It's the mega-rich. The banks, and their vassal corporations. One Kennedy or one Bush - in servitude to these masters - is a million times more damaging than a city-block of 'welfare mothers', or other bugbears, voting to keep starvation at bay, or a school for their children.
[A] civil action may not lie or be maintained in a Federal or State court against any person for providing assistance to an element of the intelligence community, and shall be properly dismissed, if the Attorney General certifies to the district court of the United States in which such action is pending that . . .
(4) the assistance alleged to have been provided . . . was --
(A) in connection with intelligence activity involving communications that was
(i) authorized by the President during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, and ending on January 17, 2007 and (ii) designed to prevent or detect a terrorist attack, or activities in preparation of a terrorist attack, against the United States" and
(B) the subject of a written request or directive . . . indicating that the activity was
(i) authorized by the President; and (ii) determined to be lawful.
"Ah, this is obviously some strange use of the word "safe" that I wasn't previously aware of." --Arthur Dent
"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." --Thomas Paine
"In the 1980s capitalism triumphed over communism. In the 1990s it triumphed over democracy." --David Korten
You feel a whole lot more like you do now than you did when you used to.
Doesn't that actually endorse and extend to private actors the Nixonian view that if the president says it's legal, it's legal, regardless of what the law says and the Constitution says? Wouldn't that set an awful precedent that an administration could get private actors to do whatever they wanted including breaking the law?
Escher was my first thought, too. There is a certain predictability in this cliche, that perfectly describes the predictable logic of computer algebra.
How about framed photos of framed Escher prints?
"I see," said Achilles; and there was a touch of sadness in his tone.
The task of this piece on the front page of today's Washington Post is to establish the believe that Iran has a nuclear weapon design.
An international smuggling ring that sold bomb-related parts to Libya, Iran and North Korea also managed to acquire blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapon, according to a draft report by a former top U.N. arms inspector that suggests the plans could have been shared secretly with any number of countries or rogue groups.
The drawings, discovered in 2006 on computers owned by Swiss businessmen, included essential details for building a compact nuclear device that could be fitted on a type of ballistic missile used by Iran and more than a dozen developing countries, the report states.
The Swiss 'businessmen', Friedrich Tinner and his two sons, are alleged to have sold several nuke related stuff to Lybia and other countries.
There is more to the Tinner story, but for now let me concentrate on the date. The WaPo says the laptop has been discovered in 2006. But Tinner was under CIA control at least since the 2003 bust of nuclear related stuff on board of the 'BBC China'.
The German magazine Der Spiegel had a big story about this in March 2006:
Two circumstances could prove to be Lerch's undoing: first, the fact that the German ship "BBC China" was intercepted in October 2003 carrying a cargo of containers filled with nuclear technology headed for Libya and, second, that the incident prompted a panicked Gadhafi to disclose the names of all those who had supplied the Libyans with material and expertise for their nuclear program.
... The authorities caught up with Gotthard Lerch, who Tahir calls his "main contractor," in Switzerland. They also arrested members of the Tinner family -- Friedrich Tinner and his two sons, Urs and Marco -- all on the suspicion of having built parts for Gadhafi's nuclear weapons program in return for 15 to 20 million Swiss francs.
Tinner was flipped by the CIA at least since the 'BBC China' event but likely even earlier. Another man taking part in the alleged smuggling was also turned by the CIA or has worked for the CIA all along.
Indeed it somehow seems like everybody involved in the issue was somehow related to the CIA.
The usual story is that the Pakistani scientist A.Q. Kahn was the one who ran a smuggling network. That may not be true at all. Khan denies having been involved in such. A new book asserts that it was then Prime Minister of Pakistan Bhutto who personally gave Pakistani nuclear secrets to North Korea in exchange for North Korean No Dong missiles for the Pakistani army.
A Dutch court somehow 'lost' legal files about the Khan case and the CIA likely had a hand in this too. The CIA also successfully pressed (link in German) the Swiss government to destroy information it had about the Tinner case. Tinner will thereby never be convicted.
Now please explain to me how people arrested in 2003 and flipped by the CIA at least since then managed to keep nuclear plans on a laptop that were somehow found only in 2006?
Slashdot Mirror
Now I get it!
I kept hearing about the "Global Worming" thing, and thought it had something to do with my cat!
Marital aid.
Way to go, Beavis... heh heh.
In Soviet Googlestan, agents fake YOU!
Do Androids Shear Electric Sheep?
Jes' askin'...
Take 'em all down, Fanboi! Good dog!
Nixon's string-pullers got better at their game, with the new league of puppets.
But it's not "the voters".
It's the mega-rich. The banks, and their vassal corporations. One Kennedy or one Bush - in servitude to these masters - is a million times more damaging than a city-block of 'welfare mothers', or other bugbears, voting to keep starvation at bay, or a school for their children.
Because it's there. Well.. no... I mean it's "there", now. Oh. I mean by now it's all the way over there...
Dang! You know what I mean!
They cop a cool check, every time they exercise CALEA related operations.
They broke the law, on illegal orders from the Exec - and they get to keep the dough.
WaPo is more Psyop garbage. Like reading PRAVDA in 1976.
How do you "compromise" to allow violations of 4th amendment protection?
He stands for nothing. He will auto-fellate, if that's what you mean. Doing so is how he justifies the bending-over.
No implication that you are. :-)
Searching on "It's not illegal when the President does it" turned this image up. There's a gestalt realisation for the people of the US in the image.
The faggot didn't even mention this as an issue.
Four More Fears!
"If the PRESIDENT does it!"
Section 802(a) provides:
[A] civil action may not lie or be maintained in a Federal or State court against any person for providing assistance to an element of the intelligence community, and shall be properly dismissed, if the Attorney General certifies to the district court of the United States in which such action is pending that . . .(4) the assistance alleged to have been provided . . . was --
- (i) authorized by the President during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, and ending on January 17, 2007 and
- (i) authorized by the President; and
The rest of this Orwellian missive is available as a PDF file.(A) in connection with intelligence activity involving communications that was
(ii) designed to prevent or detect a terrorist attack, or activities in preparation of a terrorist attack, against the United States" and
(B) the subject of a written request or directive . . . indicating that the activity was
(ii) determined to be lawful.
My Quote Chain:
"Ah, this is obviously some strange use of the word "safe" that I wasn't previously aware of."
--Arthur Dent
"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."
--Thomas Paine
"In the 1980s capitalism triumphed over communism. In the 1990s it triumphed over democracy."
--David Korten
You feel a whole lot more like you do now than you did when you used to.
"This is good for the bottom line. That's good for AmeriKKKa!"
Laura at War & Piece has two good question for Pelosi that get to the gist of the issue:
Doesn't that actually endorse and extend to private actors the Nixonian view that if the president says it's legal, it's legal, regardless of what the law says and the Constitution says? Wouldn't that set an awful precedent that an administration could get private actors to do whatever they wanted including breaking the law?
Answers: Yes and yes.
Of course, the assassination wave of '64-'68 really did its job...
Who wants to be top egghead in the next has-been, banana republic?
Seriously - it took about 15 years for the US to hurtle over the edge of the black abyss that previously, the USSR plunged into.
Patting their wise-ass selves on the back, all the way down!
Escher was my first thought, too. There is a certain predictability in this cliche, that perfectly describes the predictable logic of computer algebra.
How about framed photos of framed Escher prints?
"I see," said Achilles; and there was a touch of sadness in his tone.
S O P
The task of this piece on the front page of today's Washington Post is to establish the believe that Iran has a nuclear weapon design.
The Swiss 'businessmen', Friedrich Tinner and his two sons, are alleged to have sold several nuke related stuff to Lybia and other countries.
There is more to the Tinner story, but for now let me concentrate on the date. The WaPo says the laptop has been discovered in 2006. But Tinner was under CIA control at least since the 2003 bust of nuclear related stuff on board of the 'BBC China'.
The German magazine Der Spiegel had a big story about this in March 2006:
Tinner was flipped by the CIA at least since the 'BBC China' event but likely even earlier. Another man taking part in the alleged smuggling was also turned by the CIA or has worked for the CIA all along.
Indeed it somehow seems like everybody involved in the issue was somehow related to the CIA.
The usual story is that the Pakistani scientist A.Q. Kahn was the one who ran a smuggling network. That may not be true at all. Khan denies having been involved in such. A new book asserts that it was then Prime Minister of Pakistan Bhutto who personally gave Pakistani nuclear secrets to North Korea in exchange for North Korean No Dong missiles for the Pakistani army.
A Dutch court somehow 'lost' legal files about the Khan case and the CIA likely had a hand in this too. The CIA also successfully pressed (link in German) the Swiss government to destroy information it had about the Tinner case. Tinner will thereby never be convicted.
Now please explain to me how people arrested in 2003 and flipped by the CIA at least since then managed to keep nuclear plans on a laptop that were somehow found only in 2006?
This whole story stinks from A to Z