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Whistleblower Coming In Cold From the F.B.I.
by Gail
Sheehy
Sibel
Edmonds says she was shocked at the lack of security in the F.B.I.’s
counterintelligence squad when she went to work there shortly after Sept.
11. But when she spoke up, she was canned. Gail Sheehy tells her
story....
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Pentagon report on
Afghanistan criticizes war strategy: report
SpaceDaily - Apr 4, 2004
WASHINGTON (AFP) A retired army colonel commissioned by the
Pentagon to examine the war in Afghanistan concluded the conflict created
conditions that have given "warlordism, banditry and opium production a new
lease on life,"...
THE OTHER WAR
New Yorker, NY - Apr 4, 2004 by
SEYMOUR M. HERSH |
Poll Says Bush Is Losing
Support on Iraq
Rapid City Journal, SD - 4-6-04
WASHINGTON - Public approval of President Bush's handling of
Iraq has slipped to a new low _ alongside his overall job rating _ after
last week's grisly deaths of four contractors in Fallujah, a poll says.
Still, a majority supports his decision to use military force in Iraq, says
the poll released Monday.
Four in 10, or 40 percent, approve of the way Bush is handling Iraq, while
53 percent disapprove....
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While Bush is busy dreaming about being the
War President, whistleblower after whistleblower are showing his threatening
tactics....his outing of a cia agent, firing people, smearing people and worst of
all---getting revenge on Saddam using his poor intelligence.
"Bush and Cheney will make a joint
appearance in front of the commission. To make sure Bush is really speaking,
they're going to have Cheney drink a glass of water when Bush talks."
—Jay Leno
"John Kerry had surgery on his right
shoulder this week to repair some damage. It was pretty bad, he had no feeling.
It was almost like he was a Republican." —David Letterman
Disturbing News
New U.S. visa ordeal has Poles simmering
Chicago Tribune -
Mon Apr 5, 9:40 AM ET
The line
outside the U.S. Embassy here starts to form before dawn, and by 8 a.m.,
when the visa office opens, it stretches for half a block.
Low pay squeezes FBI agents - and perhaps U.S. security
USATODAY.com -
Mon Apr 5, 6:44 AM ET
He is a law
school graduate and a former Marine captain who seems to be living his
career dream: to be an FBI agent, protecting the United States from
terrorists and other criminals.
Battles Flare as U.S. Vows to Arrest Iraqi Cleric
Reuters -4-6-05
Shi'ite
militiamen battled Italian soldiers in southern Iraq on Tuesday as
Washington vowed to arrest radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr who has led a wave
of bloody confrontations with U.S.-led occupying troops.
Four U.S. Marines Killed in Iraq
AP -
4-6-05
U.S. troops
battled Iraqi guerrillas Tuesday on the edges of Fallujah, which hundreds of
Marines and Iraqi troops have surrounded in a major operation to pacify one
of Iraq's most violent cities. The military reported four Marines killed in
the area.
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Terrorists Still Popping Up Worldwide
AP -
4-6-05
Some 3,400 al-Qaida-linked
operatives have been captured or killed in 100 countries since the Sept. 11,
2001, attacks on America, the State Department said last week. Now,
officials believe, a new wave of threats is coming from dozens of smaller
groups only loosely connected to the network but inspired by al-Qaida's
message and methods
Supreme Court Sidesteps Wetlands Disputes
Mon Apr 5,
4:21 PM ET - (AP)
The Supreme
Court rejected three cases Monday that sought to restrict the government's
authority to regulate wetlands.
Inmate Gets Extra 18 Months for Sen. Clinton Threat
Reuters -
Mon
Apr 5, 9:05 AM ET
A federal
prisoner was sentenced to an extra 18 months in jail on Friday for
threatening to kill former first lady and New York Democratic Sen. Hillary
Rodham Clinton, prosecutors said.
Texas Cops Find Dynamite Along Roadsides
Mon Apr 5,
6:16 PM ET
Police said
Monday they have no idea who is responsible for at least 29 sticks of
dynamite found strewn along roadsides.
Role of scapegoat angers a number of NPR affiliates
Houston
Chronicle, TX -4-6-05
...
With its weekly audience of 13 million, Morning Edition trails only
conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh for national listeners.
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U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq Violence
Tuesday April 6, 2004 1:46 PM
By BASSEM MROUE
FALLUJAH,
Iraq (AP) - U.S. troops battled guerrillas Tuesday on the edges of Fallujah,
where hundreds of Marines and Iraqi troops have surrounded one of Iraq's most
violent cities in an operation to crush the insurgency there. The military
reported five Marines were killed and two wounded in the operation, which was
more than 24 hours old….
Caption winners contact me at
floridagate2000@yahoo.com
Republican Shenanigans
GOP Operatives Lead at Iraq Press Office
AP -
Sun Apr 4,10:20
PM ET
Inside the
marble-floored palace hall that serves as the press office of the U.S.-led
coalition, Republican Party operatives lead a team of Americans who promote
mostly good news about Iraq.
Bush Campaign Targets Kerry's Soft Money
AP -
Mon Apr 5,10:48
PM ET
President Bush's
re-election campaign asked supporters Monday to urge federal officials to crack
down on groups spending millions of dollars to promote Democrat John Kerry, its
second such move in a week.
White House to Review 9/11 Report Before Release
Reuters -
Sun Apr 4, 9:41
PM ET
The White House
will vet "line by line" the report of an independent commission investigating
the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks before it is publicly released, the commission
chairman said on Sunday.
"Oh,
I fell for the biggest April fool's prank . I should have known. I spent the
whole day in Wisconsin looking for that girl's kidnapper. Oh, what an idiot I
was. Doesn't that make you mad? Ooh, that makes me so mad. That girl wasn't
missing. She wasn't abducted. She made up the whole story. Same thing Bush did
in the National Guard." Jay Leno
Tech News
Europe's War on E-Mail Spam Claims First Scalps
Reuters -
Tue Apr 6, 5:21
AM ET
E-mail spammers
take heed: Europeans are finally winning legal tussles against digital peddlers
of get-rich-quick schemes, sexual aids and pornography.
Japan Bets New Internet Standard to Drive E-World
Reuters -
Tue Apr 6, 3:02
AM ET
The World Wide Web
is just about 15 years old, but already it is showing signs of wear as growing
demand for Internet addresses and everyday functionality challenge the limits of
the technology behind the Web.
Business News
Bank of America announces it will cut 12500 jobs
Miami Herald, FL - 4-6-04
BY
RICK ROTHACKER. CHARLOTTE, NC - (KRT) - Bank of America Corp. told employees
Monday it will eliminate 12,500 jobs as part of its
FleetBoston
Financial Corp. ...
Former Bank of America Broker Indicted
Reuters -
Mon Apr 5, 4:24
PM ET
Former Bank of America Corp. (BAC.N)
broker Theodore Sihpol was indicted for allegedly defrauding investors by
helping a hedge fund trade mutual funds illegally, court papers show.
Chinese demand for steel weighs on global industry
AFP -
Sun Apr 4, 6:51
PM ET
Industries
worldwide that need steel are alarmed by a sudden shortage sparked by surging
Chinese demand for all kinds of the increasingly precious metal and raw
materials used to produce it.
Ikea Founder Denies Being Richest Man
AP -
Mon Apr 5, 8:36
AM ET
The founder of
Swedish furniture giant Ikea isn't hurting for money, but the company he founded
denied on Monday a report that he surpassed Bill Gates and Warren Buffett as the
world's wealthiest man.
CVS, Canadian Firm Buy Eckerd for $4.5B
AP -
Mon Apr 5,10:07
PM ET
CVS Corp.
scrambled the top ranks of the drugstore industry by acquiring about half of
J.C. Penney's Eckerd chain to push past Walgreen Co. in number of stores and
challenge its rival in total revenue.
Click here for the entries of the Name That Toon Contest
Caption winners contact me at
floridagate2000@yahoo.com
"There are 300,000 new jobs and Bush said
he's confused, 'Can I take credit for good news that I didn't even make up?'"
—Craig Kilborn
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Assorted News
Homeland Security Announces New Drills
AP -
Mon Apr 5,
8:16 PM ET
A new round of
mock terrorism events aimed at improving emergency responses will be staged
next April in Connecticut and New Jersey, the Homeland Security Department
said Monday.
Ridge: Private Cos. Must Help Fight Terror
AP -
Mon Apr
5,11:06 PM ET
The federal
government cannot afford to pay for the increased security needed to protect
U.S. ports from terrorists, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said
Monday.
Kerry digs up six trillion dollar hole in Bush accounts
AFP -
Mon Apr 5,
7:25 PM ET
Democratic
presidential contender John Kerry put the spotlight on what his campaign
called a six trillion dollar hole in President George W. Bush's budget that
could leave future generations with "a mountain of debt".
Stabilisation attempts in Kosovo have "failed": Russia
AFP -
Tue Apr 6,
3:48 AM ET
International
attempts to bring order and stability to conflict-torn Kosovo have failed,
with the NATO military bloc partly to blame, Russian Defense Minister Sergei
Ivanov said.
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Supreme Court to Rule on Drug Dog Limits
Mon Apr 5,
5:25 PM ET - (AP)
Roy Caballes
was pulled over for speeding and was just about to get off with a warning
when another Illinois trooper pulled up with a drug-sniffing dog
Supreme Court Won't Hear Halliburton Case
Mon Apr
5,10:16 AM ET - (AP)
The Supreme Court said Monday
it will not get involved in a patent dispute concerning a division of
Halliburton, the energy and government contracting company formerly led by
Vice President Dick Cheney.
Kennedy Likens Bush to Nixon 'Credibility Gap'
Reuters -
Mon
Apr 5, 5:45 PM ET
Democratic
Sen. Edward Kennedy on Monday accused President Bush of having created at
home and abroad "the largest credibility gap" since the Watergate scandal
forced Richard Nixon from the White House 30 years ago.
U.S. - Canada Task Force Presents Final Report on Blackout of
August 2003
Mon Apr 5,
1:21 PM ET
Washington's `think tanks' growing in number, power
Biloxi
Sun Herald, MS - 12
hours ago
...
Richard Perle, a leading defense strategist who is close to Donald Rumsfeld,
is also a "resident fellow." Lynne Cheney is a "senior fellow"
on Middle-East ...
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Military News
U.S. Commanders Mull More Troops in Iraq
AP -
Mon Apr 5, 5:04
PM ET
U.S. military
commanders have begun studying ways they might increase troops in Iraq should
violence spread much more widely, a senior officer said Monday.
Pentagon delays US troops' trip home
USA
Today - 4-6-04
... with
US Central Command said that the return home of about 24,000 US troops who were
scheduled to leave in the next few weeks would be
delayed as their ...
VA Health Official Resigns Amid Troubles
AP -
Mon Apr 5, 6:01
PM ET
The head of the
Veterans Affairs health care system resigned Monday amid problems with a
multimillion-dollar computer system the agency was testing at a VA hospital in
Florida.
Retired aircraft carrier to be sunk off Pensacola coast
NEPA
News, PA -4-6-04
Is Baghdad
Burning?
"There is no administration in place, that
is the problem, there is no government to hand over to ..there's no postal
service, no taxation...you cannot drive at night...it is a complete mess...it's
just chaos, anarchy and murder..."
Click below for a BBC audio interview with
two journalists who just returned from Baghdad. Chilling.
Judge for yourself:
Baghdad
April 5 and 6, 2004
Click on pictures for larger
view
Iraqi Shi'ite supporters of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
celebrate near a burning U.S. Army truck in the Shuala neighborhood of Baghdad
April 5, 2004.
A sniper in Iraqi Shiite radical leader Moqtada
al-Sadr's Army of Mehdi militia aims at US troops in Baghdad's Shiite
neighborhood of Sadr City.(AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
A member of Iraqi Shiite radical leader Moqtada
Sadr's Army of Mehdi militia guards Baghdad's Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City.
Dozens of Iraqis and almost 20 coalition troops have been killed as US troops
move against Sunni insurgents...
Risking their lives to save another, Marine Lt.
Jeffrey Goodman and Lance Cpl. Jorge Sanchez of the 2nd Tank Battalion drag a
wounded civilian to safety after he was caught in the midst of battle on the
road to Baghdad...
The only bright spot I
could find in photos from Baghdad
US soldiers from the Stryker Brigade combat
team, 2nd Infantry Division, patrol the centre of Mosul 400 kms north of
Baghdad, as a young boy, carried by his sister waves to them.
Just what Mission did Bush Accomplish?
Email
Dear Lisa,
I want to thank you for the work you do on your site. I am a military wife who
doesn't support Bush. Neither does my husband currently serving in Iraq. (He
says over 70% off his unit will vote Kerry this year!) I have seen conservatives
bend over backwards and around again to avoid the facts regarding Bush's failed
policies and lies. It makes my blood boil. Your site reminds me I am not alone
in my thoughts.
Thank you very much!
Sincerely,
A p*ssed off military wife
(name withheld as other military spouses who have spoken out against Bush has
been threatened)
Thanks for writing. I
am hearing much of the same from many other viewers of this site who are
military related. Thank your husband for me if you can. And thank
you.
"I'll tell you, did you see the guest list?
Meg Ryan, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Anniston, Kevin Costner, Barbra Streisand.
See, that's the difference between the Democrats and Republicans right there.
The Democratic list of stars, it looks like the Oscars. The Republican list of
stars, it looks like a bad episode of Hollywood Squares." Jay Leno
Caption winners contact me at
floridagate2000@yahoo.com
"Several reporters have asked Dick Cheney to
release his entire medical records, 'cause they say voters are concerned about
his health. Yes. Cheney says he won't release his entire medical records, just
volumes 1 through 30." Conan O'Brien
JUST A HEARTBEAT AWAY FROM THE OVAL
OFFICE
Hello,
Our new release, Sonofa Bush, is now available as a free mp3 download and as
a free RealAudio stream at
http://www.sealionrecords.com/newreleases.htm
This song has received airplay on many college and public radio stations
from coast to coast. Feel free to download and share all you want. We're
trying to 'push a message' and NOT trying to 'pull a buck' with this
release.
Take care.
Regime Change USA!
Sincerely,
Brian Benson
Sea Lion Records
Thanks Brian.
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Odd
News
Crikey! Real-Life 'Croc Hunter' Saves Girl
Reuters -
A retired
Australian crocodile hunter saved a young girl from the jaws of a 10-foot
crocodile when he jumped on top of the man-eating reptile and gouged its
eyes, local media said on Tuesday.
Leader Says Gold Teeth Out, White Teeth In...
Reuters -
Turkmenistan's president has
told his people to shun traditional false gold teeth in favor of white ones,
the latest eccentric command after moves to ban beards, ballet and circuses.
Fire and No Buyer for Two Former Clinton Homes
Reuters -
It was a bad
weekend for two Arkansas families in homes once occupied by former U.S.
President Bill Clinton -- one house failed to sell and another caught fire.
Barge Rams Bridge, Deliberately
Reuters -
Mon
Apr 5, 1:11 PM ET
A
1,000-tonbarge rammed into a pier supporting an aging bridge over Florida's
Apalachicola Bay last week, delighting civil engineers, who plan to ram it a
dozen more times.
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Tokyo Cab Reaches NY from Argentina, Meter Running
Reuters -
Mon
Apr 5,10:10 AM ET
When Japanese
actor Gitan Otsuro climbed out of his cab in New York City on Friday, the
meter showed more than 6 million yen ($58,000) -- but he's not planning to
pay the fare.
Woman Swallows Diamond Ring in Florida
A woman
pleaded guilty to swallowing a 1.5 carat diamond ring at a jewelry store and
will serve one year of probation.
Ind. Monks Receive $26 Million Donation
Monks in a
monastery here may have a harder time with their vows of poverty now that
they've got $26 million in spending money.
Cosmo adds spirituality to sex and shoes
Tue Apr 6,
2:16 AM ET
Is this a sign
of the times or what? Cosmopolitan, the glossy bible of sex and shopping for
the single girl, has launched a new monthly column on spirituality.
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"President Bush says in the last month he
has created 300,000 new jobs. Yeah, they're called Kerry campaign workers."
—Craig Kilborn
Bumper Stickers for the Bush 2004
Campaign
Bush/Cheney '04: Four More Wars
Bush/Cheney '04: Leave no billionaire behind
Bush/Cheney '04: Deja-voodoo all over again!
Bush/Cheney '04: Compassionate Colonialism
Bush/Cheney '04: Because the truth just isn't good enough.
Bush/Cheney '04: Making the world a better place, one country at a time.
Bush/Cheney '04: Over a billion Whoppers served.
Bush/Cheney '04: Putting the "con" in conservatism
Bush/Cheney '04: Thanks for not paying attention.
Bush/Cheney '04: The last vote you'll ever have to cast.
Bush/Cheney: Asses of Evil
Don't think. Vote Bush!
George W. Bush: A brainwave away from the presidency (My personal favorite)
George W. Bush: The buck stops Over There
Bush/Cheney '04: This time, elect us!
Sent in by Barry and Linda
Good News
Nader Fails to Make Oregon Ballot
AP -4-6-04
Of all states,
Ralph Nader should have had no trouble getting onto the Oregon presidential
ballot given the support he's had here.
Framework of Clarke's Book Is Bolstered
Washington Post
4-5-04
…The joint
committee's declassified report, released last July, contains dozens of
quotations and references to Clarke's testimony, and none appears to contradict
the former White House counterterrorism chief's testimony last month.
Kerry: Why Can't George Bush Just Tell the Truth About Weapons of
Mass Destruction?
Mon Apr 5, 4:15
PM ET Press release
Following is a
statement of John Kerry for President:
Even with a good telescope you won't come across a sight quite
like this one. It is a familiar object though, the grand stellar nursery known
as the Orion Nebula. But the striking picture combines images taken through
three separate filters, each designed to record different emission lines --
light from sulfur, oxygen, and hydrogen atoms glowing in the tenuous nebular
gas.
In this image, sulfur is red, hydrogen is green, and oxygen is blue, a color
scheme used in images of other astronomical nebulae as well. While very
different from what the eye sees, the image is still both beautiful and
scientifically valuable, tracing elements and conditions within the nearby star
forming region.
From: Astronomy Picture of the Day
Credit & Copyright: Russell Croman
Peace.
