NEW YORK)- A New York defense lawyer was convicted on Thursday of aiding terrorism by helping a client send messages to militant followers in a case that critics say could hinder the defense of future terrorism suspects.
Lynne Stewart, 65, a feisty defender of the poor and unpopular, was accused in the closely watched case of violating an agreement made with the U.S. Justice Department to limit contact between her client, Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, and the outside world. Abdel-Rahman was convicted in 1995 of conspiring to attack U.S. targets, including the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
During the trial, prosecutors presented evidence showing that Stewart broke communications restrictions when she took written messages made by Abdel-Rahman, and delivered responses back, often hidden inside a quiche or carvel ice cream cake. Stewart's defense lawyer, on the other hand, had tried to convince the jury that Stewart had fallen prey to the irresistible charm of Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman and that she "did it all for love". In response, the Prosecution had contended that what Stewart thought was love was really "just a one time thing" adding "just look at her". Ultimately, The jury went with the prosecution's load of crap instead of the one offered by the defense lawyer.
All The News Thats Unfit To Print.
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Wednesday, February 9, 2005
Bush Advisor Rove Promoted, Battle with Cheney Over Dubya's Soul Expected
WASHINGTON -- Karl Rove, President Bush's senior political strategist, has been promoted to deputy chief of staff.
Rove will add to his portfolio the oversight of all White House policy development and coordination of the Domestic Policy Council, the National Economic Council, the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council, White House press secretary Scott McClellan said.
At the same time, Rove will continue to oversee strategy to advance his own hidden personal agenda, influence the president's agenda, and implement steps to further develop his mastery of government meat puppets.
Rove will add to his portfolio the oversight of all White House policy development and coordination of the Domestic Policy Council, the National Economic Council, the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council, White House press secretary Scott McClellan said.
At the same time, Rove will continue to oversee strategy to advance his own hidden personal agenda, influence the president's agenda, and implement steps to further develop his mastery of government meat puppets.
Get The Shizz on Post Election Iraq with Buzz Columnist Snoop Dogg
Still challenges fo' troops in Iraq
The new Iraq's first election is over week old, wit da Big Baby Bush administration promising stand wit da Iraqi muthas as they press ahead wit da democratic process, know what I'm sayin'? But da United States' future there remains uncertain as da White House faces pressure from Democratic leaders begin outline an exit strategy, know what I'm sayin'?
Whether security can be created in Iraq is probably da most serious challenge facing da country, know what I'm sayin'? While Big Baby Bush hailed da elections because they wuz relatively peaceful, 45 Iraqis wuz capped in da process n' shit. And da main reason there weren't mo' attacks wuz because much of da country wuz in "lockdown" on January 30, wit snipers stationed at polling centers, know what I'm sayin'?
In da meantime, a number of Democrats are asking when U.S. troops might start withdraw from Iraq, know what I'm sayin'? While Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, stopped short of calling fo' an actual deadline fo' bringing troops crib, tha dude be like Monday that that shiznit's time fo' da United States "figure out a way remove ourselves from there wit dignity, know what I'm sayin'? "
It ain't gonna be easy n' shit.
Amidst da political back-'n-forth among Democrats 'n Republicans reflecting on how da election may determine da United States' fate in Iraq, that shiznit is easy forget what da elections meant Iraqis themselves, know what I'm sayin'?
What we seen is a mass procession of millions of muthas who, across a psychological barrier, after 30 years of being conditioned, of not doing anything, not even thinking, they actually took a step out, voted," tha dude be like."
And I don't think da Iraqi Muthas can never go back where that shiznit wuz.
Snoop Dogg's Weekly Shizz appears each week on the Daily Buzz.
The new Iraq's first election is over week old, wit da Big Baby Bush administration promising stand wit da Iraqi muthas as they press ahead wit da democratic process, know what I'm sayin'? But da United States' future there remains uncertain as da White House faces pressure from Democratic leaders begin outline an exit strategy, know what I'm sayin'?
Whether security can be created in Iraq is probably da most serious challenge facing da country, know what I'm sayin'? While Big Baby Bush hailed da elections because they wuz relatively peaceful, 45 Iraqis wuz capped in da process n' shit. And da main reason there weren't mo' attacks wuz because much of da country wuz in "lockdown" on January 30, wit snipers stationed at polling centers, know what I'm sayin'?
In da meantime, a number of Democrats are asking when U.S. troops might start withdraw from Iraq, know what I'm sayin'? While Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, stopped short of calling fo' an actual deadline fo' bringing troops crib, tha dude be like Monday that that shiznit's time fo' da United States "figure out a way remove ourselves from there wit dignity, know what I'm sayin'? "
It ain't gonna be easy n' shit.
Amidst da political back-'n-forth among Democrats 'n Republicans reflecting on how da election may determine da United States' fate in Iraq, that shiznit is easy forget what da elections meant Iraqis themselves, know what I'm sayin'?
What we seen is a mass procession of millions of muthas who, across a psychological barrier, after 30 years of being conditioned, of not doing anything, not even thinking, they actually took a step out, voted," tha dude be like."
And I don't think da Iraqi Muthas can never go back where that shiznit wuz.
Snoop Dogg's Weekly Shizz appears each week on the Daily Buzz.
Tuesday, February 8, 2005
CNN Clarifies Remarks by Idiot News Exec. Eason Jordan
Two weeks ago at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, CNN's chief news executive, Eason Jordan, raised eyebrows when he suggested that some of the 63 journalists who have been killed in Iraq had been targeted by US troops. Although Jordan quickly tempered the remarks, a controversy has been building over them on the web. CNN has responded, issuing a statement clarifying Jordan's comments. It reads as follows:
"While the majority of the 63 journalists killed in Iraq have been killed by insurgents, the Pentagon has acknowledged that the US military on occasion has killed people who turned out to be journalists," the CNN statement said. "Mr. Jordan emphatically does not believe that the US military intended to kill journalists and now believes that the US military mistakenly identified the journalists as Iraqi civilians."
"While the majority of the 63 journalists killed in Iraq have been killed by insurgents, the Pentagon has acknowledged that the US military on occasion has killed people who turned out to be journalists," the CNN statement said. "Mr. Jordan emphatically does not believe that the US military intended to kill journalists and now believes that the US military mistakenly identified the journalists as Iraqi civilians."
Monday, February 7, 2005
Bush Swimming in Deep End with Talk of Budget
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush on Monday proposed a $2.5 trillion budget that slashes domestic programs from farm aid to housing grants for the poor, as he sought to curb budget deficits that have soared on his watch.
The plan would cut discretionary domestic spending outside national security by 0.7 percent for fiscal year 2006, in what the White House called the most austere budget proposal since the Reagan era.
Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California called the proposals "really stupid" and "something you would expect from a man with a head up his ass". Bush, told of the Pelosi comments responded "tell her to calm down, I just work here. If she's got a real problem, she can talk to Cheney".
The plan would cut discretionary domestic spending outside national security by 0.7 percent for fiscal year 2006, in what the White House called the most austere budget proposal since the Reagan era.
Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California called the proposals "really stupid" and "something you would expect from a man with a head up his ass". Bush, told of the Pelosi comments responded "tell her to calm down, I just work here. If she's got a real problem, she can talk to Cheney".
WOOHOO!! Dean on verge of becoming DNC chair
WASHINGTON: Howard Dean, the doctor, governor, and former presidential frontrunner is poised to write another chapter in his varied biography, as the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
Barring an unforeseen development, the 447 members of the DNC will elect Dean as their chairman Saturday, putting him in charging of rebuilding - and revitalizing - a political organization that finds itself at one of its lowest ebbs.
Dean did not respond to requests for interviews over the weekend. According to an unidentified Democratic spokesman, Dean is still recovering from a severe bout of laryngitis suffered during a maniacal whooping and spinning incident after finishing a distant third in the Iowa caucuses last year.
Barring an unforeseen development, the 447 members of the DNC will elect Dean as their chairman Saturday, putting him in charging of rebuilding - and revitalizing - a political organization that finds itself at one of its lowest ebbs.
Dean did not respond to requests for interviews over the weekend. According to an unidentified Democratic spokesman, Dean is still recovering from a severe bout of laryngitis suffered during a maniacal whooping and spinning incident after finishing a distant third in the Iowa caucuses last year.
Iraqi Group Releases Italian Journalist Due To Lack of Interest by Anyone
DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iraqi group which claims it is holding an Italian journalist kidnapped in Iraq said Monday it would release her soon because she was not a spy, a statement on an Islamist Web site said.
"Since it has become absolutely clear that the Italian prisoner is not involved in espionage for the infidels in Iraq, and in response to the call from the Muslim Clerics Association, we in the Jihad Organization will release the Italian prisoner in the coming days," the statement added, "besides, she couldn't cook a lick. We figured she would at least know how to make lasagna".
"Since it has become absolutely clear that the Italian prisoner is not involved in espionage for the infidels in Iraq, and in response to the call from the Muslim Clerics Association, we in the Jihad Organization will release the Italian prisoner in the coming days," the statement added, "besides, she couldn't cook a lick. We figured she would at least know how to make lasagna".
Friday, February 4, 2005
Rice to Eurotrash on Iran: "Can't We All Just Get Along"
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called on Europe to show "unity of purpose" with Washington in opposing Iran's nuclear programme.
"Diplomacy can work" in resolving tensions over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, she said after talks with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
But Iran had to show it was prepared to live up to its obligations, she said.
The EU has tried to negotiate with Tehran over its nuclear activities, but the US has urged a tougher stance. Earlier in London, Ms Rice - on her first overseas tour as US secretary of state - insisted that attacking Iran was not on the US agenda "at this point in time". But in a BBC interview to be shown on Sunday's Breakfast with Frost programme, Ms Rice had tough words for Iran, which she described as a "chief funder of terrorism". When pressed by reporters on why a tougher stance was better than providing incentives to the Iranians as the EU has tried to do, Rice swiftly responded " We will not hand out gifts or rewards to a terrorist supporting nation in an effort to get them to do what they know they must, unless they were interested in trading some Persian rugs for France, in which case we'd be willing to talk".
"Diplomacy can work" in resolving tensions over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, she said after talks with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
But Iran had to show it was prepared to live up to its obligations, she said.
The EU has tried to negotiate with Tehran over its nuclear activities, but the US has urged a tougher stance. Earlier in London, Ms Rice - on her first overseas tour as US secretary of state - insisted that attacking Iran was not on the US agenda "at this point in time". But in a BBC interview to be shown on Sunday's Breakfast with Frost programme, Ms Rice had tough words for Iran, which she described as a "chief funder of terrorism". When pressed by reporters on why a tougher stance was better than providing incentives to the Iranians as the EU has tried to do, Rice swiftly responded " We will not hand out gifts or rewards to a terrorist supporting nation in an effort to get them to do what they know they must, unless they were interested in trading some Persian rugs for France, in which case we'd be willing to talk".
Wannabe Trumps and Stewarts audition
NEW YORK - Hundreds of would-be Donald Trumps and wannabe Martha Stewarts stood in sleet and rain just a block and a dream away from Wall Street Friday, hoping to be chosen for the real estate tycoon's hit reality TV show or the imprisoned lifestyle queen's upcoming spinoff.
Trump showed up to greet them in the street and plug his hit NBC show, "The Apprentice,"and the Stewart spinoff, for which he is an executive producer. Unfortunately, Stewart could not be present at the event because of prior commitments, including plans to fold hundreds of cotton hand towels and to teach her newest prison bitch how to make a lemon meringue pie.
Trump showed up to greet them in the street and plug his hit NBC show, "The Apprentice,"and the Stewart spinoff, for which he is an executive producer. Unfortunately, Stewart could not be present at the event because of prior commitments, including plans to fold hundreds of cotton hand towels and to teach her newest prison bitch how to make a lemon meringue pie.
Wednesday, February 2, 2005
Iraqi News Coverage Changes Tune for a Day
The news from Iraq has been bleak in the past year, especially so in recent weeks as insurgents ramped up their deadly attacks on civilians and the military in an attempt to derail Sunday's elections.
But television reports took a decisively brighter turn Sunday amid optimistic preliminary turnout results. They showed that many Iraqis defied the insurgents and risked their lives to walk to polling places and cast their votes.
As such, television anchors and correspondents covering the elections reported what they rarely report: good news.
In phone interviews, anchors from NBC, ABC, CBS and CNN all described how the situation in Iraq has gotten better since their last visits, giving the impression that it might be time to look at Iraq as a cup half full, not half empty.
"An Iraqi man turned to me today and said, 'This was a good day.' That's something you don't hear too much in Baghdad, and there was a level of surprise in his voice," CNN's Anderson Cooper said. "Something changed today. I'm pissed."
"It's human nature to be happy about a happy ending," NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams said. "And if this is indeed one step on the route to a happy ending in Iraq, well, you can bet your bottom dollar that we won't be here to cover it".
Williams said there was something extraordinary about watching Iraqis "cheating death to go cast a vote." He cautioned that Iraq is still dangerous. "I still can't walk freely out in the street.And that in itself is a major story we can hype"
Dan Rather, on perhaps his last major foreign assignment as anchor of CBS Evening News before he steps down in March, said he is optimistic about Iraq.Rather spent the past week with rank-and-file Marines. According to Rather "the troops believe the Iraq campaign is doable and that this mission can and will be accomplished." Rather added "But I don't put too much stock in the words of a bunch of jingoistic baby killers. There's a good chance that the ethnic tensions will rise and we can look forward to a lengthy civil war. I just wish I could be here to report the bloodshed."
Peter Jennings of ABC News could not be reached.It has been widely reported that he was seen jumping in to the Tigris River.
But television reports took a decisively brighter turn Sunday amid optimistic preliminary turnout results. They showed that many Iraqis defied the insurgents and risked their lives to walk to polling places and cast their votes.
As such, television anchors and correspondents covering the elections reported what they rarely report: good news.
In phone interviews, anchors from NBC, ABC, CBS and CNN all described how the situation in Iraq has gotten better since their last visits, giving the impression that it might be time to look at Iraq as a cup half full, not half empty.
"An Iraqi man turned to me today and said, 'This was a good day.' That's something you don't hear too much in Baghdad, and there was a level of surprise in his voice," CNN's Anderson Cooper said. "Something changed today. I'm pissed."
"It's human nature to be happy about a happy ending," NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams said. "And if this is indeed one step on the route to a happy ending in Iraq, well, you can bet your bottom dollar that we won't be here to cover it".
Williams said there was something extraordinary about watching Iraqis "cheating death to go cast a vote." He cautioned that Iraq is still dangerous. "I still can't walk freely out in the street.And that in itself is a major story we can hype"
Dan Rather, on perhaps his last major foreign assignment as anchor of CBS Evening News before he steps down in March, said he is optimistic about Iraq.Rather spent the past week with rank-and-file Marines. According to Rather "the troops believe the Iraq campaign is doable and that this mission can and will be accomplished." Rather added "But I don't put too much stock in the words of a bunch of jingoistic baby killers. There's a good chance that the ethnic tensions will rise and we can look forward to a lengthy civil war. I just wish I could be here to report the bloodshed."
Peter Jennings of ABC News could not be reached.It has been widely reported that he was seen jumping in to the Tigris River.
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