http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/case/ en-us Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:17:43 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303329/posts Larry Franklin, the former Pentagon analyst convicted of revealing classified information, says he worked undercover as an FBI double agent to gather information on the pro-Israel lobby in the United States before the bureau turned on him and pressured him to plead guilty to spying for Israel. Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303329/posts#comment Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:17:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2301674/posts Anti-Semitism was behind the highly publicized arrests last week of rabbis, including three from the Aleppo-Syrian Jewish community in New York and New Jersey, according to Yitzhak Kakun, editor-in-chief of the Shas weekly Yom Le'Yom. "There is a feeling here that the FBI purposely attempted to arrest as many rabbis as possible at once in an attempt to humiliate them," Kakun said in a telephone interview Sunday. "Regardless of the details of the case - I am not familiar with the precise charges and the evidence - you would never see the FBI and police behaving that way with Muslim... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2301674/posts#comment Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:21:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2300578/posts WASHINGTON — The Justice Department conceded Friday that it lacks the evidence to hold a teenage Guantanamo detainee as an enemy combatant after a federal judge last week ruled that his confession was inadmissible. In a hearing last week, U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle ruled that Mohammed Jawad's confession to Afghan officials was inadmissible because it had been extracted through torture. She also questioned whether the Justice Department had any evidence to proceed with a trial to determine whether he can be held as an enemy combatant. McClachy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2300578/posts#comment Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:34:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2291729/posts (IsraelNN.com) The Tel Aviv Police Department “invented” a new machine that seemed likely to change the face of criminal interrogations – but it will apparently not be used more than once. The contraption was called a “memory machine,” and was used to persuade a murder suspect that, contrary to his impassioned and repeated claims, he in fact did remember what happened the night of the murder. Maariv/NRG reports that the story began two weeks ago Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2291729/posts#comment Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:50:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2291696/posts NEW YORK (AP) - The Associated Press will collect undisclosed damages as part of a settlement of its lawsuit against All Headline News, a site that allegedly misappropriated AP stories online. The AP considered the lawsuit an important test of the "hot news" doctrine, which was established in a 1918 Supreme Court case involving the AP. That principle holds that while facts cannot be copyrighted, news organizations can sue when competitors copy time-sensitive stories. breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2291696/posts#comment Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:12:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266503/posts A man accused of making threatening statements about killing President Obama has been arrested in Nevada, the Secret Service said Saturday. Daniel James Murray was arrested Friday night in the parking lot of the Riverside Resort Hotel and Casino in Laughlin, Nevada, said Secret Service spokesman Malcolm Wiley. cnn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266503/posts#comment Sun, 7 Jun 2009 05:16:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2219750/posts The U.S. Justice Department filed a motion Wednesday to drop its case against former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, who was convicted of seven counts of corruption last fall. Justice Department sources told FOX News that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder decided to abandon the case due to prosecutorial misconduct. foxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2219750/posts#comment Wed, 1 Apr 2009 13:27:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2201071/posts WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US Supreme Court refused to weigh in Friday on whether US presidents have the authority to indefinitely detain a terrorist suspect in the United States without charges. But it sent the issue back for a new hearing before the federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia, which ruled in July that former president George W. Bush had that power in the case of Ali al-Marri, an alleged Al-Qaeda sleeper agent. The high court's action effectively delayed resolution of an issue that, while different, could have implications for the estimated 245 "enemy combatants" still being held by the... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2201071/posts#comment Sat, 7 Mar 2009 00:16:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2179352/posts Books claiming that science disproves ‘young-earth’ creationism are very common, and books that claim the Bible itself does not mandate a literal interpretation of the first few chapters of Genesis are not in short supply either. David Snoke’s book A Biblical Case for an Old Earth ostensibly falls in the latter group, though his main reason for rejecting biblical creation is really uniformitarian ‘science’. Books like these generally don’t pose a threat to informed creationists, and this one is no exception. In fact, Snoke could have saved himself a lot of trouble if he had actually taken the time to... CMI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2179352/posts#comment Fri, 6 Feb 2009 01:00:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2142897/posts CHICAGO — The U.S. Supreme Court will consider Friday whether to take up a lawsuit challenging President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship, a continuation of a New Jersey case embraced by some opponents of Obama's election. The meeting of justices will coincide with a vigil by the filer's supporters in Washington on the steps of the nation's highest court. The suit originally sought to stay the election, and was filed on behalf of Leo Donofrio against New Jersey Secretary of State Nina Mitchell Wells. Chron.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2142897/posts#comment Thu, 4 Dec 2008 18:48:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2142619/posts   U.S. Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas By James Wright AFRO Staff Writer(December 3, 2008) - In a highly unusual move, U.S. Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has asked his colleagues on the court to consider the request of an East Brunswick, N.J. attorney who has filed a lawsuit challenging President-elect Barack Obama’s status as a United States citizen.Thomas’s action took place after Justice David Souter had rejected a petition known as an application for a stay of writ of certiorari that asked the court to prevent the meeting of the Electoral College on Dec. 15, which... THE AFRO-AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2142619/posts#comment Thu, 4 Dec 2008 07:43:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2142931/posts CHICAGO — The U.S. Supreme Court will consider Friday whether to take up a lawsuit challenging President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship, a continuation of a New Jersey case embraced by some opponents of Obama's election. The meeting of justices will coincide with a vigil by the filer's supporters in Washington on the steps of the nation's highest court. The suit originally sought to stay the election, and was filed on behalf of Leo Donofrio against New Jersey Secretary of State Nina Mitchell Wells. Legal experts say the appeal has little chance of succeeding, despite appearing on the court's schedule. Legal... chron.com via Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2142931/posts#comment Thu, 4 Dec 2008 19:59:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067382/posts Hey Y'all! Below you will find links to my interview with "National Review" political writer David Freddoso whose recent book, "The Case Against Barack Obama", is a must-read! PLEASE COUNTER ALL THE MISINFORMED OBAMA SUPPORTERS WHO AREN'T EVEN WATCHING THE INTERVIEW AND RATE IT 1 STAR. Much Love, TexCon Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi0yFPh-rhw Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2ijZP4pnpg Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFcMi2nFAJQ Question and Answer Time Line: PART I *Introduction = 0:00-0:49 *Question 1 = 0:50-2:59 (How is your Anti-Obama Book different than all the rest and why did you write it?) *Question 2 = 3:00-5:35 (Counter to Mr. Freddoso' claim that Obama is... Thoughts From A Texan Via "YouTube" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067382/posts#comment Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:30:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1838720/posts Homeland Security: We can all breathe easier now. The first major poll of the U.S. Muslim community finds that "only" one in four young Muslim Americans would be suicide bombers. The liberal Pew Research Center, which surveyed 1,050 Muslims earlier this year, did its best to put a PC spin on the results. It says its "overall" findings confirm that Muslims in America are "mostly mainstream" compared with their more radical co-religionists in Europe. But as is usually the case with such polls, the devil is in the details. Data buried deep inside Pew's 100-page report put the lie to... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1838720/posts#comment Wed, 23 May 2007 23:20:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1837302/posts Today's immigrants are not assimilating into our culture.  Ted Kennedy's Immigration Reform Act of 1965 has created a situation in which 85 percent of our immigrants hail from the Third World and Asia. This portends the destruction of the western civilization that has given us everything we hold dear, from our  freedom to our prosperity, not for reasons of race, but because of circumstances at least partly created by Americans ourselves. Assimilation is not a process magically initiated upon setting foot on American terra firma.  Rather, it only occurs when one or both of two conditions are met: The foreign... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1837302/posts#comment Mon, 21 May 2007 18:32:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1836658/posts WASHINGTON - Dried apples preserved with a cancer-causing chemical. Frozen catfish laden with banned antibiotics. Scallops and sardines coated with putrefying bacteria. Mushrooms laced with illegal pesticides. These were among the 107 food imports from China the Food and Drug Administration detained at U.S. ports just last month, agency documents reveal, along with more than 1,000 shipments of tainted Chinese dietary supplements, toxic Chinese cosmetics and counterfeit Chinese medicines. For years, U.S. inspection records show, China has flooded the United States with foods unfit for human consumption. And for years, FDA inspectors have simply returned to Chinese importers the small... san jose mercury http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1836658/posts#comment Sun, 20 May 2007 11:55:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1836665/posts Ultimately, Jerry Falwell was a man who loved God and who loved people, one who tried to live out the greatest Commandment in his life. Comparisons have been made between Falwell and his contemporary (they both were in the spotlight in the early 1980's) President Ronald Reagan. Both men shared something in common from their early lives. They grew up in homes where their fathers were addicted to alcohol and their mothers were addicted to prayer. And they both went on to great achievement while being known as followers of Jesus Christ. Jerry Falwell's mother listened to a preacher on... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1836665/posts#comment Sun, 20 May 2007 12:09:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1836709/posts "If we don't finish this, it will follow us home," Command Sgt. Major Neil Ciotola says about the mission in Iraq. As the senior enlisted leader for the Multi-National Corps - Iraq, he oversees more than 158,000 service members and serves as the principal enlisted advisor to the commanding general, Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno. Ciotola gave his assessment of the situation in Iraq as well as candid observations on the troop surge, Congress' vote to establish a withdrawal timeline and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's recent comments on the war.With 31 years in the U.S. Army, Ciotola is on his... Tampa Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1836709/posts#comment Sun, 20 May 2007 14:22:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1833846/posts My first memory of encountering the “anti-self defense culture”, which I call the “culture of sheep”, was a cold morning in January 1975. I was in the sixth grade and was riding the school bus. Suddenly, another student sitting in the seat ahead of me turned and began striking me. This was completely unprovoked. Naturally I struck back in defense. The bus driver separated us and drove on to Holmes school. Before I knew it I was before Principal Will Allen. Also standing there was Mark, the kid who started the fight. Allen asked what happened, and Mark told a... Buckeye Firearms Association http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1833846/posts#comment Tue, 15 May 2007 14:13:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831907/posts MINISTERIAL DECLARATION Building on the spirit of cooperation, collaboration and accomplishment that has characterized the relationship among Canada, Mexico and the United States and which is embodied in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), we the Ministers responsible for Transportation in North America, have met this day in Tucson, Arizona in order to confirm and advance our commitment to developing coordinated, compatible and interconnected national transportation systems. We affirm that such systems will support our shared vision for increased economic and social development, trade, tourism, cooperation and a healthy environment among our countries in the 21st century. We have... U.S. Department of Transportation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831907/posts#comment Fri, 11 May 2007 13:42:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1830743/posts Liberals in the House of Representatives have passed the "hate crimes" bill, H.R. 1592, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, by a margin of 237 to 180. The Senate version (S. 1105), deceptively and sensationally titled "The Matthew Shepard Act," is expected to be voted on soon. But to the consternation of the bill's proponents on the left, and to the relief of those who value the constitutional mandate of "equal protection under the law," the president's office has signaled that a veto is likely should the bill arrive on his desk. This clearly unconstitutional piece of legislation... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1830743/posts#comment Wed, 9 May 2007 15:31:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1830665/posts Although saying illegal immigration must be addressed by the federal government, Gov. Brad Henry signed an immigration reform bill Tuesday that won overwhelming approval in both state legislative chambers. "While some will undoubtedly claim this state legislation is a landmark step forward, the truth of the matter is we will not effectively address immigration reform until the federal government acts,” Henry said in a statement. Henry, who issued a three-paragraph statement after signing the bill less than seven hours before the midnight deadline, had said during his re-election campaign last year immigration was a federal matter. Opponents pledged to take... NewsOK.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1830665/posts#comment Wed, 9 May 2007 13:10:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1830406/posts To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Susan Semeleer of the CATO Institute, +1-202-789-5212; ssemeleer@cato.org WASHINGTON, May 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, in a 6-4 vote, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied a motion by the D.C. government to reconsider the court's blockbuster opinion in Parker v. District of Columbia. On March 9, the court held in Parker that "the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms," striking down a 31-year old ban on guns in the nation's capital. Moreover, the court continued, activities protected by the Amendment "are not limited to militia service,... Cato Institute/U.S. Newswire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1830406/posts#comment Tue, 8 May 2007 22:48:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1830412/posts TUESDAY MAY 8, 2007 Last modified: House sends sweeping immigration reform bill to governor’s desk OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Legislation described as the nation’s most sweeping attempt to deny jobs and public benefits to illegal immigrants was sent to Gov. Brad Henry’s desk Tuesday. State lawmakers urged Henry to sign the measure into law after it was approved in a bipartisan 84-14 vote by the state House. The bill was approved 41-6 by the Senate last month. “The people of Oklahoma are very strongly for this bill,” said House Speaker Lance Cargill, R-Harrah. Immigrant groups said the bill is a... News Examiner Enterprise http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1830412/posts#comment Tue, 8 May 2007 23:13:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1830420/posts Albert Einstein once said, “If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would have only four years of life left.” Why? Because without bees, plants don’t get pollinated. Without pollination, say goodbye to fruit, nuts, and some vegetables. We also won’t have natural oils (such as olive oil, sunflower oil, hemp oil, etc.). And we don’t have many natural fibers, such as cotton. You can see how important the bee is to our livelihood and existence. Some economists say the bee is worth about $14 billion to our economy. That’s why I was so alarmed to... Second Opinion Newsletter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1830420/posts#comment Tue, 8 May 2007 23:25:15 GMT