Sources at the German intelligence bureau claim that CIA misinformed them about the alleged planned terror action in Hamburg December 30. . . .
According to information provided TV 2 Nettavisen by German intelligence, they are convinced that the CIA information is wrong, and they allegedly fear that American authorities planted the information.
BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy), or Mad Cow Disease, and its human form, nvCJD (New Variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease), are incurable brain disorders. Holes appear in victims' brains, then they become demented and die. The diseases are not caused by a virus or a bacterium, but by a mysterious type of twisted protein, known as a "prion". The prion can propagate itself by causing other proteins to twist into the same shape. Prions can be passed on by eating the flesh of another animal, and are resistant to cooking and digestion.
A theory about how prions are formed suggests that organophosphate pesticides could be partly to blame. Two people have already died defending this theory, apparently at the hands of professional assassins working either for the British government or the chemical industry. So the theory needs to be taken seriously. [...] Mark Purdey, a British farmer from Somerset . . . has a theory which might explain the mystery of why BSE and new variant nvCJD started in the UK, and why they are so much more serious there. However, since he went public with his ideas, some rather unfortunate things have happened:
Both his vet and the lawyer defending his case died in suspicious road accidents. His second lawyer also had a car crash, but survived.
When an article about his work appeared in the "Independent", a national British newspaper, his telephone lines were cut. He was therefore unable to take follow up calls from other papers and television stations.
His farm house was burnt down just before he was about to move in.
His science library was destroyed by a collapsing barn.
When he travels around the country to talk about his theory, he is constantly trailed.
Purdey believes that the root cause of BSE is an imbalance of magnesium and copper, exacerbated, in the case of the UK, by the use of a highly toxic pesticide known as phosmet. Phosphet is an organophosphate nerve toxin, originally developed by the Nazis.
Emerging from the fog surrounding CWD is Nebraska elk researcher Dr. Michael McDonnell. McDonnell became aware of CWD two decades ago when it broke out in game farms. He has been pouring over research from around the world ever since. He believes that it is possible that the rogue prions causing CWD or BSE are mutations of healthy prions initially caused by exposure to an organophosphate pesticide, such as Phosmet. [...] McDonnell says that there are low copper levels in the soils in northeastern Colorado, where CWD got started, and low copper levels in every place where an outbreak has occurred.
10 people, including top political and TV figures, were charged with sexually abusing minors from a state-run home. . . .
Among those charged are popular TV presenter Carlos Cruz, whose career spans more than three decades; comedian Herman Jose, whose Sunday night talk show tops weekly ratings; and the former Portuguese ambassador to South Africa, Jorge Ritto.
Parliamentary deputy Paulo Pedroso, a former employment minister in the previous Socialist government and the spokesman for the Socialist Party until his name became linked with the scandal earlier this year, was also charged. . . .
Pedroso, who had been tipped as a possible party leader, was charged with 23 counts of sexual abuse of minors. . .
Others charged on Monday included a former director of [government orphange] Casa Pia, Manuel Abrantes; a doctor who reportedly carried out medical tests on the children before they were sexually abused, Joao Ferreira Diniz; a noted archeologist, Francisco Alves, and a 61-year-old woman, Gertrudes Nunes, who owns a home in southern Portugal where some of the sexual abuse was said to have occurred.
