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Geithner, Bernanke and Paulsen all deny any involvement in the back door bailout of Goldman, Deutche Bank, Societe Generale and Merrill. So, who authorized this?

Commentary by David Reilly
Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- The idea of secret banking cabals that control the country and global economy are a given among conspiracy theorists who stockpile ammo, bottled water and peanut butter. After this week’s congressional hearing into the bailout of American International Group Inc., you have to wonder if those folks are crazy after all.

Wednesday’s hearing described a secretive group deploying billions of dollars to favored banks, operating with little oversight by the public or elected officials.

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Published on Saturday, January 30, 2010 by CommonDreams.org

by Ralph Nader

The President's State of the Union Speech is the Big Speech of the year. Yet there is never an opportunity either for the press or the citizenry to promptly follow up with any questions or requests for clarifications. As a result, doubt and misunderstandings fester.

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USFS has proposed discontinuing the 50% discount on camping fees to Golden age/Senior and Access pass holders in all concession-operated FS campgrounds, due to lobbying from big concession companies for more profits. Comments on this change will be accepted by the Forest Service until Feb.1, 2010.

For more information:
http://westernslopenofee.org/index2.php?display=yes&pageid=2

Obama’s Secret Prisons
Night Raids, Hidden Detention Centers, the “Black Jail,” and the Dogs of War in Afghanistan
By Anand Gopal

One quiet, wintry night last year in the eastern Afghan town of Khost, a young government employee named Ismatullah simply vanished. He had last been seen in the town’s bazaar with a group of friends. Family members scoured Khost’s dust-doused streets for days. Village elders contacted Taliban commanders in the area who were wont to kidnap government workers, but they had never heard of the young man. Even the governor got involved, ordering his police to round up nettlesome criminal gangs that sometimes preyed on young bazaar-goers for ransom.

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