Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - June 2006

[Cindy]

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http://www.ice.gov/pi/news/newsreleases/articles/060601chicago.htm

June 01, 2006

Lithuanian national sentenced to 24 months for marriage fraud, alien smuggling


CHICAGO - A Lithuanian man was sentenced in federal court yesterday to two years in prison for his role in a marriage fraud and alien smuggling scheme. This sentence is the result of an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Remigijus Adomaitis, 28, of Northbrook, was identified as one of the ringleaders of a criminal organization operating in Chicago and Rockford that recruited and paid U.S. citizens between $8,000 and $10,000 to engage in fraudulent marriages with Lithuanian nationals for the purpose of fraudulently obtaining immigration benefits. At times the U.S. citizens were instructed to travel to Lithuania to marry the foreign national, and other times the U.S. citizens were recruited to marry undocumented Lithuanian nationals already living in the U.S.

Adomaitis pleaded guilty March 8 to three counts of conspiracy to commit marriage fraud. In November 2004, Adomaitis, a permanent resident of the U.S., recruited and paid a U.S. citizen to travel to Lithuania to marry a Lithuanian woman he had never met. After the marriage took place, Adomaitis accompanied the U.S. citizen to the U.S. embassy in Warsaw, Poland, to help him file paperwork that allowed the woman to fraudulently enter the U.S. in March 2005 as the wife of a U.S citizen. The U.S citizen was to be paid $1,000 after the marriage, and $250 a month for two to three years.

In March 2005 Adomaitis recruited a U.S. citizen to travel to Lithuania to marry a foreign national for the purpose of committing immigration fraud. As part of the conspiracy, Adomaitis helped the U.S. citizen fill out and file a U.S passport application so that the U.S. citizen could travel to Lithuania. Adomaitis then paid the U.S. citizen $200 for agreeing to marry the foreign national.

Adomaitis and 11 others were the targets of a two-year ICE investigation. Twelve individuals were arrested and indicted by a federal grand jury in September.

“The national security and public safety of our nation depends on an immigration system with integrity,” said Special Agent-in-Charge Elissa A. Brown of the ICE Office of Investigations in Chicago. “ICE is restoring this integrity by aggressively targeting the criminals and human smuggling organizations that are motivated by pure greed and profit.”

This criminal conviction makes Adomaitis eligible for deportation from the U.S. Upon completion of his prison sentence ICE will initiate deportation proceedings against him.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Amarjeet S. Bhachu successfully prosecuted this case.

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[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=illegalimmigration
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=border
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=borders

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=Mexico
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=Canada

[Cindy]

MINUTEMAN HQ
http://www.minutemanhq.com

[angcat]

Thank you so much!

[drymans wife]

Thanks for the ping. Anyone thought about next Tuesday,
June - 6/6/6

[null and void]

Anyone know the date of the last OBL tape release?

Historically, major attacks follow within 4-6 weeks of an OBL tape...

[Velveeta]

Thank you so much!

And thanks to all TMers for a life-changing experience by being a part of these threads.

Eyes open - vigilance - be prepared.

[Velveeta]

Just catching up on some pings from the last thread.
Thank you, as always Cindy, for all that you do.

[Velveeta]

JP, ping to #60 Lincolnwood.

Lincolnwood, IL where most home prices start at $750k and up.

[Velveeta]

I'm buying a $1.00 lottery ticket that day. :-)

[Velveeta]

Last one was 5/23/2006

[null and void]

Thanks.

Following first visible crescent of the moon is 6/26 or 6/27.

Independence Day is one week later...

[drymans wife]

What number are you picking 66666666 quick pick. lol!!

[Velveeta]

My personal high alert days are 6/6 and July 4, July 7th for the UK.

6/6/6 "Mark of Satan"
We are "Great Satan" per Usama.
Usama mentions 9/11 six times in his last communication. Highly unusual.

Other interesting analysis by CallmeJoe here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1614188/posts?page=135#135

Historical importance of July 4th (other than of course, our Independence Day)

Battle of Hattin
Part of the Crusades

Date: July 4, 1187
Location: Hattin, near Tiberias
Result: Decisive Ayyubid victory
Ayyubid-Crusader War, 1177–1187

The Battle of Hattin took place on Saturday, July 4, 1187, between the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem and the forces of the Ayyubid dynasty under Saladin. It was a major setback in the fortunes of the Crusader movement, enabling the Muslims to regain control of Jerusalem from the Christians.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hattin

[Velveeta]

LOL, nope not picking 666666 quick pick.
I usually don't buy lottery tickets, but I will on that day - just because I can say "the devil made me do it".

[Velveeta]

Update on the London raid.

"Police are not expecting to find conventional weapons. They are looking to find chemical ingredients of some kind."
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1223529,00.html

[Godzilla]

I'm here early for once!

[Godzilla]

I've definitely enjoyed it thus far... it's almost like still being in school (with less homework!).

And you get paid for it LOL.

[ExSoldier]

Thanks! Looks great, as usual.

[nwctwx]

Remarks by Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff at the Brookings Institution