| Tuesday, November
13, 2001
There is a lot of mail. I am at
COMDEX so it is still Short Shrift Time.
Nov. 13
Dear Jerry:
Every once in a while I have to ask "What the
HECK are you talking about???"
What do you mean, the Afghan campaign is
"over"? The Northern Alliance may or may not be in permanent
control of just 40% of the country. We have NOT found and killed Osama Bin
Laden. We have NOT found & destroyed the rest of his network in Afghanistan.
This campaign is just getting started, and if not
President Bush is not the leader I hope and believe him to be.
All the best--
Tim Loeb
The military campaign is done. The
Taliban is no longer in charge, and their Algerian and Arab mercenaries
are being slaughtered. What remains is a job for bounty hunters, and there
are plenty in Afghanistan. That's
Afghanistan. Now we have a tougher job. Afghanistan was easy. Now the real
military challenge. NOW
READ THIS
Hi Jerry:
Thought you might find this interesting...vr x
http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/Current_Releases/1113-184.html x
Military Order on Detention, Treatment of Non-Citizens U.S. Newswire 13
Nov 19:13
White House Military Order On Detention, Treatment
and Trial Of Certain Non-Citizens In The War Against Terrorism To:
National Desk Contact: White House Press Office, 202-456-2580
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following
was released today by the White House:
MILITARY ORDER: DETENTION, TREATMENT, AND TRIAL OF
CERTAIN NON-CITIZENS IN THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM
By the authority vested in me as President and as
Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the
Authorization for Use of Military Force Joint Resolution (Public Law
107-40, 115 Stat. 224) and sections 821 and 836 of title 10, United States
Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Findings.
(a) International terrorists, including members of
al Qaida, have carried out attacks on United States diplomatic and
military personnel and facilities abroad and on citizens and property
within the United States on a scale that has created a state of armed
conflict that requires the use of the United States Armed Forces.
(b) In light of grave acts of terrorism and threats
of terrorism, including the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, on
the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense in the
national capital region, on the World Trade Center in New York, and on
civilian aircraft such as in Pennsylvania, I proclaimed a national
emergency on September 14, 2001 (Proc. 7463, Declaration of National
Emergency by Reason of Certain Terrorist Attacks).
(c) Individuals acting alone and in concert involved
in international terrorism possess both the capability and the intention
to undertake further terrorist attacks against the United States that, if
not detected and prevented, will cause mass deaths, mass injuries, and
massive destruction of property, and may place at risk the continuity of
the operations of the United States Government.
(d) The ability of the United States to protect the
United States and its citizens, and to help its allies and other
cooperating nations protect their nations and their citizens, from such
further terrorist attacks depends in significant part upon using the
United States Armed Forces to identify terrorists and those who support
them, to disrupt their activities, and to eliminate their ability to
conduct or support such attacks.
(e) To protect the United States and its citizens,
and for the effective conduct of military operations and prevention of
terrorist attacks, it is necessary for individuals subject to this order
pursuant to section 2 hereof to be detained, and, when tried, to be tried
for violations of the laws of war and other applicable laws by military
tribunals.
(f) Given the danger to the safety of the United
States and the nature of international terrorism, and to the extent
provided by and under this order, I find consistent with section 836 of
title 10, United States Code, that it is not practicable to apply in
military commissions under this order the principles of law and the rules
of evidence generally recognized in the trial of criminal cases in the
United States district courts.
(g) Having fully considered the magnitude of the
potential deaths, injuries, and property destruction that would result
from potential acts of terrorism against the United States, and the
probability that such acts will occur, I have determined that an
extraordinary emergency exists for national defense purposes, that this
emergency constitutes an urgent and compelling govern-ment interest, and
that issuance of this order is necessary to meet the emergency.
Sec. 2. Definition and Policy.
(a) The term "individual subject to this
order" shall mean any individual who is not a United States citizen
with respect to whom I determine from time to time in writing that:
(1) there is reason to believe that such individual,
at the relevant times,
(i) is or was a member of the organization known as
al Qaida;
(ii) has engaged in, aided or abetted, or conspired
to commit, acts of international terrorism, or acts in preparation
therefor, that have caused, threaten to cause, or have as their aim to
cause, injury to or adverse effects on the United States, its citizens,
national security, foreign policy, or economy; or
(iii) has knowingly harbored one or more individuals
described in subparagraphs (i) or (ii) of subsection 2(a)(1) of this
order; and
(2) it is in the interest of the United States that
such individual be subject to this order.
(b) It is the policy of the United States that the
Secretary of Defense shall take all necessary measures to ensure that any
individual subject to this order is detained in accordance with section 3,
and, if the individual is to be tried, that such individual is tried only
in accordance with section 4.
(c) It is further the policy of the United States
that any individual subject to this order who is not already under the
control of the Secretary of Defense but who is under the control of any
other officer or agent of the United States or any State shall, upon
delivery of a copy of such written determination to such officer or agent,
forthwith be placed under the control of the Secretary of Defense.
Sec. 3. Detention Authority of the Secretary of
Defense. Any individual subject to this order shall be --
(a) detained at an appropriate location designated
by the Secretary of Defense outside or within the United States;
(b) treated humanely, without any adverse
distinction based on race, color, religion, gender, birth, wealth, or any
similar criteria;
(c) afforded adequate food, drinking water, shelter,
clothing, and medical treatment;
(d) allowed the free exercise of religion consistent
with the requirements of such detention; and
(e) detained in accordance with such other
conditions as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe.
Sec. 4. Authority of the Secretary of Defense
Regarding Trials of Individuals Subject to this Order.
(a) Any individual subject to this order shall, when
tried, be tried by military commission for any and all offenses triable by
military commission that such individual is alleged to have committed, and
may be punished in accordance with the penalties provided under applicable
law, including life imprisonment or death.
(b) As a military function and in light of the
findings in section 1, including subsection (f) thereof, the Secretary of
Defense shall issue such orders and regulations, including orders for the
appointment of one or more military commissions, as may be necessary to
carry out subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Orders and regulations issued under subsection
(b) of this section shall include, but not be limited to, rules for the
conduct of the proceedings of military commissions, including pretrial,
trial, and post-trial procedures, modes of proof, issuance of process, and
qualifications of attorneys, which shall at a minimum provide for --
(1) military commissions to sit at any time and any
place, consistent with such guidance regarding time and place as the
Secretary of Defense may provide;
(2) a full and fair trial, with the military
commission sitting as the triers of both fact and law;
(3) admission of such evidence as would, in the
opinion of the presiding officer of the military commission (or instead,
if any other member of the commission so requests at the time the
presiding officer renders that opinion, the opinion of the commission
rendered at that time by a majority of the commission), have probative
value to a reasonable person;
(4) in a manner consistent with the protection of
information classified or classifiable under Executive Order 12958 of
April 17, 1995, as amended, or any successor Executive Order, protected by
statute or rule from unauthorized disclosure, or otherwise protected by
law, (A) the handling of, admission into evidence of, and access to
materials and information, and (B) the conduct, closure of, and access to
proceedings;
(5) conduct of the prosecution by one or more
attorneys designated by the Secretary of Defense and conduct of the
defense by attorneys for the individual subject to this order;
(6) conviction only upon the concurrence of
two-thirds of the members of the commission present at the time of the
vote, a majority being present;
(7) sentencing only upon the concurrence of
two-thirds of the members of the commission present at the time of the
vote, a majority being present; and
(8) submission of the record of the trial, including
any conviction or sentence, for review and final decision by me or by the
Secretary of Defense if so designated by me for that purpose.
Sec. 5. Obligation of Other Agencies to Assist the
Secretary of Defense.
Departments, agencies, entities, and officers of the
United States shall, to the maximum extent permitted by law, provide to
the Secretary of Defense such assistance as he may request to implement
this order.
Sec. 6. Additional Authorities of the Secretary of
Defense.
(a) As a military function and in light of the
findings in section 1, the Secretary of Defense shall issue such orders
and regulations as may be necessary to carry out any of the provisions of
this order.
(b) The Secretary of Defense may perform any of his
functions or duties, and may exercise any of the powers provided to him
under this order (other than under section 4(c)(8) hereof) in accordance
with section 113(d) of title 10, United States Code.
Sec. 7. Relationship to Other Law and Forums.
(a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to --
(1) authorize the disclosure of state secrets to any
person not otherwise authorized to have access to them;
(2) limit the authority of the President as
Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces or the power of the President to
grant reprieves and pardons; or
(3) limit the lawful authority of the Secretary of
Defense, any military commander, or any other officer or agent of the
United States or of any State to detain or try any person who is not an
individual subject to this order.
(b) With respect to any individual subject to this
order --
(1) military tribunals shall have exclusive
jurisdiction with respect to offenses by the individual; and
(2) the individual shall not be privileged to seek
any remedy or maintain any proceeding, directly or indirectly, or to have
any such remedy or proceeding sought on the individuals behalf, in (i) any
court of the United States, or any State thereof, (ii) any court of any
foreign nation, or (iii) any international tribunal.
(c) This order is not intended to and does not
create any right, benefit, or privilege, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or equity by any party, against the United States, its
departments, agencies, or other entities, its officers or employees, or
any other person.
(d) For purposes of this order, the term
"State" includes any State, district, territory, or possession
of the United States.
(e) I reserve the authority to direct the Secretary
of Defense, at any time hereafter, to transfer to a governmental authority
control of any individual subject to this order. Nothing in this order
shall be construed to limit the authority of any such governmental
authority to prosecute any individual for whom control is transferred.
Sec. 8. Publication.
This order shall be published in the Federal
Register.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE, November 13, 2001.
KEYWORDS:
GOVERNMENT, WHITE HOUSE
http://www.usnewswire.com -0- /U.S. Newswire
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Copyright 2001, U.S. Newswire
Note that it does NOT apply to US
Citizens, and that it is exactly the kind of thing you would expect given
a Declaration of War. I worry that it can be issued without a Declaration
of War.
Bruce Schneier weighs in on full disclosure vs
secrecy of security vulnerabilities:
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2824251,00.html
Gordon Runkle
-- It doesn't get any easier, you just go faster. --
Greg LeMond
Thanks!
I was surprised that, in your Monday November 5th
View, you didn't more strongly adress the possibility of an
intacontinental energy plan that would assure Canada, the United States
and Mexico energy for the next 200 years.
Little understood in the United States is the vast
potential of the Athabaska tar sand of Northern Alberta. Current proven
and recoverable reserves exceed those of Saudi Arabia. As more research is
done more and more of the stuff is found with current discovered sands at
1,700 to 2,500 Gb (billions of barrels). Saudi Arabia's current reserves
are estimated at 240 Gb.
When President Bush was here he was shocked to learn
that that much oil exists in the world much less on the North American
Continent.
Some problems do arise however, this is manufactured
oil and current cost of production has fallen from $20 per barrel to $8
with current technology. At this rate only 280 Gb are available. Factories
have to be built but these are relatively easy, though costly, but to
reach the greater levels of extraction new technologies would have to be
developed but, given that the sands hold enough petroleum to feed all of
North America for some 200 years gaining independence from the Middle East
economic blackmailers should be eminently possible
For more info look up Athabaska Tar Sands or go to
http://www.growley.com/war/can-oil.html
Allan Mason BA MpA Financial Analyst
I know little of tar sand oil
technology.
Jerry:
I've been sifting through Chaos Manor back columns
looking for guidance on backup solutions.
I am installing a new APC UPS (I live in the
blackout-prone Boston area) and have an older Sony SDT-5000 DAT deck
(which will not work with NT Backup). I'm not sure what the capacity of
the Sony is and can't seem to find information regarding that (Sony
doesn't have it).
Now I'm upgrading to XP Pro (from NT 4 Workstation)
and would like to put a comprehensive solution in place. I've already
considered installing a second hard drive for imaging, but won't be able
to image the entire primary XP drive (I'll probably have a 40GB drive for
XP and related and a 13 GB drive for DOS and Linux).
That probably means some good software to create
backups to tape. But what's good? I see that Veritas has a refreshed its
old Backup Exec with "Backup MyPC" or some such. Good product?
What about Symantec Ghost (I dislike Symantec products generally) or
Novastor?
What do you *you* use? Is there a resource you could
point me to regarding these issues?
Suggestions and ideas appreciated!
Thanks for your time.
I don't back up to tape any longer.
I build a box of drives machine and back up to that. But I am sure there
are better solutions. I also
make use of DVD=RAM
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