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Sunday, May 29, 2005

Top General Myers Defends Guantanamo

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers, stated today that the soldiers at Guantanamo were doing their jobs as best they can, that this war against terror isn't like any other conventional war ever fought. And he's right. He made statements that there have been 325... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 26, 2005

Pentagon Admits To Five Cases Of Koran Mishandling

A Pentagon spokesman, Brigadier General Jay W. Hood, commander of the detention center at Guantanamo, stated today that the Pentagon knew of only five cases where the Koran was mishandled, but that there was absolutely "no credible evidence" to support allegations that a guard or anyone else at... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Declassified FBI documents Show Alleged Desecration Of Koran

As if the Newsweek story wasn't bad enough, then the hurried and seemingly forced retraction (which did absolutely nothing to alleviate fears of the story being true), followed by the Red Cross' statements that they reported alleged incidents of desecration to the Koran, there now is evidence that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 23, 2005

National Security Or Invasion Of Privacy?

There is legislation already introduced that would give the FBI direct control of investigating a suspect's contacts via the mail, an added power that would wrest away the ability of the Postal Service, who currently has jurisdiction over what is known as a "cover." The Postal Service contends that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 20, 2005

Red Cross Reports Mishandling Of Koran

Despite the retraction of the Koran desecration story by Newsweek, the New York Times today posted a story of how the International Committee of the Red Cross filed numerous reports with the Pentagon about alleged mishandlings of the Koran by American personnel at Guantanamo. Soon after the reports... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005

An Oversight On May 15 -- Peace Officers Memorial Day

President Bush paid tribute Sunday to the 156 police officers who died in the line of duty last year. They will have their names (along with 259 others whose names were not included over the years, but need to be added) engraved on the memorial, dedicated in 1991, that bears the names of all fallen... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 16, 2005

Newsweek Retracts Desecration Story

Upon further consideration (and I am sure, quite a bit of political pressure), Newsweek issued a statement retracting its story on the desecration of the Koran by military interrogators at Guantanamo, which houses mostly inmates of Muslim faith captured after 9/11. Newsweek stated that the source of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 15, 2005

Desecration Charges May Not Be True

Newsweek magazine published an article on May 9 that sparked an outpouring of Muslim outrage against the United States, most notably demonstrations in Afghanistan that resulted in the death of several dozen people. Today, the editor of Newsweek issued a statement of possible retraction, that the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 14, 2005

When Yellow Makes Green

The bright yellow Livestrong bracelet is nearing its first birthday and is expected to top 50 million in sales, according to Nike officials. The Lance Armstrong Foundation, which started the fad and the manufacturing of the bracelets to promote cancer awareness and raise money for treatment and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Personally, I Wanted Basic Bullshit Brown In The Color Code

Former Homeland Security Chief Tom Ridge told that his department generally was the least inclined to elevate the security risk status when decisions were made to issue an alert. He stated that most of the information used to elevate the color of alert, usually to "high" or yellow, came from... Sign in to see full entry.

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