June 13, 2008

A federal jury in the Northern District of Ohio has convicted three Ohio residents, Mohammad Zaki Amawi, 28, Marwan Othman El-Hindi, 45, and Wassim I. Mazloum, 27, of conspiring to commit terrorist acts against Americans overseas, including U.S. military personnel in Iraq, and other terrorism-related violations. Full release

The American Red Cross anticipates spending millions as it moves forward with relief efforts for the victims of flooding and tornadoes across seven states, an enormous geographic area. From Kansas to West Virginia, the Red Cross is present with vast amounts of clean up supplies, dozens of shelters and tens of thousands of meals. Full release

Michael J. Garcia, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michele M. Leonhart, the Acting Administrator of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), announced that international arms dealer Monzer Al Kassar, a/k/a Abu Munawar, a/k/a El Taous, arrived in New York today after being extradited from Spain on federal terrorism charges.
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Ex-Clinton White House staffer Robert Weiner appears on Radio America "Battle Line" this Saturday, 6:30 PM Eastern Time (500 cities and http://www.radioamerica.org and http://www.alannathan.com; when airs click "Listen Live", and on Nathan site starting Monday archived for six weeks), host Alan Nathan: Weiner debated Gary Alldrich, conservative, concerning the Supreme Court's Guantanamo decision supporting habeas corpus and opposing holding prisoners for as much as six years without trials. Full release

During a town hall meeting in New Hampshire yesterday, John McCain told the voters, "I am not for privatizing Social Security. I never have been. I never will be." But as a new video released by the Democratic National Committee shows, Senator McCain clearly does support privatizing Social Security. In 2004, Senator McCain said, "Without privatization, I don't see how you can possibly, over time, make sure that young Americans are able to receive Social Security benefits." In 2005 Senator McCain hit the road with President Bush to help promote the President's failed effort to promote private accounts. In fact, as recently as March 2008, McCain told the Wall Street Journal he still supports President Bush's plan and is "totally in favor of personal savings accounts."
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John McCain says he wants to bring a new transparency standard to campaigns. Yet just yesterday, after billing a campaign event as a town hall for Republicans, Independents and Democrats, Fox News revealed that the audience had been filled with campaign supporters and invited guests, not the general public. Looks like instead of offering change, all Senator McCain offers is a third Bush term of a president who only wants to hear from people who agree with him. Add to this the fact that John McCain has refused to release many of his tax records and has lobbyists running his campaign, and it's clear that Senator McCain's campaign is anything but transparent. Full release

Sen. Clinton Accused Obama Of Wanting "A $1 Trillion Tax Increase." Sen. Clinton: "I do not want to fix the problems of Social Security on the backs of middle-class families and seniors. If you lift the cap completely, that is a $1 trillion tax increase. I don't think we need to do that." (Sen. Hillary Clinton, CNN Democratic Presidential Debate, Las Vegas, NV, 11/15/07) Full release

Obama Has Proposed A Laundry List Of Tax Hikes, But Ohio Taxpayers Already Have A Large Enough Tax Burden: Obama Has Called For Higher Income Taxes, Social Security Taxes, Capital Gains And Dividend Taxes, And Corporate Taxes, As Well As "Massive New Domestic Spending." "Obama's transformation, if you go by his campaign so far, would mean higher income taxes, higher Social Security taxes, higher investment taxes, higher corporate taxes, massive new domestic spending, and a healthcare plan that perhaps could be the next step to a full-scale, single-payer system. Full release

According to Fox News, John McCain misled the voters about the nature of tonight's town hall meeting. While the event was billed by the McCain campaign as a town hall with independent and Democratic voters, Fox News noted at the end that the audience was made up of invited guests and supporters. Full release

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