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This is an urgent advisory notice from concerned citizens of Oregon and Washington about an upcoming U.S. Joint Forces Command emergency management exercise known as NOBLE RESOLVE 07-2 that will simulate terrorism or disaster scenarios in the Lower Columbia River Basin between Aug. 20th and Aug 24th, 2007.

NOBLE RESOLVE 07-2 was designed and will be directed by U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) and the Department of Homeland Security. We are aware of no public notice concerning this exercise, but preliminary investigation has revealed that Oregon National Guard officials and federal officials will conduct the drill. Details from official sources are minimal.

This advisory is to document our concerns, raise public awareness and urge citizen action based on the following facts:

1. NOBLE RESOLVE is a computer-based simulation of a large-scale emergency situation (e.g. earthquake, hurricane, tsunami, or terrorist attack with nuclear weapon) in order to train for managing all aspects of the emergency response through comprehensive software.

2. Military exercises such as NOBLE RESOLVE 07-2 have a recent history of coinciding with lethal “live” events. This occurred on 9/11/01 when five or more major military or security exercises were in progress on the very day of the actual attacks. The same phenomenon occurred with the London Bombings of 7/7/05 during which a drill concerning multiple bomb attacks was being staged on that day.

3. Vice President Cheney, Homeland Security Director Micheal Chertoff and former Senator Rick Santorum have all warned of a new 9/11 attack this summer, but are giving no evidence in support. Chertoff based his prediction on a “gut feeling”.

4. The May 2007 Presidential Directive NSPD 51 (HSPD 20) addressing “continuity of government” in the event of a massive emergency, includes secret "annexes" which are pertinent additional documents. Some US Congressional Committee on Homeland Security members such as Rep. Peter DeFazio have written to formally request permission to review these secret "annexes" and have twice been denied access by the White House.

5. This particular exercise, NOBLE RESOLVE 07-2, includes one scenario involving an unaccounted for, "loose," ten kiloton nuclear weapon, exactly as Vice President Cheney hinted in recent interviews. Department of Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff claims he fears the same.

6. The plummeting support for the GOP has triggered comments from its members and analyses of its current political strategy that point to a new 9/11 attack as a contributing factor to GOP political salvation. Moreover, it appears that legends or back stories are being disseminated to support just such an event.

Transparency concerning NOBLE RESOLVE 07-2 is vital for the public safety of everyone in the Lower Columbia River Basin. We call on the planners, directors and participants in NOBLE RESOLVE 07-2 to be vigilant and to maintain transparency with respect to these military exercises. We also urge citizens and our elected officials to monitor the activities of participants connected with the exercises and alert authorities to any suspicious behavior. These exercises have an established pattern of becoming “live” events. (Please read references below.) We recommend that officials of the Ports of Astoria, Longview, Vancouver and Portland on the Lower Columbia River take extra care in their monitoring and examination of all shipping on the Lower Columbia River while NOBLE RESOLVE 07-2 is in progress. Finally, we urge all concerned to voice that concern in letters and calls to elected officials and civil servants requesting full transparency and citizen oversight.

REFERENCES:

1. NOBLE RESOLVE
“Four days of “simulated” nuclear terrorist scenarios in the US & Europe” http://tinyurl.com/ynq8oq
USJFOCM - 1 http://www.jfcom.mil/index.htm
USJFOCM – 2: http://tinyurl.com/328eoj

2. History of Military Exercises Coinciding with “terrorist” attacks
NYC / Washington DC / Pennsylvania on 9/11/01: http://tinyurl.com/bdfsv
London Bombings: http://tinyurl.com/8um9d

3. New 911 warnings
Cheney: http://tinyurl.com/3bqxq4 (page 8)
Chertoff: http://tinyurl.com/2routa
Al Qaeda: http://tinyurl.com/2peoqb
Santorum: http://tinyurl.com/ypkybx

4. NSPD 51 Grants Martial Law authority
Text: http://tinyurl.com/yqthor
DeFazio denied access to COG plans: http://tinyurl.com/36snph

5. Scenario Involving Nuclear Attack in Portland
Harvard Study Maps Results of 10 Kiloton Nuclear Blast in Portland, Oregon:
http://tinyurl.com/2fmtpl (Page 9)
Ten kiloton nuclear bomb fact sheet http://tinyurl.com/2q48qa

6. Associating terrorist act to revival of GOP
Republican Party of Arkansas: http://tinyurl.com/27hgez (3rd para. from end)
Paul Craig Roberts: http://tinyurl.com/38wn5v

Portland Connections:
Uncertain future (Portland, Oregon) Oregon gets terror drills: http://tinyurl.com/26we5b
Portland Withdraws from Joint Terrorism Task Force: http://tinyurl.com/2564to
Swan Island Networks is providing logistical support for Operation Noble Resolve: http://tinyurl.com/ytza2a
http://tinyurl.com/2adgch
Mobius & Swan Island: http://tinyurl.com/2zsgsa
Maersk Lines now primary US military shipper: http://tinyurl.com/23ssy8
Maersk Lines involved with NOBLE RESOVE: http://tinyurl.com/2q48qa
SeaSecure & Mobius http://www.seasecure.com/

General Background:
Is America Preparing for Martial Law? http://tinyurl.com/a3ot9
Martial Law is Now a Real Threat: Declaring the US a Battlefield http://tinyurl.com/2zg67l
Dirty Bomb Threat: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20221065/
Legends (back stories) New 911-style plot: http://tinyurl.com/2j7cxu
Al Qaeda cell may be loose in US: http://tinyurl.com/ytmfdm
Legend (reinforcing terror hoaxes): Plot would have killed thousands: http://tinyurl.com/ynl6b8
Doubt cast on 'liquid explosives' threat, Al Qaeda network in UK Identified: http://tinyurl.com/2c9654
BAE joins RAINS: http://tinyurl.com/2g55y9
London Bombing Drill conducted by Visor: http://www.visorconsultants.com/index.html
Guiliani in London on 7/7/05: http://www.prismwebcastnews.com/pwn/?p=969
Giuliani Security & Safety LLC: http://tinyurl.com/2f3gke

There are no more DREs in Washington!

The heroic Paul Lehto, who has been fighting to get touch-screen voting machines OUT of Washington state, has some great news:

Unless a minor county snuck in with DREs that I didn't hear about, Washington state is now completely free of DREs (and BLUE!)!!! The county I sued shifted the balance of power to Democrats on the county council and the Dems just canned the Sequoia DREs effective September 2005 in favor of an Oregon vote by mail type system (or vote by dropoff at a regional drop off facility).

If you're interested in verifying that angle that there are no longer any DREs in use in POLLING PLACES as opposed to for legitimately disabled voters, jgideon@votersunite.org would know for sure.

Here's the DU post as well as a link there to the local press.

http://tinyurl.com/a7da3

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NEW* MEHLMAN in Tigard, OR - 3 PM PDT: Kicking off Hispanic Heritage Month, Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Ken Mehlman will travel to Tigard, Oregon on Wednesday, Sept. 14, to deliver remarks to Hispanic community and business leaders. [RNC Press Release]

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