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'Nog steeds CIA-gevangenen vermist'
NEW YORK (ANP) - Nog steeds worden mensen vermist die naar het zich laat aanzien in geheime gevangenissen van de Amerikaanse inlichtingendienst CIA zaten of zitten. Dit stelde dinsdag de mensenrechtenorganisatie Human Rights Watch (HRW) in een rapport. De organisatie heeft in een open brief aan de Amerikaanse president Bush gevraagd uitleg te geven over het lot van 38 verdwenen personen. Het gaat om zestien mensen die volgens HRW in de geheime kerkers van de CIA hebben gezeten en van wie niets meer is vernomen. Voorts heeft HRW een lijst opgesteld van 22 personen die mogelijk zijn vastgehouden door de CIA en van wie evenmin bekend is wat er met hen is gebeurd. Bush gaf begin september toe dat er geheime detentieoorden waren, maar bezwoer dat laatste veertien van deze 'desaparecidos' waren overgedragen aan de militairen die het beruchte gevangenenkamp aan de Baai van Guantánamo runnen. Daarmee zou de CIA niemand meer in het geheim vasthouden. Maar de HRW noemt zestien personen bij naam met de data van hun aanhouding of ontvoering die door de CIA vastgehouden zijn maar die niet meer zijn opgedoken ook niet in Guantánamo. De mensenrechtenorganisatie vreest dat de inlichtingendienst ze heeft ondergebracht in andere buitenlandse detentieoorden die nog steeds door de CIA worden bestierd. Ook is HRW bang dat de CIA ze ergens buiten de VS laat martelen. Praktisch gezien zou er dan weinig zijn veranderd sinds Bush' uitspraak over 'de laatste veertien'. http://www.spitsnet.nl/nieuws.php/2/...iek2%20links,3 Waarom staat dit nieuws niet op de voorpagina van alle kranten, iedere dag? Dit is te erg en te schandalig voor woorden! Gevangenen worden vastgehouden in kerkers en 'verdwijnen' dan zomaar? Dat hebben we eerder gezien, in Chili en Argentinië! Iran is een schurkenstaat, met Noord-Korea doen we geen zaken, maar straks gaat Verhagen weer wél gezellig theedrinken met ome Bush? Waar is de woede? Kamer wil opheldering illegale acties van buitenlandse opsporingdiensten DEN HAAG - De PvdA en SP willen opheldering van minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin (Justitie) over illegale operaties van buitenlandse opsporingsdiensten in Nederland. De twee fracties in de Tweede Kamer hebben dat gisteren laten weten in reactie op het bericht dat verscheidene buitenlandse opsporingsdiensten de Nederlandse soevereiniteit hebben geschonden. Uit verscheidene documenten en verklaringen blijkt dat in elk geval de Amerikanen, de Duitsers en mogelijk ook de Italianen zonder de vereiste toestemming opsporingsactiviteiten op Nederlandse bodem hebben uitgevoerd. PvdA'er Aleid Wolfsen wil weten of de minister daarvan op de hoogte is en, zo ja, wat voor acties de bewindsman daarop heeft ondernomen tegen de betrokken landen en welke resultaten die inspanningen hebben gehad. Wolfsen: "De internationale samenwerking is gebaseerd op vertrouwen. Mocht blijken dat nu ook buiten de verdragen om door buitenlandse opsporingsambtenaren in Nederland wordt opgetreden, dan raakt dat de kern van het vertrouwensbeginsel." Jan de Wit (SP) noemt het "ernstig dat dit gebeurt". Eerder is komen vast te staan dat drugsbestrijders van de Amerikaanse DEA al een keer in Nederland over de schreef zijn gegaan. De Amerikanen zetten een burgerinfiltrant op Nederlands grondgebied in, zelfs nadat de Nederlandse autoriteiten dat nadrukkelijk hadden verboden. Toenmalig minister van Justitie Donner heeft de Amerikanen januari vorig jaar om opheldering gevraagd. Tot nu toe is daar volgens het ministerie van Justitie nog geen bevredigend antwoord op gekomen. http://www.spitsnet.nl/nieuws.php/1/...gdiensten.html En hup, wéér een paar wetten/afspraken met voeten getreden! De VS infiltreren gewoon in Nederland, zonder toestemming. De soevereiniteit geschonden. Wilders kan beter opletten voor Amerikanen ipv moslims. |
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Het valt me wel tegen dat er tot nu toe weinig belangstelling is voor de door mij geplaatste nieuwsberichten. Of ligt het gewoon aan de gewenning aan dit soort nieuws?
Schandalig dat ik met een search op Google gewoon geen nieuwsbericht in het Nederlands kan vinden over het feit dat de Republikeinse senator John McCain zich kandidaat heeft gesteld voor het presidentsschap. Hij deed dat gisteren in het programma The Late Show van David Letterman. McCain stemde vóór de nieuwe omstreden Military Commission Act, de wet die de president de macht geeft willekeurig mensen waar ook ter wereld aan te merken als 'enemy combatants', ze vast te zetten en hen het recht op habeus corpus (de aanhouding aanvechten) te schrappen. Ook mag de president volgens die wet de Geneefse Conventies naar goeddunken 'interpreteren'. Hij is één van de weinigen die de oorlog in Irak en de strategie van Bush nog steunt. Recent heeft hij zich ook uitgesproken tegen abortus. McCain lag heel lang heel goed bij het publiek en de media, maar de steun aan Bush wat betreft Irak heeft hem veel steun gekost. McCain is aanvankelijk bekend geworden door zijn oppositie tegen Bush (hij was trouwens in 2000 ook kandidaat), maar lijkt nu tegen hem aan te schurken. Een ander kenmerk van McCain was zijn zogenaamde 'straight talk'. De Republikeinse Partij vond dat een tegenhanger van de 'flip-flopping' van Kerry. Ironisch genoeg dat McCain niets anders. Kijk mee naar John McCain vs. John McCain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioy90nF2anI Laatst gewijzigd op 02-03-2007 om 02:11. |
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En is Al Gore ook niet een Amerikaanse politicus? Ik zie niet in waarom dat hier niet zou mogen. Uiteraard heb jij het liever niet want Gore is links en linkse mensen mogen wel hypocriet zijn toch Mark? Zeg dan gewoon dat hier alleen antibush en antirechts berichten geplaatst mogen worden, dan weten we allemaal dat je dat bedoeld.
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Wat de Nederlandse media niet uitzochten (net als hun Amerikaanse collega's --God, we zullen toch niet net zo lui worden als zij?), maar Keith Olbermann wel: de claim over Gore's energieverbruik is niet alleen niet-kloppend, maar komt van het AEI: de neocon vrienden van Bush en die-hard global warming ontkenners (die geld aannemen van oliemaatschappijen).
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Democrats send out first round of subpoenas
By Susan Crabtree A House Judiciary subcommittee approved today the first in what is expected to be an avalanche of subpoenas to Bush administration officials. They will likely explore corruption and mismanagement allegations on everything from pre-war Iraq intelligence to the mishandling of the response to Hurricane Katrina. The first round of subpoenas concern the recent controversial firings by the Bush administration of seven U.S. attorneys, some of whom were pursuing public corruption cases against Republican members of Congress. The House Judiciary subcommittee on commercial and administrative law, chaired by Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.), approved subpoenas requiring four former U.S. attorneys to appear at a subcommittee hearing next Tuesday. The former U.S. attorneys include Carol Lam of California, David Iglesias of New Mexico, H.E. Cummins III of Arkansas, and John McKay of Washington state. The subcommittee approved the subpoenas by voice vote; no Republican lawmakers were present. Tuesday’s hearing will consider a bill by Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) that would reverse a new Patriot Act provision allowing the attorney general to appoint federal prosecutors without Senate confirmation through the duration of the Bush administration. Democrats have come to the defense of several dismissed prosecutors, in particular Lam and Cummins of Arkansas. They have noted that Lam was leading the probe of ex-Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.), while Cummins was removed to make room for a former aide to White House senior adviser Karl Rove. Other U.S. attorneys, including those in Nevada and Arizona, were acting on corruption charges against GOP lawmakers before their resignations were requested. Iglesias, a New Mexico U.S. attorney, asserted at a press conference yesterday that he was fired for purely political reasons. He also charged that prior to the November elections, two federal elected officials asked him to speed up the probes of local politicians. Democrats, such as Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), have expressed outrage over the firings. She and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) have demanded to see the attorneys’ performance evaluations. The White House has denied that the attorneys were fired for anything other than performance-related issues. And Republican lawmakers, such as Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), have argued that Democrats are making up a controversy where none exists. After the vote on the subpoenas, Sanchez took exception to the White House’s assertions that they can fire the attorneys because they are "at will" employees. There are several exceptions when an "at-will" employee cannot be fired, Sanchez asserted, such as sex or race discrimination. "There are several public policy reasons why we don’t fire people," she said. "Are these people being [fired] because they’re doing their jobs and they’re doing them to well? Is this an ideological purge?" She went on to stress the importance of a judiciary branch that is separate and independent from the executive branch. "When the executive branch is interfering in the justice system—in other countries we call that corruption," she said. "It’s very troubling to me that there seems to be this undercurrent." House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel (Ill.) also weighed today, with a speech on the House floor. "So this Administration either originally hired incompetent attorneys in the first place, or hired competent U.S. Attorneys, but incompetently fired them. Which is it?" he asked. "Many Americans believe these U.S. Attorneys are not being fired because they failed to go after public corruption, but because they did and were successful." The Justice Department did not respond to a request for comment by press time. It has opposed a Senate bill similar to Berman's. A senior administration official also previously told The Hill that Democrats were trying to create a scandal where there isn't one. "This sounds to me a little more like Democrats trying to play politics and use the S-word than it does trying to obtain substantive information," the official said. http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/expo...subpoenas.html Hartstikke goed! De ontslagen officieren van justitie waren corruptie van Republikeinse politici op het spoor en werden daarom door het Witte Huis ontslagen. Het is goed dat de Democratische meerderheid in het Huis der Afgevaardigden dit nu tot op de bodem uit gaat zoeken. House GOP Leaders Threaten To Vote Against Money For Troops By Greg Sargent Okay, so here's the state of play in the House right now with regard to the coming showdown between Congressional Dems and the White House over the war. The House GOP leadership has now unveiled its response to the news this morning that House Dems are coming together behind an approach to the soon-to-be-voted-on spending bill that would bring the troops home if the Iraqi government fails to reduce violence there. House GOP leaders say that if Dems try to attach any conditions to the war spending bill, Republicans in the House may vote against it: The House minority leader threatened Thursday to get his members to vote against a $96.3 billion spending bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan if Democrats persist in plans to attach conditions to the money that would tell President Bush how to conduct the wars. This is interesting -- now it's the House Republican leadership who is threatening to vote against funding the troops. The same Republican leadership which, behind House GOP leader John Boehner, has been demanding that Dems show full support for funding the troops, lest they be accused of not supporting them: REP. BOEHNER: Let’s have a real resolution on the floor. It’s a bill that says, “We will not cut the funding for our troops in harms’ way.” Meanwhile, Hill sources tell us that it may be days before Congressional Dems seriously coalesce behind the current approach in any case. The sources say that it's very likely that the current approach won't be drawn up in the form of a bill until another Caucus meeting is held, because the new approach has yet to be run in detail by rank and file House Dems. Another Caucus meeting can't be held until early next week, so it could be days before we see a final bill, though if consensus emerges quickly a bill could be drafted and directed into the appropriations process within a few days. Meanwhile, multiple sources tell us that negotiations are ongoing over the approach and that the situation is very fluid. One source who's in touch with Congressional staff says that the leadership is considering attaching a new bill by Dem Rep. Howard Berman to the supplemental spending bill. Berman's legislation, called the Iraqi Benchmark Act, would stipulate that if the "surge" doesn't measure up to the benchmarks articulated by the President himself, an "immediate redeployment" would be mandated. "The leadership is thinking about embracing this," the source says. In other words, stay tuned until next week. So that's where we are. http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/b...ney_for_troops Ik weet niet goed wat ik hiervan moet denken. Als de Republikeinen inderdaad tegenstemmen als de Democraten eisen verbinden aan het toezeggen van geld, zullen de troepen wel naar huis moéten komen. Aan de andere kant zullen ze dan ook onterecht kunnen roepen dat de Democraten heb gedwongen hebben en hen dan de schuld geven van een slechte afloop van de oorlog. |
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Ik weet niet of jullie het schandaal rondon Walter Reed Medical Center gevolgd hebben? Daar verblijven gewonde Amerikaanse soldaten die gediend hebben in Afghanistan en Irak. Wat blijkt? Muren en plafonds zijn verrot, er is een groot gebrek aan bedden, de muizen en kakkerlakken lopen er over de vloer etc. Natuurlijk een rel van jewelste in de VS.
Naar nu blijkt is dit het gevolg van... een privatiserings-plannetje dat in 2000 is gestart door Bush. Degene die de privatisatie mocht leiden? Een voormalige official van Halliburton (je weet wel, waarvan Dick Cheney de voormalige CEO was)! Committee subpoenas former Walter Reed chief By Kelly Kennedy - Staff writer Posted : Saturday Mar 3, 2007 9:31:09 EST The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has subpoenaed Maj. Gen. George Weightman, who was fired as head of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, after Army officials refused to allow him to testify before the committee Monday. Read complete coverage of the Walter Reed controversy. Committee Chairman Henry Waxman and subcommittee Chairman John Tierney asked Weightman to testify about an internal memo that showed privatization of services at Walter Reed could put “patient care services at risk of mission failure.” But Army officials refused to allow Weightman to appear before the committee after he was relieved of command. “The Army was unable to provide a satisfactory explanation for the decision to prevent General Weightman from testifying,” committee members said in a statement today. The committee wants to learn more about a letter written in September by Garrison Commander Peter Garibaldi to Weightman. The memorandum “describes how the Army’s decision to privatize support services at Walter Reed Army Medical Center was causing an exodus of ‘highly skilled and experienced personnel,’” the committee’s letter states. “According to multiple sources, the decision to privatize support services at Walter Reed led to a precipitous drop in support personnel at Walter Reed.” The letter said Walter Reed also awarded a five-year, $120-million contract to IAP Worldwide Services, which is run by Al Neffgen, a former senior Halliburton official. They also found that more than 300 federal employees providing facilities management services at Walter Reed had drooped to fewer than 60 by Feb. 3, 2007, the day before IAP took over facilities management. IAP replaced the remaining 60 employees with only 50 private workers. “The conditions that have been described at Walter Reed are disgraceful,” the letter states. “Part of our mission on the Oversight Committee is to investigate what led to the breakdown in services. It would be reprehensible if the deplorable conditions were caused or aggravated by an ideological commitment to privatize government services regardless of the costs to taxpayers and the consequences for wounded soldiers.” The letter said the Defense Department “systemically” tried to replace federal workers at Walter Reed with private companies for facilities management, patient care and guard duty – a process that began in 2000. “But the push to privatize support services there accelerated under President Bush’s ‘competitive sourcing’ initiative, which was launched in 2002,” the letter states. During the year between awarding the contract to IAP and when the company started, “skilled government workers apparently began leaving Walter Reed in droves,” the letter states. “The memorandum also indicates that officials at the highest levels of Walter Reed and the U.S. Army Medical Command were informed about the dangers of privatization, but appeared to do little to prevent them.” The memo signed by Garibaldi requests more federal employees because the hospital mission had grown “significantly” during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It states that medical command did not concur with their request for more people. “Without favorable consideration of these requests,” Garibaldi wrote, “[Walter Reed Army Medical Center] Base Operations and patient care services are at risk of mission failure.” http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/0...htmansubpoena/ En het Pentagon wil verhinderen dat Weightman gaat getuigen. Het Democratische Congreslid Waxman bindt de strijd aan: Waxman to Force Walter Reed Ex-Chief to Talk About Problems, Contract March 02, 2007 3:42 PM Justin Rood and Anna Schecter Report: A powerful Democratic congressman is challenging the Pentagon, which is attempting to block the former chief of Walter Reed Army Medical Center from testifying before Congress next week. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Henry Waxman, D-Calif., wants to ask Maj. Gen. George W. Weightman about a contract to manage the medical center awarded to a company that had documented troubles fulfilling a government contract to deliver ice to victims of Hurricane Katrina. The Pentagon has refused to allow Weightman to testify. Waxman's staff has confirmed the congressman planned to issue his first subpoena as a committee chairman this session to legally compel Weightman's testimony if the Pentagon did not relent. According to a letter from Waxman to Weightman posted today on the committee's Web site, the chairman believes the Walter Reed contract may have pushed dozens of health care workers to leave jobs at the troubled medical center, which he says in turn threatened the quality of care for hundreds of military personnel receiving treatment there. Weightman had been slated to testify before Congress on Monday. The Army has tried to withdraw him from the hearing. Waxman's office confirmed the congressman plans to force the officer to appear by issuing a subpoena for his testimony. The Army did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the matter. A call to Weightman's home went unanswered. In the letter, Waxman charged that the Army used an unusual process to award a five-year, $120 million contract to manage the center to a company owned by a former executive of Halliburton, the scandal-prone government contractor once operated by Vice President Dick Cheney. In 2004, the Army determined that Walter Reed's federal employees could operate the medical center more efficiently than IAP Worldwide Services, which is operated by the former Halliburton executive, Al Neffgen, Waxman wrote. After IAP protested, the Army "unilaterally" increased the employees' estimated costs by $7 million, making IAP appear cheaper, Waxman said. Rules barred Walter Reed employees from appealing the decision, Waxman wrote, and in January 2006 the Army gave the contract to IAP. According to an internal memo written by a senior Walter Reed administrator and obtained by Waxman, the decision to outsource to IAP led the center's skilled personnel to leave Walter Reed "in droves," fearing they would be laid off when the contractor took over. In the last year, Waxman found, over 250 of 300 government employees left the center. The lack of staffing put patient care "at risk of mission failure," warned an internal Army memo obtained by the congressman. Some of the problems recently revealed at Walter Reed "may be attributable to a lack of skilled government technicians on staff," Waxman wrote in the letter. In a prepared statement, IAP spokeswoman Arlene Mellinger said that currently "there are no critical shortages of employees or skills in any area" of Walter Reed. On Feb. 4, the first day of its contract, 290 IAP employees were at the center, she said; that number is now 305. IAP "looks forward to applying its experience and knowledge of facility maintenance" to support Walter Reed, the statement read. A message left at the home number belonging to IAP head Al Neffgen was not immediately returned. Update: Since this report was published, the Pentagon has reversed its position and is allowing Weightman to testify before Waxman's panel on Monday. An earlier version of this post stated Waxman had issued a subpoena to compel Weightman's testimony; in fact, Waxman had threatened to do so, but the Pentagon changed its stance before such a subpoena was issued. http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/..._to_force.html Laatst gewijzigd op 03-03-2007 om 20:08. |
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VS geërgerd over defensieplan China
De Verenigde Staten reageren geërgerd op het plan van China om de uitgaven voor defensie te verhogen met bijna 18 procent. Het is de grootste verhoging in zeker tien jaar. De Amerikanen maken zich vooral zorgen omdat niet duidelijk is waarom China de budgetten vergroot. Ook denkt de VS dat omringende landen zo gedwongen worden hun defensieuitgaven te verhogen. China ontkent dat het een wapenwedloop aan wil gaan met andere landen. Volgens officiële cijfers geeft China dit jaar 34 miljard euro uit aan defensie. De Amerikanen denken dat de uitgaven zeker drie keer zo hoog zijn. |
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Seymour Hersh schrijft in 'The New Yorker' dat het Witte Huis in het geheim Sunnitische groepen met banden met Al Qu'aida sponsort.
Hersh: U.S. Funds Being Secretly Funneled To Violent Al Qaeda-Linked Groups New Yorker columnist Sy Hersh says the “single most explosive” element of his latest article involves an effort by the Bush administration to stem the growth of Shiite influence in the Middle East (specifically the Iranian government and Hezbollah in Lebanon) by funding violent Sunni groups. Hersh says the U.S. has been “pumping money, a great deal of money, without congressional authority, without any congressional oversight” for covert operations in the Middle East where it wants to “stop the Shiite spread or the Shiite influence.” Hersh says these funds have ended up in the hands of “three Sunni jihadist groups” who are “connected to al Qaeda” but “want to take on Hezbollah.” Hersh summed up his scoop in stark terms: “We are simply in a situation where this president is really taking his notion of executive privilege to the absolute limit here, running covert operations, using money that was not authorized by Congress, supporting groups indirectly that are involved with the same people that did 9/11.” http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/25/hersh-qaeda/ Het complete artikel van Hersh is ook zeer lezenswaardig en kan hier gevonden worden: http://www.newyorker.com/fact/conten...5fa_fact_hersh Ach ja, een gewone burger krijgt daarvoor een enkeltje Guántanamo, maar Dick en George zien geen enkel probleem. Ondertussen kan het de hele regio destabiliseren. De president is bezig met gevaarlijke, criminele en illegale activiteiten. Zie ook de aandacht die Keith Olbermann eraan besteedde, dat is misschien wat makkelijker op te nemen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0KZfi9F7Wg Laatst gewijzigd op 04-03-2007 om 22:28. |
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Ik snap irritatie VS over China wel.
Laten we even niet vergeten: China is dictatuur. Dan heb je nou eenmaal minder 'rechten'. Gelukkig maar! Daar komt bij: China sluit niet uit om democratie Taiwan binnen te vallen. Taiwan, ach als Kosovo onafhankelijk mag worden, dan Taiwan toch zeker. Of zijn we weer bang van dictatuur China? |
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En waarom dient Amerika geen VN resolutie voor onafhankelijkheid van Taiwan in, bij de VN? Gewoon als signaal... |
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De zaken die in de nieuwsberichten staan, zijn FEITEN, T_ID. Simple as that. En in al die zaken heeft Bush de hand, dat is BEWEZEN. Daar doet jouw sullige reactie niets aan af. Citaat:
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Cheney linked to Osama's money man A court in Turkey has ruled to freeze the assets of Yasin al-Qadi [1], a one-time acquaintance of Vice President Dick Cheney [2] and reported “chief money launderer” of Osama bin Laden. [3] Al-Qadi, prior to being publicly identified as a key al-Qaeda financer, owned a prominent U.S. technology firm and reported CIA front known as Ptech. [4] He also escorted U.S. officials around during their visits to Saudi Arabia. [5] Similar allegations of obstruction of justice and dereliction of duty have been reported here in the United States, where following the 9/11 attacks FBI agent Robert Wright and other members of his unit claimed that their investigation into Yasin al-Qadi had been repeatedly blocked by higher ups at the FBI. [13] As Agent Wright told ABC News in 2002, “the supervisor who was there from [FBI] headquarters was right straight across from me and started yelling at me: 'You will not open criminal investigations. I forbid any of you. You will not open criminal investigations against any of these intelligence subjects.'" [14] According to Agent Wright, who seized $1.4 million directly linked to al-Qadi in 1998 [15], it is very likely that 9/11 would have been prevented if he had simply been allowed to do his job. [16] http://www.coverthistory.blogspot.com/ Noten: http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Feb07/Buckley27.htm#1 |
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Walter Reed Whitewash: Kiley Replacement ‘Demoralizing’ To Hospital Staff
Yesterday’s management shake-up at Walter Reed looks increasingly suspect. The Washington Post reports today that the hospital chief who was relieved of duty, Army Maj. Gen. George W. Weightman, is “well respected in the military medical community and well liked among the staff at Walter Reed.” He had been at the hospital for just half a year, and “instituted some changes to improve outpatient care.” Weightman is being replaced for now by Army surgeon general Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley. As ThinkProgress documented yesterday, Kiley has known for years about the neglect and deplorable conditions at Walter Reed. Kiley was personally told about injured veterans who were “languishing and lost on the grounds,” sharing drugs and “drinking themselves to death,” and reportedly did nothing to address the problems. In one stunning case, Kiley took no action when personally informed that a soldier was sleeping in his own urine. The Post today cites a defense official saying that Weightman’s firing and his replacement by Kiley “are likely to be demoralizing to the staff at the medical center.” The L.A. Times says Kiley may still be fired: One military official said the Army was continuing to examine Kiley’s oversight of Walter Reed to determine whether he knew of the problems in the outpatient facilities. “Those questions are being looked at,” said the official, who spoke on condition on anonymity. “Is this it? We don’t know. Potentially, there could be other heads that roll.” But in the meantime, why would this man with a long record of neglect be placed back in charge of Walter Reed? The Post’s answer: because “the Army’s reshuffle is really about projecting the appearance of accountability, not punishing those most responsible.” UPDATE: Both Kiley and Weightman have been called to testify at a hearing on Monday of the House Oversight and Government Reform national security subcommittee. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/02/kiley-demoralizing/ Zie ook: Lt. General "Coverup" Kiley: From Abused Detainees to Neglected Soldiers http://www.huffingtonpost.com/art-le...l_b_42596.html Laatst gewijzigd op 05-03-2007 om 17:02. |
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Newt Gingrich (leider Republikeinse Partij in Congres) Blames The Victims of Katrina
By: Nicole Belle on Sunday, March 4th, 2007 at 11:07 AM - PST Submit or Digg this Post Blog for our Future: (Newt Gingrich, speaking at CPAC) blamed the residents of New Orleans' 9th Ward for a "failure of citizenship," by being "so uneducated and so unprepared, they literally couldn't get out of the way of a hurricane." And he called for a "deep investigation" into this "failure of citizenship." Here's the full quote: How can you have the mess we have in New Orleans, and not have had deep investigations of the federal government, the state government, the city government, and the failure of citizenship in the Ninth Ward, where 22,000 people were so uneducated and so unprepared, they literally couldn't get out of the way of a hurricane. (emphasis original) http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/0...ms-of-katrina/ |
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Maar vergis je niet, Nederland, en heel West-Europa wat dat betreft, heeft er baat bij dat de VS de supermacht op aarde is, in plaats van Rusland of China. Ze doen soms dingen die niet kunnen, vind ik, maar dat de mens tot slechte dingen in staat is, is niks nieuws. Vergeleken met Rusland en China, doet de VS niks speciaals, zij het niet dat dingen die Rusland en China doen, minder vaak in 'ons' voordeel zijn dan wat de VS doet. Waar het dus op neer komt, is het kiezen tussen 2 (of 3) kwaden, dát is de realiteit. Iedereen die de aarde graag als 'one big happy place' ziet, houdt zichzelf voor de gek.
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