Associated Press
December 27, 2006
Gerald Ford, who picked up the pieces of Richard Nixon's scandal-shattered White House as the 38th and only unelected president in America's history, has died. He was 93.
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27/12/2006 A lengthy US senate investigation has debunked claims by a Republican congressman that military analysts identified Mohamed Atta and other September 11 hijackers before the attacks.
In a letter to members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Senators Pat Roberts and John D Rockefeller dismissed suggestions by Republican Curt Weldon that defence analysts ignored analysis that could have prevented the attacks. Roberts, a Republican, is the outgoing chairman and Rockefeller the senior Democrat who will assume the chairmanship on January 4 when the new congress convenes. They concluded "there was no evidence Mohamad Atta or any hijackers were identified prior to 9/11", said a committee aide. An internal defence department assessment had already dismissed Weldon's claims as unfounded, but the letter from Roberts and Rockefeller is the first rejection from Capitol Hill. The letter was reported on today by The Los Angeles Times. Comment: Eh..yeah, there may be a slight problem with asking the conspirators to decide whether or not there was a conspiracy...
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27/12/2006
Monterey Herald WASHINGTON - En route home from the Persian Gulf on a military supply ship in 2003, merchant seaman James Francis and his mates got an ultimatum: Take anthrax and smallpox vaccinations or lose your jobs.
Francis' Seattle attorney, Russell Williams, described the shipboard scene the next day off the isle of Crete as: "Wham, bam. 'Get in line. Take your shots.'" Within days of taking the two shots, Francis' feet began to tingle and burn. When he later took the second in a series of six anthrax shots, his health slid downhill. Since then, the 45-year-old messmate from Las Vegas has fought a rare nervous system disease known as Guillain-Barre Syndrome, along with chronic pain, pneumonia and a life-threatening blood clot. Vaccine makers are immune from lawsuits, so Francis sued the government, winning what his lawyer calls a "substantial" settlement in December 2005. Others say Uncle Sam shelled out about $2 million. |
27/12/2006
AP WASHINGTON - The FBI failed to fully investigate information suggesting other suspects may have helped Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols with the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, allowing questions to linger more than a decade after the deadly attack, a congressional inquiry concludes.
The House International Relations investigative subcommittee will release the findings of its two-year-review as early as Wednesday, declaring there is no conclusive evidence of a foreign connection to the attack but that far too many questions remain. The subcommittee's report will conclude there is no doubt McVeigh and Nichols were the main perpetrators, and it discloses for the first time that Nichols confirmed to House investigators he participated in the robbery of an Arkansas gun dealer that provided the proceeds for the attack. Comment: The Oklahoma bombing was a US government-sponsored terror attack on the American people.
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Raw Story
24/12/2006 A "threatening note" attributed to "God" led to a U.S. Airways plane being grounded at LaGuardia Airport in New York on Christmas Eve.
U.S. Airways Express Flight 3068, which left Charleston, South Carolina en route to Portland, Maine earlier today, was diverted to the New York City area airport. The man, "who appeared to be about 35 years old," the Associated Press reported on Monday, "gave the note to another passenger, Tammy Budek, who gave it to a flight attendant as the plane rolled toward the runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport." "He said he had AIDS, and the shedding of his blood and all our blood would cure all sickness," Budek told the Portland Press Herald. According to Budek, the man's note suggested "he was Jesus and it was time for everybody to die." "Budek said the man who passed her the suspicious note 'smiled the whole time' while authorities cuffed him and removed him from the plane," Elbert Aull reported for the Portland, Maine newspaper. The note writer was taken into custody and hospitalized, but a Port Authority spokesman said it was unlikely he would be charged with any crimes. According to FOX, the pilot requested for a K-9 team to come on board and sweep the plane before the passengers got off. All luggage was then scattered out across the plane as the authorities searched further. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spokesman Alan Hicks later said that nothing suspicious had been found by the K-9 units. |
By Norman Solomon and Jeff Cohen,
AlterNet. Posted December 26, 2006. Competition has been fierce this year for the fifteenth annual P.U.-litzer Prizes.
Many can plausibly lay claim to stinky media performances, but only a few can win a P.U.-litzer. As the judges for this un-coveted award, Jeff Cohen and I have deliberated with due care. (Jeff is the founder of the media watch group FAIR and author of the superb new book "Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media.") And now, the winners of the P.U.-litzer Prizes for 2006: |
The Associated Press
Published: December 27, 2006 COLUMBUS, Ohio: The Ohio state Supreme Court on Wednesday publicly reprimanded Gov. Bob Taft for his ethics violations in office, a black mark that will stay on his permanent record as an attorney.
Taft, a Republican and great-grandson of President William Howard Taft, pleaded no contest in 2005 to failing to report golf outings and other gifts and was fined $4,000. He could not seek re-election because of term limits and leaves office in less than two weeks. |
By Bryan Bender
12/26/06 "Boston Globe" WASHINGTON -- The armed forces, already struggling to meet recruiting goals, are considering expanding the number of noncitizens in the ranks -- including disputed proposals to open recruiting stations overseas and putting more immigrants on a faster track to US citizenship if they volunteer -- according to Pentagon officials.
Foreign citizens serving in the US military is a highly charged issue, which could expose the Pentagon to criticism that it is essentially using mercenaries to defend the country. Other analysts voice concern that a large contingent of noncitizens under arms could jeopardize national security or reflect badly on Americans' willingness to serve in uniform. |
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