DHS CHECKPOINT JANUARY 20 2008

HOMELAND SECURITY EASING IMMIGRANT BACKGROUND CHECKS

WASHINGTON: In a major policy shift aimed at reducing a ballooning immigration backlog, the Department of Homeland Security is preparing to grant permanent residency to tens of thousands of applicants before the FBI completes a required background check.

11TH HOUR RON PAUL NASCAR SPONSORSHIP DEAL - 75 MILLION VIEWERS!

First a blimp now a race car? According to the Project for Excellence in Journalism, the presidential candidacy of Ron Paul gets virtually no coverage by the news media. So supporters of the 10-term Texas Representative have brainstormed an array of creative tactics to take their candidates message directly to voters. Their latest effort may be the most audacious: sponsorship of a NASCAR race team in the name of the anti-war Republican.

HUCKABEE AT FALWELL'S CHURCH: TEN COMMANDMENTS BETTER THAN LAW

"There are only 10 basic laws that we need

EVERY YEAR BRINGS US CLOSER TO 1984

Maybe you missed it in the run-up to Super Duper Tuesday, but CNN and the Associated Press reported last week that the FBI will soon award a $1 billion, 10-year contract for construction of an electronic file that would store not just fingerprints and DNA, but a vast compendium of other physical characteristics. We're talking eye scans, facial shape, palm prints, scars, tattoos and other biometrics, all for the purpose of identifying and capturing bad guys.

PRICES IN 19 OF 22 MAJOR HOUSING MARKETS FELL DURING JANUARY

Nineteen markets saw their prices drop, with San Francisco falling 3.6 percent in January alone, while only the New York metro saw prices rise

THE SHOCKING VIDEO HILLARY DOES NOT WANT YOU TO SEE!

This is a repost for those that missed it. -- ZDN

Hillary! Uncensored, the unedited trailer that has been ranked #1 video in Google Top 100 in the World, will debut as a 1 hour documentary on http://www.youperview.com on November 5, 2007.

ZDN Exclusive -- PENTAGON CHARGES GITMO'D PATSIES WITH 9/11 CRIMES

"These charges allege a long term, highly sophisticated, organized plan by al-Qaida to attack the United States of America"

BUSH'S UNITARY EXECUTIVE ENDS THE RULE OF LAW, THE CONSTITUTION, THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND THE SEPARATION OF POWERS

President Bush's plan to forge a long-term agreement with the Iraqi government that could commit the US military to defending Iraq's security would be the first time such a sweeping mutual defense compact has been enacted without congressional approval, according to legal specialists.

WASHINGTON MAY CHARGE $40-240 YEARLY 'GREENHOUSE GAS' GLOBAL WARMING TAX

Vehicle licensing fees in Washington State could spike dramatically, all in the name of global warming. Six Seattle Democrats in the state Senate are trying to push through a bill that would require the Department of Licensing to collect a greenhouse gas tax.

COULD IRAN'S OIL BOURSE SPARK A WAR?

I welcome the world's combined effort to plummet our economy. I welcome their victory over us. May it be harsh and swift leaving us penniless. Only then will this greedy nation full of soggy-bottom do-nothing brainwashed minions evolve into something more deserving of such amenities as freedom, democracy, wealth and honor. Only then, will the cycle of war perish within our midst and the chains of corporate slavery be broken.

CLINTON REPLACES LATINA QUEEN WITH COVER-UP QUEEN

Hillary Clintons frazzled presidential campaign has replaced its manager, a self-described Latina Queen and renowned open-borders activist, with a loyal confidant who covered up a suspicious death and orchestrated a fundraising scandal during the Clinton White House years.

EUROPEANS SEE WHAT AMERICA CANNOT

At this week's NATO conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, an angry U.S. Secretary of Defence Robert Gates accused some Europeans of not being prepared to "fight and die" in Afghanistan in the battle against the Taliban.

BUSH ORDERS CLAMPDOWN ON FLIGHTS TO US

The demand to put armed air marshals on to the flights is part of a travel clampdown by the Bush administration that officials in Brussels described as blackmail and troublesome, and could see west Europeans and Britons required to have US visas if their governments balk at Washingtons requirements.

CHENEY'S OFFICE SEEKS TO BAR RELEASE OF VIDEO DEPOSITIONS

The motion comes in a lawsuit filed by Steven Howards, who claims he was wrongfully arrested after making comments to Cheney about the Iraq war in June 2006, when Cheney attended a conference in Beaver Creek.

THE CLINTONS: A CASE STUDY IN MONEY AND POLITICS

Other of the Clinton's income sources are far more difficult to ascertain -- for instance, the flow of cash from billionaire investor Ron Burkle and his Yucaipa companies.

HOW KARL ROVE AND TORTURE INFLUENCED THE 9/11 REPORT

Philip Shenon, author of The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation, recently suggested on Democracy Now! that Philip Zelikow, the executive director of the 9/11 Commission, sought to minimize the Bush administration's responsibility for failing to prevent the September 11th attacks.

'DOOMSDAY' SEEDS ARRIVE IN NORWAY

The vault is intended to act as insurance so that food production can be restarted anywhere on Earth after a regional or global catastrophe.

CHAVEZ THREATENS US OIL CUTOFF

"The outlaws of Exxon Mobil will never again rob us," Chavez said, accusing the Irving, Texas-based oil company of acting in concert with Washington.

LARRY SINCLAIR INTERVIEW

Do oral sex, cocaine, and limos add up to the most explosive political scandal ever, or a mere CFR perk? Larry Sinclair comes forward to speak with The Right Perspective about his alleged 1999 Chicago tryst with US Presidential candidate Barrack Obama, why Sinclair has disclosed this information, and the media cover-up surrounding the charges.

LARRY SINCLAIR INTERVIEW

direct link to audio file (mp3)

ZDN Exclusive -- WHAT PART OF "FEDERAL" DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?

IS THE GOVERNMENT TO BLAME FOR THE WAVE OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE?

Kelly O'Meara, writing in the June 28, 1999 issue of Insight magazine, (and cited by Blumenfield) reports that there are now over five million school children on psychotropic drugs, most of which are prescribed and administered in the government schools themselves.

THE HIDDEN WAR ON PRIVACY

Information is being collected by the IRS, FBI, local police, public schools, and hospitals. It's all available to the government to use as they see fit.

POLICE STATE 2: THE TAKEOVER

Alex Jones exposes the Problem-Reaction-Solution paradigm being used to terrorize the american people into accepting a highly controlled and oppressive society. See how the left-wing anarchist groups are actually controlled by the state and used to demonize peaceful protesters.

As you watch this, keep in mind this video is about 8 years old -- ZDN

LESS JOBS. MORE WARS.

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE ACKNOWLEDGES ENDGAME BY HOMELAND SECURITY

In a rare breath of fresh air, The San Francisco Chronicle has now written an article confirming concentration camps in the United Sates and the possible impact of Endgame - and based on the few comments that were made, people dont want to believe the truth. Unfortunately, Americans are acting the same as the Jews, disabled, and dissidents did during Hitlers Third Reich, always believing it could never happen to them

JOHN.HE.IS

THE US-NATO PREEMPTIVE NUCLEAR DOCTRINE: TRIGGER A MIDDLE EAST NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST TO DEFEND "THE WESTERN WAY OF LIFE"

The controversial NATO sponsored report entitled Towards a Grand Strategy for an Uncertain World: Renewing Transatlantic Partnership". calls for a first strike use of nuclear weapons. The preemptive use of nukes would also be used to undermine an "increasingly brutal World" as a means to prevent the use of weapons of mass destruction

LANDOWNERS PROTEST TRANS-TEXAS CORRIDOR

Before last night’s meeting at the Trinity High School gym, people boarded decorated tractors and trucks for a parade downtown. Many made posters displaying their anger about the proposed superhighway.

U.S. LOSES PRISON CAMP RECORDS OF BIN LADEN'S DRIVER

President George W. Bush authorized the Guantanamo court to prosecute suspected al Qaeda members on grounds that the existing military and civilian courts were not adequate to prosecute terrorism charges against war captives who are not part of any national army.

POLICE SET TO SEARCH FOR GUNS AT HOMES

As Boston police prepare to go into some of the city’s most dangerous neighborhoods, knock on doors of private houses, and ask if they can search for illegal guns without a warrant, officials are trying to pitch the idea of the plan as friendly cooperation to residents who still see it as a threatening intrusion.

IRS AUCTIONS OFF ED BROWN’S POSSESSIONS

An Internal Revenue Service auction of tax evader Elaine Brown’s possessions netted the government nearly $80,000.

"STATE SECRET" PRIVILEGE USED TO BLOCK LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF TORTURE VICTIMS

Binyam Mohamed, an Ethiopian citizen and legal resident of the United Kingdom, was abducted in 2002 by masked men and flown, blindfolded, from Pakistan to Morocco. For 18 months, Mohamed was regularly beaten into unconsciousness by his interrogators. After a scalpel was used to cut into his body, hot, stinging liquid was poured into his wounds.

CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT MEASURES WERE IMPLEMENTED ON 9/11 . . . WERE THEY EVER REVOKED?

Because Bush has decided to leave the operation in place, agencies including the White House and top civilian Cabinet departments have rotated personnel involved, and are discussing ways to staff such a contingency operation under the assumption it will be in place indefinitely, this official said.

MORE EVIDENCE OF PRE-9/11 INSIDE TRADING

Had an investigation been done into the crime of failing to file the “currency transaction reports” in August 2001, then we would know who made the cash withdrawals in $100 bills amounting to the $5 billion surge.

SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS 25 IN IRAQI MARKET

The bombing came as U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Baghdad on an unannounced visit. He was in Baghdad to meet Iraqi government leaders and U.S. commanders, including Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq.

'EARTH-SHATTERING' EVENTS WORRY CHERTOFF

Chertoff recognizes it has been more than six years since al Qaida launched the Sept. 11 attacks, but some experts say that's how long it took to plan them, suggesting the U.S. may close in on another spectacular attempt by Osama bin Laden to topple the U.S. economy.

How about that. I was wondering who was *really* behind our failing economy. Turns out that private bankers printing money out of thin air and foreign policy managed by fascist idiots have nothing to do with it after all. -- ZDN

MCCAIN FOUND A TOOL WITH WHICH TO WOO CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS: ISRAEL

"Those [Democratic] senators won't recognize and seriously address the threat posed by an Iran with nuclear ambitions to our ally Israel in the region," McCain said Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

NAVY RESEARCH PAPER: 'DISRUPT ECONOMIES' WITH MAN-MADE 'FLOODS,' 'DROUGHTS'

A recently-unearthed U.S. Navy research project calls for creating mad-made floods and droughts to "disrupt [the] economy" of an enemy state.

GEORGE BUSH ON WATERBOARDING: THERE’S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND TODAY–IS THERE’S NEW LAW.

Bush wears a smile on his face as he tries to justify waterboarding with Chris Wallace on his other home (FOX News) by saying that since they didn’t have any laws in place against waterboarding at the time—it was perfectly fine and dandy and legal to apply it.

FRANCE HALTS GENETICALLY MODIFIED CORN

PARIS (AP) -- The French government on Saturday suspended the use of genetically modified corn crops in France while it awaits EU approval for a full ban.

MEET THE PRESS: HUCKABEE DEFENDS WEALTHY TELEVANGELIST FUNDRAISER

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee appeared on this morning’s Meet The Press and proved beyond a doubt that if elected, he would turn this country into a theocracy. Huckabee has gone on record as taking sides with a televangelist over Congressional investigation and this morning he stood firm on his stance.

FORT CARSON FORCIBLY REMOVED SOLDIER FROM MENTAL HOSPITAL AND DEPLOYED HIM TO IRAQ WAR

Februray 10, 2008 - A Fort Carson soldier who says he was in treatment at Cedar Springs Hospital for bipolar disorder and alcohol abuse was released early and ordered to deploy to the Middle East with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team.

FBI, CIA RECRUITING AMONG TERRORIST SYMPATHIZERS?

Are you an American terrorist sympathizer but don’t know how to strike back at the Great Satan? Afraid of getting arrested while your plot to blow up something or other is still half-baked? You don’t have to worry anymore. Now, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Central Intelligence Agency want to hire you.

DOCUMENT SHOWS ARMY BLOCKED HELP FOR SOLDIERS

A document from the Department of Veterans Affairs contradicts an assertion made by the Army surgeon general that his office did not tell VA officials to stop helping injured soldiers with their military disability paperwork at a New York Army post.

MAYOR KICKS MARINES OUT OF TOLEDO

TOLEDO, OH -- Mayor Carty Finkbeiner on Friday ordered some 200 members of Company A, 1st Battalion, 24th Marines from Grand Rapids, Michigan, out of Toledo just before the unit was supposed to start a weekend of urban warfare training downtown.

NORTHCOM READY TO IMPLEMENT MARTIAL LAW

USNORTHCOM recently announced on their official web site that they are ready to implement martial law. In a press release, the military command stated that the organization is ready to respond to any homeland defense or civil support mission requirement. Considering that George W. Bush has signed a directive making the President a dictator over continuity of government operations in the case of a catastrophic emergency, any homeland defense or civil support mission requirement would include the implementation of martial law.

EXCLUSIVE: PEACE CORPS, FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR ASKED TO 'SPY' ON CUBANS, VENEZUELANS

Fulbright scholar John Alexander van Schaick tells ABCNews.com that he was approached by a U.S. Embassy official "to basically spy" on Cubans and Venezuelans in the Santa Cruz countryside.

UNDERSEA CABLE CUTS

Tapping an underwater cable is far, far harder, but the NSA is known by fiber guys to have at least two of the very expensive and very specialized subs necessary.

DETAINEES SUBJECTED TO SECOND ROUND OF INTERROGATIONS TO ANSWER 9/11 COMMISSION’S QUESTIONS'

In 2007, it will be reported that the CIA used the controversial interrogation technique of waterboarding on at least three detainees.

SUNDAY TIMES RUNS SERIES OF SIBEL EDMONDS STORIES'

An unnamed high-ranking State Department official is said to receive a $15,000 bribe around this time in connection with assistance he provides to a nuclear smuggling ring run by Pakistani scientist A. Q. Khan (see (1997-2002) and Summer-Autumn 2001), according to FBI translator Sibel Edmonds.

2007 REPORTED TO BE DEADLIEST YEAR YET FOR US TROOPS, IRAQI CIVILIANS'

Kagan and his partner, retired general Jack Keane, quickly formulate a plan to dramatically escalate the number of US troops in Iraq, an operation quickly termed “the surge” (see January 10, 2007). The only element of the ISG report that is implemented in the Bush administration’s operations in Iraq is the label “a new way forward,” a moniker appropriated for the surge of troops.