BREAKING ELECTION NEWSGAYPATRIOT EXCLUSIVE:John McCain Meets with Log Cabin Republicans President — GayPatriot has exclusively learned that presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Senator John McCain held a personal meeting with the head of the national gay Republicans organization, the Log Cabin Republicans.
NY judge: NSA can refuse to discuss wiretapping The National Security Agency does not need to tell lawyers for Guantanamo Bay prisoners whether their phones were tapped as part of the Bush administration's domestic surveillance program, a federal judge in New York ruled Wednesday. The NSA has refused to say whether it listened in on the conversations of the lawyers who are advising prisoners being held at the U.S. naval facility in Cuba. The NSA says even confirming the existence of such wiretaps would jeopardize national security.
Pentagon cannot account for $2 billion in anti-terror funds to Pakistan --Overall, the U.S. has paid $5.6 billion to reimburse the country for counter-terrorism expenses, a GAO report says. The United States has paid more than $5 billion to reimburse Pakistan for terrorism expenses that have often been exaggerated, if not fabricated, according to a government audit released Tuesday that blasts the Pentagon for poor management of the program. The report concluded that the Pentagon could not properly account for as much as $2 billion in payments to Pakistan over a three-year period from 2004 to 2007. Auditors uncovered an array of questionable costs, including $45 million for roads and bunkers that may never have been built; $200 million for the operation of air defense systems even though Al Qaeda has no known aircraft; and overcharges for meals and vehicles used by Pakistani troops.
Pakistanis "won't allow" attacks into Afghanistan Pakistan said on Wednesday it would not allow militants to attack Afghanistan from its territory and it would never let foreign troops operate on its soil. The declaration came after threats from Afghan President Hamid Karzai to send troops into Pakistan to fight Taliban militants he says operate from border sanctuaries, and after 11 Pakistani border soldiers were killed in a U.S. air strike.
Syria planned to supply Iran with nuclear fuel, Israel says --Speculation grows over possible attack Israel believes that Syria was planning to supply Iran with spent nuclear fuel for reprocessing into weapons-grade plutonium from the site it bombed last September, and which is currently being inspected by the UN's nuclear watchdog. The claim from an adviser to Israel's national security council came yesterday as speculation mounts about a possible Israeli attack on Iran.
Blond, white schoolboy is al-Qa'eda extremist, say police A schoolboy aged 12 has been identified as an al-Qaeda inspired extremist after sending beheading videos to his classmates, police have disclosed. Anti-terrorism chiefs have said the example revealed how violent extremism is spreading "like a virus infecting young minds". The blond, white schoolboy from West Yorkshire is among 120 people being dealt with by police [!?!] in a new anti-terrorism scheme targeting al-Qa’eda inspired youths.
U.S. becoming a 'surveillance society?' --Public surveillance video mushrooms despite lack of evidence it works After the [Bush] terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, local governments across the country set aside concerns over privacy and installed surveillance cameras in public streets and plazas. Now -- even after a damning report by the head of London’s extensive surveillance network and with little evidence that the systems work -- police in many cities are trying to add thousands more cameras to their networks.
White House Refused to Open Pollutants E-Mail The White House in December refused to accept the Environmental Protection Agency’s conclusion that greenhouse gases are pollutants that must be controlled, telling agency officials that an e-mail message containing the document would not be opened, senior E.P.A. officials said last week. The document, which ended up in e-mail limbo, without official status, was the E.P.A.’s answer to a 2007 Supreme Court ruling that required it to determine whether greenhouse gases represent a danger to health or the environment, the officials said. This week, more than six months later, the E.P.A. is set to respond to that order by releasing a watered-down version of the original proposal that offers no conclusion.
San Francisco group wants to name sewage plant after Bush --Supporters plan 'synchronized flush' of hundreds of thousands of San Francisco toilets A group with the regal-sounding name of the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is planning to ask voters here to change the name of a prize-winning water treatment plant on the shoreline to the George W. Bush Sewage Plant. The renaming would take effect on Jan. 20, when a president is sworn in. And regardless of the measure’s outcome, supporters plan to commemorate the inaugural with a synchronized flush of hundreds of thousands of San Francisco toilets, an action that would send a flood of water toward the plant, now called the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant.
Top 6 reasons to skip a synchronized flush By Mark Yannone San Francisco group wants to rename a sewage treatment plant to the George W. Bush Sewage Plant. Supporters of the idea are planning to mark the January 20 inauguration of the incoming president with a synchronized flush of hundreds of thousands of San Francisco toilets as the new president is sworn in. What a great idea, right? In keeping with the philosophy that anything worth doing is worth doing to excess, a nationwide synchronized flush would be even better, I thought. But no. There are several good reasons to forgo such a megaflush...
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