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Posted on 04/18/2006 11:09:45 PM PDT by nwctwx
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Important Security Note regarding the US Military
There are support the military "forums" on the Internet
who are NOT USA based.
A word of caution when posting to foreign websites,
you never know who you are really posting to.
Check the domain registry and verify that the domain is in the USA
I made the mistake of posting on a non USA forum
and stopped once I found out the foreign origin of the website.
Amen!
NSA.gov: "PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE"
http://www.nsa.gov/coremsgs/corem00002.cfm
Thanks Tonk.
Could you email the url so I can make sure it's not on any of my pages?
THANKS.
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"John Negroponte: The year in intelligence"
NBC News ^ | April 19 2006 | Andrea Mitchell
Posted on 04/19/2006 10:23:07 PM PDT by jmc1969
Failed bureaucracy An Agency Rife With Fraud Would Administer Guest-worker Program
New American ^ | 4-19-06 | Parousia
Posted on 04/20/2006 1:39:06 AM EDT by parousia
As President Bush and his allies in the Senate push forward for amnesty for the 11-12 million illegal aliens already in the United States and for a guest-worker program that would bring in millions more "temporary" workers, they are withholding an important report that indicts the agency that would be processing the massive influx of aliens we would expect under the proposed programs.
An investigation by the (GAO) has found that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), the agency within the Department of Homeland Security in charge of adjudicating immigration benefits such as citizenship and permanent residency, is rife with fraud. The report has not been released, but a draft of the report obtained by the Washington Times says, "Adjudicators we spoke with said that management's focused attention on reducing the backlog placed additional pressure on them to process applications faster, thereby increasing the risk of making incorrect decisions, including approval of potentially fraudulent applications." The report says that fraud in some categories of visas is as high as 30 percent.
Sen.Grassley (R-Iowa), who has seen the report, told his colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 2: "Let's be realistic. Our government bureaucrats simply cannot implement a program for 11 million illegal aliens. You'd all be shocked if you learned about the internal fraud and abuse at the Citizenship and Immigration Service. I have been investigating the internal problems at CIS as well as their backlog of national security cases. The bureau doesn't have an effective practice for reviewing these cases. Officials are being bribed. Visas are being given away. Green cards are being sold. CIS is giving out interim benefits, which is a precursor for additional privileges.... And we want this agency to handle the program in an effective manner? That's unrealistic."
(Excerpt) Read more at thenewamerican.com ...
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Thanks for pointing to this article TheLion.
Thanks for this headsup Tonk and posting it at our group, I appreciate that ;)
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "...and a 16-year-old American who was critically wounded."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1618101/posts
"Palestinian Authority prescribes the death penalty for eating falafel."
Reason ^ | April 19, 2006 | Jacob Sullum
Posted on 04/19/2006 11:40:30 PM PDT by neverdem
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The day after I visited my niece in Tel Aviv, a young man named Sami Hamad blew himself up at a restaurant there. I had no particular reason to think my niece was anywhere near Mayor's Falafel at 1:30 p.m., but I called her anyway, just to make sure. She was on her way to a concert in Jerusalem.
Others calls that day resulted not in reassurance but in concern escalating to panic and culminating in grief. Hamad, who was from the West Bank village of al-Gharakah, killed nine people who were working in the restaurant, waiting in line for falafel or shwarma, or passing by when he detonated his bomb, including a 47-year-old security guard who stopped him at the entrance, a 29-year-old from Holon whose wife was about to give birth to their third child, and two foreign workers from Romania. The bomb injured about 70 people, including two children, a 60-year-old French tourist, and a 16-year-old American who was critically wounded."
MEMRITV.ORG - VIDEO CLIPS - "AL-QAEDA"
http://www.memritv.org/Search.asp?ACT=S5&P1=139
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20060419-110441-8567r.htm
"Chinese military linked to missile smuggling"
By Bill Gertz
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
April 20, 2006
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Chao Tung Wu, 51, of La Puente, Calif., pleaded guilty yesterday at U.S. District Court in Los Angeles to conspiracy to smuggle Chinese QW-2 anti-aircraft missiles into the United States. It was the first conviction under a 2004 anti-terrorism law aimed at preventing the spread of shoulder-fired and portable anti-aircraft missiles.
Wu and a second defendant who is awaiting trial, Yi Qing Chen, met an undercover FBI agent and sought to sell 200 QW-2s, as well as launcher and operational hardware for the missiles, according to court papers. A statement of facts read in court yesterday revealed that Wu had offered to provide enough missiles "for a regiment" of soldiers."
http://www.suntimes.com/post-trib/04-18-06_z1_news_15.html
"Bush death threat tied to PU student"
By Danielle Braff
Post-Tribune staff writer
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A Purdue University graduate student was arrested and charged with threatening to kill President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
Vikram Buddhi allegedly posted the detailed and threatening messages on an online message board."
ARTICLE SNIPPET #2: "In the various messages posted, Buddhi urged the Web site’s readers to bomb the United States and for them to rape American and British women and mutilate them, according to court documents. Other messages called for the killing of all Republicans."
ARTICLE SNIPPET #3: "Buddhi was arrested Friday and told investigators he is not suffering from any mental illnesses nor is he taking any illegal or prescription drugs."
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CBP Officers Find Three Migrants In Secret Compartment
(Wednesday, April 19, 2006)
contacts for this press release
Tecate, CA- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Tecate border station arrested a man Tuesday morning after he allegedly attempted to smuggle three undocumented migrants into the U.S. inside a hidden compartment of the vehicle he was driving, officials announced.
The migrants were discovered in a specially constructed gas tank compartment in the rear of the 1989 Ford utility truck. Firefighters from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF) and the Campo Fire Department were summoned to assist with freeing the migrants from the compartment.
CBP officers encountered the driver, an 18-year old U.S. citizen from Tecate, Mexico, when he entered the port at about 7:45 a.m. yesterday. The primary officer conducting routine border security inspections referred the vehicle and lone driver to the secondary lot for an in-depth investigation.
In the secondary area, CBP officers utilized a non-intrusive inspection device employing gamma-ray technology to produce a high-resolution image of the conveyance’s contents. The scan produced anomalies consistent with that of images of people.
CBP officers immediately called CDF firefighters for assistance in extracting the three undocumented Mexican nationals hidden in the compartment. Two females, ages 23 and 36, and a 13 year old male juvenile from Mexico were apprehended without incident.
The driver was arrested on federal charges of alien smuggling and was transported to the Metropolitan Correctional Center to await arraignment. The undocumented migrants will be paroled into the U.S. as material witnesses for prosecution. The California-plated truck was seized by CBP.
“Apprehensions like this would not be possible if not for vigilant CBP officers on the frontline protecting our nation everyday,” said Tecate Port Director, Mitchell Merriam. “CBP fulfills its primary mission of anti-terrorism while carrying out traditional border-related responsibilities, such as stemming the tide of undocumented migrants and illicit drugs and protecting the food supply and agriculture industry from pests and diseases.”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control, and protection of our Nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "THE WEB BROWSER AND OPERATING SYSTEM PREFERENCES OF THE USERS OF THE TAJDEED FORUM" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "From an upcoming report by the Society For Internet Research regarding the users of the Tajdeed forum (tajdeed.org.uk and tajdeedi.co.uk) operated in the UK by the Saudi exile group Party of Islamic Renewal (PIR)") (April 14, 2006)
INTERNET-HAGANAH: "VIDEO OF LONDON BOMBERS CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Produced by Al Qaida's Al Sahab production company, presumably in Pakistan or Afghanistan, aired by Al Jazeera, and distributed on the internet by dear old Irhabi[Terrorist]007.") (September 2, 2005)
MSNBC.msn.com: "WEB VIDEO TEACHES TERRORISTS TO MAKE BOMB VESTS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""The video was accompanied by a note that explained it was there for the purposes of aiding the brothers, the fighting brothers, in cities in central Iraq," says NBC terror analyst Evan Kohlmann. Related story Latest on the Mosul attack Specifically, the note mentioned wanting to help fighters in Fallujah, Ramadi and Mosul, though there's nothing to tie this to Tuesday's attack. The person who posted the note and video on the Internet called himself "terrorist007." NBC News will not reveal most details, but the video demonstrates each step of bomb making: *select a fabric and sew the vest; *mix explosives; *arrange shrapnel to kill victims in a large radius; *attach a detonator.") (Updated December 22, 2004)
INTERNET-HAGANAH: "COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE GLOBAL JIHAD: THREE PLAYERS JOIN FORCES" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Witness the collaboration between Abu Banan/Global Islamic Media and Irhabi007 in distributing the Al Qaida publication Sout al Jihad, with additional services provided by the French Islamist site ribaat.org" (September 1, 2004)
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49812
"Sienna Miller gets death threats from Muslims
U.S.-born actress warned 'she will be sorry' unless she pulls out of film"
Posted: April 20, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The American-born, British-bred actress best-known for starring in the remake of "Alfie" as well as her engagement to actor Jude Law, is said to have received a torrent of vicious threats from Muslims furious she's starring in "Interview," a remake of director Theo van Gogh's 2003 thriller.
Van Gogh is the Dutch director who was shot and killed in 2004 by an Islamic extremist in connection with his film "Submission: Part I," which was aired on Dutch television in August of that year."
ARTICLE SNIPPET #2: ""She was scared to begin with," the source added. "But her co-star Steve [Buscemi] has been receiving similar letters, so they've been supporting each other and laughing about it.""
Smiling...
DITTO.
ON THE NET...
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IRAN: Women with skimpy clothing to be cracked down
TEHERAN: Iran’s police force outlined plans for a renewed onslaught against women who show off too much of their bodies in the streets of Teheran. Teheran’s police chief, Morteza Talai, said here on 18th April.
In their campaign, the police will confront women showing their bare legs in short pants.
The police is also going to combat women wearing skimpy headscarves, short and form-fitting coats. The police will crackdown those ones walking with pets in parks and streets.
Every post-pubescent female in Iran, regardless of her nationality or religion, is obliged to observe the Islamic dress code and cover her shape and hair whenever outside the home.
Added: April 19, 2006 (yesterday) Source: Agencies.
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"SMILING STABBER RUSH HOUR STAB [SUBWAY NIGHTMARE]"
NY Post ^ | April 20, 2006 | BRIAN HAMACHER and JOE McGURK
Posted on 04/20/2006 2:33:05 AM PDT by Timeout
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A knife-wielding psycho who stabbed a pregnant woman and her boyfriend on a crowded Manhattan subway train last night because she had gotten into a "staring contest" with him later sported a huge grin as cops hauled him off to jail...."
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/4/192006g.asp
"Retired AF Pilot Upset About Media Focus on Military's Iran Plans"
By Chad Groening
April 19, 2006
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "(AgapePress) - A former military attaché to President Bill Clinton says it's not wise for members of the media to put American troops in danger with unsubstantiated reports about future military actions."
SNIPPET #2: "Patterson is author of two New York Times bestsellers: Dereliction of Duty: How Bill Clinton Compromised America's National Security, and the recently released Reckless Disregard: How Liberal Democrats Undercut Our Military, Endanger Our Soldiers, and Jeopardize Our Security."
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