Jun. 19, 2006. 05:30 AM
TIM HARPER WASHINGTON BUREAU MANCHESTER, N.H.-The fierce cultural aversion to the long reach of government is emblazoned on every licence plate here, an omnipresent statement that should make Rich Tomasso's job easier.
But even a man who makes it his business to protect individual liberties in a state where no government would dare collect a sales tax or personal income tax - or force a seatbelt around a driver or a helmet on a motorcyclist - has to face some harsh realities in George W. Bush's America. "People are more afraid of terror than having their privacy violated," says Tomasso, chair of the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance. "For so long the rhetoric has been about fear, not hope and more traditional American values." |
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
By Gordon Russell Staff writer In an extraordinary move usually reserved for the immediate crisis after natural disasters, a detachment of at least 100 Louisiana National Guard soldiers and 60 State Police troopers will be sent to New Orleans today in an effort to quell the steadily rising tide of bloodshed in the city, a wave of violence that culminated Saturday with the shocking murder of five youths in Central City.
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UK Independent
By John Hiscock Los Angeles 20 June 2006 The future of law enforcement was launched into the smoggy Los Angeles skies at the weekend in the form of a drone aircraft intended to bring spy-in-the-sky technology to urban policing.
The unmanned aerial vehicle, called the SkySeer, looks like a remote-controlled toy and fits into a shoulder bag. In the air, the craft is guided by global positioning system coordinates, and a camera fixed to the underside sends video to a laptop command station. A prototype is being tested by the LA county sheriff's department, which says the SkySeer will accomplish tasks too dangerous for officers, and free helicopters for other missions. "This technology could be used to find missing children, search for lost hikers or survey a fire zone," said Commander Sid Heal, head of the sheriff's department technology exploration project. "The plane is virtually silent and invisible." |
By Shankar Vedantam
Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, June 20, 2006; A01 The National Security Agency denied a top-secret clearance to David Vermette this year after two polygraph tests. But the computer programmer still has access to sensitive, classified information -- from the CIA, which independently cleared him after administering its own "lie detector" test.
The FBI recently ran a background check on Wayne Johnson, which led to a five-year extension of his top-secret White House clearance. But when Johnson applied for a job at the FBI itself, the agency made him an offer -- then rescinded it after a polygraph exam. The Defense Department has long issued Tara Wilk a top-secret clearance. But when Wilk tried to get similar clearance from the NSA, she failed three tests -- leaving her so frustrated she sought help from a hypnotist and a therapist. In a region where a security clearance is a necessary ticket to countless jobs with the federal government and its thousands of contractors, it is not hard to find people caught in turf wars over clearance. Polygraph tests are often at the root of the problem. |
By Chuck Goudie
April 5, 2006 - A suburban man, who has admitted laundering money for terrorists, says federal authorities in Chicago are covering up evidence that he was tortured into confessing. In this Intelligence Report: the case against Muhammad Salah.
Very blunt documents filed in federal court by lawyers for Muhammad Salah allege a conspiracy between US prosecutors and the Israeli government, that they are in cahoots to cover up evidence that Salah and other Palestinians were tortured while in Israeli custody. They are suggesting the judge in the case is being used as a stooge and trying to inject a controversial reporter into the case. |
Julian Borger in Washington
Tuesday June 20, 2006 The Guardian The US has launched a diplomatic campaign to block Venezuela's bid to become a member of the United Nations security council out of concern that Hugo Chávez's government would use its seat to try to block punitive measures against Iran.
Washington has publicly backed Guatemala's rival effort to take the two-year rotating council next year, but it has reportedly gone further in recent weeks - threatening retaliatory action against Latin American countries who support the Venezuelan bid. |
14:55:07 EDT Jun 17, 2006
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A woman accused of pummelling a dog breeder over the head with a dead Chihuahua has been charged with two misdemeanours and reimbursed the money she paid for the puppy.
Lisa Lynn Hopfer, 33, of Wentzville, was charged with trespassing and third-degree assault in the June 7 incident, authorities said. |
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