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June 23, 2007
Lockerbie Pan Am Flight 103: Inconvenient Truths
On 31 January 2001, a panel of three Scottish judges convicted a former Libyan intelligence officer for mass murder at Lockerbie.
Lawyers, politicians, diplomats and relatives of Lockerbie victims now believe that the former Libyan intelligence officer is innocent. Robert Black QC, an emeritus professor of Scottish law at Edinburgh University, was one of the architects of the original trial in Holland. He has closely followed developments since the disaster happened and in 2000 devised the non-jury trial system for the al-Megrahi case.
Even before the trial he was so sure the evidence against al-Megrahi would not stand up in court that he is on record as saying that a conviction would be impossible. When I asked how he feels about this remark now, Black replied: ‘I am still absolutely convinced that I am right. No reasonable tribunal, on the evidence heard at the original trial, should or could have convicted him and it is an absolute disgrace and outrage what the Scottish court did.’
Law Firm's "How Not To Hire Americans" Video Sparks Firestorm
A prominent Pittsburgh law firm has become embroiled in a controversy over a video posted on the Internet that depicts one of the firm's lawyers explaining how to work around U.S. laws to obtain visas for foreign employees.
Hamas calls for talks with Abbas's Fatah
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, prime minister of the Palestinian government dismissed by President Mahmoud Abbas, called for power-sharing talks on Saturday with Fatah rivals routed from the Gaza Strip.
Life Undercover as One of DC's Sleaziest Lobbyists
Would you lobby on behalf of a bloodthirsty dictatorship? Some of DC's most prominent lobby firms wouldn't blink.
In Case We Can't Give Up the Cars -- Try 16 Trillion Mirrors
What if we wait too long to act on global warming? What if nothing we do is enough? Already, scientists are working up plans of last resort: stratospheric sprays of sulfur, trillions of orbiting mirrors and thousands of huge off-shore saltwater fountains.
Each is designed to counteract global warming by deliberately deflecting sunlight, rather than by retooling the world's economy to eliminate carbon-rich oil, coal and natural gas.
Democrat Led House Lays Legal Groundwork for Korea Style Bases in Iraq
It seems the Democratic led House of Representatives Thursday approved an amendment that, contrary to the leadership’s intention, lays the legal groundwork for a protracted if not “permanent” U.S. military presence in Iraq.
Iowa's Ed Failor, Jr. Pimps for the NeoCons: June 20th, Try Outs for Corporate Presidential Candidates
Edward D. Failor, Jr., Executive Vice President of Iowans for Tax Relief, and those working with him on the Presidential Forum to take place on June 30th are feverishly ignoring Congressman Ron Paul, the breakout Presidential candidate who is now in undisputed control of the Internet. They obviously fear Paul's participation in the otherwise lackluster line up of candidates to appear at their forum, put on by Iowans for Tax Relief and the Iowa Christian Alliance. Like so many defective Ken Dolls the other candidates mouth slight variations of the NeoCon Line
Antigua & Barbuda goes for US$3 billion in sanctions against the United States
On the same day that Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer and a dozen other Caribbean leaders were talking security and trade with President George Bush in Washington, Antigua & Barbuda filed a claim under the World Trade Organisation Dispute Settlement Understanding against the U.S.
The reason? Antigua is claiming that the U.S. refusal to abide by last month’s WTO ruling in favour of Antigua over online casino gambling is causing harm to the country’s economy and is therefore asking for sanctions against the U.S. totaling US$3.2 Billion per year, primarily through the suspension of Antigua’s copyrights, trademarks, industrial designs and patents obligations.
A jab to halt Alzheimer's could be available within a few years
Vaccine will save patients from worst symptoms of illness
Bush claims oversight exemption too
The White House says the president's own order on classified data does not apply to his office or the vice president's.
Christie blasts Rudy on WTC air
Former Environmental Protection Agency boss Christie Whitman says she urged Ground Zero workers to wear respirators, but then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani blocked her efforts.
She also said city officials didn't want EPA workers wearing haz-mat suits because they "didn't want this image of a city falling apart."
The Hariri case and double standards
U.S. news outlets have forgotten that the preliminary UN inquiry which rushed to publicize suspicions about Syrian guilt collapsed amid confessions of perjury and recanted testimony.
U.S. Corporations Aren't Disclosing Biological Warfare Research Work
A number of major pharmaceutical corporations and biotech firms are concealing the nature of the biological warfare research work they are doing for the U.S. government.
Since their funding comes from the National Institutes of Health, the recipients are obligated under NIH guidelines to make their activities public. Not disclosing their ops raises the suspicion they may be engaged in forbidden kinds of germ warfare research.
Fallujah's Sunnis, Living on Handouts From U.S., Blame Maliki
In a country where just about all public funds come from the central government, Fallujah gets almost none. It's been living on handouts from the nearby U.S. Marine contingent and irregular supplies of power from Iraq's unpredictable electricity grid.
New 9/11 Study Has Direct Links To Government, Pentagon Black Ops
A newly released Purdue University animation showing how fire caused the collapse of the World Trade Center towers on 9/11 claims to be independent but in reality has been federally funded and was conducted by individuals with direct links to the Pentagon and the White House.
Report: IAF preparing for Iran strike
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has been training on long-range flights, including refueling in mid-flight, in preparation for potential strikes against Iranian nuclear targets.
A horror movie come to life
Three Fircrest families receive death threats via cell phone. Even when the phones are off. Even when they get new phones.
Cell phone technology allows remote monitoring of calls, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. Known as a “roving bug,” it works whether a phone is on or off. FBI agents tracking organized crime have used it to monitor meetings among mobsters. Global positioning systems, installed in many cell phones, also make it possible to pinpoint a phone’s location within a few feet.
Appeals court upholds law for DNA samples
An appeals court this week upheld the constitutionality of a law requiring persons convicted in federal courts of non-violent felonies to submit a DNA sample to a national crime database.
Report faults U.S. nuclear arms policy
The only deterrent for some countries from being next on "Washington's hit list" is to have nuclear weapons themselves, a new policy report concludes.
Sentient world: war games on the grandest scale
"SWS provides an environment for testing Psychological Operations (PSYOP)," the paper reads, so that military leaders can "develop and test multiple courses of action to anticipate and shape behaviors of adversaries, neutrals, and partners".
Army Officer Says Gitmo Panels Flawed
An Army officer with a key role in the U.S. military hearings at Guantanamo Bay says they relied on vague and incomplete intelligence and were pressured to declare detainees "enemy combatants," often without any specific evidence.
White House contempt
House Judiciary Committee Democrats warned yesterday they would pursue a contempt of Congress motion if the White House fails respond to subpoenas for testimony and documents related to the firings of U.S. attorneys last year.
Special Operations Prepared for Domestic Missions
Employing special operations for domestic missions sounds very ominous, and NORTHCOM's request earlier this year should receive the closest possible Pentagon and congressional scrutiny. There's only one problem: NORTHCOM is already doing what it has requested permission to do.
Mobile devices ripe targets for spies
Privacy advocates warn that the shift to using handheld devices for email, telephone calls and Internet searches has created a global gold mine for snoops and spies.
Roadside Bombs in Iraq Kill 7 Troops
Roadside bombs killed seven American troops in Iraq on Saturday, including four in a single strike outside Baghdad, the military said, as U.S. and Iraqi troops captured two senior al-Qaida militants in northern Iraq.
All roads leading to Pakistan
By M K Bhadrakumar
Pentagon sends another detainee to Guantanamo
The Pentagon said on Friday it sent a suspected commander of an al Qaeda-affiliated group to the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, increasing detainee ranks at the facility as some U.S. officials in Washington weigh closing it.
WHO issues new tuberculosis strain alert
A new, untreatable form of tuberculosis is striking up to 30,000 people a year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday, and warned it could spark an "apocalyptic scenario" if unchecked.
Robert Fisk: How can Blair possibly be given this job?
Here is a politician who has failed in everything he has ever tried to do in the Middle East
EU leaders reach deal on new treaty
The European Union on Saturday reached agreement on a blueprint for a new treaty of reforms after striking a compromise with Poland following tense all-night talks at a crucial summit.
Scientists and MEPs for a GM free Europe
Wall Street stumbles as subprime worries reemerge
Stocks tumbled on Friday, wrapping up their worst week since a global sell-off in February amid fears that trouble at two Bear Stearns hedge funds may signal worse problems lie ahead for credit markets.
Clinton cites Kurds as potential reason to leave US forces in Iraq
Leading Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton has said that Iraqi Kurds, close U.S. allies in Iraq, could be one reason why Washington may need to leave some troops behind even after fighting ends in the war-torn country.
US nuclear envoy says North Korea showed willingness to shut reactor
A senior US envoy returned from North Korea said it showed readiness to promptly shut down a plutonium-producing reactor the latest sign the communist country may live up to its pledge to stop making nuclear weapons.
Two-year-old 'Matilda' becomes youngest ever girl in Mensa
Georgia has become the youngest female member of Mensa after scoring a genius-rated IQ of 152
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