Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Written on September 23, 2009 by Jeff Farias in Show Notes

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We welcome Sherri Walton from MHA. Mental Health America of Arizona is looking for sponsors of our teen suicide prevention program. October 8 is NATL Depression screening day. We will be at Tempe High having a presentation, discussion and screening. I thought maybe you could mention we are looking for sponsors to keep these discussions free to the students and schools. They gave 44 presentations in Maricopa last year and we want to expand the program. People can contact us at 480-994-4407 or go to MH Arizona to donate or learn more.

We also welcome David Lewis playwrite for the upcoming Sasha Production of Mr. Franklin of Philadelphia.

We hope to hear from you !

At 3 PM PACIFIC
Broadcasting live here and simulcast on

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and
Jerva Westerort Local Community Radio – 91.1 Stockholm, Sweden

At 3:30 James Brusseau – author of “Empire of Humiliation“
James Brusseau holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy and has taught at universities in the United States, Mexico and Europe. Humilation:

  • Empire Today
  • America Bordering Mexico
  • Post-Nationalist vs Imperialist Lives

A recognized figure in contempoarary theory, he is author of the scholarly books Decadence of the French Nietzsche and Isolated Experiences. This is his first novel.
His current project is a university-level textbook on ethics.

  • ”Some books touch a nerve, then there’s Empire of Humiliation drilling through the molar, no Novocain.” –William Kinney, Consul
  • This is one of those where the movie jumps right out, you can see Anthony Hopkins as the villain and Angelina Jolie as the heroine. But at the same time it’s going to be scary to film because you know that no matter what you do, the book is going to be so much better. — Producer Sami Chaib
  • Valuable ideas, rare talent. – Profesora Rosa Beltrán, author of Alta infidelidad and La corte de los ilusos
  • “As with all superior minds, Brusseau answers at a stroke questions filling books for others (What is imperialism, post-nationalism, etc.)…but what brings this novel of ideas alive is the fast plot and local details. Instructions for bribing away a Mexican speeding ticket, an international get-rich-quick plan, some intelligent artifact forgery scams, they’re good rewards along the way of a truly important story. A vital book for these days. Cosmopolitan and world-class in every sense. Highest Recommendation.” Lines//Líneas University of the Americas, Mexico

At 4 PM Leonor Tomero is the Director for Nuclear Non-Proliferation at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation where her work focuses on nonproliferation, nuclear weapons, nuclear reprocessing, North Korea, and nuclear terrorism. Prior to joining the Center, Tomero was President of the Lawyers Alliance for World Security, where she had previously served as Director for Western Europe and Latin America. She worked in Congress on the staffs of Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) and Representative Shelley Berkley (D-NV) on nuclear waste, energy, and environmental issues. She has also served as a private consultant on environmental and renewable energy projects.
Tomero is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of International Law and Politics at Georgetown University. She has published letters and articles in the Washington Post, Foreign Policy, TomPaine.com, and Hartford Courant and is frequently quoted in national print, TV, and radio media.

at 5 PM Karl Frisch Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America will discuss Glenn Beck use of Yom Kippur, & Fox news caught coaching audiences at a 912 rally

At 5:15 Nicholas Thompson - senior editor “Wired Magazine” Nicholas Thompson is also the author of “The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War,” which Henry Holt will publish in September, 2009.

Prior to Wired, Mr. Thompson was a senior editor at Legal Affairs and an editor at the Washington Monthly. He has written about politics, technology, and the law for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Slate, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, The New York Observer, and many other publications. He is a panelists on CNN Connects with Becky Anderson and a regular guest on CNN’s American Morning and NBC’s Today Show. He has also appeared as a commentator on Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, ABC¹s Live with Regis and Kelly and World News Tonight, CBS’s Early Show and Evening News, and National Public Radio.

“The key to understanding modern American foreign policy is appreciating the complex 60-year friendship between George Kennan and Paul Nitze. Nicholas Thompson brilliantly captures their divergent personalities, clashing politics, and intellectual bonding. It is an insightful and important tale, but also a colorful and fascinating one—an intellectual buddy movie with enormous historical resonance.”—Walter Isaacson

A brilliant and revealing biography of the two most important Americans during the Cold War era—written by the grandson of one of them.

Only two Americans held positions of great influence throughout the Cold War; ironically, they were the chief advocates for the opposing strategies for winning—and surviving—that harrowing conflict. Both men came to power during World War II, reached their professional peaks during the Cold War’s most frightening moments, and fought epic political battles that spanned decades. Yet despite their very different views, Paul Nitze and George Kennan dined together, attended the weddings of each other’s children, and remained good friends all their lives.

In this masterly double biography, Nicholas Thompson brings Nitze and Kennan to vivid life. Nitze—the hawk—was a consummate insider who believed that the best way to avoid a nuclear clash was to prepare to win one. More than any other American, he was responsible for the arms race. Kennan—the dove—was a diplomat turned academic whose famous “X article” persuasively argued that we should contain the Soviet Union while waiting for it to collapse from within. For forty years, he exercised more influence on foreign affairs than any other private citizen.

As he weaves a fascinating narrative that follows these two rivals and friends from the beginning of the Cold War to its end, Thompson accomplishes something remarkable: he tells the story of our nation during the most dangerous half century in history.

As a Schwartz Fellow at the New America Foundation in 2002-03, Mr. Thompson wrote about the influence of open-source software as well as the ways that information technology was changing West Africa. He also frequently contributes to Wired’s blogs on defense policy and the tech industry. A comprehensive listing of his work can be found here.

The end of the cold war brought relief, even joy, for most Americans. With the crumbling of the Eastern bloc in 1989, more than four decades of anxiety seemed to be over. One of the few discordant voices came, surprisingly, from George Kennan, the former United States diplomat who had devised the “containment” policy widely considered responsible for the Western triumph. “I believe it would have happened earlier,” Kennan lamented less than a month after Germans began chipping holes in the Berlin Wall, “if we had not insisted on militarizing the rivalry.”… – NY Times book review, M.A.Lawrence.

We also spoke with Rebecca Vilkomerson – new Executive Director of Jewish Voice for Peace
Jewish Voice for Peace members are inspired by Jewish tradition to work together for peace, social justice, equality, human rights, respect for international law, and a U.S. foreign policy based on these ideals. JVP opposes anti-Jewish, anti-Muslim, and anti-Arab bigotry and oppression.

JVP seeks an end to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem; security and self-determination for Israelis and Palestinians; a just solution for Palestinian refugees based on principles established in international law; an end to violence against civilians; and peace and justice for all peoples of the Middle East.

We also spoke with Lisa Sullivan from School of the Americas Watch about the return of President Zelaya and recent developments in Honduras.

President Manuel Zelaya, after over eighty days in exile, has returned to Honduras. In a BBC interview, Zelaya said “[We travelled] for more than 15 hours… through rivers and mountains until we reached the capital of Honduras, which we reached in the early hours of the morning. We overtook military and police obstacles, all those on the highways here, because this country has been kidnapped by the military forces.”

The coup regime has imposed a curfew for the entire country from 4pm yesterday afternoon until 6pm this afternoon. Media outlets are being silenced and cell phone and email correspondence is being limited, in a repeat of the tactics immediately following the June 28 military coup by SOA graduates. Thousands defied the orders and gathered in front of the Brazilian embassy, where Zelaya is currently staying.

Radio Globo reported from the convergence in front of the Brazilian embassy: “We are here peacefully, unarmed because we are the people and don’t fear the military. The military must serve the people and their democratically elected president, Mel Zelaya.”

However, the SOA graduate-led Honduran military and the police moved this morning against the peacefully assembled crowd in front of the Brazilian Embassy and disbursed them with bullets and water tanks. Supporters of the constitutional president of Honduras are being attacked and beaten. The embassy is now surrounded by the military. The coup regime leader, Roberto Micheletti, threatened to cancel the embassy’s immunity if Zelaya were not handed over to the de facto regime. An overall atmosphere of insecurity is now being imposed. President Zelaya called on the armed forces not to attack their own people and encouraged the Honduran people to continue mobilizing for peace and the restoration of constitutional order. The National Resistance Front Against the Coup has sent out a call for a national strike today, and for people to come from all parts of the country to the capital to continue the show of popular support for the return of the democratically elected president.

Our fear that the coup authorities would crack down even harder, now that their end is near, is materializing.

  • Please take a couple minutes and call the State Department at 202-647-4000 to deliver the following message: “Work for the unconditional immediate reinstatement of President Zelaya and pressure the SOA graduate-led Honduran military to stop the violence against the people and their democratically elected president, Mel Zelaya. Ensure that the coup plotters will be held responsible for their actions. Any bloodshed will be on the hands of the coup government and security forces.”
  • Call the White House comment line at 202-456-1111 with the same message.


The Real News Bio:
Óscar Estrada is a filmmaker and radio producer from the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa. He works with the organization Arte Acción, and has written several screenplays for narrative films and documentaries. Oscar splits his time between Honduras and the U.S., where he is an associate producer for May I Speak Freely Media, a project that produces media on human rights issues in Honduras. You can find Óscar’s updates on the Honduran coup on Adrienne Pine’s website
Sandra Cuffe is an independent journalist and photographer from Montréal, Canada. She contributes regularly to The Dominion magazine in Canada, and Latin American political newsletter, Upside Down World. You can find her photos from Honduras

  • Lawmakers Revive Effort to Deny Retroactive Telecom Immunity, eWeek – Roy Mark
  • Obama Administration Seeks Renewal of Three Key Parts of PATRIOT Act
    The administration has asked lawmakers to extend powers allowing the government to collect a wide range of financial and personal records, as well as monitor suspects with roving wiretaps. The methods were authorized under the USA PATRIOT Act and are set to expire at year’s end. The call for renewing the PATRIOT Act provisions comes as Democratic lawmakers and civil liberties groups want to revisit its broader powers. Democratic Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin has proposed a new bill that would overhaul the PATRIOT Act and other surveillance laws to include more privacy safeguards.
  • Patriot Act Needs Comprehensive Reform, ACLU Testifies, Common Dreams
  • Senator Leahy Introduces Bill To Amend Patriot Act, Common Dreams
  • CMD’s Lisa Graves Testifies Before U.S. Senate on Patriot Act, John Stauber
  • Obama: Patriot Act Surveillance Law Should Stay, Larry Margasak, HuffPo & AP
  • Patriot Act may get renamed, but with a few changes, David G. Savage, Chicago Tribune
  • Statement of the American Civil Liberties Union Before the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties September 22, 2009 – The USA Patriot Act
    “On October 26, 2001, amid the climate of fear and uncertainty that followed the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush signed into law the USA Patriot Act and fundamentally altered the relationship Americans share with their government.1 This act betrayed the confidence the framers of the Constitution had that a government bounded by the law would be strong enough to defend the liberties they so bravely struggled to achieve. By expanding the government’s authority to secretly search private records and monitor communications, often without any evidence of wrongdoing, the Patriot Act eroded our most basic right – the freedom from unwarranted government intrusion into our private lives – and thwarted constitutional checks and balances. Put very simply, under the Patriot Act the government now has the right to know what you’re doing, but you have no right to know what it’s doing. …”
  • Justice Dept. to Limit Use of State Secrets Privilege, Charlie Savage, NYTimes, 22.Sep.09
  • Al Franken Reads the 4th Amendment to Justice Department Official, Washington Independent

    • WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is preparing to impose new limits on the government assertion of the state secrets privilege used to block lawsuits for national security reasons. The practice was a major flashpoint in the debate over the escalation of executive power and secrecy during the Bush administration.

  • Newly Declassified Files Detail Massive FBI Data-Mining Project
    By Ryan Singel, 23.Sep.09, Wired ThreatLevel
    … But the proposal has long been criticized by privacy groups as ineffective and invasive. Critics say the new documents show that the government is proceeding with the plan in private, and without sufficient oversight.

    The FBI’s Data-Mining Ore
    Composed of government information, commercial databases and records acquired in criminal and terrorism probes, the FBI’s National Security Branch Analysis Center is too broad to be considered mission-focused, but still too patchy to be Orwellian. Here’s the data we know about.
    • International travel records of citizens and foreigners
    • Financial forms filed with the Treasury by banks and casinos
    • 55,000 entries on customers of Wyndham Worldwide, which includes Ramada Inn, Days Inn, Super 8, Howard Johnson and Hawthorn Suites
    • 730 records from rental-car company Avis
    • 165 credit card transaction histories from Sears
    • Nearly 200 million records transferred from private data brokers such Accurint, Acxiom and Choicepoint
    • A reverse White Pages with 696 million names and addresses tied to U.S. phone numbers
    • Log data on all calls made by federal prison inmates
    • A list of all active pilots
    • 500,000 names of suspected terrorists from the Unified Terrorist Watch List
    • Nearly 3 million records on people cleared to drive hazardous materials on the nation’s highways
    • Telephone records and wiretapped conversations captured by FBI investigations
    • 17,000 traveler itineraries from the Airlines Reporting Corporation

    “We have a situation where the government is spending fairly large sums of money to use an unproven technology that has a possibility of false positives that would subject innocent Americans to unnecessary scrutiny and impinge on their freedom,”     said Kurt Opsahl, a lawyer with the Electronic Frontier Foundation. “Before the NSAC expands its mission, there must be strict oversight from Congress and the public.”

    The FBI declined to comment on the program.
    …
    The FBI also has ambitious plans to expand its data set, the budget request shows. Among the items on its wish list is the database of the Airlines Reporting Corporation — a company that runs a backend system for travel agencies and airlines. A complete database would include billions of American’s itineraries, as well as the information they give to travel agencies, such as date of birth, credit card numbers, names of friends and family, e-mail addresses, meal preferences and health information.

    So far, the company has given the FBI nearly 17,000 records, which are now part of NSAC. Spokesman Allan Mutén said the company gives the FBI records only when presented with a subpoena or a national security letter — which, he adds, has happened quite a bit. “Nine-eleven was a time and event that piqued the interest of the authorities in airline passenger data,” Mutén said.

    The ever-growing size of the database concerns EFF’s Opsahl, who has pieced together the best picture of the FBI’s data mining system through other government FOIA requests. …

  • More travel records, more exemptions from the Privacy Act
    An anonymous traveler has posted the records of their international travel that were provided by the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) division of the Department of Homeland Security, in response to a request under the Privacy act using these forms updated from those used by the Identity Project in our original investigation of the CBP “Automated Targeting System” (ATS). As noted by philosecurity.org, which published the latest example of the government’s travel data vacuum cleaner, as provided by one of the site’s readers,

    The document reveals that the DHS is storing the reader’s:

    • Credit card number and expiration (really)
    • IP address used to make web travel reservations
    • Hotel information and itinerary
    • Full Name, birth date and passport number
    • Full airline itinerary, including flight numbers and seat numbers
    • Cruise ship itinerary
    • Phone numbers, incl. business, home & cell
    • Every frequent flyer and hotel number associated with the subject, even ones not used for the specific reservation

    Some of our appeals of Privacy Act request for our own ATS records (including, under the definitions in effect when our requests and appeals were made, TECS records) have been pending for almost two full years without response. We suspect that part of the reason for the stall was that the DHS was withholding any response until after they could finalize new rules purporting to exempt themselves from the obligation to turn over their records of our travels. We’ll see if we now get a belated response to our outstanding appeal, and if it relies on the newly finalized exemptions.

    Similar Privacy Act exemptions for ATS records were proposed two years ago, under the previous Administration. We filed formal objections when these exemptions were proposed, and they have never been finalized, but they could be at any time without further notice. If you haven’t yet applied for your ATS travel records, we urge you strongly to do so without delay, before the CBP publishes a final rule exempting ATS travel records from the Privacy Act the way they’ve just done with TECS travel records. …

Andy is *free*!


The story
A day before the United Nations held a climate change summit, New York City was blanketed with 100,000 fake copies of the New York Post tabloid, filled with content related to climate change.

But the Post, owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., wasn’t impressed, calling the effort by perennial pranksters the Yes Men a “Witless Spoof in Flawless Format” in a statement released Tuesday, a day after the faux Post hit the streets.

The overall endeavor, the Post said, was a “limp effort,” and the fraudulent newspaper “has none of the wit and insight New Yorkers expect from their favorite paper. The Post will not be hiring any of their headline writers.” Read full article »

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