veteranstoday--2020-11-08--Veterans Day Commemoration Opportunities

FREE Museum Admission on Veterans Day Made Possible by Our Partners ( COLUMBUS , Ohio ) – The National Veterans Memorial and Museum today announced a series of interactive events created to honor and thank all U.S. Veterans and service members who have defended our freedom – including the right to vote .
The Veterans Day virtual ceremony and free admission for all guests on Veterans Day ( Nov. 11 ) are provided through the generous support of our corporate partners at Nationwide , CAS and USAA .
Through their gifts , the National Veterans Memorial and Museum will reach @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Day .
For museum guests , the facility is following and going above and beyond all state and national health and safety requirements for cultural facilities .
See details here .
Museum staff will ensure timed spacing between families or self-designated small social groups , however , you also may reserve tickets online at nationalvmm.org .
“ There is no better place to spend Veterans Day than with us at the museum or engaged in any of our virtual events to show your support for our servicemen and women and find inspiration for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” said Lt. General Michael Ferriter , U.S. Army ( Retired ) , President and CEO , National Veterans Memorial and Museum .
“ Like our military teams , we are stronger together .
Thank you to our partners at Nationwide , CAS and USAA for uniting with us to honor , inspire , connect and educate our Veterans , service members and communities for the good of all.
” Veterans Day 2020 will include the following opportunities to pay tribute to our servicemen and women .
thanks to the generous support of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and USAA .
This family-friendly event presented in partnership with Greenswell Events features options for individuals or teams to run or walk one mile , 5K , five miles or take on the Ruck and Heroes Honor Challenge .
The Challenge is a workout consisting of a circuit that includes running , heavy carries and body-weight exercises .
Complete your selected activity safely at the time and location of your choice and share on social media to honor America ’ s heroes : # NVMM , # VETERANSDAY2020 .
Registrants will receive a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Commemorate Veterans Day with our annual Remembrance Ceremony at 10 a.m. live on Facebook and YouTube .
Featured guest speakers include Bruce Thorn , President and CEO , Big Lots , Inc. , an Army Ranger Veteran ; and Montel Williams , Emmy Award-winning television show host , U.S. Marine Corps and Navy Veteran .
Following this brief ceremony , please enjoy additional Veterans Day videos and continue to remember our servicemen and women on social media with # NVMM # VETERANSDAY2020 .
Together we will honor , preserve and share every @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the National Veterans Memorial and Museum ’ s 2020 Veterans Day commemoration by sharing who you will be celebrating this year .
You can honor a friend or family member who served , or all those who have served our country .
Throughout Veterans Day week from Nov. 9-15 , we will celebrate the Veterans and stories submitted to us on our social media channels .
Please submit all stories and names by Nov. 9 .
This Veterans Day , honor someone special to you who served , or all those who defended @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of any amount to the National Veterans Memorial and Museum to support our mission .
When you do , you will sustain our work to honor Veterans , connect , inspire , and educate our community through world-class exhibits , educational programming , Veteran outreach and engaging events .
The National Veterans Memorial and Museum is proud to partner with Homage to present a special 2020 Veterans Day T-shirt created to honor ALL Veterans .
Homage has generously pledged a portion of the proceeds from each Veterans Day shirt sale back to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your shirt here , About the National Veterans Memorial and Museum The National Veterans Memorial and Museum takes visitors on a narrative journey telling individual stories and shared experiences of Veterans from all military branches throughout history .
The National Veterans Memorial and Museum pays tribute to the sacrifices of men and women in service and their families .
History is presented in a dynamic , participatory experience with photos , letters and personal effects , multi-media presentations , and interactive exhibits .
Together , these elements link our national story to the @ @ @ @ @ @

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 2, 2020
National Veterans Memorial and Museum Rolls Out Veterans Day Commemoration Opportunities
FREE Museum Admission on Veterans Day Made Possible by Our Partners
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – The National Veterans Memorial and Museum today announced a series of interactive events created to honor and thank all U.S. Veterans and service members who have defended our freedom – including the right to vote.
The Veterans Day virtual ceremony and free admission for all guests on Veterans Day (Nov. 11) are provided through the generous support of our corporate partners at Nationwide, CAS and USAA. Through their gifts, the National Veterans Memorial and Museum will reach and impact thousands of lives this Veterans Day.
For museum guests, the facility is following and going above and beyond all state and national health and safety requirements for cultural facilities. See details here. Museum staff will ensure timed spacing between families or self-designated small social groups, however, you also may reserve tickets online at nationalvmm.org.
“There is no better place to spend Veterans Day than with us at the museum or engaged in any of our virtual events to show your support for our servicemen and women and find inspiration for your own life from their stories,” said Lt. General Michael Ferriter, U.S. Army (Retired), President and CEO, National Veterans Memorial and Museum. “Like our military teams, we are stronger together. Thank you to our partners at Nationwide, CAS and USAA for uniting with us to honor, inspire, connect and educate our Veterans, service members and communities for the good of all.”
Veterans Day 2020 will include the following opportunities to pay tribute to our servicemen and women. thanks to the generous support of our corporate partners at Nationwide, CAS and USAA.
National Veterans Memorial and Museum Virtual Walk/Run,
Ruck and Heroes Honor Challenge (Nov. 1-22)
This family-friendly event presented in partnership with Greenswell Events features options for individuals or teams to run or walk one mile, 5K, five miles or take on the Ruck and Heroes Honor Challenge. The Challenge is a workout consisting of a circuit that includes running, heavy carries and body-weight exercises. Complete your selected activity safely at the time and location of your choice and share on social media to honor America’s heroes: #NVMM, #VETERANSDAY2020. Registrants will receive a race bib, shirt and commemorative medal.
Veterans Day Virtual Remembrance Ceremony (Nov. 11)
Commemorate Veterans Day with our annual Remembrance Ceremony at 10 a.m. live on Facebook and YouTube. Featured guest speakers include Bruce Thorn, President and CEO, Big Lots, Inc., an Army Ranger Veteran; and Montel Williams, Emmy Award-winning television show host, U.S. Marine Corps and Navy Veteran. Following this brief ceremony, please enjoy additional Veterans Day videos and continue to remember our servicemen and women on social media with #NVMM #VETERANSDAY2020.
Share a Name
Together we will honor, preserve and share every Veteran’s story. Join in the National Veterans Memorial and Museum’s 2020 Veterans Day commemoration by sharing who you will be celebrating this year. You can honor a friend or family member who served, or all those who have served our country. Throughout Veterans Day week from Nov. 9-15, we will celebrate the Veterans and stories submitted to us on our social media channels. Please submit all stories and names by Nov. 9.
Support Our Veterans
This Veterans Day, honor someone special to you who served, or all those who defended our freedom with a Veterans Day gift of any amount to the National Veterans Memorial and Museum to support our mission. When you do, you will sustain our work to honor Veterans, connect, inspire, and educate our community through world-class exhibits, educational programming, Veteran outreach and engaging events.
Purchase Your Veterans Day Shirt from Homage
The National Veterans Memorial and Museum is proud to partner with Homage to present a special 2020 Veterans Day T-shirt created to honor ALL Veterans. Homage has generously pledged a portion of the proceeds from each Veterans Day shirt sale back to the museum in support of Veterans. Purchase your shirt here,
About the National Veterans Memorial and Museum
The National Veterans Memorial and Museum takes visitors on a narrative journey telling individual stories and shared experiences of Veterans from all military branches throughout history. The National Veterans Memorial and Museum pays tribute to the sacrifices of men and women in service and their families. History is presented in a dynamic, participatory experience with photos, letters and personal effects, multi-media presentations, and interactive exhibits. Together, these elements link our national story to the larger context of the world.


veteranstoday--2020-11-08--Court Orders VA To Redecide Thousands of Benefit Claims Denied for Agent Orange-Related Diseases Fil

Court Orders VA To Redecide Thousands of Benefit Claims Denied for Agent Orange-Related Diseases Filed by Veterans Who Served in the Territorial Sea of Vietnam-

WASHINGTON – Yesterday , the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled in favor of thousands of so-called Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and their survivors in response to the motion filed by attorneys from the National Veterans Legal Services Program ( NVLSP ) to enforce the 29-Year Old Class Action Consent Decree in Nehmer v. U.S. Department of Veterans Administration ( VA ) .
The Court ordered the VA to automatically readjudicate thousands of benefits claims that the Court found had been wrongly denied under the Consent Decree .
The Court also ordered the VA to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ veteran served in the territorial seas of Vietnam .
The motion was filed with the pro bono assistance of Paul Hastings LLP .
“ We applaud the Court ’ s recognition that Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and their survivors have been wrongly denied retroactive disability and death benefits ever since 2002 , when VA reversed its prior position and denied the presumption of Agent Orange exposure to veterans who served in the territorial seas of Vietnam , ” said National Veterans Legal Services Program Executive Director Bart Stichman .
“ These veterans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been waiting years for benefits to which they are entitled under the Consent Decree simply because they did not set foot in the land mass of Vietnam.
” The 1991 Consent Decree applies to a class consisting of hundreds of thousands of Vietnam veterans and their survivors who applied to the VA for service-connected disability and death benefits due to exposure to Agent Orange , the toxic herbicide used by the U.S. government during the Vietnam War .
That Decree required the VA , whenever it recognized an additional disease is associated with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and readjudicate all prior VA denials of benefit claims filed for that disease and pay benefits retroactive to the date of the claim that led to the prior denial .

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled in favor of thousands of so-called Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and their survivors in response to the motion filed by attorneys from the National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) to enforce the 29-Year Old Class Action Consent Decree in Nehmer v. U.S. Department of Veterans Administration (VA) .
The Court ordered the VA to automatically readjudicate thousands of benefits claims that the Court found had been wrongly denied under the Consent Decree. The Court also ordered the VA to pay retroactive compensation if it finds the veteran served in the territorial seas of Vietnam. The motion was filed with the pro bono assistance of Paul Hastings LLP.
“We applaud the Court’s recognition that Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and their survivors have been wrongly denied retroactive disability and death benefits ever since 2002, when VA reversed its prior position and denied the presumption of Agent Orange exposure to veterans who served in the territorial seas of Vietnam,” said National Veterans Legal Services Program Executive Director Bart Stichman.
“These veterans and their surviving family members have already been waiting years for benefits to which they are entitled under the Consent Decree simply because they did not set foot in the land mass of Vietnam.”
The 1991 Consent Decree applies to a class consisting of hundreds of thousands of Vietnam veterans and their survivors who applied to the VA for service-connected disability and death benefits due to exposure to Agent Orange, the toxic herbicide used by the U.S. government during the Vietnam War.
That Decree required the VA, whenever it recognized an additional disease is associated with exposure to Agent Orange, to identify and readjudicate all prior VA denials of benefit claims filed for that disease and pay benefits retroactive to the date of the claim that led to the prior denial.


veteranstoday--2020-11-08--Race to the White House: Trumpism evaporated into thin air (vital)

Donald J. Trump of the opposition Republican Party won the presidential race against the ruling Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton in November 2016 who had three million more votes than Trump , but lost in the Electoral College having 538 decisive votes , in which Trump secured 306 electoral votes .
Control of the Electoral College is confined to a few right leaning States where till recent whites have been in majority .
Trump won because he was the choice of predatory capitalist corporations and the Zionists .
Throughout his 4-year tenure , Trump pursued hate and fascist policies .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ him was in danger .
He hated minorities , the immigrants and the Muslims .
His divisive policies based on racism has made the American society polarized and partisan .
He never admitted his mistakes or corrected himself , and always indulged in self-praise .
He ran his foreign policy on tweets which were mostly comical but helped him in remaining in the news .
His fascist policies uprooted the democratic foundations of USA and created upheavals all across the globe .
He repaid the Corporates by introducing enormous tax cuts which enabled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ callously and got richer but made the lives of working class pathetic .
Mass unemployment , and roll back of Obama ’ s healthcare further compounded the miseries of the downtrodden .
Since Zionist controlled Jewish lobby in USA was instrumental in Trump ’ s surprise victory , he recompensed the Zionists by cancelling the nuclear deal with Iran , declaring Jerusalem as capital of Israel , sanctifying Golan Heights and West Bank as integral parts of Israel , legalizing Tel Aviv ’ s forward policy of settlements , making UAE , Bahrain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and thus paving the way for one-state solution as wished by Israel .
Ultimate aim of Zionist Movement is to establish Greater Israel and next rule the world .
In his exuberance to make America great again , Trump rekindled the embers of racism and came down heavily upon the non-white Americans and the immigrants .
His criminal and reckless behavior caused immeasurable and irreparable harm to his country as well as the world .
He was not alone in chipping the democratic foundations of his country .
His daughter Ivanka , son-in-law @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jr , coupled with his hawkish cabinet members and fascist advisers jointly hammered the country .
White Americans who are the main strength of Trump , suffer from an inferiority complex rooted in class envy and look down upon non-white Americans .
They are demographically declining for the last 20 years , and have reduced from 76 % to 67 % .
Numbers of blacks , Hispanics and immigrants have increased substantially .
The Hispanic voters are the single largest community in USA .
Their ratio is 12.7 % , followed by black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 4 % , ( 4.2 million ) and Asians are 3 % .
Earlier this year , large numbers of towns in America witnessed riots triggered as a result of discrimination against black Americans .
Consequent to a white policeman choking to death a black George Floyd in Minnesota , followed by another incident of shooting a black woman dead in her bed further heated up the riots large numbers of States .
The presidential campaign to elect the new president kicked off in mid-2020 .
To start with there were three major @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Sanders .
The latter dropped out midway .
In the run-up to the D-Day on November 3 , tensions rose because of Trump adopting a belligerent posture stating that he will not accept the verdict going against him .
His armed gangs were equally truculent and threatened to reject the results if their candidate lost the race .
In the wake of vitriolic campaign , and provocative statements hurled by 74 years old Donald Trump who contested for second tenure , and 77 years old former senator and vice president Joe Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ race for the third time , it was speculated that the election day will be marred by violent disruptions .
Most of the gun totting and flag waving gangsters were tribal militiamen who remained on a lookout to strike the supporters of opposite camp .
However , contrary to the fears , record breaking 100 million votes were cast which were the highest since 1908 and no incident of violence took place at the polling stations .
In spite of his series of mistakes and criminal charges levied upon him , Trump was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would be even better than 2016 .
However , his prediction didn ’ t come true .
Tempers began to rise once vote counting started and the margin of votes bagged by the two competitors began to narrow down bringing it to razor edge .
Postal ballot votes which poured in after November 3 and continued till November 6 irked Trump and became a cause of friction .
This option had been adopted in the wake of constraints of Covid-19 , which had become Trump ’ s Achilles Heel .
Trump had objected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have the element of fraud .
He wanted all votes received after Nov 3 to be treated as invalid .
He requested a recount in Wisconsin .
Trump ’ s hopes of turning the tide in his favor in the eight swing States dashed because anti-Trump tide could be seen all across USA .
Mismanagement of corona virus causing deaths to 230 , 000 Americans and resulting in widespread poverty and joblessness unseen in a century enhanced his unpopularity .
Trump ’ s annoyance surged up once he found himself lagging behind in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Pennsylvania , Arizona , Georgia and Wisconsin where he had won last time but this time postal ballot votes made the difference .
Arizona with 11 and Georgia with 16 electoral votes have been the traditional bastions of the Republicans , but for the first time the pendulum shifted in favor of the Democrats due to demographic change .
Trump started casting doubts on the fairness of polling and demanded stoppage of vote counting , or else threatened legal action .
This sort of tension and demand to stop counting was witnessed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the complaint of George Bush Jr who was losing , the Supreme Court intervened and halted the counting in Florida which threw winning Al Gore out of the race .
Irrespective of his threats , counting didn ’ t stop .
A stage came when his armed supporters chanted slogans of ‘ Stop counting ’ and tried to barge into some polling stations .
The black protestors roared back , ‘ Continue counting ’ .
As opposed to teary eyed and emotive Trump crying foul and saying he was cheated , Biden maintained @ @ @ @ @ @ @ behind Trump ’ s desperation to win at all cost was the lingering criminal cases in dozens registered against him .
Already under financial constraints , fighting the costly legal battles and that too out of power could make him bankrupt .
That is why he had announced before election that if he loses he will not accept results , will not vacate the White House and will put Biden in jail .
In the backdrop of his rapport with the judges of supreme court , he had vowed to challenge the verdict @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legal battle as long as possible by seeking counting in each of the swing States , and if that course of action didn ’ t work , he would give a call to his armed and charged up white militias to resort to vandalism and create disorder .
Biden continued to make impressive gains even in the swing States and remained well ahead of his rival all along .
In Nevada ( 6 votes ) , Biden had a tight lead , and in Georgia ( 16 votes ) , he was ahead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more Georgians voted by mail , and in Pennsylvania ( 20 votes ) he led by 2 % votes .
Till November 6 , Trump had secured only 214 electoral votes as against his rival Biden securing 264 votes .
With only six votes remaining to reach the magical figure of 270 , victory was within grasping reach of Biden .
Late evening on Nov 7 , after the announcement of final result of Pennsylvania in which Biden won 20 electoral votes , he clinched the trophy by securing total 284 votes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Overall , he captured 74 million votes .
He will be sworn in as the 46th president of USA in January 2021 .
There is no evidence of any legal hitch that will have a bearing on the outcome of election result under the law .
However , it is still to be seen whether Trump accepts his defeat and hands over the baton to Biden gracefully .
2020 election was perhaps the most bitterly fought election in recent memory .
The bitter divisions and passions sparked by the bruising election campaign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and furious .
Fears are expressed that a disputed election in the face of extreme polarization might spark unrest .
Trumpism has evaporated in thin air but in all probability it will leave behind its footprints which will haunt the Americans for times to come .
Biden has won comprehensively , but he will have a plate full of intricate internal and external problems .
He has a huge task to repair the damage incurred and to restore the US image that has been badly tarnished and it is no more a sole @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over the reins of USA in most perilous times when the world has transformed from information into digital age , from uni-polarism to multi-polarity .
China , Russia , Japan and Germany have emerged as big powers .
The longest war in Afghanistan and war on terror have yet not terminated , and there are several nuclear flashpoints , each having a potential to spark a world war .
The two oldest disputes of Palestine and Kashmir remain unresolved ; the US-China trade war as well as battle for domination of South China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ US-Iran standoff hasn ’ t fizzled out .
It is to be seen whether he continues with the traditional offensive foreign policy dictated by Pentagon , or swings towards moderation and amity .
Whether he prolongs the war on terror or ends it ; whether he will show affections to the grieving Muslim world which has been ruthlessly mauled by his three predecessors or continue with their meddlesome policy , whether he restores the nuclear deal with Iran , harmonize relations with China and Russia , reinstate multilateral agreements , sign climate change @ @ @ @ @ @ @ NATO , bring back American troops from the restive regions and truly work for making the world safe and secure .
There will of course be no change in strategic relationship of USA with Israel and India .
At home , the non-white as well as the white Americans are resentful and so are the immigrants , all having their own set of complaints .
It is to be seen whether he continues with old partisan and racist policies , or he dispenses justice to all equitably in order to bridge the societal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ powerful industrial military complex which fancies military adventurism , wars and conflicts .
Above all , he will be watched how he tackles the Covid-19 challenge which is so far uncontrollable and how he revamps the country ’ s declining economy .
Good luck to him .
The writer is a retired Brig Gen , war veteran , defence & security analyst , international columnist , Chairman Thinkers Forum Pakistan , Director Measac Research Centre , Member PESS and Veterans Think Tank .
[ email protected ]

Asif Haroon Raja (Brigadier General, Ret.)
Donald J. Trump of the opposition Republican Party won the presidential race against the ruling Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton in November 2016 who had three million more votes than Trump, but lost in the Electoral College having 538 decisive votes, in which Trump secured 306 electoral votes. Control of the Electoral College is confined to a few right leaning States where till recent whites have been in majority. Trump won because he was the choice of predatory capitalist corporations and the Zionists.
Throughout his 4-year tenure, Trump pursued hate and fascist policies. Believing in absolutism, anyone disagreeing with him was in danger. He hated minorities, the immigrants and the Muslims. His divisive policies based on racism has made the American society polarized and partisan. He never admitted his mistakes or corrected himself, and always indulged in self-praise. He ran his foreign policy on tweets which were mostly comical but helped him in remaining in the news.
His fascist policies uprooted the democratic foundations of USA and created upheavals all across the globe. He repaid the Corporates by introducing enormous tax cuts which enabled the rich to plunder the national wealth callously and got richer but made the lives of working class pathetic. Mass unemployment, and roll back of Obama’s healthcare further compounded the miseries of the downtrodden.
Since Zionist controlled Jewish lobby in USA was instrumental in Trump’s surprise victory, he recompensed the Zionists by cancelling the nuclear deal with Iran, declaring Jerusalem as capital of Israel, sanctifying Golan Heights and West Bank as integral parts of Israel, legalizing Tel Aviv’s forward policy of settlements, making UAE, Bahrain and Sudan establish diplomatic ties with Israel and thus paving the way for one-state solution as wished by Israel. Ultimate aim of Zionist Movement is to establish Greater Israel and next rule the world.
In his exuberance to make America great again, Trump rekindled the embers of racism and came down heavily upon the non-white Americans and the immigrants. His criminal and reckless behavior caused immeasurable and irreparable harm to his country as well as the world.
He was not alone in chipping the democratic foundations of his country. His daughter Ivanka, son-in-law Jared Kushner, sons Eric and Donald Jr, coupled with his hawkish cabinet members and fascist advisers jointly hammered the country.
White Americans who are the main strength of Trump, suffer from an inferiority complex rooted in class envy and look down upon non-white Americans. They are demographically declining for the last 20 years, and have reduced from 76% to 67%. Numbers of blacks, Hispanics and immigrants have increased substantially. The Hispanic voters are the single largest community in USA. Their ratio is 12.7%, followed by black Americans at 12.5%. Indians are 4%, (4.2 million) and Asians are 3%.
Earlier this year, large numbers of towns in America witnessed riots triggered as a result of discrimination against black Americans. Consequent to a white policeman choking to death a black George Floyd in Minnesota, followed by another incident of shooting a black woman dead in her bed further heated up the riots large numbers of States.
The presidential campaign to elect the new president kicked off in mid-2020. To start with there were three major contestants, Trump, Joseph R. Biden and Sanders. The latter dropped out midway. In the run-up to the D-Day on November 3, tensions rose because of Trump adopting a belligerent posture stating that he will not accept the verdict going against him. His armed gangs were equally truculent and threatened to reject the results if their candidate lost the race.
In the wake of vitriolic campaign, and provocative statements hurled by 74 years old Donald Trump who contested for second tenure, and 77 years old former senator and vice president Joe Biden who was taking part in the presidential race for the third time, it was speculated that the election day will be marred by violent disruptions. Most of the gun totting and flag waving gangsters were tribal militiamen who remained on a lookout to strike the supporters of opposite camp. However, contrary to the fears, record breaking 100 million votes were cast which were the highest since 1908 and no incident of violence took place at the polling stations.
In spite of his series of mistakes and criminal charges levied upon him, Trump was confident that his success in 2020 election would be even better than 2016. However, his prediction didn’t come true. Tempers began to rise once vote counting started and the margin of votes bagged by the two competitors began to narrow down bringing it to razor edge. Postal ballot votes which poured in after November 3 and continued till November 6 irked Trump and became a cause of friction. This option had been adopted in the wake of constraints of Covid-19, which had become Trump’s Achilles Heel. Trump had objected to the mail-in voting saying it would have the element of fraud. He wanted all votes received after Nov 3 to be treated as invalid. He requested a recount in Wisconsin.
Trump’s hopes of turning the tide in his favor in the eight swing States dashed because anti-Trump tide could be seen all across USA. Mismanagement of corona virus causing deaths to 230, 000 Americans and resulting in widespread poverty and joblessness unseen in a century enhanced his unpopularity.
Trump’s annoyance surged up once he found himself lagging behind in the race in swing States like Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia and Wisconsin where he had won last time but this time postal ballot votes made the difference. Arizona with 11 and Georgia with 16 electoral votes have been the traditional bastions of the Republicans, but for the first time the pendulum shifted in favor of the Democrats due to demographic change. Trump started casting doubts on the fairness of polling and demanded stoppage of vote counting, or else threatened legal action. This sort of tension and demand to stop counting was witnessed during the 2000 election. Based on the complaint of George Bush Jr who was losing, the Supreme Court intervened and halted the counting in Florida which threw winning Al Gore out of the race.
Irrespective of his threats, counting didn’t stop. A stage came when his armed supporters chanted slogans of ‘Stop counting’ and tried to barge into some polling stations. The black protestors roared back, ‘Continue counting’. As opposed to teary eyed and emotive Trump crying foul and saying he was cheated, Biden maintained his cool and behaved maturely. Reason behind Trump’s desperation to win at all cost was the lingering criminal cases in dozens registered against him. Already under financial constraints, fighting the costly legal battles and that too out of power could make him bankrupt. That is why he had announced before election that if he loses he will not accept results, will not vacate the White House and will put Biden in jail. In the backdrop of his rapport with the judges of supreme court, he had vowed to challenge the verdict in the apex court and prolong the legal battle as long as possible by seeking counting in each of the swing States, and if that course of action didn’t work, he would give a call to his armed and charged up white militias to resort to vandalism and create disorder.
Biden continued to make impressive gains even in the swing States and remained well ahead of his rival all along. In Nevada (6 votes), Biden had a tight lead, and in Georgia (16 votes), he was ahead of Trump by 1% votes where more Georgians voted by mail, and in Pennsylvania (20 votes) he led by 2% votes. Till November 6, Trump had secured only 214 electoral votes as against his rival Biden securing 264 votes. With only six votes remaining to reach the magical figure of 270, victory was within grasping reach of Biden.
Late evening on Nov 7, after the announcement of final result of Pennsylvania in which Biden won 20 electoral votes, he clinched the trophy by securing total 284 votes, 14 votes more then what were required. Overall, he captured 74 million votes. He will be sworn in as the 46th president of USA in January 2021. There is no evidence of any legal hitch that will have a bearing on the outcome of election result under the law. However, it is still to be seen whether Trump accepts his defeat and hands over the baton to Biden gracefully.
2020 election was perhaps the most bitterly fought election in recent memory. The bitter divisions and passions sparked by the bruising election campaign are sure to leave the loser dejected and furious. Fears are expressed that a disputed election in the face of extreme polarization might spark unrest. Trumpism has evaporated in thin air but in all probability it will leave behind its footprints which will haunt the Americans for times to come.
Biden has won comprehensively, but he will have a plate full of intricate internal and external problems. He has a huge task to repair the damage incurred and to restore the US image that has been badly tarnished and it is no more a sole super power. He will be taking over the reins of USA in most perilous times when the world has transformed from information into digital age, from uni-polarism to multi-polarity. China, Russia, Japan and Germany have emerged as big powers. The longest war in Afghanistan and war on terror have yet not terminated, and there are several nuclear flashpoints, each having a potential to spark a world war. The two oldest disputes of Palestine and Kashmir remain unresolved; the US-China trade war as well as battle for domination of South China Sea are still simmering, and the US-Iran standoff hasn’t fizzled out.
It is to be seen whether he continues with the traditional offensive foreign policy dictated by Pentagon, or swings towards moderation and amity. Whether he prolongs the war on terror or ends it; whether he will show affections to the grieving Muslim world which has been ruthlessly mauled by his three predecessors or continue with their meddlesome policy, whether he restores the nuclear deal with Iran, harmonize relations with China and Russia, reinstate multilateral agreements, sign climate change accord, improve relations with EU and NATO, bring back American troops from the restive regions and truly work for making the world safe and secure. There will of course be no change in strategic relationship of USA with Israel and India.
At home, the non-white as well as the white Americans are resentful and so are the immigrants, all having their own set of complaints. It is to be seen whether he continues with old partisan and racist policies, or he dispenses justice to all equitably in order to bridge the societal divides; how he deals with all powerful industrial military complex which fancies military adventurism, wars and conflicts.
Above all, he will be watched how he tackles the Covid-19 challenge which is so far uncontrollable and how he revamps the country’s declining economy. Good luck to him.
The writer is a retired Brig Gen, war veteran, defence & security analyst, international columnist, Chairman Thinkers Forum Pakistan, Director Measac Research Centre, Member PESS and Veterans Think Tank. asifharoonraja@gmail.com


veteranstoday--2020-11-07--Lock him up, he murdered 1223 Americans Today

In this iconic photo , Trump is crying in his beer , heading for the gold toilet where a string of censored all caps tweets began to flow along with 3 litres of loose stool .
Americans line the streets when Trump passes by : Remember this Trump if you are starting to feel sorry for him : 132,000 Americans tested positive for COVID today .
One was my 4 year old grandson , who is ill .
Lock him up .
Worldmeters lists the us with 10,173,229 cases of COVID and 243,226 deaths .
When Biden takes office , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have died of COVID .
If Biden were to take office today , that number would be 299,929 .
All Americans have lost one year from their lifespan .
Those who have died lost an average of 8 years from their lifespan .
How much of your life are you willing to donate to the Trump family ?
I can think of a cure right now , I ’ ll bet you can too .
First of all , tear down the fences around the White House .
Powerwash/sandblast anywhere Donald or Melania @ @ @ @

Gordon Duff
In this iconic photo, Trump is crying in his beer, heading for the gold toilet where a string of censored all caps tweets began to flow along with 3 litres of loose stool.
Americans line the streets when Trump passes by:
Remember this Trump if you are starting to feel sorry for him:
132,000 Americans tested positive for COVID today. One was my 4 year old grandson, who is ill.
Lock him up. Worldmeters lists the us with 10,173,229 cases of COVID and 243,226 deaths.
Trump watches celebrations of his defeat as he returns to the White House from playing golf on Saturday. (Getty) pic.twitter.com/tj5YSYcWIg — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 7, 2020
When Biden takes office, according to projections, 365,545 Americans will have died of COVID.
If Biden were to take office today, that number would be 299,929.
Watch scenes from celebrations and protests that broke out in cities across the U.S. after President-elect Joe Biden defeated President Trump. https://t.co/d42aKysfzz pic.twitter.com/uEqYJcR08Q — The New York Times (@nytimes) November 7, 2020
Hybrid pro-Biden/anti-Trump celebration and BLM March about an hour ago in Louisville, Kentucky. If you watch till the end, you’ll see my handsome Chuy. All three of my cats are Biden supports. 😄 pic.twitter.com/bgrrKTqkLo — Trump For Prison 2021 (@AllonsyCrazy) November 7, 2020
All Americans have lost one year from their lifespan.
Those who have died lost an average of 8 years from their lifespan.
How much of your life are you willing to donate to the Trump family?
I can think of a cure right now, I’ll bet you can too.
First of all, tear down the fences around the White House.
Fumigate.
Get new toilets.
Powerwash/sandblast anywhere Donald or Melania may have touched.
Restore the Rose Garden.
Tear down the Melania tennis memorial.
…and start hunting rats…


veteranstoday--2020-11-07--VT Nuclear Education: CIA Torture Report Ties Cheney and Victor Bout to 9/11 Nukes

Information received this week from the highest levels of US counter-terrorism sources have confirmed that the reputed “ Queen of Al Qaeda , ” Dr. Aafia Siddiqui , a CIA torture victim now serving 87 years in an American “ super-max ” prison , was a CIA agent when captured and was imprisoned to prevent releasing information that could eventually lead to the arrest and conviction of then Vice President Dick Cheney .
Cheney and his henchmen were silencing critics , eliminating “ loose ends ” tied to Able Danger and 9/11 and completing the process of dismantling the last @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Western Europe .
The story today ties the Valerie Plame scandal , a CIA agent exposed as retaliation at Cheney ’ s orders .
Our coup was when we learned that Dr. Aafia Siddiqui , termed a veritable “ female bin Laden ” was not only CIA but an asset for Valerie Plame in an investigation originally aimed at Saddam but that had turned around and was pointing directly at the White House .
The Plame investigation aided by Siddiqui ’ s proof no “ yellowcake/Al Qaeda ” plot had ever existed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cheney was revealed to be the “ handler ” for now imprisoned Victor Bout , revealed by the FBI in a 2007 Bangkok briefing to be greatly responsible for supplying the nuclear weapons nukes used on the WTC and , according to FBI sources , a cruise missile as well that the FBI asserts was used on the Pentagon on 9/11 .
Thus , when Libby/Liebowitz was convicted , it was openly accepted that he was protecting Cheney from the fallout of simply “ running his mouth.
” In truth , as we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ proven role in pushing America into an illegal war is only the tip of the iceberg .
The Cheney/Bout partnership was integral to the wholesale looting of America ’ s inventory of surplus and decommissioned nuclear weapons and placing dozens of nuclear warheads in the hands of rogue nations and terrorist groups .
Bout and his fleet of transport planes carried the arms for “ Charlie Wilson ’ s War ” in Afghanistan , hauled first opium and later heroin by the ton for American school children , and was the “ go @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for both “ freedom fighters ” and terrorist groups as well , at least those working for the CIA , Mossad along with British and French intelligence .
Siddiqui worked directly for Valerie Plame , a CIA agent purposefully “ outed ” when her husband , Ambassador Joseph Wilson , disproved White House claims of “ yellowcake uranium ” smuggling by Iraq .
White House Security Chief , Scooter “ Libby ” Leibowitz was convicted of the Plame leak , although sources now confirm that the “ outing ” of Plame was done @ @ @ @ @ @ @ passed on to the media by retired General Paul Vallely , a Fox News employee who has recently been filmed meeting with leaders of the ISIS/Al Qaeda terror group in Turkey and reputedly Syria as well .
When Plame was “ burned , ” her assistant , Dr. Aafia , was then listed as part of the now debunked yellowcake “ network ” and fled to Pakistan , where she was kidnapped and taken to Bagram Air Force Base , as outlined in CIA torture records .
Sources close to Plame tell us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” a highly fictionalized account of her story starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn , but never promoted and barely released , was produced in order to “ settle accounts.
” The producers of the film are Israeli nationals and sources confirm the film project was undertaken at the request of Israeli intelligence sources as a way of laundering “ hush money.
” UK TELEGRAPH GETS IT VERY WRONG This week , the UK Telegraph , using sources from the Daily Mail , published a lengthy article describing “ convicted terrorist ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ radicalization and , quite frankly , defending her rendition kidnapping , her 5 years of rape and torture , and the murder of her children by CIA paid contractors .
If only this were the whole story , a cover up of torture as part of a war on terror .
It is not .
The Telegraph has a long reputation of being a cover story “ drop box ” for MI-6 , so the story was passed around quickly among those who take a special interest in such things .
This week @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , working directly with the Department of Defense and IAEA ( International Atomic Energy Agency ) and part of the original team that brought down rogue FBI agent Robert Hansen as well , tells of a different story regarding Dr. Aafia Siddiqui .
Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger of the Reagan era , was arrested at his home one morning by a similar operational unit for crimes committed in the Iran-Contra Affair and was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice .
Public and secret pardons by Bush ( 41 ) cover not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officials .
After the 2000 US presidential election where George Bush ( 43 ) was “ appointed ” compliments of a Supreme Court ruling that stopped the Florida vote count , loyal elements in defense and security became convinced the election began a coup .
In December 2008 , voting machine hacker Michael Connell died in a plane crash within days of asking for protection , claiming Karl Rove had threatened him if he came forward regarding charges of rigging both the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections .
Mike literally had a falling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Defense and Intelligence , the “ convenience ” of 9/11 , however represented something more than a power grab .
Nuclear investigators were immediately dispatched , gathering samples and radiation readings , including one VT editor , a nuclear physicist and IAEA investigator , who is photographed at “ ground zero ” dressed as a utility worker .
This team is responsible for the DOE 9/11 Report received by White House , Pentagon and Congressional leaders in 2003 .
When the report was never made public , the team released the highly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with swirls of melted granite .
Later , after the Snowden leak and Veterans Today publishing of key report components , the investigative team came forward , not only confirming their findings of nuclear weapons use on 9/11 but continued their work using highly classified documents published by Russian nuclear investigator Dimitri Khalezov .
When Israeli teams , then living in safe houses in New Jersey and under surveillance by FBI agent Mike Dick ’ s teams moved the nuclear weapons into the World Trade Center parking lots in white moving vans as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it was not known that the parking places chosen had a strategic purpose .
The DOE teams were , at that time , unaware that the huge freon tanks , technology no longer in use , that cooled the towers , were located under the parking places chosen for the devices , described in the report as “ two stage nuclear thermobaric weapons.
” In subsequent revisions , after the nuclear design teams at Los Alamos National Laboratories read the Khalezov report , the energy weapon effect noted by many including Dr. Judy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a report edited by members of the original Department of Energy 9/11 investigative team , the 26,000 gallon freon tanks provided a massive deuterium boost that traveled up the elevator shafts , destroying the structural integrity of the twin towers .
From Veterans Today August 28 , 2014 : When the 1.5kt nuke went off next to the storage tanks containing 26 tons of liquid Freon , it turned it into Hydrogen Floride ( H2F ) , or in the nuclear weapons industry , it is called Deuterium Fluoride ( DF ) , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of .
This produced the desired thermal effects needed to vaporize the central core and over half of the twin towers in less than 10 seconds .
No other explosive device could do that .
Dmitry was off only on the size of the weapons used , but all other data checks out correctly .
He was too correct , so his source was an inside player .
This is why D.O.J wants him !
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If his story were untrue , then they would not go to this much trouble to keep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ waiting extradition to the USA .
That fact alone tells you something BIG !
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Blast Effects .
When the 1.5KT nuke went off under buildings 1 and 2 , it sucked most of the 26 tons of liquid Freon from the cooling system into the fire ball .
Due to thermal heat of 4 million degrees in the center of the fireball and neutron absorption , the Freon was split and then fused into Deuterium Fluoride… As in the IVY Mike nuclear Pacific test in 1952 of the first Hydrogen Bomb — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the extra Freon being converted into extra Deuterium .
On 9-11 , this acted as extra external “ Deuterium Boost Gas ” , boosting the Thermal Yield of the 1.5 KT weapon at least 10 to a maximum of 100 times .
15 to 150 KT thermal output not in blast energy .
That would put the overall “ thermal energy ” released between 15KT and up to 150KT at 100 % efficiency .
Most likely closer to 10 % efficiency would be more practical .
This is a crude Teller “ Lair @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fission design only used back in the 1950 ’ s test shots .
Dmitry ’ s claims of 150 KT thermal was a bit too big .
However , if the weapon had been twice this size — 3KT vs 1.5 KT — it would have taken out the lower half of Manhattan , including the entire Wall Street financial district , and the fallout would have taken out half of NYC and not by accident !
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It was designed that way .
Over 90 % of this energy is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , with accompanying Alpha , Beta and Gamma radiation .
Less than 10 % was in mechanical blast energy or over pressure .
Most of this was absorbed in the ground as shock waves and created the massive cavities left below the buildings .
The off-centered large cavity was located just below the Freon cooling plant storage tank location , which is a big forensic clue as to the energy source used on that day .
The mostly unburnt and highly-ionized Deuterium Fluoride gas ( Formally known as Freon-12 ) produced by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ) was trapped in the building debris piles and accounted for all of the post 9-11 thermal effects of molten steel , hot spots , and out-gassing of very caustic gasses , ETC .
This stuff , due to neutron excitation and very high ionization levels , will stay very hot until the appropriate neutron-absorbing chemicals are added to the ground in order to stop the ongoing low level neutron chain reactions from occurring , similar to what is happening in Japan with their nuclear 911 disaster .
After 9/11 , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be a worldwide terror organization , in order to justify both a political crackdown within the US and , as had been made public on many occasions by former NATO head General Wesley Clark… the long planned military takeover of the Middle East and Central Asia .
Part of this plot involved creating a cover story involving 500 tons of “ yellowcake uranium ” , supposedly bought by Al Qaeda and transported to Iraq to supply a nuclear program later found to never have existed .
The Bush White House , at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , went to a terrorist group within the Italian intelligence agency , SISMI , part of the group responsible for the Gladio terror bombings and the kidnapping and murder of Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro .
They created documents outlining imaginary transactions and sent them to CIA headquarters in Rome .
SISMI chief Nicolo Pollari took the reports directly to the White House , where Cheney asked friends within the CIA and Department of Energy — part of a covert working team that included arms smuggler Victor Bout — to prepare reports citing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these known forged reports .
A US Army intelligence group working within Israel , headed by Colonel James Hanke , had discovered that the nuclear weapons facility at Dimona had suffered a catastrophic accident between 1988 and 1990 .
Israel ’ s nuclear weapons inventory could no longer be maintained and expanded from domestically-produced weapons grade nuclear material .
Israel ’ s complicity was proven when , according to sources within the IAEA and Able Danger team , a combined operation between the US Department of Defense and Department of Justice , initially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Neill , had discovered discrepancies in the US nuclear weapons inventory .
It was not just 350 missing nuclear pits , but fully one third of America ’ s post SALT II ( Strategic Arms Limitations Talks ) inventory .
The records of our nuclear weapons inventory had been systematically sabotaged to hide this attack on America ’ s weapons inventory , or so they thought .
Their investigation had tied corrupt officials at the highest levels of the US Department of Energy to the leak of classified nuclear “ pit ” configuration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weapons .
Three hundred fifty W54 nuclear warheads were missing from inventories at the Pantex nuclear facility in Amarillo , Texas .
An investigation team led by Roland Carnaby , the CIA agent killed in a mysterious shooting in 2008 , discovered that the missing “ pits ” had been stolen and taken to a nearby meat packing facility , where they were sorted using leaked DOE data in order to allow them to be safely melted down and reconfigured to replace the depleted Israeli stockpile .
Investigators from the DOE and IAEA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were used in the demolition of the World Trade Center on 9/11/2001 — nuclear “ pits ” originally produced at the Hanford DOE facility in Washington .
This information was part of the highly classified 2003 9/11 report given to congressional and White House leaders only , and later leaked by Russian Naval Intelligence , believed to have been among a trove of documents received from Edward Snowden .
In March 2013 , a group of business executives meeting in Tulsa , Oklahoma , received a briefing on the 2003 “ Nuclear 9/11 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Threat Assessment Conference ” where Veterans Today staff were among the presenters .
The briefing also included a version of the now famous “ Shrimpton nuclear scare ” story , confirming the recovery of a missing nuclear weapon somewhere in the EU in 2012 .
This was the biggest collection of private jets ever to grace Oklahoma .
Leaked documents on the Able Danger investigation , received in September 2014 revealed that most investigation functions had ended in 1998 at the request of President Clinton , then under impeachment threat tied to his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reputed Mossad “ honey trap.
” It was Clinton ’ s gutting of Able Danger that may well have made 9/11 possible , leaving in place Israeli and Saudi teams , the Cheney/Bout organization and the AIPAC intel coordinators .
Investigative chief and FBI Special Agent John O ’ Neill left government service and pursued leads until his untimely death during the 9/11 “ event ” .
According to a 2005 report , thirty-five of the Able Danger investigators were also killed on 9/11 , when the Pentagon office they were called to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , General Myer , ( who did not show up for the meeting and did not die , a lucky day for him ) was demolished by an airliner , though little or no physical evidence of such a happenstance exists .
( Myer took over the JCOS before 9/11 but was confirmed afterward .
Prior to 9/11 , it was Myer that facilitated the destruction of nuclear weapon records while heading the Pentagon ’ s nuclear accounting group .
After 1998 , the FBI investigation team @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supervision of Special Agent Mike Dick ; one team was tracking arms dealer Victor Bout , and was coordinated with IAEA investigators .
The second unit investigated the theft of the “ pit matching ” documents and centered on the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee , AIPAC , eventually leading to the arrest of leaders of that group .
Charges were later dropped when the White House refused to turn over required evidence , and Attorney General John Ashcroft , one of the key planners of the CIA torture program , ordered an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ included testimony indicating White House officials had passed key nuclear secrets to Israeli embassy representatives at a Washington cocktail party in the presence of both Paul Wolfowitz and Condoleezza Rice .
The second unit , assisted by CIA agent Roland Carnaby , followed the theft of nuclear weapons from the sorting facility near Amarillo to a fertilizer plant outside Waco , Texas .
In April 2014 , as Snowden reputedly handed Able Danger documents to Russian intelligence , the plant where the nuclear weapons were stored , the West Fertilizer Plant , was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 15 .
The entire operation was run by Victor Bout , working directly for the office of the Vice President of the United States , according to private sources with access to the Plame/Siddiqui investigation .
The nuclear pits had been moved by truck to the Port of Houston , where they had been placed on ships and transferred to the Canary Islands and later to Mauritania .
The weapons were , according to Able Danger documents , stored at a mine controlled by former South African Prime Minister De Klerk inside a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
From there , weapons were sold to Taiwan , South Korea , Saudi Arabia and other nations , along with restocking Israel .
Other weapons were set aside for use by intelligence agencies .
IAEA sources report weapons from Hanford/Pantex were used for the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 , at the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia in 1996 , the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001 , and the Bali bombing in 2005 .
The IAEA confirms up to 50 nuclear weapons have been used surreptitiously since 1945 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ radiation .
There are strange parallels in the story of two accused “ Al Qaeda ” operatives .
While the general public thinks of Al Qaeda as a terror group , in truth , according to Able Danger documents , Al Qaeda is a joint operational sector of Saudi , Israeli and US intelligence .
This dirty little secret has compromised American security greatly , due to the blackmailing position both of these countries have had over the US .
Two of the major “ terror figures ” of Al Qaeda , Dr. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been confirmed , at the highest levels , to be CIA operatives .
After 9/11 both fled… Dr. Aafia to Karachi and bin Laden , who had recently received kidney treatments at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda , Maryland , where members of congress and top VIPs receive their care , to Tora Bora .
Bin Laden died of complications from advanced kidney disease on December 13 , 2001 , after denying any involvement in 9/11 and advising those concerned to “ look closer to home ” ( CIA FOIA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . )
The curious story of Bin Laden and his second “ death ” in Pakistan is similar to that of Aafia Siddiqui with her reputed murderous attack on her CIA captors during a waterboarding session at Bagram Air Force Base .
Prior to the release of the recent and highly controversial CIA torture report , the reputed actual “ re-killer ” of bin Laden came forward .
The story , as we are told , has an aging bin Laden in the upper floor of a home in Abbottabad , Pakistan .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to his feet , grasping an AK47 in one hand while holding a hostage in another .
While standing on a bed , bin Laden is brought down in a hail of gunfire , like something out of a cowboy film .
We are told Dr. Aafia , confined to a wheelchair , in this case “ literally ” held down by handcuff “ tie raps ” , was brought in for a waterboarding session .
The US Air Force facility had been hosting summary execution and torture sessions for Aafia and other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ raped repeatedly .
She was down to 80 pounds and unable to walk .
There the story , an analog of the bin Laden tale , gets more bizarre .
Dr. Aafia is said to have broken her tie wraps , listed as “ ISO 527-1:2012 standard , ” in a fit of rage .
There were five men in the room , most over 200 pounds , four of whom were “ special operations trained ” , including one US Navy Seal , one CIA agent and two FBI agents .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” please pay attention as this will be an important point .
This is the crime Dr. Aafia was convicted of , not terrorism but resisting torture .
Now here comes the most curious part of all .
Dr. Aafia lived in the United States for 11 years , the wife of a Boston anesthesiologist .
Aafia taught at MIT , where she received her doctorate in microbiology before joining the CIA .
Aafia had spoken English all her life , published in English and taught in English at one of the most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ did she need a translator ?
You just can ’ t make this stuff up… or can you ?
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Gordon Duff is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War who has worked on veterans and POW issues for decades and consulted with governments challenged by security issues ; and is a senior editor and chairman of the board of Veterans Today , especially for the online magazine “ New Eastern Outlook ” .

Information received this week from the highest levels of US counter-terrorism sources have confirmed that the reputed “Queen of Al Qaeda,” Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, a CIA torture victim now serving 87 years in an American “super-max” prison, was a CIA agent when captured and was imprisoned to prevent releasing information that could eventually lead to the arrest and conviction of then-Vice President Dick Cheney.
Cheney and his henchmen were silencing critics, eliminating “loose ends” tied to Able Danger and 9/11, and completing the process of dismantling the last vestiges of representative government in the US and Western Europe. The story today ties the Valerie Plame scandal, a CIA agent exposed as retaliation at Cheney’s orders.
Our coup was when we learned that Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, termed a veritable “female bin Laden” was not only CIA but an asset for Valerie Plame in an investigation originally aimed at Saddam but that had turned around and was pointing directly at the White House.
The Plame investigation aided by Siddiqui’s proof no “yellowcake/Al Qaeda” plot had ever existed went much further than initially intended. Cheney was revealed to be the “handler” for now-imprisoned Victor Bout, revealed by the FBI in a 2007 Bangkok briefing to be greatly responsible for supplying the nuclear weapons nukes used on the WTC and, according to FBI sources, a cruise missile as well that the FBI asserts was used on the Pentagon on 9/11.
Thus, when Libby/Liebowitz was convicted, it was openly accepted that he was protecting Cheney from the fallout of simply “running his mouth.” In truth, as we will establish, even Cheney’s proven role in pushing America into an illegal war is only the tip of the iceberg.
The Cheney/Bout partnership was integral to the wholesale looting of America’s inventory of surplus and decommissioned nuclear weapons and placing dozens of nuclear warheads in the hands of rogue nations and terrorist groups.
Bout and his fleet of transport planes carried the arms for “Charlie Wilson’s War” in Afghanistan, hauled first opium and later heroin by the ton for American school children, and was the “go-to” supplier for all covert weapons for both “freedom fighters” and terrorist groups as well, at least those working for the CIA, Mossad along with British and French intelligence.
PLAME
Valerie Plame takes the oath before testifying
Siddiqui worked directly for Valerie Plame, a CIA agent purposefully “outed” when her husband, Ambassador Joseph Wilson, disproved White House claims of “yellowcake uranium” smuggling by Iraq.
White House Security Chief, Scooter “Libby” Leibowitz was convicted of the Plame leak, although sources now confirm that the “outing” of Plame was done at the orders of Cheney and was passed on to the media by retired General Paul Vallely, a Fox News employee who has recently been filmed meeting with leaders of the ISIS/Al Qaeda terror group in Turkey and reputedly Syria as well.
When Plame was “burned,” her assistant, Dr. Aafia, was then listed as part of the now-debunked yellowcake “network” and fled to Pakistan, where she was kidnapped and taken to Bagram Air Force Base, as outlined in CIA torture records.
Sources close to Plame tell us that the film, “Fair Game,” a highly fictionalized account of her story starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn, but never promoted and barely released, was produced in order to “settle accounts.” The producers of the film are Israeli nationals and sources confirm the film project was undertaken at the request of Israeli intelligence sources as a way of laundering “hush money.”
UK TELEGRAPH GETS IT VERY WRONG
This week, the UK Telegraph, using sources from the Daily Mail, published a lengthy article describing “convicted terrorist” Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s process of radicalization and, quite frankly, defending her rendition kidnapping, her 5 years of rape and torture, and the murder of her children by CIA paid contractors.
If only this were the whole story, a cover-up of torture as part of a war on terror. It is not. The Telegraph has a long reputation of being a cover story “dropbox” for MI-6, so the story was passed around quickly among those who take a special interest in such things.
This week a source within the Able Danger investigation, working directly with the Department of Defense and IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) and part of the original team that brought down rogue FBI agent Robert Hansen as well, tells of a different story regarding Dr. Aafia Siddiqui.
Aafia was a CIA agent targeted by the Bush administration because her operational unit, headed by Valerie Plame, one involved in NNP (nuclear non-proliferation) was ready to order the arrest of Vice President Dick Cheney and top officials of the US Department of Energy, the organization that, with the Department of Defense, maintains America’s nuclear weapons inventories.
Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger of the Reagan era, was arrested at his home one morning by a similar operational unit for crimes committed in the Iran-Contra Affair and was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice. Public and secret pardons by Bush (41) cover not only Weinberger but up to 138 Reagan officials.
After the 2000 US presidential election where George Bush (43) was “appointed” compliments of a Supreme Court ruling that stopped the Florida vote count, loyal elements in defense and security became convinced the election began a coup. In December 2008, voting machine hacker Michael Connell died in a plane crash within days of asking for protection, claiming Karl Rove had threatened him if he came forward regarding charges of rigging both the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections.
Mike literally had a falling out – of the sky
For those in Defense and Intelligence, the “convenience” of 9/11, however, represented something more than a power grab. Nuclear investigators were immediately dispatched, gathering samples and radiation readings, including one VT editor, a nuclear physicist, and IAEA investigator, who is photographed at “ground zero” dressed as a utility worker. This team is responsible for the DOE 9/11 Report received by the White House, Pentagon, and Congressional leaders in 2003.
When the report was never made public, the team released the highly classified photographs depicting the huge nuclear crater with swirls of melted granite. Later, after the Snowden leak and VT publishing of key report components, the investigative team came forward, not only confirming their findings of nuclear weapons use on 9/11 but continued their work using highly classified documents published by Russian nuclear investigator Dimitri Khalezov.
When Israeli teams, then living in safe houses in New Jersey and under surveillance by FBI agent Mike Dick’s teams moved the nuclear weapons into the World Trade Center parking lots in white moving vans as told of in the DOE report, it was not known that the parking places chosen had a strategic purpose.
The DOE teams were, at that time, unaware that the huge freon tanks, technology no longer in use, that cooled the towers, were located under the parking places chosen for the devices, described in the report as “two-stage nuclear thermobaric weapons.” In subsequent revisions, after the nuclear design teams at Los Alamos National Laboratories read the Khalezov report, the energy weapon effect noted by many including Dr. Judy Wood could finally be explained.
In a report edited by members of the original Department of Energy 9/11 investigative team, the 26,000-gallon freon tanks provided a massive deuterium boost that traveled up the elevator shafts, destroying the structural integrity of the twin towers. From VT August 28, 2014:
The third really big one was placed over the air conditioning Freon storage tanks in the utility room, or just under it in the utility pipe gallery, as stated by Dmitry. This one made the giant crater formations left under the buildings foundations and was the cause of the melted steel and thermal effects seen on 9-11.
When the 1.5kt nuke went off next to the storage tanks containing 26 tons of liquid Freon, it turned it into Hydrogen Floride (H2F), or in the nuclear weapons industry, it is called Deuterium Fluoride (DF), the stuff that hydrogen bombs are made of. This produced the desired thermal effects needed to vaporize the central core and over half of the twin towers in less than 10 seconds. No other explosive device could do that.
Dmitry was off only on the size of the weapons used, but all other data checks out correctly. He was too correct, so his source was an inside player. This is why D.O.J wants him!!
If his story were untrue, then they would not go to this much trouble to keep him locked up in a Thailand jail awaiting extradition to the USA. That fact alone tells you something BIG!! Blast Effects. When the 1.5KT nuke went off under buildings 1 and 2, it sucked most of the 26 tons of liquid Freon from the cooling system into the fireball. Due to thermal heat of 4 million degrees in the center of the fireball and neutron absorption, the Freon was split and then fused into Deuterium Fluoride…
As in the IVY Mike nuclear Pacific test in 1952 of the first Hydrogen Bomb — producing the massive over yield due to the extra Freon being converted into extra Deuterium. On 9-11, this acted as extra external “Deuterium Boost Gas”, boosting the Thermal Yield of the 1.5 KT weapon at least 10 to a maximum of 100 times. 15 to 150 KT thermal output not in blast energy.
That would put the overall “thermal energy” released between 15KT and up to 150KT at 100% efficiency. Most likely closer to 10% efficiency would be more practical. This is a crude Teller “Lair Cake or Alarm Clock” boosted nuclear fission design only used back in the 1950’s test shots. Dmitry’s claim of 150 KT thermal was a bit too big. However, if the weapon had been twice this size — 3KT vs 1.5 KT — it would have taken out the lower half of Manhattan, including the entire Wall Street financial district, and the fallout would have taken out half of NYC and not by accident!!!! It was designed that way.
Over 90% of this energy is released as fast neutrons and Infrared energy, with accompanying Alpha, Beta and Gamma radiation. Less than 10% was in mechanical blast energy or overpressure. Most of this was absorbed in the ground as shock waves and created the massive cavities left below the buildings. The off-centered large cavity was located just below the Freon cooling plant storage tank location, which is a big forensic clue as to the energy source used on that day.
The mostly unburnt and highly-ionized Deuterium Fluoride gas (Formally known as Freon-12) produced by the blast, (over 20 tons of it) was trapped in the building debris piles and accounted for all of the post 9-11 thermal effects of molten steel, hot spots, and out-gassing of very caustic gasses, ETC. This stuff, due to neutron excitation and very high ionization levels, will stay very hot until the appropriate neutron-absorbing chemicals are added to the ground in order to stop the ongoing low-level neutron chain reactions from occurring, similar to what is happening in Japan with their nuclear 911 disaster.
BACKGROUND
After 9/11, the US set out to create what appeared to be a worldwide terror organization, in order to justify both a political crackdown within the US and, as had been made public on many occasions by former NATO head General Wesley Clark… the long-planned military takeover of the Middle East and Central Asia.
Part of this plot involved creating a cover story involving 500 tons of “yellowcake uranium”, supposedly bought by Al Qaeda and transported to Iraq to supply a nuclear program later found to never have existed. The Bush White House, at the orders of Vice President Dick Cheney, went to a terrorist group within the Italian intelligence agency, SISMI, part of the group responsible for the Gladio terror bombings and the kidnapping and murder of Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro.
They created documents outlining imaginary transactions and sent them to CIA headquarters in Rome. SISMI chief Nicolo Pollari took the reports directly to the White House, where Cheney asked friends within the CIA and Department of Energy — part of a covert working team that included arms smuggler Victor Bout — to prepare reports citing the severity of the threat posed by these known forged reports.
DEEP BACKGROUND
Molten plutonium
A US Army intelligence group working within Israel, headed by Colonel James Hanke, had discovered that the nuclear weapons facility at Dimona had suffered a catastrophic accident between 1988 and 1990. Israel’s nuclear weapons inventory could no longer be maintained and expanded from domestically-produced weapons-grade nuclear material.
Israel’s complicity was proven when, according to sources within the IAEA and Able Danger team, a combined operation between the US Department of Defense and Department of Justice, initially headed by FBI Agent John O’Neill, had discovered discrepancies in the US nuclear weapons inventory.
It was not just 350 missing nuclear pits, but fully one-third of America’s post SALT II (Strategic Arms Limitations Talks) inventory. The records of our nuclear weapons inventory had been systematically sabotaged to hide this attack on America’s weapons inventory, or so they thought.
Able Danger established the presence of an espionage organization in the United States that was answerable personally to Benjamin Netanyahu. The organization included the then head of the Dept. of Energy, the AIPAC Lobby, the Anti-Defamation League, key commanders of America’s nuclear forces, the Joint Special Operations command under VP Dick Cheney, and members of the International Atomic Energy Agency, a UN organization.
Their investigation had tied corrupt officials at the highest levels of the US Department of Energy to the leak of classified nuclear “pit” configuration data and altering records of decommissioned nuclear weapons. Three hundred fifty W54 nuclear warheads were missing from inventories at the Pantex nuclear facility in Amarillo, Texas.
An investigation team led by Roland Carnaby, the CIA agent killed in a mysterious shooting in 2008, discovered that the missing “pits” had been stolen and taken to a nearby meatpacking facility, where they were sorted using leaked DOE data in order to allow them to be safely melted down and reconfigured to replace the depleted Israeli stockpile.
Investigators from the DOE and IAEA confirm that weapons from this stolen stockpile were used in the demolition of the World Trade Center on 9/11/2001 — nuclear “pits” originally produced at the Hanford DOE facility in Washington.
This information was part of the highly classified 2003 9/11 report given to congressional and White House leaders only and later leaked by Russian Naval Intelligence, believed to have been among a trove of documents received from Edward Snowden.
In March 2013, a group of business executives meeting in Tulsa, Oklahoma, received a briefing on the 2003 “Nuclear 9/11” report as part of a “Threat Assessment Conference” where VT staff were among the presenters. The briefing also included a version of the now-famous “Shrimpton nuclear scare” story, confirming the recovery of a missing nuclear weapon somewhere in the EU in 2012.
This was the biggest collection of private jets ever to grace Oklahoma.
9/11 AND AFTERMATH
Leaked documents on the Able Danger investigation, received in September 2014 revealed that most investigation functions had ended in 1998 at the request of President Clinton, then under impeachment threat tied to his relationship with Monica Lewinsky, in a reputed Mossad “honey trap.”
It was Clinton’s gutting of Able Danger that may well have made 9/11 possible, leaving in place Israeli and Saudi teams, the Cheney/Bout organization and the AIPAC intel coordinators.
Investigative chief and FBI Special Agent John O’Neill left government service and pursued leads until his untimely death during the 9/11 “event”. According to a 2005 report, thirty-five of the Able Danger investigators were also killed on 9/11, when the Pentagon office they were called to for an emergency briefing by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Myer, (who did not show up for the meeting and did not die, a lucky day for him) was demolished by an airliner, though little or no physical evidence of such a happenstance exists. (Myer took over the JCOS before 9/11 but was confirmed afterward. Prior to 9/11, it was Myer that facilitated the destruction of nuclear weapon records while heading the Pentagon’s nuclear accounting group.
After 1998, the FBI investigation team was divided into two units under the supervision of Special Agent Mike Dick; one team was tracking arms dealer Victor Bout, and was coordinated with IAEA investigators. The second unit investigated the theft of the “pit matching” documents and centered on the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee, AIPAC, eventually leading to the arrest of leaders of that group.
Charges were later dropped when the White House refused to turn over required evidence, and Attorney General John Ashcroft, one of the key planners of the CIA torture program, ordered an end to the investigation. Witness statements included testimony indicating White House officials had passed key nuclear secrets to Israeli embassy representatives at a Washington cocktail party in the presence of both Paul Wolfowitz and Condoleezza Rice.
The second unit, assisted by CIA agent Roland Carnaby, followed the theft of nuclear weapons from the sorting facility near Amarillo to a fertilizer plant outside Waco, Texas. In April 2014, as Snowden reputedly handed Able Danger documents to Russian intelligence, the plant where the nuclear weapons were stored, the West Fertilizer Plant, was destroyed in a massive explosion, killing 15.
The entire operation was run by Victor Bout, working directly for the office of the Vice President of the United States, according to private sources with access to the Plame/Siddiqui investigation.
The nuclear pits had been moved by truck to the Port of Houston, where they had been placed on ships and transferred to the Canary Islands and later to Mauritania. The weapons were, according to Able Danger documents, stored at a mine controlled by former South African Prime Minister De Klerk inside a region controlled by the rebel Polisario Front. From there, weapons were sold to Taiwan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and other nations, along with restocking Israel.
Other weapons were set aside for use by intelligence agencies. IAEA sources report weapons from Hanford/Pantex were used for the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, at the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia in 1996, the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001, and the Bali bombing in 2005. The IAEA confirms up to 50 nuclear weapons have been used surreptitiously since 1945, often in configurations that minimize blast and radiation.
THE CIA’S FORGOTTEN CHILDREN
There are strange parallels in the story of two accused “Al Qaeda” operatives. While the general public thinks of Al Qaeda as a terror group, in truth, according to Able Danger documents, Al Qaeda is a joint operational sector of Saudi, Israeli and US intelligence. This dirty little secret has compromised American security greatly, due to the blackmailing position both of these countries have had over the US.
Two of the major “terror figures” of Al Qaeda, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui and Osama bin Laden, have been confirmed, at the highest levels, to be CIA operatives. After 9/11 both fled… Dr. Aafia to Karachi and bin Laden, who had recently received kidney treatments at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, where members of congress and top VIPs receive their care, to Tora Bora.
Bin Laden died of complications from advanced kidney disease on December 13, 2001, after denying any involvement in 9/11 and advising those concerned to “look closer to home” (CIA FOIA Press Release dated 24 September, 2001.)
The curious story of Bin Laden and his second “death” in Pakistan is similar to that of Aafia Siddiqui with her reputed murderous attack on her CIA captors during a waterboarding session at Bagram Air Force Base.
Prior to the release of the recent and highly controversial CIA torture report, the reputed actual “re-killer” of bin Laden came forward. The story, as we are told, has an aging bin Laden in the upper floor of a home in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Bin Laden is said to have leaped to his feet, grasping an AK47 in one hand while holding a hostage in another. While standing on a bed, bin Laden is brought down in a hail of gunfire, like something out of a cowboy film.
The Aafia story is if anything worse.
We are told Dr. Aafia, confined to a wheelchair, in this case “literally” held down by handcuff “tie raps”, was brought in for a waterboarding session. The US Air Force facility had been hosting summary execution and torture sessions for Aafia and other prisoners for years. Aafia had been raped repeatedly. She was down to 80 pounds and unable to walk.
There the story, an analog of the bin Laden tale, gets more bizarre. Dr. Aafia is said to have broken her tie wraps, listed as “ISO 527-1:2012 standard,” in a fit of rage. There were five men in the room, most over 200 pounds, four of whom were “special operations trained”, including one US Navy Seal, one CIA agent and two FBI agents. The fifth member was a “translator,” please pay attention as this will be an important point.
The crippled 80-pound torture and rape victim is reputed to have knocked all four men to the ground, seizing an M4 carbine from one of them. According to transcripts, in order to save the lives of the four “terror war-fighters”, the “translator”, using his weapon shot Dr. Aafia in the abdomen.
This is the crime Dr. Aafia was convicted of, not terrorism but resisting torture. Now here comes the most curious part of all. Dr. Aafia lived in the United States for 11 years, the wife of a Boston anesthesiologist. Aafia taught at MIT, where she received her doctorate in microbiology before joining the CIA.
Aafia had spoken English all her life, published in English and taught in English at one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Why did she need a translator? You just can’t make this stuff up… or can you?
Background articles:
1) veteranstoday.com/2014/05/20/too-classified-to-publish-bush-nuclear-piracy-exposed/
2) veteranstoday.com/2014/05/20/nuke-cancer-from-911-revealed/
3) veteranstoday.com/2014/05/21/doc-submitted-by-russian-intel/
4) veteranstoday.com/2014/05/22/constructing-the-nuclear-child/
5) www.veteranstoday.com/2014/05/31/vt-nuclear-education-series/
6) veteranstoday.com/2014/06/01/nuclear-education-series-dimona-classified/
7) veteranstoday.com/2014/06/01/vt-nuclear-terrorism-education-series/
8) veteranstoday.com/2014/06/02/vt-nuclear-education-undeniable-proof-of-911-as-a-nuclear-event/
9) veteranstoday.com/2014/06/18/vt-nuclear-education-as-the-hammer-drops/
10) veteranstoday.com/2014/06/24/vt-nuclear-education-mossadn-korea-links-mox/
11) veteranstoday.com/2014/06/24/nuclear-roundtable-americas-nuclear-arsenal/
12) veteranstoday.com/2014/07/07/officials-site-thermo-nuke-in-911-demo/
13) veteranstoday.com/2014/07/08/vt-nuclear-education-fission-based-thermobaric-weapons/
Additional supporting material on 9/11, nuclear physics and disclosure issues:


veteranstoday--2020-11-07--GOP Computer Vote Fraud Failed, Overwhelmed by Unexpected Massive Mail Balloting

“ ENEMIES OF THE STATE ” – OR PERSONAL GRUDGES ?
Discovery of illegal death squads supposedly meant to target terrorists overseas unwraps only one level of Cheney lies .
Nearly a dozen Congressionally authorized covert forces hunted Al Quaeda leaders with full “ kill ” authority and considerable success .
Cheney ’ s death squad may have had successes , ones we will never admit .
Mike Connell worked for Karl Rove as a “ consultant ” on electronic voting .
He was being forced to testify in a lawsuit against former Ohio Sec .
of State Ken Blackwell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ohio election .
Connell had cancelled two flights in his private plane because of sabatoge fears and asked for police protection .
He claimed Karl Rove had planned his murder .
He was capable of , not only invalidating one , perhaps two presidential elections but jailing a dozen top officials with his testimony .
Connell was a CIA contractor on “ foreign elections ” and worked , at the behest of the Republican Party , for Congress .
The lawsuit he was being forced to testify in claimed the 2004 election was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ done thru hacking machines poorly protected or sold to states by CIA contractor Diebold and others .
Both Florida and Ohio were under active investigation for these violations .
Asking USAF Lt. Col. Stephen Avery ( ret ) , long time “ black ops ” pilot if Connell ’ s crash could have been murder , Avery described a method of using a van to override IFR glide path signals .
“ They park the van , crank up a more powerful signal , run the plane into the ground and drive away.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ died this way and have been political opponents of Cheney and Rove is considerable .
The US spends billions each year on elite military units backed up by Predator aircraft .
These units can spot and kill any individual anywhere in the world .
Army Special Forces , Rangers , Navy Seals , Marine Force Recon and other less well known but equally deadly groups are currently deployed around the world and have been for decades .
Typical operations of these units are featured in the TV show , The Unit .
CIA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ local forces and are not properly trained or coordinated for the types of operations claimed in the Cheney cover story .
The CIA , however , is extremely well trained at crashing planes , trains , cars and causing falls on stairs , mysterious heart attacks , cancer or other forms of death , many of which are utterly undetectable .
Many millions of dollars have been spent creating these capabilities .
If the CIA were to kill a major terrorist leader , it would be an embarassment to our armed forces .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ world doesn ’ t need support from kids recruited on college campuses .
WHY LIE TO CONGRESS OVER TOTALLY LEGAL ACTS ?
With no reason to use the CIA or a “ CIA analog ” as with the Ollie North ’ s “ guns for cocaine ” operation that led to his overturned , on technicality , conviction , none of this makes any sense .
Let ’ s say this , “ There is the CIA and there is the CIA.
” With the majority of CIA operations performed by NOC ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CIA operations can , not only be unsanctioned and unsupervised but freely operate inside the US with impunity , only if kept secret from Congress .
Cheney had no other reason to break the law .
Only domestic killings are prohibited under our current terror guidelines .
If we can invade countries and have their leaders hanged , we can certainly legally justify attacking top terrorist leader without needing to subvert our Constitution .
The “ real ” CIA could have figured out a better lie .
Cheney should have called them .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ MURDER ?
An editorial in today ’ s New York Times describes the panic that led Bush and Cheney to break dozens of laws , at times with disastrous consequences , in an illegal ‘ power grab.
’ Phony “ threat memos ” were produced by Alberto Gonzales that led to illegal and incompetent security operations that wasted resources and produced useless results .
Assuming the obvious , staying in office is the primary goal of any politician .
It is most of what they work at instead of what they are supposed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
Given the panic , utter lack of ability and mental instability of Dick Cheney , Karl Rove and George “ W ” Bush , using , not the CIA but “ CIA assets ” such as Mike Connell ’ s company and others to rig elections is now a fact accepted by many , maybe most .
Now that we do know , as an established fact , that the highly unstable and totally immoral former Vice President , facing potential indictment for , not only war crimes , but an endless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , had private killers working for him is not surprising .
The idea that , in 7 years of running such an operation , the “ Cheney hit squad ” never killed a single overseas terrorist is easy to believe .
What is hard to believe , given the facts , is that they never killed anyone or operated overseas at all .
HOW DO WE START ?
We have another TV situation here .
We are looking for the trail of a serial killer , in this case , a crazed madman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ murder in his name .
We look for patterns .
Unlike other serial killers , the one we are looking for would have killed potential blackmailers , potential witnesses , political enemies or for financial gain .
The killings would have been done by the highest trained individuals in the world , outside of Israel and Russia .
They may have had limited cooperation from law enforcement agencies and could operate with no risk of prosecution or detection , protected by the highest authorities in the country .
HOW MANY COULD HAVE DIED @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it could be a thousand .
It could include Islamic leaders or simple CIA computer geeks who got involved in rigging US elections .
It could be famous people or people we know nothing about .
The “ secret world ” is like that .
Criminals that rig elections or handle million dollar payoffs for crooked contractors in Iraq are not always public names .
Would someone that ordered torture order murder ?
Would someone who calls rape and murder “ waterboarding ” have people killed on American soil ?
Why wouldn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a serial killer in this country more pathologically insane than some of our political leaders ?
Not hardly .

WAS OHIO VOTE RIGGING GURU, MIKE CONNELL KILLED AS A TERRORIST?
“ENEMIES OF THE STATE” – OR PERSONAL GRUDGES?
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER
Discovery of illegal death squads supposedly meant to target terrorists overseas unwraps only one level of Cheney lies. Nearly a dozen Congressionally authorized covert forces hunted Al Quaeda leaders with full “kill” authority and considerable success. Cheney’s death squad may have had successes, ones we will never admit.
Mike Connell worked for Karl Rove as a “consultant” on electronic voting. He was being forced to testify in a lawsuit against former Ohio Sec. of State Ken Blackwell on electronic vote rigging in the 2004 Ohio election. Connell had cancelled two flights in his private plane because of sabatoge fears and asked for police protection. He claimed Karl Rove had planned his murder. He was capable of, not only invalidating one, perhaps two presidential elections but jailing a dozen top officials with his testimony.
Connell was a CIA contractor on “foreign elections” and worked, at the behest of the Republican Party, for Congress. The lawsuit he was being forced to testify in claimed the 2004 election was rigged through by “vote flipping” done thru hacking machines poorly protected or sold to states by CIA contractor Diebold and others. Both Florida and Ohio were under active investigation for these violations.
Asking USAF Lt. Col. Stephen Avery (ret), long time “black ops” pilot if Connell’s crash could have been murder, Avery described a method of using a van to override IFR glide path signals. “They park the van, crank up a more powerful signal, run the plane into the ground and drive away.” The number of people who have died this way and have been political opponents of Cheney and Rove is considerable.
COVER STORY A CHILDISH LIE
The US spends billions each year on elite military units backed up by Predator aircraft. These units can spot and kill any individual anywhere in the world. Army Special Forces, Rangers, Navy Seals, Marine Force Recon and other less well known but equally deadly groups are currently deployed around the world and have been for decades. Typical operations of these units are featured in the TV show, The Unit.
CIA units, more often, work with local forces and are not properly trained or coordinated for the types of operations claimed in the Cheney cover story.
The CIA, however, is extremely well trained at crashing planes, trains, cars and causing falls on stairs, mysterious heart attacks, cancer or other forms of death, many of which are utterly undetectable. Many millions of dollars have been spent creating these capabilities.
If the CIA were to kill a major terrorist leader, it would be an embarassment to our armed forces. The best trained elite military in the world doesn’t need support from kids recruited on college campuses.
WHY LIE TO CONGRESS OVER TOTALLY LEGAL ACTS?
With no reason to use the CIA or a “CIA analog” as with the Ollie North’s “guns for cocaine” operation that led to his overturned, on technicality, conviction, none of this makes any sense.
Let’s say this, “There is the CIA and there is the CIA.” With the majority of CIA operations performed by NOC (non-official cover) individuals or contractors, CIA operations can, not only be unsanctioned and unsupervised but freely operate inside the US with impunity, only if kept secret from Congress.
Cheney had no other reason to break the law. Only domestic killings are prohibited under our current terror guidelines. If we can invade countries and have their leaders hanged, we can certainly legally justify attacking top terrorist leader without needing to subvert our Constitution.
The “real” CIA could have figured out a better lie. Cheney should have called them.
CAN POLITICAL EXTREMISM TURN TO INSANITY AND MURDER?
An editorial in today’s New York Times describes the panic that led Bush and Cheney to break dozens of laws, at times with disastrous consequences, in an illegal ‘power grab.’ Phony “threat memos” were produced by Alberto Gonzales that led to illegal and incompetent security operations that wasted resources and produced useless results.
Assuming the obvious, staying in office is the primary goal of any politician. It is most of what they work at instead of what they are supposed to do. Does anyone doubt that? Given the panic, utter lack of ability and mental instability of Dick Cheney, Karl Rove and George “W” Bush, using, not the CIA but “CIA assets” such as Mike Connell’s company and others to rig elections is now a fact accepted by many, maybe most.
Now that we do know, as an established fact, that the highly unstable and totally immoral former Vice President, facing potential indictment for, not only war crimes, but an endless series of illegal acts within the US, had private killers working for him is not surprising.
The idea that, in 7 years of running such an operation, the “Cheney hit squad” never killed a single overseas terrorist is easy to believe. What is hard to believe, given the facts, is that they never killed anyone or operated overseas at all.
HOW DO WE START?
We have another TV situation here. We are looking for the trail of a serial killer, in this case, a crazed madman who was empowered to use others to murder in his name. We look for patterns.
Unlike other serial killers, the one we are looking for would have killed potential blackmailers, potential witnesses, political enemies or for financial gain.
The killings would have been done by the highest trained individuals in the world, outside of Israel and Russia. They may have had limited cooperation from law enforcement agencies and could operate with no risk of prosecution or detection, protected by the highest authorities in the country.
HOW MANY COULD HAVE DIED?
The number could be 10 or it could be a thousand. It could include Islamic leaders or simple CIA computer geeks who got involved in rigging US elections. It could be famous people or people we know nothing about. The “secret world” is like that. Criminals that rig elections or handle million dollar payoffs for crooked contractors in Iraq are not always public names.
Would someone that ordered torture order murder? Would someone who calls rape and murder “waterboarding” have people killed on American soil?
Why wouldn’t they? Have we ever caught a serial killer in this country more pathologically insane than some of our political leaders? Not hardly.


veteranstoday--2020-11-07--People of Colorado Voted to Reintroduce Gray Wolf to Southern Rocky Mountains

Apex Predator to Once Again Roam in Colorado Health Editor ’ s Note : Voting for the president was not the only issue addressed by the people of Colorado .
They had to make a decision ( Proposition 114 ) as to whether to reintroduce the gray wolf to the Southern Rocky Mountain area .
With a close vote , the election of this measure was conceded on Thursday which makes this the first time voters have been successful in getting a species introduced .
Exciting times !
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Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, College of Nursing, and received a Master’s of Nursing Science Degree as an Educator.
She has traveled extensively, is a photographer, and writes on medical issues. Carol has three children RJ, Katherine, and Stephen – one daughter-in-law; Katie – two granddaughters; Isabella Marianna and Zoe Olivia – and one grandson, Alexander Paul. She also shares her life with her husband Gordon Duff, many cats, and two rescues.


veteranstoday--2020-11-07--A Mini Loch Ness Monster? New Prehistoric Species of Marine Reptile Discovered

Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus , Ohio and received her diploma as a registered @ @ @ @ @ Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature @ @ @ @ @ of Toledo , College of Nursing , and received a Master ’ s of Nursing @ @ @ @ @ has traveled extensively , is a photographer , and writes on medical issues .
Carol @ @ @ @ @ Katherine , and Stephen – one daughter-in-law ; Katie – two granddaughters ; Isabella Marianna @ @ @ @ @ one grandson , Alexander Paul .
She also shares her life with husband Gordon Duff @ @ @ @ @ two rescue pups .