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Long-awaited ‘Furious’ report places blame on ATF, Justice

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“Dozens of senior-level U.S. government officials turned a blind eye to public safety as they pursued an ill-conceived and poorly managed investigation into gun trafficking in Mexico, according to a long-awaited inspector general’s report on Operation Fast and Furious.  It says many senior executives knew the U.S. was helping traffic guns to Mexico that killed people but did nothing to stop it.”

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/11/exclusive-long-awaited-furious-report-spreads-blame-across-agencies/

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The Throwaways: Pawns in the War on Drugs

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“By the evening of her death, Rachel Hoffman had been working for the police department for almost three weeks. In bureaucratic terms, she was Confidential Informant No. 1129, or C.I. Hoffman. In legal parlance, she was a ‘coöperator,’ one of thousands of people who, each year, help the police build cases against others, often in exchange for a promise of leniency in the criminal-justice system.  Informants are the foot soldiers in the government’s war on drugs.  By some estimates, up to eighty per cent of all drug cases in America involve them, often in active roles like Hoffman’s.”

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/09/03/120903fa_fact_stillman?currentPage=all

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New nano-code ups the fight against counterfeiters

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“Materials engineers led by Jon Kellar at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology says their invention comprises a QR code made of nanoparticles that have been combined with blue and green fluorescent ink. The code is sprayed onto a surface — paper, plastic film, office tape, glass — using an aerosol jet printer.  It remains invisible until the object is illuminated by a near-infrared laser.  The nanoparticles absorb photons at a non-visible wavelength but emit them in a visible wavelength, a trick called upconversion that causes the QR code to pop up almost like magic and allow itself to be scanned.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/11/new-nano-code-ups-the-fight-against-counterfeiters/

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Sydney Smith on Military Adventures and Attempting to Protect Mankind

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“When Lord Grey, the Prime Minister, was moving toward a foreign war, Sydney Smith wrote the following letter to Lady Grey, in 1832:  ‘For God’s sake, do not drag me into another war! I am worn down, and worn out, with crusading and defending Europe, and protecting mankind; I must think a little of myself. I am sorry for the Spaniards – I am sorry for the Greeks – I deplore the fate of the Jews; the people of the Sandwich Islands are groaning under the most detestable tyranny; Baghdad is oppressed, I do not like the present state of the Delta; Tibet is not comfortable. Am I to fight for all these people?'”

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/09/sydney-smith-on-military-adventures-and.html

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This is What You Need to Know on the Anniversary of 9-11

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“In 2007, General Wesley Clark delivered the below speech in San Francisco at the Commonwealth Club.  He now claims America underwent a ‘policy coup’ at the time of the 9/11 attacks. In this video, he reveals that, right after 9/11, he was privy to information contained in a classified memo that the US planned to attack and remove governments in seven countries over five years: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Iran. Remember, he delivered this speech in 2007, four years before Gaddafi was overthrown in Libya and turmoil started to develop in Syria.”

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/09/this-is-what-you-need-to-know-on.html

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Covering Up the Katyn Massacre: Another Day at the Office for U.S. Presidents

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“The release of new information that President Franklin Roosevelt and subsequent U.S. presidents — both Republican and Democrat — knew that the Soviet Union was responsible for the Katyn Massacre demonstrates without a doubt the dishonesty and cynicism of the U.S. Government.  It was common knowledge that the Soviets had murdered 22,000 of Poland’s military and civilian leadership in 1940, but beginning with FDR and continuing through the administration of George H.W. Bush, the ‘official’ line was agnosticism, while the U.S. Government gave us the ‘Operation Keelhaul‘ massacres that forever are a stain to this country.”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/120623.html

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U.S. ‘troubled’ as Bahrain upholds activists’ sentences

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“The United States said Tuesday it was ‘deeply troubled’ after a Bahrain appeals court upheld jail terms against 13 leading activists over charges of plotting to overthrow the Gulf monarchy.  The US urged Bahrain ‘to abide by its commitment to respect detainees’ right to due process and to transparent judicial proceedings, including fair trials and access to attorneys.  It is important that verdicts are based on credible evidence and that judicial proceedings are conducted in full accordance with Bahraini law and Bahrain’s international legal obligations,’ State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/04/u-s-troubled-as-bahrain-upholds-activists-sentences/

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Patriot Day – Wikipedia

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“In the United States, Patriot Day occurs on September 11 of each year, designated in memory of the 2,977 killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.  U.S. House of Representatives Joint Resolution 71 was approved by a vote of 407–0 on October 25, 2001. It requested that the President designate September 11 of each year as ‘Patriot Day’. On September 4, 2002, President Bush used his authority created by the resolution and proclaimed September 11, 2002 as Patriot Day.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Day

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UBS ‘Rogue trader’ goes to court in $2.3 billion fraud trial

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“A trader accused of losing $2.3 billion in a fraud at Swiss bank UBS goes on trial in London on Monday in a case expected to once again put the supervision of bankers under the spotlight.  Ghanaian-born equities trader Kweku Adoboli denies two counts of fraud and two of false accounting between 2008 and September last year.  The son of a Ghanaian former United Nations official, Adoboli worked for the global synthetic equities division at UBS in the City of London financial district.  The true magnitude of the risk exposure had been hidden through ‘fictitious’ positions allegedly taken by the trader, the bank said.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/10/rogue-trader-goes-to-court-in-2-3-fraud-trial/

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Scotts to pay over $10 million in fines for pesticide imports, recalled bird feed

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“A federal court sentenced Scotts to pay a $4 million fine and perform community service for 11 criminal violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).  In a separate agreement with the EPA, which resolves additional civil pesticide violations, Scotts agreed to pay more than $6 million in penalties and spend $2 million on environmental projects.  Both the criminal and civil settlements are the largest under FIFRA to date.  The EPA said that by the time Scotts voluntarily recalled these products in March 2008, it had sold more than 70 million units of bird food illegally treated with pesticide that is toxic to birds.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/08/miracle-gro-to-pay-big-fine-for-fake-pesticides-poison-bird-feed/

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