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Subject: "National Emergency" Alert "Accidentally" Broadcast
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Obama Statement on Vice President Cheney
CHICAGO, IL | June 25, 2007
http://www.barackobama.com/2007/06/25/
obama_statement_on_vice_presid.php
Chicago, IL-Senator Obama today released the following statement on
Vice President Cheney's attempts to prevent public scrutiny of his
office.
"Throughout this administration, Vice President Cheney has
consistently sought to operate in secrecy and thwart rules designed
to ensure the public's right to know how their business is being
done. I believe strongly that democracy works best when it does
its work in the daylight. In an Obama Administration, we will
launch the most sweeping ethics reform in history so that we can
restore an open, honest government that finally makes real progress
on the challenges facing the American people."
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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/06/25/senators-debate-
cheney-flap-over-securing-information/
"The vice president is saying he's above the law," said Sen. Ron
Wyden, D-Ore.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., called Cheney's move "the height
of arrogance." She said it might not be a bad idea — as some other
Democrats have suggested — that money for Cheney's office be held
up until he decides whether or not he's in the executive branch
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Illinois Frightened by "Accidental" EAS Trigger
"This is an Emergency Action Notification requested by the White
House.
All broadcast stations will follow activation procedures in the EAS
Operating Handbook for a national level emergency.
The President of the United States or his representative will
shortly deliver a message over the Emergency Alert System."
June 26, 2007
http://fearthegovernment.com/fear.asp
Several hundred stations in Illinois were affected by an EAS
mistake the morning of June 26th.
The Illinois Emergency Management Agency was testing new EAS
equipment. What was meant to be a closed-circuit test of a 10-
minute presidential alert message from FEMA was somehow actually
broadcast live to some 500 stations.
Starting at 7:30 that morning and on through to about 8 a.m.,
depending on when the stations got the message, the EAS programming
was broadcast for 10 minutes. All listeners in the Chicago area,
for example, heard the alert tones and then WGN’s regular
programming (with no explanation).
In other parts of the state, listeners heard dead air after the
alert tones sounded. A monthly test usually lasts only two minutes
-- this was a 10-minute presidential alert.
Chicago, Rockford, Quincy, and Springfield were among the alerted
areas.
FEMA has not commented or answered any questions about the alert
messages.
Broadcasters statewide report glitches with emergency system
By Paul Meincke
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=5423144
June 26, 2007 - If you were watching TV around 7:35 Tuesday
morning, you saw an emergency alert crawl across your screen. It
was a mistake caused by a malfunction of the Emergency Alert
System. There was no actual alert.
The Emergency Alert System is set up so that government can get
emergency information to the public through TV and radio. We see it
most frequently in alerts from the National Weather Service. What
happened Tuesday is a faux pas that has broadcasters in a tizzy and
the state's emergency experts asking, "What was THAT all about?"
About 7:35 a.m. Good Morning America was about to do some weather
when the tones came. And then a message on red background saying,
"The emergency action notification network has issued an emergency
action notification for the United States." And the message is
time specific. But what's it for. What does it mean? What is this for?
Mark Sakalares heard it on morning radio and thought it must be a
test.
"And then after that, the second time, I'm thinking somebody goofed
up, and the third time, oh, somebody's in big trouble," said
Sakalares.
After some dead air, WGN radio morning host Spike O'Dell is
suddenly being heard on just about every radio and TV station in
Chicago, and he's not sure of what's happening.
"We're trying to figure out what all the beeping's all about, we'll
figure it out and let you all know," O'Dell said on-air.
When the state's emergency alert system is activated WGN-AM is the
station designated to simulcast the message. Tuesday's was an
emergency action notification. An EAN means we are about to hear
from number one.
"And it's normally reserved for the President of the United States,
who is the only one who is supposed to be activating this," said
Kal Hassan, VP engineering for ABC7.
The president was not part of any message Tuesday, because the
alert was indeed a test. Except no one in Chicago's 9-1-1 center
or the state's emergency OPS center in Springfield knew anything
about it.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is adapting satellites to
handle emergency messages, and a government contractor Tuesday was
testing it for Illinois, except he used active codes to send the
message.
"So I'm still waiting for answers as to why a real code was used to
test the system," said Andrew Velasquez, Illinois emergency
management director.
If you're in charge of managing emergencies in Illinois -- as
Andrew Velasquez is -- imagine what you'd think if you heard the
emergency notification on the radio and you didn't know anything
about, nor did any of the people who work with you, at least
immediately.
A false alarm like Tuesday's morning's may not harm anyone, but
Velasquez suggests it can cause fear and, perhaps worse, complacency.
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On February 1, 2005 someone inadvertently activated an EAS message
over radio and television stations in CONNECTICUT telling residents
to evacuate the state immediately.
Officials at the Office of Emergency Management announced that the
activation and broadcast of the Emergency Alert System was in error
due to possibly the wrong button being pressed.
http://www.westportnow.com/archives/010671.htm
U.S. President George W. Bush, accompanied by Senator Christopher
Dodd (D-CT) (R) and Senator Trent Lott (R-MS), walks through the
Crypt of the U.S. Capitol Building on his way to take the oath of
office to begin a second term, in Washington January 20, 2005.
President Bush was sworn in for a second term on Thursday and
pledged to work to heal a country divided by the Iraq war.
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http://www2.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/MI60900/
"Democrat Christopher Dodd pledged that as president he would end a
decades-old trade embargo with Cuba and lift travel restrictions to
the Communist island. The Connecticut senator also said he would
open an embassy in Havana.
"Other than the war in Iraq, no other American policy is more
broadly unpopular internationally," Dodd said of American policy
toward Cuba
Words and Deeds in Venezuela
CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, U.S. Senator (D-Conn.)
Washington Post, January 29, 2005; Page A24
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45976-2005Jan28.html
The Post aptly pointed out in a Jan. 14 editorial that in Venezuela
under President Hugo Chavez, democratic institutions have been
under stress. But the editorial wrongly concluded that I or my
colleagues regard these developments with nonchalance.
In fact, my colleagues Sens. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and Lincoln D.
Chafee (R-R.I.) and I traveled to Venezuela during the second week
of January to assess Venezuela's democracy and the likelihood of a
disruption in our relationship with the fourth-largest oil supplier
to the United States.
There is no question in my mind that many of Mr. Chavez's actions
have been provocative. But the reality is that he was
democratically elected -- a fact The Post seems to ignore.
Mr. Chavez's rule highlights a broader U.S. foreign policy
challenge: how to respond to democratically elected leaders whose
actions challenge established democratic institutions. I believe
that the institutions of democracy must be nurtured and encouraged,
regardless of who is in office. They should not be relegated to the
shadows simply because we don't share the political views of an
elected leader of the moment. That means we must keep the door open
to dialogue.
In the case of Mr. Chavez, dialogue may serve as a restraint on his
most controversial policies. We know that isolating him has not.
Mr. Chavez had encouraging words to say to us about wanting to
reengage with the United States. We welcomed those words but told
him that the course of our relationship will be decided by whether
he lives up to the principles of democracy.
But building a better relationship is a two-way street. To that
end, we have urged the administration to reconsider its failed
approach toward Venezuela.
There is no denying that a healthy U.S.-Venezuela relationship is
in our interests. Such a relationship is more likely if we keep
lines of communication open while making clear our differences with
aspects of Chavez rule. Our visit to Venezuela was an effort to do
that. I hope the Bush administration will follow suit to test
whether words can be translated into deeds on both sides.
CHRISTOPHER J. DODD
U.S. Senator (D-Conn.)
Washington
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