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White House Suggests Justice Department Brief Upholding 'Don’t Ask,Don’t Tell' Was 'Odd'

April 06, 2010 9:36 PM - White House press secretary Robert Gibbs Tuesday suggested a Justice Department brief upholding the “don’t ask,don’t tell” ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military was “odd,” given that it used 17-year-old language from Gen. Colin Powell (ret.) that the former Joint Chiefs Chairman says he no longer believes.

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On June 29, 2009, during his speech in front of an audience attending the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Pride Month Reception, held at the White House, President Obama said:

"As I said before--I'll say it again--I believe 'don't ask, don't tell' doesn't contribute to our national security. In fact, I believe preventing patriotic Americans from serving their country weakens our national security."

In the lawsuit, Justice Department attorneys admitted that the President made this statement. So, using President Obama's exact words, Log Cabin's lawyers then asked the government to admit that what the President said about DADT was true. Justice Department lawyers objected, and refused to answer -- Log Cabin filed and won a motion to compel the government to answer the questions, the government appealed, and the court rejected the appeal.

Consequently, on Monday, April 12, 2010, the government finally had to answer the questions and, when the Justice Department lawyers answered, they told the court that the President of the United States, Barack Obama, was wrong about DADT.

Specifically, when asked to admit that Don't Ask, Don't Tell "does not contribute to our national security", the government's response was "Deny." Meaning, DOJ disagrees with the President -- DOJ thinks the gay ban does contribute to our national security. So they're not only contradicting the President, they're not only saying that the President is wrong, they're actually putting out an anti-gay argument that hurts our efforts to repeal DADT because it defends the underlying basis for the law.

When asked to admit that Don't Ask, Don't Tell "weakens our national security", the government's response was again "Deny". And, when asked to admit that discharging service members pursuant to Don't Ask, Don't Tell "weakens our national security," the government's response was "Deny".

The government's responses attempt to explain why these denials differ from what the President had said but they candidly admit that the government's position in this case differs from the President's view of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

- Log Cabin Press Release

Selasa, 13 April 2010

FBI Destroyed Terrible File On Obama's Grandfather

U.S. President Barack Obama

The Federal Bureau of Investigation destroyed an incendiary file on, Stanley Armour Dunham, the controversial grandfather of U.S. President Barack Obama.

The President's grandfather was a close friend of communist and national security risk, Frank Marshall Davis, a Chicago journalist and poet, who sold marijuana and cocaine, in the presence of a young Obama and granddad Dunham.

WND Reports: FBI destroyed file on Obamas grandfather

4/13/2010 1:51 - Here is a part of an article from World Net Daily news that describes the File that was destroyed on Obama's grandfather and his connections to Communist, Frank Marshall Davis:

"In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, the FBI has formally acknowledged a file existed on President Barack Obama's grandfather, Stanley Armour Dunham, that was destroyed May 1, 1997.

The FBI previously released some 600 pages of the FBI file of Frank Marshall Davis, the Chicago -based journalist and poet who as a member of the Communist Party USA retired in Hawaii and befriended Dunham.

Obama frequently sought advice from Davis during the future president's elementary and high school years.

Until the FBI's response to the FOIA request, there was no public disclosure of the existence of a file on Obama's grandfather.

The file raises the question whether the FBI considered Dunham to be a national security risk, possibly because of his association with Davis.

http://beforeitsnews.com

Rabu, 31 Maret 2010

The FBI's Secret File Room

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller

An article in the Boston Globe this week, confirms previous Judiciary Report claims, regarding the FBI moving files out of their main offices and hiding them, when certain Freedom of Information Act requests come in, for information they do not wish to see the light of day in the public domain, as the agency's conduct in said matter is very illegal and immoral.

The Judiciary Report previously wrote on February 10, 2009, "They will hide files, compress them, move them out of the office, even deliberately list them under misspelled names in their database, to keep unconstitutional investigations quiet, which is illegal."

The Globe published an article about a secret off-site room the FBI hides files in, to thwart Freedom of Information Act searches and requests. The Judiciary Report was tipped off on this matter a few years ago and began writing about it as a matter of public interest. It is appalling to think, in a democratic government, such criminality and lack of transparency exists, at the hands of a rogue agency.

FBI gives a glimpse of its most secret layer

Globe Staff / March 29, 2010 - WASHINGTON — It is where the government has hidden the most secret information: plans to relocate Congress if Washington were attacked, dossiers on double agents, case files about high-profile mob figures and their politician friends, and a disturbing number of reports about the possible smuggling of atomic bombs into the United States.

It is also where the bureau stowed documents considered more embarrassing than classified, including its history of illegal spying on domestic political organizations and surveillance of nascent gay rights groups.

It is the FBI’s “special file room,’’ where for decades sensitive material has been stored separately from the bureau’s central filing system to restrict access severely and, in more sinister instances, some experts assert, prevent the Congress and the public from getting their hands on it...

http://www.boston.com

Rabu, 24 Maret 2010

Eric Holder Running From Congress

Eric Holder

U.S. Attorney General and Obama appointee, Eric Holder, is running from Congress. He postponed his appearance in Congress, that was slated to occur today, deferring it to April 14, 2010. The last time he appeared in Congress, he came across as incompetent and unprepared and senators verbally ripped him to shreds

Holder is widely being slammed in the mainstream press and by the general public online for a number of follies and critics are interpreting this postponement as fear on the part of the Attorney General. Members of Congress slammed today's no show.

I do not like how this man operates at all. So many people in the press and on the blogs, are complaining of his lack of transparency and sheer treachery in matters of law.

I've seen it firsthand in the Aisha v. FBI case. Rather than do the right and honorable thing, Holder and Mueller have tried every crooked legal maneuver in the world, to continue hiding Freedom of Information Act documents, while millions watch their misconduct - and they did it at a time I am physically ill and my life and health are at stake, due to conduct the FBI contributed to.

You're appalling and have no conscience or scruples. When you do things like that, you make a mockery of the nation's laws for the world to see. Who could respect something like that.

Sessions Slams Delayed Holder Hearing

March 23, 2010 5:45 pm - The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee criticized the decision to delay a scheduled oversight hearing with Attorney General Eric Holder Tuesday, taking the opportunity to flesh out his disagreements with the way the Justice Department has handled terrorism cases under his leadership.

“The last time Attorney General Holder testified before the Senate was November 18th of last year. Then in late January, following revelations that the Christmas Bomber had been hastily Mirandized—without consulting the relevant intelligence agencies—Republicans called for an immediate hearing with the Attorney General,” Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) said in a statement. “Unfortunately, that hearing never was never held. We were told instead that we would have an opportunity to question Attorney General Holder at a planned oversight hearing in March.”

“Now that won’t happen either. But while this hearing has been delayed, the Attorney General cannot delay action to repair his broken policies,” Sessions added...

http://www.mainjustice.com

AG Holder, Facing Hits From Left And Right, Gets Reprieve From Senate Hearing

Mar. 23, 2010, 8:26 AM - US Attorney General Eric Holder was scheduled to have a chat with the Senate today, but, with less than 24 hours on the clock, it was rescheduled for April 14.

The postponement is possibly due to the signing of the health care bill, but Republicans think Holder might be glad for the extra time. No matter when it happens, it will not be a passive event.

The hearing is officially billed as "oversight of the Department of Justice" but general consensus is he'll face strong questioning over his decision (which seems more and more likely to be reversed) to try some of the alleged 9/11 masterminds in federal court.

The Wall Street Journal has a full report today on criticisms lobbed from both the left and the right and suggest that "the controversies provoked by his decisions threaten to derail his career..."

http://www.businessinsider.com

ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER AND HIS NON-TRANSPARENCY

March 21, 2010 - In 1999, Eric Holder helped arrange Bill Clinton pardons for 16 unrepentant members of FALN who had been convicted of “a variety of charges that included conspiracy, sedition, violation of the Hobbes Act (extortion by force, violence or fear), armed robbery and illegal possession of weapons and explosives -- including large quantities of C-4 plastic explosive, dynamite and huge caches of ammunition.”

More and more Americans are discovering that the Obama Administration's definition of transparency is more Clintonian and semantic than it is honest and encouraging.

The latest embarrassment for the Obama White House is the discovery that Attorney General Eric Holder has been less than forthcoming about his activities prior to being appointed U.S. Attorney General.

This week, the U.S. Department of Justice celebrated the one-year anniversary of Attorney General Eric Holder’s 2009 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) guidelines.

Issued exactly one year ago, Holder's guidelines were supposed to aid President Barack Obama’s “new era of open government” by establishing a “criteria governing the presumption of disclosure” and creating “effective systems for responding to requests.”

Unfortunately, after only the first year under these heralded guidelines, legal watchdog group Judicial Watch reported on March 17 that its officials have experienced little improvement in U.S. government transparency or accountability.

In fact, a recent analysis finds that government secrecy has actually increased under Obama...

http://www.newswithviews.com

Selasa, 23 Maret 2010

Report: Eric Holder's Job In Jeopardy

Eric Holder

According to several mainstream reports, the job of U.S. Attorney, Eric Holder is in jeopardy. After upsetting the people of New York with preparations to hold terrorism trials in the vicinity of the September 11th crash site, embarrassing clashes and faux pas in Congress, making statements that contradicted U.S. generals in the Middle East and noted incidents of him hiding his legal briefs from Congress and separately Freedom of Information files from numerous requesters, Holder has not only fallen afoul of the American people, but the U.S. Congress as well...all in less than one year.

Holder's future uncertain amid terror trial disputes

Mar 21 07:30 PM US/Eastern - US Attorney General Eric Holder took office pledging a sharp shift away from the last administration's policies, but an apparent change of heart in the White House could see the top lawyer leave his job.

Holder, 59, is the first African-American to hold the top legal post, and was generally regarded with bipartisan respect when he took office.

But a series of gaffes, fights with both Republicans and Democrats, and apparent disagreements between him and the White House have left Holder looking increasingly embattled.

He came under renewed fire when he told lawmakers Tuesday that Osama bin Laden would not be captured alive, and that US officials would read legal rights to the Al-Qaeda leader's corpse.

But the ridicule and attacks that followed are only the latest blows Holder has faced in the 14 months since he took office pledging to reverse the worst "war on terror" legal abuses sanctioned by former president George W. Bush's administration.

Ultra-conservative activists have questioned his ethics and even his patriotism over his decision to hire lawyers who defended terror suspects to Justice Department posts...

Senin, 15 Maret 2010

Eric Holder Slammed For Hiding Documents From The U.S. Congress

U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder and President Barack Obama

U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder, has been slammed for hiding documents from Congress, relevant to his appointment to the post, by President Obama.

Holder authored reports and papers that needed to be submitted to Congress, during the time period they were vetting him for the job, but he hid them, which is a violation of the rules.

Mr. Holder seems to be fond of hiding documents, which tells the world he is not fit for the post. Following this line of corruption is going to get him in massive international trouble one day.

For more on Holder's document hiding ways, please read:

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AG Holder didn't reveal all legal papers to Senate

19 hours ago - WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder did not provide senators considering his nomination last year with all of the legal papers he had signed or written while in private practice, Justice Department officials disclosed Friday.

The department alerted the Senate Judiciary Committee about the lapse, listing seven cases in which Holder signed or filed legal briefs that were not previously disclosed. Six of those were so-called friend-of-the-court briefs, which were signed by numerous other ex-officials as well and offered positions on cases with which they were not directly involved...

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Selasa, 02 Maret 2010

Nancy Pelosi Outed On Lying About C.I.A.

Nancy Pelosi

According to documents released under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, Congressional House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, has been caught in a lie, as she previously stated she did not know about former President George W. Bush's torture program.

According to the Freedom of Information Act documents obtained by the Judicial Watch, via a lawsuit, "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who previously denied she was briefed by the CIA on the use of these techniques, is specifically referenced in a briefing that took place on April 24, 2002, regarding the 'ongoing interrogations of Abu Zubaydah.' Zubaydah had been subjected to the enhanced interrogation techniques." In other words, she lied and knew about it the whole time.

U.S. President Barack Obama

President Obama is also being slammed for hiding the incriminating F.O.I.A. documents, as Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton stated, "It is unfortunate that it took a federal court order to force the Obama administration to release these documents"

There's that lack of transparency again. I'm very disappointed in you, Mr. Obama. One expects such conduct from Bush, as it's right up his alley. However, it's very disheartening seeing it come from you.

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Judicial Watch Obtains Documents Regarding Congressional CIA "Torture Briefings"

CIA Briefed At least 68 Members of Congress on "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques" Between 2001 and 2007
Contact Information: Press Office 202-646-5172, ext 305

Washington, DC -- February 23, 2010

Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has received the first batch of documents from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) regarding congressional "Torture Briefings." The CIA produced the documents pursuant to a previous court order in Judicial Watch's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the CIA (Judicial Watch v. Central Intelligence Agency, Case: 1:09-cv-01352). The court order stipulates that documents pertaining to congressional briefings on "enhanced interrogation techniques" must be provided to Judicial Watch by April 15. Additional documents are forthcoming.

According to the documents, previously marked "Top Secret," between 2001 and 2007, the CIA briefed at least 68 members of Congress on the CIA interrogation program, including so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques." The documents include the dates of all congressional briefings and, in some cases, the members of Congress in attendance and the specific subjects discussed. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who previously denied she was briefed by the CIA on the use of these techniques, is specifically referenced in a briefing that took place on April 24, 2002, regarding the "ongoing interrogations of Abu Zubaydah." Zubaydah had been subjected to the enhanced interrogation techniques.

Judicial Watch previously obtained documents from former Vice President Cheney's office in a separate lawsuit that detail the effectiveness of "enhanced interrogation techniques." According to a June 1, 2005, CIA report entitled, Detainee Reporting Pivotal for the War Against Al-Qa'ida, "Detainee reporting accounts for more than half of all HUMINT reporting on al-Qa'ida since the program began..." Interestingly, this fact was omitted in later versions of the report obtained by Judicial Watch. All versions, however, conclude: "One of the gains to detaining the additional terrorists has been the thwarting of a number of al-Qa'ida operations in the United States and overseas."

Despite the apparent effectiveness of "enhanced interrogation techniques," the federal government suspended their use in 2005 by passing the Detainee Treatment Act. President Obama officially banned the use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" during his first week in office in January 2009. Two months later, in March 2009, President Obama overruled objections from national security officials and released documents detailing the government's enhanced interrogation program (the so-called "torture" memos). However, President Obama initially withheld information detailing the results of this program, including alleged terrorist plots that the program prevented.

Moreover, according to an April 2009 CNN report, President Obama's Intelligence Director, retired Admiral Dennis Blair, told colleagues in an April 16 memo on the subject of "enhanced interrogation techniques," that "High value information came from interrogations in which those methods were used and provided a deeper understanding of the al Qa'ida organization that was attacking this country." This sentence was omitted from a version of the memo released by Blair's office to the press.

"It is unfortunate that it took a federal court order to force the Obama administration to release these documents," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. "These documents indicate that members of Congress approved of and were well aware of the use of these enhanced interrogation techniques and their lifesaving value. It is disturbing that we no longer use interrogation techniques that have demonstrably stopped terrorist attacks and saved American lives. The Obama administration has made this country less safe by its mishandling of the enhanced interrogation program."

http://www.judicialwatch.org

Senin, 15 Februari 2010

Professor Admits Climate Change Fraud

Professor Phil Jones

Professor Phil Jones, of the University of East Anglia, has admitted Climate Change is a fraud. His email account and those of his colleagues, were hacked and disclosed to the public a few months ago, revealing doctored scientific data on global warming, " Jones said that for the past 15 years there has been no ‘statistically significant’ warming."

Jones has refused to turn over research documents in response to a formal Freedom of Information Act request in Britain. In the Judiciary Report's experience, when people refuse to comply with the Freedom of Information Act, it is usually because they are guilty and don't want the evidence to come out. The cat's already out the bag, so you may as well just rip the band aid off and get it over with.

Side Bar: do you know how many people wanted a BMW or Mercedes, but didn't buy one, because they were told it is bad for the environment, so instead, they drove cars the size of matches boxes.

Climategate Fraud Admitted

Written by David Arnett, Publisher Monday, 15 February 2010 10:34

The United Kingdom’s Daily Mail is reported Sunday that the scientist at the center of the controversy over fraudulent scientific assertions which serve as the basis for United Nation reports and the Obama Administration’s economy killing energy program has admitted that he has trouble “keeping track” of information and that his record keeping is “not as good as it should be.”

Professor Phil Jones, whose data is crucial to the theory of climate change, is refusing Freedom of Information requests to produce the data. Colleagues say the reason is that the Professor may have actually lost the relevant papers.

Sunday on the BBC Jones said there was truth to the observations of colleagues that he lacked organizational skills. He conceded the possibility that the world was warmer in medieval times than now and suggested global warming may not be a man-made phenomenon. Jones said that for the past 15 years there has been no ‘statistically significant’ warming...

The Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats continue to fight for an energy policy they call “Cap and Trade” (or Restrict and Tax by critics) which would cost anyone who owns a light switch or rents one in America. At a time of increasing concern over national financial stability, critics believe such a program would have devastatingly harmful effects both directly and in secondary costs to American consumers...

http://www.tulsatoday.com

Rabu, 10 Februari 2010

British Government To Release CIA FOIA Documents

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown

An astute British judge has ordered the release of U.K. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) documents the Labour Party sought to hide to protect the C.I.A., who broke international law. It is in relation to requests for government documents on the rendition and torture of a Muslim Ethiopian, who resides in Britain.

The Bush administration had threaten to sever all intelligence ties with Britain, its top ally, if the documents were disclosed. It's this type of small minded, with emphasis on small minded, thinking that got the Bush administration into so much trouble around the world. Threatening and bullying people into submitting to Bush's will in blatant wrongdoing was ungodly and evil.

The world already knows Bush renditioned people and had them severely tortured in his madness that violated the Geneva Conventions. The Labour Party should not have gone along with it. Ditto for the other world governments that facilitated it in their nations.

Mr. Bush and all involved should hope one day someone doesn't do the same to their adult children, as they did to other people's grown children, who were not even terrorists. People were snatched off the streets of the world, smuggled from the nations they live in and tortured for information they did not have, only to be released later scarred and emotionally destroyed. That's just as bad as terrorism.

Side Bar: Severing ties with Britain would only serve to hurt America. While the C.I.A. is competent, albeit inhumane, America's first line of defense against terrorism is the F.B.I. and while there are intelligent agents in the organization, the Bureau's director is as dumb as rocks and sorely lacking common sense. MI5 and MI6 has pertinent information on Londonistan and their operatives in the Middle East, who seek to harm Britain and America.

Government forced to publish U.S. torture allegations

The government lost a legal battle on Wednesday to prevent the disclosure of secret U.S. intelligence material relating to allegations of "cruel and inhuman" treatment involving the CIA.

London's Court of Appeal rejected a request by British Foreign Secretary David Miliband to prevent senior judges from disclosing claims that former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed had been shackled and subjected to sleep deprivation and threats while in U.S. custody.

The office of Dennis Blair, U.S. director of national intelligence, issued a statement saying the British court's decision "to release classified information provided by the United States is not helpful, and we deeply regret it."

"The protection of confidential information is essential to strong, effective security and intelligence cooperation among allies," the statement said. It indicated the ruling would create "challenges" but the two countries would "remain united in our efforts to fight against violent extremist groups."

Miliband had argued that full disclosure of the redacted claims might make the United States less willing to share intelligence and thus prejudice Britain's national security.

Recent events showed the importance of sharing intelligence, and the U.S. authorities were concerned about the release of such material, he told parliament, adding that he was working with U.S. officials to ensure bilateral ties were not damaged.

Mohamed, an Ethiopian national and British resident, was arrested in Pakistan in April 2002. He says he was flown to Morocco on a CIA plane and held for 18 months, during which he says he was repeatedly tortured, including having his penis cut with a knife. Morocco has denied holding him.

He was transferred to Afghanistan in 2004 and later moved to Guantanamo Bay, U.S. authorities have said. He was never charged and returned to Britain in February 2009...

But last October, two High Court judges ruled there was "an overwhelming public interest" in releasing the details, a decision the Appeal Court upheld Wednesday...

http://uk.news.yahoo.com

Senin, 01 Februari 2010

Obama Violated Another Campaign Promise

President Barack Obama

The U.S. State Department of all people, have confirmed, President Barack Obama, has violated another campaign promise, by awarding a lucrative government contract to a Democratic financial contributor, without bidding.

Democratic Party donor Vincent Checchi, who gave money to the President's campaign, was awarded a $24.6 million contract by the Obama administration. That does not look good.

The Judiciary Report does not approve of such conduct, as it is corrupt. When contracts are awarded without bidding, the taxpayers do not get the best value for their money, as another company could have offered the same services for less money.

A few weeks ago before this story came to light, I was informed by someone in the know that Obama is beholden to the people that paid to get him elected, via substantial contributions and this report regarding Vincent Checchi is confirmation the person was right.

President Barack Obama

The person made the comment in reference to my case, where Obama's FBI and DOJ have been fighting tooth and nail to unlawfully withhold incriminating Freedom of Information Act files I requested and am entitled to, especially under emergency circumstances, regarding the violation of my rights by Madonna and others affiliated with her, who are substantial Obama campaign donors.

One can raise all the money one wants to get in office, but if one's character is in question with the public, it is not conducive to reelection.

I'm very disappointed, as I expected more from the President after the promises he made to the nation and the world, while vying for office.

Side Bar: Isn't this the same thing the President publicly chastised the Supreme Court for last week during his first State of the Union address:

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