News Updates from CLG
4 November 2014
4 November 2014
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Previous edition: 'British spies can go through Americans' telephone calls
and emails without a warrant, reveals UK legal
challenge.' See: Google Filter Instructions for CLG Newsletter.
US air force fires two more nuclear commanders, third officer
disciplined amid leadership crisis 3 Nov
2014 The US air force has fired two more nuclear commanders and disciplined a
third, fresh evidence of leadership lapses in a nuclear missile corps that has
suffered several recent setbacks including the removal of its top commander. The
most senior officer to be relieved of command was Colonel Carl Jones, second in
command of the 90th Missile Wing at FE Warren air force base, Wyoming, in charge
of 150 of the air forces 450 Minuteman 3 nuclear intercontinental ballistic
missiles...At the 91st Missile Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, which
also is responsible for 150 Minuteman 3 missiles, Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy
"Keith" Brown was relieved of command "because of a loss of confidence in
Brown's ability to lead his squadron", the air force said. [For the
mysterious historical saga of Minot Air Force Base, see:
Minot AFB Clandestine Nukes 'Oddities' By Lori Price (Updated).]
F-16s to fly over D.C. in calibration, training flights, NORAD
says 3 Nov 2014 Don't be surprised if you
see two F-16s flying over the southeastern part of Washington, D.C., on
Wednesday. NORAD said on Monday that it will be conducting calibration and
training flights. The North American Aerospace Defense Command said the tests
will be coordinated with the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department
of Homeland Security.
NATO asks US for more troops in Baltic states, Poland to counter
'Russia threat' 4 Nov 2014 The North
Atlantic bloc has asked the Pentagon to send more troops to Eastern Europe to
counter the perceived threat of Russia. There are currently 750
US soldiers in Poland and the Baltic states, but the organization believes that
this is not enough. The alliance cites the current situation in Ukraine, as well
as Russian military aircraft "incursions" into the airspace of the
organization's allies.
Israeli ministers pass bill jailing stone-throwers for 20
years 2 Nov 2014 Government ministers in
Israel have voted to increase penalties ten-fold on people convicted of throwing
stones at vehicles from two to 20 years, in a move designed to deal with a wave
of violence that has hit some of Jerusalem's Arab districts. If Israeli courts
can prove that someone threw a stone with the intent of causing serious bodily
harm, they may be able to impose a jail sentence of 20 years. The law would also
allow the conviction of people who hurl rocks at police cars or police officers
with the aim of hindering them from carrying out their duty.
Gaza cut off: Israel closes border crossings
indefinitely 2 Nov 2014 Israel has
said it's shutting the only two operating Gaza border crossings
indefinitely. This comes a day after a projectile hit Israel from the
strip, but caused no damage. Border closures threaten to isolate already
devastated Gaza completely. The move will affect both the Kerem Shalom and Erez
border crossings, Haaretz reported, quoting Israel's defense
establishment.
Appeals court to weigh NSA phone data
program 3 Nov 2014 A federal appeals court
will hear arguments Tuesday in a case challenging the NSA's vast phone data
collection program -- the next act in the legal battle pitting the agency's
antiterrorism efforts against the privacy rights of Americans. Privacy advocates
head into the arguments with a lower court victory in hand: A
judge in Washington ruled in their favor in December, calling the technology to
gather and analyze the phone records "almost Orwellian."
House Dem calls for undiluted NSA reforms 3 Nov 2014 With an eye on the Senate's lame duck session, Rep. Jerry
Nadler (D-N.Y.) is pressing the upper chamber to vote on a bill curbing National
Security Agency (NSA) authority. "We have the first chance in more than a decade
to finally place some real limits on the sweeping, unwarranted -- and at times
unlawful -- government surveillance that many of us have fought against for the
past several years," said Nadler, a member of the Judiciary Committee, which
unanimously approved the House version of the bill in May. The full House passed
the measure, the USA Freedom Act,
later that month. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has
introduced a version of the bill, but changes are expected before the lame-duck
Senate considers it.
U.K. Government Updates Travel Advice to Reflect Threat of
Terrorism 31 Oct 2014 The U.K. government
on Friday updated its travel advice to reflect an increased threat of terrorism
from extremists and said its citizens should be vigilant when traveling. "There
is considered to be a heightened threat of terrorist attack globally against
U.K. interests and British nationals from groups or individuals motivated by the
conflict in Iraq and Syria," the U.K. foreign office said. The update Friday
wasn't in response to a specific threat to the U.K., but was based on public
threats to the U.K. and its interests, according to a source familiar with the
matter.
Midterm elections: Fear of terrorism once against haunts American
politics 2 Nov 2014 As Americans head to
the polls for Tuesday’s midterm congressional elections, their
country once again at war in the Middle East, many have reached to the same
conclusion as Mr Dow. For the first time in nearly a decade, the fear of
terrorism is playing a major a role in an election and giving Republicans an
edge [due to the push 24/7 of that meme by the corporate-owned media] as the
party most trusted to keep the country safe...Around 55 per cent said they
backed the Republican Party on preventing terrorism, compared to 32 per cent for
Democrats - the largest gap since voters rallied around George W Bush in the
aftermath of 9/11 [, the inside job].
Midterm Elections 2014: Live
Updates 04 Nov 2014 It’s Election Day 2014!
With control of the U.S. Senate hanging in the balance, voters across the nation
are headed to their polling places to cast ballots today...Up for grabs this
year are 36 Senate seats. ABC News is working off a list of 16 states that we
see potentially swinging to a different party. Democrats are hoping they can
hold onto the upper chamber, but Republicans say they’re confident they can
wrestle six seats away from Democratic hands, which would put them back in the
majority.
US mid-terms: Battle for the Senate as polls
open 4 Nov 2014 Americans are voting in
mid-term elections which will decide who controls the Senate and pave the way
for the 2016 race for the White House. Polling booths opened in the eastern
states at 06:00 local time (11:00 GMT). The Republicans, who already control the
House of Representatives, need to gain just six seats to take the Senate.
Meanwhile the Democrats are battling to stay ahead as President Barack Obama's
approval ratings fall to the lowest they have been since he was
elected.
Court rejects appeal over Senate filibuster
rules 3 Nov 2014 The Supreme Court has
rejected an appeal from a public interest group and four members of Congress who
challenged the Senate filibuster as unconstitutional. The justices on Monday let
stand a lower court ruling that said Common Cause and the lawmakers did not have
legal standing to pursue the case. The plaintiffs argued that Senate rules
requiring at least 60 votes to bring legislation to a vote violates the
constitutional principle of majority rule. [Right, so since the Koch
Suckers on the Supreme Court let the 60-vote rule stand, if the GOP takes the
Senate, Democrats need to filibuster *everything,* or else Wall Street/CIA troll
Obama and his Republican friends will ram through the TPP, the deadly Keystone
XL Pipeline, cuts to Social Security, and more wars for Exxon Mobil and
Monsanto, etc. -LRP]
UN Ebola patient being treated in French
hospital 1 Nov 2014 France is treating a UN
employee who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone, the health ministry said on
Sunday. "This person, who worked in Sierra Leone in the fight against Ebola, has
undergone a secure medical evacuation by specialised aircraft," the ministry
said in a statement. The victim has been placed in isolation under high security
in an army training hospital in Saint-Mande near Paris.
Anti-quarantine nurse Hickox was trained as intelligence officer by
the CDC 30 Oct 2014 Nurse Kaci Hickox, who
has made headlines over the last few days by refusing to quarantine herself
after returning from the Ebola front lines in Africa, turns out to have been
trained as an "intelligence officer" under a two-year CDC program modeled after
the U.S. military. Hickox graduated from a two-year CDC intelligence officer
training program in 2012. The official intelligence designation granted to Nurse
Hickox by the CDC was "Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer," and she is a
graduate of the 2012 EIS program according to this CDC document. (See page
138-139 for Hickox's name and photo.)
Ferguson no-fly zone was reportedly aimed at
media 2 Nov 2014 Police in Ferguson,
Missouri requested the federal government institute a no-fly zone in more than
37 square miles of airspace surrounding the city in an effort to keep news
helicopters away during violent protests, the Associated
Press reported Sunday. The Federal Aviation Administration in August agreed to
the police request to restrict the airspace surrounding Ferguson for 12 days,
saying it was for safety due to the demonstrations following the shooting death
of 18-year-old Michael Brown. However, officials reportedly acknowledged in
taped telephone conversations that the real reason for the no-fly zone was to
keep media helicopters away.
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