The United States has secretly given a "written guarantee" to Israel that obliges Washington to sell Israel nuclear fission materials, Israeli sources say. The materials will be used to "produce electricity," Israeli Army radio, which is an official Israeli news source, reported. Washington has also vowed to "publicly announce" that Israel is a responsible entity and can "contain its capabilities." Haaretz: Obama administration: Israel has right to nuclear capability for deterrence purposes. + Report: Secret document affirms U.S.-Israel nuclear partnership. [In case the report is removed by Ha'aretz, we have also published it here: http://tinyurl.com/32vax68] [Redress News Blog]

[The Irish government] has moved to block a European Commission initiative to allow the transfer to Israel and storage there of sensitive personal data on European citizens. The intervention by Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern reflects “profound concern” over transfers being made following the use of eight fake Irish passports by the alleged Israeli assassins of Hamas operative Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. Dubai police have accused Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad of orchestrating the killing using fraudulent British, French, German and Australian passports along with the fake Irish passports. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied involvement. The commission wanted European governments to approve a declaration that the EU recognises Israeli data protection standards as being sufficient to allow member states to transfer such personal data to Israel. Two days ago, however, Irish officials called for the termination of the procedure under which EU governments were to endorse the commission’s declaration. Without such a declaration, the transfer of personal data to Israel is prohibited.

FROM THE US of A, the "SHRINE OF DEMOCRACY": CNN has fired its senior editor for Middle Eastern affairs after she published a Twitter message praising the late Lebanese Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah. Octavia Nasr has been told to leave the US television news network after praising the Lebanese cleric who died from internal bleeding in a Beirut hospital on Sunday.

“Sad to hear of the passing of Seyyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah… One of Hezbollah's giants I respect a lot,”

Nasr wrote on the micro-blogging site Twitter on Sunday. CNN officials learned of Nasr's message on Monday and shortly after, a written statement on CNN's website said Nasr had made an "error of judgment."

Internal Raytheon email calls system 'Big Brother'. The National Security Agency has begun work on an "expansive" spy system that will monitor critical infrastructure inside the United States for cyber-attacks, in a move that detractors say could end up violating privacy rights and expanding the NSA's domestic spying abilities. The Wall Street Journal cites unnamed sources as saying that the NSA has issued a $100-million contract to defense contractor Raytheon to build a system dubbed "Perfect Citizen," which will involve placing "sensors" at critical points in the computer networks of private and public organizations that run infrastructure, organizations such as nuclear power plants and electric grid operators.

There's a new president in the white house. And he's not taking any $#%&!! from anybody.

Making up less than 2% of the US population, Jews have insinuated themselves into the highest chairs of American government. How did they do this? With billions of dollars at their disposal to pour into Jewish candidates through a plethora of Political Action Committees known as PACS, Jewry has the financial edge over the Gentiles. And, with their synagogue buddies who own ALL of the mass media, Jewry gets their Jewish candidates a good press while Gentile opponents are either smeared or ignored. Money and media are the keys to Zionist political hegemony. In other words, America has the best Congress Jewish money can buy…

■ Kremlin 'keen to sidestep potential embarrassment of court testimony'
■ Ten alleged spies set for first court appearance together
■ Accused could plead guilty to lowest charges before being deported

Raw Story: US, Russia planning Cold War-style prisoner swap? AWIP/Stephen Lendman: Russian Spy Case: Espionage or Politics?

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says that the U.S. is a "dictatorship" as it tries to control world affairs. Ahmadinejad made the comments Wednesday night during a speech at the Iranian Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria's capital. He is in Nigeria for a summit of an organization known as the D-8, or the Developing Eight nations. In full, Ahmadinejad says the U.S. is "the self-proclaimed leader, and everybody should know that a self-proclaimed leadership is (a) dictatorship. I am going to say, on behalf of you, that the years of dictatorship are over."

The corporate media have been given their orders to throw the focus back on to Iran. Here is a recap of what they are trying to make you forget.

By now, someone has probably forwarded David Ray Griffin's letter on to you. But if not, see the link at bottom. For what it's worth, my own research supports Griffin on ALL points. Having said this, I'm going to climb onto my high horse. I want you to know how disappointed I am in you. You have done something unworthy of yourself. You have buried your head in the sand on one of the crucial issues of our time. Several years ago, when I first brought the evidence about 9/11 to your attention, you replied that the evidence needed to find its way into print in mainstream science or engineering journals. Later, after this happened, and I brought it to your attention, you responded by feigning ignorance. You said you were not qualified to evaluate the evidence. Baloney. You copped out. If a theologian like Griffin can examine the evidence (which today is much stronger) in a logical and rational manner, surely we should expect no less of the world's leading linguistic scholar.