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Alternative View 2007 What Really Happened 2006 1 Alternative View 2007 Date Source Cat. Text 31.07.2005 1 Big Brother’s Reign 03.01.2007 Wash Post 1 dozens of private security companies given police powers by the state of North Carolina ... Private security guards have outnumbered police officers since the 1980s 03.01.2007 Raw Story 1 Fox News reporter says Bush admitted using cocaine, then retreats, citing, 'questions' - during the 2000 campaign Bush refused to answer the question of cocaine use. It was observed at the time that this likely meant he knew someone could prove him a liar if he said "No" and dared not risk it 03.01.2007 Blog 1 [US] passports .. after Jan. 1 will have always-on radio frequency identification chips, making it easy for officials – and hackers – to grab your personal stats ... tampering with a passport is punishable by 25 years in prison 04.01.2007 MM 1 Bush asserted the new authority Dec. 20 after signing legislation that overhauls some postal regulations. He then issued a "signing statement" that declared his right to open mail under emergency conditions, contrary to existing law and contradicting the bill he had just signed, according to experts who have reviewed it 07.01.2007 MM 1 Detroit may shut up to 52 schools {Mark Twain: build more prisons} 08.01.2007 Prison Planet 1 Texas Prison Camp Future American Gulag? - A detention camp in Tyler Texas that currently holds hundreds of rebuffed asylum seekers who legally entered the country, half of which are children swept up in midnight raids, is a potential prime location for the enforced transfer of American citizens during a time of national emergency 11.01.2007 Blog 1 on Fox News, anchor Gretchen Carlson called Sen. Ted Kennedy a ―hostile enemy‖ of the US because he has demanded that Congress vote on whether to approve funding for escalation in Iraq 12.01.2007 Yahoo 1 American states where more people own guns have higher murder rates 13.01.2007 BAZ 1 Kanada droht eine millionenschwere Sammelklage wegen der mutmasslichen Unterstützung eines CIA- Forschungsprogramms zur Bewusstseinskontrolle während des Kalten Krieges 14.01.2007 Berlingske 1 [Blix:] den entydigt største atomskurk lige nu er USAs præsident, George W. Bush ... I skal klare jer uden nukleare våben, men for os, er disse våben absolut nødvendige. Det er dobbeltmoral ... Antallet af atomvåben er faldet fra 55.000 under Den Kolde Krig til 27.000 i dag 14.01.2007 Blog 1 "The endless Iraq war is decreasingly about Iraq and increasingly about the US Constitution. ... [Bush's decision to escalate the war] is based on his flawed and dangerous theory of the "unitary presidency," a theory under which, once war is declared, the president as commander in chief can ignore constitutional checks and balances, disregard the bill of rights, suspend accountability, and concentrate dictatorial power in his own hands." --Former Senator Gary Hart 17.01.2007 Raw Story 1 Police ignore attacks on anti-Bush protesters - we used to see the same thing happen during Vietnam. The police turned a blind eye to attacks on peace marchers. Later, during the COINTELPRO hearings, it was revealed that the attackers were undercover police and FBI 18.01.2007 X 1 While maintaining the legality of the NSA domestic surveillance program, Gonzales said the President will not reauthorize the program when its current authorization expires, and will instead submit all surveillance requests through the FISC - The FISC has rarely if ever refused such a request. It is a rubber-stamp court operating outside Constitutional limits, used to legitimize illegitimate activity by the gov. {therefore incredible that they were not used} 18.01.2007 Blog 1 Bush adm said it will .. deal with the problem of innocent travelers mistakenly identified as being on US no-fly lists ... >31,000 innocent people each year whose names are judged to be suspicious 19.01.2007 Blog 1 Gonzales, live: "The Constitution does not say that every citizen has the right to habeas corpus." 20.01.2007 MM 1 NY court: FBI might have violated First Amendment in efforts to take down conspiracy film - worried the film could incite a riot 23.01.2007 Telepolis 1 pro Jahr "nur" 52 Morde pro 100.000 Iraker [US-Durchschnitt 6, D 1,6; EU 1,4] .. nicht viel mehr als die 42 pro 100.000 im Jahre 2005 in Baltimore, der murder capital 2005 in den USA ... New Orleans in 2006 mit 73 23.01.2007 Antiwar 1 Bush Continues to Unite the World... Against Him What Really Happened 2006 2 24.01.2007 Blog 1 The Jefferson Manual, rules used by the U.S. House, allows for impeachment to be begun in this manner: It only takes one state legislature. No governor is needed. One Congress Member, from the same state or any other, is needed to essentially acknowledge receipt of the state's petition 25.01.2007 Raw Story 1 Washington Times revealed that Bush's onetime Defense chief is now an unpaid consultant -- with classified access 26.01.2007 CNN 1 The White House and the Secret Service quietly signed an agreement last spring in the midst of the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal declaring records identifying visitors to the White House are not open to the public 29.01.2007 Blog 1 This was not JUST an antiwar event. It was the largest and perhaps the first major IMPEACHMENT event ever to occur 04.02.2007 Yahoo 1 Bush said his upcoming budget proposal would emphasize restraint on domestic spending while making defense and war costs for Iraq and Afghanistan the top priority 06.02.2007 Independent 1 Republicans in the Senate blocked not only a vote, but even a debate, on a bipartisan resolution opposing President Bush's troop "surge" in Iraq 06.02.2007 Global 1 Although no foreign power has threatened a bioterror attack against America, Research since 9/11 the Bush administration has allocated a stunning $43-billion to "defend" against one. Critics are now saying, however, Bush's newest "biodefense" initiative is both offensive and illegal 06.02.2007 Blog 1 >20 state legislatures so far have introduced resolutions opposing the President's proposed escalation in Iraq 07.02.2007 WRH 1 Returning to the main thesis, we know that Gen Tommy Franks and others have stated that with one more ‗terrorist‘ attack there will be suspension of our Constitution and martial law declared 07.02.2007 Telegraph 1 Rudy Giuliani enter the presidential race 08.02.2007 Blog 1 Criminals and scoundrels - The 25 Most Corrupt Officials of the Bush Adm 09.02.2007 Blog 1 Forged documents allowed Police Chief David Syrkus to sell a house half- owned by his ex-wife. It's still not known who forged his ex-wife's signature, because the Police Chief ain't talking. And he's still the Police Chief 09.02.2007 Blog 1 President Bush sent a $2.9 trillion ―guns not butter‖ 2008 budget to Congress Feb. 5, loaded with goodies for the rich, for corporations and the war-makers, but bare bones for working people, senior citizens, children and the poor 10.02.2007 Antiwar 1 Criminals Control the Executive Branch - former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski's damning indictment of the Bush Regime in his testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Feb. 1, 2007, as the US no longer has a media – only a government propaganda ministry 11.02.2007 Boston Globe 1 Putin accused the United States of making the world a more dangerous place by pursuing policies aimed at making it "one single master." 12.02.2007 X 1 "Food stamps" has become a misnomer, now that the aid comes in the form of a debit card that's not easily recognizable at a checkout line ... increased from 614,000 people in 2000 to ~1.1 million in 2006 13.02.2007 BBC 1 US Justice Dept. is reviewing its security procedures after admitting that more than 700 weapons and over 400 laptop computers had gone missing in the past 3 years 14.02.2007 Guardian 1 Once the most beloved country in the world, the US is now the most hated 15.02.2007 Raw Story 1 "This president has a record of dishonesty and obfuscation that is Nixonian in character in its willingness to manipulate the press, to manipulate the truth" [Carl Bernstein] adds 19.02.2007 Blog 1 NM Senate Rules Committee Passes Bush-Cheney Impeachment Resolu- tion - Now the measure goes to the New Mexico State Legislature. If it passes there, then under the Jefferson House Rules, the US House of Re- presentatives must immediately undertake impeachment proceedings 19.02.2007 NY Times 1 a provision quietly tucked into the enormous defense budget bill at the Bush adm.‘s behest that makes it easier for a president to override local control of law enforcement and declare martial law 21.02.2007 MM 1 Florida's prosecutors are floating a proposal to the Legislature to give them the power to secretly falsify public court records -- with a judge's approval -- for undercover law enforcement purposes 21.02.2007 X 1 UK security and law enforcement agencies made nearly 439,000 requests to monitor people's phone calls, emails and post during 15-month What Really Happened 2006 3 21.02.2007 US-News 1 Spurred by adding hundreds of new linguists and help from allies overseas, the FBI is translating a record 34,000 wiretapped conversations a month 21.02.2007 Huffigton Post 1 What Would You Do If Bush Declared Martial Law? - An editorial in the New York Times yesterday pointed out, for those of us who didn't realize it, that the Bush adm.
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