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30 Dec 2012

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CIA's Global Secret Security Force Created After 9/11 Emerges From the Shadows 26 Dec 2012 The CIA's ability to fend off a second attack [in Benghazi] that same night provided a glimpse of a key element in the agency's defensive arsenal: a secret security force created after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Two of the Americans killed in Benghazi were members of the CIA's Global Response Staff, an innocuously named organization that has recruited hundreds of former U.S. Special Forces operatives to serve as armed guards for the agency's spies. a series of deadly scrapes over the past four years has illuminated the GRS's expanding role, as well as its emerging status as one of the CIA's most dangerous assignments. Of the 14 CIA employees killed since 2009, five worked for the GRS, all as contractors mercenaries.

US Senate renews government surveillance measure --NSA whistleblower Bill Binney has estimated that the agency, under protection of the law, has 'assembled' 20 trillion transactions between US citizens. 28 Dec 2012 Civil rights campaigners voiced dismay on Friday over the US Senate's re-authorization of the government's warrantless surveillance program, and the defeat of two amendments that would have provided for basic oversight of the eavesdropping. The Senate voted 73-23 to extend the law, called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments Act, for five years. The House of Representatives has already passed the measure, which President Obama has said he will sign.

Judge rebuffs Obama administration's effort to use secret arguments and evidence to defeat no-fly list lawsuit 29 Dec 2012 A federal judge in California has rejected the Obama administration's effort to use secret arguments and evidence to defeat a lawsuit relating to the so-called no-fly list designed to keep suspected terrorists off of airline flights. U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup turned down a motion by the Justice Department to dismiss former Stanford student Rahinah Ibrahim's lawsuit against various federal government agencies over her reported inclusion on the no-fly list as well as an incident in September 2005 where she was barred from taking a flight from San Francisco and detained for a couple of hours. Alsup, who sits in San Francisco, also refused the Justice Department's offer to show him affidavits from law enforcement officials which the government would not share with Ibrahim or her attorneys.

U.S. sailors sue TEPCO over Fukushima radiation --Sailors: Japanese government repeatedly said there was no danger to the carrier crew 'all the while lying through their teeth about the reactor meltdowns' so rescuers would 'rush into an unsafe area' 28 Dec 2012 Eight U.S. sailors are suing the Tokyo utility that operates the Fukushima nuclear power plant, charging that the company lied about the high level of radiation in the area where they were carrying out a humanitarian mission after the tsunami that triggered the reactor crisis. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in San Diego last week against Tokyo Electric Power Co., which is owned by the Japanese government. Plaintiffs include the infant daughter of two of the sailors who was born seven months after the March 2011 disaster. The sailors served on the San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, which was carrying out "Operation Tomadachi" ferrying food and water to citizens in the city of Sendai in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami.

Nuclear watchdog to urge shutdown of Oil plant if active fault found 28 Dec 2012 The Nuclear Regulation Authority said Dec. 27 it will recommend shutting down the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture if an active geological fault is found to run directly beneath the facility. Shunichi Tanaka, NRA chairman, also told The Asahi Shimbun that the three-year timeline presented by the Abe administration is too short for safety screenings to be completed for all 50 nuclear reactors in Japan. An NRA expert panel began a second session on Dec. 28 of on-site geological surveys at the Oi plant to decide whether a fault line cutting across its premises is active. Two reactors at the Oi plant are the only ones currently up and running in Japan.

Japan's new government to restart nuclear reactors - Nikkei 27 Dec 2012 Japan's idled nuclear reactors will gradually be restarted under the newly-elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as the units receive the all-clear from the country's Nuclear Regulation Authority, the Nikkei reported. Abe, in his instructions to cabinet members, outlined his policy of allowing nuclear reactors to resume operations while giving priority to the regulator's safety assessment, the Japanese daily reported. All but two of Japan's 50 reactors remain switched off after the Fukushima plant suffered meltdown and explosions.

3-321 FAR trains to support US Army North for 'civil emergencies' response --The Bulldog Troopers of Battery B prepared to distribute food to a crowd of simulated U.S. hurricane victims. Sgt. Wesley Powell, an artillery section chief, helped search citizens for weapons using a metal detector before they entered the site to receive aid. 13 Dec 2012 82nd Airborne Division Soldiers trained to respond to a Category 5 hurricane in and around Simmons Army Airfield, Dec. 10 to 12. The culminating training event was an opportunity for Troopers of 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, XVIII Fires Brigade, to prepare for their upcoming assignment as a quick reaction and rapid response force for U.S. Army North Command in support of  false flags in the United States. The Thunderbolt battalion's training centered on preparing to deploy by both ground and air, securing an airfield, establishing local security, responding to civil disturbances, reacting to a biochemical threat and conducting operational decontamination. [Bye-bye, posse comitatus!]

Baby You Can Drive My Car 26 Dec 2012 The notorious car photographed leaving the scene of the Sandy Hook school shooting does NOT belong to Adam Lanza or his mother. The audio from the police radio contains the vehicle registration request and reply. The car is registered to Christopher A. Rodia, on charge for larceny and narcotics. Christopher A. Rodia: Rodia, 42, is from Norwalk CT. He has quite a list of previous drug and burglary charges, seems to be big on stealing leaf blowers and is currently awaiting trial for at least his 5th count of stealing a leaf blower. He had an active arrest warrant on October 8th. One of the more recent times he has been in the news was for stealing copper wire from a construction site with his 19-year-old niece, Cassandra Scire, 19. His court hearing was 21 December 2012 for Larceny, Forgery and Narc possession. Rodia and Scire live in the same home at 19 Vollmer Ave., Norwalk, CT. Cassandra is affiliated with one George Uzar arrested with an arsenal of weapons.

Utah teachers get free gun training in response to Newtown shooting 27 Dec 2012 On Thursday, 200 Utah teachers flocked to an indoor sports arena for free instruction in the handling of firearms by gun activists who say armed educators might have a chance at thwarting deadly shooting rampages in their schools. The event was organized by the Utah Shooting Sports Council in response to the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, this month that killed 20 children and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Two Ontario men charged with terrorism extradited to the U.S. 27 Dec 2012 Two Ontario men have been extradited to the United States to face terrorism-related charges, capping a six-year legal battle in Canada. Suresh Sriskandarajah and Piratheepan Nadarajah, who are accused of providing assistance to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, were arraigned Thursday in a federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y., and pleaded not guilty to the charges. If convicted, the men face maximum sentences of 25 years to life in prison. The Supreme Court of Canada earlier this month dismissed a claim by the pair that Canada's terrorism laws infringed on their constitutional rights.

'Anonymous' threatens to shut down California police department website 27 Dec 2012 Manteca Police are taking threats seriously after Anonymous, a widely known "hacktivist" group, threatened to hack into the police department's public website, Fox40.com reported. On their YouTube channel, Anonymous shows video of Ernesto Duenez Jr., being shot and killed by Manteca Officer John Moody. The group demands that the officer be fired from the force. "Otherwise, Anonymous users will act appropriately with the inevitable shutdown of the official website," said someone on the site, disguised in a Guy Fawkes mask.

Betrayed While Asleep, Afghan Police Die at Hands of Their Countrymen 28 Dec 2012 A wave of betrayal has left at least 17 Afghan policemen dead in the past 10 days -- all killed in their sleep, at the hands of those close to them. Early Thursday morning, an Afghan policeman unlocked the door of the check post where he was stationed in Oruzgan Province and let in his friends from the Taliban, who helped him attack his sleeping colleagues with knives and guns, eventually killing four and wounding eight... And on Dec. 18, a teenager, apparently being kept for sexual purposes by an Afghan border police commander in southern Kandahar Province, drugged the commander and the other 10 policemen at the post to put them to sleep, and then shot them all; eight died.

Iran Navy launches drill to display capabilities, send friendship message 28 Dec 2012 The Iranian Navy has launched a specialized naval drill, dubbed Velayat 91, to display the country's capabilities and send a message of friendship to neighboring countries. The maritime drill will be carried out in the Strait of Hormuz, the Sea of Oman, north of the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Aden and Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, Iran's Navy commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari told reporters on Friday. "Among the aims of the drill is to display the capabilities of Iran's Armed Forces and the Navy to defend our country's water borders and interests in line with establishing durable security in the region and conveying the message of peace and friendship to the neighboring states," Sayyari added.بیشرمان مزدور و جانی مال و ثروت توده های زحمتکش را حیف و میل میکنند در حالی که فقر و تنگدستی روز بروز گریبان عده بیشتری از هموطنانمان را گرفته ومیگیرد; به تعداد کودکان کار خیابانی افزوده شده و با کمبود و بعضا نبود داروهای لازم هر روز به تعداد مرگ و میر در بیمارستانها افزوده میشود . 

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Homeless, at-risk veterans double 27 Dec 2012 The number of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who are homeless or at risk of losing a roof over their heads has more than doubled in the past two years, according to government data. Through the end of September, 26,531 of them were living on the streets, at risk of losing their homes, staying in temporary housing or receiving federal vouchers to pay rent, the Department of Veterans Affairs reports. That's up from 10,500 in 2010. The VA says the numbers could be higher because they include only the homeless the department is aware of.

Woman Accused of Hate-Crime Murder in Subway Push 30 Dec 2012 A 31-year-old woman was arrested on Saturday and charged with a hate crime in connection with the death of a man who was pushed onto the tracks of an elevated subway station in Queens and crushed by an oncoming train. The woman, Erika Menendez of the Bronx, has been charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime, Richard A. Brown, the Queens district attorney, said. Mr. Brown quoting Ms. Menendez as telling the police, "I pushed a Muslim off the train tracks because I hate Hindus and Muslims ever since 2001 when they [sic] put down the twin towers I've been beating them up." Ms. Menendez conflated the Muslim and Hindu faiths both in her comments to the police and in her target for attack, officials said. [Except that someone should tell this sociopath that Muslims didn't 'take down the twin towers.' That was 'Lucky Larry' Silverstein and the Bush regime, entirely. --LRP]

Buenos Aires Zoo's Lone Polar Bear Dies from Excessive Heat 27 Dec 2012 The Buenos Aires zoo's only polar bear, Winner, died earlier this week due to the high temperatures that have been affecting the Argentine capital, the zoological park's animal welfare director, Miguel Rivolta, said. "Winner died from excessive heat. The high temperatures were the determining (factor)," the veterinarian said. Buenos Aires registered a high of 36.7 C (98 F) on Monday, with the heat index hitting 45.5 C (nearly 114 F), the weather service said.

New MRSA superbug strain found in UK milk supply --Research reveals that antibiotic-resistant organisms are gaining a hold on dairy industry 26 Dec 2012 A new strain of MRSA has been found in British milk, indicating that the superbug is spreading through the livestock population and poses a growing threat to human health. The new strain, MRSA ST398, has been identified in seven samples of bulk milk from five different farms in England. The discovery, from tests on 1,500 samples, indicates that antibiotic-resistant organisms are gaining an increasing hold in the dairy industry. The disclosure comes amid growing concern over the use of modern antibiotics on British farms, driven by price pressure imposed by the big supermarket chains.

Congress, federal workers to get raise 28 Dec 2012 Members of Congress will be getting a small pay increase next year. Under an executive order issued by President Obama on Thursday, members of Congress will join federal workers in seeing their pay rise by 0.5 percent after March 27. Congressmen and senators make *174,000 a year and will see an extra *900 in their annual pay packages before taxes next year. Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) will get *224,600 next year, up from *223,500, while Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) will take in *194,400, up from *193,400.

GOP Proposal to Raise Medicare Eligibility Age, Cut $1Trillion From Program [Obama's thinking, 'When can I sign?'] 28 Dec 2012 A pair of GOP senators, confident Congress will head off the tax hikes set to kick in within days, are already turning their attention to 'entitlements' and the debt ceiling. Tennessee Sens. Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander pitched a plan on Friday to cut federal spending by *1 trillion -- much of it from Medicare -- in exchange for increasing the nation's borrowing limit by that amount. The plan would raise the Medicare eligibly age to 67 and require wealthier Medicare users to pay higher premiums. Both senators were aware of how their plan might be seen by the public, and Corker corrected a reporter who posited the plan equals Medicare “cuts,” preferring instead the word "reforms."

Obama summons congressional leaders for' fiscal cliff' talks 28 Dec 2012 President Obama summoned congressional leaders to a Friday summit at the White House in a last-ditch effort to protect taxpayers, unemployed workers and the fragile U.S. recovery from severe austerity measures set to hit in just four days. Also Thursday, House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) announced that he would call the House back into session this weekend. And in perhaps the most significant development, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for the first time was engaged directly in talks with the White House.

Senate approves $60.4 billion Superstorm Sandy aid bill 28 Dec 2012 The U.S. Senate on Friday approved a *60.4 billion [corporate] aid package to pay for reconstruction costs from Superstorm Sandy, which ravaged mid-Atlantic and northeastern states, after defeating Republican efforts to trim the bill's cost. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid urged the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to quickly take up the bill, which includes *12 billion to repair and strengthen the region's transportation system against future storms. Senate Republicans complained the $60.4 billion reconstruction package requested by Obama is more than the annual budgets for the departments of Interior, Labor, Treasury and Transportation combined.

EPA Chief Jackson to Leave U.S. Agency Early in 2013 27 Dec 2012 Lisa Jackson said she will step down as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency after four years during which she led the first efforts to curb carbon-dioxide emissions to combat global-warming risks. "I will leave the EPA confident the ship is sailing in the right direction," Jackson, 50, said today in a statement from the agency. Her plan is to depart after the president's State of the Union speech next year.