[osint] Gore Laments U.S. 'Abuses' Against Arabs

2006-02-13 Thread Bruce Tefft
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1107AP_Saudi_Gore.html Aid and comfort to the enemy at time of war by undermining US foreign policy. It's scary how close he came to being president Gore Laments U.S. 'Abuses' Against Arabs By JIM KRANE, Associated Press Writer Former Vice

[osint] Muslims Protest Drawing in Philly Paper

2006-02-13 Thread Bruce Tefft
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060212/ap_on_re_us/prophet_drawings_media_1 Muslims Protest Drawing in Philly Paper By KATHY MATHESON, Associated Press WriterSat Feb 11, 7:06 PM ET Protesters with signs that read Irresponsible Journalism gathered outside the offices of The Philadelphia

[osint] Jihadist Salafist Ideology is Like Nazism

2006-02-13 Thread Bruce Tefft
http://www.hyscience.com/archives/2005/10/saudi_columnist.php October 17, 2005 Saudi Columnist: Jihadist Salafist Ideology is Like Nazism Topics: Understanding Islam I am one of those who believe strongly that our clerics, students, and preachers shoulder most of the responsibility for the war

[osint] Pay for Terror

2006-02-13 Thread Bruce Tefft
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/051205/5terror.htm How jihadist groups are using organized-crime tactics--and profits--to finance attacks on targets around the globe By David E. Kaplan 12/5/05 The first blast struck at 1:25 p.m., shattering the walls of the Bombay Stock

[osint] Bin Laden brother under investigation

2006-02-13 Thread Bruce Tefft
bin Laden's brother transfers $300 million (coincidentally, the amount attributed to bin Laden's inheiritance) from Geneva to Pakistan and we wonder why al-Qaeda has no financial problems? -Bruce http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20051114-122300-5747r Bin Laden brother under

[osint] Outed CIA officer was working on Iran, intelligence sources say

2006-02-13 Thread David Bier
It slowly dawned on them that the collaboration between Pakistan, North Korea and Iran was an ongoing and serious problem, Pike said. It was starting to sink in on them that it was one program doing business in three locations and that anything one of these countries had they all had. All the

[osint] Senators concerned over CIA leak report

2006-02-13 Thread David Bier
I don't think anybody should be releasing classified information, period, whether in the Congress, executive branch or some underling in some bureaucracy, said Allen, who appeared with Reed on Fox News Sunday. I think this calls into question in terms of Fitzgerald's investigation of the conduct

[osint] Vice President Cheney and The Fight Over Inherent Presidential Powers:

2006-02-13 Thread David Bier
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to offer what may have been the weakest legal argument for presidential power to conduct warrantless electronic surveillance since Nixon's Justice Department invoked the views of King George III. King George III's

[osint] Islam's shattered pact with modernity

2006-02-13 Thread Bruce Tefft
Islam's shattered pact with modernity The city's intellectual and business elite can be found once every few months at a small Davisville restaurant called Grano. Feb. 12, 2006. 08:32 AM FOUAD AJAMI SPECIAL TO THE STAR The following is an edited transcript of Fouad Ajami's talk at the

[osint] Let's be honest about cartoons

2006-02-13 Thread Bruce Tefft
http://www.latimes.com/news/columnists/cl-et-rutten11feb11,07556376.column?c oll=la-news-columns Regarding Media Tim Rutten, From the Los Angeles Times, 11 February 2006 Let's be honest about cartoons THE editor of the Los Angeles Times does not think you need to see any of the cartoons

[osint] Inquiry Into Wiretapping Article Widens

2006-02-13 Thread David Bier
...a rapidly expanding criminal investigation into the circumstances surrounding a New York Times article published in December that disclosed the existence of a highly classified domestic eavesdropping program, What our reporting has done is set off an intense national debate about the proper

[osint] Islamic radicals take advantage of Western liberalism

2006-02-13 Thread Bruce Tefft
Islamic radicals take advantage of Western liberalism By John Leo Feb 12, 2006 Is the biggest issue in the cartoon controversy free expression, sensitivity or fear? One vote here for none of the above. The key question may be this: Are Muslims in Europe going to live by the rules of the West,

[osint] For one Marine, torture came home

2006-02-13 Thread David Bier
...young Afghans — some visible in blue jumpsuits in his photos — had been rounded up and brought to the site by a CIA special operations team. The CIA officers made no great secret of what they were doing, he said, but were dismissive of the Marines and pulled rank when challenged. Jeff said he

[osint] Fallaci Beheaded

2006-02-13 Thread Bruce Tefft
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=21265 Fallaci Beheaded By Robert http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/authors.asp?ID=1240 Spencer FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=21265 | February 13, 2006 A disgraceful art exhibit in

[osint] UK Authorities' Gutlessness

2006-02-13 Thread Bruce Tefft
The Times February 09, 2006 Cleric sent gangs to seize control of rival mosques By Daniel McGrory and Sean O'Neill ABU HAMZA sent teams of young supporters around the country with orders to take over other mosques. Rival clerics have told The Times that they were

[osint] Declaration of War (a reminder)

2006-02-13 Thread Seeker8143
_President Signs Authorization for Use of Military Force bill_ (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010918-10.html) _Home_ (http://www.whitehouse.gov/index.html) _News Policies_ (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/)_September 2001_

[osint] The Fallen Legion

2006-02-13 Thread David Bier
Casualties of the Bush Administrationthe casualties of the Bush administration are legion. The numbers of government careers wrecked, disrupted, adversely affected, or tossed into turmoil as a result of this administration's wars, budgets, policies, and programs is impossible to determine.

[osint] Re: Declaration of War (a reminder)

2006-02-13 Thread David Bier
The Congressional authorization was NOT a Declaration of War under the U.S. Constitution but merely a bill authorizing force against al Qaeda and anyone who supported their attack on the United States. David Bier --- In osint@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: _President Signs

Re: [osint] Re: Declaration of War (a reminder)

2006-02-13 Thread Seeker8143
In a message dated 2/13/2006 7:42:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The Congressional authorization was NOT a Declaration of War under the U.S. Constitution but merely a bill authorizing force against al Qaeda and anyone who supported their attack on the United

[osint] definition of declaration of war

2006-02-13 Thread Seeker8143
_Legal Definition of 'Declaration Of War'_ (http://www.lectlaw.com/def/d108.htm) DECLARATION OF WAR - An act of the national legislature, in which a state of war is declared to exist between the United States and some other nation. This power is vested in Congress by the Constitution,

[osint] Re: Republican Who Oversees N.S.A. Calls for Wiretap Inquiry

2006-02-13 Thread David Bier
In the comments concerning the article, I pointed out Ms. Wilson is having re-election problems, partially because of campaign contributions from corporations with connections to pornography. In Ms. Wilson's defense (and that of Senators McCain and Lieberman among others) I would like to note

[osint] Re: definition of declaration of war

2006-02-13 Thread David Bier
Nice easy general layman definition of Declaration of War. But it misses the point that only a formal enactment by Congress so entitled is in fact a Declaration of War. The most recent Congressional interpretation of their Constitutional authority, the War Powers Resolution of 1973 makes a

[osint] The Taliban's bloody foothold in Pakistan

2006-02-13 Thread David Bier
If this military strategy is implemented it would have serious consequences for the allied forces in Afghanistan, especially at a time when they are mounting pressure on Iran, commented an intelligence analyst. However, the Taliban made tall claims about winter suicide attacks, but barring a few