DerekCasady * Website: http://casadyforcongress.com Bio Derek Casady was born in Oklahoma City, grew up in South Texas, graduated from high school in Phoenix, a...
_Potrero Blackwater battle in national spotlight_ By Miriam Raftery The East County Californian April 26, 2007 After The East County Californian published a thre...
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August 11, 2010 6:13 pm One of the frustrations of political challengers is getting the incumbent to debate. Ray Lutz, a Democratic candidate in the 52nd Congre...
LUTZ, BENOIT HUNGER STRIKES GAIN NATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION Candidates are hungry for debate with Rep. Duncan Hunter East County News Service August 22, 2010 (San...
Replacing four of the San Onofre nuclear plant s biggest parts took 10 years and cost almost $700 million. SDG E and others said the project was premature. It was...
'Shut Down San Onofre': The New Front Line in the Fight Against Nuclear Power Jon Wiener on July 5, 2012 5:52 PM ET Not long after the meltdown at Fukushima, wo...
This event was sponsored by the League of Women Voters and Common Cause, and was held in Carlsbad, CA on January 25, 2013. * Welcome Mary Crowley, President,...
Edison International's CEO Hosts San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Update Conference (Transcript) Jun 7 2013, 16:40 about: EIX Executives Janet T. Clayton ...
For many decades, the California Public Utilities Commission and the big companies it regulates — Pacific Gas Electric, Southern California Edison, Southern Cal...
California historically has offered one of the most constructive regulatory environments in the nation, says Hugh Wynne, a Wall Street research analyst. Because ...
Heated battles over who pays for last year's permanent closure of the San Onofre nuclear power plant — and how much — are just getting started. Even some consumer...
Southern California Edison and the maker of steam generators at San Onofre nuclear plant knew about problems with the generators even before they were installed, ...
Recent years have not been kind to the California Public Utilities Commission. Two high profile disasters—the 2010 San Bruno gas pipeline explosion, which killed ...
SCE reports private contact in 2013 with PUC head Peevey In 2013, then PUC President Michael Peevey spoke privately with an SCE executive about San Onofre. (Mark ...
PUC scandal stretches to UC Berkeley Former PUC President Michael Peevey has been criticized for emails and other communications with utility officials. (Cheryl A...
LosAngelesTimes Apr 17, 2007 Blackwater USA, a private army that promises "the most comprehensive professional security, peacekeeping and stability operations" in...
By JulianBarnes 7:35 PM PDT, October 14, 2007 WASHINGTON #8212; As the Bush administration deals with the fallout from the recent killings of civilians by priva...
JeremyScahill on Blackwater http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/10192007/transcript1.html October 19, 2007 Bill Moyers talks journalist Jeremy Scahill, Part 1 BILL...
By FrankRich The NewYorkTimes Sunday 21 October 2007 It was one of those stories lost in the newspaper's inside pages. Last week a man you've never heard of ...
Some of those interviewed in an FBI inquiry reveal details of the incident and say the agents are focused on whether the security guards were fired upon first. By...
Rapture Rescue 911: Disaster Response for the Chosen Naomi Klein Posted November 1, 2007 (November 19, 2007 issue) I used to worry that the United States was...
By Ryan Sabalow (Contact) Friday, November 2, 2007 For the past month, a former Redding resident has become a vocal critic of Blackwater USA, the private security...
at the end of lines that need to break but don't need a blank line. * Mark sub headline with header 3 " " At a congressional hearing, the security firm and...
Prosecuting private security contractors for shooting Iraqi civilians might be impossible. By Jeremy Scahill November 15, 2007 Federal agents investigating the Se...
By Christian Berthelsen, Los Angeles Times December 9, 2007 BAGHDAD The security contractor settled into the back of the armored Mercedes parked under the C...
Most inhabitants of idyllic Potrero like the place just the way it is. Thanks anyway, Blackwater. By Pat Sherman 02/12/2008 Though a controversial military contra...
Winning the prestigious George Polk award is bittersweet vindication for investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill. His book, "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's M...
No matter who wins the White House, the security firm is shooting for lucrative work. By JeremyScahill June 16, 2008 From California to Iraq, business has never b...
MANAMA, BAHRAIN #8212; Common images of the U.S. Coast Guard's duties include boat rescues on the Great Lakes, pursuits of smugglers in the Caribbean and patrols...
When a California medical marijuana dispensary, Organica Collective, was raided last Thursday by agents of the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency and local police, t...
POTRERO, CALIF. #8212; With its isolation and rustic ambience, this sparsely populated hamlet in eastern San Diego County offers the privacy and quiet its reside...
Pat Nixon at the U.S. Mexico Border New America Media, Commentary, Joseph Nevins, Posted: Aug 22, 2008 Editor s Note: Nearly 40 years ago this month, First Lady ...
By TonyPerry, LosAngelesTimes April 22, 2007 POTRERO, Calif. With its isolation and rustic ambience, this sparsely populated hamlet in eastern San Diego Cou...
by JeremyScahill from the May 8, 2006 issue It is one of the most infamous incidents of the war in Iraq: On March 31, 2004, four private American security contr...
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la na contractors17 2009apr17,0,5505250.story From the Los Angeles Times FORGOTTEN WARRIORS Injured war zone contr...
More lawsuits filed against Blackwater security firm 2:38 PM March 27, 2009 Two more lawsuits have been filed in San Diego federal court against the former Blac...
In the media December 11, 2008 Shutting Down Public Access TV By Patrick Range Mc Donald, L.A. WEEKLY AT T and L.A. City Hall Quietly Lead a National Pus...
New U.S. data show how heavily the Bush administration has relied on corporations to carry out the occupation of the war torn nation. By T. Christian Miller Tim...
For the first time, Israel has approved a school book acknowledging to the country s minority Palestinian citizens what they have been learning at home: The Jewis...
Dear Progressive Friends, After extensive research, interviews and meetings with all of our candidates, I am very pleased to announce my endorsement of Derek Ca...
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Get Bumper Stickers! Objective: Permanent decommissioning of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) WE WON! Southern California Edison announced a pe...