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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (355318)	3/23/2010 4:17:35 PM
From: longnshort	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793846

"One saving grace for the American republic may be that most of that 40% who don't pay taxes also don't vote" well they don't go and vote, someone else votes for them. Some inner city precincts in Baltimore have 100% turn outs

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (355318)	3/23/2010 4:37:32 PM
From: John Carragher	1 Recommendation Respond to of 793846

yes, that is a problem however, we have union covered state , local federal employees that may be middle right but will vote for obama.. i expect industrial unions, teachers unions etc. Watching jack Welch this am he had the same idea.. if economy turns,jobs start coming back and of course all politics is local. I don"t think it's a slam dunk.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (355318)	3/24/2010 1:34:42 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793846

New FBI Files Alleging AIPAC Theft of Government Property and Israeli Espionage Released forbes.com WASHINGTON, March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Declassified files detailing an FBI investigation targeting the American Israel Public Affairs Committee are now available on the Internet. AIPAC was investigated after it acquired and circulated classified government information provided in strict confidence by US industry and worker groups opposed to AIPAC sponsored economic legislation. The 50 pages now available as portable document files (PDF) include: FBI reports of Israelis circulating classified documents in the US Congress, "compromising" the authority of the U.S. President. irmep.org US Trade Representative concerns that AIPAC was tactically "divulging" classified information supplied by US industries opposed to AIPAC lobbying initiatives. irmep.org Reports from the International Trade Commission that AIPAC and Israeli operatives "usurped" US government authority and that an Israeli intelligence service operative was working undercover on AIPAC's staff: irmep.org Internal Department of Justice prosecutorial opinions that "theft of government property" had occurred: irmep.org An FBI director order that the Washington Field office give the AIPAC investigation top priority after Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard was caught on video surveillance stealing classified US national defense information: irmep.org FBI special agent interviews of Israeli minister of economics Dan Halpern who claimed diplomatic immunity. Halpern admitted passing classified US documents to AIPAC but refused to name his source: irmep.org FBI special agent interviews of AIPAC's former director of legislative affairs detailing how he made copies of the classified documents for AIPAC's lobbying use after being ordered to return them to the US government. irmep.org FBI interviews of key AIPAC employees involved in handling the classified US government information (full document listing): irmep.org According to research director Grant F. Smith, the newly released files present startling new insights into AIPAC's activities in the United States. "These files, available on the Internet for the first time, reveal activities that undermined rule of law and governance. They have wrought massive economic harm to American businesses and workers. We urge all concerned Americans to carefully review and ponder the implications of these FBI files and other documents now available from the Israel Lobby Archive." The Israel Lobby Archive, irmep.org is a unit of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy in Washington. The Archive digitizes declassified documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act filings with law enforcement, economic, diplomatic and intelligence agencies. IRmep is a Washington-based nonprofit that studies U.S. Middle East policy formulation."