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Tehran, Jan 24 - Iran's Intelligence Minister Ali Younesi described American commandos as 'chicks' as they were alledged to have been carrying out covert reconnaissance operations inside the Islamic Republic. "We are eagerly looking for the Americans commandos to come to Iran since they are chicks which would rapidly be picked up by our eagles," he said at a news conference here. The claims were first made in the New Yorker magazine this month by the investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, alleging that US operatives were choosing targets inside Iran for future air strikes. Younesi roundly brushed off the report, saying,...

Does USSOCOM allow PDAs? SOTECH brings you the answer and what industry is doing to make handheld devices useable in harsh environments where speed of information can win the day. As SOF demonstrated time and again in Iraq and Afghanistan, small forward-deployed teams can control territory that once would have required a whole company or battalion. Laser-range finders, cameras, sensors and instantaneous communications enable the individual SOF operator to call in precision-guided ordnance delivered from elsewhere. The technology that allows these and other capabilities is getting smaller, lighter and better. And now, much of this technology is getting consolidated...

INDIANAPOLIS - A former lottery security officer has been charged with helping two men buy a $1 million winning ticket by tipping them to where it would be sold. William C. Foreman, 59, was arrested Monday and charged with disclosing lottery information and theft, authorities said. He faces up to 50 years in prison. Foreman told an acquaintance, Chad Adkins, and Daniel Foltz in May that a winning scratch-off ticket had been sent to a store in Cross Plains in southeastern Indiana, said Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi. One of the men then spent about $700 to buy the store's...

Hi, A very close friend of mine has been considering running for the state legislature but worked at a porn shop several years back- a frat mate's dad owned it. Anyway-- I'm wondering what information is public? As far as I know tax returns are private right? He's not a freeper but is a member in the club for growth so he'd be great. THANKS SO MUCH

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Convention panel hides info on minority biz contracts The Democratic National Convention Committee - facing embarrassing public criticism on their record of doling out contracts to businesses owned by women and minorities - is flatly refusing to provide details of their contracting process. After numerous inquiries from the Herald about DNCC catering contracts, the DNCC refused to provide the information, citing a privacy policy. The Herald's inquiry came the same day as one by Boston City Councilor Charles C. Yancey, who said he has been focused for some time on making sure that minority- and women-owned companies could feast on...

The strange decline in relations between the US military and its one-time Iraqi ally, Ahmad Chalabi, took a new twist yesterday when Iran admitted having had regular dialogue with the former Pentagon favourite. The authorities in Tehran - and Mr Chalabi - were quick to deny suggestions that he had handed US secrets to Iran. But an Iranian foreign ministry spokesman, Hamid Reza Asefi, told reporters that Tehran had maintained "continuous and permanent dialogue with Chalabi and other members of the Iraqi governing council". He added that spying charges were "unfounded and baseless". Mr Chalabi, the leader of the Iraqi...

Bush Says He Lacked Info on Sept. 11 46 minutes ago By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - President Bush said Monday he will tell the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks that his administration lacked the information needed to prevent the terrorists from striking. The federal panel reviewing the attacks plans to meet soon with Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney in a joint private session to determine whether anything could have been done to stop the attacks. A date for the meeting has been set but neither the commission nor the White House has disclosed it. Bush...

I am looking for ACCURATE information on the Episcopal Bishop as preparation for a treatise. I have heard it rumored that he left his wife for his "partner" and that he is also not celibate, but a practising homosexual. All the information I have uncovered is unclear on these two points. If it is true, isn't the Church itself required to invalidate him because of adultery and fornication outside of marraige? Thanks for the feedback.

Graham: Release Sealed 9/11 Report Info 46 minutes ago By KEN GUGGENHEIM, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Citing the Saudi ambassador's claim that his country has "nothing to hide," Sen. Bob Graham called Monday on President Bush to declassify a 28-page section of the congressional report into the Sept. 11 attacks dealing with foreign support for the hijackers. Releasing the report "will permit the Saudi government to deal with any questions which may be raised in the currently censored pages, and allow the American people to make their own judgment about who are our true friends and allies in the...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly one in three doctors reports withholding information from patients about useful medical services that aren't covered by their health insurance companies, and the number may be on the rise, a study reports. Study authors say their work offers the first empirical evidence for what many have long suspected: that coverage limitations imposed by managed care are infiltrating doctor-patient communications. ``Patients aren't getting the whole story,'' said Matthew K. Wynia, director of the Institute for Ethics at the American Medical Association and lead author of the article being published in the journal Health Affairs. Wynia and his...

My nifty new MacAfee firewall says I was just "port probed" and traces it back to IP address 64.29.223.109 at datareturn.com, with Kai Schlichting 342 E. Jericho Tpke. 187, Mineola NY 11501, kai-datareturn.net-trap@conti.nu. I have reported it to abuse@dataretun.com, but that seems to be the company that did the probe. Is there any government (gak) agency I can report the attempted break in to?