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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY OCTOBER 29 2009
United Nations UnderSecretary General
for
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FRIDAY October
GOVERNMENT
30
2009
10 AM
Dole Institute
NEXT TO THE LED CENTER FREE PARKING.
ROBERT J. DOLE
INSTITUTE OF POLITICS
The University of Kansas
First openly gay U.S. attorney to start job
BY GENE JOHNSON Associated Press
SEATTLE — The new top federal prosecutor in Seattle knows the significance her role carries for many people. She's apparently the nation's first openly gay U.S. attorney.
But as a daughter of privilege — her dad was a powerful Democratic state senator, and she had all the benefits of a comfortable upbringing and a good education — Jenny Durkan also recalls what someone once told her: "You're the most non-diverse person I know."
"I don't think I can fully appreciate how important it is to many
people to have someone in a role like this who is gay, Durkan said this week in an interview with The Associated Press. "The more people are able to see people in situations where pretty soon that's an invisible characteristic, the bet.
Obamas administration. Earlier this month, Obama nominated an openly gay police sergeant to be the U.S. marshal in Minneapolis; she would be the first openly gay U.S. marshal.
after it is for the entire community." Gay rights activists say her
"I don't think I can fully appreciate how important it is to many people to have someone in a role like this who is gay."
appointment reflects a growing acceptance in the U.S. as well as the attitude of President Barack
Lambda Legal, a national organization that promotes equal rights
JENNY DURKAN Openly gay U.S. attorney
"We see it as really sort of a respectful acknowledgement that it is important to have all sorts of people represented in government."
Committee, where she will head a subcommittee on cybercrimes and intellectual property. The FBI is
JASON PEREZ HOWE
Lambda Legal
spokesman
for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, says it knows of no other openly gay U.S. attorneys in the nation's 93 judicial districts.
"We see it as really sort of a respectful acknowledgment that it is important to have all sorts of people represented in government," Lambda Legal spokesman Jason Perez Howe said.
Durkan, 51, has been named to the Attorney General's Advisory
building a new cybercrime center in the old federal courthouse in Seattle, and the U.S. attorney's office here has done novel work in prosecuting such cases.
Before being confirmed by the Senate a month ago, Durkan performed a wide variety of civil litigation and criminal defense work, and was
active in bar associations. In 2002 she traveled to Morocco to train female candidates for parliament.
She has been Gov. Chris Gregoire's personal attorney and confidante, and represented the Democratic Party when Gregoire's 133-vote re-election win was confirmed in court.
CRIME
Durkan has said she did some of her most satisfying work using lawsuits to force institutional reform — such as changes in how the King County jail handles mentally ill prisoners after one who had been recently released stabbed a firefighter to death.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jenny Durkan, U. Attorney for Western Washington, speaks at an interview Tuesday in Gay. Rights activist says he appointment reflects the attitude of Obama's administration.
A police car is seen outside a trucking and warehouse firm after an ablution Wednesday in Dearborn, Mich. Agents attempt to arrest Urumqean Ameen Abdullah on conspiracy charges.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sunni leader fatally shot in FBI raid
BY ED WHITE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DETROIT — A man described as a leader of a radical Sunni Islam group in the U.S. was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon while resisting arrest and exchanging gunfire with federal agents, authorities said.
Agents at a warehouse in Dearborn were trying to arrest Luqman Ameen Abdullah, 53, on charges that included conspiracy to sell stolen goods and illegal possession and sale of firearms. Ten followers listed in a criminal complaint were also being rounded up in the area.
A b d u l l a h
refused to surrender, fired a weapon and was killed by gunfire from agents, FBI spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold said.
In a court filing, the FBI said Abdullah, also known as Christopher
to establish an Islamic state within the US.
No one was charged with terrorism. But Abdullah was "advocating and encouraging his followers to commit violent acts against the United States," FBI agent Gary Leone said in an affidavit.
"He regularly preaches anti-government and anti-law enforcement rhetoric," Leone said. "Abdullah and his followers have trained regularly in the use of firearms, and continue to train in martial arts and sword fighting."
Leone said members of the national group mostly are black and some converted to Islam while in prisons across the United
"Abdullah preaches that every Muslim should have a weapon, and should not be scared to use their weapon when needed."
Thomas, was an imam, or prayer leader, of a radical group named Ummah whose primary mission is
GARY LEONE FBI agent
States.
"Abdullah preaches that every Muslim should have a weapon, and should not be scared to use their weapon when needed," Leone wrote.
It was not immediately clear how many of the other 10 suspects were in custody.
The group believes that a separate Islamic state in the U.S. would be controlled by Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, formerly
The group believes
known as H. Rap Brown, who is serving a life sentence in a federal prison in Colorado for shooting two police officers in Georgia in 2000. Leone said. Al-Amin, a veteran of the black power movement, started the group after he converted to Islam in prison.
"They're not taking their cues from overseas," said limmy Jones, a professor of world religions at Manhattanville College and a longtime Muslim prison chaplain. "This group is very much American born and bred."
The movement at one time was
believed to include a couple of dozen mosques around the country. Ummah is now dwarfed in numbers and influence by other African-American Muslim groups, particularly the mainstream Sunnis who were led by Imam W.D. Mohammed, who recently died.
By evening, authorities still were working the scene near the Detroit-Dearborn border and the warehouse was surrounded by police tape.
The U.S. attorney's office said an FBI dog was also killed during the shootout.
CAMPUS SUA plays host to annual 'Rocky Horror Picture Show'
Tonight, students can dig out their finest fishnet stockings, dress in drag and time warp to the Kansas Union for Student Union Activity's annual showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
The 1975 cult film, starring Tim Curry and Susan Sarandon, includes a ritual of dance, call-and-response and the use of props. A prop bag is included with the $5 ticket for the general public and $3 for KU students. The bag will include a piece of toast and a squirt gun and instructions telling students when to use the props throughout the movie.
Andrew Fillmore, Belle Plaine sophomore, is the films and media coordinator for SUA. He said the film was a very interactive experience for the audience.
"There's lots of points where they get to throw things at the screen, or scream their favorite line, stuff like that," he said.
The movie will be shown in the Ballroom of the Kansas Union. Doors will open at 8:30 p.m. and the movie will begin at 9:30. SUA will also run a trivia contest, a dance-off, and a costume contest.
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