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Is The Word Germane Just Too Close To German, Or What?

by Frances Farmer

Jan 26, 2014

Remember this? www.upi.com/Odd_News/Blog/2013/06/20/X-ray-weapon-FBI-uncovered-was...

Well, yesterday I see this: http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/man-pleads-guilty-plot-build-mobile-...

So I write NTI:

I am very disappointed to see that the author chose to leave out a few fairly important parts of the story.

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/Blog/2013/06/20/X-ray-weapon-FBI-uncove...

And I get back: Thanks so much for your e-mail. 

GSN's news-aggregation pieces are brief pieces that capture the most salient points of the news, and are not meant to be exhaustive.  Whenever available, we also include hyperlinks to the original news stories on which they are based, where readers can find fuller details about the matter.

I'm not sure which aspect of the story you feel our author "chose to leave out." But we base our GSN aggregation articles on only the very latest reporting -- in this case from a 1/23/14 Associated Press piece and a 1/22/14 local newspaper report, both linked in the article.

The UPI item you sent is from last June and would not have come up in our reporter's search of new articles on the topic to summarize.

Many thanks for reading GSN and taking an interest in these topics.

All best,

Elaine Grossman
GSN Executive Editor & Senior Correspondent

National Journal Special Correspondent

202.266.7248

Nice, huh?

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    The remotely-operated device emitted lethal doses of X-ray radiation capable of killing targeted individuals "who would not immediately be aware that they had absorbed lethal doses of radiation, the harmful effects of which would only appear days after the exposure," according to a Department of Justice statement.

    Undercover agents allegedly heard Crawford, a self-described member of the Ku Klux Klan, state that he "harbors animosity towards individuals and groups that he perceives as hostile to the interests of the United States" and refers to them as "medical waste." Crawford identified Muslims as belonging to the target community, according to the complaint.

    http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/Blog/2013/06/20/X-ray-weapon-FBI-uncove...

    Killing people while they sleep? Self-defence

    If that makes Cuomo nervous, he should blame the FBI, because it seems highly unlikely Crawford would have had much success if undercover agents hadn't supplied him with X-ray parts, money, plans, and assembly. 

    http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/fbis-fake-kkk-death-ray-attack-andre...

    Jan 26, 2014

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      truth

      FBI Aids Terrorist Death Ray Plot

      Jan 27, 2014

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        Frances Farmer

        The facts that these perps are militant Zionists looking to kill "enemies of Israel" and were seeking funds from synagogs, and that the FBI was tipped off by a synagog official to the plot, belong in any serious piece covering the case. GSN is ostensibly the most qualified, even-handed and pragmatic NGO group dealing in nuke security and proliferation issues. For their news arm to refer to the KKK but not militant Zionists and then a top editor defend it- fucking pisses me off. If this reflects the level of commitment GSN has to meaningful nuke security, they might as well pack up and go home.

        Jan 27, 2014