Thursday, May 1, 2014

CLG: BP pipeline sprays 'oily mist' over 33 acres of Alaskan tundra, Train carrying crude oil derails in downtown Lynchburg, et al



News Updates from CLG
01 May 2014



Previous edition: MH370 Search: Exploration firm claims wreckage found (Google subscribers: Google Filter Instructions for CLG Newsletter.)

NSAssociate Google Relegated 29 Apr 2014 CLG Newsletter to the Spam Bin Posted by Lori Price, www.legitgov.org 29 Apr 2014 CLG subscribers: If you use Gmail as your email provider, please go to your spam bin to retrieve Tuesday's CLG Newsletter. Perhaps Google did not like the subject line: 'MH370 Search: Exploration firm claims wreckage found.' I notice that whenever I mention Fukushima and its ongoing radiation-spewing, Google blocks the CLG Newsletter!

Supreme Court rejects hearing on military indefinite detention case 28 Apr 2014 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to President Barack Obama's administration by declining to hear a challenge to a law that allows the U.S. military to indefinitely detain people believed to have helped al Qaeda [al-CIAduh] or the Taliban. The high court left intact a July 2013 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that journalists and others who said they could be detained under the law, did not have standing to sue. The provision in question is part of the National Defense Authorization Act, which the U.S. Congress passes annually to authorize programs of the Defense Department.

Mission uncertain: Canadian planes leave for Eastern Europe to assist NATO 30 Apr 2014 Six CF-18s and hundreds of Canadian Forces personnel left for Romania to help NATO forces in Eastern Europe amid uncertainty over the scope of the mission. It is the biggest deployment of military aircraft to Romania from another NATO member since the Ukraine crisis broke out. "There is a lot of uncertainty about what we're going to be doing over there," Lieutenant-General Yvan Blondin said at a press conference with Defense Minister Rob Nicholson in Bagotville, where the CF-18 Hornets are based. [LOL! There usually is, when the US and NATO are involved.]

IMF gives green light for $17 bn Ukraine aid package 01 May 2014 The International Monetary Fund has approved a two-year 17.1 billion loan package for Ukraine. The immediate disbursement of 3.2 billion will allow Ukraine to avoid a potential d-bt default. The IMF's 24-member board agreed to the two-year program to aid Ukraine’s troubled economy on Wednesday.

Putin: Washington behind Ukraine events all along, though flying low 30 Apr 2014 The US has been behind the Ukrainian crisis from the beginning, but was initially flying low, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. He added that if sanctions continue, Russia will have to reconsider who has access to key sectors of its economy. "I think what is happening now shows us who really was mastering the process from the beginning. But in the beginning, the United States preferred to remain in the shadow," Putin said, as quoted by RIA Novosti...The "Maidan cookies" policy paves the way to a broader crisis, Putin warned, referring to US officials showing up in central Kiev and encouraging protesters during demonstrations.

It's not Russia that's pushed Ukraine to the brink of war 30 Apr 2014 The threat of war in Ukraine is growing. As the unelected government in Kiev declares itself unable to control the rebellion in the country's east, John Kerry brands Russia a rogue state. The US and the European Union step up sanctions against the Kremlin, accusing it of destabilising Ukraine. The White House is reported to be set on a new cold war policy with the aim of turning Russia into a "pariah state"..."America is with you," Senator John McCain [R-Sociopath] told demonstrators then, standing shoulder to shoulder with the leader of the far-right Svoboda party as the US ambassador haggled with the state department over who would make up the new Ukrainian government. When the Ukrainian president was replaced by a US-selected administration, in an entirely unconstitutional takeover, politicians such as William Hague brazenly misled parliament about the legality of what had taken place: the imposition of a pro-western government on Russia's most neuralgic and politically divided neighbour.

Snowden leaks mean terrorists are changing tactics to slip under the radar, say British secret services --Stephen Phipson said terrorists were given 'full sight' of GCHQ tradecraft 29 Apr 2014 Terrorists are changing tactics to slip under the radar after being given 'full sight' of GCHQ tradecraft by whistleblower Edward Snowden, a counter-terrorism director warned today. Stephen Phipson, one of the Government's most senior counter-terrorism officials, said the surveillance leaks published in the Guardian newspaper had led to a 'substantial reduction' in intelligence on suspects as they have changed their methods of communication. The director at the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism (OSCT) said the release of information from the Snowden documents had given extremists 'full sight' of tools and techniques used by the British listening station GCHQ, which had had a 'severe' effect on spying operations.

Snowden Retained Expert in Espionage Act Defense 29 Apr 2014 Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who provided journalists a trove of classified documents, retained a well-known Washington defense lawyer last summer in hopes of reaching a plea deal with federal prosecutors that would allow him to return to the United States and spare him significant prison time. The lawyer, according to people familiar with the investigation, is Plato Cacheris, who has represented defendants in some of the highest-profile cases involving Espionage Act charges, including the convicted spies Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen and the convicted leaker Lawrence Franklin. Mr. Snowden, who now lives in Moscow, where he received temporary asylum, was charged last year with multiple violations of the Espionage Act.


Barrett Brown lawyer: US tried to 'kill a fly with a sledgehammer' 28 Apr 2014 The lawyer for Barrett Brown, the activist-journalist in jail in Texas on charges related to his involvement with computer hackers, has called for an overhaul in the way technology cases are handled by the criminal justice system to counteract potential abuses and excessive prosecutorial aggression on the part of the US government. In his first substantive comments since a gagging order on Brown and his legal team was lifted last week, Ahmed Ghappour told the Guardian that in his opinion, the US government had tried to "kill a fly with a sledgehammer". He accused prosecutors of imposing overly broad charges that had put unnecessary strain on the system, had profound personal implications for Brown who has been in custody for more than 500 days, and sent a chill across public debate.


NORAD exercises bring aircraft to Ohio skies 29 Apr 2014 North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) will practice intercept and identification procedures today north of Marion between Mansfield and Lima. Although they are scheduled for 10 a.m. to noon, the flights could be delayed by weather, according to a news release. People in this area may hear and/or see low-flying NORAD-controlled fighter jets in close proximity to a military or military contracted aircraft, which will be taking on the role of aircraft of interest.


We're going to need a full-blown insurgency to put an end to these eco-terrorists: BP pipeline sprays 'oily mist' over 33 acres of Alaskan tundra 01 May 2014 Alaska state officials confirmed Wednesday that an oily mist sprung from a compromised oil pipeline and sprayed into the wind without stopping for at least two hours, covering 33 acres of the frozen snow field in the oil well's vicinity. The discovery was at the BP-owned Prudhoe oil field on Alaska's North Slope, the northernmost region of the state where a number of profitable oil fields sit beneath the tundra. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) revealed that BP officials found the mist during a routine inspection on Monday.


Train carrying crude oil derails in downtown Lynchburg --State of emergency declared in Lynchburg 30 Apr 2014 Lynchburg has declared a state of emergency and Richmond has begun to switch to an alternate water supply after a train carrying crude oil derailed today, spilling oil into the James River upstream from Richmond's primary water supply. A CSX train of 12 to 14 tanker cars laden with fuel oil derailed near downtown Lynchburg at 2 p.m., according to LuAnn Hunt, a spokeswoman for the city. Three to four of the tanker cars breached and caught fire, she said.


Justices Back Rule Limiting Coal Pollution 29 Apr 2014 In a major victory for the Obama administration, the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the smog from coal plants that drifts across state lines from 28 Midwestern and Appalachian states to the East Coast. The 6-to-2 ruling bolsters the centerpiece of President Obama's environmental agenda: a series of new regulations aimed at cutting pollution from coal-fired power plants. Legal experts said the decision, written by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, signals that the Obama administration's efforts to use the Clean Air Act to fight global warming could withstand legal challenges.


All visitors entering country through KLIA to be screened for MERS-CoV 29 Apr 2014 All visitors entering the country through the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang will be screened for the Middle East respiratory syndrome corona virus (MERS-CoV), said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam. Malaysia recorded its first death related to MERS-CoV on April 13, after a 54-year-old man contracted the MERS-CoV.


Federal Judge Rejects Wisconsin's Voter ID Law 29 Apr 2014 A federal judge has ruled against Wisconsin's Voter ID law on Tuesday, finding that the rule places "a unique and heightened burden on those who must obtain an ID if they wish to continue voting in Wisconsin," a population that is disproportionately composed of poor and minority voters. U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman wrote in her decision that the law violates the constitution's equal protection provisions. Wisconsin's law, put on the books by Republican lawmakers in the state, is part of a wider push by conservatives to enact restrictions on voters in the name of combating 'voter fraud' [while the GOP steals entire elections. Think Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004.]


Federal judge strikes down Wisconsin voter ID law 29 Apr 2014 A federal judge struck down Wisconsin's voter identification law Tuesday, declaring that a requirement that voters show a state-issued photo ID at the polls imposes an unfair burden on poor and minority voters. U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman sided with opponents of the law, who argued that low-income and minority voters aren't as likely to have photo IDs or the documents needed to get them. Adelman said the law violated the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of equal protection. He also said the law appeared too flawed to fix with legislative amendments.


Chris Christie's latest excuse for Sandy delays is pure chutzpah (Star-Ledger Editorial Board) 29 Apr 2014 Gov. Chris Christie has given a number of shifting excuses for the delays in distributing Hurricane Sandy aid. But the latest one has a special gall: After months spent blaming the federal government, Christie now says the process was also slowed because he was so busy helping the poor...


Botched execution: Oklahoma governor pledges independent review 30 Apr 2014 Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin promised an independent review of the state's execution protocols Wednesday after a bungled execution raised questions about the state's handling of capital punishment. The Republican governor emphasized, however, that she has faith that state officials were legally correct in proceeding with the execution over the objections of defense lawyers.


Employee with Molotov cocktails, dressed 'like Rambo' opens fire at FedEx sorting center --Investigators have idea of alleged shooter's motive, but refuse to disclose it - police 29 Apr 2014 A FedEx employee wearing ammunition draped across his chest "like Rambo" opened fire Tuesday at a package-sorting center outside Atlanta, wounding six people before committing suicide, police and witnesses said. In addition to a shotgun, the gunman also had an undisclosed number of Molotov cocktails, but he did not use them in the attack, police said. The suspect, identified by police as 19-year-old Geddy Kramer of Acworth, was found dead inside.


NBA owners likely to force Sterling to sell Los Angeles Clippers 30 Apr 2014 The National Basketball Association's 29 team owners will likely vote to force Donald Sterling to sell the Los Angeles Clippers after he was banned for life for racist comments, some of the owners said on Wednesday...NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, who also announced a 2.5 million fine on Sterling on Tuesday, asked the league's governing board of fellow owners to act immediately to force Sterling to sell the club he bought 33 years ago.


Last Chance: Save the Greater Sage-Grouse 29 Apr 2014 The greater sage-grouse — a bird known for its fascinating mating dance -- lives its entire life in the wide open spaces of the American West, stretching from the Dakotas to California...The bird's population has plummeted during the last century, with more than half of its sagebrush habitat lost or degraded due in large part to unbalanced management of our Western lands. However, there is hope: We have the opportunity to save the sage-grouse, and your voice is crucial to ensuring responsible protections for the bird and its habitat. Please urge President Obama and other decision-makers to protect the remaining healthy sagebrush habitat across our public lands for the greater sage-grouse and other wildlife that make their home in these remarkable places.


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