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Link Love [19 November 2008]

1. Plame, Wilson to take CIA leak lawsuit to Supreme Court…
Former CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson and her husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, plan to take their civil lawsuit against Bush administration officials to the Supreme Court after a federal circuit court refused to rehear the case on Monday.

2. Crossing to Mexico for Hospitals and [...]

El-Baredei: Uranium Traces At Syrian Site Not Conclusive

from Cernig at At Largely:
International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed El-Baradei confirmed that the radioactive material was found at the site but said the source was inconclusive.

U.S.-Canada Military Plan Could Place Troops in Each Other’s Country

http://www.progressive.org…
hat tip: blacklistednews.com
The militaries of the United States and Canada are wrapping up a seven-day exercise called “Vigilant Shield” on Tuesday. This marks the continuation of an ever-closer relationship between the two.
For instance, did you know that the United States military could go into Canada in times of emergency? And the Canadian military could go [...]

GNN: Miscarriage of Justice: Who was behind the October 2002 Bali bombings?

Summary: Contradictory evidence points towards Indonesian Intelligence and CIA involvement in the 2002 Bali bombings, for which three “Islamic militants” were charged and executed.
A contradictory November 2002 report emanating from Indonesia’s top brass, pointed to the involvement of both the head of Indonesian intelligence General A. M. Hendropriyono as well as the CIA.
The links of [...]

Mexico captures 19 suspected drug gang planes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com…
Also Thursday, a crime reporter was shot to death in border city of Juarez
msnbc.com news services
updated 11:41 a.m. PT, Thurs., Nov. 13, 2008
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Mexican soldiers have seized 19 light planes from a hangar near the U.S. border believed to be used by drug smuggling gangs, the army and Mexican media said on [...]

US criticises Russia shield move

http://news.bbc.co.uk…
Russian threats to base missiles in the Baltic have been criticised as “provocative” by the US defence secretary Robert Gates.
Mr Gates told reporters after a Nato meeting in Estonia: “Such provocative remarks are unnecessary and misguided.”
Moscow sees a planned US missile shield in central Europe as a threat, and says it will place missiles in [...]

Construction of Negev missile defense base run by U.S. troops completed

http://www.haaretz.com…
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Pictures of an American anti-missile radar installed in southern Israel were released earlier this week, depicting a recently completed military base, which will house the first permanent U.S. force to be deployed on Israeli soil.
Construction of the base was completed in the last few days at Mount Keren near the [...]

Russia rejects U.S. missile proposals

http://www.washingtonpost.com…
By Guy Faulconbridge
Reuters
Wednesday, November 12, 2008; 2:02 PM
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Wednesday rejected U.S. proposals aimed at easing concerns over a missile defense system in Europe and said it would try again to resolve the row once Barack Obama is in the White House.
Russia says the planned U.S. system will threaten its national [...]

Mystery of lost US nuclear bomb

http://news.bbc.co.uk…
Declassified US government video of Thule clear-up *visit link above for video*
By Gordon Corera
BBC News security correspondent, northern Greenland
The United States abandoned a nuclear weapon beneath the ice in northern Greenland following a crash in 1968, a BBC investigation has found.
Its unique vantage point - perched at the top of the world - has meant [...]

Red/Blue Map and Arkansas

http://www.theyoungturks.com…
posted by sfinneganus–11/08/2008 10:41:20 AM EST
For those who didn’t see the map already, the red areas shifted more red and blue areas shifted more blue this election.  Anyone know the study this map actually came from?
What caused the large red cluster in Arkansas?

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