World-News

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/12/1813/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Marie+Cocco

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/12/1834/



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/12/1832/

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Cheney's Iran-Arms-to-Taliban Gambit Rebuffed

A media campaign portraying Iran as supplying arms to the Taliban guerrillas fighting US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, orchestrated by Cheney and his allies who advocate for a more confrontational stance toward Iran in the Bush administration, appears to have backfired last week when Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, General Dan McNeil, issued unusually strong denials.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061307J.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Cheney

Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald urged a federal judge on Tuesday not to delay former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's two-and-a-half-year prison sentence in the CIA leak case.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061207B.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Libby
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=prosecutor

Matt Renner reports, "Recent documents released to Congressional investigators revealed that public relations expert Mark McKinnon engaged in high-level consultation with the White House after the US attorney firing situation began to boil over."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061207A.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=firing+attorneys
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Das neue Patentrecht zum Schutz biotechnologischer Erfindungen erfüllt die Wünsche der Konzerne und sichert alle möglichen Anwendungen von patentierten Gensequenzen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/25/25491/1.html

Russland und die USA werden sich nicht einigen können und wollen, die Frage allerdings ist, warum das Raketenabwehrsystem nicht in Israel anstatt in Polen und Tschechien installiert wird.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/25/25490/1.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Raketenabwehrsystem

Der Fall al-Marri und der Marty-Bericht
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/25/25494/1.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=al-Marri
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Marty

http://www.ddpdirekt.de/portal/details.php?id=25885



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=RFID
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/RFID/

by E. J. Dionne, TruthDig

Complaints that Congress can't meet in the middle on issues like immigration are simplistic and dangerous.

http://ga3.org/ct/Mp20pgF11mDz/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Dionne

And Still They Rise

by Bill Berkowitz, TomPaine.com
http://ga3.org/ct/_d20pgF11mJ-/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Berkowitz

The Silence Of The Bombs

by Norman Solomon, TomPaine.com
http://ga3.org/ct/Ad20pgF11mJZ/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Norman+Solomon

„Eine Untersuchung des Chaos Computer Club beweist, dass die in Deutschland eingesetzten Wahlcomputer einfach zu manipulieren sind. Die Zulassung der Computer für deutsche Wahlen muss schnellstmöglich widerrufen werden. In einem umfassenden Bericht für das Bundesverfassungsgericht hat der Chaos Computer Club Wahlcomputer der Firma NEDAP getestet. Die heute veröffentlichte Analyse widerlegt die vom Bundesinnenministerium und dem Hersteller aufgestellten Behauptungen über die Sicherheit des Systems. Im Rahmen der Untersuchungen wurden Angriffe gezeigt, die in der Praxis eine einfache und nicht entdeckbare Wahlfälschung ermöglichen…“ CCC-Presseerklärung vom 09. Juni 2007 samt Gutachten und Bildmaterial http://www.ccc.de/press/releases/2007/20070609/


Aus: LabourNet, 12. Juni 2007



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Wahlcomputer
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In its annual report on military forces around the globe, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute says the world's top military powers are gradually dismantling stockpiles of nuclear arms, but all are developing new missiles and warheads with smaller yields that could increase the risk of atomic warfare, and the rising number of nations with nuclear weapons is raising the risk that such arms could be used.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061207P.shtml

A key Senate committee wants a full explanation by September 1 about why Internet access has been limited for deployed troops, including such popular web sites as MySpace and YouTube. The Senate Armed Services Committee did not, however, go so far as to order Internet access restored.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061207O.shtml

A study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health reports that male US vets are twice as likely as non-vets to die by suicide. Researchers followed more than 300,000 men for 12 years. Those at biggest risk were white, college-educated and experiencing activity limitations.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061207N.shtml

Fueled by disappointment at the pace of change since Democrats assumed the majority on Capitol Hill, public approval of Congress has fallen to its lowest level in more than a decade, according to a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061207L.shtml

In a wide-ranging, exclusive interview with Truthout, John McKay, the US attorney for western Washington state, who was fired in December, said he believes that he was ousted because he did not convene a federal grand jury to pursue allegations of voter fraud related to the 2004 governor's election in the state in which Democrat Christine Gregoire defeated Republican Dino Rossi by a margin of 129 votes. McKay said Republicans in his state with close ties to the White House demanded that he launch an investigation into the election and bring charges against Democrats for voter fraud despite the fact that there was no evidence to support the claims of vote-rigging.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061207J.shtml



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http://ehstvnews.eu/news/12062007localedrome.html

EHS TV News: Réponses aux mails et extrait Direct8 sur les ondes électromagnétiques
http://ehstvnews.eu/news/12062007.html


Next-up News n°251 + Next-up News n°252

„Arbeit ist in der Europäischen Union im vergangenen Jahr deutlich teurer geworden. Vor allem in den osteuropäischen Ländern machte sich der Anstieg bemerkbar. Deutschland blieb die große Ausnahme. Trotz des kräftigen Aufschwungs sind die Arbeitskosten in Deutschland 2006 so moderat wie in keinem anderen EU-Land gestiegen…“ Artikel in der Financial Times Deutschland vom 9.06.2007 http://www.ftd.de/politik/europa/:Arbeitskosten%20Deutschland/210673.html


Bis zu 41 Prozent Lohngefälle zwischen Ost und West

„Auch 17 Jahre nach der Wiedervereinigung wird im Osten deutlich weniger verdient als im Westen. Die Löhne im Osten liegen einer Umfrage zufolge im Schnitt gut 20 Prozent unter denen im Westen - bei vielen Jobs ist die Ungleichheit noch größer…“ Artikel in Spiegel online vom 11. Juni 2007 http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,487761,00.html


Vom staatsgefährdenden Klassenkampf zum gewerkschaftlichen Ritual. Die Lohnfrage – einst und heute

„Um den Lohn haben Mitglieder der Klasse, die von ihm leben muss, einmal gekämpft. Sie verweigerten – spontan und punktuell, manchenorts aber auch schon gewerkschaftlich organisiert – ihre Bereitschaft, zu den Bedingungen weiterzuarbeiten, zu denen man sie in den Fabriken gegen einen Lohn in Dienst und ihre Arbeitskraft in Anspruch nahm, weil sie dabei unter die Räder kamen. Sie rotteten sich, immer wieder, gegen die Macht des Eigentums zusammen, um den Kapitalisten, die ihnen als Leuteschinder und Ausbeuter vertraut waren und die sie auch so nannten, gewaltsam elementare Rücksichtnahmen auf ihr Interesse aufzuzwingen: Wollten die Fabrikherren weiter von ihrer Arbeitskraft Gebrauch machen, hatte dieser Gebrauch auch seine Schranken zu haben. Vom Lohn, von dem sie leben mussten, wollten sie auch leben können. …“ Artikel in Nummer 2-07 der politischen Vierteljahreszeitschrift GegenStandpunkt http://www.gegenstandpunkt.com/gs/07/2/lohnfrage.htm


Aus: LabourNet, 12. Juni 2007



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Lohndumping

Welttag gegen Kinderarbeit 2007

Kleine Hände – Krummer Rücken - 132 Millionen Kinderarbeiter schuften in der Landwirtschaft

Pressemitteilung der UNICEF zum Welttag gegen Kinderarbeit am 12.6.07 vom
11.6.2007 http://www.unicef.de/4648.html


Der Skandal der Kinderarbeit

Bei Kinderarbeit stehen Erwachsene im Hintergrund, die organisieren und profitieren. Zum Weltkindertag der Vereinten Nationen

Kommentar von Karl Zawadzky bei der Deutschen Welle vom 12.06.2007 http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2585019,00.html


Kinder fordern ein Recht zu arbeiten. Das Für und Wider des Verbots der Kinderarbeit

„Mit der zunehmenden Verarmung insbesondere von Kindern geht auch der "stumme Zwang" einher, sie von der Schule wegzunehmen und arbeiten zu schicken, damit sie zum Unterhalt der Familie beitragen. Häufig genug werden sie als Lohndrücker gegen die Erwachsenen eingesetzt. Diese reagieren darauf mit Entsetzen und fordern vielfach das Verbot der Kinderarbeit. Kinder sehen dies anders…“ Artikel von Manfred Liebel in der SoZ - Sozialistische Zeitung vom Juni 2007 http://www.vsp-vernetzt.de/soz-0706/070603.htm


Aus: LabourNet, 12. Juni 2007



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Kinderarbeit

http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/23557


From ufpj-news



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TCS Daily
by Gregory Scoblete

06/11/07

While the 2008 presidential candidates are busy fielding questions about how they would confront Iran’s nuclear ambitions, few seem interested in addressing a much more pressing issue: Pakistan. It’s understandable, of course. Pakistan is an infinitely more difficult challenge for a would-be president to tackle. Unlike Iran — which can be ‘bombed,’ ‘contained,’ ‘deterred,’ or ‘ignored’ — Pakistan does not lend itself to sound bite solutions. It’s much easier for candidates to simply ignore our ostensible ally and hope to pass through the campaign without being called on it. But events will almost certainly conspire to deny us the luxury of living in denial for very long. The truth is Pakistan represents a far greater danger to the U.S. than Iran, at least for the foreseeable future...

http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=060107D


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

WorldNetDaily
by Vox Day

06/11/07

It is hard to condemn conservatives for supporting Bush in 2000, even if his ‘compassionate conservative’ language sent a clear signal that he did not consider himself a proper conservative. And, if his disavowal of nation-building and advocacy of a humble foreign policy were misleading, it must be recalled that the vast majority of conservatives initially supported Bush’s neocon-inspired world democratic revolution; indeed many still support it today. Nevertheless, Bush was portrayed as a conservative by the entire conservative commentariat — many of whom described him as the second coming of Ronald Reagan — and any blame for being fooled by Bush lies with Bush, his propagandists and his apologists. There is no similar excuse for having supported Bush in 2004. … This time, however, the nominal Reagan cum Messiah is the laconic actor, Sen. Fred Thompson. Like President Bush, the younger Sen. Thompson gives off conservative vibes. And as with Bush, those vibes are largely, if not entirely, misleading...

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56110


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=neocons
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CounterPunch
by Patrick Cockburn

06/11/07

Sahar al-Haideri, an Iraqi journalist, had received 13 death threats before she was murdered in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul last week. Her killing brings to 106 the number of journalists, almost all Iraqi, murdered in the country since the US invasion in 2003 along with 39 support staff. Mrs al-Haideri, a 45-year- old mother of three who worked as a freelancer for many publications, knew she was likely to die but refused to stop working. ‘We know we will be killed soon,’ she told fellow journalists on the Journal Iraq online newspaper. She had even stopped using a nom de plume and wrote under own name with her picture. She said: ‘I was kidnapped and threatened while using a pen name, so I decided to write … with my real name’...

http://www.counterpunch.org/patrick06112007.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Patrick+Cockburn

Eating cake and playing tag

Common Dreams
by Karen Horst Cobb

I have said all I have to say with words and I’m tired. Like Cindy, I thought that by now things would be drastically different than they were in 2004. I did not place my hopes in a political party but I placed my hopes in the goodness of Americans and especially Americans who profess to be followers of Jesus and his teachings. I had visions that many Christians would recognize and repent from the violence of war and religious hubris and hold their leaders accountable. I believed they would reject the violent church/state religion and again show the face of love to the world.It seems many/most Christians agree with what I write but deep inside are unwilling to make waves, stand up, or take a risk. …. In light of the horrible escalation of violence and war, it is outrageous that every church is not a “peace church.” I have been preaching to the choir but the choir is more interested in pageantry and pretty cakes than in authentic service...

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/11/1800/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Karen+Horst+Cobb

Scary things

The Libertarian Enterprise
by James Glaser

06/11/07

I just got home from the Future of Freedom Foundation’s conference on “Restoring the Republic: Foreign Policy & Civil Liberties.” I was looking over my notes, and one thing that really jumped out at me was the pessimism with which almost every speaker held for the future of our country...

http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2007/tle421-20070610-03.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Future+of+Freedom+Foundation
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Consortium News
by Ivan Eland

06/12/07

The Iraq War has made refugees of millions of Iraqis. They have been ethnically cleansed or displaced to other locations both inside the country, to neighboring countries, and overseas. Yet the Bush administration, the creator of the chaos and mayhem in Iraq, has done little to help them...

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2007/061107a.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraqi+refugees
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The American Prospect
by Zack Pelta-Heller

06/11/07

Surely one of the highlights of the presidential primary debates held so far occurred back in mid-May, during the Republican debate in South Carolina: Ten-term Texas Congressman Ron Paul … told Fox News correspondent Wendell Goler that the attacks of 9/11 occurred primarily as a response to U.S. foreign policy over the past few decades…. Congressman Paul is the only Republican presidential contender who opposes the war in Iraq; in 2002, he was one of six House Republicans who voted against authorizing the use of military force. And he opposes our military involvement with such vehemence — both on the campaign trail and on the House floor — that critics have suggested he ought to run as a Democrat. (Paul was unbowed in the second Republican debate last week, using the word ‘empire’ to describe American engagements abroad and invoking his training as a doctor in offering up his assessment: ‘If we made the wrong diagnosis, we should change the treatment … We’re not making progress there and we should come home.’)...

http://tinyurl.com/2lohms


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Paul
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Boston Globe

06/11/07

The Bush administration has transferred three suspected terrorists to the Guantanamo Bay prison since March, despite recent legal setbacks and President Bush’s statement that he would like to close the controversial facility. The three detainees are the first to arrive in Guantanamo Bay since 2004, with the exception of those who were abruptly transferred last fall when Bush closed secret CIA prisons in Europe after their existence became known. Two of the recent transfers were captured in a sweeping counterterrorism operation in Somalia. The third is Iraqi. The lack of new arrivals — and the large number of detainees who were being sent home — had led many human rights advocates to believe the Guantanamo Bay prison was being phased out amid widespread international outrage. But now, new detainees are arriving and the flow of releases has slowed significantly — from 102 last year to 15 this year...

http://tinyurl.com/2pwpux



Gitmo at home
http://www.thepriceofliberty.org/07/10/15/heleniak.htm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=secret+prisons
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The Scotsman [UK]

06/11/07

British troops are being prescribed with a controversial drug which has been blamed for making US pilots ‘trigger-happy’ and causing friendly fire deaths. The Ministry of Defence has admitted that it prescribes the amphetamine dexedrine, which is capable of keeping users awake for as long as 60 hours. While the MoD has refused to say what it uses the Class B drug for, leading narcotics experts say that the main purpose is to keep soldiers awake during special operations. However, they have warned that the substance can be highly addictive. In addition, the MoD has admitted that it permits soldiers to take a drug called kava-kava, from the South Pacific, which is known to be linked to severe liver damage...

http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=906322007


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Shreveport Times

06/11/07

Republicans blocked a Senate no-confidence vote on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Monday, rejecting a symbolic Democratic effort to force him from office amid blistering criticism from lawmakers in both parties. The 53-38 vote to move the resolution to full debate fell seven short of the 60 required...

http://tinyurl.com/yqjucq


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=GOP
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gonzales
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More than 26 million people worldwide have Alzheimer's disease, and a new forecast says the number will quadruple by 2050. At that rate, one in 85 people will have the brain-destroying disease in 40 years, researchers from Johns Hopkins University conclude.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/061107HA.shtml

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Alzheimers and EMF/EMR toxicity
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/3038870/

Abnormal melatonin synthesis in autism spectrum disorders
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/3774733/

ALZHEIMERS: GLOBAL EPIDEMIC
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/3835591/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Alzheimer
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Alzheimer

The Steelworkers Union has an investment banker working down the hall from its president. A Service Employees International Union organizer is becoming an expert on leveraged buyouts. The Machinists are loading up their research department with MBAs. The embattled labor movement is learning to think like capitalists, but not by choice.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/061107LA.shtml

Industrial logging is increasingly gobbling up Africa's tropical forests, researchers have said after analyzing 300 satellite images covering more than 1.5 million square miles of dense and humid forest in the continent's central region.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/061107EC.shtml

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Plant trees, lots of them, you can never plant enough!
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/3515163/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=logging
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=tropical+forest

The New York Times writes: "When Americans elected a Democratic Congress last November, they were voting to end politics as usual and special-interest legislation. On the vital issues of energy independence and global warming, they are not only in danger of getting more of the same, but also, unless Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders step forward, winding up in worse shape than they were under the Republicans."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/061107EA.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pelosi

The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Monday he will vote for a no-confidence resolution against Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, after long questioning the leadership and independence of President Bush's longtime friend.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061107R.shtml



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http://www.lewrockwell.com/pilger/pilger51.html


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The active-duty Army, severely strained by wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, recruited 5,101 new soldiers last month, short of its 5,500 goal for May.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N11481522.htm


From Information Clearing House

Audio

Interview with documentary filmmaker and author John Pilger.
http://tinyurl.com/2a7r3y


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=McChesney
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Video

Colbert invites the comparisons from one genocidal empire to another, even suggesting that we borrow certain other ideas - such as crucifixion. In that light, I guess pro-torture Neocons aren't really bad Americans afterall, they're just good Romans.

http://tinyurl.com/yusapk


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=neocons
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Former Israeli Foreign Ministry director general tells Ynet that Syria willing to abandon Iran camp in favor of alliance with moderate Arab nations - but only if supported by the US. Bush meanwhile refuses to talk to Damascus.

http://tinyurl.com/ywhy5q


From Information Clearing House

British officials have approved the export of key components needed to make nuclear weapons to Iran and other countries known to be developing such weapons.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/2275249.stm


From Information Clearing House

Kuwait said on Monday it would not allow its key ally the United States to use its territory to launch any strike on Gulf neighbour Iran if a row over Tehran's nuclear programme escalates.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L11425934.htm


From Information Clearing House

Predicting that Iran will obtain a nuclear weapon within three years and claiming to have a strike plan in place, senior American military officers have told The Jerusalem Post they support President George W. Bush's stance to do everything necessary to stop the Islamic Republic's race for nuclear power.

http://tinyurl.com/yqznb3


From Information Clearing House

The head of the Royal Navy at the time of the Iraq invasion was so worried about the legality of the conflict that he sought his own private legal advice on justification for the war.

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article2643053.ece


From Information Clearing House

The early American revolutionaries did not rely on the efforts of others; they did not wait for a savior to rescue them from their plight. They saw the futility of holding out for the empty promises of the ruling parties in their fatherland and took matters in their own hands knowing the standards and principles on which they based their actions were worthy of the sacrifice.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17861.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Benderman

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17863.htm
http://www.antiwar.com/roberts/?articleid=11122



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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/roberts
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http://www.american.edu/ia/cdem/emails/07_0604.htm http://www.american.edu/ia/cdem/usp/np/index.cfm

June 13, 2007
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM National Press Club Conference Rooms (13th floor)
529-14th St. NW., Washington, DC

Dear Colleague:

Inaccurate voting lists, uncounted provisional ballots, electronic voting machines that jam without a paper trail – all these and more have eroded voter confidence in the competence and fairness of America's electoral process. Those problems are compounded by partisan Secretaries of State who conduct the elections, campaign officials with ties to companies providing voting machines, and claims that U.S. Attorneys were dismissed for failing to pursue alleged electoral fraud. A decade ago, it would have been laughable to ask if America's elections were conducted as professionally and impartially as Mexico's. Today, it is no laughing matter; indeed, the answer is that Mexico has a more independent, impartial, and professional system.

American University's Center for Democracy and Election Management
(CDEM) would like to invite you to attend the conference "Change the Way America Runs Its Elections,"at the National Press Club on June 13,
2007 from 9 am-1 pm. The conference will analyze the problems with the current system of electoral administration and offer new proposals for an independent, nonpartisan election commission.

Conference participants include Representative Susan Davis, who recently introduced a bill prohibiting election officials from participating in campaigns; two members of the Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform, Susan Molinari, former Member of Congress, and Sharon Priest, former Secretary of State of Arkansas; Jean-Pierre Kingsley, President of IFES and former head of Elections Canada; Kevin Kennedy, Executive Director of the Wisconsin State Elections Board; Jamin Raskin, Maryland State Senator, and Mary Margaret Oliver, Member of the Georgia General Assembly.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP to cdem@american.edu with your name and affiliation. For more information about the conference, visit the conference website.

With regards,

Dr. Robert A. Pastor Director, Center for Democracy and Election Management Vice President of International Affairs American University


Kathy Dopp

The material expressed herein is the informed product of the author Kathy Dopp's fact-finding and investigative efforts. Dopp is a Mathematician, Expert in election audit mathematics and procedures; in exit poll discrepancy analysis; and can be reached at

P.O. Box 680192 Park City, UT 84068 phone 435-658-4657

http://utahcountvotes.org
http://kathydopp.com
http://electionmathematics.org
http://electionarchive.org

Election Audit Mathematics Bibliography http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/US/paper-audits/KathyDoppAuditMathBibliography.pdf

Support Clean Elections in 2008 http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/US/SupportCleanElectionsIn2008.pdf

Important Facts About The Voter Confidence & Increased Accessibility Act (HR811) http://electionarchive.org/ucvInfo/US/FactsAboutHR811.pdf


"Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day," wrote Thomas Jefferson in 1816



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Kathy+Dopp

http://www.savetibet.org/news/newsitem.php?id=1143


Informant: Andy

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=WLAN
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by Dr. Edwin Vieira, JD., Ph.D

Americans are witnessing a political vortex accelerating before their very eyes: an intensifying consolidation of power in the General Government, an increasing concentration of that power in the Executive Branch, and an expanding militarization of that Branch. These developments manifest themselves not only in hyperbolic, if not utterly hysterical, official propaganda and agitation saturated with references to an endless global “war” with “Islamo-fascism,” but also in actual field operations in which common criminals (so-called “terrorists”) are verbally transmogrified into “enemy combatants,” so that they......

http://www.newswithviews.com/Vieira/edwin57.htm



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by Devvy Kidd

Americans who are following the rapid and calculated destruction of these sovereign united states of America are fully aware of what the North American Union means along with it's enforcement maze deceptively titled the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America. For those who are unfamiliar with this major push to integrate America with Mexico and Canada......

http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd276.htm



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From ufpj-news

http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/mobile_giants_versus_you_and_bees.htm



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Dan Metcalfe says he thought he had seen it all as a former senior Justice Department lawyer whose career stretches back to the Watergate scandal of the Nixon administration. Over the years, Metcalfe says, he has taken pride in being able to work with Republican and Democratic administrations as director of the department's Office of Information and Privacy, which he co-founded in 1981. But he says he has never seen anything quite like Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061107D.shtml



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With the four-month-old increase in American troops showing only modest success in curbing insurgent attacks, American commanders are turning to another strategy they acknowledge is fraught with risk: arming Sunni Arab groups that have promised to fight militants linked with al Qaeda who have been their allies in the past.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061107C.shtml

Appeals Court Orders "Enemy Combatant" Free

President Bush lacks the power to detain an immigrant as an enemy combatant without charge, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061107I.shtml

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Man labeled 'enemy combatant' wins US court case

"The government cannot subject al-Marri to indefinite military detention. For in the United States, the military cannot seize and imprison civilians -- let alone imprison them indefinitely," Judge Diana Gribbon Motz wrote.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N11491119.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Guantánamo takes a hit

Tom Paine
by Frida Berrigan

06/11/07

Colonel Peter Brownback III, a military judge, dealt a serious blow to Guantánamo — and by extension, the ‘global war on terrorism legal system’ — this week. He ruled that because the military had failed to classify two men as ‘unlawful’ enemy combatants, as required by the Military Commissions Act passed last year by Congress, he did not have jurisdiction over their cases. The procedural flaws that Colonel Brownback discovered point to much larger defects in the Bush administrations’ whole legal architecture. Omar Khadr and Salim Ahmed Hamdan are the only two detainees at Guantánamo (out of about 380 men currently detained) who were facing trial by the military tribunal when Brownback ruled in the cases. Administration officials must now appeal the decision and seek to reclassify the two men in order to reopen the case…. While they are doing that, a spotlight is on ‘justice’ at Guantánamo...

http://tinyurl.com/37nye2


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Please help us put a stop to intimidation and attacks against environmentalists in Mexico and Nigeria.

Recently, Amnesty International has learned of two new cases where environmental defenders have been threatened and harmed - one shot dead - in retribution for their efforts to protect their communities from environmental damage tied to natural resource industries. It will take only a few minutes of your time to send online appeals to demand investigations and greater protection for these activists.

In Nigeria: On May 19th, armed men attacked the wife and children of Bari-ara Kpalap, a staff member of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP). MOSOP is a community organization that campaigns to ensure that oil companies and the Nigerian government address environmental pollution linked to oil exploitation. Amnesty believes that Bari-ara Kpalap's life and the lives of his family may be at risk.

http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=epIPKXNuGdIOL3K&s=dmJXJeMTJfLVLiP0IsH&m=jsLXKaNJIcI0E

In Mexico: On May 15th, environmentalists fighting against illegal logging were attacked, allegedly by a group of illegal loggers, in Santa Lucia, Mexico State. Aldo Zamora was shot dead, and his brother Misael was seriously wounded. Their father, Ildefonso Zamora, who has been filing complaints about illegal logging in the area for many years, and organizing demonstrations against it, is now in grave danger, as are his colleagues.

Take a stand today to help protect these activists who put their lives on the line to defend their land and communities.

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In solidarity,

Amy O'Meara
Amnesty International Corporate Action Network (CAN) http://www.amnestyusa.org/business

This piece will appear on the Huffington Post later today.

Demand Accountability: With Attorney General Alberto Gonzales at the helm, the United States Justice Department has become a contradiction in terms. Under his leadership the Constitution and the rights of Americans have been consistently undermined. Sign the petition to Restore Our Constitutional Rights to send a loud and clear message to Congress: it's time to restore the Constitution and respect for the rule of law.
http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=I9DsQmTa0cSQXZUk-xmQjA..

On June 26th, we'll be delivering our petitions in person during our Day of Action. We've already collected nearly 70,000 signatures -- help us reach our goal of 100,000 signatures. Sign the petition today.


The Woeful Gonzales Record

By Anthony D. Romero

An Open Letter to Members of the Senate:

As you move towards the debate and no-confidence vote on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales I hope you will carefully review his woeful record and its recurring theme: Alberto Gonzales as George W. Bush’s Number One “Yes” Man.

From the beginning, Gonzales has sought to shape the law according to the president's wishes. Through his legal maneuvering, he has authorized criminal behavior as White House counsel and refused to prosecute that same criminal behavior as attorney general. He created and navigated legal avenues for the president and his administration to use torture and indefinite detention. And now, as attorney general, he has refused to investigate those programs.

As the ACLU details in a newly updated report http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=9hWjb0EEFhtEwOkprHepqA.. on the Attorney General’s civil liberties record, he has abdicated his responsibility to protect the rights of Americans, and exercises a cynical view of what he seems to consider petty matters like the rule of law and the Constitution. Calls for Congressional oversight yield only uncooperative and misleading testimony.

But the testimony of others has been far more revealing. Take the riveting words of former Deputy Attorney General James Comey, who described how, like in a scene out of a bad novel, then-White House counsel Gonzales and then-White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card paid a March 2004 nighttime visit on a gravely ill and heavily sedated Ashcroft, lying in his intensive care unit hospital bed. Gonzales and Card tried unsuccessfully to persuade Ashcroft to reauthorize President Bush’s domestic surveillance program, which the Justice Department had just determined was illegal. Is browbeating a gravely ill man in pursuit of a lawless policy the action of a responsible and upright office holder? Of course not -- although it does yield the startling nugget that, for a brief shining moment, Attorney General John Ashcroft was actually on the ACLU’s side of an issue.

And consider how Gonzales has repeatedly stood up in favor of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a facility where the denial of habeas corpus and harsh, indefinite detention has shamed the U.S. internationally. Look too at “yes” man counsel Gonzales, writing a 2002 memorandum that referred to some Geneva Convention restrictions as “quaint” and the portion on questioning enemy prisoners “obsolete.” That’s exactly the sort of attitude that led him -- in both the White House and at Justice -- to subordinate and twist the law that permitted actual torture and abuse on America’s watch, while allowing high-level government officials to get off scot-free.

There’s much more. Under Gonzales, the Justice Department has failed to pursue violations of civil rights and voting rights laws. He has failed to investigate and prosecute criminal acts committed by civilians in the torture or abuse of detainees, failed to investigate and prosecute criminal acts and violations of the law resulting from the warrantless spying program, and championed renewal of the Patriot Act despite widespread bipartisan civil liberties concerns. His department’s own inspector general discovered that the FBI underreported, misused and otherwise abused the Patriot Act’s National Security Letter provisions.

The attorney general failed to investigate possible perjury by a top general about abusive interrogation techniques, his department reversed the findings of its panel of experts that a Georgia voter identification law would discriminate against minorities, and further failed to uphold his duties as attorney general by forcing out experienced career attorneys in Justice’s Civil Rights Division and replacing them with less experienced, political loyalists.

This didn’t just start in Washington, of course. Back home in Texas, Gonzales drafted the infamous clemency memos for Governor Bush, which failed to mention key factors in each case including evidence of innocence that supported clemency for death row inmates.

The president and the attorney general are a tight-knit crew. The attorney general provides tailor-made legal support for the president; the president reciprocates with unwavering political support. It’s a cozy relationship for those two, but disastrous for our nation and its rule of law. “No confidence” doesn’t even begin to cover it.

© ACLU, 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor New York, NY 10004



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/11/1801/



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/11/1785/

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The Perfect (Sine) Wave
http://www.lewrockwell.com/lind/lind126.html


Informant: Kev Hall



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U.S. Relies on Sudan Despite Condemning It
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/11/1790/

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Sudan Is Secret Partner of US

Sudan has secretly worked with the CIA to spy on the insurgency in Iraq - an example of how the United States has continued to cooperate with the Sudanese regime even while condemning its role in the killing of tens of thousands of civilians in Darfur.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061207M.shtml

Die genauen Budgets der US-Geheimdienste sind ein gut gehütetes Geheimnis, aus einem versehentlich veröffentlichten Vortrag ließ sich jetzt auf die Gesamtsumme schließen, die wesentlich höher als bislang vermutet wäre.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/25/25487/1.html

Weekend Watchdog: McCain Still Dodging
http://ga3.org/ct/C120pgF1CXHj/



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Ordering The Tides To Stop

by Deepa Fernandes, TomPaine.com
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Out To Get ACORN

by John Atlas, TomPaine.com
http://ga3.org/ct/V720pgF1CXH7/



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by Alec Dubro, TomPaine.com

If corporations are mean, domineering beasts, why do so many people accept corporate rule?

http://ga3.org/ct/V120pgF1CXHW/

E-Pässe sind ohne Autorisierung auslesbar
http://www.bonnaparte.de/story.php3?articleid=9061

Belgische ePässe ohne Autorisierung auslesbar
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/90962

Riot police used tear gas last night against demonstrators who donned face masks and threw bottles, smoke bombs, and other objects after President George Bush's first meeting with the Pope in Rome.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061107O.shtml

Acting under pressure from Congress, the CIA has decided to trim its contractor staffing by 10 percent. The Bush administration had not adequately funded growth in the intelligence community by allowing agencies to add personnel, so agencies turned to contractors to avoid personnel caps. A government civilian employee costs, on average, $126,500 a year while the annual cost of a core contractor is $250,000.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061107N.shtml



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The Bush administration increasingly emphasized partisan political ties over expertise, in recent years, when selecting the judges who decide the fate of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, despite laws that preclude such considerations. Immigration judges are considered civil service employees who may not be chosen based on political factors, unlike judges in federal criminal courts.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061107M.shtml



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Code Pink was founded in 2002 as a women-run, women-led peace organization with a creative approach to protest. There are at least 250 chapters, mostly in this country. In recent months, the group's focus has coalesced around lobbying Congress to end the Iraq war.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061107L.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=CodePink

From: Boyle, Francis
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 9:11 AM
Subject: Article >from Global Research

First Strike against Russia: The Real Danger behind US ABM Deployment in Eastern Europe.

Read the article at http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=5935

By Justin Dunn

TWO warring Tory councillors who were heading to court after an internal party row have agreed to bury the hatchet.

Moreton and Saughall Massive Cllr Chris Blakeley has publicly apologised for not recognising the efforts of colleague David Kirwan in trying to expose a council blunder over mobile phone masts.

In return, Cllr Kirwan - a solicitor - has said he will no longer pursue libel action against Cllr Blakeley.

However, Cllr Kirwan resigned the Tory whip last week and said on Monday he would remain in the council as an Independent Conservative serving the Hoylake and Meols ward.

Wirral Council was forced to apologise to residents after four mobile phone masts - turned down for planning permission - were allowed to go ahead because a council employee had failed to issue the relevant decision notice to T-Mobile.

“I am delighted that Cllr Blakeley has issued his statement ".
Cllr David Kirwan

Cllr Blakeley accused the Labour-led planning committee - which includes Cllr Kirwan - of trying to keep the blunder under wraps.

Cllr Blakeley said: "I deeply regret any misunderstanding that I may have caused.

"I am happy to make clear that Cllr Kirwan was a vociferous opponent of any moves to keep the mobile phone mast blunder out of the public domain.

"Cllr Kirwan has worked tirelessly for the Conservative Party cause during the past couple of years and it is a great shame that he has chosen to resign from the party.

"My wish is that we can continue working together for the good of all residents in Wirral."

Cllr Kirwan said: "I am delighted that Cllr Blakeley has issued his statement making clear the role that I played in bringing the phone mast blunder into the public domain.

"As a result, I have today decided to withdraw the libel action against the councillor.

"However, I stand by my decision to resign the party whip and will continue to represent residents in Hoylake & Meols as an Independent Conservative.

"Cllr Blakeley is a highly regarded councillor who, like myself, fights tirelessly to improve the lives of people in Wirral. I look forward to joining forces with him on many issues in the future."

© Copyright 2001-2007 Newsquest Media Group

http://www.thisiswirral.co.uk/display.var.1462168.0.warring_councillors_call_a_truce.php

MORE than 50 people have formally objected to plans for a new mobile phone mast in the Capital.

The proposed mast would be built on greenfield land at Malleny Bing, near Harlaw Road, in Balerno.

A campaign group called SOS Balerno was established to protest against the mast being built and believe mobile companies should be forced to "mast share".

Fifty-six formal objection letters were sent to the city council's planning department.

©2007 Scotsman.com

http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=911902007

Christian Science Monitor
by Daniel Schorr

06/08/07

President Bush used to be fond of saying that American troops would stay in Iraq as long as needed and not a day longer. He isn’t saying that anymore. The new word from the White House is that American troops would be stationed in Iraq permanently on the ‘Korean model.’ The analogy is a little strained. The United States has helped to mend the rift between North and South Korea since 1953. But South Korea has had no internal insurgency to worry about. The plan for permanent bases in Iraq must have been long in the making. The president ignored a recommendation of the Baker-Hamilton Commission that he state that America seeks no permanent bases in Iraq. At one point last year, the Senate and House passed an amendment to the military-spending bill banning the establishment of permanent bases in Iraq. The bill went to conference and then the ban on bases, adopted by both chambers, mysteriously disappeared...

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0608/p09s02-cods.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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The Nation
by Aziz Huq

06/08/07

Early this week, judge advocates halted two prosecutions in the Guantánamo military commissions established under the 2006 Military Commissions Act (MCA). This is not the first setback the Administration’s second-tier court system has hit; the Supreme Court invalidated an earlier iteration of the commissions in 2006. And it won’t be the last. But while this week’s setback likely will be speedily surmounted, it casts an unexpected light on the MCA’s real purposes, and what’s at stake when the Bush Administration plays politics with national security. Understanding the significance of this week’s ruling means delving into a bit of procedural arcana. The devil in the MCA is, almost literally, in the details — and unless we attend closely to the rococo details of the statute, we’ll miss the ways in which the Administration intends to slowly erode our liberties...

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070625/huq


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Common Dreams
by Barry Payne

06/10/07

‘There’s a problem. It’s called Net Neutrality,’ Whitacre told the heirs to AT&T’s telecommunications empire on June 5. ‘Well, frankly, we say to h... with that. We’re gonna put up some toll booths and start charging admission.’ See http://www.savetheinternet.com for Whitacre’s full comments. As the greatest suppression of free speech ever seen in the US coupled with potential economic costs in the hundreds of billions of dollars, ending net neutrality is equivalent to yanking the soapbox from most ideas that ever percolated from the bottom up since 1990...

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/10/1783/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Classically Liberal
by CLS

06/10/07

In 2001 the United States dropped bombs on the village sending the residents fleeing over the border into Pakistan. Here the Uighurs were arrested by the security police of the Pakistani dictatorship, which is allied with the United States — yes, the US really is getting into bed with some odious ‘friends’ under the Bush administration. And then the men were turned over to the Bush security police who whisked them off to the US concentration camp in Cuba — a land free of such things as human rights which interfere with government power. After four years of imprisonment, with no charges ever filed against them, five of the men were released. But to return to China means torture and possible execution. The US won’t return them to Afghanistan so instead they got the Albanians to accept them as refugees. False imprisonment is normally compensated in some way. But then the Bush Administration has never made a mistake — just ask them. The idea of compensating people for false imprisonment implies they have rights and that is a concept that the Bushites insist does not apply to anyone that the US labels a terrorist. Even when the US admits that the ‘terrorist’ was never a ‘terrorist’ he is still a ‘terrorist’ when it comes to compensating him for the horrors that were unjustly inflicted on them...

http://tinyurl.com/ywtvyk


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Guantanamo

Fox News

06/11/07

Majority Democrats in the Senate are forcing their Republican colleagues on the record about whether embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should keep his job. No one is predicting that a symbolic resolution expressing no confidence in Gonzales will survive even the test vote Monday. Most Republicans are likely to vote no, dismissing the whole exercise as a ploy to embarrass President Bush. … Still, few of the Senate’s 100 members are rushing to defend Gonzales. What goodwill remained toward him after the firings of eight federal prosecutors over the winter seemed to fade after the attorney general told a Senate committee dozens of times that he could not recall key details...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,280292,00.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gonzales

http://mytown.ca/zepp/


Informant: bigraccoon



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Edwards

#Die Linkspartei.PDS: Pressemitteilungen

11. Juni 2007

Zu Schäubles Plänen für ein zentrales Fingerabdruck-Register für Ausländer erklärt die stellvertretende Parteivorsitzende Katina Schubert:

Der Bundesinnenminister zeigt zunehmend typische Symptome des Messie-Syndroms. Er sammelt alle ihm bislang zugänglichen Daten auch unbescholtener Bürgerinnen und Bürger und lässt kein Weg versucht, um ständig an neue zu gelangen. Es vergeht kaum ein Tag, an dem er nicht verkündet, was er alles so zu sammeln gedenkt. Dazu gehört das Ausspähen von Computern ebenso wie das verdachtsunabhängige Speichern von Telefonaten, Mails und SMS. Nachdem der Versuch eine Geruchtsproben-Sammlung aufzubauen am öffentlichen Widerstand bislang gescheitert ist, sollen nun auch Migrantinnen und Migranten unter Generalverdacht gestellt werden. Nichts anderes wäre der Aufbau eines zentralen Fingerabdruck-Registers für Ausländer. Das ist nicht nur diskriminierend für die Betroffenen und passt zu den Verschärfungen des Aufenthaltsgesetzes, die jetzt dem Bundestag vorliegen, sondern führt Veranstaltungen wie den Integrationsgipfel der Bundeskanzlerin ad absurdum. Denn ein Generalverdacht gegenüber Ausländern ist desintegrierend. Schäuble bleibt sich treu und versucht weiterhin, Schritt für Schritt die totale Überwachung zu etablieren. Ein Stoppzeichen des Koalitionspartners SPD sucht man bislang vergebens. Die Linkspartei-PDS fordert die Kanzlerin auf, der Sammelwut des Bundesinnenministers Einhalt zu gebieten. Alle Bürgerinnen und Bürger haben das Recht, über ihre eigenen Daten und deren Erhebung und Verwendung zu bestimmen. Das schließt auch das Recht ein, zu wissen, wer welche Daten wo und zu welchem Zweck erhebt, speichert und verwendet.

http://sozialisten.de/presse/presseerklaerungen/view_html?zid=35905



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Schäuble

„Als am 3. September 1993 im Bundestag auch die damals noch oppositionelle SPD durch ihre Zustimmung zu einer weiteren Grundgesetzänderung mit entschied, dass nach der Bahn auch die Deutsche Bundespost privatisiert und anschließend – zerlegt in Deutsche Post AG, Deutsche Postbank AG und Deutsche Telekom AG – den ungehinderten Marktkräften ausgeliefert werden konnte, ahnten wohl die wenigsten, was sie damit anrichteten. Das heutige Desaster eines international agierenden, hochverschuldeten Großkonzerns, der sein hierzulande in zwölf Jahren fast halbiertes Personal dazu zwingen will, bis zu 40 Prozent Lohnkürzungen zu akzeptieren, und damit droht, ansonsten ein Übernahmekandidat für Hedgefonds zu werden, war vielleicht nicht absehbar, aber es gab auch damals schon genügend Stimmen, die davor warnten, öffentliche Dienste privaten Gewinninteressen auszusetzen und wesentliche Teile der nationalen Infrastruktur der demokratischen Willensbildung und Kontrolle zu entziehen…“ Artikel von Otto Meyer in Ossietzky, veröffentlicht bei Linksnet vom 08.06.2007 http://www.linksnet.de/artikel.php?id=3082


Wir hatten euch gewarnt

Publik- Extra zum Streik bei der Deutschen Telekom AG (pdf) http://tk-it.verdi.de/telekom_kampagne_2007/streikdokumentation/ver.di_publik_extra/data/verdi_publik_extra_telekom.pdf


Aus: LabourNet, 11. Juni 2007



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hedgefonds

http://www.bedsonsunday.com/bedsonsunday-news/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=103884

This was in the B.O.S. this weekend. This mast appears to have everything on it including police communication.

Homer

Jun 11 2007

by Kerry Beadling

ONE of Coventry's famous three spires could soon be housing a mobile phone mast.

A phone company wants to use the city centre's landmark Holy Trinity Church, which dates back to the 12th century.

The plan involves putting four antennas and other equipment within the tower at the Priory Row church so that it is not visible.

But some people are worried about health issues surrounding the application.

Local clergy have been asked to consider the scheme by a company called QS4, which looks for well-positioned spaces for antenna installations, on behalf of the T-Mobile network.

Residents and businesses in a 100 metre radius are being consulted on the proposal which will then be looked at by the church committee.

If that approves the plan, then has to go the DAC, which acts as the Church of England's planning authority.

Holy Trinity Church is one of the largest medieval churches in England and was founded in the 12th century for the tenants of the Priory lands which extended over the north of Coventry.

Among its precious artefacts is the Doom painting, which dates to around 1430, and shows Christ in the centre with the stair to heaven above him and below him the souls of the damned being propelled by demons towards the open jaws of hell.

Church warden Sue Wilcox said: "There's been a lot of publicity about recent applications to the Church of England.

"Obviously our congregation and our own church body are concerned about possible health issues. However we understand research shows they are safe."

A spokesman for QS4 hoped if approved the equipment would be in place by the end of the year.

He added: "Churches are normally one of the tallest structures on the skyline and therefore they generally provide an ideal location."

© owned by or licensed to Midland Newspapers Limited 2007

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Video

Kidnap and Torture American Style follows the stories of terror suspects. Some of them are British residents, who have been snatched from streets and airports throughout the world before being flown to the Middle-East and Africa. In countries such as Syria and Egypt, they undergo agonising ordeals before being incarcerated, without ever facing an open trial.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11314.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=terror+suspects
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...and our spineless leaders must find the courage to tell that to Bush.

The tycoon who famously donated £5m to the Tories tells why he now feels compelled to give his money to a very different cause.

http://tinyurl.com/2kbvzw


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture

The row over CIA 'torture flights' using British airports has deepened following fresh evidence that a plane repeatedly linked to the controversial programme landed in the UK just days ago.

http://tinyurl.com/32rzwx


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture+flights

AN EGYPTIAN preacher who was seized by the CIA in daylight on a Milan street has revealed the details of 14 months of torture to which he says he was subjected after his "extraordinary rendition" to Egypt.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article1909883.ece


From Information Clearing House

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Kidnapped by the CIA - Tortured in Egypt

"Barely 44 years old, the man appears to be 60. Egyptian Imam Osama Mustafa Hassan Nasr, better known as Abu Omar, describes himself as 'a broken old man, with my body in ruins,' a man 'who eats too much, no longer desires his wife, gorged on tranquilizers.'" And who expects nothing from the trial of the CIA agents who abducted him in Milan ...

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061207G.shtml



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Show Russia more respect

Iran won't be a threat to Europe for a long time, so there's no need for antimissile defense on Russia's doorstep.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0611/p09s01-coop.html



Iranian parliament warns against Putin's new missile shield project

'Our diplomatic apparatus should harshly react to this new initiative and not allow Iran to become a tool for settling disputes between world powers,' the spokesman of the parliament's foreign policy and security commission told ISNA news agency.

http://tinyurl.com/36fusx



Bush firm on missile shield plan

George Bush, the US president, has thanked Poland for being ready to host the US missile shield and sent a clear signal he would not scrap the plan in the face of an alternative offer from Russia.

http://tinyurl.com/2m435e



For U.S. Base, Bush Finds Czech Enthusiasm, Polish Reserve

U.S. President George W. Bush this week discussed a U.S. missile base in Eastern Europe with Polish and Czech officials, but the results were merely words, and the two European countries showed some naivety as international players.

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=38114


From Information Clearing House



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Senior Shiite cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah lashed out at the US Sunday, accusing it of trying to ruin Lebanon politically and sow instability in the country.

http://tinyurl.com/2voklg


From Information Clearing House

Iran threatens to retaliate with Gulf blitz if US hits nuclear plants

IRAN has threatened to launch a missile blitz against the Gulf states and plunge the entire Middle East into war if America attacks its nuclear facilities.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article1909896.ece



Iran to US: We can target your bases

"All the American bases in the region are within the reach of our weapons," said the deputy interior minister, Mohammed Baqer Zolghadr, in charge of security issues. "If the United States attacked Iran, US interests would be in danger everywhere in the world," added Mr Zolghadr.

http://tinyurl.com/36fxpy


From Information Clearing House

A familiar clutch of U.S. hawks took part in the proceedings, including an all-star contingent from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) consisting of Richard Perle, Michael Rubin, Michael Novak, Joshua Muravchik, and Reuel Marc Gerecht; Herb London, John O'Sullivan, and Anne Bayefsky from the Hudson Institute; Bruce Jackson a former director of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC)

http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=27



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U.S. military officials here are increasingly envisioning a "post-occupation" troop presence in Iraq that neither maintains current levels nor leads to a complete pullout, but aims for a smaller, longer-term force that would remain in the country for years.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17857.htm

By Tim Shipman

A FORMER US Army torturer has described the traumatic effects of American interrogation techniques in Iraq - on their victims and on the perpetrators themselves.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17860.htm



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By Emily Spence

How could such a sizable portion of US citizens be so easily duped and what agents are responsible for such easy acceptance of erroneous conclusions? In other words, who created these bogus sets of facts and, equally important, were they deliberately crafted?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17859.htm



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The transcript you weren't supposed to see

By Mike Whitney

The Bush administration has carried out an aggressive strategy to surround Russia with military bases, install missiles on its borders, topple allied regimes in Central Asia, and incite political upheaval in Moscow through US-backed "pro-democracy" groups. These openly hostile actions have convinced many Russian hard-liners that the administration is going forward with the neocon plan for "regime change" in Moscow and fragmentation of the Russian Federation. Putin's testimony suggests that the hardliners are probably right.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17856.htm



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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6698742,00.html


Informant: Carol Moore in DC

From ufpj-news

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War Pimp Alert: U.S. Senator Says Military Action in Iran Possible

By Reuters

Sen. Joseph Lieberman, a long-time supporter of the Iraq war, said on Sunday military force might be necessary to stop Iran from training and equipping extremists who are killing U.S. troops.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17858.htm

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Lieberman Urges Iran Air Strike
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/11/1804/

CODEPINK: Message to Senator Joe Lieberman: Don't Bomb Iran!
http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0612-01.htm

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Fightin' words Iran must hear

End border raids or bombs away: Can you believe that Joe Lieberman? Iran has gone to war with us, sending troops across its border with Iraq to kill perhaps as many as 200 of our soldiers, and Lieberman wants to stop them.

http://tinyurl.com/273ewo



Clark slams Lieberman on Iran

Retired Gen. Wesley Clark has slammed Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., for threatening military force against Iran.

http://tinyurl.com/2bpwhr



Lieberman asked to resign from his own party

The Connecticut for Lieberman Party is calling on Senator Joseph Lieberman to resign from the U.S. Senate following his remarks made Sunday on CBS' Face the Nation regarding military action against Iran.

http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=6647788&nav=3YeX


From Information Clearing House

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Tell Senator Lieberman: No War in Iran!
http://tinyurl.com/38zzy2



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...Vor dem Riesentor des Stephansdoms habe ich einen Mann gesehen, der auf der Erde kauerte und mit der rechten Hand bettelte, während er mit der linken ein Handy ans Ohr hielt...

http://www.diepresse.com/home/meinung/kommentare/309533/index.do?_vl_backlink=/home/index.do

http://www.diagnose-funk.ch/aktuell/00000098840a46904/033ea299400da1c02.html
http://www.diagnose-funk.ch/aktuell/00000098840a46904/index.html

http://www.diagnose-funk.ch/gesundheit/033ea2989e0071903/033ea2994b0b46402.html



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http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/june2007/100607Verichip.htm


Informant: shane_digital



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http://biz.yahoo.com/hmoney/070531/053007_gps_phones_moneymag.html?.v=3&.pf=oneclick

Now they're pushing parents to push mobile phones on their kids - in order to TRACK them! To "plot their whereabouts"! Horrors!

Susan Clarke

http://tinyurl.com/2okf8d


Informant: Robin Rae



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