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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: FJB who wrote (77226)	1/7/2010 2:28:07 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224749

Air marshals rush to stop 'dozens' of suicide attacks Telegraph (U.K.) ^ \| January 7, 2010 \| Alex Spillius telegraph.co.uk Hundreds of air marshals have been diverted onto inbound flights to the United States amid fears a dozen or more terrorists are preparing suicide missions. Officials said intelligence reports and interviews with the Nigerian accused of trying to detonate explosives on a flight to Detroit, suggested other young men had been trained by al-Qaeda-linked groups. President Barack Obama has reportedly ordered almost all the 3,200 existing air marshals, who are armed and work undercover, to be deployed to incoming flights by US airlines by Feb 1. Agents from other law enforcement agencies would be called up to fill the gaps left on domestic flights that are deemed high risk. "The rush is to get our people in place before they get theirs launched," a senior law enforcement official told ABC News. US government sources however said that no specific imminent threat had been detected. The president was last night due to detail further security measures and provide more information on mistakes by US security agencies that allowed Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to board Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas Day with explosives sewn into his underwear. Gen James Jones, the national security adviser, told USA Today that Americans would feel a "certain shock" when they read the preliminary investigation into missed clues that could have prevented the botched attack. Noting the bid to destroy the airliner carrying 289 people, and the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas in November by a Muslim army psychiatrist, Gen Jones said: "That's two strikes." He added that the president "certainly doesn't want that third strike, and neither does anybody else". Homeland Security officials said they had flagged Abdulmutallab as someone who should go through additional security screening upon landing. In a statement, the department said the alleged bomber's potential ties to extremists came up in

To: FJB who wrote (77226)	1/7/2010 2:43:41 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224749

Geithner's NY Fed told AIG to keep quiet on deals AP on Yahoo ^ \| 1/7/10 \| Daniel Wagner news.yahoo.com WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve Bank of New York pressed American International Group Inc. to withhold details of controversial deals that funneled billions in bailout money to Goldman Sachs and other banks. E-mails show lawyers representing the New York Fed asked AIG to remove the information from a draft financial disclosure. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was president of the New York Fed at the time. The deals were part of a massive rescue effort at the peak of the financial crisis. Lawmakers and others have accused Geithner's Fed of overpaying banks, including Goldman and Deutsche Bank, to cancel deals with AIG.