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Attorney Tommy Cryer Beats the IRS in court; Jury says not guilty! Press Release Shreveport, Louisiana , July 11, 2007, Louisiana By: Peymon, President of Freedom Law School www.livefreenow.org (760) 868-4271 Today a Louisiana Federal Jury found Attorney Tommy Cryer NOT GUILTY of 2 counts of willful failure to file an income tax return. Earlier on Monday July 9th the Government had on its own motion dismissed 2 counts of tax evasion charges that it had charged Tommy Cryer with. 2 Years ago, another Federal Jury in California had dealt a serious blow to the IRS’ image of invincibility by finding former IRS special Agent Criminal Investigator Joseph Banister not guilty of several tax charges. Banister’s victory was reported in the July 11, 2005 issue of the American Free Press at www.americanfreepress.net/html/famed_irs_whistleblower.html. Tommy explained to the jury that his study of the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Supreme Court decisions, the IRS Code and Regulations convinced Tommy that he was not an individual who was required to file and pay the Federal Income Tax, despite the fact that Tommy made a living as an attorney. The Government lawyer never offered any Supreme Court decisions, IRS Code or Regulations to refute the Supreme Court decisions, the IRS Code and Regulations that Tommy Cryer had relied on to conclude that Tommy Cryer was NOT required to file an income tax return. Tommy Cryer’s instant victory over the IRS is another serious blow to the IRS’ façade of invincibility and exposes the Wizard of Oz nature of the IRS. For more details on what took place at Tommy Cryer’s trial, go to www.traillogs.com For a more detailed report on Tommy Cryer’s win, read an upcoming issue of American Free Press on www.americanfreepress.net. ________________________________
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TELL YOUR SHERIFF: NO ENFORCEMENT OF
SO-CALLED "PATRIOT" ACT
By: Devvy
March 22, 2006
NewsWithViews.com
Americans who are not in a self imposed
coma are aware that Congress
has once again shredded the Fourth and
Fifth Amendments with their
recent vote to extend certain provisions
of the un-Patriot Act. The
only problem is, the Constitution must be
amended, not changed,
altered or nullified depending on the
vicissitudes dictated by
political corruption. The day
following the vote I watched Judge
Andrew Napolitano attempt to explain to
that silly fop on FOX News,
Shepard Smith, what Congress in fact did
with this latest shot at
The Constitution. Here's what
the feds think they're going to get
away with; this is a verbatim transcript
from the aforementioned
Segment:
"Napolitano: Well, I have learned
that the Patriot Act, in the name
of fighting terrorism, allows agents to do
things that we've never
allowed them to do in the history of the
United States.
"Smith: For instance?
"Napolitano: For instance, to read
our mail without us knowing it
and without getting a search warrant. They
can go to the post
office, they can write their own search
warrant and require the post
office to give them your mail......
"Smith: .....without a judge....
"Napolitano: Without a judge involved
at all. They can go to your
bank, your lawyer, your doctor, your
accountant, your computer
server, your telephone company, again (his
emphasis) without a
search warrant from a judge, but with
their own, self hand written
Search warrant and require those people,
who keep confidential
Information on all Americans, to turn that
over. You may say,
'Well, my doctor would call me, my banker
would call me.'
"Well....no. They will
tell the person to whom they're giving the
self written search warrant it's a felony
for them to speak to
anyone about it. They can't
tell their spouse, they can't tell
their lawyer. They can't even
tell a Federal Judge in a Federal
Judge's courtroom that they have been the
recipient of one of these
search warrants. That, of
course, prevents them from challenging it
for a year. We are not
accustomed in this country to having that
kind of power in the hands of federal
agents.
"We have always put a neutral judge
between the government agent and
the target of that agent. The
Patriot Act changes that.
"Smith: And they can break into your
house?
"Napolitano: The Patriot Act, with a
search warrant, allows Federal
agents to break into your house, make it
look like a burglary, steal
your checkbook and leave and they don't
have to tell you about it
for a year. Now, you may say,
well, why?
"Smith: They would only do that for
terrorism, though. Isn't that
what they're supposed to do?
Napolitano: That's what they're supposed
to do, however, they have
used this power to fight organized crime,
drug dealing, pornography
and political corruption. The
last in the city of Las Vegas.
"Smith: But surely they've gotten some
terrorist convictions out of
this?
"Napolitano: They've gotten no
terrorist convictions out of any of
this.....
"Smith: None?
"Napolitano: ...evidence they've
obtained out of the Patriot Act.
Zero, never. They've gotten a
series of guilty pleas, they've
gotten convictions on these other
crimes......
"Smith: But not on terror?
"Napolitano: But not on terror. They
have done their best to keep
evidence obtained under the Patriot Act
from being introduced into
Federal court because they don't want a
Federal Judge to find the
Patriot Act unconstitutional. Now,
five Federal Judges have ruled
on it so far, two appointed by President
George H.W. Bush. All
five have found it unconstitutional. They've
found the self written
search warrant aspect unconstitutional. They
found the part that
says 'thou shall not speak'
unconstitutional. It violates the first
amendment.
"But the Justice Department keeps
enforcing it and the Congress has
just made it stronger, made it more
difficult for people targeted
under the Patriot Act, whether it's acts
of terror or whatever
(Comment: Yeah, too bad if you fall under
that 'whatever' category)
to challenge the government's behavior.
"Smith: What's the fear?
"Napolitano: The fear is that
Government Agents, without the
restraint of a judge, will have too much
power and will violate the
rights that the Constitution guarantees
us. Remember, we wrote the
4th Amendment because British soldiers had
the right to write their
own search warrants, we didn't want any of
that. 200 years later
we're back where we started.
"Smith: Will this be found
unconstitutional?
"Napolitano: I think it will. All
five judges who have looked at it
so far have done so and I think as it
makes its way through the
appellate system, it will be found
unconstitutional as well. Now,
the president has argued that it will only
be used against the bad
guys, it will only be used against
terrorists that are so
sophisticated that we needed to respond
with this sophistication.
We need to give law enforcement more
breathing room, more elbow room
when attacking them.
"That remains to be seen. Law
enforcement has not, as we talked
earlier, used this just to attack
terrorism, they've used it all
over. (Comment: 'They've used
it all over meaning they can search
anything, anytime they want, nothing to do
with terrorism) Because,
quite frankly, it makes their job a lot
easier. If they don't have
to run to a judge to get a search warrant,
they can write their own
search warrant, they can do their job
easier and quicker. But at
the price of our freedoms." (End
excerpt)
The treachery of these people back in
Washington, DC, knows no
bounds. They're no longer even
pretending the U.S. Constitution
exists. It came as no surprise
that Mr. Bush signed this
unconstitutional bilge into
"law." It matters not to him or
Congress that more than 440 cities, towns
and municipalities
rejected the first un-Patriot Act and
refused to enforce certain
provisions found to be contrary to the
supreme law of the land.
Just because these crooks, cowards,
criminals and in some cases,
functionally illiterate members of
Congress or your state
legislature pass some bill into law,
doesn't make it constitutional
or lawful.
Earlier this week I sent a letter to
Sheriff Lou Blanas here in
Sacramento County with a copy to my state
assemblyman, state senator
and Da Govn'r, His Excellency, Arnold
Hollywood. I enclosed the
above segment from FOX News. This
is the essence of that
correspondence:
1. Not since the British
occupied this country have we seen such a
gutting of the Fourth and Fifth Amendments
to the U.S.
Constitution. Under the pretext
of Bush's phony "war on terrorism,"
Congress is simply running amok, passing
legislation that is
contrary to the supreme law of the land
and this must be stopped by
the states and county sheriffs.
2. As Sheriff for Sacramento
County, you have not bben given any
lawful authority to allow the feds to
nullify my Fourth and Fifth
Amendment RIGHTS, not to mention the Ninth
and Tenth. You work for
we the people who elected you. I
also provided him with an
excellent overview of the Sheriff Dave
Mattis episode in Big Horn
County, Wyoming. This excellent
and short commentary is by former
Sheriff Richard Mack, a friend and
champion of the Bill of Rights;
it can be found here. I wanted
Blanas to see the opinion of another
former Sheriff.
3. I provided Sheriff Blanas
with a copy of the NH rejection of the
National ID. This was to inform
him - since there is no coverage by
"mainstream" or even cable
networks - that the legislators in the
State of New Hampshire recognize that
Congress has once again over
stepped their legislative boundaries.
4. I politely reminded Sheriff
Blanas that his oath of office is to
preserve, protect and defend both the
state and U.S. Constitution
and that the un-Patriot Act is in obvious
violation of both.
5. I concluded my
correspondence with Sheriff Blanas by providing
him with the contact information for
constitutional scholars,
Professor Jonathan Turley and Dr. Edwin
Vieira. I encouraged him
to consult with them and to coordinate
with the legislature and His
Excellency, Govn'r Arnie about not
enforcing these unconstitutional
provisions of the Patriot Act.
I know everyone is tired, worn out and
would rather relax. It seems
like there are so many fires about to
consume us, well, too many
feel overwhelmed and do nothing. Have
you ever read the words to
'Impossible Dream' from Man from LaMancha? You
can here. They are
truly inspiring because that's what we
have to do no matter how
difficult, how hopeless or how futile our
battle seems because our
cause is a noble one. It is
imperative that every Sheriff in this
country, the state legislatures, governors
and Congress see that
there is a wall of resistance out there
and that we will NOT back
down. They won't know how big
or how strong this resistance is
unless we bury them with snail mail and
stand at important rallies
as I am today in Los Angeles.
Two hundred thirty one years ago today,
Patrick Henry, gave his
"Give me liberty or give me death
speech." In that speech, he said:
"Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed
with a kiss." Do not be
deceived by slick words from slick
politicians. The Patriot Act and
the insidious Department of Homeland
Security must go and we will
settle for nothing less. We the
people will not sit by idly while
federal agents break into our homes or
snoop through our mail under
the pretext of a "war on
terrorism" that was birthed on lies and
deceit. Let your sheriff and
lawmakers know today (or get it done
this weekend) that you will stand up for
your God given rights.
"Our own Country's Honor, all call
upon us for a vigorous and manly
exertion, and if we now shamefully fail,
we shall become infamous to
the whole world. Let us
therefore rely upon the goodness of the
Cause, and the aid of the supreme Being,
in whose hands Victory is,
to animate and encourage us to great and
noble Actions - The Eyes of
all our Countrymen are now upon us, and we
shall have their
blessings, and praises, if happily we are
the instruments of saving
them from the Tyranny mediated against
them. Let us therefore
animate and encourage each other, and show
the whole world, that a
Freeman contending for Liberty on his own
ground is superior to any
slavish mercenary on earth." George
Washington, General Orders,
July 2, 1776.
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Reserved
Devvy Kidd authored the booklets, Why A
Bankrupt America and Blind
Loyalty, which sold close to 2,000,000
copies. Devvy appears on
radio shows all over the country, ran for
Congress and is a highly
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Devvy's website: www.devvy.com
E-mail is: devvyk@earthlin
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Power of government
COPY AND PASTE THIS LETTER, CLICK THESE
ADDRESSES AND SEND, Governorlynch@nh.gov
letters@unionleader.com
news@cmonitor.com
letters@fosters.com
newstips@bostonherald.com
letters@globe.com
_________________________________________ Judicial Complaint by Peter
Macdonald
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mark of the beast 1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
The federal government is launching
a National
Animal Identification System that will, by 2009, require that
every agricultural animal in the nation be equipped with an
identification device through which its movement can be traced
from birth to slaughter. At the moment, the program is voluntary;
by 2009, non-compliance can result in fines of up to $1,000 per
day.
Implementation is coming fast. By April, 2006, 25 percent of all "premises" (any location where animals are kept) are to be registered with the government. By July, an Interstate Certificate of Veterinary Inspection system is to be in place in every state. By January 2008, all premises and all animals are to be registered. By July, 2008, the movement of all animals will be tracked. In January, 2009, the program becomes mandatory.
The
stated purpose of the program is to enable government to
trace, within 48 hours, the source of a faulty animal food
product. The effect of the program is the transfer of the
control of private property to the government – while
forcing the property owner to pay the cost of the transfer.
Last
week's column
asked: "What do you call it when government takes away
the use of private property, but leaves the title in the
name of the property owner?" Dozens of letter writers
correctly responded: "Fascism." Last week's column
was about government controlling the use of land; this week,
the government is controlling the use of animals.
The
program is not limited to commercial producers; it
includes the half-dozen chickens at grandma's house. Her
"premises" and each chicken must be registered
with the government as the program now stands. In fact,
the pet parakeet in a cage on the 20th floor of a condo in
Miami Beach must also be registered, along with the
premises. As the program now stands, there are no
exceptions.
Surely
some of the stupidity will be squeezed out of the
program as more people become aware of it and insist
that government has gone too far. The question, however,
is not how far is too far, but whether government should
go there at all.
Nothing
among the enumerated powers granted to the federal
government by the U.S. Constitution can be construed
to include the power to control the use of private
property. The federal government is empowered to
regulate interstate commerce, but grandma's chickens
and aunt Jane's parakeet do not constitute interstate
commerce.
Everyone
wants a safe, abundant and affordable food supply,
which America has enjoyed for years – without a
National Animal Identification System. Why is it
necessary now? The increased terrorist threat
certainly justifies tightening up security in the
food chain. But the NAIS does little or nothing to
tighten security, while imposing ridiculous burdens
upon the small producer.
The
NAIS was initiated by the National Institute of
Animal Agriculture, a non-government organization
consisting of the leaders of agribusiness. The
program they designed tends to shift the burden,
cost and ultimate responsibility for food safety
from the agribusiness giants to the small
producer.
Interstate
commerce conjures up images of businesses such
as Tyson Foods, which has mastered the art of
vertically integrated marketing. Tyson controls
the production of its chickens from birth to
market, using farmers only to provide space and
labor to get their product to slaughter. Here is
where government should focus its regulatory
concern – and leave grandma's chickens alone.
Suppliers
of beef, pork and lamb, often buy their
animals from small producers who work hard
to raise healthy, marketable animals. The
agribusiness suppliers are free to buy, or
not buy, from any producer. Here, at the
point where the product enters the food
chain, is where responsibility, security and
regulatory control should be focused – not
on the already overburdened small producer.
But
no. The NAIS requires the small producer
to not only bear the cost of the program,
but also to be the ultimate scapegoat in
the event that an agribusiness supplier's
product is found to be faulty, for
whatever reason. Should little Johnny get
sick after eating a hamburger made with
beef supplied by BigAgri Packing Company,
BigAgri simply points the finger to the
producer, or producers, whose cows were in
the batch from which Johnny's hamburger
was made. Agribusiness shifts its
responsibility for buying only healthy
product to the farmer, who must guarantee
his animals to be healthy.
The
NAIS is an industry-designed program
which will drive small producers out of
business, reduce competition and
ultimately put both supply and price in
the hands of industry giants – unless opponents
of this program get organized.
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(the so called)
Judge Kent Dawson http://victimsoflaw.net/judicialnews.htm ________________________________ Congress leaves tax issue hanging The Alternative Minimum Tax, meant to close loopholes for the rich, could wallop some middle-class taxpayers David Westphal, News & Observer Washington Bureau As many as 17 million Americans will begin the new year facing the possibility of sharply higher federal income taxes in 2006. http://www.newsobserver.com/114/story/381922.html Nice huh? ________________________________
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Readers' Viewpoints: U.S. Supreme Court ignores intent, letter of Constitution on religious freedom To the Editor: It started with the assault on school prayer. Since then there have been battles with the American Civil Liberties Union and secular radicals over anything and everything Godly and Christian. The current battlegrounds including taking of God out of the Pledge of Allegiance and removing “In God We Trust” from our money. Now even Christmas is under attack. What is so interesting about this assault on Christianity is that it is clearly unconstitutional. The phrase “separation of church and state” is not in the Constitution. http://www.timesreporter.com/left.php?ID=49082 ________________________________ The Great Beast Fest Be prepared for the coming RFID revolution! RFID promises to revolutionize supply chains and usher in
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Sympathy for Mr. Cheney To prepare for this article:
Now that Michael Ruppert (www.fromthewilderness.com)
has shown that the whole 9/11 attack on America
was
masterminded and overseen by Dick Cheney, I
suppose
the Vice-President is preparing an apologist to
take the
heat. Of course, the media gateways will do
everything in
their power to prevent the public's being as
informed as
Mr. Ruppert, but thanks to the internet, people
are being
brought up to speed very quickly.
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Spying on the US Security State.
Countermeasures for US Citizens
12/27/2005 10:45
Is anyone really
surprised that the USA now openly advocates
torture, spying on its own citizens, or
equates dissent with aiding and abetting
the "brutal killers" as Bush
describes them?
Whew! Life is imitating
art. President Bush stars as Sgt. Bob Barnes,
the maniacal soldier in Oliver Stone's
Platoon, who proclaims that he "is
reality". Vice President Cheney is Dr.
Phibes as portrayed by Vincent Price in the
movie classic, The Abominable Doctor Phibes.
You want torture? Talk to Dr. Phibes.
Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld brings to
life Colonel Walt Kurtz, the rogue US Army
soldier from Francis Ford Coppola's
Apocalypse Now. American society is modeled on
Starship Troopers' militarized society at war
with the insects from another galaxy. A great
scene in Troopers is a segment which shows
children stamping out bugs with glee as
the narrator says, "Support the war
effort. Do your part to kill the bug!"
Welcome to the USA.
Is anyone really
surprised that the USA now openly advocates
torture, spying on its own citizens, or
equates dissent with aiding and abetting
the "brutal killers" as Bush
describes them? Ummm, should US homegrown
serial killers be designated enemy combatants?
Who could argue with a clear conscience that
the US didn't have 911 coming. Civilians are
innocent, the American fundamentalists say. Oh
me, oh my, the victimized USA and so much
innocence lost on that day. That sentimental
dream went out the window long ago with the
Allied bombing of Dresden in WWII and
the fire-bombing and subsequent use of nuclear
weapons against Japan. Add Rwanda and Darfur
to that and, right at home, add decades of US
government approved racial segregation, plus
the US government's response to Katrina and,
for that matter, 911. Useless
commissions, staged congressional hearings,
senseless senses of congress, a presidential
press conference. All by formula, of course.
What's the point? Nothing changes.
The USA is no victim or
innocent bystander in the world's
machinations. Each and every US citizen is
responsible for the actions of its
leaders--such as they are. If the American
people want a militarized state, then so
be it. Have some brass and go for it. If they
want to torture, then they should have
the guts to stick a knife in the throat of a
living human being and watch'em gurgle and
die. The NO TORTURE amendment of John McCain
is a joke. The US government is a government
by and for loopholes. It'll go on as long as
the USA exists.
Of Mice and Evil
Doers
Why limit the game to
waterboarding or electric shock? Use the
Spanish Inquisition era Mouse Trap. Put
a bunch of mice into an open metal container
and then secure it and them on the abdomen of
the evil doer/dissenter. Slowly apply heat to
the metal. Mice burrow when they can't
run. Use your imagination. The "Land of
the Free and the Home of the Brave." What
nonsense! Special operators are brave,
some journalists and citizens are brave, fire
fighters and first responders are brave, but
most Americans are from the Land of the
Cowardly.
The overthrown regimes,
the assassinations, the support for murderous
regimes, silencing dissidents, eliminating
politicians and sanctioning the use of torture
and murder of civilians the world over is the
standard mode of operations. The leaders
of the USA work hard to ensure that they are
not charged with war crimes or plain old
violation of US law - such as it is. And the
American people tolerate it. At the pace the
USA is pissing off the rest of the world,
expect more 911's.
We have to, in all
seriousness, thank Bush and his crew for
speaking bluntly about what has been
known for so long by so few, but never really
exposed. Yes, Americans, your leaders
authorize torture, domestic spying, and
are adept at creating threats that lead to
wars. After all, it's good for business and
anyway, how would "you", White
Collar Proletariat, know what it takes to keep
the gas pumps in operation or what threats are
out there. Since most Americans are, as
President Nixon once said,
"children", they'll do what
they are told.
And the President's toys
are the US military. There are 18,000
warfighters, those Americans killed, maimed,
and mentally demolished in the ongoing Iraq
War. And for what? The Shia and Kurds have
their day in the historic election in Iraq
that puts orthodox Islam in charge and creates
a Kurdish state. Good for them. Now the USA
cries foul over the election as if it has any
democratic authority to do so. Protecting and
defending the Constitution of the United
States is the military's gig. Yet the high
flying generals seem to want to protect
individual players rather than the country.
Exceeding the
Speed Limit Becomes Terrorism
For a time, US citizens
were spared the ruthlessness of the USA's
actions abroad primarily because the
government and its corporate partners could
control the images, the stories, the facts
from reaching Americans. Recognizing they've
lost that ability, the PATRIOT ACT is a sort
of government-corporate last ditch effort to
retain control over information flows. Now the
security police can whip up a file on you
containing credit ratings, health records,
spending patterns, reading preferences, travel
destinations and even sexual preferences. All
you have to do to get tha honor is to get on a
watch list by asking a hypothetical question
like this, Is there any other way to change
the US government-corporate system other than
by overthrowing it? Perhaps one day an
innovative lawyer will argue that elements of
the US government, and its contractors, are
engaging in terrorist activity contrary to the
PATRIOT ACT. Now wouldn't that be interesting.
Every state in the union
has its own version of the PATRIOT ACT and
has empowered their own state and local law
enforcement departments with "the tools
to fight the terror." The day is not far
off when speeding will be a terrorist act
because it endangers other drivers,
pedestrians, and national security, the latter
due to the crime of excess fuel usage that
could've been used in the War on those
insect-like evil doers.
"Forget about
it", as Donnie Brasco from the movie of
the same name would say. The New York Times or
Washington Post report on the NSA/Pentagon's
extensive domestic spy network is shocking?
And Congress? With its unwillingness to
perform its oversight function, departments
like Defense, Homeland Security, and Justice
are too big to be controlled, too powerful to
be stopped from the routine violations of the
US Constitution/Bill of Rights. Think about
it: the US Congress has become a nuisance to
the Presidency and its bureaucracy, and the
judicial system. That is a fact. So just
Forget About It!
Countermeasures
The first and most
important countermeasure is to get off your
lazy behind and become a responsible US
citizen. Instead of being fed the news, hunt
it down yourself. Start with foreign newspaper
websites, other country news agencies and get
used to the images of death and
destruction. USA. One of the best data
resources is the US government's own data. The
CIA Factbook is also an excellent tool. They
pull no punches on the weaknesses of
each country including the USA. Want to know
how many hydrophonic devices are monitoring
water conditions in the Gulf of Mexico (lots
of oil rigs there too), or sick of the Weather
Channel? Go to www.noaa.gov
and do the work yourself. Your taxes paid for
it. Why let some actor feed you the weather
story on TV when you can get a lot more info
from those who really know about what storm is
coming your way.
Want to know your odds
about getting away with murder? Visit the
Justice Department's website and look for
statistics on homicides cleared. You'll be
surprised that the odds are pretty good on the
criminal side of the equation.
Check out US military
unit websites like Camp Bondsteel, or the
dynamite special operators' website at
Hurlburt Air Force Base in Florida.
Visit Stars and Stripes. If it's military
matters that interest you, there are
plenty of bits and pieces of information
that can help you paint a picture of what the
civilian policy makers are up to. The US
military is their tool.
Visit trade association
web sites. The US government security masters
don't want anyone to know where critical
infrastructure is located. No problem.
If you want to know where all the nuclear
power plants in the USA are - and who
owns them, visit the Nuclear Energy Institute
at www.nei.org
and click on Nuclear Data. While there, visit
the whole site. It's very well done. And what
about oil and gas pipeline maps? No problem.
Visit Duke Energy at www.duke-energy.com
and click on the Interactive Asset Map. Many
energy companies provide asset maps as do
their trade groups. If you've got cash, you
can access digital maps that detail all the
pipelines, hydroelectric plants and dams in
the USA.
There are dozens of
superb dataminers running websites that are
invaluable in the effort to figure out what
the US government-corporate enterprise is up
to. They are the 21st Century equivalent of
the American Colonist's Committees of
Correspondence. There are far too many to list
here but three are simply indispensable. Want
to know how a member of congress is
likely to vote or the stock portfolio they
have? Visit www.opensecrets.org
and look at the congressperson's campaign
contributions and stock holdings. Research
yields some interesting results. Want to know
when and where US government-corporate groups
are meeting to set policy? Visit www.cryptome.org
and check out the Federal Register postings.
Want to know if the media
and the two party system is promoting a
powerful individual as the voice of America?
Take Brent Scowcroft, for example, the
American Turkish Council's Board Chair
(another site to visit to figure out why the
US has so much invested in Turkey - www.americanturkishcouncil.org).
He's the on the good side of the dark side, if
there is such a thing in Star Wars. As
recently reported, Scowcroft assailed the US
Congress for debating the Armenian Genocide
because it's bad for business which, as it
happens, is national security (meanwhile the
Turkish government is prosecuting its top
novelist for alluding to the Armenian Genocide
- so much for democracy there). Ole Brent is
portrayed as such a caring fellow by the
media, yet it turns out that Mr. Nice Guy was
complicit with Henry Kissinger, et al, in
providing support to the Indonesian government
during the invasion and occupation of East
Timor from 1975-1999. Thanks to the National
Security Archive at www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/,
the world knows that Scowcroft is as ruthless
as they come.
If you really want to
know about national security, join a defense
association like the National Defense
Industrial Association (www.ndia.org).
Each year they sponsor a special
operations/low intensity conflict (SO/LIC)
conference, exhibition and awards dinner.
Embassy officials (Intel types), DOD
officials, media members and active duty
US/Foreign military and their contractors show
up to give the attendees the latest on SO/LIC
matters. It's a most excellent production by
the NDIA staff who run the event. There are
dozens of presentations dealing with
civil-military relations, psyops, tactics,
etc. Conference proceedings can be had right
off the Net.
What can't be had.
though, though is the happy hour
off-the-record (OTR) conversations in the
hotel lounge or the exhibition hall. The
awards dinner features commendations read
aloud for active special operators for their
"classified" activity all over the
world (well deserved, they should be
recognized). The certificate presentations
sometimes tip the hat as to where the
operations have taken place.
Want to know about
counterinsurgency technology? Go to www.tswg.gov.
The folks at the Technical Support Working
Group hate publicity and despise those who
question the US government-corporate rule of
law, but they are to be respected for fielding
technologies that help save the lives of the
warfighters who are being sacrificed for the
delusional schemes of the governing apparatus.
There are dozens of
defense related associations in the DC Metro
area and many have chapters nationwide and
overseas - among them are: NDIA, Armed Forces
Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA),
Association of the United States Army (AUSA),
The Navy League, Old Crows, Association
of Former Intelligence Officials (AFIO), and
the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Association (AUVA).
They all perform studies and reports
that are available on the Net or for free or a
small fee.
Most have monthly
publications that exclude politics providing
just nuts and bolts commentary on the
tradecraft. The dirty little secret
about the mainstream press is that they comb
through the trade publications to get their
next story on US military policy or
technology. They know that the trade
associations tell Congress what to think and
often house former government officials or
future ones. The associations have a lot
of clout and insider information.
Don't Just Sit IN
Front of the CRT
Good, solid information
is to be had frequenting pubs near the
agency/issue you are exploring. For
defense/Intel purposes, pubs near
military-Intel sites are the home of raucous
debate coming from greybeard warfighters to
those of the present day. Respect doesn't come
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