the halliburton-cheney war for profit energy task force

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I like to use proper names. The bush admin has made a mockery of the use of classification for documents relative to national security. If a document can be declassified to be used as an attack against a truth teller (bush enemy) than declassify the piss out of that motherfucker.

Let us play that game. Let us urge any and and all who can to declassify what is in that identified in the subject line. When thus is done, a 9-11 commission would no longer be needed; just shackles and chains for those who serve the current resident.

Like chinese water torture karl rove. You are going down, down, down.

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1. A newly-filed case with the USSC could put an end to this practice

of using 'national security' as a reason to withhold documents...

Reynolds v. USA: 50 y.o. case might reopen: National Security Privilege



Good morning.


I just read a fascinating article in the LA TIMES about the reopening of a 1949 case (us v. reynolds) that basically set the legal precedence for the military/US govt to assert privilege without judicial oversight if they claim 'national security or state secrets' are at risk.

Turns out that over 50 years after the US Supreme Court granted that executive privilege, that the papers the govt would not turn over to the plaintiffs under the claim that it would jeopardize 'national security', have been declassified.

And guess what? The Air Force lied. There were no state secrets in an accident report. There was no issue of a risk to national security.

Long story short (the article, part 1, is 13 pages long in my word processor), the daughter of an engineer killed in a b29 accident has filed a request with the USSC to reopen the matter. Problem is, they had to file a motion asking the USSC for special leave to hear their argument on revisiting this executive privilege case. Knowing our present USSC, they will probably deny their motion.

But I suggest that this case warrants a review by the USSC. The govt got out of providing accident info without any judicial review whatsoever of the basis for their claim to NOT provide information to harmed citizens. And this has been the precedence since the early 1950s.

This plays into the bush admin's CONSTANT claim of "we can't tell you jack shit because of national security."

I love the Jersey Girls; I yes I do. But their grievances against the USA are hanging on THIS case... this case that will determine the fate of everyone given the Patriot Act mentality of our govt.

I mean, look at those absurd 28 redacted pages in the congressional jt comm investigation of 911. The bush administration claims ONLY that it would 'embarrass' another country. And those papers remain classified to this day!!!

We must write LTTEs, talk to our friends (and foes), campaign for the democrats, do everything we can to oust the occupiers of the white house. BUT I also think we need to pay very, very close attention to the reopening of US v. Reynolds in the Supreme Court, and make sure it gets heard, but MORE that we get this case HIGHLIGHTED in the public eye! Don't let the S.Ct screw us again.... it will be so easy for them to just DENY the motion to rehear the matter, and no one will be the wiser.

A new ruling in this case would clip the executive's feathers big time.

And, you know, I honestly think Sandra Day O'Connor has this intense desire to clip some of the feathers of the thugs she installed into the white house.

Here is the link to the article (it's on yahoo today, so you don't need to register with the LA TIMES (part 2 comes out tomorrow.....which will probably go into more detail of HOW the US govt lied):

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/latimests/20040418/ts_l...

Here is the du thread.... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1430712
(not many posts to it... but there is a post with some article snips...)

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2. I know in California we are missing a lot of Jack these thief's stole

The political machine in Sacramento set it up, but I a sure a few of Secret Dicks buddies had a big hand the making of it. When they stuck it to us and so much money got transfered to operatives in Texas we all became rather pissed. This will never be lived down here in California :mad:

http://www.socialistworker.org/2002-1/407/407_03_CAEnergyRipOff.shtml

WHAT WE THINK
California power rip-off exposed

May 17, 2002 | Page 3

"I DON’T think there’s any doubt that somebody ought to go to jail." That was the reaction of mild-mannered Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) to the latest revelations in the Enron scandal.

The energy giant that went bankrupt late last year was forced to release internal memos that show how it ripped off California consumers--by manipulating the "free market" to create a power "crisis."

In one scam, nicknamed "Ricochet," Enron bought up electricity from California power producers, held it out of state until the lights started to flicker--and then sold it back to California at outrageously marked-up prices. In a typical transaction, traders sitting at computer terminals at Enron’s Houston headquarters bought California electricity at $250 per megawatt--only to sell it back to the state for $1,250.

These latest revelations expose the real workings of the so-called "free market." When the energy crisis broke in California a couple of years ago, left-wing critics pointed out the obvious--that the eight or 10 largest energy companies in the country were working together as a cartel to steal more than $20 billion in jacked-up electricity prices that were passed onto consumers.

Under mounting pressure, Democratic Gov. Gray Davis talked tough for the cameras. Then he gave the corporate pirates everything that they could have dreamed of. Davis authorized a 40 to 60 percent hike in electricity rates, handed out dozens of fast-tracked permits to build environmentally disastrous fossil-fuel power plants, and signed 10- to 20-year contracts to buy electricity at artificially inflated prices.
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Gray Davis is gone, Arnold was put in there to keep the sale intact, but we kick his nasty butt out also.