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Date Sent: 2008-07-02
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Wednesday, July 2, 2008 |
FBI to descend on Denver for Dem event -- Ex-Agent Says CIA Ignored Iran Facts
Citibank ATM breach reveals PIN security problems -- Mexico uproar over 'torture' videos -- White House mum on alleged coverts ops in Iran -- Pentagon plans more spy satellite purchases -- Democrats in Congress mull new economic stimulus -- Iran: Readies Missile Attack on Temple, Israeli Nuclear Facility -- Illegal Immigration and the Return of Slavery to America -- Obama to overhaul, expand faith based programs -- Fed auctions $75 billion to ease credit stresses -- ACLU amends lawsuit as Denver Democratic Convention 'free speech zone' plans revealed -- Jon Kyle, John McCain, Harry Mitchell and Jeff Flake Served by Arizona patriots -- Diplomats Downplay Fears of Iran Attack -- Rothshilds' IMF To Audit The US Financial System -- Ford Motor's June sales skid 28% -- Prostitutes Feeling the Pinch at the Pump -- Federal Courts Restrain Use of Capital Punishment - by Mike Renzulli -- The Real Villain In The High Cost Of Oil - by Eric Margolis
Sheila Dean, Jacob Sullum, and Robert Parry on the Scott Horton Show at Antiwar Radio
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
FBI to descend on Denver for Dem event
7-1-2008
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Politics West
"Hundreds" of FBI agents will be in Denver during the Democratic National Convention, according to James Davis, the FBI special agent in charge of the Denver field division that oversees Colorado and Wyoming. The FBI is "responsible fo
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Domestic Policy
Citibank ATM breach reveals PIN security problems
7-1-2008
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AP
Hackers broke into Citibank's network of ATMs inside 7-Eleven stores and stole customers' PIN codes, according to recent court filings that revealed a disturbing security hole in the most sensitive part of a banking record.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Ex-Agent Says CIA Ignored Iran Facts
7-1-2008
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Washington Post
A former CIA operative who says he tried to warn the agency about faulty intelligence on Iraqi weapons programs now contends that CIA officials also ignored evidence that Iran had suspended work on a nuclear bomb.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iran
White House mum on alleged coverts ops in Iran
7-1-2008
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AFP
The White House declined to comment Monday on a news report that US lawmakers last year approved 400 million dollars to ramp up covert operations in Iran to undermine Tehran's leadership.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Torture
Mexico uproar over 'torture' videos
7-1-2008
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AP
Videos showing Leon police practicing torture techniques on a fellow officer and dragging another through vomit at the instruction of a US adviser created an uproar in Mexico, which has struggled to eliminate torture in law enforcement.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Pentagon plans more spy satellite purchases
7-1-2008
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AP
The Pentagon will buy and operate one or two commercial imagery satellites and plans to design and build another with more sophisticated spying capabilities, according to government and private industry officials. The satellites could spy on enemy tr
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Democrats in Congress mull new economic stimulus
7-1-2008
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Reuters
Democrats in the U.S. Congress are gearing up to pass a second election-year economic stimulus package, but unlike the $152 billion measure that passed in February, they are not counting on getting the support of President George W. Bush.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Film Producer Charged with Blasphemy, Contempt For Muslims
07-01-2008
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Mondoreb
Dutch politician/producer, Geert Wilders' celebration was a short one. Yesterday, Dutch prosecutors decided that his film "Fitna" was free speech. Today, Jordan reacted by charging Wilders with blasphemy and contempt for Muslims.
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Joe Horn Covered by New Texas Deadly Force Law
07-01-2008
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Ginn
The Texas Grand Jury declined to return a "true bill" against Joe Horn, the man who killed two intruders as they finished robbing his neighbor's home. Horn was protected under the "Castle Law", which became Texas law just two
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Israel
Iran: Readies Missile Attack on Temple, Israeli Nuclear Facility
07-01-2008
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Mondoreb
Iran readied missiles to hit Israel's nuclear facility at Dimona and the Temple. Speculation is over "when" the war will begin, not "if". Some say it's already begun in Lebanon.
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Immigration
Illegal Immigration and the Return of Slavery to America
07-01-2008
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pat
Illegal immigrants are turning up as sex slaves and used as forced labor by some ethnic segments in America. Getting caught by the Border Patrol might be a blessing. It's the New Slavery.
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Eugenics
Obama to overhaul, expand faith based programs
07-01-2008
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RawStory.com
Reaching out to evangelical voters, Barack Obama is announcing plans to expand President Bush's program steering federal social service dollars to religious groups. (And the Democrats say?....)
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Police State
ACLU amends lawsuit as Denver Democratic Convention 'free speech zone' plans revealed
7-1-2008
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Rawstory
The infamous "free speech zone," set to make a comeback at Denver's upcoming Democratic National Convention, needs to be within earshot of delegates, a coalition of civil liberties advocates backed by the ACLU said.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Fed auctions $75 billion to ease credit stresses
7-1-2008
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AP
The Federal Reserve has auctioned another $75 billion in loans to squeezed banks to help them overcome credit problems and announced it will provide a fresh batch of the loans this month.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Humor
Restaurant makes meal out of war
07-01-2008
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Rueters
BEIRUT (Reuters) - At "Buns and Guns" you can order a "Kalashnikov" sandwich from a bullet-shaped menu, prepared by chefs in military fatigues with the roar of explosions as background music.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Politics: General Activism
Jon Kyle / John McCain Served by Arizona patriots
7/1/08
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youtube.com
Arizona Patriots Serve Jon Kyle and John McCain DEMAND for violations of their oath of office under the last ten words of the First Amendment to the Constitution: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Diplomats Downplay Fears of Iran Attack
07/01/2008
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The New York Times
Iranian and Western diplomats played down worries about a looming Israeli military attack on Iran's nuclear facilities on Tuesday after reports of heightened tensions rattled nerves and helped drive oil prices near record highs.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Rothshilds' IMF To Audit
The US Financial System
06-30-2008
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Rense
They are auditing the Fed to make sure that no policy and no action of the Fed or the US government will result in any repudiation of debt owed to the Rothshild's or in any way reduce the expected harvest of assets...
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Queue Jackson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Ford Motor's June sales skid 27.9 percent
7-1-08
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Associated Press.com
Ford is the first automaker to report sales data Tuesday. Industry analysts expect June to be a dismal month for the industry with sales down double digits from last June.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Prostitutes Feeling the Pinch at the Pump
07-01-2008
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RawStory.com
Rising fuel prices are putting a pinch on the world’s oldest profession. Nevada brothels that cater to long-haul truckers are offering gas cards and other promotions after seeing business decline as much as 25 percent from a year ago, industry offici
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Energy
The Real Villain In The High Cost Of Oil - by Eric Margolis
6-30-08
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EricMargolis.com
Most of oil’s price surge has been caused by the US dollar’s steady loss of value caused by Washington’s bungled foreign policy and orgy of debt. Increased demand from India, China, and other Asian nations, where gas prices are kept below ...
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