[From nobody Sun Dec 7 13:59:22 2008 Return-Path: <clg_newsletter-return-2604-walterb306=cs.com@lists.legitgov.org> Received: from rly-mf07.mx.aol.com (rly-mf07.mail.aol.com [172.20.29.177]) by air-mf06.mail.aol.com (v121_r4.4) with ESMTP id MAILINMF064-96d4939a376b8; Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:56:29 -0500 Received: from legitgov.org (legitgov.org [69.5.13.41]) by rly-mf07.mx.aol.com (v121_r4.4) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINMF073-96d4939a376b8; Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:56:06 -0500 Received: (qmail 14212 invoked by uid 47081); 5 Dec 2008 21:45:44 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; h=Mailing-List:Sender:Precedence:X-No-Archive:List-Post:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:Delivered-To: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=Yg3kWmYeK+8dbECxtnKIJocdduBLJZ8dLKrQN27Hrj1I2V9BMBvcclem695wj0F5N9ZutK2Lu14vq9N9LoobW6qAt4Jm5kxx8fe0Wyf31fuSoEssFH5vuYjq8L0YX9pMtjdp0Ribcnb/O4619y7R1PgbLeZ/2nvaukyN8L28L1M=; Mailing-List: contact clg_newsletter-help@lists.legitgov.org; run by ezmlm Sender: <clg_newsletter@lists.legitgov.org> Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Post: <mailto:clg_newsletter@lists.legitgov.org> List-Help: <mailto:clg_newsletter-help@lists.legitgov.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:clg_newsletter-unsubscribe@lists.legitgov.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:clg_newsletter-subscribe@lists.legitgov.org> Delivered-To: mailing list clg_newsletter@lists.legitgov.org Delivered-To: moderator for clg_newsletter@lists.legitgov.org Received: (qmail 22686 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2008 21:44:31 -0000 X-Originating-IP: [64.148.57.49] Message-ID: <012b01c95722$a7088db0$31399440@pc.cs.cmu.edu> From: "CLG News" <clg_news@legitgov.org> To: "CLG_newsletter_roster" <clg_newsletter@lists.legitgov.org> Subject: Police: Mumbai gunman's mobile SIM card possibly from New Jersey 05 Dec 2008 Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 16:44:26 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0128_01C956F8.BC6FEE20" 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 ------=_NextPart_000_0128_01C956F8.BC6FEE20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government 05 Dec 2008 http://www.legitgov.org/ All items are here: http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news Police: Mumbai gunman's mobile SIM card possibly from New Jersey 04 Dec 2008= The sole Mumbai gunman [Azam Amir Kasab] to be taken alive has said he was=20= paid 150,000 Pakistani rupees =96 about =A31,300 or $1,900 =96 for his part=20= in the attacks that killed nearly 200 people, according to police. Police ar= e also investigating a possible link to the United States =96 a mobile SIM c= ard found with the terrorists which possibly came from New Jersey. Police in= terrogators have told The Times that they are poised to settle the matter of= Kasab's background through the use of "narcoanalysis" =96 a controversial t= echnique, banned in most democracies, where the subject is injected with a "= truth serum". Deven Bharti, a deputy police commissioner in Mumbai and one o= f the interrogators, said that there was "no doubt" that Kasab will be subje= cted to "narcoanalysis". The drug =96 probably sodium pentothal =96 will be=20= administered through a drip and will lull Kasab into a trance-like state.=20 Mumbai attacks: Indian operative 'helped Pakistani militants' 05 Dec 2008 A=20= Pakistani militant group used an Indian operative as far back as 2007 to sco= ut targets for the elaborate plot against India's financial capital, authori= ties have said. The discovery is a blow to Indian officials who have blamed=20= the deadly attacks entirely on Pakistani extremists. As investigators sought= to unravel the attack on Mumbai, stepping up questioning of the lone captur= ed gunman, airports across India were put on high alert amid fresh warnings=20= that terrorists planned to hijack an aircraft.=20 Mumbai: Was it Indeed an Islamic Terror Attack? Were Muslims even Involved?=20= By Julaybib 05 Dec 2008 If the Mumbai terrorists' background was consistent=20= with the single captured survivor, then the terrorist actions were not perfo= rmed by Muslims, but by mercenaries, that is soldiers of fortune, hired crim= inals, paid to murder and terrorize, for non-religious reasons, and funded b= y unknown criminal gangs for purposes also unknown... This certainly suggest= s that the criminal gangs who hired the mercenary terrorists in Mumbai, were= like their soldiers, motivated also by financial gain, as criminal gangs te= nd to be so engaged, and that the gangs themselves were hired by perhaps non= -Pakistani actors, with ambitions for control of the government of Pakistan.= =20 Can the president order the indefinite military detention of people living i= n the United States? Justices Take Case on President's Power to Detain --Man= arrested December 2001 in Peoria, Ill., has been held without charge in iso= lation for more than five years 06 Dec 2008 The Supreme Court on Friday agre= ed to decide the most fundamental question yet concerning executive power in= the age of terror: Can the president order the indefinite military detentio= n of people living in the United States? The case concerns Ali al-Marri, the= only person on the American mainland being held as an enemy combatant, at t= he Navy brig in Charleston, S.C. Mr. Marri, a citizen of Qatar, was legally=20= in the United States when he was arrested in December 2001 in Peoria, Ill.,=20= where he was living with his family and studying computer science at Bradley= University. US justices to rule on terror suspect's detention 05 Dec 2008 The U.S. Supre= me Court said on Friday that it would decide whether President [sic] George=20= W. Bush can order the indefinite imprisonment in the United States of an al=20= Qaeda [al-CIAduh] suspect without charging him. In the latest test of Bush's= war-on-terrorism policies, the nation's highest court agreed to hear an app= eal by a Qatari national, Ali al-Marri, the only foreign national currently=20= being held in the United States as an "enemy combatant." Suit claims Halliburton, KBR sickened base 05 Dec 2008 A Georgia man has fil= ed a lawsuit against contractor KBR and its former parent company, Halliburt= on, saying the companies exposed everyone at Joint Base Balad in Iraq to uns= afe water, food and hazardous fumes from the burn pit there. Joshua Eller, w= ho worked as a civilian computer-aided drafting technician with the 332nd Ai= r Expeditionary Wing, said military personnel, contractors and third-country= nationals may have been sickened by contamination at the largest U.S. insta= llation in Iraq, home to more than 30,000 service members, Defense Departmen= t civilians and contractors. KBR Sued for Giving Soldiers Ice with 'Traces of Body Fluids and Putrefied R= emains' by ZP Heller 04 Dec 2008 As former KBR Water Purification Specialist= Ben Carter described in this clip from Iraq for Sale and in his Congression= al testimony, KBR failed to provide adequate water safety, resulting in toxi= c drinking and bathing water. This war profiteer also failed to manage a med= ical incinerator properly, instead disposing medical waste and human remains= in an open air burn pit. Eller claims that at one point, he saw a wild dog=20= running around the base with a human arm in its mouth that KBR had dumped in= to the pit. And the grizzly kicker, the suit accuses KBR of using mortuary t= rucks that "still had traces of body fluids and putrefied remains in them wh= en they were loaded with ice" later served to U.S. troops.=20 US preparing for troop buildup in Afghanistan 05 Dec 2008 The military is be= ginning a big building effort in Afghanistan to house the roughly 20,000 add= itional troops who are expected to begin pouring in early next year, a top m= ilitary officer said Friday. Maj. Gen. Michael Tucker, deputy commander for=20= operations for U.S. forces in Afghanistan, could not quantify the number of=20= buildings or contractors mercenaries involved, but said the military has don= e several in-depth studies over the past month and a half to determine exact= ly how many buildings, helicopter pads, dining facilities,and even latrines=20= will be needed. [Looks like KBR is about to get a big bl*w job from Barack.=20= Well, thank *God* we voted for him to get us out of *Iraq.*] Pentagon plans troop surge in Afghanistan 05 Dec 2008 The Pentagon has begun= a massive building operation to construct new barracks and facilities in Af= ghanistan for 20,000 extra US troops that will pour into the country early n= ext year. The surge of additional forces... comes amid growing tensions betw= een the US and Britain over the possible deployment of extra UK troops - and= the performance of British soldiers already there.=20 Afghanistan deaths bring Canada soldiers' toll to 100: media 05 Dec 2008 Thr= ee Canadian soldiers were killed in Afghanistan, bringing the overall death=20= toll of Canadian military service members killed in the war-torn country to=20= 100 so far, the CBC said Friday.=20 Afghan roadside bomb kills 3 Canadians 05 Dec 2008 A roadside bomb in Afghan= istan killed three Canadian soldiers and seriously injured two others Friday= near Kandahar, military officials said. The troops were on patrol in an arm= ored vehicle around 9 a.m. when they hit the device, U.S. Maj. Gen. Michael=20= Tucker, the deputy chief of staff of U.S. and NATO-led forces in Afghanistan= , told reporters in a teleconference call.=20 Pakistan mulls downing U.S. drones --Says attacks destabilize the country; w= ants policy change 04 Dec 2008 Pakistani officials are urging the incoming O= bama administration to stop air attacks on Pakistani territory and even are=20= hinting that they might shoot down U.S. drones that have hit al Qaeda milita= nts and civilian bystanders. U.S. forces based in Afghanistan have carried o= ut about 25 strikes this year, most of them by drones, in the border region.= Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammed Sadiq said the U.S. ambassador was told= that the attacks violate Pakistan's sovereignty and territorial integrity.=20 Bush: Iraq war longer, more costly than expected 05 Dec 2008 President [sic]= George W. Bush said Friday that the fight in Iraq has been longer and more=20= costly than expected, but he defended the U.S.-led invasion, saying the worl= d could not have risked leaving Saddam Hussein's power unchecked. [Too bad t= he world left Bush's power unchecked.] 2 US soldiers killed in Iraq suicide attack 04 Dec 2008 The U.S. military sa= ys two American soldiers have been killed in a suicide attack in Mosul. Lt.=20= Col. Dave Doherty says the two soldiers were killed Thursday afternoon when=20= a driver detonated a car near a checkpoint. Military officials also say prel= iminary reports from the scene indicate nine civilians were wounded in the a= ttack.=20 U.S. says missile defense test 'successful' --Boeing Co is prime contractor=20= for system, called ground-based midcourse defense 05 Dec 2008 The U.S. milit= ary conducted a successful test of its system built to knock out long-range=20= missiles that could be fired by North Korea or Iran, the Pentagon said on Fr= iday. The target missile for the test over the Pacific was launched from Kod= iak, Alaska and an interceptor was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base,=20= California, officials said. The intercept took place at 3:29 p.m. EST (2029=20= GMT).=20 US mulls unusual tactic as Blackwater charges loom 04 Dec 2008 Blackwater Wo= rldwide guards involved in a deadly Baghdad shooting of Iraqi civilians in 2= 007 could face mandatory 30-year prison sentences. People close to the case=20= say the Justice Department could prosecute the mercenaries under an anti-dru= g law, even though drugs were not involved. The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988=20= law calls for 30-year prison terms for using machine guns to commit violent=20= crimes of any kind, whether drug-related or not.=20 Guard Sergeant Acquitted of Murdering Two Officers in Iraq 05 Dec 2008 A sol= dier in the New York Army National Guard was acquitted of murder on Thursday= in the bombing deaths of two superiors in Iraq, triggering outbursts and ga= sps from the slain officers=92 families. A military jury found the soldier,=20= Staff Sgt. Alberto B. Martinez, not guilty on two counts of premeditated mur= der in the deaths of Capt. Phillip T. Esposito of Suffern, N.Y., and First L= t. Louis E. Allen of Milford, Pa.=20 Israeli Troops Evict Settlers in the West Bank 05 Dec 2008 Israeli troops fo= rcibly evicted about 200 hard-line Jewish settlers from a contested building= in this volatile biblical city on Thursday, the first serious clash in what= seems to be a spiraling confrontation between the government and defiant se= ttlers. The operation, carried out by 600 soldiers and policemen with stealt= h and efficiency, took half an hour and resulted in two dozen relatively lig= ht injuries. ...Young settlers then rampaged through Palestinian fields and=20= neighborhoods, setting olive trees on fire and trashing houses. Israel criticized at top U.N. human rights 04 Dec 2008 Israel drew fire rega= rding its human rights record on Thursday at a United Nations forum where it= s neighbors accused it of committing systematic violations against Palestini= ans in Gaza and the West Bank. Delegations from Syria, Egypt and Iran raised= concerns about Israel's security wall, its detentions of young Palestinians= , and what they called "illegal" Jewish settlements during the regular revie= w by the U.N. Human Rights Council.=20 Obama legal team meets with anti-torture generals 04 Dec 2008 A dozen retire= d generals met with President-elect Barack Obama's top legal advisers Wednes= day, pressing their case to overturn some of the Bush regime's terrorism-fig= hting policies. Obama has criticized practices that he says amount to tortur= ing detainees during interrogations and has promised to close the U.S. milit= ary prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. CPJ's 2008 prison census: Online and in jail 04 Dec 2008 Reflecting the risi= ng influence of online reporting and commentary, more Internet journalists a= re jailed worldwide today than journalists working in any other medium. In i= ts annual census of imprisoned journalists, released today, the Committee to= Protect Journalists found that 45 percent of all media workers jailed world= wide are bloggers, Web-based reporters, or online editors. Online journalist= s represent the largest professional category for the first time in CPJ's pr= ison census.=20 'The revision of the rule eliminates all references to Congressional authori= ty.' Interior Dept. Changes Rule to Remove Congress Veto 05 Dec 2008 In anot= her regulatory action in the waning days of the Bush dictatorship, the Inter= ior Department on Thursday unveiled a new rule that challenges Congress=92s=20= authority to prevent mining planned on public lands. Congress has emergency=20= power to stop mineral development, and has used it six times in the last 32=20= years. The most recent was in June, when it put a three-year moratorium on u= ranium mining on one million acres near the Grand Canyon. Interior Secretary= Dirk Kempthorne has ignored that Congressional directive, saying it was pro= cedurally flawed. The revision of the rule eliminates all references to Cong= ressional authority.=20 Malls boost security as shopping season starts 05 Dec 2008 Malls across the=20= country have boosted security in recent months, adding rooftop observation p= osts, parking lot cameras and more patrols to keep shoppers safe. A handful=20= of violent incidents occurred at malls this week as shoppers mobbed stores f= or deals at the start of the holiday shopping season.=20 New England border protection chief charged with hiring illegal immigrants 0= 5 Dec 2008 The regional director of Homeland Security, Customs, and Border P= rotection was charged today with repeatedly hiring illegal immigrants to cle= an her Salem home after one cleaner wore a wire during an undercover investi= gation. Lorraine Henderson is the director of the Port of Boston, overseeing= 190 armed federal officers who patrol major airports and shipping terminals= in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.=20 Obama raised $104 million toward election's close 05 Dec 2008 Barack Obama's= presidential campaign raised $104 million in the weeks around Election Day,= a grand finale to a successful bid that shattered fundraising records. Over= all, Obama raised nearly $750 million during his odyssey to the presidency,=20= and his spending in the eight weeks before the election vastly outpaced that= of his Republican rival John McCain, according to reports filed with the Fe= deral Election Commission. [People were terrified of getting McInsane and so= ciopath Sarah Palin.] House joins Senate in voicing skepticism about auto bailout 05 Dec 2008 Detr= oit's Big Three auto executives pressed their case for $34 billion in federa= l aid to the House of Representatives on Friday, but found the same kind of=20= lukewarm, often discouraging reception they'd gotten a day earlier from the=20= Senate. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., p= ainted a dire picture of the U.S. economy to illustrate why the carmakers ne= ed urgent help.=20 U.S. jobless rate climbs to 6.7% 05 Dec 2008 The U.S. economy lost more than= half a million jobs last month as the unemployment rate rose to 6.7 percent= . The Labor Department reported Friday that nonfarm payrolls in November fel= l by 533,000, pushing the unemployment rate to its highest level since 1993.= =20 Employers cut 533K jobs in Nov., most in 34 years 05 Dec 2008 The government= says employers axed 533,000 jobs in November, the most in 34 years, and the= unemployment rate rose to 6.7 percent. It was dramatic proof the country is= careening ever deeper into [Bush's] recession.=20 More polar bears go hungry in the spring 04 Dec 2008 Climate change is alrea= dy starting to bite in the Arctic. Rising temperatures and melting ice shelv= es are leaving polar bears hungry, a new study shows. Filling up during the=20= spring months is important for polar bears, helping them to survive the lean= er summer months, when the sea ice has retreated and seals are harder to cat= ch. However, new research shows that polar bears are now struggling to find=20= enough food during the spring.=20 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: IDF preparing options for Iran strike 04 Dec 2008 The= IDF is drawing up options for a strike on Iranian nuclear facilities that d= o not include coordination with the United States, The Jerusalem Post has le= arned. While its preference is to coordinate with the US, defense officials=20= have said Israel is preparing a wide range of options for such an operation.= "It is always better to coordinate," one top Defense Ministry official expl= ained last week. "But we are also preparing options that do not include coor= dination." Air Force plans to create fourth B-52 squadron at Minot by 2010 04 Dec 2008=20= The Air Force will stand up a fourth operational B-52 squadron, likely at Mi= not Air Force Base, N.D., by late 2009 or early 2010, according to Air Comba= t Command. "Each of the four operational squadrons would consist of 11 comba= t-coded aircraft," said Air Combat Command spokeswoman Maj. Michelle Coghill= .=20 Terrorists could mount nuclear or biological attack within 5 years, warns Co= ngress inquiry 04 Dec 2008 An investigation by the US Congress into weapons=20= of mass destruction published yesterday made a chilling prediction of terror= ists mounting an attack using biological or nuclear weapons within the next=20= five years. The six-month inquiry mentioned Pakistan as one of the likeliest= sources of such an attack. The target could be the US or some other part of= the world. The report, by the bipartisan Commission on the Prevention of We= apons of Mass Destruction, said "unless the world community acts decisively=20= and with great urgency, it is more likely than not that a weapon of mass des= truction will be used in a terrorist attack somewhere in the world by the en= d of 2013".=20 Those who'd like to be added to the list can go here: http://www.legitgov.or= g/#subscribe_clg and add your name.Those who wish to be removed from the lis= t can access the same link and click 'unsubscribe.' Please write to: signup@legitgov.org for inquiries/issues/concerns with your= subscription.=20 CLG Managing Editor: Lori Price. Copyright =A9 2008, Citizens For Legitimate= Government =AE All rights reserved. ------=_NextPart_000_0128_01C956F8.BC6FEE20 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 6.00.2900.3429" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV align=3Dcenter><FONT size=3D3><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>05&nbsp;Dec 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"http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news"><FONT= face=3DVerdana size=3D3><STRONG>http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news<= /STRONG></FONT></A></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><BR><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" =20= size=3D2></FONT> <P align=3Dleft><B><FONT size=3D2><A href=3D"http://www.timesonline.co.uk/= tol/news/world/asia/article5284594.ece" target=3Ddisplay><FONT face=3DVerd= ana>Police: Mumbai gunman's mobile SIM card=20 possibly from New Jersey</FONT></A><FONT face=3DVerdana> </FONT></FONT></B><= FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>04 Dec 2008 The sole Mumbai gunman [Azam Amir= Kasab] to be=20 taken alive has said he was paid 150,000 Pakistani rupees =96 about =A31,300= or=20 $1,900 =96 for his part in the attacks that killed nearly 200 people, accord= ing to=20 police. <B>Police are also investigating a possible link to the United=20 States</B> =96 a mobile SIM card found with the terrorists which possibly ca= me=20 from New Jersey. Police interrogators have told The Times that they are pois= ed=20 to settle the matter of Kasab's background through the use of "narcoanalysis= " =96=20 <B>a controversial technique, banned in most democracies, where the subject=20= is=20 injected with a "truth serum"</B>. Deven Bharti, a deputy police commissione= r in=20 Mumbai and one of the interrogators, said that there was "no doubt" that Kas= ab=20 will be subjected to "narcoanalysis". The drug =96 probably sodium pentothal= =96=20 will be administered through a drip and will lull Kasab into a trance-like=20 state. </FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><B><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2><A href=3D"http://www.tel= egraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3562332/Mumbai-attacks-Security-alert= -of-Indian-airports--bombay-india.html" target=3Ddisplay>Mumbai attacks: I= ndian operative 'helped Pakistani=20 militants'</A></FONT></B><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2> 05 Dec 2008 A Pakist= ani=20 militant group used an Indian operative as far back as 2007 to scout targets= for=20 the elaborate plot against India's financial capital, authorities have said.= The=20 discovery is a blow to Indian officials who have blamed the deadly attacks=20 entirely on Pakistani extremists. As investigators sought to unravel the att= ack=20 on Mumbai, stepping up questioning of the lone captured gunman, airports acr= oss=20 India were put on high alert amid fresh warnings that terrorists planned to=20 hijack an aircraft. </FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><B><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2><A href=3D"http://www.jul= aybib.com/anomaly-briefs/2008/12/5/mumbai-was-it-indeed-an-islamic-terror-at= tack-were-muslims-e.html" target=3Ddisplay>Mumbai: Was it Indeed an Islami= c Terror Attack? Were Muslims even=20 Involved?</A></FONT></B><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2> By Julaybib 05 Dec 20= 08 If=20 the Mumbai terrorists' background was consistent with the single captured=20 survivor, then the terrorist actions were not performed by Muslims, but by=20 mercenaries, that is soldiers of fortune, hired criminals, paid to murder an= d=20 terrorize, for non-religious reasons, and funded by unknown criminal gangs f= or=20 purposes also unknown... This certainly suggests that the criminal gangs who= =20 hired the mercenary terrorists in Mumbai, were like their soldiers, motivate= d=20 also by financial gain, as criminal gangs tend to be so engaged, and that th= e=20 gangs themselves were hired by perhaps non-Pakistani actors, with ambitions=20= for=20 control of the government of Pakistan. </FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DVerdana><FONT size=3D2><B><FONT color=3D#ff0000= >Can the=20 president order the indefinite military detention of people living in the Un= ited=20 States?</FONT></B></FONT> <FONT size=3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.nytimes.= com/2008/12/06/us/w05scotus-web.html" target=3Ddisplay>Justices Take Case=20= on President's Power to Detain</A> --Man=20 arrested December 2001 in Peoria, Ill., has been held without charge in=20 isolation for more than five years </B>06 Dec 2008 The Supreme Court on Frid= ay=20 agreed to decide the most fundamental question yet concerning executive powe= r in=20 the age of terror: Can the president order the indefinite military detention= of=20 people living in the United States? The case concerns Ali al-Marri, the only= =20 person on the American mainland being held as an enemy combatant, at the Nav= y=20 brig in Charleston, S.C. Mr. Marri, a citizen of Qatar, was legally in the=20 United States when he was arrested in December 2001 in Peoria, Ill., where h= e=20 was living with his family and studying computer science at Bradley=20 University.</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.reuters.com/articl= e/vcCandidateFeed2/idUSN05464470" target=3Ddisplay><FONT face=3DVerdana>US= justices to rule on terror suspect's=20 detention</FONT></A></B><FONT face=3DVerdana> 05 Dec 2008 The U.S. Supreme C= ourt=20 said on Friday that it would decide whether President [sic] George W. Bush c= an=20 order the indefinite imprisonment in the United States of an al Qaeda=20 [al-CIAduh] suspect without charging him. In the latest test of Bush's=20 war-on-terrorism policies, the nation's highest court agreed to hear an appe= al=20 by a Qatari national, Ali al-Marri, the only foreign national currently bein= g=20 held in the United States as an "enemy combatant."</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.armytimes.com/news= /2008/12/military_kbr_lawsuit_121508w/" target=3Ddisplay><FONT face=3DVerd= ana>Suit claims Halliburton, KBR sickened=20 base</FONT></A></B><FONT face=3DVerdana> 05 Dec 2008 A Georgia man has filed= a=20 lawsuit against contractor KBR and its former parent company, Halliburton,=20 saying the companies exposed everyone at Joint Base Balad in Iraq to unsafe=20 water, food and hazardous fumes from the burn pit there. Joshua Eller, who=20 worked as a civilian computer-aided drafting technician with the 332nd Air=20 Expeditionary Wing, said military personnel, contractors and third-country=20 nationals may have been sickened by contamination at the largest U.S.=20 installation in Iraq, home to more than 30,000 service members, Defense=20 Department civilians and contractors.</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><B><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2><A href=3D"http://bravene= wfilms.org/blog/64619-kbr-sued-for-giving-soldiers-ice-with-traces-of-body-f= luids-and-putrefied-remains" target=3Ddisplay>KBR Sued for Giving Soldiers= Ice with 'Traces of Body Fluids and=20 Putrefied Remains'</A></FONT></B><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DVerdana> by ZP=20= Heller=20 04 Dec 2008 As former KBR Water Purification Specialist Ben Carter described= in=20 this clip from </FONT><A href=3D"http://iraqforsale.org/" target=3Ddisplay><= I><FONT face=3DVerdana>Iraq for Sale</FONT></I></A><FONT face=3DVerdana> a= nd in his=20 Congressional testimony, KBR failed to provide adequate water safety, result= ing=20 in toxic drinking and bathing water. This war profiteer also failed to manag= e a=20 medical incinerator properly, instead disposing medical waste and human rema= ins=20 in an open air burn pit. Eller </FONT><A href=3D"http://www.armytimes.com/= news/2008/12/military_kbr_lawsuit_121508w/" target=3Ddisplay><FONT face= =3DVerdana>claims</FONT></A><FONT face=3DVerdana> that at=20 one point, he saw a wild dog running around the base with a human arm in its= =20 mouth that KBR had dumped into the pit. And the grizzly kicker, the suit acc= uses=20 KBR of using mortuary trucks that "still had traces of body fluids and putre= fied=20 remains in them when they were loaded with ice" later served to U.S. troops.= =20 </FONT></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><B><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2><A href=3D"http://www.goo= gle.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iWxiu65iLP4CvDJ7BEsBOx-u_vdwD94SM4CO0" =20= target=3Ddisplay>US preparing for troop buildup in Afghanistan</A></FONT></= B><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2> 05 Dec 2008 The military is beginning a b= ig building effort=20 in Afghanistan to house the roughly 20,000 additional troops who are expecte= d to=20 begin pouring in early next year, a top military officer said Friday. Maj. G= en.=20 Michael Tucker, deputy commander for operations for U.S. forces in Afghanist= an,=20 <FONT color=3D#ff0000><B>could not quantify the number of buildings or=20 <S>contractors</S> mercenaries involved</B></FONT>, but said the military ha= s=20 done several in-depth studies over the past month and a half to determine=20 exactly how many buildings, helicopter pads, <B>dining facilities</B>,and ev= en=20 latrines will be needed. [<B>Looks like KBR is about to get a big bl*w job f= rom=20 Barack. Well, thank *God* we voted for him to get us out of=20 *Iraq.*</B>]</FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.timesonline.co.uk/= tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5295191.ece" target=3Ddisplay><FONT=20= face=3DVerdana>Pentagon plans troop surge in=20 Afghanistan</FONT></A></B><FONT face=3DVerdana> 05 Dec 2008 The Pentagon has= begun=20 a massive building operation to construct new barracks and facilities in=20 Afghanistan for 20,000 extra US troops that will pour into the country early= =20 next year. The surge of additional forces... comes amid growing tensions bet= ween=20 the US and Britain over the possible deployment of extra UK troops - and the= =20 performance of British soldiers already there. </FONT></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.google.com/hostedn= ews/afp/article/ALeqM5jq3kEfDozqwURxZY-b8h0_DCG2cw" target=3Ddisplay><FONT= face=3DVerdana>Afghanistan deaths bring Canada soldiers' toll=20 to 100: media</FONT></A></B><FONT face=3DVerdana> 05 Dec 2008 Three Canadian= =20 soldiers were killed in Afghanistan, bringing the overall death toll of Cana= dian=20 military service members killed in the war-torn country to 100 so far, the C= BC=20 said Friday. </FONT></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2= 008/12/05/Afghan_roadside_bomb_kills_3_Canadians/UPI-28851228509264/" targ= et=3Ddisplay><FONT face=3DVerdana>Afghan roadside bomb kills 3=20 Canadians</FONT></A></B><FONT face=3DVerdana> 05 Dec 2008 A roadside bomb in= =20 Afghanistan killed three Canadian soldiers and seriously injured two others=20 Friday near Kandahar, military officials said. The troops were on patrol in=20= an=20 armored vehicle around 9 a.m. when they hit the device, U.S. Maj. Gen. Micha= el=20 Tucker, the deputy chief of staff of U.S. and NATO-led forces in Afghanistan= ,=20 told reporters in a teleconference call. </FONT></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.washingtontimes.co= m/news/2008/dec/04/pakistan-mulls-shooting-us-drones-out-of-sky/" target= =3Ddisplay><FONT face=3DVerdana>Pakistan mulls downing U.S.=20 drones</FONT></A><FONT face=3DVerdana> --Says attacks destabilize the countr= y;=20 wants policy change</FONT></B><FONT face=3DVerdana> 04 Dec 2008 Pakistani=20 officials are urging the incoming Obama administration to stop air attacks o= n=20 Pakistani territory and even are hinting that they might shoot down U.S. dro= nes=20 that have hit <S>al Qaeda militants and</S> civilian bystanders. U.S. forces= =20 based in Afghanistan have carried out about 25 strikes this year, most of th= em=20 by drones, in the border region. Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammed Sadiq s= aid=20 the U.S. ambassador was told that the <FONT color=3D#ff0000><B>attacks viola= te=20 Pakistan's sovereignty and territorial integrity</B></FONT>. </FONT></FONT><= /P> <P align=3Dleft><B><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2><A href=3D"http://www.goo= gle.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkf--m78S6F3LZAcz4sVHGGCQSTgD94SP4J00">B= ush:=20 Iraq war longer, more costly than expected</A></FONT></B><FONT face=3DVerdan= a size=3D2> 05 Dec 2008 President [sic] George W. Bush said Friday that th= e fight in=20 Iraq has been longer and more costly than expected, but he defended the U.S.= -led=20 invasion, saying the world could not have risked leaving Saddam Hussein's po= wer=20 unchecked. [<B>Too bad the world left Bush's power unchecked.</B>]</FONT></P= > <P align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.google.com/hostedn= ews/ap/article/ALeqM5hwK_CSpBxsNuVUEaDuOwmSSCiqGwD94RV4NO1" target=3Ddispl= ay><FONT face=3DVerdana>2 US soldiers killed in Iraq suicide=20 attack</FONT></A></B><FONT face=3DVerdana> 04 Dec 2008 The U.S. military say= s two=20 American soldiers have been killed in a suicide attack in Mosul. Lt. Col. Da= ve=20 Doherty says the two soldiers were killed Thursday afternoon when a driver=20 detonated a car near a checkpoint. Military officials also say preliminary=20 reports from the scene indicate nine civilians were wounded in the attack.=20 </FONT></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><B><FONT size=3D2><A href=3D"http://www.reuters.com/articl= e/topNews/idUSTRE4B46NB20081205" target=3Ddisplay><FONT face=3DVerdana>U.S= . says missile defense test=20 'successful'</FONT></A><FONT face=3DVerdana> --Boeing Co is prime contractor= for=20 system, called ground-based midcourse defense</FONT></FONT></B><FONT face= =3DVerdana size=3D2> 05 Dec 2008 The U.S. military conducted a successful te= st=20 of its system built to knock out long-range missiles that could be fired by=20 North Korea or Iran, the Pentagon said on Friday. The target missile for the= =20 test over the Pacific was launched from Kodiak, Alaska and an interceptor wa= s=20 launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, officials said. The=20 intercept took place at 3:29 p.m. EST (2029 GMT). </FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.wlos.com/template/= inews_wire/wires.national/32186e78-www.wlos.com.shtml" target=3Ddisplahy><= FONT face=3DVerdana>US mulls unusual tactic as Blackwater charges=20 loom</FONT></A></B><FONT face=3DVerdana> 04 Dec 2008 Blackwater Worldwide gu= ards=20 involved in a deadly Baghdad shooting of Iraqi civilians in 2007 could face=20 mandatory 30-year prison sentences. People close to the case say the Justice= =20 Department could prosecute the mercenaries under an anti-drug law, even thou= gh=20 drugs were not involved. The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 law calls for 30-ye= ar=20 prison terms for using machine guns to commit violent crimes of any kind,=20 whether drug-related or not. </FONT></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><B><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2><A href=3D"http://www.nyt= imes.com/2008/12/05/nyregion/05bragg.html" target=3Ddisplay>Guard Sergeant= Acquitted of Murdering Two Officers in=20 Iraq</A></FONT></B><FONT face=3DVerdana> <FONT size=3D2>05 Dec 2008 A soldie= r in the=20 New York Army National Guard was acquitted of murder on Thursday in the bomb= ing=20 deaths of two superiors in Iraq, triggering outbursts and gasps from the sla= in=20 officers=92 families. A military jury found the soldier, Staff Sgt. Alberto=20= B.=20 Martinez, not guilty on two counts of premeditated murder in the deaths of C= apt.=20 Phillip T. Esposito of Suffern, N.Y., and First Lt. Louis E. Allen of Milfor= d,=20 Pa. </FONT></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.nytimes.com/2008/1= 2/05/world/middleeast/05mideast.html" target=3Ddisplay><FONT face=3DVerdan= a>Israeli Troops Evict Settlers in the West=20 Bank</FONT></A></B><FONT face=3DVerdana> 05 Dec 2008 Israeli troops forcibly= =20 evicted about 200 hard-line Jewish settlers from a contested building in thi= s=20 volatile biblical city on Thursday, the first serious clash in what seems to= be=20 a spiraling confrontation between the government and defiant settlers. The=20 operation, carried out by 600 soldiers and policemen with stealth and=20 efficiency, took half an hour and resulted in two dozen relatively light=20 injuries. ...Young settlers then rampaged through Palestinian fields and=20 neighborhoods, setting olive trees on fire and trashing=20 houses.</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.reuters.com/articl= e/worldNews/idUSTRE4B367C20081204" target=3Ddisplay><FONT face=3DVerdana>I= srael criticized at top U.N. human=20 rights</FONT></A></B><FONT face=3DVerdana> 04 Dec 2008 Israel drew fire rega= rding=20 its human rights record on Thursday at a United Nations forum where its=20 neighbors accused it of committing systematic violations against Palestinian= s in=20 Gaza and the West Bank. Delegations from Syria, Egypt and Iran raised concer= ns=20 about Israel's security wall, its detentions of young Palestinians, and what= =20 they called "illegal" Jewish settlements during the regular review by the U.= N.=20 Human Rights Council. </FONT></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.google.com/hostedn= ews/ap/article/ALeqM5hN2ypSAeEYf2zcSYL82fgFy_14qQD94RHF1G0" target=3Ddispl= ay><FONT face=3DVerdana>Obama legal team meets with anti-torture=20 generals</FONT></A></B><FONT face=3DVerdana> 04 Dec 2008 A dozen retired gen= erals=20 met with President-elect Barack Obama's top legal advisers Wednesday, pressi= ng=20 their case to overturn some of the Bush regime's terrorism-<S>fighting</S>=20 policies. Obama has criticized practices that he says amount to torturing=20 detainees during interrogations and has promised to close the U.S. military=20 prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.cpj.org/imprisoned= /cpjs-2008-census-online-journalists-now-jailed-mor.php" target=3Ddisplay>= <FONT face=3DVerdana>CPJ's 2008 prison census: Online and in=20 jail</FONT></A></B><FONT face=3DVerdana> 04 Dec 2008 Reflecting the rising=20 influence of online reporting and commentary, more Internet journalists are=20 jailed worldwide today than journalists working in any other medium. In its=20 annual census of imprisoned journalists, released today, the Committee to=20 Protect Journalists found that 45 percent of all media workers jailed worldw= ide=20 are bloggers, Web-based reporters, or online editors. <B>Online journalists=20 represent the largest professional category for the first time in CPJ's pris= on=20 census</B>. </FONT></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DVerdana><B><FONT color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>'The=20= revision of=20 the rule eliminates all references to Congressional authority.'</FONT><FONT=20= size=3D2> <A href=3D"http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/us/05withdraw.html"= target=3Ddisplay>Interior Dept. Changes Rule to Remove Congress Veto</A>=20 </FONT></B><FONT size=3D2>05 Dec 2008 In another regulatory action in the wa= ning=20 days of the Bush dictatorship, the Interior Department on Thursday unveiled=20= a=20 new rule that challenges Congress=92s authority to prevent mining planned on= =20 public lands. Congress has emergency power to stop mineral development, and=20= has=20 used it six times in the last 32 years. The most recent was in June, when it= put=20 a three-year moratorium on uranium mining on one million acres near the Gran= d=20 Canyon. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has <B>ignored that Congressional= =20 directive</B>, saying it was procedurally flawed. The revision of the rule=20 eliminates all references to Congressional authority. </FONT></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.usatoday.com/news/= nation/2008-12-04-mallsecurity_N.htm" target=3Ddisplay><FONT face=3DVerdan= a>Malls boost security as shopping season=20 starts</FONT></A></B><FONT face=3DVerdana> 05 Dec 2008 Malls across the coun= try=20 have boosted security in recent months, adding rooftop observation posts,=20 parking lot cameras and more patrols to keep shoppers safe. A handful of vio= lent=20 incidents occurred at malls this week as shoppers mobbed stores for deals at= the=20 start of the holiday shopping season. </FONT></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.boston.com/news/lo= cal/breaking_news/2008/12/new_england_bor.html" target=3Ddisplay><FONT fac= e=3DVerdana>New England border protection chief charged=20 with hiring illegal immigrants</FONT></A></B><FONT face=3DVerdana> 05 Dec 20= 08 The=20 regional director of Homeland Security, Customs, and Border Protection was=20 charged today with repeatedly hiring illegal immigrants to clean her Salem h= ome=20 after one cleaner wore a wire during an undercover investigation. Lorraine=20 Henderson is the director of the Port of Boston, overseeing 190 armed federa= l=20 officers who patrol major airports and shipping terminals in Massachusetts,=20 Connecticut, and Rhode Island. </FONT></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.google.com/hostedn= ews/ap/article/ALeqM5iU_P23eyGmxqE8EEa7ba6r86BpIwD94SBQ880" target=3Ddispl= ay><FONT face=3DVerdana>Obama raised $104 million toward election's=20 close</FONT></A></B><FONT face=3DVerdana> 05 Dec 2008 Barack Obama's preside= ntial=20 campaign raised $104 million in the weeks around Election Day, a grand final= e to=20 a successful bid that shattered fundraising records. Overall, Obama raised=20 nearly $750 million during his odyssey to the presidency, and his spending i= n=20 the eight weeks before the election vastly outpaced that of his Republican r= ival=20 John McCain, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission= .=20 [<B>People were terrified of getting McInsane and sociopath Sarah=20 Palin.</B>]</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.mcclatchydc.com/ho= mepage/story/57187.html" target=3Ddisplay><FONT face=3DVerdana>House joins= Senate in voicing skepticism about auto=20 bailout</FONT></A></B><FONT face=3DVerdana> 05 Dec 2008 Detroit's Big Three=20= auto=20 executives pressed their case for $34 billion in federal aid to the House of= =20 Representatives on Friday, but found the same kind of lukewarm, often=20 discouraging reception they'd gotten a day earlier from the Senate. House=20 Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., painted a dire=20 picture of the U.S. economy to illustrate why the carmakers need urgent help= .=20 </FONT></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.bizjournals.com/na= shville/stories/2008/12/01/daily32.html" target=3Ddisplay><FONT face=3DVer= dana>U.S. jobless rate climbs to=20 6.7%</FONT></A></B><FONT face=3DVerdana> 05 Dec 2008 The U.S. economy lost m= ore=20 than half a million jobs last month as the unemployment rate rose to 6.7=20 percent. The Labor Department reported Friday that nonfarm payrolls in Novem= ber=20 fell by 533,000, pushing the unemployment rate to its highest level since 19= 93.=20 </FONT></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.google.com/hostedn= ews/ap/article/ALeqM5ioHc80xKMiATnqCpK0cDKJzk_nPQD94SITC05" target=3Ddispl= ay><FONT face=3DVerdana>Employers cut 533K jobs in Nov., most in 34=20 years</FONT></A></B><FONT face=3DVerdana> 05 Dec 2008 The government says=20 employers axed 533,000 jobs in November, the most in 34 years, and the=20 unemployment rate rose to 6.7 percent. It was dramatic proof the country is=20 careening ever deeper into [Bush's] recession. </FONT></FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><B><A href=3D"http://environmentalresearchw= eb.org/cws/article/research/36953" target=3Ddisplay><FONT face=3DVerdana>M= ore polar bears go hungry in the=20 spring</FONT></A></B><FONT face=3DVerdana> 04 Dec 2008 Climate change is alr= eady=20 starting to bite in the Arctic. Rising temperatures and melting ice shelves=20= are=20 leaving polar bears hungry, a new study shows. Filling up during the spring=20 months is important for polar bears, helping them to survive the leaner summ= er=20 months, when the sea ice has retreated and seals are harder to catch. Howeve= r,=20 new research shows that polar bears are now struggling to find enough food=20 during the spring. </FONT></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> <P align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><FONT size=3D2><STRONG><FONT face=3DVerdana =20= size=3D2>CLG&nbsp;needs your support. <BR></FONT></STRONG><A href=3D"http= ://www.legitgov.org/#contribute"><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2><STRONG>htt= p://www.legitgov.org/#contribute</STRONG></FONT></A><A href=3D""><FONT col= or=3D#000000></FONT></A><A href=3D""></A><BR><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2= >Or, please mail a check or money order to&nbsp;CLG: <BR align=3D"center">= Citizens for Legitimate Government (CLG) <BR align=3D"center">P.O.=20 Box 1142 <BR align=3D"center">Bristol, CT 06011-1142 <BR align=3D"center">= Contributions to CLG are not tax deductible</FONT></P> <P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Previous lead stories:=20 </FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT size=3D2><B><A href=3D"http://www.jpost.= com/servlet/Satellite?cid=3D1227702421218&amp;pagename=3DJPost%2FJPArticle%2= FShowFull" target=3Ddisplay><FONT face=3DVerdana>IDF preparing options for= Iran=20 strike</FONT></A></B><FONT face=3DVerdana> 04 Dec 2008 The IDF is drawing up= =20 options for a strike on Iranian nuclear facilities that do not include=20 coordination with the United States, <I>The Jerusalem Post</I> has learned.=20 While its preference is to coordinate with the US, defense officials have sa= id=20 Israel is preparing a wide range of options for such an operation. 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