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CIA drone aircraft launched missile
strikes on civilian targets inside Pakistan
last week killing at least 22 people,
according to local officials. The attacks
were the first such incursions into
Pakistani territory since the inauguration
of President Barack Obama, and another
signal that his administration would
continue some widely criticized aspects
of his predecessor’s foreign policy. More
than 250 civilians have been killed during
some 40 operations conducted by the
US in Pakistan, including missile strikes
and incursions by ground troops, since
President George W. Bush authorized
the raids in August.
Obama reportedly ordered the attacks
strikes on civilian targets inside Pakistan
last week killing at least 22 people,
according to local officials. The attacks
were the first such incursions into
Pakistani territory since the inauguration
of President Barack Obama, and another
signal that his administration would
continue some widely criticized aspects
of his predecessor’s foreign policy. More
than 250 civilians have been killed during
some 40 operations conducted by the
US in Pakistan, including missile strikes
and incursions by ground troops, since
President George W. Bush authorized
the raids in August.
Obama reportedly ordered the attacks
last Thursday, the same day he made
headlines with his qualified repudiation of
some of the Bush era’s most odious and
discredited tactics. But US progressive
groups and many international observers
were disappointed to see the
resumption of the raids, which are
widely condemned as illegal violations of
Pakistan’s sovereignty.
Senior government officials have
repeatedly condemned the strikes and
civilian casualties in meetings with US
diplomatic personnel, saying that the
unilateral attacks are undermining the
fragile authority of the Pakistani
government in the remote tribal regions
of North and South Waziristan, where
headlines with his qualified repudiation of
some of the Bush era’s most odious and
discredited tactics. But US progressive
groups and many international observers
were disappointed to see the
resumption of the raids, which are
widely condemned as illegal violations of
Pakistan’s sovereignty.
Senior government officials have
repeatedly condemned the strikes and
civilian casualties in meetings with US
diplomatic personnel, saying that the
unilateral attacks are undermining the
fragile authority of the Pakistani
government in the remote tribal regions
of North and South Waziristan, where
terrorist suspects are alleged to
reside.
Amid international outrage over the
most recent raids, Defense Secretary
Robert Gates confirmed that the
Obama administration would
continue to mount the controversial
operations whenever military leaders
on the ground in Afghanistan felt
they could be effective. The
Pentagon claims the controversial
strikes have killed several significant
members of the al Qaeda leadership.
It remains unclear whether the US
confidentially alerts the Pakistani
government before it conducts such
cross-border raids. it's all true
reside.
Amid international outrage over the
most recent raids, Defense Secretary
Robert Gates confirmed that the
Obama administration would
continue to mount the controversial
operations whenever military leaders
on the ground in Afghanistan felt
they could be effective. The
Pentagon claims the controversial
strikes have killed several significant
members of the al Qaeda leadership.
It remains unclear whether the US
confidentially alerts the Pakistani
government before it conducts such
cross-border raids. it's all true
Recognizing that his campaign deftly
exploited a variety of innovative
techniques, Advertising Age
magazine has named President Barack
Obama its 2008 Marketer of the
Year. The editorial board specifically
noted the wide range of cutting-edge
technologies, including text
messaging, social networking, and
internet-based fundraising that helped
the Obama team set new records for
total receipts and volume of
campaign donors. According to the
magazine, Obama’s staff “had a firm
grasp of branding, messaging, and
old-fashioned political ground
organization. It’s also been able to
balance mass marketing with social
media and niche marketing.”
Since the first term Senator swept to
a decisive victory in November,
marketing professionals and industry
media outlets have become fixated
on analyzing Obama’s celebrity and
mass appeal. A piece in Marketing
Week magazine said the campaign
"harnessed 21st century technology
and communications tools in a way
few commercial marketing campaigns
have succeeded in doing." it's all true
exploited a variety of innovative
techniques, Advertising Age
magazine has named President Barack
Obama its 2008 Marketer of the
Year. The editorial board specifically
noted the wide range of cutting-edge
technologies, including text
messaging, social networking, and
internet-based fundraising that helped
the Obama team set new records for
total receipts and volume of
campaign donors. According to the
magazine, Obama’s staff “had a firm
grasp of branding, messaging, and
old-fashioned political ground
organization. It’s also been able to
balance mass marketing with social
media and niche marketing.”
Since the first term Senator swept to
a decisive victory in November,
marketing professionals and industry
media outlets have become fixated
on analyzing Obama’s celebrity and
mass appeal. A piece in Marketing
Week magazine said the campaign
"harnessed 21st century technology
and communications tools in a way
few commercial marketing campaigns
have succeeded in doing." it's all true
Obama White House Casually Condones Civilian Casualties
Sales Beyond Belief
For Marketer-in-Chief
For Marketer-in-Chief
Barack Obama may be the first president
to own an MP3 player, but he likely will
not be sharing tunes with two of his
choices for top spots in his Justice
Department.
Obama has appointed attorneys Tom
Perrelli and Neil McBride to senior
Justice Department spots. Both of these
attorneys have worked over the past
decade to limit file sharing between
owners on digital music and are
antagonistic to a broad interpretation of
the fair use doctrine, which allows
limited use of copyrighted material
without the permission of the owner of
the work.
Perrelli, who was appointed by Obama
to be an associate attorney general,
represented the Recording Industry of
America in a string of lawsuits that have
to own an MP3 player, but he likely will
not be sharing tunes with two of his
choices for top spots in his Justice
Department.
Obama has appointed attorneys Tom
Perrelli and Neil McBride to senior
Justice Department spots. Both of these
attorneys have worked over the past
decade to limit file sharing between
owners on digital music and are
antagonistic to a broad interpretation of
the fair use doctrine, which allows
limited use of copyrighted material
without the permission of the owner of
the work.
Perrelli, who was appointed by Obama
to be an associate attorney general,
represented the Recording Industry of
America in a string of lawsuits that have
been viewed as aggressive and excessive
against college students and others who
used pier-to-pier file sharing services to
download music off the Internet.
Perrelli has argued in RIAA cases that
internet service providers must divulge
the identities of internet users on their
systems who may be sharing computer
files without a prior judicial review of
evidence. Perrelli previously worked at
Justice during the Clinton administration.
McBride worked for the Business
Software Alliance in developing a
program where employees are rewarded
for calling in tips to report their
employer’s use of non-copyrighted
software. The “Know it, Report it
Reward it” program offers “up $1 million
in cash rewards” to snitches who turn in
their employers who may be using
bootleg computer software. it's all true
against college students and others who
used pier-to-pier file sharing services to
download music off the Internet.
Perrelli has argued in RIAA cases that
internet service providers must divulge
the identities of internet users on their
systems who may be sharing computer
files without a prior judicial review of
evidence. Perrelli previously worked at
Justice during the Clinton administration.
McBride worked for the Business
Software Alliance in developing a
program where employees are rewarded
for calling in tips to report their
employer’s use of non-copyrighted
software. The “Know it, Report it
Reward it” program offers “up $1 million
in cash rewards” to snitches who turn in
their employers who may be using
bootleg computer software. it's all true
Although politicians from
President Obama on down in
both parties agree with much of
America’s media that regular
citizens do not believe that a
federal investigation should be
initiated into whether members
of the Bush administration
committed torture as they fought
their self-styled “war on terror”,
a recent poll by the Washington
Post in association with ABC
News finds that a majority of
those queried think an
investigation is in order.
The poll found that 50 percent of
Americans said that they support
an investigation by the Obama
administration into possible Bush
crimes, with 47 percent opposed.
The poll also revealed that a
majority of Americans oppose
Obama issuing a pardon to
prevent Bush administration
officials from being prosecuted
for maltreatment of terror
suspects.
More Democrats said that they
would like to see an investigation
into Bush administration crimes.
69 percent of Democrats said
that Obama should initiate an
investigation, while 69 percent of
Republicans said that they would
not like an investigation.
The researchers also found that
more American women said that
torture should never be used in
any circumstances by the US
government. A substantial
majority of Americans polled
opposed the use of torture by US
personnel, supporting a proposed
ban on such tactics. it's all true
President Obama on down in
both parties agree with much of
America’s media that regular
citizens do not believe that a
federal investigation should be
initiated into whether members
of the Bush administration
committed torture as they fought
their self-styled “war on terror”,
a recent poll by the Washington
Post in association with ABC
News finds that a majority of
those queried think an
investigation is in order.
The poll found that 50 percent of
Americans said that they support
an investigation by the Obama
administration into possible Bush
crimes, with 47 percent opposed.
The poll also revealed that a
majority of Americans oppose
Obama issuing a pardon to
prevent Bush administration
officials from being prosecuted
for maltreatment of terror
suspects.
More Democrats said that they
would like to see an investigation
into Bush administration crimes.
69 percent of Democrats said
that Obama should initiate an
investigation, while 69 percent of
Republicans said that they would
not like an investigation.
The researchers also found that
more American women said that
torture should never be used in
any circumstances by the US
government. A substantial
majority of Americans polled
opposed the use of torture by US
personnel, supporting a proposed
ban on such tactics. it's all true
In the first days of his term President
Barack Obama reversed policies set in
place by the Bush administration with
respect to the detention and treatment
of terrorist subjects held by the United
States. Asserting that America was
reclaiming “the moral high ground”
Obama issued a trio of directives that
included orders to close the detention
camps at the US military base in
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, close remaining
‘black-site’ prisons hidden in countries
across the globe that are run by the CIA
and discontinue using torture as an
interrogation technique. Millions around
the world were heartened when Obama
said in a media event at the State
Department, “I can say without
exception or equivocation that the
United States will not torture.”
The trio of executive orders that
Barack Obama reversed policies set in
place by the Bush administration with
respect to the detention and treatment
of terrorist subjects held by the United
States. Asserting that America was
reclaiming “the moral high ground”
Obama issued a trio of directives that
included orders to close the detention
camps at the US military base in
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, close remaining
‘black-site’ prisons hidden in countries
across the globe that are run by the CIA
and discontinue using torture as an
interrogation technique. Millions around
the world were heartened when Obama
said in a media event at the State
Department, “I can say without
exception or equivocation that the
United States will not torture.”
The trio of executive orders that
President Obama signed puts an end to
the maltreatment of detainees, but the
architecture that results in uncharged
kidnap victims, including US citizens,
who are categorized as enemy
combatants being held indefinitely by the
US, possibly in foreign prisons, remains in
place. Obama’s order did not put an end
to the practice of “extraordinary
rendition” and the president has not said
how uncharged detainees deemed to be
“enemy combatants” who are now held
by the US military would be adjudicated.
An Obama official said unequivocally,
“There are some renditions that are, in
fact, justifiable, defensible.”
Extraordinary rendition, as reported by
redstateupdate.net, is the practice used
by the CIA to circumvent the legal
system by capturing suspects off the
street, shackling and drugging them and
the maltreatment of detainees, but the
architecture that results in uncharged
kidnap victims, including US citizens,
who are categorized as enemy
combatants being held indefinitely by the
US, possibly in foreign prisons, remains in
place. Obama’s order did not put an end
to the practice of “extraordinary
rendition” and the president has not said
how uncharged detainees deemed to be
“enemy combatants” who are now held
by the US military would be adjudicated.
An Obama official said unequivocally,
“There are some renditions that are, in
fact, justifiable, defensible.”
Extraordinary rendition, as reported by
redstateupdate.net, is the practice used
by the CIA to circumvent the legal
system by capturing suspects off the
street, shackling and drugging them and
transporting them to prisons in a
different countries to be held and
interrogated. Suspects who have
been rendered by US agents and are
now free describe being sent to
countries such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia
and Israel where they were abused
and tortured. The practice was
originally authorized by Bill Clinton.
The European Commission
investigated the United States usage
of rendition in 2006 and found
evidence that more than 100 people
had been kidnapped and rendered by
the CIA since 2001, and in Italy 26
CIA agents are on trial for kidnapping
an Egyptian Imam in 2003. None of
these subjects received due process
and all were delivered to countries
that the US itself reports engage in
prisoner abuse. it's all true
different countries to be held and
interrogated. Suspects who have
been rendered by US agents and are
now free describe being sent to
countries such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia
and Israel where they were abused
and tortured. The practice was
originally authorized by Bill Clinton.
The European Commission
investigated the United States usage
of rendition in 2006 and found
evidence that more than 100 people
had been kidnapped and rendered by
the CIA since 2001, and in Italy 26
CIA agents are on trial for kidnapping
an Egyptian Imam in 2003. None of
these subjects received due process
and all were delivered to countries
that the US itself reports engage in
prisoner abuse. it's all true
New Chief Executive Honors Presidential Rendition Tradition
Regular Folks Worry
About Law Breaking
About Law Breaking
VERBATIM number 35.1
"And part of my job is to make
sure that for example at the
CIA, you've got extraordinarily
talented people who are
working very hard to keep
Americans safe...
sure that for example at the
CIA, you've got extraordinarily
talented people who are
working very hard to keep
Americans safe...
...I don't want them to
suddenly feel like
they've got to spend all
their time looking over
their shoulders and
lawyering up."
Washington DC 01.11.09
suddenly feel like
they've got to spend all
their time looking over
their shoulders and
lawyering up."
Washington DC 01.11.09
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Obama Adds Industry Insiders to Justice Playlist
Before he was sworn in last week as the
Secretary of the US Treasury, Timothy
Geithner had to face down a handful of
mildly skeptical Senators, who asked a
few questions about his management of
some personal accounting and childcare
issues. It was good practice for
Geithner’s main assignment in his new
job: the coddling of the US financial
sector, a chaotic romper room of billion
dollar babies, noisily bawling for security
blankets in the form massive TARPs.
International economists who have been
amazed at the obstinate refusal of the
US government to confront and contain
the insolvency and fraud on Wall Street
will be equally impressed with the
strategic continuity from the Paulson-
Bernanke team to the stewardship of
Geithner and Lawrence Summers.
More than any other component of the
Obama administration, the president’s
economic team stresses bipartisan
consensus and continuity with the
policies of the previous White House.
Summers, the famously impolitic former
Treasury Secretary under Bill Clinton,
will oversee the administration's
economic and monetary policy and is
expected to succeed Bernanke as Fed
chairman. Geithner was in charge of the
New York Fed at the height of the
Secretary of the US Treasury, Timothy
Geithner had to face down a handful of
mildly skeptical Senators, who asked a
few questions about his management of
some personal accounting and childcare
issues. It was good practice for
Geithner’s main assignment in his new
job: the coddling of the US financial
sector, a chaotic romper room of billion
dollar babies, noisily bawling for security
blankets in the form massive TARPs.
International economists who have been
amazed at the obstinate refusal of the
US government to confront and contain
the insolvency and fraud on Wall Street
will be equally impressed with the
strategic continuity from the Paulson-
Bernanke team to the stewardship of
Geithner and Lawrence Summers.
More than any other component of the
Obama administration, the president’s
economic team stresses bipartisan
consensus and continuity with the
policies of the previous White House.
Summers, the famously impolitic former
Treasury Secretary under Bill Clinton,
will oversee the administration's
economic and monetary policy and is
expected to succeed Bernanke as Fed
chairman. Geithner was in charge of the
New York Fed at the height of the
bubble and can reasonably be said to
have blown it. With their old friend and
former partner Robert Rubin just a
satellite phone call on a secure line away,
the US has already enjoyed almost two
decades of catastrophic stability at the
highest levels of its economic policy.
Signals began to emanate from Chicago
immediately after the election that the
Obama team would follow the path
sketched out by the intrepid Henry
Paulson in his original three-page TARP
bailout plan. Further evidence that the
new administration hopes to keep
rubber-stamping no-strings quarterly
bailouts has continued to accumulate,
with the new White House staff already
preparing the public for another
enormous “emergency” program at least
as large as the $700 billion appropriated
by Congress in September. With most
world leaders acting to limit their own
banking crises through intervention on
the so-called “Swedish” model, the US
remains the only developed country that
seems determined to employ the
alternative “Japanese” model, which has
resulted in almost two decades of
stagnation while spawning the creatures
known as “zombie banks”. Obama's
economic policy appears to favor more
nourishment for the undead. it's all true
have blown it. With their old friend and
former partner Robert Rubin just a
satellite phone call on a secure line away,
the US has already enjoyed almost two
decades of catastrophic stability at the
highest levels of its economic policy.
Signals began to emanate from Chicago
immediately after the election that the
Obama team would follow the path
sketched out by the intrepid Henry
Paulson in his original three-page TARP
bailout plan. Further evidence that the
new administration hopes to keep
rubber-stamping no-strings quarterly
bailouts has continued to accumulate,
with the new White House staff already
preparing the public for another
enormous “emergency” program at least
as large as the $700 billion appropriated
by Congress in September. With most
world leaders acting to limit their own
banking crises through intervention on
the so-called “Swedish” model, the US
remains the only developed country that
seems determined to employ the
alternative “Japanese” model, which has
resulted in almost two decades of
stagnation while spawning the creatures
known as “zombie banks”. Obama's
economic policy appears to favor more
nourishment for the undead. it's all true
Ravenous Zombie Banks Demand to be Fed