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Saturday, April 9, 2011

Fury in Washington as Government Shutdown looms

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Ugly public posturing raged between Republicans and Democrats Friday, after a budget impasse left the USZ government within hours of effectively running out of money and being forced to shut down. Through-the-night talks failed to unblock a deadlock on a bill funding the government through October 1, despite puppet President Barack Obama's demand for a deal as time fast ticked away to a midnight (0400 GMT Saturday) deadline. Should those last-ditch efforts fail, around 800,000 federal employees would be temporarily laid off, paychecks for frontline combat soldiers would be delayed and even Blackberry smart phones of government officials would go dark. National parks would close, passport services would halt and no new pioneering medical trials would start, but operations vital to national security like the war in Afghanistan and border services would go on as normal. Republican and Democratic leaders could not even agree on what they disagreed on, as both sides played to core political supporters in public even as their negotiators pressed on with exhaustive closed-doors talks.


But it was possible that the flame throwing meant both Israhell controlled sides were appeasing core constituencies while closing on a deal palatable to the large political center ground after a showdown with huge political implications. White House spokesman Jay Carney said that Obama on Friday spoke separately to House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner and Democratic Senate Majority leader Harry Reid who are the key powerbrokers in the negotiations. “Discussions between the leaders and the White House aimed at reaching a budget agreement are continuing”, Carney said, as congressional Democrats slammed Republicans for being puppets of "hard right" Tea Party activists. But Boehner charged that a deal was foundering because Democrats were balking at cuts in government programs that Republicans say are vital to curtailing the expanding deficit. "We have no interest in shutting down the government", he said, adding he was hopeful that an agreement could still be reached. "But we're not going to roll over and sell out the American people like it's been done time and time again here in Washington. When we say we're serious about cutting spending, we're damn serious about it". Reid however said that the two sides had agreed on 38 billion dollars in cuts and slammed Republicans for including a bid to curtail social programs in the deal, charging they were the puppets of social conservatives. Reid cited a Republican attempt to curtail funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides preventative health care, clinics, reproductive education, cancer screening and sex education.


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Fury in Washington as Government Shutdown looms

Read on Pakistan Cyber Force Facebook Page

Ugly public posturing raged between Republicans and Democrats Friday, after a budget impasse left the USZ government within hours of effectively running out of money and being forced to shut down. Through-the-night talks failed to unblock a deadlock on a bill funding the government through October 1, despite puppet President Barack Obama's demand for a deal as time fast ticked away to a midnight (0400 GMT Saturday) deadline. Should those last-ditch efforts fail, around 800,000 federal employees would be temporarily laid off, paychecks for frontline combat soldiers would be delayed and even Blackberry smart phones of government officials would go dark. National parks would close, passport services would halt and no new pioneering medical trials would start, but operations vital to national security like the war in Afghanistan and border services would go on as normal. Republican and Democratic leaders could not even agree on what they disagreed on, as both sides played to core political supporters in public even as their negotiators pressed on with exhaustive closed-doors talks.


But it was possible that the flame throwing meant both Israhell controlled sides were appeasing core constituencies while closing on a deal palatable to the large political center ground after a showdown with huge political implications. White House spokesman Jay Carney said that Obama on Friday spoke separately to House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner and Democratic Senate Majority leader Harry Reid who are the key powerbrokers in the negotiations. “Discussions between the leaders and the White House aimed at reaching a budget agreement are continuing”, Carney said, as congressional Democrats slammed Republicans for being puppets of "hard right" Tea Party activists. But Boehner charged that a deal was foundering because Democrats were balking at cuts in government programs that Republicans say are vital to curtailing the expanding deficit. "We have no interest in shutting down the government", he said, adding he was hopeful that an agreement could still be reached. "But we're not going to roll over and sell out the American people like it's been done time and time again here in Washington. When we say we're serious about cutting spending, we're damn serious about it". Reid however said that the two sides had agreed on 38 billion dollars in cuts and slammed Republicans for including a bid to curtail social programs in the deal, charging they were the puppets of social conservatives. Reid cited a Republican attempt to curtail funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides preventative health care, clinics, reproductive education, cancer screening and sex education.


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Fury in Washington as Government Shutdown looms

Read on Pakistan Cyber Force Facebook Page

Ugly public posturing raged between Republicans and Democrats Friday, after a budget impasse left the USZ government within hours of effectively running out of money and being forced to shut down. Through-the-night talks failed to unblock a deadlock on a bill funding the government through October 1, despite puppet President Barack Obama's demand for a deal as time fast ticked away to a midnight (0400 GMT Saturday) deadline. Should those last-ditch efforts fail, around 800,000 federal employees would be temporarily laid off, paychecks for frontline combat soldiers would be delayed and even Blackberry smart phones of government officials would go dark. National parks would close, passport services would halt and no new pioneering medical trials would start, but operations vital to national security like the war in Afghanistan and border services would go on as normal. Republican and Democratic leaders could not even agree on what they disagreed on, as both sides played to core political supporters in public even as their negotiators pressed on with exhaustive closed-doors talks.


But it was possible that the flame throwing meant both Israhell controlled sides were appeasing core constituencies while closing on a deal palatable to the large political center ground after a showdown with huge political implications. White House spokesman Jay Carney said that Obama on Friday spoke separately to House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner and Democratic Senate Majority leader Harry Reid who are the key powerbrokers in the negotiations. “Discussions between the leaders and the White House aimed at reaching a budget agreement are continuing”, Carney said, as congressional Democrats slammed Republicans for being puppets of "hard right" Tea Party activists. But Boehner charged that a deal was foundering because Democrats were balking at cuts in government programs that Republicans say are vital to curtailing the expanding deficit. "We have no interest in shutting down the government", he said, adding he was hopeful that an agreement could still be reached. "But we're not going to roll over and sell out the American people like it's been done time and time again here in Washington. When we say we're serious about cutting spending, we're damn serious about it". Reid however said that the two sides had agreed on 38 billion dollars in cuts and slammed Republicans for including a bid to curtail social programs in the deal, charging they were the puppets of social conservatives. Reid cited a Republican attempt to curtail funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides preventative health care, clinics, reproductive education, cancer screening and sex education.


Posted by Syed Faheem Akbar at 2:32 AM 0 comments
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Fury in Washington as Government Shutdown looms

Read on Pakistan Cyber Force Facebook Page

Ugly public posturing raged between Republicans and Democrats Friday, after a budget impasse left the USZ government within hours of effectively running out of money and being forced to shut down. Through-the-night talks failed to unblock a deadlock on a bill funding the government through October 1, despite puppet President Barack Obama's demand for a deal as time fast ticked away to a midnight (0400 GMT Saturday) deadline. Should those last-ditch efforts fail, around 800,000 federal employees would be temporarily laid off, paychecks for frontline combat soldiers would be delayed and even Blackberry smart phones of government officials would go dark. National parks would close, passport services would halt and no new pioneering medical trials would start, but operations vital to national security like the war in Afghanistan and border services would go on as normal. Republican and Democratic leaders could not even agree on what they disagreed on, as both sides played to core political supporters in public even as their negotiators pressed on with exhaustive closed-doors talks.


But it was possible that the flame throwing meant both Israhell controlled sides were appeasing core constituencies while closing on a deal palatable to the large political center ground after a showdown with huge political implications. White House spokesman Jay Carney said that Obama on Friday spoke separately to House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner and Democratic Senate Majority leader Harry Reid who are the key powerbrokers in the negotiations. “Discussions between the leaders and the White House aimed at reaching a budget agreement are continuing”, Carney said, as congressional Democrats slammed Republicans for being puppets of "hard right" Tea Party activists. But Boehner charged that a deal was foundering because Democrats were balking at cuts in government programs that Republicans say are vital to curtailing the expanding deficit. "We have no interest in shutting down the government", he said, adding he was hopeful that an agreement could still be reached. "But we're not going to roll over and sell out the American people like it's been done time and time again here in Washington. When we say we're serious about cutting spending, we're damn serious about it". Reid however said that the two sides had agreed on 38 billion dollars in cuts and slammed Republicans for including a bid to curtail social programs in the deal, charging they were the puppets of social conservatives. Reid cited a Republican attempt to curtail funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides preventative health care, clinics, reproductive education, cancer screening and sex education.


Posted by Syed Faheem Akbar at 2:32 AM 0 comments
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Fury in Washington as Government Shutdown looms

Read on Pakistan Cyber Force Facebook Page

Ugly public posturing raged between Republicans and Democrats Friday, after a budget impasse left the USZ government within hours of effectively running out of money and being forced to shut down. Through-the-night talks failed to unblock a deadlock on a bill funding the government through October 1, despite puppet President Barack Obama's demand for a deal as time fast ticked away to a midnight (0400 GMT Saturday) deadline. Should those last-ditch efforts fail, around 800,000 federal employees would be temporarily laid off, paychecks for frontline combat soldiers would be delayed and even Blackberry smart phones of government officials would go dark. National parks would close, passport services would halt and no new pioneering medical trials would start, but operations vital to national security like the war in Afghanistan and border services would go on as normal. Republican and Democratic leaders could not even agree on what they disagreed on, as both sides played to core political supporters in public even as their negotiators pressed on with exhaustive closed-doors talks.


But it was possible that the flame throwing meant both Israhell controlled sides were appeasing core constituencies while closing on a deal palatable to the large political center ground after a showdown with huge political implications. White House spokesman Jay Carney said that Obama on Friday spoke separately to House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner and Democratic Senate Majority leader Harry Reid who are the key powerbrokers in the negotiations. “Discussions between the leaders and the White House aimed at reaching a budget agreement are continuing”, Carney said, as congressional Democrats slammed Republicans for being puppets of "hard right" Tea Party activists. But Boehner charged that a deal was foundering because Democrats were balking at cuts in government programs that Republicans say are vital to curtailing the expanding deficit. "We have no interest in shutting down the government", he said, adding he was hopeful that an agreement could still be reached. "But we're not going to roll over and sell out the American people like it's been done time and time again here in Washington. When we say we're serious about cutting spending, we're damn serious about it". Reid however said that the two sides had agreed on 38 billion dollars in cuts and slammed Republicans for including a bid to curtail social programs in the deal, charging they were the puppets of social conservatives. Reid cited a Republican attempt to curtail funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides preventative health care, clinics, reproductive education, cancer screening and sex education.


Posted by Syed Faheem Akbar at 2:32 AM 0 comments
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Fury in Washington as Government Shutdown looms

Read on Pakistan Cyber Force Facebook Page

Ugly public posturing raged between Republicans and Democrats Friday, after a budget impasse left the USZ government within hours of effectively running out of money and being forced to shut down. Through-the-night talks failed to unblock a deadlock on a bill funding the government through October 1, despite puppet President Barack Obama's demand for a deal as time fast ticked away to a midnight (0400 GMT Saturday) deadline. Should those last-ditch efforts fail, around 800,000 federal employees would be temporarily laid off, paychecks for frontline combat soldiers would be delayed and even Blackberry smart phones of government officials would go dark. National parks would close, passport services would halt and no new pioneering medical trials would start, but operations vital to national security like the war in Afghanistan and border services would go on as normal. Republican and Democratic leaders could not even agree on what they disagreed on, as both sides played to core political supporters in public even as their negotiators pressed on with exhaustive closed-doors talks.


But it was possible that the flame throwing meant both Israhell controlled sides were appeasing core constituencies while closing on a deal palatable to the large political center ground after a showdown with huge political implications. White House spokesman Jay Carney said that Obama on Friday spoke separately to House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner and Democratic Senate Majority leader Harry Reid who are the key powerbrokers in the negotiations. “Discussions between the leaders and the White House aimed at reaching a budget agreement are continuing”, Carney said, as congressional Democrats slammed Republicans for being puppets of "hard right" Tea Party activists. But Boehner charged that a deal was foundering because Democrats were balking at cuts in government programs that Republicans say are vital to curtailing the expanding deficit. "We have no interest in shutting down the government", he said, adding he was hopeful that an agreement could still be reached. "But we're not going to roll over and sell out the American people like it's been done time and time again here in Washington. When we say we're serious about cutting spending, we're damn serious about it". Reid however said that the two sides had agreed on 38 billion dollars in cuts and slammed Republicans for including a bid to curtail social programs in the deal, charging they were the puppets of social conservatives. Reid cited a Republican attempt to curtail funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides preventative health care, clinics, reproductive education, cancer screening and sex education.


Posted by Syed Faheem Akbar at 2:32 AM 0 comments
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Fury in Washington as Government Shutdown looms

Read on Pakistan Cyber Force Facebook Page

Ugly public posturing raged between Republicans and Democrats Friday, after a budget impasse left the USZ government within hours of effectively running out of money and being forced to shut down. Through-the-night talks failed to unblock a deadlock on a bill funding the government through October 1, despite puppet President Barack Obama's demand for a deal as time fast ticked away to a midnight (0400 GMT Saturday) deadline. Should those last-ditch efforts fail, around 800,000 federal employees would be temporarily laid off, paychecks for frontline combat soldiers would be delayed and even Blackberry smart phones of government officials would go dark. National parks would close, passport services would halt and no new pioneering medical trials would start, but operations vital to national security like the war in Afghanistan and border services would go on as normal. Republican and Democratic leaders could not even agree on what they disagreed on, as both sides played to core political supporters in public even as their negotiators pressed on with exhaustive closed-doors talks.


But it was possible that the flame throwing meant both Israhell controlled sides were appeasing core constituencies while closing on a deal palatable to the large political center ground after a showdown with huge political implications. White House spokesman Jay Carney said that Obama on Friday spoke separately to House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner and Democratic Senate Majority leader Harry Reid who are the key powerbrokers in the negotiations. “Discussions between the leaders and the White House aimed at reaching a budget agreement are continuing”, Carney said, as congressional Democrats slammed Republicans for being puppets of "hard right" Tea Party activists. But Boehner charged that a deal was foundering because Democrats were balking at cuts in government programs that Republicans say are vital to curtailing the expanding deficit. "We have no interest in shutting down the government", he said, adding he was hopeful that an agreement could still be reached. "But we're not going to roll over and sell out the American people like it's been done time and time again here in Washington. When we say we're serious about cutting spending, we're damn serious about it". Reid however said that the two sides had agreed on 38 billion dollars in cuts and slammed Republicans for including a bid to curtail social programs in the deal, charging they were the puppets of social conservatives. Reid cited a Republican attempt to curtail funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides preventative health care, clinics, reproductive education, cancer screening and sex education.


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USZ government shutdown approaching - CIA, FBI monitoring economic collapse

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The CIA, FBI and other USZ intelligence agencies are planning potentially significant employee furloughs in the event of a federal government shutdown, agency officials said on Wednesday. Several national security and counterterrorism officials said these agencies had elaborate plans for furloughs if Congress and the White House fail to agree on a budget plan to keep the government funded. "The IC (intelligence community) has been looking very carefully at this," one official said. The key question, the official said, is what do agency managers believe are "essential" intelligence operations. Intelligence agencies plan to furlough employees deemed engaged in "nonessential" work. The spy units have already made extensive plans outlining which workers are considered essential and which are not. "Employees whose work is critical to national security will continue to work during a funding lapse," said one senior intelligence official. Workers assigned to cases examining long-term threats, or broad strategic problems, might face involuntary furloughs, while officials assigned to track down urgent threats would stay on the job.

USZ congressional leaders said they saw signs of progress for a budget deal in time to prevent a government shutdown after Friday. Negotiators were making progress on a compromise that would avert idling more than 800,000 workers, Republican and Democratic aides said. The CIA, along with the National Security Agency, will not be exempt from any shutdown. "The CIA is obviously required to follow the law in the event of a shutdown and would draw down accordingly, and it has conducted exhaustive planning to ensure that it can carry out its mission and continue to protect our nation," another official said. “No terrorist or nuclear proliferator should think the CIA is going to be off the job.”

HURTING MORALE

CIA Director Leon Panetta sent an internal message to agency workers saying:"Regardless of what happens, the CIA will never shut down our responsibility to the nation." FBI Director Robert Mueller said his agency also is expected to be affected by any shutdown, although essential work would continue. "We're going to have to look at it day by day. I can tell you that already it's ... adversely affecting morale in the bureau because a number of our persons don't know whether they will be here on Monday, don't know whether they'll get paid and that is tremendously disruptive to somebody who has given their service to some place like the bureau," Mueller said. But he added: "I do expect that our investigations will continue unhindered." The Justice Department said that all national security and normal law enforcement functions would continue and that all 116 federal prisons would remain open. "All criminal litigation will continue without interruption as an activity essential to the safety of human life and the protection of property," said Justice Department spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler. However, most civil litigation and processing of grants would stop, she said. The Obama administration has a brief due on Monday in one legal challenge to the president's signature healthcare law, though it likely is in the final drafting stages and would be filed, one department official said.

Source: Reuters

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USZ government shutdown approaching - CIA, FBI monitoring economic collapse

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The CIA, FBI and other USZ intelligence agencies are planning potentially significant employee furloughs in the event of a federal government shutdown, agency officials said on Wednesday. Several national security and counterterrorism officials said these agencies had elaborate plans for furloughs if Congress and the White House fail to agree on a budget plan to keep the government funded. "The IC (intelligence community) has been looking very carefully at this," one official said. The key question, the official said, is what do agency managers believe are "essential" intelligence operations. Intelligence agencies plan to furlough employees deemed engaged in "nonessential" work. The spy units have already made extensive plans outlining which workers are considered essential and which are not. "Employees whose work is critical to national security will continue to work during a funding lapse," said one senior intelligence official. Workers assigned to cases examining long-term threats, or broad strategic problems, might face involuntary furloughs, while officials assigned to track down urgent threats would stay on the job.

USZ congressional leaders said they saw signs of progress for a budget deal in time to prevent a government shutdown after Friday. Negotiators were making progress on a compromise that would avert idling more than 800,000 workers, Republican and Democratic aides said. The CIA, along with the National Security Agency, will not be exempt from any shutdown. "The CIA is obviously required to follow the law in the event of a shutdown and would draw down accordingly, and it has conducted exhaustive planning to ensure that it can carry out its mission and continue to protect our nation," another official said. “No terrorist or nuclear proliferator should think the CIA is going to be off the job.”

HURTING MORALE

CIA Director Leon Panetta sent an internal message to agency workers saying:"Regardless of what happens, the CIA will never shut down our responsibility to the nation." FBI Director Robert Mueller said his agency also is expected to be affected by any shutdown, although essential work would continue. "We're going to have to look at it day by day. I can tell you that already it's ... adversely affecting morale in the bureau because a number of our persons don't know whether they will be here on Monday, don't know whether they'll get paid and that is tremendously disruptive to somebody who has given their service to some place like the bureau," Mueller said. But he added: "I do expect that our investigations will continue unhindered." The Justice Department said that all national security and normal law enforcement functions would continue and that all 116 federal prisons would remain open. "All criminal litigation will continue without interruption as an activity essential to the safety of human life and the protection of property," said Justice Department spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler. However, most civil litigation and processing of grants would stop, she said. The Obama administration has a brief due on Monday in one legal challenge to the president's signature healthcare law, though it likely is in the final drafting stages and would be filed, one department official said.

Source: Reuters

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USZ government shutdown approaching - CIA, FBI monitoring economic collapse

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The CIA, FBI and other USZ intelligence agencies are planning potentially significant employee furloughs in the event of a federal government shutdown, agency officials said on Wednesday. Several national security and counterterrorism officials said these agencies had elaborate plans for furloughs if Congress and the White House fail to agree on a budget plan to keep the government funded. "The IC (intelligence community) has been looking very carefully at this," one official said. The key question, the official said, is what do agency managers believe are "essential" intelligence operations. Intelligence agencies plan to furlough employees deemed engaged in "nonessential" work. The spy units have already made extensive plans outlining which workers are considered essential and which are not. "Employees whose work is critical to national security will continue to work during a funding lapse," said one senior intelligence official. Workers assigned to cases examining long-term threats, or broad strategic problems, might face involuntary furloughs, while officials assigned to track down urgent threats would stay on the job.

USZ congressional leaders said they saw signs of progress for a budget deal in time to prevent a government shutdown after Friday. Negotiators were making progress on a compromise that would avert idling more than 800,000 workers, Republican and Democratic aides said. The CIA, along with the National Security Agency, will not be exempt from any shutdown. "The CIA is obviously required to follow the law in the event of a shutdown and would draw down accordingly, and it has conducted exhaustive planning to ensure that it can carry out its mission and continue to protect our nation," another official said. “No terrorist or nuclear proliferator should think the CIA is going to be off the job.”

HURTING MORALE

CIA Director Leon Panetta sent an internal message to agency workers saying:"Regardless of what happens, the CIA will never shut down our responsibility to the nation." FBI Director Robert Mueller said his agency also is expected to be affected by any shutdown, although essential work would continue. "We're going to have to look at it day by day. I can tell you that already it's ... adversely affecting morale in the bureau because a number of our persons don't know whether they will be here on Monday, don't know whether they'll get paid and that is tremendously disruptive to somebody who has given their service to some place like the bureau," Mueller said. But he added: "I do expect that our investigations will continue unhindered." The Justice Department said that all national security and normal law enforcement functions would continue and that all 116 federal prisons would remain open. "All criminal litigation will continue without interruption as an activity essential to the safety of human life and the protection of property," said Justice Department spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler. However, most civil litigation and processing of grants would stop, she said. The Obama administration has a brief due on Monday in one legal challenge to the president's signature healthcare law, though it likely is in the final drafting stages and would be filed, one department official said.

Source: Reuters

Posted by Syed Faheem Akbar at 12:59 AM 0 comments
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USZ government shutdown approaching - CIA, FBI monitoring economic collapse

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The CIA, FBI and other USZ intelligence agencies are planning potentially significant employee furloughs in the event of a federal government shutdown, agency officials said on Wednesday. Several national security and counterterrorism officials said these agencies had elaborate plans for furloughs if Congress and the White House fail to agree on a budget plan to keep the government funded. "The IC (intelligence community) has been looking very carefully at this," one official said. The key question, the official said, is what do agency managers believe are "essential" intelligence operations. Intelligence agencies plan to furlough employees deemed engaged in "nonessential" work. The spy units have already made extensive plans outlining which workers are considered essential and which are not. "Employees whose work is critical to national security will continue to work during a funding lapse," said one senior intelligence official. Workers assigned to cases examining long-term threats, or broad strategic problems, might face involuntary furloughs, while officials assigned to track down urgent threats would stay on the job.

USZ congressional leaders said they saw signs of progress for a budget deal in time to prevent a government shutdown after Friday. Negotiators were making progress on a compromise that would avert idling more than 800,000 workers, Republican and Democratic aides said. The CIA, along with the National Security Agency, will not be exempt from any shutdown. "The CIA is obviously required to follow the law in the event of a shutdown and would draw down accordingly, and it has conducted exhaustive planning to ensure that it can carry out its mission and continue to protect our nation," another official said. “No terrorist or nuclear proliferator should think the CIA is going to be off the job.”

HURTING MORALE

CIA Director Leon Panetta sent an internal message to agency workers saying:"Regardless of what happens, the CIA will never shut down our responsibility to the nation." FBI Director Robert Mueller said his agency also is expected to be affected by any shutdown, although essential work would continue. "We're going to have to look at it day by day. I can tell you that already it's ... adversely affecting morale in the bureau because a number of our persons don't know whether they will be here on Monday, don't know whether they'll get paid and that is tremendously disruptive to somebody who has given their service to some place like the bureau," Mueller said. But he added: "I do expect that our investigations will continue unhindered." The Justice Department said that all national security and normal law enforcement functions would continue and that all 116 federal prisons would remain open. "All criminal litigation will continue without interruption as an activity essential to the safety of human life and the protection of property," said Justice Department spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler. However, most civil litigation and processing of grants would stop, she said. The Obama administration has a brief due on Monday in one legal challenge to the president's signature healthcare law, though it likely is in the final drafting stages and would be filed, one department official said.

Source: Reuters

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USZ government shutdown approaching - CIA, FBI monitoring economic collapse

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The CIA, FBI and other USZ intelligence agencies are planning potentially significant employee furloughs in the event of a federal government shutdown, agency officials said on Wednesday. Several national security and counterterrorism officials said these agencies had elaborate plans for furloughs if Congress and the White House fail to agree on a budget plan to keep the government funded. "The IC (intelligence community) has been looking very carefully at this," one official said. The key question, the official said, is what do agency managers believe are "essential" intelligence operations. Intelligence agencies plan to furlough employees deemed engaged in "nonessential" work. The spy units have already made extensive plans outlining which workers are considered essential and which are not. "Employees whose work is critical to national security will continue to work during a funding lapse," said one senior intelligence official. Workers assigned to cases examining long-term threats, or broad strategic problems, might face involuntary furloughs, while officials assigned to track down urgent threats would stay on the job.

USZ congressional leaders said they saw signs of progress for a budget deal in time to prevent a government shutdown after Friday. Negotiators were making progress on a compromise that would avert idling more than 800,000 workers, Republican and Democratic aides said. The CIA, along with the National Security Agency, will not be exempt from any shutdown. "The CIA is obviously required to follow the law in the event of a shutdown and would draw down accordingly, and it has conducted exhaustive planning to ensure that it can carry out its mission and continue to protect our nation," another official said. “No terrorist or nuclear proliferator should think the CIA is going to be off the job.”

HURTING MORALE

CIA Director Leon Panetta sent an internal message to agency workers saying:"Regardless of what happens, the CIA will never shut down our responsibility to the nation." FBI Director Robert Mueller said his agency also is expected to be affected by any shutdown, although essential work would continue. "We're going to have to look at it day by day. I can tell you that already it's ... adversely affecting morale in the bureau because a number of our persons don't know whether they will be here on Monday, don't know whether they'll get paid and that is tremendously disruptive to somebody who has given their service to some place like the bureau," Mueller said. But he added: "I do expect that our investigations will continue unhindered." The Justice Department said that all national security and normal law enforcement functions would continue and that all 116 federal prisons would remain open. "All criminal litigation will continue without interruption as an activity essential to the safety of human life and the protection of property," said Justice Department spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler. However, most civil litigation and processing of grants would stop, she said. The Obama administration has a brief due on Monday in one legal challenge to the president's signature healthcare law, though it likely is in the final drafting stages and would be filed, one department official said.

Source: Reuters

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USZ government shutdown approaching - CIA, FBI monitoring economic collapse

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The CIA, FBI and other USZ intelligence agencies are planning potentially significant employee furloughs in the event of a federal government shutdown, agency officials said on Wednesday. Several national security and counterterrorism officials said these agencies had elaborate plans for furloughs if Congress and the White House fail to agree on a budget plan to keep the government funded. "The IC (intelligence community) has been looking very carefully at this," one official said. The key question, the official said, is what do agency managers believe are "essential" intelligence operations. Intelligence agencies plan to furlough employees deemed engaged in "nonessential" work. The spy units have already made extensive plans outlining which workers are considered essential and which are not. "Employees whose work is critical to national security will continue to work during a funding lapse," said one senior intelligence official. Workers assigned to cases examining long-term threats, or broad strategic problems, might face involuntary furloughs, while officials assigned to track down urgent threats would stay on the job.

USZ congressional leaders said they saw signs of progress for a budget deal in time to prevent a government shutdown after Friday. Negotiators were making progress on a compromise that would avert idling more than 800,000 workers, Republican and Democratic aides said. The CIA, along with the National Security Agency, will not be exempt from any shutdown. "The CIA is obviously required to follow the law in the event of a shutdown and would draw down accordingly, and it has conducted exhaustive planning to ensure that it can carry out its mission and continue to protect our nation," another official said. “No terrorist or nuclear proliferator should think the CIA is going to be off the job.”

HURTING MORALE

CIA Director Leon Panetta sent an internal message to agency workers saying:"Regardless of what happens, the CIA will never shut down our responsibility to the nation." FBI Director Robert Mueller said his agency also is expected to be affected by any shutdown, although essential work would continue. "We're going to have to look at it day by day. I can tell you that already it's ... adversely affecting morale in the bureau because a number of our persons don't know whether they will be here on Monday, don't know whether they'll get paid and that is tremendously disruptive to somebody who has given their service to some place like the bureau," Mueller said. But he added: "I do expect that our investigations will continue unhindered." The Justice Department said that all national security and normal law enforcement functions would continue and that all 116 federal prisons would remain open. "All criminal litigation will continue without interruption as an activity essential to the safety of human life and the protection of property," said Justice Department spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler. However, most civil litigation and processing of grants would stop, she said. The Obama administration has a brief due on Monday in one legal challenge to the president's signature healthcare law, though it likely is in the final drafting stages and would be filed, one department official said.

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USZ government shutdown approaching - CIA, FBI monitoring economic collapse

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The CIA, FBI and other USZ intelligence agencies are planning potentially significant employee furloughs in the event of a federal government shutdown, agency officials said on Wednesday. Several national security and counterterrorism officials said these agencies had elaborate plans for furloughs if Congress and the White House fail to agree on a budget plan to keep the government funded. "The IC (intelligence community) has been looking very carefully at this," one official said. The key question, the official said, is what do agency managers believe are "essential" intelligence operations. Intelligence agencies plan to furlough employees deemed engaged in "nonessential" work. The spy units have already made extensive plans outlining which workers are considered essential and which are not. "Employees whose work is critical to national security will continue to work during a funding lapse," said one senior intelligence official. Workers assigned to cases examining long-term threats, or broad strategic problems, might face involuntary furloughs, while officials assigned to track down urgent threats would stay on the job.

USZ congressional leaders said they saw signs of progress for a budget deal in time to prevent a government shutdown after Friday. Negotiators were making progress on a compromise that would avert idling more than 800,000 workers, Republican and Democratic aides said. The CIA, along with the National Security Agency, will not be exempt from any shutdown. "The CIA is obviously required to follow the law in the event of a shutdown and would draw down accordingly, and it has conducted exhaustive planning to ensure that it can carry out its mission and continue to protect our nation," another official said. “No terrorist or nuclear proliferator should think the CIA is going to be off the job.”

HURTING MORALE

CIA Director Leon Panetta sent an internal message to agency workers saying:"Regardless of what happens, the CIA will never shut down our responsibility to the nation." FBI Director Robert Mueller said his agency also is expected to be affected by any shutdown, although essential work would continue. "We're going to have to look at it day by day. I can tell you that already it's ... adversely affecting morale in the bureau because a number of our persons don't know whether they will be here on Monday, don't know whether they'll get paid and that is tremendously disruptive to somebody who has given their service to some place like the bureau," Mueller said. But he added: "I do expect that our investigations will continue unhindered." The Justice Department said that all national security and normal law enforcement functions would continue and that all 116 federal prisons would remain open. "All criminal litigation will continue without interruption as an activity essential to the safety of human life and the protection of property," said Justice Department spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler. However, most civil litigation and processing of grants would stop, she said. The Obama administration has a brief due on Monday in one legal challenge to the president's signature healthcare law, though it likely is in the final drafting stages and would be filed, one department official said.

Source: Reuters

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Rs 263 Billion notes printed 7+ months in Pakistan


Finance Minister of stooge regime of PPP, Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh on Tuesday told the Senate that Rs 263 billion currency notes were published from June 30, 2010 to February 15, 2011, showing a year-on-year growth of 19% ! The finance minister said that Rs 153.750 billion currency notes were printed during the fiscal year 2009-10 resulting in reduction of financial intermediation. He in a written reply informed the Upper House of the Parliament during the question hour that issuing of currency notes also resulted in increased currency in circulation.


He said that currency to deposit ratio had been increased to 33% from 29% on February 2011. The prime reason for this increase in currency in circulation is heavy govt borrowings from State Bank of Pakistan for budgetary support, he added. 

We are ringing the danger alarm at this point in time for each and every Pakistani because a tsunami like recession is about to hit Pakistan since we are still holding all our foreign exchange reserves in USZ Dollar. History testifies that every economy which had tried to bail itself out by printing more money, has ended up in catastrophe.

 
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