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2003-12-30 Southeast Asia

American arrested in the Philippines to be deported

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Posted by Dan Darling 2003-12-30 12:55:09 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Additional:
One of the men, Michael Ray Stubbs, worked as a heating and air conditioning technician at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory â a major nuclear weapons lab outside San Francisco â for about 10 years ending in 2000. Officials said the FBI was looking into whether he had access to sensitive information.

If Lawrence Livermore has the same security procedures as Los Alamos, I wouldn't be surprised if they found a nuke in his toolbox.

The two had tourist visas but also carried documents indicating they were soliciting funds for the construction of Muslim schools and mosques, Domingo said. She said there was no evidence linking the two to any past or planned terrorist plots, but said James Stubbs allegedly called for the overthrow of the U.S. government in statements to local authorities.

So he's a Howard Dean supporter?

James Stubbs said he has a Filipino wife and was in the Philippines because she was pregnant.

Visiting the folks to share the happy news or because of the good pre-natal care?

A naval intelligence officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said U.S. officials were concerned that Michael Ray Stubbs may have passed sensitive information from Livermore to his brother. Susan Houghton, a spokeswoman for the Livermore lab, confirmed that Michael Ray Stubbs used to work there for about 10 years until 2000.
"We are aware of what the Philippines officials did," she said. "We have been working closely with the FBI on this issue since he was arrested in the Philippines a few weeks ago." She said Stubbs' clearance was terminated after he left on medical leave in March 2000.

Ok, Livermore is in full CYA mode.

The U.S. Embassy declined to comment on the allegations. Spokeswoman Karen Kelley said she understood the brothers retained legal council to address the charges. According to Philippine military intelligence reports, James Stubbs left his job as a teacher in California to study Arabic in Sudan.

Sudan being well known for its Arabic studies program.

He met in May with several charity groups suspected of being al-Qaida fronts and founded by Mahmoud Afif Abdeljalil â believed to be a close associate of Osama bin Laden's brother-in-law. The charities were not immediately identified, but the immigration bureau said they were used to channel funds to al-Qaida cells in the Philippines.

Sounds like they have some explaining to do.

Posted by Steve 2003-12-30 10:32:09 AM|| 2003-12-30 10:32:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 deport em to Bagram. We don't want this trash back

Posted by Frank G 2003-12-30 10:52:16 AM|| 2003-12-30 10:52:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I expect they were trying to get decent quality Buri furniture at a rock bottom price.... or perhaps it was the lure of the monkey-pod accessories. I doubt we'll ever know.

Posted by Shipman 2003-12-30 2:58:02 PM|| 2003-12-30 2:58:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Here's a few more tidbits from the Indystar:
The men were reared in Indianapolis, where they attended high school before moving to California in the early 1980s, said their sister, Pamela Thornton, who lives in Indianapolis. Thornton said her brother James has radical political ideas, but neither of the brothers is a terrorist.

"He's a good boy, just a little wild."

They were in the Philippines visiting their wives, who are Filipino, she said.

My wife likes me to live in the same country that she does, she's old-fashioned about things like that.

A convert to Islam, James Stubbs, 56, was previously questioned by the FBI in the 1960s, when he was a Black Panther, Thornton said.

Now what was that story about how old terrorists are new again?

Thornton said her brother Michael, 55, worked as a heating and air conditioning technician at a major nuclear weapons lab near San Francisco.
FBI officials are investigating whether he had access to sensitive information.

Bet he could walk into any lab with a step ladder and a toolbox and nobody would even see him. Maintenance troops blend into the woodwork.

Thornton said she also worked at the lab.

Isn't that "interesting"? Expect a visit from the men in black.

She said her brother is aware that the activity at the lab is top secret and would not divulge information if he had any.

Now where have I heard that one before?

Posted by Steve 2003-12-30 3:22:37 PM|| 2003-12-30 3:22:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Steve, your post about Lawrence Livermore security reminded me of something...Clinton's first Energy Secretary, Hazel O'Leary:

During the Clinton Administration, national energy policy took a backseat to political correctness. Clintonâs first DOE Secretary, Hazel OâLeary, was certainly no shining light for the Clinton Legacy. One of her first moves was to question why some DOE security badges were blue, whereas others were brown. Security men tried to explain the difference between high-level clearances that allowed scientistsâ access to top-secret facilities, versus low-level staffers or custodians whose presence represented a threat to national security. She would have none of it. According to my sources, Ms. OâLeary issued orders to make all building passes the same color so that some employees would not feel badly about their âlesserâ status.

Note that the end of Stubbs' employment roughly coincided with the end of the Clinton administration.

For more on Clinton's energy policy, see this link.

Posted by seafarious 2003-12-30 5:08:03 PM|| 2003-12-30 5:08:03 PM|| Front Page Top

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