The Betrayal of America! Vincent Bugliosi

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Run time: 10:57 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBRRrDTnqgc   Posted on YouTube: August 21, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: August 22, 2008 By DU Member: seemslikeadream Views on DU: 500

 

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1. "... one of the biggest crimes in American history ..."

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2. Great Post! I Watched The Hearing About A Month Ago And Saw

him testify. He was great and I ordered this book right away. Living in Florida, the memory NEVER goes away. Still to this day it amazes me that this country called America slumbers on.

Greg Palast is another person who actually did some fantastic, in-depth research on The Idiot that was then made into a documentary. I watched it on Democracy America and taped it. I lent it to a friend and never got it back. I suppose I could get a copy someway but haven't tried as yet.

These past eight years have pretty much killed my political activism that began way back when I was 11. First came cynicism and I'm down to APATHY because I see that the voices of "we the people" have died.

As a Boomer who remembers Viet Nam and the voices back then, it breaks my heart. I know we can't go back, but there is no REAL ACTIVISM going on in America today. Given how this country is being run now and to see no real backlash, makes me worry immensely. I have children and grandchildren and stayed active because I felt it was my duty. I stood in the trenches and tried very hard to get others involved but very few listened and even fewer ever got involved.

I hate to say it, but I suppose I'm better off as I begin my sixth decade of life. It means I have less time to watch if things get even worse. HOPE is a four letter word and one I NEVER use these days.

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Defense Secretary Gates Questions Use of Private Contractors

Jul 23, 2008
Amita Sharma


Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants answers as to why the military uses private contractors for training. His questions follow concerns from a Virginia lawmaker regarding Blackwater Worldwide's new Naval Training Center in Otay Mesa. KPBS Reporter Amita Sharma has more.

In a memo to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gates says a fundamental question remains unanswered -- Why has the military come to rely on private contractors to provide combat training. Gates also asks whether military leaders are comfortable with the practice and whether they understand the quality and cost implications.

Gates' memo comes after Virginia Senator Jim Webb questioned Blackwater's Navy training center in Otay Mesa. In a letter to Gates, Webb writes that initial value of the firm's Navy contract was $36 million. It was reviewed and approved by only one level above the person responsible for negotiating it, and has since grown to $53 million. Given the size of the contracts, that practice Webb writes should quote "give us all pause."

Amita Sharma, KPBS News.



Mayor Jerry Sanders has returned thousands of dollars in campaign contributions

Friday, Aug. 1, 2008 | Months after his successful reelection, Mayor Jerry Sanders has returned $8,620 in campaign donations from supporters who had business pending before the city, according to campaign finance reports filed Thursday.

Those returned donations went back to housing developers, lobbyists and consultants who had business pending before the city. Several employees of Westfield Corp., which has a $900 million expansion of University Towne Center pending, got refunds. So did lobbyists who had defense contractor Blackwater and developer Sunroad Enterprises as clients.


http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2008/08/01/news/01sandersdonations080108.txt



Written by John Ross
Friday, 01 August 2008

Mexico, which is banking on deep-water oilfields in the Gulf (an area under Fourth Fleet purview) to revive its sinking reserves, does not seem alarmed about the war ships on the eastern horizon - despite the rather touchy dispute over whether Mexico or the U.S. has title to those deep-water tracts.

Blackwater has recently been awarded big boodle Department of Defense drug war contracts and appears to be bulking up to challenge DynCorps which holds the franchise on privatizing Washington's War on Drugs in Latin America.

What does presumptive President Barack Obama think about all this updated gunboat diplomacy?

http://pacificfreepress.com/content/view/2898/81/




Local Training Facility Gets Attention of Defense Secretary

After hearing about the controversy over where the facility would be located, the secretary is starting to ask questions about why the military is outsourcing its training.

http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=135147


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