interpreting the constitution
number 64 08.06.06
Constitutional Rights, Once Viewed as Quaint, Now a Security Threat
Lawyers at the Justice Department are
crafting legislation that would enable
American citizens and foreign nationals
to be permanently imprisoned at the
whim of the executive branch. The
proposed law would also strip various
constitutional rights from individuals
deemed by the president to be a threat
to national security. The legislation is
being written as a result of the US
Supreme Court’s repudiation of the
tribunals system set up by the
administration to adjudicate terror
suspects.
The proposal nullifies many of the
protections granted accused individuals
under both military law and American
crafting legislation that would enable
American citizens and foreign nationals
to be permanently imprisoned at the
whim of the executive branch. The
proposed law would also strip various
constitutional rights from individuals
deemed by the president to be a threat
to national security. The legislation is
being written as a result of the US
Supreme Court’s repudiation of the
tribunals system set up by the
administration to adjudicate terror
suspects.
The proposal nullifies many of the
protections granted accused individuals
under both military law and American
jurisprudence. The draft removes the
requirement for a speedy trail, allows a
prosecutor to use hearsay evidence and
disallow defendants and their attorneys
from reviewing evidence. Perhaps
written in anticipation of challenges to
the law, the proposal flatly asserts that
the Geneva Conventions “are not a
source of judicially enforceable rights.”
The draft allows “enemy combatants”,
which can include American citizens
under the proposal, to be imprisoned
until hostilities cease and broadly defines
such individuals as “anyone who is
engaged in hostilities against the United
States.” The law also allows individuals
to be imprisoned using secret evidence
requirement for a speedy trail, allows a
prosecutor to use hearsay evidence and
disallow defendants and their attorneys
from reviewing evidence. Perhaps
written in anticipation of challenges to
the law, the proposal flatly asserts that
the Geneva Conventions “are not a
source of judicially enforceable rights.”
The draft allows “enemy combatants”,
which can include American citizens
under the proposal, to be imprisoned
until hostilities cease and broadly defines
such individuals as “anyone who is
engaged in hostilities against the United
States.” The law also allows individuals
to be imprisoned using secret evidence
and evidence obtained through
torture. The draft also allows
defendants and their attorneys to be
barred from court proceedings.
Representatives of the military’s
Judge Advocate General Corps
recently told the Senate Judiciary
Committee that the armed forces do
not support the proposed law.
Representatives of JAG told the
Senate that military codes of justice
demand fairness and transparency in
court proceedings. Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales, however, told the
Senate that in some cases national
security requires the permanent
detention of suspects. its all true
torture. The draft also allows
defendants and their attorneys to be
barred from court proceedings.
Representatives of the military’s
Judge Advocate General Corps
recently told the Senate Judiciary
Committee that the armed forces do
not support the proposed law.
Representatives of JAG told the
Senate that military codes of justice
demand fairness and transparency in
court proceedings. Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales, however, told the
Senate that in some cases national
security requires the permanent
detention of suspects. its all true
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Residents, Canadians
Now Subjected to
Homeland Scrutiny
Now Subjected to
Homeland Scrutiny
World Leader in Secret Detention Camps Plans Gitmo Grand Opening
Amid calls for the closure of the prison
camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba by the
European Union and international human
rights monitoring agencies and the US
Supreme Court’s recent rebuke of the
administration’s system for adjudicating
the detainees housed there, the
president signaled earlier this summer
that he would “like to close” the camp
which has become an international
embarrassment.
The Defense Department has recently
reported that the president may be
getting his wish as a new $30 million
state-of-the-art maximum security
prison is due to open next month at
Guantanamo that is believed to be a
replacement for the notorious “Camp X-
Ray” which currently houses about 450
detainees captured over the past five
camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba by the
European Union and international human
rights monitoring agencies and the US
Supreme Court’s recent rebuke of the
administration’s system for adjudicating
the detainees housed there, the
president signaled earlier this summer
that he would “like to close” the camp
which has become an international
embarrassment.
The Defense Department has recently
reported that the president may be
getting his wish as a new $30 million
state-of-the-art maximum security
prison is due to open next month at
Guantanamo that is believed to be a
replacement for the notorious “Camp X-
Ray” which currently houses about 450
detainees captured over the past five
years in the president’s ‘war on terror’.
The new prison camp, called “Camp 6”,
was constructed by a subsidiary of
Halliburton and will be able to hold 200
prisoners. The new facility is designed
to function like privately built maximum-
security prison facilities that are common
in America and was modeled after a
prison in Lenawee County Michigan.
Other facilities at Guantanamo include
Camps 1, 2, 3 and 5, all of which are
maximum-security prisons and Camp 4
that is a medium security prison.
A study earlier this year by Seton Hall
University reviewed the military’s own
records to find that 8 percent of the
detainees held at the prison camp in
Guantanamo are affiliated with a
terrorist organization. DOD records
The new prison camp, called “Camp 6”,
was constructed by a subsidiary of
Halliburton and will be able to hold 200
prisoners. The new facility is designed
to function like privately built maximum-
security prison facilities that are common
in America and was modeled after a
prison in Lenawee County Michigan.
Other facilities at Guantanamo include
Camps 1, 2, 3 and 5, all of which are
maximum-security prisons and Camp 4
that is a medium security prison.
A study earlier this year by Seton Hall
University reviewed the military’s own
records to find that 8 percent of the
detainees held at the prison camp in
Guantanamo are affiliated with a
terrorist organization. DOD records
also show that 55 percent of the
detainees at the prison camp never
committed a hostile act against
United States soldiers. More than 85
percent of the prisoners housed in
the detention facility were captured
by tribal groups in Afghanistan when
the US military was handing out large
bounties for suspected terrorists.
Only 10 prisoners held at the prison
camp have ever been formally
charged with a crime.
A spokes person for Amnesty
International told reporters that the
Defense Department's construction
of additional prison facilities at the
military base makes “a mockery of
President Bush’s statements about
the need to close down Guantanamo
Bay.” its all true
detainees at the prison camp never
committed a hostile act against
United States soldiers. More than 85
percent of the prisoners housed in
the detention facility were captured
by tribal groups in Afghanistan when
the US military was handing out large
bounties for suspected terrorists.
Only 10 prisoners held at the prison
camp have ever been formally
charged with a crime.
A spokes person for Amnesty
International told reporters that the
Defense Department's construction
of additional prison facilities at the
military base makes “a mockery of
President Bush’s statements about
the need to close down Guantanamo
Bay.” its all true
The Department of Homeland
Security announced that it intends
to fingerprint permanent resident
aliens as they enter the United
States. The new rule is an
expansion of the US-VIST
program which currently tracks
foreign visitors when they come
into the US by requiring both
fingerprints and ‘biographical’
information from them.
The new rule would apply to
holders of so-called ‘green cards’
who are permanent residents of
the US. The rule also applies to
asylum seekers and refugees. The
department expects that the new
requirement will increase the
number of foreign nationals being
tracked by the government by 1.5
million people.
Homeland Security also
announced that 200,000
Canadians who live and work in
the US would now be subject to
fingerprinting as they enter the
country. The department has not
yet extended this requirement to
visitors or business travelers.
US-VISIT was designed to track
aliens entering the United States
and reduce document forgery.
US-VIST also requires that foreign
nationals carry visas that contain
computer data chips that transmit
a signal containing information
about the visa holder.
Homeland Security said that since
the inception of the US-VISIT
program in 2004, it has uncovered
1,160 aliens with a prior criminal
conviction or who "pose a
security threat to the United
States." its all true
Security announced that it intends
to fingerprint permanent resident
aliens as they enter the United
States. The new rule is an
expansion of the US-VIST
program which currently tracks
foreign visitors when they come
into the US by requiring both
fingerprints and ‘biographical’
information from them.
The new rule would apply to
holders of so-called ‘green cards’
who are permanent residents of
the US. The rule also applies to
asylum seekers and refugees. The
department expects that the new
requirement will increase the
number of foreign nationals being
tracked by the government by 1.5
million people.
Homeland Security also
announced that 200,000
Canadians who live and work in
the US would now be subject to
fingerprinting as they enter the
country. The department has not
yet extended this requirement to
visitors or business travelers.
US-VISIT was designed to track
aliens entering the United States
and reduce document forgery.
US-VIST also requires that foreign
nationals carry visas that contain
computer data chips that transmit
a signal containing information
about the visa holder.
Homeland Security said that since
the inception of the US-VISIT
program in 2004, it has uncovered
1,160 aliens with a prior criminal
conviction or who "pose a
security threat to the United
States." its all true
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Oakland Peace Group Finds Undercover
Agents to be Enthusiastic Volunteers
Agents to be Enthusiastic Volunteers
Police offices who joined a California
peace activist group to monitor its
activities were so successful in their
infiltration that they were elected to
leadership positions to influence the
group’s strategic planning. The
undercover police were able to “plan the
route of the march” and decide the
location where the protest would end.
The undercover police officers from the
Oakland Police Department were
revealed to have spied on the activities
of the group Direct Action for Peace
during the months leading up to an anti-
war rally in March 2003 in the deposition
of Deputy Police Chief Howard Jordan
relevant to a lawsuit filed by the
protesters.
The Oakland Police approved the
surveillance of peace activists and
peace activist group to monitor its
activities were so successful in their
infiltration that they were elected to
leadership positions to influence the
group’s strategic planning. The
undercover police were able to “plan the
route of the march” and decide the
location where the protest would end.
The undercover police officers from the
Oakland Police Department were
revealed to have spied on the activities
of the group Direct Action for Peace
during the months leading up to an anti-
war rally in March 2003 in the deposition
of Deputy Police Chief Howard Jordan
relevant to a lawsuit filed by the
protesters.
The Oakland Police approved the
surveillance of peace activists and
undercover operatives were assigned to
infiltrate groups because of interest
expressed in the protest by the
California Anti-Terrorism Information
Center. The center was organized by
the California Attorney General’s Office
to coordinate law enforcement agencies
in the fight against terrorism. The police
were also reportedly monitoring the
Internet activities of anti-war protesters
during the same period.
Jordan told the court that the decision
to spy on peace activists was part of the
department's goal of achieving "long term
intelligence gathering."
Jordan added that the police hoped to
get the protesters to "do something that
we wanted them to do." The deputy did
not comment on the fact the protest
was legal. its all true
infiltrate groups because of interest
expressed in the protest by the
California Anti-Terrorism Information
Center. The center was organized by
the California Attorney General’s Office
to coordinate law enforcement agencies
in the fight against terrorism. The police
were also reportedly monitoring the
Internet activities of anti-war protesters
during the same period.
Jordan told the court that the decision
to spy on peace activists was part of the
department's goal of achieving "long term
intelligence gathering."
Jordan added that the police hoped to
get the protesters to "do something that
we wanted them to do." The deputy did
not comment on the fact the protest
was legal. its all true
source: Congressional Budget Office
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crowd control
Capital Gains Sent to Offshore Laundromats
Chitmo Report
Shocks Chi-town
Shocks Chi-town
Complex financial schemes involving
lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, and
bankers enable America’s wealthiest
citizens to evade paying as much as $70
billion in federal taxes each year,
according to a recently released Senate
report. Capital is transferred to offshore
tax havens where it is laundered through
a succession of untraceable, possibly
fraudulent, transactions. The Senate
Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations found that in many cases
the funds are then illegally moved back
to the United States for private
disbursement.
The report investigated tax avoidance
plans based in the Cayman Islands,
Belize, The British Virgin Islands, the Isle
of Man, Panama, and Nevis. All are
notable tax havens that shield financial
transactions from international
regulators and foreign governments. But
Senators emphasized that the schemes
could not succeed without the assistance
of licensed professionals and financial
institutions in the US. Indeed, the report
highlighted several cases in which
professional advisers were found to be
more culpable than taxpayers in illegal
tax evasion.
During the course of the investigation,
which took 18 months, the committee
issued 74 subpoenas and catalogued over
lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, and
bankers enable America’s wealthiest
citizens to evade paying as much as $70
billion in federal taxes each year,
according to a recently released Senate
report. Capital is transferred to offshore
tax havens where it is laundered through
a succession of untraceable, possibly
fraudulent, transactions. The Senate
Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations found that in many cases
the funds are then illegally moved back
to the United States for private
disbursement.
The report investigated tax avoidance
plans based in the Cayman Islands,
Belize, The British Virgin Islands, the Isle
of Man, Panama, and Nevis. All are
notable tax havens that shield financial
transactions from international
regulators and foreign governments. But
Senators emphasized that the schemes
could not succeed without the assistance
of licensed professionals and financial
institutions in the US. Indeed, the report
highlighted several cases in which
professional advisers were found to be
more culpable than taxpayers in illegal
tax evasion.
During the course of the investigation,
which took 18 months, the committee
issued 74 subpoenas and catalogued over
two million documents. The ranking
Democrat on the committee, Senator
Carl Levin of Michigan said, “These
outrageous tax haven abuses are eating
away at the fabric of our tax system, and
it is long, long past time to shut them
down.” Republican Senator Norm
Coleman of Minnesota, the committee
chairman, took the unusual step of
adopting the minority report as the final
report of the full committee.
Internal Revenue Service officials who
appeared before the committee said that
tax evasion schemes are so widespread,
and so sophisticated, that law
enforcement agencies lack the resources
to keep up. The report recommends
several changes to the tax code and
banking regulations to address the
increasingly complex, highly
compartmentalized arrangements
brokered by financial consultants. “We
need to significantly strengthen the
aiding and abetting statutes to get at the
lawyers and accountants and other
advisers who enable this cheating,” said
Levin.
According to the report, losses in
revenue to the United States Treasury
from illegal tax evasion by the super-rich
now equals roughly seven cents out of
every dollar paid in taxes by all US
citizens. its all true
Democrat on the committee, Senator
Carl Levin of Michigan said, “These
outrageous tax haven abuses are eating
away at the fabric of our tax system, and
it is long, long past time to shut them
down.” Republican Senator Norm
Coleman of Minnesota, the committee
chairman, took the unusual step of
adopting the minority report as the final
report of the full committee.
Internal Revenue Service officials who
appeared before the committee said that
tax evasion schemes are so widespread,
and so sophisticated, that law
enforcement agencies lack the resources
to keep up. The report recommends
several changes to the tax code and
banking regulations to address the
increasingly complex, highly
compartmentalized arrangements
brokered by financial consultants. “We
need to significantly strengthen the
aiding and abetting statutes to get at the
lawyers and accountants and other
advisers who enable this cheating,” said
Levin.
According to the report, losses in
revenue to the United States Treasury
from illegal tax evasion by the super-rich
now equals roughly seven cents out of
every dollar paid in taxes by all US
citizens. its all true
The release of a report documenting
the torture of suspects in Chicago
police custody over two decades has
renewed calls for US Attorney
Patrick Fitzgerald to investigate a
possible conspiracy to obstruct
justice by city and police officials. The
report, the result of a four-year
probe by special prosecutors of
pervasive evidence of routine police
torture, sustained the allegations but
concluded that statutes of limitations
prevented any prosecutions of the
officers involved.
Lawyers representing victims of
torture at Chicago facilities overseen
by former Commander Jon Burge
have said that Mayor Richard M.
Daley and Cook County State’s
Attorney Richard Devine failed to act
on evidence of systematic police
abuse in 1982, when they Daley was
the State’s Attorney and Devine his
chief assistant. The defense attorneys
say that newly published transcripts
include evidence of obstruction of
justice by the top prosecutors, and
have called on the US Attorney to
act. In a related development, a
group of Chicago aldermen are
seeking to have Burge’s pension
benefits revoked. its all true
the torture of suspects in Chicago
police custody over two decades has
renewed calls for US Attorney
Patrick Fitzgerald to investigate a
possible conspiracy to obstruct
justice by city and police officials. The
report, the result of a four-year
probe by special prosecutors of
pervasive evidence of routine police
torture, sustained the allegations but
concluded that statutes of limitations
prevented any prosecutions of the
officers involved.
Lawyers representing victims of
torture at Chicago facilities overseen
by former Commander Jon Burge
have said that Mayor Richard M.
Daley and Cook County State’s
Attorney Richard Devine failed to act
on evidence of systematic police
abuse in 1982, when they Daley was
the State’s Attorney and Devine his
chief assistant. The defense attorneys
say that newly published transcripts
include evidence of obstruction of
justice by the top prosecutors, and
have called on the US Attorney to
act. In a related development, a
group of Chicago aldermen are
seeking to have Burge’s pension
benefits revoked. its all true
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verbatim number 12.4
"I think-tide turning...see, as
I remember, I was raised in
the desert...
I remember, I was raised in
the desert...
...but tides kind of...
it's easy to see a tide turn."
Washington DC 06.14.06
it's easy to see a tide turn."
Washington DC 06.14.06
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Weather : Heat Index
Global Warming May Lead to Park Name Changes
The Rocky Mountain Climate
Organization and the Natural Resources
Defense Council found that 20 parks in
the western United States are at “grave
risk” from the climate changes
associated with global warming.
The researches found that “climate
disrupted by human activities poses such
sweeping threats to the West’s national
parks that it dwarfs all previous risks to
these American treasures.” The list of
national parks threatened by global
Organization and the Natural Resources
Defense Council found that 20 parks in
the western United States are at “grave
risk” from the climate changes
associated with global warming.
The researches found that “climate
disrupted by human activities poses such
sweeping threats to the West’s national
parks that it dwarfs all previous risks to
these American treasures.” The list of
national parks threatened by global
warming includes Glacier National
Park, Grand Teton National Park and
Yosemite National Park.
The study found that all of the
glaciers in Glacier National Park
could melt by 2030, Joshua trees
could disappear from Joshua Tree
National Park and beaches in four
national parks are threatened by
sea-level rise resulting from global
warming. its all true
Park, Grand Teton National Park and
Yosemite National Park.
The study found that all of the
glaciers in Glacier National Park
could melt by 2030, Joshua trees
could disappear from Joshua Tree
National Park and beaches in four
national parks are threatened by
sea-level rise resulting from global
warming. its all true
Bush Swept Ground Zero Dust Under Rug
Acidification Threatens World's Oceans
President Bush signed an executive
order in 2002 authorizing the
Environmental Protection Agency to
classify information relating to toxicity
and possible health risks at the sites of
the September 11th terrorist attacks,
according to published reports.
The EPA has been criticized for
downplaying the risks from airborne
toxins for rescue workers at the sites.
Many of these workers have
order in 2002 authorizing the
Environmental Protection Agency to
classify information relating to toxicity
and possible health risks at the sites of
the September 11th terrorist attacks,
according to published reports.
The EPA has been criticized for
downplaying the risks from airborne
toxins for rescue workers at the sites.
Many of these workers have
become seriously ill or died, and
their families’ efforts to obtain
information from the government
have met little success, leading to
charges of an official cover-up.
Advocates for these families say
that the disclosure of the
executive order confirms their
suspicions. Over 10,000 workers
were exposed to conditions at
Ground Zero. its all true
their families’ efforts to obtain
information from the government
have met little success, leading to
charges of an official cover-up.
Advocates for these families say
that the disclosure of the
executive order confirms their
suspicions. Over 10,000 workers
were exposed to conditions at
Ground Zero. its all true
Absorption of growing amounts
of atmospheric carbon dioxide
has dramatically increased the
acidity of the world’s oceans,
according to recent reports by
government and independent
scientists. As the oceans’ pH has
dropped, acidity of the seawater
has increased more than 150
percent since 1800, after being
stable for more than 1000 years.
Ice core samples reveal that the
oceans have not been this acidic
in at least 650,000 years. The
acidification threatens all marine
life that relies on calcium
carbonate to thrive, including
corals, snails, and pteropods.
A National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
report, Impact of Ocean
Acidification on Coral Reefs and
of atmospheric carbon dioxide
has dramatically increased the
acidity of the world’s oceans,
according to recent reports by
government and independent
scientists. As the oceans’ pH has
dropped, acidity of the seawater
has increased more than 150
percent since 1800, after being
stable for more than 1000 years.
Ice core samples reveal that the
oceans have not been this acidic
in at least 650,000 years. The
acidification threatens all marine
life that relies on calcium
carbonate to thrive, including
corals, snails, and pteropods.
A National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
report, Impact of Ocean
Acidification on Coral Reefs and
Other Marine Calcifiers, details the
effects of the increasingly corrosive
waters on marine species that support
the food chain. In some concentrations
the carbonic acid dissolved the shells of
living organisms. Scientists
warn these fragile species will be unable
to adapt to permanent increases in
oceanic acidity.
Industrial processes pump over one
million tons of carbon dioxide into the
oceans each hour. Environmental
scientists estimate that 500 billion tons
of the gas have been absorbed by the
oceans since the dawn of the Industrial
Revolution.
The authors of the NOAA
report also stressed the need to
develop research protocols for the study
of marine acidification over the next
century. its all true
effects of the increasingly corrosive
waters on marine species that support
the food chain. In some concentrations
the carbonic acid dissolved the shells of
living organisms. Scientists
warn these fragile species will be unable
to adapt to permanent increases in
oceanic acidity.
Industrial processes pump over one
million tons of carbon dioxide into the
oceans each hour. Environmental
scientists estimate that 500 billion tons
of the gas have been absorbed by the
oceans since the dawn of the Industrial
Revolution.
The authors of the NOAA
report also stressed the need to
develop research protocols for the study
of marine acidification over the next
century. its all true
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verbatim number 12.5
"Anyway, I'm so thankful,
and so gracious, I'm
gracious that my brother
Jeb is concerned about
the hemisphere as well."
Miami FL 06.04.01
and so gracious, I'm
gracious that my brother
Jeb is concerned about
the hemisphere as well."
Miami FL 06.04.01
