Friday, December 9, 2011
The Media's Blackout Of The National Defense Authorization Act Is Shameful
Source: Business InsiderDavid Seaman
The broadcast media's ignorance and unwillingness to cover the National
Defense Authorization Act, a radical piece of legislation which
outrageously redefines the US homeland as a "battlefield" and makes US
citizens subject to military apprehension and detainment for life without access to a trial or attorney, is unacceptable.
Guys, this is far more important than Penn State's Disgusting Creep of the Decade, or even Conrad Murray's sentencing.
Call it what you will: a military junta, a secret invalidation of
Americans' civil rights, a Congress gone mad. Whatever it is, it needs
to be covered by the press, and quickly.
Anderson Cooper, Brian Williams, Rachel Maddow, Bill O'Reilly,
Sean Hannity, Neil Cavuto and the other handful of household names that
mainstream America relies on for news should be talking about this
non-stop.
I emailed producers and on-air talent at the three major cable news
networks yesterday: not one of them was willing to step up to the plate
and report on this appalling legislation, which would give Americans
roughly the same protections as citizens in China or Saudi Arabia.
Bloggers and the ACLU's analysis have already made the work easy for you guys. Even an ADD segment producer can do the math:
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Pay special attention to Section 1031 of the bill.
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This bill violates the Posse Comitatus Act (18 U.S.C. § 1385), as it
will allow federal military personnel to engage in domestic law
enforcement. This is profoundly unconstitutional and scary.
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Also read Sen. Lindsey Graham's chilling defense of the offending
provision in this bill, calling to make the homeland a "battlefield."
Has anyone told these guys that Osama bin Laden and his deputies are
dead? Those still alive are running from drone strikes on a daily basis.
So who exactly are we fighting against? Are you protecting us from a
handful of (almost entirely peaceful) college kids at the Occupy
protests? If so, martial law and throwing out 200+ years of basic civil
rights seems rather excessive.
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Finally, as the ACLU points out,
you won't have any trouble booking an expert talking head who will tell
you how dangerous and counterproductive the National Defense
Authorization Act is: "The Secretary of Defense, the Director of
National Intelligence, the Director of the FBI and the head of the
Justice Department’s National Security Division have all said that the
indefinite detention provisions in the NDAA are harmful and
counterproductive." Book one of them on your program, and do it quickly.
The Senate has already rejected an amendment which would have banned
the indefinite detention provisions from the bill.
Please, do your jobs. This is the kind of story that wins journalism
awards and makes careers. It's the kind of story that makes viewers
trust you.
UPDATE: To the mainstream media's credit, Keith Olbermann of Current TV has now mentioned the NDAA's harmful provision, and I've been told that Dylan Ratigan of MSNBC is drawing attention to it as well. A good start, but not nearly enough.
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Video from the author summarizing why the National Defense Authorization Act (FY 2012) in its current form is so harmful, and must be stopped:
Department of Homeland Security Shuts Down Blog For a Year on False Pretenses
Source: Prison PlanetPaul Joseph Watson
In a chilling illustration of how far Internet censorship has advanced,
the Department of Homeland Security seized a popular music blog and shut
down the website for over a year on charges it now admits were
completely false.
The website in question – www.dajaz1.com – was not some obscure, dubious blog – it was a popular platform for DJ’s that was once featured on MTV.
“Around Thanksgiving 2010, the Department of Homeland Security seized
more than 70 domains with no trial, accusing them of copyright
infringement,” reports the San Francisco Chronicle.
Dajaz1.com was caught in the dragnet after DHS claimed four songs
posted on the website were used without permission, when in fact the
musicians and publicists concerned had sent the tracks directly to
Dajaz1 with express authorization.
That didn’t stop Homeland Security from seizing and shutting down the
blog for over a year, violating the law by refusing to tell its owner
why the website was taken and subsequently missing the 90 day deadline
for explaining why the owner should forfeit the property permanently.
“Or at least that’s what the owner assumed when he heard nothing. Then the court told him that the government got an extension.”
“But the owner couldn’t see the extension because all the filings in
the case were sealed, and was not allowed to testify in court to ask for
his property back, says TechDirt.”
The saga finally came to a close when the owner was handed back control of the website only yesterday.
The lesson to take from this is that Homeland Security can now just
claim your website contains copyrighted material with no evidence
whatsoever and seize it without any recourse.
“This whole thing has been a disgrace by the US government, starting
with a bogus seizure, improper and illegal censorship, followed by
denial of due process and unnecessary secrecy,” reports TechDirt.
Obama Administration Launches Major Anti-Terror Propaganda Offensive
Source: Infowars
Kurt Nimmo
Kurt Nimmo
The Obama administration has launched a major propaganda offensive in
the war on terror. On Thursday, they unveiled details of a new strategy
to battle homegrown terrorism by fostering coordination between local
authorities and teaching officials to better recognize violent
extremism, according to ABC News.
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| Obama claims to have killed a number of top al-Qaeda operatives, but has provided no evidence. |
“Protecting our nation’s communities from violent extremist
recruitment and radicalization is a top national security priority. It
is an effort that requires creativity, diligence and commitment to our
fundamental rights and principles,” reads a report entitled, “Strategic Implementation Plan for Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Violent Extremism in the United States.”
The report equates domestic terrorism with crime. “Just as we engage
and raise awareness to prevent gang violence, sexual offenses, school
shootings and other acts of violence, so too must we ensure that our
communities are empowered to recognize threats of violent extremism and
understand the range of government and nongovernment resources that can
help keep their families, friends and neighbors safe,” the report said.
“What we have to do is be prepared for these different types of
approaches that al Qaeda is pursuing,” Obama’s chief counterterrorism
adviser, John Brennan, told NPR. “The large attacks, the small attacks,
the groups that are operating together and the individuals who may be
vulnerable to these types of entreaties.”
Obama claims that during his tenure 22 of the top 30 al-Qaeda
operatives have been killed. The administration has claimed bragging
rights over the alleged assassination of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan
despite the fact the government has yet to provide conclusive evidence of this. Additionally, there is also no evidence the U.S. killed Pentagon dinner guest Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen.
The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee is also
engaged in creating a fanciful mythology for public consumption in the
war on terror, designed to last generations. It says there have been 33 plots involving homegrown terrorists uncovered since 2009.
With three exceptions, all of the high-profile domestic terror plots of the last decade were FBI frame-ups,
according to a recent report by Mother Jones. The government is making
its dubious claim based on the fact that terrorism-related charges are
so difficult to beat in court, even without evidence, that defendants
often don’t risk a trial.
Mystery Company Is Rapidly Acquiring U.S. Gun and Ammo Manufacturers
Source: SHTFplan.comMac Slavo
Reports that a mysterious company has been buying up U.S. gun
manufacturers have been popping up on the internet for several months.
When we first learned of the possibility that a single company was
rapidly acquiring companies like Bushmaster, Remington, and Marlin
Firearms we immediately suspected that something was amiss. Apparently,
we were not alone, because others were thinking the same thing.
One rumor that popped up was that global financier George Soros,
historically an anti-gun advocate, was behind the moves, and that he was
positioning the gun industry to reduce pro-gun lobbying efforts. This
prompted the National Rifle Association to step in to assure American
gun owners that this wasn’t a behind the scenes coup. “The owners and
investors involved are strong supporters of the Second Amendment and are
avid hunters and shooters,” the NRA said in a statement.
While Soros may not be involved, the New York Times identified the
company making the acquisitions as an obscure organization known as The Freedom Group, which is managed by multi-billion dollar investment firm Cerberus Capital Management:
In recent years, many top-selling brands – including the 195-year-old Remington Arms, as well as Bushmaster Firearms and DPMS, leading makers of military-style semiautomatics – have quietly passed into the hands of a single private company. It is called the Freedom Group – and it is the most powerful and mysterious force in the U.S. commercial gun industry today.
Never heard of it?
You’re not alone. Even within gun circles, the Freedom Group is something of an enigma. Its rise has been so swift that it has become the subject of wild speculation and grassy-knoll conspiracy theories. In the realm of consumer rifles and shotguns – long guns, in the trade – it is unrivaled in its size and reach. By its own count, the Freedom Group sold 1.2 million long guns and 2.6 billion rounds of ammunition in the 12 months ended March 2010, the most recent year for which figures are publicly available.
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Source: Corbett Report and Media Monarchy
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