Sad that this Law Enforcement forum had degraded to a political hate forum. I have been a member for many years and a contributor on occasion. But the current focus has nothing to do with the groups original purpose. Bob Souza Oakland Ca police 72-99 Sent from My iPod On Jun 30, 2011, at 7:36 PM, C D Rowsell <cd2u@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > NO NO NO, we need to say a hell of a lot more about it. > > Back in the early 80’s I was handling protection for the late Peter Grace (WR > Grace Co. and the Grace Commission Report) whenever he was in CA. The reason > it was needed was because an a$$hole by the name of Bill Ayres and his > Weather Underground had created a Kidnap and Kill list of top American > corporate heads. Peter was #2 on the list. > > This inverted thinking is only going to backfire on them, unfortunately it is > going to end up hurting the US and we the people when it happens. > > > > > > From: badges-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:badges-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Christopher Karney > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 7:15 PM > To: badges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Badges 1Badge > Subject: Badges - Re: Interesting..... > > > > What did Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden have in common? > > > > They both had friends that bombed The Pentagon. > > > > > > Enough said. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jun 30, 2011, at 20:36, Charles Rahn <c.t.rahn@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This gov't of ours needs to be changed, starting with Osama Obama. I don't > care how these terrorists died, as long as they are dead. Read on: > > > > http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/30/justice-department-to-conduct-full-probe-cia-interrogations/ > > > Justice Department Launches Criminal Probe Into Deaths During CIA > Interrogations > > Published June 30, 2011 > > | FoxNews.com > > <CIA interrogation graphic.jpg> > > CIA logo over the White House building. (AP) > > The Justice Department is moving forward with criminal investigations > relating to CIA interrogations of two detainees who died in the agency's > custody. > The decision, announced Thursday by Attorney General Eric Holder, is the > result of a nearly two-year preliminary review into the Bush-era > interrogations by prosecutor John Durham. Though the secretive probe has > drawn fierce criticism from Republicans since it began, Holder reiterated > Thursday that he will not abandon it. > In a statement, Holder said the review looked mostly at "whether any > unauthorized interrogation techniques were used by CIA interrogators, and if > so, whether such techniques could constitute violations of the torture > statute or any other applicable statute." > Though the review now triggers a full investigation into two deaths, Holder > indicated Justice would drop its review of the other cases. > "Mr. Durham and his team reviewed a tremendous volume of information > pertaining to the detainees. ... Mr. Durham has advised me of the results of > his investigation, and I have accepted his recommendation to conduct a full > criminal investigation regarding the death in custody of two individuals. > Those investigations are ongoing," Holder said. "The department has > determined that an expanded criminal investigation of the remaining matters > is not warranted." > The investigation into CIA practices, first announced in August 2009, > outraged some lawmakers concerned about the precedent the Obama > administration could set by investigating the war-time actions of its > predecessor. Republican lawmakers revived calls to drop the probe altogether > after Usama bin Laden was killed in a CIA-led raid in Pakistan, claiming > Bush-era interrogations played a part in tracking him down. > Outgoing CIA Director Leon Panetta noted in a statement that, of the two > cases singled out for investigation Thursday, both "were previously reviewed > by career federal prosecutors who subsequently declined prosecution." > Still, he said "no decision" has been made about bringing criminal charges > and pledged CIA cooperation. > "The agency will, of course, continue to cooperate fully in the remaining > investigations," he said. "On this, my last day as director, I welcome the > news that the broader inquiries are behind us. " > With Panetta leaving, the Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Gen. David > Petraeus as his replacement. > Holder did not identify the two death cases that will be further > investigated. But former and current U.S. officials who requested anonymity > to discuss an ongoing investigation said Durham was looking at the deaths of > Gul Rahman and Manadel al-Jamadi. > Rahman died in the early hours of Nov. 20, 2002 after being shackled to a > cold cement wall in a secret CIA prison in northern Kabul, Afghanistan, known > as the Salt Pit. He was suspected of links to the terrorist group Al Qaeda. > Al-Jamadi died in 2003 at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The death has been > known to the public for years and a military autopsy declared al-Jamadi's > death a homicide. > The Associated Press contributed to this report. >