New Jersey State trooper and Union President David Jones avoids getting ticketed or tested for alcohol after being involved in a major car crash on Route 70 in Brick, New Jersey, in 2005.

Why would it take two years for the accident to became public knowledge?

Could it be:

• Because he is a NJ State Trooper?
  
• Because he and his kind are above the law?
  
• Because the local "Brick" police were told to lay off?
  
• or "D" All of the above?

Jones said that any effort to ask him about the accident was "nothing but an attempt to besmirch" him in a "smear campaign."

He called it a "smear campaign." Why? Because of the incident last month when he publicly threatened the "Jersey Guys" Graig Carton, and others working at the Radio station NJ101.5 FM, because they reported on an "alleged ticket-writing blitz" about to take place in New Jersey by the State Police?

It appears cut and dry to me.

• He was in an accident.
  
• He was the cause of the accident.
  
• He "had been drinking" prior to the accident.

But no ticket, no alcohol testing and a complete cover up for almost two years.

Where is the "smear campaign?" Shouldn't this information be public knowledge?

No ticket for trooper in crash.

BRICK — When State Police Trooper David Jones slammed a sport-utility vehicle into the back of a 40-ton tractor-trailer in 2005, the impact was so hard that it knocked the truck forward and then the truck driver was jolted back into his seat.

Brick police later stated in the department's official report that Jones "had been drinking." Jones is the president of the troopers union who recently railed against two radio talk show hosts claiming they endangered the lives of officers on the roadway.

Jones' "driver inattention" was the only apparent contributing circumstance for the accident, according to the police report.

Police did not conduct tests on Jones to determine the blood-alcohol level, if any, in his body. No summonses were issued in the Nov. 1, 2005, accident on Route 70 near the Manasquan River. Jones lives in Brick.

The GMC Suburban driven by Jones was owned by the Manasquan-based State Troopers Fraternal Association. It was totaled in the 10:48 p.m. accident. The Suburban struck the underside of the tractor-trailer before becoming airborne and spinning away.

Jones was extricated and transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, with a bleeding head wound, according to the police.

Brick Township police Capt. Douglas Kinney said the investigating officer at the scene, Patrolman Jeffrey C. Lindquist, would have arrested Jones if he'd been drunk.

"Everyone who has been drinking is not necessarily intoxicated. He made a determination that Mr. Jones was not intoxicated," he said.

That Jones wasn't given a summons, Kinney said, was within the officer's discretion. Kinney said it's common in Brick for officers to not issue summonses in traffic accidents.

Lindquist's report said that Jones was incapacitated by the accident, but the report did not say if Lindquist administered any field sobriety test to Jones. The Police Department declined to make Lindquist available for comment.

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Too many question... not too many answers.

UPDATE - FYI: Time off, reprimand for trooper union chief

State troopers union President David Jones was suspended for five days without pay and reprimanded Tuesday after a report from the attorney general said he "brought discredit to himself" and the State Police by releasing personal information about New Jersey 101.5 FM radio host Craig Carton.

Jones also was ordered to undergo conflict resolution counseling, according to two law enforcement sources who would not discuss the discipline publicly.

State Police Superintendent Col. Joseph "Rick" Fuentes handed down the punishment, hours after Attorney General Stuart Rabner issued a report and statement criticizing Jones' actions at a May 3 news conference in which the union leader held up a paper showing Carton's home address and the make, model and license plate number of his car.

Rabner's investigation found Jones did not obtain Carton's information through law enforcement databases. But Rabner wrote that Jones' actions "created an inappropriate perception that law enforcement would harass a citizen whom they have a grievance against."

"This perception harms law enforcement. In the case of the State Police, it undermines the good will that professionals have earned," Rabner wrote.

Big Deal!

The Sunday Times is reporting today that according to officials in Washington, under Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia’s covert foreign intelligence operations against America and American interest worldwide have reached Cold War levels.

Reports are that Russia is using private U.S. companies based in Russia and in America, as cover for their spy program.

Putin spy war on the West

White House intelligence advisers believe no other country is as aggressive as Russia in trying to obtain US secrets, with the possible exception of China.

In particular the SVR, as the former KGB’s foreign intelligence arm is now known, is using a network of undercover agents in America to gather classified information about sensitive technologies, including military projects under development and high-tech research.

Yuri Shvets, a former KGB agent, said: “In the days of the Soviet Union, the number of spies was limited because they had to be based at the foreign ministry, the trade mission or the news agencies like Tass. Right now, virtually every successful private company in Russia is being used as a cover for Russian intelligence operations.”

Intelligence experts believe that since Putin became president in 2000, the Russians have rebuilt a network of agents in the United States that had been depleted during the country’s transition from communism.

Putin served 16 years in the KGB, including a spell in foreign intelligence in East Germany. He became head of the FSB, the domestic security service. According to Shvets, the FSB has been operating widely in America because of its favoured status with Putin. Agents, some acting under diplomatic cover, are said to be trying to recruit specialists in American facilities with access to sensitive information.

A rare insight into the SVR’s methods was gained six months ago when the authorities in Canada deported a Russian man who had been masquerading as a Canadian citizen.

The alleged SVR agent had been living under a false identity as Paul William Hampel and was detained carrying a fake birth certificate, £3,000 in five currencies and several encrypted pre-paid mobile phone cards.

He claimed to be a lifeguard and travel consultant but counter-intelligence officers believe he based himself in Montreal because the city is the centre of the Canadian aerospace industry. Carrying a Canadian passport, he would have been able to travel freely to the United States.

In another incident last year, the Americans arrested Ariel Weinmann, a former US navy submariner, on charges of spying for the Russians. Weinmann was accused of making electronic copies of classified information which he sought to pass on to his handlers. He was sentenced to 12 years in jail.

John Pike, a military and security analyst who runs GlobalSecurity.org, said a surge in recruitment of US intelligence operatives since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 had presented great opportunities for the Russians to penetrate the CIA and other agencies. Shvets believes Russian agents are also entering America legally as immigrants, a rarity in the strictly controlled Soviet era.

The increase in Russian intelligence activity abroad is in step with Moscow’s more aggressive stance since Putin came to power and turned the country’s lagging economy around on the back of record high oil prices.

Putin’s abrasive style has frustrated Washington. Relations between Russia and the United States are worse than at any time since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Comparisons with the tension of the cold war years have become commonplace.

“President Putin thinks the United States has been weakened by Iraq,” said Richard Holbrooke, a former US ambassador to the United Nations. “He thinks he has been strengthened by recent events and high-priced oil and he is trying to put Russia back on the international map.”

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Today, May 19, 2007 is Armed Forces Day. To those dedicated men and women of our U.S. Armed Forces charged with protecting America, we offer our heart felt gratitude. Especially those heroes currently risking their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan fighting this "War on Terror."
"America Supports You"
A Tradition of Heroes

On August 31, 1949, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson announced the creation of an Armed Forces Day to replace separate Army, Navy and Air Force Days. The single-day celebration stemmed from the unification of the Armed Forces under one department -- the Department of Defense. Each of the military leagues and orders was asked to drop sponsorship of its specific service day in order to celebrate the newly announced Armed Forces Day. The Army, Navy and Air Force leagues adopted the newly formed day. The Marine Corps League declined to drop support for Marine Corps Day but supports Armed Forces Day, too.

In a speech announcing the formation of the day, President Truman "praised the work of the military services at home and across the seas" and said, "it is vital to the security of the nation and to the establishment of a desirable peace." In an excerpt from the Presidential Proclamation of Feb. 27, 1950, Mr. Truman stated:

Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 20, 1950, marks the first combined demonstration by America's defense team of its progress, under the National Security Act, towards the goal of readiness for any eventuality. It is the first parade of preparedness by the unified forces of our land, sea, and air defense.

The theme of the first Armed Forces Day was "Teamed for Defense." It was chosen as a means of expressing the unification of all the military forces under a single department of the government. Although this was the theme for the day, there were several other purposes for holding Armed Forces Day. It was a type of "educational program for civilians," one in which there would be an increased awareness of the Armed Forces. It was designed to expand public understanding of what type of job is performed and the role of the military in civilian life. It was a day for the military to show "state-of-the-art" equipment to the civilian population they were protecting. And it was a day to honor and acknowledge the people of the Armed Forces of the United States.

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Even for you non-believers out there, this story definitely falls into the category of unbelievable "Medical Miracle." God bless her!

Doctors Call 30-Year-Old Woman 'Medical Miracle'

Miracles do happen. That's what doctors said about 30-year-old Shannon Malloy.

A car crash in Nebraska on Jan. 25 threw Malloy up against the vehicle's dashboard. In the process, her skull became separated from her spine. The clinical term for her condition is called internal decapitation.

"I remember the impact and then I had no control over my head," said Malloy. "I wasn't focused so much on the pain. I just kept thinking, 'I have to stay alive.'"

Dr. Gary Ghiselli, a chiropractor at the Denver Spine Center, said Malloy's will to survive is what saved her.

"I've seen it once before and, unfortunately, the patient didn't make it," said Ghiselli.

Five screws were drilled into Malloy's neck. Four more were drilled into her head to keep it stabilized. Then a thing called a halo -- rods and a circular metal bar -- was attached for added support. It's not exactly a pain-free procedure.

"My skull slipped off my neck about five times. Every time they tried to screw this to my head, I would slip," said Malloy.

Rebuilding Malloy's neck strength was a priority, but there were also other complications.

"I had a fractured skull, swollen brain stem, bleeding in my brain, GI tube in my stomach, can't swallow, and nerve damage in my eyes (because they cross)," said Malloy.

See Video: Shannon describes her ordeal in recovery.

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Things you should know about Sitemeter.