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16 Jan 2011
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*Tucson shooting victim involuntarily committed to undisclosed medical
* --Shooting victim taken into custody at taping of TV special* 15 Jan 2011
A Tucson mass shooting victim was taken into custody Saturday after yelling
"you're dead" at a Tea Party spokesman during the taping of an ABC-TV town
hall event. The Pima County Sheriff's Office said J. Eric Fuller, 63, was
involuntarily committed to an undisclosed medical facility, NBC News
reported. The Associated Press said he was undergoing a psychiatric
evaluation. He faces charges of threats and intimidation and disorderly
conduct, according to Tucson TV station KGUN.
*Death threats to Bay Area senator catch eye of Giffords
investigators*<http://www.mercurynews.com/san-mateo-county/ci_17092623>A Tucson mass shooting victim was taken into custody Saturday after yelling
"you're dead" at a Tea Party spokesman during the taping of an ABC-TV town
hall event. The Pima County Sheriff's Office said J. Eric Fuller, 63, was
involuntarily committed to an undisclosed medical facility, NBC News
reported. The Associated Press said he was undergoing a psychiatric
evaluation. He faces charges of threats and intimidation and disorderly
conduct, according to Tucson TV station KGUN.
*Death threats to Bay Area senator catch eye of Giffords
* --Senator received death threats after criticizing Sarah Palin* 14 Jan
2011 (CA) The investigation into the shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle
Giffords of Arizona has led detectives to state Sen. Leland Yee, Ph.D., who
also received death threats for criticizing Sarah Palin, but officials are
not saying whether they have uncovered any link between the two. The chief
of staff for Yee, a Democrat representing northern San Mateo County and
western San Francisco, said he was briefly questioned by a Pima County,
Ariz., sheriff's detective who called him Monday. The Tucson-area detectives
are investigating the shooting that killed six people and injured Giffords,
who is also a Democrat.
*Republican ex-candidate charged with making threats in
Ind.*<http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i1co-hYRl_E_8DYrB95Jtxpzyz6w>2011 (CA) The investigation into the shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle
Giffords of Arizona has led detectives to state Sen. Leland Yee, Ph.D., who
also received death threats for criticizing Sarah Palin, but officials are
not saying whether they have uncovered any link between the two. The chief
of staff for Yee, a Democrat representing northern San Mateo County and
western San Francisco, said he was briefly questioned by a Pima County,
Ariz., sheriff's detective who called him Monday. The Tucson-area detectives
are investigating the shooting that killed six people and injured Giffords,
who is also a Democrat.
*Republican ex-candidate charged with making threats in
* --'Someday Boooooom while your setting in your offices,' read one of the
posts cited in media reports. 'And you know I won't even be the one pulling
the trigger,' said another*. 15 Jan 2011 An Indiana woman who ran
unsuccessfully for U.S. Congress last year was being held Saturday on
charges she made threats against judges and other officials on her Facebook
account. Morgan County Prosecutor Steve Sonnega -- who said he was among
those targeted -- said he decided to move quickly after discovering the
threats in part due to last week's shootings in Arizona that wounded U.S.
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed six others. Cheryl Allen of Martinsville
was being held on $100,000 bond Saturday in a jail in her hometown. State
police arrested her on eight felony counts of intimidation on Thursday, the
same day authorities discovered the postings, which were apparently
published on her page three days earlier.
*'Israel tested Stuxnet on Iran, with US
help'*<http://www.hindustantimes.com/Israel-tested-Stuxnet-on-Iran-with-US-help/Article1-650988.aspx>16posts cited in media reports. 'And you know I won't even be the one pulling
the trigger,' said another*. 15 Jan 2011 An Indiana woman who ran
unsuccessfully for U.S. Congress last year was being held Saturday on
charges she made threats against judges and other officials on her Facebook
account. Morgan County Prosecutor Steve Sonnega -- who said he was among
those targeted -- said he decided to move quickly after discovering the
threats in part due to last week's shootings in Arizona that wounded U.S.
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed six others. Cheryl Allen of Martinsville
was being held on $100,000 bond Saturday in a jail in her hometown. State
police arrested her on eight felony counts of intimidation on Thursday, the
same day authorities discovered the postings, which were apparently
published on her page three days earlier.
*'Israel tested Stuxnet on Iran, with US
Jan 2011 US and Israeli intelligence services collaborated to develop
a
destructive computer worm to sabotage Iran's efforts to make a nuclear bomb,
*The New York Times*
reported<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/world/middleeast/16stuxnet.html>ona
destructive computer worm to sabotage Iran's efforts to make a nuclear bomb,
*The New York Times*
Saturday. In its online edition, the
*Times* quoted intelligence and military experts as saying Israel has tested
the effectiveness of the Stuxnet computer worm, which apparently shut down a
fifth of Iran's nuclear centrifuges in November and helped delay its ability
to make its first nuclear weapons. The testing took place at the heavily
guarded Dimona complex in the Negev desert housing the Middle East's sole,
albeit undeclared nuclear weapons program.
*Iran to display US drones it shot down:
commander*<http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hnJWN3arqtQrZLwpX4pPHkkW-3iQ>15*Times* quoted intelligence and military experts as saying Israel has tested
the effectiveness of the Stuxnet computer worm, which apparently shut down a
fifth of Iran's nuclear centrifuges in November and helped delay its ability
to make its first nuclear weapons. The testing took place at the heavily
guarded Dimona complex in the Negev desert housing the Middle East's sole,
albeit undeclared nuclear weapons program.
*Iran to display US drones it shot down:
Jan 2011 Iran will put on public display two US Navy drones shot down
by
its elite Revolutionary Guards, a top Iranian commander said on Saturday.
"The planes that were shot down are among the most modern US navy drones and
have a long-range capability," Ali Fadavi, commander of Guards' naval
forces, was quoted as saying by Fars news agency. On January 2, the head of
Guards air force said the elite unit had downed two Western spy drones.
*Iraqis protest Biden visit*by
its elite Revolutionary Guards, a top Iranian commander said on Saturday.
"The planes that were shot down are among the most modern US navy drones and
have a long-range capability," Ali Fadavi, commander of Guards' naval
forces, was quoted as saying by Fars news agency. On January 2, the head of
Guards air force said the elite unit had downed two Western spy drones.
<http://www.presstv.ir/detail/160171.html>*--Similar anti-US
demonstrations were held in Najaf last week
*. 14 Jan 2011 Hundreds of Iraqis have taken to the streets of the central
city of Kufa, condemning a visit by the US Vice President Joe Biden to their
country. Chanting anti-US slogans, the demonstrators said the main reason
behind Biden's unannounced visit to Iraq was extending a December 31, 2011,
deadline for US troops to leave the country and called for an immediate US
withdrawal. *"In our protest, we demand that visits like Biden's to Iraq
should not be repeated and that the occupier should leave,"* one protester
said.
*Bombs kill Baghdad policeman, wound
6*<http://www.presstv.ir/detail/160348.html>15 Jan 2011 An Iraqi*. 14 Jan 2011 Hundreds of Iraqis have taken to the streets of the central
city of Kufa, condemning a visit by the US Vice President Joe Biden to their
country. Chanting anti-US slogans, the demonstrators said the main reason
behind Biden's unannounced visit to Iraq was extending a December 31, 2011,
deadline for US troops to leave the country and called for an immediate US
withdrawal. *"In our protest, we demand that visits like Biden's to Iraq
should not be repeated and that the occupier should leave,"* one protester
said.
*Bombs kill Baghdad policeman, wound
policeman has been killed and six other people have
been injured in the latest bomb attacks in Baghdad. On Saturday, an
improvised explosive device was used to target a police patrol in southwest
Baghdad's al-Bayyaa area, killing a police officer and injuring three other
policemen and one civilian, the Aswat al-Iraq news agency reported. In
another bombing earlier in the day, a policeman and a civilian were injured
in north Baghdad's Aadhamiya district.
*Three U.S. Soldiers Killed in
Iraq*<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704323204576083633043852612.html>15been injured in the latest bomb attacks in Baghdad. On Saturday, an
improvised explosive device was used to target a police patrol in southwest
Baghdad's al-Bayyaa area, killing a police officer and injuring three other
policemen and one civilian, the Aswat al-Iraq news agency reported. In
another bombing earlier in the day, a policeman and a civilian were injured
in north Baghdad's Aadhamiya district.
*Three U.S. Soldiers Killed in
Jan 2011 Three American soldiers were killed and one was wounded in
two
separate attacks in Iraq on Saturday, the U.S. military said. The deadlier
of the attacks happened in the morning when a man dressed in an Iraqi army
uniform opened fire at U.S. soldiers while they were conducting a training
session for Iraqi forces at a military base on the outskirts of the northern
city of Mosul, Col. Barry A. Johnson, spokesman for the commander of U.S.
forces in Iraq, said. The attacker killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded a
third before he was shot dead, Col. Johnson said... A third U.S. soldier was
killed in a separate attack in central Iraq, while "conducting operations,"
according to a military statement.
*Two U.S. troops killed by Iraqi soldier who 'smuggled real bullets into
training exercise'*<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1347516/Two-U-S-troops-killed-Iraqi-soldier-smuggled-real-bullets-training-exercise.html>15two
separate attacks in Iraq on Saturday, the U.S. military said. The deadlier
of the attacks happened in the morning when a man dressed in an Iraqi army
uniform opened fire at U.S. soldiers while they were conducting a training
session for Iraqi forces at a military base on the outskirts of the northern
city of Mosul, Col. Barry A. Johnson, spokesman for the commander of U.S.
forces in Iraq, said. The attacker killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded a
third before he was shot dead, Col. Johnson said... A third U.S. soldier was
killed in a separate attack in central Iraq, while "conducting operations,"
according to a military statement.
*Two U.S. troops killed by Iraqi soldier who 'smuggled real bullets into
Jan 2011 Two U.S. troops were killed today by an Iraqi soldier who
apparently smuggled real bullets into a training exercise and opened fire.
The incident raises fresh concerns about the nation's security forces as the
Americans prepare to leave by the end of this year. A U.S. military official
said the shooter was immediately killed by American soldiers who were
running the morning drill at a training centre on a base in the northern
city of Mosul.
*6 civilians killed by blast in south
Afghanistan*<http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jtAKMAIWsCB5hnvGLG-QqddZ3xag>16apparently smuggled real bullets into a training exercise and opened fire.
The incident raises fresh concerns about the nation's security forces as the
Americans prepare to leave by the end of this year. A U.S. military official
said the shooter was immediately killed by American soldiers who were
running the morning drill at a training centre on a base in the northern
city of Mosul.
*6 civilians killed by blast in south
Jan 2011 A minivan full of civilians struck a roadside bomb in
southern
Afghanistan, triggering a blast that killed six of the people in the
vehicle, a local official said Sunday. The explosion Saturday afternoon in
southern Helmand province also wounded three others riding in the Toyota
Townace, the provincial governor's office said in a statement, which added
that the dead included women and children. The blast occurred in Sangin
district.
*Bomb blast kills 3 Afghan
civilians*<http://www.presstv.ir/detail/160374.html>16 Jan 2011 Atsouthern
Afghanistan, triggering a blast that killed six of the people in the
vehicle, a local official said Sunday. The explosion Saturday afternoon in
southern Helmand province also wounded three others riding in the Toyota
Townace, the provincial governor's office said in a statement, which added
that the dead included women and children. The blast occurred in Sangin
district.
*Bomb blast kills 3 Afghan
least three civilians have been killed and one injured in a
roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan's southern Uruzgan province, a NATO
statement says. According to the international coalition force, the incident
took place in Gizab district on Saturday when the bomb targeted a car
carrying the civilians, a Press TV correspondent reported.
**
*Blackwater protects American institutions and personnel in the West
Bank*<http://www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/news/middle-east/1954-blackwater-protects-american-institutions-and-personnel-in-the-west-bank>14roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan's southern Uruzgan province, a NATO
statement says. According to the international coalition force, the incident
took place in Gizab district on Saturday when the bomb targeted a car
carrying the civilians, a Press TV correspondent reported.
**
*Blackwater protects American institutions and personnel in the West
Jan 2011 A spokesman for the Palestinian security services has denied
any
relationship between the Palestinian Authority and the presence of civilian
security officers from Blackwater, the private US company [terrorist group],
in occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank. In a statement to Alghad media,
Major General Adnan Aldamery said, "We do not have any single link to the
issue of Blackwater. It is an agreement between the US State Department and
a security company to protect the consulates, diplomatic missions and
American institutions in the West. We are not interfering in this matter; it
is diplomatic custom and the US has the right to commission whatever entity
it chooses to protect its institutions and its diplomats, and those who
visit the West Bank and Gaza as well."
*Mamdouh Habib's story is backed by
evidence*<http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/mamdouh-habibs-story-is-backed-by-evidence/story-e6frg6z6-1225987997174>15any
relationship between the Palestinian Authority and the presence of civilian
security officers from Blackwater, the private US company [terrorist group],
in occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank. In a statement to Alghad media,
Major General Adnan Aldamery said, "We do not have any single link to the
issue of Blackwater. It is an agreement between the US State Department and
a security company to protect the consulates, diplomatic missions and
American institutions in the West. We are not interfering in this matter; it
is diplomatic custom and the US has the right to commission whatever entity
it chooses to protect its institutions and its diplomats, and those who
visit the West Bank and Gaza as well."
*Mamdouh Habib's story is backed by
Jan 2011 Last December 17 in Sydney, officers representing the federal
Attorney-General Robert McClelland signed a secret deal with former terror
suspect Mamdouh Habib. It featured an undisclosed compensation payout in
return for Habib dropping his long-running civil suit claiming commonwealth
complicity in his 2001 arrest, rendition, detention and torture in Pakistan,
Egypt and Guantanamo Bay. The secrecy clause preventing details of the deal
being made public prolonged a decade-long cover-up of exactly what the
Australian government and its officers knew about Habib's CIA rendition to
Egypt, where he was held in barbarous conditions and tortured for seven
months, before being transferred to Cuba.
*Israeli spy planes fly over
Beirut*<http://www.presstv.ir/detail/160161.html>14 Jan 2011 TheAttorney-General Robert McClelland signed a secret deal with former terror
suspect Mamdouh Habib. It featured an undisclosed compensation payout in
return for Habib dropping his long-running civil suit claiming commonwealth
complicity in his 2001 arrest, rendition, detention and torture in Pakistan,
Egypt and Guantanamo Bay. The secrecy clause preventing details of the deal
being made public prolonged a decade-long cover-up of exactly what the
Australian government and its officers knew about Habib's CIA rendition to
Egypt, where he was held in barbarous conditions and tortured for seven
months, before being transferred to Cuba.
*Israeli spy planes fly over
Israeli military has again sent reconnaissance aircraft into
the Lebanese airspace for surveillance. A statement released by the Lebanese
Army said on Friday that two Israeli spy drones had entered Lebanon's
territory over the southern border town of Naqoura on Thursday and flew over
nearly most areas in the south and the capital Beirut, a Press TV
correspondent reported.
*Germany to re-arrest 'Mossad
agent'*<http://www.presstv.ir/detail/160367.html>16 Jan 2011 Germanythe Lebanese airspace for surveillance. A statement released by the Lebanese
Army said on Friday that two Israeli spy drones had entered Lebanon's
territory over the southern border town of Naqoura on Thursday and flew over
nearly most areas in the south and the capital Beirut, a Press TV
correspondent reported.
*Germany to re-arrest 'Mossad
has reportedly issued a new arrest warrant for an
Israeli suspected of involvement in the assassination of a Hamas official in
Dubai. The German weekly, *Der Spiegel*, reported in its Sunday edition that
German authorities issued a new arrest warrant for an Israeli national
identified as Uri Brodsky. The report did not specify the new charges
against Brodsky, an alleged Israeli Mossad agent suspected of involvement in
the terror of Palestinian leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in a Dubai hotel room on
January 19, 2010.
*Tunisian president escapes country as tanks patrol
streets*<http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=731708&ht=Tunisian-president-escapes-country-as-tanks-patrol-streets>15Israeli suspected of involvement in the assassination of a Hamas official in
Dubai. The German weekly, *Der Spiegel*, reported in its Sunday edition that
German authorities issued a new arrest warrant for an Israeli national
identified as Uri Brodsky. The report did not specify the new charges
against Brodsky, an alleged Israeli Mossad agent suspected of involvement in
the terror of Palestinian leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in a Dubai hotel room on
January 19, 2010.
*Tunisian president escapes country as tanks patrol
Jan 2011 After weeks of protests that ultimately led to turmoil in the
small African country of Tunisia, the president has finally fled to Saudi
Arabia with his family, leaving behind an angry nation. Tunisia is located
in North Africa and has had deep diplomatic relations with the European
Union, Arab League, the African Union and the United Nations. The country
has, since 1987, been ruled by the authoritarian President Zine El Abidine
Ben Ali who has long been charged with corruption, abuse of power and
violations of human rights.
*Cuba says Obama leaves 'intact blockade' despite easing
measures*<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-01/16/c_13692796.htm>16small African country of Tunisia, the president has finally fled to Saudi
Arabia with his family, leaving behind an angry nation. Tunisia is located
in North Africa and has had deep diplomatic relations with the European
Union, Arab League, the African Union and the United Nations. The country
has, since 1987, been ruled by the authoritarian President Zine El Abidine
Ben Ali who has long been charged with corruption, abuse of power and
violations of human rights.
*Cuba says Obama leaves 'intact blockade' despite easing
Jan 2011 Cuba said on Saturday the easing of restriction on travel and
remittances to the island by the United States were inadequate, because they
"keep intact the economic, financial and trade blockade." The United States
on Friday eased restrictions on visas, remittances and travel under its full
embargo on Cuba.
*14-year-old boy held in petrol bomb
probe*<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/14yearold-boy-held-in-petrol-bomb-probe-2184908.html>remittances to the island by the United States were inadequate, because they
"keep intact the economic, financial and trade blockade." The United States
on Friday eased restrictions on visas, remittances and travel under its full
embargo on Cuba.
*14-year-old boy held in petrol bomb
* --'The boy is being questioned in a south London police station.'* 14 Jan
2011 Police today arrested a 14-year-old boy over the throwing of a petrol
bomb during a student protest. The arrest comes a day after Scotland Yard
released images of a hooded figure running across Parliament Square and
throwing a flaming bottle across a crowd of protesters.
*Palin e-mail hacker starts prison
term*<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12176463>2011 Police today arrested a 14-year-old boy over the throwing of a petrol
bomb during a student protest. The arrest comes a day after Scotland Yard
released images of a hooded figure running across Parliament Square and
throwing a flaming bottle across a crowd of protesters.
*Palin e-mail hacker starts prison
* [Too bad Palin isn't.]* 13 Jan 2011 A man who broke into Sarah Palin's
e-mail has been imprisoned - despite being told he might be spared jail.
David Kernell, 23, was found guilty last year of illegally accessing Mrs
Palin's e-mail during the 2008 presidential campaign. At the time, a judge
suggested he should serve his year-long sentence in a halfway house. But
after intervention from US government officials he is now in federal prison,
the BBC has learned.
*U.S. Rep Wants Assange Declared 'Banned Person,' Recalling South Africa's
Internal Security
Act*<http://www.legitgov.org/US-Rep-Wants-Assange-Declared-Banned-Person-Recalling-South-Africas-Internal-Security-Act>e-mail has been imprisoned - despite being told he might be spared jail.
David Kernell, 23, was found guilty last year of illegally accessing Mrs
Palin's e-mail during the 2008 presidential campaign. At the time, a judge
suggested he should serve his year-long sentence in a halfway house. But
after intervention from US government officials he is now in federal prison,
the BBC has learned.
*U.S. Rep Wants Assange Declared 'Banned Person,' Recalling South Africa's
Internal Security
* --Banning Orders Should be Banned* By Lori Price, www.legitgov.org 15 Jan
2011 U.S. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., the chairman of the Committee on Homeland
Security, wants WikiLeaks and its
founder<http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=11677>,2011 U.S. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., the chairman of the Committee on Homeland
Security, wants WikiLeaks and its
Julian Assange, to be added to the Treasury Department's 'Specially
Designated National and Blocked Persons List,' also known as the SDN List.
Rep. King's request evokes the story of another banned journalist, Donald
James Woods. Woods was the editor of the South Africa's 'Daily Dispatch'
from 1965 to 1977, befriending Steve Biko, the leader of the anti-apartheid
Black Consciousness Movement. Woods was declared a 'banned person' under
South Africa's Internal Security Act by the Afrikaner National Party
government in October 1977.
*US Treasury: Can't Keep Businesses From Working With
Wikileaks*<http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=201101141054dowjonesdjonline000414&title=us-treasurycant-keep-businesses-from-working-with-wikileaks>14Designated National and Blocked Persons List,' also known as the SDN List.
Rep. King's request evokes the story of another banned journalist, Donald
James Woods. Woods was the editor of the South Africa's 'Daily Dispatch'
from 1965 to 1977, befriending Steve Biko, the leader of the anti-apartheid
Black Consciousness Movement. Woods was declared a 'banned person' under
South Africa's Internal Security Act by the Afrikaner National Party
government in October 1977.
*US Treasury: Can't Keep Businesses From Working With
Jan 2011 The Treasury Department said Thursday it doesn't have enough
evidence to prevent U.S. businesses from working with Wikileaks or its
founder, Julian Assange. Responding to a congressman who asked the
department to sanction the website that has leaked thousands of U.S.
government documents, the department said none of its current programs has
the reach to ensnare Wikileaks. Treasury administers but doesn't outline the
criteria for sanctions programs.
*Treasury Says It Cannot Sanction Wikileaks Or Julian
Assange*<http://blogs.wsj.com/corruption-currents/2011/01/14/treasury-says-it-cannot-sanction-wikileaks-or-julian-assange/>14evidence to prevent U.S. businesses from working with Wikileaks or its
founder, Julian Assange. Responding to a congressman who asked the
department to sanction the website that has leaked thousands of U.S.
government documents, the department said none of its current programs has
the reach to ensnare Wikileaks. Treasury administers but doesn't outline the
criteria for sanctions programs.
*Treasury Says It Cannot Sanction Wikileaks Or Julian
Jan 2011 The Treasury Department said it doesn't have enough evidence
to
place sanctions on Wikileaks or its leader Julian Assange, Dow Jones
Newswires reported. Responding to Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., who
asked<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110113/01220912647/rep-peter-king-wants-treasury-dept-to-put-wikileaks-terrrorist-list.shtml>theto
place sanctions on Wikileaks or its leader Julian Assange, Dow Jones
Newswires reported. Responding to Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., who
department to add it to its blacklisted entities list maintained at
the
Office of Foreign Assets Control, the Treasury said none of its current
programs can reach either Wikileaks or Assange. The Treasury administers but
doesn't create the criteria for sanctions; that power comes either
legislatively or by executive order.
*US Justice Dept national security chief to join firm run by former
Microsoft chief
strategist*<http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gCfgASFmfjrJfNYh_qTMmZ826dKw>13the
Office of Foreign Assets Control, the Treasury said none of its current
programs can reach either Wikileaks or Assange. The Treasury administers but
doesn't create the criteria for sanctions; that power comes either
legislatively or by executive order.
*US Justice Dept national security chief to join firm run by former
Microsoft chief
Jan 2011 The assistant attorney general who has overseen some of the
most
significant terror investigations since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks is
leaving the U.S. Justice Department. Assistant Attorney General David Kris
will become general counsel at a company [Intellectual Ventures] founded by
the retired chief strategist and top technology officer at Microsoft Corp.,
Nathan Myhrvold.
*Homeland Security Cancels 'Virtual Fence' After $1 Billion Is
Spent*<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/15/us/politics/15fence.html>15most
significant terror investigations since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks is
leaving the U.S. Justice Department. Assistant Attorney General David Kris
will become general counsel at a company [Intellectual Ventures] founded by
the retired chief strategist and top technology officer at Microsoft Corp.,
Nathan Myhrvold.
*Homeland Security Cancels 'Virtual Fence' After $1 Billion Is
Jan 2011 The Department of Homeland Security on Friday canceled a
project
to build a technology-based "virtual fence" across the Southwest border,
saying that the effort -- on which $1 billion has already been spent -- was
ineffective and too costly... Janet Napolitano, the homeland security
secretary, said she had decided to end the five-year-old project, known as
SBI-Net. Ms. Napolitano's decision brought a long-expected close to a
project carried out by the Boeing Corporation under a contract first signed
in 2005 under President [sic] George W. Bush, which had been plagued by
delays and cost overruns.
*The sun rises two days early in Greenland, sparking fears that global
warming is accelerating*<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1346936/The-sun-rises-days-early-Greenland-sparking-fears-climate-change-accelerating.html>project
to build a technology-based "virtual fence" across the Southwest border,
saying that the effort -- on which $1 billion has already been spent -- was
ineffective and too costly... Janet Napolitano, the homeland security
secretary, said she had decided to end the five-year-old project, known as
SBI-Net. Ms. Napolitano's decision brought a long-expected close to a
project carried out by the Boeing Corporation under a contract first signed
in 2005 under President [sic] George W. Bush, which had been plagued by
delays and cost overruns.
*The sun rises two days early in Greenland, sparking fears that global
* --The most likely explanation is that it is down to the lower height of
melting icecaps allowing the sun's light to penetrate through earlier*. 14
Jan 2011 The sun over Greenland has risen two days early, baffling
scientists and sparking fears that Arctic icecaps are melting faster than
previously thought. Experts say the sun should have risen over the Arctic
nation's most westerly town, Ilulissat, yesterday, ending a month-and-a-half
of winter darkness. But for the first time in history light began creeping
over the horizon at around 1pm on Tuesday - 48 hours ahead of the usual date
of 13 January.
*Environmental group says it will sue US government to protect polar bear
habitat*<http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hqZ1EqkaR9fQeiiBqShmZtRTlc9g>13melting icecaps allowing the sun's light to penetrate through earlier*. 14
Jan 2011 The sun over Greenland has risen two days early, baffling
scientists and sparking fears that Arctic icecaps are melting faster than
previously thought. Experts say the sun should have risen over the Arctic
nation's most westerly town, Ilulissat, yesterday, ending a month-and-a-half
of winter darkness. But for the first time in history light began creeping
over the horizon at around 1pm on Tuesday - 48 hours ahead of the usual date
of 13 January.
*Environmental group says it will sue US government to protect polar bear
Jan 2011 An environmental group on Thursday gave notice that it
intends
to sue the U.S. government for what conservationists consider a failure to
protect critical habitat for polar bears from harmful oil and gas
development. The Center for Biological Diversity sent the required notice to
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. Agencies of the Interior Department have
reaffirmed a Bush-era plan that authorized oil leasing in the newly
designated polar bear critical habitat in the Chukchi Sea, and are
considering a proposal to allow Shell Oil to drill next summer in polar bear
critical habitat in the Beaufort Sea.
*Italian PM accused of underage sex and related abuse of
power*<http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=731835>15 Jan 2011 Afterintends
to sue the U.S. government for what conservationists consider a failure to
protect critical habitat for polar bears from harmful oil and gas
development. The Center for Biological Diversity sent the required notice to
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. Agencies of the Interior Department have
reaffirmed a Bush-era plan that authorized oil leasing in the newly
designated polar bear critical habitat in the Chukchi Sea, and are
considering a proposal to allow Shell Oil to drill next summer in polar bear
critical habitat in the Beaufort Sea.
*Italian PM accused of underage sex and related abuse of
narrowly avoiding a vote of no confidence in parliament,
the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, is now being investigated for
an alleged sexual encounter with an underage prostitute and subsequent cover
up. The Italian Prime Minister has long maintained his playboy image and has
made no secret of the fact he enjoys the company of the opposite sex, but
now Italian prosecutors are investigating embarrassing claims by a teenage
nightclub dancer.
*Silvio Berlusconi investigated in teenage prostitution
case*<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/14/berlusconi-investigated-teenage-prostitution-case>the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, is now being investigated for
an alleged sexual encounter with an underage prostitute and subsequent cover
up. The Italian Prime Minister has long maintained his playboy image and has
made no secret of the fact he enjoys the company of the opposite sex, but
now Italian prosecutors are investigating embarrassing claims by a teenage
nightclub dancer.
*Silvio Berlusconi investigated in teenage prostitution
* --Italian prime minister also suspected of abusing position by putting
pressure on police* 14 Jan 2011 Silvio Berlusconi has been formally placed
under investigation on suspicion of paying for sex with a 17-year old girl,
according to a statement issued today by prosecutors in Milan. He was
further accused of abusing his position as Italy's prime minister by
bringing pressure to bear on the police to cover up his alleged relationship
with the girl, who was working as a prostitute. The two alleged offences
carry sentences totalling 15 years in jail.
*Spill Report Accuses Jindal of
Showboating*<http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/spill-report-accuses-jindal-of-showboating/>14pressure on police* 14 Jan 2011 Silvio Berlusconi has been formally placed
under investigation on suspicion of paying for sex with a 17-year old girl,
according to a statement issued today by prosecutors in Milan. He was
further accused of abusing his position as Italy's prime minister by
bringing pressure to bear on the police to cover up his alleged relationship
with the girl, who was working as a prostitute. The two alleged offences
carry sentences totalling 15 years in jail.
*Spill Report Accuses Jindal of
Jan 2011 Jockeying by Gulf Coast officials for limited oil
spill-fighting
resources and the construction of a massive chain of sand barriers to block
oil offshore -- a key priority of Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-Whackjob) of
Louisiana -- did little to protect the coastline and often hampered the more
effective actions of federal responders to the 2010 oil spill, according to
the final report by the presidential panel investigating the spill. The
report <http://www.oilspillcommission.gov/final-report>, released onspill-fighting
resources and the construction of a massive chain of sand barriers to block
oil offshore -- a key priority of Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-Whackjob) of
Louisiana -- did little to protect the coastline and often hampered the more
effective actions of federal responders to the 2010 oil spill, according to
the final report by the presidential panel investigating the spill. The
Tuesday, also details new allegations that *Mr. Jindal deliberately withheld
the location of an area of oiled marsh from the Coast Guard that he used as
a backdrop for television interviews*.
*G.O.P. Elects a New Chairman as Steele Drops
Out*<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/15/us/politics/15repubs.html>15the location of an area of oiled marsh from the Coast Guard that he used as
a backdrop for television interviews*.
*G.O.P. Elects a New Chairman as Steele Drops
Jan 2011 The Republican National Committee selected a new leader on
Friday, with its choice, Reince Priebus of Wisconsin, surviving seven
contentious rounds of balloting to overtake Michael Steele, the embattled
chairman, as party officials demanded new leadership to fortify the party
for the 2012 presidential race. Mr. Priebus, who broke away from Mr.
Steele's close circle of advisers to run against him, said he would work to
rebuild the trust of major contributors who had lost faith in the party and
begin preparing to challenge President Obama.
**
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contentious rounds of balloting to overtake Michael Steele, the embattled
chairman, as party officials demanded new leadership to fortify the party
for the 2012 presidential race. Mr. Priebus, who broke away from Mr.
Steele's close circle of advisers to run against him, said he would work to
rebuild the trust of major contributors who had lost faith in the party and
begin preparing to challenge President Obama.
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Previous lead stories: *US Teenager on 'No-Fly' List Grilled by F.B.I. After
Invoking Right to
Jan 2011 A US teenager detained in Kuwait said he underwent a heated
interrogation by F.B.I. agents for several hours on Wednesday, in a case
that has renewed debate over the Obama administration's expansion of the
no-fly list after the attempted bombing of a passenger plane bound for
Detroit in 2009. The interrogation grew steadily more hostile when the
agents pressed the teenager, Gulet Mohamed, on his travels to Yemen and
Somalia and began calling him an "embarrassment to his country," he said.
Mr. Mohamed, whom American officials said is on a no-fly list, said the
F.B.I. agents interrogated him even after he refused to answer their
questions without a lawyer, and after they gave him a paper listing his
Miranda rights.
*Senators say US military cyber ops not
disclosed*<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/12/AR2011011204042.html>interrogation by F.B.I. agents for several hours on Wednesday, in a case
that has renewed debate over the Obama administration's expansion of the
no-fly list after the attempted bombing of a passenger plane bound for
Detroit in 2009. The interrogation grew steadily more hostile when the
agents pressed the teenager, Gulet Mohamed, on his travels to Yemen and
Somalia and began calling him an "embarrassment to his country," he said.
Mr. Mohamed, whom American officials said is on a no-fly list, said the
F.B.I. agents interrogated him even after he refused to answer their
questions without a lawyer, and after they gave him a paper listing his
Miranda rights.
*Senators say US military cyber ops not
* --Cyber experts suggest possible secret US operations in Iraq and
Afghanistan, and possibly Yemen or Somalia* 12 Jan 2011 The Pentagon failed
to disclose clandestine cyber activities in a classified report on secret
military actions that goes to Congress, according to a Senate document that
provides a public peek at oversight concerns surrounding the government's
computer war capabilities. The U.S. military's use of offensive cyber
warfare has only rarely been disclosed, such as the electronic jamming of
Iraqi military and communications networks just before the [illegal] strike
against Saddam Hussein's army in 2003.
*Afghan campaign caused $100 million damage:
inquiry*<http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70A3B620110111>Afghanistan, and possibly Yemen or Somalia* 12 Jan 2011 The Pentagon failed
to disclose clandestine cyber activities in a classified report on secret
military actions that goes to Congress, according to a Senate document that
provides a public peek at oversight concerns surrounding the government's
computer war capabilities. The U.S. military's use of offensive cyber
warfare has only rarely been disclosed, such as the electronic jamming of
Iraqi military and communications networks just before the [illegal] strike
against Saddam Hussein's army in 2003.
*Afghan campaign caused $100 million damage:
* --Violence is at its worst since U.S.-backed Afghan forces overthrew the
government in 2001*. 11 Jan 2011 Afghan and foreign forces have caused more
than $100 million damage to fruit crops and homes during 'security'
operations in southern Kandahar province, a government delegation said on
Tuesday. Tens of thousands of foreign and Afghan troops are deployed in
Kandahar, a traditional stronghold of the Afghan Taliban, where they have
been conducting military offensives over the past year.
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