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Secrecy News -- 06/11/12
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SECRECY NEWS
from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy
Volume 2012, Issue No. 56
June 11, 2012

Secrecy News Blog: http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/


** SOME UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURES OF CLASSIFIED INFO ARE ROUTINE
** LOOPHOLE IN LAW MAY ALLOW WARRANTLESS SURVEILLANCE OF AMERICANS


SOME UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURES OF CLASSIFIED INFO ARE ROUTINE

The brewing controversy over leaks of classified information presumes that
disclosures of classified information to unauthorized persons are always
impermissible and undesirable. But that presumption does not correspond
precisely to the reality of government operations as they are conducted in
practice.

The leaders of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees said last week
that they would work "to ensure that criminal and administrative measures
are taken each time sensitive information is improperly disclosed."

http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2012_cr/leaks060612.html

In fact, however, classified information is frequently disclosed at the
interface between national security agencies and the news media. This is
not necessarily a surreptitious or underhanded process. Rather, though it
is not often discussed, it is how the system normally functions.

"I refer to classified information a lot," admitted then-Pentagon press
secretary Kenneth Bacon at a November 2000 press briefing, when asked
whether all of his statements from the podium were unclassified.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/2000/11/dod110700.html

"There are certain questions that I can only answer by referring to
classified information," Mr. Bacon said at that time, adding that "I do
this carefully, after consultation with our intelligence authorities, to
make sure that I don't answer questions in a way that causes any problems."

This type of routine public discussion of classified information would
have been obstructed if there were a law that categorically prohibited all
unauthorized disclosures of classified information. When Congress passed
such a measure in 2000, Mr. Bacon and other executive branch officials
quietly opposed it, and it was ultimately vetoed by President Clinton.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/2000/11/wh110400.html

"There are certain types of questions that can only be answered with
references to classified information," Mr. Bacon told reporters following
the presidential veto. "One of the concerns that I and other spokespeople
had [about the vetoed provision was that] it would prevent reference to
classified information in answering everyday questions."

Thus, the peculiar reality is that certain officials routinely take it
upon themselves to discuss classified information with unauthorized
persons. They do so not to subvert policy but to explain it, to defend it
and to execute it. Though it may seem counterintuitive (and may in fact
violate formal procedures), sometimes officials will even reveal currently
classified information in order to enhance security.

Veteran aerospace journalist Craig Covault wrote an article last week in
which he recalled once such incident in the 1970s. At that time Mr.
Covault was the space technology editor at Aviation Week, which was
sometimes referred to as "Aviation Leak" because of the prevalence of
(actual or purported) classified information in its pages. In the course
of his reporting, Mr. Covault learned some details about the KH-11
intelligence satellite shortly following its first launch in December 1976.
After he queried Air Force public affairs about the matter, he received an
urgent summons to discuss it that afternoon with the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff. As he described it:

http://www.americaspace.org/?p=20825

"I showed up at the Pentagon at the appointed time and was taken up to the
suite of offices used by Joint Chiefs Of Staff, then ushered into the
office of Air Force General David Jones, a four star that had commanded the
Strategic Air Command before becoming Chairman. My escort then departed and
it was just Jones and myself left to discuss this issue."

"He said he was familiar with my coverage then asked 'what have you got?'
I explained in significant detail what sources had told me about the new
reconnaissance system."

"'You are exactly right' said Jones, 'and now I am going to give you the
reasons why we request that you not publish'."

"He then cited specific examples where the Soviets were not taking any
measures to conceal what they were doing as this first KH-11 approached and
passed overhead. Unlike the KH-9s, they did not realize yet that this was a
high resolution imaging spacecraft that could see people, and tell if they
were carrying a lunchbox or not."

"Jones said the Soviets were leaving missile silo doors open allowing us
to 'look right in' and keeping their own new secret aircraft in the open. If I published, it would ruin a major U. S. intelligence advantage. Jones
had clearly demonstrated that no articles on the KH-11 should be written at
that time so I agreed to his request to hold."

"And on the way out he asked. 'Now is there anything I can do for you?'"

"There was certainly no quid pro quo in my mind for this discussion, so
his question was a surprise. But when he asked that, I told him I had not
received any consistent backgrounders on the Soviet space program. 'You
will have them now,' Gen. Jones said, and for the next two years I received
classified backgrounders on the Soviet space program at the Defense
Intelligence Agency."

This is a remarkable anecdote in several respects. Significantly, General
Jones did not declassify the information about the KH-11 satellite, which
remained highly classified. Instead, he simply revealed it to Mr. Covault,
an uncleared reporter, even though this was technically inconsistent with
procedures in effect then and now. Gen. Jones did not insist that Mr.
Covault sign a non-disclosure agreement, or that he submit his work to some
kind of prepublication review. Rather, he simply argued the case for
secrecy on the merits, and he succeeded in persuading Mr. Covault not to
publish the information in question, to the presumptive benefit of national
security. (On another occasion described by Mr. Covault in the same
article, he found the government's request not to publish unpersuasive and
disregarded it.)

Was General Jones guilty of "leaking" information to Mr. Covault? Should
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have been fired or sent to prison
for his actions? He certainly disclosed highly classified information to
an unauthorized person, and he did so not once but repeatedly through the
ongoing classified briefings that he arranged for Mr. Covault.

In other respects, though, this story is quite unremarkable. Many
national security reporters who write about classified government
activities and seek a response from a government spokesman will have a
similar (though perhaps less dramatic) tale to tell.

If members of Congress are determined to impose punitive measures "each
time" that classified information is disclosed, then they will be confusing
means (secrecy) and ends (security). They run the risk of turning an
already sluggish classification system into one that is so rigid as to be
self-defeating.
There is no doubt such a thing as a wrongful and unlawful disclosure of
classified information, but it seems that there are also wise, prudent and
appropriate disclosures of classified information. The actions of General
Jones -- or of Kenneth Bacon or innumerable others who have acknowledged or
revealed classified information in similar circumstances -- were not those
of a criminal, and it would almost certainly be counterproductive to try to
designate them categorically as crimes.


LOOPHOLE IN LAW MAY ALLOW WARRANTLESS SURVEILLANCE OF AMERICANS

Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee are divided over whether
there is a loophole in current law which would permit government agencies
to monitor the communications of American citizens without any kind of
warrant or other judicial authorization.

The dispute was presented but not resolved in a new Senate Intelligence
Committee report on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments
Act (FAA) Sunsets Extension Act, which would renew the provisions of the
FISA Amendments Act through June 2017.

"We have concluded... that section 702 [of the Act] currently contains a
loophole that could be used to circumvent traditional warrant protections
and search for the communications of a potentially large number of American
citizens," wrote Senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall.

But Senator Dianne Feinstein, the Committee chair, denied the existence of
a loophole. Based on the assurances of the Department of Justice and the
Intelligence Community, she said that the Section 702 provisions "do not
provide a means to circumvent the general requirement to obtain a court
order before targeting a U.S. person under FISA."

It is unclear from the public record which of these conflicting positions
is more likely to be correct.

Senators Wyden and Udall offered an amendment to explicitly prohibit
searches of U.S. persons' communications that are incidentally gathered in
the course of FISA surveillance of foreign persons abroad unless there is a
warrant or other authorization permitting surveillance of that specific
person, but their amendment was voted down in Committee by 13-2.

"We have sought repeatedly to gain an understanding of how many Americans
have had their phone calls or emails collected and reviewed under this
statute, but we have not been able to obtain even a rough estimate of this
number," Sens. Wyden and Udall wrote. An Inspector General review is now
underway to determine whether it is feasible to estimate the number, Sen.
Feinstein noted.

See FAA Sunsets Extension Act of 2012, Senate Report 112-174, June 7,
2012:

http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2012_rpt/faa-extend.html

The first three semi-annual reports on compliance with the procedures of
Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act were recently released in redacted
form by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Those reports generally found no evidence of "any intentional or willful
attempts to violate or circumvent the requirements of the Act." On the
other hand, "certain types of compliance incidents continue to occur,
indicating the need for continued focus on measures to address underlying
causes, including the potential need for additional measures."

http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/doj/fisa/sar-mar09.pdf

http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/doj/fisa/sar-dec09.pdf

http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/doj/fisa/sar-may10.pdf


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Weekly Enewsletter: An Executive Order You Should Know About
Mar 30, 2012 Issues: Defense, Global War on Terror

Dear Friend,

With all that is going in Washington these days some things don’t make the news the way they should. Fourteen days ago President Obama issued an Executive Order that you should know about. This order gives an unprecedented level of authority to the President and the federal government to take over all the fundamental parts of our economy - in the name of national security - in times of national emergency.

This means all of our water resources, construction services and materials (steel, concrete, etc.), our civil transportation system, food and health resources, our energy supplies including oil and natural gas – even farm equipment – can be taken over by the President and his cabinet secretaries. The Government can also draft U.S. citizens into the military and force U.S. citizens to fulfill "labor requirements" for the purposes of "national defense." There is not even any Congressional oversight, only briefings are required.

By issuing this as an Executive Order the President puts the federal government above the law, which, in a democracy, is never supposed to happen.

As President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, he has the Constitutional authority to issue executive orders. And while similar orders have been made before by presidents from Eisenhower and Reagan to Clinton and George Bush – it has never been done to this extent.

It is still unclear why this order was signed now, and what the consequences are for our nation – especially during times of peace. This type of Martial Law imposes a government takeover on U.S. citizens that is typically reserved for national emergencies, not in a time of relative peace.

I want you to know I am following this very closely. If you would like to read the order for yourself please click here


Sincerely,



Kay Granger, TX
Member of Congress


******

Quote from linked document:

(c) "Farm equipment" means equipment, machinery, and repair parts manufactured for use on farms in connection with the production or preparation for market use of food resources.

(d) "Fertilizer" means any product or combination of products that contain one or more of the elements nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium for use as a plant nutrient.

(e) "Food resources" means all commodities and products, (simple, mixed, or compound), or complements to such commodities or products, that are capable of being ingested by either human beings or animals, irrespective of other uses to which such commodities or products may be put, at all stages of processing from the raw commodity to the products thereof in vendible form for human or animal consumption. "Food resources" also means potable water packaged in commercially marketable containers, all starches, sugars, vegetable and animal or marine fats and oils, seed, cotton, hemp, and flax fiber, but does not mean any such material after it loses its identity as an agricultural commodity or agricultural product.

(f) "Food resource facilities" means plants, machinery, vehicles (including on farm), and other facilities required for the production, processing, distribution, and storage (including cold storage) of food resources, and for the domestic distribution of farm equipment and fertilizer (excluding transportation thereof).

Europe Has Three Days, Not Three Months, to Avoid 'Fiasco': Soros


By Eleazar David Meléndez: Subscribe to Eleazar's RSS feed

June 25, 2012 12:05 PM EDT

Multibillionaire financier George Soros said Monday Europe's leaders have three days to agree on how to fix the euro zone crisis ahead of this week's summit of world leaders -- a dramatically shorter timetable than the "three months' window" he said at the beginning of June that Europe's leaders had to fix their problems.

"Unless that is resolved in the next three days, then I am afraid the summit could turn out to be a fiasco. That could actually be fatal," Soros said on CNBC Monday morning. Soros, who is quickly becoming an éminence grise on the topic of the euro zone financial crisis, was making an appearance following the publication of an editorial in the Financial Times, where he warned the negotiating stance of German chancellor Angela Merkel going into this summit "threatens to turn the June summit into a fiasco."

In his Financial Times piece, Soros, the notable hedge fund manager -- who last month delivered an explanation of the euro zone crisis to an Italian economics conference that went viral -- suggested the best way to proceed involves some kind of German guarantee of the peripheral countries' debt "in return for Italy and Spain undertaking specified structural reforms." The idea is to have some austerity combined with a German safety net for the debt of weak economies, stabilizing the economic crisis in the Continent so as to hopefully spur growth. It is a pro-unification framework that "will be the prelude to the establishment of a full political union and the introduction of euro bonds," Soros notes in his article.

Read more here.

Blogger Aaron Walker Latest Swatting Victim
June 25, 2012

Another conservative blogger has become the victim of a "swatting," where a false report of a murder sends the police, armed and ready, to a victim's home. The victim this time was blogger Aaron Walker, who had just this morning won a legal victory against convicted felon and leftist activist Brett Kimberlin.
Breitbart News contacted the Prince William County, Virginia police department to confirm the swatting. A dispatcher affirmed that police were called to the home of Mr. Walker based on a fraudulent 911 call. The individual did not take the call and could not disclose any details of the call's content but immediately confirmed that Mr. Walker had been swatted.

The swatting occurred hours after Walker's hearing. A judge had modified a previous ruling that prohibited Mr. Walker from exercising his right to free speech.

Walker told Breitbart News that he was home with his wife this evening at approximately 6:00pm when there was a "pretty insistent" knock at his door. Walker answered to find about six police cars in the street and two officers taking positions against the wall with M4 rifles. Since he was aware of the previous swattings of Patrick "Patterico" Frey, Erick Erickson, and Mike Stack, Mr. Walker asked the police if someone had called and claimed he had killed his wife, and police confirmed that that was the case.

In a statement to Breitbart News, Walker said, "This is obviously very upsetting but my wife and I are fine. Whoever did this had the intent to put our lives in danger."

Developing...


Source: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/06/25/Blogger-Aaron-Walker-Swatted

A police officer from St. Louis calls in to the Alex Jones show on June 24th and gives a report

"We have been told that in October we need to be prepared for an event that will require us to use air and ground support, in conjunction with the military here."

more here:

Secrecy News -- 09/28/12

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SECRECY NEWS
from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy
Volume 2012, Issue No. 99
September 28, 2012

Secrecy News Blog: http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/


** SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MOVES TO AMEND FISA AMENDMENTS ACT
** DNI ISSUES DIRECTIVE ON CIVIL LIBERTIES AND PRIVACY
** DNI DIRECTIVE PROMOTES USE OF "TEARLINE" DOCUMENTS
** REAGAN DIRECTIVE ON "PRE-EMPTIVE NEUTRALIZATION" OF TERRORISTS


SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MOVES TO AMEND FISA AMENDMENTS ACT

The Obama Administration proposal to renew the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments Act for another five years would be
amended to a three year extension, if the Senate Judiciary Committee has
its way.

Last June, the Senate Intelligence Committee approved -- without amendment
-- the Administration's request for a five year renewal of the intelligence
surveillance authorities of the FISA Amendments Act (FAA) that are due to
expire at the end of this year. Shortly thereafter, the Senate Judiciary
Committee asked that the measure be referred for its consideration as well.

Last week, the Judiciary Committee reported its version of the bill and,
unlike the Intelligence Committee, it insisted on amending the
Administration proposal, over the opposition of Republican members of the
Committee.

http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2012_rpt/faa-sjc.html

The amended version of the bill would not curtail the scope of existing
surveillance authorities.

However, the Committee amendment would extend those authorities until
2015, rather than 2017 as the Administration asked. It would further
require the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community "to conduct a
comprehensive review of the implementation of the FISA Amendments Act, with
particular regard to the protection of the privacy rights of United States
persons." The Inspector General would also be required to publicly release
an unclassified summary of the review. A similar proposal offered by
Senators Wyden and Udall was rejected by the Senate Intelligence Committee.

These modest amendments to the Administration proposal are necessary and
appropriate, the Judiciary Committee said in its new report on the bill.

"The alternative of a five-year extension [...] without any additional
oversight or accountability requirements, and without the benefit of the
complete work of the inspectors general, is ill-advised and inconsistent
with this Committee's constitutional responsibility to provide vigorous and
effective oversight."

All Republican members of the Committee voted against the amended bill and
urged that the Obama Administration's position be adopted by Congress.

"Our oversight of the statute has found no evidence that it has been
intentionally misused or that more oversight is needed," the Republicans
wrote in a minority statement appended to the report. "The combination of
the statutory limitations on collection, targeting and minimization
procedures and guidelines, and compliance oversight by the Administration
and Congress, ensure that the rights of U.S. persons are sufficiently
protected when their communications are incidentally collected in the
course of targeting non-U.S. persons located abroad."

Yet such oversight has failed in the past, the Committee report noted. In
its narrative account of the background to the bill, the Committee majority
recalled that the post-9/11 surveillance program began outside the
framework of the law and without proper congressional notification or
approval.

"This warrantless surveillance was conducted outside the scope of FISA,
without any approval by the FISA court, and without the full knowledge or
consent of Congress," the Committee report noted. "The public first became
aware of the existence of this warrantless surveillance program in December
2005 through a report in the New York Times."

Although the Judiciary Committee bill, as amended, is inconsistent with
the version reported out of the Senate Intelligence Committee, the report
noted that the amended bill was supported by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the
chair of the Intelligence Committee, which should presumably increase the
likelihood of its approval by the full Senate. If approved, the amended
bill would then have to be reconciled with the "clean," unamended extension
that was approved by the House.


DNI ISSUES DIRECTIVE ON CIVIL LIBERTIES AND PRIVACY

The Director of National Intelligence "is committed to protecting civil
liberties and privacy, which are foundational principles of our Nation's
democratic society, preserved in the Constitution of the United States, and
guaranteed in Federal law."

So states a new Intelligence Community Directive on Civil Liberties and
Privacy, signed by DNI James R. Clapper on August 31, 2012.

http://www.fas.org/irp/dni/icd/icd-107.pdf

Beyond affirming the value of civil liberties, the new directive -- ICD
107 -- also directs the establishment of oversight mechanisms and of
procedures for redress of alleged violations.

The DNI directive does not include definitions of privacy or civil
liberties, and its practical meaning is somewhat elusive.

"Intelligence activities shall be conducted in a manner that protects
civil liberties and privacy," the directive states. But that seemingly
categorical statement is rendered ambiguous by the very next sentence.

"The IC shall protect civil liberties and privacy in a manner that enables
proper intelligence integration and information sharing and safeguarding."


DNI DIRECTIVE PROMOTES USE OF "TEARLINE" DOCUMENTS

In order to promote improved information sharing, the Director of National
Intellingence told agencies to make use of "tearlines." This refers to the
practice of segregating and withholding the most sensitive portions of a
document, allowing the remainder to be "torn off," literally or
figuratively, and widely disseminated.

"Tearlines are portions of an intelligence report or product that provide
the substance of a more highly classified or controlled report without
identifying sensitive sources, methods, or other operational information,"
a new DNI directive states. "Tearlines release classified intelligence
information with less restrictive dissemination controls, and, when
possible, at a lower classification."

"Tearlines shall be written for the broadest possible readership in
accordance with established information sharing policies, and requirements
in law and policy to protect intelligence sources and methods."

See "Tearline Production and Dissemination," Intelligence Community
Directive 209, September 6, 2012:

http://www.fas.org/irp/dni/icd/icd-209.pdf

In the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, Congress
mandated that "the President shall... issue guidelines... to ensure that
information is provided in its most shareable form, such as by using
tearlines to separate out data from the sources and methods by which the
data are obtained" (section 1016(d)(1)).

Although the tearline approach also lends itself to public dissemination
of national security documents, with particularly material removed, the new
intelligence directive does not explicitly extend to sharing information
with the public.


REAGAN DIRECTIVE ON "PRE-EMPTIVE NEUTRALIZATION" OF TERRORISTS

In 1984, President Reagan ordered the Director of Central Intelligence to
develop "capabilities for the pre-emptive neutralization of anti-American
terrorist groups which plan, support, or conduct hostile terrorist acts
against U.S. citizens, interests, and property overseas."

The President further ordered the DCI to "develop a clandestine service
capability, using all lawful means, for effective response overseas against
terrorist acts commmitted against U.S. citizens, facilities, or interests."

Those instructions were contained in National Security Decision Directive
138, "Combatting Terrorism," which was issued on April 3, 1984.

http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/nsdd/nsdd-138.pdf

A few weeks earlier, Hezbollah forces in Lebanon had kidnapped William
Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut.

NSDD 138 remained classified for many years and was not fully declassified
until two years into the Obama Administration.


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Secrecy News -- 10/24/12
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SECRECY NEWS
from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy
Volume 2012, Issue No. 110
October 24, 2012

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** PRIVACY & CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD INVITES PUBLIC INPUT
** FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH, AND MORE FROM CRS


PRIVACY & CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD INVITES PUBLIC INPUT

The long-dormant Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB)
announced that it will hold its first public meeting next week and it
invited members of the public to provide input to help shape the Board's
near-term agenda.

"In anticipation of setting the agenda of issues on which the Board will
focus its attention, the Board would welcome the views of nongovernmental
organizations and members of the public," stated a notice in the October 23
Federal Register.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/2012/10/pclob.html

The PCLOB was created in response to a recommendation of the 9/11
Commission that "there should be a board within the executive branch to
oversee... the commitment the government makes to defend our civil
liberties."

By statute, the PCLOB is mandated to "(1) analyze and review actions the
executive branch takes to protect the Nation from terrorism, ensuring that
the need for such actions is balanced with the need to protect privacy and
civil liberties; and (2) ensure that liberty concerns are appropriately
considered in the development and implementation of laws, regulations, and
policies related to efforts to protect the Nation against terrorism."

In response to the announcement of next week's meeting, we wrote in to
propose that the PCLOB should review the government's problematic use of
Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act. "The use of Section 215, the so-called
'business records' provision, is the subject of intense and unresolved
controversy that warrants the Board's attention," we suggested.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/2012/10/pclob-let.pdf

Senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall have stated that "most Americans would
be stunned to learn the details of how these secret court opinions have
interpreted section 215 of the Patriot Act." If so, the members of the
PCLOB can be stunned on behalf of most Americans by virtue of the security
clearances and right of access that they possess.

For background on the origins and development of the PCLOB, see "Privacy
and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: New Independent Agency Status,"
Congressional Research Service, August 27, 2012:

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34385.pdf


FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH, AND MORE FROM CRS

Newly updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that
Congress has not made publicly available include the following.

Federal Support for Academic Research, October 18, 2012:

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41895.pdf

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: History, Impact, and Issues, October 22,
2012:

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40957.pdf

Terrorism and Transnational Crime: Foreign Policy Issues for Congress,
October 19, 2012:

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/R41004.pdf

Managing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Policy Implications of Expanding Global
Access to Nuclear Power, October 19, 2012:

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/RL34234.pdf

U.S. Sanctions on Burma, October 19, 2012:

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41336.pdf

Burma's Political Prisoners and U.S. Sanctions, October 19, 2012:

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R42363.pdf

Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for
Congress, October 18, 2012:

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RL32109.pdf

Navy Ohio Replacement (SSBN[X]) Ballistic Missile Submarine Program:
Background and Issues for Congress, October 18, 2012:

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/R41129.pdf

Navy Shipboard Lasers for Surface, Air, and Missile Defense: Background
and Issues for Congress, October 19, 2012:

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/R41526.pdf

Navy Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism Operations: Background and
Issues for Congress, October 18, 2012:

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RS22373.pdf


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Why Denny Rehberg deserves to be “Conrad Burned” today

by Stewart Rhodes, Former Ron Paul Staffer and Founder of Oath Keepers

Today, on election day, Denny Rehberg deserves to go down in flames just like Conrad Burns did in 2006. Conrad Burns lost to Tester precisely because he lost the liberty vote in Montana. And Burns lost the liberty vote because he had abandoned the Constitution and violated his oath by voting for unconstitutional laws, such as the Patriot Act.

Even GOP propagandists like Ed Berry acknowledge that the liberty movement killed Conrad Burns’ political career, with 10,000 Montanan’s choosing to instead vote for the Libertarian candidate, which is a larger number of votes than the number by which Tester beat Burns. The Montana liberty movement simply refused to vote for an oath breaker – they withdrew their consent. And without them, Burns was burnt.

Today, the very same thing is likely to happen to Denny Rehberg – and he deserves it. He deserves to be “Conrad Burned.” Like Conrad Burns, Rehberg is an oath breaker who has abandoned the Constitution by repeatedly and willfully voting for some of the most dangerous and spectacularly unconstitutional laws to ever be passed in Congress during the short life of this Republic. Rehberg voted for both the Patriot Act, and for the NDAA, among many others.

The NDAA of 2012 (Sections 1021 and 1022) in particular is a deal breaker. It is intolerable. It is the single most dangerous law in American history and is the death knell of this Republic if it is not stopped. Anyone who would strip you of your right to jury trial, for which your forefathers bled and died, is a traitor and an enemy of this Republic. Anyone who would subject you and your children to arbitrary imprisonment, in a military brig, or to military trial, or to rendition to ANY foreign nation or ANY foreign entity, or who thinks the President has a legitimate power to just order you killed by a Predator drone if HE thinks you are a terrorist – anyone who supports that government supremacist view, is a traitor and a modern Tory. He is your enemy.

Rehberg and Tester both hold that view, and both voted for the NDAA. I don’t give a flying *&@#% if Rehberg is supposedly “not as bad as Tester.” He supports the destruction of the Bill of Rights in the name of fighting terrorism. Both of them are my enemy. Both are enemies of the American Revolution and all that came from it.

And Rehberg is not a man who just made a mistake, and is sorry. No, he is defiant in his defense of his oath breaking vote for the NDAA. After his speech at the Lincoln Dinner in Kalispell, I walked up to Rehberg and asked him to explain his vote for the NDAA, which authorizes military detention of Americans. He didn’t try to explain his vote, or try to tell me it didn’t do what I thought it did, or try to defend why he thinks that is OK. He just said “you just don’t support the troops. Shame on you!” Yeh, right Denny. That’s it. I’m a disabled Army Airborne veteran who nearly died twice while serving my country, and the founder of a national organization made up of current serving military and veterans, but I just don’t support the troops. He said that to me twice during our short conversation. It was no off the cuff remark. Obviously it was some talking point his staff had cooked up for him to use as a weapon against anyone who publicly challenged him over his vote for the NDAA. Typical neocon. If you dare oppose anything they do in the name of national security or war, they accuse you of not supporting the troops.

The man is an unrepentant oath breaker who has, so far, gotten away with it. And the reason he has gotten away with it has been the “lesser of two evils” con game. Being told that you have “no choice” but to vote for oath breaker A or oath breaker B is like being given a false choice between voting for Joseph Stalin or Adolph Hitler, with so-called conservatives urging you to vote for the fascist to keep the communist out of office. “Vote for Hitler or Stalin will win!” I won’t do it. No sir. I will fight them both, or either one.

My oath was not “I will support and defend the Republican Party.” Nor was it “I will support and defend the Constitution by voting for the lesser of two evil oath breakers who both violate it.” My oath was to defend the Constitution against ALL enemies, foreign and domestic, and of whatever party. I am an American first, not a Republican first. Political parties are like a cancer that is now killing the host. Republicans, with all too few exceptions, are loyal to party first, not country first, and certainly not the Constitution first, just as Democrats, with few exception, are loyal to their party first, before their country.

This Republic is on the verge of destruction precisely because Republicans have chosen the lesser of two evils (the lesser of two oath breakers) in each election, swallowing principle and pulling the lever for a demonstrated oath breaker each and every time just to try and keep a Democrat from winning. When you take a slightly reduced dose of poison, say 80% poison instead of 100%, you are still poisoning yourself, and you will still die. This Republic has been subjected to a reduced dose of poison over and over, for decades, and is now about to die. And yet, the GOP bigwigs offer us yet another dose of slightly reduced poison and the great majority of the Republican rank and file are all too happy to open wide and swallow it down. It’s time to take a stand, and say NO MORE!

I challenge anyone to explain why a vote for Rehberg is not a violation of your oath, now that it is clear he supports the application of the laws of war on Americans, and supports military detention and military trial rather than trial by jury, and now that it is clear that he is unrepentant and will continue to do so. You vote for an oath breaker, you become one. Either stand for all of the Constitution, all of the time, against anyone of any party, or stop pretending, renounce your oath, burn your pocket Constitution, and then just openly join the ranks of the oath breakers.

I should suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul by swearing allegiance to one whose character is that of a sottish, stupid, stubborn, worthless, brutish man. I conceive likewise a horrid idea in receiving mercy from a being, who at the last day shall be shrieking to the rocks and mountains to cover him, and fleeing with terror from the orphan, the widow, and the slain of America…. ~ Thomas Paine

Likewise here. Don’t make a whore of your soul by electing and empowering a stottish, stupid, stubborn, worthless, brutish man who has already violated all that our forefathers fought to win and preserve, by violating our Bill of Rights. It is now very clear that the small window we had for a political solution at the national level has been slammed shut by the GOP leadership by forcing on us yet another oath breaker. Last time it was John McCain – who went on to author Section 1021 of the NDAA which is a declaration of war on the American people. Now it is Romney, who also supports it. As did Pual Ryan, Allan West, Rubio, and a bunch of other “Tea Party” freshmen, right along with Rehberg. The GOP has utterly failed to field true constitutionalists. It has turned its back on the Constitution and thrown away a chance to stop the destruction of our Republic. Now all we have left is nullification and resistance at the state level.

Here in Montana, we need to clean house and sweep our own porch clean by rooting out the oath breaking neoconservatives who are so deeply entrenched in power. Let’s start with Rehberg. Let’s root him out. But wouldn’t that mean that Tester wins again? Yes, it does. Just like back in 2007, when we rooted out Conrad Burns. After that defeat, the Montana GOP should have caught a clue. To guarantee a win this time around, all they had to do is field someone who didn’t vote for the same crap that Conrad Burns had voted for. Duh! As Ed Berry acknowledges, over on Polymontana, if the liberty movement votes for the GOP candidates, they have the election in the bag. Rehberg, Hill, etc. will win if all liberty movement people vote for them. But if the liberty movement doesn’t support them, then they will lose.

To win the Senate seat all the Montana GOP needed to do is run a candidate who had not voted for the Patriot Act and the NDAA, and who pledged to vote against such obvious and blatant violations of the Bill of Rights. Our votes were theirs if they just ran someone who wouldn’t make us throw up in the voting booth. They could have done it, and easily won, but once again, they blew it. Our votes were theirs to lose, and they lost them by yet again running a demonstrated oath breaker. And now they tell us that we need to set aside our revulsion for Rehberg, set aside our principles, and vote for Rehberg to stop Tester.

If you do that – if you set aside your constitutional and liberty principles and vote for a demonstrated constitutional violator, you will just be telling the Montana GOP leadership that they can do as they please, and that they don’t need to run true constitutionalists to win. And you will be telling the GOP faithful that they can continue to vote neocon and still win elections. That is the wrong message to send. The message should instead be that unless, and until, the Montana GOP faithful root out the neocons who are killing their party, they will lose. Election after election, they will lose, until they clean house and return to the Constitution.

Rather than the neocons accepting the blame for losing the Senate seat to Tester in the first place, and acknowledging their transgressions and repenting of their sins, they are doubling down and once again running an oath breaking traitor, while telling us that if Tester is reelected it is our fault. What a joke. The fault lies with a party that has largely abandoned our Constitution, and until the GOP returns to it, and actually defends it, it deserve to lose, and will lose.

Once Rehberg is entrenched as an incumbent in the Senate, how will you ever get rid of him? In a primary? Not likely. We just tried that, and failed because the GOP faithful are willing to vote for an oath breaker who they think can defeat the Democrat. That is all they seem to care about. If you help Rehberg win, you will just be telling them they are correct, and that running an oath breaker is a winning strategy. That will make it all the harder to ever reform the Montana GOP.

Once Rehberg is in the Senate, the only way to get rid of him would be to withdraw your consent in some future election, just like you did with Conrad Burns, and let the Democrat win. And then you would still have to try and defeat the Democrat by once again trying to convince the GOP faithful to finally get behind a real constitutionalist to run against the Democrat, and that would be all the harder after they had had a successful election cycle running an oath breaker for U.S. Senate.

Why kick the can down the road and have to go through all of that all over again? We are in the middle of this fight for the heart and soul of the Montana GOP (and for the heart and soul of this Republic) right now. So let’s get it over with now. Root out Denny Rehberg, and then run a real constitutionalist against Tester in the next election and root Tester out too.

We did the right thing in 2006 by rooting out Conrad Burns. His political career was done. If the GOP had come to their senses and run a constitutionalist against Tester, we could have rooted Tester out this year and finally Montana would have a Senator who was not an oath breaker.

The GOP should have learned their lesson, but apparently need to have another trip to the wood shed. Let’s give it to them. Let’s root out Denny Rehberg and end his political career. He is seen as a “party leader” here in Montana, just as Burns was. As with Burns, he needs to go. We need to root him out as part of our battle to root the neocons out of the Montana GOP.

And then let’s run a real constitutionalist against Tester next election, and finally root him out.

The neocons have joined with the Marxists on the left and are placing this nation on a short track to having to fight another bloody revolution/civil war. The only way to possibly pull us back from the brink is to purge all oath breakers out of office and to clean up our own state. And even if we do that, we may still have to fight. But at least we will go into battle with a clear conscience and the knowledge that we did not give our consent and support to the destruction of our own Republic.

When I confronted Rehberg at the Lincoln Dinner in Kalispell, I told him that he would go the same way that Conrad Burns did – that because of his vote for the NDAA, constitutionalists and liberty movement people in Montana would not support him and he would be “Conrad Burned.” Let’s make it so. Withdraw your consent. Take a stand. Send Rehberg back to his fake ranch where he can play cowboy. “Conrad Burn”him today.

Stewart Rhodes

PS- the views above are my own only, as an individual American, and not in my capacity as President of Oath Keepers. I would like to personally thank Ed Berry for inspiring me to write this, at the 11th hour. It was his incessant, ankle biting, petty attacks against me and Chuck Baldwin, and his revolting cheer leading for oath breaking GOP traitors that reminded me of my obligation speak out today. Thanks Ed! I was going to just sit this one out, and give the Montana GOP faithful some “tough love” after the election by trying to point out why they lost, in the hopes of talking some sense into them, but you have prompted me to instead send this message out to thousands of Montanans in the liberty movement today to do my small part in purging the neocons out of Montana politics. If Rehberg loses, and I am given any small part of the credit for his loss, then I wish to share that credit with you, since you prompted me to write this.

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If you have been following the over thirty plus states via petitions on whitehouse.gov for the president to consider states to peacefully secede from the union then this might interest you too.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Cwx2h7fGNig [/youtube]

The petition in question that is requesting any citizen who signs the other petitions for consideration of secession to be stripped of citizenship and deported has been pulled from the whitehouse.gov website as it is no longer available at the original link. Apparently it made sense that such a petition was inappropriate and those secession petitions were within the rights of citizens per the Constitution. It really isn't an outdated document.


*Edit to add: and now the video has been pulled by the owner. Lol.

Well I watched the video several times and it was the petition site at whitehouse.gov and it looked just like this template with the petition requesting the stripping of citizenship: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/peacefully-grant-state-montana-withdraw-united-states-america-and-create-its-own-new-government/l76dWhwN

The above link by the way is one of the state secession petitions the citizenship stripping petition was complaing about. At the time of this posting it has 10,400 electronic signatures and a few hours ago Texas another state had over 40,000. I heard that yesterday evening TX surpassed the 25,000 minimum for consideration. And this is just in their first couple of days of posting. They have till approx Dec 10th of this year 2012. now times that by roughly 30 or so states that have joined the vote of no confidence bandwagon and...

Yeah that means quite a few people across the nation are tired of the national security state corruption, endless wars, demonizing of the citizenry, and the dismantling of the nation's functionability. What can one say... states petition message is "Hey Guys time to clean up the act. Enough is Enough!"

Report of Massive Object Headed for Us
http://beforeitsnews.com/2012/2012/12/massive-object-headed-straight-for-earth-google-nibiru-planet-x-etc-etc-2440920.html

UPDATED UPDATE – Massive Object Headed Straight For Earth? Google: Nibiru, Planet X etc etc
Saturday, December 8, 2012 15:34
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[youtube] https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ioc7iT5ZK0U [/youtube]

“The English astroastronomer John Walson who has made some incredible videos using his Meade LX200 custom telescope posted a video yesterday saying that on the 17th he is going to post a video that will “shock the world…”

,…in the meantime ==

[youtube] https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dnkcSLs8364 [/youtube]


.Hiuge objects filmed in space by John L. Walson


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POWER POLES BURST INTO FLAMES IN TEXAS -ONE DAY BEFORE METEORITE SIGHTINGS!Note--NOT METEORITE BUT DESTROYED SPACECRAFT THAT WAS SHOT DOWN BY SOMEONE--METEORITES ARE COVER STORIES FOR ALIEN WARS NOW TAKING PLACE!

http://www.sott.net/article/254543-Power-poles-burst-into-flames-in-Texas-one-day-before-Meteorite-sightings



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Vatican Calls for the Establishment of World Government and a New World Order- Pope Benedict XVI, has called for the establishment of World Government and a New World Order.

http://www.theglobalistreport.com/vatican-world-government-new-world-order/



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AOL CENSORING THE FORWARDING OF E_MAILS TELLING OF THE MARINES WIVES TO STOCK UP ON SUPPLIE Dec 9, 2012
Steve,I tried to send an article you posted to everyone on my e-mail list. It was the rumor that Marine wives are being told to to stock up on supplies. AOL wouldn't let me send it. In the past they have censored controversial e-mails and tried... read more


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Benjamin Fulford posted something over the holidays that might be nice, if true. Que Sara Sara

Quote December 30, 2012

Reader response to December 24, 2012 posting:
The New World Order has been defeated but the Old World Order is still fighting

RE: NWO defeated B.S.

> You state that the NWO has been defeated. If this is the case, why
> then is is the Federal Reserve still producing worthless paper. Cities
> being sprayed with chemtrail poison. Obama trying to steal our
> firearms. FEMA camps still open and waiting to receive. Flouride in
> our water and the list goes on..
> You never respond to any of my questions. Why is that? Do you not have
> the answers? Or is it because I am not on your account? Ben, the only
> thing I want is the truth and to know that there is HOPE for mankind.
> I am tired of the Kabal crushing our hope and dreams of a better
> future. Im tired of secrets and disinformation. Im tired of a$$holes
> trying to make a dollar off the fear of the people. If you have time
> to add a person to your bank account, you have time to respond to
> these questions.

Thanks for your critical feedback. The New Wolrd Order as I define it was a Nazi cabal that was trying to start World War 3 in order to set up a totalitarian one-world government.
My understanding is that they have been defeated and that plans for WW3 have been stopped. My contacts in the pentagon and the agencies make it very clear they will disobey any orders to attack American citizens or put them in concentration camps.
That does not mean that all is well, however, because the Old World Order faction the NWO was fighting is still in power in many countries, notably the US. That is why we are now moving to phase two of our two-pronged campaign against the fascist forces. That is all I can say right now because we do not want to tip our hand.
Also, I would like point out that I am sick and tired of critics like you who scold us for not doing any more than we are (at the very real risk to our lives) while you sit at home and do nothing but be an arm-chair quarterback. If you feel impatient, start taking direct, personal action.
In any case it is not over until it is over but my understanding is that huge funds will soon be made available to finance a campaign to end poverty and stop environmental destruction.

http://ncrenegade.com/editorial/a-time-to-kill/

article & comments.

Coup d’etat in America – Evidence Mounts

http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/coup-detat-in-america-evidence-mounts/33498/

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Paraclete
Conservative News and Views – by TERRY A. HURLBUT

Last year my fellow editor warnedof a coup d’état in America. In case any reader has any doubt, Barack Obama and his allies have removed all doubt in the last several weeks. And in the process have made America ripe for rebellion. But if the right people stand up and lead, the results need not be as chaotic as one might suppose.

Coup d’état, Exhibit A: The Newtown Incident

The Newtown Incident needs no further description. Or does it? Did Adam Lanza steal three weapons, and use them at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, all by his lonesome? Dwight Kehoe at TPATH pointed out that the mainstream media first reported one thing, then changed their story. They first said Lanza might have had a Bushmaster AR-15 with him at the school, but left it in his automobile. Then they started saying something radically different, as if they had said it all along. One can imagine Winston Smith at the Ministry (Department?) of Truth rushing out a memo to them and obligingly destroying old copy. Except that it’s too late. Someone cobbled together some original footage and uploaded it to YouTube. You can play it below. (To any Department of Truth wannabes: don’t even think you can quash it now. The resistance, when it forms, will have copies.)

Speaking of media accountability: MSNBC charged yesterday that some heartless viewers “heckled” the father of one of the pupils who died at Sandy Hook, after he had the temerity to ask “who in this room needs an assault weapon.” The only problem was: he asked the question, and they answered him. (And did everyone miss the other father of a victim, who said guns were not the problem?)

Today, no one doubts that twenty pupils and eight adults died that day. What people dowonder about is: Did Adam Lanza act alone? Or did he have help? Or not so much help, as “handlers” who shot him, “threw down” their weapons next to his body, and vanished into the woods? Play the third embedded video. Listen carefully to the back-and-forth on the radio, beginning at the 3:13 mark. Police clearly describe at least two shooters. Not satisfied? Play the fourth video, which is the source of the third.

How is this relevant? Well, when you’re planning a coup d’état, and want popular support for it, you don’t wait for that support to “just happen.” You drum it up. And sometimes, if one episode does not “convince” the people, maybe several will. Why, then, do we now see at least one such gunfire episode a week beginning about a month after the Newtown Incident? Coincidence? Ian Fleming said this about coincidence:

Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, and the third time it’s enemy action.

Coup Exhibit B: Gun Control Redux



Last week, Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) released her proposed “assault weapons ban” to the public. Or to be more specific, gun rights journalist David Codrea got the text and published it to Scribd.com; you may read it below.

Two problems. First, the Feinstein bill exemptsgovernment officials and their bodyguards. That’s special pleading. Second, the Feinstein bill includes handguns and shotguns. Everyone who cared to know, knew this was coming. You should also remember that in 1995, Feinstein said what she really thought of the idea ofanyone, except a law-enforcement officer or an active-duty military member, having a gun:

If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States, for an outright ban, picking up [every gun]… Mr. and Mrs. America, turn ‘em all in.

Except that she won’t turn hers in. Nor will New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s bodyguards. Not that they should. But protection of their persons is not a special privilege, available to them alone.

If you’re planning a coup d’état, it helps if the people have no guns and cannot resist you.

Coup Exhibit C: DHS Buys Ammunition

Why is the Department of Homeland Security buying millions, even billions, of rounds of ammunition? The news of these massive bullet buys does not come only from “the usual suspects.” This article, going back to September 19, 2012, came from Arutz-7. From Israel. Arutz-7 pointed out a few interesting items:

Many of these rounds are hollow-point rounds. They expand on impact.
Many other of these rounds can go through walls.
The Social Security Administration also bought 174,000 rounds. Why?
The military started preparing for riots in the streets.
And then there’s this piece in Business Insider. This article discusses a continued pattern of ammo buys by DHS and other agencies. It also discusses whether the agents are shooting up all those rounds in training. Two things:

Training for all these agents would need 15 to 20 million rounds a year. DHS is buying many more rounds than that.
What’s happening to the spent brass? The spent brass usually goes back to the ammo maker for recycling and re-use. Not this time. Yes, the Army is destroying some of that brass (though Congress told them to stop doing that). But not all of it. Not this many rounds. Not by a long shot (pun intended).
Again, if you’re planning a coup d’état, you need to be ready to shoot a lot of people.

And in case you don’t get that point, DHS is buying 7,000 of the same weapons they don’t want the people to have. Hypocrisy? Worse than that. It’s special pleading:

Do as I say, not as I do.

Or, put another way:

Rank has its privileges.

Rank. The Constitution does not recognize such rank. But the politicians pushing gun control clearly stand on their own rank. If they’re planning a coup, you know why.

Coup Exhibit D: Loose Talk of Scrapping the Constitution

A law professor should know better. But Georgetown University Law Professor Louis M. Seidman actually said to abolish the Constitution. (Here is the source.) That, of course, would force us to re-argue the case for our rights. Well, obviously if you’re planning a coup d’état, you want to make sure that the people have no rights, except those you grant. In other words, the people’s rights are whatever you say they are, any time you say it.

Mark Levin was afraid of a Supreme Court being the sole arbiters of the Constitution. Professor Seidman would have people get used to one man making that decision.

Coup Exhibit E: Fomenting Trouble

Actor Stephen Boyd, as Marcus Valerius Messala, new Tribune and Commander of the Garrison of Jerusalem (Ben-Hur, MGM, 1959), almost dismissively tells his predecessor:

There’s always some rabble-rouser stirring up trouble.

Well, how if the government itself were stirring up trouble? The Rev. William Owens, Jr.so accuses. He said it on the Capitol steps yesterday, in answer to the 23 executive orders (for that is what de facto President Obama called them, no matter what semantic distinction anyone might care to make) that Barack Obama signed.

Oh, what a perfect excuse! When riots break out, people cry out for someone to restore order. And the government is then ready, with its billions of rounds of ammunition, and armed with the same weapons they took from the people. That’s the perfect recipe for a coup d’état.

And what is a coup d’état? It’s what happens when a group of people take over one part of the government from within, then use that part to destroy the other parts and rule alone.

Can anyone stop it?

Yes. And what’s more, the group of people best qualified to stop it, are starting to wake up to the danger. Who are these people? Your local sheriff – if he fully knows his duty under the Constitution, and at common law.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, signaled his understanding. He flatly refuses to confiscate guns. And if he has to, he will go to war with any federal agency who tries to take guns away from his fellow lawful residents.

Twenty-eight of twenty-nine sheriffs in Utah protested Obama’s executive orders and likewise vowed to stand on the Constitution.

These are only some of the 225 sheriffs who have taken a similar stand. They belong to the new Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers’ Association that Richard Mack, former Sheriff of Graham County, Arizona (and plaintiff in Printz v. US) founded. Here is the latest list. It includes Sheriff Donald Smith of Putnam County, New York – the same county that refused to cooperate with The Journal News when they were publishing gun owners’ names and addresses. (They have since taken their map down and now admitted that forty percent of the names and addresses shouldn’t have been on it!)

So if the federal government tries a coup d’état against the Constitution, they will have these 225 sheriffs to deal with. And anyone else who has guns and refuses to hand them over.

http://www.conservativenewsandviews.com/2013/01/30/news/coup-detat-in-america-evidence-mounts/

13 Responses to Coup d’etat in America – Evidence Mounts

Jay says:
January 31, 2013 at 8:34 pm
The coup de tat happened in 1963, you must have missed it.
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SamAdams says:
January 31, 2013 at 8:38 pm
China trades US paper for US real assets as FED destroys dollar for eventual economic collapse. China calls for disarm of US. False flag Sandy to prepare transition. S. Border radar removed to allow low altitude FF. Can kicked by homeland as long as possible. Big insiders move to gold, move to other country. Watch gun control schedule, movie release or lack thereof to approximate time to end.
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Shalome says:
January 31, 2013 at 11:14 pm
I is most probable that most of the sheriffs taking these oaths — is just political window dressing !
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r dondero sr says:
February 1, 2013 at 3:04 am
pray for your country
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Johnny says:
February 1, 2013 at 3:49 am
So, it’s now declared that the people can be spied upon, detained indefinitely and even killed with zero judicial process, the wealthy elite are given complete immunity from all laws, while we are more strictly held to more and more laws….
The coup happened man, it’s done-
It can’t be overcome with little chaos, it’s going to be as chaotic as your worst imagination, and thats because it’s not just about the government. It’s our corporate elite, all mainstream media and all banking-
To repair the system, you must first tear them all down, and so yes, things will get much, much worse, at first, there’s no way to avoid that.
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Miguel Grande says:
February 1, 2013 at 6:24 am
Jay was right, the coup was staged in Nov. 1963. It has not been the same since.
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flek says:
February 1, 2013 at 6:45 am
I disagree. Lincoln and the War of Northern Aggression changed everything.

-flek
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Bubz says:
February 3, 2013 at 6:56 am
I agree, it did start with Lincoln, our first true tyrant and his desire to “hold the country together” even if it meant he had to rip it apart. His war against the southern states is where it all started.That was a war of attrition to whittle away states rights. That is the true history of this country. We have been lied to for so long we ALL live in a different reality. Some of us that see the truth have a grip on the true CORE reality, everyone else lives in an entertainment, drug and alcohol induced dream state. At least that’s how I see it!
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rhumstruck says:
February 1, 2013 at 6:41 am
You people are just waking up I can see. None of this is news to regulars here. So, forget about praying (thats waiting for a ship that never comes) and get to prepping. This is going to go hot anyday now and supply lines are being disrupted already. In fact, it may be too late.
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Anton Hackl says:
February 1, 2013 at 5:00 pm
Agreed sir.

I recommend every patriot, select their “extracurricular objectives” …NOW!!!!!!
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Nam Marine says:
February 3, 2013 at 8:23 am
NOW is the time for our own Coup! MOLON LABE !
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Douglas says:
February 3, 2013 at 10:17 am
Please read: “The Way home or face The Fire”.
http://jahtruth.net/wayad.htm

Malachi 4:1 For, behold, the Day cometh, that shall burn like an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the “I AM” Lord of hosts, that it shall leave of them neither root nor branch (nothing).
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Edwitness says:
February 3, 2013 at 12:41 pm
There is not one shred of a doubt that troubless times are upon us. Jesus told us that “when you see these things BEGIN to come to pass, look up , for your redemption draws near”. Of course we should pray to the one who made us! We need wisdom. For the road ahead is full of the unknown. But, He knows exactly what we will need before we know we need it. As our founders said,”the guidance of divine providence”. ‘Tis a glorious time to be a christian. Get in the boat before it is too late.
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The MOTHER of ALL Conspiracies

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In August of 2009, BP entered into a partnership with Martek Biosciences to study the use of algae to convert sugar into biodiesel. Eight months later, BP’s and Transocean’s “negligence” led to the oil spill which gravely impacted the food chain, poisoned all life forms in the Gulf and dealt an eventual death blow to the Gulf by creating a massive series of dead zones where nothing will grow, except for algae, for generations to come.

Source: http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/2013/03/16/the-mother-of-all-conspiracies-pt-7/

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V'S COMMENTS ON CYPRUS BURNING AND WHAT LIES AHEAD

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To clarify this I will put it to you this way: Cyprus for all intents and purposes is a self contained economy, an island separate from main land Europe thus making it perfect to implement harsh capital controls like the proposed levies on bank accounts. The people of Cyprus can not escape as there is no adjacent border close to it. Except Turkey which is 47 miles away and a source of contention amongst the Cypriot Grecian majority. As I said the perfect petri dish.

Source: http://www.stevequayle.com/index.php?s=33&d=323


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DHS insider update: “It has begun”

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According to the most recent information provided to me from my source within the Department of Homeland Security known as “Rosebud,” the final preparations are being made to deploy heavily armed federalized forces onto the streets of America. They will be deployed under the pretext of “restoring and maintaining order from the chaos brought about by the economic collapse,” adding that “many will demand and embrace their deployment on the streets of America. They will get what they ask for, and more.“

Much like the security theater we have seen following the attacks of 9/11, we will be subjected to the jack-booted control of a federal army whose allegiance is not to the American people, but to the very architects of the chaos.

“This is the reason that drones are flying over U.S. cities and farmland, and gun control legislation is on the fast track for complete implementation,” stated this source. “How can people look at the situation in Cyprus and not think it won’t happen here? It will, and the blowback will be unlike this country has ever seen. Surveillance, disarming the public, and conditioning the people to believe it’s for their own safety is and has been part of the plan all along. Anyone owing a gun will be demonized and described as contributing to the problem.”

“What happens when the middle class loses much of their wealth, or it is confiscated, by the stroke of a pen or a keyboard? What will the stores look like when people, unprepared due to the damn lies of the corporate media and the shills for the ruling elite, run to empty out everything they can get their hands on as the world, as they know it, collapses around them?”

It was during my most recent contact with my source yesterday that he admitted that the situation will be blamed not on the bankers and the elected leaders who are raping us of our wealth and buying power, but on “right-wing, gun-toting Conservative ‘militia’ groups who believe that the situation is orchestrated.” And, of course, it is orchestrated.

“There is no Republican-Democrat argument to be made anymore. It’s all political theater to keep the majority of the masses occupied while the true enemy has already captured both parties,” he added. “They are all in on it, either knowingly or unwittingly, the takeover, that is. And it’s getting harder to believe that there are any who are unwitting accomplices at this point.”

“When the curtain is pulled back to reveal the true agenda of a single digital world currency, the people who have been yelling the loudest about such ‘conspiracy theories’ will be specifically singled out and demonized. They will be blamed for causing the panic we will see, and of course, dealt with by the army we asked for, accepted and even tolerated.”

Anyone who still believes that the information provided by this insider is “doom porn” or some self-created fantasy need to look at the events taking place in Cyprus. It’s coming to America. It has already begun.

Source: http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/archives/7978

I'm hearing the run up to an event on US soil...precipitated by foreign agitation?

Cy


THEY ARE GEARING UP FOR SOMETHING BIG--His exact words were, 'They are shipping some serious s*** over there'
I just spoke with a close associate who has been working for the last three years at Barksdale AFB, on various construction projects. Likely, you will not remember that I wrote you about 6 weeks ago to ask for prayers for people in that area. This man is just a guy...a construction worker...been there all his life...salt of the earth kind of guy. In his words..."I am just a working man...doing the best I can do."

To let you know, I have cautioned him, and literally begged him to leave that area...but he wants to hang on for as long as he can, so that he can tell people what he is seeing, and hearing...but it may be that he is finally rattled enough to pick up stakes and get out of there now. I am praying that he gets out soon.

Tonight, he called to let me know that the security and activity at Barksdale has been stepped up in his words, "by 300%".

I asked as many questions as I felt that I could and took notes so that I could simply use his quotes to accurately report what he has stated.

"We were working on a scheduled job in the munitions dump area...building new blast walls, when AF personnel came in and told us we had to leave right now. We asked if were being given a "work stoppage order." They replied "Get out now." and escorted us out. "More like they rushed us out."

On April 1, AF Chief of Staff and a bunch of other DoD dignitaries flew in to Barksdale. Those coming on the base usually have a sidearm and maybe a rifle, but since the 1st, "dignitaries are also wearing flak jackets."

"They are gearing up for something big."

"They are bringing in serious junk."

"Moving in warheads...I was working in an area where cruise missles are brought in, put together, armed, and shipped out."

His exact words were, "They are shipping some serious s*** over there."

(Here I tried to ascertain whether these were going on ships or planes.)

He replied that "they are going everywhere." He also stated that "they dropped a bunch dummy bombs on some islands off the coast of North Korea"..(I just read a confirmation of that from an intelligence newsletter, and confirmed by WND an hour ago.)

I asked him if Chinese officers were still on base. He replied that he had not been working in the area in which he first saw them, for the last three weeks, but he did say this..."The Chinese and the Russians are here...let me put it this way...everybody in the UN plus a few more are in here. (US)"

He heard and directly quoted one officer referring to the testing of anti-ballistic missle defense system, "We are going to see a real test, now." He then said that he heard "Intelligence says there will be an attack on American soil."

He then stated that these defense missile systems were " being shipped to several bases."

Now he is a construction worker, and has been on the base which has contracted the company he works for, with over 40 different jobs. He said that in those three years, he has never seen it this way. His overwhelming impression is that our forces are mostly scattered, a huge number of foreign military personnel are in the US, many foreign officers have been at Barksdale for about 6 weeks that he knows of, and that "anything can happen," and "it looks like it will happen real quick."

I'll translate that last statement in case you don't speak "Southern"...

What he meant by that is that whatever is actually going on, North Korea notwithstanding, something is about to happen, it is about to happen soon, and there is no way we will ever be able to know the truth about it, who did what, when, where and why, but that whatever it is, we are sitting ducks for anything."

He said, "You know, when I was in school, there was always somebody pushing for a fight, trying to start a fight, or get a fight stirred up. That is what this reminds me of...when I was in school...and somebody always wanted to see a fight."

He then asked for prayers. So I am asking you to join in prayers for him...for all of them...

Apr 5, 2013
Source: http://www.stevequayle.com/index.php?s=33&d=339

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North Korea Tells Countries To Evacuate Their Embassies By April 10th
CURATOR: Mort Amsel. "We can confirm that the British Embassy in Pyongyang received a communication from the North Korean government this morning," said a spokesman for the Foreign Office. "It said that the North Korean government would be unable to guarantee the safety of embassies and international organisations in the country in...
Source: http://cts.vresp.com/c/?BeforeItsNews/6faecc74bf/22bf5010b4/71ac94c8a1

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Thanks Cy for the always informative reports , most interesting though is The Korea one , something doesn't seem right with it. While our attention is being put on that is it a smokescreen for something else going on. How many times now has this came about Threat of nuclear war , could another cold war be starting or maybe another afghan war or its preparation for the collapse of the worlds economy , as everyone knows Korea , China , Japan, Can't remember now which one it is but 1-2 of these countries will be a threat to the giants of commerce today.

Hi Animal!

The answer to your question is multi-faceted.

First combine it with this:

http://modernsurvivalblog.com/government-gone-wild/federal-framework-being-set-up-to-arrest-sheriffs/

The cover being created by goading North Korea will run over three things:

1. the martial law open movements in the US which are becoming bold and unmistakable, (this includes gun confiscation and population reduction all of which results in the civil war over the corruption)

2. the slow but rapidly increasing collapse of the global economic system which must be brought to its entire knees and drained of every last penny and ounce of recourse before total replacement (results in the panic of the uninformed portions of the population)

3. The final handful of time before non-system controlled unambiguous contact (which in an uninformed population can either complicate understanding of what is happening OR wake the remaining masses from their system induced lobotomy)

And coming right on the heels of these three is the same thing that happened last time (ancient last time), cyclic cosmic cataclysm...it's already started if you have been watching the growth in seismic, volcanic, and erratic weather activity. i.e. check the increases in sink holes for a blatant example in the U.S.

Admin wrote:Hi Animal!

The answer to your question is multi-faceted.

First combine it with this:

http://modernsurvivalblog.com/government-gone-wild/federal-framework-being-set-up-to-arrest-sheriffs/

The cover being created by goading North Korea will run over three things:

1. the martial law open movements in the US which are becoming bold and unmistakable, (this includes gun confiscation and population reduction all of which results in the civil war over the corruption)

2. the slow but rapidly increasing collapse of the global economic system which must be brought to its entire knees and drained of every last penny and ounce of recourse before total replacement (results in the panic of the uninformed portions of the population)

3. The final handful of time before non-system controlled unambiguous contact (which in an uninformed population can either complicate understanding of what is happening OR wake the remaining masses from their system induced lobotomy)

And coming right on the heels of these three is the same thing that happened last time (ancient last time), cyclic cosmic cataclysm...it's already started if you have been watching the growth in seismic, volcanic, and erratic weather activity. i.e. check the increases in sink holes for a blatant example in the U.S.

So far, we are quite literally repeating ancient history.

And everyone familiar with the system presented version of ancient history knows that the result was the fall to stone, bronze, iron, and despotism.

The key to seeing the last vestiges is in the tale of the Dananns attempting to preserve the best of the old civilization by teaching those where they settled to value HISTORY, LAW, ART, MEDICINE, MANUFACTURING, AND A SOCIAL VALUE SYSTEM BASED ON EQUALITY.

This is why I have worked to bring the Ancient Irish key into the current consciousness.

Every piece of the puzzle matters.

The People must come to understand where they have been to see the mistakes of the past in order to see the pitfalls of the present.

This is the only way to elude total disaster.

The way through lies through the fire. This is the path of the Strong and all are called to prove themselves.

Cyrellys

Federal Framework Being Set Up To Arrest Sheriffs
March 30, 2013
Ken Jorgustin

Colorado, and apparently Texas (next) are being targeted with an attempt to set up a federal authority framework that will enable Secret Service agents (not just those guarding the president), and others of the U.S. Secret Service including uniformed division officers, physical security technicians and specialists, and other ‘special officers’, to arrest and remove an elected sheriff for refusing to enforce the law (or anyone breaking the law).

The bills being introduced defines law as including any rule, regulation, executive order, court order, statute or constitutional provision.

Why are they doing this? Here’s why…



It would establish federal authority police powers in a State, enabling an enforcement arm reporting directly to the president (the Secret Service).

It would potentially lead to enabling the president / executive branch to theoretically override the actions and preventative measures that are now being taken by many States throughout the country who are trying to preserve 2nd Amendment gun rights and who are prohibiting the enforcement of unconstitutional law passed by Congress or pushed by executive order.

As some of you may know, a growing list of sheriffs (more than 340 so far) across the country have expressed that they will not enforce a Washington mandate that clearly violates the Second Amendment.

Source: http://modernsurvivalblog.com/government-gone-wild/federal-framework-being-set-up-to-arrest-sheriffs/

U.S DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS TOLD BANKS – IN WRITING – IT MAY INSPECT SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES WITHOUT WARRANT AND SIEZE ANY GOLD, SILVER, GUNS OR OTHER VALUABLES IT FINDS INSIDE THOSE BOXES!

March 30th, 2013

Just found this… very interesting. I am trying to verify the post from a govt source.

http://dinarvets.com/forums/index.php?/topic/52464-do-not-use-safety-deposit-boxes/

According to in-house memos now circulating, the DHS has issued orders to banks across America which announce to them that “under the Patriot Act” the DHS has the absolute right to seize, without any warrant whatsoever, any and all customer bank accounts, to make “periodic and unannounced” visits to any bank to open and inspect the contents of “selected safe deposit boxes.”

Further, the DHS “shall, at the discretion of the agent supervising the search, remove, photograph or seize as evidence” any of the following items “bar gold, gold coins, firearms of any kind unless manufactured prior to 1878, documents such as passports or foreign bank account records, pornography or any material that, in the opinion of the agent, shall be deemed of to be of a contraband nature.”

DHS memos also state that banks are informed that any bank employee, on any level, that releases “improper” “classified DHS Security information” to any member of the public, to include the customers whose boxes have been clandestinely opened and inspected and “any other party, to include members of the media” and further “that the posting of any such information on the internet will be grounds for the immediate termination of the said employee or employees and their prosecution under the Patriot Act.” Safety deposit box holders and depositors are not given advanced notice when failed banks shut their doors.

If people have their emergency money in a safe deposit box or an account in a bank that closes, they will not be allowed into the bank to get it out. They can knock on the door and beg to get in but the sheriff’s department or whoever is handling the closure will simply say “no” because they are just following orders.

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http://dinarvets.com/forums/index.php?/topic/52464-do-not-use-safety-deposit-boxes/





BANK OF AMERICA & COMPASS BANK MANAGERS WERE TOLD HOMELAND SECURITY WILL CONFISCATE SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES

While all the other points I mentioned in a previous post are fairly well documented and discussed elsewhere on the Internet, the bank information I reported is not. This information is from my own experience and research. I discovered the disturbing news quite by accident – and by virtue of its importance, I decided to post my findings here and on a few other forums.

http://www.bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=10012



DHS Has Reportedly Told Banks that It Has Authority To Seize The Contents Of Safety Deposit Boxes Without A Warrant When Its A Matter Of “National Security”, Which A Major Bank Crisis No Doubt Will Be.

Could This be the Simple Formula That has Wrecked Two Civilizations, Going on Three?

If everyone Asked the Banks for theirMoney Tomorrow, only the first few would be successfully served. Cyprus? No. The US of A.

The Case Against the Fed, Chapter 8, “Problems for the Fractional-Reserve Banker: Insolvency.” By Murray Rothbard. (Slightly edited forpublication as a separate article – Tom Dennen)

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/04/01/dhs-has-reportedly-told-banks-that-it-has-authority-to-seize-the-contents-of-safety-deposit-boxes-without-a-warrant-when-its-a-matter-of-national-security-which-a-major-bank-crisis/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+pakalert+%28Pak+Alert+Press%29

The truth about Safe Deposit Boxes




Leslie


SOURCE: http://investmentwatchblog.com/u-s-department-of-homeland-security-has-told-banks-in-writing-it-may-inspect-safe-deposit-boxes-without-warrant-and-sieze-any-gold-silver-guns-or-other-valuables-it-finds-inside-those-boxes/

It is being reported that Obama is prepping a pre-emptive strike...and more on this.

HEADS UP MOSCOW IDAHO- ZOMBIE-APOCALYPSE DRILL -MAY BE USED FOR HOUSE TO HOUSE GUN CONFISCATION
Steve, I found some information tonight that you need to know.
FEMA is planning a drill in Washington State called Preparedness 101
Zombie Apocalypse on 4-27-13. It is suppose to be a drill to simulate a UFO
Crash and Zombies I guess. I am enclosing a link to where I discovered it.
Hope you can expose this as a False Flag if they try to pull it off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74xGw6Nx-OE

Apr 25, 2013

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ALL FALSE FLAG OPERATIONS HAVE PRIMARY GOAL OF ROUNDING UP CITIZENS FIRE ARMS
Received from a friend who is an accountant, her assignment for the past week was to keep
accounting records of incoming donations and moneys. Monday, FEMA Homeland
Storm Troopers took over the record keeping and the town. She discovered
every donation is assigned a monetary value. Every water bottle, can of
food, shoes, underwear and all building materials are assigned a dollar
value. In addition, each relief worker and the equipment used in the
cleaning-up efforts are assigned dollar values. This is the shocking part:
The estimated dollar value will be deducted from the total dollar amount
that FEMA provides.
FEMA Homeland Strom Troopers also went from house to house to check on
people and animals. The property and everything within the area belongs to
FEMA! Any and all valuables can be confiscated by FEMA! FEMAs second
priority is to confiscate guns! She say FEMA Agents logging-in confiscated
weapons and munitions. She heard them laugh as they stated most of the
confiscated weapons will never be returned because the owners will not be
able to substantiate first-party-ownership. Another words, if the weapon
is not registered In your name then you will not receive it. Besides that,
do you know the make, model and serial number? Your out of luck!!!

A FEMA Homeland Security Agent asked her if she was going to continue to
assist FEMAs efforts. She was asked to sign a confidentiality letter and
provide an ID. He say her CCL card and demanded her weapon. She left!

You may have heard that M&M Mars gave $50,000, Chick Fil-a $50,000, GM
$100,000 and a company giving a $600,00 Fire Truck The Boy Scouts,
hundreds of Churches and hundreds of other organizations and individuals
have given tens of thousands of dollars and there volunteer efforts to West
all donated to West NO, all that is considered a gift to FEMA!!!
Again, The estimated dollar value will be deducted from the total dollar
amount that FEMA provides to West.


I wonder why the News media has not reported this???

Apr 25, 2013

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'Department of Homeland Security Must Surrender Their War Weapons to Department of Defense'... Says Retired Army Officer

Submitted by SadInAmerica on Tue, 04/23/2013 - 9:52pm.


On Saturday March 23, Terry M. Hestilow, a retired Army officer with nearly 30 years of service under his belt, posted this letter he sent to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) this week. Hestilow wants DHS to hand over their war weapons to the Department of Defense.



A letter by retired Capt. Terry Hestilow to his US Senator John Cornyn.



The Honorable Senator John Cornyn, State of Texas
United States Senate
517 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510

Re: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and that agencies preparation for war against citizens of the United States of America

Dear Senator Cornyn,

It is with gravest concern that I write to you today concerning the recent appropriation of weapons by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that can only be understood as a bold threat of war by that agency, and the Obama administration, against the citizens of the United States of America.

To date, DHS has been unwilling to provide to you, the elected representatives of the People, justification for recent purchases of almost 3,000 mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) armored personnel carriers, 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition (with associated weapons), and other weapons systems, when, in fact, the DHS has no war mission or war making authority within the limits of the United States of America.

Significant is the fact that at the same time the Obama administration is arming his DHS for war within the limits of the United States against the People of the United States in accordance with his 2008 campaign speech claiming,

“We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set. We’ve gotta (sic) have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded [as the United States military]”–Candidate Barack Obama, 2008.

The Obama administration is deliberately defunding, overextending, and hollowing the Department of Defense; the only legitimate agency of the U.S. government with a war mission.

This act of the Obama administration stands as a glaring threat of war against our nation’s citizens! This act of the Obama administration can only be understood as a tyrannical threat against the Constitution of the United States of America!

If left unresolved, the peace loving citizens who have sworn to defend the United States Constitution “against all enemies, both foreign and domestic” are left no option except to prepare to defend themselves, and the U.S. Constitution, against this Administration’s “coup” against the People and the foundations of liberty fought for and defended for the past 238 years. We have no choice if we honor our oaths.

The only proper response to this threat against the American people is for the representatives of the People, the members of the U.S. House and Senate, to demand in clear terms that the Administration cannot ignore, that the Department of Homeland Security immediately surrender their newly appropriated weapons of war to the Department of Defense (DoD).

Further, since the DHS has assumed a position in the Administration to enforce the tyrannical acts of this president against the People of the United States against the limits of the United States Constitution, it remains for the United States Congress to exercise its limiting power in the balancing of powers established by our founding fathers, to disestablish and dissolve the DHS as soon as possible.

One needs only to look to the rise of Adolf Hitler, and his associated DHS organizations, the SA and the SS, of 1932-1934, to see the outcome of allowing an agency of government this kind of control over the free citizens of a nation.

The people of Germany could not have imagined, until it was too late, the danger of allowing a tyrant this kind of power. We must not be so naïve as to think it will not happen to us as well if we remain passive toward this power grab by the Marxist Obama administration!

Finally, for more than two centuries the nation has lived in peace at home because of the protections of our legitimate military and the many appropriate state and federal law enforcement agencies, supported by Constitutional courts.

We stand today at a cross-road. Will we allow this present Administration to overthrow our United States Constitution and its legal processes to amend injustices, or, will we honor our obligations to defend the Constitution against a “domestic” enemy?

Our Constitution lays out the proper methods of resolving our differences; and it does not include its overthrow by a rogue agency of a Marxist leadership at home.

You, sir, are our constitutionally elected agent to defend our Constitution at home. We are counting upon you. We remain aware, however, of this present threat and will not expose ourselves as an easy prey to the authors of the destruction of our nation.

I know that this letter demands much of you. We elected you because we, the citizens of the State of Texas, believe that you are up to the task at hand and will, against all threats, honor your oath and office.

We are also writing to your fellow members of the House and Senate to stand in integrity with the Constitution and against this present threat by the Obama administration and his DHS.

We refuse to surrender our Constitution or our nation!

Resolved,

Captain Terry M. Hestilow
United States Army, Retired
Fort Worth, Texas
March 23, 2013

April 23, 2013 - posted at 12160

This article was posted at Gateway Pundit, by Jim Hoft

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ATROPINE SHORTAGE VERIFIED BY EMT AND RESCUE CAPTAIN IN NEBRASKA Apr 29, 2013
Dear Steve, I am a Rescue Captain and EMT with a Fire and Rescue unit in Nebraska. I can personally vouch for the Atropine shortage. We carry the Aptropine on the squad for WMD use as well as patient use. Our current (very expired) supply for W... read more
http://www.stevequayle.com/index.php?s=33&d=364


ATROPINE SHORTAGE INDICATES POWERS THAT BE ARE STOCK PILING FOR CHEMICAL WEAPONS ATTACK ON THE U.S. Apr 29, 2013
Steve, Here is what I was telling you about the shortage of atropine with the airlines. We have to carry it on board for emergency use but as you see there is a mysterious worldwide shortage of it. Of course we both know atropine is the primary tr... read more
http://www.stevequayle.com/index.php?s=33&d=363

Thanks Cy for this , wonder has this anything to do with the alleged gas release drills that are meant to be happening in New York over the summer.