October 2006
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BBC Newsnight: Yahoo caught providing information against Bloggers in China
Imagine a knock on the door after you have been on the internet, blogging, and the next moment you are under arrest. Not the latest BBC drama - but a real life one. Amnesty International today (27th October 2006) launched a campaign in defence of internet bloggers in many countries - including China, Tunisia and Iran who have been arrested for expressing views which have upset their governments.
But how have they been tracked down? It turns out that they have been turned in by major internet providers such as Yahoo and Microsoft, who have supplied foreign governments with the information they need to pursue them. We'll be asking these companies whether they believe in free speech.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/6092826.stm
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: "Call to Bloggers" to stand up for freedom ahead of world meeting on future of Internet
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGPOL300552006
Cheney Admits KSM Was Tortured
The 9/11 Commission never interviewed KSM, nor his interrogators, and could not corroborate his alleged testimony. Now Cheney admits KSM was tortured. How reliable is most of the info in chapters 5 and 7 of the 9/11 Commission Report?
Cheney Admits Water Torture of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Scott Hennen: And terrorist interrogations and that debate is another example. And I've had people call and say, please, let the Vice President know that if it takes dunking a terrorist in water, we're all for it, if it saves American lives. Again, this debate seems a little silly given the threat we face, would you agree?
The Vice President: I do agree. And I think the terrorist threat, for example, with respect to our ability to interrogate high value detainees like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, that's been a very important tool that we've had to be able to secure the nation. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed provided us with enormously valuable information about how many there are, about how they plan, what their training processes are and so forth, we've learned a lot. We need to be able to continue that.
Philip Zelikow: Good Cop, Says NY Times
A delicious piece of propaganda from the NY Times today. Apparently, Philip Zelikow, the executive director of the 9/11 Commission, is really the+good+cop to Cheney's bad cop. The premise for the article is that Zelikow has been expressing the views of Condoleezza Rice recently, and those views contradict certain White House positions on torture and intelligence.
For example, one of his memos "described the potential for Iraq to become a 'catastrophic failure.' Another, among several that have come to light in recent weeks, was an early call for changes in a detention policy that many in the State Department believed was doing tremendous harm to the United States.
Others have proposed new diplomatic initiatives toward North Korea and the Middle East, and one went as far as to call for a reconsideration of the phrase 'war on terror' because it alienated many Muslims — an idea that quickly fizzled after opposition from the White House."
In terms of 9/11, this depiction of Zelikow attempts to distance him from his role as White House insider and cover-up artist; at one point, the Times speculates over Zelikow being "an in-house contrarian." The idea that Zelikow opposes current detention polices, or objects to the term "war on terror," is ludicrous. This is the man who crafted the 9/11 Commission Report and its recommendations for further centralization of intelligence gathering at the level of the executive branch.
Tom Daschle's Biblical References After 911-Wake Up Church
Beit Shalom Ministries
www.beitshalomministries.org
LISTEN TO OUR PODCAST ON VISIBILITY 911 WITH MICHAEL WOLSEY
Writing By Elliot Nesch
The Bible is supernatural. It contains prophecies in the Old Testament concerning the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ that were fulfilled to the letter in the New Testament verifying that He is the Son of God. No other book on the planet can claim that uniqueness. Spiritual Leader and Rabbi Jonathan Cahn was on the show Sid Roth’s radio program Messianic Vision and mentioned this incredible allegorical link to 9/11 in the Bible. This passage from Isaiah 9 is fulfilled word for word on 9/11, Jonathan Cahn explains:
God gives a very clear pattern for judgment and warning on a nation, when it enters this critical period - before the point of no return but just right at the door . . .9/11 was the beginning of judgment on one hand and the signs, and warnings, and wake-up calls of ultimate judgment on the other . . .The key scripture here is in Isaiah 9 where the people of the northern kingdom [of ancient Israel] had gone so much into sin, God let the enemy come in and make his initial attack. And then instead of repenting, what Isaiah records in 9:8, he says, “The people said in arrogance the bricks have fallen but we will rebuild with quarried stones: the sycamores have been cut down but we will replace them with cedars.” Now, in that alone there are about eight signs . . .America, instead of repenting said, “We’re going to build stronger and higher,” just like they did in Israel, and they began the rebuilding with the sign of the quarried stone.
Fighting terror with torture: As Bush determines what is acceptable, Israel’s decisions offer insight.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/15849585.htm
MIDEAST | Israelis have experience in interrogation issues now facing U.S.
Fighting terror with torture
As Bush determines what is acceptable, Israel’s decisions offer insight.
By DION NISSENBAUM
McClatchy Newspapers
DION NISSENBAUM | MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE
Mohammed Barghouthi, a Palestinian Authority official interrogated by Israel for several weeks last summer, demonstrates the position he was held in during questioning.
JERUSALEM | Long before the Bush administration launched its war on terrorism, opened secret detention centers or debated the wisdom of harsh interrogation techniques, Israel wrestled with similar questions about protecting itself.
President Bush soon must prepare an executive order that will outline what methods the CIA can use under a law signed last week. Backers of the law contend that their measure will prevent the use of the most contentious methods, such as “water-boarding.” But the law gives the president broad discretion to decide what tactics to approve, and Israel’s experience could provide guidance.
Since Israel’s Supreme Court curbed the use of extreme techniques in 1999, human rights studies suggest that interrogators are relying more on psychological tricks, informants and electronic surveillance to solicit information.
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Matt Taibbi Lampooned at Harvard
published by the Harvard Crimpson
Local News Reports from OKC bombing - Bombs found in building.
Rolling Stone Writer Matt Taibbi - Nimrod or Traitor?
Compares 9/11 to OKC bombing, and draws precisely the wrong conclusion.
9/11 and American Empire Vol. II: Christians, Jews and Muslims Speak Out - a short review
Following hot on the heels of 9/11 and American Empire Vol. I: Intellectuals Speak Out comes Vol. II: Christians, Jews and Muslims Speak Out.
Co-edited by Kevin Barrett, John B. Cobb Jr., and Sandra+Lubarsky, Vol. II succeeds on several levels.
First, the quality of writing and serious contemplative nature of each essay builds on what has been an amazing year for written output about 9/11. Second, apart from Griffin's volume, Christian+Faith+and+the+Truth+Behind+9/11, Vol. II sets a standard for frank discussion of morality in the shadow of the US hegemon (in the wake of 9/11). Third, for someone who is devoutly or moderately religious, but has not examined the events of 9/11 in a critical light, Vol. II packs a powerful punch. Informed by Griffin's informative rundown of False Flag terrorism, and Nafeez Ahmed's thoroughly documented reinterpretation of "international terrorism", one cannot walk away from this book without being a little bit wiser about the Machiavellian nature of the War on Terror and the historical roots of state-sponsored terrorism.
A Critical Review Of WTC "No Plane" Theories
By Eric Salter
www.journalof911studies.com
Conclusion
There are many solid pieces of visual evidence–video recordings and photos–that show 767's impacting the World Trade Center towers. If only one of these images is authentic, the entire no-plane hypothesis is invalidated. There are absolutely no images of anything else hitting the towers despite the attention the burning WTC1 tower was receiving from a city of millions. The attempts by the no-planers to create credibility for their hypothesis by citing purported anomalies in the visual record have been characterized by a high degree of technical incompetence and illogical thinking. Because an authentic visual anomaly would only prove that that particular image was faked, and would not prove that something besides 767s hit the towers, it is clear that there is no supporting physical evidence whatsoever for the no-plane hypothesis.
Concurrent development - the baseball model
Short version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1umznssiZU
Long version posted recently by CBB.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YOu2Qy0A0s
The longer version show's a wider angle before the magic zoom and the "arrival" of the translucent blob. I took a screenie at the opening moment of the scene, I did it again, and got the exact same time, 7:38.
It's only a rough estimate of distance, but it cant be too far out.
