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Former Arizona U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke, who resigned in August, admitted late Tuesday that he leaked a document aimed at smearing Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent John Dodson, an Operation Fast and Furious whistle-blower. “Dennis regrets his role in disclosing the memo but he’s a stand-up guy and is willing to take responsibility for what he did,” Chuck Rosenberg, Burke’s lawyer, said according to NPR. “It was absolutely not Dennis’s intent to retaliate against Special Agent Dodson or anyone else for the information they provided Congress.” Rosenberg claims Burke is cooperating with congressional investigators.

A nuclear power plant located in Louisa County, the epicenter of the earthquake in Virginia, has shut down. The North Anna Power Station, operated by Dominion Power, has two reactors. The plant declared an "unusual event" in the wake of the 5.9 magnitude quake, which is the lowest stage on the plant's emergency scale. As a result, the plant has been shut down. The AP reports the plant is being run off of four emergency diesel generators, which are supplying power for critical safety equipment. Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman Roger Hannah says the agency was not immediately aware of any...

After a series of spills, the United States Department of Transportation has ordered the TransCanada Corporation to suspend operation of its one-year-old Keystone 1 pipeline, which carries oil extracted from oil sands in the Canadian province of Alberta to the United States. The order was issued by the department’s Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.“Effective immediately, this order prevents TransCanada from restarting operations on their Keystone crude oil pipeline until P.H.M.S.A. is satisfied with the ongoing repairs and is confident that all immediate safety concerns have been addressed,” the agency said. It issued the order in response to two incidents...

TEPCO says contaminated water may be leaking at Fukushima plant Thursday 26th May, 04:30 PM JST TOKYO — The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said Thursday it has been looking into a possible leak of radioactive water from a temporary storage building after finding the water level had dropped. Tokyo Electric Power Co said it had not detected unusual levels of radioactive substances in nearby groundwater, but if the leak is confirmed, it could affect the overall plan to remove contaminated water from reactor-related facilities to enable work inside them. The utility will also check if the...

Radiation Levels Surge Outside Two Nuclear Plants in Japan Published March 11, 2011 | Associated Press TOKYO – Japanese nuclear officials say radiation levels inside a nuclear power plant surged to 1,000 times its normal levels after the cooling system failed. Japan issues state of emergency at another nuclear power plant after cooling system failure. The location of the second plant is unclear

I find many things ironic. However, I came across and article recently regarding the well known Julian Assange. As many of us know, he has a website called WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks' sole purpose is to take confidential information and make it public. Prior to this year, many of the leaks were based upon companies. Since this spring, many of the leaks have originated from the US government. Now, to look at the situation from an organizational level and relate it to a human is fairly simple. The cables were simply an internal dialog regarding the inner workings and thoughts of...

Obama Administration Turns Over Internal E-mails by Government Scientists Concerning Estimates Now Acknowledged as Too Low (AP) The Obama administration late Wednesday defended the integrity of its estimates - which turned out to be inaccurate - during the summer of how much oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico, turning over thousands of pages of internal e-mails written by government scientists who worked on the project. In the e-mails, the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Jane Lubchenco, cautioned a colleague about how to present the government's findings: "I believe we owe it to everyone to provide the...

Chemical leak sickens dozens at Las Vegas poolBy the CNN Wire Staff August 27, 2010 7:01 p.m. EDT (CNN) -- A chemical leak in the pool area of the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, sickened as many as 100 people Friday, sending 12 of them to local hospitals, according to a spokeswoman for Clark County. It was not immediately clear what kind of chemical was responsible for the fumes, which caused some of the hotel's guests to have difficulty breathing, said Clark County spokeswoman Stacey Welling. About 200 people were evacuated from the area, Welling said. Video of...

Charles Krauthammer makes a great point below regarding the leaks from WikiLeaks. During the Bush years Reporters were given Pulitzers for leaking the classified information. Now that Obama is the President it's a bad thing. [VIDEO AT SITE] You also see Colby King from the Washington Post taking a position that you know was completely different during Bush....the classified information doesn't belong to the leaker so they should give it back. Puhlease. It was just last week that Gibbs said during a White House Presser that leaks such as the recent one shouldn't happen, people should register their disapproval with...

The leaked memo, entitled “Administrative Alternatives to Comprehensive Immigration Reform” is designed to “…reduce the threat of removal for certain individuals present in the United States without authorization.” In other words, to ensure that illegal immigrants will not be deported. The amnesty plan outlined in the memo is designed to sidestep legislative action. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee this morning released the internal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memo obtained by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). The release states: One of the most outrageous proposals is to use DHS’ limited authority to grant deferred action...

UPDATE: Admiral Allen Orders Well Opened, BP Says It Will Keep Well Closed Gus Lubin Jul. 18, 2010, 11:15 AM UPDATE: BP will keep the cap closed until it fears the well is at risk, Operations Chief Doug Suttles said in a conference call this morning. This contradicts orders from Admiral Allen to open the well and begin siphoning oil -- to avoid a possible pressure-buildup. So who's behind the wheel? And is BP about to take a huge risk? PREVIOUSLY: Admiral Allen has ordered BP to open the containment cap that they finally closed last Thursday, according to Bloomberg....

Could explosives seal off the Gulf oil leak? Published: 15th Jun 2010 15:11:55 BP's engineers have tried several methods to block off the flow from the well that is causing the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But oil continues to flow into the ocean, with potentially disastrous consequences for the environment. Now a former US military scientist has proposed a seemingly radical solution: detonating a massive bomb underwater to seal the leaking well. It sounds like an extreme measure, but could such a plan actually succeed? One independent engineer contacted by BBC News agreed that explosives could seal...

U.S. Citizens must do for ourselves, while we are being mushroom managed by the Obama administration and their accomplices in globalist mega-racketeering (Link-1 Link2). This is especially essential at the Gulf. Here are two important examples on video, of citizens at work. The first reports what may be very serious contamination of the waters, as far eastward as Florida. 6/24 video, Brietbart TV: "Surf at Pensacola Beach Bubbling like Acid" "As far as EPA, OSHA, NOAA, BP, and the 'Federal' Government... every one of them is in collaboration with each other. That comes from someone at the top of NOAA."...

By Kevin McCullough While defending his own policies President Obama has routinely been rude and sarcastic to his predecessor, George W. Bush. Yet Obama appears to be making the resident of the previous White House look like a genius compared to his own serious missteps in office. Case in point – Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's performance and the communication of priorities on the issue of oil rig safety in the Gulf of Mexico. It seems incomprehensible that the president and other members of the administration still have jobs when it is now being reported that the federal government was apprised...

It seems incomprehensible that the president and other members of the administration still have jobs when it is now being reported that the federal government was apprised by BP on February 13 that the Deepwater Horizon oil rig was leaking oil and natural gas into the ocean floor.

I guess it depends upon your definition of the word rest. Oops, the speechwriter reused the exact same talking points.

Could the reason for the 'hide behind the Jones Act' strategy of Duh Won be not one of Union appeasement (hardline adherence to the the Jones Act--waived by GWB in Katrina) or not even Greenie homage...could it be that the lack of media access, the stoppage of all flyovers, be due to the Horizon Deep Water leak being much, much more profound than originally reported? The Boyz at HillBuzz pose the question, via an article posted by The Oil Drum (link to TOD also attached).

It goes without saying that most people no longer believe what British Petroleum is saying publicly about the amount of oil leaking into the Gulf and the condition of the well structure. The reality is much more frightening... In a few crevices in Cyberspace, experts in the industry are whispering what they think is really going on..."OK let's get real about the Gulf of Mexico oil flow. There doesn't really seem to be much info on TOD [The Oil Drum - an online site where oil industry people congregate] that furthers more complete understanding of what's really happening in...

Tomorrow morning (Wednesday, June 9th) I intend to ask the U.S. federal government, this question:How many oil plumes are there in the Gulf of Mexico - how many leaks?I ask you to do the same. I will report my results. Please report yours, in the comments to this post. This is not about how many plumes that private sources have found. It is about how many leaks does the United States government know exist. They have had since April 20, to discover this. They should be able to tell us, should they not? And if they can tell us that,...

Riser Has Been Ripped Open By The Sheers -- Dramatic Step Coming Within Hours Gus Lubin Jun. 3, 2010, 10:54 AM BP has managed to cut through the riser pipe and will proceed with the Lower Marine Riser Package later today. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen called this "good news" and a "significant step" in the Deepwater Disaster. But here's the bad news. Precise cuts with a diamond saw proved impossible. BP was forced to use giant scissors to cut through the pipe, leaving a large and jagged gap. We think that's what you see in this picture. Installing a...