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Subject: Bush Granting "Extraordinary Powers" to MILITARY for
Domestic Surveillance?
Deletions in Army Manual Raise Wiretapping Concerns
14 Jan 2007
Deep into an updated Army manual, the deletion of 10 words has left
some
national security experts wondering whether government lawyers are
again
asserting the executive branch's right to wiretap Americans without a
court warrant. The original guidelines, from 1984, said the Army could
seek to wiretap people inside the United States on an emergency
basis by
going to the secret court set up by the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act, known as F.I.S.A., or by obtaining certification
from
the attorney general "issued under the authority of section 102(a) of
the Act." That last phrase is missing from the latest manual, which
says
simply that the Army can seek emergency wiretapping authority pursuant
to an order issued by the F.I.S.A. court "or upon attorney general
authorization." It makes no mention of the attorney general doing so
under F.I.S.A.
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Date: January 15, 2007 12:10:55 AM PST
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Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens for Legitimate Government
14 January 2007
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All links to articles as summarized below are available here:
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Deletions in Army Manual Raise Wiretapping Concerns
14 Jan 2007
Deep into an updated Army manual, the deletion of 10 words has left
some national security experts wondering whether government lawyers
are again asserting the executive branch's right to wiretap
Americans without a court warrant. The original guidelines, from
1984, said the Army could seek to wiretap people inside the United
States on an emergency basis by going to the secret court set up by
the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, known as F.I.S.A., or by
obtaining certification from the attorney general "issued under the
authority of section 102(a) of the Act." That last phrase is
missing from the latest manual, which says simply that the Army can
seek emergency wiretapping authority pursuant to an order issued by
the F.I.S.A. court "or upon attorney general authorization." It
makes no mention of the attorney general doing so under F.I.S.A.
Military Expands Intelligence Role in U.S.-- Plan to incorporate
records into database at the Pentagon's Counterintelligence Field
Activity office
14 Jan 2007
The Pentagon has been using a little-known power to obtain banking
and credit records of hundreds of Americans and others suspected of
terrorism or espionage inside the United States, part of an
aggressive expansion by the military into domestic intelligence
gathering. The C.I.A. has also been issuing what are known as
national security letters to gain access to financial records from
American companies.
Pentagon accessing bank information
13 Jan 2007
The Pentagon and to a lesser extent the CIA have been using a
little-known power to look at the banking and credit records of
hundreds of Americans and others suspected of terrorism or
espionage within the United States, officials said Saturday.
Cheney: Credit checks by Pentagon, CIA aren't illegal
14 Jan 2007
Vice President [sic] Dick Cheney said Sunday the Pentagon and CIA
are not violating people's rights by examining the banking and
credit records of hundreds of Americans and others suspected of
terrorism or espionage in the United States. Rep. Silvestre Reyes,
D-Texas, the new chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said
his panel will be the judge of that.
Views on Detainee Representation Draw Fire -- Pentagon Official's
Suggestion of a Boycott Is Irresponsible, Legal Groups
14 Jan 2007
The Pentagon yesterday disavowed a senior official's remarks
suggesting companies boycott law firms that represent detainees at
the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Charles "Cully"
Stimson, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee
affairs, said in a radio interview last week that companies might
want to consider taking their business to firms that do not
represent suspected terrorists. Legal experts and advocacy groups
viewed Stimson's remarks as an attempt to intimidate law firms that
provide legal help to all people, even unpopular defendants.
ACLU Condemns Administration Attack on Guantánamo Lawyers (ACLU
Press Release)
12 Jan 2007
In a radio interview yesterday, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Detainee Affairs, Cully Stimson, said he found it
"shocking" that major American law firms would agree to represent
Guantánamo detainees, and predicted that those firms would suffer
financially once that representation became know to the firm's
corporate clients. To speed that process along, he then read on the
air a list of prominent law firms that have been involved in the
Guantánamo litigation.
"We try not to micromanage the Defense Department, but I tell you,
they need micromanagement. They're out of control." --John P.
Murtha Democrats may push to shutter war prisons --Party leaders
say they'll cut funding 13 Jan 2007 House Democratic leaders
yesterday outlined plans to try to force the Bush regime to close
the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and the Guantanamo Bay detention
facility in Cuba, taking aim at two sites that have sparked an
international furor over the Bush regime's war policy.
Iran Calls for Immediate Release of Diplomats 14 Jan 2007 Iran on
Sunday called on the US troops to release the five Iranian
diplomats who have been kidnapped during an earlier raid by the US
forces on the Islamic Republic's consulate general in the northern
Iraqi city of Erbil.
US threatens Iran over Iraq 14 Jan 2007 The White House said today
that Iranians are aiding the insurgency in Iraq and that the US has
the authority to pursue them because they "put our people at risk."
"We are going to need to deal with what Iran is doing inside Iraq,"
national security adviser Stephen Hadley said.
Tensions rise as Washington accuses Iran over militias 14 Jan 2007
Tensions between the US and Iran were set to escalate last night
after it was revealed that President [sic] George Bush had signed
an executive order several months ago, authorising American troops
to undertake wide-ranging military action against Iranian
operatives active inside Iraq. That discreetly issued directive was
the basis for at least two raids against Iranian targets last week
- including one in the Kurdish city of Irbil.
Rice: U.S. aims to curb Iran aggression 13 Jan 2007 U.S. raids that
President Bush approved against Iranian targets in Iraq are part of
broad efforts to confront Tehran's aggression, Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice said Saturday. [Will someone - anyone - please
curb U.S. aggression?]
Arrested Iranians tied to group arming Iraqis--U.S. 14 Jan 2007
Five Iranians arrested by U.S. forces in northern Iraq are
connected to an Iranian Revolutionary Guard group that provides
weapons to Iraqi 'insurgents,' the U.S. military said on Sunday.
Where can I donate? Iran and Venezuela plan anti-U.S. fund 13 Jan
2007 Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — fiery
anti-American leaders whose moves to extend their influence have
alarmed Washington — said Saturday they would help finance
investment projects in other countries seeking to thwart U.S.
domination.
Ratcheting up the Nuclear Ante By Praful Bidwai 11 Jan 2007 The
stunning story by the London ‘Sunday Times' alleging that Israel
has drawn up plans to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities with
nuclear weapons has focused attention on the growing global nuclear
danger and on the worsening situation in the Middle East... Is the
Israeli plan credible, akin to its 1981 attack which destroyed an
Iraqi nuclear reactor? Does it have the tacit backing of the United
States, and at least represent a common approach shared by Tel Aviv
and neocons in the United States?
Shock and oil: Iraq's billions & the White House connection 14 Jan
2007 The American company appointed to advise the US government on
the economic reconstruction of Iraq has paid hundreds of thousands
of dollars into Republican Party coffers and has admitted that its
own finances are in chaos because of accounting errors and bad
management. According to the Center for Responsive Politics,
BearingPoint employees gave $117,000 (£60,000) to the 2000 and 2004
Bush election campaigns, more than any other Iraq contractor.
Iraq will not nationalize oil: White House [There was as much
chance of *that* as a cat with a long tail in a room filled with
rocking chairs.] 12 Jan 2007 Iraq's pending law on oil-revenue
sharing will not nationalize the country's petroleum industry, the
White House said. [See: Future of Iraq: The spoils of war --How the
West will make a killing on Iraqi oil riches 07 Jan 2007]
War costs are hitting historic proportions --The price tag for the
Iraq conflict and overall effort against terrorism is expected to
surpass Vietnam's next year. 14 Jan 2007 By the time the Vietnam
war ended in 1975... it cost the U.S. more than $660 billion in
today's dollars. If U.S. involvement continues on the current
scale, the funding for the Iraq war — combined with the conflict in
Afghanistan and other foreign fronts in the war on [of] terrorism —
is projected to surpass this country's Vietnam spending next year.
Gates: troops should stay even if Iraq 'plan' fails --US Defense
Secretary rejects Democrats' call to withdraw from Iraq in four to
six months time. 13 Jan 2007 The United States should not withdraw
troops from Iraq even if its 'plan' to send in 20,000 extra forces
to stabilize the country fails, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates
said Friday.
Opposition to Iraq 'Plan' Leaves Bush Isolated --Even Some in GOP
Keeping Distance 14 Jan 2007 The bipartisan opposition to Dictator
Bush's troop-increase 'plan' has proved more intense than his
advisers hoped and has left them scrambling to find support, but
the White House is banking on the assumption that it can execute
its "new way forward" in Iraq before Congress can derail it.
Surge: US troops prepare for George Bush's last stand --But with
allies they don't trust and enemies who confuse them, commanders
know it will be bloody. 14 Jan 2007 The narrow ambush alleys of
Kadhamiyah, the tenements providing sniper cover at Diyala Bridge,
the dusty, sprawling killing grounds of Sadr City. These are the
strongholds of the Shia militias that the Americans will have to
take in the battle for Baghdad.
On Iraq, U.S. Turns to Onetime Dissenters --Desperate to combat
'sectarian' violence and avoid all-out civil war [Uh, I think that
horse has already left the barn], the White House is embracing the
same strategies -- and people -- it once cast aside. 14 Jan 2007
Sorry at last: minister apologises to widow of soldier killed by
lack of body armour 14 Jan 2007 Two British servicemen were killed
yesterday. A Marine died in Kajaki, northern Helmand, Afghanistan
and a soldier was killed in Basra, southern Iraq. The news made 13
January the bloodiest day for British servicemen overseas for two
months. It came as Samantha Roberts, the widow of tank commander
Steve Roberts, who died because of a shortage of body armour,
finally received an official apology.
NGOs to sue US over WMD claims 14 Jan 2007 Some 30 non-governmental
organisations in Niger said overnight they are going to sue the
United States for nearly two billion dollars for "unfairly
accusing" Niger of selling uranium to the late Iraqi leader, Saddam
Hussein.
Spy case puts Vice-President in the stand 15 Jan 2007 A politically
charged courtroom drama centred on the Iraq war, a blonde-bombshell
spy and a vice-president [sic] in the witness box will be on show
this week when Dick Cheney's former chief of staff goes on trial
for his alleged role in the CIA leak scandal.
Residents rally against Iraq war 13 Jan 2007 (Lake Worth, FL)
Protesters carried posters outside City Hall on Friday, calling for
an end to the war in Iraq and objecting to the President [sic]
Bush's call for more troops to shore up the war effort there.
Scientists prepare to move Doomsday Clock forward 12 Jan 2007 The
keepers of the "Doomsday Clock" plan to move its hands forward next
Wednesday to reflect what they call worsening nuclear and climate
threats to the world. The symbolic clock, maintained by the
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, currently is set at seven minutes to
midnight, with midnight marking global catastrophe.
Another Bush coup d'etat: Martial law imposed in Somalia --Law bans
unauthorized demonstrations, allows president more powers, gives
backing to presence of Ethiopian troops. 13 Jan 2007 Somalia's
parliament gave interim President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed backing
Saturday to impose martial law after the government's Islamist
enemies were forced from their last remaining hideout.
Somalia declares state of emergency 13 Jan 2007 Somalia's
Parliament has declared a three-month state of emergency amid fears
of a return of clan [US] violence after weeks of war ousted Islamists.
'US pumping millions into the fight against terrorism' 14 Jan 2007
The US is pumping millions of dollars into Bahrain as part of its
global campaign against [for] terrorism. The Bush regime has
requested authorisation for a further $17.3 million (BD6.52m) for
military and counter-terrorism assistance to Bahrain for this year,
says a report by an international watchdog.
Anti-terror police give parking fines 14 Jan 2007 Anti-Terrorist
police are giving out parking tickets at Melbourne Airport as part
of their routine to track down terror threats. The 25 elite agents
have been patrolling airport car parks for two months.
FBI Teaches Screenwriters a Thing or Two By Jennifer DeFilippo 12
Jan 2007 The FBI held the first in a series of workshops for
Hollywood screenwriters to help them create a realistic portrayal
of the FBI -- as per the FBI's recent request. [...] They focused
on the Islamic radicalism that has had the strict attention of FBI
and the Department of Homeland Security since September 11, 2001...
The FBI then discussed what they do; profiling terrorist
organizations, dissecting the hundreds of daily terrorist threats,
and what areas in Los Angeles are constant targets for terrorist
activity.
Transmitting Canadian coins found 09 Jan 2007 They say money talks,
and a new report suggests Canadian currency is indeed chatting, at
least electronically, on behalf of shadowy spies. Canadian coins
containing tiny transmitters have mysteriously turned up in the
pockets of at least three American contractors who visited Canada,
says a branch of the U.S. Defense Department.
Judge orders ICE to provide specifics on Swift detainees 13 Jan
2007 A federal judge ordered immigration officials Friday to
provide the names and whereabouts of at least 260 immigrant workers
arrested during a raid at Greeley's Swift & Co. meat-packing plant.
Big Box Retailers Fight Cargo Screening; White House Opposes Bill
12 Jan 2007 Rhonda Schwartz Reports: Washington DC lobbying groups
representing Wal-Mart and other big retail chains, blanketed
capital hill with letters this week in a futile last ditch attempt
to stop passage of a House bill calling for 100% screening of air
and sea cargo which they said would "impose costly mandates on
American business."
Democrats Aim to Cut Student Loan Fees 12 Jan 2007 Following up on
an election-year promise, House Democrats said Friday they plan
quick action to lower interest rates for student loans. Their
proposal, scheduled for a vote next week, would cut interest rates
on some student loans in half.
House GOP Shows Its Fractiousness In the Minority 14 Jan 2007 House
Republican leaders, who confidently predicted they would drive a
wedge through the new Democratic majority, have found their own
party splintering, with Republican lawmakers siding with Democrats
in droves on the House's opening legislative blitz.
Rocky Anderson calls for Bush impeachment 11 Jan 2007 Salt Lake
Mayor Rocky Anderson is saying he now supports the impeachment of
both the President [sic] and Vice-President [sic]. The mayor is
reacting strongly to the President's Iraq speech Wednesday night.
Texas Congressman Seeks Presidency 11 Jan 2007 Rep. Ron Paul, the
iconoclastic, nine-term lawmaker from southeast Texas, took the
first step Thursday toward a second, quixotic presidential bid _
this time as a Republican. Paul filed papers in Texas to create a
presidential exploratory committee that will allow him to raise money.
Warmest December in Italy on record: Meteorologists 13 Jan 2007
Italy recorded its warmest December last month since records began
in 1860, with an average temperature of 6.9 Celsius (44.4
Fahrenheit), Italian media said, quoting meteorologists at the
University of Modena.
Grumbling volcano has island on alert 14 Jan 2007 The earth shook
on Comoros as its volcano, Mount Karthala, began emitting fumes,
residents and officials have said as the Indian Ocean archipelago's
largest island was put on red alert for a possible evacuation.
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