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The plea deal announced last
week in the case of alleged
Taliban supporter David Hicks
was arranged by senior Pentagon
officials without the knowledge
or participation of prosecutors.
Hicks, an Australian citizen held
by the United States for five years
without charge in the military
detention facility at Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, will serve nine months
in an Adelaide prison and has
been barred from speaking to the
media for a year. The terms of
the plea agreement, and the
circumstances under which it was
negotiated, have generated
political controversy in the US
and Australia.
Two weeks ago, as prosecutors
were presenting their case that
Hicks was a terrorist who
presented a serious threat to US
interests, the head of the
Pentagon’s Office of Military
Commissions secretly met with
defense lawyers to finalize the
plea deal. In exchange for
pleading guilty to one count of
providing material aid to
terrorists, Hicks received nine
months to be served in his home
country, and the 12-month gag
order, which will extend beyond
Australia’s general election
campaign season. Hicks also
agreed not to allege that US
authorities abused him, and
waived his rights to sue or appeal.
The agreement was presented to
the astounded prosecutors for
their signature after it had been
completed. It was approved by
military commissions director
Susan J. Crawford, a former top
aide to Dick Cheney. it's all true
week in the case of alleged
Taliban supporter David Hicks
was arranged by senior Pentagon
officials without the knowledge
or participation of prosecutors.
Hicks, an Australian citizen held
by the United States for five years
without charge in the military
detention facility at Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, will serve nine months
in an Adelaide prison and has
been barred from speaking to the
media for a year. The terms of
the plea agreement, and the
circumstances under which it was
negotiated, have generated
political controversy in the US
and Australia.
Two weeks ago, as prosecutors
were presenting their case that
Hicks was a terrorist who
presented a serious threat to US
interests, the head of the
Pentagon’s Office of Military
Commissions secretly met with
defense lawyers to finalize the
plea deal. In exchange for
pleading guilty to one count of
providing material aid to
terrorists, Hicks received nine
months to be served in his home
country, and the 12-month gag
order, which will extend beyond
Australia’s general election
campaign season. Hicks also
agreed not to allege that US
authorities abused him, and
waived his rights to sue or appeal.
The agreement was presented to
the astounded prosecutors for
their signature after it had been
completed. It was approved by
military commissions director
Susan J. Crawford, a former top
aide to Dick Cheney. it's all true
A thirteen-year-old girl who allegedly
wrote “okay” on her school desk was
arrested in front of her classmates,
handcuffed, and taken to a waiting squad
car for transportation to a local police
station where, after being held for
several hours, she was charged with
misdemeanor criminal mischief. The
incident occurred March 30 at Dyker
Heights Intermediate School 201 in New
York. Police confirm the arrest was
made at the request of the school’s
principal, Madeleine Brennan.
According to news reports, Chelsea
Fraser, 13, could face two months of
juvenile probation for defacing school
property. She told the New York Daily
News that police officers questioned her
as to whether her “graffiti” was gang-
related. Chelsea and three other
students were handcuffed to a pole at
wrote “okay” on her school desk was
arrested in front of her classmates,
handcuffed, and taken to a waiting squad
car for transportation to a local police
station where, after being held for
several hours, she was charged with
misdemeanor criminal mischief. The
incident occurred March 30 at Dyker
Heights Intermediate School 201 in New
York. Police confirm the arrest was
made at the request of the school’s
principal, Madeleine Brennan.
According to news reports, Chelsea
Fraser, 13, could face two months of
juvenile probation for defacing school
property. She told the New York Daily
News that police officers questioned her
as to whether her “graffiti” was gang-
related. Chelsea and three other
students were handcuffed to a pole at
the NYPD’s 68th Precinct for more than
three hours while they were being
processed.
Four police officers, responding to the
principal's request, entered the
classroom and demanded that Chelsea
empty her pockets and remove her belt
before they handcuffed her and led her
away. “It was really embarrassing because
some of the kids, they talk, and they’re
going to label me as a bad kid. But I’m
really not,” she told WCBS TV News. “I
didn’t know writing ‘Okay’ would get me
arrested.”
In a statement, New York Civil Liberties
Union Executive Director Donna
Lieberman condemned the arrest, calling
it "the logical and predictable result of
school discipline policies that treat our
children like suspects." it's all true
three hours while they were being
processed.
Four police officers, responding to the
principal's request, entered the
classroom and demanded that Chelsea
empty her pockets and remove her belt
before they handcuffed her and led her
away. “It was really embarrassing because
some of the kids, they talk, and they’re
going to label me as a bad kid. But I’m
really not,” she told WCBS TV News. “I
didn’t know writing ‘Okay’ would get me
arrested.”
In a statement, New York Civil Liberties
Union Executive Director Donna
Lieberman condemned the arrest, calling
it "the logical and predictable result of
school discipline policies that treat our
children like suspects." it's all true
As a result of deforestation and
poaching, one of humankind’s closest
relatives, the orangutan, may become
extinct within a few years. The
United Nations fears that the species
will be extinct in less than five years.
The number of orangutans still in the
wild is currently estimated to be 15
to 25 thousand.
Orangutans, the world’s largest
arboreal mammal, spend the majority
of their lives in the jungle canopy.
More than 80 percent of the
orangutan’s remaining habitat in
Borneo and Sumatra has been
decimated over the past twenty years
by companies that harvest palm oil,
sold in the West as vegetable oil.
The Indonesian government reports
that five to six million acres of
orangutan habitat is destroyed each
year.
The deforestation is proceeding at a
rate that experts believe will result in
the complete destruction of the
forests by 2020. Although the largest
danger to the species is the
destruction of it's habitat, orangutans
are also hunted for food and
threatened by poachers. it's all true
poaching, one of humankind’s closest
relatives, the orangutan, may become
extinct within a few years. The
United Nations fears that the species
will be extinct in less than five years.
The number of orangutans still in the
wild is currently estimated to be 15
to 25 thousand.
Orangutans, the world’s largest
arboreal mammal, spend the majority
of their lives in the jungle canopy.
More than 80 percent of the
orangutan’s remaining habitat in
Borneo and Sumatra has been
decimated over the past twenty years
by companies that harvest palm oil,
sold in the West as vegetable oil.
The Indonesian government reports
that five to six million acres of
orangutan habitat is destroyed each
year.
The deforestation is proceeding at a
rate that experts believe will result in
the complete destruction of the
forests by 2020. Although the largest
danger to the species is the
destruction of it's habitat, orangutans
are also hunted for food and
threatened by poachers. it's all true
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And one thing we want during this war on terror is for people to feel like their life's moving on.”
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Evidence obtained during the course of
at least two separate Congressional
investigations indicates that a number of
White House staff routinely correspond
and conduct official government business
using private communications networks,
in an apparent attempt to circumvent
federal oversight and disclosure
regulations.
The Senate Judiciary Committee, which
is currently looking into the
circumstances surrounding the Justice
Department’s dismissal of several US
Attorneys, and the House Oversight and
Government Reform Committee,
engaged in an ongoing probe into the
influence-peddling scandal centered on
former super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff,
have each unearthed documents that
suggest private email and pager accounts
were used to create a secret
at least two separate Congressional
investigations indicates that a number of
White House staff routinely correspond
and conduct official government business
using private communications networks,
in an apparent attempt to circumvent
federal oversight and disclosure
regulations.
The Senate Judiciary Committee, which
is currently looking into the
circumstances surrounding the Justice
Department’s dismissal of several US
Attorneys, and the House Oversight and
Government Reform Committee,
engaged in an ongoing probe into the
influence-peddling scandal centered on
former super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff,
have each unearthed documents that
suggest private email and pager accounts
were used to create a secret
communications system for select
members of the Bush administration.
The private accounts are maintained by
the Republican National Committee and
the 2004 Bush-Cheney campaign.
In letters to the campaign and the RNC,
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) requested
preservation of the emails, noting that if
they include discussions of government
business they are official records, subject
to statutory maintenance and disclosure
requirements. Waxman told the Los
Angeles Times that a private
communications network “for high-
ranking White House officials would raise
serious questions about violations of the
Presidential Records Act.” The
president’s top political adviser, Karl
Rove, and several of his assistants
reportedly make extensive use of the
parallel email system.
members of the Bush administration.
The private accounts are maintained by
the Republican National Committee and
the 2004 Bush-Cheney campaign.
In letters to the campaign and the RNC,
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) requested
preservation of the emails, noting that if
they include discussions of government
business they are official records, subject
to statutory maintenance and disclosure
requirements. Waxman told the Los
Angeles Times that a private
communications network “for high-
ranking White House officials would raise
serious questions about violations of the
Presidential Records Act.” The
president’s top political adviser, Karl
Rove, and several of his assistants
reportedly make extensive use of the
parallel email system.
Documents obtained by both
congressional committees reveal that
administration staff turned to the
private accounts in a conscious effort
to sidestep preservation laws and
avoid legal scrutiny. Rove’s executive
assistant, Susan B. Ralston, regularly
communicated with Abramoff and his
associates using the nongovernmental
accounts.
After one exchange about the
necessity of keeping certain
information in private channels,
Abramoff emailed one of his
colleagues: “Dammit. It was sent to
Susan on her rnc pager and was not
supposed to go into the WH
system.” Ralston, who had previously
worked for Abramoff, eventually
resigned in connection with the
scandal. it's all true
congressional committees reveal that
administration staff turned to the
private accounts in a conscious effort
to sidestep preservation laws and
avoid legal scrutiny. Rove’s executive
assistant, Susan B. Ralston, regularly
communicated with Abramoff and his
associates using the nongovernmental
accounts.
After one exchange about the
necessity of keeping certain
information in private channels,
Abramoff emailed one of his
colleagues: “Dammit. It was sent to
Susan on her rnc pager and was not
supposed to go into the WH
system.” Ralston, who had previously
worked for Abramoff, eventually
resigned in connection with the
scandal. it's all true
The existence of a special intelligence
unit at the Federal Bureau of
Investigation that is assigned to
investigate and monitor the political
activities of American citizens who have
otherwise not violated any laws has been
revealed in documents related to a
lawsuit filed in Washington DC.
There have been other scattered reports
over the past few years that indicated
that the FBI was spying on Americans,
but the court documents are the first
evidence that the FBI had initiated a
program of collecting intelligence on the
political activities of law abiding US
citizens after President Bush announced
the ‘global war on terror’.
The protesters were arrested by
Washington DC Police in a parking
garage as they attempted to retrieve
food from their parked automobile
during a protest in the nation’s capital in
2002. The protesters said that they
were detained for 2 hours, questioned
and videotaped by both police officers
and agents of the FBI. The 20
protesters were never prosecuted due
to a lack of evidence and the arrests
were expunged from their records. The
protesters later filed a lawsuit against the
Washington DC Police alleging that their
rights had been violated.
unit at the Federal Bureau of
Investigation that is assigned to
investigate and monitor the political
activities of American citizens who have
otherwise not violated any laws has been
revealed in documents related to a
lawsuit filed in Washington DC.
There have been other scattered reports
over the past few years that indicated
that the FBI was spying on Americans,
but the court documents are the first
evidence that the FBI had initiated a
program of collecting intelligence on the
political activities of law abiding US
citizens after President Bush announced
the ‘global war on terror’.
The protesters were arrested by
Washington DC Police in a parking
garage as they attempted to retrieve
food from their parked automobile
during a protest in the nation’s capital in
2002. The protesters said that they
were detained for 2 hours, questioned
and videotaped by both police officers
and agents of the FBI. The 20
protesters were never prosecuted due
to a lack of evidence and the arrests
were expunged from their records. The
protesters later filed a lawsuit against the
Washington DC Police alleging that their
rights had been violated.
Although the police had maintained for
two years and in court proceedings that
the FBI did not question the protesters,
recordings of police communications on
the day of the arrest were recently
produced that disclosed FBI agents were
involved in the interrogations. Agents
separated the protesters and interviewed
them on video tape about their politics,
their religious beliefs and who they
associate with generally. The protesters
were also asked by the agents to
describe the slogans on their posters and
some were asked to describe the
significance of tattoos on their bodies.
The police communications also
suggested that the Secret Service
cooperated in the arrest of the
protesters, who the police referred to as
members of an “anarchist group”.
The FBI is alleged to have infiltrated
protest groups since 2004 and the
redstateupdate previously reported that
the FBI has reviewed millions of financial
aid applications of American college
students with no judicial authority.
An attorney for the protesters, Mara
Verheyden-Hilliard of the Partnership for
Civil Justice, said that the FBI was
engaged in an “effort to suppress
political dissent,” and it was operating
like a “secret police” force. it's all true
two years and in court proceedings that
the FBI did not question the protesters,
recordings of police communications on
the day of the arrest were recently
produced that disclosed FBI agents were
involved in the interrogations. Agents
separated the protesters and interviewed
them on video tape about their politics,
their religious beliefs and who they
associate with generally. The protesters
were also asked by the agents to
describe the slogans on their posters and
some were asked to describe the
significance of tattoos on their bodies.
The police communications also
suggested that the Secret Service
cooperated in the arrest of the
protesters, who the police referred to as
members of an “anarchist group”.
The FBI is alleged to have infiltrated
protest groups since 2004 and the
redstateupdate previously reported that
the FBI has reviewed millions of financial
aid applications of American college
students with no judicial authority.
An attorney for the protesters, Mara
Verheyden-Hilliard of the Partnership for
Civil Justice, said that the FBI was
engaged in an “effort to suppress
political dissent,” and it was operating
like a “secret police” force. it's all true
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An investigation by a human rights group
has revealed that US spy agencies are
currently cooperating with governments
in North Africa in the secret
incarceration and interrogation of
individuals that are thought to have ties
to Muslim extremist groups.
In spite of assurances from President
Bush that the illicit system of black-site
prisons has been permanently closed
down, the group Human Rights Watch
Africa reported that over 150 citizens
from 19 countries including Sweden,
Canada, France and the United States
are currently being to be held by
Kenyan, Somalian and Ethiopian
police authorities.
has revealed that US spy agencies are
currently cooperating with governments
in North Africa in the secret
incarceration and interrogation of
individuals that are thought to have ties
to Muslim extremist groups.
In spite of assurances from President
Bush that the illicit system of black-site
prisons has been permanently closed
down, the group Human Rights Watch
Africa reported that over 150 citizens
from 19 countries including Sweden,
Canada, France and the United States
are currently being to be held by
Kenyan, Somalian and Ethiopian
police authorities.
As redstateupdate previously reported,
Human Rights Watch Africa obtained
information about secret prisoner
transfers from Kenya to Somalia. The
group believes the final destination for
the detainees is one of several
interrogation centers in Ethiopia.
The Ethiopian government has been a
key ally of the US in the so-called ‘war
on terror’ even though the US State
Department has said that there are
“numerous credible reports that
(Ethiopian) security officials often beat
or mistreat detainees,” and rights groups
have alleged that torture is “routine” in
Ethiopian prisons. Human Rights Watch
is concerned that the captives “may face
Human Rights Watch Africa obtained
information about secret prisoner
transfers from Kenya to Somalia. The
group believes the final destination for
the detainees is one of several
interrogation centers in Ethiopia.
The Ethiopian government has been a
key ally of the US in the so-called ‘war
on terror’ even though the US State
Department has said that there are
“numerous credible reports that
(Ethiopian) security officials often beat
or mistreat detainees,” and rights groups
have alleged that torture is “routine” in
Ethiopian prisons. Human Rights Watch
is concerned that the captives “may face
torture or even summary execution”
while in the custody of Ethiopian
security forces.
The Ethiopian government has
denied that it is holding detainees in
secret detention centers. A spokes-
person for the FBI, however,
acknowledged that the agency has
interrogated detainees in Ethiopia.
The FBI pointed out that, although
agents have questioned some of the
prisoners, the detainees were never
in US custody. The spokesperson
said that the agency does not
“support or participate in any system
that illegally detains foreign fighters
or terror suspects.” it's all true
while in the custody of Ethiopian
security forces.
The Ethiopian government has
denied that it is holding detainees in
secret detention centers. A spokes-
person for the FBI, however,
acknowledged that the agency has
interrogated detainees in Ethiopia.
The FBI pointed out that, although
agents have questioned some of the
prisoners, the detainees were never
in US custody. The spokesperson
said that the agency does not
“support or participate in any system
that illegally detains foreign fighters
or terror suspects.” it's all true
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