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-  Bin
Laden -  Chris
Shays -  Charlie
Black -  Terrorism
-  Politics
-  History
- 2004
Election - 2008
Election - Connecticut
-  US
-  Pakistan
"McCain In 2004: "Bin Laden May Have Just Given Us A Little Boost"." ... "Back in 2004['s election], as [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate John] McCain was stumping in Connecticut on behalf of GOP [GOP=Grand Old Party=Republican Connecticut Representative] Rep. Chris Shays, McCain said flatly that the recent release of an Osama Bin Laden tape had likely given the GOP a "little boost."" ... "This is courtesy of The Hour, a daily paper in Norwalk, Connecticut, in November of that year [2004] (also verified in Nexis)..." "But as McCain greets two breakfast-eating business partners, one from Stamford [Connecticut] and the other from Bridgeport [Connecticut], the topic turns to the presidential race. The two men tell the senator they support [Republican] President George W. Bush, and to that end, McCain says, "(Osama) Bin Laden may have just given us a little boost. Amazing, huh?".... " ... "The two men, who requested anonymity, nod their heads in agreement. Later, while riding with Shays on an RV to a rally at the Stamford Government Center, McCain further explains, "(The video) is helpful to President Bush because it puts the focus on the war on terrorism."""The reference was to a tape of Bin Laden that had emerged a few days earlier. The McCain camp didn't immediately return an email." ... "[McCain's top adviser Charlie] Black also said that the assassination of [Pakistan's Presidential Candidate] Benazir Bhutto had also helped McCain, something the McCain camp also disavowed. But back in December [2007], when the assassination happened, he [McCain] said it could "serve to enhance" his "credentials."" -By Greg Sargent -TPMElectionCentral .TalkingPointsMemo
 John
Hagee - John
McCain -  Joseph
Lieberman - Racist
- Homosexual
- Religious
-  Military
- Politics
-  Arizona
- Connecticut
-  New
York
-  Indiana
- History
-  Germany
-  Israel
-  Iraq
- US
- 2008
Election - "Pastor
Hagee: The Antichrist Is Gay, "Partially Jewish, As Was Adolph Hitler"
(Paging Joe Lieberman!)." ... "On March 16, 2003,
on the eve of the United States' invasion of Iraq, [Republican Televangelist]
Pastor John Hagee took to the pulpit to warn of the coming Antichrist.
In his sermon, "The
Final Dictator," Hagee described the Antichrist as a seductive figure
with "fierce features." He will be "a blasphemer and a homosexual," the
pastor announced. Then, Hagee boomed, "There's a phrase in Scripture used
solely to identify the Jewish people. It suggests that this man [the Antichrist]
is at least going to be partially Jewish, as was Adolph Hitler, as was
Karl Marx."" ... "This "fierce" gay Jew, according to Hagee, would "slaughter
one-third of the Earth's population" and "make Adolph Hitler look like
a choirboy."" ... "Exposed here for the first time, Hagee's comments identifying
the Antichrist as a partly Jewish homosexual arrive in the wake of a furor
the pastor provoked by describing the Holocaust as an act of God. Hagee's
chilling sermon
about the Holocaust prompted [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate
and Arizona Senator] Sen. John McCain to reject the preacher's support,
an unexpected turnabout after McCain spent over a year soliciting his endorsement."
... "Days after McCain's rejection, I reported
that a key McCain ally, [Connecticut Independent Senator] Sen. Joseph Lieberman,
planned to deliver the keynote speech at Hagee's upcoming Christians United
For Israel (CUFI) summit. As the story exploded
into the mainstream press, pressure mounted on Lieberman to withdraw."
... "[New York Democratic Representative Eliot] Engel is slated to speak
on CUFI's "Middle East Briefing" panel this July. He will be joined on
the panel by Republican [Indiana Representative] Rep. Mike Pence, Weekly
Standard editor and New York Times columnist [and Fox contributor] Bill
Kristol, and Christian right activist Gary Bauer." -By
Max
Blumenthal -HuffingtonPost.com
 LISTEN
to McCAIN endorser John HAGEE claim the Antichrist will be a Jewish homosexual.
WATCH
McCAIN endorser John HAGEE relate a story of how Florida Jews "mysteriously"
voted for Republican George W Bush and subsequently explain, "And I believe
it is because that this nation is doing what God intended us to do from
the day that Christopher Columbus discovered this nation.".
Connecticut
- Hack
- Political
- US
Attorney - Censorship
- 2006
Election -  Web
-  E-Mails
-  Federal
-  Attorney
- US
- Iraq
- Military
- "FBI
probe: Lieberman campaign to blame for crashing own Web site."
... "A federal investigation has concluded that U.S. [United States Connecticut
Independent Democrat Senator] Sen. Joseph Lieberman's 2006 re-election
campaign was to blame for the crash of its Web site the day before Connecticut's
heated Aug. [August] 8 Democratic primary." ... "The FBI [Federal Bureau
of Investigation] office in New Haven [Connecticut] found no evidence supporting
the Lieberman campaign's allegations that supporters of primary challenger
Ned Lamont of Greenwich [Connecticut] were to blame for the Web site crash."
... "Lieberman, who was fighting for his political life against the anti-Iraq
war candidate [Ned] Lamont, implied that joe2006.com was hacked by Lamont
supporters." ... ""The server that hosted the joe2006.com Web site failed
because it was overutilized and misconfigured. There was no evidence of
(an) attack," according to the e-mail." ... "The e-mail, dated Oct. [October]
25, 2006, was included in a technical packet of information recently sent
to The Advocate in response to requests under the Freedom of Information
Act filed in late 2006 with the offices of state Attorney General Richard
Blumenthal and U.S. Attorney Kevin O'Connor." ... "The Advocate filed the
requests after Blumenthal and O'Connor closed the case but declined to
divulge details. They stated only that they found no evidence that Lamont
supporters were to blame." ... "Visitors who tried to access Lieberman's
site at the time received a message calling on Lamont to "make an unqualified
statement denouncing this kind of dirty campaign trick and to demand whoever
is responsible to cease and desist immediately."" ... "Blumenthal denied
The Advocate's FOI [Freedom of Information] request on the grounds it was
a federal matter, and it took more than a year for the FBI and U.S. Department
of Justice to respond." ... "According to the FBI memo, the site crashed
because Lieberman officials continually exceeded a configured limit of
100 e-mails per hour the night before the primary." -By
Brian Lockhart -StamfordAdvocate.com
WATCH
- [CNN:]
"We got close to that marketplace today, Jim, but our own security advisers
here in Iraq did not want us to go there. They didn’t believe it was safe
for an American to be in that area. We were in a thriving marketplace nearby."
... "But when you show up, the local Iraqis, while it is clear security
is better on the street — it is clear there are more markets open, just
the traffic jams alone tell you that things are better on the streets of
Baghdad — it’s also a very sensitive potential neighborhoods." ... "That
one marketplace, as a matter of fact, you do see Iraqi police, you do see
the Iraqi army, but in truth, that area is controlled by the radical
cleric Moqtada al Sadr’s Mahdi army." -CNN
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Chris
Dodd
- 
Corporate
- Government
- 
Spy
- Law
- 
Intelligence
- Politics
- 
Telephone
- Internet
- E-Mails
- 
Electronic
- Civil
Liberties - 2008
Election - 
Foreign
- American
- 
Nevada
- Conn
- 
Wisc
- 
VT
- 
Mass
- "Spy
law showdown postponed until next year." ... "Congress
won't decide until next year whether to pass a complex law that would let
telephone and Internet companies off the hook from lawsuits alleging illicit
cooperation with federal government spies." ... "In something of an unexpected
move, U.S. Senate Majority Leader [Nevada Democratic Senator] Harry Reid
took to the Senate floor on Monday evening and announced he would postpone
debate on the so-called FISA Amendments Act [FISA: Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act]. That bill, which has already been approved in a closed-door
meeting of the Senate Intelligence Committee, would grant such corporate
immunity and make it easier for the feds to snoop on phone calls and e-mails
involving foreigners and Americans without a warrant, drawing rampant criticism
from civil liberties groups." ... "Earlier
in the day, however, it appeared more certain that the Senate would
move ahead with a vote to approve the
controversial Senate measure, which would provide legal immunity to
electronic communications providers that have allegedly opened up their
networks to the National Security Agency and other federal spies since
the September 11, 2001 attacks. Above vocal objections from some Democrats,
the senators nevertheless voted 76-10 to limit debate and other stalling
tactics related to the bill." ... "But in the end, last-minute rallying
from Democrats opposed to the telecommunications immunity provisions applied
the necessary pressure." ... "Perhaps most notably, [2008 Election Democratic
Presidential Candidate and Connecticut Senator] Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.),
a presidential hopeful, devoted
nearly the entire day to delivering one impassioned speech after another
about his opposition to granting legal immunity to telecommunications companies
accused of providing illegal assistance to government spying programs.
Other influential Democratic senators, including [Wisconsin Democratic
Senator] Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.), [Vermont Democratic Senator] Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), and [Massachusetts Democratic Senator] Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.)
echoed his concerns at various points during the day." -By
Anne Broache -CNET
Chris
Dodd
- Secret
- Telecom
- Industry
- Government
- Spying
- Politics
- Net
- E-Mails
- Data
- 
Iowa
- Connecticut
- 2008
Election - "Dodd
out of Iowa for Senate filibuster." ... "With just
weeks until the pivotal Iowa caucuses, [2008 Election] presidential candidate
and Democratic [Connecticut Senator] Sen. Chris
Dodd has abandoned the Hawkeye State to lead a filibuster against
a controversial measure that would give special legal protections to the
telecom industry." ... "The Connecticut Democrat has criticized the proposed
renewal of government spying powers, insisting it gives too much power
to secret agencies and lets large telecommunications firms off the hook
for handing over reams of private data on American phone calls and e-mails."
... "Under the measure being considered this week, telecom firms would
be given legal immunity from invasion of privacy lawsuits that result from
the release of this information to government officials." -By
Lisa Desjardins and Rebecca Sinderbrand -CNN
Michael
Bernard Mukasey
- 
Alberto
R Gonzales - 
Water
- Torture
- Politicians
- Human
Rights - Law
- Conn
- 
Calif
- New
York
- Ind
- 
Del
- 
La
- 
Neb
- "Senate
Confirms Mukasey By 53-40: Historically Low Tally
for New Attorney General." ... "The final tally gave [Republican President
Bush's Attorney General nominee Michael Bernard] Mukasey the lowest number
of yes votes for any attorney general since 1952, just weeks after lawmakers
of both parties had predicted his easy confirmation. Mukasey takes the
place of Alberto R. Gonzales, who left under a cloud of scandal in September."
... "He avoided defeat only because a half-dozen Democrats voted in favor
of the appointment along with Republicans and Democrat-turned-independent
Joseph I. Lieberman (Conn. [Connecticut])." ... "Mukasey, 66, had outraged
many lawmakers and human rights groups by repeatedly refusing to classify
waterboarding, a simulated-drowning technique, as torture. His few Democratic
supporters said last night that, although they are troubled by his equivocal
views on waterboarding, they believe Mukasey represents the best possibility
for change at the troubled Justice Department. "This is the only chance
we have," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif. [California])." ... "The
other Democrats in favor of the confirmation were Sens. Charles E. Schumer
(N.Y. [New York]), Evan Bayh (Ind. [Indiana]), Thomas R. Carper (Del. [Delaware]),
Mary Landrieu (La. [Louisiana]) and Ben Nelson (Neb.)." ... "Mukasey garnered
the lowest number of yes votes among confirmed attorneys general since
James P. McGranery, who was approved by a vote of 52 to 18 in 1952 during
the [Democratic President Harry] Truman administration. The only recent
competitor is [Republican President Bush's nominee] John D. Ashcroft, who
attracted 58 yes votes from the GOP-controlled Senate in 2001." (1, 2)
-By Dan Eggen Paul Kane with contributions by Madonna
Lebling -WashingtonPost
US
- Intelligence
- Politics
- Terrorism
- Germany
- Overseas
- Telephone
- E-Mail
- Secret
- Electronic
- Surveillance
- Law
- Connecticut
- "Spy
Master Admits Error: Intel czar Mike McConnell told
Congress a new law helped bring down a terror plot. The facts say otherwise."
... "In a new embarrassment for the [Republican President] Bush administration's
top spymaster, Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell is withdrawing
an assertion he made to Congress this week that a recently passed electronic-surveillance
law helped U.S. authorities foil a major terror plot in Germany." ... "The
temporary measure, signed into law by President Bush on Aug. 5, gave the
U.S. intelligence community broad new powers to eavesdrop on telephone
and e-mail communications overseas without seeking warrants from the surveillance
court. The law expires in six months and is expected to be the subject
of intense debate in the months ahead. On Monday, McConnell—questioned
by [Connecticut Independent Democratic Senator] Sen. Joe Lieberman—claimed
the law, intended to remedy what the White House said was an intelligence
gap, had helped to “facilitate” the arrest of three suspects believed to
be planning massive car bombings against American targets in Germany. Other
U.S. intelligence-community officials questioned the accuracy of McConnell's
testimony and urged his office to correct it. Four intelligence-community
officials, who asked for anonymity discussing sensitive material, said
the new law, dubbed the "Protect America Act,” played little if any role
in the unraveling of the German plot." ... "Late Wednesday afternoon, McConnell
issued a statement acknowledging that "information contributing to the
recent arrests [in Germany] was not collected under authorities provided
by the 'Protect America Act'."" ... "The developments were cited by Democratic
critics on Capitol Hill as the latest example of the Bush administration's
exaggerated claims—and contradictory statements—about ultrasecret surveillance
activities." (1, 2,
3)
-By Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball
-MSNBC /Newsweek
Karl
Rove
- Christopher
Shays
- Government
- Money
- Political
- 
Media
- Marketing
- 
Employees
- Hatch
Act - Law
- 2004
Election - 2006
Election - Connecticut
- "How
Rove Directed Federal Assets for GOP Gains: [Republican
President] Bush Adviser's Effort to Promote the President and His Allies
Was Unprecedented in Its Reach." ... "Thirteen months before President
Bush was reelected [in the 2004 election], chief strategist Karl Rove summoned
political appointees from around the government to the Old Executive Office
Building. The subject of the Oct. 1, 2003, meeting was "asset deployment,"
and the message was clear:" ... "The staging of official announcements,
high-visibility trips and declarations of federal grants had to be carefully
coordinated with the White House political affairs office to ensure the
maximum promotion of Bush's reelection agenda and the Republicans in Congress
who supported him, according to documents and some of those involved in
the effort." ... ""The White House determines which members need visits,"
said an internal e-mail about the previously undisclosed Rove "deployment"
team, "and where we need to be strategically placing our assets."" ...
"Under Rove's direction, this highly coordinated effort to leverage the
government for political marketing started as soon as Bush took office
in 2001 and continued through last year's congressional elections [2006
election], when it played out in its most quintessential form in the coastal
Connecticut district of [Republican Representative] Rep. Christopher Shays,
an endangered Republican incumbent. Seven times, senior administration
officials visited Shays's district in the six months before the election
-- once for an announcement as minor as a single $23 government weather
alert radio presented to an elementary school. On Election Day, Shays was
the only Republican House member in New England to survive the Democratic
victory." ... "The U.S. Office of Special Counsel and the House Government
Reform and Oversight Committee are investigating whether any of the meetings
violated the Hatch Act, which prohibits government employees from using
federal resources for election activities." (1, 2,
3)
-By John Solomon, Alec MacGillis and Sarah Cohen-WashingtonPost
Noteworthy
- Media
- Terrorism
- San
Francisco - California
- 
Illinois
- Connecticut
- 2008
Election - "Dodd,
Talk Show Host Exchange On-Air Jabs." ... "[Rupert
Murdoch's Foxnews Host] Bill O'Reilly told [2008 election Democratic Presidential
Candidate and Connecticut Senator] Chris Dodd, "I don't have any respect
for you" and "if I were Joe Lieberman, I would never talk to you again.""
... "Dodd fired back that the talk show host says "a lot of things [that]
are vile on a daily basis" and that studies show O'Reilly says something
derogatory about people or groups once every 6.8 seconds." ... "Dodd's
presidential campaign has been itching for the confrontation all week.
"Support Chris Dodd's strong stance against partisan media," says the front
page of the Dodd campaign website. The site urges viewers to "stand up"
against O'Reilly by contributing." ... "O'Reilly set the tone early in
the five-minute interview. He told listeners about his distaste for the
liberal blog Daily Kos and this week's convention, called Yearly Kos, in
Chicago [Illinois]. The convention is expected to attract most of the Democratic
presidential candidates, including Dodd." ... "[Dodd to O'Reilly,] "You
ought to be far more candid with your viewing audience here and tell them
your real objection here is the ideology of Daily Kos," the senator said."
... "On the argument went, with Dodd noting that in 2005, O'Reilly suggested
he wouldn't mind seeing San Francisco's [California] Coit Tower blown up
by al-Qaida." -By David Lightman
-Courant.com
Alberto
Gonzales - Government
- US
Attorneys - Lawmakers
- 2008
Election - Vermont
- Connecticut
- New
York
- Delaware
- Illinois
- 
Kansas
- Arizona
- "Senate
Republicans Block Vote on Alberto Gonzales (Update1)."
... "A resolution to express ``no confidence'' in Alberto Gonzales, [Republican]
President George W. Bush's embattled attorney general, was blocked by U.S.
Senate Republicans who called it a meaningless gesture." ... "Congressional
Democrats are investigating whether eight U.S. attorneys were dismissed
last year because of political pressure from the president's staff. The
Justice Department has given conflicting accounts of why the prosecutors
were fired. Lawmakers of both parties challenged Gonzales's candor when
he testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the dismissals
on April 19." ... "Bush, traveling in Bulgaria today, called the vote ``meaningless''
because it won't determine ``who serves in my government. There's been
no wrongdoing.''" ... "The 53 voting to end debate included 45 Democrats,
seven Republicans and independent Bernard Sanders of Vermont. Those voting
not to shut off debate included 37 Republicans and independent Joseph Lieberman
of Connecticut." ... "New York [Democratic] Senator Hillary Clinton, a
Democratic presidential candidate, voted to end debate. Other senators
who are [2008 election] presidential candidates didn't vote, including
Democrats Joseph Biden of Delaware, Christopher Dodd of Connecticut and
Barack Obama of Illinois and Republicans Sam Brownback of Kansas and John
McCain of Arizona. " -By James Rowley
-Bloomberg
Rudolph
Giuliani - Drug
- Money
- Politician
- Law
- Election
2008 - 
Virginia
- Conn
- "Giuliani
backed drug company that misled public." ... "In
a case that could stoke unwelcome interest in one of [2008 election Republican]
presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani's first private consulting contracts,
the maker of the controversial painkiller OxyContin and three top executives
pleaded guilty yesterday to misleading the public about addiction risks."
... "In the plea deal, Purdue Pharma of Stamford, Conn., and the three
current and former officials agreed to pay $634.5 million in fines for
falsely claiming between 1995 and June 2001 that its drug was less addictive
than other painkillers." ... ""Purdue unleashed a highly abusable, addictive
and potentially dangerous drug on an unsuspecting and unknowing public,"
said Virginia U.S. Attorney John Brownlee at a news conference in Roanoke
[Virginia]." ... "Giuliani and his consulting firm Giuliani Partners have
represented Purdue since January 2002, the same month the former mayor
left office and a time when both regulatory and public concerns were cresting
over a drug that brought in more than $1 billion a year but also had been
linked to hundreds of deaths and produced a plague of abuse and addiction."
-By John Riley -Newsday.com
US
- Iraq
- 
Iran
- Military
- 
Tech
- Politics
- CT
- "Doubts
raised on linking of Iran to US deaths in Iraq."
... "Security analysts and critics of the Bush administration are questioning
the quality of intelligence presented by three unidentified US officials
in Baghdad on Sunday to demonstrate the Iranian government's ties to sophisticated
explosives that have killed 170 US soldiers in Iraq." ... "Some skeptics
also say that US officials in Iraq and their British counterparts have
known for more than two years that armor-piercing explosives were being
smuggled from Iran, but had never displayed them to the media until Sunday,
prompting critics to ask why the administration is choosing this moment
to highlight the alleged misdeeds of the Iranian regime." ... "General
Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also downplayed accusations
against the Iranian government. He told reporters yesterday in Indonesia
that although material from Iran had been used in the bombs, "That does
not translate that the Iranian government per se, for sure, is directly
involved in doing this."" ... "A senior Democratic senator compared the
US allegations to the charges against Iraq's former President Saddam Hussein
in the months before the US invasion in March 2003." ... ""I am deeply
troubled by this administration's escalating rhetoric against Iran, especially
intelligence from unnamed officials that is not fully documented," Senator
Christopher J. Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut, said in a statement. "It
is frighteningly reminiscent of the pattern we saw in the drumbeat that
led to the war with Iraq."" -By Farah Stockman and
Thanassis Cambanis -Boston/Globe
US
- Government
- Money
- Politics
- Legislators
- Election
2006 - 
TV
- 
Radio
- Ads
- 
Washington
- Virginia
- Indiana
- Connecticut
- Iraq
- 
Afghanistan
- Military
- "Dems
using hourly wage issue against GOP rivals." ...
"Democratic challengers in more than two-dozen House and Senate races are
attacking Republicans in Congress for taking pay raises while voting against
a minimum wage increase." ... "The attacks are contained in television
and radio ads running from Washington state to Virginia. In some races,
such as House contests in Indiana and Connecticut, Democrats also link
pay raises to Republican votes against combat bonuses for U.S. troops fighting
in Iraq and Afghanistan." ... "Most members of Congress currently earn
$165,200 a year; top leaders earn more. That's $31,600 more than in 1997,
when the federal minimum wage was raised to the current $5.15 an hour.
Unless legislators act during a lame-duck session after [2006] Election
Day, lawmakers who will be part of the Congress that convenes in January
will get an automatic 2% raise to $168,504." -By Andrea
Stone -USATODAY
US
- Iraq
- Military
- Connecticut
- Cheney
- 2006
Election - "Kerry
Calls Lieberman the New Cheney: Senator Labels Bush
Iraq Policy 'Disaster,' Lieberman Bid 'Huge Mistake'." ... "Sen. John Kerry,
D-Mass., blasted a fellow Democrat, Sen. Joe Lieberman, for continuing
his bid in the Connecticut Senate race despite a narrow loss to newcomer
Ned Lamont in the Democratic primary earlier this month." ... ""I'm concerned
that [Lieberman] is making a Republican case," Kerry told ABC News' "This
Week with George Stephanopoulos" in an exclusive appearance." ... "Kerry
accused the 2000 Democratic vice presidential candidate of "adopting the
rhetoric of Dick Cheney," on the issue of Iraq." ... ""Joe Lieberman is
out of step with the people of Connecticut," Kerry added, insisting Lieberman's
stance on Iraq, "shows you just why he got in trouble with the Democrats
there."" ... "Kerry called Lieberman's independent bid a "huge mistake"
and applauded businessman-turned-politician Lamont as "courageous" for
challenging Lieberman on the war." ... "Of his own views on Iraq, Kerry
stated forthrightly, "The course of this country in Iraq is making the
world more dangerous."" (1, 2)
-By Ed O'Keefe -ABCNEWS.com
US
- Iraq
- Military
- Connecticut
- 
New-Jersey
- 
Hawaii
- "Kerry
bats for anti-war candidates Lamont, Menendez and Akaka."
... "Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry is revving up his online political machine
to raise campaign cash for Democratic Senate nominee Ned Lamont, the anti-war
candidate who upset three-term Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman in last week's
primary." ... "Kerry tapped his 3 million-person e-mail list on Wednesday
to deliver a fundraising appeal for Lamont." ... ""Ned Lamont has caused
a national stir by successfully challenging the Bush position on Iraq that
ignores the utter failure of the President's policy," Kerry's message said."
... "The Kerry e-mail also touted two Democratic Senate incumbents facing
tough fights this fall, Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Daniel Akaka
of Hawaii. Both oppose the war." ... ""Ned, Dan and Bob have been attacked
mercilessly for acting with such conviction and are locked in close must-win
races," Kerry said. "It's time to reward their courage."" -By
Andrew Miga -AP
via -Newsday.com
Cheney
- Terrorism
- Politics
- Election
2006 - Free
Speech - Law
- Connecticut
- "Demeaning
Democracy: Cheney Paints Lamont Victory As Helping
Terrorists." ... "Vice presidents are notorious for serving as an administration's
chief attack dog, and time and again Dick Cheney has been unleashed to
accuse anyone who is opposed to the Bush administration of aiding the terrorists.
But this time he has gone too far." ... "The comments he made on the result
of the Connecticut Democratic primary - that it might encourage "the al-Qaida
types" who want to "break the will of the American people in terms of our
ability to stay in the fight and complete the task" - are an attack not
just on Democrats, but on democracy itself." ... "What happened in Connecticut
is in fact a model for democracies everywhere. The people of the state
heard a vigorous debate between two competing visions of how to protect
this country. Young citizens became deeply involved, and turnout was high.
The primary reminded us of the miracle of our democracy, in which the nation
is ruled by its people -not by any entrenched set of leaders. There are
few better messages we could send the world in these troubled times." ...
"Cheney's comments about the election were ugly and frightening. They show
once again that he and his party will stop at nothing to wrap Republicans
in the flag and to insinuate that anyone who votes against them is giving
aid and comfort to the terrorists. It's obvious that this administration
lacks basic respect for our fundamental freedoms." ... "Cheney and his
crowd are all for free and open elections - as long as they turn out their
way. They are all for free speech - provided it supports the administration.
They are all for the rule of law - as long as the law does not prevent
them from doing whatever they want to do. When elections, speeches or laws
are inconvenient, he does not hesitate to declare that they are helping
the terrorists. I can think of no graver offense against our democracy."
-By Edward M. Kennedy
-Courant.com
US
- Connecticut
- Cheney
- Terrorism
- Iraq
- Military
- "Lamont:
Lieberman Sounded Like Cheney." ... "Democratic Senate
nominee Ned Lamont, the anti-war candidate who toppled Sen. Joe Lieberman
in the Connecticut primary, says he was surprised by Lieberman and Vice
President Dick Cheney's claims that his victory could embolden terrorists."
... ""My God, here we have a terrorist threat against hearth and home and
the very first thing that comes out of their mind is how can we turn this
to partisan advantage. I find that offensive," Lamont said in an interview
Sunday with The Associated Press." ... "After British officials disclosed
they had thwarted a terrorist airline bombing plot on Thursday, Lieberman
warned that Lamont's call for a phased withdrawal of troops from Iraq would
be "taken as a tremendous victory" by terrorists." ... "Cheney suggested
Wednesday that Lamont's victory might encourage "the al-Qaida types" who
want to "break the will of the American people in terms of our ability
to stay in the fight and complete the task."" ... "Lamont said Lieberman's
swipe at his candidacy "sounded an awful lot" like Cheney." (1, 2)
-By Andrew Miga -AP
via -WashingtonPost
Cheney
- Terrorism
- Election
2006 - Connecticut
- Nev.
- "Cheney
Accused of Politicizing Terrorism: Senate Democrats
Accuse Vice President Cheney of Politicizing Terror Plot." ... "Senate
Democratic leaders on Friday accused Vice President Dick Cheney of playing
politics with terrorism and contended that voters won't buy Republican
arguments that the GOP is stronger on national security." ... ""They've
run this play one too many times. The American people simply do not recognize
any validity in what they're saying," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid,
D-Nev., said in a conference call with reporters." ... "The vice president
suggested that [Connecticut Democrat] Lamont's victory might encourage
"the al-Qaida types" who want to "break the will of the American people
in terms of our ability to stay in the fight and complete the task."" ...
"Reid took issue with the vice president's comments, saying, "This situation
isn't going well and anyone that suggests that the people of Connecticut
are somehow supporting terrorists, I don't think that's credible and that's
what Cheney suggested."" (1, 2)
-By Liz Sidoti -AP
via -ABCNEWS.com
Connecticut
- Internet
- Election
2006 - Politics-
"Internet,
activists help topple prominent US Democrat." ...
"Fueled by opposition to the Iraq war and anger at President Bush, liberal
grass-roots and Internet activists on Wednesday claimed their most significant
political victory -- the defeat of Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman." ...
"The three-term senator from Connecticut was repudiated on Tuesday by voters
from his own party who chose Ned Lamont -- a relative unknown with a fierce
anti-war message -- to represent Democrats in the November election." ...
""The winner is people-powered politics," declared the Daily Kos Web site,
a sentiment that echoed throughout the liberal blogosphere." -By
Patricia Wilson -Reuters
via -WashingtonPost
United
States - World
- Connecticut
- Military
- Law
- Election
2006 - Politics
- "Revenge
of the Irate Moderates." ... "The rebellion against
Mr. Lieberman [Connecticut Democrat] was actually an uprising by that rare
phenomenon, irate moderates. They are the voters who have been unnerved
over the last few years as the country has seemed to be galloping in a
deeply unmoderate direction. A war that began at the president’s choosing
has degenerated into a desperate, bloody mess that has turned much of the
world against the United States. The administration’s contempt for international
agreements, Congressional prerogatives and the authority of the courts
has undermined the rule of law abroad and at home." ... "Yet while all
this has been happening, the political discussion in Washington has become
a captive of the Bush agenda. Traditional beliefs like every person’s right
to a day in court, or the conviction that America should not start wars
it does not know how to win, wind up being portrayed as extreme. The middle
becomes a place where senators struggle to get the president to volunteer
to obey the law when the mood strikes him. Attempting to regain the real
center becomes a radical alternative." -NYTimes
Connecticut
- 
Energy
- 
Seniors
- Law
- "Evaluating
Lieberman: A Party Guy?" ... "By the numbers, Joe
Lieberman is a true, consistent Democrat." ... "He votes with Democratic
colleagues almost all the time. His record gets him high marks from interest
groups close to the party, from the AFL-CIO to the NAACP." ... "But dig
beneath the votes and there's plenty of ammunition for critics - including
primary challenger Ned Lamont - who say Lieberman has a habit of straying
from the party when it suits him." ... "He broke with the region's Democratic
senators on a key energy vote last year. He has embraced a position on
Iraq that few Democrats share. He has questioned bedrock Democrat-backed
programs such as affirmative action and Social Security. He voted against
a filibuster that could have blocked the nomination of Supreme Court Justice
Samuel A. Alito Jr." ... "And just this week the senator launched his own
political party so he can still run in November even if Democratic voters
rebuff him in the Aug. 8 primary." -By David Lightman
-Courant.com
US
- Iraq
- Military
- Connecticut
- "AP
Interview: Lamont won't rule out more spending in Senate run."
... "Greenwich [Connecticut] businessman Ned Lamont said Wednesday he's
prepared to dump more money, possibly $1 million more, into his Democratic
primary battle against U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman." ... "Lieberman, who is
running for a fourth-term, is facing a primary battle for the first time
in his Senate career. Just six years after being his party's nominee for
the vice presidency, Lieberman has fallen into disfavor by some Democrats
for supporting the Iraq war and his perceived closeness to President Bush."
... "Lamont, a former Greenwich selectman and newcomer to state politics,
has gained in statewide polls by accusing Lieberman of being a Republican
lapdog who has strayed from his Democratic roots." -By
Susan Haigh -AP
via -BostonGlobe
Secret
- Government
- Archives
- History
- Politics
- Connecticut
- "Archives
OK'd removing records, kept quiet." ... "Previously
public intelligence documents, some more than 50 years old, have been sealed
under a secret agreement between the National Archives and three federal
agencies, according to records obtained under the Freedom of Information
Act." ... "The 2002 agreement, obtained by The Associated Press and released
by archivists this week, shows the agency agreed to keep quiet about U.S.
intelligence's role in the deal that shut off access to thousands of previously
unclassified CIA and Pentagon documents." ... "Rep. Christopher Shays,
a Connecticut Republican who has led hearings into the resealing of records,
described the deal as "the culture of secrecy as tragicomic opera. One
government agency has to sneak into the files of another ... to reclassify
material that may have been on the public record for a decade or more.""
-By Randy Herschaft and Frank Bass
-AP via -SeattlePI.NWsource
US
- 
United
Arab Emirates - Transport
- Bill
Frist - Jack
Abramoff
- Money
- 
Tennessee
- Connecticut
- New
York - "Frist
Suspends Senate Ethics Debate After Losing on Dubai Vote."
... "U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist [Tennessee Republican] suspended
debate on overhauling lobbying rules after the chamber refused to prevent
a vote on blocking a state-owned [UAE] Dubai company from taking over terminals
at six American ports." ... "Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, the
top Democrat on the Rules Committee, urged Frist to allow debate to continue
immediately on the lobbying measure, which was brought to the Senate floor
in response to the scandal involving Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff."
... "``Doing ethics reform and dealing with the Dubai issue are not mutually
exclusive,'' [New York Democratic Senator Chuck] Schumer said before today's
vote." -By Jonathan D. Salant -Bloomberg
Ralph
Reed - Jack
Abramoff
- EMails
- Internet
- Law
- Politics
- 
Georgia
- Connecticut
- "E-mails
undermine Reed claim." ... "[Georgia Republican lieutenant
governor candidate] Ralph Reed has said he didn't know it until last year,
but emails suggest he was informed that eLot — a firm then in the online
lottery business — was behind his effort to fend off a ban against internet
gambling in 2000." ... "The e-mails passed between Reed and Jack Abramoff,
the now disgraced Washington lobbyist. Abramoff was lobbying for eLot Inc.
of Connecticut, parent company of eLottery Inc., against a bill in Congress
that would have banned most online betting. ELottery opposed the bill because
it wanted to help states sell tickets online." ... "Reed, a lifelong opponent
of gambling, said last year that he did not know in 2000 he was actually
working on behalf of eLottery." ... "But e-mails obtained by The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution show Reed was offered the name of the company at the
beginning of his involvement in the campaign, in May 2000. The e-mails
emerged as dozens of federal investigators have increased their focus on
events surrounding the defeat of the Internet gaming ban." -By
Jim Galloway-AJC
Water
- US
- 
Turkey
- 
Police
- Connecticut
- "Congress
turns attention to cruise safety." ... "George Allen
Smith IV vanished from a Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ship in the Mediterranean
10 days after his wedding last summer. His family says he was a victim
of foul play covered up by the cruise ship line to avoid bad publicity."
... "Smith's wife, Jennifer Hagel Smith, says ship officials forced her
from the vessel after her husband's disappearance and abandoned her in
Turkey, where she ended up at a police station and later a hospital with
no food, money, clothing or ticket home." -AP
via -USATODAY
-
-
-
-
- Civil
Liberties - Connecticut
- "Suit
Seeks to Bar FBI Library Data Access." ... "The American
Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit to block the FBI from obtaining
records from an organization possessing information about library patrons."
... "The civil liberties advocacy group released a government-censored
version of the lawsuit Thursday. The case originally was filed under seal
Aug. 9 in U.S. District Court in Bridgeport, Conn. [Connecticut], because
the law under which the FBI acted bars the organization or its attorneys
from "disclosing to any person" that the FBI has demanded information."
... "ACLU Associate Legal Director Anne Beeson said the FBI and Justice
Department had censored the document and allowed release of that version."
-By Michael J. Sniffen
-AP via -LAtimes
Connecticut
-
-
- "U.S.
Panel Rejects Plan to Close Connecticut Sub Base (Update2)."
... "A U.S. commission rejected the Pentagon's recommendation to shut the
submarine base in Groton, Connecticut, calling the facility essential for
U.S. Navy operations and training." ... "The action by the Defense Base
Closure and Realignment Commission is a victory for Connecticut community
leaders and for General Dynamics Corp.'s Electric Boat unit, which builds
and repairs the vessels 2 miles from Naval Submarine Base New London. Eighteen
submarines whose mission is to defend carrier battle groups and assault
land and sea targets are kept at the base, where about 7,800 military personnel
are stationed and 2,400 civilians and contractors work." -By
Judy Mathewson -Bloomberg
CA
- Connecticut
- Massachusetts
- New
York- Homes
- "Million
dollar homes double since 2000: California leads
states with the most million-dollar homes and highest median home value."
... "Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts and New York
followed California as the places with the largest percentages of seven-figure
homes." -CNN
Connecticut
- 
- 
- 
- 
- "Conn.
Nears Strict School Junk Food Ban: Connecticut Lawmakers
on the Verge of Adopting Most Far-Reaching School Junk Food Ban in U.S."
... "Connecticut is on the verge of adopting the most far-reaching ban
in the country on soda and junk food in public schools, in an effort to
curb rising rates of childhood obesity." ... "Advocates say Connecticut's
ban would be the strongest because it is so broad, applying to all grades
and all school sites where food is sold." (1, 2)
-By Noreen Gillespie -AP
via -ABCNEWS.com
Massachusetts
- Gay
- 
-
- Vermont
- Connecticut
- "One
year later, nation divided on gay marriage: Split
seen by region, age, Globe poll finds." ... "Half of Americans polled say
they don't want their states to recognize Massachusetts gay marriages,
reflecting a continuing uneasiness or outright opposition to same-sex marriage
that is especially strong in the South and in states that backed George
W. Bush in 2004, according to a nationwide survey conducted for the [Boston]
Globe." ... "Nearly a year after same-sex couples were legally allowed
to marry in Massachusetts, 50 percent of respondents said they opposed
recognizing same-sex marriages from Massachusetts ''as legal in all 50
states," and 46 percent favored it. The respondents also said they disapproved
of ''gay and lesbian couples being allowed to get married" by 50 percent
to 37 percent." ... "Forty-six percent of respondents backed civil unions
that would give gay couples ''some, but not all, of the legal rights of
married couples" while 41 percent said they were opposed. Vermont and Connecticut
have legalized civil unions for gay and lesbian couples, but Massachusetts
remains the only state that has legalized same-sex marriage." (1, 2)
-By Scott S. Greenberger
-Boston/Globe
Connecticut
- "Connecticut
execution is region's first in 45 years." ... "Michael
Bruce Ross, who confessed in 1984 to kidnapping, raping and killing young
women over a three-year period, was pronounced dead at 2:25 a.m. Friday,
the first convict executed in New England in 45 years." ... "In the end,
the man described as both monster and manipulator controlled his own fate.
He had until 2:01 to call off the execution by saying he wanted to pursue
more appeals. He did not, and then was injected with three lethal drugs."
-By Lynne Tuohy -Courant.com
via -StarTribune
-
- Connecticut
- Georgia
-
- 
-
- "U.S.
Military Seeks to Close 193 Bases to Cut Costs (Update3)."
... "The U.S. military proposed closing 193 military bases, including a
submarine base in Groton, Connecticut, and an Army base at Fort McPherson
near Atlanta [Georgia], in the first round of base closings and realignments
in a decade." ... "Thirty-three major bases would be among those closed,
and about 70,000 overseas personnel would be returned to domestic bases,
according to a list released by the Pentagon today. California, the state
with the most military facilities, would lose 12, including four finance
and accounting centers." ... "The Pentagon is proposing the base closings
as part of a broad restructuring of the U.S. military to bring greater
unification of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines and meet the 21st-century
challenges of global terrorism and an unsettled international environment."
-By Tony Capaccio and Bill Arthur -Bloomberg
Mother's-Day
- Homes
- Florida
- Georgia
- Austin
- 
TX
- IL
- Des-Moines
- IA
- Connecticut
- Oklahoma
- WA
- Nebraska
- Phoenix
- AZ
- Virginia
- CA
- Utah
- North
Carolina - "Women
helping build homes." ... "Women Build is a partnership
of Habitat for Humanity and the Lowe's chain of home improvement stores.
It is an annual event that gives women a chance to help needy families.
Female crews have built 650 Habitat houses in the United States." ... "[Along
with Pensacola, Florida] Other cities with Mother's Day Women Build projects
are Atlanta [Georgia]; Austin, Texas; Chicago [Illinois]; Des Moines, Iowa;
Hartford, Conn. [Connecticut]; Oklahoma City [Oklahoma]; Olympia, Wash.
[Washington]; Omaha, Neb. [Nebraska]; Phoenix [Arizona]; Richmond, Va [Virginia].;
San Francisco [California]; Salt Lake City [Utah]; Tacoma, Wash. [Washington];
and Winston-Salem, N.C. [North Carolina]" -By Bill
Kaczor -APvia
-NJ.com
-
- Robots
- Connecticut
- "Robot
misses contest after being banned from plane." ...
"Students from the University of Evansville [Indiana] were unable to compete
in a contest in Connecticut because airline security refused to let them
board a plane with a small robot they built." ... "Students Bruce Rahman
and Chris Miller and engineering professor James Reising had planned to
fly to Hartford, Conn., on Saturday for the Trinity College Firefighting
Home Robot Contest, an annual competition with more than 100 teams from
several countries."-AP
via -ABCNEWS.com
- 
- Food
- Cloning
- Animals
- Connecticut
-"Produce
from cloned cattle 'safe': Milk and meat from cloned
cattle appear safe for human consumption, a pilot study has found." ...
"Scientists in the US and Japan found that meat and dairy products from
a bull and cow cloned using the "Dolly" technique met industry standards."
... "The team says its results suggest cloning techniques could be used
to boost food production, particularly in developing countries." ... "Two
beef and four dairy clones were used in the research, all derived from
a single Holstein dairy cow and a single Japanese black bull." ... "The
scientists, led by Jerry Yang from the University of Connecticut, compared
the produce with that from normal animals of similar age and breed."-BBC
/News
- Tom
DeLay - Connecticut
- "[Connecticut's
Republican Representative Christopher] Shays: DeLay Should Quit As House
Leader: GOP Congressman Tells AP That Texas Rep.
Tom DeLay Should Step Down House Majority Leader." ... ""Tom's conduct
is hurting the Republican Party, is hurting this Republican majority and
it is hurting any Republican who is up for re-election," Rep. Chris Shays,
R-Conn., told The Associated Press in an interview, calling for DeLay to
step down as majority leader." ... "A moderate Republican from Connecticut
who has battled with his party's leaKdership on a number of issues, Shays
said efforts by the House GOP members to change ethics rules to protect
DeLay only make the party look bad." ... ""My party is going to have to
decide whether we are going to continue to make excuses for Tom to the
detriment of Republicans seeking election," Shays said." (1, 2,
3)
-By Lou Kesten with contributions by Lolita C. Baldor
and Suzanne Gamboa -AP
via -ABCNEWS.com
Tom
DeLay - Connecticut
- "Republican
calls for DeLay to step down: Another says he should
clear air on ethics issues." ... "[Connecticut's Republican Representative
Christopher] Shays and Rep. Joel Hefley, R-Colo., the past chairman of
the House ethics committee, have signed a Democratic resolution that would
undo some of the rules changes that GOP leaders, including DeLay, pushed
through the House in January." ... "Hefley was removed as chairman after
the committee unanimously voted last year to issue three admonishments
against DeLay. A key staffer also was fired." ... "DeLay recently offered
to go before the committee to answer charges that have been raised in recent
weeks. But his offer was viewed as largely symbolic since the committee
is gridlocked." -By Gebe Martinez
-HoustonChronicle.com
-
- New_Jersey
- "Nation's
largest terror drill begins: Organizers of the $16
million mock disaster view failure as a way to learn." ... "The biggest
anti-terrorism drill ever held in the United States got under way Monday
with a mock biological attack in New Jersey and a simulated chemical-weapons
explosion in Connecticut." ... "Named TOPOFF 3, the $16 million, weeklong
exercise is meant to find weak spots in the nation's emergency planning."
-By Wayne Parry -AP
via -HoustonChronicle.com
- Labor_Day
via: http://www.epa.gov/region1/eco/lis/
"What Makes Long Island Sound Special?" ... "Long Island Sound is an estuary, a place where salt water from the ocean mixes with fresh water from rivers and the land. Long Island Sound is unique in that it has two connections to the sea – The Race to the east and the East River to the West – and several major rivers." ... "The Sound provides feeding, breeding, nesting and nursery areas for a diversity of plant and animal life, and contributes an estimated $5.5 billion per year to the regional economy from boating, commercial and sport fishing, swimming, and sight-seeing." ... "More than 8 million people live in the Long Island Sound watershed, and the associated development has increased some types of pollution, altered land surfaces, reduced open spaces, and restricted access to the Sound." ... "People throughout New England and New York all have a stake in Long Island Sound. The entire coastline of Connecticut and part of New York sit on Long Island Sound. Eighty percent of the fresh water entering the Sound comes from rivers that drain states as far north as Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont." ... "Long Island Sound is so important that in 1987 was designated as a National Estuary. The Sound and its resources need you – who live on the Sound, who live upstream away from the Sound, and who visit – to help protect the Sound from pollution. To learn more about estuaries, check out: Learn About Estuaries."
