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Comcast Chair Men Bored at Meeting
Lawsuit Entraps 'To Catch a Predator'
source: Audit Bureau of Circulation
The National Lawyers Guild has called
on US Supreme Court Justice Antonin
Scalia to recuse himself from cases
involving the government’s use of
torture in detainee interrogations after
his recent appearance on a British radio
program, in which he seemed to
condone such tactics. Scalia’s discussion
of what he termed “so-called torture”
came during an interview with the BBC’s
Law in Action, and included detailed
consideration of circumstances under
which he thought various methods may
be appropriate. A spokesperson for the
Lawyers Guild said that Scalia’s public
comments “inevitably pre-judge the
issues” in cases involving torture of
prisoners, admissibility of evidence
on US Supreme Court Justice Antonin
Scalia to recuse himself from cases
involving the government’s use of
torture in detainee interrogations after
his recent appearance on a British radio
program, in which he seemed to
condone such tactics. Scalia’s discussion
of what he termed “so-called torture”
came during an interview with the BBC’s
Law in Action, and included detailed
consideration of circumstances under
which he thought various methods may
be appropriate. A spokesperson for the
Lawyers Guild said that Scalia’s public
comments “inevitably pre-judge the
issues” in cases involving torture of
prisoners, admissibility of evidence
obtained by torture, or compensation
for torture victims.
Scalia argued that the US Constitution’s
ban on cruel and unusual punishment
does not cover tactics employed by law
enforcement or military officials during
the course of interrogations. The 71-
year-old Justice then described an
extreme scenario reminiscent of the
television drama 24, in which he felt that
some form of physical coercion might be
permissible. He continued, “Once you
acknowledge that, we’re into a different
game. How close does the threat have
to be? How severe can the infliction of
pain be? I don’t think these are easy
questions at all, in either direction.”
for torture victims.
Scalia argued that the US Constitution’s
ban on cruel and unusual punishment
does not cover tactics employed by law
enforcement or military officials during
the course of interrogations. The 71-
year-old Justice then described an
extreme scenario reminiscent of the
television drama 24, in which he felt that
some form of physical coercion might be
permissible. He continued, “Once you
acknowledge that, we’re into a different
game. How close does the threat have
to be? How severe can the infliction of
pain be? I don’t think these are easy
questions at all, in either direction.”
Lawyers Guild President Marjorie
Cohn told reporters, “The Guild is
appalled that a sitting Justice of the
United States Supreme Court has
ventured in a public forum his belief
that it is justifiable to attempt to
extract information from persons in
custody by the use of torture.”
With regard to Scalia’s stated
rationale that prisoner interrogations
are not punishment for a crime under
the terms of the US Constitution,
Cohn said, “Surely Justice Scalia
knows that torture is unlawful under
the US Torture Statute (18 USC
2340) and the US War Crimes Act
(18 USC 2441).” it's all true
Cohn told reporters, “The Guild is
appalled that a sitting Justice of the
United States Supreme Court has
ventured in a public forum his belief
that it is justifiable to attempt to
extract information from persons in
custody by the use of torture.”
With regard to Scalia’s stated
rationale that prisoner interrogations
are not punishment for a crime under
the terms of the US Constitution,
Cohn said, “Surely Justice Scalia
knows that torture is unlawful under
the US Torture Statute (18 USC
2340) and the US War Crimes Act
(18 USC 2441).” it's all true
A new report reveals that for the
first time in US history more than
one in every one hundred adult
Americans is in prison or jail. After an
increase of more than 25,000 in
2007, the nation’s prison population
stood at almost 1.6 million, with
another 723,000 in local jails,
according to the report, which was
complied by the Pew Center on the
States. The US has more prisoners
than any other nation in the world,
both in total numbers and in its per
capita incarceration rate.
The massive expenditures required
by such large prison populations are
becoming increasingly burdensome
for the states, which spend an
average of 6.8 percent of their total
budget on corrections. According to
the report, the explosion in
incarceration “is saddling cash-
strapped states with soaring costs
they can ill afford and failing to have
a clear impact either on recidivism
or overall crime.”
Based on recent statistics, US jails
and prisons hold about one quarter
of the world's inmates. it's all true
first time in US history more than
one in every one hundred adult
Americans is in prison or jail. After an
increase of more than 25,000 in
2007, the nation’s prison population
stood at almost 1.6 million, with
another 723,000 in local jails,
according to the report, which was
complied by the Pew Center on the
States. The US has more prisoners
than any other nation in the world,
both in total numbers and in its per
capita incarceration rate.
The massive expenditures required
by such large prison populations are
becoming increasingly burdensome
for the states, which spend an
average of 6.8 percent of their total
budget on corrections. According to
the report, the explosion in
incarceration “is saddling cash-
strapped states with soaring costs
they can ill afford and failing to have
a clear impact either on recidivism
or overall crime.”
Based on recent statistics, US jails
and prisons hold about one quarter
of the world's inmates. it's all true
Cable giant Comcast Corp., already
facing a firestorm of criticism over its
surreptitious practice of slowing data
transfer speeds for some users of its
Internet services, only compounded its
publicity problems when it recently hired
people to pack a public hearing,
effectively barring many local citizens
from attending. Comcast spokesmen
admitted that the company paid people
who were not its regular employees to
“hold seats” at the small auditorium in
facing a firestorm of criticism over its
surreptitious practice of slowing data
transfer speeds for some users of its
Internet services, only compounded its
publicity problems when it recently hired
people to pack a public hearing,
effectively barring many local citizens
from attending. Comcast spokesmen
admitted that the company paid people
who were not its regular employees to
“hold seats” at the small auditorium in
Cambridge, Mass., where the Federal
Communications Commission
hearing on issues of net neutrality
was held.
The Comcast seat-holders, many of
whom slept through the hearing,
wore yellow highlighters clipped to
their shirt pockets for identification
by company personnel. it's all true
Communications Commission
hearing on issues of net neutrality
was held.
The Comcast seat-holders, many of
whom slept through the hearing,
wore yellow highlighters clipped to
their shirt pockets for identification
by company personnel. it's all true
A federal judge has ruled that a
$105 million lawsuit against NBC
over the involvement of the
network’s “To Catch a Predator”
television series in a botched
Texas sting operation that
resulted in the suicide of a
suspect may proceed in US
District Court in New York. The
suit was brought by the family of
Texas prosecutor Louis Conradt
Jr., who shot himself at his home
in 2006 as a team of police
officers moved in to arrest him,
accompanied by television camera
crews and Dateline NBC reporter
Chris Hansen. NBC, which argued
that Dateline crews behaved
“responsibly and lawfully” with
regard to the incident, broadcast
the segment culminating in
Conradt’s suicide several times.
$105 million lawsuit against NBC
over the involvement of the
network’s “To Catch a Predator”
television series in a botched
Texas sting operation that
resulted in the suicide of a
suspect may proceed in US
District Court in New York. The
suit was brought by the family of
Texas prosecutor Louis Conradt
Jr., who shot himself at his home
in 2006 as a team of police
officers moved in to arrest him,
accompanied by television camera
crews and Dateline NBC reporter
Chris Hansen. NBC, which argued
that Dateline crews behaved
“responsibly and lawfully” with
regard to the incident, broadcast
the segment culminating in
Conradt’s suicide several times.
The popular “To Catch a Predator”
series uses a combination of law
enforcement agencies, private advocacy
groups, and television personnel to
arrange elaborate sting operations
targeting alleged sex offenders in various
locations throughout the US. After
suspects are lured to a house, ostensibly
to meet underage girls or boys for sex,
they are confronted on camera by
Hansen, who often reads from edited
transcripts of their online conversations,
before their arrest and initial interviews
with police are videotaped.
The November 2006 sting in Murphy,
Texas that is the subject of the lawsuit
was the ninth such operation mounted
by Dateline NBC. In the aftermath of the
sting, the district attorney refused to
prosecute any of the 24 men arrested,
citing insufficient evidence. it's all true
series uses a combination of law
enforcement agencies, private advocacy
groups, and television personnel to
arrange elaborate sting operations
targeting alleged sex offenders in various
locations throughout the US. After
suspects are lured to a house, ostensibly
to meet underage girls or boys for sex,
they are confronted on camera by
Hansen, who often reads from edited
transcripts of their online conversations,
before their arrest and initial interviews
with police are videotaped.
The November 2006 sting in Murphy,
Texas that is the subject of the lawsuit
was the ninth such operation mounted
by Dateline NBC. In the aftermath of the
sting, the district attorney refused to
prosecute any of the 24 men arrested,
citing insufficient evidence. it's all true
The Director of National Intelligence has
released a report briefly detailing US
intelligence data mining activities and
development programs, providing
members of Congress with a survey of
various projects that use sophisticated
software to analyze vast amounts of
digital information in an effort to identify
suspicious patterns and possible
terrorism-related activities.
The unclassified report, which was
mandated by the Federal Agency Data
Mining Reporting Act of 2007, includes
descriptions of several data mining
programs that were previously
undisclosed, according to Steven
Aftergood, editor of Secrecy News.
The scope of the report is limited to
data mining techniques known as
“predictive analysis,” as opposed to “link
analysis,” which is also extensively
practiced by US intelligence agencies, but
was excluded from the reporting
requirements of the Act. According to
the Office of the DNI, a classified
addendum was prepared for members of
Congressional committees.
One program discussed in the report,
the Video Analysis and Content
Extraction (VACE) project, involves
automated processing of video imagery
released a report briefly detailing US
intelligence data mining activities and
development programs, providing
members of Congress with a survey of
various projects that use sophisticated
software to analyze vast amounts of
digital information in an effort to identify
suspicious patterns and possible
terrorism-related activities.
The unclassified report, which was
mandated by the Federal Agency Data
Mining Reporting Act of 2007, includes
descriptions of several data mining
programs that were previously
undisclosed, according to Steven
Aftergood, editor of Secrecy News.
The scope of the report is limited to
data mining techniques known as
“predictive analysis,” as opposed to “link
analysis,” which is also extensively
practiced by US intelligence agencies, but
was excluded from the reporting
requirements of the Act. According to
the Office of the DNI, a classified
addendum was prepared for members of
Congressional committees.
One program discussed in the report,
the Video Analysis and Content
Extraction (VACE) project, involves
automated processing of video imagery
such as security video feeds, with
computer programs designed to seek
specific types of actions or events, or to
discern certain patterns of activity or
behavior. The VACE project scans video
data and provides “intelligent content
services such as indexing, video
browsing, summarization, content
browsing, video mining, and change
detection,” according to the report.
Another previously undisclosed data
mining operation described in the report
is project Reynard, which will attempt to
develop software capable of analyzing
activities within online social networks,
particularly large-scale gaming
communities. Describing Reynard as a
pilot program, the report says
intelligence agencies “will seek to
identify the emerging social, behavioral,
and cultural norms in virtual worlds and
gaming environments,” with an eventual
goal of automated detection of
suspicious patterns of activity in these
spheres.
The report also discusses ongoing
research into Private Information
Retrieval (PIR), which masks the source
of online searches and the search terms
used, conceivably allowing untraceable
access to databases. it's all true
computer programs designed to seek
specific types of actions or events, or to
discern certain patterns of activity or
behavior. The VACE project scans video
data and provides “intelligent content
services such as indexing, video
browsing, summarization, content
browsing, video mining, and change
detection,” according to the report.
Another previously undisclosed data
mining operation described in the report
is project Reynard, which will attempt to
develop software capable of analyzing
activities within online social networks,
particularly large-scale gaming
communities. Describing Reynard as a
pilot program, the report says
intelligence agencies “will seek to
identify the emerging social, behavioral,
and cultural norms in virtual worlds and
gaming environments,” with an eventual
goal of automated detection of
suspicious patterns of activity in these
spheres.
The report also discusses ongoing
research into Private Information
Retrieval (PIR), which masks the source
of online searches and the search terms
used, conceivably allowing untraceable
access to databases. it's all true
put a free press's mind at ease that
you're not being denied information you
shouldn't see." Washington DC 04.14.05
you're not being denied information you
shouldn't see." Washington DC 04.14.05
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"The president and I
also reaffirmed our
determination to
fight terror...
also reaffirmed our
determination to
fight terror...
...to bring drug trafficking to
bear, to bring justice to
those who pollute our youth"
Santiago, Chile 11.21.04
bear, to bring justice to
those who pollute our youth"
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An analysis of the prison
population in California revealed
that immigrants are far less likely
to commit crimes than native-
born Americans. The authors of
the study concluded that,
“significantly lower rates of
incarceration and
institutionalization among foreign-
born adults suggest that
longstanding fears of immigration
as a threat to public safety are
unjustified.”
The Public Policy Institute of
California reviewed the prison
inmate population in California
and found that US born adult
males are more than three times
as likely to be incarcerated than
immigrants. The Institute found
that young American men
between the ages of 18 and 40,
who are most likely to commit
crimes, are more than ten times
likely to be in prison than
immigrant males in the same age
bracket. About 35 percent of
California’s adult population is
foreign born, but immigrants
make up only 17 percent of
California’s prison population.
The study’s authors argue against
enacting further restrictions on
immigration or increasing
penalties for immigrants who
commit crimes because,” in
California, as in the rest of the
nation, immigrants already have
extremely low rates of criminal
activity.”
The Institute also reported that
California cities with more recent
immigrants had lower crime rates
than in cities with fewer total
immigrants. it's all true
population in California revealed
that immigrants are far less likely
to commit crimes than native-
born Americans. The authors of
the study concluded that,
“significantly lower rates of
incarceration and
institutionalization among foreign-
born adults suggest that
longstanding fears of immigration
as a threat to public safety are
unjustified.”
The Public Policy Institute of
California reviewed the prison
inmate population in California
and found that US born adult
males are more than three times
as likely to be incarcerated than
immigrants. The Institute found
that young American men
between the ages of 18 and 40,
who are most likely to commit
crimes, are more than ten times
likely to be in prison than
immigrant males in the same age
bracket. About 35 percent of
California’s adult population is
foreign born, but immigrants
make up only 17 percent of
California’s prison population.
The study’s authors argue against
enacting further restrictions on
immigration or increasing
penalties for immigrants who
commit crimes because,” in
California, as in the rest of the
nation, immigrants already have
extremely low rates of criminal
activity.”
The Institute also reported that
California cities with more recent
immigrants had lower crime rates
than in cities with fewer total
immigrants. it's all true
The Federal Communications
Commission has opened an investigation
into a TV station in Alabama that
blacked-out a segment of the CBS
program 60 Minutes about a political
scandal in that state. The blackout
happened only during a 13-minute report
about the politically motivated
imprisonment of the state’s former
governor, Donald Siegelman.
As the segment began, the TV signal
flashed and went blank to be replaced by
a message that said the station was
experiencing technical difficulties. The
FCC said that it had received “20 or so”
Commission has opened an investigation
into a TV station in Alabama that
blacked-out a segment of the CBS
program 60 Minutes about a political
scandal in that state. The blackout
happened only during a 13-minute report
about the politically motivated
imprisonment of the state’s former
governor, Donald Siegelman.
As the segment began, the TV signal
flashed and went blank to be replaced by
a message that said the station was
experiencing technical difficulties. The
FCC said that it had received “20 or so”
complaints about the blackout and
had sent a letter of inquiry to
WHNT-TV in Huntsville, AL, asking
for an explanation of the episode.
WHNT station manager Stan Pylant
said that the "receiver failed at the
worst possible time."
The segment concerned allegations
that presidential staff member Karl
Rove conspired with federal
prosecutors and federal judges to
convict Siegelman. Siegelman was
convicted of bribery and obstruction
of justice in 2006 and sentenced to
seven years in prison. it's all true
had sent a letter of inquiry to
WHNT-TV in Huntsville, AL, asking
for an explanation of the episode.
WHNT station manager Stan Pylant
said that the "receiver failed at the
worst possible time."
The segment concerned allegations
that presidential staff member Karl
Rove conspired with federal
prosecutors and federal judges to
convict Siegelman. Siegelman was
convicted of bribery and obstruction
of justice in 2006 and sentenced to
seven years in prison. it's all true
The United Nations has declared that it
does not have the funds to feed the
world’s most impoverished people this
year because of a 40 percent increase in
basic food commodities and a doubling
of shipping costs. Increasing food costs,
combined with dwindling stocks, have
led to food riots in some cities and
caused some nations to institute price
controls and rationing. The UN said
that, in some countries in the developing
world, prices of staple food products
have escalated by over 80 percent over
the past year. The situation is described
by the Director of Food and Agriculture
Organization of the UN, Jacques Diouf,
as “unforeseen and unprecedented.”
Diouf fears that there is a “very serious
risk that fewer people (will) be able to
get food” in 2008.
Rising food prices have led to riots in
does not have the funds to feed the
world’s most impoverished people this
year because of a 40 percent increase in
basic food commodities and a doubling
of shipping costs. Increasing food costs,
combined with dwindling stocks, have
led to food riots in some cities and
caused some nations to institute price
controls and rationing. The UN said
that, in some countries in the developing
world, prices of staple food products
have escalated by over 80 percent over
the past year. The situation is described
by the Director of Food and Agriculture
Organization of the UN, Jacques Diouf,
as “unforeseen and unprecedented.”
Diouf fears that there is a “very serious
risk that fewer people (will) be able to
get food” in 2008.
Rising food prices have led to riots in
Morocco, Yemen, Mexico, Guinea,
Mauritania, Senegal and Uzbekistan.
Russia and Thailand have instituted price
controls on basin food products such as
milk, bread,eggs and cooking oil.
Indonesia has increased food subsidies to
its citizens and Afghanistan reports that
an additional 2.5 million of its people will
become food insecure this year. China
has imposed quotas on the export of
food products and India has banned the
export of rice.
The UN feeds 73 million needy people
in 78 countries each year using funds
donated by the world’s wealthy nations.
The food aid budget that the UN had
set for 2008 was $2.9 billion dollars, but
increasing food prices and the rising oil
prices have hampered the organization’s
ability to meet the needs of the world’s
poor; people who exist on less than fifty
Mauritania, Senegal and Uzbekistan.
Russia and Thailand have instituted price
controls on basin food products such as
milk, bread,eggs and cooking oil.
Indonesia has increased food subsidies to
its citizens and Afghanistan reports that
an additional 2.5 million of its people will
become food insecure this year. China
has imposed quotas on the export of
food products and India has banned the
export of rice.
The UN feeds 73 million needy people
in 78 countries each year using funds
donated by the world’s wealthy nations.
The food aid budget that the UN had
set for 2008 was $2.9 billion dollars, but
increasing food prices and the rising oil
prices have hampered the organization’s
ability to meet the needs of the world’s
poor; people who exist on less than fifty
cents a day. Between 50 and 80
percent of that amount goes toward
paying for food, reports Oxfam.
Josette Sheeran, the head of the
UN’s World Food Program said that
the agency will have a “significant
gap if commodity prices remain high”
predicting that the UN will need
another half billion dollars to meet
even the barest food needs of the
world’s impoverished citizens. "This
is the new face of hunger, there is
food on the shelves but people are
priced out of the market." Sheeran
said, "there is vulnerability in urban
areas we have not seen before, there
are food riots in countries where we
have not seen them before." The
UN says that if food prices remain
high it may be forced to begin to
ration food aid. it's all true
percent of that amount goes toward
paying for food, reports Oxfam.
Josette Sheeran, the head of the
UN’s World Food Program said that
the agency will have a “significant
gap if commodity prices remain high”
predicting that the UN will need
another half billion dollars to meet
even the barest food needs of the
world’s impoverished citizens. "This
is the new face of hunger, there is
food on the shelves but people are
priced out of the market." Sheeran
said, "there is vulnerability in urban
areas we have not seen before, there
are food riots in countries where we
have not seen them before." The
UN says that if food prices remain
high it may be forced to begin to
ration food aid. it's all true
A scientist speaking before the Royal
United Service Institute in England
warned of the prospect of armed robots
being used by terrorists or being
designed to make decisions
independently. Professor Noel Sharkey
of the University of Sheffield told the
institute that armed robots that are
already deployed by the US in
Afghanistan and Iraq, which are designed
to identify and target without human
assistance, “pose a threat to humanity.”
The US Army first began using armed
robots on the battlefield in 2007. The
robots that are currently being used are
mounted with M240 or M249 machine
guns and can be adapted to carry 40mm
grenade launchers. The robots, which
cost approximately $240,000 dollars
each, can travel through sand, water and
up to 100 feet of snow, can climb stairs
United Service Institute in England
warned of the prospect of armed robots
being used by terrorists or being
designed to make decisions
independently. Professor Noel Sharkey
of the University of Sheffield told the
institute that armed robots that are
already deployed by the US in
Afghanistan and Iraq, which are designed
to identify and target without human
assistance, “pose a threat to humanity.”
The US Army first began using armed
robots on the battlefield in 2007. The
robots that are currently being used are
mounted with M240 or M249 machine
guns and can be adapted to carry 40mm
grenade launchers. The robots, which
cost approximately $240,000 dollars
each, can travel through sand, water and
up to 100 feet of snow, can climb stairs
and can run on batteries for a maximum
of 7 days. A spokesperson for the
Pentagon said when the robots were
first deployed, “Weaponized robots
represent a new technology that is only
in its developmental stages.” Weapon
designers are currently working on a
“Game Boy” style operator interface
with virtual-reality goggles that display
what the robot is “seeing”.
Sharkey said that robots captured by
enemies could be reverse-engineered to
be used against US forces. Sharkey was,
however, most concerned of the
prospect that robots could eventually be
programmed by weapons manufacturers
to be fully autonomous saying, “I have
worked in artificial intelligence for
decades, and the idea of a robot making
decisions about human termination
terrifies me.” it's all true
of 7 days. A spokesperson for the
Pentagon said when the robots were
first deployed, “Weaponized robots
represent a new technology that is only
in its developmental stages.” Weapon
designers are currently working on a
“Game Boy” style operator interface
with virtual-reality goggles that display
what the robot is “seeing”.
Sharkey said that robots captured by
enemies could be reverse-engineered to
be used against US forces. Sharkey was,
however, most concerned of the
prospect that robots could eventually be
programmed by weapons manufacturers
to be fully autonomous saying, “I have
worked in artificial intelligence for
decades, and the idea of a robot making
decisions about human termination
terrifies me.” it's all true
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