Tag: corruption
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cheney & gonzales indictment moves forward in south texas
from ap: A Texas judge has set an arraignment for Vice President Dick Cheney, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other officials accused of involvement in prisoner abuse. Presiding Judge Manuel Banales (buh-NAHL’-ehs) said Wednesday he will allow them to waive arraignment or have attorneys present rather than appear in person Friday. Banales also said…
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homeland security’s ‘project shield’ riddled with problems
from cbs2chicago: It’s called Project Shield and will cost you more than $40 million when it’s done, leaving U.S. taxpayers footing the bill for a countywide high-tech surveillance program. So why is the homeland security project busted? Police sources told CBS 2’s Dave Savini that taxpayers got ripped off and that all the cameras and…
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alaska senator ted stevens found guilty of corruption
conviction on 7 felony counts as election loomsfrom reuters: Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska was convicted of corruption on Monday [Oct27], a verdict that could endanger the Republican’s political future and help Democrats expand control of the Senate in the November 4 election. Stevens, 84, was convicted on all seven counts of lying on Senate…
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envirohealth: biodefense, flying syringes & vaccine protests
huge new biodefense lab is dedicated at ft detrick from washington post: The Department of Homeland Security dedicated a massive biodefense laboratory in Frederick yesterday, moving toward the facility’s opening despite questions raised about the risks of deadly pathogens to be studied there. When the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center at Fort Detrick is…
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our political mis-leaders latest bad moves
video: congress ends 9/11 workers’ health care billfrom ny1: Congress has abandoned legislation to provide billions of dollars in health care for September 11th recovery workers. The program would have provided long term care for workers who were at the World Trade Center on or shortly after September 11, 2001 at an estimated cost of…
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military corruption: generals nuked & photos altered
dod names generals punished for nuke errorsfrom danger room: Six generals have been smacked for their involvement in the mishandling of nuclear gear. One got a career-killing “letter of reprimand,” and has “requested retirement.” The other five will likely be barred from future promotion with “letters of admonishment.” … Lt. Gen. Kevin J. Sullivan received…
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police state usa: pandemic drills, cog, corruption & surveillance
‘vigilant guard’ managers put the kaboom in terrorism exercisesfrom national guard bureau: KaBOOM! Exercise managers for the Vigilant Guard homeland security exercise here added realism Sept. 16 by blowing up balloons filled with explosive gas. KaPOW! They tested the balloons today. Tomorrow the noisemakers will prompt police swat teams to move in on a suspected…
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hooker & bribes: interior employees accused in sex & gift scandal
from mcclatchy: Interior Department officials, while handling billions of dollars in oil and gas royalty payments, engaged in illicit sex with industry employees and accepted meals, drinks, ski junkets and golf outings from major oil companies, internal investigators reported Wednesday. Interior Department Inspector General Earl Devaney’s release of three reports (196kb pdf), which stem from…
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gonzales mishandled 18 classified docs on his 1st day
from washington times: The Justice Department’s internal watchdog said Tuesday that former Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales had only been on the job a few hours the first time he mishandled highly classified documents. All told, a report from Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine concluded, Mr. Gonzales failed to properly secure 18 top-secret…
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more minot: lost launch devices, sexual abuse & tampering
3 crew members removed over allegations of sex abuse & equipment tamperingfrom ap: The Air Force says at least three ballistic missile crew members at bases in North Dakota and Montana have been taken off the job while the military investigates allegations ranging from sexual abuse to missing classified components used in underground launch control…
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mccain/palin ’08: and the crowd goes… huh?
alaskan governor sarah palin chosen by mccain as vpfrom wikinews: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has been selected by United States Presidential candidate John McCain as his vice-presidential running-mate… News agencies began reporting Palin as the selection about an hour earlier, citing sources within the McCain campaign. In introducing Palin, McCain said, “I have found the…
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marine corps recruiter arrested; accused of sex with minor
from sacramento bee: A Marine Corps recruiter was arrested Aug. 20 on suspicion of having sex with a minor he met at a job fair, according to authorities. Sgt. Victor Sanchez-Millan, 23, of Stockton faces charges of unlawful sex with a minor and unlawful communication with a minor, according to police and Marine Corps officials.…
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why not minot? north dakota towns unfazed by icbm rocket
from ap: There’s plenty to talk about at the weekly women’s coffee klatch in the small town of Parshall, and no one bothered to mention the unarmed booster rocket for an intercontinental ballistic missile lying in a ditch where an Air Force truck overturned. “We talked about the oil boom, weddings — everything under the…
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philly social workers starve 14yr-old child to death
from philadelphia inquirer: Two Philadelphia social workers were among nine charged yesterday in the death of a Danieal Kelly, a 14-year-old girl who starved to death in 2006, her body eaten by bed sores to the bone. Unveiling a blistering grand jury report today (1.5mb PDF), District Attorney Lynne Abraham blasted the city’s Department of…
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boulder/nist plutonium ‘mishap’ draws stern rebuke
from denver post: A project to enhance the United States’ ability to detect “dirty bombs” went awry at the Boulder campus of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, where dangerous plutonium sources were obtained without management approval and handled by inexperienced and untrained researchers, according to a scathing review released Wednesday. The result, said…