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The Federal Bureau of
Investigation has admitted that it
improperly obtained telephone
records of reporters working for
the New York Times and the
Washington Post as part of an
unspecified terrorism investigation
in 2004. FBI Director Robert
Mueller personally apologized for
the incident in telephone calls last
week to the executive editors of
each newspaper. A spokesperson
for the Bureau said that the
records were never used by
agents and that they have been
deleted from the FBI database.
The breach came to light in the
course of a probe by the FBI
inspector general into the agency’
s use of so-called “national
security letters” to secretly access
phone, banking, and business
records. Last year the inspector
general reported hundreds of
instances in which FBI agents had
used “emergency” or “exigent”
letters to improperly obtain
personal data. In each case, the
FBI agents involved falsely
asserted that subpoenas for the
records had already been
requested. In the 2004 incident,
the FBI used such “exigent”
letters to acquire phone records
for reporters based in Jakarta,
Indonesia.
The FBI discontinued the use of
"exigent" letters in 2007, but
continues to use "national security
letters" to obtain records without
a warrant. The agency routinely
imposes gag orders on those from
whom it seeks such information,
making it difficult to quantify the
extent of abuses and procedural
violations. it's all true
Investigation has admitted that it
improperly obtained telephone
records of reporters working for
the New York Times and the
Washington Post as part of an
unspecified terrorism investigation
in 2004. FBI Director Robert
Mueller personally apologized for
the incident in telephone calls last
week to the executive editors of
each newspaper. A spokesperson
for the Bureau said that the
records were never used by
agents and that they have been
deleted from the FBI database.
The breach came to light in the
course of a probe by the FBI
inspector general into the agency’
s use of so-called “national
security letters” to secretly access
phone, banking, and business
records. Last year the inspector
general reported hundreds of
instances in which FBI agents had
used “emergency” or “exigent”
letters to improperly obtain
personal data. In each case, the
FBI agents involved falsely
asserted that subpoenas for the
records had already been
requested. In the 2004 incident,
the FBI used such “exigent”
letters to acquire phone records
for reporters based in Jakarta,
Indonesia.
The FBI discontinued the use of
"exigent" letters in 2007, but
continues to use "national security
letters" to obtain records without
a warrant. The agency routinely
imposes gag orders on those from
whom it seeks such information,
making it difficult to quantify the
extent of abuses and procedural
violations. it's all true
The number of low oxygen “dead
zones” in the world’s oceans has
doubled each decade since the
1960’s, creating an environmental
crisis and threatening commercial
fisheries, according to a report
published last week in the journal
Science. Researchers counted 405
distinct “dead”, or hypoxic, areas in
coastal waters in 2007, covering a
combined total of more than 95,000
square miles. The dead zones are
created when agricultural runoff
containing fertilizer is carried by
rivers into the oceans, resulting in
massive unnatural algae blooms that
eventually die off, starving the
surrounding area of oxygen, and
killing or disrupting marine life.
One of the best-documented
hypoxic zones forms annually in the
Gulf of Mexico, the result of high
levels of nitrate-rich fertilizer in the
Mississippi River. The Gulf dead zone
has grown to about 8,000 square
miles, causing a mass migration of
fish, shrimp, and crabs. Significant
dead zones also occur each year in
the Baltic Sea, the East China Sea,
and the Chesapeake Bay. it's all true
zones” in the world’s oceans has
doubled each decade since the
1960’s, creating an environmental
crisis and threatening commercial
fisheries, according to a report
published last week in the journal
Science. Researchers counted 405
distinct “dead”, or hypoxic, areas in
coastal waters in 2007, covering a
combined total of more than 95,000
square miles. The dead zones are
created when agricultural runoff
containing fertilizer is carried by
rivers into the oceans, resulting in
massive unnatural algae blooms that
eventually die off, starving the
surrounding area of oxygen, and
killing or disrupting marine life.
One of the best-documented
hypoxic zones forms annually in the
Gulf of Mexico, the result of high
levels of nitrate-rich fertilizer in the
Mississippi River. The Gulf dead zone
has grown to about 8,000 square
miles, causing a mass migration of
fish, shrimp, and crabs. Significant
dead zones also occur each year in
the Baltic Sea, the East China Sea,
and the Chesapeake Bay. it's all true
FBI Used Letters
To Spy on Writers
To Spy on Writers
Bumper Crop
Of Dead Zones
Of Dead Zones
A report released last week by the
Government Accountability Office
reveals that two-thirds of US
corporations claimed zero federal
income tax liability between 1998 and
2005. The report, which was compiled
at the request of Democratic Senators
Carl Levin of Michigan and Byron
Dorgan of North Dakota, also finds
that 68 percent of foreign-controlled
corporations with US operations paid no
taxes over the same period. The GAO
concluded that together the companies
reported trillions in US revenues during
the years studied.
“It’s shameful that so many corporations
make big profits and pay nothing to
support our country,” said Dorgan, who
called the report “a shocking indictment
of the current tax system.” Levin
highlighted the sophisticated accounting
Government Accountability Office
reveals that two-thirds of US
corporations claimed zero federal
income tax liability between 1998 and
2005. The report, which was compiled
at the request of Democratic Senators
Carl Levin of Michigan and Byron
Dorgan of North Dakota, also finds
that 68 percent of foreign-controlled
corporations with US operations paid no
taxes over the same period. The GAO
concluded that together the companies
reported trillions in US revenues during
the years studied.
“It’s shameful that so many corporations
make big profits and pay nothing to
support our country,” said Dorgan, who
called the report “a shocking indictment
of the current tax system.” Levin
highlighted the sophisticated accounting
practices that enable companies to
legally reduce their tax liabilities through
the transfer of funds, saying,
“corporations are using tax trickery to
send their profits overseas and avoid
paying their fair share in the United
States.” The report comes in the wake
of the Bush administration
announcement that the US budget
deficit for next year will reach a record
$486 billion.
In 2005, the most recent year for which
figures are available, 66.7 percent of US
corporations, more than 1.2 million
companies, paid no federal income tax.
Additionally, more than 38,000 foreign
corporations also avoided US corporate
tax in the same year. The companies
avoiding income tax reported a
combined $2.5 trillion in sales. The GAO
also found that 72 percent of foreign
legally reduce their tax liabilities through
the transfer of funds, saying,
“corporations are using tax trickery to
send their profits overseas and avoid
paying their fair share in the United
States.” The report comes in the wake
of the Bush administration
announcement that the US budget
deficit for next year will reach a record
$486 billion.
In 2005, the most recent year for which
figures are available, 66.7 percent of US
corporations, more than 1.2 million
companies, paid no federal income tax.
Additionally, more than 38,000 foreign
corporations also avoided US corporate
tax in the same year. The companies
avoiding income tax reported a
combined $2.5 trillion in sales. The GAO
also found that 72 percent of foreign
corporations and 57 percent of US
companies paid zero income taxes
for at least one year between 1998
and 2005. More than 42 percent of
US corporations and half of all
foreign companies avoided all taxes
for two or more years during that
period.
The GAO report did not name
specific companies. Corporations
typically claim zero liability when they
report an operating loss, or by the
application of tax credits or other
government incentives, which may
include tax deferments. Critics of US
corporate tax policy accuse large
corporations of aggressively avoiding
tax liability through elaborate transfer
pricing structures that shift profits
and losses to the most advantageous
tax jurisdictions. it's all true
companies paid zero income taxes
for at least one year between 1998
and 2005. More than 42 percent of
US corporations and half of all
foreign companies avoided all taxes
for two or more years during that
period.
The GAO report did not name
specific companies. Corporations
typically claim zero liability when they
report an operating loss, or by the
application of tax credits or other
government incentives, which may
include tax deferments. Critics of US
corporate tax policy accuse large
corporations of aggressively avoiding
tax liability through elaborate transfer
pricing structures that shift profits
and losses to the most advantageous
tax jurisdictions. it's all true
In US Economy, Not Much Certain Except Debt and Tax Breaks
In the wake of the nation’s largest
immigration raid at a meat-processing
plant in Postville, IA in May, questions
have arisen regarding what some have
considered to be heavy handed
techniques used by immigration and
Justice Department officials and others
have analyzed as an example of a chilling
new type of federal police action that
disregarded the legal rights of people
taken into custody and set new legal
precedents for mass arrest in the US.
The immigration raid took place at the
Agriprocessors meat-processing plant in
May when armed Immigration and
Customs Enforcement agents arrived at
the plant in 15 buses, vans and by
helicopter. Nearly 400 workers, almost
half of the plant’s employees, were
arrested and processed over a seven-day
period. About 300 of the employees
immigration raid at a meat-processing
plant in Postville, IA in May, questions
have arisen regarding what some have
considered to be heavy handed
techniques used by immigration and
Justice Department officials and others
have analyzed as an example of a chilling
new type of federal police action that
disregarded the legal rights of people
taken into custody and set new legal
precedents for mass arrest in the US.
The immigration raid took place at the
Agriprocessors meat-processing plant in
May when armed Immigration and
Customs Enforcement agents arrived at
the plant in 15 buses, vans and by
helicopter. Nearly 400 workers, almost
half of the plant’s employees, were
arrested and processed over a seven-day
period. About 300 of the employees
were charged with aggravated identity
theft and Social Security fraud.
The American Civil Liberties Union
revealed this week that Justice
Department officials prepared a manual
to facilitate garnering guilty pleas from
the hundreds of suspects. The manual
contained detailed “scripts” to be
followed by judges and defense
attorneys. Groups of 17 workers were
given a single group-attorney and were
paraded in groups before a judge where
they were given a choice between
pleading guilty to aggravated identity
theft and receiving a guaranteed two
year sentence or pleading guilty to a
reduced charge. The ACLU said that
the manual was "an important tool used
to rush defendants through the criminal
justice and immigration systems in an
unprecedented way.” it's all true
theft and Social Security fraud.
The American Civil Liberties Union
revealed this week that Justice
Department officials prepared a manual
to facilitate garnering guilty pleas from
the hundreds of suspects. The manual
contained detailed “scripts” to be
followed by judges and defense
attorneys. Groups of 17 workers were
given a single group-attorney and were
paraded in groups before a judge where
they were given a choice between
pleading guilty to aggravated identity
theft and receiving a guaranteed two
year sentence or pleading guilty to a
reduced charge. The ACLU said that
the manual was "an important tool used
to rush defendants through the criminal
justice and immigration systems in an
unprecedented way.” it's all true
An international armada, led by US
Carrier Strike Group Two, recently set
sail for the Persian Gulf. The
deployment comes on the heels of the
introduction of a resolution in Congress
that demands that the US take tougher
action against Iran to convince it to
abandon its development of enriched
uranium that some fear could be used to
manufacture nuclear weapons and after
the European Union issued a decree that
authorizes tougher sanctions against Iran.
The flotilla just completed coordinated
war games exercises in the Atlantic
Ocean where the multinational
contingent, made up of US, British,
French and Brazilian forces, practiced
Carrier Strike Group Two, recently set
sail for the Persian Gulf. The
deployment comes on the heels of the
introduction of a resolution in Congress
that demands that the US take tougher
action against Iran to convince it to
abandon its development of enriched
uranium that some fear could be used to
manufacture nuclear weapons and after
the European Union issued a decree that
authorizes tougher sanctions against Iran.
The flotilla just completed coordinated
war games exercises in the Atlantic
Ocean where the multinational
contingent, made up of US, British,
French and Brazilian forces, practiced
forming a naval blockade and rehearsed
scenarios to respond to defensive
measures that could be expected to be
taken by a country that is the target of a
naval blockade. More than 15, 000
service members participated in the
exercise, “Operation Brimstone”, which
is characterized by the military as a
“graduate level exercise for strike groups
who are preparing to forward deploy.”
When the strike force arrives at its
destination in the Persian Gulf, it will
join three additional US naval battle
groups making the deployment in the
strategic waterway the largest since the
first Gulf War.
Resolutions submitted to Congress
scenarios to respond to defensive
measures that could be expected to be
taken by a country that is the target of a
naval blockade. More than 15, 000
service members participated in the
exercise, “Operation Brimstone”, which
is characterized by the military as a
“graduate level exercise for strike groups
who are preparing to forward deploy.”
When the strike force arrives at its
destination in the Persian Gulf, it will
join three additional US naval battle
groups making the deployment in the
strategic waterway the largest since the
first Gulf War.
Resolutions submitted to Congress
earlier this summer call for a naval
blockade against Iran that would cut
off its supply of refined petroleum
products. Israeli Defense Minister
Ehud Olmert proposed the naval
blockade when he traveled to the US
in May and held a “confidential”
meeting with House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi (D-CA) where the prime
minister proclaimed, “the present
sanctions (against Iran) have
exhausted themselves.” A spokes
person for the Navy disclaimed that
prepara-tions were underway to
enforce a naval blockade against Iran
saying that massive deployments
“couldn't be always linked with
military actions.” it's all true
blockade against Iran that would cut
off its supply of refined petroleum
products. Israeli Defense Minister
Ehud Olmert proposed the naval
blockade when he traveled to the US
in May and held a “confidential”
meeting with House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi (D-CA) where the prime
minister proclaimed, “the present
sanctions (against Iran) have
exhausted themselves.” A spokes
person for the Navy disclaimed that
prepara-tions were underway to
enforce a naval blockade against Iran
saying that massive deployments
“couldn't be always linked with
military actions.” it's all true
The private mercenary organization
Blackwater has come under scrutiny for
misrepresenting the size of its company
in order to acquire federal contracts set
aside for small businesses. The
falsifications came to light in an audit
performed by the Office of the
Inspector General for the Small Business
Administration that also found that
Blackwater benefited from assessments
made by the SBA that favored broad
definitions of what it means to be an
employee of Blackwater. Blackwater
eventually received more than 130 SBA
contracts worth over $100 million.
Blackwater has received over $1.2 billion
worth of government contracts since
2000.
The Inspector’s audit found that
Blackwater gave conflicting information
in its proposals and applications for
federal loans and applied for contracts
under the business names of companies
that it owned in the effort to disguise
the fact that the contracts would in
reality be awarded to Blackwater.
The auditors also found that the Small
Business Association accepted Back-
water’s interpretation of which of its
employees were “private contractors”
allowing the company to assert that it
Blackwater has come under scrutiny for
misrepresenting the size of its company
in order to acquire federal contracts set
aside for small businesses. The
falsifications came to light in an audit
performed by the Office of the
Inspector General for the Small Business
Administration that also found that
Blackwater benefited from assessments
made by the SBA that favored broad
definitions of what it means to be an
employee of Blackwater. Blackwater
eventually received more than 130 SBA
contracts worth over $100 million.
Blackwater has received over $1.2 billion
worth of government contracts since
2000.
The Inspector’s audit found that
Blackwater gave conflicting information
in its proposals and applications for
federal loans and applied for contracts
under the business names of companies
that it owned in the effort to disguise
the fact that the contracts would in
reality be awarded to Blackwater.
The auditors also found that the Small
Business Association accepted Back-
water’s interpretation of which of its
employees were “private contractors”
allowing the company to assert that it
has far fewer employees than are actually
paid by Blackwater. The auditors found,
for example, that Blackwater said in its
SBA applications that the number of
employees of an affiliate, Presidential
Airlines, was just over 700 and
Blackwater reported to Dunn and
Bradstreet that the company had more
than 1500 employees. Presidential went
on to receive a $107 million dollar SBA
contract. The SBA’s policy is to not
offer contracts to companies with over
1000 employees.
The falsifications, misrepresentations and
favorable SBA rulings were uncovered by
Congressional investigators who
reported that Blackwater used its special
designations of employees as “private
contractors” to evade paying “millions in
federal tax payments.” Chairman of the
House Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform, Henry Waxman (D-
CA), concluded that the designation of
employees as contractors also enabled
the Blackwater to secure the SBA
contracts unfairly.
The Inspector General said that the
findings indicated that Blackwater might
have used the same fakery to secure
additional contracts from other federal
agencies. it's all true
paid by Blackwater. The auditors found,
for example, that Blackwater said in its
SBA applications that the number of
employees of an affiliate, Presidential
Airlines, was just over 700 and
Blackwater reported to Dunn and
Bradstreet that the company had more
than 1500 employees. Presidential went
on to receive a $107 million dollar SBA
contract. The SBA’s policy is to not
offer contracts to companies with over
1000 employees.
The falsifications, misrepresentations and
favorable SBA rulings were uncovered by
Congressional investigators who
reported that Blackwater used its special
designations of employees as “private
contractors” to evade paying “millions in
federal tax payments.” Chairman of the
House Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform, Henry Waxman (D-
CA), concluded that the designation of
employees as contractors also enabled
the Blackwater to secure the SBA
contracts unfairly.
The Inspector General said that the
findings indicated that Blackwater might
have used the same fakery to secure
additional contracts from other federal
agencies. it's all true
Guilty Pleas Scripted by Justice Department
Blackwater USA: World's Biggest Small Business
US Led Flotilla Threatens Infidels with Firepower and Operation Brimstone
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"A political candidate who
jumps to conclusions without
knowing the facts...
jumps to conclusions without
knowing the facts...
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