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U.S. Campaign Produces Few Convictions on Terrorism Charges contrary to what Bush just said recently

U.S. Campaign Produces Few Convictions on Terrorism Charges: "U.S. Campaign Produces Few Convictions on Terrorism Charges
Statistics Often Count Lesser Crimes

By Dan Eggen and Julie Tate
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, June 12, 2005; A01

First of two parts

On Thursday, President Bush stepped to a lectern at the Ohio State Highway Patrol Academy in Columbus to urge renewal of the USA Patriot Act and to boast of the government's success in prosecuting terrorists.

Flanked by Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, Bush said that 'federal terrorism investigations have resulted in charges against more than 400 suspects, and more than half of those charged have been convicted.'

Those statistics have been used repeatedly by Bush and other administration officials, including Gonzales and his predecessor, John D. Ashcroft, to characterize the government's efforts against terrorism.

But the numbers are misleading at best.

An analysis of the Justice Department's own list of terrorism prosecutions by The Washington Post shows that 39 people -- not 200, as officials have implied -- were convicted of crimes related to terrorism or national security.

Most of the others were convicted of relatively minor crimes such as making false statements and violating immigration law -- and had nothing to do with terrorism, the analysis shows. For the entire list, the median sentence was just 11 months.

Taken as a whole, the data indicate that the government's effort to identify terrorists in the United States has been less successful than authorities have often suggested. The statistics provide little support for the contention that authorities have discovered and prosecuted hundreds of terrorists here. Except for a small number of well-known cases -- such as truck driver Iyman Faris, who sought to take down the Brooklyn Bridge -- few of those arrested appear to have been involved in active plots inside the United States.
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100,000+ Iraqi Civilians Reported Killed In The Current Iraq War

According to this study/article dated 10-28-04 the civilian death toll exceeds 100,000; Click Here

CNN World News: Study puts Iraqi toll at 100,000; Click Here

Iraqbodycount; Click Here currently 25,341 civilians killed by military intervention in Iraq according to this site run by British and American academics.

Military Fatalities; Click Here

Incomplete List of Contractors Killed or Missing in Iraq; Click Here

AntiWar.com Casualties link; Click Here

Global Security.org casualties and injured data link; Click Here

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HALIBURTON GETS $30 MILLION TO BUILD 220 BED PRISON EVEN THOUGH CHENEY IS STILL GETTING DEFERRED COMPENSATION FROM HALIBURTON THROUGH THE END OF 2005

Kansas City Star | 06/18/2005 | Guantanamo Bay to get new prison: "Guantanamo Bay to get new prison

Halliburton subsidiary receives contract

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON ��� A subsidiary of Houston-based Halliburton has been awarded $30 million to build an improved 220-bed prison for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Pentagon has announced." (More.. click on link above)

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Reuters AlertNet - Britain memo worried U.S. lacked planning on Iraq

Reuters AlertNet - Britain memo worried U.S. lacked planning on Iraq: "Britain memo worried U.S. lacked planning on Iraq
12 Jun 2005 13:55:08 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - A memo produced for British Prime Minister Tony Blair eight months before the invasion of Iraq expressed concern any occupation of that country would be 'protracted and costly,' The Washington Post reported on Sunday.

The briefing paper indicated top British officials viewed the Bush administration as inevitably invading Iraq but said 'little thought' had been given to 'the aftermath and how to shape it,' the Post reported, quoting from the eight-page memo." (more.... click on link above)

American Civil Liberties Union : ACLU Says President Bush Misled Public on Patriot Act; Urges Congress to Bring Law In Line with the Constitution

American Civil Liberties Union : ACLU Says President Bush Misled Public on Patriot Act; Urges Congress to Bring Law In Line with the Constitution: "ACLU Says President Bush Misled Public on Patriot Act; Urges Congress to Bring Law In Line with the Constitution

June 9, 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Media@dcaclu.org
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union called the president�s address today on the Patriot Act to law enforcement personnel in Columbus, Ohio both misguided and disingenuous. Key parts of that law are set to 'sunset' or expire at the end of the year, and the administration is pushing to not only reauthorize the act, but to expand it." (more... Click on link above)

The Smoking Bullet in the Smoking Gun: Bush Began Iraq Invasion in 2002

Pacifica.org: "The Smoking Bullet in the Smoking Gun: Bush Began Iraq Invasion in 2002
Democracy Now correspondent Jeremy Scahill reports on new documents that show President Bush began the invasion of Iraq more than half a year before Shock and Awe was launched. [includes rush transcript]
Writing in The Nation magazine, Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill reports on Washington's undeclared air war against Iraq in 2002:"

Democracy Now! | After the Downing Street Memo: The Case for Impeachment Builds

Democracy Now! | After the Downing Street Memo: The Case for Impeachment Builds: "Monday, June 6th, 2005
After the Downing Street Memo: The Case for Impeachment Builds" (Click on link above for more..)

Blair hit by new leak of secret war plan - Sunday Times - Times Online

Blair hit by new leak of secret war plan - Sunday Times - Times Online: "The Sunday Times - Britain



May 01, 2005

Blair hit by new leak of secret war plan
Michael Smith



A SECRET document from the heart of government reveals today that Tony Blair privately committed Britain to war with Iraq and then set out to lure Saddam Hussein into providing the legal justification"

The Downing Street Memo Story Won't Die

The Downing Street Memo Story Won't Die: "The Downing Street Memo Story Won't Die
By Jefferson Morley
washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 7, 2005; 9:18 AM
More than a month after its publication, the so-called Downing Street Memo remains among the top 10 most viewed articles on The Times of London site.
It's not hard to see why this remarkable document, published in The Times on May 1 (and reported in this column on May 3), continues to attract reader interest around the world, especially with British Prime Minister Tony Blair visiting Washington Tuesday." (more... click on link above)

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Very thorough investigation of Diebold and other electronic voting machines.

Where Have All The Weapons Gone (song)

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