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please disregard most of my post, as I should have Disregard name line. Please disregard....this post is not Disregard this repeat. Why the quotation marks? That's what I'm talking about....Thank you question marks...sm 9/11 Panel Gives Gov't Poor Marks on Reform 9/11 Panel Gives Gov't Poor Marks on Reform
By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press
More than four years after the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. intelligence agencies
In interviews Friday, members of the former Sept. 11 commission said the government should receive a dismal grade for its lack of urgency in
The 10-member, bipartisan commission disbanded after issuing 41
Overall, the government has performed not very well, said former commission
Before 9-11, both the Clinton and Bush administrations said they had And again it seems that the safety of the American
A spokesman at the Homeland Security Department declined to comment until the
Congress established the commission in 2002 to investigate government
Among the main concerns, which former Democratic commissioner Timothy Roemer
_The United States is not doing enough to ensure that foreign nations are
We've seen that Osama bin Laden likes to do spectacular things, said Roemer,
_Police, firefighters, medics and other first responders still lack
Congress last year approved spending nearly $1 billion on interoperable
_Both the Bush administration and Congress have continued to distribute
The House and Senate have been unable this year to agree on a funding formula
Kean said information-sharing gaps among turf-conscious federal intelligence
Moreover, expanded governmental powers to seek out terror-related
A bright spot in the government's performance is the creation of a national
Generally, the grades range all the way from A to F, Kean said.
Still, No parent would be happy with this report card, said former Democratic
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Rep. Dingell Marks 50 Years in House Rep. Dingell Marks 50 Years in House Andrea Seabrook
At age 79, Rep. John Dingell is known for his prickly demeanor and blunt words, which have earned him respect. Rep. Dingell's Web Site
Morning Edition , December 13, 2005 · John Dingell (D-MI) marks 50 years in the House on Tuesday. Only two others in history have served longer.
Dingell came to Congress in December 1955, when he won a special election to replace his late father. Dingell speaks fondly of working on massive, important legislation he helped shepherd through Congress, including Medicare, food stamps, student loans, consumer product protection and the Endangered Species Act.
There are a few disappointments, Dingell says. In every single Congress for the last 50 years, he has introduced a bill to create a national health care system -- and it has never passed. The Patient's Bill of Rights he championed in the 1990s also failed. And now, with Republicans in control of the House, Senate and White House, Dingell worries they're dismantling the earlier work of his career.
But you have your choice between sitting back and being depressed and letting it go forward, or standing and fighting, he says. I choose the second course.
Newspaper Marks 1000 Days of Iraq War with Key Stats Newspaper Marks 1000 Days of Iraq War with Key Stats By E&P Staff Published: December 13, 2005 10:30 AM ET NEW YORK To mark what it called the 1000 Days of the Iraq war, the London daily The Independent offered extensive coverage today, featuring a by-the-numbers approach.
Verrry boring. Antifeminist women easy marks Red Cross CEO After a very quick Google search, I found this, which indicates a salary of "roughly $149,000." (I personally thought the number would be much higher, but not as high as multi-million bonuses, etc. that we're paying for Wall Street to have.) And as far as Pelosi, she should ride commercial, just like everyone else, IMHO.
Even though some our users have clearly expressed their discontent compensation
http://blog.charitynavigator.org/2008/08/charity-navigators-2008-ceo.html
Also known as the Cross of Nero sm climb off your cross this politically correct horsesh*t is a joke - get all self-righteous
I think McCain's goose egg is brown and probably still resides in his flaccid diaper - go cry about that
I agree with you Big Bad, there is a lot of cross-over (sm) International Red Cross
Red Cross Described 'Torture' at CIA Jails
Secret Report Implies That U.S. Violated International Law
The International Committee of the Red Cross concluded in a secret report that the Bush administration's treatment of al-Qaeda captives "constituted torture," a finding that strongly implied that CIA interrogation methods violated international law, according to newly published excerpts from the long-concealed 2007 document.
The report, an account alleging physical and psychological brutality inside CIA "black site" prisons, also states that some U.S. practices amounted to "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment." Such maltreatment of detainees is expressly prohibited by the Geneva Conventions.
The findings were based on an investigation by ICRC officials, who were granted exclusive access to the CIA's "high-value" detainees after they were transferred in 2006 to the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The 14 detainees, who had been kept in isolation in CIA prisons overseas, gave remarkably uniform accounts of abuse that included beatings, sleep deprivation, extreme temperatures and, in some cases, waterboarding, or simulating drowning.
At least five copies of the report were shared with the CIA and top White House officials in 2007 but barred from public release by ICRC guidelines intended to preserve the humanitarian group's strict policy of neutrality in conflicts. A copy of the report was obtained by Mark Danner, a journalism professor and author who published extensive excerpts in the April 9 edition of the New York Review of Books, released yesterday. He did not say how he obtained the report.
"The ill-treatment to which they were subjected while held in the CIA program, either singly or in combination, constituted torture," Danner quoted the report as saying.
Many of the details of alleged mistreatment at CIA prisons had been reported previously, but the ICRC report is the most authoritative account and the first to use the word "torture" in a legal context.
The CIA declined to comment. A U.S. official familiar with the report said, "It is important to bear in mind that the report lays out claims made by the terrorists themselves."
Often using the detainee's own words, the report offers a harrowing view of conditions at the secret prisons, where prisoners were told they were being taken "to the verge of death and back," according to one excerpt. During interrogations, the captives were routinely beaten, doused with cold water and slammed head-first into walls. Between sessions, they were stripped of clothing, bombarded with loud music, exposed to cold temperatures, and deprived of sleep and solid food for days on end. Some detainees described being forced to stand for days, with their arms shackled above them, wearing only diapers.
"On a daily basis . . . a collar was looped around my neck and then used to slam me against the walls of the interrogation room," the report quotes detainee Tawfiq bin Attash, also known as Walid Muhammad bin Attash, as saying. Later, he said, he was wrapped in a plastic sheet while cold water was "poured onto my body with buckets." He added: "I would be wrapped inside the sheet with cold water for several minutes. Then I would be taken for interrogation."
ICRC officials did not dispute the authenticity of the excerpts, but a spokesman expressed dismay over the leak of the material. "We regret information attributed to the ICRC report was made public in this manner," spokesman Bernard Barrett said.
"The ICRC has been visiting the detainees formerly held by the CIA," he added, "at Guantanamo since 2006. Any concerns or observations the ICRC had when visiting the detainees are part of a confidential dialogue."
President George W. Bush acknowledged the use of coercive interrogation tactics on senior al-Qaeda captives detained by the CIA in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, but he insisted that the measures complied with U.S. and international law. Former CIA director Michael V. Hayden confirmed last year that the measures included the use of waterboarding on three captives before 2003.
President Obama outlawed such practices within hours of his inauguration in January. But Obama has expressed reluctance to conduct a legal inquiry into the CIA's policies.
The report gives a graphic account of the treatment of Zayn al-Abidin Muhammed Hussein, better known as Abu Zubaida, a Saudi-born Palestinian who was the first alleged senior al-Qaeda operative seized after Sept. 11 -- a characterization of his role that is disputed by his attorneys, who describe him as having a different philosophy of jihad than bin Laden.
Abu Zubaida was severely wounded during a shootout in March 2002 at a safe house he ran in Faisalabad, Pakistan, and survived thanks to CIA-arranged medical care, including multiple surgeries. After he recovered, Abu Zubaida describes being shackled to a chair at the feet and hands for two to three weeks in a cold room with "loud, shouting type music" blaring constantly, according to the ICRC report. He said that he was questioned two to three hours a day and that water was sprayed in his face if he fell asleep.
At some point -- the timing is unclear from the New York Review of Books report -- Abu Zubaida's treatment became harsher. In July 2002, administration lawyers approved more aggressive techniques.
Abu Zubaida said interrogators wrapped a towel around his neck and slammed him into a plywood wall mounted in his cell. He was also repeatedly slapped in the face, he said. After the beatings, he was placed in coffinlike wooden boxes in which he was forced to crouch, with no light and a restricted air supply, he said.
"The stress on my legs held in this position meant my wounds both in my leg and stomach became very painful," he told the ICRC.
After he was removed from a small box, he said, he was strapped to what looked like a hospital bed and waterboarded. "A black cloth was then placed over my face and the interrogators used a mineral bottle to pour water on the cloth so that I could not breathe," Abu Zubaida said.
After breaks to allow him to recover, the waterboarding continued.
"I struggled against the straps, trying to breathe, but it was hopeless," he said. "I though I was going to die."
This is a hoot... Just click on the different I sent a rather generous check to the Red Cross. How much did you contribute?
Don't cross a bridge that isn't built yet, if ever That's the average salary, not the Red Cross Click on the link that is posted not necessarily point and click - Okay, don't click a link - type in the URL. (sm) Silver Linings and a Cross of Gold Why some people love Bush and Israel so much.
http://harpers.org/rapture-ready-20060718001.html
I've been lurking on the other board (after learning quickly not to post there any more), and they also confirm the end is near. I can almost understand why some would be so excited about the end of the world after 6 years of Bush. It almost even looks good to me.
That teacher also burned a cross into a student's arm. "...go to court AGAINST a Christian who wants to wear a cross" click on the link previous post It's alive, it's alive..Why, Dr. Frankenstein, it's alive!
And BTW, I'm crushed that you hate me, but you don't have to click on my posts ....sm And BTW, I'm crushed that you hate me, but you don't have to click on my posts ....sm I don't click on links people provide because my System error....click for details...(sm) You can click on any of the brown places in the post and it will take you to the link.nm to listen to this video, click on the red check mark Can't get pictures to come in, sorry. MORE FAMILY PICTURES OF THE NEW FIRST FAMILY??
Barak, left, and himself, middle, and an unidentified friend in his shop in eastern Kenya .
Barack has stated his support for Luo Raila Odinga (Opposition Leader in
The pictures say it all. The only arrogance I see is the arrogance oozing from Barrack Obama.......and oozing from Pelosi.
Pictures removed. Oh you've seen pictures!!! Well, there's the proof then!!!!
I think Lamont won a primary in a state where if I'm not mistaken tends to be a blue state. I think there's still and election to be held. He'll probably win, because as you stated above. If a state tends to go Democrat or Republican they will tend to go that way again. I believe the polarization has reached such a point that the liberal states will become even more left, and the right states will become more right. There were a few pesky little states in the presidential election that went to republicans that usually go to democrats, but presidential elections are not always cut and dry like Senate and House elections tend to be.
Yes, I scrolled through the pictures... Yes, if you look at the pictures of the rally..... Postings and pictures. (sm) I have just removed and banned a poster over tasteless, and obviously altered, pictures of the President-elect.
We are not going to engage in that kind of posting here about any official. If you have any questions or issues with this, you can discuss it with me via email.
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Those are good pictures. yes, I agree, it is said that the pictures Hmm, pictures I saw showed her children there with her. I have pictures of O being brought up in Kenya I saw a lot of pictures and to me it looked just like the convention, Yes, but it was not going to be discussed and your pictures posted on the internet... They are nice boys. Learn how to post pictures. nm Next time, make the effort to remove the pictures. SM They don't come out. Also, the colors obscure the names of the people who made the quotes making them worthless. How is one to argue about who said the quote if you can't read it.
Gary Muchler - hope the pictures post Gary Muchler
Just a thought, but instead of assaulting peaceful protestors perhaps Gary could sign up for the military. He loves the war, he's already got the camo pants (which the Army would be delighted to show him how to belt properly), and he'd get into shape right quick. C'mon Gary, sign up today!
Gary joins the elite ranks of the Pro-War Rogues' Gallery, which features previous honorees The Unknown Patriot:
...and of course, Morans Guy:
That reminded me of Putin's staged pictures with the tigers.
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