Subject: CIA chiefs face arrest over horrific evidence
of bloody 'video-game' sorties by drone pilots
News Updates from Citizens for Legitimate Government
21 Oct 2012
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CIA chiefs face arrest over horrific
evidence of bloody 'video-game' sorties by drone pilots 20
Oct 2012 - The Mail on Sunday today reveals shocking new evidence of the full
horrific impact of US drone attacks in Pakistan. A damning dossier assembled
from exhaustive research into the strikes' targets sets out in heartbreaking
detail the deaths of teachers, students and Pakistani policemen. It also
describes how bereaved relatives are forced to gather their loved ones'
dismembered body parts in the aftermath of strikes. Filed in two separate court
cases, it is set to trigger a formal murder investigation by police into the
roles of two US officials said to have ordered the strikes. They are Jonathan Banks, former head
of the Central Intelligence Agency's Islamabad station, and John A. Rizzo, the
CIA's former chief lawyer.
Obama prepares protracted Afghanistan
occupation 20 Oct 2012 - With the US presidential election
little more than two weeks away, the Obama administration is quietly preparing
to keep tens of thousands of troops in Afghanistan. These preparations, little
noted in the corporate media, are unfolding even as Obama and his running mate,
Vice President Joseph Biden, tell voters that the 11-year-old war is to end in
2014. [There's your
lesser evil for you. -- MDR]
No habeas corpus for non-Afghans in
American courts: US judge 20 Oct 2012 - A US federal judge
says non-Afghan prisoners held by the US military in Afghanistan cannot
challenge their imprisonment and seek freedom in American courts. On Friday, US
District Judge John Bates rejected arguments by lawyers for so-called
third-country detainees at the Bagram Air Base, located 11 kilometers (7 miles)
southeast of the city of Charikar in Afghanistan's Parwan province, that new
circumstances and evidence allowed them to pursue habeas corpus petitions in
American courts.
Israeli naval vessels take control of
Gaza boat 20 Oct 2012 - Israeli troops on Saturday
commandeered a Gaza-bound ship that tried to break through Israel's blockade of
the Hamas-ruled seaside strip, the military said. European lawmakers and other
pro-Palestinian activists aboard did not resist, and the Finnish-flagged vessel
was diverted to an Israeli port. The trip by the ship, Estelle, marked the
latest challenge to the air, land and sea embargo of Gaza that Israel imposed after
the militant Hamas group seized the territory in 2007.
U.S. Officials Say Iran Has Agreed to
Nuclear Talks 21 Oct 2012 - The United States and Iran have
agreed for the first time to one-on-one negotiations over Iran's [alleged]
nuclear program, according to Obama administration officials, setting the stage
for what could be a last-ditch diplomatic effort to avert a military strike on
Iran. Iranian officials have insisted that the talks wait until after the
presidential election, a senior administration official said, telling their American
counterparts that they want to know with whom they would be negotiating.
12 killed, 50 wounded in separate
attacks in Iraq 20 Oct 2012 - At least twelve people have
been killed and 50 others have been injured in separate bombings and shooting
incidents across Iraq. An Interior Ministry official, speaking on condition of
anonymity, said eight people were killed and 49 others wounded when twin bombs
went off in quick succession in the Baab al-Darwazah market area in Baghdad’s
northern neighborhood of Kadhimiyah on Saturday, AFP reported. Police said most
of the victims were women and children.
US to Turn Over Emails in Manning Case
18 Oct 2012 - A U.S. judge ordered prosecutors Wednesday to hand over hundreds
of emails by officers overseeing the detention of WikiLeaks suspect Pvt.
Bradley Manning, who has alleged he suffered mistreatment at a Marine Corps
brig. Lawyers for Manning, a U.S. Army private accused of passing a trove of
secret government documents to the WikiLeaks website, had asked for the emails
to bolster their argument that the soldier suffered illegal treatment when he
was held at the Quantico Marine base in Virginia starting in 2010. At a
pre-trial hearing at Fort Meade, Md., Judge Denise Lind said more than 600
emails withheld by prosecutors should be handed over to the defense.
No-Fly List Strands Man on Island in
Hawaii 20 Oct 2012 - Hawaii is a paradise for most
visitors. But it was Wade Hicks Jr.'s prison for five days. The 34-year-old
from Gulfport, Miss., was stranded in the islands this week after being told he
was on the FBI's no-fly list during a layover for a military flight from
California to Japan. The episode left Hicks scrambling to figure out how he'd
get home from Hawaii without being able to fly. Then he was abruptly removed
from the list on Thursday with no explanation.
U.S. dumps deadly vaccines on public while prepping for their next
pandemic-for-profit: Flu vaccine clinics provide emergency
training 20 Oct 2012 - San Joaquin Public Health officials
staged a mass vaccination exercise as part of their emergency response training
in the event of a biological threat or epidemic. By offering free seasonal
influenza shots, health officials were able to attract close to 400 members of
the general public to two staging areas Friday morning. "We would use a
mass vaccination clinic in case there was a vaccine that needed to get out to
the community very quickly. Using point of dispensing is more appropriate to an
anthrax attack for a defined portion of the community, where you need to get it
out quickly - also antivirals and antibiotics that you need to get out in a
hurry that the private sector is not prepared to handle," said emergency
preparedness coordinator Roberto Alaniz, who is also senior deputy director of
San Joaquin County Public Health Services.
Utah Newspaper Endorsement Slams Mitt
Romney 19 Oct 2012 - In a blow to Republican presidential
nominee Mitt Romney, Utah's largest newspaper today slammed his candidacy and
endorsed President Obama instead. Despite being credited for saving the Salt
Lake City Winter Olympics and making Utah his home at one time, the Salt Lake
City Tribune said
that the state's "favorite adopted son," Romney, has become "the
party's shape-shifting nominee." "In considering which candidate to
endorse, the Salt Lake Tribune editorial board had hoped that Romney would
exhibit the same talents for organization, pragmatic problem-solving and
inspired leadership that he displayed here more than a decade ago," the
editorial board wrote. "Instead, we have watched him morph into a friend
of the far right, then tack toward the center with breathtaking aplomb." [So a right-wing paper slams Romney and
endorses Obama. That should tell you as much about Obama as it does about
Romney. -- MDR]
Tribune endorsement: Too Many Mitts --Obama has earned
another term (The Salt Lake Tribune) 19 Oct 2012 - Sadly, it is not the only
[Mitt] Romney, as his campaign for the White House has made abundantly clear,
first in his servile courtship of the tea party in order to win the nomination,
and now as the party’s shape-shifting nominee. From his embrace of the party’s
radical right wing, to subsequent portrayals of himself as a moderate champion
of the middle class, Romney has raised the most frequently asked question of
the campaign: "Who is this guy, really, and what in the world does he truly
believe?" The evidence suggests no clear answer, or at least one that
would survive Romney’s next speech or sound bite. Politicians routinely tailor
their words to suit an audience. Romney, though, is shameless, lavishing vastly
diverse audiences with words, any words, they would trade their votes to hear.
[Yes, Obama has served
the corporate, military and imperialist ruling elite well. He has earned
another term serving them. -- MDR.]
Language warning: Scott Brown Supporter From Ad Calls
Elizabeth Warren 'D*****bag,' Obama a 'Muslim' On Facebook
19 Oct 2012 - Scott Brown recently got in hot water for falsely
claiming that his Senate race opponent, Elizabeth Warren, was using paid
actors in her commercials... In a television advertisement running as recently
this week, Sen. Scott Brown's (R-Mass.) reelection campaign featured a union
construction worker whose publicly accessible Facebook page is riddled with
insults against Brown's Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren and President
Barack Obama. On one post made in August, well before Brown's ad appeared, the
worker, George Patriarca, calls Warren a "DOUCHEBAG." On another he
labels the president a "faggot," and on a third he says, "there
is a Muslim in the White House."
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