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POPSWhite House Briefed On Flight 253 Bomb Technology Two Months Prior
It turns out the White House was also briefed in October regarding this exact same explosive device " and its ability to make it pass airport screening systems: White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan was briefed in October on an assassination attempt by Al Qaeda that investigators now believe used the same underwear bombing technique as the Nigerian suspect who tried to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas Day, U.S. intelligence and administration officials tell NEWSWEEK. The briefing to Brennan was delivered at the White House by Muhammad bin Nayef, Saudi Arabia’s chief counterterrorism official. What is wrong with the people in the White House? You get a briefing on a bomb attack that almost succeeded in killing a key Saudi ally, then the same type of bomb shows up one month later in Somalia. All the while warning signs are blaring about a possible holiday attack and a distraught father is shooting off warning flares about his son’s
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POPSA Little Something To Write The DOJ About
Concerned about bringing Blackwater to justice and pehaps, open up a few cans-o-worms for public scrutiny and entertainment while setting a legal precedent for both corporate and government adherence to rule of law? Write the DOJ and let them know you're watching. More from the article below: "Judge Ricardo Urbina of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed charges against the guards on Dec. 31, saying prosecutors had misused protected statements the guards gave during an internal review of the September 2007 shooting in Iraq. Urbina’s decision followed more than three weeks of closed-door court hearings. National Security Division trial attorneys Joseph Kaster and Michael Dittoe said in the Jan. 5 filing that the Justice Department is not opposed to releasing redacted versions of post-hearing memos. “Such a procedure would properly balance the First Amendment concerns with the rights of the parties and victims to a fair trial,” they said in court papers."
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POPSROBS: Rollovers as Business Startup Nabers Group http://www.Nabers.com Looking to fund a new franchise or personal business venture with your retirement funds? Authors Jeff Nabers and Phoebe Chongchua (Five Steps to Freedom: How to Cut Your Dependence on Institutions and Escape Financial Slavery) suggest that using an investment structure known as Rollovers As Business Startups (ROBS) to fund a business startup or franchise is a prohibited transaction. Jeff Nabers is CEO of Nabers Group, an unconventional planning company in Denver, Colorado. His research and personal dealings with the Department of Labor compel him to recommend against the ROBS strategy. Nabers Group can be reached at (877) 903-2220.
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POPSThe Commonality of Diverse Animal Calls "Our results indicate that, for all species, basic features of acoustic communication are primarily controlled by individual metabolism, which in turn varies predictably with body size and temperature. So, when the calls are adjusted for an animal's size and temperature, they even sound alike." (James Gillooly, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the department of biology at UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and a member of the UF Genetics Institute)
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POPSDHS Sec. Napolitano Should Step Down For a while Republicans have called for DHS Sec. Napolitano to step down, but now so are many Democrats. A former police officer or army official should head this department instead of some politician President Obama knows and owes a favor to after she endorsed him on January 11, 2008; on November 5, 2008, she joined the Obama-Biden Transition Project
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