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<p>OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say The Olympian and one of the newspaper’s photographers were targets of vandalism that included anarchist graffiti and an acidic substance.</p> <p>Police said Friday graffiti was painted at the Tumwater, Wash., home of photographer Tony Overman. The words “Overman snitch” were painted on a newspaper delivery truck and an apparently acidic substance was thrown on the exterior of The Olympian’s building.</p>

In the course of my inquiries into many of history's more recent controversies -- JFK, Waco, Vince Foster, Oklahoma City, Ron Brown, TWA Flight 800, 9/11, Obama's birth, the authorship of Obama's books -- I have come to see that when there are actual conspiracies afoot, they fall into two general categories, conspiracies of execution and conspiracies of concealment. Conspiracies of execution, at least on any kind of scale, are rare in American history. The nature of our national character and the openness of our political culture war against them. Conspiracies of concealment are another matter. When officials fail in...

Oil is still gushing from the exploded Deep Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico. There is no foolproof plan to stop the leak until mid-August when the relief wells are complete. BP is capturing about half of the leaking oil. They are planning to connect new equipment this weekend which they claim will increase the capture rate. BP's past claims haven't always proven out. The Gulf oil spill has been a PR nightmare for President Obama. A majority of Americans rate Obama's handling of the disaster the same or worse than Bush's handling of hurricane Katrina. Some pundits are...

Everyone’s up in arms about Goldman Sachs’ role in helping Greece hide its mounting debt – especially the European Union. But a story making the rounds online shows that the whole affair was widely known about as far back as 2003. It’s raising questions about whether the EU’s outrage is all just a dog-and-pony show. The story, published by Risk magazine nearly seven years ago, also suggests that the potential dangers of the strategy Goldman helped Greece employ were clear as the whole thing was happening. The EU says Greece has until Friday to disclose how it used complex currency...

Sunlight is for suckers. The New York Post reported on Tuesday that the White House will not release the $328,835 snapshots taken of the president's Boeing VC-25A that buzzed lower Manhattan. The entire world has seen news and amateur photos and videos of the incident, but if President Obama has his way, taxpayers won't be able to see the flyover photos they paid for with their own money. This will make for an interesting response to my Freedom of Information Act requests. After the bizarre mission caused distress and panic among countless New York City residents who were intentionally left...

<p>On Sept. 6, something important happened in northern Syria. Problem is, no one knows exactly what. Except for those few who were involved, and they're not saying.</p> <p>We do know that Israel carried out an airstrike. How then do we know it was important? Because in Israel, where leaking is an art form, even the best-informed don't have a clue. They tell me they have never seen a better-kept secret. Which suggests that whatever happened near Dayr az Zawr was no accidental intrusion into Syrian airspace, no dry run for an attack on Iran, no strike on some conventional target such as an Iranian Revolutionary Guard base or a weapons shipment on its way to Hezbollah in Lebanon.</p>

Paul L. Williams is author of "The Day of Islam" The Islamic practice of taqiyya, meaning “deception” or “concealment,” has been refined into an art-form at a jihad training compound for African American converts near the small town of Red House in Charlotte County, Virginia. The fifty-acre compound is easy to find since the main road leading to it has been named Sheikh Gilani Lane in honor of the guru and founder of a terrorist organization with close ties to Osama bin Laden. The Board of Supervisors of Charlotte Country are either oblivious to the threat of radical Islam on...

Saddam wanted nukes -and - no matter what the world did,went back time, and time again in an effort to obtain them. This is a brief history, with links to some material you may have never seen before.

DEBKAfile - We start where the media stop To Destroy Iran’s Nuclear Bomb Program, 350 Targets Must Be HitDEBKAfile Special ReportNovember 19, 2004, 9:41 PM (GMT+02:00) Covert "shaved" site show here was moved to Nour nuclear suburb. No one familiar with Iran’s record of broken promises on its hidden nuclear weapons program will be surprised by the allegations leveled against Tehran this week. On Wednesday, November 17, outgoing US secretary of state Colin Powell said to reporters during a South American tour: US has intelligence that Iran is working to adapt missiles for the delivery of nuclear weapons. “I...

Code: ZE04102422Date: 2004-10-24Promotion of Abortion concealed by Reproductive Health Rights Talk in Council of EuropeSays Vice-President of Pontifical Academy for LifeVATICAN CITY, OCT. 24, 2004 (Zenit.org).- The promotion of the right of sexual and reproductive health in the Council of Europe conceals intentions "opposed to the recognition of the right to life," encouraging the use of contraceptives and the practice of abortion. The Council's position was criticized by Bishop Elio Sgreccia, vice-president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, in an article published in the Vatican's semi-official newspaper L'Osservatore Romano Oct. 14, 2004 entitled "Worrying Vote in the General Assembly of...

I just went to the Amazon website and tried to find the list of best sellers. I couldn't find Unfit for Command on the list, although it has been no. 1 for several days. Is this more "hacking", or did I miss something?