News Updates from CLG
08 April 2015
08 April 2015
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Former CIA station chief will face murder charges over drone strike,
Pakistan court rules | 07 April 2015 | The
former head of the CIA in Pakistan should be tried for murder and waging war
against the country, a high court judge ruled on Tuesday. Criminal charges
against Jonathan Banks, the former CIA station chief in Islamabad, were ordered
in relation to a December 2009 attack by a US drone which reportedly killed at
least three people. Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad high court
also ruled charges should be brought against John A Rizzo, formerly the top CIA
lawyer who gave the legal green light for drone strikes.
Pakistan court orders murder case registration against CIA Station
Chief | 07 April 2015 | A
Pakistani court ordered police on Tuesday to register a criminal cases against
two former CIA officials for offenses of murder, conspiracy, waging war against
Pakistan and terrorism. Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of Islamabad High Court
issued the order to the Islamabad Police Chief Tahir Alam Khan on a petition
filed by Kareem Khan, a resident of North Waziristan tribal region who had lost
his son and his brother in a drone attack carried out by the CIA in 2009...The
police chief explained that the government was reluctant to register the case
against the former CIA station chief in Islamabad Jonathan Banks and CIA legal
counsel John A Rizzo because such an act could possibly jeopardize relations
between Pakistan and the United States.
U.S. secretly tracked billions of calls nearly a decade before 9/11
terror attacks | 07 April 2015 | The U.S.
government started keeping secret records of Americans' international telephone
calls nearly a decade before the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks, harvesting billions of calls in a program
that provided a blueprint for the far broader National Security Agency
surveillance that followed. For more than two decades, the Justice Department
and the Drug Enforcement Administration amassed logs of virtually all telephone
calls from the USA to as many as 116 countries...current and former officials
involved with the operation said. The data collection began in 1992 during the
administration of President George H.W. Bush, nine years before his son,
President [sic] George W. Bush, authorized the NSA to gather its own logs of
Americans' phone calls in 2001. It was approved by top Justice Department
officials in four presidential administrations and detailed in occasional
briefings to members of Congress but otherwise had little independent oversight,
according to officials involved with running it. [Ergo, Bush and his
successor Obama had/have been lying to the public for *years* about the 'need'
for blanket NSA surveillance to avoid another 9/11--when all the surveillance in
the world didn't prevent the *first* 9/11 attack aka inside
job.]
US soldier killed in Afghanistan insider attack after US diplomat
visit to Jalalabad | 08 April 2015 | One US
soldier was killed and two injured in an attack by an Afghan soldier at a
regional governor's compound in eastern Afghanistan. The attack, in which the
Afghan soldier was killed, happened shortly after a visit by a US embassy
official. The incident happened in the city of Jalalabad "right after the US
official had left," said Gen. Fazel Ahmad Sherzad, police chief for the eastern
Nangarhar province, the New York Times reported. Reuters said one of the three
US troops injured in the firefight later died.
Saudi Arabia asks Pakistan for troops to help fight Houthi rebels in
Yemen | 06 April 2015 | The Saudi-led
coalition fighting Yemen’s Shia Houthi rebels has asked Pakistan to contribute
soldiers, raising the possibility of a ground offensive in the country. Pakistan
Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif revealed the request as the country’s
parliament debated whether to contribute militarily to the campaign against the
Houthis. Saudi Arabia has not ruled out a ground offensive and asked for
aircraft and ships to aid the campaign during Mr Asif’s visit to Jeddah last
week.
Official: Cuba expected to be removed from State Sponsors of
Terrorism list | 07 April 2015 | The State
Department is expected to recommend that Cuba be removed from the government's
list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, a U.S. official told CNN on Tuesday, a
notorious designation that has been a stumbling block in the establishment of
embassies in both Havana and Washington. "Our expectation" is that Cuba will be
removed from the list, the official said. But the official cautioned the Obama
administration has yet to make any formal announcement.
Female Palestinian MP snatched by IDF, held without charge for 6
months | 07 April 2015 | Israeli troops
have placed under six-month administrative detention a female Palestinian MP who
is involved in the PA's relationship with the International Criminal Court.
Israel has been fiercely opposed to Palestine joining the ICC. Khalida Jarrar,
52, is a senior political leader of the left-wing Popular Front for the
Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a faction of the Palestine Liberation
Organization...Jarrar's arrest brings the number of Palestinian legislators
currently held in Israeli prisons to 16.
Vehicle sets off explosives alert at MacDill AFB
gate | 08 April 2015 | (Tampa, FL) MacDill
Air Force Base officials have closed the Dale Mabry gate after a vehicle
entering the base triggered an alert for possible explosives. South Dale Mabry
has been closed south of Interbay Avenue.
Dzhokhar faces execution: Boston bomber is found guilty of ALL 30
charges - and 17 carry a possible death sentence | 08 April 2015 | Dzhokhar Tsarnaev today learned he could face the
death penalty after jurors in the Boston bombing 'trial' found him guilty of all
counts. The 21-year-old stood emotionless with his arms folded and his head
bowed as the verdict, which was reached after nearly 12 hours of deliberations,
was read out in U.S. District Court in Boston on Wednesday. The charges included
using a weapon of mass-destruction to kill three young people at the marathon in
April 2013. Seventeen of the 30 charges had carried the death
penalty.
Verdict to Be Announced in Boston Bombing
'Trial' --'Lawyer' Judy Clarke
announced her client, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was guilty on first day of 'trial'
#DisbarNow #FalseFlag #CraftInternational | 08 April 2015 | A verdict has been reached in the Boston
Marathon bombing trial [sic]. Jurors in the trial of accused Boston Marathon
bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev asked the judge two questions Wednesday, looking for
guidance on key decisions in the case. The jury asked whether a conspiracy can
pertain to either a sequence of events or a single event.
Hologram replaces Edward Snowden statue in Brooklyn
park | 07 April 2015 | Hours after police
removed
an illicit bust of Edward Snowden from its perch in a Brooklyn park on Monday,
artists replaced it with a
hologram. The group of artists -- who collectively call themselves "The
Illuminator" and are not related to the trio behind the original sculpture --
used laptops and projection equipment to cast an image of Snowden in a haze of
smoke at the spot where the sculpture once stood.
Explosion causes massive power outage in D.C.,
Maryland | 07 April 2015 | An explosion at
a Maryland power plant is to blame for a region-wide power outage that impacted
the White House, the Capitol, the University of Maryland and other buildings
throughout D.C. and Maryland on Tuesday afternoon, according to an official.
D.C. Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management spokeswoman Robyn
Johnson told the Associated Press that the outage affected 8,000 customers in
the District.
Power outage in Washington, D.C. leaves White House, State Dept.,
other government buildings in the dark | 07
April 2015 | A widespread power outage left Washington, D.C., in the dark
Tuesday afternoon, with several government landmarks, including the White House,
affected. The State Department, U.S. Capitol, Justice Department, as well as the
University of Maryland at College Park, also lost power during the outage...A
spokesperson for Pepco, the Washington, D.C.-area provider electricity utility,
told CNBC that scattered outages Tuesday had occurred for "unknown reasons."
Homeland Security officials, however, told The Washington Post, that
they believed the outage was caused by an explosion at a power facility in
southern Maryland.
Sen. Rand Paul launches 2016 presidential
campaign | 07 April 2015 | Sen. Rand Paul
launched his 2016 presidential campaign Tuesday with a combative challenge both
to Washington and his fellow Republicans, cataloguing a lengthy list of what
ails America and pledging to "take our country back." Paul's fiery message,
delivered in his home state of Kentucky before he flew to four early-nominating
states, was designed to broaden his appeal outside of the typical GOP coalition
as well as motivate supporters of his father's two unsuccessful bids for the
Republican presidential nomination. In a 26-minute speech that eviscerated "the
Washington machine," he spared neither Republican nor Democrat as he attempted
to tap into Americans' deep frustrations with their government.
Rand Paul launches 2016 White House bid: 'We have come to take our
country back' | 07 April 2015 | Senator
Rand Paul of Kentucky officially declared himself a candidate for the Republican
presidential nomination on Tuesday, promising a crowd of cheering supporters
that he is ready to shake up Washington and disprove those in his own party who
doubt that a fiercely libertarian conservative can be a serious contender. "The
Washington machine that gobbles up our freedoms and invades every nook and
cranny of our lives must be stopped," Mr. Paul told a jubilant audience at the
Galt House hotel. "I want to be part of a return to prosperity."
Corporatist Rahm Emanuel Wins Runoff Election to Secure 2nd Term as
Chicago Mayor | 07 April 2015 | Mayor Rahm
Emanuel, the former White House chief of staff whose cutting personality and
centrist policies earned him the nickname "Mayor 1 Percent" among his critics,
was re-elected mayor of Chicago on Tuesday, surviving a challenge from Jesus G.
Garcia, a county commissioner who was attempting to become the city's first
Latino mayor. With more than 90 percent of the vote counted, Mr. Emanuel, 55,
had a double-digit lead and Mr. Garcia called Mr. Emanuel to concede, an
official with Mr. Garcia's campaign said. For Mr. Emanuel, it was a narrow
escape from what could have been an embarrassing loss to Mr. Garcia, a feisty
former alderman and community organizer who for months hammered Mr. Emanuel for
closing dozens of public schools and claimed the mayor ignored the working class
and poor in the nation's third largest city.
Lynne Abraham Collapses During Philly Mayoral
Debate | 07 April 2015 | Philadelphia
Mayoral candidate Lynne Abraham (D) is recovering after a scary moment during
Tuesday night's mayoral debate. The former Philly District Attorney collapsed as
State Senator Anthony Hardy Williams answered questions. A doctor checked out
Abraham and told NBC10 she had fallen ill but would be okay. She did not return
for the rest of the debate.
S. Carolina police shooting: Cop is charged with murder, protesters
call for justice | 08 April 2015 | 1:27
p.m.: At a news conference at North Charleston City Hall about the shooting of
Walter Scott, Mayor Keith Summey told reporters Wednesday that the city has
ordered an additional 150 body cameras "so every officer on the street" in the
city will have one. That is in addition to 101 body cameras already ordered, he
said. 1:25 p.m.: "The mayor's got to go!" people chanted after Summey ended a
news conference about the shooting of Scott by Officer Michael
Slager.
White South Carolina police officer faces murder charge over shooting
of black man | 07 April 2015 | A white
South Carolina police officer has been charged with murder over the shooting
death of a black man who appeared to be fleeing from him, local authorities said
on Tuesday, with the FBI and the U.S. Justice Department announcing a separate
probe into the case. A video of the Saturday incident, showing North Charleston
police officer Michael Slager shooting 50-year-old Walter Scott, was viewed by
state investigators, and a decision was made to charge Slager with murder, North
Charleston Mayor Keith Summey said at a news conference.
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