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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mighty_Mezz who wrote (7870)	2/13/2003 1:09:59 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 25898

Industries warned to protect against attack (Appearing before Congress yesterday, Powell said to just go ahead and live your lives and not to worry - whom should we believe?) WASHINGTON (AP) — Critical industries and key infrastructure should take steps to guard against potential terrorist attacks, including checking for possible infiltrators among employees, according to a new government warning. usatoday.com The FBI and the National Infrastructure Protection Center said in the bulletin that security routines should be varied and officials should think back to unusual incidents that might indicate they are being targeted. In addition, the bulletin said that officials should check Internet sites describing their facilities and "consider how that information might assist terrorists interested in planning an attack. Operatives will likely research potential targets extensively prior to an attack." The bulletin, issued Wednesday, also said officials should examine whether there are threats from "insider" employees who may have been sent to infiltrate their facilities. "Planning may begin months or years before an actual terrorist attack," the bulletin said. The warning was sent to companies involved in such key industries as telecommunications, heavy industrial plants, energy, banking and finance, as well as water systems, electric utilities, governments and emergency services. It is also posted on the NIPC's Web site. The bulletin is the latest in a series of warnings from the federal government since the nation was put on high alert for a possible terrorist attack last week. It coincides with Thursday's end of the holy Muslim hajj pilgrimage, which U.S. officials said was a key factor in the decision to raise the terror threat level. The bulletin also repeats warnings from the FBI and CIA that al-Qaeda and sympathizer groups may attempt to use chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapons of mass destruction. Of particular concern, the bulletin says, are so-called "dirty bombs" that are easy to make and can spew radioactive material over a large area. For those who might respond to an attack, the bulletin recommends reading the Chemical, Biological and Radiological Incident handbook that is available on the CIA Internet site.

To: Mighty_Mezz who wrote (7870)	2/13/2003 3:36:04 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25898

Suit questions Bush's war powers By David D. Haskell From the National Desk Published 2/13/2003 9:48 AM BOSTON, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- A lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston Thursday seeks to prevent President Bush from going to war against Iraq without congressional approval. A coalition including six House members, several U.S. soldiers and parents of servicemen claims only Congress has that power under the Constitution. "We have a message for President Bush today. Read the Constitution," John Bonifaz, the plaintiffs' lead attorney, said at a news conference announcing the suit. "A war against Iraq without a congressional declaration of war will be illegal and unconstitutional," he said. "It is time for the courts to intervene." The representatives joining the suit, all Democrats, are John Conyers of Michigan, Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, James McDermott of Washington, Jose Serrano of New York, Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas and Jesse Jackson Jr. of Illinois. The U.S. Attorney's office said it had no comment on the suit. The plaintiffs asked for a preliminary injunction against the president and for a hearing on their request that Bush be barred from launching a military invasion against Iraq without a congressional declaration of war. The lawsuit cites Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, which reads: "Congress shall have power... (to) declare war." The suit argues the resolution on Iraq that Congress passed in October did not declare war and unlawfully ceded the decision to Bush. The suit contends the framers of the Constitution sought to ensure that U.S. presidents would not have the power of European monarchs of the past to wage war. "The Founding Fathers did not establish an imperial presidency with war-making power," Conyers said. "The Constitution clearly reserves that for Congress." "The president is not a king," said Charles Richardson, a plaintiff whose Marine son is stationed in the Persian Gulf. "If he wants to launch a military invasion against Iraq, he must first seek a declaration of war from the United States Congress. Our Constitution demands nothing less," Richardson said. Richardson and two other plaintiffs -- Nancy Lessin and Jeffrey McKenzie -- are co-founders of Military Families Speak Out, an organization of people opposed to war against Iraq and who have family in the military. "A full and complete congressional discussion of the issues and all options must precede any move towards war," Lessin said, "because of the irreparable harm that would result." At the news conference, Lessin said she worried about her son, Joe, a Marine stationed in the Gulf. "We worry about Joe," she said. "We don't want him to be wounded or die. We don't want him to be forced to wound or kill innocent Iraqi civilians. That would kill part of him and part of us."