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Date Sent: 2011-12-30
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, December 29, 2011 PM edition |
U.S., Israel Discuss Triggers for Bombing Iran’s Nuclear Infrastructure
FBI Confiscates OKC Bombing Footage -- U.S. eyes first BP criminal charges over Gulf spill: report -- Egypt
police raid NGOs in foreign funds probe -- U.S. jobless claims may
confirm improving labor market -- Colorado asks DEA to recognize marijuana’s medical value -- U.S. to sell fighter jets to Saudi Arabia: White House -- US Sends
Aircraft Carrier Through Strait Of Hormuz During Iran Wargames -- Does the US government want to prevent you from leaving? --
War Imminent in Straits of Hormuz? $200 a Barrel Oil? -- TSA
confiscates cupcakes and candy, allows man to walk through checkpoint
with sword -- Bailing Out European Banks: Bernanke and Fed Deceived Congress --
2011: The Year Intellectual Property Trumped Civil Liberties -- Special
report: The UAW's last stand -- Alibaba hires U.S. lobbying firm as it
eyes Yahoo -- Saudi to set bourse opening rules by January 15 -- Ron
Paul Super Brochure Showcased on MSNBC's The Ed Show; Praised by
Politico -- ROBERT REICH: Get Ready For A Obama-Clinton Presidential
Ticket -- Iowans Urged To "Vote Rogue" For Sarah Palin In Radio Ad -- Arizona legislators renew push for guns on campus -- Two claim Gingrich lobbied in '03 -- China Clamps Down on Gold Trading Frenzy -- Ron Paul: Drug War In U.S. Has Racist Origins -- Escalating Anti-Iranian Tensions - by Stephen Lendman -- Venezuela’s Chavez: did U.S. give Latin American leaders cancer? --
Japanese firm creates humanoid robot to replace factory workers --
Rockets hit Iran dissident camp in Iraq -- Appellate Court Rules City of
Phoenix Must Release Portions of Mayor’s Security Detail Logs
Jay Snelson, RIP
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News Link • Iran
U.S., Israel Discuss Triggers for Bombing Iran’s Nuclear Infrastructure
12-29-2011
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www.thedailybeast.com
The Obama administration is trying to assure Israel privately that it would strike Iran militarily if Tehran’s nuclear program crosses certain “red lines”"while attempting to dissuade the Israelis from acting unilaterally.
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Twin NASA probes approach lunar orbit
12-29-2011
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The RawStory.com
Twin NASA spacecraft are set to blast into lunar orbit at the weekend on a mission to study the subterranean structure of the Moon in order to better understand the origins of planets.
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Corruption
FBI Confiscates OKC Bombing Footage
12-29-2011
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Prison Planet - Alex Jones
Aaron Dykes Interviews Col. Craig Roberts about what really happened on the day of okc bombing, and how the FBI confiscated all video footage of that days event, and still refuse to this day, to turn over this key evidence.
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Gary Gagnon
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News Link • Oil Spill - Gulf of Mexico
U.S. eyes first BP criminal charges over Gulf spill: report
12-29-2011
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The RawStory.com
US prosecutors are readying criminal charges against British oil giant BP employees over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident that led to the catastrophic Gulf oil spill, The Wall Street Journal reported online.
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • World News
Egypt police raid NGOs in foreign funds probe
12-29-2011
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The RawStory.com
Egyptian police raided more than a dozen offices belonging to local and foreign rights groups on Thursday, as part of an investigation into alleged illicit foreign funding, an official statement said.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
U.S. jobless claims may confirm improving labor market
12-29-2011
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The RawStory.com
New claims for US unemployment benefits rose for the first time in four weeks, but the trend still pointed to a steady decline in job layoffs across the country, the Labor Department said Thursday.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Colorado asks DEA to recognize marijuana’s medical value
12-29-2011
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Stephen C. Webster The RawStory.com
The state of Colorado has become the third in the nation to formally ask the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to reclassify marijuana in such a manner that would recognize its potential for medical value, similar to drugs like morphine and cocaine.
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News Link • Military
U.S. to sell fighter jets to Saudi Arabia: White House
12-29-2011
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The RawStory.com
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the government to government deal included production of 84 new aircraft and upgrades to 70 existing aircraft as well as munitions, spare parts, training, maintenance and logistics.
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News Link • Military
Russian nuclear submarine catches fire at dockyard
12-29-2011
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The RawStory.com
A navy spokesman said all the weapons had been removed from the Yekaterinburg nuclear submarine, which launched a ballistic missile from the Barents Sea as recently as July, before repair work started, Interfax news agency reported.
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News Link • Outdoor Survival
Good resource for unique, survival oriented products and gadgets.
12-29-2011
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www.countycomm.com
CountyComm designs, manufactures and sells select products to federal, state and local government agencies. Excess inventories are only sold to the public on www.countycomm.com.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • World News
US Sends Aircraft Carrier Through Strait Of Hormuz During Iran Wargames
12-29-2011
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www.prisonplanet.com
Government debated provoking war by creating false flag attack at sea
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Government
Does the US government want to prevent you from leaving?
12-29-2011
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www.sovereignman.com
Can you imagine being trapped inside your home country, unable to leave? It may be closer to a reality than you realize. I’ll tell you a quick story to explain.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Energy
War Imminent in Straits of Hormuz? $200 a Barrel Oil?
12-29-2011
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Oilprice.com
The pieces and policies for potential conflict in the Persian Gulf are seemingly drawing inexorably together. Since 24 December the Iranian Navy has been holding its ten-day Velayat 90 naval exercises, covering an area in the Arabian Sea stretching f
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Staffoilpricedotcom Erik
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News Link • Homeland Security
TSA confiscates cupcakes and candy, allows man to walk through checkpoint with sword
12-29-2011
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www.prisonplanet.com
The TSA did not stop at opening Christmas presents at airport checkpoints this holiday season. In two separate incidents agents decreed that tasty Christmas treats constituted a security threat, while in another incident a man simply strolled through
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Bailing Out European Banks: Bernanke and Fed Deceived Congress
12-29-2011
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www.prisonplanet.com
Earlier this month, Federal Reserve boss Ben Bernanke told senators the cartel has no intention of bailing out European banks. Bernanke told lawmakers that “he doesn’t have the intention or the authority” to bail out countries or banks.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Future Predictions
SOPA opponents may go nuclear and other 2012 predictions
12-29-2011
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www.cnet.com
The Internet's most popular destinations, including eBay, Google, Facebook, and Twitter seem to view Hollywood-backed copyright legislation as an existential threat.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Why Windows 8 Tablets Will Surprise Everyone
12-29-2011
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www.wired.com
Windows-based tablets haven’t been treated kindly by the test of time. Those released in the Windows XP era relied on wonky, stylus-based data entry, and even modern, touch-based tablets running Windows 7 are poor performers.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Government
2011: The Year Intellectual Property Trumped Civil Liberties
12-29-2011
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www.wired.com
But, despite the backing of a coalition of powerful tech companies, the bill to amend the Electronic Communications Privacy Act was dead on arrival, never even getting a hearing before the committee Leahy heads.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Special report: The UAW's last stand
12-29-2011
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www.reuters.com
The United Auto Workers union is staking its future on the kind of struggle it hasn't waged since the 1930s: a massive drive to organize hostile factories.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Jobless claims rise but labor market healing
12-29-2011
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www.reuters.com
New claims for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week, a government report showed on Thursday, but the underlying trend continued to point to improving labor market conditions.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • World News
Alibaba hires U.S. lobbying firm as it eyes Yahoo
12-29-2011
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www.reuters.com
Alibaba Group has hired a Washington lobbying firm in a sign that the Chinese e-commerce company would be willing to make a bid for all of Yahoo Inc in the event that talks to unwind their Asian partnership fail.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • World News
Saudi to set bourse opening rules by January 15
12-29-2011
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www.reuters.com
Saudi Arabia is pressing ahead with a long-awaited plan to open up its stock market to foreigners and is now hoping to formalize its rules by January 15, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul Super Brochure Showcased on MSNBC's The Ed Show; Praised by Politico
12-29-2011
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www.dailypaul.com
Roger Simon - Chief Political Columnist of Politico - says of the Super Brochure: "They all have literature, but this is a good piece of literature. Oddly enough Iowans actually read this stuff."
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Gingrich: Campaign worker's signature fraud cost slot on Virginia ballot
12-29-2011
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CNN Politics
Last week his campaign acknowledged they used paid volunteers to scramble to get the required 10,000 signatures but fell short after the former House speaker and Virginia resident boasted his campaign was submitting as many as 12,000-14,000 signature
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
ROBERT REICH: Get Ready For A Obama-Clinton Presidential Ticket
12-29-2011
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www.businessinsider.com
My political prediction for 2012 (based on absolutely no inside information): Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden swap places. Biden becomes Secretary of State " a position he’s apparently coveted for years. And Hillary Clinton, Vice President.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Iowans Urged To "Vote Rogue" For Sarah Palin In Radio Ad
12-29-2011
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www.realclearpolitics.com
An independent group are running ads in Iowa asking voters to write in Palin's name. They will air on KCAU-TV in the Sioux City, Iowa market.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
Arizona legislators renew push for guns on campus
12-29-2011
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Arizona Republic
Pro-gun politicians are preparing another attempt to pass legislation that would allow students and professors to carry guns onto the campuses of Arizona's public universities and community colleges.
Lawmakers who this year were rebuffed by Gov. J
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • China
China Clamps Down on Gold Trading Frenzy
12-29-2011
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www.cnbc.com
Gold exchanges in China outside of two in Shanghai are to be banned, authorities said in a statement released on Tuesday.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Drug War
Ron Paul: Drug War In U.S. Has Racist Origins
12-29-2011
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www.huffingtonpost.com
... Paul also laid out an historical analysis of the racist roots of the drug war that accurately and honestly reflects its origins.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Congressional Tyranny, White House Surrender
12-29-2011
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www.counterpunch.org
Paraphrasing Shakespeare, something is rotten in the state of Capitol Hill. A majority of Congress is just about to put the finishing touches on an amendment to the military budget authorization legislation that will finish off some critical American
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
The Great Stagnation
12-29-2011
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arclein
I would note that we have layers of technology (civilizations technology and solution stacks) that exist from different times which make up the stack of technology that we use today. This can be thought of the way archeologists will dig through layer
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robert klein
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News Link • Climate Change
Canadian Wildfire Increase Predicted
12-29-2011
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arclein
Fires are an important factor in many terrestrial ecosystems. They are a result of the interaction of the weather, vegetation and land use, which makes them very sensitive to global change.
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robert klein
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News Link • Science
Genome Sequence for Seed Plants
12-29-2011
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arclein
"Ever since Darwin first described the 'abominable mystery' behind the rapid explosion of flowering plants in the fossil record, evolutionary biologists have been trying to understand the genetic and genomic basis of the astounding diversity of pl
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Lucid Dreaming
12-29-2011
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arclein
while still in a dream. Though the dreamer is technically asleep, they are aware of their situation and are able to control the content of their dreams. In this state, people are also able to signal to researchers that they have entered a lucid dream
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robert klein
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News Link • World News
Venezuela’s Chavez: did U.S. give Latin American leaders cancer?
12-28-2011
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The RawStory.com
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speculated on Wednesday that the United States might have developed a way to give Latin American leaders cancer, after Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez joined the list of presidents diagnosed with the disease.
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News Link • Government
Federal government to give states $300 million for child health coverage
12-28-2011
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The RawStory.com
To qualify for the bonuses, states needed to surpass a specified enrollment target under the Medicaid program for low-income Americans and adopt procedures that make it easier for children to enroll and retain coverage
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Link Between Earthquakes and Tropical Cyclones: Identify Regions at High Risk for Earthquakes
12-28-2011
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ScienceDaily
A groundbreaking study led by University of Miami (UM) scientist Shimon Wdowinski shows that earthquakes, including the recent 2010 temblors in Haiti and Taiwan, may be triggered by tropical cyclones (hurricanes and typhoons)
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Holiday shopping online rockets in U.S.
12-28-2011
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The RawStory.com
US consumers turned in record levels to the Internet for holiday shopping this year, further boosting online sellers’ share of the huge national retail pie.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Japanese firm creates humanoid robot to replace factory workers
12-28-2011
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Stephen C. Webster via The RawStory.com
Japanese firm Kawada Industries is on the leading edge of a growing industry that threatens to become a major disruptive force in the coming years: automated labor.
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News Link • Iran
Rockets hit Iran dissident camp in Iraq
12-28-2011
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RawStory.com
Multiple rockets over the past 24 hours hit a camp in Iraq housing Iranian exiles, officials and the group based there said on Wednesday, after Iraq and the UN signed a pact to resettle residents.
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Appellate Court Rules City of Phoenix Must Release Portions of Mayor’s Security Detail Logs
12-28-2011
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Judicial Watch
Court of Appeals, State of Arizona, Division One has reversed a ruling by the Maricopa County Superior Court that shielded from release Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon’s security detail logs
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Ed Vallejo
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