From 7/29/1958 ( NASA formed ) To 2/13/2001 ( International Terrorist Organization against the U.S. federal government that is Microsoft-Corbis actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 15540 days
15540 = 7770 + 7770
From 3/4/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birth date UK ) To 6/11/1980 ( International Terrorist against the U.S. federal government and cowardly violent criminal that is Steve Ballmer a.k.a. "Doughboy" leader at Microsoft Corporation a violent criminal enterprise and instigator of insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government and U.S.A. allies ) is 7770 days
From 7/13/1940 ( date hijacked from me:actor Patrick Stewart central figure "Star Trek: The Next Generation" franchise as "Captain Picard" and starring role 1998 film "Safe House" ) To 2/13/2001 ( International Terrorist Organization against the U.S. federal government that is Microsoft-Corbis actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 22130 days
22130 = 11065 + 11065
From 3/4/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birth date UK ) To 6/19/1989 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Batman" ) is 11065 days
From 6/9/1961 ( date hijacked from me:actor Michael J. Fox starring role in "Back To The Future" franchise as time-traveler "Marty McFly" and as "Dr. Benjamin Stone" in 1991 film "Doc Hollywood" ) To 4/12/1981 ( date hijacked from me:I was the commander aboard the STS-1 Columbia spacecraft as Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan U.S. Navy ) is 7247 days
From 4/12/1981 ( date hijacked from me:I was the commander aboard the STS-1 Columbia spacecraft as Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan U.S. Navy ) To 2/13/2001 ( International Terrorist Organization against the U.S. federal government that is Microsoft-Corbis actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 7247 days
From 11/16/1984 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Night of the Comet" & premiere US film "A Nightmare on Elm Street" & premiere US film "Missing In Action" ) To 2/13/2001 ( International Terrorist Organization against the U.S. federal government that is Microsoft-Corbis actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 5933 days
'59-33' ( date hijacked from me:my birth date US )
From 5/1/1982 ( date hijacked from me:my graduation and commissioning U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1982 as Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan U.S. Navy ) To 2/13/2001 ( International Terrorist Organization against the U.S. federal government that is Microsoft-Corbis actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 6863 days
From 7/16/1963 ( another threat sent to me against my wife ) To 4/30/1982 ( date hijacked from me:my graduation and commissioning U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1982 as Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan U.S. Navy ) is 6863 days
From 3/28/1999 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US TV series "Futurama"::series premiere episode "Space Pilot 3000" ) To 3/6/2000 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Mission To Mars" ) is 344 days
From 3/6/2000 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Mission To Mars" ) To 2/13/2001 ( International Terrorist Organization against the U.S. federal government that is Microsoft-Corbis actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 344 days
From 3/26/1989 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US TV series "Quantum Leap"::series premiere episode "Genesis" features central figure "Dr. Sam Beckett" as time-dimension machine inventor and time-dimension traveler ) To 3/6/1995 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Outbreak" ) is 2171 days
From 3/6/1995 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Outbreak" ) To 2/13/2001 ( International Terrorist Organization against the U.S. federal government that is Microsoft-Corbis actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 2171 days
From 9/19/1989 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US TV series "Doogie Howser, M.D." features central figure "Dr. Douglas "Doogie" Howser" ) To 2/13/2001 ( International Terrorist Organization against the U.S. federal government that is Microsoft-Corbis actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 4165 days
From 7/16/1963 ( another threat sent to me against my wife ) To 12/10/1974 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "The Towering Inferno" ) is 4165 days
From 4/14/1977 ( date hijacked from me:I returned to Earth after successfully diverting the comet in the outer solar system ) to 2/13/2001 ( International Terrorist Organization against the U.S. federal government that is Microsoft-Corbis actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is: 8706 days
From 7/16/1963 ( another threat sent to me against my wife ) to 5/17/1987 ( I survived the attack on my location onboard USS Stark FFG-31 while many other U.S. Navy sailors did not during World War 3 violent hostilities against the U.S. federal government by Microsoft-George Bush-Communist ) is: 8706 days
From 4/18/1988 ( Operation Praying Mantis:I was onboard U.S. Navy warship USS Wainwright CG-28 when it evaded a Harpoon missile from hostile forces but 2 U.S Marine Corps aviators attached to USS Wainwright CG-28 killed this day ) To 9/16/1994 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Timecop" & premiere US film "Blue Sky" & premiere US film "Princess Caraboo" starring my wife as "Princess Caraboo" ) is 2342 days
From 9/16/1994 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Timecop" & premiere US film "Blue Sky" & premiere US film "Princess Caraboo" starring my wife as "Princess Caraboo" ) To 2/13/2001 ( International Terrorist Organization against the U.S. federal government that is Microsoft-Corbis actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 2342 days
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20010206&slug=windows06
Tuesday, February 6, 2001
Microsoft's own Generation X: Windows XP, Office XP new names for upgrades
By Brier Dudley
Seattle Times technology reporter
Microsoft is trying to jazz up the names of its flagship Windows and Office products, calling upcoming versions Windows XP and Office XP rather than naming them by the year of their release.
Company officials said XP is short for experience and highlights the experience they hope computer users will enjoy with the new software.
Microsoft did not say who came up with the XP tagline, but several corporate naming experts said it works fairly well.
A new name was appropriate for software that's part of a strategy to create a seamless computing environment in which computers, mobile phones and other devices easily exchange information, Chairman Bill Gates said in an e-mail to his executive staff over the weekend.
Both Windows XP and Office XP are expected to be previewed next Tuesday at Seattle's Experience Music Project rock museum, but won't be available to consumers until later in the year.
Office XP is scheduled for release by July, and Windows XP is to be released by year-end.
Less clear was where the name XP came from.
Spokeswoman Erin Brewer said "senior people in both Office and Windows" were involved, along with Gates and Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer.
The suggestive Jimi Hendrix song "Are You Experienced" won't be used to sell Microsoft's new software the way the Rolling Stones' "Start Me Up" was used to launch Windows 95. Speculation about the music was prompted, in part, because the new software will be unveiled next Tuesday at the Experience Music Project, at Seattle Center, the rock 'n' roll museum showcasing some of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's Hendrix memorabilia.
From 7/14/2000 ( premiere US film "X-Men" ) To 10/23/2001 ( International War Criminal against the U.S. federal government and cowardly violent criminal that is Richard Bruce Cheney a.k.a. "Colonel Nakesh" and a.k.a. "Fat Man" and a.k.a. "Broke Back Dick" actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 466 days
From 10/23/2001 ( International War Criminal against the U.S. federal government and cowardly violent criminal that is Richard Bruce Cheney a.k.a. "Colonel Nakesh" and a.k.a. "Fat Man" and a.k.a. "Broke Back Dick" actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) To 2/1/2003 ( U.S. space shuttle Columbia destroyed during landing killing all U.S. and foreign national astronauts aboard Columbia spacecraft and as an act of sabotage by Microsoft-Corbis because I was the first commander of U.S. space shuttle Columbia ) is 466 days
From 10/23/2001 ( International War Criminal against the U.S. federal government and cowardly violent criminal that is Richard Bruce Cheney a.k.a. "Colonel Nakesh" and a.k.a. "Fat Man" and a.k.a. "Broke Back Dick" actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) To 8/29/2007 ( U.S. Air Force nuclear weapons incident ) is 2136 days
From 7/16/1963 ( another threat sent to me against my wife ) To 5/21/1969 ( date hijacked from me:I am Princeton University Medical Doctor degree graduate ) is 2136 days
From 5/31/1930 ( actor Clint Eastwood ) To 10/23/2001 ( International War Criminal against the U.S. federal government and cowardly violent criminal that is Richard Bruce Cheney a.k.a. "Colonel Nakesh" and a.k.a. "Fat Man" and a.k.a. "Broke Back Dick" actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 26078 days
26078 = 13039 + 13039
From 7/16/1963 ( another threat sent to me against my wife ) To 3/28/1999 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US TV series "Futurama"::series premiere episode "Space Pilot 3000" ) is 13039 days
From 2/26/1993 ( the first World Trade Center bombing by Microsoft-Corbis ) To 10/23/2001 ( International War Criminal against the U.S. federal government and cowardly violent criminal that is Richard Bruce Cheney a.k.a. "Colonel Nakesh" and a.k.a. "Fat Man" and a.k.a. "Broke Back Dick" actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 3161 days
From 3/3/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birth date US ) to 10/28/1967 ( actress Julia Roberts ) is: 3161 days
From 2/8/1976 ( premiere US film "Taxi Driver" ) To 10/23/2001 ( International War Criminal against the U.S. federal government and cowardly violent criminal that is Richard Bruce Cheney a.k.a. "Colonel Nakesh" and a.k.a. "Fat Man" and a.k.a. "Broke Back Dick" actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 9389 days
From 3/4/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birth date UK ) To 11/16/1984 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Night of the Comet" & premiere US film "A Nightmare on Elm Street" & premiere US film "Missing In Action" ) is 9389 days
From 6/19/1968 ( date hijacked from me:my 1st Medal of Honor and I am U.S. military fighter jet ace during Vietnam War ) To 10/23/2001 ( International War Criminal against the U.S. federal government and cowardly violent criminal that is Richard Bruce Cheney a.k.a. "Colonel Nakesh" and a.k.a. "Fat Man" and a.k.a. "Broke Back Dick" actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 12179 days
From 7/16/1963 ( another threat sent to me against my wife ) To 11/18/1996 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Star Trek: First Contact" ) is 12179 days
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32133816/ns/politics-the_new_york_times/
By Mark Mazzetti and David Johnston
updated 7:01 p.m. PT, Fri., July 24, 2009
WASHINGTON - Top Bush administration officials in 2002 debated testing the Constitution by sending American troops into the suburbs of Buffalo to arrest a group of men suspected of plotting with Al Qaeda, according to former administration officials.
Some of the advisers to President George W. Bush, including Vice President Dick Cheney, argued that a president had the power to use the military on domestic soil to sweep up the terrorism suspects, who came to be known as the Lackawanna Six, and declare them enemy combatants.
Mr. Bush ultimately decided against the proposal to use military force.
A decision to dispatch troops into the streets to make arrests would be nearly unprecedented in American history, as both the Constitution and subsequent laws restrict the military from being used to conduct domestic raids and seize property.
The Fourth Amendment bans “unreasonable” searches and seizures without probable cause. And the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 generally prohibits the military from acting in a law enforcement capacity.
In the discussions, Mr. Cheney and others cited an Oct. 23, 2001, memorandum from the Justice Department that, using a broad interpretation of presidential authority, argued that the domestic use of the military against Al Qaeda would be legal because it served a national security, rather than a law enforcement, purpose.
“The president has ample constitutional and statutory authority to deploy the military against international or foreign terrorists operating within the United States,” the memorandum said.
Memo declassified
The memorandum — written by the lawyers John C. Yoo and Robert J. Delahunty — was directed to Alberto R. Gonzales, then the White House counsel, who had asked the department about a president’s authority to use the military to combat terrorist activities in the United States.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/25/us/25detain.html
Bush Weighed Using Military in Arrests Sign in to Recommend
By MARK MAZZETTI and DAVID JOHNSTON
Published: July 24, 2009
WASHINGTON — Top Bush administration officials in 2002 debated testing the Constitution by sending American troops into the suburbs of Buffalo to arrest a group of men suspected of plotting with Al Qaeda, according to former administration officials.
Some of the advisers to President George W. Bush, including Vice President Dick Cheney, argued that a president had the power to use the military on domestic soil to sweep up the terrorism suspects, who came to be known as the Lackawanna Six, and declare them enemy combatants.
Mr. Bush ultimately decided against the proposal to use military force.
A decision to dispatch troops into the streets to make arrests has few precedents in American history, as both the Constitution and subsequent laws restrict the military from being used to conduct domestic raids and seize property.
The Fourth Amendment bans “unreasonable” searches and seizures without probable cause. And the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 generally prohibits the military from acting in a law enforcement capacity.
In the discussions, Mr. Cheney and others cited an Oct. 23, 2001, memorandum from the Justice Department that, using a broad interpretation of presidential authority, argued that the domestic use of the military against Al Qaeda would be legal because it served a national security, rather than a law enforcement, purpose.
“The president has ample constitutional and statutory authority to deploy the military against international or foreign terrorists operating within the United States,” the memorandum said.
The memorandum — written by the lawyers John C. Yoo and Robert J. Delahunty — was directed to Alberto R. Gonzales, then the White House counsel, who had asked the department about a president’s authority to use the military to combat terrorist activities in the United States.
http://frwebgate3.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=77189413555+0+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 115--TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES
Sec. 2381. Treason
Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
[ International War Criminal against the U.S. federal government and cowardly violent criminal that is George Bush a.k.a. "Squealer" a.k.a. "Gay-dar" and a.k.a. "Monkey Face" & International Terrorist Organization against the U.S. federal government that is Microsoft-Corbis actively instigate insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government with all International War Criminal against the U.S. federal government and cowardly violent criminal that is George Bush a.k.a. "Squealer" a.k.a. "Gay-dar" and a.k.a. "Monkey Face" & International Terrorist Organization against the U.S. federal government that is Microsoft-Corbis partners contributors staff employees lawyers managers of any capacity as severely treasonous criminal accomplices and that are active unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages, or rebellion against the authority of the United States that actively make it impracticable to enforce the laws of the United States in the United States and in the Severely Treasonous and Criminally Rebellious State of Washington by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings ]
http://www.cswap.com/2000/Space_Cowboys/cap/en/25fps/a/01_35
Space Cowboys
1:35:16
You picked a hell of a time
for a confession, general.
1:35:19
Those are our boys up there.
1:35:21
And that is a treaty violation.
A goddamn big one.
1:35:26
You bastard.
1:35:27
Bob, you don't know how touched I am
that you're worried about our safety.
1:35:32
Why don't you ask your friend
the general...
1:35:35
...how my guidance system from
Skylab got aboard this six-gun?
1:35:41
It was stolen by the KGB...
1:35:44
...from Mr.Gerson's personal files.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0186566/
Space Cowboys (2000)
Release Date: 4 August 2000 (USA)
Plot: When a retired engineer is called upon to rescue a failing satellite, he insists that his equally old teammates accompany him into space.
Clint Eastwood ... Frank Corvin
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0584449/quotes
Memorable quotes for
"Futurama"
Space Pilot 3000 (1999)
Professor Hubert Farnsworth: Would you three by chance be interested in joining my new spaceship crew?
Bender: New crew? Well, what happened to the old crew?
Professor Hubert Farnsworth: Oh, those poor sons of bi... But that's not important.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-107
STS-107
STS-107 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Columbia, launched January 16, 2003.
Crew
Rick D. Husband (2), Commander
William C. McCool (1), Pilot
David M. Brown (1), Mission Specialist
Kalpana Chawla (2), Flight Engineer
Michael P. Anderson (2), Payload Commander
Laurel B. Clark (1), Mission Specialist
Ilan Ramon (1), Payload Specialist - res. col. Israeli Air Force
( ) indicates number of spaceflights in which each crew member was involved.
http://www.cswap.com/1997/Conspiracy_Theory/cap/en/25fps/a/00_18
Conspiracy Theory
:18:58
I don't see the connection.
:19:00
come on! Six major earthquakes
in 3 1 /2 years and the space shuttle. . .
:19:05
. . .in orbit for every one.
Don't you think it's strange?
:19:08
Testing some top secret
seismic weapon?
:19:10
Not testing. Using.
Nukes are passé. We're talking. . .
:19:14
. . .the weapon of the future.
:19:16
What's it got to do with the President?
:19:18
The President's in Europe at the moment.
Tomorrow he'll be. . .
:19:23
. . .in Turkey,
right here along this fault line.
:19:26
And they sent up
a space shuttle yesterday.
:19:28
Motive?
:19:30
How about $50 billion?
How's that for a motive?
:19:34
Here, let me get that.
:19:36
The President's cutting funding to NASA,
the milk cow of the aerospace industry.
:19:41
So you're saying that NASA's going to
kill the President with an earthquake?
:19:46
-Do you still ride?
-Not for years.
:19:48
Why do you keep the picture of you?
kind of wish you hadn't quit?
:19:52
The earthquake.
:19:53
Not exactly the kind of thing. . .
:19:55
. . .a Secret Service agent can
just throw himself on top of, is it?
[ International War Criminal against the U.S. federal government and cowardly violent criminal that is George Bush a.k.a. "Squealer" a.k.a. "Gay-dar" and a.k.a. "Monkey Face" & International Terrorist Organization against the U.S. federal government that is Microsoft-Corbis actively instigate insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government with all International War Criminal against the U.S. federal government and cowardly violent criminal that is George Bush a.k.a. "Squealer" a.k.a. "Gay-dar" and a.k.a. "Monkey Face" & International Terrorist Organization against the U.S. federal government that is Microsoft-Corbis partners contributors staff employees lawyers managers of any capacity as severely treasonous criminal accomplices and that are active unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages, or rebellion against the authority of the United States that actively make it impracticable to enforce the laws of the United States in the United States and in the Severely Treasonous and Criminally Rebellious State of Washington by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings ]
From 7/14/2000 ( premiere US film "X-Men" ) To 10/23/2001 ( International War Criminal against the U.S. federal government and cowardly violent criminal that is Richard Bruce Cheney a.k.a. "Colonel Nakesh" and a.k.a. "Fat Man" and a.k.a. "Broke Back Dick" actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 466 days
From 10/23/2001 ( International War Criminal against the U.S. federal government and cowardly violent criminal that is Richard Bruce Cheney a.k.a. "Colonel Nakesh" and a.k.a. "Fat Man" and a.k.a. "Broke Back Dick" actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) To 2/1/2003 ( U.S. space shuttle Columbia destroyed during landing killing all U.S. and foreign national astronauts aboard Columbia spacecraft and as an act of sabotage by Microsoft-Corbis because I was the first commander of U.S. space shuttle Columbia ) is 466 days
From 10/23/2001 ( International War Criminal against the U.S. federal government and cowardly violent criminal that is Richard Bruce Cheney a.k.a. "Colonel Nakesh" and a.k.a. "Fat Man" and a.k.a. "Broke Back Dick" actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) To 8/29/2007 ( U.S. Air Force nuclear weapons incident ) is 2136 days
From 7/16/1963 ( another threat sent to me against my wife ) To 5/21/1969 ( date hijacked from me:I am Princeton University Medical Doctor degree graduate ) is 2136 days
From 5/31/1930 ( actor Clint Eastwood ) To 10/23/2001 ( International War Criminal against the U.S. federal government and cowardly violent criminal that is Richard Bruce Cheney a.k.a. "Colonel Nakesh" and a.k.a. "Fat Man" and a.k.a. "Broke Back Dick" actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 26078 days
26078 = 13039 + 13039
From 7/16/1963 ( another threat sent to me against my wife ) To 3/28/1999 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US TV series "Futurama"::series premiere episode "Space Pilot 3000" ) is 13039 days
From 2/26/1993 ( the first World Trade Center bombing by Microsoft-Corbis ) To 10/23/2001 ( International War Criminal against the U.S. federal government and cowardly violent criminal that is Richard Bruce Cheney a.k.a. "Colonel Nakesh" and a.k.a. "Fat Man" and a.k.a. "Broke Back Dick" actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 3161 days
From 3/3/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birth date US ) to 10/28/1967 ( actress Julia Roberts ) is: 3161 days
From 2/8/1976 ( premiere US film "Taxi Driver" ) To 10/23/2001 ( International War Criminal against the U.S. federal government and cowardly violent criminal that is Richard Bruce Cheney a.k.a. "Colonel Nakesh" and a.k.a. "Fat Man" and a.k.a. "Broke Back Dick" actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 9389 days
From 3/4/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birth date UK ) To 11/16/1984 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Night of the Comet" & premiere US film "A Nightmare on Elm Street" & premiere US film "Missing In Action" ) is 9389 days
From 6/19/1968 ( date hijacked from me:my 1st Medal of Honor and I am U.S. military fighter jet ace during Vietnam War ) To 10/23/2001 ( International War Criminal against the U.S. federal government and cowardly violent criminal that is Richard Bruce Cheney a.k.a. "Colonel Nakesh" and a.k.a. "Fat Man" and a.k.a. "Broke Back Dick" actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 12179 days
From 7/16/1963 ( another threat sent to me against my wife ) To 11/18/1996 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Star Trek: First Contact" ) is 12179 days
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32133816/ns/politics-the_new_york_times/
By Mark Mazzetti and David Johnston
updated 7:01 p.m. PT, Fri., July 24, 2009
WASHINGTON - Top Bush administration officials in 2002 debated testing the Constitution by sending American troops into the suburbs of Buffalo to arrest a group of men suspected of plotting with Al Qaeda, according to former administration officials.
Some of the advisers to President George W. Bush, including Vice President Dick Cheney, argued that a president had the power to use the military on domestic soil to sweep up the terrorism suspects, who came to be known as the Lackawanna Six, and declare them enemy combatants.
Mr. Bush ultimately decided against the proposal to use military force.
A decision to dispatch troops into the streets to make arrests would be nearly unprecedented in American history, as both the Constitution and subsequent laws restrict the military from being used to conduct domestic raids and seize property.
The Fourth Amendment bans “unreasonable” searches and seizures without probable cause. And the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 generally prohibits the military from acting in a law enforcement capacity.
In the discussions, Mr. Cheney and others cited an Oct. 23, 2001, memorandum from the Justice Department that, using a broad interpretation of presidential authority, argued that the domestic use of the military against Al Qaeda would be legal because it served a national security, rather than a law enforcement, purpose.
“The president has ample constitutional and statutory authority to deploy the military against international or foreign terrorists operating within the United States,” the memorandum said.
Memo declassified
The memorandum — written by the lawyers John C. Yoo and Robert J. Delahunty — was directed to Alberto R. Gonzales, then the White House counsel, who had asked the department about a president’s authority to use the military to combat terrorist activities in the United States.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/25/us/25detain.html
Bush Weighed Using Military in Arrests Sign in to Recommend
By MARK MAZZETTI and DAVID JOHNSTON
Published: July 24, 2009
WASHINGTON — Top Bush administration officials in 2002 debated testing the Constitution by sending American troops into the suburbs of Buffalo to arrest a group of men suspected of plotting with Al Qaeda, according to former administration officials.
Some of the advisers to President George W. Bush, including Vice President Dick Cheney, argued that a president had the power to use the military on domestic soil to sweep up the terrorism suspects, who came to be known as the Lackawanna Six, and declare them enemy combatants.
Mr. Bush ultimately decided against the proposal to use military force.
A decision to dispatch troops into the streets to make arrests has few precedents in American history, as both the Constitution and subsequent laws restrict the military from being used to conduct domestic raids and seize property.
The Fourth Amendment bans “unreasonable” searches and seizures without probable cause. And the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 generally prohibits the military from acting in a law enforcement capacity.
In the discussions, Mr. Cheney and others cited an Oct. 23, 2001, memorandum from the Justice Department that, using a broad interpretation of presidential authority, argued that the domestic use of the military against Al Qaeda would be legal because it served a national security, rather than a law enforcement, purpose.
“The president has ample constitutional and statutory authority to deploy the military against international or foreign terrorists operating within the United States,” the memorandum said.
The memorandum — written by the lawyers John C. Yoo and Robert J. Delahunty — was directed to Alberto R. Gonzales, then the White House counsel, who had asked the department about a president’s authority to use the military to combat terrorist activities in the United States.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racket_(crime)
Racket (crime)
A racket is an illegal business, usually run as part of organized crime. Engaging in a racket is called racketeering.
Several forms of racket exist. The best-known is the protection racket, in which criminals demand money from businesses in exchange for the service of "protection" against crimes that the racketeers themselves instigate if unpaid (see extortion). A second well known example is the numbers racket, a form of illegal lottery.
Traditionally, the word racket to describe a business is based on the example of the "protection racket" and indicates that the speaker believes that the business is making money by selling a solution to a problem that it created (or that it intentionally allows to continue to exist), specifically so that continuous purchases of the solution are always needed. Example: in a protection racket, a representative from the racket informs a storeowner that a fee of X dollars will be required every month for protection money, though the "protection" that is provided comes in the form of the racket itself not causing damage to the store or its employees.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/subterfuge
subterfuge
an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.
Synonyms: deception, scheme, trick, dodge, ruse.
A deceptive stratagem or device
something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motive_(law)
Motive (law)
In law, especially criminal law, a motive is the cause that moves people to induce a certain action. Motive in itself is seldom an element of any given crime; however, the legal system typically allows motive to be proven in order to make plausible the accused's reasons for committing a crime, at least when those motives may be obscure or hard to identify with.
The law technically distinguishes between motive and intent. "Intent" in criminal law is synonymous with mens rea, which means no more than the specific mental purpose to perform a deed that is forbidden by a criminal statute, or the reckless disregard of whether the law will be violated.[citation needed] "Motive" describes instead the reasons in the accused's background and station in life that are supposed to have induced the crime.
Motive is particularly important in prosecutions for homicide. First, murder is so drastic a crime that most people recoil from the thought of being able to do it; proof of motive explains why the accused did so desperate an act.
