new york time quiz 3
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- why is the justice dept. considering a revision of the state secred privileges.
- want to assert the priviledge to withhold classified evidence soungh in cover or to ask judge to dismiss lavist at it's onset.
- what is the policy now?(sept. 23)
- will involved the priviledge of court on when genuine and significant norm to the national defense of foreign relations at state.
- why was the policy criticized under the bush administration
- frequently asserted the state secrets priviledge
- what is the concern for the attorney general
- prevent embarassment
- who is the attorney general
- eric h. holden
- why is obama pivoting on the mid-east peace talks?
- wants immoveable resistance from israel over his demand for a full freeze on settlements in the west bank largely setting that issue as a first step toward restarting middle east peace talks
- what is the concern about the israeli settlements
- not some settlements, not atposts
- why are those concerns blocking israely settlements
- putting a freeze on activitiy
- what is pres. obama's populatity rating in israel
- very positive
- who is col. muammar al-qaddafi?
- libya's leader
- why did muammar deliver a "scolding" to the u.n. general assembly
- it seemed like a pent up fury
- what is the general assembly
- all the leaders, where they meet
- when was the last time the al-qaddafi was tehre?
- 40 years ago
- What did he do to the u.n. charter and what did he have to say about africa, the security council, and his leadership
- talked about swine flu, and obama being "son of africa"
- how long did muammar speak for compared to obama
- he talked for 90. obama talked for 38
- what happened to immigrants that attempred to "crash" the border yesterday
- 2 mexicans were arrested on fed. human trafficing to cross illegally through southwest border posts to avoid risking the arawstrek through blacklands between the station
- how do border crossings for illegal immigrants at ports of entry compare to border crossings in remote areas
- far more risky and expensive for mexicans to cross through desserts and mountains
- how many border crossings are there every year
- 225 million
- what were the protesters met with at the g20
- they were met with lines of police officers
- what is the g20
- a meeting of the worlds leaders
- what is a sound cannon
- the sound of marching band playing
- what did authorities say about why the protesters were stopped
- they were taught to be apart of an unlawful assembly
- were all the protesters trouble makers
- no, some were peaceful and permitted marching
- who was arrested in dallas?
- a 19 year old jordinian man named hosam maner hussein sad
- what was he accused of doing
- charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destriction
- which building did he target in dallas
- 60 story fountain-place office tower
- where was the man from
- italy, texas
- what do truckers say about computers in their cabs
- truckers feel pressure to the computers even while arriving in order to meet tight delivery schedules
- what is the issue about legislation to limit that
- legislation that would ban texting/computer use while driving
- why are there concerns about computers being in the cabs
- the safety risks are high
- why are truckers resistant to the issue about legislation
- "over kill" cause them to be inefficient and expensinve
- what are the safety issues
- 10 times greater chance of crashing
- even though 2 bomb plots were thwarted, what are the concerns
- it reminds you there are evil people out there, but we cannot let them beat us
- who is hosam maher husein smadi and who is michael c finton
- michael c finton- fry cook in illinois moher hussein smadi-tried to over stay hgis visa
- how is the suspect in springfiel missouri different
- different in their reasons and actions.
- why were people surprised about him and his plot
- he blamed america
- what are officials saying about the swine flu vaccine and why you can't really blame the vaccines for all the ills that happen
- some officials say that events will not necessarly have anything to do with the vaccine. public relations challenges fed officials
- how many folks have heart attacks every year
- 1.1 million
- strokes every year
- 795,000
- miscarriages every year
- 876,000
- seizures every year-
- 200,000
- how does that contribute to the concerns about the flu
- some officials say these will hapen within hours/ days of some getting the flu shot.