FBI Whistleblower Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison

(Politico) – The Obama administration’s crackdown on leaks to the press has snared a high-profile conviction of an FBI linguist, who was sentenced to 20 months in prison Monday after pleading guilty to giving classified information to a blogger.

The sentence for Shamai Leibowitz is likely to become the longest ever served by a government employee accused of passing national security secrets to a member of the media. His case represents only the third known conviction in U.S. history for a government official or contractor providing classified information to the press.

And it reflects a surprising development: President Barack Obama’s Justice Department has taken a hard line against leakers, and Obama himself has expressed anger about disclosures of national security deliberations in the press. Read entire article

MSM: One third of Americans say own govt a threat – Poll

See Also: (AP) – Poll: 4 out of 5 Americans don’t trust Washington – Read More Here

(AFP) – Nearly one out of three Americans view the US government as a “major threat” to their freedoms, and four out of five say they don’t trust Washington to solve their problems, according to a new poll out Monday.

Just 19 percent say they are “basically content” with the federal government, against 56 percent who say they are “frustrated” and 21 percent who describe themselves as “angry,” the Pew Research Center survey found. Continue reading

Video: CNN, SPLC Propaganda Connects Hutaree to Patriot Movement

(KurtNimmo) – John Avlon, author of “Wingnuts,” and the CIA operative Anderson Cooper decided not to demonize Alex Jones on CNN last week. He made too much sense. Instead, on Monday, they “profiled” the Hutaree group. It is ideal for their propaganda campaign. Continue reading

Oil Traders Dump Iran

(IsraelNN) – The three largest oil trading firms in the world – Glencore, Trafigura and Vitol – announced Monday that they would no longer do business with Iran. A report in the London Financial Times said that the companies had concluded that there was too much risk and not enough profit in supplying Iran. The three companies had been responsible for supplying Iran with about half its daily oil use.

Source: Israel National News

House Majority Leader: Greek debt crisis ‘can happen here’

(RawStory) – The United States must embrace a blend of tax increases and spending cuts to rein in its deficit or face a potentially crippling debt crisis like the one in Greece, a top US lawmaker warned Monday. Continue reading

MSM: New sanctions on Iran are only path left – Gates

(Reuters) – Iran has rejected Western overtures and the international community has no choice but to move toward imposing new sanctions over its nuclear program, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Monday.
“We must still try and find a peaceful way to resolve this issue. The only path that is left to us at this point, it seems to me, is that pressure track but it will require all of the international community to work together,” Gates said at a joint news conference with French Defense Minister Herve Morin.
Source: Reuters

Whodunit? Sneak attack on U.S. dollar

It’s the biggest mystery in global finance right now: Who conducted a sneak attack on the U.S. dollar this week? Continue reading

MSM: First doses of H1N1 flu vaccine arrive

(CNN) – A national campaign to inoculate tens of millions of Americans against H1N1 influenza began Monday, with health care workers in Indiana and Tennessee targeted as the first recipients, federal health authorities said. Continue reading

Irish No will not stop Europe advancing, says France

France has indicated that even if the Irish vote No in their referendum on the Lisbon Treaty on Friday, it will not hinder the European Union from taking steps towards further integration. Continue reading

Illuminati Sabotage Patriot Communication

(HenryMakowPh.D) – Illuminati lackeys are intercepting and even changing emails between Patriot websites. Continue reading

China begins mass vaccinations for swine flu

China kicked off mass vaccinations for swine flu Monday in Beijing, making it apparently the first nation in the world to start innoculating its population against the virus. Continue reading

MSM: Swine flu to hit 50% of us?

(SeattleTimes) – Swine flu could infect half the U.S. population this fall and winter, hospitalizing up to 1.8 million people and causing as many as 90,000 deaths — more than double the number that occur in an average flu season, according to an estimate from a presidential panel released Monday. Continue reading

MSM: Obama – North America needs ‘aggressive action’

(USAToday) – Targeting the long and painful recession, President Obama said Monday that he and the leaders of Mexico and Canada have agreed to “aggressive, coordinated action” to restore growth across North America. Continue reading

Israeli settlers set fire and destroy 37 Acers of Palestinian owned land in southern W.B

Israeli settlers set fire and destroyed Palestinian owned lands on Monday that belongs to villagers of Saffa near the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Continue reading

“I had a dream.” It was 2008 and Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States – Robert Singer

The world is engulfed in a global economic crisis of staggering ferocity rivaling four other financial meltdowns—which all began in the month of October. [1]

VP Biden and former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker don’t remember any time when things went down quite so fast, quite so uniformly around the world. The current crisis looks more like the collapse of the Soviet Union, on October 18, 1991, when Gorbachev signed an agreement forming a new economic community. Continue reading

MSM: Senate is Sneaking the Same Banker Looting “Bailout” We Defeated on Monday! Call Your Senators Now!!!

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The Senate plans to vote on the $700 billion bank rescue plan Wednesday evening – two days after the House failed to pass it.
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MSM: Oil prices ‘Increased’ $25 a barrel Monday – The biggest one-day price jump ever!

Oil prices shoot up over $25 a barrel as anxiety over US bailout weighs on dollar

Oil prices spiked more than $25 a barrel Monday — the biggest one-day price jump ever — as anxiety over the government’s $700 billion bailout plan, a weak dollar and an expiring crude contract ignited a dramatic rally. Continue reading