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number 107 06.17.07
Airline Passengers Crowded onto Overbooked Watch List
The FBI recently revealed that the
number of Americans and foreign
citizens that are currently reported on
its terror watch list exceeds 500,000.
The FBI reported the previously secret
number in its unclassified 2008 budget
proposal that was posted by the agency
on the Department of Justice Web site.
The budget request reported that the
“entire watch list” included 509,000
people.
The FBI refused to comment on the
number it reported saying that both the
names and number of individuals
reported on the list are classified
information. The FBI distributes the list
to an array of police and national
number of Americans and foreign
citizens that are currently reported on
its terror watch list exceeds 500,000.
The FBI reported the previously secret
number in its unclassified 2008 budget
proposal that was posted by the agency
on the Department of Justice Web site.
The budget request reported that the
“entire watch list” included 509,000
people.
The FBI refused to comment on the
number it reported saying that both the
names and number of individuals
reported on the list are classified
information. The FBI distributes the list
to an array of police and national
security agencies including the
Transportation Security Administration.
Privacy and civil rights advocates, who
have previously criticized the methods
used to develop the FBI terror watch list
and how it has been used by authorities,
have questioned the value of such an
enormous list. The American Civil
Liberties Union expressed concern that
the list is expanding “without control or
limitation” and that it is “virtually
useless” because of its size.
The implementation of the FBI terror
watch list by the TSA has revealed that
the list contains the names of US
Senators and Congress Persons,
Transportation Security Administration.
Privacy and civil rights advocates, who
have previously criticized the methods
used to develop the FBI terror watch list
and how it has been used by authorities,
have questioned the value of such an
enormous list. The American Civil
Liberties Union expressed concern that
the list is expanding “without control or
limitation” and that it is “virtually
useless” because of its size.
The implementation of the FBI terror
watch list by the TSA has revealed that
the list contains the names of US
Senators and Congress Persons,
members of professional sports
teams and at least one pilot who flys
passenger jets for a major airline
company. The list is also known to
include partial names, aliases and
even mistaken identities. There is no
uniform way for a person who
discovers that they are on a terror
watch list to request to have their
name removed from the list. The
TSA received 30,000 requests for
name removal in 2005 and only 60
appeals were granted by the agency.
The FBI is one of 26 federal law
enforcement that has compiled a
terror watch list since the terror
attacks in 2001. it's all true
teams and at least one pilot who flys
passenger jets for a major airline
company. The list is also known to
include partial names, aliases and
even mistaken identities. There is no
uniform way for a person who
discovers that they are on a terror
watch list to request to have their
name removed from the list. The
TSA received 30,000 requests for
name removal in 2005 and only 60
appeals were granted by the agency.
The FBI is one of 26 federal law
enforcement that has compiled a
terror watch list since the terror
attacks in 2001. it's all true
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Pharmaceutical Lobbyists Find FDA Officials are Always on Call
Feds Force
Feed Farmers
Feed Farmers
The Food and Drug Administration
recently provided documentation to
Congress that revealed that agency
officials met with pharmaceutical
company representatives more than 100
times while revising a controversial drug-
review program that allows drug
companies to make payments directly to
the FDA to ensure that their companies'
new drugs get reviewed to be approved
for sale.
The FDA’s records showed that the
agency had 112 meetings with drug
manufacturing companies while the
agency was re-writing its policy but only
met with consumer protection and
patient advocacy groups five times during
the review period. Representatives of
the nations largest pharmaceutical and
biotechnology lobby firms attended
more than half of the industry meetings.
recently provided documentation to
Congress that revealed that agency
officials met with pharmaceutical
company representatives more than 100
times while revising a controversial drug-
review program that allows drug
companies to make payments directly to
the FDA to ensure that their companies'
new drugs get reviewed to be approved
for sale.
The FDA’s records showed that the
agency had 112 meetings with drug
manufacturing companies while the
agency was re-writing its policy but only
met with consumer protection and
patient advocacy groups five times during
the review period. Representatives of
the nations largest pharmaceutical and
biotechnology lobby firms attended
more than half of the industry meetings.
A spokesperson for the agency did not
dispute that the closed-door meetings
took place stating that the FDA engaged
in “extensive discussions” with industry
lobbyists as new protocols were being
established for reviewing the safety and
efficacy of new drugs that manufacturers
want to sell in the American health care
market. The spokesperson did specify
that the FDA’s meetings with industry
representatives met the requirements of
US law.
The Prescription Drug User Fee Act has
existed for ten years and critics believe
that the act has created a situation
where drug companies have become a
benefactor to the agency providing
streams of funding that the agency has
come to depend on. Dr. Sidney Wolf,
the long time director of Public Citizen’s
Health Research Group, told the
dispute that the closed-door meetings
took place stating that the FDA engaged
in “extensive discussions” with industry
lobbyists as new protocols were being
established for reviewing the safety and
efficacy of new drugs that manufacturers
want to sell in the American health care
market. The spokesperson did specify
that the FDA’s meetings with industry
representatives met the requirements of
US law.
The Prescription Drug User Fee Act has
existed for ten years and critics believe
that the act has created a situation
where drug companies have become a
benefactor to the agency providing
streams of funding that the agency has
come to depend on. Dr. Sidney Wolf,
the long time director of Public Citizen’s
Health Research Group, told the
documentary program Frontline
that the FDA has “started looking
upon the industry as their client” as
opposed to having an “vigilant and
appropriately adversarial attitude with
industry.”
The disclosure came in answer to
questions submitted by Rep. Maurice
Hinchey (D-NY) who is the co-
author of a pending bill that would
stop the FDA from collecting fees
from drug manufacturers to review
new medicines stipulating that drug
company monies would instead be
placed in the Treasury’s general
revenue fund.
Hinchey said, “The FDA has
essentially become the government
affairs office of the pharmaceutical
industry.” it's all true
that the FDA has “started looking
upon the industry as their client” as
opposed to having an “vigilant and
appropriately adversarial attitude with
industry.”
The disclosure came in answer to
questions submitted by Rep. Maurice
Hinchey (D-NY) who is the co-
author of a pending bill that would
stop the FDA from collecting fees
from drug manufacturers to review
new medicines stipulating that drug
company monies would instead be
placed in the Treasury’s general
revenue fund.
Hinchey said, “The FDA has
essentially become the government
affairs office of the pharmaceutical
industry.” it's all true
A little-noticed clause contained
within the 2007-2012 omnibus
Farm Bill which is currently
working its way through Congress
would grant the Secretary of
Agriculture the authority to
override state or local statutes
relating to farming and food
safety. If enacted, the legislation
would effectively nullify scores of
local farming regulations, notably
existing bans on genetically
modified crops in several
California counties. Organic
farmers and environmental
activists have assailed the
provision as an unwarranted
federal intrusion into state and
local affairs, with implications
beyond agriculture.
The proposed legislation, which
was inserted into the Farm Bill
near the end of committee
debates, is similar to a provision
introduced by Republican
representatives in 2006.
According to the Organic
Consumers Association, the 2006
law would have “nullified 200
food safety and food labeling laws
across the US.” The Association
also warns that the passage of the
current bill would "set an ominous
precedent undermining states'
rights." Bans on genetically
modified crops are pending in at
least 16 states.
Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), a
member of the House Agriculture
Committee, told the Stockton
Record, “I am slightly troubled by
this language, with respect to the
fact that it was put in… towards
the end of the legislative process,
without proper debate and
consideration.” it's all true
within the 2007-2012 omnibus
Farm Bill which is currently
working its way through Congress
would grant the Secretary of
Agriculture the authority to
override state or local statutes
relating to farming and food
safety. If enacted, the legislation
would effectively nullify scores of
local farming regulations, notably
existing bans on genetically
modified crops in several
California counties. Organic
farmers and environmental
activists have assailed the
provision as an unwarranted
federal intrusion into state and
local affairs, with implications
beyond agriculture.
The proposed legislation, which
was inserted into the Farm Bill
near the end of committee
debates, is similar to a provision
introduced by Republican
representatives in 2006.
According to the Organic
Consumers Association, the 2006
law would have “nullified 200
food safety and food labeling laws
across the US.” The Association
also warns that the passage of the
current bill would "set an ominous
precedent undermining states'
rights." Bans on genetically
modified crops are pending in at
least 16 states.
Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), a
member of the House Agriculture
Committee, told the Stockton
Record, “I am slightly troubled by
this language, with respect to the
fact that it was put in… towards
the end of the legislative process,
without proper debate and
consideration.” it's all true
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A federal appeals court has ruled that
the government cannot continue to hold
a US resident without charge, despite his
designation by the president as an
“enemy combatant”. The decision
rejects Bush administration assertions of
broad executive authority to indefinitely
detain civilians, including US citizens,
without ever bringing charges against
them or allowing them access to legal
counsel if they are classified as “enemy
combatants” by the White House. In the
opinion, Judge Diana Gribbon Motz
wrote, “We refuse to recognize a claim
to power that would so alter the
constitutional foundations of our
Republic.” Administration spokesmen
said they were disappointed by the
decision, and planned to appeal.
The case involved the detention of
Qatari national Ali Saleh Kalah al-Marri, a
the government cannot continue to hold
a US resident without charge, despite his
designation by the president as an
“enemy combatant”. The decision
rejects Bush administration assertions of
broad executive authority to indefinitely
detain civilians, including US citizens,
without ever bringing charges against
them or allowing them access to legal
counsel if they are classified as “enemy
combatants” by the White House. In the
opinion, Judge Diana Gribbon Motz
wrote, “We refuse to recognize a claim
to power that would so alter the
constitutional foundations of our
Republic.” Administration spokesmen
said they were disappointed by the
decision, and planned to appeal.
The case involved the detention of
Qatari national Ali Saleh Kalah al-Marri, a
legal US resident who was studying for a
master’s degree in computer science at
Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois,
when he was arrested in December
2001. President Bush designated Marri an
enemy combatant in 2003, and he was
transferred to military custody in the
Naval brig in South Carolina, where he
has remained for four years.
He is one of only three people to be
held as enemy combatants by the
military on the US mainland. One of the
other two, US citizen Jose Padilla, was
charged with less serious offenses in the
criminal court system just as the US
Supreme Court was set to review his
status. The other, Yaser Esam Hamdi,
also a US citizen, was released by
military authorities to his native Saudi
Arabia after winning a preliminary
challenge to his detention. it's all true
master’s degree in computer science at
Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois,
when he was arrested in December
2001. President Bush designated Marri an
enemy combatant in 2003, and he was
transferred to military custody in the
Naval brig in South Carolina, where he
has remained for four years.
He is one of only three people to be
held as enemy combatants by the
military on the US mainland. One of the
other two, US citizen Jose Padilla, was
charged with less serious offenses in the
criminal court system just as the US
Supreme Court was set to review his
status. The other, Yaser Esam Hamdi,
also a US citizen, was released by
military authorities to his native Saudi
Arabia after winning a preliminary
challenge to his detention. it's all true
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Debt Diversion Devours Devalued Dollars
Americans Prefer
Creative Writings
Creative Writings
A recent global macroeconomic
overview by United Nations economists
points to several aspects of the US
economy as among the chief threats to
the stability and growth of world
markets. The report notes the effects of
the continuing US housing slump and the
dangers posed by the possibility of large
hedge fund failures, and significantly
warns that US debt levels may be
unsustainable, even in the short term,
creating the conditions for a collapse of
the dollar. The currency is particularly
vulnerable at this time, with the $860
billion US deficit essentially being
financed by a handful of nations,
according to the report, which concludes
that adverse economic conditions in any
of these countries could trigger a
“disorderly adjustment” of the global
imbalance and a “steep fall” for the US
dollar.
The midyear update of the 2007 World
Economic Situation and Prospects
report, released by the UN Department
of Economic and Social Affairs, raises
concerns about a variety of downward
pressures on the US currency. The dollar
has depreciated against the world’s major
currencies by at least 35 percent since
2002, losing 25 percent of its value
against a broader range of currencies
over the same period. US GDP growth
overview by United Nations economists
points to several aspects of the US
economy as among the chief threats to
the stability and growth of world
markets. The report notes the effects of
the continuing US housing slump and the
dangers posed by the possibility of large
hedge fund failures, and significantly
warns that US debt levels may be
unsustainable, even in the short term,
creating the conditions for a collapse of
the dollar. The currency is particularly
vulnerable at this time, with the $860
billion US deficit essentially being
financed by a handful of nations,
according to the report, which concludes
that adverse economic conditions in any
of these countries could trigger a
“disorderly adjustment” of the global
imbalance and a “steep fall” for the US
dollar.
The midyear update of the 2007 World
Economic Situation and Prospects
report, released by the UN Department
of Economic and Social Affairs, raises
concerns about a variety of downward
pressures on the US currency. The dollar
has depreciated against the world’s major
currencies by at least 35 percent since
2002, losing 25 percent of its value
against a broader range of currencies
over the same period. US GDP growth
has slowed significantly due to troubles
in the housing market and high energy
costs, which are largely an indirect result
of the weak dollar. A report released
early this year by the International
Monetary Fund predicted an eventual
separation of the growth of the US and
the economies of developing countries.
Some economists have accused the
Federal Reserve Board of adopting a
tacit policy of propping up the US
economy by keeping credit artificially
cheap. To absorb the available credit,
the Treasury reportedly increased
money supply by more than 11.8 percent
last year, but the actual figures are no
longer published. Critics warn of a
potentially volatile scenario in which the
country’s primary asset, its packaged
debt, and its currency both lose favor
with international investors.
Even the architect of the current Fed
strategy admits that the current situation
is ultimately unsustainable. Former Fed
chief Alan Greenspan told a conference
last week, “It’s liquidity that is driving the
world. It will continue to be strong as
long as real-term interest rates stay low.
This is not a permanent feature. It’s an
intermediate-term period in world
economic history that has never
occurred before.” it's all true
in the housing market and high energy
costs, which are largely an indirect result
of the weak dollar. A report released
early this year by the International
Monetary Fund predicted an eventual
separation of the growth of the US and
the economies of developing countries.
Some economists have accused the
Federal Reserve Board of adopting a
tacit policy of propping up the US
economy by keeping credit artificially
cheap. To absorb the available credit,
the Treasury reportedly increased
money supply by more than 11.8 percent
last year, but the actual figures are no
longer published. Critics warn of a
potentially volatile scenario in which the
country’s primary asset, its packaged
debt, and its currency both lose favor
with international investors.
Even the architect of the current Fed
strategy admits that the current situation
is ultimately unsustainable. Former Fed
chief Alan Greenspan told a conference
last week, “It’s liquidity that is driving the
world. It will continue to be strong as
long as real-term interest rates stay low.
This is not a permanent feature. It’s an
intermediate-term period in world
economic history that has never
occurred before.” it's all true
A recent poll found that 66 percent
of Americans adhere to a Creationist
explanation of the origins of the
earth and mankind.
The poll, which was commissioned by
USA Today and the Gallup polling
organization, found that a majority of
Americans agreed with the
Creationist view that “God created
human beings pretty much in their
present form at one time within the
last 10,000 years.”
The poll found that 82 percent of
respondents were familiar with the
theory of evolution and 86 percent
said that they were familiar with the
tenants of creationism.
Overall, 81 percent of respondents
said that they believed that either
God had created man in his present
form or guided the development of
man while 14 percent of respondents
said that they believed man
developed without the help of God.
The poll was conducted in the first
week of June, consisted of 1007
adult Americans and had a margin of
error of 3 percent. it's all true
of Americans adhere to a Creationist
explanation of the origins of the
earth and mankind.
The poll, which was commissioned by
USA Today and the Gallup polling
organization, found that a majority of
Americans agreed with the
Creationist view that “God created
human beings pretty much in their
present form at one time within the
last 10,000 years.”
The poll found that 82 percent of
respondents were familiar with the
theory of evolution and 86 percent
said that they were familiar with the
tenants of creationism.
Overall, 81 percent of respondents
said that they believed that either
God had created man in his present
form or guided the development of
man while 14 percent of respondents
said that they believed man
developed without the help of God.
The poll was conducted in the first
week of June, consisted of 1007
adult Americans and had a margin of
error of 3 percent. it's all true
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"And so, what
Gen. Petraeus
is saying...
Gen. Petraeus
is saying...
…some early signs,
still dangerous, but…
still dangerous, but…
...give me -give my
chance a plan to work."
New York 04.24.07
chance a plan to work."
New York 04.24.07