Study: Israel Plans to Double West Bank Settlers UK Science Museum Accused Over Links to Israel OLC Authorized Pentagon to Ignore Bill of Rights On U.S. Soil In an October 2001 memo released today, then-Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel John Yoo advised the Pentagon’s top lawyer that the president may not only deploy the military within the United States, but it may ignore the Bill of Rights in the process of doing so. FEMA's Citizen Corps Partners With United States Power Squadron The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced a newly-formed affiliation with the United States Power Squadrons (U.S. Power Squadrons) to support Citizen Corps, FEMA's grassroots effort to strengthen community preparedness through civic participation SOCOM: the covert army of the US SOCOM oversees the various special operations commands of the Army, Navy, Air Force and the Marines. It conducts both covert and overt missions, including unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, special reconnaissance and psychological, direct action, counterterrorism and anti-narcotics operations. Dogs of War: Blue helmets and bottom lines Is the world ready to let private military and security contractors participate in U.N. peace operations? When I ask this, I'm not talking about Hollywood celebrities calling for the firm formerly known as Blackwater to work in Darfur. Asean leaders call for EU-style union Leaders sign agreement for an Asean community within next six years, with EU-style agreement planned by 2015 03-02-2009: Vermont Issues Licenses With RFID Tags Vermont has become the third state to begin issuing enhanced driver’s licenses with radio frequency tags that also serve as official identification cards at U.S. border crossing points. It did so under a program authorized by the Homeland Security Department 03-02-2009: OLC Authorized Pentagon to Ignore Bill of Rights On U.S. Soil In an October 2001 memo released today, then-Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel John Yoo advised the Pentagon’s top lawyer that the president may not only deploy the military within the United States, but it may ignore the Bill of Rights in the process of doing so. Israel to present Clinton with 'red lines' on talks with Iran Israel plans to present U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with a series of "red lines" it wants Washington to incorporate into its planned dialogue with Tehran about Iran's nuclear program. "I want to tell you something very clear, don’t worry about American pressure on Israel, we, the Jewish people control America, and the Americans know it." -- Ariel Sharon, as quoted by Kol Yisrael radio $700 million eyed for toll projects This means taxpayer-paid for roads will be taxed again. And this isn't happening only in Texas; it's happening nationally ZIONISM: A BLIGHT ON THE JEWISH PEOPLE Throughout the world this week, on campuses in every major city, Israeli Apartheid is being exposed via exhibits and mass gatherings. Apartheid is not the only blight facing the Jewish people…. zionism itself is a blight…. an ongoing one. This week also commemorates the fifteenth anniversary of the slaughter of 30 Palestinians in the city of Hebron. Only one-third of US pledge at Gaza conference to go to Gaza, none of it for rebuilding