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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 13:29:09 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Canadian Election Peace Issues

ood luck Joan!!  Alice

At 06:51 PM 10/22/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Dear Peace Groups
>
>A Canadian election was called today and will take place November 27th.
>
>As the federal leader of the Green Party of Canada, I will be advocating
>the following issues:
>
>1. Nato - Canada's withdrawal
>
>2. Nato - Disbanding
>
>3. Ending the circulation and berthing of nuclear powered and enabled
>vessels
>
>4. the closing of Nanoose Test Range on Vancouver Island
>
>5. the phasing out of civil nuclear energy, coupled with a fair and just
>time-bound transition plan for affected workers and communities
>
>6. the prohibition of the transfer of plutonium in the form of MOX from the
>US and Russia for use in Candu reactors,
>
>7. to ban the sale of Candu reactors
>
>8. to link civil nuclear energy with the development of nuclear arms
>
>9. to support the abolition 2000 initiative
>
>10. to work to recognize the Security Council as an affirmative action
>program for nuclear powers and to transfer its powers to the General
>Assembly
>
>11.  to reduce the Canadian Defence budget by 50% and transfer the savings
>to health and the environment
>
>12.  to work towards a culture of peace and away from the "cult of war"
>
>13. the banning of uranium mining
>
>Incidentally, we are still looking for candidates for the Green Party in
>some ridings.
>
>Joan Russow.
>
>
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Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]
http://www.gracelinks.org
GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network for the elimination
nuclear weapons.

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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 23:16:18 -0400
From: "Ellen.Thomas" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Please re-send message sent to us between October 21 and 23, 2000

Hi, our server was down Saturday through Monday, October 21 through 23rd.
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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 06:30:52 -0400
From: "Ellen.Thomas" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/10/24 -  Daybook; Presidential Candidates; Activist Announcements

Washington Times Daybook, October 24, 2000, Agence France Presse=20
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-20001024213624.htm

  8:30 a.m. =97 Environmental Protection Agency holds a meeting of the=
 national
advisory committee for acute-exposure guideline levels for hazardous
substances. Location: Rooms 6332-6336, Nassif Building, Transportation
Department headquarters, 400 Seventh St. SW. Contact: 202/554-1404.

  Coalition for Safe Minds news conference =97 9 a.m. =97The Coalition for=
 Safe
Minds holds a news conference to announce that a brief will be filed in=
 Federal
District Court to obtain an immediate recall of all pediatric vaccines
containing thimerosal or other toxic mercury compounds. Location: Murrow=
 Room,
National Press Club, 14th and F streets NW. Contact: 716/271-0212.

  Debate =97 noon =97 American University's Washington College of Law holds=
 a
debate on whether Congress is giving too much law-making power to federal
agencies. Location: Room 603, Washington College of Law, 4801 Massachusetts
Ave. NW. Contact: 202/274-4279.

- -- PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

- - George W. Bush -=20
http://www.GeorgeWBush.com - http://64.92.133.170/Calendar.asp
Tuesday: Illinois, Tennessee, and Florida. Wednesday: Florida.  Thursday:
Pennsylvania and Michigan. Friday: he visits several Michigan cities via=
 bus.
[Here's an interesting allegation: THE BUSH-CHENEY DRUG EMPIRE, by Michael=
 C.
Ruppert - http://www.copvcia.com/bush-cheney-drugs.htm - et]

- - Al Gore -=20
http://www.algore2000.com/
  Travels to Shreveport, La., and Nashville, Tenn.

- - Ralph Nader -=20
http://www.votenader.org/campaignevents.html
Thursday, October 26 - Cleveland, OH Speech - Time:TBA
University Center Auditorium, Cleveland State University

- -- ANNOUNCEMENTS --

- - CHERNOBYLS TO FALL FROM SKY?
Magnetic rail systems and N-reactors among options for propulsion
http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/Oct2000/22-e13344.html
Former ISCOS [Institute For International Security & Cooperation In Outer
Space] Director, Connie Van Pratt, now with NASA, described the very real
potential for "Chernobyls falling from the sky" if reactors are ever=
 deployed
in outer space. For people wanting to become active in this area see the web
site for "The Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power In Space" at:
http://www.space4peace.org and/or call in Gainesville, Florida: 352-337-9274=
=20
Marshall scientists look for cheaper way of going into space. [From: "Bill
Smirnow" <[e-mail]>]

- - PLUTONIUM & NUCLEAR WEAPON STORAGE
A Simple and Practical Plan should be installed NOW to implement the=
 retirement
of RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS. Low Cost Climate Controlled Pre-Engineered=
 Buildings
that are SAFE SECURE and ON-SITE In-the- Ground are available with OFF-SITE
MONITORING will at least take care of SOME CURRENT PROBLEMS. It can start=
 with
the Russian Submarine project and other similair problems as Nuclear Weapons
are retired. Visit www.plutoniumstorage.com & http://www.nukewaste.com for
information.=20
Will be gad to discuss further on e-mail address. [From: Joel Stahl
<mailto:[e-mail]>]

- - Ralph Nader's Statement on Nuclear Power=20
It is time to end the use of nuclear power in the United States.=20
        uclear energy is too dangerous, too inefficient, too costly, and=
 poses
too many long-term hazards.=20
        ather than learning from Chernobyl, the U.S. nuclear industry argues
that this kind of accident could not happen here. In fact, a nuclear=
 accident
could occur at a U.S. power plant that would release radiation comparable to
that released in Chernobyl. U.S. reactors are much more dangerous than the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the nuclear industry suggest. At=
 least
five reactors in this country have experienced partial core-melt accidents.
Aside from catastrophic accidents, reactors are prone to numerous small
accidents, as well as "routine" releases of small amounts of radioactivity.=
=20
        eactors also produce high-level radioactive wastes with intractable
storage problems. High-level nuclear waste will be hazardous for more than
200,000 years-longer than our ability to isolate it from the biosphere. It=
 is
technologically impossible and scientifically irresponsible to `dispose' of
nuclear waste. Even attempts to dispose of low-level radioactive waste have
failed. Every low-level radioactive waste dump in this country leaks.=20
        he Department of Energy is considering Yucca Mountain in Nevada as a
site for "permanent disposal." A leak could contaminate the groundwater=
 beneath
the Mountain and jeopardize the health of nearby residents. An earthquake in
the area (and since 1976 there have been hundreds of serious seismic events
within a 50-mile radius) could cause a rise in groundwater levels that would
flood the repository.=20
        If the Yucca Mountain site is approved, waste will be transported=
 there
through 43 states, past the homes, workplaces and schools of 50 million
Americans. The Department of Energy estimates that at least 50 and as many=
 as
310 accidents would occur. An Energy Department study found that a severe
accident in a rural area could contaminate a 42-square-mile area, require=
 over
a year to "clean up", and cost $620 million.=20
        oth Democratic and Republican administrations have treated nuclear
power
as an official, government-sponsored technology. The NRC has functioned as=
 an
industry promoter rather than regulator, imperiling public health. This must
stop.=20
We should:=20
=B7 Phase out commercial nuclear reactors within five years, and set a=
 timetable
for phasing out other dangerous nuclear technologies, nuclear-waste
incinerators, food irradiation and all military and commercial uses of=
 depleted
uranium.=20
=B7 Ban long-distance transport of high-level nuclear waste.=20
=B7 Assure that stored nuclear waste is continuously monitored, with public
access to monitoring data, unless and until a method can be found to assure=
 its
isolation from the biosphere for the duration of its hazardous life. The
government should not relieve companies that generate nuclear waste from=
 their
responsibility for its=20
dangers.=20
=B7 Redirect federal funding from nuclear energy research to renewable=
 energy
technology.=20
=B7 Stop federal government promotion of nuclear energy, and U.S. companies
selling nuclear technology, internationally.=20

- - A Canadian election was called today and will take place November 27th.
As the federal leader of the Green Party of Canada, I will be advocating the
following issues:
1. Nato - Canada's withdrawal
2. Nato - Disbanding
3. Ending the circulation and berthing of nuclear powered and enabled=
 vessels
4. the closing of Nanoose Test Range on Vancouver Island
5. the phasing out of civil nuclear energy, coupled with a fair and just
time-bound transition plan for affected workers and communities
6. the prohibition of the transfer of plutonium in the form of MOX from the=
 US
and Russia for use in Candu reactors,
7. to ban the sale of Candu reactors
8. to link civil nuclear energy with the development of nuclear arms9. to
support the abolition 2000 initiative
10. to work to recognize the Security Council as an affirmative action=20
program for nuclear powers and to transfer its powers to the General
Assembly11. to reduce the Canadian Defence budget by 50% and transfer the
savings to health and the environment
12. to work towards a culture of peace and away from the "cult of war"
13. the banning of uranium mining
        Incidentally, we are still looking for candidates for the Green
Party in

some ridings.
Joan Russow. <mailto:[e-mail]>=20

- - Got 20 more seconds? Send this along to your friends!=20
The Presidential Campaign is about the future, right? Then why isn't anyone
talking about the 36,000 nuclear weapons that exist today - and that=
 thousands
of them are ready to be launched in minutes? The U.S. arsenal alone has the
equivalent of 150,000 Hiroshima-sized bombs, costing taxpayers $30 billion a
year!=20
        Enough is enough! We can do something to reduce nuclear weapons and
create a safer future.=20
        Play the DontBlowIt flash game! And if you haven't yet - send your=
 free
postcard telling the presidential candidates "Don't Blow It!"
http://www.DontBlowIt.org=20
        Please pass this on to your friends, and encourage them to pass it
on as
well. It's a fun way to learn more about nuclear dangers and to make your=
 voice
heard.=20
        For our kids' future, help make nuclear weapons a thing of the past!=
 If
you don't have web access, just email [e-mail] for email
instructions.
[Laura Kriv, WWW.DontBlowIt.org. mailto:[e-mail]]

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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 23:34:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) new on tri-valley cares' web site

dear colleagues:

!!NEW!!
On the Tri-Valley CAREs website at: www.igc.org/tvc,
please find the October Citizen's Watch Newsletter.

The lead article this month is entitled, "Senate Restrains NIF, Conference
Committee Lets it Loose." It discusses the National Ignition Facility
surviving the budget ax, but just barely.  This article is an overview of
the progression of the debate.  Excerpted quotes from the Senate floor
debate and other statements are included.  While disappointment was
expressed regarding the $199 million Congress gave to NIF, Tri-Valley CAREs
acknowledged that public education efforts had raised the visibility of
NIF, especially in the Senate and also noted that DOE and LLNL got a little
less than what they had wanted for NIF.  Twenty-five million is coming out
of non-NIF programs at LLNL.  Other programs will be hurt.  Tri-Valley
CAREs speculates this will foster discontent among scientists with worthy
programs.

Make your voice heard for 20 cents, 80 cents in total, with postcards.  Four
postcards, to be exact. They point out the pattern of deception, lies,
fraud and abuse, detailed in the General Accounting Office's August 2000
report on the NIF and call for a criminal investigation now.
(These will be posted on the website soon.)

3) Also, already available on the site, is an article entitled, "Secret
Sites Poisoned in Atomic
Quest",which summarizes a USA Today investigative report where 100,000
pages of declassified documents show that the U.S. hired around 300 private
companies in its early bomb production enterprise, and that nearly
one-third of them handled large amounts of radioactive and toxic materials
even though basic protective equipment and information on hazards was often
lacking. These secret sites were largely abandoned as the major
government-owned, contractor-operated facilities of the nuclear weapons
complex came on line--Hanford, Savannah River, Rocky Flats, Livermore Lab
and so on.

4) An article entitled; "Sick Workers Wait" provides an update on whether
workers, made ill by exposure to toxic and radioactive materials in the
nation's bomb factories and labs, will get compensation from the U.S.
government.

Citizen's Alerts briefly explain upcoming events, including a study group
to be held Nov. 2, 2000 @ 7 PM, at the Tri-Valley CAREs office entitled
"Nuclear Weapons and Your Health" -- everything you ever wanted to know about
nuclear weapons and possible health effects but were afraid to ask.

enjoy

Marylia Kelley
Tri-Valley CAREs
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
2582 Old First Street
Livermore, CA USA 94550

<http://www.igc.org/tvc/> - is our web site, please visit us there!

[phone] - is our phone
[phone] - is our fax

Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley
CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
Abolition 2000 global network for the elimination of nuclear weapons, the
U.S. Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and the Back From the Brink
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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 07:06:27 -0400
From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/10/25 -  Daybook; Presidential Candidates; Activist Announcements

Washington Times Daybook, October 25, 2000, Agence France Presse=20
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-20001025212012.htm

      Secret Russian deal =97 10:30 a.m. =97 The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee's European affairs and Near Eastern and South Asian affairs
subcommittees hold a joint hearing focusing on recent revelations that Vice
President Al Gore signed secret agreements with then-Russian Prime Minister
Victor Chernomyrdin, in which he promised not to implement U.S. laws=
 requiring
sanctions for Russian weapons proliferation to Iran, and then withheld the
information from Congress. Location: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Contact: 202/224-4651.
     =20
      USS Cole hearing =97 2 p.m. =97 House Armed Services Committee holds a
hearing on the attack on the USS Cole in Yemen. Location: 2118 Rayburn House
Office Building. Contact: 202/225-4151.

      9 a.m. =97 Senate Armed Services Committee holds a hearing to receive
testimony on issues related to the attack on the USS Cole. Location: 216=
 Hart
Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-3871.

      U.S.-Cuba trade conference =97 all day =97 The Center for=
 International
Policy holds a conference on "The Potential for U.S.-Cuba Trade in=
 Agricultural
Commodities." Location: National Press Club, 14th and F streets NW. Contact:
202/232-3317.

      Russia briefing =97 8:30 a.m. =97 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty=
 holds a
briefing on "Old Problems, A New Agenda? Russia Under Putin." The speaker is
Donald Jensen, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty associate broadcasting=
 director.
Location: Fourth Floor Conference Room, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW. Contact:
202/457-6949.

      Pakistan discussion =97 5 p.m. =97 The Johns Hopkins University Paul=
 H. Nitze
School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) presents a program titled
"Pakistan: Friend or Foreign Policy Problem?" Stephen Cohen, Brookings
Institution, and Zalmay Khalizad, Rand Corp., participate. Location:
Auditorium, Rome Building, SAIS, 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Contact:
202/663-5626.

      Awards dinner =97 7 p.m. =97 The Hudson Institute holds its 11th=
 annual James
H. Doolittle Award Dinner. The honoree is former Defense Secretary Caspar W.
Weinberger. Location: Pavilion, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania=
 Ave.
NW. Contact: 315/549-4150.

[Anyone know why Weinberger is receiving an award at this late date? et -
mailto:[e-mail]]

- -- PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

- - George W. Bush -=20
http://www.GeorgeWBush.com - http://64.92.133.170/Calendar.asp
Wednesday: Florida.  Thursday: Pennsylvania and Michigan. Friday: he visits
several Michigan cities via bus.

- - Al Gore -=20
http://www.algore2000.com/

- - Ralph Nader -=20
http://www.votenader.org/campaignevents.html
Thursday, October 26 - Cleveland, OH Speech - Time:TBA
University Center Auditorium, Cleveland State University

- -- ANNOUNCEMENTS --

- - Next Tuesday (Oct. 31) at 9pm EST (check local listings to confirm time),=
 60=20
Minutes II on CBS will air a special two-part program on Star Wars, focusing=
=20
on Nira Schwartz, the whistleblower at TRW, and Dr. Ted Postol, the MIT=20
physicist whose letter to the White House detailing inherent weaknesses in=
=20
the Star Wars program was classified as secret. [From: "Jim Bridgman"
<mailto:[e-mail]>]

- - 'Blue glow' reported at Paducah plant
10.25.00 - A "blue glow" reported by workers at the Paducah  Gaseous=
 Diffusion
Plant could indicate nuclear reactions occurred underground in a top-secret
burial  pit for atomic-weapons parts, according to an internal memo obtained=
 by
The Paducah Courier-Journal.
http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2000/0010/25/001025blue.html
Workers were unprotected in contaminated buildings
10.25.00 - Security guards and firefighters at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion
Plant during the 1980s and possibly the early 1990s conducted anti-terrorist
training inside heavily contaminated buildings without protective clothing=
 or
equipment, a plant memo obtained by The Courier-Journal shows.
http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2000/0010/25/001025risk.html

- - Update on Plowshares Activists - SAM HOCHSTETLER - 30 DAYS, KRISTEN BETTS=
 -
60 DAYS, GREG BOERTJE-OBED - 6 MONTHS, ALL ARE IN THE CUSTODY OF THE BUREAU=
 OF
PRISONS BECAUSE THEY THREATENED MILITARY MORALE=20
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 21:43:56 +0100=20
From: disarmnow <[e-mail]>=20
        On May 20, 2000, 3 fine, loving human beings, recognizing the=
 reality
that our country is under siege by a force more lethal than Hitler's=
 Germany,
went to Andrews Air Force Base open house air show. Sam Hochstetler and Greg
Boertje-Obed stood in front of a B52 holding a banner with the simple but
prophetic message "swords into plowshares." Kristin Betts handed out=
 leaflets
with only 6 words: "Weapons of destruction. Nothing to celebrate." Within
moments they were arrested for trespassing....=20
        On October 23, 2000, Kristin, Sam and Greg appeared before=
 Magistrate
Day at the district court on base. In more than 3 hours of testimony by 6
witnesses, the prosecutor built his case around the accusations that the 3=
 were
participating in a political protest with a message intended to deteriorate=
 the
military's morale thereby hindering them from carrying out their mission of
defending the US in the event of war. The defendants cross examined the
government witnesses by asking them to define a political protest. Their
response - what you people were doing. The defendants asked if chaplains=
 were
allowed on base and were they allowed to read from the Bible. They asked if=
 the
messages of the Bible were considered threatening to the morale of the
military. They asked the government witnesses if they recognized the source=
 of
the message on the banner. They did not, so Sam read from Isaiah 2:4.....
        During the sentencing phase, the prosecutor argued that extreme
consequences needed to be imposed because of the severity of the crime. He
argued that this was not a simple trespass but represented a serious threat=
 to
this country's abilities to participate in war making activities. He warned=
 of
the government's need to deter domestic terrorism and suggested that unless
severe consequences were imposed, the government would lose the ability to
maintain law, order and control over its people....
        The Supreme Court ruled that freedom of speech is not protected on
military installations when such expressions of speech pose a danger to
military loyalty, discipline or morale. Expressions of speech affirming the
military and its missions are, however, welcomed on base at any time. We=
 also
learned that if those 6 simple words on the leaflets and 3 prophetic words=
 on
the banner constitute such a threat, then the pen really is mightier than=
 the
sword. For those that place their faith in the might of armaments, I would=
 say
are in deep trouble.
You can write to them at: Montgomery Co. Detention Center.=20
1307 Seven Locks Rd. Rockville MD 20854=20
They were sentenced by: Magistrate Charles Day U.S.Courthouse=20
6500 Cherrywood Lane Greenbelt MD 20770 -if you want to drop him a line.
        ALSO
Prison for 2 more good folks=20
PETER DE MOTT AND FELTON DAVIS IN PRISON ... IS IT THEY - OR THE PENTAGON -
THAT IS ABOVE & BEYOND THE LAW?=20
Today Peter Demott of Ithaca, NY and Felton Davis of New York City were
sentenced in the Federal court in Alexandria, Va. for their participation in=
 an
Hiroshima commemoration vigil at the Pentagon in August of 1999. The two=
 were
charged with refusing to obey a police officer who ordered them to leave the
steps of the Pentagon. They were not blocking or impeding traffic in any=
 way.
They were simply holding banners and praying. Peter and Felton both received=
 60
day sentences; Felton received an additional 30 days for probation violation=
 -
consecutive to the 60 days otherwise imposed. The prosecution asked that=
 they
be given time in prison because it's clear that they feel that they are=
 somehow
above the law and that limits that others accept don't apply to them.=20
        Felton had no prepared text for sentencing and was able to respond=
 to
the condemning spirit that the prosecution expressed. He pointed out that=
 both
he and Peter were there for sentencing; they were ready to take the=
 conseqences
for their actions; they always have. Further, he said, it is the Pentagon=
 that
feels above the the law; it is the Pentagon that accepts no limits. This is
manifest by their actions around the world. It's unclear, as of now, as to
where Felton and Peter will be serving....

- - New York - Lazio and Clinton Find Foreign Policy Differences Only on the
Prickly Margins
By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS, October 24, 2000 New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/24/politics/24FORE.html
        ... On close analysis, differences emerge in the way Mr. Lazio and=
 Mrs.
Clinton view America's role in the world.=20
        She is a proponent of internationalism, contending that Americans
should
not limit their notion of the national interest to the traditional areas of
military conflict, terrorism and trade. The United States' foreign policy
objectives, she says, should include the fight for women's rights, as well=
 as
the struggles against deadly diseases, extreme poverty, forced migration and
environmental degradation.
Mrs. Clinton did not respond to questions submitted by The Times, but in a
speech last week before the Council on Foreign Relations, she said her
expansive view was where realpolitik met "real-life politics."=20
        "There is a refrain that runs through some of those arguments," Mrs.
Clinton said, "that we should intervene with force only when we face=
 splendid
little wars that we surely can win, preferably by overwhelming force in a
relatively short period of time. To those who believe we should become=
 involved
only if it is easy to do, I think we have to say, `America has never and=
 should
not ever shy away from the hard task if it is the right one.' "
        The debate over when America should become involved in foreign=
 strife
surfaced again last week as a presidential campaign issue when George W.=
 Bush's
top national security aide, Condoleezza Rice, declared that a Bush
administration would withdraw United States peacekeeping troops from the
Balkans. Vice President Al Gore denounced such a move, saying it would deal=
 a
"damaging blow" to NATO.
Mr. Lazio supports what he calls "global engagement," but on a more limited
level. He stops short of backing Mr. Bush's call for a withdrawal from=
 Bosnia
and Kosovo, but warns that Mrs. Clinton's attempt to broaden American
objectives overseas is too costly and could distract the military from its
principal mission.
        "I would take exception with her if she is trying to suggest that we
ought to commit troops any time somebody asks," he said. "We've got to make
some very tough decisions, and those decisions include having to say no
sometimes."=20
Mr. Lazio said the United States should commit troops overseas only when=
 there
is a clear military objective and an exit strategy.=20
        In 1994, he joined House leaders in calling for a withdrawal of
American
troops from Haiti. Two years later, he supported a ban on sending ground=
 troops
to Bosnia, and this year he voted to withhold payment for American=
 operations
in Kosovo until the president certified that Europeans were meeting specific
burden-sharing targets by April 2001. Mr. Lazio did support airstrikes=
 against
Yugoslavia last year in defense of Kosovo Albanians.=20
        Both candidates are proponents of free trade. Mr. Lazio voted in
support
of enforcing trade rules through the World Trade Organization, backed the=
 North
American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico, and sought to extend=
 some
Nafta benefits to Central America and the Caribbean.=20
        Mrs. Clinton qualifies her support for trade expansion, asserting=
 that
it is ultimately self-defeating for the United States to try to remain an
"island of prosperity" that ignores depressed living standards abroad.
"Ensuring fair labor standards, environmental protection and transparency in
international organizations should go hand in hand with free trade," she=
 said
to the Council on Foreign Relations.
        Mrs. Clinton, who said she had visited every continent except
Antarctica
since moving to the White House, discusses foreign affairs with confidence=
 and
polish, whether examining nuclear tensions on the Indian subcontinent or
sympathizing with Colombia's president in the battle against=
 narcoguerrillas.
        Mr. Lazio's work in Congress has been concentrated in the House=
 Banking
and Commerce Committees. Although he has not yet appeared before the Council=
 on
Foreign Relations, the elite East Side forum for foreign policy devotees, he
burnished his credentials last week by winning the endorsement of Henry A.
Kissinger, the former secretary of state.=20
        Both candidates have flipped on important positions in recent
years. Mr.
Lazio, for instance, voted in July against forgiving hundreds of millions of
dollars in foreign debt held by developing nations. Three months later, he=
 came
out in support of debt relief. The congressman's stance on national missile
defense has also changed. He voted against a bill last year that called on=
 the
president to deploy the missile shield as soon as technologically feasible.=
 He
now supports deployment of the shield.....
        Hispanic leaders complain that they have largely been ignored by the
candidates, written off by Mr. Lazio and taken for granted by Mrs. Clinton.
        One exception has been Puerto Ricans in New York, who saw Mrs.=
 Clinton
twice clash with her husband over policy. She initially opposed his offer of
clemency last year to 16 members of the Puerto Rican independence group=
 known
as F.A.L.N. who had been imprisoned, provided that they renounced violence.
Then, facing the anger of many Puerto Ricans in New York, she backtracked,
saying she had spoken too soon. She then called for an end to military=
 target
practice on the island of Vieques off eastern Puerto Rico.
        Mr. Lazio has opposed clemency for activists he considers to be
"terrorists," aides said, but he supports ending target practice on Vieques.

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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 09:19:29 -0500
From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) RE: Update on Greg, Kristin and Sam

Dear Liz: We already live in a police state under the guise of the "wars" on
"drugs" and "terrorism". We are now moving toward outright fascism.
My love to you all.
Francis.

Francis A. Boyle
Law Building
504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.
Champaign, IL 61820 USA
217-333-7954(voice)
217-244-1478(fax)
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From: disarmnow [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 3:35 PM
To: Abolition-USA
Subject: Update on Greg, Kristin and Sam


Here the update promised last night. GREG, KRISTIN, AND SAM IN PRISON
BECAUSE THEY  THREATENED  MILITARY  MORALE!    We sometimes ask ourselves
what would we do if we were living in Nazi Germany. What would we do if
we were living in a country where the occupying regime was committing
unspeakable atrocities in which we were forced to be complicit either
directly or indirectly? If it were obvious that we were living under
such an occupying force, would we be more compelled to resist? Would we
be more willing to turn to our God for strength and wisdom and would we
be able to turn to each other for community and support?
    On May 20, 2000, 3 fine, loving human beings, recognizing the
reality
that our country is under siege by a force more lethal than Hitler's
Germany, went to Andrews Air Force Base open house air show. Sam
Hochstetler and Greg Boertje-Obed stood in front of a B52 holding a
banner with the simple but prophetic message "swords into plowshares."
Kristin Betts handed out leaflets with only 6 words: "Weapons of
destruction. Nothing to celebrate." Within moments they were arrested
for trespassing.
    On October 23, 2000, Kristin, Sam and Greg appeared before
Magistrate
Day at the district court on base. In more than 3 hours of testimony by
6 witnesses, the prosecutor built his case around the accusations that
the 3 were participating in a political protest with a message intended
to deteriorate the military's morale thereby hindering them from
carrying out their mission of defending the US in the event of war.
    The defendants cross examined the government witnesses by asking
them
to define a political protest.  Their response - what you people were
doing. The defendants asked if chaplains were allowed on base and were
they allowed to read from the Bible. They asked if the messages of the
Bible were considered threatening to the morale of the military. They
asked the government witnesses if they recognized the source of the
message on the banner. They did not, so Sam read from Isaiah 2:4.
    They each took their turn in testifying. They spoke about hoping to
warn people of our country's course of destruction, of hoping to raise
questions and dialogue, of following conscience and answering to a
higher authority. They spoke of being human beings trying to bring a
human message to a portion of humanity that allows inhuman acts to
proceed forward blindly.
    Needless to say, the 3 were convicted. During the sentencing phase,
the
prosecutor argued that extreme consequences needed to be imposed because
of the severity of the crime. He argued that this was not a simple
trespass but represented a serious threat to this country's abilities to
participate in war making activities. He warned of the government's need
to deter domestic terrorism and suggested that unless severe
consequences were imposed, the government would lose the ability to
maintain law, order and control over its people.
    SO - SAM HOCHSTETLER - 30 DAYS, KRISTEN BETTS - 60 DAYS, GREG
BOERTJE-OBED - 6 MONTHS, ALL ARE IN THE CUSTODY OF THE BUREAU OF
PRISONS.
    We learned a few things as a result of this ordeal. The Supreme
Court
ruled that freedom of speech is not protected on military installations
when such expressions of speech pose a danger to military loyalty,
discipline or morale. Expressions of speech affirming the military and
its missions are, however, welcomed on base at any time. We also learned
that if those 6 simple words on the leaflets and 3 prophetic words on
the banner constitute such a threat, then the pen really is mightier
than the sword. For those that place their faith in the might of
armaments, I would say are in deep trouble.

    You can write to them  at: Montgomery Co. Detention Center.
1307 Seven Locks Rd. Rockville MD 20854
    They were sentenced by:  Magistrate Charles Day U.S.Courthouse
6500 Cherrywood Lane Greenbelt MD 20770 -if you want to drop him a line.

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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 13:13:23 -0800
From: Abolition 2000 <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) New on the Abolition 2000 website!

Visit the Abolition 2000 website and see what's new!
Http://www.abolition2000.org

Grassroots Newsletter October 2000
http://www.abolition2000.org/news/0010.html

Abolition 2000 Report Card 2000 by Janet Bloomfield and Pamela Meidell
http://www.abolition2000.org/reports/reportcard2000.html

Take action on the ICJ Follow-up Resolution
http://www.abolition2000.org/action/ICJfollowupresolution.html


Reviewing Clinton Remarks on NMD From Theater Missile Defense (TMD)
to National Missile Defense (NMD)
A Looming Danger NGOs Must Resist
By Bahig Nassar
http://www.abolition2000.org/issues/BahigarticleBMD.html


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Coordinator, Abolition 2000


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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 19:21:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Reveal a secret, face prison/Sac. Bee

this new law could have a huge, negative impact on all our organizations'
work to monitor the nuclear weapons complex and other government
activities. read on ... mk

Reveal a secret, face prison: Leaking any classified data will be illegal
for first time
By Michael Doyle
Bee Washington Bureau
Published Oct. 24, 2000

WASHINGTON -- A sweeping new law about to be signed by President Clinton,
drafted without public hearings, for the first time makes it illegal to
leak any classified information.

  "Because of the seriousness of the leaks and the releasing of classified
information, we needed to take some additional steps," said Rep. Gary
Condit, a Ceres Democrat who serves on the House Permanent Select Committee
on Intelligence. "We hope it helps."

  Condit said he and other Democrats attempted to modify the measure to
account for some concerns. But the full implications of what critics are
calling America's first Official Secrets Act remain unclear -- for
whistle-blowers, for journalists, and for security officials themselves.

  Consider, for one, just how many secrets America keeps.

  The number is literally inestimable, Steven Garfinkle of the federal
Information Security Oversight Office said Friday.

  But among documents more than 25 years old, there are well over 1 billion
classified pages -- enough, Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York said
earlier this year, to fill 441 Washington Monuments. Some still-secret
documents date back decades, such as World War I-era documents concerning
secret ink.

  The old documents are being declassified, but new secrets also are being
created. Last year, 169,735 new documents -- each potentially spanning many
pages -- were given their first classification. An additional 8 million
documents got a fresh classification stamp last year when they included a
previously classified secret. Release of any one of these, regardless of
the topic, would subject the leaker to imprisonment for up to three years
under the new law.

  "This is like a sea change," said Kate Martin, director of the Center for
National Security Studies. "Congress has never even gone half this far."

  Until now, criminal sanctions have targeted "information relating to the
national defense" that the leaker "has reason to believe could be used to
the injury of the United States."

  It is also already illegal to leak information about codes and ciphers,
and to make public the names of U.S. spies.

  Prosecutions are rare. A Nixon administration effort to prosecute leakers
of the Pentagon Papers, historical documents describing origins of the
Vietnam War, collapsed because of prosecutorial misconduct.

  A notable 1980s conviction involved U.S. naval analyst Samuel Loring
Morison, who leaked "top secret" photographs of a Soviet aircraft carrier
to Jane's Defense Weekly. Morison was not a spy; he wanted to impress a
potential employer. But in upholding Morison's conviction, an appellate
court in 1988 cited an argument equally relevant to the stricter new law.

  "We do not think the First Amendment offers asylum ... merely because the
transmittal was to a representative of the press," the U.S. 4th Circuit
Court of Appeals wrote.

  The judges, as is common, studied the legislative history of the law used
to convict Morison. Such an examination, though, might prove difficult with
the new law. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence held a hearing on
the anti-leak proposal, but it was classified. The testimony of CIA
Director George Tenet and Attorney General Janet Reno remains secret.

  "We think the CIA has been pushing this for years, but we don't really
know," said Lucy Dalglish, executive director of the Reporters Committee
for Freedom of the Press.

  Until now, civil penalties have applied for those leaking classified
documents outside the category that includes national defense concerns, spy
naming and code breaking. A leaker might be fired, or lose a security
clearance.

  Hugh DeWitt, for instance, is a theoretical physicist who's worked at
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Berkeley for 43 years. Now on
emeritus status at the nuclear weapons lab, he recalled Friday his periodic
run-ins with security officials who threatened to yank his top-rated Q
clearance. Once, he was slapped with a security infraction -- and potential
loss of his clearance -- for writing a story lab officials claimed relied
on classified information. In reality, it was based on newspaper articles.

  "So often, the classification stamp is used to suppress information about
policy, and not technical things," DeWitt said.

  Once, in a separate court case, "they called classified some of my
citations to information that's in basic textbooks," he added.

  Under the new law, instead of losing clearances, such workers could be
prosecuted.

  "I think the trend is alarming," said Marylia Kelley, executive director
of the Livermore-based activist group Tri-Valley CAREs. "When you have
blanket rules like this, it has a chilling effect on the information that
people need."

  In the 1980s, Kelley recalled, the Energy Department classified two
environmental assessments examining the consequences of building a
controversial Lawrence Livermore uranium-vaporizing facility. Energy
Department accident records, too, have been regularly classified.

  Prosecutors would not have to show potential national security damage for
leaks of such accident reports or environmental assessment, but only that
they were "properly classified" according to criteria set by executive
order.

  "The executive branch," CIA Director Tenet testified two years ago,
"leaks like a sieve."

  Within the past week, for instance, the Washington Times ran a front-page
story based on a still-classified letter sent to Vice President Al Gore
from Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin. The Washington Post
offered a front-page story based on a CIA review of Chinese military
documents. Earlier this year, Reuters used classified documents to report
on an American hydrogen bomb lost off Greenland in 1968. The New York Times
in April used a still-classified CIA history to report on the agency's 1953
role in toppling the Iranian government.

  As with Samuel Morison, the fact that these secrets ended up in the press
wouldn't be a strong defense against prosecution under the new law.

  All of this has reporters, among others, wondering what the new law will
mean for them.

  "I'm not sure what impact it will have," Washington Times national
security reporter Bill Gertz said Friday, "but I don't think it's a good
thing."

Marylia Kelley
Tri-Valley CAREs
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
2582 Old First Street
Livermore, CA USA 94550

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Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
Abolition 2000 global network for the elimination of nuclear weapons, the
U.S. Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and the Back From the Brink
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