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Breaking: Toxic substance, swastikas sent to Rep. Grijalva's office --Incident marked third security issue at Grijalva's district offices 21 Oct 2010 Police locked down the Tucson congressional office of Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) on Thursday afternoon after staffers received a package containing a "confirmed" toxic substance, a Grijalva spokesman said. A suspicious package with swastikas written on the envelope was mailed Thursday to the Tucson office, where about a dozen staffers work. Upon inspection, it was found the package contained a white powder authorities later determined to be toxic, said Grijalva campaign spokesman Adam Sarvana.

Australian union leader rejects 9/11 explanation --"The trouble is, mate, blokes like you are keeping most of the people in the dark". 21 Oct 2010 A prominent Australian union leader has suggested the official story of the World Trade Centre attacks is untrue. The president of the Victorian Trades Hall Council, Kevin Bracken, told ABC Radio in Australia he thought the official US government explanation was a "conspiracy theory that doesn't stand up to scientific scrutiny". ...Bracken went on: "Well, the fact is that aviation fuel doesn't get hot enough to melt steel. In my mind the buildings were imploded".

Dining with the enemy: Al Qaeda leader linked to 9/11 hijackers 'was invited to the Pentagon for lunch after attacks' [Well, he had to pick up his paycheck.] 21 Oct 2010 An Al Qaeda [al-CIAduh] leader who is one of the most wanted men in the world was invited for lunch at the Pentagon in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, a new report has claimed. New documents have been obtained which apparently detail how Anwar Al-Awlaki, the first American on the CIA's kill or capture list, rubbed shoulders with high-ranking military personnel just months after the atrocities.

'Al Qaeda' Leader Dined at the Pentagon Just Months After 9/11 20 Oct 2010 Anwar Al-Awlaki may be the first American on the CIA's kill or capture list, but he was also a lunch guest of military brass at the Pentagon within months of the [Bush-Cheney] Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, Fox News has learned. Documents, including an FBI interview conducted after the Fort Hood shooting in November 2009, state that Awlaki was taken to the Pentagon as part of the military's outreach to the Muslim community in the immediate aftermath of the attacks.

Jordanian Man Gets 24 Years In FBI Dallas Bomb Plot --Timer connected to perceived truck bomb was provided by undercover FBI agents [as they usually do, when they're not busy providing real ones] 20 Oct 2010 A Jordanian man caught in an FBI sting trying to blow up a Dallas skyscraper was sentenced Tuesday to 24 years in prison after telling the court he was ashamed of his actions and renouncing 'al-Qaida.' Hosam Smadi, 20, faced up to life in prison but received a reduced sentence after pleading guilty in May to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction.

Oops: CIA acknowledges 'missteps' and 'shortcomings' led to officers' deaths 20 Oct 2010 The CIA on Tuesday acknowledged "missteps" and "shortcomings" that allowed a would-be informant to enter a U.S. base in Afghanistan and blow himself up on December 30, killing seven CIA officers. The mistakes included failing to act on warnings about the assailant from Jordanian intelligence or take security precautions that may have prevented the second most deadly attack in agency history, according to an internal investigation.

DoD expanding domestic cyber role --Military to likely be key part of response to cyber attack 20 Oct 2010 The Defense Department is quietly taking on an expanding role in defending U.S. critical infrastructure from cyber attacks. In a break with previous policy, the military now is prepared to provide cyber expertise to other government agencies and to certain private companies to counter attacks on their computer networks, the Pentagon's cyber policy chief, Robert Butler, said Wednesday. While the Department of Homeland Security officially remains the lead government agency on cyber defense, the new agreement "sets up an opportunity for DHS to take advantage of the expertise" in the Pentagon, and particularly the secretive electronic spying agency, the National Security Agency, said Butler, who is a deputy assistant defense secretary.

Big Brother WILL snoop on your calls and clicks: Ministers resurrect plan to log all communications 20 Oct 2010 Hugely controversial 'Big Brother' plans to store details of every internet click, email and telephone call that we make are being revived by the Coalition, it emerged last night. Police, security services and other public bodies would be able to find out which websites a person had visited, and when, where and to whom a text or call was made.

NSA's Newest Recruiters: Cartoon-Leopard Twins 19 Oct 2010 ...[T]he surveillance and cryptology crew at NSA has the right online companions for you: Cy and Cyndi, a pair of anthropomorphic snow leopards now kickin' it with the CryptoKids, the Puzzle Palace's team of cartoon animal hackers. Known as the CyberTwins and unveiled by NSA yesterday, Cy and Cyndi wear gaming headgear, talk into their hands-free mobile devices, and teach youths about proper online hygiene, all on the NSA website's kids page, which actually exists... The National Counterterrorism Center introduces you to "your NCTC friends," Becker the Eagle and Little Lady Liberty.

Pilot Refuses Full-Body Scan, Says TSA Doesn't Make Travel Safer 20 Oct 2010 A Tennessee pilot who says he's tired of being manhandled by security agents is waiting to see if he will lose his job because he refused a full body scan. ExpressJet Airlines first officer Michael Roberts was chosen for the X-ray scan Friday at Memphis International Airport. The Houston-based pilot says he also refused a pat-down and went home. Roberts, 35, told The Commercial Appeal newspaper he wants to go to work and not be "harassed or molested without cause."

Pentagon Sends 2nd Carrier to Help Afghan Surge --The fleet's area of 'responsibility' includes the Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, and the areas off the Horn of Africa. 19 Oct 2010 The Pentagon has sent a second aircraft carrier to support the troop buildup in Afghanistan. The Navy says the USS Abraham Lincoln and the guided missile cruiser USS Cape St. George arrived in the region over the weekend. The Lincoln brings an airwing that can send an additional 60 aircraft into the war - adding to aircraft already there and flying from the carrier the USS Harry S. Truman.

Blast kills 9 civilians in Afghanistan 20 Oct 2010 An explosion in southwestern Afghanistan has killed at least nine civilians as security situation continues to deteriorate in the war-ravaged country. The incident occurred after a civilian bus hit a Taliban-style roadside bomb in a district of southwestern Nimroz Province. The bomb, which was planted to target military forces, killed civilians, with local sources saying that most of the victims were female students.

Canadian cmdr. could be 'serial killer' 21 Oct 2010 A former Canadian air force commander, who is charged with two counts of murder, could be a "serial killer", says a law expert. "This person was a serial killer and there is prima facie evidence that he may have committed serial murders at military bases located at other locations around the world," Vancouver-based international lawyer Alfred Lambremont Webre told Press TV. On Thursday, a court in Canada was shown chilling confessions of Colonel Russell Williams, charged with 88 criminal charges, including two murders.

US soldier charged in Iraq murder case 21 Oct 2010 A US military service member has been charged with killing two of his comrades and injuring another in the Iraqi city of Fallujah. Army Spc. Neftaly Platero, 32, was charged with two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder after an argument on September 23. A US military statement released on Wednesday dubbed the Fallujah murders as "premeditated" but did not provide further information.

US to sell $60 billion in advanced arms to Saudi Arabia 20 Oct 2010 The Obama administration notified Congress on Wednesday that it plans to sell up to $60 billion in advanced weaponry to Saudi Arabia in one of the largest-ever single U.S. arms sales, a deal intended to ~~counter the rising influence of Iran~~ enhance the coffers of arms dealers. State Department and Pentagon officials told lawmakers that the sales that will include 84 new F-15 fighter jets, upgrades to 70 existing Saudi F-15s, 190 helicopters and a wide array of missiles, bombs and delivery systems, as well as accessories such as night-vision goggles and radar warning systems.

Settlers torch, vandalize Nablus school --Witness: Settlers wrote racist slogans on the school's walls, including 'regards from the hilltops.' 21 Oct 2010 A group of Israeli settlers broke into an all girls' school in the Nablus district on Wednesday, setting fire to its storehouse containing furniture and unused sports equipment, the headmistress said. Maysoon Sawalha said the cleaning woman at the school in As-Sawiya village arrived to find the lock on the main door broken as well as that of the storehouse, and all its contents were torched.

Rachel Corrie case: Israeli soldier to testify anonymously --Family criticises decision to allow soldier who drove bulldozer that killed daughter to give evidence from behind screen 20 Oct 2010 The Israeli soldier at the controls of a bulldozer that crushed to death 23-year-old Rachel Corrie in Gaza in March 2003 is due to give evidence tomorrow in the civil lawsuit brought by the American activist's family. However the judge hearing the case in Haifa has ruled that, for security reasons, the soldier can testify anonymously from behind a screen, denying Cindy and Craig Corrie the opportunity to face the man who directly caused their daughter's death.

Federal Appeals Court Reinstates 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' 20 Oct 2010 A federal appeals court Wednesday reinstated "don't ask, don't tell," the military's policy forbidding openly gay troops from serving. A three-judge panel granted the Justice Department's emergency request to allow the policy to remain on the books so that the appeals court could have more time to fully consider the issues presented.

Justice Department asks appeals court to overturn 'don't ask' injunction 20 Oct 2010 The Justice Department on Wednesday asked a federal appeals court in San Francisco to quickly set aside a judge's order that bars enforcement of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, saying the judge's "extraordinary decision" went too far, too fast. The 25-page motion says the appeals court should lift the judge's order Wednesday.

Two U.S. air marshals flee Brazil after being charged with assault 22 Oct 2010 Two U.S. air marshals who arrested the wife of a Brazilian judge on a flight to Rio de Janeiro -- and were themselves arrested and had their passports confiscated by Brazilian authorities -- fled the country using alternate travel documents rather than face what they believed to be trumped-up charges, sources said.

France buys electricity as its nuclear plants are hit by strike 21 Oct 2010 France was forced to start importing electricity Thursday as unions announced that strikes would spread into the next two weeks. The unions said production had been cut at four nuclear power plants because of a 10-day rolling strike, while at least 12 of France's 58 reactors are closed for maintenance. Work has also stopped at two of the three liquefied natural gas terminals. All of France's oil refineries are out of action and a quarter of its filling stations are without fuel.

Spending review cuts will hit poorest harder, says IFS 21 Oct 2010 George Osborne's claims that his spending cuts are fair have begun to unravel after the country's leading tax and spend thinktank revealed the poorest will be hit harder than the better off. In its analysis of the chancellor's spending review, the Institute for Fiscal Studies described the public spending cuts as the deepest since the second world war and said welfare benefits would suffer the biggest squeeze since the 1970s.

Tennessee County Expands Its Pay Firefighting Policy 20 Oct 2010 Tempers flared inside a northwestern Tennessee courtroom Monday night as residents and local firefighters argued about the expansion of a local subscription-only fire-department policy. The International Association of Fire Fighters has condemned the South Fulton Fire Department's inaction as "incredibly irresponsible." Over the objections of firefighters and many residents, the Obion County commission voted 15 to 3 to expand subscription-based service throughout the county.

France in turmoil as youth riots persist --More than 1,500 people arrested in Paris suburb of Nanterre 22 Oct 2010 Angry high school students joined more than a million trade union workers from 250 towns and cities in protests that have sparked transportation shutdowns across France. Students threw bottles, held up signs and blocked streets in response to French President Nicolas Sarkozy's pension reform bill, AFP reported on Thursday.

British government announces unprecedented social cuts By Ann Talbot 21 Oct 2010 The Conservative-Liberal Democrat government's autumn spending review has introduced the most savage package of public spending cuts ever seen in Britain. Half a million public-sector jobs will be lost as £83 billion, or $128 billion, is cut from the budget. Another half million private-sector jobs will go as a result... The government claimed that its cuts package would be "fair" and that the burden would be shared by all sections of society. In fact, early calculations based on Treasury figures indicate that the poorest 10 percent of society will be hit hardest by the spending review.

Firing of Juan Williams for Muslim comments attacked by US rightwingers --Sacked NPR man Juan Williams cheered on by US rightwingers including Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh and Mike Huckabee 22 Oct 2010 The sacking of a Washington public radio broadcaster over remarks about Muslims turned into a political row last night. Juan Williams was fired as a news analyst with National Public Radio, the closest equivalent in the US to the BBC, after saying on the Fox News Channel that Muslims in traditional dress boarding planes made him nervous. NPR issued a statement expressing regret at his departure after so many years' service but said his comments "were inconsistent with our editorial standards and practices, and undermined his credibility as a news analyst with NPR."

GOP-Linked 'Latinos for Reform' Airs Nevada Ads Urging Hispanics Not to Vote 19 Oct 2010 A third-party group headed by a GOP operative is out with a new Nevada ad spot encouraging Latinos in the state not to cast votes in this year's midterm elections. Robert de Posada, president of Latinos for Reform and a prominent conservative operative and political analyst for Univision, has commissioned the ads in what he describes as a response to Hispanic resentment over the failure of Washington to address immigration reform despite repeated promises.

Virginia Thomas Leaves Anita Hill a Voicemail Asking for An Apology -- Hill Says No 19 Oct 2010 A few days ago, Brandeis University professor Anita Hill received a message on her voice mail at work. "Good morning, Anita Hill, it's Ginny Thomas," said the voice. "I just wanted to reach across the airwaves and the years and ask you to consider something. I would love you to consider an apology sometime and some full explanation of why you did what you did with my husband. So give it some thought and certainly pray about this and come to understand why you did what you did. OK, have a good day.' Hill didn't think the call was real... Hill told ABC News... 'I don't apologize. I have no intention of apologizing, and I stand by my testimony in 1991.' [GOPredator Clarence Thomas needs to apologize for installing George W. Bush in the 2000 US coup d'etat. --LRP]

NOAA: Warming Arctic unlikely to return to the way it was 21 Oct 2010 New observations this year about snow, ice and temperatures support the conclusion that the Arctic is unlikely to return to the conditions known in the 20th century -- and that's likely to affect the weather in the lower 48 United States. That was this year's key message in the annual update of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Arctic report card, released Thursday. The key points, a video and links to scientific reports by 69 scientists from eight countries are available from NOAA online.

Judge asks federal government to explain polar bear listing 20 Oct 2010 Lawyers for the federal government, the state of Alaska, and oil and gas interests [eco-terrorists and sociopaths] were in court Wednesday to fight efforts by a coalition of environmental groups trying to force the Obama administration to put polar bears on the endangered species list, not just list them as threatened. A U.S. district judge held off on a full hearing, saying he would instead like the federal government to further explain what exactly the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service used in the Endangered Species Act to make its determination that polar bears are merely threatened, not endangered. [Polar bears are in serious danger of going extinct due to global warming.]

Michelle Obama lifts large sweet potato in W.House fall harvest 20 Oct 2010 U.S. first lady Michelle Obama lifts a large sweet potato that she helped dig from the ground during the fall harvest of the White House Kitchen Garden at the White House in Washington, October 20, 2010. (Photo)

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U.S. Pushes to Ease Technical Obstacles to Wiretapping 19 Oct 2010 Law enforcement and counterterrorism officials, citing lapses in compliance with surveillance orders, are pushing to overhaul a federal law that requires phone and broadband carriers to ensure that their networks can be wiretapped, federal officials say. The officials want to increase legal incentives and penalties aimed at pushing carriers like Verizon, AT&T, and Comcast to ensure that any network changes will not disrupt their ability to conduct wiretaps. An Obama administration task force that includes officials from the Justice and Commerce Departments, the F.B.I. and other agencies recently began working on draft legislation to strengthen and expand a 1994 law requiring carriers to make sure their systems can be wiretapped.

High court to decide detentions case against former attorney general --The government argues that John Ashcroft is not liable for claims he misused the law in terrorism arrests. 19 Oct 2010 The Supreme Court intervened again Monday in a lawsuit against a former George W. Bush administration official, agreeing to decide whether former Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft is entirely shielded from claims that he misused the law to arrest terrorism suspects under false pretenses. Obama administration lawyers appealed on Ashcroft's behalf and asserted that it would "severely damage law enforcement" if the nation's top law enforcement official could be held liable for abusing his authority.

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