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Demos aim to neutralize party politics, strategist says Sunday, November 11, 2001 BY SCHUYLER KROPFOf The Post and Courier Staff      Whoever takes on Inez Tenenbaum in the race for education superintendent also will face a skilled Democratic consultant.     Bill Carrick, a native-born South Carolinian who has worked for some of the biggest names in Democratic politics, will run her campaign for re-election. He's also been pegged to run Alex Sanders' bid for the U.S. Senate.     Despite South Carolina's perceived Republican voting majority, Carrick said last week that party politics can be overcome in 2002 if issues can be presented ...

Tip led INS to follow immigrant to Citadel Saturday, November 10, 2001 BY BRIAN HICKSOf The Post and Courier Staff      A tip from an Atlanta eye surgeon about a Middle Eastern man with suspicious identification put INS investigators on a trail that led, ultimately, to the ranks of The Citadel.     U.S. Magistrate Robert Carr ordered cadet Yasir Khatib held without bail Friday after federal prosecutors laid out their case against him - a case that includes allegations of four different identities, disguises and "cosmetic surgery," a visa violation and references in private correspondences to a "jihad," the Islamic term ...

Two plead in waterfront riot BY ELLEN MEACHAM AND TONY BARTELMEOf The Post and Courier Staff      The "Charleston 5" are now the Charleston 3.     Two of the five longshoremen originally indicted on felony rioting charges in last year's waterfront clash pleaded no contest late Wednesday to misdemeanor riot charges in an unannounced hearing.     Circuit Judge Victor A. Rawl sentenced both men to 30 days in jail but said that jail time would be suspended if each paid a $100 fine.      Jason Edgerton, 22, of Mount Pleasant, and Kenneth Jefferson, 41, of Charleston, pleaded no contest to "engaging in ...

INS starts process to deport cadet INS starts process to deport cadet Thursday, November 8, 2001 BY BRIAN HICKSOf The Post and Courier Staff      A Citadel cadet arrested by the INS last week could be deported even if cleared of criminal charges of lying to federal investigators and carrying two separate identities, according to court documents.     And officials with the county jail say they are treating a suicide attempt by the cadet on Monday as a ruse.     In a motion filed in U.S. District Court seeking to keep Yaser Khatib held without bail, Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean Kittrell ...

Charleston to get Renaissance Weekend Charleston to get Renaissance Weekend Availability of hotel space key in decision to move gathering from Hilton Head Wednesday, October 31, 2001 BY SCHUYLER KROPFOf The Post and Courier Staff      The annual New Year's Renaissance gathering on Hilton Head Island made famous by visits from then-President Bill Clinton is now coming to Charleston.     Event organizers will hold the big, end-of-2001 event in Charleston this year, while a smaller, more informal get-together will take place this Thanksgiving on Hilton Head.     Renaissance officials say the switch is due to the popularity of the weekend and ...

Spintech - American Crazy Quilt: Posse Comitatus - October 12, 2000 Spintech: October 12, 2000 American Crazy Quilt: Posse Comitatus by Diane Alden The history of Posse Comitatus goes back into America's English past. Under King Alfred the Great, who assumed the chief warlord status in Britain in 871, the constabulary of the shire, or shire-reeve, eventually became known as the sheriff. It was his duty to maintain order in his tun, or grouping of ten families. Nonetheless, it was the citizen's duty in the shire to help the sheriff in nabbing criminals and maintaining order. The sheriff would ...

EFFECT OF POSSE COMITATUS ACT ON PROPOSED DETAIL OF CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE TO THE NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION CENTER EFFECT OF POSSE COMITATUS ACT ON PROPOSED DETAIL OFCIVILIAN EMPLOYEE TO THE NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION CENTER        The proposed detail of a civilian employee of Department of Defense to the National Infrastructure Protection Center, a component of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is permissible under the Posse Comitatus Act. May 26, 1998 MEMORANDUM FOR THE GENERAL COUNSEL FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION       This memorandum responds to your request that the Office of Legal Counsel consider the effect of the Posse Comitatus Act ...

--> Bin Laden rifles bought in U.S.? Gun control group cites security issue Eunice Moscoso - Cox Washington Bureau Tuesday, October 9, 2001 Washington --- Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network, in the late 1980s, bought at least 25 military-style rifles capable of shooting down helicopters and destroying other targets from long distances, according to a report by a gun control advocacy group. The U.S.-manufactured weapons, Barrett .50-caliber rifles, were shipped to Afghanistan and probably used against Soviet troops, according to the Violence Policy Center report. Thousands of these and similar firearms also have been sold in the United States ...

VPC: US Gun Insudtry Armed Osama bin Laden   VPC: US Gun Insudtry Armed Osama bin Laden U.S. Newswire 7 Oct 11:48 VPC: U.S. Gun Industry Armed Osama bin Laden's Terror Network: Al Qaeda Bought 25 Barrett 50 Caliber Sniper Rifles To: National Desk Contact: Naomi Seligman of the Violence Policy Center, 202-822-8200 ext. 105 E-mail: nseligman@vpc.org WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. gun industry sold at least twenty-five 50 caliber sniper rifles to Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden's terror network, a study released by the Violence Policy Center (VPC) today reports. The study, Voting From the ...

Condon and Miles to run for governor in 2002 Condon and Miles to run for governor in 2002 Tuesday, February 6, 2001 BY SCHUYLER KROPFOf The Post and Courier staff      The Republican race for South Carolina governor took a sudden turn Monday when Attorney General Charlie Condon announced he'll run for governor next year.     Condon's declaration was followed hours later by Secretary of State Jim Miles' statement that he, too, is running.     Miles denied trying to steal Condon's media thunder and insisted his formal announcement will come shortly.     This much is certain: The two won't have far to ...

Click on source for full text. Argues for the "precautionary principle" in science and risk management."From the so-called Wingspread conference in Racine, Wis., in 1998...When an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically."No part of this material may be reproduced, translated, transmitted, framed or stored in a retrieval system for public or private use without the written permission of the publisher.

Piggie Park owner faces daily fine for flying flag Piggie Park owner faces daily fine for flying flag Thursday, August 24, 2000 Associated Press      LEXINGTON - Barbecue baron Maurice Bessinger could be fined up to $500 a day for flying his Confederate flag without a permit at his restaurant in the town of Lexington.     The town has a zoning ordinance banning all banners unless business owners buy a $20 permit to fly the banner for a total of 60 days a year.     This week, Bessinger took down the United States flag from all his restaurants and put up ...

The ad below is from the popular and well put together Russian Gun Magazine called "Roozhyo" (which means hunting gun, or shotgun). My wonderful Mother-in-Law (yes, she's RARE!), Tamara Petrushina from Novgorod Veliki sends me a few different magazines every so often. In this particular issue I saw this ad and my jaw dropped!! The text on the left reads; "Legendary American Rifle", and the red print in the center says; "AR15 in Russia!" The stores that are carrying these guns is a chain called "Arsenal" and there are three address' shown, the top is in Moscow, the bottom left ...

Excuses for not bringing down the flag simply don't fly Friday, January 28, 2000 By The Rev. Joseph A. Darby I've come to enjoy a popular radio commercial for a particular brand of gasoline that includes an interview with a NASCAR driver, who offers excuses for not winning a race - his mother was watching, his pit crew rushed him, the crowd was too loud, the sun was in his eyes, he just didn't feel "racy" that day. The commercial is effective and funny because the driver assigns blame through increasingly ludicrous excuses and never acknowledges he simply lost ...

BBC Hardtalk's Tim Sebastian talks to Walter Cronkite - 'America's most trusted man' - about his career in journalism, including the moment he told a shocked nation that its president had been killed. You don't think much of television news these days. You think the viewers are being sold short. I'm deeply concerned about it. I think that there's a real problem in the United States. Polls show that most people still get most of their news from television. The owners of networks today are ... going for the lowest common denominator. Cronkite on the state of American television news. ...

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2000 20:22:51 ET XXXXXLAWSUIT CHARGES: BLACKS GIVEN JOBS WITH MORE EXPOSURE TO RADIATION THAN WHITES AT FED NUKE FACILITY IN SOUTH CAROLINAA class-action lawsuit accuses the management of the Savannah River Site, a giant federal nuclear complex in Aiken, S.C., of creating an environment where blacks were subjected to the worst kinds of racial slurs while being discriminated against in salary, promotions, job security and job assignments. But the most serious charge in the lawsuit is that blacks were given jobs that exposed them to more radiation than whites!Mike Wallace investigates the charges ...

Riot's aftermathAssessing the long-term fallout of the waterfront riotBy TONY BARTELME and GLENN SMITH Of The Post and Courier staff Hours after Thursday's furious melee on Charleston's waterfront, trucks lugging multicolored containers chugged in and out of the State Ports Authority's Columbus Street Terminal as if nothing had happened. But the violent protest over a shipping line's use of non-union workers may have long-term implications for both the port and the International Longshoremen's Association. It was the worst labor disturbance the waterfront has seen in decades. "Charleston has always had a very special reputation (for labor peace) over the years," ...

Foote defends flag's meaningSunday, January 16, 2000 Editor's Note: Some may wonder why South Carolina is embroiled in such a fuss over a symbol from a war that ended 135 years ago. To get a historical perspective on the Confederate battle flag debate, reporter Robert Behre of The Post and Courier talked with author Shelby Foote, perhaps the nation's best-known Civil War historian. Foote, who is 83 and lives in Memphis, Tenn., has written "Shiloh," five other novels, a play and other works, including a three-volume Civil War history from Fort Sumter to Appomattox. He played a prominent role ...