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Holder directs U.S. attorneys to track leaks
Domestic violence center faces cuts
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WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday assigned two U.S. attorneys to lead separate criminal investigations into recent disclosures to the media of national security secrets, saying they were authorized to “follow all appropriate investigative leads within the executive Holder and legislative branches of government.” Their appointment followed calls in Congress this week for a crackdown on leaks after a recent series of disclosures on topics ranging from drone strikes to a computer virus attack against Iran’s nuclear program. Several of the revelations were published by The New York Times. “The unauthorized disclosure of classified information can compromise the security of this country and all Americans, and it will not be tolerated,” Holder said in a statement. “The Justice Department takes seriously cases in which government employees and contractors entrusted with classified information are suspected of willfully disclosing such classified information to those not entitled to it, and we will do so in these cases as well.” Several members of Congress from both parties this week expressed alarm about recent leaks, and some Republicans had called for the appointment of a special prosecutor with greater independence from day-to-day supervision by the Obama administration to investigate. But Holder instead assigned two prosecutors — Ronald Machen, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, and Rod Rosenstein, his counterpart in Maryland — to take over direction of existing investigations by the FBI, elevating the stature of the cases but not giving them any special powers. See Leaks / A7
• Mary’s Place looks to Deschutes for funds
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Siloe Huerta, second from left, a facilitator with Mary’s Place, talks to Claudia Reyes about the family’s summer schedule. Reyes uses Mary’s Place to safely exchange her children — Jason, 7, left, and Julian, 5 — with their father.
Mary’s Place can count among its supporters judges, lawyers, the Sheriff’s Office and child welfare advocates. They say the nonprofit — which provides a safe place
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One of six chinook salmon hits the waters of Lake Billy Chinook on Friday as it is released from a transport truck above Round Butte Dam. After an absence of more than 40 years, adult salmon have returned to the Upper Deschutes River.
Releasing fish in the right temperature Water at the surface of Lake Billy Chinook during summers can often be too warm for salmon. In order to help the fish acclimate, officials use a release vault which draws cool water from deeper in the lake. The more-than 3,000-gallon vault sits on the edge of the lake, and trucks can access it easily from the road. 1
Warm surface water is pumped out of the vault.
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LAKE BILLY CHINOOK — Six adult chinook salmon are now closing in on spawning beds in the waters upstream of the Pelton Round Butte dam complex. The fish are the first to do so in more than 40 years, and more will be joining them soon. The stars of a ceremony Friday morning, the fish were released after a blessing from members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. “Hopefully they will find each other out there,” Leslie Bill, vice chairman of the tribes’ fish and wildlife committee, said after the ceremony, which drew about 40 people. See Salmon / A7
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Brothers Tom, left, and Ray Magliozzi, of “Car Talk” in 2008. The duo started the radio talk show in Boston in 1977.
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Salmon are released into the vault, which now contains cooler water, and swim down the pipe deep into the lake.
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• 6 adults are released into Lake Billy Chinook, the first in 40 years
Cool water from deep in the lake naturally displaces into the vault through a pipe.
The Bulletin Vol. 109, No. 161, 70 pages, 7 sections
By Rene Lynch
“Click and Clack,” the mechanics-turned-comedians who launched one of the most unlikely — and most beloved — talk shows in radio history, have decided that 35 years at the wheel is enough. Brothers Tom and Ray Magliozzi announced Friday that they will no longer record new episodes of the weekly call-in series, but it will continue to live on in syndication. The loss of the popular public radio show is a blow to NPR, and its listeners. The show was one of NPR’s powerhouse performers, in part because it appealed to such a diverse audience. See ‘Car Talk’ / A7
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for parents with a history of domestic violence to exchange or visit their children — prevents additional violence and saves the public money by reducing the demand for police and court services. Yet Mary’s Place faces
funding cuts from all directions. Government grants are shrinking or disappearing altogether, and private fundraising is more challenging in the down economy. As a result, Mary’s Place recently joined a growing number of nonprofits competing for help from Deschutes County. See Mary’s Place / A4
Two of the six adult chinook salmon wait in the transport truck tank Friday morning before being released into Lake Billy Chinook. Neon green identification tags are visible on the dorsal fin. To see video of adult chinook salmon being released into Lake Billy Chinook go to www.bendbulletin.com.
Suicides claim more U.S. troops than war New York Times News Service The suicide rate among the nation’s active-duty military personnel has spiked this year, eclipsing the number of troops dying in battle and on pace to set a record annual high since the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan more than a decade ago, the Pentagon said Friday. Suicides have increased even as the U.S. military has withdrawn from Iraq and stepped up efforts to provide mental health, drug and alcohol, and financial counseling services. The military said there had been 154 suicides among active-duty troops through Thursday, an average of one a day. See Troops / A4