"We do many things at the federal level that would be considered dishonest and illegal if done in the private sector." -Donald T. Regan, New York Times, August 25, 1988 "All warfare is based on deception" -Sun Tzu, "The Art of War" "The bold efforts that the present bank has made to control the government, the distress it has wantonly caused, are but premonitions of the fate which awaits the American people should they be deluded into a perpetuation of this institution. If the people only understood the rank injustice of the money and banking system there would be a revolution before morning. You are a den of vipers and thieves." -Andrew Jackson

Ron Paul: "Be Prepared For The Worst" "A false recovery is under way. I am reminded of the outlook in 1930, when the experts were certain that the worst of the Depression was over and that recovery was just around the corner. The economy and stock market seemed to be recovering, and there was optimism that the recession, like many of those before it, would be over in a year or less. Instead, the interventionist policies of Hoover and Roosevelt caused the Depression to worsen, and the Dow Jones industrial average did not recover to 1929 levels until 1954. I fear that our stimulus and bailout programs have already done too much to prevent the economy from recovering in a natural manner and will result in yet another asset bubble." (Forbes, October 29, 2009)

Chaos for Glory: My Time With ACORN by James O'Keefe "The scenario we posed the ACORN Housing employees in Baltimore is due to the application of similar power tactics. We gave ACORN a taste of its own medicine. ACORN was alleged to be thug-like, criminal, and nefarious. This criminal behavior was evidenced by a video of Baltimore ACORN community organizers breaking the locks on foreclosed homes. Instead of railing against their radicalism, it is best to bring out this type of radicalism. Hannah Giles and I took advantage of ACORN’s regard for thug criminality by posing the most ridiculous criminal scenario we could think of and seeing if they would comply–which they did without hesitation."

Obama Camp Plants "Fake" Doctor to Give Support for Obamacare at Town Hall Meeting "I was reading the Chron’s piece about Sheila Jackson Lee’s town hall, when something caught my eye: One supporter, Dr. Roxana Mayer, a physician who does not live in Jackson Lee’s district, praised the reform plan for overhauling a broken system. "I don’t know what there is in the bill that creates such panic," she said. In this video, Mayer claims to be a general practitioner, eliciting applause and even a hug from Queen Sheila. I’m not sure why, but something didn’t smell right. So my colleagues and I did a little digging, and wouldn’t you know it? Roxana Mayer is, like, totally not a doctor. But she is an Obama campaign volunteer. Our own David Jennings secured a phone interview, in which Mayer admitted to impersonating a physician, saying — get this — she thought it would help her credibility. (It didn’t.) Now here’s where it spins off into a whole new dimension of weird. See the bug-eyed woman seated behind not-doctor Mayer? Look familiar? Yes, that little ray of sunshine, who accompanied Mayer to the meeting, is none other than Maria Isabel, the unhinged moonbat who ran a Barack Obama campaign office, complete with Che Guevara flag." (Lone Star Times, August 13, 2009)

Pentagon Orders Soldier To Be Fired For Challenging Prez "The Department of Defense has compelled a private employer to fire a U.S. Army Reserve major from his civilian job after he had his military deployment orders revoked for arguing he should not be required to serve under a president who has not proven his eligibility for office. According to the CEO of Simtech Inc., a private company contracted by the Defense Security Services, an agency of the Department of Defense, the federal government has compelled the termination of Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook. Cook's attorney, Orly Taitz, wrote in her blog that Simtech CEO Larry Grice said he would try to find another position within the company for Cook, but nothing is currently available. The Department of Defense does contracting in the general field of information technology/systems integration, at which Cook, a senior systems engineer and architect, was employed until taking a military leave of absence on July 10 in preparation for his deployment to Afghanistan. "Grice told plaintiff, in essence, that the situation had become 'nutty and crazy,' and that plaintiff would no longer be able to work at his old position," Taitz wrote. Grice made clear that it was Defense Security Services that had compelled Simtech to fire Cook, Taitz wrote." (World Net Daily, July 15, 2009)

The Fed Reserve Cranks Up Printing Presses, To Attempt Printing More Money To Cover Debt "The Fed is not literally printing money for the economy with this move. It is initially a book entry, as the Fed credits the accounts of the banks it buys bonds from. But in the long run the Fed is creating money, and the threat, exposed in Germany after World War I and more recently in Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe, is a breakout of inflation." (PBS.org, March 18, 2009; Austrailian Business, March 20, 2009; The Age, March 20, 2009; Brisbane Times, March 19, 2009)

Senate Removed The "No-Bonuses" Language From Bailout Bill "A new revelation in the scandal surrounding AIG's decision to pay multi-million dollar bonuses to executives -- a provision that would have restricted companies receiving federal government bailout aid from paying bonuses was quietly stripped from a bill last month." (Raw Story, March 18, 2009)

Implementation Of Civilian Workforce Without Congressional Approval "WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2009 – The Defense Department is forming a civilian expeditionary workforce that will be trained and equipped to deploy overseas in support of military missions worldwide, according to department officials. The intent of the program “is to maximize the use of the civilian workforce to allow military personnel to be fully utilized for operational requirements,” according to a Defense Department statement. Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England signed Defense Department Directive 1404.10, which outlines and provides guidance about the program, on Jan. 23... The directive emphasizes, however, that volunteers be sought first for any expeditionary requirements, before requiring anyone to serve involuntarily or on short notice. Overseas duty tours shall not exceed two years." (Dept. of Defense, American Forces Press Service, January 27, 2009)

Oklahoma House Passes Sovereignty Bill "Oklahoma's House of Representatives is the first legislative body to pass a state sovereignty resolution this year under the terms of the Tenth Amendment. The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed House Joint Resolution 1003 Feb. 18 by a wide margin, 83 to 13, resolving, "That the State of Oklahoma hereby claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States." (World Net Daily, February 24, 2009)

Obama's Tax-Cheat Administration "A Senate committee today abruptly canceled a session to consider President Obama's nomination of Rep. Hilda Solis to be labor secretary in the wake of a report saying that her husband yesterday paid about $6,400 to settle tax liens against his business -- including liens that had been outstanding for as long as 16 years." So, just who in his cabinet DID pay their taxes? (Washington Post, February 5, 2009)

PIGS AT THE TROUGH

"Iraq For Sale" (KBR War Profits)

Trans-Texas Corridor/NAU... Conspiracy Or Not? "Recently, the mass media pundits at CNN and elsewhere have described Ron Paul's claim of a superhighway out of Mexico into the U.S. as Paul's "imagination" and "conspiracy theory". In 2006, U.S., Canadian and Mexican representatives met at the North American Forum in Banff, Alberta, Canada, to continue their ongoing efforts at constructing the NAFTA superhighway (refer also to: NASCO, SPP). Obtained by Judicial Watch, here are the notes from that meeting." (Judicial Watch, NAF meeting date: September 12-14, 2006)

U.S. Politicians Invested Their Own Money In War Contractors "Members of Congress invested nearly 196 million dollars of their own money in companies that receive hundreds of millions of dollars a day from Pentagon contracts to provide goods and services to U.S. armed forces, say nonpartisan watchdog groups... Senator John Kerry, the Democrat from Massachusetts who staked his 2004 presidential bid in part on his opposition to the war, tops the list of investors. His holdings in firms with Pentagon contracts of at least five million dollars stood at between 28.9 million dollars and 38.2 million dollars as of Dec. 31, 2006. Kerry sits on the Senate foreign relations panel... Sen. Jay Rockefeller, the Democrat and former governor of West Virginia who chairs the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, invested some 2.0 million dollars in Pentagon contractors, CRP says." (ipsnews.net, April 7, 2008)

Obama Double-talk... Change?... No, More Of The Same "During the campaign for the Democratic nomination, Obama mocked Clinton’s primary claim that she possessed the necessary foreign policy experience to be president. "What exactly is this foreign policy expertise?", Obama said to reporters in March, while flying from a campaign event in Texas. "Was she negotiating treaties? Was she handling crises? The answer is no." In spite of these doubts, Obama praised Clinton’s credentials Monday, saying she would be able to advance America’s interests due to her knowledge of world affairs and familiarity with world leaders." (CNS News, December 2, 2008)	Obama, Blagojevich, Rezko... The Corruption In Chicago Politics "One fact is beyond dispute. Without the fundraising of his political Godfather, Rezko, Obama's rise to power would not have occurred. However, Rezko was not the pied piper of Hamlin who led Illinois politicians astray. It's the other way around. Without the cooperation of the corrupt government officials, Rezko would not have been able to fund their political campaigns. In Illinois, favored politicians are joined at the hip when it comes to fundraising. For instance, from 1999 through 2006, an analysis by the Chicago Tribune shows Obama took in more than $1.5 million from some 700 people who also contributed to Mayor Daley during his political career. A cursory review of Illinois campaign records shows Allison Davis and his family members giving close to $16,000 to Obama's presidential campaign. The Sun-Times reports that Davis has donated more than $400,000 to dozens of political campaigns, and the top beneficiaries include Mayor Daley, Blagojevich and Obama." (Scoop, April 7, 2008)
BAILOUT TACTIC: USING PORK TO PERSUADE POLITICOS "WASHINGTON - Here, little piggies! Congressional deal-brokers yesterday slopped a mess of pork into the $700 billion financial rescue bill passed by the Senate last night - including a tax break for makers of kids' wooden arrows - in a bid to lure reluctant lawmakers into voting for the package. Stuffed into the 451- page bill are more than $1.7 billion worth of targeted tax breaks to be doled out for a sty full of eyebrow-raising purposes over the next decade. "This is how Washington works," said Keith Ashdown of Taxpayers for Common Sense, a Washington research group. "A big pot of pork is their recipe for final passage." The special provisions include tax breaks for: ---Manufacturers of kids' wooden arrows - $6 million. ---Puerto Rican and Virgin Is- lands rum producers - $192 million. ---Wool research. ---Auto-racing tracks - $128 million. ---Corporations operating in American Samoa - $33 million. ---Small to medium-budget film and television productions - $10 million. Another measure inserted into the bill appears to be a bald-faced bid aimed at winning the support of Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), who voted against the original version when it went down in flames in the House on Monday. That provision - a $223 million package of tax benefits for fishermen and others whose livelihoods suffered as a result of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill - has been the subject of fervent lobbying by Alaska's congressional delegation." (New York Post, October 2, 2008)	Obama's First 100 Days: A Prediction By Pat Buchanan "Swift amnesty for 12 million to 20 million illegal aliens and a drive to make them citizens and register them, as in the Bill Clinton years. This will mean that Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona will soon move out of reach for GOP presidential candidates, as has California... Border security will go on the backburner, and America will have a virtual open border with a Mexico of 110 million... Taxes will be raised on the top 5 percent of wage-earners, who now carry 60 percent of the U.S. income tax burden, and tens of millions of checks will be sent out to the 40 percent of wage-earners who pay no federal income tax. Like the man said, redistribute the wealth, spread it around... A "Freedom of Choice Act" nullifying all state restrictions on abortions will be enacted. America will become the most pro-abortion nation on earth.... The homosexual marriages that state judges have forced California, Massachusetts and Connecticut to recognize, an Obama Congress or Obama court will require all 50 states to recognize..." (Real Clear Politics, October 28, 2008)
U.S. Debt Clock Runs Out Of Digits "The digital counter marks the national debt level, but when that passed the $10 trillion point last month, the sign could not display the full amount. The board was erected to highlight the $2.7 trillion level of debt in 1989. The clock's owners say two more zeros will be added, allowing the clock to record a quadrillion dollars of debt." (BBC News, October 9, 2008)	Building "A More Secure World" Through 32 Billion Dollars In Weapons Sales To Foreign Countries "WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is pushing through a broad array of foreign weapons deals as it seeks to rearm Iraq and Afghanistan, contain North Korea and Iran, and solidify ties with onetime Russian allies. From tanks, helicopters and fighter jets to missiles, remotely piloted aircraft and even warships, the Department of Defense has agreed so far this fiscal year to sell or transfer more than $32 billion in weapons and other military equipment to foreign governments, compared with $12 billion in 2005. The trend, which started in 2006, is most pronounced in the Middle East, but it reaches into northern Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and even Canada, through dozens of deals that senior Bush administration officials say they are confident will both tighten military alliances and combat terrorism. "This is not about being gunrunners," said Bruce S. Lemkin, the Air Force deputy under secretary who is helping to coordinate many of the biggest sales. “This is about building a more secure world."" (New York Times, September 13, 2008)
America Borrows, Iraq Banks Billions "While Washington frets about a record deficit, Iraq has its own financial headache. It has too much money lying around, up to $79 billion in oil money expected by year's end. The disconnect between red-ink Washington and cash-flush Baghdad gets even stranger - and infuriating for American taxpayers. While the United States pours money into rebuilding efforts, Iraq can't be bothered to spend its own money on essentials like water, sewer, power or road systems. The billions in petrodollars are sitting in the bank while U.S. taxpayers continue paying a long-distance infrastructure program that's cost $48 billion since the invasion five years ago." (SF Gate Chronicle, August 8, 2008)	REAL Projected Budget Deficit At Bush Exit = $789 BILLION "The following is a statement by Richard A. Viguerie, Chairman of ConservativeHQ.com, regarding the White House projection of a $482 billion deficit for Fiscal Year 2009: "The White House has issued figures indicating that President Bush and his enablers in Congress will leave his successor with a budget deficit of $482 Billion for Fiscal Year 2009, which is a record. How's that for a legacy? As shocking as this deficit figure is, that's still not the true scope of our budget woes because it excludes $80 billion in war costs and $227 billion borrowed from the Social Security Trust Fund. The real budget deficit is therefore $789 billion. Under accounting trickery that would probably land the top officers of a publicly traded company in jail, the money borrowed from the Social Security Trust Fund -- and spent on anything and everything except Social Security payments -- is not counted towards the budget deficit, although it is part of our $9.49 Trillion National Debt." (Richard A. Viguerie pioneered political direct mail and has been called "one of the creators of the modern conservative movement" (The Nation magazine) and one of the "conservatives of the century" (The Washington Times). His latest book is Conservatives Betrayed: How George W. Bush and Other Big-Government Republicans Hijacked the Conservative Cause (Bonus Books), which, Jerome Corsi wrote in WorldNetDaily, is "destined to become a classic of conservative thinking" and "may be the most important conservative book written in the last quarter century.)" (Marketwatch.com, July 29, 2008)
Iraq "Super-Embassy" Cloaked In Mystery... "To Be Completed" In 2007? "The 5,500 Americans and Iraqis working at the embassy, almost half listed as security, are far more numerous than at any other U.S. mission worldwide. They rarely venture out into the Red Zone, that is, violence-torn Iraq. This huge American contingent at the center of power has drawn criticism. The presence of a massive U.S. embassy by far the largest in the world co-located in the Green Zone with the Iraqi government is seen by Iraqis as an indication of who actually exercises power in their country, the International Crisis Group, a European-based research group, said in one of its periodic reports on Iraq." (MSNBC, April 14, 2006)	Iraq "Super-Embassy" Opens ""It is a symbol of occupation for the Iraqi people, that is all," says Anouar, a Baghdad graduate student who thought it was risk enough to give her first name. "We see the size of this embassy and we think we will be part of the American plan for our country and our region for many, many years." The 104-acre, 21-building enclave – the largest US Embassy in the world, similar in size to Vatican City in Rome – is often described as a "castle" by Iraqis, but more in the sense of the forbidden and dominating than of the alluring and liberating." (Christian Science Monitor, April 24, 2008)
Iraqi Lawmakers Say U.S. Demanding 58 Permanent Military Bases "The points that were put forth by the Americans were more abominable than the occupation," said Jalal al Din al Saghir , a leading lawmaker from the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq . "We were occupied by order of the Security Council ," he said, referring to the 2004 Resolution mandating a U.S. military occupation in Iraq at the head of an international coalition. "But now we are being asked to sign for our own occupation. That is why we have absolutely refused all that we have seen so far." Other conditions sought by the United States include control over Iraqi air space up to 30,000 feet and immunity from prosecution for U.S. troops and private military contractors." (McClatchy Newspapers, June 9, 2008)	Where's Iraqi Oil Money? ""We believe that it has been overwhelmingly U.S. taxpayer money that has funded Iraq reconstruction over the last five years, despite Iraq earning billions of dollars in oil revenue over that time period that have ended up in non-Iraqi banks," wrote the senators, who are their party's top members on the Armed Services Committee. Using numbers from the U.S. State Department and Iraqi Oil Ministry, the senators said Iraq hopes to produce 2.2 million barrels of oil a day this year. Weekly averages suggest that the number has climbed as high as 2.51 million barrels a day. That kind of oil production could earn Iraq a projected $56.4 billion this year, an estimate the senators say is low given the rising cost of crude. "In essence, we believe that Iraq will accrue at least $100.0 billion in oil revenues in 2007 and 2008," the letter said." (CNN.com, 2008)
News Media "Analysts" Groomed By The Pentagon And With Ties To Defense Contracting Firms "A Times report examining ties between the Bush administration and former senior officers who acted as paid TV analysts said they got private briefings, trips and access to classified intelligence meant to influence their comments... Many of the commentators also have ties to military contractors who are vested in U.S. war efforts, but those business links are seldom disclosed to viewers, and sometimes not even to the networks on which they appear, the newspaper said." (MSNBC, April 20, 2008)	Border Enforcement Pulled For Six Months "The state said there will be a six month gap of vulnerability at the border when feds pull National Guard troops. State homeland security said the National Guard on the border will leave in July, six months earlier than expected. Officials said border agents won’t take over until December at the earliest, leaving more than 180 miles of border virtually unwatched." (KOB TV, March 7, 2008)
More on Obama's 845 BILLION Dollar UN Bill (Where Does McCain Stand On This Earmark?) "Some of the politicians on Capitol Hill regularly and sometimes secretly attach costly "earmarks" to bills to benefit special interests. Since Senator John McCain says he wants to eliminate those earmarks, he should start with the Barack Obama bill, the Global Poverty Act (S. 2344), which itself is a vastly expanded form of earmark. It commits the U.S. to spending $845 billion to eradicate poverty in the rest of the world. McCain could vote on the bill fairly soon because it could come up for a full Senate vote at any time. Where does he stand on it?" (Accuracy In Media, February 20, 2008)	Bush's Executive Orders - For The Record A listing of George Bush's record of executive orders which create government authority to eliminate private property and individual freedoms. (Freedom Watch, March 4, 2008)
The President Who Could Not Keep His Word "...for the third year in a row, Mr. Bush has proposed the complete elimination of the Federal traumatic Brain Injury Program. The program "provides grants to state agencies and [other organizations] to improve access to health and other services for individuals with traumatic brain injury and their families." Susan Connors, president and CEO of the Brain Injury Association of America described the omission as "deeply disappointing" and went on to say that "President Bush just doesn't get it." Those two examples are not the only ones in which veterans who have withstood the onslaught from the enemy in Iraq have to defend themselves from the onslaught of the wolf in the White House parading in sheep's clothing." (counterpunch.org, February 18, 2008)	Obama's Plan For UN-USA Government: 845 Billion (U.S.) Dollars to UN For World Poverty "Sen. Barack Obama, perhaps giving America a preview of priorities he would pursue if elected president, is rejoicing over the Senate committee passage of a plan that could end up costing taxpayers billions of dollars in an attempt to reduce poverty in other nations. The bill, called the Global Poverty Act, is the type of legislation, "We can – and must – make … a priority," said Obama, a co-sponsor." (WND, February 14, 2008)
Obama Pushes Bill That Would Mandate Global Tax "Presidential frontrunner Barack Obama is pushing a bill that will lead to the implementation of a UN global tax, costing the U.S. at least $845 billion dollars over thirteen years in the name of fighting worldwide poverty, as well as banning "small arms and light weapons". (blacklistednews.com, February 14, 2008)	Bush Administration Hides Data... Shuts Down Gov Economic Website "The Bush administration’s latest move is to simply hide the data. Forbes has awarded EconomicIndicators.gov one of its “Best of the Web” awards... Yet the Bush administration has decided to shut down this site because of “budgetary constraints,” effective March 1." (Think Progress, February 13, 2008)
Bush Makes Privacy Board Vanish "The Bush administration has failed to nominate any candidates to a newly empowered privacy and civil-liberties commission. This leaves the board without any members, even as Congress prepares to give the Bush administration extraordinary powers to wiretap without warrants inside the United States." (Wired, February 4, 2008)	Iraq Oil Money Piles Up In NYC Fed Reserve Bank "Increased Iraqi oil revenues stemming from high prices and improved security are piling up in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York rather than being spent on needed reconstruction projects..." (Washington Times, January 30, 2008)
CBS Falsifies Iraq War History "But none of that reality is part of the history that Americans are supposed to know. The officially sanctioned U.S. account, as embraced by Bush in speech after speech, is that Saddam Hussein “chose war”..." (consortiumnews.com, January 28, 2008)	$70 Billion More... $691 Billion Total "...to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and related operations for part of the 2009 fiscal year..." (Reuters, January 29, 2008)
Rumsfeld Reappears "Rightly or wrongly, the Pentagon was accused of creating a propaganda office. Now, the former defense secretary has a bigger vision: he is advocating a "21st century agency for global communications..." (Wired, January 23, 2008)	Pre-emptive Nuclear Strike Strategy "The west must be ready to resort to a pre-emptive nuclear attack to try to halt the "imminent" spread of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction..." (The Guardian, January 22, 2008)
Two Writers, Opposite Political Leanings, Write "End" For America "Pat Buchanan is too patriotic to come right out and say it, but the message of his new book, 'Day of Reckoning', is that America as we have known her is finished. Moreover, Naomi Wolf agrees with him." (Online Journal, November 27, 2007)	Wounded Vets Must Pay Back Part of Signing Bonuses "To get people to sign up, the military gives enlistment bonuses up to $30,000 in some cases. Now men and women who have lost arms, legs, eyesight, hearing and can no longer serve are being ordered to pay some of that money back." (KDKA, Channel 2, Pittsburgh, November 19, 2007)
Sensitive Guantánamo Bay Manual Leaked "...The manual also includes instructions on how to use military dogs to intimidate prisoners." (Wired, November 14, 2007)	GTMO SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) "The 238-page document, "Camp Delta Standard Operating Procedures," is dated March 28, 2003. It is unclassified, but designated "For Official Use Only." It hit the web last Wednesday on Wikileaks.org." (GTMO-SOP)
Illegals Eligible For FEMA Disaster Aid "PASADENA, Calif. -- People who are not U.S. citizens may be eligible for disaster assistance through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) following the California wildfires that began in October." (FEMA website, November 2, 2007)	New York Governor Caves On Illegals Licenses "However, Spitzer acknowledged that "you don't need a stethoscope to hear the heartbeat of the public," saying he had concluded that opposition to his plan would have doomed it." (CNN, November 14, 2007)
Arms Makers Winning War on Terror "Northrop Grumman, maker of aircraft carriers, submarines and bombers, increased profits 62 per cent to $US489 million..." (Sydney Morning Herald, November 4, 2007)	Bomb Parts Undetected By Airport Screeners "The investigators succeeded in passing through TSA checkpoints undetected with components for making improvised explosive devices (IED) and improvised incendiary devices (IID)." (CBS News, November 14, 2007)
Ron Paul on Unconstitutional "Hate Speech" Legislation "The legislation defines a hate crime as an act of violence committed against an individual because of the victim’s race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. Federal hate crime laws violate the Tenth Amendment’s limitations on federal power. Hate crime laws may also violate the First Amendment guaranteed freedom of speech and religion by criminalizing speech federal bureaucrats define as "hateful"." (house.gov/paul, May 7, 2007)	What's Good for the Soldiers is Good for the Diplomats! "The usually staid corridors of the U.S. State Department erupted Wednesday with the sounds of a diplomatic revolt over a management decision to force foreign service officers to take jobs in Iraq under threat of dismissal." (Globe and Mail, November 1, 2007)
Chalabi- Iraqi Crook "Before the US invasion of Iraq in March 2003, Chalabi was a primary merchant of bogus intelligence that inflated the country's weapons capabilities and ties to terrorists. His top customers were the White House, Pentagon and American journalists. Most surprising, perhaps is his alleged associations with Iran. According to a 2004 report in the UK Guardian, US intelligence has "hard evidence" that Chalabi passed US secrets to Iran." (Raw Story, October 29, 2007)	Petraeus Pimps for Chalabi Support "For Petraeus to proudly introduce troops to Chalabi is particularly unfitting, considering that Chalabi has repeatedly put the lives of U.S. troops in danger in Iraq." (Think Progress, October 31, 2007)
Bush Suspends Habeus Corpus "Habeas corpus is the legal principle that is the foundation of Anglo-American freedom. It prevents the government from picking up a person and holding him indefinitely without charge. Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler were not constrained by habeas corpus. They were able to declare millions of people "enemies" and send them off to death camps." (Lew Rockwell, March 24, 2004)	Gonzales Says Habeus Corpus "Not Guaranteed" by Constitution "...critics on both ends of the ideological spectrum said the attorney general was claiming a broader and more chilling power." (San Francisco Chronicle, January 24, 2007)
FEMA's fake press conference "Real reporters were only notified 15 minutes in advance, so all they could reasonably do was call in to a conference line. But the line was set to "listen-only" mode, so asking questions was out of the question. Only the people there- a group consisting almost entirely of FEMA public affairs employees- could grill FEMA representatives." (Time, October 28, 2007)	Diebold Inter-Office Memos During the 2004 election, these memos were inadvertently made available by Diebold personnel, by mistake, on the internet. In them, the flaws in the voting machines are discussed by the employees of Diebold. A cease-and-desist order was initiated by Diebold, to prevent the exposure of the flawed machines. Through a masive networking of publication by concerned citizens, the order was not effective nor, in the end, enforced. Here are the memos. (swarthmore.edu server)
	The Galling Arrogance of Mexico "The gall of this government, inserting itself into American politics to aid and abet lawbreaking by its citizens. Really, it takes one's breath away. Would Mexico dare tolerate this sort of activity by U.S. diplomats? If the White House had any spine, it would call in the Mexican ambassador and demand that his government cease and desist this behavior incompatible with diplomatic status." (Dallas Morning News, October 7, 2007)