------ Forwarded Message > From: "dasg...@aol.com" <dasg...@aol.com> > Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:12:52 EST > To: Robert Millegan <ramille...@aol.com> > Cc: <ema...@aol.com>, <jim6...@cwnet.com>, <tednew...@hotmail.com>, > <garyn2...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Watergate II? [Is That Karl Rove I Hear Asking, "Can You Hear Me > Now?"] >
> Senate Health Bill's Progress Hinges on Two Southern Dems > > November 20, 2009 > > http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/20/sen-nelson-says-vote-start-health-r > eform-debate/ > <http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/20/sen-nelson-says-vote-start-health- > reform-debate/> > > Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana emerged several days ago as [one of the > two] last public holdouts among 58 Democrats and two independents whose votes > Majority Leader Harry Reid and the White House must have to overcome the > Republicans' attempt to strangle the bill before serious debate can begin. > ... Acording to the Congressional Budget Office, [the federal government] > will send an additional $100 million to Louisiana to help it cover costs for > Medicaid, the federal-state health care program for the poor. ... Should > Landrieu decide to side with Republicans this weekend, she would also be > voting to deny her state those funds. > Accused Louisiana Co-Conspirator Helped Run Academic Program Funded by U.S. > Intelligence > Mark Hosenball > http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/archive/2010/01/27/accused-louisia > na-co-conspirator-helped-run-academic-program-funded-by-u-s-intelligence.aspx > Posted Wednesday, January 27, 2010 6:21 PM > One of four men arrested on Tuesday for attempting to interfere with the > telephones at the New Orleans office of Sen. Mary Landrieu previously worked > for a U.S. intelligence-funded program to train would-be American spies, > Declassified has learned. >> >>> >>> >>> http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/01/acorn_gotcha_man_arrested_for >>> .html >>> <http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/01/acorn_gotcha_man_arrested_fo >>> r.html> >>> >>> >>> An official close to the investigation said one of the four was arrested >>> with a listening device in a car blocks from the senator's offices. He >>> spoke on condition of anonymity because that information was not included >>> in official arresting documents ... > > Between August 2007 and October 2008, Stanley Dai served as assistant director > of a program called the Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence > at Trinity Washington University, a small Catholic college in Washington D.C., > according to a school official. The official, university vice president Ann > Pauley, said that the program was completely funded by the Office of the > Director of National Intelligence. She said the purpose of the program was to > expose both undergraduates and graduate students at the university to the work > of the intelligence community and to prepare them for possible careers in > intelligence. As a result of the program, Pauley said, the university > established a master's degree program in intelligence and security studies. > She added that the government grant funding the program ended in 2008. > > Online postings indicate that in April 2008 the program held a "colloquium" > <http://www.trinitydc.edu/programs/intel_center/colloquium_2008.html> on > "intelligence support for the War on Terrorism" at which at least three > serving intelligence officials spoke: Ted Gistaro, the top terrorism analyst > on the National Intelligence Council; an official named Joe Brittain of the > National Counterterrorism Center; and an unnamed representative from WINPAC, a > CIA office responsible for collecting and analyzing intelligence related to > weapons of mass destruction. > > The daylong event ended with a reception featuring recruiters from various > U.S. agencies, including NSA, CIA, and the Defense Intelligence Agency. > > Dai's e-mail is listed on the program as a contact point for the symposium. > <http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v8/3931/3/0/*/l;218198068;0-0;0;42167195;43 > 07-300/250;33946445/33964323/1;;~sscs=?http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/1396 > 6-88529-8418-1?mpt=3036014> > > Pauley said that she did not know what qualifications Dai had when he was > hired to be the program's assistant director, and she said that he left > Trinity when the DNI grant that financed it ended. She said the program was > entirely funded by money from the intelligence czar's office. > > Other online postings, some of which are linked here > <http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2010/01/is-this-the-same-stan-dai-. > html> indicate that Dai was a speaker at a "CIA day" last summer that was > arranged by Georgetown University's "Junior Statesmen Summer School". This > program included a field trip to the CIA, although current indications are > that Dai had no relationship whatsoever with the agency and never visited its > building. > > A spokesman for Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair** said that Dai > never worked for the DNI's office and never had any security clearance from > that office. The spokesman said the intelligence czar's office routinely > supplied speakers to various university and school groups. The spokesman added > that there was no indication Dai ever visited the intelligence czar's > headquarters, which are located in a Northern Virginia office complex. >> >> >> **http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_C._Blair >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_C._Blair> >> >> >> **http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_on_National_Security_Reform >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_on_National_Security_Reform> > > Dai and three other men were arrested by the FBI on Tuesday > <http://www.newsweek.com/frameset.aspx/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.msnbc.msn.com%2Fi > d%2F35083861%2Fns%2Fpolitics-more_politics%2F> on charges that they > fraudulently attempted to enter the New Orleans office of Democratic Senator > Landrieu "for the purpose of willfully and maliciously interfering with a > telephone system operated and controlled by the United States of America." The > four men were reportedly released on bail. > > One of the four, James O'Keefe, became a hero to conservative-movement > activists last year after he conducted a series of home video "stings" in > which he and a female associate posed as pimp and prostitute at several > offices of the left-wing community-organizing group ACORN. > > A lawyer for one of the men said outside the courthouse > <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35083861/ns/politics-more_politics> that his > clients may have the product of "poor judgment" and that he didn't intend to > commit a crime; lawyers for other defendants could not immediately be reached > for comment. > > http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/26/acorn-antagonist-arrested-senate-ph > one-scheme/ <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35099552> > > If convicted, each suspect faces up to 10 years in prison, a fine of up > $250,000 and three years of supervised release following any prison term, > according the Justice Department. > > > Vitter Will Hold Up Acting U.S. Attorney Flanagan¹s Replacement > By Andrew Ramonas <http://www.mainjustice.com/author/andrew-ramonas/> | > January 27, 2010 > > http://www.mainjustice.com/2010/01/27/vitter-will-hold-up-acting-u-s-attorney- > flanagans-replacement/ > > Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) will delay Senate action on the [Democratic] nominee > who would replace the acting U.S. Attorney whose son allegedly tried to > interfere > <http://www.mainjustice.com/2010/01/26/acting-u-s-attorneys-son-tried-to-bug-s > enators-office/> with phones at Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu¹s New Orleans > office, The Associated Press reported > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/27/AR20100127031 > 99.html> today. > > Vitter¹s office said Wednesday that he will block Senate action on Stephanie > Finley and President Obama¹s other nominees for federal justice system posts > in Louisiana ... > > Finley was nominated > <http://www.mainjustice.com/2010/01/20/obama-makes-five-u-s-attorney-nominatio > ns/> last week to be U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana to > replace acting U.S. Attorney William Flanagan <, a "Karl Rove appointee">. > > Robert Flanagan, the prosecutor¹s son, along with conservative activists James > O¹Keefe, Joseph Basel and Stan Dai were charged this week with entering > federal property under false pretenses for the purposes of committing a > felony. They told a staffer at Landrieu¹s office that they were with the > telephone company to repair the phone system, according to an FBI affidavit > <http://www.mainjustice.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/joseph-basel-et-al.pdf> > . > > Dai helped plan the operation, according to the FBI. > > > Hackers attack dot-gov websites, > with political attack on Obama ... > Cyber-terrorism attack on 49 House websites last night > <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/32145.html> : > > http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/32145.html > <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/32145.html> >> >> >> "Congressional investigators are exploring how hackers managed to infiltrate >> 49 House web sites overnight, zeroing in on the technology vendor that >> manages some House Web sites. >> >> >> >> >> Only hours after the State of the Union, hackers replaced the usual pages >> that congressmen and committees use with a profane attack on President Barack >> Obama. As of Thursday afternoon, many of the affected sites still appear to >> be down. >> >> >> >> >> Each of the pages is managed by GovTrends, an Alexandria-based provider of >> web services. House servers host sites for members of Congress, but all >> members are free to use outside vendors to manage and upgrade their pages. >> This practice appears to have allowed third parties access to the Web sites >> outside of congressional firewalls. >> >> >> The website for Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform >> Committee was hit, as were the home pages of < 6 Republican and 13 Democratic >> > Reps. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), >> David Roe (R-Tenn.), Charlie Wilson (D-Ohio), John Tierney (D-Mass.), >> Charles Gonzales (D-Texas), Brian Baird (D-Wash.), John Barrow (D-Ga.), Mark >> Kirk (R-Ill.), John Boccieri (D-Ohio), John Olver (D-Mass.), Bobby Bright >> (D-Ohio), Mike Coffman (R-Colo.), Travis Childers (D-Miss.), Andre Carson >> (D-Ind.), John Campbell (R-Calif.), Suzanne Kosmas (D-Fla.), Zoe Lofgren >> (D-Calif.) and other members. >> >> >> Representatives of several of these offices did not immediately return calls >> seeking comment. >> >> >> >> >> The apparent attacks, first reported by Hotline's Erin McPike, come days >> after four men were arrested for attempting to tamper with the phone lines >> in Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu's New Orleans office. But investigators say >> the two events are not linked. >> >> >> In October, a highly sensitive House ethics committee document became public >> after a staffer inadvertently made it accessible on a file sharing network. > ------ End of Forwarded Message
