensity, aiming at the same targetcorporate powerfor the foreseeable future. Reminiscent of the Vietnam and anti-nuclear protest era of the 60s and 70s, the activities are global in scope, international in locale, and have involved sites in Canada on several occasions. SITUATION 5. Meetings of international monetary, trade and environmental organizations, which in the past incited little or no protest interest, are now drawing the attention of thousands of anti-globalization activists. Representing a broad spectrum of groups, lobbyists, and overlapping networks, including some violent extremists whose presence raises security concerns, they share a mutual antipathythat of multinational corporate power. Often described as more influential and stronger than government, some corporations boast budgets larger than the gross domestic product (GDP) of many nations: ...of the top hundred economies, fifty-one are multinationals and only forty-nine are countries.(3) 6. Alleged abuse of corporate power by multinationals is the basic focus of protest activity. Large corporations with international undertakings stand accused of social injustice, unfair labour practices including slave labour wages, living and working conditionsas well as a lack of concern for the environment, mismanagement of natural resources, and ecological damage. Anti-globalization demonstrations have achieved worldwide support partly because the target, per se, its representatives, and its effects are global in nature. Major brand names, among them Nike, Starbucks, McDonalds, and Shell Oil, are principal targets, ironically because their massive advertising campaigns designed to engender public prominence have been successfuland that status is being used to highlight the charges brought against them. 7. Protest objectives extend beyond the claimed corporate impropriety, however. Multinational economic institutions, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), the World Bank (WB), and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), are seen as establishing, monitoring, and rendering judgements on global trade practices, and are viewed as the spearheads of economic globalization. These institutions, considered to be the servants of corporate interests, exercising more power than elected governments and interested only in the profit motive, have increasingly become principal demonstration
[CTRL] American flag dips to Vietnam, China?
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_metcalf_news/2823_xngme_american_f.shtml IN THE MILITARY American flag dips to Vietnam, China? Naval officers claim Clinton to change regulation to placate totalitarian regimes By Geoff Metcalf © 2000 WorldNetDaily.com President Clinton reportedly plans to visit China and Vietnam before the end of his term, and, according to high-ranking Navy officers, the commander in chief will alter long-standing naval regulations to allow the American flag to fly below that of Vietnam when he sails into the communist nation's territorial waters on a U.S. Navy ship. Highly placed Navy sources who spoke on condition of anonymity believe this action on the president's part would further devastate already tenuous Navy morale. As part of his swan song, Clinton reportedly intends to visit two ports aboard Naval vessels. Trip one takes him to the People's Republic of China, which has a regulation that no war ship of any country may enter its territorial waters flying a flag higher than that of the People's Republic of China. According to one Navy source, China and the U.S. have effected a compromise whereby both flags -- the U.S. and the PRC -- will be flown from U.S. naval vessels at the same height. But visceral outrage is resulting from a proposed change to Navy regulations that would result in the American flag being displayed subordinate to the flag of Vietnam. Navy regulations and tradition prescribe that no country's flag will be displayed in a superior position to the U.S. flag. However, Vietnam's rules reportedly demand that the Vietnamese flag shall always fly in a superior position to any other country's flag. High-ranking naval officers, speaking on condition that their names not be published, say the reason for all the alarm, anger and career-threatening rhetoric is that Clinton allegedly has either ordered, or is about to order, the secretary of the Navy to amend regulations to permit the Vietnamese flag to be displayed over the U.S. flag. "I'd like to blow the g-d-thing up!" said one frustrated officer. The United States Navy Regulations began with the enactment by the Continental Congress of the "Rules for the Regulation of the Navy of the United Colonies" on Nov. 28, 1775. So a long and proud history bolsters the long-held Navy tradition that no country's flag will fly higher than that of the United States. Commenting on the report, Col. David Hackworth, America's most decorated living war veteran, said, "What's new? Clinton has done everything else to dishonor the flag, why not make it number two?" He added, "Congress ought to pull this traitor's travel plug ... now." Calls to the Navy Staff Operations and Special Events office were referred to the Public Affairs Office, which then referred WND to the news desk. When WND outlined the scenario, the spokesman -- whose first comment was "Wow" -- later called back to say, "We haven't been able to find anything on it yet, but we're trying to run the story to ground." Adm. Thomas B. Fargo, commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, reportedly has visited the People's Republic of China recently also, although the reason for the trip is not known. If you'd like to sound off on this flap over the U.S. flag, go to today's WorldNetDaily poll. Geoff Metcalf is a staff reporter for WorldNetDaily. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ---
[CTRL] Nato berated over Karadzic
http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=Viewc=Articlecid=FT3OG8DE6CClive=truetagid=ZZZAFZAVA0Csubheading=europe Nato berated over Karadzic By Ruth Sullivan Published: August 21 2000 17:56GMT | Last Updated: August 21 2000 20:22GMT Carla del Ponte, the chief prosecutor of the UN's international criminal tribunal for former Yugoslavia, has expressed her growing frustration over the failure of Nato forces in Bosnia to arrest Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb leader who has been indicted on war crimes charges. However, in an interview, Ms del Ponte did not attribute Nato's failure to apprehend Mr Karadzic to a lack of political will. Instead, she blamed a "lack of communication" between French and US units of the Nato-led multinational force in Bosnia. The 53-year-old Swiss prosecutor also questioned the commitment of US forces to the pursuit of indicted war criminals. "The Americans want zero risk, which is impossible if you want to arrest a criminal". But she said she remained optimistic she would have one or two of the three top-echelon criminals in her detention cells in The Hague in the next 12 months. The chief prosecutor noted some positive changes which had occurred in the year that she has been at the tribunal. Despite the failure to arrest Mr Karadzic or Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general, she argued there was now more evidence of Nato's political will to bring leading indictees to trial. "When I started I was not sure there was the political will, but now I am certain there is." Ms del Ponte argued that the arrest in April of Momcilo Krajisnik, Mr Karadzic's right-hand man and the highest-ranking war crimes suspect detained so far, brought a feeling that the net was tightening, which had also increased the tribunal's credibility. Not everyone agrees with her. Some observers in Bosnia say that Nato has not yet issued ground forces with the order to arrest Mr Karadzic, saying this demonstrates a clear lack of any real political intention to bring top criminals to justice. James Lyon, head of the Sarajevo office of the International Crisis Group, an independent monitoring group, believes that Nato is constantly aware of Mr Karadzic's whereabouts. Fear of a backlash from Bosnian Serbs, which would break the fragile peace, if prime arrests were made is a deterrent. Beyond Bosnia, Ms del Ponte has been encouraged by evidence of a new spirit of co-operation from Croatia following defeat of the nationalist HDZ government at the polls last December . Croatia is currently handing over documents sought by the tribunal relating to its controversial operations Flash and Storm, aimed at taking back areas held by Serb insurgents in 1995. There has, however, been controversy recently in Zagreb over the possibility that Ms del Ponte might be preparing an indictment against Petar Stipetic, head of the Croatian general staff during the operations. Many Croats still regard the action as a war of liberation against Serb aggression. Soon after Ms del Ponte's arrival at the tribunal in September, where she took over from Louise Arbour, a Canadian, the number of arrests increased to one a month. But despite the increase, the tribunal is still facing criticism for the excrutiatingly slow pace of trial and appeal. About 30 indictees are awaiting trial and any arrest made now wi ll take up to two years before the case comes to trial. "We simply have not got enough judges or courts," Ms del Ponte argued, asserting that instead of the current three there should be four of five court chambers at the Hague, with more judges available. To this end the UN has been asked to increase its budget of $100m.
[CTRL] US Army approves revolutionary infantry weapon
http://www.janes.com/defence/land_forces/news/jdw/jdw000815_1_n.shtml 15/08/00 US Army approves revolutionary infantry weapon ANDREW KOCH JDW Staff Reporter Washington DC The US Army has given approval for the formal acquisition programme of its next generation infantry weapon. The army gave a team headed by Alliant Techsystems (ATK) a $95 million contract for programme definition and risk-reduction (PDRR) of the Objective Individual Combat Weapon (OICW), fielding of which is expected to begin in Fiscal Year 2009 (FY09). Under a new programme schedule, revised last March, the OICW will not be ready for deployment to the initial units that will receive the service's integrated Land Warrior individual combat system. Army officials expect to begin fielding the Land Warrior no later than FY07. The OICW is intended to be the primary weapon for close combat infantry units, replacing some M16 series 5.56mm assault rifles, M4 5.56mm carbines and M203 40mm grenade launchers. Under existing plans, the army will equip four members of a nine-strong infantry squad with the OICW. As part of the risk-reduction efforts, ATK will build five full prototypes before the programme enters engineering and manufacturing development in FY04. According to Barbara Moldowney, the army's assistant product manager for OICW, the weapon will be redesigned and additional capabilities added during PDRR. These include a laser rangefinder, digital camera, combat identification system, integrated thermal fire control and laser illuminator. Pre-planned production improvements (P3I), including the use of multifunctional lasers are also being considered for the weapon, Moldowney added. ATK business development manager Tom Bierman said improved battery technology is another area for possible P3I upgrades. Live fire tests of the redesigned weapon are due to be conducted at Aberdeen Proving Grounds at the end of FY03. The OICW will be capable of firing both standard 5.56mm kinetic-energy ammunition as well as a new 20mm high-explosive airbursting round that the army is describing as a revolutionary advancement because it can attack concealed targets with greater precision at 1,000m. The electronic fire-control system, built by Brashear, will have a laser rangefinder that can transmit data directly to the fuse in the 20mm airbursting round. The programme has suffered setbacks and criticisms that the weapon is not rugged enough, is too heavy and overly expensive. The largest setback came in September 1999 when a 20mm round detonated in the OICW's barrel, injuring two personnel (Jane's Defence Weekly 3 Nov 1999). That problem has now been fixed and live-fire tests will be held in October 2001 to prove those solutions, programme officials added. The officials said that reducing the weapon's weight remains the largest technical hurdle to overcome. The weapon's weight currently stands at 8.17kg, but is expected to be reduced to 6.81kg by the end of PDRR and to a maximum of 6.36kg before entering production. All of these weights include eight rounds of ammunition in the magazine, ATK said. The army is expected to buy 20,000-40,000 weapons for an estimated $8,000 to $10,000 per unit. That, critics say, is expensive compared to the M16's cost of $586. However, Beirman argues, the OICW offers five times the effectiveness of an M16 mounted with an M203 grenade launcher and requires fewer munitions to be fired while providing greater survivability and reduced life-cycle costs. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ---
[CTRL] More dioxin in Ben Jerry's than gasoline refinery effluent
http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/js-ulo081000.html Contact: Steven Milloy [EMAIL PROTECTED] 202-467-8586 Junkscience.com 'Unsafe' levels of dioxin in gourmet ice cream; more dioxin in Ben Jerry's than gasoline refinery effluent, researchers report Levels of dioxin in a sample serving of Ben Jerry's brand ice cream are approximately 2,200 times greater than the level of dioxin allowed in a "serving" of wastewater discharged into San Francisco Bay from the Tosco Refinery, according to a study presented at the Dioxins 2000 conference today in Monterrey, California. Ben Jerry's promotional literature, available at its "scoop shops" and on its web site, states, "Dioxin is known to cause cancer, genetic and reproductive defects and learning disabilities... The only safe level of dioxin exposure is no exposure at all." Dioxin is a by-product of industrial processes and may also be created naturally through combustion of plant materials. The study authors report that, according to Ben Jerry's and current U.S. Environmental Protection Agency standards, the level of dioxin measured could cause about 200 "extra" cancers among lifetime consumers of Ben Jerry's ice cream. Under the EPA's pending assessment of dioxin, the estimate would increase to about 2,000 "extra" cancers. "The level of dioxin in a single serving of the Ben Jerry's World's Best Vanilla Ice Cream tested was almost 200 times greater than the "virtually safe [daily] dose" currently used by the EPA, said Michael Gough, lead study author. Gough is a former government scientist who chaired the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services advisory panel on the effects of dioxin-contaminated Agent Orange on U.S. Air Force personnel in Vietnam. "An independent laboratory measured 0.79 ± 0.38 parts per trillion of dioxin in the sample of ice cream. A serving of that ice cream would contain 80 picograms of dioxin. In contrast, the Tosco Refinery wastewater is permitted to contain 0.14 picograms of dioxin per liter. " said Gough. "Our result has measurement error associated with it and the sample may or may not be representative of all Ben Jerry's ice cream. But our result is consistent with current scientific literature," added Gough. The result was confirmed by a second independent laboratory using a different methodology. Gough and co-author Steven Milloy of Junkscience.com noted they believe existing scientific evidence does not credibly link low levels of dioxin exposure with human health effects. "But not everyone agrees," said Milloy. "Ben Jerry's and Greenpeace - the company's source for information on dioxin - have concluded that dioxin is not safe at any level." "If dioxin is so dangerous, perhaps Ben Jerry's should remove its ice cream from the market until it is 'safe,' consistent with the company's promotional literature," suggested Milloy. "Many children enjoy Ben Jerry's ice cream," said Milloy, "but by the company's own standards, its ice cream is not safe. According to our test, a 40-pound child may consume in a serving of Ben Jerry's about 740 times the level of dioxin the EPA says is 'safe.' Under the EPA's pending assessment of dioxin, the amount would be 7,400 times greater than the EPA standard. Is Ben Jerry's choosing corporate profits over children's health?" Milloy asked. "An appropriate new flavor either would be 'Tasty Toxics' or 'World's Best Hypocrisy'." ### The study is titled "CALUX and GC/MS Analysis of TEQ Contamination for Risk Assessment of Exposure to Dioxins in Ice Cream." It will be presented as poster P-251, in the poster session on Thursday, August 17. For further information, please contact Steve Milloy at 202-467-8586 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.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
Re: [CTRL] Request for Information
The Code-Breakers, David Kahn, Macmillan (1st ed.) Simon and Schuster (rev and updated). http://www.secretsofwar.com/html/body_david_kahn.html http://www.secretsofwar.com/html/../experts/kahn2.htm Following are the raw transcripts of an on-camera interview conducted during the summer of 1997 with Mr. David Kahn for "Secrets of War." Q: The American code breakers breaking the Japanese code. Lets talk about Friedmans work, he wants to contrast against the ...?... break from the enigma. DK: Well theres a comparison there. Uh, there are two great cryptanalysis in the 19th century. 1900s I want to say. There are two great cryptanalysis, or breaking of code in the 20th century. One was Marianne Rievskys breaking of the German enigma machine. The other one was the American solution of the German, the other one was the American solution of the Japanese so called purple cipher machine, a diplomatic cipher machine. This was solved under the general control of William Friedman, a great American Cryptanalysis, and under the specific day to day activities of Frank Wylett, one of Friedmans protégés, and one of the great code breakers also of the Second World War. And as a consequence of these solutions, Jesus, Im sorry, Im running out steam here. The Japanese, the solution of the Japanese diplomatic machine didnt have any effect on the war in the Pacific which was run by the solutions in large part of naval, Japanese naval code messages, but the diplomatic machine was of great value in the war in Europe for the following reason. Messages of the Japanese ambassador, Oshima, from Berlin to Tokyo were encoded in the purple machine and he described, he describe many of his interviews with Hitler which told about Hitlers plans, which the Americans were able to read, and tell their allies, the Russians about, and also when he inspected the West Wall, which was the wall the so called Atlantic wall to protect against the allied invasions, he provided such specific details as the depth and width of anti-tank trenches, the ...?, what kind of guns would be firing out of them and so forth, and as you can sell imagine this is enormously valuable for general Eisenhower, and he used this information in his planning of the invasion which is as we all well know, succeeded possibly with lower casualties than might otherwise had been the case. ... Q: Peal Harbor and Midway and all that, you said there was no connection? DK: Not with, no. You know what we can do? I can give you a little bit about Pearl Harbor. William Friedmans and Frank ...? great solution of the purple machine was a solution of a diplomatic system, and people say, "Listen, were reading the codes, how come Pearl Harbor happened?" Its a very simple answer. Pearl Harbor happened because not one of the Japanese ambassadors in the United States or anywhere else was ever told that there was going to be an attack on Pearl Harbor and tits therefore impossible for the code breakers to break a message saying theyre going to attack Pearl Harbor. Thats why even though when were meeting the top Japanese, even though were meeting the top Japanese diplomatic cipher system, we werent able to prevent Pearl Harbor. Thats basically, thats basically the simple reason that we werent able to do it. No messages were ever sent saying were going to attack Pearl Harbor. It is therefore impossible for the code breakers to read any. http://www.secretsofwar.com/html/../experts/kahn1.htm Q: How did the Battle of the Atlantic mirror the battle of the Pacific? DK: You know there is an interesting phenomenon which was kind of a real image of the Battle of the Atlantic which took place in the Pacific. In the Pacific the United States was breaking all the Japanese naval codes, and particularly its water transport code to know where the Japanese convoys were going. They were not, on the other hand, breaking our codes. So our submarines were able to position themselves in many, throughout many part of the pacific at what was called the Noon Position of the Japanese convoys, in other words the Japanese convoys would say they would be at such and such a point at noon the next day...?... read this and all our submarines had to do was position themselves at that point. Sure enough he convoys showed up on time, our submarines fired the torpedoes at them and sank very many Japanese ships. And in point of fact, when I spoke to some of the American code breakers about what were some of the most important events, or the most important results of their work, they said that one of the main ones was this strangling of Japan by destroying japans life lines. So it was a mirror image, in the Pacific we were able to strangle Japan, in the Pacific, Im sorry, in the Atlantic the allies were able to maintain their life lines, the Germans were not able to cut them. "Robert F. Tatman" wrote: Can anyone on the list give me
[CTRL] Investigating Al Gore
http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=6571 EXTRA Investigating Al Gore The vice president, Armand Hammer and zinc. Saturday, August 12, 2000 12:01 a.m. EDT Micah Morrison, senior editorial page writer for The Wall Street Journal, has taken two close looks at Vice President Al Gore's financial background, in particular his family's connections to Armand Hammer, the business executive famous for his friendship with the Soviet Union and for pleading guilty to making illegal campaign contributions in the Watergate affair. In June, Mr. Morrison detailed Mr. Gore's zinc-mining concession. The Gore family obtained the property in question from Mr. Hammer. Last September, in the Gore half of a two-part series on the financial background of Mr. Gore and George W. Bush, he detailed Mr. Hammer's connections, starting when Al Gore was a child and his father a Senator. http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=6567 VETTING THE NOMINEE Al Gore, Environmentalist and Zinc Miner Originally published in The Wall Street Journal, June 29, 2000. BY MICAH MORRISON Saturday, August 12, 2000 12:01 a.m. EDT "The lakes and rivers sustain us; they flow through the veins of the earth and into our own. But we must take care to let them flow back out as pure as they came, not poison and waste them without thought for the future." --Al Gore, "Earth in the Balance" "He taught me how to plow a steep hillside with a team of mules. He taught me how to clear three acres of heavily-wooded forest with a double-bladed axe. . . . He taught me how to stop gullies before they got started. He taught me how to drive, how to shoot a rifle, how to fish, how to swim. We loved to swim together in the Caney Fork River off a big flat rock on the back side of his farm." --Al Gore on his father, Sen. Albert Gore Sr., from algore2000.com CARTHAGE, Tenn.--On his most recent tax return, as he has the past 25 years, Vice President Al Gore lists a $20,000 mining royalty for the extraction of zinc from beneath his farm here in the bucolic hills of the Cumberland River Valley. In total, Mr. Gore has earned $500,000 from zinc royalties. His late father, the senator, introduced him not only to the double-bladed ax but also to Armand Hammer, chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corp., which sold the zinc-rich land to the Gore family in 1973. It also seems that zinc from Mr. Gore's property ends up in the cool waters of the Caney Fork River, an oft-celebrated site in Gore lore. A major shaft and tailings pond of the Pasminco Zinc Mine sit practically in the backyard of the vice president's Tennessee homestead. Zinc and other metals from the Gore land move from underground tunnels through elaborate extraction processes. Waste material ends up in the tailings pond, from which water flows into adjacent Caney Fork, languidly rolling on to the great Cumberland. Mining is intrinsically a messy business, and Pasminco Zinc generally has a good environmental record. But not one that would pass muster with "Earth in the Balance," Mr. Gore's best-selling environmental book. As recently as May 16, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued a "Notice of Violation." It informed Pasminco that it had infringed the Tennessee Water Quality Control act due to high levels of zinc in the river. Those zinc levels exceeded standards established by the state and the federal Environmental Protection Agency. A "sample analysis found that total zinc was 1.480 mg/L [milligrams per liter], which is greater than the monthly average of .65 mg/L and the daily maximum of 1.30 mg/L." Pasminco "may be subject to enforcement action pursuant to The Tennessee Water Quality Control Act of 1977 for the aforementioned violation," the notice stated. This was not the first time Mr. Gore's mining benefactor had run afoul of environmental regulations. In 1996, the mine twice failed biomonitoring tests designed to protect water quality in the Caney Fork for fish and wildlife. Mine discharge "failed two acute tests for toxicity to Ceriodaphnia dubia," a species of water flea, according to a mine permit analysis by Tennessee environmental authorities. "The discharge of industrial wastewater from Outfall #001 [the Caney Fork effluent] contains toxic metals (copper and zinc)," the analysis stated. "The combined effect of these pollutants may be detrimental to fish and aquatic life." Tests for The Wall Street Journal by two independent Tennessee laboratories, conducted in September 1999 and this month, showed trace amounts of zinc and other metals in the Caney Fork that were in compliance with federal standards. But soil tests revealed what one lab called problematic "large quantities" of heavy metals in the riverbank soil downstream of the Caney Fork effluent. In both sets of tests, samples of water and soil were provided to the labs by the Journal. Soil samples drawn from
[CTRL] Congressman Throws Mud At Reno On TV
http://www.truthcast.com/ Congressman Throws Mud At Reno On TV · Ohio Congressman James Traficant, a Democrat who is under investigation by federal prosecutors for alleged mob ties, is accusing Janet Reno of treason. He charges Reno, in part, for her refusal to appoint an outside prosecutor to examine the so-called Chinagate scandal. Although he did not produce any documents, Traficant says he has affidavits of people willing to testify under oath that the head of the Justice Department, as an alleged lesbian, has left herself open to blackmail by the mob in Florida, who he says supplied call girls and videotaped Reno. Traficant made these and other charges on the Fox News Channel's Hannity Colmes program Monday night. Traficant, responding to co-host Alan Colmes statement that Janet Reno can sue Traficant for libel, indicated he looks forward to a lawsuit saying, "Bring it on". Traficant stated that Reno should have appointed a special counsel about the Chinagate scandal and that she has put herself above the security of our nation. He implied that the Clinton administration may have obtained information about Reno's private life and may have used it to control Reno's decisions as Attorney General of the United States. He did not provide any evidence. Last month, Traficant said, "Numerous incidents over the past several years have made it painfully clear that the Justice Department cannot effectively police itself". Traficant's proposed bill, the Fair Justice Act, would establish a new federal agency responsible for investigating and prosecuting alleged misconduct, criminal activity, corruption, or fraud by Justice Department employees. Traficant said in July that he expects to be indicted by federal prosecutors in a public corruption probe, which has led to more than 70 convictions, including a judge, a prosecutor, a sheriff and a Traficant aide. Traficant was acquitted in 1983 of charges he accepted mob bribes, but he lost a federal tax case in 1987 stemming from the same issues. Spokesman Paul Marcone said that Traficant plans to defend himself in any trial, although he is not a lawyer. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.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] THE MOB PRESIDENT
http://www.afn.org/~govern/mobpres.html THE MOB PRESIDENT The Mob Helped Clinton get Started In Politics. It is Now Helping Him Escape the Law When young Bill Clinton in 1974 made his first run for political office, a crucial $10,000 loan was arranged for him by his uncle, Raymond Clinton. Uncle Raymond has been tied by Clinton biographer Roger Morris to the Hot Springs Mafia. But it was not until 1984, when Clinton was elected for a second term as Governor of Arkansas, that Mob money really started pouring in. "That was the election when the Mob really came into Arkansas politics, the dog-track and racetrack boys, the payoff people who saw a good thing," a former U.S. Attorney told Roger Morris. "It wasn't just Bill Clinton and it went beyond our old Dixie Mafia, which was penny-ante by comparison. This was eastern and and West Coast crime money that noticed the possibilities just like the legitimate corporations did." Among the "legitimate corporations" that noticed the possibilities with the rapidly ascending governor thirsting for power and money were front corporations for the intelligence services of the People's Republic of China. The Lippo empire came to Arkansas that year. By then, Bill Clinton's ties to organized crime had become well- known. His half-brother Roger Clinton was convicted of cocaine distribution in association with Mob figure and Clinton money man Dan Lasater. In the years that followed, Arkansas became a major cocaine trans-shipment point for the Mafia, crossing paths with the famous CIA Contra resupply operation at Mena. Bill Clinton had found a most successful formula in U.S. politics: financial backing from a coalition of organized crime and hostile foreign governments. A MERGER OF THE DIXIE, CHICAGO AND NEW YORK CRIME FAMILIES So successful was this formula, that in 1992 Bill Clinton used it to reach the highest office, the office of the U.S. Presidency. In return for large campaign donations, the crime families would be represented in the Clinton administration. The New York Mob paid $56 million [1] and won the slot of Deputy Chief of Staff for its lawyer Harold Ickes. The Dixie Mafia paid an undisclosed amount and obtained slots for Patsy Thomasson and Buddy Young. The Chicago political machine sent Rahm Emanuel and David Wilhelm. Harold Ickes proved his value to the Mob when he held his hand over Mob puppets Arthur Coia and Ron Carey who were under separate RICO investigations by the Justice Department. Patsy Thomasson, in charge of White House drug testing policy, saw to it that criminal figures on the White House staff would not be bothered about past and current drug use. The People's Republic of China, in return for at least a $3 million loan through Worthen Bank, won a slot for its spy John Huang at the Commerce Department. Later followed access to advanced U.S. military technology, access to the Long Beach Naval Base, MFN trade status, and more campaign contributions. Peripheral Mob figures Nathan Landow, Richard Ben-Veniste, and their associates Terry Lenzner and Paul Begala became part of the secret police that would keep Clinton in office despite multiple revelations of criminal offenses. Ironically, the only member of the Clinton enforcement team who has threatened the use of Mafia methods in public is James Carville. He said on television that Kenneth Starr was just one mistake away from not having any kneecaps. "Kneecapping" is a Mafia specialty. Yet the only link between Carville and the Mafia that we have been able to find so far is his partnership with Paul Begala, who admitted in a recent deposition for the Filegate trial that he was in close and frequent contact with his friend Richard Ben-Veniste, a Mob lawyer and friend of Mobster Alvin Malnik [2]. Richard Ben- Veniste has defended several drug traffickers and money launderers for the Mafia and for the DNC. Ben-Veniste also defended Bill Clinton on the Senate Whitewater panel in 1995. It goes without saying that a Racketeering-Influenced Corrupt Organization such as the Clinton administration cannot stay in office long without a very efficient "enforcement" component to its secret police. The methods employed by this "enforcement" team include murder. The 1993 assassination of Clinton private investigator Jerry Parks was carried out by people in Hot Springs associated with Buddy Young [3]. Of all the mysterious deaths and suicides surrounding the Clinton Secret Police, this is the only one that has been solved. That does not mean that it has been prosecuted, though, for corruption of the judicial system is another necessary component of survival. White House Director of Administration, Patsy Thomasson of the Dixie Mafia, has been implicated in several attempts on the life of Dennis Patrick, a former money launderer for the Dixie Mafia who wanted out [3]. CORRUPTING THE PRESS Survival of the Clinton administration has also been contingent upon successful corruption of the press. The most
Re: [CTRL] Hey, Watch Out for That Spider Mite
This evidence suggests that organically grown vegetables may contain unknown toxins that could be more dangerous than the insecticides used by conventional farmers. Do plants consider humans as natural predators? Studies have shown that lawn mowing is a significant source of airborne carcinogens. MICHAEL SPITZER wrote: Hey, Watch Out for That Spider Mite The chemicals make the plants less susceptible to the spider mites. They also attract the mites' natural predators to help the plants them fight them off. At the same time the chemicals can activate genes in neighboring plants to produce the same chemicals which act as an insect repellent. "These findings on airborne information transferred among plants are important for understanding...interactions in ecosystems as well as for developing new methods for plant protection," the scientists added. 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.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] Chicago Oldest Radio Station To Die
http://live.altavista.com/e?efi=878ei=2039801ern=y Chicago Oldest Radio Station To Die 16:48EDT By JIM PAUL Associated Press Writer 07/30/00 CHICAGO (AP) -- The city's oldest radio station, where millions of fans turned the dial to hear "Amos 'n Andy'' and "Fibber McGee and Molly'' before television took over the night, is signing off this week for the final time. On Tuesday, the frequency WMAQ-AM has held for nearly eight decades will become an all-sports station known as "The Score.'' Although WMAQ is based in Chicago, it was broadcast across the country. "When one of the top 10 call letters in the history of the medium goes dark, it's a strong signal that times have significantly changed in the industry,'' said Bruce DuMont, founder and curator of the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago. WMAQ's demise stems directly from federal regulations and the marriage of broadcasting giants CBS Inc. and Viacom Corp. Federal ownership rules required that CBS subsidiary Infinity sell one of its eight Chicago radio stations. The company chose to get rid of a weaker frequency used by the sports station and move the sports station to the frequency held by WMAQ. The station is all news now, but in its early years it was home to some of the most famous voices on radio. Even its call letters had meaning -- We Must Ask Questions. They were chosen by then secretary of commerce and future president Herbert Hoover. WMAQ began broadcasting on April 13, 1922, as WGU under the ownership of the Chicago Daily News and The Fair, a downtown department store where the original studios were located. Six months later, the Daily News bought out the store's share of the station and renamed it WMAQ. NBC bought it in 1931 and boosted its power from 250 watts to 50,000 watts, enabling the signal to be heard nationwide. Under NBC's ownership, WMAQ became the home of some of radio's most famous stars: Red Skelton, Dave Garroway, Garry Moore and Hugh Downs among them. "Amos 'n Andy'' premiered in 1928 and was broadcast each evening from WMAQ's studios. "Fibber McGee and Molly'' followed in 1935. "Those were the big ones,'' DuMont said. "Amos 'n Andy was probably the most important and most successful radio show of all time as far as a series is concerned.'' Over the years, WMAQ switched to easy listening and then country music, but news always played a major role, said political reporter Bill Cameron, whose 30 years at the station will end with the change. "NBC News ran the local news department, and there was a big premium put on a professional approach to doing the news,'' he said. When the station was sold to Westinghouse in 1988, it changed to all-news programming, putting it in direct competition with CBS. Then, in 1996, Westinghouse and CBS merged. "We still competed to keep each other sharp, but it wasn't as keen as it was when Westinghouse didn't own CBS,'' Cameron said. Georgeann Herbert, who has managed the news operations of both stations for the past year, said all-sports WSCR was chosen over WMAQ to give the company one news station and one sports station, rather than two competing news stations. It will mean the loss of about 60 employees. In the newsroom, the mood has been glum, said Mo Whalen, a former reporter for WMAQ. News reporters bristled as WSCR workers came in for computer training and installed screen savers with photos of
[CTRL] Now, Companies Can Track Down Their Cyber-Critics
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/july2000/nf00707g.htm PRIVACY MATTERS BY MARCIA STEPANEK July 7, 2000 Now, Companies Can Track Down Their Cyber-Critics A new service allows corporate spinmeisters to retailiate against outspoken citizens with "reeducation" efforts -- or worse Beware the public relations person with a modem. Now corporate spinmeisters, too, can go online to track customers -- especially the disgruntled ones who vent their spleen in cyberspace. That's right. All those companies you love to hate now have a way to find out who's griping about them, and they can target complainers for a little reeducation. Thanks to a new product from Dallas-based eWatch -- and sold through Edelman Interactive public relations agency and PR Newswire -- companies can now monitor what people do or say on the Web and respond. The result: So-called "anticorporate activism," as it's known in the flak trade, will never be the same -- and neither will your sense of free speech as a consumer. INFO-CLEANSING. How does it work? Partly, eWatch says, through a little info-cleansing. "We can neutralize the information appearing online, identifying the perpetrators behind uncomplimentary postings and rogue Web sites," the company's online promo material says. Then, eWatch can "remove offending messages from where they appear in cyberspace." This may mean something as simple as deleting a posting from a Web message board on Yahoo! or it could mean "the shuttering of a terrorist Web site." The objective? "To stop the spread of incorrect information and to ensure that what has already spread is eliminated," eWatch states. Tracking so-called "perpetrators" is also part of the service, says eWatch National Product Manager Ted Skinner. That's done by "using a variety of methods, such as following leads found in postings and Web sites, working with ISPs, involving law enforcement, conducting virtual stings and other tactics," he says. "We can post back to the message boards where original postings appeared to give our side of the story, provide clarification, or debunk it," the eWatch materials go on to say. "We can e-mail directly those we think were affected by the incident." And, says eWatch, "in the name of identifying entities whose motives are fraudulent, deceptive, or criminal, eWatch Cybersleuth will attempt to identify the entity or entities behind the screen names targeting your organization." CHATROOM PERPS. Such snoop tools don't come cheap. eWatch says it can identify a person or group behind a screen name that has targeted a particular company or organization within 7 to 10 days for a price of up to $4,995 per screen name. For an extra $1,995 per screen name, eWatch says it can give a company results within 48 hours. Either way, Skinner says, companies that use eWatch "will receive a dossier detailing all information gathered about the subject during the inquiry." The trouble with all this is that the so-called perpetrators being targeted are often people like you and me exercising our right to free speech. Think about it. Say you get lousy service from Barnes Noble and you criticize it in your favorite chatroom. Barnes Noble, an eWatch customer, could -- if it wanted to -- monitor that complaint, identify who you are, and get BN's public relations crew to send you an e-mail trying to change your mind. But say you're so angry you write in a posting that you feel like strangling the clerk at BN's store at Union Square in Manhattan because she made you wait so long to ring up your purchase. Chances are, the company would ignore you. But eWatch Cybersleuth wouldn't. It could track you down -- and forward your name to BN executives for further attention. Or if you're spreading phony tips about BN stock in an online financial forum, BN could "work with" an Internet service provider to erase your comments from the site. "TOO CLOSE." Still not convinced this is for real? eWatch's Skinner says Northwest Airlines used his service earlier this year to help it track down the identities of employees who organized a "sick-out" that nearly halted flights over the last Christmas holiday. The company has since fired those employees, and a court has upheld the legality of that action. The ruling is under appeal. Northwest is now using eWatch to help it target -- for reeducation -- the most teed-off of its fed-up fliers. To be sure, the Net can make it rough out there for companies not used to the consumer scrutiny it enables. According to Skinner, many companies like the way the Net can bring them closer to consumers for marketing purposes. But when it comes to dissatisfied consumers, the Net sometimes "can bring them too close," he says. Consider all the Web sites created by consumers, for consumers, simply to vent -- such as the Aetnasucks.com, ATTsucks.com, and Searssucks.com, to name a few. Griping is hardly confined to those sites, Skinner says, and criticism of companies often shows up in
[CTRL] Cannabis Calmed England Fans, Say Dutch Police
http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/Breaking_News/UK/0,2478,240646,00.html Cannabis Calmed England Fans, Say Dutch Police From the Press Association Wednesday June 14, 2000 3:32 am Dutch police have revealed the secret behind England's trouble-free opening Euro 2000 match against Portugal - openly-available cannabis. Despite the fallout between some England fans and players after the 3-2 defeat in Eindhoven, there were no reports of any trouble outside the ground. Police claim that the availability of the drug in the Netherlands probably helped to defuse any violence among thugs normally found in a boozy rage. Scores of ticketless England fans gathered in coffee shops in Eindhoven, where cannabis is legally sold and smoked, to watch the game, greeting the defeat with mild disappointment and gentle applause. "The cannabis may have helped relax them," said Johann Beelan, Eindhoven police spokesman. "Even the hooligans enjoyed the party - and they told our officers. "There were lots of things for fans to do and everybody had a good time," he added. Only five fans were arrested, all before the game and all for minor offences. England's next match, against Germany on Saturday, is likely to provide a sterner test for the authorities as it takes place in Charleroi in Belgium - where drug laws are much tighter. Some 40,000 England fans are expected for the game - 10 times the number allocated tickets. Meanwhile, discussions are taking place with UEFA about player security at the championships following the obscene gesture by David Beckham at fans who hurled abuse after the Portugal game. Football Association executive director David Davies said: "Our security people are well aware of what went on. We will be talking to UEFA about that. There is an issue, we believe, with regard to the
Re: [CTRL] Worldwide Lunch Program
Was Wyoming able to stop collecting the federal gas tax? Tenorlove wrote: --- "[to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Same thing with the 55 MPH nationwide speed limit on all the highways a few years ago. Some states didn't want to reduce the limit to 55. But they quickly obeyed when they were threatened with the loss of all federal highway funding. To their credit, Wyoming told the feds to take their highway money and eat a booger with it. When I would "fly low" through Wyoming, back in the 80s, the only cars I ever saw pulled over on I-80 had Colorado plates I think that was more inter-state rivalry than actual concerns about speed limits. 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.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, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives 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://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.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] US was close to ground invasion of Yugoslavia
http://www.usdefense.com/june2000/B/9/story7.htm US was close to ground invasion of Yugoslavia Friday, 9 June 2000 EUROPE | After 71 days of U.S.-led NATO bombing against Yugoslavia last year without producing results, U.S. National Security Advisor Sandy Berger had written a memo urging President Clinton to send in 175,000 ground troops, two-thirds of which would have been Americans. According to a Los Angeles Times report on Friday, Berger worked late into the evening of June 2, 1999, preparing a short memo urging Clinton to take the action. Berger, who described that night as one of his longest thus far, said he was disillusioned because he had been an advocate of an air-only campaign against Belgrade. With the memo freshly typed and ready to be delivered to the Oval Office, news came that Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosevic would agree to NATO's peace terms, thereby ending the action against and -- thankfully -- Berger's suggested use of ground troops for an invasion that experts say would have been costly. According to Berger's account -- the first since the war by a high-ranking U.S. official who has publicly said how close America came to invading Kosovo -- the attack might not have happened anyway. NATO allies had said they would require three months to assemble an invasion force and the Clinton administration had already planned a final peace mission to Belgrade. But all along, U.S. officials -- including Berger -- maintained that the war against Yugoslavia wasn't supposed to be that difficult. "We believed that the air campaign would work," Berger said. "In the air, we had a thousand-to-one advantage. Once we got on the ground, we still would have had an advantage, but what was it, three to one? . . . Milosevic would have been happy to see a force come in on the ground, because it would have allowed him to wage a war of attrition," he added. A year earlier, Gen. Wesley Clark, NATO's supreme commander, had drawn up contingency plans for invading Yugoslavia. Prodded by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, NATO's leading hawk, and frustrated by the alliance's inability to break Milosevic in the air, NATO authorized Clark to update the plans. U.S. officials informed Russian diplomats about Clinton's serious consideration in April, 1999 of using ground troops to end the conflict. Officials knew that the warning would be carried back to Milosevic. One Russian diplomat, former Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, was described as "apocalyptic" after hearing the news, and warned that NATO-Russian relations would plummet. Also, he said the Serbs may prove to be tough fighters when acting in defense of their homes. But Berger said there would have been no consensus within NATO to fight a ground war. He told the LA Times he was sure Britain, France and Germany would contribute forces, but Greece would not and Italy was "a question mark." © 2000 USDefense.com. All rights reserved. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.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, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives 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://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.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] Border counties to end federal prosecutions
http://dallasnews.com/texas_southwest/92492_prosecute_08te.html Drug-case protests to begin Border counties to end federal prosecutions 06/08/2000 By George Kuempel / The Dallas Morning News AUSTIN - Accusing the U.S. Justice Department of "paying lip service" to the war on drugs, four state senators announced Wednesday that authorities in Texas border counties will stop prosecuting federal drug cases July 1. The lawmakers said taxpayers in the border counties - among the poorest in the nation - can no longer afford the cost of prosecuting hundreds of drug cases made by federal agents along the border with Mexico. Some of these "smaller" drug cases involve as much as 250 pounds of marijuana, the senators said. "For years, border counties, the poorest in the U.S., have borne the burden of border justice," said state Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso. "We can no longer bear this burden. The federal government must prosecute and pay for what it is charged to do." Justice Department officials in Washington referred inquiries to the U.S. attorney's office in Phoenix, which could not be reached for comment. Sen. David Sibley, R-Waco, accused the Justice Department of "paying lip service" to its commitment to "zero tolerance" by declining to prosecute cases involving "lesser amounts" of drugs. "'Zero tolerance' does not mean declining to prosecute the possession of 50 pounds to 250 pounds of marijuana or a pound of cocaine," he told reporters. The lawmakers displayed for reporters 109 pounds of individually wrapped packets of marijuana - an amount they said federal authorities don't think is worthy of prosecution in federal courts. Mr. Sibley said that some drug dealers, aware that federal prosecutors don't want to handle cases involving smaller amounts, are "breaking down" their loads of marijuana being shipped into Texas. They know if they are caught, "It's get out of jail free," he said of the federal policy. Mr. Sibley said that policy is punishing border residents and putting a heavy strain on the state's already overcrowded prisons. "Our border counties are bearing the cost of incarcerating and prosecuting federal criminals, while taxpayers statewide are paying for prison beds for those successfully convicted," he said. Joining in the boycott of federally referred cases originating from stops at border checkpoints and U.S. ports of entry beginning July 1 are El Paso, Hudspeth, Cameron, Hidalgo and Star counties. Prosecutors in Webb and Zapata counties already refuse such cases. Norma Estimbo Lacy, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office in Houston, said the U.S. attorney's office moved more staff members to Laredo. She said her office probably will move more people to Brownsville and McAllen to compensate for more refusals. El Paso County District Attorney Jamie Esparza, who joined the lawmakers at the news conference, said the more than 500 federally referred drug cases prosecuted in El Paso alone each year cost the county more than $8 million. Mr. Esparza, who serves as head of the Southwest Border Prosecutors, representing prosecutors from Brownsville to San Diego, Calif., said he has tried unsuccessfully for three years to persuade U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno and the Justice Department to reimburse the counties for prosecuting the federal cases. "I'm now three years at it, and still no relief," he said. He said federal authorities have told him they fear that if they give special help to the Texas counties, they will have to do it for the rest of the country. Mr. Esparza dismissed that argument. He said Texas
Re: [CTRL] and when is the US coming to save Zimbabwe(or at leastbomb anasprin factory)?
In 5-10 years we will hear the universal cry of socialists. Help us we are starving. John Taylor wrote: Electronic telegraph ISSUE 1835 Saturday 3 June 2000 Mugabe to seize 804 white farms 'instantly' By David Blair in Harare 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.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, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives 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://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.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] Fwd: There Goes the Ozone Layer
Don't forget that the Antarctica volcano, Mt. Erebus, is a major contributor of halogens to the Antarctic atmosphere. In 1991 Mt. Erebus produced 14,600 tons of HCl and 6,600 tons of HF. "[to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: In a message dated 06/04/2000 11:40:07 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I can fill a balloon with dirt and it will fall to the ground too, but I have seen dust (dirt) in the air many times. a cold (hydrogen) balloon will not float cold smoke will not float but wind can pick up either one and carry it. I have lived in West Texas so I have certainly seen a lot of dust in the air. Yes the winds can lift things into the air which are heavier than air. However these heavier particles and molecules do settle out. If you fly much, you will notice that even on windy and dusty days, the dust is mostly below 10,000 ft. But this isn't even the point. Even if minute quantities of CFC gasses make it up to above 30,000 ft. the amount is absolutely unimportant. Why? Chlorine is the culprit. Chlorine is the first C in CFC. Chlorine is what destroys ozone on contact. Chlorine is produced is great quantities by the oceans. So much so, that the chlorine in all the CFCs ever produced is negligible in comparison. The Ozone Layer is extremely important to all life on earth. The Ozone Layer is being disturbed by manmade technology. But the Ozone Layer is not being harmed by CFCs. This is the "Cover Story" which has been fed to the public. It simply is not true. Regards to All Nakano 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.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, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives 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://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.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] Titanic team to search lake for Nazi treasure
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2000/06/04/stifgneur02003.html June 4 2000 EUROPE Plumbing the depths: papers giving details of the Odessa system that helped Eichmann to flee Germany were found in Lake Toplitz in 1959 Titanic team to search lake for Nazi treasure Nick Fielding and Shraga Elam DIVERS are launching an expedition to trawl an Austrian lake for boxes of Nazi gold, documents and forged British banknotes designed to aid the escape of Nazi agents to South America at the end of the second world war. As the allies closed in, retreating SS officers dumped dozens of containers into Lake Toplitz, high in the Alps, with the intention of recovering them later. Tomorrow the Simon Wiesenthal Nazi-hunting centre in Los Angeles and the Maryland-based Oceaneering company - the team that located the wreck of the Titanic - will plumb Toplitz in a 10-week dive. The haul is believed to contain top-secret Nazi documents detailing how assets from the Third Reich were deposited in Swiss bank accounts, as well as art objects, gold and the records of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp near Berlin. Documents detailing the assistance of the Vatican in transferring funds to South America, and some gold, are also believed to be concealed there. Because of Lake Toplitz's high salt content and low temperature, they stand a good chance of still being preserved even after 55 years. Toplitz should also yield up the secrets of Operation Bernhard, the huge counterfeiting operation started by the SS and backed by Hitler, which aimed to produce billions in fake pounds and then use the Luftwaffe to drop the currency over Britain. Heinz Riegel, now 80 and living in Oldenburg, northern Germany, is the only living member of the Lake Toplitz Research Group, which included SS men such Otto Skorzeny, a top Hitler aide who rescued Benito Mussolini from captivity in 1943; Wilhelm Hoettl, the Third Reich intelligence officer; and Friedrich Schwend, considered the unofficial finance minister of the so-called Fourth Reich - the shortlived attempt by former Nazis to re- establish themselves at the end of the war. Schwend was in charge of Operation Bernhard. For 45 years Riegel, a retired pharmaceutical dealer, has spearheaded attempts to retrieve the treasure. Asked last week about what he thinks is in the remaining boxes, he was guarded. "Who knows? Perhaps more material on German industry, including the chemical company, I G Farben. It is my view that among the material at the bottom of the lake is some of that Vatican gold," he said. "The Austrian authorities did everything possible to prevent the truth coming out. They even threatened to torture a former soldier who knew exactly where the treasures had been dumped. With the present diving, the truth will come out." Although Riegel is unforthcoming about his war record, he later became Schwend's representative in Europe while the financier tried to avoid extradition to Italy from Peru on a murder charge. In South America - home to other Nazi exiles including Adolf Eichmann, Josef Mengele and Klaus Barbie, the Butcher of Lyons - Schwend had dealt in arms. Riegel's job was apparently to locate and recover Nazi assets left around Europe. The Germans did not manage, however, to reclaim the treasures of Toplitz. In the summer of 1959, the German magazine Stern mounted its own diving operation and retrieved boxes stuffed with forged pounds. It then found material of a different nature: SS documents containing orders for agents all over the world and those describing the Odessa system - which was to provide an escape route for Nazis to South America. The boxes were immediately confiscated by the Austrian police and Stern's investigation was shelved. In 1963 the Austrian government organised a dive at Lake Toplitz. It said it had recovered a further 38 boxes, but refused to provide any information on the contents. Ten years later Riegel was expelled from Austria after being caught trying to mount an illegal diving operation - and the lake's waters have been undisturbed since. According to witnesses, 130 boxes were sunk, meaning about 55 should still be in the lake. Maximillian Gruber, an SS officer who was in contact with Riegel, told him that after receiving orders to dump the boxes he detonated a massive rockfall into the 100-metre- deep lake to reduce depth at that spot to about 94 metres. Gruber gave him a map indicating where the boxes lie, details of which are reproduced here. "We have a 50-50 chance of finding what we're looking for," said Bill Owen, the high-tech team's dive leader. "This lake was the garbage can of the Third Reich." Copyright 2000 Times Newspapers Ltd. This service is provided on Times Newspapers' standard terms and conditions. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material from The Sunday Times, visit the Syndication website. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17
[CTRL] MOST CHILDREN WHO DIE IN DRUNK-DRIVING ACCIDENTS WERE RIDING WITH THE DRINKING DRIVER
http://psychiatry.medscape.com/22245.rhtml Most Children Who Die in Drunk-Driving Accidents Were Riding With The Drinking Driver WESTPORT, May 30 (Reuters Health) - In the May 3rd issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association, two articles highlight the continuing need for education and policy interventions to reduce the number of alcohol-related deaths and injuries of children. Dr. Lewis H. Margolis and colleagues from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill analyzed data from the 1991 to 1996 Fatality Analysis Reporting System, a nationwide registry of motor vehicle deaths. The researchers looked at a cohort of 16,676 children younger than 16 whose death resulted from a motor vehicle accident. The subjects were passengers, cyclists or pedestrians. The results indicated that 3,310 deaths (19.9%) were linked to alcohol use by the driver of the motor vehicle. "Of the alcohol-related deaths, 79.5% involved children as passengers, and the remainder involved pedestrians or bicyclists struck by drivers who had been drinking alcohol." Drivers under the legal age to purchase alcohol accounted for 30.3% of the fatalities. Dr. Margolis and his team say that in light of the latter finding, "laws governing availability of alcohol to this age group should be more rigorously enforced." In addition, the researchers recommend increasing the tax on alcoholic beverages to discourage teenagers from purchasing them. In the second study, Dr. Kyran P. Quinlan and associates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia reviewed 1985 to 1996 data from the same database that Dr. Margolis' group used, as well as 1988 to 1996 data from the General Estimates System on nonfatal injuries. They found that between 1985 and 1996, a total of 5,555 children died in car accidents in which the driver had been drinking. Of these, 3,556 (64%) were passengers riding with a "drinking" driver. The researchers note that "child restraint use decreased as both the child's age and the blood alcohol concentration of the child's driver increased." Dr. Quinlan's group reports that between 1988 and 1996, a total of 149,000 children sustained nonfatal injuries in automobile accidents involving drunk drivers. "Of these, 58,000 (38.9%) were riding with a drinking driver when injured in the crash." Dr. Quinlan and his colleagues recommend stricter laws and punishment for drunk driving, including license suspension, mandatory substance abuse assessment and treatment, and "zero tolerance for alcohol use by drivers younger than 21 years." They also call for counseling by healthcare providers on the dangers of drunk driving and "stricter enforcement of child safety seat laws." In an editorial in the same issue, Dr. Guohua Li calls for the adoption of a federal zero-tolerance policy for drunk driving. Dr. Guohua says, "Tolerance of drinking and driving implies tolerance of more than 15,000 alcohol-related deaths in the United States this year, next year and as long as drivers and passengers share the road with others who drink and drive." JAMA 2000;283:2245-2252,2291-2292. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.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, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives 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://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.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] Scourge of the mafia is left to fight alone
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2000/06/04/stifgneur02002.html June 4 2000 EUROPE Scourge of the mafia is left to fight alone John Follain, Rome AS head of the ROS, Italy's elite anti-mafia snatch squad, Sergio De Caprio can claim credit for putting some of the country's most feared mobsters behind bars. However, in a move that has raised fresh doubts over the determination of the authorities to fight organised crime, De Caprio, previously known only by his codename of Major Ultimo (Last), has resigned, attacking his bosses for failing to back his methods and putting less experienced colleagues in danger. Carla del Ponte, chief justice at the International Criminal Tribunal in the Hague, has proposed that De Caprio, 36, should put his talents to helping Nato track down Balkan war criminals such as Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb warlord. However, the carabinieri have blocked him from moving and De Caprio is feeling vulnerable. His accusations have touched a nerve in the hierarchy of the paramilitary police force - which took the unprecedented step of naming him in its reply to the resignation letter that he leaked to newspaper editors. "I have felt scared. But now I feel alone," De Caprio said in a rare interview last week as he broke his cover among joggers in a Rome park, with armed colleagues in plain clothes tailing him. "If I'm given a desk job in Rome, I'll be more in danger there than I was hiding in Palermo." For security reasons, no picture of him has appeared in an Italian newspaper since he took up his job; this time he again refused to be photographed. De Caprio's exploits are the stuff of legend: in Sicily, he once crept into the bedroom of a mafioso to place a bug under the bed as the mobster snored above. "My heart was beating so loudly I thought it would wake him," he said. On another occasion, he awaited his prey while locked for hours in a trunk. His greatest coup, however, was the capture in 1993 of Salvatore "The Beast" Riina, one of Italy's most notorious mafia bosses. It inspired a television series based on De Caprio's life, entitled Ultimo, and earned him a place on the mob's most wanted list. De Caprio said the past two years had convinced him that the carabinieri and judiciary were not devoting enough resources to the problem. The wave of popular support that followed the jailing of Riina saw hundreds of mobsters imprisoned. Recently the evidence of informers has been discredited and new limits on the length of preliminary investigations and custody have hampered procedures. The policeman, who takes home just £900 a month, has fought a lonely battle against the mob, flitting from bunker to bunker and never seeing his wife and children. In the wake of his resignation he has lost friends fast. Only one Sicilian magistrate has backed him, while an ominous silence has descended over the rest of a judiciary still haunted by the death of his mentor, Judge Giovanni Falcone, whose car was blown to pieces in May 1992. De Caprio has one regret: "I wasn't given the means to find the new mafia overlord, Bernardo Provenzano. I know just how he thinks." Named "The Tractor" because of his brutality, Provenzano, 67, is wanted for 40 murders. He has been on the run since 1963 - the year before De Caprio was born. Copyright 2000 Times Newspapers Ltd. This service is provided on Times Newspapers' standard terms and conditions. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material from The Sunday Times, visit the Syndication website. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.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, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives 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://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A
[CTRL] MI5 says Real IRA has 1,000lb Semtex cache
http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/ MI5 says Real IRA has 1,000lb Semtex cache By David Cracknell and David Bamber MI5 has discovered that the IRA splinter group believed to be behind last week's bombing of Hammersmith Bridge possesses half a ton of Semtex high explosive and is planning a series of new atrocities in mainland Britain. The Real IRA, which was also responsible for the Omagh bombing in 1998, used just 2lb of the Semtex in the device that exploded in London in the early hours of Thursday morning. The explosive was part of a 1,000lb cache of Semtex that the republican splinter group took with them when they split from the Provisional IRA in 1997 and which has been added to by recent republican defectors. MI5 has intelligence reports that the Real IRA will attempt to disrupt major events in London this summer. Six members of the Real IRA are said to be active on the British mainland - young recruits guided by an experienced terrorist. Special security precautions are being put in place for the celebrations surrounding the Queen Mother's 100th birthday. The Real IRA is headed by the former quartermaster general of the Provisionals, who took a substantial supply of weapons and explosives with him when he defected. He was behind the Omagh bomb in 1998 which killed 28 people with a crude device composed of fertiliser and explosives with a Semtex "booster" charger. Yesterday, Martin McGuinness, the Sinn Fein education minister in Northern Ireland, condemned the Hammersmith bombers and called on dissident republicans not to launch a new wave of attacks on the mainland. Security forces say Real IRA membership is believed to be about 100 and that they work closely with fellow dissidents in the Continuity IRA. There have been a number of defections from leading figures in the Provos to the Real IRA and another republican splinter group, the Continuity IRA, in recent months. In February, police in the Irish Republic discovered 1.3 pounds of Semtex, an explosive manufactured in eastern Europe, at a Real IRA hideaway in Dublin. In the explosion in London Docklands, carried out by the IRA in February 1996, a bomb weighing more than a ton was used. It was a mixture of Semtex, commercial quarrying explosives and fertiliser. In Manchester later that year, a one-ton bomb, which devastated the city centre, again contained Semtex mixed with other explosives. The security services have also discovered that the Real IRA has developed a new, 120mm mortar - called the "Mark 19" - to add to its arsenal. The device, which fires rockets, was tested by the terrorists in Co Fermanagh last month. Yesterday, Sir Ronnie Flanagan, the RUC Chief Constable, announced another reduction in troop levels in Northern Ireland. He confirmed that a battalion based in Dungannon, Co Tyrone, would not be replaced when its tour ends in the middle of the month, as a further step towards normalisation. The move, being taken "notwithstanding the continued threat from dissidents in some areas", was announced after the start of demolition work on three military posts in the province. It will bring troop levels down to 13,500, their lowest since 1970. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in
[CTRL] Medicinal plants face extinction as Russian gangs plunder herb supply
http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/ Medicinal plants face extinction as Russian gangs plunder herb supply By David Harrison, Environment Correspondent CRIMINAL gangs are muscling in on the soaring demand for herbal medicines in Britain and other Western countries and threatening the existence of many plants, says Professor David Bellamy, the leading international conservationist. Prof Bellamy said that the gangs were using threats and violence to take over the harvesting and sales of health-giving plants in former communist countries including Russia, Albania and Romania. The combination of booming Western demand and criminal involvement had pushed up prices and led to serious "over-collection". Some 200 medicinal plants in Europe - and many more in poorer countries - were now endangered species and the list was growing all the time, said Prof Bellamy. He said: "It's good that more and more people in Britain and other Western countries are turning to herbal medicines. But the downside is that the plants are being over-collected, often on the orders of mafia gangs, and many of them are now in serious danger of being wiped out. "We must find a way of balancing global need with a responsible approach to growing and harvesting the plants."He added that more criminals were moving into the trade. In Russia they were reported to be illegally harvesting wild ginseng from protected areas of Siberia. Prof Bellamy, whose father was a pharmacist who made up herbal remedies, said: "Russia used to have the tightest conservation laws in the world but since the collapse of Communism it's become a lot more lax and the criminal elements have been able to exploit that." Fifteen million people in Britain are regular users of herbal medicines and one in four of all prescription drugs dispensed by Western pharmacists are likely to contain herbal ingredients, according to recent research. There are now 3,000 herbal medicines - excluding Chinese remedies - available in shops and pharmacies in the United Kingdom. Prof Bellamy said: "These God-given plants are vital to the health of everyone, especially the world's poor. The issue is now at crisis point. Time is not on our side and we need to act now." One of the plants under threat is the Arnica which has been used by Britons to treat shock and heal wounds for about 200 years. Another, Golden Seal (Hydrastus canadenis), has been gathered almost to extinction and is now the fifth most endangered species in the world. Some of the endangered species are household names such as liquorice, used for cough medicines, and thyme and oregano, which have a medicinal as well as a gastronomic use. Others on the danger list are pheasant's eye (Adonis vernalis) used for heart problems; yellow gentian, for the digestive system; bearberry, for urinary tract disorders; and round-leaved sundew, for respiratory problems, bronchitis and asthma. The Conservation Foundation and Planet Herbs, Britain's biggest supplier to medical herbalists, will this month launch a campaign urging governments to take the lead in tackling the crisis. The decision to launch the campaign was taken at
[CTRL] Abraham Lincoln 'was a racist who wanted to deport blacks'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000154711708973rtmo=kNkNZe3patmo=KKrMpg=/et/00/6/4/wlin04.html Abraham Lincoln 'was a racist who wanted to deport blacks' By David Wastell, in Washington ABRAHAM LINCOLN, the American president revered as "The Great Emancipator" for leading the war to abolish slavery, was really a racist who used offensive language to describe black people and wanted all Afro-Americans deported, according to newly published research which has prompted controversy in the United States. Far from being the willing forefather of today's multicultural America, President Lincoln advocated reserving the west of the country for whites, supported a law forbidding black people to settle in his home state of Illinois and was fond of racist jokes. He used two State of the Union addresses to call for the deportation of black people and shortly before his assassination in 1865 said of the thousands of slaves to be freed at the end of the Civil War: "I believe it would be better to export them all to some fertile country with a good climate which they could have to themselves." He also habitually used the word "nigger" to describe black people, something which would have shocked and dismayed the hundreds of thousands of civil rights activists in the Sixties who made the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC the focus of some of the biggest demonstrations the city has seen. The assault on President Lincoln's character and record in a book called Forced Into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream, was produced over seven years by Lerone Bennett Jr, the executive editor of Ebony, a magazine aimed at black Americans. Mr Bennett regards what he calls the "Massa Lincoln myth" as a 135-year-old problem, "one of the most extraordinary efforts I know to hide a whole man and a whole history, particularly when that man is one of the most celebrated men in American history". The evidence of Lincoln's true racial beliefs is easily found, he says, in his writing and speeches. Lincoln blamed black people for the Civil War, declaring: "But for your race among us there could not be a war, although many men on either side do not care for you one way or another." Although in popular history he is given the credit for the Emancipation Proclamation - which itself did not directly call for the elimination of slavery - he only issued it under pressure from other Republicans in Congress, Mr Bennett said. However, Lincoln was seized upon by progressive Americans following his assassination, which came soon after the Confederate surrender. There was "an explosion of emotion" in the North and Lincoln was "appropriated, he was used", Mr Bennett said. By the late Sixties Lincoln's death was put in the same bracket by civil rights campaigners as the assassinations of President Kennedy and Martin Luther King, the black Church leader. The book has prompted controversy among academics with one black professor calling it "a compelling critique" of the revered president's life. But Lincoln's defenders are infuriated by the attack. Ernest Lefever, author and senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Centre, a conservative Washington think-tank, said: "This effort to paint Lincoln as a racist is
[CTRL] Canada woos Microsoft
http://news2.thls.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid%5F774000/774063.stm Friday, 2 June, 2000, 04:14 GMT 05:14 UK Canada woos Microsoft British Columbia: A new home for Microsoft? By David Willis in Seattle As the US software giant Microsoft waits to hear whether an American judge will order its break-up, it has been revealed that the company is being encouraged to relocate its operations to neighbouring Canada. The authorities in British Columbia have offered to do a deal with Microsoft. They are promising favourable treatment which may include a loan to build a new headquarters if Microsoft agrees to move its operations 100 miles further north, to the other side of the Canadian border. Microsoft currently has around 20,000 employees in Seattle. Transferring its headquarters could have a devastating effect on the economy of the north-west corner of the United States. But it would also frustrate the American authorities' attempts to break the company up. 'Welcome asset' The Canadians see Microsoft's current battle with the US government as an opportunity to attract one of the world's most valuable companies. In a statement released to the BBC, the man in charge of attracting investment to British Columbia, Gordon Wilson, said Microsoft would be what he called "a welcome asset". It is rumoured his officials may have engaged in secret discussions with Microsoft. But the company itself denies this, saying it is focusing on fighting any plans for a break-up through the courts. The judge, hearing a long running anti-monopoly case against Microsoft, is expected to announced his conclusions within the next few weeks. It would be unlike a company as far-sighted as Microsoft not to have considered all its options and, clearly, its ultimate option if the operating environment becomes too hostile in the United States, is to move overseas. In fact, that could turn out to be the company's trump card. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.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, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives 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://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.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] Guns v Airbags
Does anyone know how many children are killed by mothers in a typical year? MICHAEL SPITZER wrote: A small blurb in the Shreveport Times: Published: August 19, 1999 Author: n/a For those of you concerned about [ALL] school shootings, you might be interested to know that since 1993, 82 students have been murdered in shootings in schools (according to the National School Safety Center). However, there have been 99 children killed by airbags mandated by the federal government. 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.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, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives 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://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.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 Garden Gnome Liberation Front
http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/ Gnome kidnappers strip French gardens By William Langley in Strasbourg A WAVE of garden gnome kidnappings has forced police in France to issue a general security alert to anxious suburban homeowners. Hundreds of gnomes have been snatched in a series of raids that have been carefully planned and executed by at least two shadowy groups. An exhibition of more than 2,000 gnomes at the Bagatelle gardens in Paris was broken into last month and several dozen stolen. The next day an organisation calling itself The Garden Gnome Liberation Front claimed responsibility. "This odious exhibition must be closed immediately. Or we will strike again." Since then, incidents of gnome-napping have increased to the point where a senior police officer declared that "no gnome can now be considered safe". Last week in Lingolsheim, a well-heeled suburb of Strasbourg, 43 gnomes were found dumped in the grounds of the public library. In Rouen, 68 were recovered from the basement of a house after a week-long police surveillance operation. Many gnome-owners have resorted to taking their sculptures indoors at night. Householders in Gignac, near Montpellier, enraged by the loss of their gnomes, have formed a vigilante patrol using a truck with an elevated platform and a powerful searchlight to peer over garden walls. A variety of fates await the stolen gnomes. Some have been resettled in remote forest dells, while in one macabre incident in Alsace, 11 gnomes were found hanged by their necks from a bridge over a river, with a suicide note that said: "By the time you read these few words, we will no longer be part of your selfish world, which it has been our unhappy task to decorate." Prof Patrick Boumard, an anthropologist at the University of Rennes, who has been tracking the phenomenon, believes it stems from "an expanding anti-bourgeois bias in our society". France has an estimated 12 million gnomes - most of them adorning the neat lawns, fish-ponds and flowery terraces of the suburban middle classes. Prof Boumard said: "The people behind this, by targeting gnomes, are attacking the wider values that gnome-owners hold dear. Gnomes began to appear in Europe at the start of the 15th century. Their arrival coincided with the emergence of the bourgeoisie. They may appear kitsch to us now, but they have a historic and cultural provenance. Stealing gnomes is part mockery, part insurrection." Kitsch or not, French gnomes tend to be a notch higher up the social order than their British counterparts. Many are hand-sculpted, and lovingly painted by their owners. Some have been in the same family for generations. Prof Boumard said: "I have known people who talk to their gnomes every day, who even put them to bed at night. They are treated almost as members of the family." The authorities have been accused of refusing to take the problem seriously, and in the country's gnome-studded suburbs there have been warnings of "direct action" unless something is done. "If these were works of art being stolen from the homes of the wealthy, the people doing it would be in jail by now," said Marc Lepalle, a retired Strasbourg fishmonger and owner of one of the gnomes recovered at Lingolsheim. "All we get is condescension. We are told: 'They're only gnomes.' " A spokesman for Strasbourg police said: "It is a national problem and our force is working with others in the country. There is clearly some degree of organisation behind these incidents." Next month, Prof Boumard will host a three-day conference in Rennes to examine what he describes as the "socio-cultural-economic" implications of gnome-napping. "We need to find answers before it is too late," he said. The Garden Gnome Liberation Front is the more militant of two groups believed to be in the vanguard of the rights-for-gnomes movement. Its masked commandos are credited with dozens of attacks. It is thought to have up to 100 members and has a loosely anarchist, anti-capitalist agenda. Less menacing, but probably larger, is the Garden Gnome Emancipation Movement, which runs a web site devoted to the promotion of gnomes' interests. It says: "Garden gnomes are often seen as pointless beings without personality - idle and ugly. The purpose of our movement is to rehabilitate them." The group officially disassociates itself from the activities of its rival but that has not stopped it being bombarded with threats and insults from angry gnome owners. 3 May 2000: 'Liberated' gnomes recovered 6 November 1998: Roaming gnomes locked up 28 June 1997: Gnomes found in wood 24 May 1997: Gnome population kidnapped © Copyright of Telegraph Group Limited 2000. Terms Conditions of reading. Commercial information. Privacy Policy. Frequently asked questions. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this
[CTRL] Civilian Inmate Labor
http://www.hqda.army.mil/acsim/ops/inmatebg.htm Civilian Inmate Labor The Army has established civilian inmate labor programs on twelve installations since FY 89. Four resident programs (prison camps) are at Fort Bliss, Fort Dix, and Camp Atterbury. Eight non-resident (off-post) programs are at Parks Reserve Forces Training Area, Red River Army Depot, Fort Lee, Fort McClellan, Fort Stewart, Fort McPherson, Fort Indian Town Gap, and Anniston Army Depot. Fort Dix has two resident programs (prison camps) using civilian inmates from both federal and state penal systems. Camp Atterbury's resident program uses state civilian inmates. These ten programs average an annual net cost avoidance ranging from $263,000 to $3,500,000. Inmate labor does not interfere with the installation's operation and mission. Civilian inmates provide a source of labor to Army installations to accomplish needed tasks that would not otherwise be possible under current manning and funding constraints. Inmate labor is intended to augment the Army's civilian and military work force and contractor effort. Inmate labor does not displace an existing in-house or contractor work force. The Army does not pay direct labor costs for inmate labor but does incur equipment, materials, supplies, transportation, and program administration costs to use inmate labor. Services provided by inmates are defined by 18 USC 4125(a) and include preservation and maintenance of grounds and facilities; construction, repair and demolition of buildings; road repair; custodial services; and transportation of debris to recycling centers. Only minimum security inmates are available under the Army's civilian inmate labor program. Army personnel do not provide security supervision of inmate work details, but do monitor and account for inmate presence or absence in an assigned work area. Installation inmate labor programs are established via a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the installation and the local correctional facility. The installation also develops an inmate labor plan governing operation of inmate labor details on the installation. The MOA and inmate labor plan are forwarded through command channels to HQDA for approval. OACSIM manages the civilian inmate labor program and is finishing a regulation covering policy and procedures for civilian inmate labor. Army's use of inmate labor is now limited to federal civilian inmates. No federal statute allows military installations to accept inmate labor from off-post state and local correctional facilities. Numerous installations wish to use civilian inmates from state or local correctional facilities off-post. A DOD Services working is drafting a legislative proposal to gain support from labor unions, the Department of Labor and the State Department before presenting the revised proposal to Congressional staffers. Section 1065 of the FY 95 Defense Authorization Act allows the Army to conduct a demonstration project until October 1996. This demonstration project tests the feasibility of using Army facilities to provide employment training to nonviolent offenders in a State penal system before their release from incarceration. The Army has selected Forts Bragg, Hood, and Campbell as test sites. Functions performed by state civilian inmates will be similar to those performed by federal civilian inmates. State civilian inmate use will be governed by the same policy applied to federal civilian inmates. Such policy covers supervision, non-DOD employee interference in inmate labor details, type of inmates allowed on inmate labor details, and use of facilities and land. Each test site is negotiating an MOA and inmate labor plan with their respective correctional facility. Overall, commanders with civilian inmate labor programs have been pleased with civilian inmate labor results. The Federal Bureau of Prisons in particular is a cooperative partner and active participant in the commander's base operations support mission. For more information, contact Ms. Yvonne Wildanger, Plans Operations Division, OACSIM. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.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, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by
[CTRL] Subliminal CIA
http://209.207.141.249/ds/articles/subliminalCIA.htm Subliminal CIA by Jon Elliston Dossier Editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Forty years ago, the American public suddenly faced an unsettling question: could subliminal persuasion be used to influence the unsuspecting? The anecdotal evidence seemed to confirm the Big Brotherish power of undetected commands slipped "beneath the threshold of awareness." The Central Intelligence Agency, then in the midst of a multi-million dollar mind war research program, was intrigued by the potential power of subliminal messages. Classified documents released decades after these events reveal an obscure and intriguing chapter in the CIA's long involvement with techniques of mental manipulation. As the CIA learned, the effectiveness of subliminal communication is very much open to question. Even today, the scientific community continues to debate whether subliminals, which are messages too brief to be noticed by the viewer or listener, have any impact at all. When the CIA peered into the power of subliminal persuasion, what did it find? The best available evidence is the surviving documentation on the CIA's research programs. These records have surfaced sporadically since the mid-1970s, when Congressional investigators and investigative reporters probed into some of the agency's notorious experiments in mind and behavior control. A few years ago, the CIA began declassifying back copies of Studies in Intelligence, its internal journal on the history and methodology of the spy trade. At last the public can read what is probably the agency's first assessment of "The Operational Potential of Subliminal Perception." A report bearing this title appeared in the CIA journal's Spring 1958 issue. We don't know when -- if ever -- the CIA quit investigating subliminals, but thanks to this recently released document, we know what piqued their interest. The date of the report is significant; at that time, the United States was in the midst of the first great "subliminal scare" (see Dossier's documented feature on the evolution of this phenomenon). It began in late 1957, when New Jersey marketing specialist James Vicary claimed to have increased concession sales by flashing too-brief-to-be-seen messages like "Hungry? Eat Popcorn" and "Drink Coke" in the midst of feature films. Vicary later downplayed the effectiveness of the technique, and admitted that his research data on subliminal projection was "too small to be meaningful." But the damage was done. Subliminal mania spread like wildfire across the national consciousness, as people began to wonder, "What do I see that I don't notice, and what can it do to me?" The concern spread to Washington, D.C., where legislators led by Utah Representative William Dawson started a drive to ban subliminal broadcasting, which he called the "secret pitch." Dawson spoke of the "frightening aspects" of subliminals. "Put to political propaganda purposes," he warned, subliminal communication "would be made to order for the establishment and maintenance of a totalitarian government." Was Dawson right about the brainwashing potential of subliminals? Could propaganda be secretly delivered and imprinted on the psyche? Down the street from Capitol Hill, at CIA headquarters, some spy scientists were actively exploring such questions. Martin A. Lee, co-author of Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of LSD, revealed some of this research in an article called "The CIA's Subliminal Seduction," which appeared in the February 1980 issue of High Times magazine. Lee quoted an unnamed "former CIA operative" as saying that "some thought was given to whether or not we could affect political outcomes by using subliminal perception on things like radio and TV." One partially declassified CIA document cited by Lee contained the ominous observation that "it may be that subliminal projection can be utilized in such a way as to feature a visual suggestion such as 'Obey [deleted].'" The document, dated January 17, 1958, said that the subliminal method "has achieved some success in commercial advertising" and cited James Vicary's now-discredited movie experiments as proof. According to Lee, the CIA then staged in own tests in American movie theaters. "On one occasion, the agency admonished an audience in Alexandria, Virginia, to 'buy popcorn,' but instead, many of the viewers lined up at the drinking fountains because the suggestion made them thirsty," Lee reported. The CIA's subliminal experiments on unwitting Americans, alarming as they may seem, were hardly an extreme example of the abuses that the agency's scientists committed. By 1958, the CIA had already spent at least five years testing ways to breach the mind's defenses. CIA Director Allen Dulles had in 1953 launched MKULTRA, a super-secret set of experiments on the science and techniques of mind and behavior control. The program examined everything from sensory deprivation to hypnosis to drugs like LSD.
[CTRL] The Subliminal Scares
http://209.207.141.249/articles/0397/sublim.htm The Subliminal Scares by Jon Elliston Dossier Editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do hidden stimuli pass stealthily though the doors of perception? If so, do subliminal messages have any effect on the minds they invade? In the late 1950s, the American public was troubled with such questions after concealed ads were reportedly shown to unwitting movie-goers. The initial obsession with subliminals was short-lived, however, as the controversial practice of advertising "below the threshold of awareness" was neither proven effective nor widely used. But the seeds of subsequent subliminal scares were planted, and the notion that what you don't see may be as important as what you do see would rise again and again into the American consciousness. This Dossier special report explores the hysteria surrounding subliminal messages, from the 1950s to the not-so-distant future. PART ONE: Hidden Persuasion? PART TWO: Washington Reacts PART THREE: Vicary Tells All PART FOUR: "Embeds" Everywhere PART FIVE: Subliminal Suicides? PART SIX: Subliminal Survives View Related Documents Sources USED IN THIS REPORT RELATED ARTICLE: CIA Subliminal Research Copyright 1997-1999 ParaScope, Inc. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ---
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: mcafee
MCAF has gone from $20 to $30 since May 2. http://quote.yahoo.com/q?s=MCAFd=5d Kris Millegan wrote: Subject: mcafee Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 20:46:33 -0400 From: "luxefaire.com" [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Now here's a conspiracy theory for you. McAfee is just about to hit > > the "end-of-lockout-period" on its IPO stock, which means that its > > insiders in a couple of days are at last going to be able to cash in on > > their options and get stinkin' rich. The "I Love You" virus, which > > sprung upon us like no other virus in history, and took everybody by > > surprise, already had its cure waiting on the McAfee website. > > Coincidence? I for one do not think so. > > > > A lot of clever programmers in that company with a lot of money on the > > line - we're talking millions or tens of millions of dollars each (no > > exaggeration), and McAfee stock is up 25% today, twice that since > > Friday... > >
[CTRL] Beetles Conspiracy
http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/2000/05/04/timnwsnws01025.html May 4 2000 BRITAIN Bees taken for a ride by beetles BY NIGEL HAWKES TINY beetles in the Mojave Desert of California have evolved an outlandish strategy for survival in the harsh environment. They clump together in groups of several thousand to form the irresistible shape and colour of a female bee. As soon as a male bee lands on the clump in an attempt to mate, they grab his chest hair and are carried off. When the male finds a real female, the beetles are transferred to her back and ride off in triumph to the nest, where they live on pollen provided by the bees. The cunning mimicry of the parasitic blister beetle, Meloe franciscanus, has been studied by Drs John Hafernik and Leslie Saul-Gershenz, biologists from San Francisco State University. They report in Nature that as well as resembling female bees, the clumps of beetle larvae must also smell right, because the male bee is not fooled by painted models that lack smell. The biologists spent the spring of last year watching the beetles successfully fooling the bees. They observed many clumps of larvae - with up to 2,350 in each cluster - and found that bees removed more than 40 per cent of them. The rest died of old age, were killed by bad weather, or, in one case, were eaten by a spider. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.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, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives 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://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.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] Add Sex Slavery to Clinton's Legacy
The UN had to rescue a few women in order to minimize the European press attacks that began when the UN criticized the Italians for rescuing 12 women. This news article clearly states: "Kosovo, which had some local prostitution but no trafficking problem before the peacekeepers arrived after the Kosovo war ended last June, is just another new market, officials said." Clinton initiated the Kosovo war with daily propaganda barrages stating that more than 100,000 ethnic Albanians were killed. After the war only 2000 bodies were found and most of these people died after the war started. Clinton's bombing campaign killed some 6,000 Yugoslavian troops and 2,000 civilians. "R. Mills" wrote: --- Richard Sampson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HELLO Did You Even Read The Articel Our Troops Are Rescuing These Girls Not Pimping Them? How Do You Even Come Close To Slamming Clinton For This ONE At Least Read The News Articel First In the past six months, U.N. police and troops have rescued 50 women--Moldovan, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Romanian--from brothels that have begun to appear in cities and towns in Kosovo, a province of Serbia, the dominant republic of Yugoslavia. Police and aid workers say they fear that hundreds more, lured from their impoverished homelands with the promise of riches, may also be living in sexual servitude. _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.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, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives 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://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.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] Add Sex Slavery to Clinton's Legacy
http://www.washingtonpost.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=wpni/printarticleid=A1973-2000Apr23 Sex Slavery Flourishes In Kosovo By Peter Finn Washington Post Foreign Service Monday , April 24, 2000 ; A1 PRISTINA, Yugoslavia The sex-slave traffic in East European women, one of the major criminal scourges of post-communist Europe, is becoming a serious problem in Kosovo, where porous borders, the presence of international troops and aid workers and the lack of a working criminal justice system have created almost perfect conditions for the trade, U.N. police officials, NATO-led peacekeepers and humanitarian workers say. In the past six months, U.N. police and troops have rescued 50 women--Moldovan, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Romanian--from brothels that have begun to appear in cities and towns in Kosovo, a province of Serbia, the dominant republic of Yugoslavia. Police and aid workers say they fear that hundreds more, lured from their impoverished homelands with the promise of riches, may also be living in sexual servitude. "These women have been reduced to slavery," said Col. Vincenzo Coppola, commander of a special unit of the Italian carabinieri, or national police, in Kosovo that has rescued 23 women on raids of brothels in Pristina, the provincial capital, and Prizren. According to police sources and aid workers, the women--and some girls as young as 15--were transported along a well-established organized crime network from their East European homelands to Macedonia, which borders Kosovo to the south. There, they were held in motels and sold at auction to ethnic Albanian pimps for $1,000 to $2,500. The pimps work under the protection of major crime figures in Kosovo, officials said, including some with links to the former anti-Serbian rebel force, the Kosovo Liberation Army. The women, who had been stripped of their passports, were frequently held in unheated rooms with primitive sanitary conditions in Kosovo and forced to engage in unprotected sex, sometimes up to 16 times a night, for no payment, according U.N. police officers who requested anonymity because of U.N. regulations limiting their authority to speak with reporters. The undermanned U.N. police force is hard-pressed to cope with a variety of criminal activities in this war-scarred province, and authorities and aid workers here have been slow to respond to the burgeoning sex-slave trade. Moreover, there are limited humanitarian resources available to protect those women who are able to seek sanctuary. In addition, officials said, the trade has flourished because of a lack of applicable law on both trafficking and prostitution and because some countries with military forces here have tended to dismiss the activity as simple prostitution. German peacekeepers in southern Kosovo, for instance, have taken a benign view of the phenomenon in part because prostitution is tolerated in Germany. International aid workers are trying to convince them that these women are victims. "It's not classic prostitution," said one aid worker who has interviewed rescued women and is working on a draft U.N. regulation to punish people involved in the sex-slave trade. "They are not paid. They are never paid. Of the 50 women we have seen, not one has received a single deutsche mark, and they are often held in horrendous conditions." According to authorities, the women were told that before they could keep any of their earnings, they first had to pay the pimps for their purchase price. Often, however, they found themselves fined for such infractions as not smiling at customers, so there was no way they would ever have enough money to make the payoff. If they protested, the women said, they were beaten. A number of the women appear to have contracted sexually transmitted diseases, officials said, and international groups are attempting to obtain treatment for them either in Kosovo or as soon as they can return to their homelands. "This is a major problem, and it is going further underground because of police raids," said one aid worker. "At first, it was very out in the open, and so-called nightclubs were popping up. But now it's moving into private dwellings, and I expect if we get a reliable phone network we'll soon see call-girl services." International organizations recently established a safe house to protect women who escape from the brothels until they can be returned home. But it is now full, with 21 women, and police have had to suspend raids on other brothels until they can repatriate some of the former captives. International officials declined to allow a reporter to speak to any of the rescued women. But in bars in Pristina, Gnjilane and Urosevac, there are young Moldovan and Ukrainian women who describe themselves as "waitresses" seeking economic opportunity in Kosovo. "I can earn 400 deutsche marks [$200] a month," said a Moldovan woman at a cafe in Gnjilane, where beds are set up behind a dank front bar. Asked how
[CTRL] Davidians: FBI Ignored Offer of firefighting equipment
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/bw-exec/2000/apr/21/042100947.html Today: April 21, 2000 at 15:34:46 PDT Davidians: FBI Ignored Offer ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI ignored a California company's offer of remote-controlled armored firefighting equipment less than two weeks before the deadly fire that ended the 1993 Waco siege, Branch Davidians said in a court filing Friday. The FBI's on-scene commanders also did little to prepare for the possibility of fire despite Attorney General Janet Reno's directive that they be ready for all emergency contingencies, the plaintiffs said as part of their wrongful-death lawsuit against the government. They point to a memo jotted down in the FBI's Washington command center 10 days before the siege's fiery end advising that the two on-scene commanders had decided "there would be no plan to fight a fire should one develop in the Davidian compound." More than 80 Branch Davidians died during the inferno that consumed their flimsy wooden retreat on April 19, 1993, several hours into an FBI tear-gassing operation intended to end the 51-day siege. The local volunteer fire department's personnel and fire trucks were kept away from the burning building -- a decision that FBI special agent in charge Jeffrey Jamar told Congress he made out of concern that the firefighters could be hit by Davidian gunfire or exploding ammunition. But the plaintiffs, in a 58-page motion made public Friday that will be filed in federal court in Waco, Texas, say the FBI ignored an offer made by a California company -- Flamechek International - to lend the government a Soviet T-55 combat tank reconfigured as armored firefighting equipment. Flamechek's owner, Mira Slovak, told plaintiffs' lawyers in a deposition last month that he called an FBI office in California a week to 10 days before the siege's fiery end to offer the remote-controlled equipment. Slovak said he followed up the bureau's request for more information by providing brochures and tank specifications but never heard back from the FBI. Former FBI Assistant Director Larry Potts and other high-ranking officials testified during recent depositions that they were told such firefighting equipment didn't exist and that they knew nothing of the Flamechek offer. "Never heard of that," Potts said. "It was my understanding that (armored firefighting equipment) didn't exist," said Richard Rogers, who headed the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team at Waco. He testified he first heard of Flamechek's offer last month. The plaintiffs aren't focusing only on the armored equipment. They also argue that the FBI commanders were derelict in not exploring other options such as water cannons or helicopters with water buckets. "The most fitting assessment of the FBI's pathetic performance on this issue remains the comment of Stuart Gerson, acting attorney general before the confirmation of Janet Reno: 'Think about fire next time,"' the motion says. The government has asked the federal judge presiding over the case to throw out the plaintiffs' claims relating to the fire, saying the FBI leaders' decisions are covered under a discretionary authority protection. "The discretionary function exception protects policy-grounded judgment or choice," the Justice Department said in a court filing earlier this month. "Even if the on-scene commanders were negligent or abused their discretion by deciding not to have armored fire trucks -- or any other specific equipment -- available, those decisions would fall within the exception." The government has long contended the Davidians themselves torched their retreat and caused their own deaths, whether by fire or gunshot. The lawsuit heads to trial in
[CTRL] Russia fires on Jap fishing boat within Japanese waters
http://www.timesofindia.com/today/22worl13.htm Russia fires on Jap fishing boat within Japanese waters TOKYO: Russia's coast guard fired on a Japanese fishing boat within Japan's northern waters on Friday and took the boat back into Russian waters, government officials in Tokyo said. In Moscow, the ITAR-Tass news agency said a Russian patrol boat came across a fishing boat in Russian territorial waters with its name and number concealed. The boat tried to escape and avoid inspection, ITAR-Tass said. "The intruder was shelled by the Russian border guards when it attempted to escape from the Russian economic zone into neutral waters," the Pacific region border-guards press center was quoted as saying. According to the Interfax news agency, the Russian border guards pursued the fishing boat into Japan's economic zone. Yuko Kumagai, a spokeswoman for the Japan Coast Guard, said the mast and dining room area of the Japanese fishing boat, called the No. 7 Daitokumaru, were hit. None of 20 crew members aboard the boat, which belongs to Nitta fishing company, was hurt in the shooting, according to an initial report from the boat. The Coast Guard has since lost contact with the boat. Through the Russian Embassy in Tokyo, Japan demanded Russia immediately return the people on the boat as well as give an explanation for what happened, a Foreign Ministry official said on condition of anonymity. Japan has not received a reply from Moscow, he said. Japan's coast guard sent three aircraft and four patrol boats to the scene, 100 kilometers south of cape of Ochiishi on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, but were forced to return when the boat entered Russian waters late Friday, said Coast Guard spokesman Shinichiro Takitsu. The area is geographically separated from a group of disputed islands seized by Soviet forces at the end of World War II. Both sides claim historical ownership of the disputed islands, which Tokyo calls the Northern Territories. The stalemate over the islands has prevented the two sides from concluding a peace treaty and has stunted relations. There have been occasional arrests and shootings at Japanese fishing boats by Russian patrols because of the disagreement.(AP) -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.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, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives 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://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.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 Orwellian Memory Hole: Vanishing Archives
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/mcelroy4.html The Orwellian Memory Hole: Vanishing Archives by Wendy McElroy On Monday the 17th, I did a search for the name "Deming" in the archives of The Oklahoma Daily the Oklahoma University student newspaper in order to download articles and letters-to-the-editor that were relevant to an article I was writing. Professor David Deming has been the focus of intense media attention due to the more than twenty harassment complaints filed against him as a result of a pro-Second Amendment letter he published in the student newspaper on February 21st. Deming had the hubris to compare unregistered handguns with unregistered vaginas in terms of the danger they both present to society. Accusations and rumors of lawsuits have ladened the academic air ever since. On Tuesday morning at about 2:00 a.m., I did a similar search on Demings name in order to confirm a date. The URLs were inaccessible. In their place was the notice "The requested file is missing, and NetCloak could not find the defined error file." Going to the NetCloak website, I discovered that, "NetCloak is a way to hide links to confidential documents on your server. You can even hide portions of those pages down to a single character at a time." E-mails to three editors at The Oklahoma Daily about the possibility of technical difficulties produced no response. An exchange with Prof. Deming resulted in a typically generous assessment on his part: the glitch might be due to incompetence rather than deviousness. Yet the main incompetence seems to be that the staff left a "NetCloak" error message on the site that is awkward to explain away. Hopefully, the newsletter will correct the oversight rather than merely hide references to "NetCloak." Regrettably, Deming is not a lone target. A PC pattern of purging conservative views from student newspapers seems to be spreading across American campuses. The last time my access to controversial articles suddenly disappeared was a little over a week ago while I was researching the dismissal of columnist Jason Van Dyke from Michigan State Universitys The State News. Van Dyke was fired for writing a column entitled "Movement teaches tolerance hypocritically" (04/03/00). In it, he excoriated gay rights advocates for being intolerant and inconsistent in their call for diversity. Certainly they did not allow the diversity represented by white male heterosexuals. Van Dyke knew this for a fact. He had drawn fire previously for his refusal to comply with a "voluntary" sensitivity program that declared elevators and cafeteria tables in his residence hall to be "for blacks" or "for gays" only. Instead of applauding his refusal to be victimized by discriminatory practices, gays and feminists had condemned him for insensitivity. The day after Van Dykes column on gay intolerance appeared, The State News published a letter from a gay rights advocate who threatened Van Dyke with the MSU Anti-Discrimination Policy. In turn, Van Dyke threatened to countersue. Abruptly, none of the links to Van Dykes material on The State News worked. In a phone conversation with Opinions Editor Dan Macklin, I inquired about access to one article that I had neglected to download after reading it a few days prior. He assured me that if the article existed and he would not confirm that it did then it would be in the archives. The search I had conducted a few hours earlier had produced no results. In an e-mail, Van Dyke explained why. "That is because they took the URL offline," he stated. "However, I have the URL because they did not actually delete the file from their webspace." I downloaded the piece from the URL provided by Van Dyke. On all other matters, Macklin refused to comment "for legal reasons." A promised call from the main editor of The State News never materialized. In response to the suppression of his biweekly column, Van Dyke is constructing a new website called The Potatoe. Its mission statement declares, "This website is being created in response to the recent firing of conservative columnists in college news publications across the country. Our goal is to provide a forum for conservative columnists to have their work published" It also features Bill Barnwell. The Potatoe states, "Barnwell wrote for The South End (Wayne State Universitys student newspaper) during the spring semester of his sophomore year, when his columns appeared as often as twice a week. Ironically, Bill was fired from The South End under the same
[CTRL] SW Agreement the Product of Extortion
http://www.allsouthwest.com/columnists/bward.html SW Agreement the Product of Extortion By Bob Ward Host of the Texas Journal Radio Show KIXL 970AM Austin Editor of The Texas Journal Print Publication AllSouthwest News Columnist Email Bob The media are still buzzing about the so-called agreement between Smith Wesson gun manufacturers and the Federal government with some state and local governments in the mix. Of course it's not really an agreement unless you consider the arrangement a mouse works out with a cat to be an agreement. But it calls itself an agreement and the final clause states it is enforceable as a court order and a contract. The media have repeated the line that SW has agreed to install child safety locks on their guns. They may be reporting just that much because the government press releases emphasized that but there's a lot besides trigger locks in this document. For example, SW is compelled to develop "authorized user technology," that's some kind of gadgetry that will prevent anyone but the gun's owner from firing it. And the agreement is very specific about this. SW has to devote two percent of its firearms revenue to this project. That's two percent of the gross, right off the top. Expenses, taxes and profits, if any, come out of what's left. And they have 36 months to make this part of the design of all its guns. How do you make guns recognize their owner? One way is a keypad on the grip and a number sequence only the gun owner knows. But more sophisticated and more ominous methods have been proposed. One is placing a transponder in the gun that will recognize a signal from a ring or bracelet the owner wears. It might be compared to the gadget that a lot of new cars come with that enable you to lock and unlock the doors from a distance. You don't have to point the gadget in the direction of the car and the signal will even penetrate brick walls. But Americans ought to be cautious about accepting that, in fact they should be so cautious they should resist it. A transponder designed to satisfy a government mandate can be made to respond to a signal emitted by the government as well as the gun owner. We should not forget about the "clipper chip" that the Administration wanted computer manufacturers to install in their computers. It would have allowed the government to read everyone's e-mail, faxes and other forms of electronic communication. It never happened but the government didn't have the computer makers' signature on a binding agreement so Smith Wesson may not be in a position to say no. So your gun may recognize you, but there is also the prospect of trucks from the Bureau of Alcohol, tobacco and Firearms roaming the streets emitting a signal that disables every gun the neighborhood. Or the transmitter might be located on the top of a pole, right next to the surveillance camera. In addition to spending two percent of its revenue on "smart gun" technology, SW has to spend another one percent on an "education trust fund." There is no indication of who will control this fund or how it will be spend. It may open up whole new vistas of patronage as politicians arrange jobs for supporters drilling little kids in reciting anti-gun slogans. One part of this "agreement" attacks a fundamental freedom the right to take a political position and support a political candidate. The agreement compels the company to support legislation aimed a reducing the misuse of guns and promoting smart gun technology. The pact is silent on what form this support must take so presumably that is left to the government to decide when the need rises. It could be an obligation to produce, or at least pay for, ads and public service announcements urging the public to support a bill in Congress or possibly a candidate who favors restrictive gun legislation. Nothing in the agreement rules out requiring the company to donate to the campaign of a candidate chosen by the government. This requirement raises the question and doesn't answer it of the residual rights of individuals associated with the company. Would the president of the company, of the chairman of the board, or any of the top executives be free to state publicly their opposition to a bill or a candidate the government has instructed the company to support? Could an employee of SW write a letter to the editor or call a talk show or display a bumper sticker or yard sign expressing an opinion contrary to what has been ordered by the government? Could an SW employee donate to the campaign of a candidate who has promised to oppose legislation the government has commanded the company to support? Did the government
[CTRL] Too Many Cops on the Information Superhighway?
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.apbnews.com:80/newscenter/internetcrime/2000/04/07/netprivacy0407_01.html Too Many Cops on the Information Superhighway? Congress Weighs Privacy vs. Pursuit of Cybercrime April 7, 2000 By Amy Worden WASHINGTON (APBNews.com) -- Privacy rights advocates and legal experts Thursday told members of a congressional committee that the ever-widening scope of criminal investigations into computer crimes is jeopardizing the privacy rights of innocent people. Addressing members of a House judiciary subcommittee, the panelists warned that as law enforcement expands its efforts to capture computer hackers and others commit Internet crimes, untold amounts of data are being swept up in so-called cyber-raids. "As they vacuum in more information off the Internet, they manipulate it and store it, and, the fear is, abuse it," said Rep. Robert Barr, R-Ga. But a Justice Department official testified that investigators need the power to follow criminals through cyberspace, which has become a medium for con artists and data thieves along with legitimate businesses. Both sides agree that laws drawn up to deal with communication by letter and telephone need to be updated for the electronic age. 'Digital Storm' Barr, who plans to introduce legislation to better protect Internet privacy and regulate law enforcement's surveillance powers, said he has serious concerns about the growing ability of federal agencies to gather massive amounts of information from the Web. Among the more troubling initiatives, he said, are the Security and Exchange Commission's expanded data collection efforts and the FBI's proposed new information technology system. The FBI's $15 million system, dubbed "Digital Storm," would give analysts access to a network to conduct "data mining" on vast amounts of digital records to detect clues among millions of computer files now stored on unlinked FBI computers. The hearing was the first in what Barr said will be a series exploring ways to balance the needs of law enforcement to fight Internet crimes, while protecting Fourth Amendment rights against unlawful search and seizure. Laws becoming obsolete Barr said the existing privacy laws are fast becoming obsolete and fail to recognize the uniqueness of Internet communication, the vast expansion of the Web and the exponential growth of the number of users. Already, law enforcement has virtually unlimited power to seize computer-based records, some privacy advocates said. "Legally, it is easier for the government to snoop through a couple's private e-mails to one another than it is for the government to listen in on the very same conversations if they take place on the phone," said Gregory Nojeim, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union. "The distinction cannot be justified -- electronic conversations deserve the same level of protection as our telephone calls." Under existing privacy protection, law enforcement officials need only receive a court order for most computer searches, which are granted in nearly all cases, panelists said. In contrast, searches of an individual's home or business require a warrant. A haven for criminals? But Justice Department officials maintain that current statutes require the government be subjected to a higher burden of proof than is required under the Fourth Amendment. Still, Deputy Associate Attorney General Kevin DiGregory, who heads the Justice Department's cybercrime and intellectual property division, said broad authority to track targets online is vital to tracing the trail from perpetrator to victim in computer
[CTRL] Medieval zoo found at Tower of London
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2000/04/09/stinwenws01043.html April 9 2000 BRITAIN Richard Brooks Arts Editor EXCAVATION work beneath the ramparts of the Tower of London has revealed new evidence of a medieval menagerie which held an extraordinary array of animals. A dig under the Lion Tower and new research in royal, cathedral and university archives have produced proof that 100 different species were once housed within the walls of the palace. Bones of rhinoceroses, antelopes and tigers have been discovered, as well as the skins of snakes and alligators. The remains of ostriches, brought by sailing ship from Africa, have also been found. The huge flightless birds died after they were fed nails because their keeper thought that iron was good for them. One was found with 90 nails in its throat. The menagerie was founded during the Crusades in the reign of King John (1199-1216), and was closed in 1835 when London Zoo opened in Regent's Park. Never bigger than the size of a "largish suburban garden", according to researchers, the Tower zoo stood beneath what is now the West Tower, near the Thames. "Most of the early animals came through kings and some queens of Europe exchanging gifts," said Rory Browne, professor of history at Harvard University and the author of several books on menageries. "The king of Norway sent his polar bear to Henry III in about 1250 and the elephant, a year or so later, was from a French monarch, who in turn had taken it from the Middle East." The elephant walked from Kent to the capital, but died after it was plied with wine to keep out the cold. The polar bear fared better, swimming and living off fish in the Thames. A zebra also made its way to the Tower and was regularly ridden by a young boy as it paraded around a tiny yard. "Sometimes animals had been captured in wars," said Browne. "Captive lions, in particular, really appealed to kings. After all, the king himself was the arch beast." Hence Henry III, during whose reign the Tower zoo was substantially built up, had three lions on his coat of arms. It is an emblem that has lived on, decorating flags and even the shirts of England football players. Some lions became closely linked with the lives of their owners. A lion which Queen Elizabeth I named after herself died within days of the monarch's own death. Baiting of the animals was commonplace. James I and Henry III took the most sadistic interest in "their zoo", clearly loving to goad or kill animals. Salt and pepper were put into the wounds of injured bulls to increase their pain, while elephants were fed broken bottles. Commoners joined in the baiting - visitors who took their cat or dog to the zoo and fed it to the lions did not have to pay the entry fee. Geoffrey Parnell, the Tower's chief archivist, said: "It was clearly London's longest-running show, which entertained both royalty and commoners for centuries." The first known Tower keeper was William de Botton, who ran the zoo from 1243. In its early years the menagerie's keeper was a nobleman, reflecting its importance to the monarchy. In the 15th century men as eminent as the 13th Earl of Oxford and Sir Robert Brakenbury served as keepers. But by the 16th and 17th centuries the zoo's management had been taken over by different generations of the Gill family from Essex. The menagerie was important in Europe because of its uninterrupted longevity. Other zoos were set up by kings in France, but tended not to last because of the more unstable state of the country. At the Tower, itself a symbol of English royalty, the zoo was maintained largely because of the great interest of successive monarchs. Only Oliver Cromwell tried to close it. He failed, but did manage to stop some of the particularly excessive baiting. Not until the early 19th century did people begin to question cruelty to animals. Dr Hilda Keene of Ruskin College, Oxford, the author of several papers on animal cruelty, said: "Up to then many people took a perverse delight in simply being cruel to them. Until a couple of hundred years ago there was also no notion of an animal possibly having a soul." John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, used to go to the Tower zoo to play his flute to the lions to see whether they had souls. With the abolition of slavery, a debate began about the treatment of animals. In 1822 the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was set up and shortly afterwards, spurred by the realisation that the creatures needed more space, the Tower zoo closed. Its animals were sent to London Zoo or shipped to America. Although experts had been aware of the existence of the zoo, the excavations, partly financed by BBC2's Timewatch programme, have revealed extraordinary details of the historic animal residents of one of
[CTRL] Police target law limiting surveillance
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.seattletimes.com/news/local/html98/wtoo07m_2407.html Friday, April 7, 2000, 04:53 p.m. Pacific Police target law limiting surveillance by Mike Carter Seattle Times staff reporter The Seattle Police Department, with the support of Mayor Paul Schell, wants to streamline - and perhaps repeal - a law that limits when and how police can gather information on organizations and individuals. The impetus behind the decision to review the city's unique intelligence law is last fall's World Trade Organization conference. In its self-critical analysis, released this week, the department claims the law "created significant problems" for WTO security planners and later "delayed the gathering and sharing" of intelligence information about anarchists and protesters. "The SPD Criminal Intelligence Section contributed little hard intelligence because of our inability to investigate any of the individuals or groups that ultimately did the most damage," the report says. But the civilian auditor who oversees the department's compliance with the law sees no reason it should have hampered police during the WTO conference. And civil libertarians believe the Seattle Police Department is using the WTO as a red herring to attack the law. "This is an attempt to roll back an important protection for the citizens of Seattle using the problems of WTO as a cover," said Doug Honig, the education director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington. That's not so, says Leo Poort, the Police Department's legal adviser who helped draft the law in 1979. The statute, he said, is unwieldy in today's high-tech society, where information about possibly subversive groups is readily available to police. Moreover, he said, few people understand how the law works and how it frightens other agencies into being reluctant to share information with the Police Department. The ordinance was passed after a public outcry over police keeping political files on citizens and groups involved here in the political activism of the 1960s and '70s. It prohibits gathering any information - outside of a criminal investigation - on anyone exercising free-speech rights or solely because of someone's political or religious beliefs. Penalties for breaking the law are substantial - up to $1,000 per violation. Before police can gather information on anyone the law protects, they must have a "reasonable suspicion" that a person or group has or will commit a crime. Someone of the rank of captain or above must approve an investigation. The ordinance calls for a review of any approved investigation by a civilian auditor who - if he finds police broke the law - must inform the targets of surveillance that their rights may have been violated. Poort says the process is cumbersome and impedes the department's ability to react quickly to possible threats. "It's time to take a look at that ordinance,"
[CTRL] Teen says he was 'mad at the world' before shooting
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2000/0004/06/000406carn.html Carneal's motives remain a mystery Teen says he was 'mad at the world' before shooting By JAMES MALONE, The Courier-Journal PADUCAH, Ky. -- Despite three days of new questioning by lawyers, convicted Heath High School gunman Michael Carneal is still unable or unwilling to explain why he opened fire in the 1997 shooting that left three students dead and five wounded. Carneal, 16, says he felt angry, afraid "and mad at the world" and could not maintain social relationships years before the shootings, according to a 500-page deposition taken in early February. He said he had considered taking his own life and felt that his parents favored his older, overachieving sister, Kelly. Carneal also said he was lying when he told police and his psychiatrists that friends helped plan the shooting. The deposition was taken at the Northern Kentucky Youth Development Center, a state juvenile center in Crittenden, Ky. Carneal was sentenced to 25 years in prison at age 15 for shooting the students in the school lobby on Dec. 1, 1997. He is to be sentenced as an adult when he turns 18 and is expected to be sent to state prison. A copy of the deposition was given to The Courier-Journal at the newspaper's request by Michael Breen, a lawyer for the plaintiffs in a civil lawsuit brought by the families of three slain girls. Lawyers for Carneal were present during the deposition. In it, Carneal never addressed why he opened fire on his schoolmates and said he can't remember shooting. Asked what he thought during the shooting Carneal replied: "I don't remember." But he said he felt "crappy" when he shot and killed a former friend, Nicole Hadley. The day of the shooting, Carneal opened fire with a stolen .25-caliber pistol as a student prayer group was disbanding from a morning devotional. But during 13 hours of deposition questioning by Breen, Carneal never said why he shot his classmates -- nor did he express sorrow. Asked what he was afraid of, Carneal answered, "Ridicule, not having friends, rejection, people under my bed, people in vents, trees falling down and hitting my house, burglars, getting beat up. For some reason, a lot of times, I thought that my friends or my family was kind of plotting against me for some reason. Just things like that." And in a final psychiatric evaluation that has not previously been made public, Carneal said that he did not have a problem with the people in the prayer group but noted that his friends "did not like them." Carneal was envious of their popularity and their friendships but also felt they rejected him. No longer the 5-foot-2-inch, nerdy freshman fascinated with the Smurfs, Carneal now is a strapping 6-foot-1-inch, 245-pound teen-ager who takes daily doses of antidepressants. He said he aspires to take college correspondence courses when he completes his high school work. In other highlights of the depositions: Carneal said he has written two letters to one of his victims, Melissa Jenkins, who was left paralyzed, but the contents of those letters were not revealed. He said some of his friends at Heath High School were involved in the occult but he personally was not. He said that until recently, he had never talked about the shootings with his family. He said he discussed it once with his mother. Carneal said that Ben Strong, a preacher's son who was hailed as a hero after some accounts had him confronting Carneal as he shot, did not stop him from shooting and emerged from behind a column. He said he wanted to shoot Heath High Principal Bill Bond but was not aiming at anyone in particular when he opened fire. He said he made up his mind to shoot students about 30-45 days earlier but can't recall why, or why he decided on Dec. 1 as the day. Throughout the deposition, Carneal consistently denied the most chilling allegations of the crime -- that he took extra long guns and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition so that friends could join in the carnage. McCracken County Sheriff Frank Augustus has said he thinks there was a plan to do just that, but that at the last minute his friends balked. When Breen asked Carneal why he took the four long guns to school, Carneal replied, "because that's all I had." He added, "The best way to describe it is just so if you got done firing one gun, you can just throw it down and pick up another one and start firing. You won't have to reload the gun. That's the best way I
[CTRL] Spying 101 - Students taught to report classmates to authorities
http://community-2.webtv.net/revdavek/STOPTHEWAVEPROGRAM/ CONTACT POINTS (let these people hear from you) WAVE hotline number: 1-888-960-9600 call the operator and ask why they would do this in America. Tamera Park is the public relations contact for Pinkerton and the program, you can send her email or use the 800 number for her. Ms. Park's email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] The toll free number to reach her is: 1-800-527-1428 Governor Jim Hunt can be contacted at the following: 919-733-4240 919-733-5811 1-800-662-7952 There is no email listed for Jim Hunt but I do have a snail mail address as follows: Governor James Hunt jr. Office of the Governor 20301 mail service center Raleigh, NC 27699-0301 === http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_bresnahan/2327_xex_spying_101.shtml MONDAY MARCH 27 2000 BRAVE NEW SCHOOLS Spying 101 Students taught to report classmates to authorities By David M. Bresnahan 2000 WorldNetDaily.com A new anti-violence program in America's public school system is teaching children how to spy on other students and to turn them in, using an anonymous toll-free line to a detective agency. The W.A.V.E. America program was developed by Pinkerton Services Group, a division of the international security firm Pinkerton, Inc. The program began last month in North Carolina, and it is now expanding state by state until it becomes nationwide. North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt said his state adopted the program as part of the recommendation from his Task Force on Youth Violence and School Safety. He said the program offers a comprehensive violence prevention program combining a statewide toll-free tip line, a website, and an awareness campaign to teach parents and students how to be a part of preventing school violence. Students receive hats, t-shirts and other W.A.V.E. items, and cash rewards are paid for tips on students with weapons. Students are taught to watch for certain types of behavior, such as depression, and to report students who they think may become violent. Parents and school staff are also trained to be part of the network of people prepared to call tips into the toll-free number. The program includes classes, school assemblies and special sessions for parents and teachers. All North Carolina schools have free access to this program, which is being paid for by state funds. Schools around the country may get involved on an independent basis, through school districts, or statewide, according to W.A.V.E. documents. "A safe school environment is fundamental to helping North Carolina's students succeed in school, and to making our public schools first in America by 2010," Hunt said of the program. "Every school ought to be a safe one and W.A.V.E. America will help get every kid involved. This program is more than just a tip line, it teaches students and parents to look for the early signs of violent behavior and to resolve conflicts constructively." Despite the popularity of Hunt's efforts using W.A.V.E. America, there are critics who say it is uncomfortably reminiscent of the Hitler Youth program of World War II. Although the majority of parents and teachers like the program, some disapprove of the notion of training students to spy on other students. "They're teaching kids to spy on each other," said Mary Jensen, who has removed her son from school and is teaching him at home. "Teachers and parents will start reporting kids who are a little depressed. Before you know it, they'll have everyone in counseling and on drugs." She asked that her son and his school not be identified. Every student and parent in the program receives a brochure detailing the early-warning signs of violence. When parents and students suspect there is a child who may become violent at some time in the future, they are instructed to call the toll-free number and report the student. They do not have to give their name when they call. W.A.V.E. America was created by Hunt's task force working together with Pinkerton. A contact list of law-enforcement personnel has been developed for each school in the state to use when a tip has been received by Pinkerton on the toll-free line. Hunt says the W.A.V.E. America program is just one part of the effort he is making in North Carolina. He believes an after-school program of activities, mentoring programs, tougher weapons laws, tougher juvenile laws, and counseling and treatment programs for disruptive and violent students will all help to reduce violence in schools. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ---
[CTRL] Listening to terror at end of a phone
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/2000/04/06/timfgnafr01005.html April 6 2000 AFRICA Janine di Giovanni in Victory Block, Zimbabwe Listening to terror at end of a phone THE voice of the elderly farmer was shaking with terror. "Can you hear them beating at the door? Can you hear their drums? They're calling for me to come out. They've got sticks and golf clubs . . . "They keep calling, but I'm not going . . . if I go, they'll manhandle me." The frightened man was interrupted by the sound of loud voices and pounding and, in the distance, rhythmic drumming. Then the cracking sound of something being knocked over. "Now they're breaking down the door," he croaked. "I have got to go . . . I'm going back to lock myself in the kitchen . . . I'm getting scared." Then JJ Hammond, 67, a white farmer who has been held hostage by an angry mob of pro-Mugabe Zanu-PF supporters demanding to take over his land, rushed to barricade himself and his wife Marge, 51, in their kitchen. His only protection against the mob was kitchen utensils. Since Monday night, when Mr Hammond and his family hosted a dinner party at his tobacco farm, Chidikhamwezi, he, along with his wife, and his black farm labourers, have been held hostage by the large mob who call themselves "veterans" of the independence war. Shortly before dawn on Tuesday, negotiators - white farmers who speak Shona, the tribal dialect - managed to get the shocked dinner guests released, leaving the Hammonds and their workers alone to stave off the crowd. The roads near the farm have been blocked; no one is allowed in or out. Mr Hammond, who has farmed this land for years and is known locally as a "tough character" has barely slept. Instead, he has paced the floors of his farmhouse, moving from room to room and drawing back curtains to look out of the windows. He finally decided the safest place was the sturdy kitchen. According to Neil Hammond, one of JJ's four sons, who also lives on the compound: "They are banging on doors threatening to kill - it's bloody terrifying." Yesterday afternoon, as the intruders began to break down the kitchen door, Mr Hammond and his wife retreated to the bedroom, barricading that door behind them. The mob took only minutes to break that down and drag Mr Hammond out. He was rescued by another white farmer. As night fell, he was back indoors with his wife, doors reinforced. They have food for a few days, but no electricity, water or telephone. The veterans have cut them all. As the siege reached its 48th hour, the Hammonds are refusing to budge. "We're scared but there's no way we're leaving," Neil Hammond says. "This is my farm, this is my family and I'm staying." -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- 1stUp.com - Free the Web® Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.com A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives 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://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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 attorney general is out
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/ed-house-20004618217.htm EDITORIAL April 6, 2000 The attorney general is out Janet Reno isn't a real attorney general. She just plays one. What other conclusion could be drawn from the remarkable interview that NBC's Tim Russert conducted on "Meet the Press" this week with Charles LaBella, the former head of a Justice Department task force investigating alleged violations of campaign-finance laws? Mr. LaBella told Mr. Russert that he never had a "substantive conversation" with Miss Reno after he submitted a memo in July 1998 recommending the appointment of an independent counsel to examine campaign fund-raising by President Clinton, Vice President Gore, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Harold Ickes. Mr. Russert then asked Mr. LaBella what Miss Reno's deputies told him. "I didn't have a conversation with anybody substantively about the memo. I have never to this day had a conversation with anybody about my memo at the Justice Department," Mr. LaBella replied. "I handed it in. I really believed in my heart of hearts that it was going to start a dialogue." Mr. LaBella said his memo was "an interim report . . . not a final report. This was not the end of the day." In fact, as far as Miss Reno was concerned, it was the end of the day for Mr. LaBella, who, after the attorney general rejected his recommendation without offering him any reason why, promptly returned to San Diego. It's worth recalling the September 1997 circumstances under which Miss Reno handpicked Mr. LaBella, a seasoned white-collar prosecutor from the San Diego U.S. attorney's office, to lead the Justice Department's campaign-finance task force. At the time, the task force was mired in chaos. Reporters, not the task force, were doing most of the detective work. Mr. LaBella brought with him several experienced field prosecutors and credibility that had been sorely lacking up to that point. Throughout his nine-month tenure as head of the task force, Mr. LaBella told Miss Reno in his July 1998 memo, career Justice Department officials engaged in legal "contortions" and "gamesmanship" to avoid an independent investigation of the Clinton-Gore campaign's fund-raising abuses. Moreover, completely contradicting Miss Reno's assertions to Congress that no serious rifts occurred among the task force members, one of the field prosecutors brought in by Mr. LaBella told the Los Angeles Times that senior Justice officials engaged in "unprecedented hostility" toward the field prosecutors. In a December 1997 memo, field prosecutor Steve Clark said high-level Justice officials hampered efforts to investigate possible corruption by engaging in "behind-the-scenes maneuvering, personal animosity, distortions of fact and contortions of law." Mr. LaBella
[CTRL] Italian plane flew through Syria, under radar to break Iraq embargo
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://english.hk.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/world/afp/article.html?s=hke/headlines/000404/world/afp/Italian_plane_flew_through_Syria__under_radar_to_break_Iraq_embargo.html Tuesday, April 4 9:04 PM SGT Italian plane flew through Syria, under radar to break Iraq embargo BAGHDAD, April 4 (AFP) - An Italian plane which broke a UN air traffic embargo on "Operation SOS Iraq People" flew through Syrian airspace to reach Baghdad after take-off from Amman, an Italian close to the project said Tuesday. The source, asking not to be named, said the pilot of the twin-engine light aircraft took advantage of "poor communications" with Syrian air traffic control to pursue Monday's journey. It also travelled "for five minutes" through a US- and British-patrolled "no-fly" zone in southern Iraq before landing at Baghdad's Al-Rashid military airport, he said. The plane swooped as low as 100 metres (300 feet) for parts of the journey to avoid detection by radar. The aircraft carried three Italian activists -- businessman Nicola Grauso, EuroMP Vittorio Sgarbi, journalist Massimo Santopaolo -- and French Roman Catholic priest and filmmaker Jean-Marie Benjamin. The pilot, Claudio Castagna, was also Italian. On Tuesday, they visited Baghdad's rundown hospitals and prepared for meeting with Iraqi officials, including Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz. The team was to spend four days in Iraq. Their plane was the first to fly to the Iraqi capital in defiance of the sanctions imposed for the 1990 invasion of Kuwait, although other aircraft have made the trip to deliver aid with UN authorisation. Iraq's own aircraft broke the embargo in 1999, transporting pilgrims to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Pilgrimage flights were this year authorised by the United Nations. The UN embargo "has caused more than 1,500,000 deaths, of which 500,000 were children ... We consider that the massacre of these innocent children is an infanticide," the activists said in a statement. They called for the "immediate and total lifting of the embargo against Iraq and ... rapid and effective aid for the country's reconstruction". A British anti-sanctions campaigner and MP, George Galloway, failed in mid-March to win UN authorisation for a flight from London to deliver medicine to Iraq. He planned to fly 207 people -- including journalists, aid workers, doctors and political activists to Baghdad -- along with the medical supplies worth 237,000 dollars. Most of the aid was delivered overland by truck from Amman instead. Iraq's Health Minister Umid Medhat Mubarak said on Monday at a meeting in Geneva of the UN Human Rights Commission that 80,000 children under the age of five had died in 1999 because of the embargo. The monthly average of deaths in the age group has reached 6,670, compared to only 593 in 1989 before the sanctions, he said. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- 1stUp.com - Free the Web® Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.com A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives 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://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Janet Reno's inaction supports white slavery
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.newsmax.com/articles/?a=2000/4/3/60207 Report Tracks Prostitution Trade into US UPI April 3, 2000 A CIA report says that the United States has insufficient laws to address a situation where each year up to 50,000 women and children are brought to the United States from Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe and forced to work as prostitutes or abused laborers, the New York Times reported Sunday. The 79-page report, which was completed in November but has not been officially released by the government, is based on interviews with government officials, police and victims as well as on reviews of documents and prior research, the Times said. Examples found by the CIA include Thai women brought to the United States and forced to be "virtual sex slaves," the Times reported. The CIA said it found Latvian women forced to dance naked, Chinese-Korean women held as indentured servants and Mexican women and girls promised housekeeping jobs but told to work as prostitutes, the newspaper reported. Mostly in Asian and African countries where girls are not valued, they are sold and smuggled out to the United States, the Times said. A task force established by Attorney General Janet Reno two years ago to address the issue has been meeting every two or three months, the paper said. But federal officials say government efforts are badly coordinated and ineffective. And when traffickers are caught and convicted, penalties are light, the paper said. There are few federal or state laws aimed specifically to stop the trafficking of humans, the Times said. "These low penalties and the long, complicated and resource-intensive nature of trafficking cases tend to make them unattractive to many US attorneys," the newspaper quoted the report as saying. Almost no government analysts are considering the problem, a government official told the paper. -- Copyright 2000 by United Press International. All rights reserved. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- 1stUp.com - Free the Web® Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.com A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives 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://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] In pursuit of the ultimate weapon
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_695000/695981.stm Thursday, 30 March, 2000, 12:19 GMT 13:19 UK In pursuit of the ultimate weapon The Cambridge team were in a race with the enemy By Natasha Loder Wartime scientists have revealed how they tested chemicals on themselves as they searched for new weapons with which to fight the Germans. The researchers were part of a secret unit of chemists set up at Cambridge University, UK. The team quickly developed many potential compounds that were tested on animals. But to find out which were the most promising for the Ministry of Defence, the team would test potentially risky gases on themselves. The scientists have told their story to the journal Nature. Dr Fred Pattison, who worked in the unit in 1943, told the BBC: "There was a research team assembled to work in Cambridge during the last war to prepare new types of potential chemical warfare agents and they were for retribution in case a gas attack came from the other side. "Sometimes we went into the gas chamber armed with a pencil and paper for a 10-minute exposure and we noted down what we found on ourselves." Nerve gases Dr Pattison said the research team were trying to find out what symptoms the gases caused at doses too low to cause death. Temporary blindness was usually the first symptom experienced by the participants. Nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea were also sometimes the side-effects of the tests. But what nobody realised at the time was that some of the organophosphate compounds they were making and testing were what are now known as nerve gases. "On one occasion, after having been in the gas chamber, I found that I was virtually blind for about 10 days," Dr Pattison said. "Normally one can see the outline of a window at night-time but I couldn't see that and I was afraid that I was permanently blinded. "But I managed to stagger out of bed and turn on the light and the light showed up as a dim glowing bulb, so I knew I wasn't blind and after about 10 days my sight returned to normal again." Many others on the team experienced temporary blindness but not usually for more than a couple of days. The scientists had to trust each other to make the correct calculations about what constituted a safe "sub-lethal" dose. Although this may seem like an extraordinary risk to us today, the chemists taking part say they saw it very differently in the context of a war. 'Ultimate weapon' "I was one that felt that sitting there was a rather comfortable way of spending the war when friends were otherwise zooming off in their aeroplanes, or tramping across the deserts," said unit researcher John Ilett. "But you were doing the thing as a wartime job. "It was not a matter of staying up in the university as an academic but working on a war effort to enable the forces to have another weapon. A weapon we hoped would be an ultimate weapon." When the team found promising new compounds, such as diisopropyl fluorophosphate, these were developed at the Ministry of Defence's Porton Down research centre. And although the unit was broken up at the end of the war, much of its work laid the groundwork for the organophosphates which are still used as insecticides to this day. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only.
[CTRL] The ultimate necessity for CTRL members
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/marshall/403220 Dec. 10, 1999, 8:16PM Surveillance van helps catch crooks By THOM MARSHALL During his lunch break at the warehouse, this one fellow went home to sell goods stolen from trucks in the loading area. A second man soon pulled up in a car and went into the house. Jim Dunbar is a private eye with the Information Bank of Texas, the detective agency hired by the company that was being stolen from. He wanted to catch the thief in the act of selling hot merchandise, and he suspected the fellow was doing business at his house. Dunbar was a block and a half away when the fellow arrived home. And when that second guy came along about 15 minutes later, Dunbar was still a block and a half away. He was precisely where he wanted to be, having arrived a couple of hours earlier, parked in the agency's specially equipped van at the edge of a business parking lot to wait and watch. Dunbar was in the back, a partition blocking the view from the windshield, and side windows of dark glass covered by black curtains. No one could see inside. Waiting, watching in comfort But Dunbar could see out just fine. Video cameras would show him anything that was going on in front, in back, on each side, all around the van. And through the periscope atop the van, another camera, equipped with a 400 mm lens and doubler, was focused on the thief's house. It was a summer day, with a midday sun beating down; whewee, it was hot outside. But in the van, Dunbar turned on Joe Cool, an air conditioner developed especially for surveillance work: an Igloo ice chest rigged with coils and a battery-operated fan. If he got hungry or thirsty, Dunbar could open a little battery-powered refrigerator for a snack or cold drink. A portable potty eliminated another reason for leaving the van. He could make or take calls on a cell phone, or use a computer online if, say, he wanted to run a check on a license plate to see who owned some vehicle. Most any work he can do at the office he can do in the van. There is a comfortable chair in front of the handsome, stained-oak control center containing the video terminals and assorted other equipment. But if Dunbar's 50-year-old back got to feeling a bit sore, he could switch on the vibrator in the chair, which also has a built-in hot pad. A little soothing music? He could play his favorite CD or listen to the radio. He could watch the noon news on television or, if he cared to, watch a movie on the VCR. That would be the backup VCR unit. The other two are hooked up to the surveillance cameras. You're thinking he shouldn't watch movies or do anything that would divert his attention from that house, in case those guys came out. But he could use the motion sensor, which would quietly watch the closed door and sound off when it opened, or if someone approached it, or if there were any other movement. Too pumped to relax Even so, Dunbar said he doesn't watch movies on the job. Can't relax like that. Too much adrenaline flowing. He said it has always been that way when there was the possibility of catching a crook. He spent 27 years as a police officer and became a private eye after retiring as a
[CTRL] West 'turns blind eye to Saudi torture'
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,153287,00.html West 'turns blind eye to Saudi torture' Executions and amputations ignored for the sake of oil, says report Amnesty International-Saudi Arabia Campaign Dina Zaki Wednesday March 29, 2000 The most fundamental human rights of people living in Saudi Arabia are violated daily yet the country escapes international condemnation because of its huge oil reserves and alliance with western powers, Amnesty International said yesterday. A report by the London-based human rights organisation says that on average two people are beheaded every week in the desert kingdom, which has increased its use of the death penalty, despite the world trend towards abolition. Alleged robbers have their hands and feet amputated, often after unfair trials. Offences related to alcohol consumption or breaking the strict moral code are punishable with flogging, the report says. Vague laws on "sabotage" and "terrorism" are used to prosecute perceived government opponents and political parties, elections, independent legislature, and trade unions are all banned, said Amnesty at the start of a six-month campaign to highlight abuses in the kingdom. The report says migrant workers, particularly those from poorer countries in the Middle East, African and Asia, are vulnerable to abuse from their employers as well as from the authorities. If arrested, foreign nationals may be tricked or coerced into sign ing a confession in Arabic, which they may not understand. Migrant workers are frequently tortured and ill-treated, Amnesty says, and are more likely than Saudis to be executed or punished by flogging or amputation. Many expatriate workers exchange horror stories about acquaintances who ended up in jail or were deported for offences ranging from traffic violations to arguments with employers. The report describes how women who go about
[CTRL] Border accident or bounty hunting?
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_dougherty/2328_xnjdo_border_acc.shtml Border accident or bounty hunting? Stories conflict as to why Mexican soldiers shot at U.S. border agents By Jon E. Dougherty © 2000 WorldNetDaily.com Against a sinister backdrop of possible bounty-hunting by Mexican soldiers, U.S. Border Patrol officials say they are increasingly worried about "armed incursions" into U.S. territory by heavily armed Mexican army units, citing a recent incident in which Mexican soldiers chased -- then fired shots at -- Border Patrol agents. The National Border Patrol Council, a nationwide union that represents all 8,250 "non-supervisory Border Patrol employees," said although the shooting aspect was unique, Mexican anti-drug police and specialized anti-narcotic army troops make routine "incursions" into U.S. territory. On Mar. 14, shortly after 10 p.m. local time, "two Mexican army Humvees carrying about 16 armed soldiers drove across the international boundary and into the United States near Santa Teresa, New Mexico." There the vehicles pursued a Border Patrol vehicle, which was "outfitted with decals and emergency lights (that were activated for much of the pursuit) over a mile into the United States." The lead Mexican army vehicle, the Border Patrol council said, contained nine soldiers "armed with seven automatic assault rifles, one submachine gun, and two .45 caliber pistols," and was eventually apprehended by other Border Patrol units. The second Humvee, however, "pursued a Border Patrol agent on horseback and fired a shot at him. The soldiers then disembarked their vehicle, fired upon one more Border Patrol agent and chased another agent before fleeing [back] to Mexico in their vehicle." Union officials said the members of the lead Mexican army vehicle were debriefed and eventually allowed to return to Mexico with their arms and vehicle. Though the incident "is the most serious to date," the council said, "it is but one of hundreds of incursions that have been reported over the past several years," and it has led union officials to call on Congress and the Clinton administration to deal with it. "We will pursue all avenues to bring out the truth," said Martin L. Wilson, president of the Border Patrol union's Local 1929, which includes the Santa Teresa district. "We will not let this incident go away without looking for answers and changes for the betterment of the members of our local." Martin said the agents involved had "promised to give us a first-hand account of the incident," and he emphasized that "this local has not called for the ouster of the (Border Patrol) chief (Gus de la Vina), regardless of what has been put out by outside groups." Mariela Melero, regional spokesperson for the Immigration and Naturalization Service, based in Dallas, told WorldNetDaily high-level contacts with the Mexican government regarding the incident are in the works, but had no specifics. The Border Patrol is part of the INS, and both agencies fall under the jurisdiction of the Justice Department. The El Paso, Texas Border Patrol office told WorldNetDaily, "in both instances, Mexican soldiers apparently were not aware they had crossed into U.S. territory." The El Paso office acknowledged that two shots had been fired by the Mexican soldiers, but said that after "Border Patrol agents identified themselves and explained" that the Mexicans were on U.S. soil, one of the Humvees carrying the soldiers "retreated" south
[CTRL] Contempt charges possible in CIA case
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/499130 March 21, 2000, 9:06PM Contempt charges possible in CIA case By DEBORAH TEDFORD Copyright 2000 Houston Chronicle A federal judge in Houston must decide whether to hold three other federal jurists and high-level Justice Department employees in contempt for submitting false evidence in a case that has kept a CIA employee imprisoned since 1982. Ex-CIA operative Edwin Wilson asked U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes to issue contempt citations against 17 current and former government attorneys or top CIA officials. All helped prosecute him in 1982 for smuggling explosives to Libya. Justice Department attorneys have acknowledged using an affidavit from then-CIA Executive Director Charles Briggs even though they knew it was false. The affidavit, which stated that Wilson did no work for the CIA after his 1971 retirement, was characterized as a crucial piece of evidence by jurors, Justice Department trial attorneys and Wilson's appellate attorney. "It shredded any possibility of the jury thinking that the government had actually asked him to do this," said David Adler. Among those who played a role in Wilson's case and could now be cited for contempt are U.S. District Judges D. Lowell Jensen and Stanley Sporkin, who recently took senior status; Stephen S. Trott, who sits on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals; Houston attorney Dan Hedges, who was U.S. attorney in Houston during Wilson's trial and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jim Powers, a federal prosecutor in Houston. Justice Department spokesman John Russell refused to comment on the contempt motion. A request that Wilson's conviction be overturned was filed with the motion. In it, Adler contends that 22 government documents show that prosecutors and CIA officials knew before the jury verdict, and verified after the verdict, that the affidavit was false. In January federal prosecutors acknowledged the government knowingly submitted a false affidavit to help convict Wilson. But they say he's not entitled to a new trial because the bogus evidence was inconsequential and unrelated to the charges. The Justice Department maintained the ex-agent shipped arms to Libya from Texas and Virginia and had plotted the murder of the New York prosecutor who spearheaded the cases. Wilson was sentenced to 52 years in prison. If Hughes overturns Wilson's conviction in the Texas case, Adler said the other two cases could crumble. Wilson could be eligible for mandatory release if the cases are overturned, Adler said. At the core of the Texas arms-smuggling case was the CIA's claim that Wilson had done no work for the agency after his Feb. 28, 1971, retirement. But prosecutors now admit Wilson had at least 80 "nonsocial" contacts with CIA personnel after his retirement, according to documents filed by the government. Adler speculated prosecutors used the affidavit when plans to call an expert witness went awry. The expert, referred to in court documents by the pseudonym "Larson" and later identified as the then-chief of the CIA's Information Management Section, was not called to testify because the trial judge refused a
[CTRL] Feds Plan Trout Extermination Program
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.ashevilletribune.com/fishkill.htm Feds Plan Trout Extermination Program For Smoky Mountains National Park Service bureaucrats consider using toxic chemicals to kill off non-native species By Dana Davis, The Asheville Tribune Using the toxic chemical, antimycin, The Great Smoky Mountain National Park Service is proposing to eliminate all rainbow and brown trout in as many as ten streams so that the indigenous brook trout can reclaim their once native habitat. Tennessee's Sams Creek has been designated as the initial testing area. Should this treatment be approved and deemed successful, the National Park Service tentatively plans to treat other area stream with the antimycin toxin, including Haywood County's Little Cataloochee Creek and Swain County's Bear, Desolation and Indian creeks', and a few others that have yet to be designated. "We are mandated to protect and preserve all native species," said Smoky Mountain National Park Fishery Biologist Steve Moore. "With all of our history (data) we know that the rainbow trout are having a bad effect." But local trout grower and owner of Sweet Water Farms, Mitchell Betty says, "Any time you introduce poison into nature's stream, I got a real problem with that. I would improve the habitat for both species above and below the naturally occurring waterfall. There were some people that tried to do this some time ago who were just trying to get the land back to the way it was a thousand years ago, for no apparent reason. We should continue to work on the habitat." Moore assured, "We've learned about this stuff and complied with law to make sure that we haven't done anything we're not supposed to do. This seems a little radical, but it's been used in National Parks and Forests throughout the U.S. for years." He claims that their proposal has been reviewed by biologists from area universities, the National Park Services commission, and Bruce Rosenlund, "the foremost expert in the nation for the use of antimycin for native restoration work." In order to carry this out, Moore said the National Park Service has performed an environmental assessment, as required by the National Environmental Protection Act, to make sure that no serious environmental impact will occur. "Now that we've recommended it, we put it out for public review and comment, and, if at all possible, it will be signed off by a regional director. Then we can do the project." Moore added, "We're not evaluating whether we should do it or not, we're evaluating how to best preserve the brook trout." The man who will make the ultimate decision, Southeast Regional Director Jerry Belson was unavailable, but according to his spokesman, Paul Winegar, "That's not a decision he would know a whole lot about," speaking in reference to the use of antimycin in the streams. "He would sign off on it after reading a memorandum, sent to him from the Smokies National Park. They're the experts in that area, so we would take their recommendation." Betty explains that in addition to rainbow and brown trout, that the brook trout, and all aquatic species for that matter, are feeling the negative impact from siltation. Siltation clouds the streams, making it hard for aquatic insects, a primary source of nutrients for fish, to thrive. The Smokies National Park Service only mentions the loggers as the culprits, but Betty says most siltation is caused by highway run-off from storms. Even so, most wildlife experts agree that early logging practices, dating to the beginning of the 20th century -- in particular, building wooden dams and dynamiting them in the streams - contributed to the initial depopulation of the brook trout. The Smoky National Park says that to make up for their blunder, in the early 1900's loggers restocked the streams, mistakenly, with the dominant rainbow trout. However,
[CTRL] Poughkeepsie residents try to make sense of scandals
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.nandotimes.com/noframes/story/0,2107,500181936-500240644-501173032-0,00.html Poughkeepsie residents try to make sense of scandals Copyright © 2000 Nando Media Copyright © 2000 Associated Press From Time to Time: Nando's in-depth look at the 20th century Key figures in Poughkeepsie scandals By MICHAEL HILL POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (March 19, 2000 12:01 a.m. EST http://www.nandotimes.com) - When the town assessor disappeared in 1997, people were puzzled. When his shoes, cigarettes and SUV were found by the Hudson River, they began to worry. When his body was fished from the river, their bewilderment grew. And that was only the beginning. Here are some other things that have happened since then in this comfortable corner of the New York City commuter belt: a mother of two is shot to death leaving church choir practice; a political boss is convicted of running a shakedown scheme; the town water supervisor fires a bullet into his head as police come to his door; aforesaid official is then accused of orchestrating a lesbian tryst in a town pump station. "The citizens don't know what to expect every time they pick up the newspaper," says John Mylod, a longtime citizen of Poughkeepsie. "As they say commonly these days, you can't make it up. It's really as bizarre as it can be." The arena for all this skullduggery is the Town of Poughkeepsie, which hugs the better-known Hudson River city of the same name but has its own government. It is known as home to an IBM plant and Vassar College. It is NOT known as a place where people get shot outside church or engage in sex on municipal property. Details of the federal probe into the town's web of scandal have been seeping out ever since assessor Basil Raucci disappeared on Oct. 4, 1997. Even before he vanished, 55-year-old Raucci lived under a cloud. A few years earlier he had been accused of manipulating assessments in a neighboring town where he worked. He left that job without the charges ever being proven. Once he disappeared, the FBI showed interest, but wouldn't say why. Only later was it revealed that federal officials had been investigating the town government following a businessman's complaint. businessman. Prosecutors say they uncovered systematic extortion: A paving company would be told it could get municipal contracts for a payoff of $5,000; a contractor would pay $15,000 to clear up his bureaucratic problems with the town. And so on. Money went to the town Republican Party and corrupt officials. Raucci, court documents allege, was the money collector, and agents were keeping tabs on him with secret help from a cooperative businessman. Raucci disappeared the day after an FBI agent confronted him in a hotel, offering a deal: cooperate or face prosecution. Divers scoured the river for days, but it was a passerby who found the body. His death was ruled a suicide. More whiffs of something rotten in Town Hall would come in 1998, when two town officials were convicted on corruption-related charges. But the degree of Raucci's alleged involvement would only come to light last year, among even more jarring revelations. William Paroli Sr. was at the pinnacle of his political power in 1999. Paroli, who turned 72 on March 16, is a bear of a man with an earthy manner - a former high school fullback and beat cop. He laughingly admits to humble beginnings in politics: "When the boys had parties and ran out of booze I had to find them a bottle somewhere." The Republican Party has historically dominated this town of 41,000 - and Dutchess County for that matter. Even though Franklin D. Roosevelt lived in Dutchess County, he never carried the county in four successful runs for president. By 1997, Paroli was the GOP chairman for both the county and his town. So when he was arrested last May 26, it hit like a thunderclap. Paroli recalled being in his yard, wearing an old flannel shirt and work pants and sitting on his garden tractor. Looking up, he saw a half-dozen men walking toward him. They were FBI agents. Still wearing his work clothes, Paroli was brought before a federal judge in White Plains. He was accused of controlling the shakedown scheme, as well as having town workers do electrical and landscaping work on his property. Prosecutors portray him as an iron-fisted political boss who ruled by fear to "dominate his party and consequently town government." Paroli professed his innocence, saying others invoked his name in their schemes without his knowledge. Believing the federal government was trying to get him to cut a deal, he said: "I'm not going to allow them to break me." Paroli quit as a GOP boss, but held on to his $58,000-a-year job as county elections commissioner - despite requests from Gov. George Pataki and others that he step aside. Ever the political mover and shaker, he was fighting the Feds on one front while waging an unsuccessful battle to undo an
[CTRL] PORTRAITS IN RACIAL PROFILING
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0011/noel.shtml Published March 15 - 21, 2000 PORTRAITS IN RACIAL PROFILING BY PETER NOEL When Clothes Make the Suspect Nearly two hours before Amadou Diallo died of the barbaric consequences of alleged racial profiling by police, his four would-be assailants, who were cruising 174th Street in the Soundview section of the Bronx in search of a serial rapist, suddenly swerved their unmarked car at the corner of Croes and Fteley avenues. In a never-before reported account of the cops' alleged actions leading up to the shooting that February night last year, Denise Marks, 37, who was driving by on her way home, remembers slowing down at about 11:20 p.m. after she saw four white men "jump out of the burnt-red, ugly, beat-up Taurus in a frenzylike they were on drugs, on something really hyped." According to Marks, the men, who she suspected were cops in plainclothes, stopped and frisked a young black man, rummaged through his knapsack, and then let him go. Marks, who drove slowly past the cops, was about to turn into the parking lot of her nearby building when she saw her husband, Brian, approaching. "I got scared because I feared he was next," Marks told the Voice. She pleaded with her husband, 36, to get in the car. Brian works for the city, but that night he was dressed down, wearing baggy camouflage army pants and an oversized, black-hooded sweattop. Marks's fear that her husband's "ghetto awareness wear" would trigger the white cops to stereotype him is not unfounded. About 50 white and black uniformed and undercover officers who participated in an unscientific survey by the Voice contend that "the felon look"that "Tupac-thug-for-life" image and posture captured in this week's cover illustrationaccount for a majority of the stops and frisks. Using the composite sketch, the cops assigned high and low percentages to every piece of brand-name clothing, headgear, and footwear that they say contributes to the makeup of a racial profile and causes them to confront a person. Whites donning similar clothing rarely are stopped. In the cops' opinion: * A baseball cap, worn at any angle, accounts for 10 percent of their stops. * A bandanna, particularly red or blue, hints at gang involvement and accounts for 20 percent of stops. * An XXL hooded sweattop, or "hoodie," accounts for 20 percent of stops. * Sagging, baggy trousers, especially dungarees, account for 30 percent of stops. * Exposed plaid boxer shorts account for 10 percent of stops. * Expensive high-top sneakersunlaced, suggesting that the person may have done prison timeaccount for 10 percent of stops. Denise Marks felt that it was only a matter of time before the four antsy cops would be attracted by her husband's "perp colors"as Brian would later describe his attireand come after him. He got in the car and the couple drove off. Minutes later, Marks pulled into her building's parking lot. While her husband was locking the gate, Marks says she noticed the same cop car reversing on Croes Avenue, as if to come after him. "I guess they noticed we were together when my husband started walking toward me," she says. "By the time we got to the front entrance of my building, they were again stopping people." The couple watched the cops stop and frisk a number of residents and then get back into their car and drive away without making any arrests. The next morning, the Markses turned on the TV and there they were. Officers Sean Carroll, 36, Edward McMellon, 27, Kenneth Boss, 28, and Richard Murphy, 27the same four cops Marks had feared might mistake her husband for a common criminalwere being accused of gunning down an unarmed West African immigrant in a barrage of 41 bullets in the vestibule of his apartment just blocks from where they lived. After the defense won a change of venue, an Albany jury believed that Diallo's killers made a tragic mistake, and acquitted them last month. The killing of Diallo and the shocking outcome of the trial bolstered charges made by African Americans and Latinos that the New York Police Department has been engaged in a long-standing "pattern and practice" of racial profiling, a widespread, law enforcement policy of targeting blacks and Latinos they suspect are likely to commit certain crimes. An investigation into the NYPD's crime-fighting tactics revealed that in 1997 and 1998 the mostly white Street Crime Unitwhose members boasted "We Own the Night"stopped and searched 45,000 men, mostly African Americans and Latinos, while making a little more than 9000 arrests. Even though the rogue squad was disbanded in the face of public outcry, racial profiling by cops continues. For every 16 African Americans stopped and frisked, only one is arrested.
[CTRL] 2,000 rally to support Louisville police
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2000/0003/18/000318cops.html 2,000 rally to support Louisville police, ex-chief Sherrard doesn't attend, sends letter By JAMES ZAMBROSKI and CHRIS POYNTER, The Courier-Journal Louisville police and their supporters -- some 2,000 strong -- rallied outside City Hall yesterday to denounce the mayor, support their fired chief and call for the city to unite behind them. It was Louisville's largest demonstration since a massive anti-busing protest in 1975. Carrying placards that called for Mayor Dave Armstrong's resignation and wearing T-shirts emblazoned with "Armstrong's Wrong," the crowd led by members of the Fraternal Order of Police chanted and cheered in Jefferson Square as the mayor worked inside his office just across Sixth Street. But the officers and their supporters didn't show the level of outrage expressed when former Chief Gene Sherrard led a smaller march to the steps of City Hall two weeks ago, the day after he was fired. He did not attend yesterday's rally. "A common theme brought us together," Louisville FOP President Rick McCubbin said as he addressed the rally. "I salute each of you who have chosen to stand beside our law enforcement officers. . . . We disagree with the decision and we collectively say 'Armstrong's wrong.' " Although McCubbin claimed that "the support of the community is with law enforcement in Louisville," few of the people joining the FOP protest were African Americans. Nearly a third of Louisville's population is black. Officer David James, FOP vice president and an African American, said some minorities felt peer pressure not to attend. "I think because of the media hype -- it always shows African Americans not agreeing about what's going on -- and a general lack of truthfulness (by the media)," he said. In addition to a large number of police officers, the crowd included many family members -- including some who labeled themselves "SAD, Spouses Against Dave." ARMSTRONG FIRED Sherrard after the former chief approved awards of valor for two white officers who fatally shot Desmond Rudolph last May while he was in a stolen vehicle, trying to flee. Rudolph was black and the shooting outraged the African-American community. The two officers, Chris Horn and Paul Kinkade, returned their awards to the mayor Thursday, citing a desire to "be part of the healing process." Yesterday, three more officers followed Horn and Kinkade's lead. Officers D'Shawn Johnson and Tommy Blair and Sgt. Rodney Estes came forward and rejected the Medal of Honor each was awarded during the annual police awards banquet March 1. Only five others have received the Medal of Honor, the highest award a Louisville officer can receive, in the department's history. "My father always said, 'Stand for what you believe in.' We believe in Chief Sherrard," Johnson said as the three removed their medals and gave them to McCubbin as the crowd cheered. After the rally, Blair could not be reached and Estes declined to comment. Armstrong fired Sherrard March 2, saying he had violated his trust. The chief did not inform the mayor that Horn and Kinkade were receiving awards until two days before the banquet. Armstrong said he was also concerned that Sherrard did not recognize the community outrage that the awards would provoke. Horn and Kinkade said they shot Rudolph because they feared he was about to free the stolen Chevrolet Blazer, which had become mired in an alley, and run them down. A grand jury cleared the two officers of criminal wrongdoing, but questioned police tactics. An investigation by Col. Ron Ricucci, the city's public safety director, also found fault with police methods and the follow-up investigation of Rudolph's death. THE EPISODE drove a deep wedge into the city. And that friction showed in yesterday's march from FOP headquarters in Old Louisville to Jefferson Square downtown. "Police Protect the City While Mayor Destroys It" and "The Only Segment of the Community LPD Targets is Armstrong" were among the signs police and their supporters carried. Another read, "Indiana officers support L.P.D." National FOP President Gilbert Gallegos, of Albuquerque, N.M., was among the national FOP officers who participated. "Mr. Mayor, shame on you," Gallegos said. "Shame on you for accusing the Louisville police department of being racist, for being brutal and for taking away their leader. Shame on you for trying to divide this community." He was referring to a March 10 article in The New
[CTRL] Activists restage police shooting
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2000/0003/18/000318des.html THE RE-ENACTMENT Activists restage police shooting of Rudolph at the scene Witnesses describe events for black police association By SHANNON TANGONAN, The Courier-Journal Civil-rights activists staged a re-enactment of the shooting of Desmond Rudolph yesterday in the alley where the event occurred, saying they are still searching for the truth. With the Rev. Louis Coleman at the wheel of his sport utility vehicle and others portraying police officers, witnesses to Rudolph's shooting led reporters, Rudolph family members and onlookers from the back of 3607 Del Park Terrace through the alley behind the house. Members of the National Black Police Association, who attended the re-enactment, criticized police conduct and said they would take up the matter with the U.S. Justice Department. "The evidence clearly shows that this young man was unjustifiably killed," said Doris Byrd, chairwoman of the National Black Police Association. "There was no reason for his young life to have been taken." On May 13, Rudolph was driving a stolen Chevrolet Blazer and was attempting to flee from Louisville police officers when the vehicle struck a pole and became wedged against some stumps. Officers Chris Horn and Paul Kinkade fired 22 rounds into the truck, hitting him at least 10 times. Byrd, who is a sergeant with the Chicago Police Department, said officers made a series of errors. She criticized the officers for failing to secure the stolen vehicle and for not taking cover if they felt their lives were in danger. Sgt. Rodney Estes, a Louisville police spokesman, said he didn't see the re-enactment and that "everyone is entitled to their opinion." Louisville Public Safety Director Ron Ricucci issued a report last month that said several tactical and investigative errors were made. But no officer is expected to be suspended or fired when an internal investigation is completed, Ricucci said. Quinesha Rudolph, 25, Desmond Rudolph's cousin, attended the re-enactment and said police could have used different tactics. "Police were wrong for killing him. . . . They need some kind of punishment." Joyce Whitten, who witnessed the shooting and took part in the re-enactment, said the Blazer was stuck when officers on the driver's side of the vehicle shouted for Rudolph to "get out" and then started shooting. "The shots just rang out as if the vehicle was exploding," Whitten said. Coleman said activists involved in the re-enactment wanted the National Black Police Association's views of the shooting. "We want the truth," he said. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- 1stUp.com - Free the Web® Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.com A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives 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://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Black Boxes Come Down to Earth
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.apbnews.com/safetycenter/transport/2000/03/16/blackboxes0316_01.html Black Boxes Come Down to Earth Once Only for Plane Crashes, Devices Now on Cars, Trains, Buses March 16, 2000 By Ann Ferrar DETROIT (APBnews.com) -- They are the elusive objects investigators seek after an airplane crashes. Black boxes tell the hidden story: what was going on, what the pilot was doing and what condition the airplane was in before the accident. And now they are finding their way into cars. The technical name for the devices is event data retrieval units (EDRUs). They work continuously, but only save in memory the data recorded in the last five seconds before a crash. At impact, the device also records what researchers call delta-v, the velocity of the crash itself. (A crash into a brick wall, for example, at 20 mph, would have a delta-v of 20). What EDRUs do is yield critical information about crashes, especially when there are no bystanders available. "This is the only unbiased eyewitness available," said John Hinch, a research engineer at the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA). According to the NHTSA, there are 6,335,000 severe car crashes a year, or 17,350 a day, in the United States. "Cars are designed in labs and tested with certain benchmarks against walls, curbs and potholes," Hinch said. "But in the real world ... we really don't know how a car will behave in every situation. The devices provide us with real-life data that will help manufacturers develop better crash sensor technology." The data also can help police and insurance companies figure out what happened, Hinch said. Latest models have them General Motors Corp. (GM) and Ford both have begun installing black boxes in their latest models. Since 1999, EDRUs have been put in the airbag sensor systems of nine of GM's model lines to record pre-crash vehicle speed, engine rpm, whether or not the driver applied the brake and how much foot pressure was applied on the gas pedal. The black boxes are put under the driver or passenger seat or under the dashboard and have been built into the Pontiac Firebird; Chevy Camaro and Corvette; Buick Park Avenue, Regal and Century; and Cadillac SeVille, El Dorado, and DeVille. The latest EDRUs are the third generation of a device first installed by GM in the late 1980s. The early version recorded whether the driver had his seatbelt on and how much time elapsed between impact and airbag deployment. The second version, introduced on some cars in 1994, also recorded the velocity of the crash. Secrecy limits data Ford has installed what it calls a Personal Safety System, a limited version of the EDRU, on its Taurus and Mercury Sable model lines. Ford's system uses sensors to analyze certain crash conditions and automatically deploy the most suitable safety devices for the situation, including dual-stage airbags for the driver and front-seat passenger. GM, however, is the first manufacturer to make the data accessible to consumers. This spring, a tool will be introduced that will enable consumers to retrieve the data themselves and download it onto a computer. Until then, such information is proprietary -- available only to the manufacturers and to NHTSA with the car owner's permission. This secrecy is the reason, partly, why not much data exists on the devices. NHTSA expects to gather data on several hundred cases within the next couple of years. Hinch predicts that most or all GM cars will have the devices by the end of 2002. The
[CTRL] Six killed on Presidential Highway
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- ClariNet story NZEALAND-CRASH from AFP Six killed on "Presidential Highway" Copyright 2000 by Agence France-Presse (via ClariNet) / Fri, 17 Mar 2000 6:20:10 PST INVERCARGILL, New Zealand, March 17 (AFP) - Six members of one family were Friday killed in a horror smash on a piece of road made famous by the coincidence of the names of the two towns it links. State Highway One, north of here, links Clinton with Gore and the coincidence between President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore led it to being renamed Presidential Highway last year. Police say a truck and trailer unit fully loaded with frozen meat and weighing about 38 tonnes collided head-on with a van carrying six members of one family. It was initially believed five had been killed but forensic experts later found it was six, three adults, two children and a baby from the same family. They have not been named but media here say they came from Wanganui in the North Island and were heading to a wedding here. Funeral rites underway suggest they were all indigenous Maori. Officer-in-charge Sergeant Kelvin Lloyd said the impact had demolished the van beyond recognition. "It's an absolute tragedy. Horrendous," he said. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- 1stUp.com - Free the Web® Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.com A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives 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://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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 POWER TO DESTROY - IRS uses Fraud
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_fosters_news/2315_xnfos_7_years_he.shtml THE POWER TO DESTROY 7 years of hell at hands of IRS Accountant: Case against inventor is characterized by 'massive fraud' By Sarah Foster © 2000 WorldNetDaily.com Seven years after its unannounced raid on his home, the Internal Revenue Service is still demanding that an Alabama inventor fork over $2 million it says he owes in back taxes. The problem: Robert C. MacElvain, a retired engineer as well as inventor, hasn't got $2 million and, according to Vicki Osborn, a forensic accountant in Colorado Springs, Colo., who is helping him with his case, he doesn't owe it anyway. "If anything," Osborn told WorldNetDaily, "the IRS owes Mr. MacElvain more than $2 million since the actions lodged against him were based on massive fraud and misrepresentations to the court." In 1993, MacElvain, then in his mid-60s, had his home and property confiscated by the IRS, claiming he hadn't filed a return since 1980 and owed $2.2 million in taxes. "It wasn't true," says Osborn, "but the agents told the judges that it was. [Federal District] Judge Ira DeMent even sentenced him to prison for three years based on what he was told by the agents on the case. Virtually everything they swore in that courtroom was a lie. There wasn't any truth to it." Raided without warning For over 40 years the MacElvains had lived quietly in Eufaula, a historic town 90 miles southeast of Montgomery on the Alabama-Georgia border. Their home is a one-story, 19th-century house they bought "years ago" and restored themselves. They have two grown daughters. MacElvain had invented the diamond-bit Hydra-Drill in the early 1960s, which revolutionized deep rock mining. He and his brother formed a business for manufacturing the new product. From careful investing of the royalties, he became a very wealthy man. He also worked as a geologist for the State Geological Survey in Tuscaloosa for a number of years. "He utilized in a brilliant manner the laws Congress enacted to minimize his tax impact," Osborn says. "Not a single action he took was unlawful." On the morning of Jan. 21, 1993, the day following President Clinton's inauguration, IRS agents -- armed with a writ of entry sworn out the day before -- swooped down without warning on the MacElvains' home and began confiscating their property. In an exclusive interview, Robert MacElvain recalled the events of that day and the one following for WorldNetDaily -- events he said were "burned into our consciousness and will probably be there for quite some time." MacElvain didn't hear the agents when they arrived, he said. It was raining and he was in the attic fixing leaks in the roof. Alone downstairs, Mrs. MacElvain heard knocking at the front door, and when she opened it found herself facing a small but threatening group of people. They identified themselves as being from the Internal Revenue Service and stormed into the hallway. "I'm a little hard of hearing, and at first I didn't hear my wife's voice," MacElvain said. "When I did, I couldn't make out any words, only I could tell she was in distress. I climbed down [the ladder] and found her in a state of shock, surrounded by a squad of six or eight what they call special agents from the IRS. They had picked up a local policeman from the police department. He was uniformed and armed, and I knew the others had guns." MacElvain said the agents were unmasked and
Re: [CTRL] NASA censor news of escalating solar activity??
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- NASA does not want the NWO Political Scientists to abandon their FLAT SUN Climate Models until anti greenhouse gas laws flood the world. ---Save the Earth. Campaign for laws banning air-conditioning in all federal buildings. DIG alfred webre wrote: -Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- It Is Not Your Imagination...03/14/00 by Mitch Battros (ECTV) Have you noticed NASA's reduction on all their websites of news regarding solar activity? No, it is not your imagination. A source close to the issue has reported there may indeed be an order to reduce news of escalation regarding solar flares, CME's, Gamma Ray burst and other solar activity. This included NOAA's "Space Weather Advisories". Just when I have thoughts of NASA's Public Relations division having adopted a policy of "inclusion", I witness almost two weeks of omission. I continue to believe there is an internal struggle within NASA to capture the hearts and minds of the public. Having witnessed NOAA's report last Friday regarding the cause of our weather being related to solar activity, all may not be lost. I remain hopeful "inclusion" wins out. __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives 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://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Doctor says WTO gassing led to health problems
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- This can't be true. Who are you going to believe, some unknown Californian or The Attorney General of the United States of America? The Attorney General has approved methelyne chloride as safe for use on children. Janet took time out from her busy day of reviewing classified Waco child snuff films to pass along this helpful tip for young mothers: Place your crying baby in a closet and cover it with paint stripper. The initial pain will quickly turn to pleasure as the narcotic action of the methelyne chloride quiets the baby. Dave wrote: A third possibility is that the so-called inert ingredients that are present in the chemical weapons containers -- which are frequently toxic and carcinogenic solvents -- independently caused the atypical symptoms exhibited in Seattle, Murphy said. "What we do know is that the solvents that are found to be present in CN include something called methelyne chloride," Murphy said. "Methelyne chloride is clearly associated with menstrual abnormalities; it is clearly associated with miscarriages; and it is clearly associated with ongoing neurologic problems, which include twitching, convulsions, and difficulty with concentration. Moreover, methelyne chloride is considered to be an endocrine disrupter, which means that the serious biological damages it can cause can be passed along from generation to generation. "To put it colloquially, methelyne chloride is really nasty shit," Murphy said. Physicians for Social Responsibility will publicize its conclusions regarding the medical consequences of chemical weapons exposure in Seattle in the coming months, Murphy said. To file a medical report with the group, or for more information, call (310) 458-2694, or contact them via e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Comments: Methyl chloride is one of the toxic halogen element effects and is related to similar effects with fluorine and bromine. Methyl chloride was used in anesthesia for a long time, but was finally banned due to long term health complications like these and also connected to increased cancer risk. The halogen elements, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, damage the cells in the body and in this process they get into high concentrations in the lymph nodes--many toxic metals also produce this same effect. These related health effects seen in this WTO protest group give rise to similar chemical connected effects seen around DOE gaseous diffusion plants and even that seen in the Gulf War. - __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives 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://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] A BRIEF HISTORY OF JANET RENO
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.accessone.com/~rivero/POLITICS/ARTICLES/RENO.html A BRIEF HISTORY OF JANET RENO As Congress warms up the hot seat for Ms. Reno, I thought a quick look at her political past might serve to illustrate the kind of person she really is, and by extension, the kind of Person Bill Clinton likes to keep around. Janet Reno first came to national prominence during her 1984 campaign to be re-elected Prosecutor of Dade County, Florida. This was at the height of the "Satanic Ritual Abuse" craze that swept the nation, generating tons of daytime TV talk show guests, lots of book sales and speaking tours, but according to the FBI's special SRA task force, not a single allegation that didn't turn out to be a hoax by some attention seeking people. Despite the dismal reality of the Satanic Ritual Abuse issue, a popular cause is a popular cause and Janet used it well. Following the McMartin case in Los Angeles, a Miami day care center operated by Frank and Ileana Fuster came under suspicion. That there was no actual evidence of any wrongdoing did not prove a major impediment to Janet Reno. Ileana, a young Honduren woman, was separated from her husband. What followed is probably best described as outright brainwashing. Indeed, the two psychiatrists hired by Janet Reno operated under the trade name, "Behavior Changers", and eventually sat with her in the court, coaching her statements in front of the judge, while Janet Reno held her hand! Among the other claims that Ileana made under such prodding was that her husband had put snakes inside her genitals while the children watched. Real snakes. Frank was convicted and sent to jail. Janet, riding high on the publicity of the trial won her re-election. Ileana returned to Honduras and from there issued a 61 page statement describing her year of solitary confinement and coercion by "Behavior Changers". In 1989, Reno again used psychological manipulations to extort a confession from a 14 year old boy. Bobby Fijnje was accused of sadistically assaulting other children by the same group of people who had accused Frank and Ileana Fuster. Bobby was a diabetic, and Reno had him held in jail without food, which put him into insulin shock. When Bobby finally confessed, he was fed. When he came out of the insulin shock, he recanted. He was then starved again triggering another insulin shock episode. While this was going on, Janet Reno refused to allow Bobby's parents to see him, claiming that they were Satanist Pornographers, and likely to try to prevent the boy from confessing his crime. Bobby spent an entire year in prison, isolated from his parents, then was acquitted. It is a shocking indictment that in the haste to confirm the first woman Attorney General, neither of these two events were ever brought up during her confirmation hearings. It is shocking because no sooner had Janet Reno taken over the control of the Department of Justice than she resorted to her old behavior patterns. Seizing on unfounded rumors that the children in the Waco compound were being abused, Reno ordered in the tanks and the gassing of those same children with CS gas, a gas that's illegal to use on enemy troops. The autopsy on the remains of the bodies showed no sign of smoke inhalation in their lungs, proof that the intense concentrations of gas had been the cause of death. During the hearings into the largest Federal armed entry ever conducted against as American home, Janet Reno again fell back on her old tactics, producing a single witness named Kiri Jewell who poured forth with unsubstantiated claims of Koresch as sexual deviate. Less than two weeks following the hearings, it became publicly known that Jewell had not been at the Waco compound during the time she claimed the molestations took place, but had been with her father in California, the result of a successful ploy by the father to use allegations of sexual abuse to gain custody of Kiri from her Branch Davidian mother. Despite the discrediting of Kiri's testimony, her statements became the mandatory screenplay for several movies about Waco, all designed to demonize Koresch and his followers and to justify the gassing of the compound. As David Kopel of the Denver Independence Institute noted, "Not since the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890 had so many Americans been killed as a result of a conflict with the Federal Government. And the initial government response indicated almost equivalent lack of remorse." In yet another example, Janet Reno is still pursuing the "LA 8" case, the forced deportation of 7 Palestinian men and 1 Palestinian woman, even though former FBI Director William Sessions told the Congress that the eight had "not been found to engage themselves in terrorist activity". But as the case of Bobby Fijnje showed, innocence is simply not a factor in Ms. Reno's decisions. Ms. Reno still persists in trying to deport the 8 Palestinians, despite a stern
[CTRL] Attorney Says Reno Blackmailed by Sex Tapes
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a496545.htm Attorney Says Reno Blackmailed by Sex Tapes ConservativeNews.com August 12, 1998 By Dean Arnold In Mondays Wall Street Journal, a Florida attorney writes on the editorial page that Janet Reno is unfit to practice law, let alone serve as this countrys top cop. Now, for the rest of the story. This high-profile lawyer, Jack Thompson (who has appeared on such shows as Nightline, Crossfire and Good Morning America exposing obscene rap groups like 2LiveCrew), tells ConservativeNews.com that blackmail is the likely reason that attorney General Reno has unlawfully failed to appoint an independent counsel in the fundraising probe, even in the face of contempt and impeachment charges. Thompson made similar charges against Reno in an interview with radio talkshow host Oliver North: North: Reno should want to step up and...request an independent counsel. Why doesnt she do it? Thompson: Because she fears something more than the wrath of Bill Clinton. North: Which is? Thompson: What would be released through a back-channel about her personal life that he is aware of. Here is a president who likes to read raw FBI files. Here is a president who has undoubtedly seen whats in her raw FBI files and it includes some of the stuff Ive told you about the mafia connections, about her drunk driving, and about her use of call girls. North: Janet Reno uses call girls? Thompson: Ollie, let me tell you something. Ive welcomed Janet Reno to sue me for the last decade while Ive said these things, and more importantly, the Florida Bar which is filled with politically correct [people], some of them her campaign contributors in the race she ran against me. The Florida Bar has every reason to disbar me if I am not telling the truth. Ive put my law career on the line by making these allegations. But I have the proof. And I have people independent of me that can prove this. Thompsons allegation were originally printed in Chronicles in 1993, a publication by the Rockford Institute. Thompson claimed Renos closeted lesbianism alone was enough to keep her compromised. He quoted Richard Gerstein, Renos predecessor as Miami District Attorney, a life-long Democrat: No [closeted] homosexual can be a prosecutor because it gives every defendant the blackmail option. When Thompson ran against Reno for Miami D.A. in 1988 (and was endorsed by the Fraternal Order of Police), she categorically denied being a lesbian. But after her nomination for attorney general, her response to the question was less emphatic. Mr. Thompson is preoccupied with my sexual orientation, she told the media. I am an old maid who has a strong affection for men. Days later Queer Nation outed Reno and a spokesman said, Many homosexuals in Miami have contacted us and told us that Renos lesbianism is common knowledge among the gay community. NOWs Patricia Ireland responded to the outing by saying, Ms. Reno should not be judged on the basis of her sexual orientation. Thompson says Renos sexual preference, per se, is not the core issue. The issue has always been Renos blackmailability because of her closeted proclivities, he said. In an interview with ConservativeNews.com, Thompson named one call girl he spoke to named Crystal Kazim, who claimed to have received money for sex from Reno at Renos home. Thompson said these services were confirmed to him by Ms. Kazims escort provider Jay Goldstein, brother of Screw magazine publisher Al Goldstein. Thompson passed both of these names on to the FBI before Renos appointment to Justice, and the allegations are likely in her FBI file now. Thompson told ConservativeNews.com he shared the details of his concerns with Clinton aide Lanny Davis, who was responsible for examining Reno before the nomination. Thompson says his law school buddy Sam Jones, a law partner with Clinton confidante Bruce Lindsey, also warned the Clintons of Renos problems. But Thompson now says he is convinced the administration wanted a dirty cop for their attorney general. Thompson, who says Reno is a predatory lesbian with a penchant for aggressive sex, also claims that organized crime is in possession of videotapes of Reno. He told ConservativeNews.com that several associates of Miamis premiere call girl operation told him they have video of Reno in a sex orgy. In the Chronicles article, Thompson cites apprehension of Reno by a Broward County police officer in a shopping-mall parking lot in the back seat of a car with a disrobed girl, as related by a homosexual Ft. Lauderdale talk-show host. Thompson has been in touch with Fox News host Bill OReilly recently and with the shows producer, which may explains OReillys veiled comments last week. In an attempt to explain the failure to name an Independent Counsel, OReilly stated that Washington tonight is swirling with rumors about Janet Reno's
[CTRL] Reno abuses children to further her career
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.ags.uci.edu/~dehill/witchhunt/ccla/pages/fijnje.htm The following letter was written by the father of Bobby Fijnje, a 14 year-old boy who met up with Janet Reno's style of "child protection." This "Open Letter to the American People" documents his family's reaction when they heard with disbelief that Janet Reno had been nominated to head the Justice Department. For more info about this case, see: Armbrister, T., JUSTICE GONE CRAZY, Reader's Digest, Jan. 1994, p. 33-40. To the American people and their government: It is with surprise, shock, dismay, and anger that the Fijnje family learned of the nomination of Janet Reno as Attorney General of the United States of America. After reading this letter I hope you will understand why our family feels that way. I would like to describe how Ms. Reno persecuted our family. After serving the government in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, for almost 25 years, we decided that it would be a good experience for our children Nanette and Bobby, Jr., to settle in Miami, Florida. We bought a house there and the children entered school. We wanted to make our new home our fatherland. When we arrived in Miami, Nanette was 8 and Bobby was 5. In late 1981 we joined Old Cutler Presbyterian Church, in which the whole family participated in almost all church activities. I was honored to serve the church for three years as deacon and three more years as an elder. For eight years I sang in the choir, while my wife Vivian joined the bible classes, worked in the kitchen, and helped in other ways. The kids went to Sunday-school classes, and when the time came, they became members of the congregation. Neither Vivian nor I was ever called to school or church because of any misbehavior of either of the children. Nanette graduated from high school and entered Dade Community College. Bobby was given an award as the best all-around student of his class when he graduated from 6th grade. But in the fall of 1988 dark clouds began to gather. We did not know what accusations were being made or who the accusers were. Imagine our shock when, on the morning of 28 August 1989, I opened the door and four policemen identified themselves and told me that they would like to talk to Bobby. One of the four, Detective Martinez, told me that although they had no search warrant, they wanted to search Bobby's room for pornography. I told them there was no need to get a warrant and that they could go ahead and search the room. We later learned that Detective Martinez had obtained an arrest warrant for Bobby three days previously, but he told us that he had only come to "talk to him." Two policemen turned Bobby's room upside down and of course found no pornography because we have no such trash in our home. I rode with Bobby, Detective Martinez, and Lieutenant Forster to the police station where Bobby was interrogated from noon until dinner time. I was with him for the first two hours, but I was then told that I must leave the room because Detective Martinez wanted to talk to him alone. On the evening of 28 August 1989, two months after his 14th birthday, Bobby was taken to the Dade Juvenile Detention Center. He remained there until 4 May 1991 when he was released. During the frequent recesses which occurred throughout the preliminary hearings and trial, Bobby was held in solitary confinement in a holding cell at the courthouse. During Bobby's imprisonment, we twice asked for him to be released on bond, the second time in the care of his aunt and uncle (a retired Connecticut State Supreme Court judge), but this was refused because "Bobby was a threat to the community" and because it was said that our family would flee the country. Bobby pleaded not guilty, and was tried as an adult on the motion of the Dade County prosecutor's office, headed by Ms. Reno. The pre-trial hearings finally began in early August 1990 with Judge Norman Gerstein presiding. Pre-trial hearings lasted until the middle of January 1991, at which time a jury was selected. Before and during the trial, we were repeatedly urged to accept a plea-bargain and warned of the dangers Bobby faced in prison. We were told that he would have AIDS within a week after entering prison. We were told what a horrible time he would have in prison, where the jailers are mere administrators and the prison is actually ruled by the prisoners. But we knew Bobby was innocent, and we refused to accept a plea bargain. During the trial, not a single witness ever testified that he or she had seen anything improper. Over 800 members of the church stepped forward and offered to testify on Bobby's behalf. At least 14 motions for mis-trial were filed by Bobby's lawyers, Mr. Mel Black and Mr. Peter Miller. Over 500 sidebar conferences were held in this case, which cost the taxpayers well over $3 million, money that could have been used to feed the poor, improve public health, or shelter the many
[CTRL] the child terror - Fijnje Jury Letter to Reno
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://cgi.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/terror/cases/fijnjeletter.html May 9, 1991 Honorable Janet Reno State Attorney 1351 NW 12 Street Miami, Florida 33125 Dear State Attorney Reno, We, being the jurors of the Bobby Fijnje case, are writing this letter in an attempt to clarify and explain our verdict. In order to understand the reasoning of our verdict one must appreciate the enormous stress and pressure we experienced from being placed in such a position. Listening to and absorbing the hundreds of hours of testimony over the fifteen extensive weeks of this trial, only magnified this stressful and pressure built situation. One must understand that it was not our desire nor our wish to be jurors in this trial. However, as concerned citizens we acted accordingly by our acceptance of this duty. A duty that, regardless of what verdict we rendered, would be without appreciation and from which extensive criticism would result. His Honor's instructions as we began to deliberate, clearly stated that we are to presumed [sic] the defendant's innocence up to and until the State has proved otherwise beyond and to the exclusion of a reasonable doubt. It was our keeping with these instructions that led us to our verdict. A number of factors that were raised throughout this trial provided the defense with a window of opportunity through which they passed a measurable cloud of reasonable doubt. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the failure of the police to video tape the questioning of the defendant on the day he was arrested. The failure to have a stenographer record and have the defendant sign a written confession. The clearly leading and suggestive questioning on the part of the both child psychologist [sic] while interviewing the two children involved. The rape treatment center's handling of the two children and having those findings disputed by a defense expert. Furthermore, the contradictory testimony on the part of the children themselves also raised reasonable doubt. There was a high degree of improbability of certain allegations raised against the defendant. For instance, alleging that he drove a child to the American Foreign Legion Hall, when no representative of that facility saw the defendant on the premises. And the fact that no adult ever saw the defendant drive a car, a task that he claims he has yet to attempt. Other allegations have the defendant taking children were [sic] there were witches and in which he dressed as a clown. Again, no one ever saw anyone dressed as a witch nor the defendant as a clown. Further allegations of have a baby being killed [sic] and a cat's neck being broken were unfounded. It is important here to note that though we believed something did happen to the two children in question, what and by whom was not certain beyond and to the exclusion of a reasonable doubt. And since, as stated earlier, our task was not to prove the defendant's innocence but rather his guilt beyond such a doubt, we had no choice, in following the instructions of his Honor, but to return with a verdict of not guilty. Furthermore, we subscribed to the notion that there may have been more to this case than we were allowed to see and hear. However, no other charges, to our knowledge and at the time of our deliberations, had been filed. As such, our verdict could not be based upon our suspicions but solely upon the facts and evidence as we were allowed to review. However, we encourage the State's Attorney's Office to pursue with an appropriate investigation and file additional charges as deemed appropriate. We further would like to express our sincere empathy towards the parents of the two children involved in this case. As beings understandably disappointed with the verdict, we can only hope that if they are to blame anyone they blame the faulty system currently in place in the handling of [such cases] and not with we the jury. It is our hope that this case will lay the foundation upon which a set of policies and guidelines are built. So that when cases of abuse, especially child abuse, are alleged, the programs in place will allow for appropriate questioning and investigation by the police, physicians and child psychologist so as to drastically reduce the chance[s] of conflicting testimony and charges of contamination that can and will raise reasonable doubt. We understand that a portion of the general public views our verdict as wrong. Understand that we were not privies [sic] to all information concerning this case. Furthermore, the general public received its' [sic] information from the press in the form of a one minute opinionated nightly news segment. We, on the other hand, based our verdict on the law, and after listening to and reviewing the hours upon hours of testimony on a daily basis for almost four months. Consequently, our verdict stands. Sincerely, We The Jurors State of Florida vs.
[CTRL] Explosives Found in Exec's Yard (Another Doctor Ford report)
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.latimes.com/editions/orange/todays.topstory.htm Saturday, March 11, 2000 | Explosives Found in Exec's Yard Irvine police also find weapons stored in plastic pipes beneath a concrete slab behind home of Biofem partner who killed himself. By SCOTT MARTELLE, JACK LEONARD, H.G. REZA, Times Staff Writers Police pulled high-powered military explosives and a cache of weapons from the yard of Dr. Larry C. Ford's Irvine home Friday as the biomedical researcher's family buried him in his native Utah. Authorities expected to complete the search by today and will send the six canisters, along with several dozen vials of suspected chemicals removed from Ford's home last week, to the FBI crime lab in Quantico, Va., for analysis. By Friday night, police had discovered two packages of military grade C-4 explosives and blasting caps in one of the canisters. The other three canisters contained weapons and ammunition, said Irvine police Lt. Sam Allevato. Officials believe the explosives were being stored rather than used as some sort of booby trap because there was no electrical current needed to detonate them. "Unless detonated, it's not going to blow," Allevato said. Ford buried the canisters in his yard years ago, Allevato said, but investigators have no clear idea how long the cache lay buried under a concrete slab. Investigators also said Friday that the sources who tipped them off to the canisters said that they contained AIDS-related biomedical research. But no such material was found in the initial examination, police said, and the containers won't be opened until they arrive in Virginia. Police ordered more than 200 nearby residents out of their homes during the excavation and put them up in an Irvine hotel. So far, they said, the investigation has cost about $400,000. Residents could be allowed back to their homes sometime today, police said. Meanwhile, speculation continued over Ford's possible links to intelligence agencies and biological weapons. An attorney representing the Ford family said detectives told Ford's wife, Diane, that her husband was involved with the Central Intelligence Agency. "She was shocked," William Bollard said. "What she told me was that Larry is a man of ultimate integrity, and if he was involved in classified information [that] speaks more to his integrity than anything else." Diane Ford said that when she began dating Larry Ford about 30 years ago, he claimed access to classified information, the attorney said. "She thought it was just a line to impress on a date," Bollard said. Irvine police, though, flatly deny they told the Ford family of any connection with CIA. "We, the police, have no information about any involvement with the CIA," Allevato said. "We're interested in this from the state charges of attempted murder. His alleged federal involvement is not really germane to this case at the time. We're really pursuing the shooter." Ford's family, who were in Utah for his funeral Friday, could not be reached for comment. Hazardous materials specialists dug down nearly 8 feet to retrieve the canisters, said Irvine Sgt. Jeff Noble. The canisters, plastic sewer pipes measuring about 5 1/2 feet long and 10 inches wide, were buried with their tops nearly 2 feet below the surface, he said. Police put the canisters inside larger pipes and sent them to the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Los Alamitos. Ford was a partner in the Irvine biomedical firm Biofem, which is developing a female contraceptive suppository designed to also retard the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV. Ford's partner, James Patrick Riley, survived an attempted slaying March 2. Three days later, Ford shot and killed himself. Police have said they believe the motive for the murder attempt was financial. However, company officials said Friday they had more than $5 million on hand and were planning to proceed with clinical tests of the suppository. Meanwhile, more details emerged Friday of Ford's relationship with key people involved in South Africa's military. Several doctors in South Africa said Ford performed work on commercial drug products at a military laboratory and gave the defense forces advice on how to protect personnel against biological and chemical weapons. But two former South African military science researchers said Friday that at one point, Ford hosted a seminar in lacing everyday items with biological agents. The researchers asked not to be identified in part because they have been called as witnesses in a criminal trial and are under court orders not to discuss the case. One researcher said the techniques turned out to be invalid, and further experiments with the procedures were unsuccessful. Dr. Neil Knobel, former military surgeon general who held administrative
[CTRL] Feds Spirited Body, Door Away at Waco, Trooper Says
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.newsmax.com/articles/?a=2000/3/10/52116 Feds Spirited Body, Door Away at Waco, Trooper Says NewsMax.com Friday, March 10, 2000 In startling testimony, a Texas state trooper told lawyers that what appeared to be a body and a missing door were spirited away from the Waco scene just before troopers took over the Mt. Carmel site from the FBI. Sgt. David Keys also stunned lawyers and government attorneys in the wrongful death case filed by survivors of the Branch Davidian sect when he testified that he overheard FBI agents talking about a "fire fight taking place in the rear of the compound. The government has insisted there had been no gunfire in that area despite infrared evidence indicating there had been. Keys, a 17-year veteran of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said that about 4 p.m. on April 19, over an hour before Texas Rangers took possession of the Mt. Carmel site, his superiors ordered him to permit a white van to enter the area "to pick up a body, according to James Brannon, an attorney for the plaintiffs. The trooper said he saw an empty body bag inside the van. When the white van left the compound, Keys said he saw the body bag containing what looked like the shape of a corpse, Brannon said. "The van that Keys saw could only have been kept secret, at that level, by the military," Brannon told reporters. "If somebody was killed, they could just say that he was killed in a training accident. It's a mystery who it was and we're waiting for somebody in the government to tell us." "Keys also says that he saw something as big as a door being loaded into a U-Haul truck. One of the doors from Mount Carmel has been missing since the day of the fire the door that might prove that during the Feb. 28 raid, the ATF fired first," Brannon added. Keys also testified that earlier on April 19, 1993, while he was at the DPS Waco commando center, he overheard an FBI agent say that a "firefight" was under way at the back of the Mount Carmel compound, Brannon said. It has been alleged that the feds fired upon the rear of the Mount Carmel site in the final moments of the tank-and-tear-gas assault of April 19, in what may have been an effort to prevent any of the Davidians from leaving the inferno alive. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives 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://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] SECRET PANEL DECIDES WHO CAN DRIVE
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://williamcooper.net/hott/dmv.htm SECRET PANEL DECIDES WHO CAN DRIVE by Dana Davis, The Asheville Tribune, Asheville, North Carolina A woman recently visited a local DMV branch to notify them of a change of address and requested an updated driver's license to indicate as such. What she got was much more than she bargained for. When Sylvia English, 39, single, and no children, went to the East Asheville branch of the NC Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to update her driver's license she did not realize that she needed her social security card. Upon finding out, English says she vocalized her disapproval to the DMV examiner. The examiner explained to her that all applicants seeking a driver's license, regardless of their record, are to provide their social security number as mandated by President Clinton's Executive Order 13019, issued on Sept. 28, 1996, supposedly designed to keep track of 'dead-beat' parents. English did not have her social security card with her, so she had to return the next day with it. Upon English's second examination with the E. Asheville DMV, she claims she was asked questions which were agitating to her. English said DMV Examiner Creasman asked her in depth questions about her physical health, mental health, and if she was registered to vote. Examiner Creasman abruptly ceased communication when contacted by The Asheville Tribune. However, Examiner Hyder from the West Asheville branch said that the DMV is required to ask all applicants if they suffer from any health problems. If the examiner is not too busy, Hyder said there is a list of specific questions regarding someone's health, as it relates to their ability to drive, that an examiner can choose to ask the applicant. Therefore, according to Hyder, it is not odd that Creasman asked English these questions. Regardless, English says she answered all of the questions and provided all information and identification that was asked of her by Examiner Creasman. Though, she admits that she did so with obvious disgust because she felt the questioning to be invasive, and, after all, she only wanted to change her address. Creasman granted English the updated license, but not without a hitch. On May 7, English received a letter from DMV officials in Raleigh instructing her to complete and return a ten-page medical evaluation within 30 days or else her license would be canceled due to a medical incapacity to drive safely. Furthermore, completion of the report requires that she provide her signature. But the only place on the entire form that allows for English's signature succeeds the following paragraph: "I hereby authorize Dr. __ to give any examination he deems necessary for the purpose of determining my physical fitness to operate a motor vehicle. I also authorize any other physicians who attended me, or any hospital or clinic in which I have been examined or treated, to give the Division of Motor Vehicles or its representative any information they may request concerning my condition. I understand this authorization includes permission for this information to be reviewed by a panel of unidentified physicians for the purpose giving the Division a medical opinion on my case. SIGNATURE OF APPLICANT__" English says she considers herself an 'open' person and has no problem allowing her doctor to conduct a physical exam to determine if she can drive a car safely. What English adamantly objects to is giving the DMV access to her entire medical history, to be freely scrutinized by a 'panel of unidentified physicians.' When Examiner Hyder was asked if he would sign such a report, authorizing the DMV to view his complete medical history, he responded, "I would have no problem signing the medical report if I didn't have anything to hide." English says she doesn't have anything to hide. According to English, she has no insurance points, has not been in an accident, and in 33 years of driving, has received only one ticket - a DUI in 1993. She received the required physical from her doctor, but she feels the DMV's evaluation is unreasonably invasive and unjust, and she does not understand why she must grant them permission to secretly peer into her entire life. Incidentally, the page requiring the signature also has an unidentified bar-code at the bottom. Hyder explained that DMV appointed physicians who study an applicant's medical report are to remain unidentified to protect themselves from any possible danger in case they determine an applicant is unfit to have a driver's license. He guessed that the bar-code is probably a way to keep track of a person's file. Legal expert Tim Hanley said he would not sign the form and added that he would look into suing the DMV examiner who recommended the medical report for deprivation of rights, Title 42, Section 1983 (Rights to Privacy). Hanley suggests that Creasman may be violating
Re: [CTRL] Scientists justify Clinton's treatment of women
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- In 1978 Bill Clinton allegedly raped Juanita Broaddrick in a Little Rock hotel. Juanita was controlled with a brutal lip biting technique commonly used by serial rapists. "Prudence L. Kuhn" wrote: -Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- In a message dated 03/08/2000 10:10:46 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Rape is natural. Self control is learned and taught. Man is born a depraved creature. He is not inherently "good." Bill Clinton is a perfect example When did this rape take place? Was the woman hurt? Prudy __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives 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://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Scientists justify Clinton's treatment of women
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=001851641145319rtmo=r3mXh3bXatmo=pg=/et/00/3/7/wrape07.html Outrage as professors claim rape is natural By Roger Highfield, Science Editor A CLAIM by two "evolutionary psychologists" that rape is as natural as a leopard's spots comes under widespread criticism today. The "evolutionary psychologists" Craig Palmer, of the University of Colorado, and Randy Thornhill, a professor at the University of New Mexico, argue that rapists father children. Because these men pass on their genes by force, any genes favouring that behaviour are passed to the next generation, ensuring the persistence of rape, they claim in A Natural History of Rape, by MIT Press. The assertions have prompted furious opposition from women generally and feminists in particular, for it argues that sex, not power, is the motivation for rape. Other scientists attack the book, claiming that it is flawed and inflammatory. The authors of the book are dismissive of the current belief that rape is driven by power, violence and dominance rather than sex. Women who espouse the view that rape is an act of violence are "scientifically illiterate" and too emotional to comprehend the scientific facts objectively, they say. They write: "We fervently believe that, just as the leopard's spots and the giraffe's elongated neck are the results of aeons of past Darwinian selection, so also is rape. Human rape arises from men's evolved machinery for obtaining a high number of mates in an environment where females choose mates. If men pursued mating only within committed relationships, or if women did not discriminate amongst potential mates, there would be no rape." Later this week a review will be published in the journal Nature written by Drs Jerry Coyne, of the University of Chicago, and Andrew Berry, of Harvard University. They take the book's leading argument and demonstrate that it rests on a foundation of untestable "just-so" stories. They write: "A Natural History of Rape is advocacy, not science . . . a woefully incomplete perspective on human behaviour." The Nature reviewers further claim that: "Thornhill and Palmer cloak themselves in the authority of science, implying that the controversy over their ideas is purely political, and that the underlying biology is unimpeachable. This is a serious misrepresentation." The book says that rape victims tend to be in their prime reproductive years, suggesting that reproduction is central to the rapists' agenda. "But the data they present contradict this claim," say the Nature reviewers, pointing out that a large proportion of rape victims are under the age of 11. The book says that married, or young and fertile women, get overwrought about rape because they have the greatest interest in retaining control over their genetic destiny. Post-menopausal women do not get as upset, Palmer and Thornhill claim. Thus, "the psychological pain that rape victims experience appears to be an evolved defence against rape." But a check of the sources by the reviewers found that the conclusions differed critically. Women over the age of 44 are just as traumatised as those aged 12 to 44. "The
[CTRL] Ollie: Another fine mess you've gotten me into, Saddam
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/observer/international/0,3883,141130,00.html Ollie: Another fine mess you've gotten me into, Saddam £1,000 a day lured British actors into Iraq's desert war. Oliver Reed kept the party going, reports Jason Burke Iraq: special report Sunday February 27, 2000 Saddam Hussein lured stars of British stage and screen to Iraq to make an epic propaganda film. But events took a farcical turn even before they landed in decrepit Baghdad. Oliver Reed, John Barron (C.J. in The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin ) and a number of other top British actors accepted roles in the film, The Great Question, at a time when London still viewed the Iraqi dictator as a 'good guy'. The film told the story of a revolt by the Iraqis against British colonial rule in 1920. Unlimited funds were provided by the Directorate of Cinema and National Theatre and Saddam's agents were sent out to hire the best available cast and crew. They approached Edward Fox and representatives of Vanessa Redgrave. Both turned them down. However, many others accepted - not least because the Iraqis were offering £1,000 for a week's filming. The actors and technicians were flown to Baghdad to start filming, which took place in 1980-81 - during the eight-year Gulf War between Iraq and Iran. Once over Iraqi airspace things started to go wrong. The first inkling came when the actors found their plane flying with no lights into an unlit airport. The precautions had to be taken to avoid missile attacks, the cabin staff explained. Most opted to drive for 14 hours across the desert to Jordan on their way out. There was only one decent hotel in the Iraqi capital at the time - the al-Mansoor - but it did not have enough rooms for all the actors and technicians. Many found themselves in various 'half-built, cockroach-infested ruins'. Nor was the food very good. 'I survived for weeks on end on dates and orange juice,' said Nicholas Young, who starred in children's sci-fi serial The Tomorrow People. Half the cast went down with diarrhoea. They also faced shortages of everything from salt to heating
[CTRL] Copernicus Tempts Thieves Worldwide
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.centraleurope.com/frames/frames.php3?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-srv%2Faponline%2F2214%2Faponline172105_000.htm Copernicus Tempts Thieves Worldwide By Sergei Shargorodsky Associated Press Writer Monday, Feb. 14, 2000; 5:21 p.m. EST MOSCOW Copies of one of the world's rarest and most valuable books have been disappearing a rash of mysterious thefts that have perplexed police from the former Soviet Union to the United States. The first-edition copies of 16th century astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus' renowned treatise in Latin, "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" (On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres) have vanished from collections across the globe. In Poland, a reader said he had to use the bathroom and made off with the treasured volume. A thief in Kiev, Ukraine, pilfered the book using a fake police ID. The latest theft of the book, published in 1543 and valued at up to $400,000, was discovered earlier this month in Russia. Russian police say they have appealed to Interpol for help in locating that book, which disappeared from the Academy of Sciences Library in St. Petersburg. Police would give no further details. At least seven of the 260 known copies of the 1543 edition of "De revolutionibus" have disappeared in recent years, including one copy each from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and the Mittag-Leffler Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, according to Owen Gingerich, a professor at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass. Five copies remain missing. Some police have speculated that a ring of thieves and collectors is behind the rash of thefts or that the books may have been stolen on some collectors' orders. However, Gingerich says there is no evidence to suggest an international conspiracy to steal copies of the treatise, which describes Copernicus' then-revolutionary theory that the Sun, not the Earth, was at the center of the universe. Gingerich has worked for a quarter-century compiling a list of all known copies of the first- and second-editions of the work, a quest that has taken him to cities and libraries worldwide and has helped him trace at least two stolen copies. While the book is a tempting target for thieves because of its value, it's also "a very dangerous title to steal," Gingerich said in an Internet interview, noting that his census can help identify any known copy, making it risky to try to sell a stolen copy at auction or on the international antique market. Still, the disappearances continue. The theft in Poland occurred in November 1998 at the Polish Academy of Sciences' library in Krakow, where a man in his 40s asked to read a first-edition copy of "De Revolutionibus" valued at $320,000. Sometime later, the reader said he had to visit the toilet and disappeared. He left behind his belongings and the book's covers, said Krakow's deputy police head Eugeniusz Szczerbak. Three months earlier, a man walked out of the Ukrainian National Library in Kiev carrying a first-edition Copernicus. The thief had an apparently fake police ID and appeared to be well-acquainted with the library's security arrangements. Librarians said he requested six books, including the Copernicus. He then returned the books to secure a receipt, took a break and came back to request more books, including the Copernicus. The man vanished with the rare book just before closing time, apparently showing the guard the initial receipt to prove he had returned it. Gingerich has helped trace at least two stolen copies. One copy that surfaced on the book market in 1997 came from the Brno University Library in the Czech Republic. It had been returned by the library, which kept the book during Communist times, to the original owner,
[CTRL] BioWarfare ready to start in Colombia
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.anomalous-images.com/news/news566.html Plan to attack coca with killer fungus Feb. 18, 2000 Scripps Howard News Service WASHINGTON: A voracious fungus that dines on coca plants soon may become a weapon in the international war on cocaine as the United Nations and Colombia -- with U.S. backing -- near an agreement to test the fungus in Colombia, officials said. 'Initially it would be a small test on the ground in Colombia, something on a far, far smaller scale than what would be needed for eradication,' said Richard Baum, a foreign policy analyst for U.S. drug chief Gen. Barry McCaffrey. The fungus, called a 'mycoherbicide,' has a strict diet, eating only the coca plants whose leaves are the raw material used to produce cocaine, said an expert at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It has been extensively tested in the United States. Testing in Colombia to make sure the fungus would not be harmful to humans or animals and would not migrate to other crops could take up to a year or two, Baum said. But if the tests were successful, he said, 'We are optimistic that it could be an effective tool in our efforts to control cocaine production.' But before the test can begin, an agreement would have to be signed between Colombia and the United Nations Drug Control Policy Office. After months of discussions and research by both sides on technical and scientific concerns, the United Nations and Colombia could sign the agreement this month, said officials familiar with the negotiations." A reader comments: Sounds like a very bad idea - letting the contents of "Pandora's Box" out to do untold and unexpected dirty work. But what can one expect from government? Good and useful things always get damaged in the process, ie Elms and Chestnuts. "I think Montanans and indeed all Americans will be shocked to hear that a crop-killing fungus is being genetically engineered and tested in our communities," said Montana NORML Director John Masterson [8/12/99]. "What s particularly abhorrent about the cannabis-killing manufactured organism being created in a Montana laboratory is the fact that the Montana House of Representatives just passed a pro-industrial hemp resolution with a 95-4 vote." Fusarium oxysporum is of the same strain that Florida state drug czar Jim McDonough wants to use to eradicate cannabis, despite claims that the fungus could easily become lethal to much of the rest of Florida agriculture. "This Jurassic Park idea that the mutant fungus will simply go away after it has rid the United States of cannabis is contrary to all we know about biology and evolution," said Tom Dean, Esq., NORML Foundation Litigation Director. "What will prevent the fungus from spreading to other countries where industrial hemp is an essential part of their economy? How do we stop the fungus from evolving into a tomato or wheat killer?" Fusarium o. has already been demonstrated to kill asparagus (Asparagus killed by Fusarium oxysporum: Hypermedia en Protection des Plantes (section pathologie); Association de coordination technique agricole, Paris www.inra.fr/USER/PRODUCTIONS/BDD/HYP3/pathogene/6fusoxa.htm.) These maniacs really scare me. They are going to do as much harm to Colombia as we did to Vietnam. Maybe even as much harm to Florida and California. This is Dow driving policy. "Mycoherbicide" is a brand name. As usual the pharmacologically illiterate whore press can't even be bothered to tell us the botanical name of this peculiarly selective fungus - cause then we could look it up. Ecosystems are interwoven by the evolutionary genetics of mutation. No fungus can be contained. Dan Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kalyx.com -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives 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.
[CTRL] Anger grows as US jails its two millionth inmate
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/international/story/0,,136753,00.html Anger grows as US jails its two millionth inmate The land of the free is now home to 25% of the world's prison population Duncan Campbell in Los Angeles Tuesday February 15, 2000 Vigils are being mounted today in more than 30 major cities in the United States to draw attention to the arrival of the two millionth inmate in American jails. The US comprises 5% of the global population yet it is responsible for 25% of the world's prisoners. It has a higher proportion of its citizens in jail than any other country in history, according to the November Coalition, an alliance of civil rights campaigners, justice policy workers and drug law reformers. The coalition is co-ordinating protests across the US to draw attention to what they feel is a trend for locking up ever more offenders, most of them non-violent. "Incarceration should be the last resort of a civilised society, not the first," said Michael Gelacak, a former vice-chairman of the US sentencing commission. "We have it backwards and it's time we realised that." "Two million is too many," said Nora Callahan of the coalition, which is calling for alternatives to prison for the country's 500,000 non-violent drug offenders. "We are calling on state and federal governments to stop breaking up families and destroying our communities. Prison is not the solution to every social problem," she said. In New York city, the Prison Moratorium Project will focus on the fact that one in three black youths is either in custody or on parole. Kevin Pranis, of the project, said: "New York state is diverting millions of dollars from colleges and universities to pay for prisons we can't afford." Criminal justice is already a campaign issue in the presidential race. The Republican frontrunner George W Bush, governor of Texas, is a staunch supporter of both the death penalty and stiffer sentencing for drug
[CTRL] U.S. to China: Change Crypto Regs
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34376,00.html U.S. to China: Change Crypto Regs Reuters 8:20 a.m. 16.Feb.2000 PST ARLINGTON, Virginia -- Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky pressed China Wednesday to abandon its restrictions on encryption technology, which curb sales of everything from software to mobile phones. Under regulations that took effect last month, all foreign and Chinese companies or individuals using encryption technology, which protects electronic communication from eavesdropping, must register with the government. "It's going to have to change," Barshefsky told business executives in a forum on U.S.-China trade relations in Arlington. The United States is a leading manufacturer of computer software and the regulations, imposed only months after a landmark U.S.-China trade deal on admitting Beijing to the World Trade Organization, may curb U.S. exports to China. She said her U.S. negotiators have repeatedly pressed China authorities to reform these rules and also dismissed Chinese efforts to restrict information over the Internet as futile. Chinese officials have tried to reassure foreign investors about the new encryption technology rules, saying they should not affect the pace of foreign investment into China. The United States eased its restrictions on exports of products containing encryption earlier this month, despite the fears of security agencies that it could help criminals. Copyright © 1999-2000 Reuters Limited. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives 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://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] NWO wants to track and intercept illicit trafficking in precious gemstones
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.usia.gov/cgi-bin/washfile/display.pl?p=/products/washfile/latestf=00021501.pltt=/products/washfile/newsitem.shtml 15 February 2000 Fact Sheet: Trafficking in Small Arms and Light Weapons (U.S. initiative seeks to promote peace, regional security) (1650) (The following fact sheet was issued by the U.S. Department of State on February 15, 2000.) U.S. Comprehensive Initiative on Small Arms and Illicit Trafficking The United States is taking a wide range of steps to address growing international concern about trafficking in small arms and light weapons. U.S. efforts are intended to promote regional security, peace and reconciliation in regions of conflict and to make the world safer by helping to shut down illicit arms markets that fuel the violence associated with terrorism and international organized crime. *** *** Cracking Down on Financing of Illicit Arms Illicit markets in valuable commodities such as diamonds have helped finance arms flows, particularly to embargoed groups and nations. The United States and other concerned countries are identifying ways to track and intercept illicit trafficking in precious gemstones used in financing conflicts in Africa. One possibility is legislation that would require each diamond to be sold with a certificate of origin guaranteeing its legality. Such an initiative would require working closely with the diamond industry, whose cooperation is essential for any dependably effective regime. *** *** -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives 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://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Out-sourcing Big Brother
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_btl/2210_xcbtl_outsourcin.shtml THURSDAY FEBRUARY 10 2000 Joseph Farah is editor of WorldNetDaily.com. Out-sourcing Big Brother You tell me if I'm just being paranoid. An Arkansas company with ties to Mochtar Riady, the billionaire Indonesian and Chinese intelligence agent, has amassed 135 million consumer telephone numbers -- including about 20 million unlisted numbers -- to help identify and profile people who call toll-free lines to shop or make an inquiry. The company is called Acxiom Corp. of Conway, Ark. Formerly it was called Alltel, and before that Systematics. You might remember hearing about Systematics. The company was owned by Jackson Stephens, the billionaire Arkansas partner of Riady and a strong financial backer of President Clinton. Hillary Clinton, Webster Hubbell and Vincent Foster all worked on a secret National Security Agency project for Systematics while at the Rose Law Firm. Well, darn, if the Rose Law Firm connection doesn't still exist with the company under a new name. The general counsel for Acxiom is Catherine L. Hughes, 48, a former public defender and assistant state attorney general who worked at Rose from 1983 through 1988. Hughes describes herself as something of a civil libertarian, but her company is a walking, talking, 3,000-man, privacy-invading monster if ever I have seen one. When someone makes a toll-free call to a client of Acxiom, a telemarketing agent can learn who the caller is and where he or she lives, even before answering the call. The agent can also find out the kind of home the caller lives in, the type of cars the owners drive, whether they exercise or own a cat. This is the kind of thing Acxiom brags about. What the company is more reticent to share with the public is its means of gathering such data. Acxiom executives will not say exactly how they had gathered the 20 million unlisted numbers in their database, which, they claim, represents about half of all unlisted numbers in the United States. They are quick to point out there is nothing illegal in gathering such information. Currently, Axciom is on an acquisition frenzy -- buying up every database company you can imagine, in the United States and abroad. Acxiom officials point out with pride that telephone numbers, even those individuals pay to keep unlisted, are fast becoming consumer tags, akin to Social Security numbers. Isn't that exciting news, consumer? If privacy concerns aren't enough to worry you with regard to Acxiom, think about this. Systematics is a name wrapped up in so many Clinton scandals it would make your head spin. The company, for instance, obtained clearance to accompany Ron Brown on foreign trade trips. In 1996, according to records from the Federal Election Commission, William Cravens, an old Clinton pal, contributed to both Republican and Democrat campaigns. In late May 1996, Cravens wrote a check to a Republican candidate for Congress using Alltel, the renamed Systematics, as his employer. Three days later, Cravens, the former CEO of Systematics, wrote a second check for a Democratic senatorial
[CTRL] LA Police in Secret Group Broke Law Routinely
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.latimes.com/news/front/2210/t13218.html Thursday, February 10, 2000 Police in Secret Group Broke Law Routinely, Transcripts Say Rampart: About 30 officers, including supervisors, celebrated their shootings and frame-ups of innocent people, according to informant's statements. By SCOTT GLOVER, MATT LAIT, Times Staff Writers Disgraced former officer turned informant Rafael Perez has told investigators that an organized criminal subculture thrived within the Los Angeles Police Department, where a secret fraternity of anti-gang officers and supervisors committed crimes and celebrated shootings by awarding plaques to officers who wounded or killed people. The more than 30 current and former Rampart Division CRASH officers who were "in the loop," including at least three sergeants, conspired to put innocent people in jail and to cover up unjustified shootings and beatings, according to transcripts of Perez's interviews with LAPD detectives and Los Angeles County deputy district attorneys, copies of which have been obtained by The Times. The nearly 2,000 pages of transcripts, covering months of interviews with Perez, coupled with hundreds of other official investigative documents obtained by The Times, portray a police scandal far more serious than officials have previously disclosed. More than 70 LAPD officers are under investigation for either committing crimes or knowing about them and helping to cover them up, according to one document produced by members of a special task force probing the scandal. Perez has told police and prosecutors about a string of potentially unjustified police shootings, including one in which he witnessed an officer place a gun on a dying suspect and listened to a supervisor delay an ambulance so that the officers could concoct a story to justify their shooting of the unarmed 21-year-old man. In another, Perez describes his fellow CRASH officers as sneaking up and opening fire on two New Year's Eve revelers who were shooting guns into the air but posed no direct threat to the police. Perez said some officers specialized in certain kinds of misconduct. One officer liked "to thump people," he told investigators; another planted guns on suspects, while another--known as the "Candyman"--liked to put rock cocaine on his unsuspecting victims. Sometimes, Perez alleged, officers orchestrated the deportation of illegal immigrants who witnessed police abuses and could have testified on the victims' behalf. "I'm going to make a very broad statement. And you're not going to like it," Perez told authorities two days after agreeing to a plea bargain on drug theft charges. "I would say that 90% of the officers who work CRASH, and not just Rampart CRASH, falsify a lot of information. They put cases on people . . . it hurts me to say it, but there's a lot of crooked stuff going on in the LAPD." But although investigators believe they have corroborated many of Perez's admissions and allegations, and though dozens of criminal convictions have been overturned based largely on his word, the ex-officer-turned-informant has failed a polygraph test, The Times has learned. "I answered every question truthfully. I know I didn't lie," an agitated Perez told investigators on Jan. 26, the same day that LAPD Chief Bernard C. Parks told reporters that investigators had no reason to doubt Perez. "You can blame me for everything else, all of the things that have happened in CRASH. . . . The crimes that I've committed. Those are my fault, and I'm paying every day," Perez told investigators. "But those polygraphs are not my fault." The former Marine and macho street cop added that he was suffering from a bleeding ulcer, stemming from the stress of informing on corrupt officers, who once were his comrades and accomplices. "I'm dying from the inside out," Perez said. Credibility Is an Issue Perez's failure to pass the lie detector test could jeopardize his plea bargain, in which he is expected to receive a reduced prison sentence for stealing 8 pounds of cocaine from the LAPD in exchange for his cooperation with the corruption investigation. The poor results also could undermine Perez's credibility as a potential witness against other officers. Many experts, however, say that polygraph tests are an unreliable gauge of a person's truthfulness. And they are not admissible as evidence in court. Nonetheless, officers who have been implicated in the scandal are certain to seize upon the development as evidence that Perez has exaggerated, even made up, stories of police misconduct. Sources close to the investigation, though troubled by the results, still believe that Perez is telling the truth. One source close to the
[CTRL] Shooting Scenes Rigged, Perez Says
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.latimes.com/news/front/2210/t13215.html Thursday, February 10, 2000 Shooting Scenes Rigged, Perez Says Scandal: Police planted gun while victim bled to death, according to informant. By MATT LAIT, SCOTT GLOVER, Times Staff Writers As a 21-year-old man shot by police lay bleeding to death in the hallway of a shabby Mid-City apartment building, Los Angeles Police Department officers intentionally delayed calling an ambulance while they planted a gun near where he had fallen and concocted an elaborate story to justify the shooting, according to disgraced former officer Rafael Perez. "Everything [was] straightened out, cleaned up, whatever," Perez said, according to transcripts of interviews with detectives and prosecutors obtained by The Times. "That's what happens." The 1996 shooting, from which Juan Saldana ultimately died, is one of three in which Perez now says he or fellow anti-gang CRASH officers in the LAPD's Rampart Division unjustly wounded or killed suspects. In one case, Perez told investigators, CRASH officers opened fire on unsuspecting New Year's Eve revelers who were shooting bullets into the air to celebrate. Perez said one of the officers involved, Daniel Lujan, confided to him that the officers fabricated a story that they were being fired on to cover their tracks. In the Saldana shooting, Perez said, he was running down the hallway in an apartment building at 676 S. Shatto Place when he heard Officer Kulin Patel shoot. "Boom. And it's a gang member. . . . He gets one right in the 10 ring," Perez said. "In the what?" asked the court reporter, who was transcribing the interview. "In the 10 ring. I'm sorry. It's a center mass. Or right in the center of the chest," Perez said, alluding to the corresponding spot on a firing range target. Perez, who testified that he was just a few steps behind Patel when Patel fired, reached the victim in a matter of seconds. "And I'm looking at the guy. And I know there's no gun there. There's--there's no gun." Just then, Perez said, fellow Rampart CRASH Officers Brian Hewitt and Doyle Stepp appeared at the bottom of the stairs, where Saldana had fallen. The two officers had been chasing the gang member through the building after they and other CRASH officers received information that gang members were planning a retaliatory attack for a drive-by shooting that occurred the day before. Perez said the two officers looked down at the fatally wounded Saldana and one of them said, "Oh, shit. . . . We got him." Gun Placed Near Victim He said the two officers ran back upstairs and returned within seconds, Stepp gingerly holding a gun with the tips of his fingers. Perez told investigators the officer placed it on the first step next to Saldana. Perez alleged that Hewitt, who since has been fired from the LAPD for an unrelated beating, and Stepp, who has been relieved of duty in connection with the scandal, later said "that the guy had dropped the gun already when they were running after him." At this point, Perez said, Saldana "seems perfectly fine. He's talking. He's like, 'Man, what's going on?' " But Perez said several minutes passed as the officers stood nearby and got their stories straight. Saldana's condition steadily deteriorated, and he collapsed at the door of the apartment building. He died a short time later at County-USC Medical Center. An autopsy revealed that he had suffered two fatal gunshot wounds, one in the chest and one in the back. Perez told investigators that he suspects Saldana--if he was armed to begin with--had dropped his gun before Stepp and Hewitt shot him, but that he had no proof of that. "I believe that he had already dropped the gun, just by little talks we were having," Perez said. "I remember joking around with Stepp and Hewitt about how many rounds they had fired and . . . I remember it was something that was said, some little jokes that were being made." Perez, who in November led investigators on a predawn videotaped walk-through of the shooting scene, said he did not have personal knowledge of the wounding of Jose Perez, a second man shot by police at Shatto Place. But Rafael Perez denied the official police story that Jose Perez pulled a gun before running into the building. "I can tell you emphatically . . . I was looking right at them [Jose Perez and other gang members]. No one pulled a gun." Perez told investigators about a second allegedly unjustified shooting that occurred early New Year's Day, 1996. According to an LAPD shooting report, Officers Lujan, Hewitt and John Collard were working a so-called gunfire-suppression detail on New Year's Eve west of downtown, and they heard multiple shots about 10 minutes after midnight. As they searched for the source of the gunfire in the 1300 block of Linwood Avenue, their report
[CTRL] Bryan College blaze may have torched Scopes trial papers
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.knoxnews.com/news/5100.shtml Dayton fire damage $1 million plus 'Scopes' materials mostly safe February 8, 2000 By J.J. Stambaugh, News-Sentinel staff writer Authorities say they still don't know what caused a Sunday night fire that destroyed part of a building on the campus of Bryan College in Dayton. Officials from the State Fire Marshal's Office said they dispatched a team Monday morning to investigate the blaze at the request of the Dayton Fire Department. The three-alarm fire, which was first reported at 6:11 p.m., almost destroyed the school's administration building before it was extinguished some eight hours after it was reported. The fire caused at least $1 million worth of damage to the building, which houses historical documents from the famed "Scopes Monkey Trial" of 1925, according to Dick Garner, director of the Bomb and Arson Section of the fire marshal's office. "It's too early to really make a comment about the cause," Garner said. "Right now, we haven't even been inside to start the investigation." Classes were canceled Monday as firefighters and school officials poked through the ruins. The building housed the school's library, many of its classrooms, several laboratories and most administrative offices, Garner said. School spokesman Tom Davis said the Scopes collection was "basically" intact, although an early edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" was lost. The book, which was first published in 1859, laid out the author's controversial theory of evolution that later became the focal point of the "Scopes" trial. The school's Natural History Museum, touted as one of the largest in the southeastern United States, appeared to have been destroyed, Davis said. The museum contained taxidermy exhibits that included a mounted African lion and a 50,000-piece salt and freshwater shell collection. School officials said the library alone was valued at $4 million and the building itself was worth more than $5.5 million. "We lost a very special collection of rare books," said student Kerri-Lynn Paulson, who worked in the library. Davis said the fire began an hour after the library had closed and an hour before the computer laboratory opened, which meant that few students were in the building. "God was really watching out for us," he said. Several students managed to record the early stages of the fire on videocassette tape using hand-held video cameras, Davis continued, and investigators are reviewing the material. Bryan College President Dr. William Brown said the campus community had pulled together in the wake of the fire. He also said that offers of aid were pouring in from alumni, businesses and the Christian community. While state investigators were poised to enter the building Monday afternoon, they were proceeding with caution because of concerns that some of the labs might contain hazardous materials. The fire gutted the third floor, but officials said they still hoped that the lower portions of the building can be saved and renovated. That decision, however, must await the results of an engineering survey scheduled later this week. The school, a private Christian college, is named after orator William Jennings Bryan, who argued in support of Tennessee's ban on teaching evolution in public schools during the "Scopes" trial. It offers education and business courses to 550 students from 30 states and 10 foreign countries, Davis said. J.J. Stambaugh may be reached
[CTRL] LA Police tattoos of grinning skull show vigilante mentality
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.latimes.com/news/state/2208/t12445.html Insignia of Rampart Anti-Gang Unit Raises Concerns Police: Some officers had tattoos of the grinning skull. Critics say such menacing symbols show vigilante mentality. By MATT LAIT, SCOTT GLOVER, Times Staff Writers Ex-Officer Rafael Perez and nearly a dozen other officers in the Los Angeles Police Department's now-notorious Rampart CRASH unit were tattooed with an ominous insignia that some say symbolized their dubious brand of policing. The officers, many of whom have been relieved of duty in connection with the department's ongoing corruption probe, had themselves tattooed with the image of a grinning skull with demonic eyes, several officers involved in the unit said. Atop the skull is a cowboy hat adorned with a police badge. Fanned out behind it are four playing cards--aces and eights--the so-called dead man's hand. The tattoos are versions of patches that still more officers wear on their jackets. Such images are not confined to Rampart or CRASH. Many of the LAPD's specialized units sport some sort of menacing logo, such as that of the controversial Special Investigation Section, a cloaked man armed with a dagger. The insignias are hardly a secret among departmental supervisors. Even amid the scandal, the Rampart CRASH logo remains prominently displayed in the equipment and gift shop at the LAPD's academy near Dodger Stadium. "They know full well about it," said one former Rampart CRASH officer, adding that the patches were part of the militaristic, tough-guy image that department officials wanted their anti-gang and some other specialized officers to have. "That's what they wanted--and that's what they got," the former CRASH officer said. Critics, some of them officers, say that wearing the tattoos and patches is a sign that the CRASH officers adopted some of the behavior and characteristics of the gangs they were supposed to police. "It seems as if they are carrying the law enforcement mission far away from its purposes and roots and [it] smacks of lawless, cowboy vigilante behavior," said Los Angeles attorney Merrick J. Bobb, special counsel to the county Board of Supervisors and a nationally recognized expert on police misconduct. Tattoos, patches, law enforcement cliques and clubs are not uncommon among police agencies throughout the country, experts say. At the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, some deputies get tattoos to signify their association with unsanctioned, departmental "clubs" known by such macho monikers as the Pirates, Vikings, Rattlesnakes and Cavemen. When the controversial tattoos and clubs in the Sheriff's Department were made public in a Times article last year, LAPD
