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Safety At O’Hare To Be Investigated By Fed After Near Misses
The FAA and NTSB are both going to start investigations at Chicago O’Hare International Airport over the high incidents of near misses at the airport, including two this past week.
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Shooting Aboard a Miami Flight- Air Marshall Involved
An Air Marshall shot a person on an American Airlines flight while it was on the ground. Initial reports say that the person shot announced that they had a bomb. If so, this is another sign that the precautions taken after 9/11 are working.
Radio reports say this happened in the gangway, but AP is reporting that the shooting occurred on the airplane.
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Espionage in the White House – Phillipines Spy posed as Marine
Leandro Aragoncillo, a US Marine who was assigned to the staff of Vice President Cheney has been accused of spying for an opposition group in the Phillipines. Aragoncillo is a naturalized citizen, was hired by Vice President Gore in 2000. This is a security breach, but it is thought that the majority of the documents taken were concerning internal Phillipines issues.
Officials tell ABC News the alleged spy worked undetected at the White House for almost three years. Leandro Aragoncillo, 46, was a U.S. Marine most recently assigned to the staff of Vice President Dick Cheney.
“I don’t know of a case where the vetting broke down before and resulted in a spy being in the White House,” said Richard Clarke, a former White House advisor who is now an ABC News consultant.
Federal investigators say Aragoncillo, a naturalized citizen from the Philippines, used his top secret clearance to steal classified intelligence documents from White House computers.
In 2000, Aragoncillo worked on the staff of then-Vice President Al Gore. When interviewed by Philippine television, he remarked how valued Philippine employees were at the White House.
“I think what they like most is our integrity and loyalty,” Aragoncillo said.
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According to friends, in addition to his work for Cheney and Gore, Aragoncillo claimed he also worked with President Clinton and Condoleezza Rice when she was the national security advisor.
Armed Dolphins in the Gulf Of Mexico?
This story had to be told. First shark attacks on the beach, now dolphins armed with Toxic Darts are to be feared when we are swimming?
It may be the oddest tale to emerge from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Armed dolphins, trained by the US military to shoot terrorists and pinpoint spies underwater, may be missing in the Gulf of Mexico.
Experts who have studied the US navy’s cetacean training exercises claim the 36 mammals could be carrying ‘toxic dart’ guns. Divers and surfers risk attack, they claim, from a species considered to be among the planet’s smartest. The US navy admits it has been training dolphins for military purposes, but has refused to confirm that any are missing.
$2,000 Disaster Relief Cards work at Louis Vuitton Too
When the Red Cross and FEMA distributed the $2,000 Cash Cards to Refugees from the Hurricane Katrina disaster area, it was with the intentions of providing solace and funds for people to get their lives back together. However, these cards also have been used to buy Louis Vuitton purses from the self named store at the fancy Lenox Mall, in Atlanta, Georgia.
From The New York Daily News:
Profiteering ghouls have been using debit cards distributed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina – intended to buy essentials for evacuated families – in luxury-goods stores as far away as Atlanta.
“We’ve seen three of the cards,” said a senior employee of the Louis Vuitton store at the Lenox Square Mall in affluent Buckhead, who asked not to be named. “Two I’m certain have purchased; one actually asked if she could use it in the store. This has been since Saturday.”
The distinctive white cards were distributed by the Red Cross and the Federal Emergency Management Agency and carry a value of up to $2,000.
“It doesn’t say anything on the card other than alcohol, tobacco and firearms cannot be purchased with it,” the store employee told me. “There’s nothing legally that prevents us from taking it, unfortunately. Other than morally, it’s wrong.”
The source told me that the two women who had made purchases with the card each bought a signature monogrammed Louis Vuitton handbag in the $800 range.
While this is not surprising, it does make one wonder what the criteria used to give away the cards are, and what other rediculous stories will arise from this government cash transfer?
Hattip: Doug
