31 May 2012
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Breaking: Edwards not guilty on 1 count; mistrial declared on other 5 counts 31
May 2012 After 9 days of deliberation, a jury has found John Edwards
not guilty on one of six charges of campaign finance corruption brought
against him. A mistrial has been declared on the other five counts.
After initially announcing Thursday that it had reached a unanimous
verdict on only one of six charges against Edwards, the judge sent the
jury back to continue deliberations on the remaining five counts.
Shortly after that, the jurors said they were deadlocked on those
counts, at which point the judge announced a verdict of not guilty on
the third count against Edwards, which charged that he had accepted and
received illegal campaign contributions in 2008 from Rachel "Bunny"
Mellon.
DHS Analyst's Desktop Binder --Department of Homeland Security National Operations Center Media Monitoring Capability Desktop Reference Binder - 2011 Posted by www.legitgov.org 31 May 2012. (Downloadable version.)
US military to launch Plan X cyberwarfare 31
May 2012 US Department of Defense has engaged in a scheme to develop
technologies aimed at enhancing its cyberwarfare potentials, waging
effective attacks and countering retaliatory measures. The Pentagon has
turned to the private sector, universities as well as computer-game
companies for the previously unreported venture, dubbed Plan X, marking a
fresh phase in American military operations in cyberspace, The
Washington Post reported Thursday.
The plan X project has grown out of the Pentagon's Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency that plays a key role in harnessing computer
power to help the US military wage war more effectively, according to
the report.
With Plan X, Pentagon seeks to spread U.S. military might to cyberspace 30 May 2012 Plan X is a project of
the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency... The five-year, $110
million research program will begin seeking proposals this summer. Among
the goals will be the creation of an advanced map that details the
entirety of cyberspace. Another goal is the creation of a robust
operating system capable of launching attacks and
surviving counterattacks. The architects of Plan X also hope to develop
systems that could give commanders the ability to carry out
speed-of-light attacks and counterattacks using preplanned scenarios
that do not involve human operators manually typing in code.
And, on the latest episode of 'Criminal Minds:' Obama OKs kill lists used in drone strikes 30
May 2012 US President Barack Obama personally approves the names put on
the "kill lists" used in the targeted killing operations carried out by
American assassination drones, The New York Times reports. According to the report published by the paper on Tuesday, every
week or so, more than 100 members of the country's national security
team gather via secure video teleconference run by the Pentagon and go
over the biographies of suspects in Yemen, Somalia, and Pakistan, and "nominate" those who should be targeted in the attacks. Obama is then provided with the identities of those put on the kill list and
signs off on every strike in Yemen and Somalia as well as the risky
strikes in Pakistan and decides when to attack a terror suspect.
No. 2 U.S. Commander In Afghanistan Would Like 68,000 Troops Into Next Year by
Tom Bowman 30 May 2012 This week in Afghanistan during an interview,
the No. 2 officer went further. Lt. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti said he
thought the U.S. should maintain that 68,000 troop number into next
year. Those troops, he said, will be needed to continue combat
operations against stubborn Taliban safe havens, especially in eastern
Afghanistan, and to train Afghan troops. Scaparrotti also said the
Afghans next year will be taking control in districts around the country
that are still troublesome, so the U.S. may be called on for more help [to protect the opium routes].
Ahmadinejad: 20% enrichment, Iran's right under intl. law 30
May 2012 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said enriching
uranium up to 20 percent is the Islamic Republic's right under the
international law. "Producing 20-percent-enriched uranium is our legal
right, although, we are not interested in making use of this right,"
Ahmadinejad stated in an interview with the French news channel, France
24 in Tehran on Wednesday. The Iranian president noted that under the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) regulations, countries
wielding 20-percent enriched uranium should have supplied Iran without
preconditions.
Julian Assange given 14 days to challenge extradition ruling 30
May 2012 Julian Assange's fight against extradition to Sweden may
stagger on to a second round at the supreme court after he was granted
permission to submit fresh arguments. Despite losing by a majority of
five to two, his lawyers have been given 14 days to consider whether to
challenge a central point of the judgment on the correct interpretation
of international treaties. The highly unusual legal development came
after the supreme court justices decided that a public prosecutor was a
"judicial authority" and that therefore Assange's arrest warrant had
been lawfully issued.
Anonymous warns Canada Grand Prix fans of fresh plot 30
May 2012 Hacker group Anonymous is threatening another attack on
Formula One during the Canadian Grand Prix on June 10 in support of
protesting Quebec students. They have warned potential attendees to the
event that they might be able to access their credit card information
via the F1 servers. Anonymous is firmly behind the students across
Quebec voicing their anger against their government's proposed hike in
tuition fees, with protests now into their 107th day. Notably, Anonymous
are against perceived human
rights injustices following an emergency law introduced on May 18 known
as Bill 78 that 'restricts freedom of assembly, protest, or picketing
on or near university grounds and anywhere in Quebec without prior
police approval'.
Japan Moves Closer to Restart of Nuclear Plant 01
Jun 2012 Japan's prime minister has said he may order the restart of
one of the nation's idled nuclear plants as early as next week, as local
leaders around the plant on Thursday signaled their willingness to drop
opposition to the restart. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has scrambled
in recent weeks to persuade local leaders to allow the restart of two
reactors at the Ohi nuclear plant. They would be the first two of
Japan's 50 functional commercial reactors to go back online after last
year's accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
Nuclear reactor shut down for inspection following discovery of cracks in turbine 31
May 2012 (PA) PPL Corp. shut down Unit 2 at its Susquehanna nuclear
power plant near Berwick on Wednesday to inspect the unit's turbine
blades for cracking following the discovery in April of cracks in Unit 1
at the plant. The Unit 1 cracks were similar to, though less extensive
than, those found and repaired on both turbines in 2011. Unit I remains
out of service, although, the company says it is preparing to restart
Unit 1 in the near future.
San Onofre Power Nuclear Plant Operated For Decades With Vulnerable Backup Power 29
May 2012 The troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant operated for three
decades with equipment that might have temporarily cut off the plant's
emergency power supply in the event of an earthquake, government filings
revealed Tuesday. The disclosure by Southern California Edison about a
possible backup power problem comes amid a probe into excessive wear on
tubing that has sidelined the seaside plant for nearly four months.
GOP ex-Rep. Hoekstra: FBI, CIA should vet candidates' citizenship --Hoekstra: 'An FBI person, maybe a CIA person and one person managing those two people' to run proposed department 30
May 2012 In an address to a Michigan Tea Party group in early May,
former Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) called for a government office to
verify presidential candidates' citizenship and lamented Sen. John
McCain's (R-Ariz.) opposition to questioning President Obama on his
birthplace. When asked about Obama's birthplace, Hoekstra said he wanted
to see a three-person governmental panel check candidates' legal
credentials to be president.
Deals with banks stack fees on college students 30
May 2012 It took Mario Parker-Milligan less than a semester to decide
that he was paying too many fees to Higher One, the company hired by his
college to pay out students' financial aid on debit cards. Four years
after he opted out, his classmates still face more than a dozen fees -
for replacement cards, for using the cards as all-purpose debit cards,
for using an ATM other than the two on-campus kiosks owned by Higher
One. Colleges and banks rake in millions from the fees, often through
secretive deals and sometimes in apparent violation of federal law,
according to the report, an early copy of which was obtained by The
Associated Press.
Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, another federal court rules 31
May 2012 From California to Boston, the legal storm over gay marriage
is moving swiftly and inexorably toward the U.S. Supreme Court. A
Boston-based federal appeals court on Thursday put yet another legal
dent in the federal government's ban on same-sex marriage rights, saying
the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional because it denies
equal benefits to gay and lesbian couples. The unanimous three-judge
decision was the first federal appeals court ruling invalidating federal
same-sex marriage restrictions and could wind up as the case that
pushes the gay marriage question to the Supreme Court sometime this
year.
Edwards jury reaches verdict on only one of six counts 31
May 2012 The jury deliberating in the criminal trial of former U.S.
Senator John Edwards has reached a unanimous verdict on only one of the
six counts against the North Carolina politician, the jury foreman said
on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles said she would decide
within minutes whether to order the jury to continue deliberating on the
remaining counts. The two-time Democratic presidential candidate faces
federal campaign finance charges stemming from his 2008 presidential
bid. [And yet, war criminals George W. Sociopath (Waterboarder-in-Chief) and Obusha (How's that 'Kill List' coming?) walk free.]
Satire: Drone hunting craze to replace weekend skeet shoots --The Drones Shoots are a newly celebrated sight. By
Sheila Dean 24 May 2012 Gun owners and skeet shoot enthusiasts are
buzzing over the latest in what locals believe to be a pre-paid craze.
License applications for hunting Predator B and police UAV drones have
skyrocketed since FOX commentator Judge Andrew Napolitano announced
Drone Shoots as the new race to an American Patriot declaration...
Local municipalities are welcoming the boost in tourism and revenues as
licensed drone hunting commences.
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