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NEW STORIES:

NY GOVERNOR ELLIOT SPITZER SAYS "I DO" TO SURVEILLANCE STATE: Moribund National ID Act Revived By Spitzer-Chertoff Love Fest -- By A. Kronstadt

DRUG WARRIOR'S SHADOW LOOMS OVER CALIFORNIA'S POT CLUBS: Reagan era anti-marijuana hardliner Joseph Russoniello selected by Bush as California US Attorney -- By Steven Wishnia

EDITORIALS:
STOP THE NATIONAL ID CARD!!

U.S. "DOLLAR" SINKS TO NEW LOWS AS COMMODITIES TRADERS CAUSE US HIGHER PRICES: BOYCOTT THE BASTARDS!!

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STORIES IN THE CURRENT SHADOW:

ISSUE #52 (July 2006 - September 2007): "STAND UP AGAINST MARTIAL LAW"

BUSH MOVES TOWARD MARTIAL LAW: 22007 Defense Authorization Act Guts Posse Comitatus -- By Frank Morales

BUSH SIGNS THE MILITARY COMMISSIONS ACT: White House Seizes Power From Judiciary 

NATIONAL ID CARD BILL PASSES SENATE WITHOUT DEBATE:  REAL ID Act, mandated to replace state-issued ID and drivers' license with hi-tech card containing fingerprints and RFID chip, to take effect in May 2008 -- By A. Kronstadt

ALAN PLACA, RUDY GUILIANI'S FATHER CONFESSOR: A CHILD MOLESTOR? Priest, Long-Time Friend of Rudy, Covered Up Dozens of Abuse Cases on Long Island, Accused in Attacks on Students -- By A. Kronstadt

NYPD BIKE THEFT: Cops Snatch Dozen Bikes In "Operation Bike Raid" -- By Gabby Sloan

CRITICAL MASS BIKERS RIDE AGAIN -- By Chris Flash

9/11 TRUTH: FOUNDATION FOR CHANGE -- By Les Jamieson, NY911Truth.org

9-11's HIDDEN VICTIMS:  New York's Hero Rescue Workers Face Kafkaesque Nightmare -- By Joe Flood

THIRD STREET LANDLORDS TEST LOOPHOLE IN RENT CONTROL LAWS: Tenants Fight Evictions Over Building Conversion to Landlord "Mansion" -- By Honey West

RENT GUIDELINES BOARD SOAKS NYC TENANTS: Another rent increase approved by political appointees -- By A. Kronstadt

WHOSE HOUSES ARE THESE? The Battle For Public Housing In New Orleans -- By Seth Tobocman, http://worldwar3illustrated.org

18 MISSING INCHES IN NEW ORLEANS: The unreported true story behind the federal response to Hurricane Katrina -- By Greg Palast

TACTICAL MEDIA:
BIG BROTHER IS IN YOUR POCKET -- But Wait! Big Brother IS Your Shirt! New Technology, New Means of Tracking and Surveillance Are Upon Us -- By Paul Garrin

SPECIAL ART FEATURE:                                                                                                                                     GEORGE BUSH ON THE DEFINITION OF EVIL: Six pages of original art by Seth Tobocman, http://worldwar3illustrated.org

EDITORIAL:
RUDY GIULIANI: DICTATOR OF NEW YORK: Will America Let Him Be Their Fuhrer Too?

OBITUARIES:
SHAUN "FUCK NYPD" HAGGARD: 1977-2007
HILLY KRISTAL: 1931-2007: Owner of legendary punk club CBGBs
RALPH GINZBURG: 1929-2006: Taboo-busting editor and publisher imprisoned for sending his magazine EROS through the US mail