[From nobody Fri Aug 15 12:29:17 2008 Return-Path: <clg_newsletter-return-2428-walterb306=cs.com@lists.legitgov.org> Received: from rly-mg10.mx.aol.com (rly-mg10.mail.aol.com [172.20.83.116]) by air-mg04.mail.aol.com (v121_r2.11) with ESMTP id MAILINMG044-a3848a4ef5a6a; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:52:23 -0400 Received: from legitgov.org (legitgov.org [69.5.13.41]) by rly-mg10.mx.aol.com (v121_r2.11) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINMG102-a3848a4ef5a6a; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:52:11 -0400 Received: (qmail 11734 invoked by uid 47081); 15 Aug 2008 02:43:15 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; h=Mailing-List:Sender:Delivered-To:Received:X-Originating-IP:Message-ID:From:To:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE; s=default; d=lists.legitgov.org; b=LSe22N+m7uH6wFUWEt0dIbPaliuiUVinWgHWQGaxTYeSNJemQuLpPrZ4O+5mMF3BOWIcvVZ0IY2A+0dpBJXpepKvKq4GM/36LOD/J+UIY6tTO3jjSDf0ntfGuq3x4RTnGg3h2PbUvUVHPY5OwDvoTf7HyeLVodoqNjqN9Baf7TY=; Mailing-List: contact clg_newsletter-help@lists.legitgov.org; run by ezmlm Sender: <clg_newsletter@lists.legitgov.org> Delivered-To: mailing list clg_newsletter@lists.legitgov.org Received: (qmail 26500 invoked from network); 15 Aug 2008 02:43:14 -0000 X-Originating-IP: [64.148.40.177] Message-ID: <038d01c8fe80$a8fcfc00$b1289440@pc.cs.cmu.edu> From: "CLG News" <clg_news@legitgov.org> To: "CLG News" <clg_news@legitgov.org> Subject: '51 souls on board' Audio contradicts FAA account of 'no emergency' on Obama plane 14 Aug 2008 Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:43:09 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_038A_01C8FE5F.2010F6B0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-AOL-IP: 69.5.13.41 X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_helo : n X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_822_from : n ------=_NextPart_000_038A_01C8FE5F.2010F6B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government 14 Aug 2008 http://www.legitgov.org/ All items are here: http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news '51 souls on board.' FAA Tapes Reveal Drama of Obama Jet Incident --Audio Co= ntradicts FAA Account of "No Emergency" 14 Aug 2008 The incident involving S= en. Barack Obama's campaign plane last month was much more serious than the=20= airline or the Federal Aviation Administration said, according to FAA contro= l tower tapes obtained by ABC News. At the time, an FAA spokesperson said th= e pilot did not declare an emergency and the airline owner, Midwest Airlines= , said safety "was never an issue." The tapes show otherwise. Just 41 second= s after discovering he no longer had full control of the plane's up and down= movements, the pilot told an FAA air traffic controller "at this time we wo= uld like to declare an emergency and also have CFR [crash equipment] standin= g by in St. Louis." ...Asked by the St. Louis tower controller which runway=20= he wanted to land on, the pilot responded, "Well, which one is the longest?"= The pilot then reported, "We have Senator Obama on board the aircraft and h= is campaign." Unbeknownst to the pilot, an emergency evacuation slide had in= flated inside the tail of the jet, affecting control cables there. As tensio= n mounted and the pilot rapidly descended from 32,000 feet, he was asked how= many were on the jet. "51 souls on board," he responded.=20 Obama pilots asked for emergency equipment in event of crash landing 14 Aug=20= 2008 The unexpected landing of Sen. Barack Obama's plane was indeed an emerg= ency despite earlier efforts to downplay the incident, ABC News' Investigati= ve team reported Thursday. Audio tapes of the plane landing on July 7 in St.= Louis revealed that the pilots declared the situation an emergency. The pil= ots also asked that the emergency equipment at the airport be deployed in th= e event of a crash landing. According to the ABC News unit, the Federal Avia= tion Administration now says its original statements were incorrect.=20 Navy relieves commander of air recon squadron 13 Aug 2008 The commander of a= Navy air reconnaissance squadron that provides the president and the defens= e secretary the airborne ability to command the nation's nuclear weapons has= been relieved of duty, the Navy said Tuesday. Cmdr. Shawn Bentley was relie= ved of duty Monday by the Navy for loss of confidence in his ability to comm= and, only three months after taking the job. Capt. Brian Costello, commander= of the Navy's Strategic Communications Wing One, removed Bentley from comma= nd, said Lt. Cmdr. Charlie Brown, a spokesman for the Naval Air Forces. The=20= primary duty of the squadron, nicknamed the "Ironman," is to provide communi= cation with ballistic missile submarines, Brown said. It is also one of thre= e squadrons that provides airborne communications for the president and defe= nse secretary to command and control the nation's nuclear submarines, bomber= s and missile silos, according to the Wing's official Web site. [See: Minot=20= AFB Clandestine Nukes 'Oddities'.] US boasts of laser weapon's 'plausible deniability' 12 Aug 2008 An airborne=20= laser weapon dubbed the "long-range blowtorch" has the added benefit that th= e US could convincingly deny any involvement with the destruction it causes,= say senior officials of the US Air Force (USAF). The Advanced Tactical Lase= r (ATL) is to be mounted on a Hercules military transport plane. Cynthia Kai= ser, chief engineer of the US Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energ= y Directorate, used the phrase "plausible deniability" to describe the weapo= n's benefits in a briefing on laser weapons to the New Mexico Optics Industr= y Association in June. John Corley, director of USAF's Capabilities Integrat= ion Directorate, used the same phrase to describe the weapon's benefits at a= n Air Armament Symposium in Florida in October 2007. As the term suggests, "= plausible deniability" is used to describe situations where those responsibl= e for an event could plausibly claim to have had no involvement in it. US jail guards in Iraq abuse case 13 Aug 2008 Six US sailors working as pris= on camp guards in Iraq face courts martial for abusing detainees torturing p= risoners, the US Navy said. Eight detainees were allegedly sealed in a peppe= r spray-filled cell at Camp Bucca in southern Iraq. And it is claimed that t= wo detainees were beaten, although suffered no broken bones, the US Navy sai= d. The six sailors are charged with assault and will face courts martial at=20= Camp Bucca within the next 30 days, Navy 5th Fleet spokeswoman Cmdr Jane Cam= pbell said.=20 FBI to get freer rein to look for terrorism suspects 13 Aug 2008 Attorney Ge= neral Michael Mukasey confirmed plans Wednesday to loosen post-Watergate res= trictions on the FBI's national security and criminal investigations, saying= the changes were necessary to improve the bureau's ability to detect terror= ists. Mukasey said he expected criticism of the new rules because "they expr= essly authorize the FBI to engage in intelligence collection inside the Unit= ed States." However, he said the criticism would be misplaced because the bu= reau has long had authority to do so.=20 US warns against Israeli plan to strike against Iran's nuclear facilities --= Bush was presented with list of desired military hardware 13 Aug 2008 The US= has refused an Israeli request for military hardware to assist with a strik= e against Iran's nuclear facilities, while warning against any such plan, ac= cording to a report today. Israel presented its list of desired military har= dware and other backup for the strike during President [sic] George Bush's v= isit to Jerusalem in May, the Israeli newspaper, Ha'aretz, said.=20 U.S. puts brakes on Israeli plan for attack on Iran nuclear facilities 13 Au= g 2008 The American administration has rejected an Israeli request for milit= ary equipment and support that would improve Israel's ability to attack Iran= 's nuclear facilities... The Americans viewed the request, which was transmi= tted (and rejected) at the highest level, as a sign that Israel is in the ad= vanced stages of preparations to attack Iran. Russia: Georgia can 'forget' regaining provinces 14 Aug 2008 The foreign min= ister of Russia said Thursday that Georgia could "forget about" getting back= its two breakaway provinces, and the former Soviet republic remained on edg= e as Russia sent tank columns to search out and destroy Georgian military eq= uipment.=20 Israel predicted Georgia and Russia headed for war in 2007 14 Aug 2008 Israe= l decided to scale back its arms deals with Tblisi in late 2007 because it b= elieved Georgia was heading toward an armed conflict with Russia. The defens= e and foreign ministries started ordering military exports to Georgia be cut= last year, thwarting a major deal for Israeli-made Merkava tanks.=20 Georgia president denies Israel halted military aid 14 Aug 2008 Georgian Pre= sident Mikheil Saakashvili denied on Wednesday night that Israel has suspend= ed its military aid to the country. "I haven't heard anything about that, an= d I haven't had time to think about that issue for some days," he told Haare= tz. Saakashvili said he is aware of problems with supplying the pilotless dr= ones that his army ordered from Israeli companies, but not of the stopping o= f any other shipments of military aid.=20 U.S.: Russia should face consequences for crisis --Gates rips 'aggressive po= sture' in [US-backed] Georgia, says pullback apparently starting 14 Aug 2008= U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that Moscow should face u= nspecified consequences for Russia's "aggressive posture" in the crisis-addl= ed former Soviet republic of Georgia, but that the Pentagon does not want a=20= new Cold War with Russia. "We have been pretty restrained in this," Gates to= ld reporters, but added that the conflict could damage U.S.-Russia relations= for years to come.=20 U.S., Poland Reach Agreement on Missile Defense 14 Aug 2008 The U.S. and Pol= and signed a preliminary accord today that will allow for 10 U.S. intercepto= r missiles to be based in the eastern European country, completing a 'defens= e' system that Russia opposes. The U.S. has agreed to [bribe Poland] Polish=20= requests including modernization of its armed forces in exchange for the loc= ation of the missiles, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in an intervie= w with private broadcaster TVN24 this evening.=20 Put a fork in it, Bush. Taleban at Kabul's doorstep 13 Aug 2008 It is just a= n hour's drive south-west of Kabul on Afghanistan's main highway before you=20= start to see dramatic evidence of how the 'insurgency' is closing in on the=20= capital. The UN produces internal "accessibility" maps which colour code are= as by level of risk. A comparison between 2005 and June 2008 shows the drama= tic deterioration of security in such a short space of time. Almost half the= country is now "extremely risky" for UN staff - a classification that did n= ot even appear on the map legend three years earlier.=20 Briton among three female aid workers killed in Afghanistan --Agency halts i= ts programme after three deaths 14 Aug 2008 A Briton was among three women a= id workers killed yesterday in an ambush by Taleban gunmen in one of the wor= st attacks on foreign civilians in Afghanistan in recent years. The body of=20= Jacqueline Kirk and the two other women, as well as their Afghan driver, wer= e found riddled with bullets in the province of Logar, about 50km (30 miles)= south of the capital, Kabul.=20 US terror expert points to new al Qaeda leaders [LOL! I guess they can't kee= p re-killing 'al-Qaeda' number twos] 14 Aug 2008 A noted US-based terrorism=20= analyst has claimed that Al Qaeda [al-CIAduh] is exploiting the recent [US-e= ngendered] political turmoil in Pakistan to strengthen its foothold along th= e country's border with Afghanistan. He has said that al Qaeda had strengthe= ned its safe haven in Pakistan=92s tribal areas by deepening its alliances w= ith Pakistani militants and pushing many elements of Pakistani government au= thority from the area. [See: Musharraf "misappropriated" US aid worth $700 M= : Zardari 10 Aug 2008. See: Al-Qaeda No. 2 May be Injured, Possibly Re-kille= d --Ayman al-Zawahiri 'died' in February 2006, but may be critically wounded= or possibly re-killed. By Lori Price 02 Aug 2008. See: Al-Qaeda expert re-k= illed by CIA --Abu Khabab al-Masri 'died' in January 2006 and again on Monda= y. By Lori Price 30 Jul 2008.]=20 U.S. court rules Saudi Arabia immune in 9/11 case 14 Aug 2008 The Kingdom of= Saudi Arabia, four princes and other Saudi entities are immune from a lawsu= it filed by victims of the September 11 attacks and their families alleging=20= they gave material support to al Qaeda [al-CIAduh], a federal appeals court=20= ruled on Thursday. The ruling by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manh= attan upheld a 2006 ruling by U.S. District Judge Richard Casey dismissing a= claim against Saudi Arabia, a Saudi charity, four princes and a Saudi banke= r of providing material support to al Qaeda before the September 11 attacks. #1 on reddit.com (14 Aug.) Exclusive: Attorney: 'DC Madam' left instructions= if 'ever found dead of apparent suicide' By Lori Price 10 Aug 2008 10 Aug 2= 008 Citizens For Legitimate Government has learned that Deborah Jeane Palfre= y's lawyer, Montgomery Blair Sibley, has intervened to stop a lawsuit seekin= g to prevent the Tarpon Springs, Florida, Police Department from releasing i= nformation requested by Sibley pertaining to the investigation of Jeane's de= ath. Sibley told CLG, "Jeane was very clear with me that if she was ever fou= nd dead of an apparent suicide, I was to make sure that all the evidence was= publicly disseminated so that it could be independently evaluated." Hair Samples in Anthrax Case Don't Match --Strands From Mailbox in Princeton= Are Not From Ivins, Investigators Say 14 Aug 2008 Federal investigators pro= bing the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks recovered samples of human hair from a=20= mailbox in Princeton, N.J., but the strands did not match the lead suspect i= n the case, according to sources briefed on the probe. FBI agents and U.S. P= ostal Service inspectors analyzed the data in an effort to place Fort Detric= k, Md., scientist Bruce E. Ivins at the mailbox from which bacteria-laden le= tters were sent to [Democratic] Senate offices and media organizations, the=20= sources said.=20 FBI, Terrorism Task Force investigating Denver hotel death 13 Aug 2008 The F= BI is investigating the death of an Ottawa man in a downtown Denver hotel ro= om from apparent cyanide poisoning. Saleman Adbirahman Dirie, 29, had been d= ead several days when he was found in a fourth-floor room of the Burnsley Ho= tel on Monday morning. A container of white powder was found near his body.=20= A hazardous materials team removed the bottle of white powder from Room 408.= Authorities are still trying to determine if it's cyanide. The FBI and othe= r governmental agencies, including the Joint Terrorism Task Force, are assis= ting in the investigation. Hazardous materials assistance has included the C= olorado State Patrol and the Colorado National Guard.=20 No Firm Answers in Suspected Cyanide Poisoning Death --With DNC Less Than Tw= o Weeks Away, FBI Joins Denver Police in Investigation 13 Aug 2008 With less= than two weeks before the Democratic National Convention comes to Denver, t= he city is on edge after a Canadian man was found dead of possible cyanide p= oisoning in his hotel room there. Police discovered Saleman Abdirahman Dirie= 's body Monday morning in the Burnsley Hotel, about four blocks from the Col= orado state capitol. Not far from Dirie's body, investigators found a jar co= ntaining a white powdery substance consistent with cyanide. The medical exam= iner's office performed an autopsy Tuesday. The FBI joined the Denver police= to investigate the case. The city has been conducting anti-terror drills to= prepare for the more than 40,000 people expected to flood Denver for the DN= C, where Barack Obama is scheduled to accept the party's nomination for pres= ident. [Right, it's the 'prepare for' (Remember the 9/11 'anti'-terror drill= s?) that gets us every time! Hopefully, the f*ckers won't *go live.* --LRP] Pound of cyanide found in room where man died 13 Aug 2008 About a pound of h= ighly toxic sodium cyanide was found in a hotel room where a man's body was=20= discovered, authorities said Wednesday. The Denver medical examiner was stil= l awaiting test results to determine what killed Saleman Abdirahman Dirie, o= f Ottawa. Dirie's body was found Monday in The Burnsley All Suite Hotel. Fir= e officials said they found a bottle of the white powder in Dirie's room. Po= lice said Wednesday it was cyanide. Cyanide can be mixed with certain acids=20= to produce extremely lethal cyanide gas, according to the Department of Just= ice. Investigators have not said how long Dirie had been in Denver or whethe= r anyone [such as Cheney's anthrax henchmen?] had accompanied him. [The Burn= sley All Suite Hotel is listed in the '2008 DNC Accomodations Guide' under '= Denver Hotels, Rentals, Working Space and Temporary Headquarters for 2008 DN= C visitors.' It's 1.74 miles from Denver's INVESCO Field at Mile High, where= Barack Obama is scheduled to accept the Democratic nomination for president= .] 'Authorities haven't said why he was in Denver.' Cyanide poisoning probed in= Denver 13 Aug 2008 Denver police say they have found no evidence of terrori= sm in cyanide poisoning of a visitor [Saleman Abdiraham Dirie] less than two= weeks before the Democratic National Convention. ABC's "Good Morning Americ= a" reported Wednesday that while investigators haven't found indications tha= t foul play or terrorism were involved in Dirie's death, the FBI has joined=20= the case. Cyanide is a fast-acting poison that can be used as an ingredient=20= in a chemical weapon.=20 Clinton adviser: She never pushed for convention compromise 14 Aug 2008 A so= urce close to Hillary Clinton insists the former presidential contender neve= r pushed Barack Obama=92s campaign to allow her supporters to place her name= into nomination at the Democratic convention, and approached his team only=20= when her camp grew "worried" over news that rising resentment among her most= loyal supporters might lead to chaos in Denver.=20 Clinton to get roll call at convention 14 Aug 2008 Democrats officially will= choose Barack Obama to run against Republican John McCain this fall. But in= an emblematic move meant to heal divisive primary wounds, Hillary Rodham Cl= inton's name also will be placed in nomination alongside his during the trad= itional state-by-state delegation roll call vote at the Democratic National=20= Convention in Denver.=20 Jackson Browne Files Suit Against McCain, RNC for Copyright Infringement and= False Endorsement 14 Aug 2008 Renowned songwriter and liberal political act= ivist Jackson Browne has filed a lawsuit today against Senator John McCain a= nd the Republican National Committee in the United States District Court in=20= Los Angeles, California. The lawsuit stems from a recent television commerci= al for Senator McCain's presidential bid that incorporates the song 'Running= On Empty,' a song written by and famously associated with Mr. Browne, it wa= s announced today by Browne's attorney, Lawrence Y. Iser. In addition to a c= laim for copyright infringement, the suit alleges that by using a song famou= sly associated with Mr. Browne, Senator McCain and the Republican Party viol= ated the United States Lanham Act by falsely suggesting that Mr. Browne is a= ssociated with and endorses Senator McCain's candidacy. Pelosi warns Lieberman for undercutting Obama 14 Aug 2008 House Speaker Nanc= y Pelosi blasted Sen. Joe LieberBush [R-Israel] on Wednesday for making what= she called "totally irresponsible" remarks about Democratic presidential ca= ndidate Barack Obama and warned that the Senate might retaliate by revoking=20= Lieberman's committee chairmanship. Campaigning for Republican John McCain i= n York, Pa., on Tuesday, Lieberman appeared to question Obama's patriotism w= hen he called the election a choice "between one candidate, John McCain, who= has always put his country first, worked across party lines to get things d= one, and one candidate that has not."=20 US supreme court kicks Exxon Valdez case back to California court -- Includi= ng interest would bring payout to nearly $1bn --San Francisco court to deter= mine total punitive damages 13 Aug 2008 Once again, plaintiffs who have been= waiting for a payout in the Exxon Valdez lawsuit will have to continue thei= r wait. The US supreme court yesterday declined to decide whether Exxon Mobi= l Corp should pay interest on punitive damages, which would nearly double th= e $507m award punishing the company for its role in an oil spill that leaked= 11m gallons of crude oil into the fishing waters of Prince William Sound.=20 US mission to Arctic will lay claim to gas reserves 13 Aug 2008 Canada and t= he US are teaming up to for a research mission to the Arctic continental she= lf as part of their [illegal] bid to lay claim to the vast oil and natural g= as reserves believed to lie beneath the Arctic Ocean floor. A US Coast Guard= cutter will set out on Thursday on a three-week trip to map a relatively un= explored area known as the Chukchi borderland, about 600 miles north of Alas= ka.=20 Thousands rally to mark 'death' of Australian river 10 Aug 2008 Thousands of= people rallied in southern Australia Sunday to protest the dwindling water=20= levels in one of the country's greatest rivers, claiming the loss was causin= g an environmental disaster. The 5,000-strong crowd gathered near the mouth=20= of the 2,530 kilometre (1,569 mile) Murray to hold two minute's silence to m= ark the 'death' of the river, which forms part of Australia's most important= agricultural region. CLG needs your support.=20 http://www.legitgov.org/#contribute Or, please mail a check or money order to CLG:=20 Citizens for Legitimate Government (CLG)=20 P.O. Box 1142=20 Bristol, CT 06011-1142=20 Contributions to CLG are not tax deductible. Previous lead stories: Gunman Kills Arkansas Democratic Party Chairman 13 Au= g 2008 Bill Gwatney, the chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party, was shot= in his office in Little Rock Wednesday morning and died a few hours later,=20= police officials said. The officials said a single gunman fired three shots=20= at Mr. Gwatney, a former state legislator, in the party=92s headquarters a f= ew blocks from the state Capitol and then drove away. The suspect, driving a= Chevrolet pickup truck, was chased south for about 25 miles by police offic= ers and was shot after he was stopped [!], said Lt. Terry Hastings of the Li= ttle Rock Police Department.=20 Reuters caught with 'fake' pictures from Georgia --Media war against Russia=20= 10 Aug 2008 This morning one can read on the BBC news site -- Reuters agency= posts horrible pictures of Russian bombardments of allegedly civilian resid= ential buildings. But what if you take a closer look? [See: A Georgian man c= ries next to his brother's body in the town of Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from T= bilisi, August 9, 2008. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili. Here he is again, alon= e still with some clothes on, or may be he got changed. The man in the check= ered shirt keeps returning!] New bird flu threat could be H9N2, researchers say --U.S. scientists 'tinker= ' with H9N2 virus, a more virulent and pathogenic strain --Team also mixed H= 9N2 with an H3N2 virus 13 Aug 2008 Countries around the world may be prepari= ng for a possible H5N1 bird flu pandemic, but another strain called H9N2 als= o poses a threat to humanity, researchers reported on Tuesday. Tests on the=20= H9N2 strain of the virus show it is capable of infecting and spreading with=20= very few changes, a team from the University of Maryland, St. Jude's Childre= n's Research Hospital in Memphis, and elsewhere reported. Most influenza exp= erts agree that a pandemic of some kind of flu is inevitable. [That's becaus= e the US is creating it.] Maryland's Daniel Perez and colleagues tinkered wi= th the H9N2 virus and tested it in ferrets, animals whose biology is very cl= ose to humans when it comes to flu. A single mutation made H9N2 more virulen= t and pathogenic, and also helped it transmit more easily from one ferret to= another, they reported in their study. Please forward this newsletter to anyone you think might be interested. Thos= e who'd like to be added to the list can go here: http://www.legitgov.org/#s= ubscribe_clg and add your name.Those who wish to be removed from the list ca= n access the same link and click 'unsubscribe.' Please write to: signup@legitgov.org for inquiries/issues/concerns with your= subscription.=20 CLG Newsletter editor: Lori Price, Manager. Copyright =A9 2008, Citizens For= Legitimate Government =AE All rights reserved. CLG Founder and Chair is Mic= hael Rectenwald, Ph.D. ------=_NextPart_000_038A_01C8FE5F.2010F6B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dwindows-1252= "> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3199" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV align=3Dcenter><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D3><STRONG>Bre= aking News=20 and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dcenter><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D3>14&nbsp;Aug 2008</FONT></D= IV> <DIV align=3Dcenter><A href=3D"http://www.legitgov.org/"><FONT face=3DVerdan= a size=3D3><STRONG>http://www.legitgov.org/</STRONG></FONT></A></DIV> <DIV align=3Dcenter><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D3>All items are here:</FONT>= </DIV> <DIV align=3Dcenter><A href=3D""><FONT size=3D3><A href=3D"http://www.legi= tgov.org/#breaking_news"><STRONG><FONT face=3DVerdana>http://www.legitgov.= org/#breaking_news</FONT></STRONG></FONT></A></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B>'51=20 souls on board.' <A href=3D"http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Politics/sto= ry?id=3D5581453" target=3Ddisplay>FAA Tapes Reveal Drama of Obama Jet Inci= dent</A></B> --<FONT color=3D#ff0000><B>Audio Contradicts FAA Account of "= No Emergency"</B></FONT>=20 </FONT><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3D2>14 Aug=20= 2008 The=20 incident involving Sen. Barack Obama's campaign plane last month was much mo= re=20 serious than the airline or the Federal Aviation Administration said, accord= ing=20 to FAA control tower tapes obtained by ABC News. At the time, an FAA=20 spokesperson said the pilot did not declare an emergency and the airline own= er,=20 Midwest Airlines, <A href=3D"http://blogs.abcnews.com/e_scapes/2008/07/car= rier-says-sa.html" target=3Ddisplay>said</A> safety "was never an issue."=20= The tapes show otherwise.=20 Just 41 seconds after discovering he no longer had full control of the plane= 's=20 up and down movements, the pilot told an FAA air traffic controller "at this= =20 time we would like to declare an emergency and also have CFR [crash equipmen= t]=20 standing by in St. Louis." ...Asked by the St. Louis tower controller which=20 runway he wanted to land on, the pilot responded, "Well, which one is the=20 longest?" The pilot then reported, <B>"We have Senator Obama on board the=20 aircraft and his campaign."</B> Unbeknownst to the pilot, an emergency=20 evacuation slide had inflated inside the tail of the jet, affecting control=20 cables there. As tension mounted and the pilot rapidly descended from 32,000= =20 feet, he was asked how many were on the jet. "51 souls on board," he respond= ed.=20 </FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><A href=3D"http://blogs.abcnews.com/e_scapes/2008/08/faa-tapes-revea.= html" target=3Ddisplay><STRONG>Obama pilots asked for emergency equipment=20= in event of=20 crash landing</STRONG></A><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-seri= f" size=3D2> 14 Aug 2008 The unexpected landing of Sen. Barack Obama's pla= ne was=20 indeed an emergency despite earlier efforts to downplay the incident, ABC Ne= ws'=20 Investigative team reported Thursday. Audio tapes of the plane landing on Ju= ly 7=20 in St. Louis revealed that the pilots declared the situation an emergency. T= he=20 pilots also asked that the emergency equipment at the airport be deployed in= the=20 event of a crash landing. According to the ABC News unit, the Federal Aviati= on=20 Administration now says its original statements were incorrect.=20 </FONT></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><A href=3D"http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iKDcgevZDggHCdTkRzap= HfQC_a2wD92H4SBG3" target=3Ddisplay>Navy relieves commander of air recon s= quadron</A></B> 13 Aug 2008=20 The commander of a Navy air reconnaissance squadron that provides the presid= ent=20 and the defense secretary the airborne ability to command the nation's nucle= ar=20 weapons has been relieved of duty, the Navy said Tuesday. Cmdr. Shawn Bentle= y=20 was relieved of duty Monday by the Navy for loss of confidence in his abilit= y to=20 command, <B>only three months after taking the job</B>. Capt. Brian Costello= ,=20 commander of the Navy's Strategic Communications Wing One, removed Bentley f= rom=20 command, said Lt. Cmdr. Charlie Brown, a spokesman for the Naval Air Forces.= The=20 primary duty of the squadron, nicknamed the "Ironman," is to provide=20 communication with ballistic missile submarines, Brown said. It is also one=20= of=20 three squadrons that provides airborne communications for the president and=20 defense secretary to command and control the nation's nuclear submarines,=20 bombers and missile silos, according to the Wing's official Web site.=20 </FONT><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3D2>[See: <= A href=3D"http://www.legitgov.org/minot_afb_nukes_oddities.html" target= =3Ddisplay>Minot AFB Clandestine Nukes 'Oddities'</A>.]</FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><A href=3D"http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14520-us-b= oasts-of-laser-weapons-plausible-deniability.html" target=3Ddisplay>US boa= sts of laser weapon's 'plausible deniability'</A></B> 12=20 Aug 2008 An airborne laser weapon dubbed the "long-range blowtorch" has the=20 added benefit that the US could convincingly deny any involvement with the=20 destruction it causes, say senior officials of the US Air Force (USAF). The=20 Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) is to be mounted on a Hercules military transp= ort=20 plane. Cynthia Kaiser, chief engineer of the US Air Force Research Laborator= y's=20 Directed Energy Directorate, used the phrase "plausible deniability" to desc= ribe=20 the weapon's benefits in a <A href=3D"http://www.nmoia.org/images/NMOPTICS= _Briefing_a.ppt" target=3Ddisplay>briefing</A> on laser weapons to the New= Mexico Optics Industry=20 Association in June. John Corley, director of USAF's Capabilities Integratio= n=20 Directorate, used the same phrase to <A href=3D"http://www.ndiagulfcoast.c= om/events/archive/33rd_symposium/day2/05_XR%20NDIA%2010-11%20Oct%20%20Final.= pdf" target=3Ddisplay>describe</A> the weapon's benefits at an Air Armamen= t Symposium=20 in Florida in October 2007. As the term suggests, "plausible deniability" is= =20 used to describe situations where those responsible for an event could plaus= ibly=20 claim to have had no involvement in it.</FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><A href=3D"http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7561952.stm" target= =3Ddisplay>US jail=20 guards in Iraq abuse case</A></B> 13 Aug 2008 Six US sailors working as pris= on=20 camp guards in Iraq face courts martial for <S>abusing detainees</S> torturi= ng=20 prisoners, the US Navy said. Eight detainees were allegedly sealed in a pepp= er=20 spray-filled cell at Camp Bucca in southern Iraq. And it is claimed that two= =20 detainees were beaten, although suffered no broken bones, the US Navy said.=20= The=20 six sailors are charged with assault and will face courts martial at Camp Bu= cca=20 within the next 30 days, Navy 5th Fleet spokeswoman Cmdr Jane Campbell said.= =20 </FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.mcclatchydc.com/257/story/48078.html" target= =3Ddisplay>FBI to get=20 freer rein to look for terrorism suspects</A></B> 13 Aug 2008 Attorney Gener= al=20 Michael Mukasey confirmed plans Wednesday to loosen post-Watergate restricti= ons=20 on the FBI's national security and criminal investigations, saying the chang= es=20 were necessary to improve the bureau's ability to detect terrorists. Mukasey= =20 said he expected criticism of the new rules because "they expressly authoriz= e=20 the FBI to engage in intelligence collection inside the United States." Howe= ver,=20 he said the criticism would be misplaced because the bureau has long had=20 authority to do so. </FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/13/usa.middlee= ast" target=3Ddisplay>US warns against Israeli plan to strike against Iran= 's nuclear=20 facilities</A></B> --<B><FONT color=3D#ff0000>Bush was presented with list o= f=20 desired military hardware</FONT></B> 13 Aug 2008 The US has refused an Israe= li=20 request for military hardware to assist with a strike against Iran's nuclear= =20 facilities, while warning against any such plan, according to a report today= .=20 Israel presented its list of desired military hardware and other backup for=20= the=20 strike during President [sic] George Bush's visit to Jerusalem in May, the=20 Israeli newspaper, Ha'aretz, <A href=3D"http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spage= s/1010938.html" target=3Ddisplay>said</A>.=20 </FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1010938.html" targe= t=3Ddisplay>U.S. puts=20 brakes on Israeli plan for attack on Iran nuclear facilities</A></B> 13 Aug=20= 2008=20 The American administration has rejected an Israeli request for military=20 equipment and support that would improve Israel's ability to attack Iran's=20 nuclear facilities... The Americans viewed the request, which was transmitte= d=20 (and rejected) at the highest level, as a sign that Israel is in the advance= d=20 stages of preparations to attack Iran.</FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><A href=3D"http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080815/ap_on_re_eu/georgia= _russia_168" target=3Ddisplay>Russia: Georgia can 'forget' regaining provi= nces</A></B> 14 Aug=20 2008 The foreign minister of Russia said Thursday that Georgia could "forget= =20 about" getting back its two breakaway provinces, and the former Soviet repub= lic=20 remained on edge as Russia sent tank columns to search out and destroy Georg= ian=20 military equipment. </FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1011344.html" targe= t=3Ddisplay>Israel=20 predicted Georgia and Russia headed for war in 2007</A></B> 14 Aug 2008 Isra= el=20 decided to scale back its arms deals with Tblisi in late 2007 because it=20 believed Georgia was heading toward an armed conflict with Russia. The defen= se=20 and foreign ministries started ordering military exports to Georgia be cut l= ast=20 year, thwarting a major deal for Israeli-made Merkava tanks. </FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1011298.html" targe= t=3Ddisplay>Georgia=20 president denies Israel halted military aid</A></B> 14 Aug 2008 Georgian=20 President Mikheil Saakashvili denied on Wednesday night that Israel has=20 suspended its military aid to the country. "I haven't heard anything about t= hat,=20 and I haven't had time to think about that issue for some days," he told=20 Haaretz. Saakashvili said he is aware of problems with supplying the pilotle= ss=20 drones that his army ordered from Israeli companies, but not of the stopping= of=20 any other shipments of military aid. </FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26116598/" target=3Ddisplay= >U.S.: Russia should=20 face consequences for crisis</A></B> --<B>Gates rips 'aggressive posture' in= =20 [US-backed] Georgia, says pullback apparently starting</B> 14 Aug 2008 U.S.=20 Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that Moscow should face unspeci= fied=20 consequences for Russia's "aggressive posture" in the crisis-addled former=20 Soviet republic of Georgia, but that the Pentagon does not want a new Cold W= ar=20 with Russia. "We have been pretty restrained in this," Gates told reporters,= but=20 added that the conflict could damage U.S.-Russia relations for years to come= .=20 </FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=3D20601087&amp;s= id=3DaakWCWAS_u34" target=3Ddisplay>U.S., Poland Reach Agreement on Missil= e Defense</A></B> 14 Aug=20 2008 The U.S. and Poland signed a preliminary accord today that will allow f= or=20 10 U.S. interceptor missiles to be based in the eastern European country,=20 completing a 'defense' system that Russia opposes. The U.S. has agreed to [b= ribe=20 Poland] Polish requests including modernization of its armed forces in excha= nge=20 for the location of the missiles, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in=20= an=20 interview with private broadcaster TVN24 this evening. </FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><B><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2>Put a=20 fork in it, Bush. <A href=3D"http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7555996.s= tm" target=3Ddisplay>Taleban at Kabul's doorstep</A> </FONT></B><FONT fa= ce=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3D2>13 Aug 2008 It is just= an=20 hour's drive south-west of Kabul on Afghanistan's main highway before you st= art=20 to see dramatic evidence of how the 'insurgency' is closing in on the capita= l.=20 The UN produces internal "accessibility" maps which colour code areas by lev= el=20 of risk. A comparison between 2005 and June 2008 shows the dramatic=20 deterioration of security in such a short space of time. Almost half the cou= ntry=20 is now "extremely risky" for UN staff - a classification that did not even=20 appear on the map legend three years earlier. </FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/articl= e4521379.ece" target=3Ddisplay>Briton among three female aid workers kille= d in=20 Afghanistan</A></B> --Agency halts its programme after three deaths 14 Aug 2= 008=20 A Briton was among three women aid workers killed yesterday in an ambush by=20 Taleban gunmen in one of the worst attacks on foreign civilians in Afghanist= an=20 in recent years. The body of Jacqueline Kirk and the two other women, as wel= l as=20 their Afghan driver, were found riddled with bullets in the province of Loga= r,=20 about 50km (30 miles) south of the capital, Kabul. </FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><A href=3D"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php?sid=3D394409"= target=3Ddisplay>US=20 terror expert points to new al Qaeda leaders</A></B> [<B>LOL! I guess they c= an't=20 keep re-killing 'al-Qaeda' number twos</B>] 14 Aug 2008 A noted US-based=20 terrorism analyst has claimed that Al Qaeda [al-CIAduh] is exploiting the re= cent=20 [US-engendered] political turmoil in Pakistan to strengthen its foothold alo= ng=20 the country's border with Afghanistan. He has said that al Qaeda had=20 strengthened its safe haven in Pakistan=92s tribal areas by deepening its=20 alliances with Pakistani militants and pushing many elements of Pakistani=20 government authority from the area. [See: <A href=3D"http://www.ptinews.co= m/pti/ptisite.nsf/0/0477658AF33A33D3652574A100226BE1" target=3Ddisplay>Mus= harraf "misappropriated" US aid worth $700 M: Zardari</A> 10=20 Aug 2008. See: <A href=3D"http://www.legitgov.org/dead_al-qaeda_injured_02= 0808.html">Al-Qaeda No. 2=20 May be Injured, Possibly Re-killed</A> --Ayman al-Zawahiri 'died' in Februar= y=20 2006, but may be critically wounded or possibly re-killed. By Lori Price 02=20= Aug=20 2008. See: <FONT size=3D2><A href=3D"http://www.legitgov.org/cia_re-kills_= al-masri_300708.html" target=3Ddisplay>Al-Qaeda expert re-killed by CIA</A= > --Abu Khabab al-Masri 'died'=20 in January 2006 and again on Monday. By Lori Price 30 Jul 2008.]=20 </FONT></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3D2><A =20= href=3D"http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080814/ts_nm/saudi_lawsuit_dc_1" tar= get=3Ddisplay>U.S. court rules Saudi Arabia immune in 9/11=20 case</A></FONT></B><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2> 14=20 Aug 2008 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, four princes and other Saudi entities=20= are=20 immune from a lawsuit filed by victims of the September 11 attacks and their= =20 families alleging they gave material support to al Qaeda [al-CIAduh], a fede= ral=20 appeals court ruled on Thursday. The ruling by the Second Circuit Court of=20 Appeals in Manhattan upheld a 2006 ruling by U.S. District Judge Richard Cas= ey=20 dismissing a claim against Saudi Arabia, a Saudi charity, four princes and a= =20 Saudi banker of providing material support to al Qaeda before the September=20= 11=20 attacks.</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><STRONG>#1 on </STRONG><A href=3D"http://www.reddit.com/" target=3Ddi= splay><STRONG>reddit.com</STRONG></A> (14 Aug.) </FONT><FONT face=3D"Verda= na, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2><STRONG>Exclusi= ve:</STRONG></FONT> <FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" s= ize=3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.legitgov.org/dc_madam_update_100808.html"= target=3Ddisplay>Attorney: 'DC Madam' left instructions if 'ever found de= ad of=20 apparent suicide'</A> </B></FONT><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica,=20= sans-serif" size=3D2>By Lori Price </FONT><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, He= lvetica, sans-serif" size=3D2>10 Aug 2008</FONT> <FONT face=3D"Verdana, Ar= ial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3D2>10 Aug 2008 Citizens For=20 Legitimate Government has learned that Deborah Jeane Palfrey's lawyer,=20 Montgomery Blair Sibley, has intervened to stop a lawsuit seeking to prevent= the=20 Tarpon Springs, Florida, Police Department from releasing information reques= ted=20 by Sibley pertaining to the investigation of Jeane's death. Sibley told CLG,= =20 "Jeane was very clear with me that if she was ever found dead of an apparent= =20 suicide, I was to make sure that all the evidence was publicly disseminated=20= so=20 that it could be independently evaluated."</FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><A href=3D"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/= 08/13/AR2008081303731.html" target=3Ddisplay><B>Hair Samples in Anthrax Ca= se Don't Match</B></A> --<B>Strands=20 >From Mailbox in Princeton Are Not From Ivins, Investigators Say</B> 14 Aug 2= 008=20 Federal investigators probing the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks recovered samp= les=20 of human hair from a mailbox in Princeton, N.J., but the strands did not mat= ch=20 the lead suspect in the case, according to sources briefed on the probe. FBI= =20 agents and U.S. Postal Service inspectors analyzed the data in an effort to=20 place Fort Detrick, Md., scientist Bruce E. Ivins at the mailbox from which=20 bacteria-laden letters were sent to [Democratic] Senate offices and media=20 organizations, the sources said. </FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.ottawasun.com/News/OttawaAndRegion/2008/08/1= 3/6433031-sun.html" target=3Ddisplay>FBI, Terrorism Task Force investigati= ng Denver hotel=20 death</A></B> 13 Aug 2008 The FBI is investigating the death of an Ottawa ma= n in=20 a downtown Denver hotel room from apparent cyanide poisoning. Saleman Adbira= hman=20 Dirie, 29, had been dead several days when he was found in a fourth-floor ro= om=20 of the Burnsley Hotel on Monday morning. A container of white powder was fou= nd=20 near his body. A hazardous materials team removed the bottle of white powder= =20 from Room 408. Authorities are still trying to determine if it's cyanide. Th= e=20 FBI and other governmental agencies, including the Joint Terrorism Task Forc= e,=20 are assisting in the investigation. Hazardous materials assistance has inclu= ded=20 the Colorado State Patrol and the Colorado National Guard. </FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3D5570641" targe= t=3Ddisplay>No Firm=20 Answers in Suspected Cyanide Poisoning Death</A></B> --<B>With DNC Less Than= Two=20 Weeks Away, FBI Joins Denver Police in Investigation</B> 13 Aug 2008 With le= ss=20 than two weeks before the Democratic National Convention comes to Denver, th= e=20 city is on edge after a Canadian man was found dead of possible cyanide=20 poisoning in his hotel room there. Police discovered Saleman Abdirahman Diri= e's=20 body Monday morning in the Burnsley Hotel, about four blocks from the Colora= do=20 state capitol. Not far from Dirie's body, investigators found a jar containi= ng a=20 white powdery substance consistent with cyanide. The medical examiner's offi= ce=20 performed an autopsy Tuesday. The FBI joined the Denver police to investigat= e=20 the case. <FONT color=3D#ff0000><B>The city has been conducting anti-terror=20 drills</B></FONT> to prepare for the more than 40,000 people expected to flo= od=20 Denver for the DNC, where Barack Obama is scheduled to accept the party's=20 nomination for president. [<B>Right, it's the 'prepare for' (Remember the 9/= 11=20 'anti'-terror drills?) that gets us every time! Hopefully, the f*ckers won't= *go=20 live.* --LRP</B>]</FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=3D/n/a/2008= /08/11/national/a150350D52.DTL" target=3Ddisplay>Pound of cyanide found in= room where man died</A></B> 13 Aug 2008=20 About a pound of highly toxic sodium cyanide was found in a hotel room where= a=20 man's body was discovered, authorities said Wednesday. The Denver medical=20 examiner was still awaiting test results to determine what killed Saleman=20 Abdirahman Dirie, of Ottawa. Dirie's body was found Monday in The Burnsley A= ll=20 Suite Hotel. Fire officials said they found a bottle of the white powder in=20 Dirie's room. Police said Wednesday it was cyanide. Cyanide can be mixed wit= h=20 certain acids to produce extremely lethal cyanide gas, according to the=20 Department of Justice. Investigators have not said how long Dirie had been i= n=20 Denver or whether anyone [such as Cheney's anthrax henchmen?] had accompanie= d=20 him. [<B>The Burnsley All Suite Hotel is listed in the '<A href=3D"http://= www.denverdnc2008.com/scene/accommodations.asp" target=3Ddisplay>2008=20 DNC Accomodations Guide</A>' under 'Denver Hotels, Rentals, Working Space an= d=20 Temporary Headquarters for 2008 DNC visitors.' It's 1.74 miles from Denver's= =20 INVESCO Field at Mile High, where Barack Obama is scheduled to accept the=20 Democratic nomination for president</B>.]</FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B>'Authorities haven't said why he was in Denver.' <A href=3D"http:/= /www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/13/Cyanide_poisoning_probed_in_Denver/UPI-4818= 1218650479/" target=3Ddisplay>Cyanide poisoning probed in Denver</A></B> 1= 3 Aug 2008 Denver=20 police say they have found no evidence of terrorism in cyanide poisoning of=20= a=20 visitor [Saleman Abdiraham Dirie] less than two weeks before the Democratic=20 National Convention. ABC's "Good Morning America" reported Wednesday that wh= ile=20 investigators haven't found indications that foul play or terrorism were=20 involved in Dirie's death, the FBI has joined the case. Cyanide is a fast-ac= ting=20 poison that can be used as an ingredient in a chemical weapon. </FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><A href=3D"http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/14/clinton= -adviser-she-never-pushed-for-covention-compromise/" target=3Ddisplay>Clin= ton adviser: She never pushed for convention=20 compromise</A></B> 14 Aug 2008 A source close to Hillary Clinton insists the= =20 former presidential contender never pushed Barack Obama=92s campaign to allo= w her=20 supporters to place her name into nomination at the Democratic convention, a= nd=20 approached his team only when her camp grew "worried" over news that rising=20 resentment among her most loyal supporters might lead to chaos in Denver.=20 </FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><A href=3D"http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i9VRMevycLjQJp8Y2KbM= GAUZAV8QD92IAP5G0" target=3Ddisplay>Clinton to get roll call at convention= </A></B> 14 Aug 2008=20 Democrats officially will choose Barack Obama to run against Republican John= =20 McCain this fall. But in an emblematic move meant to heal divisive primary=20 wounds, Hillary Rodham Clinton's name also will be placed in nomination=20 alongside his during the traditional state-by-state delegation roll call vot= e at=20 the Democratic National Convention in Denver. </FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/singersongwriter-= jackson-browne-files-suit/story.aspx?guid=3D%7B6D3CA8B0-C98E-47F6-9499-56D69= DFCDEC6%7D" target=3Ddisplay>Jackson Browne Files Suit Against McCain, RNC= for Copyright=20 Infringement and False Endorsement</A></B> 14 Aug 2008 Renowned songwriter a= nd=20 liberal political activist Jackson Browne has filed a lawsuit today against=20 Senator John McCain and the Republican National Committee in the United Stat= es=20 District Court in Los Angeles, California. The lawsuit stems from a recent=20 television commercial for Senator McCain's presidential bid that incorporate= s=20 the song 'Running On Empty,' a song written by and famously associated with=20= Mr.=20 Browne, it was announced today by Browne's attorney, Lawrence Y. Iser. In=20 addition to a claim for copyright infringement, the suit alleges that by usi= ng a=20 song famously associated with Mr. Browne, <B>Senator McCain and the Republic= an=20 Party violated the United States Lanham Act</B> by falsely suggesting that M= r.=20 Browne is associated with and endorses Senator McCain's candidacy.</FONT></P= > <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=3D/c/a/2008= /08/13/MNRL12AEMM.DTL" target=3Ddisplay>Pelosi warns Lieberman for undercu= tting Obama</A></B> 14 Aug 2008=20 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blasted Sen. Joe LieberBush [R-Israel] on Wednesd= ay=20 for making what she called "totally irresponsible" remarks about Democratic=20 presidential candidate Barack Obama and warned that the Senate might retalia= te=20 by revoking Lieberman's committee chairmanship. Campaigning for Republican J= ohn=20 McCain in York, Pa., on Tuesday, Lieberman appeared to question Obama's=20 patriotism when he called the election a choice "between one candidate, John= =20 McCain, who has always put his country first, worked across party lines to g= et=20 things done, and one candidate that has not." </FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/aug/13/oilsp= ills.usa" target=3Ddisplay>US supreme court kicks Exxon Valdez case back t= o California=20 court</A></B> -- Including interest would bring payout to nearly $1bn --San=20 Francisco court to determine total punitive damages 13 Aug 2008 Once again,=20 plaintiffs who have been waiting for a payout in the Exxon Valdez lawsuit wi= ll=20 have to continue their wait. The US supreme court yesterday declined to deci= de=20 whether Exxon Mobil Corp should pay interest on punitive damages, which woul= d=20 nearly double the $507m award punishing the company for its role in an oil s= pill=20 that leaked 11m gallons of crude oil into the fishing waters of Prince Willi= am=20 Sound. </FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/= usa/2549271/US-mission-to-Arctic-will-lay-claim-to-gas-reserves.html" targ= et=3Ddisplay>US mission to Arctic will lay claim to gas reserves</A></B> 13=20 Aug 2008 Canada and the US are teaming up to for a research mission to the=20 Arctic continental shelf as part of their [illegal] bid to lay claim to the=20= vast=20 oil and natural gas reserves believed to lie beneath the Arctic Ocean floor.= A=20 US Coast Guard cutter will set out on Thursday on a three-week trip to map a= =20 relatively unexplored area known as the Chukchi borderland, about 600 miles=20 north of Alaska. </FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Thousands_rally_to_ma= rk_death_of_Australian_river_999.html" target=3Ddisplay>Thousands rally to= mark 'death' of Australian river</A></B> 10=20 Aug 2008 Thousands of people rallied in southern Australia Sunday to protest= the=20 dwindling water levels in one of the country's greatest rivers, claiming the= =20 loss was causing an environmental disaster. The 5,000-strong crowd gathered=20= near=20 the mouth of the 2,530 kilometre (1,569 mile) Murray to hold two minute's=20 silence to mark the 'death' of the river, which forms part of Australia's mo= st=20 important agricultural region.</FONT></P><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Hel= vetica, sans-serif" size=3D2> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3D2><FONT =20= face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3D2><FONT face=3DVerd= ana><STRONG>CLG&nbsp;needs your support. <BR></STRONG><A href=3D"http://ww= w.legitgov.org/#contribute"><STRONG>http://www.legitgov.org/#contribute</STR= ONG></A><A href=3D""><FONT color=3D#000000></FONT></A><A href=3D""></A><BR= >Or, please mail a=20 check or money order to&nbsp;CLG: <BR align=3D"center"><FONT face=3DVerdana>= Citizens=20 for Legitimate Government (CLG) <BR align=3D"center">P.O. 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The suspect, driving=20= a=20 Chevrolet pickup truck, was chased south for about 25 miles by police office= rs=20 and <B>was shot <FONT color=3D#ff0000>after</FONT> he was stopped</B> [!], s= aid=20 Lt. Terry Hastings of the Little Rock Police Department. </FONT></P></DIV> <P align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><B><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, s= ans-serif" size=3D2><A href=3D"http://russia-insider.livejournal.com/25329= .html" target=3Ddisplay>Reuters caught with 'fake' pictures from Georgia</= A> --Media war=20 against Russia</FONT></B><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif= " size=3D2> 10 Aug 2008 This morning one can read on the BBC news site --=20= Reuters=20 agency posts horrible pictures of Russian bombardments of allegedly civilian= =20 residential buildings. But what if you take a closer look? [</FONT><FONT f= ace=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">See: A Georgian man cries next= to=20 <A href=3D"http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/slideshow?collectionId=3D2= 126&amp;galleryName=3DAll%20Collections#a=3D11" target=3Ddisplay>his broth= er's body</A> in the town of Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from=20 Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili. </FONT><FONT size=3D2= ><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3D2>Here he is=20= again, alone=20 still with some clothes on, or may be he got changed. </FONT><FONT size=3D2>= <FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2>The man in=20 the&nbsp;checkered shirt <A href=3D"http://russia-insider.livejournal.com/= 25329.html">keeps=20 returning</A>!]</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><B><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size= =3D2><A href=3D"http://uk.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUKN125237922008= 0813" target=3Ddisplay>New bird flu threat could be H9N2, researchers say<= /A>=20 </FONT></B><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3D2>-= -</FONT><B><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3D2>U= .S. scientists 'tinker' with H9N2 virus, a more virulent and pathogenic=20 strain </FONT></B><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" siz= e=3D2>--<B>Team also mixed H9N2 with an H3N2 virus</B> 13 Aug 2008 Countries= =20 around the world may be preparing for a possible H5N1 bird flu pandemic, but= =20 another strain called H9N2 also poses a threat to humanity, researchers repo= rted=20 on Tuesday. Tests on the H9N2 strain of the virus show it is capable of=20 infecting and spreading with very few changes, a team from the University of= =20 Maryland, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, and elsewhere=20 reported. Most influenza experts agree that a pandemic of some kind of flu i= s=20 inevitable. [That's because the US is creating it.] Maryland's Daniel Perez=20= and=20 colleagues tinkered with the H9N2 virus and tested it in ferrets, animals wh= ose=20 biology is very close to humans when it comes to flu. </FONT><FONT face= =3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3D2>A single mutation made H= 9N2=20 more virulent and pathogenic, and also helped it transmit more easily from o= ne=20 ferret to another, they reported in their <A href=3D"http://www.plosone.or= g/article/info%3Adoi/10.1371/journal.pone.0002923" target=3Ddisplay>study<= /A>.</FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft></FONT><STRONG><FONT face=3DVerdana>P</FONT></STRONG><FONT =20= size=3D2><FONT size=3D2><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DVerdana><STRONG>lease f= orward this=20 newsletter to anyone you think might be interested</STRONG>. <STRONG><FONT =20= color=3D#ff0000>Those who'd like to be added to the list can go=20 here</FONT></STRONG>: </FONT></FONT><A href=3D"http://www.legitgov.org/#su= bscribe_clg"><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>http://www.legitgov.org/#subscr= ibe_clg</FONT></A><FONT face=3DVerdana>&nbsp;<FONT size=3D2>and add your n= ame.Those who wish to be removed=20 from the list can access the same link and click 'unsubscribe.'</FONT><BR><F= ONT size=3D2>Please write to: </FONT></FONT><A href=3D"mailto:signup@legit= gov.org"><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>signup@legitgov.org</FONT></A><FONT= face=3DVerdana><FONT size=3D2> for inquiries/issues/concerns with your su= bscription.</FONT> </FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DVerdana></FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DVerdana></FONT></P> <P align=3Dcenter><FONT face=3DVerdana></FONT></P> <P align=3Dcenter><FONT face=3DVerdana></FONT></P> <DIV align=3Dleft> <DIV align=3Dcenter> <P><FONT face=3DVerdana></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>CLG Newsletter editor: Lori Pr= ice,=20 Manager. 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