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Breaking: Obama: SWAT Teams to be Sent to Gulf for Oil
Spill<http://www.legitgov.org/Obama-SWAT-Teams-be-Sent-Gulf-Oil-Spill>
--President Barack Obama said that SWAT teams, Department of Defense
to get involved in Gulf oil spill (Live media conference in White
House; details forthcoming.)
U.S. Subpoenas Times Reporter Over Book on
C.I.A.<http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/us/29justice.html> 28 Apr
2010 The Obama administration is seeking to compel a writer to
testify about his confidential sources for a 2006 book about the
Central Intelligence Agency, a rare step that was authorized by
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. The author, James Risen, who
is a reporter for The New York Times, received a subpoena on Monday
requiring him to provide documents and to testify May 4 before a
grand jury in Alexandria, Va., about his sources for a chapter of
his book, "State of War: The Secret History of the C.I.A. and the
Bush Administration." The chapter largely focuses on problems with
a covert C.I.A.
effort to disrupt alleged Iranian nuclear weapons research. Mr.
Risen referred questions to his lawyer, Joel Kurtzberg, a partner
at Cahill Gordon & Reindel L.L.P., who said that Mr. Risen would
not comply with the demand and would ask a judge to quash the
subpoena.
Detainee transfer documents buried in Canadian military shipping
containers<http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Detainee+documents+buried+ship
ping+containers/2956945/story.html> 27 Apr 2010 Records of Afghan
detainee transfer orders showing whether Canadian military commanders
took the risk of torture into account are buried in sea shipping
containers and "may take years" to locate, the Military Police
Complaints Commission was told Tuesday.
The revelation by Maj. Denis Gagnon emerged when he was closely
questioned by lawyer Paul Champ, who said the commission is on the
verge of deciding whether it has to suspend public hearings, partly
because of missing and delayed documents from the Defence Department.
Gagnon said the documents are "all thrown together in a storage
bin, a sea container" and an assessment of how long it would take
to catalogue documents and identify the records requested by the
commission may take years.
'In 2006, the UN's special rapporteur on torture said the situation
was 'out of control' and might be worse than under Saddam Hussein.'
'Torture' at secret Iraq jail in
Baghdad<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8648059.stm>
--Allegations of torture have regularly emerged since the US-led
invasion 28 Apr 2010 Routine torture, including electric shocks and
sexual abuse, was inflicted on detainees held in a secret prison
in Baghdad, Human Rights Watch says. The group's findings are based
on interviews with more than 40 people, including a British man who
said Iraqi army interrogators were responsible...
One of the prisoners, a 68-year-old man with dual British and Iraqi
citizenship, said he had been harshly beaten, sodomised and had
electric current passed through his genitals. [Saddam Hussein:
Clearly the better deal, six ways to Sunday.]
Blackwater trained Canadian
troops<http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Blackwater+trained+Canadian+troops/29
54144/story.html> --Defence spent more than $6-million at controversial
U.S.
security firm 27 Apr 2010 The National Defence Department has spent
more than $6-million having its troops trained by the controversial
Blackwater security company, whose own employees have been accused
of needlessly killing civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, documents
show. The department sent a succession of personnel to Blackwaters
Moyock, N.C., training compound from 2005 to as recently as April
2009, some of them learning tactics for working in dangerous settings,
records obtained through access-to-information legislation indicate.
The work continued even after the U.S. State Department cancelled
its pricey security contract with the company in Iraq amid mounting
criticism of Blackwaters actions.
Minot AFB crews to train with Canadian
soldiers<http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/apArticle/id/D9FBCC301/> 27
Apr 2010 Personnel from Minot Air Force Base and Canadian Forces
Base Shilo at Brandon, Manitoba, are taking part in a training
exercise in the Minot area.
The training is planned for Tuesday and Wednesday. Twenty-seven
members of Minot Air Force Base's 5th Bomb Wing and six members of
the Canadian base are to take part.
Two explosions kill 3, wound 40 in Kandahar, S.
Afghanistan<http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6965713.html>
28 Apr 2010 Two explosions occurred nearby the airport of Kandahar
city, capital of Kandahar province in south Afghanistan, killing 3
persons and injuring 40 others on Tuesday, an eye witness Wasil
Khan said. "Two explosions in a span of few minutes hit a private
security company named Hamayon outside Kandahar city and near to
Kandahar airport killing three guards of the company and wounding
40 others," Khan told Xinhua.
Taliban fighters attack Afghan
city<http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/04/2010427171058716698.html>
27 Apr 2010 At least three people have been killed and 35 others
injured after a cache of explosives detonated near the Afghan city
of Kandahar, officials said. Sher Mohammed Zazai, a commander of
Afghan forces in the south of the country, said Tuesday's attack
happened close to an air field and hit a compound providing logistical
support to Nato forces.
Blast at fuel depot near Kandahar airfield, 10
hurt<http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-48041820100427>
27 Apr 2010 An explosion struck a depot for fuel tanker trucks near
southern Afghanistan's Kandahar air field on Tuesday, wounding 10
guards, an Afghan army general said. Sher Mohammad Zazai, commander
of Afghan forces in the south of the country, said Taliban fighters
appeared to have infiltrated the fuel depot and triggered the blast.
Afghanistan: U.N. Pulls
Workers<http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/world/asia/28briefs-Afghanistan.htm
l> 27 Apr 2010 The United Nations withdrew most of its local staff
members from Kandahar on Tuesday and instructed its local Afghan
employees there to stay home in the coming days because of what it
called the "deteriorating"
security situation in the southern city, a spokeswoman said.
Afghanistan: U.N. Report on Attack Cites Friendly
Fire<http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/world/asia/27briefs-Afghanistan.html>
26 Apr 2010 A United Nations investigation has found that four of
the bodys staff members killed during a suicide attack on a Kabul
guesthouse last October may have died because of friendly fire from
Afghan security forces, United Nations officials said Monday. A
final report by an outside panel suggested that four of the five
staff members killed had been mistaken for Taliban insurgents.
Gates 'satisfied with anti-Iran
planning'<http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=124694§ionid=351020101>
28 Apr 2010 Amid a US-led push to impose "tough" sanctions against
Iran's nuclear program, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates expresses
satisfaction with the Pentagon's anti-Iran planning. Speaking in a
press conference with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak in
Washington on Tuesday, Gates said he was pleased with Pentagon's
devising plans to counter what he described as a nuclear threat
posed by Iran. "I'm very satisfied with the planning process both
within this building and in the inter-agency," the US official said.
Hidden toll of US wars: 18 veterans commit suicide
daily<http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/apr2010/mili-a28.shtml> By
Bill Van Auken 28 Apr 2010 An average of 18 US military veterans
are taking their lives every day as the Obama administration and
the Pentagon grow increasingly defensive about the epidemic of
suicides driven by Washingtons wars of aggression. The stunning
figure was reported last week by the Army Times, citing officials
in the US Veterans Affairs Department. [Suicides you can believe
in. --MDR]
'He acknowledged that he knew that a man staying with him was
planning to deliver ponchos, sleeping bags and waterproof socks to
Al Qaeda.' Ex-Brooklyn College Student Admits Conspiring to Help
Al Qaeda<http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/nyregion/28hashmi.html>
27 Apr 2010 In a widely watched terrorism case, a former Brooklyn
College student admitted in court on Tuesday that he had conspired
to provide Al Qaeda with what prosecutors described as military
gear. The former student, Syed Hashmi, 30, was to go on trial on
Wednesday in Federal District Court in Manhattan, three years after
he was extradited from Britain and accused by prosecutors of
conspiring with others to provide Al Qaeda with military gear [socks]
that was to be used against American forces in Afghanistan.
Ex-CIA fugitive was subdued with
Taser<http://blog.washingtonpost.com/spy-talk/2010/04/ex-cia_fugitive_was_sub
dued_wi.html> 29 Apr 2010 Ex-CIA operative Andrew Warren 'had' to
be subdued twice with electric shocks when a fugitive task force
tried to arrest him at a Norfolk hotel this week, according to law
enforcement sources... A law enforcement official, who asked for
anonymity, said that when Warren continued to struggle, he was
"dry-tasered," or stunned with a direct application to his back.
Gulf oil spill matter of 'national
significance'<http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gulf-oil-spill-matter-of-natio
nal-significance-2010-04-29> 29 Apr 2010 Homeland Security Secretary
Janet Napolitano called the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico a
matter of "national significance," according to media reports
Thursday. In addition to Homeland Security, the Obama Administration
reportedly dispatched the Environmental Protection Agency and
Department of the Interior resources to help clean up the spill.
BP Gulf Oil Well Is Leaking Five Times Faster Than
Estimated<http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-29/bp-gulf-oil-well-is-lea
king-five-times-faster-than-estimated.html> 29 Apr 2010 damaged
BP Plc oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is leaking as many as 5,000
barrels of crude a day, five times more than previously estimated,
the U.S. Coast Guard said. "Theres an additional breach in the
well," Coast Guard spokesman Erik Swanson said by telephone from
Robert, Louisiana. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
has increased its estimates of the flow of crude from 1,000 barrels
a day, he said.
Oil Slick Could Become Worst In US
History<http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Oil-Slick-From-Deepwater-
Horizon-Rig-Could-Become-Worst-In-US-History-Coastguards-Warn/Article/2010044
15621265?lpos=World_News_Top_Stories_Header_2&lid=ARTICLE_15621265_Oil_Slick_
From_Deepwater_Horizon_Rig_Could_Become_Worst_In_US_History%2C_Coastguards_Wa
rn> 28 Apr 2010 American coastguards say the spill from the site
of an oil rig collapse could become one of the worst in US history.
The slick covers an area 48 miles long and 39 miles wide, close to
the Mississippi Delta. The huge slick is now threatening the coast
of Louisiana.
Gulf oil spill presents a political challenge to Obama's offshore
drilling
plans<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/29/AR20100
42902290.html> 29 Apr 2010 The growing oil slick in the Gulf of
Mexico is not only an environment danger, but also a widening
political headache for President Obama, who just last month [insanely]
agreed to open vast stretches of the U.S. coastline to oil drilling.
White House attention to the oil leak, from a deepwater exploration
well, is ramping up quickly... The oil spill, which occurred after
an explosion on a BP rig, threatens to highlight the environmental
risk of offshore exploration -- a risk that critics have long warned
about and that Obama tried to downplay last month when he announced
the expansion of drilling.
Oil Leak from Damaged Well in Gulf of
Mexico<http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=43768> 27
Apr 2010 An estimated 42,000 gallons of oil per day were leaking
from an oil well in the Gulf of Mexico in late April, following an
explosion at an offshore drilling rig on April 20, 2010. The rig
eventually capsized and sank. These images of the affected area
were captured on April 25 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Aqua satellite and the Advanced
Land Imager on NASAs Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite.
Deport Children of Illegals: Calif.
Congressman<http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/politics/Children-of-Illegals-Sho
uld-Be-Deported-Hunter-92313089.html> 28 Apr 2010 Representative
Duncan Hunter (R) wants to deport the U.S.-born children of illegal
immigrants but he isn't the only one who wants to change the U.S.
Constitution. Hunter, who spoke at a tea party gathering in Ramona
Saturday, said he does not believe children born to illegal immigrant
parents should get automatic U.S. citizenship. Hunter said he also
supports a bill, House Resolution 1868, that would eliminate automatic
citizenship for those children.
Texas Rep Wants to Import AZ Immigration
Law<http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/politics/Rep-Wants-AZ-Immigration-Law-in-Texas
-92305354.html> 28 Apr 2010 A Republican Texas lawmaker plans to
introduce a tough immigration measure similar to the new law in
Arizona, a move state Democrats say would be a mistake. Rep. Debbie
Riddle of Tomball said she will push for the law in the January
legislative session, according to Wednesday's editions of the San
Antonio Express-News and Houston Chronicle. Riddle introduced a
similar measure in 2009 that didn't get out of committee.
City workers banned from official travel to
Arizona<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/cityinsider/detail?entry_id=62275>
27 Apr 2010 San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced today a
moratorium on official city travel to Arizona after the state enacted
a controversial new immigration law that directs local police to
arrest those suspected of being in the country illegally. The ban
on city employee travel to Arizona takes effect immediately, although
there are some exceptions, including for law enforcement officials
investigating a crime, officials said.
29 Arrested at Anti-Police-Brutality Demonstration in
Olympia<http://statestreet29.wordpress.com/2010/04/17/official-statement-of-s
upport-for-the-state-street-29/> By Ringo 17 Apr 2010 (WA) Twenty-nine
individuals were arrested at a demonstration against recent unjustified
West Coast killings by police. Two were (falsely) charged with
assault of an officer. The cops surrounded the group, beat, and
pepper-balled them into a parking lot despite a quick and full
compliance of orders given. No order to disperse was given and the
protesters were held overnight and told they would all be charged
with riot. Police also confiscated two cameras and are refusing to
release them. Donations are urgently needed (over 10K) for legal
advice and to help folks get a fair trial. Click the
link<http://statestreet29.wordpress.com/2010/04/17/official-statement-of-supp
ort-for-the-state-street-29/> to help.
Proposal: All New Yorkers Become Organ
Donors<http://wcbstv.com/health/ny.organ.donor.2.1662437.html>
--Assemblyman Introduces Bill That Would Give State Right to Decide
If You Are to Give the Gift of Life 28 Apr 2010 New York State
Assemblyman Richard Brodsky has introduced a new bill in Albany
that would enroll all New Yorkers as an organ donor, unless they
actually opt out of organ donation. It would be the first law of
its kind in the United States. Legal experts said if the law is
passed, it will likely face challenges in court.
New Jersey: Thousands of high school students walk out to protest
education cuts<http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/apr2010/stud-a28.shtml>
By Sandy English 28 Apr 2010 Tens of thousands of students from
across New Jersey left their classes Tuesday to protest $820 million
in education budget cuts by Republican Governor Chris Christie. The
budget cuts, averaging 11 percent across all districts, will result
in the mass layoff off teachers and the destruction of arts and
sports programs throughout the state.
Puerto Rican students occupy four
universities<http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/apr2010/puer-a28.shtml> By
Alphonso Santana and Rafael Azul 28 Apr 2010 Students have occupied
Puerto Rico's largest university, the University of Puerto Rico at
Rio Piedras, in a suburb of San Juan. The protest is against
Certification 98, a government decree, which cuts $100 million from
the university budget and eliminates tuition waivers for some
students. The student strikers are also demanding no increases in
tuition or privatization of services. The cuts are part of the
draconian austerity policies imposed by Governor Luis Fortuqo on
behalf of Wall Street, which included the sacking of 30,000 public
sector workers in 2009.
Republicans Allow Debate on Financial
Overhaul<http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/business/29regulate.html> 28
Apr 2010 With political pressure mounting, Senate Republicans
relented on Wednesday and agreed to let Democrats open debate on
legislation that would impose the most far-reaching overhaul of the
nations financial regulatory system since the aftermath of the
Depression. The decision by Republicans to allow floor deliberations
came after they voted three days in a row to block the bill, and
it suggested that they saw political peril in being depicted as
impeding tougher rules for Wall Street.
Associates: Crist will run as
indy<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36506.html> 28 Apr
2010 Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has told two close associates that
he will leave the Republican primary to run as a third-party candidate
for the U.S. Senate, POLITICO has learned. Crist is expected to
make the announcement Thursday evening at a park in St. Petersburg,
his hometown, surrounded by family supporters from both parties.
'It was disgraceful - crash TV at its worst.' BBC Film Crew Accused
of Animal
Cruelty<http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Asbo-Swan-BBCs-The-One-Show-
Crew-Accused-Of-Animal-Cruelty-In-Goading-Swan/Article/201004415620962?lpos=U
K_News_Third_Home_Page_Article_Teaser_Region__1&lid=ARTICLE_15620962_Asbo_Swa
n%3A_BBCs_The_One_Show_Crew_Accused_Of_Animal_Cruelty_In_Goading_Swan>
27 Apr 2010 A film crew for The One Show was sent to cover the story
of the bird which has become well known for attacking rowers passing
his nest on the River Cam in Cambridge. Witnesses claim the crew
hired a canoe to goad the swan when he failed to react on Friday.
They say two men dirt-bags in the craft ended up chasing him 200
yards along the river before returning to within yards of the nest
to force his mate to defend her eggs.
Wildlife Group Sends Perry a
Whistle<http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local-beat/Wildlife-Group-Sends-Perry-a-Wh
istle-92356054.html> 28 Apr 2010 Texas Governor [sociopath] Rick
Perry is getting some heat from wildlife enthusiasts over his
decision to take down a coyote with his laser-sighted pistol near
Austin. Perry told The Associated Press this week that a coyote
came out of the brush toward his daughter's Labrador retriever puppy
on a February jog, he charged it and shot it with his
.380 Ruger pistol. WildEarth Guardians said Wednesday it sent the governor a
plastic whistle and offered to pay for a class in assertiveness
training.
WildEarth Guardians also reported they sent the governor a copy of
the Red Hot Chili Peppers' song, "True Men Don't Kill coyotes."
Texas gov. shoots, kills 'wily' coyote during
jog<http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j0SPBFEe-eB5DMcV5yoFS7J
pJjcwD9FBNIN00> 27 Apr 2010 Pistol-packing Texas Gov. Rick Perry
told The Associated Press on Tuesday he needed just one shot from
the laser-sighted pistol he sometimes carries while jogging to take
down a coyote that menaced his puppy [?!?] during a February run
near Austin.
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Previous lead stories: NY judge: Anonymous jury will hear terrorism
trial<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/26/AR20100
42603044.html> --Lawyers for Hashmi had argued in court papers that
an anonymous jury would poison the trial's atmosphere and create
the impression that their client is guilty and dangerous. 26 Apr
2010 A judge ruled Monday that an anonymous jury will hear the trial
of an American student accused of lending support to al-Qaida
[al-CIAduh] in Afghanistan. U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska said
the seriousness of the conspiracy and material support for terrorism
charges against Syed Hashmi, the allegation he has followers and
high media interest make it necessary to protect jurors' identities
when the trial begins Wednesday. Prosecutors had cited those factors
in court papers when they requested anonymity for jurors. The
government said jurors "will see in the gallery of the courtroom a
significant number of the defendant's supporters, naturally leading
to juror speculation that at least some of these spectators might
share the defendant's [alleged] violent radical Islamic leanings."
Omar Khadr pushes to have statements, video thrown out as product
of
torture<http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gRv1A7M0
B_7bL7a417jLCGLuxLLA> 25 Apr 2010 Omar Khadr's lawyers will press
to have prosecution evidence thrown out as the latest chapter in
the Canadian citizen's long-running saga in Guantanamo Bay begins
this week. His American lawyers, Barry Coburn and Kobie Flowers,
plan to argue in a pre-trial motion starting Wednesday that Khadr
gave self-incriminating statements only after horrendous mistreatment
by his American captors. "He was abused, and therefore the statements
are unreliable," said Nate Whitling, one of Khadr's Canadian lawyers.
"They have nothing else."
The 'greening ' of al-Qaeda: More recycled al-Qaeda emerge --US
Attorney General Eric Holder celebrates Earth Day with more al-Qaeda
recycling:
Al-Qaeda Member 'Rises From Grave' to Plan NY Subway
Attack<http://www.legitgov.org/Al-Qaeda-Member-Rises-Grave-Plant-NY-Subway-At
tack> By Lori Price, www.legitgov.org<http://www.legitgov.org/> 26
Apr 2010 From the telegraph.co.uk: British al-Qaeda commander planned
July 7-style attack on New York subway 25 Apr 2010 A British al-Qaeda
commander planned to emulate the July 7 London suicide bombings
with a coordinated attack on the New York subway system, it has
emerged. Rashid Rauf, who also planned the transatlantic airlines
plot, allegedly told three Americans to attack targets in the United
States. His role in the plot emerged as a man pleaded guilty to the
plot which was cracked by the FBI last September after a tip off
from British intelligence. It would have been the biggest attack
on US soil since September 11, according to the US Attorney General,
Eric Holder... But, looky here! US kills alleged transatlantic
airline plot leader, reports say --British Islamist Rashid Rauf
said to have been killed by missile attack in north-west Pakistan
22 Nov 2008.
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