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...scheme. While the order was supposedly not intended to give contractors “blanket immunity,” no contractors have been prosecuted in three years, even the drunk Blackwater guard who allegedly killed an Iraqi security official on Christmas Eve last year. And just yesterday the Associated Press reported that the State Department has given Blackwater personnel involved in the Sept. 16 incident immunity from prosecution.The State Department recently announced that they would install video cameras in Blackwater convoys to check up on these officers. This action is a step forward, but it is not enough; all private...
Michael E. Porter, the Lawrence University Professor, will chair the Romney campaign’s Global Competitiveness Policy Advisory Group, according to a recent press release. The group will advise Romney on a variety of issues including international trade, education, and scientific research...
...would suggest that the best way to provide an atmosphere of learning would be to include real reporters before the disaster strikes. Maybe if FEMA had established good relationships with more real reporters before the wildfires, the agency would feel confident enough to allow them to ask questions during press conferences...
...Chertoff has ordered Russ Knocke, his own lead press secretary for DHS, to go over and "assist" at FEMA. Knocke starts his new temporary job on Oct. 29. When I asked him if this whole fiasco was yet another reminder that it might be better to include real reporters in fake disasters (and not the other way around), he said, "I do recognize your perspective that there's more that we can do to increase transparency when it comes to those kinds of exercises. That point is noted. Though right now my priority is on real-world ability...
...Security taxes. (Currently only income up to $97,500 is taxed.) Clinton refused to answer the question publicly, but later approached Bowman and privately told him she'd consider an increase on those who make more than $200,000 a year. Her latter remarks were overhead by an Associated Press reporter...