[CTRL] Neoconservatism: a CIA Front
-Caveat Lector- Neoconservatism: a CIA Front by Gregory Pavlik Not long after the Central Intelligence Agency was founded in 1947, the American public and the world were subjected to an unprecedented level of propaganda in the service of U.S. foreign policy objectives in the Cold War. The propaganda offensive of the government centered around its obsession with securing the emerging U.S.-dominated world order in the wake of the Second World War. It was a time when Europe lay in ruins and when subservience to U.S. planners, in government and business, was the order of the day. Although it is now widely conceded that there was never any serious threat of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe, let alone of the United States, the menace of the Soviet Union was the pretext underlying discussion of foreign policy. To pay for the Cold War, Harry Truman set out, as Arthur Vandenberg advised, to "Scare the Hell out of the American people." A daunting task, considering the years of pro-Soviet accolades that had previously flowing from the executive branch. Nonetheless, the Soviet threat served as a useful chimera to keep the masses in line. What were the targets singled out for demonization in the Cold War propaganda campaign? One of the chief aims of the government was to discredit dangerously parochial attitudes about the desirability of peace. It was also thought necessary to inoculate the public, particularly in Europe, against the virus of "neutralism." Further, since the American government had successfully entrenched the military industrial complex as a permanent feature of American life, U.S. planners were eager to discredit the idea of "disarmament," which meant not only a rejection of the techniques of mass murder developed and perfected by the Allied powers in the Second World War, but also a return to the pre-war days when the union of government and business was more tenuous, government-connected profits were fleeting, and market discipline provided a check on consolidation. The degree to which the press participated as a partner in the rhetoric of the Cold War was no accident. Media penetration was a major facet of CIA activities in both the foreign and domestic context. At its peak, the CIA allocated 29 percent of its budget to "media and propaganda." The extent of its efforts are difficult to measure, but some information has slipped through the shroud of secrecy. One report notes that the media organizations funded by the CIA in Europe included: the West German News agency DENA (later the DPA), the writers association PEN in Paris, a number of French newspapers, the International Forum of Journalists, and Forum World Features. The London-based Forum World Features provided stories to "140 newspapers around the world, including about 30 in the United States, amongst which were the Washington Post and four other major dailies." The U.S. Senates Church committee reported that the Post was aware that the service was "CIA-controlled." German media tycoon Axel Springer had received the then-substantial sum of more than $7 million from the Agency to build his press empire. His relationship with the CIA was reported to have extended through the 1970s. The New York Times reported that the CIA owned or subsidized more than 50 newspapers, news services, radio stations, and periodicals. The paper reported that at least another dozen were infiltrated by the CIA; more than 1,000 books either written directly or subsidized by the Agency were published during this period. The penetration of CIA propaganda into the American press was far more extensive than an occasional distorted report from Europe. By the early 70s, it had been revealed that the head of the Hearst bureau in London was a CIA agent. Some suspicion was aroused among those editors not on the Company payroll, and inquiring minds among them wanted to know if CIA men were currently in their employ. Soon thereafter the Washington Star-News published a report claiming that some three dozen journalists were on the payroll of the Agency. One agent was identified in the story as a member of the Star-News own staff. When the paper went belly up in 1981, the "journalist" in question went directly to work for the Reagan administration. Later, Jeremiah OLeary joined the staff of the Washington Times. Though pressured, the CIA refused for some time to release information on its tentacles in the "free press." Theres little wonder why. When George Bush assumed the role of CIA director, he agreed to a single paragraph summary of each of its journalists for the Church committee. When it submitted the last of its data, the CIA had provided information on more than 400 journalists. The final Church report was a disappointment having been audited by the CIA. A subsequent House investigation was suppressed, though a leak it was published in the Village Voice. The House report indicated that Reuters news service was frequently used for CIA disinformation, and
[CTRL] KR: Advance information on Cole's Yemen stop under scrutiny
-Caveat Lector- Wednesday, November 1, 2000 Advance information on Cole's Yemen stop under scrutiny By Sudarsan Raghavan and Jonathan S. Landay Knight Ridder Newspapers via The Stars and Stripes ADEN, Yemen Three days before suicide bombers attacked the USS Cole, American authorities told Aden harbor officials precisely when the ship would arrive and leave the port, where it would berth and what services it needed information that could have helped the suicide bombers plan their strike. Advance notification of U.S. Navy port calls is standard practice, but it also permitted a large number of people in the harbor to know about the Coles arrival well in advance. According to documents filed with Yemeni port officials, the U.S. Embassy in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa sent a fax at 10:24 a.m. Oct. 9 that said the USS Cole would arrive in Aden at 8 a.m. Oct. 12, would be "refueling at bunker seven at the inner harbor" and would require several services. On Oct. 10, Gulf Aden Shipping Co. a port contracting company hired by the U.S. Navy to assist the Cole and which has since come under scrutiny sent a letter to Yemeni port officials saying the Cole would refuel for "around five to six hours" and depart the same day. The letter also said another Navy destroyer, the USS Donald Cook, would arrive at 9 p.m. Oct.14. Copies of the letter were sent to the Yemeni Navy, port security and the private firm that owns the bunkers and port terminals. Such prior notice of the arrival of a billion-dollar American military ship raises questions about the Coles security before the attack. Interviews with port workers, Yemeni Navy officers and eyewitnesses suggest the ship was vulnerable from the moment it entered Aden harbor a situation U.S. Navy officials say is hard to avoid. "We cant just show up in a foreign port," said Lt. Bill Speaks, a Navy spokesman. "We have to have diplomatic clearance." Since the Coles bombing, Americans have been warned to defer travel to such places as Israel and even Indonesia, and to exercise caution throughout the Middle East. Tuesday, the Pentagon announced that about 10,000 U.S. military personnel in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia were placed on the highest level of alert due to "credible" threats of terrorist attacks. U.S. forces in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are involved in enforcing a "no-fly" zone over southern Iraq and in a joint exercise with Kuwaiti troops. About 1,050 American troops in the Persian Gulf countries of Bahrain and Qatar were placed on highest alert last week in response to terrorist threats. U.S. officials said the Cole attack required months of planning, and its unclear whether the three days advance knowledge helped the bombers ram their small, explosives-laden boat into the ship, killing 17 sailors and wounding 39. But American officials said there were other ways people might have learned about the Coles arrival. They could have observed previous visits by U.S. ships in the port or gotten information from companies known as husbanding agents, which provide fuel, food and garbage removal services to visiting ships. Two men believed to have been connected to the Coles bombing rented an apartment with a clear view of the harbor, and could easily have seen the ship approach. "You could deduce that these people might not have needed any notice" of the Coles arrival, said Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon. "They could see the ship come into port." Bacon said an independent commission investigating the Coles bombing will be looking for ways to improve security. The commission, headed by retired Army Gen. William Crouch and former Navy Adm. Harold Gehman, has wrapped up a four-day visit to Aden and is scheduled to brief Defense Secretary William Cohen on Thursday. It is expected to look into whether the procedures for contracting husbanding agents should be changed. A U.S. Embassy official in Sanaa said not all American ships require significant notice before docking at a foreign port. "We normally send out a notice letting the ship handlers and the Yemeni port authority know when a ship is coming," said Maj. James Finn, a U.S. military attache in Yemen. "But that depends on what (the ships) requirements are. Some do not require any support. Its ship-dependent. There is no standard operating procedure." Yemeni port officials said notice is routine on every ship arriving at the harbor. There are no special precautions for military vessels. "This is the normal procedure for all ships," said Capt. Ali Ahmed Ali, Aden ports harbor master. "We need to secure the berth well ahead of the ships arrival." The investigation into the Coles bombing is focusing on Islamic militants, particularly an Egyptian extremist group allied with fugitive Saudi financier Osama bin Laden, although American officials have said they have no hard evidence that bin Laden directed the attack. Before the attack, the Cole was operating under
[CTRL] 'PRESIDENT ELECT' TO ANSWER AIDS BIOENGINEERING LAWSUIT
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! October 31, 2000 'PRESIDENT ELECT' TO ANSWER AIDS BIOENGINEERING LAWSUIT (Cleveland, OH) It's Halloween 2000. In less than seven days Americans choose which presidential candidate will answer lead plaintiff for world wide AIDS apology lawsuit charging the United States government for its participation in the "creation", "production", and "proliferation" of an ethnic "super germ" known as AIDS. The case, originally filed by Boyd Ed Graves J.D. September 1998, concludes the AIDS pandemic is the result of a secret federal virus development program called the "Special" Virus. Naval Academy graduate Graves' eight years of research into the origin of the AIDS resulted in the rediscovery of the research logic flow chart of the program. The top secret program began officially as early as 1961 to aggressively hunt for a contagious cancer that selectively kills. The flowchart and fifteen progress reports of the program prove conclusively a laboratory wellspring for the genesis of AIDS. The secret virus program was initiated in conjunction with U.S. and international policy decisions as best evidenced by Public Law 91-213 signed by President Richard M. Nixon on March 16, 1970. The progress reports continue to provide medical breakthroughs consistent with our efforts to deactivate AIDS. The discovery of the research logic flowchart coordinates over 20,000 of the program's scientific papers, and led Graves to file his historic lawsuit against Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen September 1998 for the laboratory birth of AIDS in Cleveland, OH. After one full year of silence from the federal court, Judge Leslie Brook Wells threw the case out of court, citing the origin of AIDS as "frivolous." While major African newspapers devoted four page feature stories to the issue, the major American media remains completely silent. Since March 3, 2000 the class has been waiting for a decision from the sixth circuit court of appeals in Cincinnati. The court has failed to explain the eight-month delay in determining if the issue of AIDS bioengineering is "frivolous." "Every day a decision is delayed furthers the global AIDS holocaust." said Graves. " The class and the people of the United States require better from the sixth circuit." With Graves' appeal the people's case took on greater historical significance as the office of The President of the United States was named as the lead defendant on March 3, 2000. Graves flew to Washington D.C hand delivering over 3000 signature petitions to members of Congress and each of the 2000 presidential candidates demanding bipartisan review of the evidence. Less than sixty days later on April 30, 2000, President Clinton formally declared AIDS a Threat to National Security and in an unprecedented move, placed the National Security Council in charge of AIDS health policy. Neither candidate has mentioned this issue. Now only seven days before the 2000 presidential election, some voters indicate they will write Graves' name in on election day; sending a direct message to the president elect - "Graves vs. The President of the United States and the evidence of the laboratory birth of AIDS will not go away." This week Graves released his highly anticipated book "State Origin: The Evidence of the Laboratory Birth of AIDS", including the research logic flow chart of the government's secret "Special Virus" program and other shocking documents as evidenced in this landmark case. Today, as the nation celebrates the annual festival of the dead, America is given the unique opportunity to vote for life by never again allowing the greatest democracy in the world to masquerade behind public policies founded in the economics of eugenics. Deatiled information on Graves' first book "State Origin: The Evidence of the Laboratory Birth of AIDS" is available from the publisher on-line at http://stateorigin.sun-city.net. The bound book is scheduled to reach shelves worldwide by inauguration day 2001. Copyright 2000 ZMN: Reprints are encouraged and available without permission providing content is reprinted in entirety including this copyright notice. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! ** *** A vote for Bush or Gore is a vote to continue Clinton policies! A vote for Buchanan is a vote to continue America! Therefore a vote for Gore or Bush is a wasted vote for America! Don't waste your vote! Vote for Patrick Buchanan!
[CTRL] VOTE FOR FREEDOM.....VOTE FOR BUCHANAN
-Caveat Lector- FREEDOM NOW NETWORK - November 1, 2000 VOTE FOR FREEDOM.VOTE FOR BUCHANAN by Dot Bibee, FREEDOM NOW NETWORK ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) This afternoon I attended a BUSH Rally - with Charlton Heston, Wayne LaPierre, and others. There was easily over 3,000 people (maybe more). It was held at a Sports Center on the outskirts of town (1/2 way to Oak Ridge) and the parking was mostly in the pastures surrounding the building. It was an ANTI-GORE RALLY instead of a PRO-BUSH Rally, but the Bush people were there handing out Vote for Freedom signs to be held up during the Rally - and giving out Bush bumper stickers, buttons, etc. During ALL the speeches, including Heston's, it was ALL about how bad GORE is and not on BUSH's attributes. I was able to hand out about 20 BUCHANAN bumper stickers, but mostly people just smiled and walked on. As I was going out the door, Wayne LaPierre (?? sp) was there signing autographs. There I was eye to eye -- and I just remarked to him -- "I still remember George Bush, Sr. saying to the people - READ MY LIPS, NO NEW TAXES". He just gave me a blank lookand I just walked on. He didn't make the connection or didn't like it because I did. See NOTES below on WHY the NRA is supporting George W. Bush. On the way home, Rush Limbaugh was on the radio (I most certainly do not normally listen to him), but he was also talking ANTI-GORE instead of PRO-BUSH - and a man called in to tell him just that. Rush also remarked that he liked Pat Buchanan and that he seemed to have just "disappeared". He said, quote, "I DON'T EVEN RECEIVE ANY MORE BUCHANAN BRIGADE E MAIL." I don't know his eMail address - but SURELY someone from the Buchanan campaign must have enough SMARTS to send eMail to ALL the media people. HESTON will be in Nashville at 6:00 P.M. TODAY at the Grand Old Opry Hotel Grand Ballroom. I hope that someone in the Buchanan Brigade will show up there - and TONE DOWN the PRO-BUSH crowd. NOW, you may ask, WHY is NRA supporting George W. Bush. Go to the NRA web page - www.nra.org - and you will find that George W. Bush is supporting PROJECT EXILE in Texas. What is Project Exile? It is H.R. 4051 which has already passed the house 358-60. It is now in the hands of the Senate - and unless they lump it with one of the appropriations bills - it will not pass this year. H.R.4051 Sponsor: Rep McCullum, Bill (introduced 3/22/2000)Latest Major Action: 5/25/2000 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 579. Title: To establish a grant program that provides incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses, and for other purposes. SUMMARY AS OF: 3/22/2000--Introduced. Project Exile: The Safe Streets and Neighborhoods Act of 2000 - Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to direct the Attorney General to provide firearms sentencing incentive grants to eligible States that: (1) demonstrate that they have implemented firearms sentencing laws requiring that any person who uses or carries a firearm during and in relation to any violent crime or serious drug trafficking crime be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than five years (without the possibility of parole) in addition to the punishment provided for such crime, or requiring that any person who possesses a firearm, having at least one prior conviction for a violent crime, shall be sentenced to five years' imprisonment (without the possibility of parole); or (2) can demonstrate that they have in effect an equivalent Federal prosecution agreement; and (3) demonstrate that they have or will implement a public awareness and community support program that seeks to build support for, and warns potential violators of, such firearms sentencing laws; and (4) provide assurances that they will coordinate with Federal prosecutors and Federal law enforcement agencies to promote Federal involvement and cooperation in the enforcement of laws within that State and will allocate resources in a manner calculated to reduce crime in the high-crime areas of the State. Sets forth allowable uses for such grants, including to: (1) support law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, courts, probation officers, correctional officers, the juvenile justice system, the improvement of criminal history records, or case management programs involving the sharing of information about serious offenders; (2) carry out such a public awareness and community support program; and (3) build or expand correctional facilities. This bill is a MONEY-GRABBING bill which will be implemented by the STATES for more GRANT money. It is an Anti-Gun bill. It is sponsored by Bill McCullum of Florida who has been the author of MANY anti-gun bills in the past including HR-666 for search and seizure without a warrant - also passed by the House in 1994. GOA and a lot of PRO-Gun people wrote about this for several months
[CTRL] NATIONHOOD AND JERUSALEM
NATIONHOOD AND JERUSALEMIsrael became a nation in 1312 B.C.E., two thousand years before the rise ofIslam. Arab refugees in Israel began identifying themselves as part of aPalestinian people in 1967, two decades after the establishment of themodern State of Israel.- Since the Jewish conquest in 1272 B.C.E. the Jews have had dominion overthe land for one thousand years with a continuous presence in the land forthe past 3,300 years.- The only Arab dominion since the conquest in 635 C.E. lasted no more than22 years. For over 3,300 years, Jerusalem has been the Jewish capital.Jerusalem has never been the capital of any Arab or Muslim entity. Evenwhen the Jordanians occupied Jerusalem, they never sought to make it theircapital, and Arab leaders did not come to visit.- King David founded the city of Jerusalem and Jerusalem is mentioned over700 times in Tanach, the Jewish Holy Scriptures.- Jerusalem is not mentioned once in the Koran and Mohammed never came toJerusalem.- Jews pray facing Jerusalem.- Muslims pray facing Mecca with their backs toward Jerusalem.ARAB AND JEWISH REFUGEES- In 1948 the Arab refugees were encouraged to leave Israel by Arab leaderspromising to purge the land of Jews. Sixty-eight percent left without everseeing an Israeli soldier.- The Jewish refugees were forced to flee from Arab lands due to Arabbrutality, persecution and pogroms.- The number of Arab refugees who left Israel in 1948 is estimated to bearound 630,000.- The number of Jewish refugees from Arab lands is estimated to be the same.-Arab refugees were intentionally not absorbed or integrated into the Arablands to which they fled, despite the vast Arab territory. Out of the100,000,000 refugees since World War II, theirs is the only refugee group inthe world that has never been absorbed or integrated into their own peoples'lands.- Jewish refugees were completely absorbed into Israel, a country no largerthan the state of New Jersey.THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT- The Arabs are represented by eight separate nations, not including thePalestinians. For the most part, their territory prior to 1967 was in thearea of JORDAN that is currently the west bank of Israel.- There is only one Jewish nation.- Israel has given the Palestinians most of the West Bank land, autonomyunder the Palestinian Authority, and has supplied them with weapons.- The Arab nations initiated all five wars and lost. Israel defended itselfeach time and won and the P.L.O.'s Charter still calls for the destructionof the State of Israel.- Under Jordanian rule, Jewish holy sites were desecrated and the Jews weredenied access to places of worship.- Under Israeli rule, all Muslim and Christian sites have been preservedand made accessible to people of all faiths.THE UN RECORD ON ISRAEL AND THE ARABS- Of the 175 Security Council resolutions passed before 1990, 97 weredirected against Israel.- Of the 690 General Assembly resolutions voted on before 1990, 429 weredirected against Israel.- The U.N was silent while 58 Jerusalem synagogues were destroyed by theJordanians.- The U.N. was silent while the Jordanians systematically desecrated theancient Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives.- The U.N. was silent while the Jordanians enforced an apartheid-like policyof preventing Jews from visiting the Temple Mount and the Western Wall.
[CTRL] RadTimes # 88
-Caveat Lector- RadTimes # 88 October, 2000 An informally produced compendium of vital irregularities. "We're living in rad times!" --- Contents: --- --From Seattle to Seoul --A worldwide web of discontent --Living Justice Non-Violence Forum --Munitions used against us on October 22 --Interpol targets cybercrime at world conference --Uganda Ebola Death Toll Rises To 73 --Spy Base named in Euro probe --Packaging Sales Surpass Album Sales, Sony Reports [humor?] Linked stories: *The war against marijuana intensifies *Internet devices coming that reveal your location *Vote Trade: The Democratic Way? *Human Rights 2.0 *Bill Joy Hopes Reason Prevails *Usenet Sale: Sounds to Silence? *The Military Industry's 'Leveraged Buyout' of Gore and Bush *A Tale of Three Arms Trades *Outcomes of Cardiac Arrest in Casinos *50 Years Of Political Ads *The New Global Oppression *How That Deleted Email Can Come Back To Haunt You --- Begin stories: --- From Seattle to Seoul http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/2000/505/in2.htm By Faiza Rady Al-Ahram Weekly (Cairo) 26 Oct. - 1 Nov. 2000 Play it again, Sam? Trailing Seattle, Davos, Washington DC, Melbourne and Prague, the stage was set last Friday in Seoul for yet another round of confrontation between a high-powered international trade organisation meeting and the anti-globalisation movement. Since last December's successful disruption of the Seattle World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting, the scene has by now acquired an aura of deja-vu. All major international trade summits are met with protests. On 20 October, selected areas of the South Korean capital resembled a battle front in the making. A 30,000-man-strong police contingent equipped with water cannons was mobilised to use force against "trouble makers" among the 20,000 protesters and secure a demonstration-free zone to the Asia-Europe (ASEM) heads of state attending the summit. Established in 1994 to counter growing US market hegemony in both Asia and Europe, ASEM has been criticised for being nothing more than a prestigious "talking shop" in an already overly congested summit circuit. But the Seoul summit had real ambitions. The idea was to create a potent Euro-Asian free market bloc, geared to effectively compete with the North American giant. "The destiny of the world is largely controlled by the Asia-Europe-United States triangle," explained French President Jacques Chirac. "The weak link was Europe-Asia, and that's exactly what we want to strengthen." Accounting for half of the world's production, ASEM has indeed the potential to join the major league. Hence the Europeans' emphasis on the need to restructure the Asian economies. Given the high stakes, it was crucial that South Korean President Kim Dae -jung use an iron fist to secure the summit's success from interference by vociferous labour unions and the Seattle-style anti-globalisation movement. Nevertheless, the movement would not be quelled -- despite the state of siege. An estimated 4,000 members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), supported by student activists, scuffled with 3,000 baton-wielding policemen as they tried to break the security barriers protecting the summit's no-man's land. "ASEM, which was established to overcome American supremacy, has been following in US footsteps only for the sake of capitalist gains, and has destroyed the lives of labourers and people in Third World countries," said the protesters in a statement. At another site, 20 prominent labour leaders, including Dan Byung-ho, president of the Korea Metal Workers Federation (KMWF), also clashed with the police when they tried to deliver a letter to the foreign leaders. But to no avail. Tucked away behind their cordoned safe haven at the summit venue, the leaders of 25 Asian and European nations could conveniently ignore the activists' message . Meanwhile the conference hall was reverberating with rhetoric about human rights and democracy, as foreign heads of state hailed President Kim Dae-jung for his distinguished record on these issues. However, over and beyond the talk about democracy lurks another reality. The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions' annual report denounces Kim Dae-jung's administration for its violation of the Korean workers' right to organise, and the consistent arrest of trade unionists. After the gregarious back-slapping subsided, ASEM participants turned to serious business. ASEM lauded South Korea for having achieved a brilliant economic recovery after the 1997 stock market crash, which left regional
[CTRL] MENL: U.S. JETS BELIEVED TO HAVE FLOWN OVER BIN LADEN BASE
-Caveat Lector- From: Middle East Newsline http://www.menewsline.com/headline9.html U.S. warplanes are believed to have flown over a base operated by Saudi billionaire fugitive Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan. The London-based Al Hayat daily reported on Wednesday that two unidentified jets were spotted hovering over a base in which Bin Laden was believed to have taken shelter. The newspaper said the latest plane, a reconnaissance jet, was spotted over Kondhar this week. U.S. officials in Washington have refused to confirm the report, attributed to Arab diplomatic sources in Cairo. But they said the Pentagon is planning an attack on Bin Laden, sheltered by Afghan's ruling Taliban movement and suspected of masterminding the Oct. 12 bombing of the USS Cole. The officials said they did not expect an attack until after the Nov. 7 presidential elections. The sighting of planes believed to be that of the United States in Afghanistan marks the latest report that U.S. forces are searching for Bin Laden. Over the weekend, Arab diplomatic sources in Cairo said U.S. forces have slipped into Afghanistan and attacked Bin Laden bases. In Washington, U.S. officials have refused to blame Bin Laden for the attack on the USS Cole. But they said their investigation is being hampered by obstacles posed by the Yemeni government. They said Yemen has refused to allow U.S. investigators to interrogate suspects. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] JW: BETH NOLAN ORDERED TO TESTIFY IN E-MAIL SCANDAL
-Caveat Lector- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 1, 2000 Contact: Press Office (202) 646-5172 BETH NOLAN ORDERED TO TESTIFY IN E-MAIL SCANDAL DATE: Thursday, November 2, 2000 TIME: 2:00 p.m. PLACE: U.S. Federal Courthouse Third and Constitution Avenue, NW COURTROOM: 21, Fourth Floor (Washington, DC) This morning, the Honorable Royce C. Lamberth ordered White House Counsel Beth Nolan to testify about new revelations that the e-mail scandal is much larger than originally thought. Previously, it was believed, that the scandal was limited only to incoming e-mail to the Clinton-Gore White House. It has now been revealed that internal e-mail has been affected as well. This new discovery obviously means that documents likely exist, in much larger quantities, detailing all of the Clinton-Gore scandals from 1993 forward. Judicial Watch is pursuing this issue in the context of its $90-million dollar Filegate class action lawsuit. Miss Nolan is scheduled to testify at 2:00 p.m. tomorrow, November 2, 2000, and will follow testimony of Michelle Peterson, former Associate White House Counsel. Testimony by White House whistleblower Sheryl Hall establishes that Ms. Peterson had told Ms. Hall that the White House strategy was to delay producing documents to the Court until after Bill and Hillary Clinton left office. Ms. Peterson is also subject to referral to the Court by the Independent Counsel over false testimony. A press conference will be held on the Courthouse steps following the hearing. All members of the media and public are invited to attend. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] The end of terrestrial politics
-Caveat Lector- http://www.alienzoo.com/features/w/200011010001.cfm The end of terrestrial politics? Author calls for "Decade of Contact" by Alfred Lambremont Webre, JD, MEd - 11/01/2000 AlienZoo.com: Editor's note: Alfred Webre is an environmental and exopolitical activist, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. This essay is adapted from his presentation at the UFO/Disclosure Town Hall Meeting in Santa Clara, California, on Oct. 13. His message seems particularly poignant just prior to the U.S. Presidential election. See Webre's website at Ecologynews.com for more information about his work. His new book, Exopolitics: A Decade of Contact, will soon be available as an AlienZoo eBook. THE END OF TERRESTRIAL POLITICS? We should remember there are many cycles to what we are doing tonight. We are building on the spiral of a long planetary history. We are winning back our Universe citizenship, lost aeons ago and intentionally kept hidden from us over the years by terrestrial governments and power-greedy groups. Now, all that is about to be transformed. Nearly a quarter century ago, in 1977, a U.S. White House administration was open enough to acknowledge its ignorance about a wider Universe reality in our midst. The highest democratically elected authority in this land sought the most creative of our sciences to understand the open approaches of Universe society. An anti-Universe information war scuttled that Carter White House study of extraterrestrial communication, We are also here because of other, longer cycles. Historically, the fundamental rights of humankind, hard-won in political struggle and revolutions against old repressive orders of reality, are here tonight as well. Some say that in ages past Earth was once a member of an interplanetary society. I will leave it to each one of you to decide whether this possibility is worthy of your consideration. What matters now is that we are here tonight in our bodies politic. Politics is a process of mediating among our various interests within a larger framework. Politics is more than an academic, analytic exercise. It is about the freedoms of our bodies from want, and the freedom of our minds from fear. Politics is about mutual empowerment. And our Universal heritage is the ultimate empowerment in our known reality. Yet a narrow military-intelligence-plutocratic clique - hosted in the United States of America - has attempted to lead our entire generation of Earthlings into believing a planetary lie, that we are alone in the Universe. The political process and governmental structures we have on Earth do not stop at Earth's geo-stationary orbit. Politics, government, and individual freedom extend throughout the interstellar and interdimensional Universe we inhabit. Government on Earth is derived from exo-government in the Universe, and we all have inalienable rights in the Universe. Tonight we know that the era of terrestrial politics is over. The age of Universe politics has now landed. How this new exopolitical age will unfold - whether violently and repressively, or expansively in freedom - is in some sense up to us. We are a nucleus of politically sensitive terrestrials who are aware that the playing field is vast. We are a new dimension of Universe government as it dawns on Earth. We should not be surprised that secret networks in some terrestrial governments continue to keep the people in darkness and ignorance of Universe government and Universe politics. Who are those governments? Just look to your own government here in the U.S. for the answer. The Anglo-bloc - the governments of the U.S., the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada - carries on a secret information war against our right to Universe participation. How do we know this? These are same governments that manage Echelon, a global surveillance network. The Echelon governments seem to have the largest participation in waging the anti-Universe information war. France, on the other hand, is suing the Echelon countries for espionage. French officials have also created COMETA, a study that validates an extraterrestrial presence around Earth. Why do the Echelon countries, including the U.S., continue this anti-Universe war? It is for global power and global wealth. These government networks exist to protect a petroleum-nuclear civilization, a military-industrial complex. The military-intelligence networks are a private army; the anti-Universe war is a private war, committed to preventthe era of free energy and expansive Universe citizenship from dawning on Earth. Not being content to merely participate in a future, they are attempting to own the future and keep us in an oppressive past. Every citizen of Earth is a victim of the information war against Universe integration. This planetary war exists in order to perpetuate the concentration of wealth and justify the mind control technology of a narrow, brutal, retrogressive elite. Some of us have suffered more
[CTRL] Cops Against CCOPS
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Cops Against CCOPS http://www.ccops.org/copsagainstccops.html October 31, 2000 The Dark Secret Underlying CCOPS Do you want to know why we founded CCOPS? It's not just a vague fear about something that "might happen someday." Not just an overdose of George Orwell's 1984. The answer lies in this remarkable letter from Attorney Peter Mancus. Mr. Mancus had a conversation with a law officer not long ago, and wrote it all down afterward. He has shared the conversation with us. You have to read what the officer said -- and then you'll understand. You'll see how the police state mentality has begun to infect even the otherwise solid, decent law officers. What if the officer gets the order to disarm innocent civilians? You'll hear the officer explain how he hopes that would never happen. Then, how he would hesitate to carry out the order. And finally, why he would in the end just follow orders and disarm his fellow Americans -- and that he would kill to do it. What's the difference between a peace officer and a law enforcement officer? A peace officer serves the citizens by keeping the peace. A law enforcement officer serves the government by enforcing the law upon the citizens. Excellent peace officers have told us that they would never carry out unlawful or unconstitutional orders. We believe them, but there are some officers who make no such promise. Some officers have probably never even considered the possibility. Americans need to know whom to trust. Dr. Thompson's article about the anti-gun mentality shows how so many "gun control" advocates are suffering from a mental problem. Imagine what happens when these victim disarmament folks get political power, and have law enforcement officers at their disposal ... fellows who just follow orders. Do most law officers know our Bill of Rights? Many of the older officers do. Yet, because of the sorry state of public education, many or most of the younger officers do not. Factor that into the equation, and you have to wonder: "what will restrain officers from engaging in police state tactics?" Read this conversation between Mr. Mancus and the police officer. Then contact us. If you haven't joined CCOPS yet, then please do so today, so that we can keep you informed about police state trends in America. With your membership and support, CCOPS can be the national clearing house for this kind of information. Act now This is Al Gore's kind of "Law Enforcement Officer"! Peter J. Mancus Attorney at Law Victorian Square 876 Gravenstein Ave. So., Suite 3 Sebastopol, CA 95472 Tel.: (707) 829-9050 October 22, 2000 Aaron Zelman Founder, CCOPS [Concerned Citizens Opposed to Police States] Hartford, WI 53027 RE: A CONVERSATION WITH SEBASTOPOL, CA POLICE OFFICER ROBERT SMITH Dear CCOPS: I live in Sebastopol, California, which is approximately 60 miles north of San Francisco and approximately 8 miles east of the Pacific coast line. Sebastopol is a bedroom community of approximately 8,000 people. It is in Sonoma County. Sebastopol and Sonoma County have repeatedly voted for Clinton, Gore, Feinstein- -champions of more victim disarmament laws. Sonoma County has one major daily newspaper, The Press-Democrat, which strongly supports more victim disarmament laws. What follows is true. The date was late 1999. The scene was a beautiful, sunny day, in a neighborhood at Dowd Drive, in Sebastopol, California. I was walking my dog when I saw a man, in civilian clothes, walking his dog, coming toward me. When this man and I crossed each other's path, I started a conversation with this man. The following is a faithful, paraphrased, recreation of this conversation, not an exact quote. In the dialogue that follows, PM stands for me, Peter Mancus, and RS stands for Robert Smith, who was the other man walking his dog. This Robert Smith is a white male; approximately 5'9"; approximately 145-150 pounds; approximately 50-55 years old. He is wiry; athletic, trim looking; he has a flat abdomen; medium brown hair; bushy mustache; a gaunt look; and tight facial skin with deep smile lines [diagonal lines along nose, above mouth.] PM: Excuse me. May I please talk to you briefly? RS: Yes. PM: Are you a Sebastopol Police Officer? RS: Yes. PM: I thought so. I normally see you from the chest up, in blue uniform, behind the steering wheel of a patrol car. RS: [No comment.] PM: What's your name? RS: Bob Smith. PM: Have a question for you. How do you feel about gun control? RS: I don't have any problem with most people having guns. It is a mistake to over rely on the police. We cannot be every where. You have a right to guns. You should get proper training. I own guns. I like to shoot. I can understand how others would like to keep their guns. I think some people in Sebastopol might be unsafe with guns, but it is their right. They make me nervous about how they handle
Re: [CTRL] OPERATION CLYDESDALE--PEDOPHILE ERADICATION
-Caveat Lector- This is fiction at best, disinformation at worst. Operation Clydesdale if I remember correctly is the assassination tecnique used on Princess Diana, and proposed for (ex) President Milosovitch of Serbia, where a car is chased then has a super-bright light flashed in the driver's eyes while on a dangerous stretch of road. Try reading this drivel, it is clearly someone's work of fiction. Apart from being the sort of thing a lot of people want there to be (i.e. the popular misconception of Karma), it is clearly illogical. Paedophile activity is investigated quite thoroughly by police agencies. Secondly I find it unlikely that a covert US agency would risk an international incident by trying to assassinate foreign paedophiles. On Mon, 30 Oct 2000 11:43:36 EST Kris Millegan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector- View Thread | Return to Index | Read Prev Msg | Read Next Msg Rumor Mill News Read Only Forum OPERATION CLYDESDALE--PEDOPHILE ERADICATION Posted By: Rayelan Date: Saturday, 11 December 1999, 2:45 a.m. ?Message from Rayelan Allan: My husband, Gunther Russbacher wrote the following dedication to the men who accompanied him on the covert mission Operation Clydesdale and who never returned. This story describes a covert mission, in which Americans died in service of their country. The men named in this story are some of the nameless stars that are on the marble wall at CIA headquarters at Langley , Virginia. I would like to dedicate this story to all the men, living, wounded and dead, who have risked their lives in defense of American ideas, on missions so secret that they can never be revealed to anyone. Many of these men... (and women too), are your fathers, your brothers, your husbands, your neighbors. They live double and triple lives. They live on the edge, always ready to spring into action in the need arises. They have no real lives of their own. They live in a constant on call state. When the call comes, they never know if they will come home dead or alive. They never know if they will see their wives and children again. These men (and women) are the unsung heros of Americas secret wars. When Gunther wrote this, he took the time to add the family side of his life. The way in which he wrote this article allows people to finally get a glimpse of the lives covert operatives lead. With this understanding, I rededicate this article to all the men and women who have led or still lead the life of a covert operative. Operation Clydesdale BY: GUNTHER KARL RUSSBACHER THIS IS A STORY OF THE PERVERSION OF MAN, AND HIS INTENT TO IMPOSE HIS WAY UPON AN UNSUSPECTING POPULACE. IT IS A STORY ABOUT A GROUP OF RUTHLESS MEN, WHO HAD CHOSEN TO VIOLATE THE VERY SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE AS WE HAVE COME TO KNOW IT. IT IS ALSO A STORY ABOUT THE MEN, WHO, AGAINST ALL ODDS, POSSESSING EXTREME PERSONAL DEDICATION, WERE WILLING TO SACRIFICE THEIR LIVES IN THE ATTEMPT TO RESCUE A YOUTH FROM SURE AND CERTAIN DEATH, AT THE HANDS OF AN INTERNATIONAL WHITE SLAVERY RING. THE YOUTH WAS STOLEN AND FORCED TO COMMIT THE MOST VILE AND VULGAR ACTS FOR THE PERVERSE ENJOYMENT OF OTHERS, WHILE CAMERAS RECORDED EACH EXPLICIT SEXUAL ACT FOR ALL POSTERITY. WHEN THEY WERE THROUGH WITH HIM, THEY NOT ONLY TOOK HIS SANITY, BUT EVERYTHING HE HAD EVER CHERISHED AND HELD DEAR. THEY LEFT HIM WITH NOTHING HE COULD TRULY CALL HIS OWN. THIS YOUTHFUL LAD IS REMEMBERED HERE, ALONG WITH THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR VERY LIVES, IN ORDER THAT HE, AND THE MANY UNTOLD OTHERS MIGHT CONTINUE TO LIVE. THIS STORY IS DEDICATED TO THE MEN I LOST AND LEFT BEHIND. YOU SHALL FOREVER BE A PART OF ME. I SALUTE YOU, ONE AND ALL! MAY GOD GRANT EACH OF YOU YOUR RIGHTLY DESERVED ETERNAL PEACE. IN CARING MEMORY, GUNTHER K. RUSSBACHER JEFFERSON CITY, 110 APRIL 19, 1993 OPERATION CLYDESDALE By: Gunther Karl Russbacher It was a cold and wet Thanksgiving Day. The overnight temperatures had dipped to near record levels, as we gathered in the formal dining room to begin the special meal. I didn't think that there would be quite so many of us, as we began the process of finding our seats. As always, I sat at the head of the table, in one of the uncomfortable captains' chairs, all the while hoping that the somber meal would pass without incident from the children. I glanced in the direction of my eldest son, who at the time was age eight, but like many of the children his age, going on sixteen. He was an innocent, living in a world that didn't necessarily consider children to be innocent. Quickly, I stole a hurried glance to the man seated to my right. An expression of extreme pain crossed his brow, as he sank his eyes towards his dinner plate. None of the men in the room were able to meet each others eyes. It was a time of grief, abject sadness; a time for the tears we couldn't cry. The cold anger of the men was evident throughout the strained meal. Everyone was merely going through the motions, picking at the food, which was
[CTRL] [Fwd: SNET: It's Your Government and Your Grandkids DEBT........]
- SNETNEWS Mailing List Friends, This article illustrates the danger the US faces by being in the UN. If the UN can take away our vote for this reason, it can prohibit our vote for any reason. And, even with a vote, America's voice in the UN is no louder than some two-bit country that you've never heard of, yet we are expected to pay most of the cost. In addition to being opposed to American freedoms and our Bill of Rights, the interests of the UN are not the same as the citizens of the US. So, I have to question the intelligence, or lack thereof, of our Senate for their continued support of the UN. As you will see in my next article, the Senate continues to ratify treaties without a roll call vote. You can thank the GOP for these shameless tactics. Jim Hardin October 27, 1999 UN debt 'threatens' US security The United States could lose its vote at the UN General Assembly http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_485000/485303.stm The United States' failure to pay money it owes to the United Nations is threatening the country's security, its own ambassador to the organization has said. US ambassador Richard Holbrooke said that members of the US Congress who oppose paying the funding arrears would also be doing "immeasurable damage" to the UN. Holbrooke warned of a threat to national security President Bill Clinton has vetoed a $39bn finance bill which did not provide funds to pay some of Washington's $1bn-plus debt. And Mr Holbrooke said: "If we were to accept the bill in its present form we would certainly lose our vote in the General Assembly. "The president stands for strong national security. This administration does and the overwhelming majority of the people of both parties in both houses of congress want a strong national security. "We need to band together now to push back the forces of that small group of people who want to destroy US's national security interests and simultaneously do immeasurable damage to the UN." BBC Washington correspondent Nick Bryants says some US politicians believe the UN is too bureaucratic and that some Republicans are ideologically opposed to funding through the UN, what they say are pro-abortion groups. Vote at risk Article 19 of the UN Charter says that a member state will lose its vote in the General Assembly if it is two or more years in arrears on its contributions. A spokesman for Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday that the loss of voting rights was "automatic". But the loss of its vote in the General Assembly would not affect the right of the United States to continue as one of the five permanent members of the Security Council. The finance bill which President Clinton vetoed would have pushed "a key funding portion" of its UN arrears into a later year, Mr Holbrooke said. Looking for what the Bible says about Christians and Civil Government? Pastor John Weaver covers this and much more. Audio tapes are only $4.00 each. Just click: http://freedompage.home.mindspring.com/johnweaver.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
[CTRL] MDs - chempharm conflict of interest/ CNN
-Caveat Lector- http://www.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/11/01/study.funding/index.html Doctor-drug conflicts of interests splashed across JAMA pages November 1, 2000 Web posted at: 9:03 a.m. EST (1403 GMT) ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A public dispute has erupted between the manufacturer of an HIV medication and researchers who say the anti-HIV drug doesn't work. The fight, between The Immune Response Corp. (IRC) and doctors at the University of California at San Francisco, puts millions of dollars at stake. "The sponsor, by filing an arbitration action against me and the university, is trying to intimidate us from publishing our results, and that won't work," said Dr. James Kahn. Kahn is the lead author of a study of 2,527 HIV-positive patients nationwide, which found the drug in question -- when added to drug regimen for those patients -- failed to decrease the number of deaths and illnesses due to HIV. The drug carries the brand name Remune and is made by IRC. Kahn's findings appeared in Wednesday's editions of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study was funded, in part, by Carlsbad, California-based IRC. The company, however, contends Kahn and others omitted favorable data and skewed the results. IRC had entered into an arbitration process during which it pushed for changes in the manuscript to make it "more balanced," said Dr. Ronald Moss, the company's vice president of medical and scientific affairs. IRC President Dennis Carlo did not dispute that Remune failed to reduce the number of deaths or illness due to HIV. However, he said the researchers omitted data showing that patients on Remune had lower levels of virus in their blood than patients on a placebo. The study was performed at 77 medical centers. Some of the doctors involved with the study agree with the drug company that pertinent information was not included in the published report. They say Remune has helped their patients. But other doctors involved in the study, including Dr. Kahn, contend the Remune users did not have lower levels of the virus in their blood. Kahn also said IRC tried to suppress publication of his findings, which the company denies. In an arbitration complaint filed last month, IRC demanded $7 million to $10 million from Kahn and the university, claiming dissemination of the negative findings caused it financial harm. The arbitration action shocked the editors at JAMA and others, and sparked an ethical debate about private companies funding medical research. "It makes me very angry that ethical investigators are now faced with a multi-million dollar lawsuit," said Dr. Jerome Kassirer, a former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine who called IRC actions "outrageous." Besides Kahn's study, other findings, articles and editorials published in Wednesday's JAMA take issue with the growing trend of academic research being funded by private industry. Many experts worry that science is being compromised by money and, if the trend continues, more disputes will arise. CNN correspondent Elizabeth Cohen and The Associated Press contributed to this report. © 2000 Cable News Network. All Rights Reserved. http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/current/abs/joc01590.html Policies on Faculty Conflicts of Interest at US Universities Mildred K. Cho, PhD; Ryo Shohara; Anna Schissel, MBioethics; Drummond Rennie, MD Context Despite federal regulations on faculty conflicts of interest in federally funded research, academic-industry ties are common, and evidence exists that financial considerations bias the research record. Public scrutiny of these ties is increasing, especially in cases where researchers have financial interests in the corporate sponsors of their clinical research. Objective To review policies on conflict of interest at major biomedical research institutions in the United States. Design Cross-sectional survey and content analysis study conducted from August 1998 to February 2000. Setting and Participants The 100 US institutions with the most funding from the National Institutes of Health in 1998 were initially sampled; policies from 89 institutions were available and included in the analysis. Main Outcome Measures Process for disclosure, review, and management of conflicts of interest and specified management strategies or limitations, according to the institutions' faculty/staff conflict of interest policies. Results Content of the conflict of interest policies varied widely across institutions. Fifty-five percent of policies (n = 49) required disclosures from all faculty while 45% (n = 40) required them only from principal investigators or those conducting research. Nineteen percent of policies (n = 17) specified limits on faculty financial interests in corporate sponsors of research, 12% (n = 11) specified limits on permissible delays in publication, and 4% (n = 4) prohibited student involvement in work sponsored by a company in which the
[CTRL] Wargames: Air Force Space Command's Battle Plans
-Caveat Lector- Paranoia Ho! And the consequent militarization of space. Looks like lotsa more mega$$$s for the I/M complex. Mirage ~~~ http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/space_battlelabs_001003.html Wargames: Air Force Space Command's Battle Plans By Frank Sietzen, Jr. Special to SPACE.com posted: 07:02 am ET 03 October 2000 Playing Games in Space WASHINGTON Sept. 29 It all began January 21, the day after the presidential inauguration. The political pressures had been building for months, although few knew about the crisis. Now, around a table in a secured room, sat the president of the United States, the vice president, secretary of defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Behind them sat their staffs and aides. The crisis had quickly escalated. The first attack had rendered silent Americas constellation of Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites. The GPS control center in Colorado Springs reported it had lost contact with the constellation, first by signal degradation then completely. Within hours of that crisis, the president received notice of another space disaster. Several commercial communication satellites used by the military to route communications and pagers to ships at sea had been disabled; how was not yet clear. At Cape Canaveral, terrorists had contaminated the fuel storage facility for the space shuttle fleet. Without firing a shot, the nations winged ships were grounded. And now came the most threatening news of all: NASA Johnson Space Center was reporting that the International Space Station had been damaged by a wave of small objects let loose from a ballistic missile. The president and his staff now faced the most serious decision ever made by a U.S. chief of state: Did the attack on U.S. space assets constitute a first strike against the nation? High up in silent space, had World War 3 begun? If this sounds threatening and frightening, that is the whole idea. For these scenarios will be facing not the real U.S. president and his Cabinet but a simulation. Stand-ins for the president, vice president, secretary of defense and the whole U.S. military leadership will take their places around a table on January 21, 2001 the day after the next real U.S. president takes office. "We need to learn how to better protect our space assets. In this way will we be better able to develop our future plans." Rob Hegstrom, Game Director for the Schriever 2001 space wargame The simulation, the Air Forces first all-space war game, will test how well U.S. space assets would withstand an attack. The answers might well shape how the military and civil space programs evolve in the years ahead. "This will be the first Air Force level space war game, " said Rob Hegstrom, game director for the Schriever 2001 space war game. The weeklong simulation of an air and space attack will be held at the Schriever Air Base in Colorado Springs next winter, the first of an annual series. The goal? "We need to learn how to better protect our space assets," Hegstrom said. "In this way will we be better able to develop our future plans," he added. Space war games are not a new exercise. The U.S. Army, as part of its "Army After Next" effort has held three such simulations. Each produced surprising results and, according to some, disturbing questions that have yet to be answered by U.S. national policy. Questions such as the depth and level of the responsibility of the U.S. military to commercial space industry when its systems are used for national defensive purposes. "We pose questions such as how will these results shape the baseline [military] force in development," Hegstrom said. For the week, two separate teams will portray U.S. leaders facing a gradually escalating crisis. One new scenario will be added each day, and the president and his staff must plan responses in real-time just as if the simulated events are happening. Since the day-to-day game is classified, specific plans are not detailed. But the scenarios all focus on a U.S. space capability as projected in 2015, with the rise of a geopolitical 'peer competitor' to the U.S. that has developed a major space program. While Hegstrom said that no specific war game plan can be discussed, it was reasonable to assume that, with a permanent U.S. orbital outpost in 2015, "terrorist threats to the space station could easily be assumed as a valid possibility," he said. Other assumptions about the state of the space program in 15 years include advanced navigation satellites, military spaceplanes, advanced launch vehicles, space stations and a capability the Pentagon calls "Launch on Demand" the ability to rapidly launch boosters and piloted craft within hours of an order. Today such a launch takes months and years to prepare. "Once military leaders 'hot wash' the results from the weeklong play," Hegstrom said that 'gold nuggets' major lessons learned from the
[CTRL] Unconstitutional Secrecy Bill
-Caveat Lector- Further legitimization of guvmint dysfunctionality... == http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/10/31/leak.penalties/index.html Anti-leak bill awaits president's action Major news organizations oppose measure October 31, 2000 Web posted at: 8:59 p.m. EST (0159 GMT) WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A controversial piece of legislation sitting on President Clinton's desk would turn the willful disclosure of classified information into a felony. Opponents say the measure would violate the First Amendment guarantee of free speech, while supporters say the proposed law is aimed at protecting American lives. The anti-leak provision is part of the spending bill for intelligence agencies. The president has until Friday to sign or veto it. Penalties in the bill include up to three years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Several news agencies are opposed to the legislation, which they consider too broad. 'People have been killed' The CIA sought the provision after losing agents and sophisticated surveillance methods because of newspaper articles based on leaks of classified information. When describing why they favor the bill, some U.S. officials cite the example of a leak involving accused terrorist Osama bin Laden. The officials say a news report that U.S. intelligence was monitoring bin Laden's satellite telephone calls caused him to switch to other channels of communication, cutting off that method of U.S. surveillance of his activities. That reaction to the leak may have cost American lives, perhaps even in the bombing of the USS Cole, the officials said. Bin Laden's organization is on the list of possible suspects behind the terrorist attack. "People have been killed," said Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, who is chairman of the House Select Intelligence Committee. "Men and women that have operated with our agency and with other countries dealing with national security issues, when they are compromised, generally their lives are compromised." Measure is 'overkill' But news organizations such as the Washington Post, the New York Times, and CNN sent a letter to the White House urging the president to veto the measure. "For the first time in our nation's history, a law would criminalize all unauthorized disclosures of classified information -- in effect creating an "official secrets act" of the sort that exists elsewhere but that has always been rejected in this country," the letter said. The letter also noted that it took leaks of classified information to unravel the Iran-Contra affair and to reveal how the U.S. deliberately misled the U.S. public during the Vietnam War. "We are taking a hard look at it. We have certainly heard from a number of news organizations around the country about their concerns about the bill and we will take those seriously," White House spokesman Jake Siewert told reporters. A prominent Republican also opposes the bill. "To put a three year -- up to a three year -- felony sentence for leaking information that doesn't affect our national defense, our national security is overkill," said Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Illinois.) Hyde also noted that the leaker of the bin Laden satellite phone information could have been prosecuted under existing law. Under current U.S. law, it is a crime to release classified information if it helps a foreign power, exposes intelligence agents or relates to national defense. The new bill appears to go beyond this, extending to virtually all classified information. Republican supporters of the legislation warned that if the president does veto the anti-leak bill, then Democrats can expect to be called weak on national security in the last days before next week's election. Defense Department appears divided In a recent appearance before the private Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, Defense Secretary William Cohen said the biggest disappointment in his four years at the Pentagon was the constant leaks of top secret government information to Washington newspapers. The secretary lamented that he even read personal memos to him in the newspaper before they reached his desk. Cohen has warned in recent speeches that militant anti-Western guerrilla groups could begin striking targets in the United States and that Americans could be pressured to give up some cherished personal freedoms as the intelligence community probes for advance warning of such attacks. But in an interview with the New York Times, Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon strongly criticized the bill and said that by answering a simple question, a government spokesman ran the risk of violating the law. "It's disastrous for journalists. It's disastrous for any official who deals with the press in national security, whether at State, the NSC (National Security Council) or the Pentagon,"
[CTRL] NASA funds divert to Biopreparat
-Caveat Lector- http://www.space.com/news/spaceagencies/report_hits_nasa_001026.html Report Hits NASA on Work with Russian Germ Warfare Centers By Craig Linder Special to SPACE.com posted: 05:25 pm ET 26 October 2000 WASHINGTON (States News Service) -- NASA made an "extremely serious" mistake in not following State Department guidelines when working with Russian biotechnology institutes that had once been a part of the Soviet germ-warfare program, an internal space agency report released earlier this month said. The report, conducted by NASA's inspector general, was spurred by a January article in The New York Times claiming that NASA funding intended for Russian space research was instead diverted to Biopreparat, a Russian organization that once led the Soviet Union's biological weapons research program. Biopreparat is now a state-owned drug company, but the NASA report says that its "continued role in biological warfare research is also unclear." Sensenbrenner sharply criticized NASA's "lack of vigilance" after a damning report revealed the space agency worked with Russian biotechnology institutes that had once been part of the Soviet germ-warfare program. NASA first began to fund Biopreparat and five institutes affiliated with it in 1994 as part of a $20 million program to maintain Russian space research after the fall of the Soviet Union. According to the inspector general's report, roughly $1.24 million of the NASA funds made its way to Biopreparat and the five former germ-warfare centers. NASA became suspicious of the connection between its dollars and chemical-weapons research in 1995, when Russian scientists told a visiting delegation of space agency officials that the Biopreparat-affiliated centers were involved in producing biologically based drugs, the report says. After that tour, NASA received confirmation from the State Department that the institutes receiving space agency money were connected with the biological warfare program, but the department did not ask NASA to stop working with the centers, according to the report. That fall, however, a division of the State Department told NASA that it should have a representative in Russia to oversee key experiments funded by the space agency and to ensure that results reported by the Russian scientists were accurate. The State Department also asked NASA to carefully scrutinize Russian proposals for funding before approving the projects. According to the inspector general's report, NASA failed to adhere to the State Department's guidelines, an oversight that the report labeled an "extremely serious misstep." The report points to three projects at former Soviet biological warfare centers that NASA funded without reviewing the proposals. "NASA exercised very little influence over which research projects in the space biotechnology discipline were selected," the report's authors wrote. NASA also failed to follow the State Department's calls for a Russia-based observer and site visits. The space agency did not have American scientists for any of the Russian institutes' key experiments and only scheduled two brief visits to the former Soviet germ-warfare centers, the report said. "This report by the NASA inspector general confirms that taxpayer funds entrusted to NASA ended up in the hands of Russian scientists engaged in researching the development of biological weapons. NASA's lack of vigilance is unforgivable." -- Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, House Science Committee Chair During the inspector general's investigation, NASA officials said that they did not send observers to the Russian centers because it was not cost-efficient and because the space agency hoped to spur the Russian space effort to independence. The inspector general's report called on NASA to closely coordinate with the State Department all future space agency programs that fund foreign scientists and to require on-site inspections of foreign centers that are believed to work on biological weapons. In a memorandum to the inspector general's office, two top NASA officials largely accepted the report's findings and recommendation. "NASA practices due diligence with respect to the proper execution of international activities and works closely with the Department of State and other executive branch agencies to ensure appropriate consultation [and] compliance," NASA Chief Scientist Kathie L. Olsen and Associate Administrator for External Affairs John D. Schumacher wrote. NASA spokesman Dwayne Brown said that NASA's office of external relations was updating the space agency's procedures for working with the State Department and American intelligence groups. Those procedures could include regular meetings among the agencies or some other form of direct link, he said. He said that NASA is no longer involved with the Russian biotechnology institutes because the program ended in the late 1990s. The inspector general's report sparked the outrage of Rep. F. James
[CTRL] Democrat Mayor Slams Clinton the Abuser
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! A HREF="http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2000/10/31/201332" NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story/A http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2000/10/31/201332 Posted Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2000 9:10 p.m. EST Democrat Mayor Slams Clinton the Abuser Pistol-packing Democrat Mayor Jim Naugle has liberals in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., pitching a hissy fit because he praises the death penalty, condemns homosexuality, supports the Boy Scouts, defends gun rights, despises Bill Clinton, admires George W. Bush - and is popular. Naugle gives an astonishingly frank interview in the current issue of the liberal weekly New Times Broward Palm Beach. Among the fascinating tidbits: Bill Clinton. "Is there a statute of limitations on rape?" Asked if he thinks the president is guilty of rape: "I think it should be investigated. He abuses women." Hillary Clinton. "I thank God she didn't move to Florida. Really, I feel sorry for her. I think a lot of people don't leave abusive situations." The Democrat Party. "On national issues, I'm someone who is very conservative, and I believe in limiting government. I do believe in some forms of gun control, though: Use two hands." Homosexuality. He says "homosexuality is a sin," a criminal act that should be prosecuted. "But I'm tolerant of all people." The death penalty. "In Florida, it's an environmental issue. I think a strong rope and a stiff tree would be better than wasting all that electricity." Asked if he thinks there should be public executions: "No, I think people would figure out ways to commercialize it and make money from it. 'This execution is brought to you by Raid insect and roach killer.'" If more so-called Republicans acted like this Democrat, they wouldn't have to worry about third-party challenges from the right. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! ** *** A vote for Bush or Gore is a vote to continue Clinton policies! A vote for Buchanan is a vote to continue America! Therefore a vote for Gore or Bush is a wasted vote for America! Don't waste your vote! Vote for Patrick Buchanan! Today, candor compels us to admit that our vaunted two-party system is a snare and a delusion, a fraud upon the nation. Our two parties have become nothing but two wings of the same bird of prey... Patrick Buchanan A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] ATF RIPS OFF ANOTHER ARIZONA GUN DEALER!
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! ATF RIPS OFF ANOTHER ARIZONA GUN DEALER! ATF RIPS OFF ANOTHER ARIZONA GUN DEALER! ATF RIPS OFF ANOTHER ARIZONA GUN DEALER! * Confiscates 274 guns and 3,000 Form 4473's * No official arrest, no charges filed by Angel Shamaya Director, KeepAndBearArms.com November 1, 2000 http://www.keepandbeararms.com/newsarchives/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=viewarticleid= 834 "They were throwing vintage collector's items in mint condition through the air and into a trashcan 10 feet away," said Jerry Michel, licensed gun dealer, after being assaulted and pillaged by the ATF. "I felt like I was going to throw up." And so might you before you're done reading this report. On October 25, 2000, The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms sent approximately 30 federal and local agents in stormtrooper attire to confiscate firearms from a dealer who, according to what they told him, "did not have his papers in order." Jerry's Guns Ammo d.b.a. Specialty Firearms of Mesa, Arizona was the latest in a long list of gun dealers who've been paid a visit by people who, when rightly told, "You're not supposed to do that" respond by saying things like: "We're the ATF. We can do whatever we want." According to Jerry Michel, that's what they said to him when he confronted them as they threw a 1960's Winchester Model 94 Antique into a trashcan that already contained a few dozen of his guns. Though the classic, mint condition gun was still in its original box, they removed it from the box and tossed it into the growing pile of firearms ranging in value from a few hundred to several thousand dollars -- metal slamming against metal, metal gouging wood, etc. -- like one might toss so much kindling onto a campfire. These government operatives also confiscated guns Jerry held on consignment for several customers, and they also took his personally-owned firearms along with guns he'd been storing for an ailing friend. When I called ATF today to find out if it is standard operating procedure to wantonly damage collector's items when they are stealing them, Larry X said, "They didn't do that. They don't do things like that." "Were you there, Larry?" "No, I wasn't." "Then how do you know they didn't do that, Larry?" His response made me laugh: "Who am I speaking with again?" You should be able to see the above actions on color video. Jerry installed video surveillance equipment at Specialty Firearms some time ago and uses it consistently during hours of operation, too. He'd only been open for three minutes when he was lured out the front door under false pretenses and surrounded by heavily armed and body-armored gun confiscators, so there was a new tape in the player and the tape was rolling. But ATF confiscated the tape that shows them unnecessarily and irreparably damaging Jerry's property -- and broke his VCR in the process. I am sitting here reading -- for the third time -- the search warrant, given to me by Jerry himself, and I can't seem to locate the words "video tape" anywhere on the warrant. The video tape will be subpoenaed to prove damages, we pray, in a class action lawsuit against ATF. Will it mysteriously disappear? (Was ATF afraid to let people see what abusive and disrespectful people they are? Why else would they cover their tracks like common hoodlums? Maybe Special Agent in Charge and Group Supervisor Marvin G. Richardson or Assistant SAIC, Joe M. Gordon - overseers in this outrageous act of violence - can answer those questions. Or perhaps Robert C. Gantt, the agent who secured the search warrant from U.S. Magistrate Judge Lawrence O. Anderson -- the judge who presided over Bob Stewart's preposterous hearings -- can help shed some light on how a tape can be stolen when it's not on the search warrant.) The Mesa police assisted in this raid, as well, earning themselves a demotion in the eyes of every gun owner in Arizona. Congratulations, officers. You helped assault a Good Guy and alienated a whole segment of the society you are supposed to protect and serve. Nice goin'. Jerry's crime? Apparently, in Mesa, the city has an ordinance requiring gun dealers to have a "pawn permit" if they sell used firearms -- or so he was told while a team of armed and consistently disrespectful "men" busied themselves stealing 274 guns with an estimated value of approximately $300,000. "How much is the pawn permit," you ask? $100. Jerry Michel's Federal Firearms License (FFL) is current by way of a 6 month extension, so he is in fact a legal gun dealer. In fact, he's had his FFL since 1986, continuously. He does business with approximately 285 other gun dealers around the nation, and his reputation is one of integrity and lawfulness. No arrests or prior convictions, at all. Not even a speeding ticket to his name. Jerry is a "by the book" kinda guy. Except for that little permit said to be required in Mesa. And that is only if the ATF
[CTRL] Alquds Intefada UPDATE 11/1/00
Alquds Intefada UPDATE every 30 min. 1/11/2000 Time: 21: 00 Israeli occupation forces using military helicopters and artillery bombarded Al-Madena Al-Munawara market located at the center of Hebron City, details of the bombing are not known yet. Israeli occupation forces have arrested around 100 Palestinian citizens from Al-Khadir village. Armed clashes reported at the northern entrance of Qalqilia and Israeli forces and Israeli forces are using heavy machine guns. Israeli forces have arrested two Palestinian youths after beaten them up severely. Israeli artillery has fired flare bombs at Al-Berih area in preparation to bombard the area. Israeli occupation forces have bombarded the northern entrance of Jericho. Israeli occupation forces have bombarded the Muntar crossing at Al-Shejaiah area, Gaza Strip. Reports of on going violent clashes in Qalindia refugee camp and Al-Ram town, details are not available so far. Israeli occupation forces have bombarded Betonia town, detailed information is not available. The Israeli government press office decided not to renew the Israeli press cards held by Palestinian journalists who are working for local and international agencies. Time: 20: 00 Israeli occupation forces extended the closure of Gaza International Airport till Thursday morning. Sielat Al-Daher town district of Jenin is still under curfew orders. The town has been attacked several times by Israeli occupation forces and 60 Palestinians have been arrested so far. Time: 19: 00 At this time, Aerial bombing of Bethlehem Governorate is going on. The bombing is centered at Al-Khadir village, Bilal Ben Rabah mosque, Biet Jala City, Ayda camp and Biet Sahour City. The number of casualties has reached 30 cases. Violent confrontations are going on at Al-Tufah checkpoint resulted in 25 casualties so far. Time: 18: 00 Martyrdom of the youth Mohammed Mahmoud Harub age 27, from Dier Samet district of Bethlehem as a result of bombardment of Al-Khader village by Israeli occupation forces who used heavy gunfire in the bombardment. Martyrdom of the youth Wael Shuaib Ghunaim, age 28 from Al-Khadir village district of Bethlehem, as a result of Israeli barbaric bombardment of the village. Martyrdom of the youth Ibrahaim Reziq Omer age 15 from Al-Shate' camp. He was shot in the chest at Al-Muntar confrontations. Casualties have resin to 24. Israeli occupation forces are bombarding at this time Al-Khadoury area, Al-Fadilia school and residential places in Tulkarim Governorate, reports of casualties have not bee received yet. Time: 14:00PM The child Abdelaziz Ali Shahin, 13 years old, was injured during confrontations today in Rafah, Gaza Strip. The Israeli occupation forces under the protection of heavy shooting kidnapped the child. The western entrance of Tulkarem district, West Bank witnesses armed clashes. No details were reported. Time: 13:30PM Mr. President Yasser Arafat, president of The Palestinian National Authority, receives today the German Counselor, Gerhard Shruder. The two sides hold important discussions. A large mass demonstration takes place at Almahd (Cradle) square in Bethlehem. The demonstration heads towards the northern entrance of the city. Violent confrontations break out in the area. Three youth were injured Time: 13:00AM The child Ahmad Salman Taieh, 15 years old, from Alshati camp, Gaza falls martyr after being shot by a live bullet in the head. Some parts of the martyr's brain popped out of the head. The number of injuries during confrontations at Almontar crossing, Gaza reached 5 so far. Time: 11:30AM Confrontations at Almontar crossing are renewed resulting in the martyrdom of the youth Mohammed Ibrahim Hajaj, 17 years old. He fell martyr after being shot by a heavy bullet in the head. His skull is completely destroyed The Israeli occupation army bulldozes roads at the northern entrance of Salfiet, West Bank. The way the Israeli army bulldozes the roads could be a sign of Israel's intention to set up a military outpost in the area. Time: 11:00AM The Israeli occupation forces closed yesterday four schools at Alkhedr village, Bethlehem. They prevented Palestinian pupils from reaching and farmers from reaching their olive farms. In addition to that, the Israeli occupation forces tightened the siege imposed on both Beit Jala and Beit Sahour towns. Huge masses in Gaza City are about to take part in the funeral processions of four Palestinian martyrs who fell yesterday in Gaza Strip. Time: 10: 00Am The Israeli occupation forces broke into Sailat Aldaher village, West Bank, at 3:00AM. The forces included about 100 soldiers, 20 military Jeeps, two tanks, two bulldozers. They broke into tens of houses and arrested tens of youths. Sailat Aldaher as well as both Jaba' and Sanour villages witnesses at the moment violent clashes. One Palestinian youth was shot by a live bullet in the head. Time: 9:30AM A number of Arab Americans organize a hunger strike in front of the White House in Washington. This comes as
[CTRL] DEFENDING AMERICA NEWSLETTER 01 November 2000 - Part 1
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! SOLDIERS FOR THE TRUTH "DEFENDING AMERICA NEWSLETTER" 01 November 2000 - "America's Future and the Beret" "When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen." General George Washington, New York Legislature, 1775 "Our militia will be heroes, if we have heroes to lead them." Thomas Jefferson Soldiers For The Truth Foundation, PO Box 63840, Colorado Springs, CO 80962-3840 HTTP://WWW.SFTT.ORG *** TABLE OF CONTENTS: SITREP from the President HOT BUTTONS! Hack's Column: Wanted: A SecDef Who Can Cut It "Through the Primary Gun Sight" Article 1 -- America's Future Is Not Asleep The Big Picture: Article 2 -- Containing Iraq: A Forgotten War Article 3 -- How The Hi-Tech Army Fell Back On Law Of The Jungle And Won Article 4 -- U.S. Intelligence Analyst Quits Over Cole Attack Voice of the Grunt: Article 5 -- The BERET -- Reader Reactions Article 6 -- Gilligan's Island in Ft. Sill Article 7 -- Army: Save Small Group Instructions Article 8 --"Educrats" are Watering Military Education Down Article 9 -- Neglecting our Schools will hurt Readiness Article 10 -- Fewer Lieutenants Article 11 -- Voices from the Frontlines Article 12 -- Quality of Life Update G.I Humor: Article 13 -- GI HUMOR - Fitness Answers that make Sense Medal of Honor: Article 14 -- DONLON, ROGER HUGH C. SITREP: 1. Main topics: 1) America's future 2) The Beret 3) Military education/ teaching future leaders 4) Quality of Life/Healthcare 2. Hot Buttons: Last week's feedback was overwhelming. Keep it coming. A. I am interested in the following feedback: * List the 3 TOP items that need to be fixed in your unit or service * Junior officers: Do you think it is worthwhile to strive for battalion-level command (includes command of ships etc.)? Feel free to send me hot topics directly if you can't get through the admin/log net -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] B. The WEBPAGE. Webmaster, John Cloven is continually working on improving the site. Thanks for your feedback. C. DONATIONS. THE WEB DONATION OPTION SHOULD BE UP AND WORKING ONCE AGAIN! Thank you for your continuing support. Your donations are helping us to get the word out. Thanks for supporting an organization that stands for the Truth, even if it questions every rule of political correctness. D. Keep the mail coming!!! We won't reveal your true identity unless you give us your approval. We know how vindictive the "system" is. 3. How You can help: !!! Credit Card donation via our WEBSITE at www.sftt.org. !!! If you think we HIT a target, forward the newsletter to TV, radio and your local papers. YOU are the frontline recruiters and intel gatherers for SFTT. Check or Money order: Send to and make payable to: Soldiers For The Truth Foundation, PO Box 63840, Colorado Springs, CO 80962-3840. Important: Your donation is tax deductible! SFTT is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit educational foundation, IRS # 31-1592564. If you send us an E-MAIL address with your donation we can immediately mail you a RECEIPT. Multiple contributions: Please remind us when you submit your donation. We will send you a cumulative statement. Prepare for Action -- "Crew Ready! -- LOAD SABOT - DRIVER MOVE OUT!" R.W. Zimmermann President SFTT [EMAIL PROTECTED] === Hack's Column ~~ Wanted: A SecDef Who Can Cut It ~~ Next week, We the People will hire a new president. In January, the president-elect will take command of a military force that's on its knees in the center of the world ring, bloodied and dispirited. For the past eight years, our military has been under siege. Our $300 billion-a-year force that's filled with fine, patriotic men and women has been abused, ridden hard and put away wet. It has lost its direction and desperately needs a game plan for 2001 and beyond. Its structure and gear -- Cold War obsolete -- must be reorganized, modernized, revitalized and otherwise made good-to-go to win 21st-century contests ranging from terrorist hits to standing toe-to-toe with whatever new superpower rumbles down the block. But all this is old news, a message I've been hammering the readers of this column over the head with for years. And most, regrettably, haven't gotten the word. Perhaps because it's hard to get serious when the market's higher than the space station and they're not your kids being hung out there to die. Just like the generation -- high on the good times flowing after the Big War -- that allowed Korea 1950, when our forces were squashed and almost pushed into the sea. Dubya -- with Dick Cheney, Colin Powell and Norm Schwarzkopf whispering in his ear -- claims he's gotten the message and promises to turn things around. Al Gore simply continues to chant the mantra that our military is the "strongest in the world," ready for all comers.
[CTRL] Israel Threatens-Conflict May Spread
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 01 2000 http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,28216,00.html Conflict may spread, Israel warns Europe BY RICHARD BEESTON, DIPLOMATIC EDITOR ISRAEL issued a warning yesterday that the daily running street battles between Israelis and Palestinians could erupt into a regional conflict that would engulf the Middle East and stretch across the Mediterranean to Europe. During a visit to London, Shlomo Ben-Ami, the Israeli Foreign Minister, painted a far bleaker picture of the implications of the month-long crisis gripping the Middle East than have previously been set out by Israeli leaders. Mr Ben-Ami was a leading figure for almost a decade in the negotiations with the Palestinians, which collapsed last month. Yesterday he appealed to Tony Blair for help in persuading Yassir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, to enforce a ceasefire and resume talks before it was too late. He made similar calls to European leaders in Paris earlier in the day and today is due in Washington for talks with President Clinton, who has only weeks left in office to broker a peace agreement. Mr Ben-Ami said that the longer the present “low intensity” conflict with the Palestinians continued the bigger the risk that it would lead to a regional escalation. There are already fears of fresh fighting on the northern border with Lebanon, which could drag in Syrian forces as well. Also, the militant mood on the street across the Arab world could force moderate leaders into direct confrontation with Israel. Mr Ben-Ami said: “This is why we say to the Europeans: ‘You have high stakes here.’ It is the stability of the Mediterranean — maybe even of Europe — that is at risk.” One flashpoint that would push the street battles in the West Bank and Gaza into a virtual state of war could happen on November 15, when the Palestinian leader has threatened unilaterally to declare an independent state. If that happened, Mr Ben-Ami said, Israel would reluctantly respond in kind with a “defensive disengagement” from the Palestinian areas. The move would effectively mean that the main areas of disputed land, such as East Jerusalem and the Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza, would be incorporated into the Jewish state and the main Palestinian population areas sealed off by the Israeli military. “We will be obliged to take measures of defensive disengagment in case the Palestinians declare unilaterally,” Mr Ben-Ami told +The Times. “A unilateral declaration means you signal the end of the peace process — nothing binds us any more.” While insisting that he remains an optimistic and committed to a negotiated settlement, he said the peace movement in Israel was in danger of collapse unless a breakthrough was achieved soon. The centre-left coalition of Ehud Barak, the Prime Minister, is holding on to power by a thread, and the right-wing opposition would return to power if elections were held today. “The Palestinians’ response to this wave of violence is threatening to shatter the peace camp in Israel,” he said. “We spent a lifetime trying to build a modus vivendi with the Palestinians. We see the work of our lives collapsing before our eyes. The threat is that this will be the day of the hawks — the Palestinian hawks and the Israeli hawks.” Although all sides to the conflict agreed on the provisions of a ceasefire last month at the Sharm el-Sheikh summit in Egypt, the deal failed to halt the violence. The search for a solution has been complicated by next week’s American presidential elections, which will seriously weaken President Clinton’s influence in the region. In part that is why Mr Ben-Ami made his appeal for help yesterday to Britain and other European leaders. 15 Copyright 2000 Times Newspapers Ltd. This service is provided on Times Newspapers' standard terms and conditions. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material from The Times, visit the Syndication website.
[CTRL] ABCNews: Holes in the Probe (USS COLE)
-Caveat Lector- http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/cole001031.html Holes in the Probe Yemenis May Have Erased Critical Tape, U.S. Officials Say photo The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole is towed from the port city of Aden, Yemen, into open sea by the Military Sealift Command ocean-going tug USNS Catawba, Oct. 29. (U.S.M.C., Sgt. Don L. Maes/AP Photo) Oct. 31 American officials suspect Yemeni authorities erased critical parts of a videotape recorded by a harbor surveillance camera the day the Cole was hit, ABCNEWS has learned The USS Cole is painstakingly loaded on to the deck of a cargo ship and welded to its deck. RealVideo (download RealPlayer) The video could have contained crucial clues to what happened when the Cole was attacked on Oct. 12, killing 17 sailors and injuring 39. Earlier, Yemeni officials handed over a surveillance camera videotape of the harbor sought by the FBI, but it turned out to be useless. The camera was pointing in the wrong direction. American officials now wonder if Yemens government might have something to hide. Cooperation between Yemeni and U.S. authorities seemed to break down completely today. Yemens government said to be apparently reacting to what its officials perceive as American arrogance refused to allow any U.S. Navy helicopters to land on its soil today. That left American investigators stranded on warships where they now live. Last week, FBI investigators moved to a Navy ship offshore and are visiting Aden only as needed. Following President Ali Abdullah Salehs election in October 1999, the government has taken a number of measures to fight the widely held perception of the country as a haven for international terrorist groups Hitching a Ride The Cole was loaded today onto the Blue Marlin, a 700-foot-long Norwegian salvage ship. The 500-foot-long warship was placed at an angle so its propeller in the rear and its underwater sonar dome in the front would hang over the side. Using steel braces, the Cole is being welded to the deck of the Blue Marlin. The Navy estimates it will cost at least $150 million to repair the ship. But Pentagon sources say damage especially to the keel may be greater than first believed. This $1 billion warship, officials warn, may have to be scrapped. The Navy today also decided to bring the Cole home via the southern tip of Africa, instead of via the Suez Canal. They made the decision after U.S. officials conferred with Egyptian officials over security concerns. The canal, which connects the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea, is owned by Egypt. The canal hasnt been used by American ships since the Cole was attacked. U.S. military forces have been on heightened alert throughout the Middle East and other regions after the surprise attack. U.S. ships have also been banned from putting into any port in the Gulf (see related story on warnings to U.S. forces). The decision to go around Africa rather than through the canal stretches the Coles journey home from two weeks to three, and could cost the Egyptian government thousands of dollars. When an entire battle group goes through the canal, Egypt can earn as much as $1 million. Another Appeal for Cooperation Meanwhile, the U.S. presence in Yemen continued to shrink, as many U.S. military and State Department personnel departed Aden on Monday. U.S. Ambassador Barbara Bodine was expected to return to Yemens capital of Sana. Bodine has said that the Coles departure did not mean the probe into the bombing has ended. This will be the second phase. It will not be short. It will not be easy, she said. President Clinton on Monday also appealed to Saleh for direct access to witnesses, suspects and evidence, saying the two countries should have a genuine, joint investigation. Yemeni officials confirmed the questioning of sources and detainees was being conducted by Yemenis with no FBI agents present. Transcripts of the interrogations are sent to U.S. investigators who pose follow-up questions for Yemenis, the officials said. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Monday that Yemen had to cooperate more. U.S. investigators said last week that they were frustrated by Yemeni investigators not giving them access to witnesses and suspects. ABCNEWS John McWethy and Barbara Starr at the Pentagon, John Miller, and The Associated Press contributed to this report. Cole Piggybacks on Marlin Oct. 30 The USS Cole is in the process of being loaded onto the back of the Blue Marlin, a Norwegian transport ship. The process of loading the Cole on board will take about 24 hours. While the Blue Marlin was at its previous port in Dubai, wooden keel blocks were affixed to its deck. Now, the Cole is being towed out into deep water. The Blue Marlin will fill up with ballast until its cargo deck is 33 feet below the water line, and only the forward house the crew
[CTRL] CFR: CFR supports Bush over Gore
-Caveat Lector- Discrimination disguised as free trade A democratic victory in the general election would bring disturbing consequences for liberalisation, argues Jagdish Bhagwati By Andre Meyer, Senior Fellow in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations, New York. Published: October 31 2000 20:15GMT Many card-carrying Democrats among America's trade experts are unable to make up their minds as the day approaches when they must cast their vote for George W Bush or Al Gore. When they think of social issues, the Supreme Court vacancies to be filled and spending on liberal programmes, they turn to Mr Gore. But when they think of the Clinton-Gore administration's record on trade policy and of what Mr Gore promises to do, they sit up and shudder. The unpleasant reality is that the outcome of the election has huge implications - disturbing under Mr Gore and comforting under Mr Bush - for trade liberalisation and the trading system. Start with the current administration's record. True, the White House saw through both the Uruguay round of trade talks and the North American Free Trade Agreement. But while the administration fought hard and well - as indeed a Republican administration would have done - both were Republican initiatives that the present administration inherited when they were already at an advanced stage. Furthermore, the real heroes who delivered the majority votes were Republicans. The Democratic administration's only home-grown success has been with Permanent Normal Trade Relations for China. But the deal was entirely one-sided, with China giving the US everything on market access and the US giving China nothing but entry into the World Trade Organisation. The Democratic team passed off these deals as a great victory for the US and for free trade. But no amount of spin can hide the ineptitude that led to the first ever failure in 1997 by a US administration to get fast-track authority renewed by Congress: Bill Clinton managed to bring only a fifth of House Democrats on board to vote for renewal. Nor can one forget or forgive the debacle in Seattle last year when a deadly mix of mismanagement and calculated cynicism - pandering to the labour unions with an eye to the elections - dashed hopes of launching a new round of multilateral trade negotiations and brought the WTO into unmerited disrepute. Underlying these failures, and prospective problems under a Gore presidency, are two legacies of this administration: surrender to the notion that free trade requires "fair trade"; and a capitulation to labour unions that fair trade requires market access to be conditional on a social clause at the WTO on fulfilment of labour standards, now tactically defined as "workers' rights". The rise of fair trade owes much to the first Clinton-Gore administration's fixation with Japan. Bent on branding Japan as an "unfair trader" and going for high-profile but fruitless confrontations such as the car dispute, the administration made "unfair trade" a favoured tactic in the political domain. The labour lobbies have been smart enough to adapt their demands accordingly. For decades they have worried about foreign competition and outflow of investment, especially in labour-intensive goods such as apparel and shoes. Now, they have a great new argument: unless labour standards elsewhere are similar to those in the US, trade is unfair and must be stopped. This way, you get on to higher moral ground. You also do so in the battle over markets. If poor countries accept the demands, their costs should rise and the competition will be reduced. By contrast, if they do not their exports will be cut off. This is a cynical game where governments that badly need support from the labour unions even as they turn to the "third way" see domestic political gain in caving in to these demands. The Clinton-Gore team - unlike Tony Blair's British government - is no stranger to this tactic. Last week's announcement of a free trade agreement with Jordan - with labour and environmental standards stipulated in the text - left John Sweeney of the AFL-CIO trade union jubilant and fired up for the election. Charlene Barshefsky, the US trade representative, has called it a "template" for all trade treaties by the US. Only a significant power would have the hubris or the chutzpah to present a trade agreement with a monarchy, essentially dependent on the US, with a minuscule trade volume, as a model for the rest of the world to emulate. But that Al Gore thinks so is certain. Indeed, his policy statements and the Democratic platform are unambiguous: no trade liberalisation without such preconditions. If so, we can forget the WTO where nothing but a big north-south divide will follow, as it did in Seattle largely as a result of this issue. And so, under Mr Gore, Washington will contemplate more templates with inconsequential performers, multilateral trade liberalisation will languish, and the WTO will atrophy as the
[CTRL] Drudge Exclusive: GORE OPS TARGET NADER'S SEX LIFE; MOVE CALLED 'DESPERATE'
-Caveat Lector- X DRUDGE REPORT X WED NOV 01, 2000 17:01:39 ET X GORE OPS TARGET NADERS SEX LIFE; MOVE CALLED 'DESPERATE' **Exclusive** Campaign 2000 took an aggressive turn this week after Gore campaign operatives began questioning Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader s sex life, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. "Look, hes never been married." one Gore operative whispered to stunned reporters earlier this week. "Who is going to be sleeping in his bed at the White House if hes elected president? Im interested. Arent you?" The whispering campaign comes as Nader, 66, appears to be taking support away from Democratic hopeful Al Gore in key states. "This is the last act of a desperate campaign!" a Nader insider said late Wednesday. "If this does not open the eyes of the American people, nothing will. These people will do anything to keep power." A senior Gore official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, blasted the whispering campaign. "If anyone is caught doing this, they will be fired immediately!" the official told the DRUDGE REPORT from Tennessee. "Whos ever doing this should knock it off -- and knock it off now!" The SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE advanced questions about Naders private life after California state Assemblywoman Carole Migden raised the issue in an interview. "Of course, I don't necessarily have that information, and I certainly don't want to say anything libelous or unreasonable," Migden said in an interview with CALIFORNIA TRIANGLE magazine. "All I'm saying is that we believe he has strong ties to the community -- and has for years -- and hasn't been forthright about it." Nader told the CHRONICLE that he was appalled that an elected official like Migden would even bring up the subject. "I've spoken out on gay and lesbian issues way in advance of Al Gore," he said, adding that -- unlike his Democratic opponent -- he supports both civil marriages and eliminating the "don't ask, don't tell" policy for gays in the military. "But the answer to her inference is no." Developing... = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] DEFENDING AMERICA NEWSLETTER 01 November 2000 - Part 2
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! ARTICLE 4 ~ U.S. Intelligence Analyst Quits Over Cole Attack ~ Ed.: There is a bit of good news in this story. The analyst showed a trait that isn't very common among many government employees: CHARACTER. What should concern all of us is that the senior guys aren't listening to the little man or that they just don't have the ability to sort through the amount of information they demand. *** By Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Defense intelligence analyst resigned the day after a bomb ripped into a U.S. warship in Yemen because he believed higher-ups had not given enough weight to analysis that could have warned of a potential attack, a U.S. senator said on Wednesday. ``His resignation was due to significant analytical differences with his management,'' Sen. Pat Roberts, a Republican from Kansas, said quoting from a letter the analyst sent to Vice Adm. Thomas Wilson, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). DIA officials at the Pentagon privately confirmed a mid-level analyst quit after the attack in Aden, which killed 17 sailors and left a gaping hole in the USS Cole. But the agency denied it suppressed any intelligence before the blast. The analyst, who was not publicly identified, worked in the DIA's counter-terrorism analysis office and was an expert in Middle East and Gulf issues, Roberts told a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. The referred to a defense intelligence assessment dated in June, Roberts said. ``He indicates his analysis could have played a critical role in DIA's ability to predict and warn of a potential terrorist attack against U.S. interests,'' he said. ``He is very troubled by the many indicators contained in the analysis that suggests two or three other major acts of terrorism could potentially occur in the coming weeks or months,'' Roberts said. U.S. officials have said the United States received no specific threat of an imminent attack in Aden against a U.S. warship before the guided missile destroyer USS Cole was crippled on Oct. 12 in an apparent suicide bombing. The Defense intelligence analyst resigned on Oct. 13 and sent his letter of resignation on Oct. 14, Roberts said The revelation of the analyst's resignation added to questions raised over whether the United States should have had an inkling about the attack in a region known for being inhabited by anti-Western militant groups. === ARTICLE 5 ~ The BERET - Reader Reactions ~ Ed.: Whoooaaah!!! You would have thought that the Cole incident and international terrorism would have dominated our communications last week - wrong! It was the beret that had everyone hot -- about 300 responses. Now LISTEN General Shinseki: Most of our grunts believe that the idea of a beret for everyone is plain STUPID. Here is how the spectrum of responses breaks down -- it clearly shows a generational gap. Most of our WWII, Korea and Vietnam veterans want to keep things the way they are: Only Special Forces, Rangers, and Airborne troops would wear berets (30%). Our readers from the end of the Vietnam era to those currently serving prefer a beret, but in specific branch identifying colors, similar to what our NATO allies are doing (65%). Only 5% like the idea for a black beret for everyone. *** A. An Open Letter to General Shinseki ~ By Tig Dupre Dear General Shinseki, I read with interest about your decision to change the Army headgear to berets. While I am certain your advisors have told you this is a "good thing to do," I question the reasoning behind the action. For many years, a beret, either in black, maroon, or Rifle Green, was the coveted headgear for soldiers who wanted to be more than they thought they could be. Now, everyone is going to be "special." When everyone is special, no one is. Sure, the British Army wears berets and distinctive unit insignia in all their units. They have been doing this for many years. Other nations' forces have berets for special units only, or berets for all in uniform. Their military services pretty much started and have continued that way. Sir, it's not the headgear. It's not the pay (although that could always stand some adjustment). It's not the style of uniform (or lack of style). It's not even the really long hours with very little thanks or other reward. It's the leadership. From the top down, it's the leadership. Better to do away with the "zero-defects" mentality and "Death by PowerPoint" than to change the headgear in an effort to raise morale. Soldiers want tough, realistic training, doing what they came into the Army to
[CTRL] WNV Emergency In Jersey
West Nile virus officially an emergency in New Jersey The Associated Press http://interestalert.com/brand/siteia.shtml?Story=storage/remote_n/11010002aaa07354.nandSys=v2oFilter=Late%20BreakingFid=LATEBRKN WASHINGTON (November 1, 2000 8:45 p.m. EST ) - President Clinton declared Wednesday that an emergency exists in New Jersey and ordered federal aid for the area affected since Aug. 5 by the West Nile virus. The president's action authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide up to $5 million to local governments to help protect life, property and public health and safety in 21 counties. The counties covered by the declaration are: Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Salem, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren. The virus, transmitted to humans by mosquitoes, has been detected in birds in several states, including Maryland, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania. It can cause encephalitis, or swelling of the brain, as well as meningitis, the swelling of the lining of t! he brain and spinal cord. Last year, seven people died and 55 others were infected in the New York metropolitan area during the first known appearance of the virus in the Western Hemisphere. Its first victim this year was an 82-year-old from New Jersey.
Re: [CTRL] CFR: CFR supports Bush over Gore
It's a done deal then...Bush will reign...and that sucks! Bill.
[CTRL] Gore Is Disgusting and No Teen Idol
So it is alleged George is "stuffing" his trousers, and I wonder with what.it is all too obvious this man is sick.this article is disigusting and Clinton's picture on Esquire is disgustingthey act like a couple of degenerates - come to think of itwell forget that one. This item is revolting but then I did not rite it, however the subject line will pull up a lot of good stuff on conditions in Israel and Sharon wanting to bounce Barak - wonder who will get whom? Saba So here we go - the man Tipper Gore said was "sexy" to which I thought, about as sexy as Quasimoto the Bell Ringer and a Vampire Bat. Happy All Souls Day, You all and Nessie Get Well Quick.you were missed. PS" Gore was on TV stupid talk show with this black woman who asked him if he ever wore leather pants..that guy is uncouth. Front Page Nation/Politics Election 2000 World Commentary November 1, 2000 Liar, liar Tony Blankley Visit our Election 2000 page for daily election news and analysis Steak or lasagna; red wine or white; paper or plastic; George W. Bush or Al Gore? With a week to go, some voters about one in six are still struggling with what they apparently believe is one of life's annoying little decisions who they want as president. As I chatted with various strangers last weekend who told me they were still undecided, I was struck by how many of them had fallen victim to the confusions inflicted on the public by the media. Perhaps the most persistent and outrageous media conceit that has increased the indecision of the public is that Mr. Bush is not smart enough to be president, while Mr. Gore is one of the nation's better minds. Reporters who are graduates of Palooka College make fun of Mr. Bush, who not only graduated from Yale, but gained a masters from Harvard Business School, while Mr. Gore flunked out of divinity school and dropped out of law school. These media types, perhaps understandably, confuse loquacity with intelligence. More to the point, it has apparently missed these wise guys' attention that Mr. Bush has crafted one of the most brilliantly successful careers in recent American political history. It is not by chance that he is only the second son of a president in American history to gain the nomination of a major party for president (the other one, John Quincy Adams, won his election.) As to the second part of the equation what is the evidence that Mr. Gore is particularly smart? I've been in a few meetings with him, and my assessment is that he was spotting both Bill Clinton and my old boss Newt Gingrich about 25 IQ points. He struck me as a pretentious, intellectual poseur of the second rank. I'll give him only this: His successes have been a tribute to good work habits. He memorizes a myriad of details, but he lacks the intelligence to synthesis diverse data or to risk spontaneity in an intellectual give and take. Where Mr. Clinton would respond to Mr. Gingrich's arguments with adroit and responsive rebuttal, Mr. Gore invariably fell back on canned talking points, which he would regurgitate on command. The most compelling evidence of Mr. Gore's lack of useable political intelligence is, of course, his election campaign. He has masterminded (and micro-managed, if one can believe the reports in The Washington Post and New York Times) what should have been an easy double-digit victory into what looks like a probable loss. He has consistently shown bad judgment. Worst of all, whatever knowledge Mr. Gore has acquired in his life, he has utterly failed to acquire the self-knowledge and self-confidence that is the prime requisite for the presidency. The last thing this country needs is another president whose self-doubt and psychological confusion may lead him and the country down dangerous paths. This psychological confusion has most recently manifested itself in Mr. Gore's appalling cover photograph on Rolling Stone magazine. What inner demon or sense of sexual inadequacy could have driven Mr. Gore to pose for that photograph in a pair of pants so tight that his masculinity (or a surreptitiously placed substitute) caused an unbecoming bulge? Is this part of some competitive psychodrama Mr. Gore and his boss are engaged in? Which brings me to the ultimate reason to defeat Mr. Gore: We must put an end to Clintonism before it sends down its tainted roots any deeper into the soil of our republic. By Clintonism I mean the use of the lie, not as an occasional defense mechanism, but as the prime agent of its statecraft. Both Mr. Clinton and Mr. Gore not only lie about their opponents, they lie about their own programs and intentions. The most recent example is Mr. Gore's mendacious claim last week that he is the candidate of smaller, more limited government. When I was Newt Gingrich's press secretary I experienced firsthand how the calculated lie makes honest debate impossible. If a president is willing to lie about the most basic
[CTRL] Fwd: Gore Is Disgusting and No Teen Idol
Correction: First line of my letter re the above, I said "George" was stuffing his trousers and it was not George, but GORE.then it is getting close to Thanksgiving, however..maybe that is what they meant.He is overplaying the sex angle because he thinks it worked for Clinton? That might be true if you want support of the prostitutes and floosies. A. Saba Dare To Call It Conspiracy So it is alleged George is "stuffing" his trousers, and I wonder with what.it is all too obvious this man is sick.this article is disigusting and Clinton's picture on Esquire is disgustingthey act like a couple of degenerates - come to think of itwell forget that one. This item is revolting but then I did not rite it, however the subject line will pull up a lot of good stuff on conditions in Israel and Sharon wanting to bounce Barak - wonder who will get whom? Saba So here we go - the man Tipper Gore said was "sexy" to which I thought, about as sexy as Quasimoto the Bell Ringer and a Vampire Bat. Happy All Souls Day, You all and Nessie Get Well Quick.you were missed. PS" Gore was on TV stupid talk show with this black woman who asked him if he ever wore leather pants..that guy is uncouth. Front Page Nation/Politics Election 2000 World Commentary November 1, 2000 Liar, liar Tony Blankley Visit our Election 2000 page for daily election news and analysis Steak or lasagna; red wine or white; paper or plastic; George W. Bush or Al Gore? With a week to go, some voters about one in six are still struggling with what they apparently believe is one of life's annoying little decisions who they want as president. As I chatted with various strangers last weekend who told me they were still undecided, I was struck by how many of them had fallen victim to the confusions inflicted on the public by the media. Perhaps the most persistent and outrageous media conceit that has increased the indecision of the public is that Mr. Bush is not smart enough to be president, while Mr. Gore is one of the nation's better minds. Reporters who are graduates of Palooka College make fun of Mr. Bush, who not only graduated from Yale, but gained a masters from Harvard Business School, while Mr. Gore flunked out of divinity school and dropped out of law school. These media types, perhaps understandably, confuse loquacity with intelligence. More to the point, it has apparently missed these wise guys' attention that Mr. Bush has crafted one of the most brilliantly successful careers in recent American political history. It is not by chance that he is only the second son of a president in American history to gain the nomination of a major party for president (the other one, John Quincy Adams, won his election.) As to the second part of the equation what is the evidence that Mr. Gore is particularly smart? I've been in a few meetings with him, and my assessment is that he was spotting both Bill Clinton and my old boss Newt Gingrich about 25 IQ points. He struck me as a pretentious, intellectual poseur of the second rank. I'll give him only this: His successes have been a tribute to good work habits. He memorizes a myriad of details, but he lacks the intelligence to synthesis diverse data or to risk spontaneity in an intellectual give and take. Where Mr. Clinton would respond to Mr. Gingrich's arguments with adroit and responsive rebuttal, Mr. Gore invariably fell back on canned talking points, which he would regurgitate on command. The most compelling evidence of Mr. Gore's lack of useable political intelligence is, of course, his election campaign. He has masterminded (and micro-managed, if one can believe the reports in The Washington Post and New York Times) what should have been an easy double-digit victory into what looks like a probable loss. He has consistently shown bad judgment. Worst of all, whatever knowledge Mr. Gore has acquired in his life, he has utterly failed to acquire the self-knowledge and self-confidence that is the prime requisite for the presidency. The last thing this country needs is another president whose self-doubt and psychological confusion may lead him and the country down dangerous paths. This psychological confusion has most recently manifested itself in Mr. Gore's appalling cover photograph on Rolling Stone magazine. What inner demon or sense of sexual inadequacy could have driven Mr. Gore to pose for that photograph in a pair of pants so tight that his masculinity (or a surreptitiously placed substitute) caused an unbecoming bulge? Is this part of some competitive psychodrama Mr. Gore and his boss are engaged in? Which brings me to the ultimate reason to defeat Mr. Gore: We must put an end to Clintonism before it sends down its tainted roots any deeper into the soil of our republic. By Clintonism I mean the use of the lie, not as an occasional defense mechanism, but as the prime agent of its statecraft. Both Mr. Clinton and
[CTRL] [Fwd: [news] German Green Objects to Nader]
-Caveat Lector- Original Message Subject: [news] German Green Objects to Nader Date: 2 Nov 2000 03:31:56 - From: consortiumnews.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: List Member [EMAIL PROTECTED] consortiumnews.com - http://www.consortiumnews.com A founder of the Green Party in southern Germany is warning Americans about the danger of applying the Green political experience in Germany to the United States. Martin Kilian, a founder of the Green Party in Konstanz, Germany, notes the German parliamentary system allows parties with 5 percent or more of the vote to get seats in parliament. The German Greens have even joined the current coalition government of the Social Democrats. But America's winner-take-all system has made Ralph Nader's Green candidacy -- and its potential contribution to the election of Republican George W. Bush -- an "alarming" threat to the principles of Greens in Europe and the United States, Kilian said. For the full story, go to Consortiumnews.com at http://www.consortiumnews.com __ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Vote-Swap Web Sites Shut Down
-Caveat Lector- http://www.nydailynews.com/2000-11- 01/News_and_Views/Express_Edition/a-86781.asp Vote-Swap Web Sites c By J.K. DINEEN Daily News Express The plug is being pulled on the Great Presidential Swap of 2000. At least three Internet sites that arranged vote trading between backers of Al Gore and Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader have closed following complaints. The sites sought to have Nader supporters in the battleground states vote for the vice president. In exchange, Democrats would agree to cast a ballot for Nader in states considered a cakewalk for Texas Gov. George W. Bush. The Green Party needs 5% of the popular vote to qualify for federal funding in 2004. California elections officials contacted Jim Cody, the Los Angeles Web site operator who set up www.voteswap2000.com, and informed him he was violating state law by brokering the exchange of votes. "As soon as we were informed we shut the thing down," Cody said. In the site's short life, more than 5,000 matches were arranged, he added. After Cody closed his site, two other trading sites shut down on their own. Meanwhile, officials in at least four states are investigating vote- auction.com, a controversial European Web site claiming to be buying and selling votes in the U.S. presidential election, but proof that the organization is doing anything legal or not has yet to surface. Regardless, officials in at least four states are investigating vote- auction.com. Hans Bernhard of Vienna, Austria, runs the Web site which purports to "satire" a c..o.u...rrupt political system driven by soft money. Bernhard bought the site from James Baumgartner, a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., who established it as a master's thesis. "Our candidates are for sale, and by selling themselves they are treating the election as a commodity," Baumgartner said. "The next step is to treat votes like commodities." Buying and selling votes is forbidden by federal and state laws. Original Publication Date: 11/1/00 ### The right to buy weapons is the right to be free. -- A.E. Van Vogt, "The Weapon Shops Of Isher", ASF December 1942 A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fox News-We Distort, We Decide!
WE DISTORT, WE DECIDE: Doing Fox a Favor
Authentic Journalists Lend Credibility to GOP-TV
John Moyers is the publisher of TomPaine.com and the executive director of the Florence Fund.
WARNING: The author insists the following report is fair and balanced, without any taint of opinion. Any suspicion that the author holds an opinion is completely off base, as proven by the author's repetition of the following declaration: Fair and balanced ... fair and balanced ... fair and balanced ... fair and balanced. Convincing, isn't it?
Roll Call editor Mort Kondracke and NPR reporter Mara Liasson, first-rate professionals, are doing the Fox News Channel a big favor -- lending their valuable credibility to a network that cannot earn its own.
Kondracke and Liasson appear regularly in Fox's evening lineup, part of anchorman Brit Hume's "Special Report." Along with Weekly Standard editor Fred Barnes, each is identified as a "Fox News Contributor" -- a formal title and position that elevates them from mere guest status, making them part of the Fox team.
But despite the regular on-air gig and the title, it seems like Fox News Channel is getting the better end of this association.
You see, the twenty-four hour news channel is eager to have credibility as an honest-to-goodness journalistic outfit. But its bias is so overtly conservative, so obviously manipulative of the news, that Fox News Channel (FNC) doesn't stand a chance of earning such a reputation on its own. Hence the presence of real-life and credible journalists like Kondracke and Liasson. You might call it "credibility by association." But "wishful thinking" might be more accurate.
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT
Fox hosts like Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Tony Snow and Brit Hume dominate Fox's evening lineup and help give its "news" a firm rightward twist.
We here at TomPaine.com respect strong opinions -- we have plenty of them ourselves. So we don't begrudge Fox hosts having a point of view. We say, bring on the debate! It's just that these guys don't have the courage to own up to it.
Instead, they hide behind Fox's twin mantras, "Fair and Balanced" and "We report. You decide." These are repeated so frequently and with such earnestness that they take on the feel of propaganda. Truth by confident assertion. Believe us because we say it is so.
"Fair and balanced" if you see things through the eyes of Newt Gingrich, whose title of FNC "analyst" gives him more status than mere "contributor" Kondracke or Liasson. As for "we report," FNC doesn't do much original reporting. It favors cost-effective punditry instead. And "you decide" is disingenuous since every news organization naturally exercises its discretion in the practical matter of selecting stories and topics to feature.
"We distort. We decide" would be more like it. Or maybe just plain "GOP-TV." After all, FNC Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes is a long-time Republican loyalist and consultant, going all the way back to the low-flying Nixon days. If FNC hosts and reporters got any easier on GOP positions I might think their scripts were cribbed right out of party talking points. There really isn't a need for conservative guests or GOP spokesmen since FNC's hosts and reporters do such a good job representing those points of view themselves. Nonetheless, conservative guests predominate. When there is a liberal guest (and on Fox that typically means a centrist), they're almost always paired with a conservative one. Add the conservative FNC host and it's two on one.
An extensive report on FNC by Neil Hickey in the March/April 1998 Columbia Journalism Review included this passage:
Some of FNC's severest critics are former employees. ... Several complained of "management sticking their fingers" in the writing and editing of stories and of attempting to cook the facts to make a story more palatable to right-of-center tastes. ("I've worked at a lot of news organizations and never found that kind of manipulation.")
The bias at Fox News Channel is so obvious that it seems a waste of time to offer evidence of its existence, which is readily available to anyone willing to tune in. But just to model some behavior for Fox, here are a few examples:
On August 16, during coverage of the Democratic convention, Bill O'Reilly confessed to his guest, "I'm so glad you're here because I'm so tired of defending George W. Bush." Curiously, this remark was excised from a transcript found on the Nexis database. In fairness, O'Reilly twice said in the same broadcast that he's "not rooting for anyone," though it was hard to miss his aggressive assertion and defense of conservative positions throughout the evening.
Brit Hume recently interviewed Jeff Birnbaum, Fortune magazine's Washington bureau chief, about political contributions. Birnbaum started out fairly noting that the GOP beats the Democrats in the overall money chase, but who focused on the GOP's lead in small contributions, and incorrectly stated that the Dems
[CTRL] How it's done: Elites ubber alles. PBS
-Caveat Lector- Original Message Subject: [FAIR-L] ACTIVISM UPDATE: PBS Defends Its Free Airtime Policy Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 22:56:00 -0600 (CST) From: FAIR-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: ? To: undisclosed-recipients:; FAIR-L Fairness Accuracy in Reporting Media analysis, critiques and news reports ACTIVISM UPDATE: PBS Defends Its Free Airtime Policy October 31, 2000 PBS has responded to hundreds of letters from activists around the country criticizing its policy regarding free airtime for presidential candidates. PBS has made two and half minutes available at the end of its NewsHour newscast for eight nights, reserving four nights for Al Gore and four nights for George W. Bush. FAIR pointed out in a October 25 Action Alert that this policy duplicated the exclusionary nature of the presidential debates moderated by NewsHour anchor Jim Lehrer. The full text of the PBS response appears below. PBS explains that it had two criteria for determining which presidential candidates would be granted free airtime: "(1) that on October 10, 2000, they be on the ballot in states with enough electoral votes to have a mathematical chance of winning, and (2) that on that date they reach an average of at least five percent public support in five different nationally recognized polls." PBS notes that only Gore and Bush met these requirements. But PBS does not explain why they chose October 10 as an arbitrary cut-off date. If rising media attention to a candidate resulted in increased poll numbers after October 10, as has happened with Green Party candidate Ralph Nader in some polls, PBS's rules would still exclude the candidate. If PBS did not use the October 10 cut-off date, Nader would have met the guidelines. Around the time of the PBS announcement, Nader was polling 5 percent in an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll (10/13-15), 5 percent in a Newsweek poll (10/18-20), 5 percent in a Gallup/CNN/USA Today poll(10/16-18), 8 percent in an International Communications Research poll (10/18-22), 5 percent in a Christian Science Monitor poll (10/19-22), 5 percent in a Harris poll (10/19-26), and 5 percent in a Zogby International poll conducted for Reuters/MSNBC (10/24/-10/27). On an August 18 NewsHour broadcast, Gore campaign adviser Tad Devine said of Nader: "I don't think he'll be a significant factor in determining the outcome of this election in any single state." The Nader campaign seems to be proving that statement false-- but PBS's free-airtime proposal has not reflected recent developments in the presidential campaign. The full response from PBS is as follows: - Thank you for writing to PBS regarding presidential candidate free airtime. We value your suggestions and comments. In September, PBS contacted presidential candidates Harry Browne, Pat Buchanan, George W. Bush, Albert Gore, John Hagelin and Ralph Nader, offering them air time under two conditions: (1) that on October 10, 2000, they be on the ballot in states with enough electoral votes to have a mathematical chance of winning, and (2) that on that date they reach an average of at least five percent public support in five different nationally recognized polls. Only Vice President Gore and Governor Bush met both of these criteria. The 5 percent public support threshold is significantly below the 15 percent level set by the Commission on Presidential Debates for inclusion in the nationally televised presidential debates. The 5 percent threshold conforms to the percentage of votes necessary in a presidential election to receive federal funding in a subsequent election. Third party candidates and their issues have been and will continue to be covered by The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer in its regular election reporting. PBS's final Democracy Project Election 2000 program, "Time to Choose--A PBS/NPR Voter's Guide," airing November 1, will cover the issues that have been raised by third party candidates. "A Third Choice," Ben Wattenberg's history of third party efforts, and "I'm on the Ballot," Award Productions' look at the significance of third party campaigns and this year's major third party candidates, were also featured as part of the PBS Democracy Project lineup this election season. Thank you once again for writing to PBS. We hope you will continue to enjoy and support the wide variety of programming available on your PBS member station. Sincerely, PBS Viewer Services PBS Viewer Services can be contacted at [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Feel free to respond to FAIR ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ). We can't reply to everything, but we will look at each message. We especially appreciate documented example of media bias or censorship. And please send copies of your email correspondence with media outlets, including any responses, to us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] . FAIR ON THE AIR: FAIR's founder Jeff Cohen is a regular panelist on
[CTRL] THE WINDSOR-BUSH BLOODLINE
THE WINDSOR-BUSH BLOODLINE by David Icke Or why George W. Bush is the favourite to be President of the United States in the year 2000! I have recently been sent a series of genealogical charts which detail a bloodline and its off shoots that will be highly relevantto the readers of The Biggest Secret. I had no idea of their existence when I wrote The Biggest Secret. Yet it reads like an index of the book and most, if not all,of the major players in the advancing agenda of global control over thousands of years. These charts are stunning confirmationthat the same bloodlines have expanded their power out of the Near and Middle East of the ancient world to control theplanet today, precisely as detailed in The Biggest Secret. For readers of The Biggest Secret the following will proveextremely interesting: This bloodline and its offshoots includes a long line of pharaohs in ancient Egypt, including Rameses II (1295-1228 BC), whois considered to be the greatest pharaoh of all. He was his country's master architect (sacred geometry) and his name can befound on almost every ancient shrine. The gold mines of Nubia made him rich beyond the imagination. This bloodline alsoincludes the extraterrestrial-human hybrids who ruled Sumer, Babylon, Greece, and Troy, and which, today, rule the world. One common link in this bloodline is Philip of Macedonia (382-336BC),who married Olympias, and their son was Alexanderthe Great (356-323BC), a tyrant who plundered that key region of Greece, Persia, Syria, Phoenicia, Egypt, Babylon, theformer lands of Sumer, and across into India before dying in Babylon at the age of 33. During his rule of Egypt he founded thecity of Alexandria, one the greatest centers for esoteric knowledge in the ancient world. Alexander was taught by the Greekphilosopher, Aristotle, who in turn was taught by Plato and he by Socrates. The bloodline and the hidden advancedknowledge have always gone together. This key bloodline comes down through the most famous Egyptian queen, Cleopatra (60-30BC), who married the mostfamous Roman Emperor, Julius Caesar, and bore him a son, who became Ptolemy XIV. She also bore twins with MarkAnthony, who has his own connections to this line and its many offshoots; this bloodline also connects to Herod the Great, the"Herod" of the Jesus stories, and continues to the Roman Piso family who, as I explain in The Biggest Secret, wrote theGospel stories and invented the mythical figure called Jesus!!; the same bloodline includes Constantine the Great, the RomanEmperor who, in 325AD, turned Christianity, based on his ancestors' stories, into the religion we know today, and KingFerdinand of Spain and Queen Isabella of Castile, the sponsors of Christopher Columbus, who instigated the horrific SpanishInquisition (1478-1834) in which people were tortured and burned at the stake for in any way questioning the basis of thereligion their various ancestors had created. More than that, the most used version of the Bible was commissioned and sponsored by another strand in the same bloodline,King James 1st of England. Just a coincidence, nothing to worry about! The line of James, according to genealogy sourceslisted below, can be traced back to 1550 BC and beyond and includes many Egyptian pharaohs, including Rameses II. The bloodline moved into France and northern Europe through the Franks and Meroveus or Merovee, who gave his name tothe Merovingian bloodline, and it continues with the rest of the Merovingian clan like Clovis and the Dagoberts who connectinto the elite secret society, the Priory of Sion and the Rennes-le-Chateau "mystery" in Languedoc [Provence], SouthernFrance. Many books have been written recently which claim that the Merovingians are the bloodline of "Jesus". Some of these authors have just been mistaken, others have blatantly sought to confuse and mislead. The Merovingians are akey bloodline, yes, but it has nothing to do with Jesus, who was invented by an earlier family in the same line, the Pisos.Authors like Sir Laurence Gardner (Bloodline of the Holy Grail and a favorite of Nexus Magazine and its owner, DuncanRoads) MUST know this and yet they still connect the Merovingians to "Jesus". Why?? The Merovingians were Goddess Diana worshippers, as are so many in this line to the present day. They founded the city wecall Paris and on one of their former sites of Diana ritual, Princess Diana was murdered in the Pont d'Alma tunnel (meaning"bridge or passage of the Moon Goddess") on August 31st, 1997. As The Biggest Secret points out, the Windsors, anotherMerovingian bloodline, were very much involved in this ritual murder. From the Merovingians, this bloodline's connections to the present day include: Charlemagne (742-814), who ruled asEmperor of the West in the Holy Roman Empire; a stream of French kings, including Robert II, Philip Ist, II and III, andLouis Ist, II, VI, VII, VIII, V, XIII, IX,
[CTRL] More on: MENL: U.S. JETS BELIEVED TO HAVE FLOWN OVER BIN LADEN BASE
-Caveat Lector- http://www.dawn.com/2000/11/01/ US air strike feared: Afghanistan seeks neighbours' help ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: The Taliban have appealed to the neighbouring countries not to provide the airspace facility to the United States and Russia for air strike against Afghanistan, reports BBC. Foreign Minister Maulvi Wakil Ahmad Mutawakel accused the UN of prolonging the civil war in Afghanistan by supporting the government of deposed president Rabbani. He said the UN recognition of the previous Afghan government encouraged the Northern Alliance to prolong the war. He condemned Mr Rabbani, saying he had collaborated with Russians and sought military aid from Moscow. "Rabbani has provided Moscow an opportunity to interfere in Afghanistan's internal affairs."-NNI ### http://www.indolink.com/News/International/index.html Pak Warns US Against Any Strike Against Bin Laden Islamabad, Nov. 1 (NNN) : Pakistan has warned the United States against launching a fresh military strike against Saudi rebel, Osama bin Laden, believed to be currently staying in Afghanistan, saying any attack would only aggravate the situation. A foreign office spokesman here said "any initiation of violence would only complicate the matter and aggravate the situation." Laden is living in Afghanistan as a "guest" of the ruling Islamic Taliban militia. He is suspected by the Americans of masterminding the bombing of a US destroyer in Yemen earlier this month. Seventeen American soldiers were killed in that attack. Speculation has been rife, ever since, of US plans for military strikes on suspected hideouts of Laden. "We think such violence must not take place," Pakistan's foreign office spokesman Riaz Mohammad Khan told newsmen. "If any government has any problem relating to Afghanistan, then that problem should be discussed with the government of that country," he said, adding Islamabad had lodged a protest when US missiles violated Pakistan's airspace on their way to Afghanistan in 1998. The missiles, launched by US warships in the Arabian Sea, were aimed at suspected militant training camps run by Laden. Nov 1, 2000 = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Study: AIDS devastating Africa; 24 million may die
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Study: AIDS devastating Africa; 24 million may die
By HARRY DUNPHY, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (October 31, 2000 7:53 p.m. EST
http://www.nandotimes.com) - An analysis by an environmental research
group shows that the African AIDS epidemic is reducing life expectancy,
raising mortality, lowering fertility, leaving more men alive than women, and
producing millions of orphans.
Worldwatch Institute chairman Lester Brown said that unless a medical
miracle occurs, almost all the 24 million Africans infected with the virus at
the beginning of 2000 will die. Each day 6,000 Africans die from AIDS, and
an additional 11,000 are infected.
Brown said the epidemic is not being given the priority it deserves, either
within countries most affected or in the rich nations and other countries
outside Africa.
Some hope is offered in Uganda, one of the earliest-hit countries, which
has managed to give AIDS a high priority, and Zambia may be turning the
tide in lowering infection rates as well, Brown said in his report, based on
research by Worldwatch and other private and government agencies.
Brown noted that life expectancy, a key indicator of economic growth, is
falling fast in Africa.
In Zimbabwe, without AIDS, life expectancy in 2010 would be 70. With
AIDS, it is expected to fall below 35 years. For South Africa it will fall from
68 to 48, and for Zambia from 60 to 30.
"These life expectancies are more akin to those of the Middle Ages than
the modern age," Brown said.
New research also indicates the virus reduces fertility, Brown said. The
research is limited but indicates that from the time of HIV infection onward
fertility among infected women slowly declines.
The report said that by the time symptoms appear, women are 70 percent
less likely to be pregnant than those who were not infected.
Because African women most often have sexual relations with older men
who are more likely to be infected, the females get the disease earlier and
die before completing their reproductive years, which further reduces
births.
Worldwatch said Africa faces a shortage of women that is unique in the
world.
After wars, countries often face shortages of males, as France did after
World War I and Russia after World War II.
"This epidemic, however, is claiming more females than males in Africa,
promising a future where men will outnumber women 11 to 9. This will leave
many men bachelors or forced to migrate to other countries in search of a
wife," the report said.
The death of many young parents in Africa from AIDS is creating millions of
orphans as well, with 40 million expected by 2010, it said.
"Although Africa's extended family system is highly resilient and capable of
caring for" these children, "it will be staggered by this challenge," the report
said. "There is a real possibility that millions of orphans will become street
children."
Worldwatch is a nonprofit, independently funded environmental and social
research group.
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[CTRL] Newsmax: Houri of Terrorism
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Houri of Terrorism
Hugh Sprunt
Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2000
"According to the landlord of the apartment, who gave his name as
Yahya, both men spoke a heavily accented Arabic suggesting that
they came from Hadhramaut, a remote province of eastern Yemen
whose arid deserts and rocky mountains are a known haven for
Islamic terrorist groups, and which is famous for its small
fiberglass boats called houris that are used for fishing in the
Arabian Sea."
The word "houri" as used above in John Burns' New York Times
article ["Ship Attack Suspects Seemed Out of Place," Aden, Yemen,
Oct. 30] to refer to a type of fishing boat used in Yemen's
Hadhramaut Province is a slang term, though an eminently
appropriate one for the type of craft selected by the two
terrorists who attacked the USS Cole on Oct. 12.
The word houri has Persian origins ("huri") and originally
referred to a white-skinned black-eyed woman (recall that the
terrorists' small fiberglass attack boat has been officially
described as white in color). The equivalent word in Arabic is
"hawra."
The black eyes of houri are often compared to those of a gazelle
(indeed, the word was originally derived from "hawira," meaning
"black-eyed like a gazelle"). However, in Muslim religious terms,
an houri is a nymph of the Mohammedan paradise, supposedly
created from musk oil and certain spices, and endowed with
perpetually virgin and perfect youthful beauty.
Thus, an "houri" (the attackers' white fishing boat) bore the two
terrorists to "Mohammedan paradise." Indeed, one of the rewards
of paradise for devout (presumably male) Muslims is to be greeted
by houris upon arrival in Paradise.
It is no conflict that the physical form of the houri was itself
destroyed in the attack on the U.S. "destroyer" Cole, for true
houris remain young and pure forever, ministering to Muslims who
have earned the right to enter paradise.
The reporter for the NYT and his editor were possibly ignorant of
the metaphoric aspects of the use of a white "houri" fishing boat
by the terrorists in their attack on the Cole or, conceivably,
chose not to share this information with readers of the Times in
a straight news piece.
The terrorists could, of course, have used a metaphorically less
appropriate craft, one that could have carried an even larger
explosive charge sufficient to easily have sunk the Cole (a small
garbage scow, for example), but may have chosen the "houri"
fishing craft as symbolic both of their ancestral province of
Hadhramaut (I daresay, there were wooden houri fishing boats long
before fiberglass became available) and as a craft particularly
suitable for bearing them to paradise.
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[CTRL] MG: SAfrica may produce squashed-air car
-Caveat Lector- The MailGuardian, October 30, 2000. For more, go to: http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/archive/2000oct/features/30oct-aircar.html South Africa may produce squashed-air car An extraordinary new vehicle with a unique power source is lined up for production in South Africa, offering hope for those incensed by the cost of hydrocarbons. The car, called the Taxi ZerO Pollution (TOP), runs off motive energy stored as compressed air in tanks resembling those of scuba divers. The compressed air impels a piston engine. In effect, it's a serious version of toys whose power source is emptying balloons. The TOP is the brainchild of a former French Formula One racing engineer, Guy Negre. It looks similar to the micro-minibuses recently introduced by the likes of Renault to the South African market. The compressed air is stored in tanks holding 300 litres and attached to the underside of the car. The body of the vehicle weighs only 700kg; the engine itself is a mere 35kg. This means that the vehicle can theoretically be driven for up to 10 hours in an urban environment at an average speed of 80km/h. Plugged into a electrical power source, it can take as much as four hours for the car to "re-fuel" as air is compressed and forced into the storage tanks by a small compressor. But large-scale "air stations" could manage the task in just three minutes for companies running fleets of air-powered commercial vehicles. The projected cost in South Africa is around R74 000, near the bottom end of the market. The vehicle's range is 200km, at a phenomenal projected cost of just R2. If this scenario proves workable, the savings may well seduce many who might otherwise be put off by the range limitation. Details on the technology have yet to be revealed, but the concept is significantly simpler than others being pursued by developers of environmentally friendly transport, such as fuel cells and internal combustion-electric hybrids. Road tests of the prototypes have been done since 1998 in Brignoles, France. A hybrid version of the engine runs on normal fuel at speeds higher than 60km/h, still with extremely low energy consumption. But the car itself is not the only innovative part of the concept. The production has been designed to be extremely simple, allowing factories to be constructed for a minimal $8-million. Such a factory would produce 2 000 to 4 000 vehicles a year with a staff of 130. The factory concept is designed to be franchised, and easily transported to developing countries. The local branch of Zero Pollution Motors hopes to establish a production line in Gauteng next year, being in production by 2002. Zero Pollution Motors was not answering calls. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] WSJ: A Stonewall of His Own
-Caveat Lector- REVIEW OUTLOOK A Stonewall of His Own Does Gore feel accountable to anyone? Thursday, November 2, 2000 12:01 a.m. EST Days away from the Presidential election, the Clinton State Department has fallen into a dispute with Congress over the text of a 1995 arms-related agreement between Vice President Gore and former Russian Premier Viktor Chernomyrdin. State is refusing to turn over the documents to Congress, which wants to determine if the deal breached a 1992 law, co-sponsored by Senator Gore, banning weapons sales to Iran. Meanwhile, a federal judge will hold a hearing in Washington today at which Administration lawyers will try to explain again why they haven't disclosed the full operational details about the White House's controversial e-mail system. At issue here for Mr. Gore is whether an enormous volume of missing e-mails, acknowledged by the White House in late 1998, include evidence that is material to the campaign fund-raising investigations at Justice and the Independent Counsel's office. Needless to say, it would be unhelpful and conceivably disastrous for the Gore campaign if something awful existed in those Chernomyrdin weapons papers or if something incriminatory exists in the e-mails, and it became public now. So what? Laying aside the many denizens of the just-win school of politics, serious people should be able to agree that accountability matters, that high public officials don't own the government but must answer to some counterbalancing authority. Al Gore is the one who is running on his vaunted high-level experience as Bill Clinton's Vice President. What Congress wants to know about the Chernomyrdin agreements is whether Mr. Gore, representing the United States, gave Russia permission to sell a significant amount of weaponry to Iran, and if in so doing he broke a U.S. law. It would be ludicrous to argue that this is not a legitimate basis for inquiry by the second branch of government (though in the past eight years, Congressional Democrats have come close to holding the view that the oversight function is null and void). The State Department says "sensitive diplomatic negotiations" are at issue, and Mr. Gore's office suggests the deal was never secret and the agreements were announced at the time. And we're supposed to believe this and move on. So, five days before the vote, we would like to ask: Will the Clinton Presidency's record and habit of large-scale stonewalling carry over to a Gore Presidency? And will a President Gore regard the principle of accountability for his office with the same contempt that Bill Clinton did? As an issue of dispute, the Chernomyrdin deal is at least small enough to get your arms around. The e-mail controversy, as the determined coverage of the Associated Press described it Tuesday, sprawls across "a federal judge, four congressional committees and five sets of investigators." The undisclosed e-mails are potentially relevant to investigations and outstanding subpoenas into matters involving Monica Lewinsky, Waco, the Puerto Rican terrorist pardons, Whitewater, the Travel Office and campaign fund-raising, specifically the Buddhist temple event. A month ago, for instance, reconstructed computer tapes turned over to Congress revealed that an April 1996 e-mail from a Gore staffer clearly described the temple event as a fund-raiser, not an outreach event. Well, we all experience IT problems, some might argue. It doesn't look like it. Back in March, when the Administration testified on the e-mail problem before Congress, the White House's third most important person, counsel Bruce Lindsey, sat in the front row, actively engaged. Today in Judge Royce Lamberth's courtroom, White House counsel Beth Nolan will describe how it has now been discovered that internally circulated e-mails are also missing; until now, the lawyers had said that only e-mails sent from outside the White House weren't archived. Commenting in court Tuesday, Judge Lamberth denounced the White House's admission that all its previous testimony on this matter was wrong. Mr. Gore, asked in June on Fox News about the problem of his office's missing e-mails, replied: "I don't know about the backup tapes. I read about that in the papers recently. I don't know anything about why that happened or how it happened. I'm not an expert on computers." By way of separating himself from the part of the Clinton legacy that most offended the public, his uncertain character, Mr. Gore has asserted repeatedly that he is own man. Other than the kiss, where's the evidence of that? Bill Clinton, with his famous "permanent campaign," ran a Presidency that clearly felt itself accountable only to the people who had cast votes for him, rather than to the whole nation. Mr. Clinton never, or rarely, seemed able to rise above his campaign. The stonewall now building around Al Gore on Iran and the e-mails, suggesting that Mr. Gore is accountable to nothing
[CTRL] ABCNews: FBI Says Military Plastic Explosive Used Against USS Cole
-Caveat Lector- FBI Says Military Plastic Explosive Used Against USS Cole By Michael J. Sniffen The Associated Press W A S H I N G T O N, Nov. 1 FBI laboratory tests have concluded that C-4, a military-style plastic explosive, was used in the attack on the USS Cole in Yemen, a federal law enforcement official said today. And in another development in the investigation, U.S. and Yemeni negotiators were near an agreement that would let FBI agents in Yemen observe interviews with suspects and witnesses and submit questions, but they could not participate directly in questioning, said the official, who requested anonymity. President Clinton, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and FBI Director Louis Freeh had appealed to Yemens leaders to allow joint questioning. Two former counterterrorism officials said the use of C-4 in the attack that killed 17 U.S. sailors suggested at least that an organized group was behind the attack. One of them said it raised the possibility of state support but fell short of conclusively indicating some government sponsored the attack. C-4 is a plastic explosive developed for the U.S. military in the Vietnam era. It lasts forever. It doesnt deteriorate, said Vince Cannistraro, a former CIA counterterrorism expert. Used During Persian Gulf War The explosive is made for military use in the United States and in at least several NATO nations. It is not available on the open market, like the fuel oil and fertilizer used to make the bomb that destroyed a federal building in Oklahoma City. Although the C-4 formula is not a secret, one former U.S. military counterterrorism expert said, C-4 is not used in industrial blasting. It usually comes from a military source. Organized criminal groups have stolen C-4, this former military official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. It requires some amount of organization to do that. But it doesnt require government-level support to get it. Cannistraro said C-4 has been included in U.S. military sales to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and even to Iran while the shah was still in power. The U.S. military used it during the Persian Gulf war. Renegade ex-CIA agent Edwin Wilson was convicted of shipping 21 tons of it about two decades ago to Libya for use in what the U.S. government said was a school for terrorists he set up there. C-4 can be stolen, but its not easily obtainable by small groups, Cannistraro said. He said he had been told that between 400 and 700 pounds of the C-4 was used to blast a 40-by-40-foot hole in the Coles armored hull. Not Tied to Specific Groups That possibly points in the direction of some state support, because thats a lot to steal, Cannistraro said. But he said further evidence of that would depend in part on whether the FBI lab could use the residues left by the blast to determine the exact chemical formulation of the C-4 used in the blast and thus trace its manufacture to one particular country. Cannistraro said the use of C-4 did not point to any particular terrorist group. Osama bin Laden, the millionaire Saudi exile who has been charged by U.S. prosecutors with masterminding the bombing of U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, did not use C-4 there, Cannistraro said. They used RDX detonators there, but not RDX explosives. RDX is a component of C-4 and other explosives. Nevertheless, Secretary of Defense William Cohen said Monday, We are looking very closely at Osama bin Laden to see whether or not he in fact, or organizations he supports, are in some way connected to the Cole attack. Meantime, the crippled Cole has been lifted onto the deck of a specialized transport ship, the Blue Marlin, which has begun carrying the destroyer back to the United States, the Navy said Wednesday. The Navy also said the remaining 217 members of the crew of the Cole will return by plane to Norfolk Naval Station in Virginia on Friday. Most of them will go on leave and later return to their Cole detachment in Norfolk. Some sailors from Norfolk volunteered to fly out to stay on board the Cole as it journeys back to the United States, enabling the entire Cole crew to come home, Pentagon officials said Wednesday. Some U.S. engineers and other technical experts also were on board to assess the damage. For two weeks after the bombing, the Cole crew remained aboard, keeping the crippled ship stable in Aden harbor, recovering bodies and preparing it for the journey back to the United States. The Cole is not expected back until early December. It most likely will return to Norfolk, but the Navy said no final decision had been made. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends
[CTRL] NT: Were anti-terrorist guidelines followed?
-Caveat Lector- Navy Times Published: 11/06/2000 Category: Newslines Page: 8 Were anti-terrorist guidelines followed? Congress raises questions about Cole, port security By David Brown |and Vince Crawley With investigators and the media daily turning up new details of the attack on the destroyer Cole, Congress is bearing down on military leadership for answers about whether ship and harbor officials followed official anti-terrorism guidelines. Since terrorists steered a bomb-laden boat into the warship on Oct. 12, killing 17 sailors, Navy leaders have insisted little could have been done to prevent the tragedy in the Port of Aden, Yemen. Leaders initially said the attack boat blended in with official harbor craft helping tie the Cole to buoys as the ship prepared to refuel at a mid-harbor platform at 12:15 p.m. But eight days following the explosion, the Navy revised its attack time line after Navy Times quoted a source associated with the port who said the ship was fully moored for nearly an hour and was taking on fuel when the attack occurred at 11:18 a.m. Navy officials confirmed the inaccuracies of their initial reports, saying the discrepancies resulted from confusion and miscommunication in the minutes and hours following the attack. That still leaves much to be explained, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said during daylong Capitol Hill hearings Oct. 25. This revised time line raises a series of further questions about the force-protection procedures in place that day, both by the USS Cole and the host country, said Sen. John Warner, R-Va. Walter Slocombe, undersecretary of defense for policy, told Warner that officials did not clear up details of the attack after initial reports because they didnt want to question crew members while they were fighting to save the ship. Army Gen. Tommy Franks, commander of military forces in the Middle East, was aboard the Cole 72 hours after the attack and took part of the blame for allowing the erroneous attack time line information to persist. Ill just be very honest with you, Franks told lawmakers. Given the efforts that were ongoing by the skipper and that crew to save that ship, I didnt ask. Warner and other senators said the credibility of top military officials had been called into question by allowing the time line mistake to go unnoticed for more than a week. Quite frankly, the terrorists knew, but we didnt, Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., said. Warner noted that one of the crewmen phoned home and told his parents that the time line reported on television was in error. The parents then informed a former secretary of defense, who informed Warner. Warner also noted that the Navys Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain issued a message within a couple hours after the attack saying the explosion took place while the Cole was refueling. The discrepancy an attack while mooring vs. an attack when already moored is significant. Odds are greater that the attack boat would have stood out after mooring, when other small boats had left the area, and raised the suspicions of Cole crew members and harbor authorities. Scenarios covered under anti-terrorist tactics published by the Pentagon specifically warn ship crews about the kind of small-boat attack that occurred. Water taxis, ferries, bum boats and other harbor craft require special concern because they can serve as an ideal platform for terrorists, warns a Pentagon document called Joint Tactics, Techniques and Procedures for Antiterrorism. The document was published in March 1998 by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in part as a response to the 1996 truck-bomb attack in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 airmen at Khobar Towers. Unauthorized craft should be kept away from the ship; authorized craft should be carefully controlled, surveilled and covered, the document warns. The publication lists more than 100 measures that U.S. forces must take at various levels of alert, known as threat conditions, or ThreatCons. The guidance about small craft was listed as Measure 16, to be taken under ThreatCon Alpha. The Cole entered the port at ThreatCon Bravo, one level higher than Alpha. Navy and Defense officials have refused to discuss specific security measures the Cole undertook before the attack. Under ThreatCon Bravo, the ship was directed to follow 35 measures in addition to ThreatCon Alpha measures. Bravo measures included outfitting some topside sailors with weapons, manning fire hoses, watching for approaching boats and preparing a team to go on picket-boat patrol. Some Cole sailors reportedly exchanged friendly waves with two men in a small boat moving along the port side that then veered in close to the ship and set off the explosion. One sailor said he believed the men were there to pick up the ships garbage. A retired senior military officer familiar with port operations in Aden said boats with Yemeni sailors armed with AK-47 assault rifles patrolled
[CTRL] Passion for Dragons Fires Baby Boom
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Passion for Dragons Fires Baby Boom
Updated 8:26 AM ET November 1, 2000
HANOI (Reuters) - A rush to reproduce in the auspicious Year of the
Dragon has caused a sharp increase in the number of babies born in
Vietnam this year.
The National Committee for Population and Family Planning said 583,622
babies were born in the first seven months and Wednesday's Saigon
Times Daily said this was a 12.1 percent increase over the same period
last year.
A committee official attributed the surge in births to a desire to have
children born in the Year of the Dragon and in what Vietnam considers last
year of the 20th century.
"This is certainly affecting our family planning work," he added.
Vietnam has a population of around 79 million people which the United
Nations estimates is growing at about 1.7 percent a year.
Vietnam's growing population has long been a source of concern and since
1993 the government has attempted to limit families to a maximum of two
children.
In Vietnam's Chinese-based 12-year-cycle lunar calendar, birth years are
named after animals ranging from rats to tigers.
The dragon, the only mythical creature in the collection, is a royal symbol
and considered especially auspicious. People born in this year are
expected to have better leadership qualities and luck in business and
family life.
To qualify as little dragons, babies must be born between February 5, 2000
and January 24, 2001.
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[CTRL] NY Times on the Race
-Caveat Lector- From www.wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : North America : US Elections The New York Times and the 2000 elections: a contorted attempt to legitimize the two- party monopoly By David Walsh 1 November 2000 Back to screen version On October 29 the New York Times endorsed Democratic candidate Al Gore for president. This comes as no great surprise. The Times editors had made it clear in recent weeks that they favored the vice president. Their editorial attack on Green Party candidate Ralph Nader on October 26 [ see What accounts for the anti-Nader hysteria of the New York Times? http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/oct2000/nyt- o27.shtml] amounted to a Gore endorsement. In their editorial supporting Gore, the Times editors write that the Democratic and Republican candidates have delivered a clean, well-argued campaign that offers a choice between two sharply contrasting visions of the future. This has been the line of the newspaper throughout the election campaign: that there are stark differences between Gore and Bush, both of whom are conducting a substantive contest. As soon as the primary results were known in March, the Times went into print asserting that the voters could expect a fierce and captivating race. The Times' glowing portrait of the 2000 campaign reeks with cynicism. It speaks to the dishonesty of the editors, their insularity and their contempt for the American people. Many indicators points to widespread apathy, disgust and alienation within the electorate. The Times' own reporters have noted these trends on occasion. The newspaper's consistent effort to sanitize George W. Bush is especially significant. Even as the editors endorse his opponent, they praise the Texas governor as the most moderate Republican nominee in a generation. They congratulate him for running a largely positive, inclusive campaign and not playing on divisive themes as his father did in 1992. The Times chooses not to mention that Bush is the leader of a party that was engaged for an entire year in an attempt, via the impeachment effort spearheaded by Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr, to remove a twice-elected president by means of conspiracy, frame-up and media witch-hunting. The Times played a critical role in legitimizing this deeply reactionary campaign. Even from the standpoint of American bourgeois politics, Bush is an individual entirely lacking in the political qualifications traditionally deemed necessary for the presidency. Behind him, although they have been kept out of the limelight for the entire election year, stand the Congressional Republicans and the rest of the crowd that organized the impeachment drive. With Bush in power, they will be back in business, along with the Christian fundamentalists, the National Rifle Association and other sinister political forces. The New York Times knows all this, but the editors choose not to explain it to the American people. They cannot find it within themselves to use the phrase right-wing in their October 29 editorial; the best they can come up with to characterize the Bush campaign is conservative and ideologically driven. In legitimizing Bush, the Times is legitimizing the ultra-right, fascistic elements in his camp who would exert enormous influence over a Republican administration. The newspaper played the same role during the impeachment crisis, concealing the anti- democratic character of the forces mobilized behind what was in essence an attempted coup d'état. The newspaper's politically sordid role in the impeachment plot is mirrored in its coverage of the 2000 election campaign. In its attitude toward Bush, the Times echoes that of the Democrats themselves, who treat the Texas governor in the most respectful and conciliatory manner and refuse to expose his real agenda. There is no mention by the Gore camp of impeachment, no mention of the hated former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich, no mention of the Republican Revolution. A public airing of such matters would arouse social issues and social passions that Gore is as anxious to suppress as Bush. Significantly, the Times gives as one of its first reasons for backing the vice president the fact that he has struggled impressively and successfully to escape the shadow of the Clinton administration's ethical lapses... In other words, Gore has given his blessing retroactively to the Starr investigation, through his choice of Senator Joseph Lieberman as his running mate, his repudiation of Clinton throughout the campaign and his overall attitude to the Monica Lewinsky scandal. It is telling that the editors first find cause to endorse the Democratic candidate over an issue on which he has solidarized himself with the Republican right. A point-by-point examination of the Times' rationale for giving the nod to Gore underscores the generally reactionary character of the vice president's campaign. The Times praises Gore for having helped stiffen Mr. Clinton's resolve
[CTRL] (Fwd) Release: Marijuana Arrests
-Caveat Lector- --- Forwarded message follows --- Date sent: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 13:09:28 -0500 (EST) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Release: Marijuana Arrests From: Libertarian Party Announcements [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- === NEWS FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 100 Washington DC 20037 World Wide Web: http://www.LP.org === For release: October 31, 2000 === For additional information: George Getz, Press Secretary Phone: (202) 333-0008 Ext. 222 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] === Police arrest more people for marijuana than murder, rape, and robbery combined WASHINGTON, DC -- Police arrested more people last year on marijuana charges than for all violent crimes combined, according to new FBI figures -- a policy that endangers public safety by diverting police resources, Libertarians charge. "The War on Marijuana Smokers is good news for brutal street thugs, but it's bad news for ordinary Americans," said Harry Browne, the Libertarian Party's presidential candidate. "Why? Because police are kept busy arresting non-violent pot smokers -- while our families, friends, and neighbors fall prey to murderers, rapists, and robbers." According to the new FBI Uniform Crime Report, police arrested more people for non-violent marijuana offenses in 1999 than for murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault -- combined. In all, 704,812 Americans were arrested last year on marijuana- related charges, while only 635,990 people were arrested for the crimes of murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. "That means that in 704,812 instances last year, police spent their time and your money arresting and booking marijuana smokers instead of apprehending violent criminals," said Browne. "So the next time you hear about a vicious murder in your community, ask yourself: Could the police have prevented this crime if they hadn't devoted uncounted millions of dollars and man-hours arresting those 704,812 people on marijuana charges over the past year?" Of those arrested for marijuana offenses, 88% were charged with mere possession, noted Browne, and approximately 60,000 Americans are languishing in prison today on marijuana charges, according to the Marijuana Policy Project. "Make no mistake: People do get sent to jail in America for simple marijuana possession," he said. "This is more proof that the War on Drugs has created a revolving door prison system. In goes the pot smoker; out comes the psychopathic killer, the kidnapper, or the child molester released on early parole." Federal figures also show that a total of 4,175,357 people have been arrested on marijuana charges during the Clinton-Gore administration, even though President Clinton admitted he smoked marijuana "but didn't inhale" and Vice President Gore admits he smoked marijuana in his twenties. "Mr. Clinton and Mr. Gore, would you be better men today if you had been thrown in jail for your youthful indiscretions?" asked Browne. "If not, how can you possibly justify throwing your fellow Americans in jail today for the same youthful indiscretions?" Interestingly, the number of marijuana arrests is rising at the same time public support for the Drug War is falling, said Browne. "FBI statistics show that 22,000 more people were arrested on marijuana charges in 1999 than in 1998," he said. "Yet marijuana- related initiatives are approved nearly every time they're put to a popular vote, and California's Proposition 36 -- which would eliminate prison terms for all non-violent drug offenses -- appears headed to victory as well. "So while ordinary Americans see the futility of our current drug policies, politicians remain addicted to the War on Drugs and determined to arrest non-violent pot-smokers. That's why people who are victimized by murderers, rapists, and robbers are actually victimized twice: Once by street thugs, and once by the politicians who force police to waste their time arresting harmless pot-smokers as real criminals go free." -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBOf8pBtCSe1KnQG7RAQFqFgQAkgdtIFezpIt9Ya7cGNkFn/op3IWxYGBD sm1onmqA8xqkBj5InuHSLE+1z6BpjMj0QwUyr5zDkZo7FQF9+rnhw0WOlIAcuNST jggAS7ycLojKCoSMrnQEb265145EUOK7C2nqWzwCiqpSgXW+lTXlKj/xZvpYTEgE QExwbk+Aezw= =wH97 -END PGP SIGNATURE- --- The Libertarian Partyhttp://www.lp.org/ 2600 Virginia Ave. NW, Suite 100voice: 202-333-0008 Washington DC 20037 fax: 202-333-0072 ---
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Top Ten List from the Presidential Campaign Trail
Thomas L. Jipping
Nov. 1, 2000
Sometimes the real story of a campaign is in the small items, the things the
candidates don't mention, the details that almost get skipped.
Here's my top-10 list from the presidential campaign trail.
Number 10. Al Gore questions whether George W. Bush is up to the job of
president because he has only been a governor. Rewind the tape to 1976,
when the Democrats offered former Georgia governor Jimmy Carter to the
nation. He even failed the "What's My Line" test. And then there's former
Arkansas governor Bill Clinton...we won't go there.
Number 9. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch says that Al Gore has a "smarmy
streak" and there are "lingering doubts about his ethics" the Washington
Post questioned Gore's "ability to inspire the country" and the Detroit
Free Press said that Gore has "exaggerated too much." These papers endorsed
Gore!
Number 8. The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Seattle Times, Portland Oregonian,
St. Paul Pioneer Press, and Las Vegas Review-Journal have all endorsed
George W. Bush. They all had previously endorsed Bill Clinton.
Number 7. Clinton recently told the leftist group People for the American
Way that Americans should vote for Gore because of the judges he would
appoint. Clinton-Gore judges have struck down teen curfews, ruled that
prisons must allow inmates to have porn but that drunks cannot be required
to attend AA, prohibited prayers before school board meetings, said the Boy
Scouts should be forced to have homosexual leaders, and struck down school
vouchers. Does he mean those judges?
Number 6. The Clinton-Gore Department of Education was so badly managed
that it was not even auditable in 1998. Last year it was at least auditable
but failed the audit and is about to fail again. I guess that's what Gore
means by "reinventing" government.
Number 5. Gore said he would not have a "litmus test" for judicial appointments.
But he also said that the "main issue is whether or not the
Roe v. Wade decision [legalizing abortion] is going to be overturned."
Maybe Clinton could help Gore define "litmus test" a little better.
Number 4. Gore says that the federal government is smaller than when he
became vice president and that the military is the strongest it has ever
been. Yet most of the reduction in government has come from the military,
Clinton-Gore's Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman has warned of readiness
problems, and even Democratic Senate incumbents like Virginia's Chuck Robb say the
military is "stretched too thin." Maybe Clinton can help Gore
define "strongest" a little better.
Number 3. The "Political Odds Maker" at Campaigns Elections magazine says
Bush's odds of winning Texas are 50-to-1 while Gore's odds of winning
Tennessee are 20-to-19.
Number 2. Gore says he will appoint judges who will breathe "deeper
meaning" into the law. Clinton-Gore judges have ruled that students
expelled under a school's zero-tolerance weapons policy can sue the school,
side with criminal defendants more than twice as often as other judges, and
said a state law prohibiting state employees from accessing porn on state computers
is unconstitutional. That's a lot of heavy breathing.
Number 1. Joe Lieberman is troubled by toxic entertainment entering the
minds of children, "the most precious of God's creations," yet has no
problem with scissors and suction tubes entering the skulls of those
children during partial-birth abortions.
Thomas L. Jipping, J.D., is Director of the Free Congress Foundation's
Center for Law Democracy.
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The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking
new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust
The libertarian therefore considers one of his prime educational
tasks is to spread the demystification and desanctification of the
State among its hapless subjects. His task is to demonstrate
repeatedly and in depth that not only the emperor but even the
"democratic" State has no clothes; that all governments subsist
by exploitive rule over the public; and that such rule is the reverse
of objective necessity. He strives to show that the existence of
taxation and the State necessarily
