http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/classified/ en-us Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:28:58 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406490/posts The giant gold and silver satellite glittered against the black sky as space shuttle Atlantis closed in on it from below. Commander Hoot Gibson and pilot Guy Gardner flew the approach, while mission specialist Mike Mullane, at the other end of the flight deck, readied the shuttle’s robot arm for a capture. Downstairs in the airlock, mission specialists Jerry Ross and Bill Shepherd waited in their spacesuits for Gibson’s order to go outside and attempt a rescue. The mission of STS-27 had been to deploy the first in a series of new spy satellites that used radar to observe ground... Air & Space Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406490/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:28:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387773/posts Assembling defense team will be among the initial challengesFederal court set to confront issue of self-representation By Peter Finn Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, November 15, 2009 In a military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Khalid Sheik Mohammed kicked his military attorney off the defense team, forced a civilian lawyer to sit at the back of the courtroom and reluctantly accepted the presence of another advisory civilian counsel to help him defend himself. **SNIP** That is, of course, if Mohammed doesn't attempt to plead guilty to capital charges so he can be executed -- his stated desire in a quest for... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387773/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:22:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290651/posts AP sources: Cheney told CIA not to discuss program By PAMELA HESS – 23 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney directed the CIA eight years ago not to inform Congress about a nascent counterterrorism program that CIA Director Leon Panetta terminated in June, officials with direct knowledge of the matter said Saturday. Subsequent CIA directors did not inform Congress because the intelligence-gathering effort had not developed to the point that they believed merited a congressional briefing, said a former intelligence official and another government official familiar with Panetta's June 24 briefing to the House and Senate... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290651/posts#comment Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:01:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270707/posts WASHINGTON—A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia has indicted James Wilbur Fondren Jr., on one count of conspiracy to communicate classified information to an agent of a foreign government and act as an illegal foreign agent; four counts of unlawfully communicating classified information to an agent of a foreign government; and three counts of making false statements to the FBI. If convicted on all charges, Fondren would face a maximum of 60 years in prison. David Kris, Assistant Attorney General for National Security; Dana Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; and Joseph Persichini, Jr.,... Department of Justice http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270707/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:17:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269294/posts A recent U.S. military policy decision now explicitly states that observations by hush-hush government spacecraft of incoming bolides and fireballs are classified secret and are not to be released, SPACE.com has learned. The satellites' main objectives include detecting nuclear bomb tests, and their characterizations of asteroids and lesser meteoroids as they crash through the atmosphere has been a byproduct data bonanza for scientists. The upshot: Space rocks that explode in the atmosphere are now classified. "It's baffling to us why this would suddenly change," said one scientist familiar with the work. "It's unfortunate because there was this great synergy...a very... Space.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269294/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:47:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259533/posts Note: The following text is a quote: THE BRIEFING ROOM THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _______________________________________________ For Immediate Release May 27, 2009 MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES SUBJECT: Classified Information and Controlled Unclassified Information As outlined in my January 21, 2009, memoranda to the heads of executive departments and agencies on Transparency and Open Government and on the Freedom of Information Act, my Administration is committed to operating with an unprecedented level of openness. While the Government must be able to prevent the public disclosure of information where such disclosure would compromise the... WHITEHOUSE.GOV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259533/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 03:02:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239452/posts Tired of Ebay and Craigslist snubbing you? Has your local paper refused to list guns in their classifieds section? Afraid of overreaching legislation designed to strip away your ability to purchase firearms from other law abiding individuals? Local suppliers unable to meet demand? Visit the Arms List They boast, " ARMSLIST, is a free local classified site for listing hand guns, pistols, rifles, shotguns, ammunition, archery, and hunting equipment. We created this site to allow people to find buyers and seller in their local community and not have to pay fees to list their stuff. We wanted the site to... Ascca http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239452/posts#comment Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:23:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2197561/posts WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Monday released a long-secret legal document from 2001 in which the Bush administration claimed the military could search and seize terror suspects in the United States without warrants. The legal memo was written about a month after the Sept. 11 terror attacks. It says constitutional protections against unlawful search and seizure would not apply to terror suspects in the U.S., as long as the president or another high official authorized the action. >snip The memo was one of nine released Monday by the Obama administration. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2197561/posts#comment Mon, 2 Mar 2009 21:56:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2156557/posts December 30, 2008 Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2008/December/08-nsd-1154.html Former Army Employee Pleads Guilty to Acting as Israeli Agent MANHATTAN — Lev L. Dassin, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Ben-Ami Kadish pleaded guilty earlier today to a one-count information charging him with participating in a conspiracy to act as an unregistered agent of the Government of Israel. In summary, according to statements at Kadish’s guilty plea before U.S. Magistrate Judge Theodore H. Katz, the Information and other documents filed Manhattan federal court: Kadish is a former employee of the... US DOJ.GOV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2156557/posts#comment Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:15:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021322/posts Click here ---> http://88.80.13.160/wiki/US_Boomerang_weapon_system_users_manualNo, I'm sorry, help me out here, please... How do they get away with this crap? Am I missing something? Sheesh! WikiLeaks http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021322/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 05:27:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996439/posts WASHINGTON - A new classified intelligence assessment on Iraq says there has been significant progress in security since the last assessment was delivered in August, a senior military official said. In most ways the new National Intelligence Estimate hews closely to the one delivered nine months ago. That document spoke of security gains since the increase in troop levels began in January 2007, the continued high rate of violence and uneven progress on the part of Iraqi security forces. "It does not differ significantly from August's NIE," a congressional official said in describing the document. The officials spoke on condition... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996439/posts#comment Fri, 4 Apr 2008 01:31:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1947527/posts Still in Control Pervez Musharraf was calm, confident and—despite a flurry of rumors—not about to announce his resignation. Instead, the Pakistani president's "concession" to his troubled nation was an announcement that he would allow Britain's Scotland Yard to help local law enforcement agencies with their investigation into last week's assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. Speaking in a nationally televised address two hours after Pakistan's election commission announced the postponement of the ballot to Feb. 18, six weeks later than had been scheduled, Musharraf was notably deferential in his remarks about Bhutto, often invoking her "martyrdom" and extolling... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1947527/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jan 2008 04:53:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960053/posts WASHINGTON (AP) — A large U.S. spy satellite has lost power and propulsion and could hit the Earth in late February or March, government officials said Saturday. The satellite, which no longer be controlled, could contain hazardous materials, and it is unknown where on the planet it might come down, they said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the information is classified as secret. Associated Press (excerpt) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960053/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:03:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956150/posts Keith Weissman and Steven Rosen Are PhDs and Middle East Experts Who Did Some Lobbying. They Thought They Were Doing What Washington Insiders Always Do. Thomas O’Donnell didn’t reveal his job when he phoned Keith Weissman in 2004 and got the policy analyst’s wife. He says he didn’t want to scare her. When Weissman returned the call and found out O’Donnell was an FBI agent, his first reaction was to attempt a joke: “What did I do?” “I’m sure you didn’t do anything,” O’Donnell told him. He wanted to meet that day, for five or ten minutes, and get Weissman’s... Washingtonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956150/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:46:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929602/posts A psychiatrist who serves in the IDF reserves is suspected of offering classified information to foreign intelligence officials, including those from Iran, police announced Friday morning. 45-year-old David Shamir, ranked as major in the army, was indicted on severe charges of attempted espionage, contacts with a foreign agent and perverting the course of justice. He was arrested by the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) in cooperation with the Israel Police's Serious and International Crimes Unit on November 14, police said. According to the prosecution, during his IDF reserve duty, the psychiatrist was exposed to classified material including emergency plans of... The Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929602/posts#comment Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:05:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1927271/posts November 18, 2007 U.S. Secretly Aids Pakistan in Guarding Nuclear Arms By DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROAD WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 — Over the past six years, the Bush administration has spent almost $100 million so far on a highly classified program to help Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s president, secure his country’s nuclear weapons, according to current and former senior administration officials. But with the future of that country’s leadership in doubt, debate is intensifying about whether Washington has done enough to help protect the warheads and laboratories, and whether Pakistan’s reluctance to reveal critical details about its arsenal... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1927271/posts#comment Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:28:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1764945/posts Did the 9/11 Commission receive all the documents it requested? Davis Releases Berger Report January 9, 2007 By David Marin (202)225-5074 Washington, D.C. – Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Tom Davis (R-VA) released the following statement today on a committee report that sheds important new light on Sandy Berger’s theft of classified documents from the National Archives. The report makes it clear that the full extent of Mr. Berger’s document removal can never be known, and consequently the Department of Justice could not assure the 9/11 Commission that it received all responsive documents to which Mr. Berger had... House Oversight Committee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1764945/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jan 2007 23:02:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1764943/posts Sandy Bungler's Burglary Exposed or...Why Character Matters “My staff’s investigation reveals that President Clinton’s former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger compromised national security much more than originally disclosed,” Davis said. “It is now also clear that Mr. Berger was willing to go to extraordinary lengths to compromise national security, apparently for his own convenience. “The 9/11 Commission relied on incomplete and misleading information regarding its access to documents Mr. Berger reviewed. No one ever told the Commission that Mr. Berger had access to original documents that he could have taken without detection. “We now know that Mr. Berger left stolen... U.S. House of Representatives http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1764943/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jan 2007 23:02:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1757994/posts Quick quiz.  If a Republican leader had gone into the National Archives and stolen classified material, material which detailed the actions of a Republican administration after a terrorist attack,  do you think the left would be calling for a investigation and a Special Counsel to be appointed? You bet your ass they would be.  Impeachment would be thrown around even more then it is now.  Think about this for one minute.  In the Plame case we had a desk jockey at the CIA outed after her husband lied to everyone and their mother about Iraq wanting to buy uranium from... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1757994/posts#comment Sun, 24 Dec 2006 09:15:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1748621/posts The New York Sun's Josh Gerstein is trying to find out what the Bush administration is and isn't doing to stop the drip-drip-dripping of the information faucet. He has gone to court and won a newsworthy ruling. Via the NYSun (hat tip - Betsy Newmark): A New York Sun reporter won an unusual victory in federal court in San Francisco last week, when a federal judge ordered the Department of Justice and other government agencies to respond to the reporter's request for a variety of documents that could show what efforts the Bush administration has made to investigate leaks to... Michelle Malkin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1748621/posts#comment Tue, 5 Dec 2006 12:07:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1738035/posts WASHINGTON - Classified information will be key evidence in the CIA leak trial and Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald went too far in his proposal to limit its release, a federal judge ruled Monday. Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is charged with lying to investigators in the case and wants to present classified material at his trial in January to show jurors that he had a lot on his mind and couldn't remember details about the leak. U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton said Libby has a right to use some classified material at trial in January. Walton... ap on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1738035/posts#comment Mon, 13 Nov 2006 23:54:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1736051/posts The former Los Alamos National Laboratory subcontractor at the center of a federal security breach investigation faced three hours of questioning from FBI agents on Wednesday, according to her lawyer. Attorney Stephen Aarons said that Jessica Quintana, 22, is being open with investigators and is hoping to avoid jail time for apparently mishandling classified documents. The FBI is investigating how hundreds of those LANL documents— in both paper and electronic form— ended up in Quintana's mobile home. She has not been charged with a crime. Aarons has said that Quintana, who worked as an archivist at the lab, took the... The Albuquerque Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1736051/posts#comment Fri, 10 Nov 2006 04:09:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1712170/posts WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Justice Department has opened an investigation into leaks to the media about the National Security Agency's classified domestic surveillance program. The program authorizes the NSA to eavesdrop on Americans without first seeking permission from a court for a search warrant. It has caused a political uproar with both Democrats and Republicans questioning whether President Bush went beyond his powers under the U.S. Constitution in authorizing it. The New York Times was the first to report the story on December 16th and then officials confirmed its existence to CNN and other organizations. "The Justice Department has opened... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1712170/posts#comment Mon, 2 Oct 2006 16:34:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1708466/posts As media scoops go, those based on "classified" information seem to have a special cachet. But ...we wonder if anyone would bother to read this stuff if it didn't have the word "secret" slapped on it. That's our reaction to Sunday's New York Times report claiming that a 2006 national intelligence estimate, or NIE, concludes that "the Iraq war has made the overall terrorism problem worse..." This is supposedly because the war has provoked radical Islamists to hate America even more than they already did before they hijacked airplanes and flew them into buildings. If this is the kind of... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1708466/posts#comment Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:22:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667563/posts by Mark Finkelstein July 17, 2006 - 21:58 Will the left wing please make up its mind as to the danger posed by conservative talk-show fans? As documented by MRC, in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, liberals like Bryant Gumbel pointed the finger at conservative talk radio: "Right-wing talk show hosts like Rush Limbaugh . . . and others take to the air every day with basically the same format: detail a problem, blame the government or a group, and invite invective from like-minded people. Never do most of the radio hosts encourage outright violence, but the extent... MSNBC-Countdown/NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667563/posts#comment Tue, 18 Jul 2006 02:38:31 GMT