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Date Sent: 2009-02-13
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, February 13, 2009 |
Prisoners tortured to death: Oversight flowed through Stephen Cambone
Iraqi Interpreters May Wear Masks -- Agency's Role Probed in Lying About D.C. Water Contamination -- Panetta Confirmed for C.I.A. Post -- Is sheriff too aggressive in Phelps case? -- You have no rights, citizen -- Why Sleep Is Needed To Form Memories -- Mexico Fingerprinting Cellphone Users to Crack Down on Kidnapping -- Latin America ex-leaders urge reform of US drug war -- Holocaust-denying Bishop refuses to recant his 'Jews were not gassed' claims -- One more step for private Moon mission -- "European banks toxic debts risk overwhelming EU governments" -- Michael Shedlock: You Can't Fool Gold" -- U.S. judges admit to jailing children for money -- Pelosi and The Plutocrats: Kill Plan to Recover Wall Street Bonuses -- Thousands of US weaponry astray in Afghanistan -- Final count leaves Israel with election headache -- Senator Judd Gregg withdraws his nomination for Commerce Secretary -- AARP Rakes In Cash from Seniors’ Insurance -- Bob Rodriguez & Art Cashen: Fed must sell $2.5 to 3 Trillion Extra Debt in 2009
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News Link • Police State
Outrageous Police Abuse in Milwaukee Wisconsin
02-12-2009
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http://freedomfighterradio.net
At roughly 2:15 am on Nov 2, Vincent Sims and I were crossing the intersection of Highland Ave on Water St when two police officers yelled from half a block away for us to
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Reported by:
Jim Stachowiak
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Iraqi Interpreters May Wear Masks
2-12-2009
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Washingotn Post
Iraqi interpreters working with the U.S. military in Baghdad are again allowed to hide their identity during certain missions, after a Pentagon decision to grant battalion commanders the discretion to disregard an earlier policy banning interpreters
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Domestic Policy
Agency's Role Probed in Lying About D.C. Water Contamination
2-12-2009
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Washington Post
A 2007 research paper that assured District residents they had not been harmed by lead in their water is under investigation because of concerns that the chief author gave the city's water authority final approval of the paper.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Panetta Confirmed for C.I.A. Post
2-12-2009
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Washington Post
This was expected, but at the end of business earlier this evening, the Senate announced that Leon Panetta, an all-around respected official who [buried the Clinton's dirty laundry] has been in and out of government, was confirmed to become the n
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Police looking for these 4 armed men trying to invade a home
02-12-2009
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LiveLeak.com
A Tucson homeowner, alerted of an impending home invasion by his home security cameras, arms himself and takes matters into his hands last Thursday when four armed suspects attempt to break into his home.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
World economic crisis is top security threat - U.S
2-12-2009
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Reuters
The global economic crisis has become the biggest near-term U.S. security concern, sowing instability in a quarter of the world's countries and threatening destructive trade wars. The director of national intelligence's annual threat assessme
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Lawyers: Is sheriff too aggressive in Phelps case?
2-12-2009
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AP
Sheriff Lott has made fighting drug crimes a central plank of his career. He rose from patrol officer to captain of the narcotics division and was well-known for wearing stylish suits like on "Miami Vice" and driving a Porsche seized from a
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
You have no rights, citizen
2-12-2009
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AmericanGoy
About to board first class on a commercial flight in Detroit on his way to Los Angeles to play in a tournament on his way home to Vegas, Peat was approached by 2 men who identified themselves as Drug Enforcement Administration officials.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Mexico Fingerprinting Cellphone Users to Crack Down on Kidnapping
2-12-2009
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Gizmodo
In an effort to prevent criminals from using prepaid cellphones to extort money and negotiate kidnapping ransoms, Mexico is requiring that all mobile phone companies build up a database on their clients.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Why Sleep Is Needed To Form Memories
2-12-2009
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Science Daily
Studies describe for the first time how cellular changes in the sleeping brain promote the formation of memories. "This is the first real direct insight into how the brain, on a cellular level, changes the strength of its connections during slee
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Latin America ex-leaders urge reform of US drug war
2-12-2009
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Reuters
The war against drugs is failing and the U.S. government should break with "prohibition" policies that have achieved little more than cram its prisons and stoke violence, three former Latin American presidents said.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Holocaust-denying Bishop refuses to recant his 'Jews were not gassed' claims
2-12-2009
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Strange News Examiner
Last month, The Vatican lifted the excommunication of 4 bishops who belong to the ultraconservative Society of St. Pius X. Among the group was Bishop Robert Williamson, who just 4 days prior to The Vatican’s ruling told television that he didn’t beli
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
One more step for private Moon mission
2-12-2009
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Nature
The version flying privately to the Moon, however, will also have a laser-induced breakdown spectrometer, which will scan the lunar soil and can detect heavy metals. "You shine the laser and just find out what's there," says Erik Laan,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
"European banks toxic debts risk overwhelming EU governments"
2-12-09
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NakedCapitalism.com
While no country was mentioned, the obvious candidates are Ireland, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, and Britain -- and non-EU member Switizerland -- which all have oversized banking sectors...
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Precious Metals
Michael Shedlock: You Can't Fool Gold
2-12-09
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Michael Shedlock / Mish
What cannot be paid back will default. A huge credit event is coming, and it's not just in the US. And that is the message of gold.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Torture
Prisoners tortured to death: Oversight flowed through Stephen Cambone
2-12-09
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Rawstory.com
"A large portion of the torture, maiming, and murder of detainees occurred under authority issued under secret rules of engagement in the Pentagon," wrote Scott Horton, a contributing editor with Harper's magazine
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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Feature Article • Religion: Believers
A Greater Than Lincoln
Greg J Dixon
In Doris Kearns Goodwin’s outstanding book, Team of Rivals she closes with a quote from the great author Tolstoy on the greatness of Abraham Lincoln as follows: “I have no doubt that Lincoln will be the conspicuous figure of the war”, predicted Ulyss
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News Link • Corruption
U.S. judges admit to jailing children for money
02/12/2009
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Reuters
Two judges pleaded guilty on Thursday to accepting more than $2.6 million from a private youth detention center in Pennsylvania in return for giving hundreds of youths and teenagers long sentences.
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Camera FRAUD
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News Link • Corruption
Pelosi and The Plutocrats: Kill Plan to Recover Wall Street Bonuses
2-12-09
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Jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com
Ask yourself why the Democrats would allow such a pathetic and disease ridden leadership to stay in a position of power. By following the dictation of a powerful financial lobby they guarantee that their party will be hounded out of office by a wall
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Thousands of US weaponry astray in Afghanistan: GAO
2-12-2009
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AFP
Lax controls mean that tens of thousands of US weapons, including assault rifles and grenade launchers, risk ending up in the wrong hands in Afghanistan. The Pentagon has failed to track an estimated 87,000 weapons given to Afghan government forces b
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Israel
Final count leaves Israel with election headache
2-12-2009
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Reuters
It would be the first time in Israel's 60-year history that the winner of an election had been passed over.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Stimulus for the Little Guy
2-12-2009
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Reason
As the government gets set to spend nearly $800 billion to stimulate the economy, make sure to get your fair share of the plunder by participating in Reason's Personal Stimulus Generator™.
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Reported by:
Brock Lorber
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News Link • Corruption
AARP Rakes In Cash from Seniors’ Insurance
2-12-2009
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Mercola.com via e-mail from MCAC (Thanks!)
Many seniors think they are saving money when they buy AARP insurance. However, they may be paying twice as much as they would with a competing product.
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Reported by:
Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Bob Rodriguez & Art Cashen: Fed must sell $2.5 to 3 Trillion Extra Debt in 2009
2-12-09
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CNBC.com
In this short video clip Bob Rodriguez and Art Cashen discuss the fact that the Fed has a lot of new debt (treasuries) to sell and they won't admit it. But the critical fact is the Fed will have to pay much higher interest rates to reward relucta
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Jack Gregson
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