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The current Gaza invasion is only the latest effort to destroy the results of fair and free elections held early this year. It is the explosive follow-up to a five-month campaign of economic and diplomatic warfare directed by the United States and Israel. The stated intention of that strategy was to force the average Palestinian to "reconsider" their vote when faced with deepening hardship; its failure was predictable, and the new overt military aggression and collective punishment are its logical fulfillment. The "kidnapped" Israeli Cpl. Gilad Shalit is only a pretext for a job scheduled months ago. They think, doubtless, of the hostage soldier, taken in battle - yet thousands of Palestinians, including hundreds of women and children, remain in Israeli jails for resisting the illegal, ...
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Entered Senator Mary Landrieu's Office to Secretly Record Office Staff Conversations NEW ORLEANS, May 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Joseph Basel, 24; Stan Dai, 25; Robert Flanagan, 24; and James O'Keefe, 25, pleaded guilty today in front of U. S. Magistrate Judge Daniel E. Knowles, III, to one-count of entering federal property under false pretenses, announced the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana. As a result of their conviction, Basel, Dai and Flanagan were each ordered to pay a $1,500 fine, placed on two years probation and serve 75 hours of community service within the first year of probation; O'Keefe was ordered to pay a $1,500 fine, placed on three years probation and serve 100 hours of community service within the first year of probation.
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NEW ORLEANS, March 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Joseph Basel, age 24, Stan Dai, age 24, Robert Flanagan, age 24, and James O'Keefe, age 25, were charged in a one-count bill of information with entering real property of the United States under false pretenses, a misdemeanor, announced the U. S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana. According to the Bill of Information, between January 20, 2010, and January 25, 2010, Flanagan, Basel, O'Keefe, and Dai met on several occasions. During their meetings, they discussed, among other things, possible scenarios in which they would talk with members of the staff of Senator Mary Landrieu inside of her New Orleans, Louisiana office, in the Hale Boggs Federal Building, and record the interaction using audio and visual equipment. As...
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A federal program that allows skilled foreign nationals to work in this country has such a high incidence of outright fraud that it has "significant vulnerability," according to a new report from the Department of Homeland Security. Homeland Security found that 21 percent of all applications for H1B visas were either fraudulent or contained technical violations, according to the report, which was completed last month. H1B visas allow employers to bring in highly skilled workers such as engineers, computer programmers and accountants.
