Assata Shakur
CINDY SHEEHAN'S SOAPBOX
Friday, May 17, 2013
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Tour de Peace has One-Month Birthday! (Soapbox Podcast; May 12, 2013)
Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox
May 12, 2013
On the"One-Month Birthday" of
Tour de Peace,
Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox presents a
"Team Tour de Peace Check-in"
caller participation show.
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OR LISTEN AT 2PM (PACIFIC)
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Tour de Peace National Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Background
video:
CROSS COUNTRY
BIKE for PEACE:
Peace Mom Cindy
Sheehan Finishes First Month
of a 3,000-Mile
Cross Country 'Tour de Peace'; Began
at Son Casey's
Grave in CA & Ends in Washington D.C.
TEXAS
– Peace Mom
Cindy Sheehan has finished her first month of a 3,000-mile cross
country 'Tour
de Peace" bike ride for peace, which started April 4 in California
at the
gravesite and the birthday of her son, who was killed in Iraq nine
years ago.
This week, Cindy left California, Arizona and
New Mexico
behind her and headed into Texas, where she held her peace vigil
outside
President George W. Bush's Texas ranch to protest the Iraq War.
Thursday (May 9), Cindy and fellow riders head
into Oklahoma.
In three months she'll finish the bike ride for peace at Arlington
National Cemetery
and the White House.
WHAT: The Tour de Peace bike ride across the United
States will
follow historic Route
66 to Chicago, and other roads from there on to D.C. Bicyclers will join in for all or part of the tour, which will include public events organized by local groups along the way.
Complete route: http://tourdepeace.org/the-
66 to Chicago, and other roads from there on to D.C. Bicyclers will join in for all or part of the tour, which will include public events organized by local groups along the way.
Complete route: http://tourdepeace.org/the-
WHY: This
August
will mark 8 years since Cindy Sheehan began a widely reported
protest at
then-President George W. Bush's "ranch" in Crawford, Texas,
demanding
to know what the "noble cause" was for which Bush claimed
Americans
were dying in Iraq. Neither
Bush nor
President Obama has yet offered a justification for a global war
now in its 12th
year. The Tour de Peace
will carry with
it these demands:
- To end war
- To end immunity for U.S. war crimes
- To end suppression of our civil rights
- To end the use of fossil fuels
- To end persecution of whistleblowers
- To end partisan apathy and inaction
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Legendary Bobby Seale on the Soapbox (Podcast, May 5)
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| Bobby Now |
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| Bobby Then |
This week finds Cindy Sheehan in Asheville, NC
(speaking at a conference, taking a short break from the bike tour)
Cindy was able to catch up with one of the founders, and chairmen of the Black Panther Party, Bobby Seale.
Bobby is trying to get a movie made about his interesting (to say the least) life and comes on the Soapbox to talk about it, and his struggles.
For more information, please check out Brother Bobby's website:
RELATED:
(OBAMA SHOULD BE ON IT)
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Friday, May 3, 2013
Tour de Peace One-Month Check-In (Conference Call; Tues May 7th)
Tour de Peace Conference Call
WHEN:
Tuesday, May 7th
TIME:
7pm to 8pm Central
(8pm Eastern; 6 Mountain; 5 Pacific)
PHONE NUMBER:
218-632-0995
CONFERENCE CODE:
73223#
WHY?
Cindy Sheehan and Team Tour de Peace have been on the road, cycling for peace & justice, for ONE MONTH now.
Call into this "live Soapbox" to listen to Cindy and the Team
recount their experiences and check-in about our progress so far!
Cindy, Dan Levy and Malcolm Chaddock are still pedaling along and will be phoning in from our stop in beautiful
Groom, Texas.
Hopefully, we will also hear from past participants:
Dede Miller, Ron Toppi and Jon Gold.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CINDY/TEAM TdP, EMAIL THEM IN ADVANCE TO
CINDYSHEEHANSSOAPBOX@GMAIL.COM
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(the call will be recorded to be played on the Soapbox podcast)
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www.TourdePeace.org
The Road and Sky (TdP in New Mexico)
"When we come to the place where the road and the sky collide
Throw me over the edge and let my spirit glide
They told me I was going to have to work for a living
But all I want to do is ride
I don't care where we're going from here
Honey, you decide"
Throw me over the edge and let my spirit glide
They told me I was going to have to work for a living
But all I want to do is ride
I don't care where we're going from here
Honey, you decide"
Jackson Browne: The Road and Sky
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
I Have A Question About The NSA And 9/11
"You can do an investigation, and if you don't really want to research an area, you just don't look at it. If you don't ask them all of the questions, or you don't let them tell you the whole story, ya know... then you can write a report based on half-truths." - 9/11 Family Member, September Eleventh Advocate, "Jersey Girl" Mindy KleinbergJon Gold
5/1/2013
Updated: 5/5/2013
Hopefully, you remember the time right after 9/11. A time when we were told repeatedly that there were absolutely no warnings, and that no one had any idea something like that could happen. If not, feel free to browse the "9/11 Denials" section available at www.historycommons.org.
On May 15th, 2002, the first indication that they were aware of a threat became public. Since that time, so many more "indications" that they were aware of a threat have come to light.
On September 10th, 2001, the NSA intercepted two messages having to do with the attacks, but "the NSA will claim that they are not translated until September 12, and that even if they had been translated in time, “they gave no clues that authorities could have acted on.” One states, “the match is about to begin” and the other states, “tomorrow is zero hour.” Later reports translate the first message as, “the match begins tomorrow.”
During the Joint Congressional Inquiry into 9/11, which both Bush and Cheney asked Tom Daschle not to have, those two messages were leaked. Supposedly by Richard Shelby.
Can you guess who was enraged that the information was leaked? Here's a hint, it was Dick Cheney. According to CNN, "Vice President Dick Cheney phoned the House and Senate committee chairmen Thursday to complain about the leaks. Cheney thinks an investigation by the attorney general is a "good idea," a senior administration official told CNN." According to CBSNews, "Vice President Dick Cheney complained to lawmakers Thursday about what the administration is calling inappropriate leak of the intercepts to the press. At President Bush's direction, Cheney called Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Rep. Porter Goss, R-Fla., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, "to express the president's concerns about this inappropriate disclosure," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said."
It's interesting to note that Scooter Libby's staff were regularly reading "unvetted transcripts of National Security Agency intercepts" even though "policy makers are not supposed to have direct access to raw intelligence. The information is supposed to first be scrutinized and vetted by professional analysts in the intelligence community to ensure that the information is sound. This filtering process, which has been in place for some 50 years, is also intended to prevent intelligence from being used to service a particular political agenda." It is unclear, however, if Libby's staff were reading those transcripts before 9/11. Scooter Libby was Dick Cheney's Chief of Staff.
During the time of the 9/11 Commission, the NSA was hardly looked into according to Phil Shenon. You can read about it here, here, here, here, and here.
The 9/11 Commission was mandated to give a “full and complete accounting” of the attacks of September 11, 2001 and recommendations as to how to prevent such attacks in the future." Since they barely investigated the NSA, I think it's safe to say that they failed meeting the requirements of their mandate (reason #2,527,203).
I have several questions about the NSA and 9/11, but my big question is this… did the NSA give Cheney or anyone else in the Bush Administration information about 9/11 prior to the attacks?
I think that's a reasonable question, don't you? Especially when you consider how angry Cheney was about the leak (something you don't want us to know about at the NSA Dick?), and how the 9/11 Commission seemingly wasn't that interested in the NSA.
On Facebook, I asked author James Bamford this question, and here is what he said:
"With regard to whether NSA gave Cheney or anyone else in the Bush Administration information about 9/11 prior to the attacks, my answer is no since NSA was caught totally by surprise. The two messages, even if they were translated on 9/10, offered no clue as to what, when, or where. However, in my book, The Shadow Factory, and my PBS documentary, The Spy Factory, I show that NSA knew at least two of the terrorists were in the U.S. and failed to pass on details about them to any other agency. Had they done so, the plot might have been prevented."I responded with:
"I believe that is the myth with regards to all alphabet agencies. That they were caught totally by surprise. We don't actually know what the NSA intercepted prior to 9/11 because we haven't been allowed to see it. We know they were monitoring many of the hijackers phone calls (but we don't know what was said). Thanks for the reply!"NSA Whistleblower Thomas Drake claims that the "NSA knew a great deal about the 9/11 threats and Al Qaeda, electronically tracking various people and organizations for years."
Some related information:
Early 1999: NSA Monitoring Hears 9/11 Hijacker Names, This Information Is Not Shared with CIA or FBI
Summer 1999: NSA Intercepts More of Almihdhar’s Calls
Late Summer 1999: NSA Intercepts Calls Mentioning 9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar, Does Not Disseminate Information
December 29, 1999: NSA Tells CIA about Planned Al-Qaeda Summit Involving Future Hijackers
Early 2000-Summer 2001: NSA Intercepts Communications between 9/11 Hijackers in US and Al-Qaeda Communications Hub
(Spring 2000): NSA Does Not Inform FBI that 9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar Is in US, Reason Unclear
Early April 2000: 9/11 Hijacker Alhazmi Talks to 9/11 Facilitator in Dubai, Possibly Using Phone Monitored by NSA
Summer 2000: NSA Continues to Intercept Calls between 9/11 Hijackers and Yemen Communications Hub
Mid-October 2000-Summer 2001: NSA Intercepts Calls between Hijacker in US and Al-Qaeda Communications Hub
May 2001: NSA Analyst Warns of Terrorist Planes into Buildings Plot; But Described as ‘Obsessed’ By Superiors
May-July 2001: NSA Picks Up Word of ‘Imminent Terrorist Attacks’
Here's a movie I made that relates to this...
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