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A 26-year-old salesman was
waterboarded by his supervisor and
coworkers as part of a motivational
“team-building exercise” on a lawn
outside their Provo, Utah offices.
Ordering his subordinates to restrain
junior sales associate Chad Hudgens on
the ground, Prosper Inc. supervisor
Joshua Christopherson poured a gallon
of water into his nose and mouth,
employing the internationally
condemned interrogation technique
allegedly used by CIA agents on terrorist
suspects. After the demonstration,
Christopherson told the sales team that
he wanted them to fight for sales as hard
as “Chad fought for air right there.”
Spokesmen for Prosper Inc., which
markets training and consulting services
to other businesses, maintain that they
were unaware of the waterboarding, and
waterboarded by his supervisor and
coworkers as part of a motivational
“team-building exercise” on a lawn
outside their Provo, Utah offices.
Ordering his subordinates to restrain
junior sales associate Chad Hudgens on
the ground, Prosper Inc. supervisor
Joshua Christopherson poured a gallon
of water into his nose and mouth,
employing the internationally
condemned interrogation technique
allegedly used by CIA agents on terrorist
suspects. After the demonstration,
Christopherson told the sales team that
he wanted them to fight for sales as hard
as “Chad fought for air right there.”
Spokesmen for Prosper Inc., which
markets training and consulting services
to other businesses, maintain that they
were unaware of the waterboarding, and
that in any case Hudgens had apparently
volunteered for the “motivational
exercise”. Team leader Christopherson
was suspended for two weeks while the
company conducted its own investigation
of the allegations, but has since returned
to work. Hudgens, who left Prosper Inc.
shortly after the May 2007 incident, has
sued the company in state court, alleging
that the waterboarding was just one
episode in what amounts to a pattern of
abuses against employees.
"We're not the mean waterboarding
company that people think we are,"
Prosper Inc. general counsel George
Brunt told the Washington Post. The
company, which disputes some of the
allegations, has refused to allow press
interviews with Christopherson or any of
the employees who actually witnessed
the treatment of Hudgens. it's all true
volunteered for the “motivational
exercise”. Team leader Christopherson
was suspended for two weeks while the
company conducted its own investigation
of the allegations, but has since returned
to work. Hudgens, who left Prosper Inc.
shortly after the May 2007 incident, has
sued the company in state court, alleging
that the waterboarding was just one
episode in what amounts to a pattern of
abuses against employees.
"We're not the mean waterboarding
company that people think we are,"
Prosper Inc. general counsel George
Brunt told the Washington Post. The
company, which disputes some of the
allegations, has refused to allow press
interviews with Christopherson or any of
the employees who actually witnessed
the treatment of Hudgens. it's all true
Sales Meeting Yielded Valuable Intel That Saved Lives
Coverage of the Iraq war in major
US media outlets has declined
precipitously over the past year, as
newspapers and television news
broadcasts have overwhelmingly
turned their attention to domestic
stories. A number of recent reports
document the decline in both total
news items and prominence of
coverage, as Iraq war stories are
shunted to the interior pages.
A study by the Associated Press
that monitored 65 newspapers
identified 457 page-one Iraq subjects
in September 2007, with that total
dropping as low as 49 in recent
months. A separate poll found that in
July 2007, 54 percent of Americans
were roughly aware of the number of
US soldiers killed in Iraq, but that by
March only 28 percent knew that the
total had climbed over 4000.
The Project for Excellence in
Journalism reports that in the first 10
weeks of 2007, the war accounted
for 23 percent of stories on network
television news; for the same period
this year the figure had dropped to
just 3 percent. it's all true
US media outlets has declined
precipitously over the past year, as
newspapers and television news
broadcasts have overwhelmingly
turned their attention to domestic
stories. A number of recent reports
document the decline in both total
news items and prominence of
coverage, as Iraq war stories are
shunted to the interior pages.
A study by the Associated Press
that monitored 65 newspapers
identified 457 page-one Iraq subjects
in September 2007, with that total
dropping as low as 49 in recent
months. A separate poll found that in
July 2007, 54 percent of Americans
were roughly aware of the number of
US soldiers killed in Iraq, but that by
March only 28 percent knew that the
total had climbed over 4000.
The Project for Excellence in
Journalism reports that in the first 10
weeks of 2007, the war accounted
for 23 percent of stories on network
television news; for the same period
this year the figure had dropped to
just 3 percent. it's all true
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The British human rights group Reprieve
said last week that the US military may
have used up to 17 different prison ships
to hold and interrogate detainees
captured in its war on terror. The group
gathered public statements by military
spokespersons, diplomats and current
and former detainees and concluded
that, “the US has operated a number of
ships as floating prisons (possibly as
many as 17), where prisoners have been
interrogated under torturous conditions
before being rendered to other, often
undisclosed locations.”
Reprieve identified that prisoners have
been held on the USS Bataan, the USS
Peleliu and the USS Ashland and that
said last week that the US military may
have used up to 17 different prison ships
to hold and interrogate detainees
captured in its war on terror. The group
gathered public statements by military
spokespersons, diplomats and current
and former detainees and concluded
that, “the US has operated a number of
ships as floating prisons (possibly as
many as 17), where prisoners have been
interrogated under torturous conditions
before being rendered to other, often
undisclosed locations.”
Reprieve identified that prisoners have
been held on the USS Bataan, the USS
Peleliu and the USS Ashland and that
these and other Navy prison ships have
been stationed in the Indian Ocean and
off the Coast of the British owned island
Diego Garcia.
As reported in 2005 by redstateupdate,
the US stored prisoners on ships on the
high seas and in Soviet era prisons in
former East Bloc countries in an effort
to hide detainees from the scrutiny of
international humanitarian organizations.
Last year the CIA revealed that the
president signed a memorandum
directing the creation of black site
prisons in countries including Uzbekistan,
Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Reprieve said that a detainee who was
been stationed in the Indian Ocean and
off the Coast of the British owned island
Diego Garcia.
As reported in 2005 by redstateupdate,
the US stored prisoners on ships on the
high seas and in Soviet era prisons in
former East Bloc countries in an effort
to hide detainees from the scrutiny of
international humanitarian organizations.
Last year the CIA revealed that the
president signed a memorandum
directing the creation of black site
prisons in countries including Uzbekistan,
Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Reprieve said that a detainee who was
released from the detention camp at
Guantanamo Bay Cuba told the
organization that a fellow detainee at
the camp told him he had been held
in a prison ship stating, “There were
about 50 other people on the ship.
They were all closed off in the
bottom of the ship. The prisoner
commented to me that it was like
something you see on television. The
people detained on the ship were
beaten even more severely than in
Guantanamo.”
The US admits to holding over
26,000 detainees, mainly in detention
camps , and has processed another
80,000 captives since 2002. it's all true
Guantanamo Bay Cuba told the
organization that a fellow detainee at
the camp told him he had been held
in a prison ship stating, “There were
about 50 other people on the ship.
They were all closed off in the
bottom of the ship. The prisoner
commented to me that it was like
something you see on television. The
people detained on the ship were
beaten even more severely than in
Guantanamo.”
The US admits to holding over
26,000 detainees, mainly in detention
camps , and has processed another
80,000 captives since 2002. it's all true
The Chief of Police for the city
of Washington DC has instituted
military style checkpoints to stop
automobiles traveling into the
Trinidad neighborhood of the
city. Police will require that
people who wish to enter the
neighborhood produce
identification, ask whether the
people who they stop have a
“legitimate purpose” to be in the
area and will turn away those who
are not deemed by authorities to
have a legitimate reason to be in
the neighborhood. Authorities
gave examples of what they view
to be a “legitimate purpose” to
enter the neighborhood, including
activities such as attending church
or visiting relatives.
The vehicle searches and
questioning of citizens who have
committed no crime was
conceived of by DC Police Chief
Cathy Lanier and agreed to by the
mayor of Washington DC, Adrian
M. Fenty. Fenty told reporters
that the police-checkpoint
scheme, referred to by
authorities as the Neighborhood
Safety Zone Initiative, was
intended to respond to rising gun
violence in the neighborhood.
Fenty said, “In certain areas, we
need to go beyond the normal
methods of policing. We're going
to go into an area and completely
shut it down to prevent shootings
and the sale of drugs."
Over the course of the first
weekend that the checkpoints
were set up, police turned away
26 automobiles because drivers
“refused to give enough
information to continue through
Trinidad” said Lanier. it's all true
of Washington DC has instituted
military style checkpoints to stop
automobiles traveling into the
Trinidad neighborhood of the
city. Police will require that
people who wish to enter the
neighborhood produce
identification, ask whether the
people who they stop have a
“legitimate purpose” to be in the
area and will turn away those who
are not deemed by authorities to
have a legitimate reason to be in
the neighborhood. Authorities
gave examples of what they view
to be a “legitimate purpose” to
enter the neighborhood, including
activities such as attending church
or visiting relatives.
The vehicle searches and
questioning of citizens who have
committed no crime was
conceived of by DC Police Chief
Cathy Lanier and agreed to by the
mayor of Washington DC, Adrian
M. Fenty. Fenty told reporters
that the police-checkpoint
scheme, referred to by
authorities as the Neighborhood
Safety Zone Initiative, was
intended to respond to rising gun
violence in the neighborhood.
Fenty said, “In certain areas, we
need to go beyond the normal
methods of policing. We're going
to go into an area and completely
shut it down to prevent shootings
and the sale of drugs."
Over the course of the first
weekend that the checkpoints
were set up, police turned away
26 automobiles because drivers
“refused to give enough
information to continue through
Trinidad” said Lanier. it's all true
The Senate intelligence committee
released the results of a study regarding
the claims made by President Bush and
members of his administration that
found that White House officials
routinely exaggerated the threat posed
by Saddam Hussein and lied to the
American people to frighten them into
supporting its plan to invade Iraq.
Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) the
committee’s chairman said, “In making a
case for war, the administration
repeatedly presented intelligence as fact
when it was unsubstantiated,
contradicted or even nonexistent. As a
result, the American people were led to
believe that the threat from Iraq was
much greater than actually existed.”
Some of the fabrications that were
repeatedly used by the president and
released the results of a study regarding
the claims made by President Bush and
members of his administration that
found that White House officials
routinely exaggerated the threat posed
by Saddam Hussein and lied to the
American people to frighten them into
supporting its plan to invade Iraq.
Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) the
committee’s chairman said, “In making a
case for war, the administration
repeatedly presented intelligence as fact
when it was unsubstantiated,
contradicted or even nonexistent. As a
result, the American people were led to
believe that the threat from Iraq was
much greater than actually existed.”
Some of the fabrications that were
repeatedly used by the president and
other members of his administration as
they attempted to scare Americans to
support the invasion of Iraq included the
assertion that the Hussein regime had
close contacts with Al-Qaida, that
Saddam Hussein was connected to the
terror attacks in 2001, that the Iraq was
supplying terrorist with biological and
chemical weapons and that Iraq was
developing unmanned drone aircraft to
spread chemical weapons over US cities.
In early 2003, just prior to the invasion
of Iraq, then Secretary of State Colin
Powell addressed the United Nations, to
make the case for war. He asserted
there was “ample evidence” that “Iraq
could use these small UAVs, which have
a wingspan of only a few meters, to
deliver biological agents to its neighbors
or, if transported, to other countries,
including the United States."
they attempted to scare Americans to
support the invasion of Iraq included the
assertion that the Hussein regime had
close contacts with Al-Qaida, that
Saddam Hussein was connected to the
terror attacks in 2001, that the Iraq was
supplying terrorist with biological and
chemical weapons and that Iraq was
developing unmanned drone aircraft to
spread chemical weapons over US cities.
In early 2003, just prior to the invasion
of Iraq, then Secretary of State Colin
Powell addressed the United Nations, to
make the case for war. He asserted
there was “ample evidence” that “Iraq
could use these small UAVs, which have
a wingspan of only a few meters, to
deliver biological agents to its neighbors
or, if transported, to other countries,
including the United States."
The report was the final part of a
series of reports produced by the
committee on the intelligence
failures that led to the invasion of
Iraq. A previous report, released in
2004 when Republicans controlled
the committee, focused exclusively
on mistakes made by the CIA. The
Republican leadership refused to
continue the investigations after
Bush's reelection in 2004.
The report released last week
provides the most thorough analysis
of the statements made by Bush and
his advisors as they attempted to get
the support of the American people
to attack Iraq and whether available
intelligence supported those claims.
The 170-page report was approved
by eight Democratic Senators and
two Republicans. it's all true
series of reports produced by the
committee on the intelligence
failures that led to the invasion of
Iraq. A previous report, released in
2004 when Republicans controlled
the committee, focused exclusively
on mistakes made by the CIA. The
Republican leadership refused to
continue the investigations after
Bush's reelection in 2004.
The report released last week
provides the most thorough analysis
of the statements made by Bush and
his advisors as they attempted to get
the support of the American people
to attack Iraq and whether available
intelligence supported those claims.
The 170-page report was approved
by eight Democratic Senators and
two Republicans. it's all true
In recent weeks, telecommunications
giants Comcast and Time Warner Cable
have announced pilot programs aimed at
metering Internet usage, offering tiered
services featuring escalating pricing
structures and bandwidth caps for
individual consumers. Industry observers
say that the service providers have been
seeking to end unlimited Internet access
and charge particularly heavy users
premium fees since the advent of file
sharing and video applications that
consume large amounts of their network
capacity. Critics of the telecoms warn
that the companies are purposely
undermining the principle of “net
neutrality” for a new generation of
customers who will have no alternative
to metered bandwidth usage and
different levels of service based on
price.
Time Warner will test its tiered service
plans in Beaumont, TX, offering basic
service at 768 kilobits per second with a
monthly cap of 5 gigabytes for $29.95 a
month. The company will also offer a
premium service at 15 megabits per
second, capped at 40 gigabytes, for
$54.90 a month. A company spokesman
said of metered Internet usage, “We
think it’s the fairest way to finance the
needed investment in the infrastructure.”
giants Comcast and Time Warner Cable
have announced pilot programs aimed at
metering Internet usage, offering tiered
services featuring escalating pricing
structures and bandwidth caps for
individual consumers. Industry observers
say that the service providers have been
seeking to end unlimited Internet access
and charge particularly heavy users
premium fees since the advent of file
sharing and video applications that
consume large amounts of their network
capacity. Critics of the telecoms warn
that the companies are purposely
undermining the principle of “net
neutrality” for a new generation of
customers who will have no alternative
to metered bandwidth usage and
different levels of service based on
price.
Time Warner will test its tiered service
plans in Beaumont, TX, offering basic
service at 768 kilobits per second with a
monthly cap of 5 gigabytes for $29.95 a
month. The company will also offer a
premium service at 15 megabits per
second, capped at 40 gigabytes, for
$54.90 a month. A company spokesman
said of metered Internet usage, “We
think it’s the fairest way to finance the
needed investment in the infrastructure.”
Comcast has already endured a wave of
bad publicity this year, after revelations
that it surreptitiously monitored
individual usage and secretly slowed
service to specific consumers. The
company admitted to delaying data
transfers for customers using BitTorrent
software. Comcast’s new approach, to
be tested in Chambersburg, PA,
Warrenton, VA, and Colorado Springs,
CO, will target large capacity users,
rather than certain software applications.
These users can expect to experience
delays and slow service during periods of
heavy traffic, according to the company.
Consumer advocates and civil liberties
groups assailed the move away from “net
neutrality” in which all Internet users
have equal access, as more about new
revenue streams for the telecoms than
issues of available bandwidth. “The
metered Internet has been tried and
tested and rejected by the consumers
overwhelmingly since the days of AOL,”
communications expert George Ou said
in testimony before the Federal
Communications Commission in April.
The FCC is investigating allegations that
Comcast's secret blocking or delaying of
individual users' accounts was illegal.
The practice was revealed in a report
by the Associated Press. it's all true
bad publicity this year, after revelations
that it surreptitiously monitored
individual usage and secretly slowed
service to specific consumers. The
company admitted to delaying data
transfers for customers using BitTorrent
software. Comcast’s new approach, to
be tested in Chambersburg, PA,
Warrenton, VA, and Colorado Springs,
CO, will target large capacity users,
rather than certain software applications.
These users can expect to experience
delays and slow service during periods of
heavy traffic, according to the company.
Consumer advocates and civil liberties
groups assailed the move away from “net
neutrality” in which all Internet users
have equal access, as more about new
revenue streams for the telecoms than
issues of available bandwidth. “The
metered Internet has been tried and
tested and rejected by the consumers
overwhelmingly since the days of AOL,”
communications expert George Ou said
in testimony before the Federal
Communications Commission in April.
The FCC is investigating allegations that
Comcast's secret blocking or delaying of
individual users' accounts was illegal.
The practice was revealed in a report
by the Associated Press. it's all true
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