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Archive for May 19, 2012

#OccupyJail – Terror suspects arrested in apparent plot to bomb Obama headquarters, mayor’s home

[DailyCaller.com]

Associated Press

Published: 10:00 PM 05/19/2012

This undated photo provided Saturday, May 19, 2012 by the Chicago Police Department shows Jared Chase, 24, of Keene, N.H. Chase was one of three men arrested Wednesday, May 16, 2012, in Chicago, accused of making Molotov cocktails with plans to attack President Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s home and other targets during this weekend’s NATO summit, according to prosecutors at a court hearing Saturday. The three were arrested in a nighttime raid of an apartment in the city’s South Side Bridgeport neighborhood ahead of the two-day meeting. (AP Photo/Chicago Police Department)
CHICAGO (AP) — Three activists who traveled to Chicago for a NATO summit were accused Saturday of manufacturing Molotov cocktails in a plot to attack President Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s home and other targets.

But defense lawyers shot back that Chicago police had trumped up the charges to frighten peaceful protesters away, telling a judge it was undercover officers known by the activists as “Mo” and “Gloves” who brought the firebombs to a South Side apartment where the men were arrested.

“This is just propaganda to create a climate of fear,” Michael Deutsch said. “My clients came to peacefully protest.”

On the eve of the summit, the dramatic allegations were reminiscent of previous police actions ahead of major political events, when authorities moved quickly to prevent suspected plots but sometimes quietly dropped the charges later.

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Romney points to restored bridge as Obama failure

My Way

[myway.com]

May 18, 5:08 PM (ET)

By PHILIP ELLIOTT

(AP) Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in Hillsborough,…

HILLSBOROUGH, N.H. (AP) – Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney on Friday criticized a restored 19th century bridge as another “Bridge to Nowhere” and a fresh symbol of the waste he says is rampant in President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan.

From the parking lot of a Ford dealership, Romney pointed to the nearby stone bridge that straddles the Contoocook River and called it a boondoggle. The town of Hillsborough received $150,000 in federal stimulus money to repair the Sawyer Bridge as part of a new park project designed to put people to work installing new benches, lights and visitor parking.

Those additions have not happened.

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