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Date: July 8, 2008 7:56:52 PM PDT
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Subject: CNN: Top-secret "crowd control" weapons to be used at 2008
political conventions
Used against WHOM?
Toward what end are they hoping to "control" the participants?
Will the arsenal include a device that puts "voices" in someone's
head compelling him to assassinate the (Democratic) candidate?
CNN: ‘Top secret’ weapons to be
used at political conventions
By David Edwards
http://rawstory.com/rawreplay/?p=1421
CNN’s Ed Lavendera reports that Congress is giving $100 million to
pay security expenses for this summer’s political conventions.
Denver and St. Paul officials have said that the types of weapons
being purchased are “top secret.”
The ACLU is suing both cities to disclose how security money is
being spent.
RAW STORY has more details here:
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/CNN_Top_secret_weapons_to_be_0707.html
This video is from CNN’s American Morning, broadcast July 7, 2008.
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Transcript
ROBERTS: Pepper ball rifles, goo guns, sonic rays. some are wild
rumors but some may not be. some may protect our political
convention this year. Ed Lavandera in Denver where the democrats
will meet and he’s got more.
LAVENDERA: To prepare for this summer’s political conventions,
Congress is giving the host cities, Denver and St. Paul, Minnesota,
$50 million each to pay for security expenses. But what exactly that
money is being spent on is top secret here in denver.
NEWMAN: $25 million buys a lot of very interesting things.
LAVENDERA: Bob Newman is an anti-terrorism consultant, helping
Denver companies prepare for the Democratic convention. He’s anxious
to see what kind of crowd control weaponry authorities will deploy
for the convention.
NEWMAN: There are also crazy rumors going around.
LAVENDERA: City officials and the police department won’t talk about
most of the weapons and equipment they’re buying.
FLEENER: This is your pepper rounds.
LAVENDERA: But confirmed one report several hundred thousands of
high powered pepper ball rifles will be used to disperse crowds.
FLEENER: When that hits, the ball breaks, powder expels. the same
reaction as pepper spray. Except it’s powder.
LAVENERA: Congressional testimony revealed there will be specialized
gas detection equipment and biohazard equipment. Then there are the
science fiction-like weapons that may or may not be part of the
arsenal, like the goo gun.
SECURITY CONSULTANT: It shoots a rubbery gelatin mass when it
strikes the body and comes out in a stream it wraps around limbs and
the torso and the person can’t move.
LAVENERA: It can make a Humvee have spin in place. Then there are
the weapons that would make unruly crowds run for cover like a sonic
ray gun, a device which emits an ear piercing sound and a microwave
device that can be focused on an area and can make you feel like
your skin is on fire. The ACLU has sued the city of Denver to find
out if these weapons are in the arsenal.
SILVERSTEIN: Instead of asking the public, “How come you want to
know?” maybe the question should posed to the government, “Why are
you interested in keeping this secret?”
NEWMAN: Rational people are not concerned. Those concerned are the
ones causing problems.
LAVENDERA: In Minnesota where republicans are holding their
convention, the ACLU says it’s trying to find out how security money
is being spent but law enforcement agencies insist these weapons
should be kept secret so they have the upper hand in keeping the
convention safe.
Posted July 7th, 2008 at 8:13 am By David Edwards
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