Subject: A Conversation with Dr. Nick Begich: HAARP
Dear V.K. Durham,
Dr. Begich the eldest
son of US Congressman Nick Begich Sr. who was killed in a mysterious plane
crash, which also killed then-House Majority Leader, Wade Boggs)and political
activist, Pegge Begich.
During this interview conducted by prisonplanet.tv, Dr. Begich talks about many controversial science experiments, including HAARP, Mind Control technology, compartmentalization within the science community, and how these technologies, which might be used for the progress of all mankind, is currently controlled by secret military industrial complex interests putting all of humanity at risk.
This is a surprisingly uplifting and empowering talk, that is worth every minute of its running time.
Video (about 62 mins):
A Conversation with Dr. Nick Begich: HAARP
During this interview conducted by prisonplanet.tv, Dr. Begich talks about many controversial science experiments, including HAARP, Mind Control technology, compartmentalization within the science community, and how these technologies, which might be used for the progress of all mankind, is currently controlled by secret military industrial complex interests putting all of humanity at risk.
This is a surprisingly uplifting and empowering talk, that is worth every minute of its running time.
Video (about 62 mins):
A Conversation with Dr. Nick Begich: HAARP
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Ex-CNN Reporter: I Received Orders to
Manipulate News to Demonize Syria and Iran [Apparently, MSNBC and Faux got
the same orders.]
30 Mar 2013 Ex-CNN
reporter Amber Lyon revealed that during her work for the channel she received
orders to send false news and exclude some others which the US administration
did not favor with the aim to create a public opinion in favor of launching an
aggression on Iran and Syria. Lyon was quoted by the Slovak main news website
as saying that the mainstream US media outlets intentionally work to create a
propaganda against Iran to garner public opinion's support for a military
invasion against it. She
revealed that the scenario used before launching the war on Iraq is being
prepared to be repeated where Iran and Syria are now being subject to constant
'demonization'.
Obama picks
oh-but-another Bush-era war criminal to hold high office while the compliant
Penta-Post keeps secrets for its CIA overlords: Washington Post Agreed to Withhold
Acting Clandestine Service Chief's Name at CIA's Request 27
Mar 2013 The Washington Post revealed
Wednesday in a front-page story that a woman currently running the clandestine
service had signed off on a controversial 2005 decision to "destroy
videotapes of prisoners being subjected to treatment critics have called
torture." The woman, the first to hold the position in the agency's
history, replaced John Bennett last month on an acting basis. Bennett's name wasn't
kept secret when he was promoted to chief in July 2010. But the Washington
Post didn't identify the woman, noting that the high-ranking official
"remains undercover and cannot be named." While the acting
clandestine service chief has not been named, her chances of being appointed on
a permanent basis under new CIA director John Brennan could be in jeopardy,
given the Washington Post report
of her role in the tapes' destruction.
Officer who oversaw destruction of CIA
torture evidence might get major promotion 27 Mar 2013 The
woman who signed off on the destruction of evidence proving the CIA's
implementation of torture has been promoted within the agency. The undercover
officer is now in charge of the CIA's clandestine service -- at least,
temporarily. After former National Clandestine Service Director John Bennett
retired on Feb. 28, the new official took over as the acting director and is
widely viewed as a frontrunner for the position. The officer's past makes her a
controversial choice. In 2005, she oversaw the destruction of more than 90
videotapes showing the harsh interrogation methods the CIA used against
suspected terrorists.
The Total Iraq and Afghanistan Price
Tag: Over $4 Trillion
--The wars are over, but the spending is just beginning, says a new study
28 Mar 2013 The U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been declared officially
over, but America has barely begun to pay the bill, says a new study. The Iraq
and Afghanistan wars will together cost $4 to $6 trillion, according a new
study from Harvard University's Kennedy School. A large share of those bills
has yet to be paid: the study finds that the U.S. has spent around $2 trillion
thus far on the two controversial wars, and that growing commitments to
spending on military personnel and veterans will drive much of the spending in
the decades to come.
Iraqi oil: Once seen as U.S. boon, now
it's mostly China's 27 Mar 2013 Ten years after the United
States invaded and occupied Iraq, the country's oil industry is poised to boom
and make the troubled nation the No. 2 oil exporter in the world. But the
nation that's moving to take advantage of Iraq's riches isn't the United
States. It's China. The International Energy Agency expects China to become the
main customer for Iraq’s vast oil reserves.
'US Army veteran fighting Syrian
government worked for CIA' 31 Mar 2013 The father of a US
Army veteran recently arrested by the FBI for joining foreign-backed militants
in Syria says his son was serving the CIA and reporting back to the Agency from
the country. Darryl Harroun says his son Eric, who was arrested and charged
with conspiracy on Wednesday for fighting with 'al-Qaeda'-linked militants, is
extremely patriotic and would not join militants. "I know he was doing
some work for the CIA over there," Darryl said. "I know for a fact
that he was passing information onto the CIA."
Well, knock me over with a
medium-sized feather! 'Underwear bomber' was working for the
CIA
--Bomber involved in plot to attack US-bound jet was working as an informer
with Saudi intelligence and the CIA, it has emerged 08 May 2012
A would-be "underwear bomber" involved in a plot to attack a US-based
jet was in fact working as an undercover informer with Saudi intelligence and
the CIA, it has emerged. The revelation is the latest twist in an increasingly
bizarre story about the disruption of an apparent attempt by al-Qaida
[al-CIAduh] to strike at a high-profile American target using a sophisticated
device hidden in the clothing of an attacker. The news that the individual at
the heart of the bomb plot was in fact an informer for US intelligence is
likely to raise just as many questions as it answers.
South Korea declare 'full military
readiness' in response to new North threat 30 Mar 2013
South Korea's Defence Ministry react after North Korea said it had entered
"a state of war" with Seoul. North Korea issued its threat on
Saturday, saying it has entered "a state of war" with South Korea, a
day after its young leader Kim Jong-un threatened the US because two American
B-2 bombers flew a training mission in South Korea. Speaking at a news
conference in Seoul, South Korean Defence Ministry Spokesman Kim Min-seok said
that the latest threats from Pyongyang were "unacceptable, harming the
peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula."
Mass rally in Pyongyang in support of
Kim Jong Un 29 Mar 2013 Thousands of North Koreans have
turned out for a mass rally at the main square in Pyongyang in support of their
leader's call to arms. Chanting "Death to the U.S. imperialists" and
"Sweep away the U.S. aggressors," soldiers and students marched
through Kim Il Sung Square in downtown Pyongyang on Friday during a 90-minute
rally. State media reported early Friday that leader Kim Jong Un called an
emergency military meeting to order the army's rocket unit to prepare to strike
the U.S. and South Korea in case of a "reckless provocation" by
Washington or Seoul.
North Korea plan to attack US mainland
revealed in photographs 29 Mar 2013 North Korea has
revealed its plans to strike targets in Hawaii and the continental United
States in photos taken in Kim Jong-un's military command centre. The photos
appeared in the state-run Rodong newspaper and were apparently taken at an
"emergency meeting" early on Friday morning. They show Kim signing
the order for North Korea's strategic rocket forces to be on standby to fire at
US targets, the paper said, with large-scale maps and diagrams in the
background.
NATO
strike kills at least one child in Afghanistan 30 Mar 2013 A NATO helicopter killed at least
one child and nine 'suspected Taliban fighters' in Afghanistan's east on
Saturday, officials and local residents said. Last month Afghan President Hamid
Karzai forbade Afghan forces from calling for NATO air support and forbade
international forces from using air strikes "in Afghan homes or
villages" after Afghan forces called in a strike that killed 10 civilians.
There were conflicting reports on the death toll from the air strike. A Reuters
reporter saw the bodies of two children. One was in school uniform. Local elder
Jan Mohammad and other residents said he was killed in the air strike. The
reporter also saw the hand and foot of a toddler at the site of the air strike,
but the circumstances of the
death were not immediately clear. [Always blame the US. Even when you're wrong, you're right.
--LRP]
1,400 people evacuated from Eiffel
Tower after anonymous bomb threat 30 Mar 2013 The Eiffel
Tower was evacuated Saturday night after an anonymous caller phoned in a bomb
threat, police said. Nearly 1,400 people were sent away from the tourist
attraction following a request from tower operators after the warning, a Paris
police official said. Police then searched the monument with sniffer dogs, and
set up a security perimeter. No explosives were found and the site was to be
reopened, the official said on condition of anonymity because she wasn't
authorized to speak publicly.
Top Swedish prosecutor leaves Assange
case 29 Mary 2013 The top Swedish prosecutor pursuing
sexual assault charges against Julian Assange has abruptly left the case and
one of Mr Assange's accusers [CIA troll Anna Ardin] has sacked her lawyer. The
turmoil in the Swedish Prosecution Authority's effort to extradite Mr Assange
comes as another leading Swedish judge prepares to deliver an unprecedented
public lecture in Australia next week on the WikiLeaks publisher's case. The
Swedish Prosecution Authority wants to extradite Mr Assange to have him
questioned in Stockholm in relation to sexual assault allegations by two women.
Fusion center director: We don't spy
on Americans, just anti-government Americans [That *is* all Americans.]
29 Mar 2013 Law enforcement intelligence-processing fusion centers have long
come under attack for spying on Americans. The Arkansas director wanted to
clarify the truth: centers only spies on some Americans -- those who appear to
be a threat to the government. In trying to clear up the 'misconceptions' about
the conduct of fusion centers, Arkansas State Fusion Center Director Richard
Davis simply confirmed Americans' fears: the center does in fact spy on
Americans – but only on those who are suspected to be 'anti-government'.
One dead, three injured in Arkansas
nuclear plant accident --KTHV: Residents heard 'large boom' at the time of
incident 31 Mar 2013 An accident at an Arkansas nuclear power
plant at 7:45 a.m. local time resulted in the death of one worker and left
three injured, according to the Arkansas Department of Health. The accident
took place in Russellville, a city with 28,000 residents, about 81 miles from
Little Rock. "There is no danger to the public," said Entergy
Operations, Inc, owner of the plant, Arkansas Nuclear One, in a statement.
1st known deaths from H7N9 bird flu
strain 31 Mar 2013 Two Shanghai men have died from a
lesser-known type of bird flu in the first known human deaths from the strain,
and Chinese authorities said Sunday that it wasn't clear how they were
infected, but that there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission. A
third person, a woman in the nearby province of Anhui, also contracted the H7N9
strain of bird flu and was in critical condition, China's National Health and
Family Planning Commission said in a report on its website.
'More dangerous than SARS': Scientists
warn of deadly new coronavirus --Microbiologist: If virus mutates further,
it could cause deadly pandemic 29 Mar 2013 Chinese scientists
have said that a new coronavirus, which has already killed 11, appears to be
deadlier than SARS. The new virus, originating in the Middle East, can affect
many different organs and kill cells more rapidly than SARS. The infectious
disease strongly resembles Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which
killed 800 people in 2002 and 2003 in a global epidemic. "The SARS
coronavirus infects very few human cell lines. But this new virus can infect
many types of human cell lines, and kill cells rapidly," Yuen Kwok-yung, a
microbiologist at University of Hong Kong researching the new virus, told South
China Morning Post.
Navy SEAL killed in Ariz. training
accident
--2nd SEAL injured in parachute-training accident 29 Mar 2013 A
Navy SEAL was killed and another injured Thursday in a parachute-training
accident in Arizona, according to a defense department official. The SEAL who
was killed, a senior enlisted officer, was taken to the University of Arizona
Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The other SEAL is in stable condition at
the hospital, said the official who released the information on condition of
anonymity. The Defense Department did not say precisely where the accident
occurred.
Family Whose Children Survived Sandy
Hook Lose Home to Fire 30 Mar 2013 A fire on Wednesday
destroyed the home of a family whose children lived through the shootings on
Dec. 14 at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The fire at 254 Berkshire Road began
in the basement and burned into the first floor, heavily damaging the home of
Hans and Audra Barth and their three children, said Bill Halstead, Newtown's
fire marshal and the chief of the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire and Rescue Co. Two
of the children, Shanice, 8, and Peter, 6, attended Sandy Hook Elementary, the
chief said Friday.
Motive remains unclear in Newtown
school shooting 29 Mar 2013 Newly released search warrants
in the Newtown school shooting have revealed that gunman Adam Lanza's home was
packed with weapons and ammunition, but the documents do not shed any new light
on what could have driven him to massacre 20 children and six educators inside
an elementary school. Lanza
left behind journals [but,
QUIZZICALLY, 'left
no online footprint'], which state police turned over to
the FBI for analysis, but if investigators have any ideas about his motive,
they aren't saying.
Armed Guards OK'd in Enfield Schools --Will be assigned to every building
27 Mar 2013 (CT) As long as the town dedicates money for the safety initiative,
security officers armed with handguns will be stationed at each of the town's
schools next year. The mass shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in
Newtown Dec. 14 have prompted towns across Connecticut to evaluate school
security. The town council on Monday approved a memorandum of understanding
with the school system that would place armed officers in schools beginning
next school year. The initiative is estimated to cost $650,000 for the first
year. It also approved a job
description for the officers that specifies that the people hired must have
experience in law enforcement, corrections, the military or a related field. [Possible
motives for the Sandy
Hook shootings include exploding the security industry and acclimating
people to the erosion and eventual elimination of Posse Comitatus.
--LRP]
Colorado prosecutors shun James
Holmes's guilty plea offer 28 Mar 2013 Prosecutors said
Thursday they are not ready to accept an offer from Colorado theater shooting
suspect James E. Holmes to plead guilty in exchange for avoiding the death
penalty. In a court filing, prosecutors criticized defense attorneys for
publicizing Holmes's offer
to plead guilty, calling it a ploy meant to draw the public and the judge
into what should be private plea negotiations. They say the defense has
"steadfastly and repeatedly" refused to provide key details they need
to consider a plea.
Texas district attorney, wife found
dead after prosecutor killed 31 Mar 2013 A Texas district
attorney and his wife were shot dead in the same county where an assistant
prosecutor was gunned down outside a courthouse in January, the sheriff of
Kaufman County, said on Sunday. Security has been tightened for other officials
after the shooting deaths of Kaufman County Criminal District Attorney Mike
McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, Sheriff David Byrnes said. Byrnes said it was
not clear if there was a link between the shootings and the January slaying of
Kaufman County Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse. Hasse was shot and
killed as he walked from his car to the county courthouse.
Texas district attorney and wife found
slain 30 Mar 2013 A North Texas district attorney was found
slain with his wife this weekend, months after an assistant district attorney
who worked for him was killed outside the local courthouse. Kaufman County
Dist. Atty. Mike McLelland, 63, and his wife, Cynthia, 65, were found dead
Saturday in Forney, about 25 miles east of Dallas, Kaufman County Sheriff's
spokesman Lt. Justin Lewis told the Los Angeles Times. He could not say how the
two were killed, where they were found or whether investigators had linked
their deaths to the Jan. 31 killing
of Kaufman County Assistant Dist. Atty. Mark Hasse. Hasse was shot the same day
U.S. Department of Justice officials publicly thanked him for his help in
prosecuting members of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas.
Ex-CIA employees who garden indoors
claim their Kansas home was illegally searched for pot 29
Mar 2013 Two former CIA employees whose Kansas home was fruitlessly searched
for marijuana during a two-state drug sweep claim they were illegally targeted,
possibly because they had bought indoor growing supplies to raise vegetables.
Adlynn and Robert Harte sued this week to get more information about why
sheriff's deputies searched their home in the upscale Kansas City suburb of
Leawood last April 20 as part of Operation Constant Gardener -- a [fascist]
sweep conducted by agencies in Kansas and Missouri that netted marijuana
plants, processed marijuana, guns, growing paraphernalia and cash from several
other locations.
Memphis police chief ramps up security
for KKK rally 29 Mar 2013 The police chief says security
will be heavy at a weekend Ku Klux Klan Rally in Memphis, where the white
supremacists plan to protest the renaming of three Confederate parks. Memphis
Police Director Toney Armstrong said Klan members will be fenced off from the
anticipated crowd of anti-Klan protesters and will be bused to and from the
rally site in front of the Shelby County courthouse in downtown Memphis on
Saturday. A North Carolina-based faction of the Klan received a protest permit
after the City Council voted to change the names of Nathan Bedford Forrest
Park, Jefferson Davis Park and Confederate Park.
French Jewish students take legal
action against Twitter 21 Mar 2013 A Jewish student group
has announced it was taking further legal action against Twitter over the
global networking site's failure to respond to a French court order to hand
over data to help identify the authors of anti-Semitic tweets. "Twitter is
playing the indifference card in not respecting the decision of January
24," when a Paris civil court gave the company two weeks to hand over the
requested information, said Jonathan Hayoun, president of France's Union of
Jewish Students (UEJF), on Wednesday.
Crude oil leaks in Arkansas suburb
after ExxonMobil pipeline ruptures 31 Mar 2013 An
ExxonMobil pipeline rupture near Little Rock, Ark., Friday evening has resulted
in a "major oil spill," according to the Environmental Protection
Agency -- and ignited further debate over the [insane] transportation of crude
oil in the U.S. Up to 10,000 barrels sprang from the pipeline, according to an
incident report filed to the National Response Center by ExxonMobil early
Saturday morning. Twenty-two residents were evacuated from their homes,
according to a statement on the ExxonMobil website. Mayflower, Ark., Chief of
Police Bob Satkowski told
Channel 7 News in Little Rock that those residents had to leave their homes
because of health risks from the crude oil fumes and possible fires. KARK, an
NBC affiliate station in Little Rock, reported that part of the pipeline runs
through a water source that provides drinking water to nearly 400,000 residents
in central Arkansas.
Exxon pipeline ruptures, leaks
thousands of barrels of oil in Arkansas --EPA categorized rupture as 'major
spill' --22 homes evacuated 30 Mar 2013 An Exxon Mobil crude oil pipeline ruptured near
Mayflower, Arkansas, spilling thousands of barrels of oil, the company said.
Exxon shut the 20-inch Pegasus pipeline, which carries crude oil from Pakota,
Illinois, to the Gulf Coast, after the leak was discovered on Friday afternoon.
Federal, state and local officials were on site and the company said it was
staging a response for a spill of more than 10,000 barrels "to be
conservative."
Big depositors in Cyprus to lose far
more than feared 29 Mar 2013 Big depositors in Cyprus's
largest bank stand to lose far more than initially feared under a European
Union rescue package to save the island from bankruptcy, a source with direct
knowledge of the terms said on Friday. Under conditions expected to be
announced on Saturday, depositors in Bank of Cyprus will get shares in the bank
worth 37.5 percent of their deposits over 100,000 euros, the source told
Reuters, while the rest of their deposits may never be paid back.
Sacked French workers hold bosses
hostage 29 Mar 2013 Workers at a French greetings card firm
on Friday sequestered [LOL!] the head of their company and the chief of the
Dutch firm which owns it after sacked employees were told they would not get
their dues. The protest at the office of French firm Edit66 and the Dutch owner
Mercurius, targeted their two chiefs Paul Denis and Merthus Bezemer. The
trouble began Friday when the management told those laid off that they would
not be given their severance dues agreed earlier "as there is no
money," Danielle Casanovas, from the company's works council said.
Wisconsin falls to 44th in
private-sector job creation 28 Mar 2013 As the national
employment recovery slowly has begun to brighten, Wisconsin struggles to keep
pace, according to the latest available government jobs data deemed credible by
economists. Wisconsin ranked 44th out of the 50 states in private-sector job
creation in the 12 months from September 2011 to September 2012. The state's
position has deteriorated progressively from a revised rank of 41st in the
previous 12-month period through June 2012; and from a rank of 37th in the 12
months through March 2012. Its publication Thursday coincided with other
sobering economic news for Wisconsin, including estimates that the state's
unemployment rate rose for a second consecutive month in February. [Gee, looks like Scott Walker's 'Job
Creators' *aren't.*]
Incredible North Atlantic storm spans
Atlantic Ocean, coast to coast 28 Mar 2013 I'm not sure
I’ve ever seen a storm this big before. The storm shown here stretches west to
east from Newfoundland to Portugal. Its southern tail (cold front) extends into
the Caribbean and the north side of its comma head touches southern Greenland.
Not only is it big, but it's also super intense -- comparable to many category
3 hurricanes. The storm's central pressure, as analyzed by the Ocean Prediction Center,
is 953 mb. Estimated peak wave heights are around 25-30 feet.
Seal pup stranded in Mass. finds help
in Conn. 29 Mar 2013 A harbor seal pup is charming visitors
at Mystic Aquarium, eight months after she was found stranded on the beach in
Plymouth, Mass., suffering from deep, infected wounds inflicted by an older
seal. The seal was between one- and two-months-old when rescuers from Boston's
New England Aquarium found her. She was suffering from a respiratory infection
and had lost a lot of weight when she was taken to Connecticut's Mystic
Aquarium.
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From: V.K.Durham@comcast.net
To: V.K.Durham@comcast.net
Sent: 4/1/2013 2:46:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: Stockman Warns of Crash Of Fed-Fueled Bubble Economy
To: V.K.Durham@comcast.net
Sent: 4/1/2013 2:46:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: Stockman Warns of Crash Of Fed-Fueled Bubble Economy
Stockman Warns of Crash Of Fed-Fueled Bubble
Economy
By Richard Rubin - 2013-04-01T04:01:00Z
The
U.S. economy
is in a bubble inflated by “phony money” from the Federal
Reserve and will burst within a few years, warned David Stockman,
who was budget director for President Ronald Reagan.
In an essay published yesterday in the New York Times (NYT), Stockman wrote that the Fed’s quantitative easing policies in the aftermath of the credit crisis have flooded stock markets with cash even while the “Main Street economy” remains weak. The combination, he wrote, is “unsustainable.”
Douglas Healey/Bloomberg
“When
it bursts, there will be no new round of bailouts like the ones the banks got
in 2008,” wrote Stockman, a former senior managing director at Blackstone Group LP
(BX) and a former Republican congressman from Michigan. “Instead, America
will descend into an era of zero-sum austerity and virulent political conflict,
extinguishing even today’s feeble remnants of economic
growth.” Stockman, 66, is the author of “The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America,” which will be published April 2.
The Fed, led by Ben S. Bernanke, is purchasing $85 billion in assets every month. The Fed is leaving its key
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (SPX) rose to an all-time high last week, closing at 1,569.19 on March 28. That surpassed the previous record of 1,565.15 set in October 2007. U.S. stock markets were closed March 29 for the Good Friday holiday.
Gold Standard
Among
the other culprits Stockman blamed for what he termed a “state-wreck” are President
Franklin
Delano Roosevelt for weakening the gold standard in 1933, President Richard Nixon
for removing the convertibility of dollars to gold and “lapsed hero” Alan Greenspan,
the former Fed chairman, for keeping interest rates
too low for too long. Investors will sell, Stockman wrote, at any hint that the Fed is starting to remove assets from its balance sheet.
“Notwithstanding Bernanke’s assurances about eventually, gradually making a smooth exit, the Fed is domiciled in a monetary prison of its own making,” he wrote, warning of unsustainable fiscal policies as well. “These policies have brought America to an end-stage metastasis. The way out would be so radical it can’t happen.”
Paul Krugman, the Princeton University economist and New York Times columnist, responded on his blog yesterday, saying that he was “disappointed” in Stockman’s “gee-whiz, context- and model-free numbers embedded in a rant -- and not even an interesting rant.”
Krugman called Stockman’s piece “cranky old man stuff,” and summarized it this way:
“We’ve been doomed, yes doomed, ever since FDR took us off the gold standard and introduced
To contact the reporter on this story: Richard Rubin in Washington at rrubin12@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Jodi Schneider at jschneider50@bloomberg.net
From: V.K.Durham@comcast.net
To: csonward@yahoo.co.uk
Sent: 4/1/2013 8:07:09 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: A judge on Friday dismissed a "substantial portion" of claims facing a number of banks in a barrage of lawsuits accusing them of interest-rate rigging
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Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:07:04 +0000
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Sent: 4/1/2013 8:07:09 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: A judge on Friday dismissed a "substantial portion" of claims facing a number of banks in a barrage of lawsuits accusing them of interest-rate rigging
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