After the Greek Riots
23 October 2009

…and what a cop that was: following the public outcry for the arrest of the broadcaster of the anti-dictatorial student radio and three others on Wednesday night, the head of the greek police (A. Tsiatouras) has been forced to resign. Additionally, after further outcry for the arrests at the demonstration in the Nikaia suburb of Athens for the death of Mohammad Atif Kamran, the government announced today that it will be withdrawing the outrageous “anti-hoodie” law, which had been introduced in the aftermath of December’s revolt – and under which, 5 of the Nikaia 8 were charged.

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Follow the Women came to Bilin today (20/10/2009). An international women’s group made up of many different nationalities including from Italy, Britain, Germany, Japan and many others. 120 cyclists arrived to cheers from local children and after meeting the villagers they cycled to the apartheid wall and to hold a peaceful demonstration calling for peace. Whilst there they also visited the grave of Bassam Abu Rahmah, a local man killed by a high velocity tear gas canister on one of the weekly Friday demos on April 17th this year.

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Steven Aftergood, Secrecy News, 22 October 2009

NOZETTE AND NUCLEAR ROCKETRY

Stewart D. Nozette, who was arrested and charged this week under the Espionage Act, is an unusually gifted and accomplished technologist.  The allegation that he provided classified information to an FBI agent posing as an Israeli intelligence officer in exchange for cash is distressing on several levels.

Among other things, Nozette had exceptionally broad access to a range of classified programs in defense, space and nuclear technology.  According to an FBI affidavit (pdf), Nozette stated that he “held a DOE Q clearance from 1990-2000, which involved insight into all aspects of nuclear weapons programs.  Held TS/SI/TK/B/G clearance 1998-2006,… Held at least 20+ SAP [special access program clearances]… from 1998-2004.”

In fact, however, Nozette’s participation in Department of Defense special access programs dates back even earlier, to 1990 or so.  At that time he was read into an unacknowledged special access program called Timber Wind (pdf), which was an effort by the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization to develop a rocket engine powered by a nuclear reactor.  Dr. Nozette’s name appears on a Timber Wind master access list we obtained which identified the several hundred persons who were authorized to be briefed on that nuclear rocket program.

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Breaking the Thirst
Water Deprivation as a Means of Ethnic Cleansing

In the South Hebron Hills of Palestine, 3500 Palestinians are suffering from the most extreme lack of water. They have no water infrastructure, face high water hauling costs, and must contend with Israeli soldiers and settlers destroying their road access and even poisoning their small wells.

On September 26th, 2009 some 100 activists with support from Israeli, Palestinian and international organizations formed a water convoy to deliver water as a humanitarian and political act.