From: Brian Rayner <william.gladys@tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 8:23 PM
Subject: Fw: US asked to begin criminal investigation following Bush publication11 Nov 2010
To: world_Politics@googlegroups.com
Pentagon NOW says California 'missile' was an aircraft... a full 48 hours after the event 10 Nov 2010 It may have taken 48 hours, but the Defense Department is now saying that it was an airplane and, crucially, not a missile that left a mysterious vapor trail off the coast of Southern California. Pentagon spokesman Dave Lapan said: 'There is no evidence to suggest that this is anything else other than a condensation trail from an aircraft.' The video of what looks like the contrail of a missile was shot on Monday evening by KCBS cameraman Gil Leyvas from a news helicopter over Los Angeles.
US asked to begin criminal investigation following Bush publication 11 Nov 2010 Amnesty International has urged a criminal investigation into the role of former US President [sic] George W Bush and other officials in the use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" against detainees held in secret US custody. In his memoirs, former President Bush has admitted to personal involvement in the authorisation of "water-boarding" and other techniques against detainees. Claudio Cordone, Senior Director at Amnesty International said: "Under international law, the former President's admission to having authorized acts that amount to torture are enough to trigger the USA's obligations to investigate his admissions and if substantiated, to prosecute him."
AI wants Bush on trial over torture 10 Nov 2010 The London-based Amnesty International (AI) has called for a criminal investigation into former US President [sic] George W. Bush's admission of torture. The rights group's call comes after Bush confirmed in his recently released memoirs, Decision Points, that he authorized the use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" against detainees held in secret US custody. Exactly six days after the September 11 attacks, Bush authorized the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to set up secret detention facilities outside the US.
Destroyed CIA tapes prompt 'new probe' 11 Nov 2010 The US government's record keeper says it will investigate cases of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) personnel allegedly destroying videotapes of torturing suspects. The announcement by US National Archives came one day after the US Justice Department cleared the CIA's former top clandestine officer Jose Rodriguez and other agents of the same charges. The CIA agents are accused of destroying videotapes showing waterboarding of terror suspects.
CIA May Face New Probe Over Destroyed Videos 11 Nov 2010 The CIA may face new legal challenges over its destruction of videotapes showing the waterboarding of terror suspects, NBC News reports, just two days after a special prosecutor cleared the agency's former top clandestine officer and others of any criminal charges for destroying the records... A spokeswoman for the National Archives and Records Administration, however, told NBC on Wednesday that the government's official records keeper may well reopen its own investigation into whether the CIA's destruction of the tapes was a violation of the Federal Records Act.
US soldier on trial for Afghan murders 10 Nov 2010 A US soldier accused of leading a murder squad that killed and allegedly mutilated Afghan civilians for sport, has appeared before court. Staff Sergeant Calvin Gibbs is at the center of an army war crimes investigation that involves around a dozen of his comrades. The 26-year-old is accused of orchestrating the execution of three Afghan civilians in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province earlier this year, and changing the crime scenes to make them look like defensive combat.
U.S. Military Bulldozes through Kandahar 10 Nov 2010 The U.S. military has destroyed hundreds of Afghan civilian homes, farm houses, walls, trees and plowed through fields and buildings using explosives and bulldozers in war-torn Zhari district, a practice that has begun to anger Afghan villagers. The third phase of the Kandahar campaign, called Operation Dragon Strike, has U.S. troops from the 2nd brigade, 101st Airborne Division pushing into a dangerous swath of once-Taliban dominated territory from Highway 1 to the Arghandab River. But it has come at much material cost to the Afghans, who complain that the troops are destroying their property, leaving some homeless and blocking their irrigation canals...
Afghanistan shuts down 150 Afghan, foreign aid groups 09 Nov 2010 Afghanistan has ordered around 150 aid groups, including four foreign organisations, to shut down for failing to submit reports on their projects and finances, a government official said on Tuesday. The ruling by a government-backed commission which monitors aid groups includes 145 domestic organisations and has immediate effect, said a spokesman for the Economy Ministry, which heads the commission.
Son of Marine General Killed in Afghanistan 11 Nov 2010 The most recent fatality in the Marine battalion that has seen the heaviest casualties in Afghanistan right now was the son of a Marine three star general. Second Lt. Robert Kelly, the son of Lt. Gen. John Kelly, was killed Tuesday in a roadside bomb blast during a foot patrol in Helmand Province.
Blast hits Pakistani police compound 11 Nov 2010 At least 19 people have been killed and more than 115 others were injured when militants set off a car bomb in the heart of Pakistan's largest city of Karachi. "Gunmen first opened fired on the office of the Crime Investigation Department before detonating a massive car bomb," Pakistani Dawn newspaper quoted Sindh province's Home Minister Zulfiqar Mirza as saying on Thursday. He added that the attack bore a close resemblance to the one that targeted Marriot Hotel in Islamabad on September 20, 2008.
U.S. to use more drones to hunt for 'al Qaeda' in Yemen 10 Nov 2010 The Obama administration is expected to deploy more Predator drones in Yemen to hunt for and possible strike against, 'al Qaeda' in the country, U.S. officials said. Air attacks against operatives of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) have stopped over the past several months, because the United States lacks actionable intelligence about their whereabouts. After a series of attacks and operations by Yemeni forces earlier this year, the leaders of AQAP have gone underground.
As Obusha's Cat Food Commission slaughters the middle class and the poor: US to boost military aid to Israel 11 Nov 2010 The United States has planned to expand its military aid to the Israeli government over the next two years, adding smart bombs to the new supply list. US Congress approved a boost of $400 million worth of additional military equipment for Tel Aviv last month, Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz reported on Thursday. The fresh aid package will bring the value of American military equipment stockpiled in Israel to $1.2 billion by 2012.
Clinton joins in rebukes for Israel 10 Nov 2010 Hillary Clinton has joined other international leaders in condemning Israel for its building policies in Jerusalem. The US Secretary of State denounced Israel over its announcement it will build 1300 new illegal homes in the West Bank and another 800 housing units in the Ariel settlement in the north West Bank. In Washington, Ms Clinton told reporters: "This announcement was counterproductive to our efforts to resume negotiations between the parties."
Government 'close to decision' on trial for Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Eric Holder says 11 Nov 2010 Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday said the government is "close to a decision" on how to try Sept. 11 mastermind patsy Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. Holder's remarks set off a flurry of blowback, with Republicans saying they won't stand for a 9/11 trial on U.S. soil -- and Democrats again nixed New York City as a venue. "We have been working on it, and I think we're close to a decision," the AG told reporters.
Scare at Obama hotel; Cop accidentally shoots self 06 Nov 2010 In a major security scare, a policeman accidentally fired his service revolver and injured his leg Saturday outside the Taj hotel, where US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle are staying. Even as the US and Indian security went into a tizzy, the injured Assistant Police Inspector Suhas Chaudhari was rushed to the St. Georges Hospital near Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus.
Cargo plane bomb plot: ink cartridge bomb 'timed to blow up over US' 10 Nov 2010 The bomb found on the cargo plane at East Midlands Airport last month was timed to detonate over the eastern seaboard of the United States, Scotland Yard have said. The device, which was removed from a UPS aircraft by Leicestershire police officers shortly after 3.30am on October 29, was timed to go off some seven hours later, police said. A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "If the device had not been removed from the aircraft the activation could have occurred over the eastern seaboard of the US."
Flight attendants union upset over new pat-down procedures 10 Nov 2010 A flight attendants union with 2,000 members is upset over what it calls "invasive pat-downs" recently implemented by the TSA. "We're getting calls daily about peoples' experiences, our members are concerned," said Deborah Volpe, Vice President of the Association of Flight Attendants Local 66. According to a union email obtained by ABC15, it tells flight attendants if they opt out of using the body scanner through security and are required to undergo a pat-down to ask the pat-down be conducted in a private area with a witness.
Protesters smash into Tory HQ and storm the roof as anti-cuts rioters hijack tuition fees march --MI5 HQ sealed with officers guarding exits --Millbank and Tory HQ overrun by rampaging students --Rioters warn: 'This is only the beginning' 10 Nov 2010 Students went on the rampage today as a huge protest against the coalition's controversial move to hike tuition fees turned violent. Around 52,000 students and teachers travelled to London for a march and rally in Westminster against the Government's plans to raise fees from £3,290-a-year to up to £9,000. Scotland Yard appeared to have been caught on the hop as the peaceful protest descended into riots this afternoon when many left the planned route and headed to Tory party headquarters. A police spokesman confirmed tonight 35 people had been arrested for a range of offences, including criminal damage and trespass, and were now in custody at stations across central London.
Panel Seeks Social Security Cuts and Higher Taxes 11 Nov 2010 The chairmen of President Obama's bipartisan commission on reducing the national debt outlined a politically provocative and economically ambitious package of spending cuts and tax increases on Wednesday, igniting a debate that is likely to grip the country for years. The plan calls for deep cuts in domestic and military spending, a gradual 15-cents-a-gallon increase in the federal gasoline tax, limiting or eliminating popular tax breaks in return for lower rates, and benefit cuts and an increased retirement age for Social Security.
Conrad Applauds Fiscal Commissioners' Controversial Recommendations 11 Nov 2010 Senate Democrats' top budget guy spoke supportively this morning of the controversial proposal unveiled yesterday by the chairmen of the White House's fiscal commission. "I am going to vote for proposals that do as much as this does in terms of reducing the debt," Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) said on ABC. "There is no way of doing it that's not controversial and difficult... if some of us have to sacrifice a political career to get this country back on track, then so be it. It has to be done."
White House Gives In On Bush Tax Cuts 11 Nov 2010 President Barack Obama's top adviser suggested to The Huffington Post late Wednesday that the administration is ready to accept an across-the-board continuation of steep Bush-era tax cuts, including those for the wealthiest taxpayers. That appears to be the only way, said David Axelrod, that middle-class taxpayers can keep their tax cuts, given the legislative and political realities facing Obama in the aftermath of last week's electoral defeat. [Start reading. Arming the Left: Is the time now? By Charles Southwell 21 Oct 2003.]
Many deficit commission staffers paid by outside groups 10 Nov 2010 The leaders of President Obama's deficit commission death panel sparked criticism from both sides of the political aisle Wednesday for proposing broad cuts to federal programs. ...About one in four commission staffers is paid by outside entities, many of which have strong ideological points of view about how to tackle the deficit. For example, the salaries of two senior staffers, Marc Goldwein and Ed Lorenzen, are paid by private groups that have previously advocated cuts to entitlement programs.
Health Insurance Profits Soar, Dem Calls For Rebates 10 Nov 2010 Health insurance profits are skyrocketing in 2010 compared to last year's returns and the outgoing chairman of the House subcommittee that oversees the companies is calling on them to return the profits to consumers in the form of premium reductions. "Your ten firms alone have reported over $9.3 billion in profits for the first three quarters of 2010," writes Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.), chairman of the Ways and Means health subcommittee -- and, for a day, chairman of the full committee. "On average, your profits have gone up 41 percent from last year."
BP, other firms point fingers during Gulf spill hearing 09 Nov 2010 Investigators said Monday that in the hours and days before the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, workers made decision after decision that steadily increased risks -- but there is no evidence anyone at BP deliberately cut corners in order to save money. During a day-long hearing, the presidential commission investigating the disaster highlighted a series of possible problems in the hours before the explosion, including misinterpreted pressure tests, possibly unstable cement used to seal the well and missed warning signs that gas had breached the well.
Act Now to Fully Protect Polar Bears 10 Nov 2010 Even using model projections that have underestimated the rapid rate of sea-ice loss in the Arctic, scientists predict that two-thirds of the world's polar bears will be lost by 2050 and many much sooner... Unfortunately, the Obama administration, and particularly Interior Secretary Salazar, has been defending the Bush positions in court. But last week, in response to our lawsuit, the court ordered Salazar to reconsider whether the bear should be protected as an endangered species. Please, sign petition to ask Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to provide full Endangered Species Act protection for the polar bear.
SC ice cream shop gets thank you call from Biden By David Louie 11 Nov 2010 The Penny Ice Creamery in Santa Cruz must get too busy to answer phone calls sometimes because it has one of those automated systems that requires callers to press a digit to get its address or the flavor of the week. If you press 3, you get to a store employee. Somebody from Washington, D.C. did that yesterday. It was Vice President Joe Biden. Biden called owners Kendra Baker and Zachary Davis to thank them for posting a video that credits the federal stimulus program for helping to finance their business. Baker and Davis qualified for a $250,000 loan from the program.
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No One Will Be Charged in Destruction of C.I.A. Interrogation Tapes, Justice Official Says 10 Nov 2010 A federal prosecutor will not bring criminal charges against any of the Central Intelligence Agency officers involved in destroying videotapes depicting the brutal interrogation torture of Al Qaeda detainees, Justice Department officials said on Tuesday. After an investigation spanning nearly three years, John H. Durham, the special prosecutor assigned to the case, has decided to clear the C.I.A. undercover officers and top lawyers at the agency for their roles in the destruction of the tapes.
Waterboarding is torture, Downing Street confirms --No 10 dismisses George Bush's claim in his memoirs that interrogation technique is legal and helped foil attacks on Heathrow and Canary Wharf 09 Nov 2010 Downing Street today dismissed George Bush's claim that waterboarding is not torture after the former president used his memoirs to play down the brutality of the interrogation technique and claimed that it saved British lives. Waterboarding helped foil attacks on Heathrow airport, Canary Wharf and a number of US targets around the world, according to Bush. In "Decision Points," published today, Bush insists the practice -- which simulates drowning -- is not torture, describing it instead as one of a number of "enhanced interrogation techniques"
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