"When the government fears the people, you have liberty. When the people fear the government, you have tyranny."
~ President Thomas Jefferson
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Federal Court: U.S. Can Jail Civilians Indefinitely WITHOUT Being Charged with a Crime
From DemocracyNow! - Wednesday, July 16, 2008 A federal appeals court has ruled President Bush can order the indefinite jailing of civilians imprisoned in the United States WITHOUT Charges. Editors note: On October 17, 2006, President George W. Bush signed into law the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA). Even elected officials, like Republican Senator Arlen Specter, who publicly acknowledged that the MCA is "patently unconstitutional on its face," voted for it. The Military Commissions Act of 2006 authorizes the President to detain anyone, including U.S. Citizens, without charge by designating them enemy combatants or unlawful enemy combatants. The Military Commissions Act of 2006 authorizes the President to determine what constitutes torture. The Military Commissions Act of 2006 authorizes the use of evidence obtained by coercion (TORTURE) and the use of hearsay. Some people can't believe this is really happening. When confronted with information such as this, people sometimes respond with some type of apathetic comment such as, "As long as it doesn't directly effect me..." or the most incredulous statement, "It's THEIR country, I just live in it." For these people, this is just about the best ammo a person can get to help convince them that yes, it does DIRECTLY effect them! The President CAN point a finger at THEM and put them in JAIL FOREVER... JUST BECAUSE!!! Yes, it does directly effect everyone because according to the Military Commissions Act of 2006, the President gets to define the meaning of "Unlawful Enemy Combatant." It is also the President (or his attorney General) who gets to decide who falls within the classification of "Unlawful Enemy Combatant." So... that effectively leaves out NO ONE! We are ALL effected! Hmm... Isn't this how it works in dictatorship type societies such as China or Russia? Read More [ permalink ] |
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UPDATED, ZEITGEIST The Movie, NEW Official Version, ZEITGEIST The Movie, bush 911 video documentary, updated full Official Release version, ZEITGEIST The Movie
From 911blogger.com - Sunday, July 1, 2007 Scroll down to read the e-mail from the producer of this movie. UPDATED, ZEITGEIST The Movie, NEW Official Version, ZEITGEIST The Movie, bush 911 video documentary, updated full Official Release version, ZEITGEIST The Movie! This is one of the best eye opening, "big picture" documentaries that have been produced. Whether or not you believe everything in this movie, it is highly recommend that you watch it. You might learn something, I know I did! Zeitgeist, The Movie - Remastered / Final Edition 122 min - Feb 28, 2008 Zeitgeist - Official Movie Site (This is the new, updated, full Official Release version of ZEITGEIST, The Movie.) ZEITGEIST, The Movie - Official Release - Full Film This movie is divided into three major sections covering religion, 9.11.2001 and the New World Order. Each of these sections of the movie has been broken up into separate video's for easier viewing. Each piece is about 35 minutes long, give or take. (The following three clips are from the new, updated, full Official Release version of ZEITGEIST, The Movie.) ZEITGEIST, The Movie - Official Release - Part 1 of 3 : "The Greatest Story Ever Told" ZEITGEIST, The Movie - Official Release - Part 2 of 3 : "All The World's A Stage" ZEITGEIST, The Movie - Official Release - Part 3 of 3 : "Don't mind the men behind the curtain" The types of things mentioned in this movie have happened throughout history many times. Read about social engineering and social control and you will see what I mean. Any real historian or sociologist could probably cite many references without having to do any research. For example: Not to long ago almost everyone believed the world was flat. Those who believed the world was flat thought people who believed the world was round were absolutely nuts. Today we know who the real nuts were. However, if you think about it, they really weren't nuts, they just believed the common myth which they "knew" had to be true. Keep that in mind while you watch this movie. People are finally starting to see the light thanks to movies such as this one. The majority of the information contained in this movie is already well documented in many other documentaries which also provide many, many sources. What is great about this movie in particular is that it gives you all of this info in one source. You can find the truth if you are willing to look. Here are many references for someone who is willing to learn:
The following text is a letter I recieved from the producer of this movie: Friends, The final version of Zeitgeist is now online and can be found here: Google Video 5547481422995115331 The new version has had its intro trimmed to be more generally accessible; Part 1 has a few corrections and also a few ideas expanded upon/clarified; Part 2 has been cleaned up graphically with a few small new points included; Part 3 has had its audio improved, typos corrected and some other subtle adjustments. For those of you who have embedded the prior version into web pages or have uploaded it to You Tube, Please make the update whenever possible. All the holes in the prior version have been filled. The old version on Google video will be deleted eventually. In the past 2 weeks that Zeitgeist has been online it has received around 250,000 views including its parts. I am very happy with this response, and even more happy with the 100s of intelligent, thoughtful and hopeful emails I have gotten from people. I appreciate everyone's expressions, input, suggestions... and, in a few cases, even apprehension regarding the work. *** I would like to say one thing in regards to a continual comment/question I am getting, and that is: "What do we do now?" Step One: REALIZE FEAR IS AN ILLUSION which is a tool perpetuated by religion and the political system to keep societies under control. Don't worry about "the government watching you" or any of the general bullying tactics used to keep people from rising up. Ask questions, get in the way, and don't back down in your march to know the truth about EVERYTHING. The pursuit of true and the processes of understanding/realization is the only true religion. As an aside, if you are not familiar with Ed & Elaine Brown who are currently in a stand off with the authorities due to the Income tax fraud, you should be. They have asked for one thing "Show us the law that says we have to pay the income tax on our wages, and we will pay". The government can't show the law because there isn't one. I strongly suggest everyone support the Browns. They are setting a precedent that needs to be seen and heard nation wide. *** Step Two: EDUCATE YOURSELF The mainstream media is the 4th branch of the US Government and they are going to tow the political line. Granted, they can't control everyone in their structure, but the major headlines/features you see in the major newspapers and on networks have been filtered by agents of the corporate/political elite. All major news agencies have top brass belonging to the Council on Foreign Relations. If you are not familiar with the history and agenda of the socialist power house known as the Council on Foreign Relations, I suggest a book called "The Shadows of Power" by James Perloff. This group is the hidden arm behind American Foreign policy and they seek nothing less than the total destruction of the American Republic and the creation of a socialist system / world government. *** Step Three: EDUCATE OTHERS Create a website/ myspace/ have email lists/call into radio shows, etc. Don't be afraid to engage people, old and young in this points. Talk to your family. Get some of the many DVDs out there on the subjects and copy them and pass them out. I, for one, will be at Ground Zero on Sept 11th with the NY 911 Truth Movement to help educate the public and 'get in the way' of the media coverage who has almost totally ignored the work of the movement. *** Final Point: The 2 dominant motto's used in the game by those who wish to manipulate and control is 1) Divide and Conquer 2) Order out of Chaos -Divide and Conquer- They try to get people at odds with each other in order to keep people distracted and to prevent unity. The duality put forth by religion, exploited by governments, in the general form of GOOD vs EVIL, is a farce. There is no good- There is no evil. There are only degrees of operating "with the current of nature" or "against the current of nature" and when you understand that the 'collective consciousness' is no different in structure than your 'personal consciousness' in that the whole of the species undergoes social 'conflicts of interest', just as an individual battles personal 'conflicts of interests'(pertaining to arrogance/stubbornness/ poor temperaments, etc) you can understand that the battle against the Elite is a macrocosm of your own PERSONAL internal battle dealing with your own misguided feelings of superiority, arrogance and the like. Therefor, change in many ways starts with increased self-awareness and thus the removal of the ego based elitism that we all at one time or another share. No one is better then anyone else. Period. We are all the same. We are also One. - Order out of Chaos- This is simple. They create problems, instill unrest, then push forward their agenda disguised as a change in the best interest of the public. 911; Katrina; the War on Drugs:; Global Warming; Terrorism in general, Iraqi insurgents, Immigration, Inflation... are all used to whatever advantage they can muster up. The more real or fabricated problems that arise, the faster the elite can reposition power. [I.E. After WW1, we had the "League of Nations". After WWII, we had the United Nations; After WWIII, we will likely have a full on One World Government.] In my opinion, the criminal elements behind the US/UK administration want nothing less than World War, as it will be the ultimate "shake up" of things to get their agenda into full swing. *** I want to thank ALL of you for your interest. I am working to clean up the final digital transcript so those of you who offered to translate it into other languages will have it soon. For those whose emails I have not answered yet- I will get to them, I promise. I will have dvds by request fairly soon. I will keep everyone posted on things. thanks again. Peter J. "The Revolution Is Now" www.zeitgeistmovie.com Tags: 9/11, attack, bush, cheney, constitution, democracy, demolition, documentary, detention camps, film, giuliani, government, liberties, liberty, martial law, movie, new world order, north american union, patriot act, police, religion, security, terror, tyranny, unconstitutional, video Read More [ permalink ] |
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Reporter Arrested on Orders of Giuliani Press Secretary
From Jones Report - Tuesday, June 5, 2007 By Aaron Dykes & Alex Jones Manchester, NH - Freelance reporter Matt Lepacek, reporting for Infowars.com, was arrested for asking a question to one of Giuliani's staff members in a press conference. The press secretary identified the New York based reporter as having previously asked Giuliani about his prior knowledge of WTC building collapses and ordered New Hampshire state police to arrest him. Jason Bermas, reporting for America: Freedom to Fascism, confirmed Lepacek had official CNN press credentials for the Republican debate. However, his camera was seized by staff members who shut off the camera, according to Luke Rudkowski, also a freelance Infowars reporter on the scene. He said police physically assaulted both reporters after Rudkowski objected that they were official members of the press and that nothing illegal had taken place. Police reportedly damaged the Infowars-owned camera in the process. Tags: 9/11, attack, constitution, democracy, demolition, documentary, film, giuliani, government, liberties, liberty, martial law, movie, new world order, north american union, patriot act, police, security, terror, tyranny, unconstitutional, video Read More [ permalink ] |
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THE NEW WORLD DISORDER - Emergency detention plan: 'This way to the camps!' - Directive from Bush allows president extraordinary powers in national crisis
From WorldNetDaily - Wednesday, May 30, 2007 Bush has inked a deal with Halliburton/KBR to build "detention camps" in the United States. Last year in 2006 KBR was award $385 million to build detention camps in the United States that could be used to house American citizens during emergencies. Bush has also put out a directive that gives the Office of the President DICTATORIAL POWERS in an emergency! Tags: 9/11, bush, cheney, constitution, democracy, detention camps, government, halliburton, KBR, liberties, liberty, martial law, new world order, north american union, patriot act, police, religion, security, terror, tyranny, unconstitutional, video Read More [ permalink ] |
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Anti-war T-shirt Now Illegal In Four States... Possibly Nationwide Soon
From azstarnet.com - Monday, May 14, 2007 By Howard Fischer Lawmakers seek to stop anti-war T-shirts from naming dead soldiers PHOENIX -- State lawmakers voted Monday to enact new laws designed to stop the sale of anti-war T-shirts with the names of dead soldiers -- a measure a veteran media lawyer says is "unconstitutional about three or four different ways." Read More [ permalink ] |
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Japanese-American Internment Camp: Visit to Manzanar educational and emotional
From The Seattle Times - Sunday, November 19, 2006 By Alison DaRosa Those who forget history tend to repeat it. This is one part of history that we must not repeat. As we look back at the path Hitler took to power (notice how it seems to match the Bush administrations game plan), let us not forget the tragedy that happened in the United States during World War II. Quote from the article: "Manzanar was the first of 10 Japanese-American internment camps established west of the Mississippi during World War II. It opened in March 1942, a few weeks after President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing relocation and internment of anyone who might be seen as a threat to the U.S. war effort. There were no relocation camps for German Americans or Italian Americans." Related: It appears that this story was originally printed in the The San Diego Union-Tribune on July 23, 2006. Here is the article: An ugly chapter in American history is retold at Manzanar in the Owens Valley Internment camp story draws praise, criticism Park Service asks to cut 'internment' from name of WWII Japanese prison site Read more about Japanese American internment at Wikipedia. Read more about internment / concentration camps at Wikipedia. Tags: democracy, detention camps, government, liberties, liberty, martial law, new world order, patriot act, police, security, terror, tyranny, unconstitutional, video Read More [ permalink ] |
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electionline Weekly - November 16, 2006
From electionline.org - Thursday, November 16, 2006 electionline Weekly - November 16, 2006 I. In Focus This Week Election Day with Chuck and Tom M. Mindy Moretti They were the longest of lines and they were the shortest of lines. There was coffee being sold; there weren't enough places to sit down. They had a 90 minute wait before them; they had less than a 10 minute wait before them. One was going directly to vote center heaven and one, well, was not going that way. Chuck Woodford and Tom Koetting, college buddies from West Virginia University, now live about 60 miles apart in Colorado - Chuck in Denver and Tom in Larimer County. Although they've shared many similar experiences in life - college, career, family - what they experienced on Election Day 2006 couldn't have been more different. Washington Park Recreation Center, Denver Once inside the gym, Chuck got into another line to check in for voting. There were about 10 people left in front him before it was his turn to check in when suddenly, all activity seemed to halt inside the polling place. After advancing no further in line for several minutes Chuck and others in began to sense there was a problem. And what a problem it was. The system to check in voters had gone down citywide. About five chairs were offered, but not nearly enough for the many people in line. As time wore on folks waiting in line began to talk. When one voter took out his cell phone and placed a call, a volunteer quickly came and told him that talking on phones in the polling place - even with the voting halted - was discouraged. "As you can imagine after waiting so long in line we all did start casually talking to one another, just flippant comments from time to time, nothing too deep or personal. One man in front of me said, 'We should be using paper ballots.' I called him a misguided visionary and we had a brief laugh at that," Chuck said. Time began to drag on and Chuck, who has a two-year old son, marveled at the overall patience and good will of his fellow voters, especially the children accompanying their parents. "I was pleasantly surprised at how tolerant we all were of the computer delay," Chuck said. "Now, granted we were about 15 feet away from the crashed computers so we could watch the progress as it happened. I'm sure it must have been very frustrating out in the hallway wondering what was going on." During his more than 30 minute wait for the computers to come back up, Chuck said he only saw one voter walk away - a gentleman who ripped up his voter card and threw it in the trash as he left the building. Once the computer system was back up and running, Chuck quickly made his way to the voting machine where he cast his ballot and headed about his day. "After check-in, I immediately went to a voting station and cast my ballot with no trouble whatsoever. One of the volunteers escorted me to the station and talked me through the whole process, what buttons to press, how to change my mind and how to cast my vote once I had finished marking my ballot," Chuck said. "The voting process itself was flawless; it was just getting to that point which was obnoxious." So, after all of that, what does Chuck think of the new vote center concept? "I understand the vote center concept as it cuts down drastically on the number of volunteers needed but, seriously, how do you not then stock up on as many laptops and check-in volunteers as you possibly can at each center?" Chuck asked. "I absolutely will not think twice about voting next time, I'll just be a bit smarter as to when I go vote. And I'll make sure I have a good two-plus hours to do it." Total time to vote: 90 minutes. Ace Hardware, Harmony Road, Larimer County Tom and his wife took time off from work so they could vote together. They chose the vote center in the shopping center because it was close to their home and had plenty of available parking. This wasn't the first time Tom had used a vote center - he voted at the same shopping center in 2004 - so he knew what to expect. The first time used a vote center he "thought it was heaven. What smart person figured this out?" When Tom and his wife arrived, the line was about 40-people deep, but moving quickly. Tom noticed that while a man was attempting to sell coffee to voters, the line was moving too quickly for anyone to stop and buy any. Tom and his wife were checked in quickly, voted and were out the door quickly. So impressed by the experience, Tom said has crossed party lines to support County Clerk Scott Doyle (R), the man who implemented vote centers in Larimer. "Voting was as smooth as glass in America's best voting county," Tom said "Scott Doyle is a great clerk. I voted for him again. Not all of my votes went to the left. Sometimes good government is just good government." Total time to vote: 15 minutes.
Doug Chapin The 2006 vote opened the door to changes in future elections as voters picked new secretaries of state in 12 states - including changes of party in seven states. Though the jobs have a number of other facets, many of the campaigns for the position focused extensively on election administration issues, especially in states where incumbent secretaries were defeated for re-election:
In four other states, the incumbent's bid for another office opened up the seat to a party switch. While Democrats succeeded in their bids to retake Congress, battles for top election posts resulted in a tie in four states:
In five other states, outgoing Secretaries were replaced with candidates of the same party:
Further changes are also possible as new governors, mayors and state and local officials make their decisions about retaining or removing the men and women responsible for managing elections at the state and local level. II. Election Reform News This Week
III. Opinion This Week National: Election Day, II, electronic voting, voting security, Diebold, uniform rules, voting systems Some sites require registration
electionline Weekly and electionline.org ALERTS are produced by the staff of electionline.org, a non-partisan, non-advocacy research effort supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts and administered by the University of Richmond . More information about the Project and up-to-the-minute news on election reform throughout the week can be found at electionline.org. Read More [ permalink ] |
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Video streaming: Important Mind Blowing Videos -MUST SEE- Oil, Smoke and Mirrors; TerrorStorm; Iraq For Sale; American Blackout; seeloosechange.com; 9 11 press for truth download - Martial Law 911: Rise of the Police State; 911 Mysteries; 911 EyeWitness -
From universalseed.org - Saturday, November 4, 2006 PLEASE... Read this! When Democracy Failed: The Warnings of History This will blow your mind, unless you already know!!! These are all streaming video's. It is possible to download most of them. Oil, Smoke and Mirrors - MUST SEE!!! -- Not only does this documentary provide clear evidence, but clear motive. The oil grab in the Middle East is an obvious motive for the neocons to initiate 911. This is a very well produced doc, with high level government officials and authoritative experts. Motive is very important aspect for people new to the 911 issue. That is covered well in this movie. Length: 00:49:42 More Info 911 Mysteries - MUST SEE!!! -- Demolitions -- The 9/11 picture is not one of politics or nationalism or loyalty, but one of strict and simple physics. How do you get a 10-second 110-story pancake collapse? A movie that might actually reach our complacent mainstream. No agenda. No finger-pointing. Just the facts and the "mysteries." Length 1:30:41 More Info 911 The Road to Tyranny -- The Road to Tyranny exposes: * Why the USA Patriot Act is unconstitutional and un-american * How dozens of FBI and defense intelligence agents were threatened with arrest by the federal government if they got in the way of al-qaeda operations * How the CIA trained, funded and protected Bin Laden * Why the Government leaves our borders wide-open but tells us to give up our liberties for security and that more terrorist attacks are imminent * FBI training manuals that are being given to police departments that state that christians, gun owners, and "those who make frequent references to the us constitution" are terrorists The Government needed a crisis to convince the people to willingly give up their liberty in exchange for safety. This is one film you cannot afford to ignore. The future of free people everywhere is at stake. Length: 2:24:29 More Info TerrorStorm - MUST SEE!!! -- Alex Jones' new movie exposing London's 7/7 bombing and 9/11 as self inflicted wounds. Length 1:52:21 More Info Iraq For Sale - MUST SEE!!! -- The explosive documentary that reveals how corporations are getting in close with government officials in order to siphon billions of dollars from tax payers! More Info American Blackout - MUST SEE!!! -- This is what the GOP REALLY doesn't want you to see!!! This covers how the GOP disenfranchised voters across the country to manipulate the results of the elections!!! WOW!!! You HAVE to watch this!!! Loose Change 2nd Edition -- www.seeloosechange.com -- It is your duty to watch this film! Translated into 13 languages!!! (Spanish Unavailable) Length 1:21:50 Here are alternate links to see the video: Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4 Loose Change was shown on TV!!! TAKE BACK THE CAPITOL - A vibrant hip hop beat throbs to flash cuts of angry citizens voicing their dissent to the party in power. The camerawork is deft and the look sleek, with jolts of animation punctuating sound bites of disaffected voters speaking their minds. Dozens of man-in-the-street interviews build with increasing intensity toward an anthem-like crescendo. Eminem's Mosh Continues - the New Ending - This is a very moving video by Eminem that was originally shown before the 2004 elections. This video is an updated version of the original, which greatly influenced the younger generation to get out and vote in 2004. You Tube video! -- What you are about to see is beyond your worst nightmares! This is reality! If you don't like it, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!! 911: Press For Truth -- Share this film with everyone you know. This is the one of the best films available to expose 911 as an inside job. Length 1:24:15 More Info Martial Law 911: Rise of the Police State -- Out of the ashes of the September 11th tragedy, a dark empire of war and tyranny has risen. The Constitution has been shredded and America is now a Police State. This film exposes not just who was behind the 9-11 attacks, but the roots and history of its orchestrator's. Shows how top Bush Administration officials have direct links to Hitler! Video footage of Skull and Bones ceremonies. This is a very sobering video and well worth watching!!! Length 2:35:42 More Info 911 EyeWitness -- Learn the truth about what happened at the World Trade Center on 911 from eyewitness testimony and scientific analysis. Length 1:44:04 More Info Tags: 9/11, afghanistan, al-qaeda, attack, bin laden, borders, cia, cocain, constitution, democracy, demolition, documentary, elections, eminem, fbi, film, government, liberties, liberty, martial law, middle east, movie, new world order, north american union, opium, patriot act, police, security, taliban, terror, tyranny, unconstitutional, video, vietnam Read More [ permalink ] |
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Undeniable Evidence Against Bush Administration
From Your-Rights.com - Monday, August 28, 2006 This is the "Official Opinion" of Your-Rights.com about the Sept. 11 (9/11) world trade center attacks and the War on Iraq. Learn the facts about what is REALLY going on in Iraq, watch this video! Your-Rights.com believes that elements of the United States government have intentionally ordered the Sept. 11 (9/11) world trade center attacks in order to have a good reason to justify the war on Iraq. Please don't just take our word for it, watch these video's and you will most likely agree! Your help is urgently needed to obtain your region's federal candidate responses to the following election questionnaire. Please divide the polling chores among your friends and allies, and submit your candidates' answers to our central clearinghouse at www.911truth.org. Please use the following form to standardize results and maximize the accuracy and impact of this unprecedented poll. Politics 911 Questionnaire (Final Version) Your-Rights.com believes there is enough evidence on the following web pages that give very good cause to both Impeach the President, Vice President and other members of the Bush administration and charge them with the crimes that they have commited. Your-Rights.com believes most people would consider this to be a confession from President George W. Bush that Iraq had absolutely nothing to do with the 9/11 WTC attacks. Just recently, A U.S. Army intelligence analyst has suggested that there be a new independent 9/11 investigation. Just read the news in the illegal domestic spying cases where a federal court has ruled that the Bush administration's NSA wiretapping spy program to monitor the phone calls and e-mails of Americans without warrants is unconstitutional and must be stopped. Is this enough evidence to Impeach both the President and the Vice President? Maybe you didn't get "The Memo"?? Did you hear about the Bush Impeachment Resolution Introduced In Illinois? Can you remember hearing anything about House Joint Resolution 125 in the media? Here are some great words from Al Gore (MP3 audio file) This is just a very small collection of evidence that Your-Rights.com has discovered. More info. Read More [ permalink ] |
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ACLU of Massachusetts Renews Call for Public Hearing into Role of Phone Companies in Illegal Domestic Spying
From American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) - Wednesday, August 23, 2006 BOSTON - Rejecting wildly overblown assertions that private phone companies can hide behind a "state secrets" argument, the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts today said it has filed legal papers with the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy (DTE) calling for a prompt public hearing on a May 2006 complaint against Verizon and AT&T for their reported role in facilitating illegal government spying on ordinary Americans. "This case is about transparency and telling people the truth about what the phone companies are doing with our records," said Carol Rose, Executive Director of the ACLU of Massachusetts. "Massachusetts residents have a right to know how the phone companies respond to requests for private phone records when there is no warrant or court order." The ACLU filing comes on the heels of a federal court ruling last Thursday that the Bush Administration's program to monitor the phone calls and e-mails of Americans without warrants is unconstitutional and must be stopped. Read More [ permalink ] |
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Judge Finds Wiretap Actions Violate the Law
From The New York Times - Friday, August 18, 2006 By ADAM LIPTAK and ERIC LICHTBLAU (This is a GREAT source of information with lots of links to more information and video clips, too!) Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales said Thursday that the administration would do all it could to continue an eavesdropping program ruled unconstitutional by Judge Anna Diggs Taylor of federal court. A federal judge ruled yesterday that the National Security Agency's program to wiretap the international communications of some Americans without a court warrant violated the Constitution, and she ordered it shut down. Read More [ permalink ] |
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Federal Court Strikes Down NSA Warrantless Surveillance Program
From American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) - Thursday, August 17, 2006 DETROIT -- In an American Civil Liberties Union case, a federal court today ruled that the Bush administration's program to monitor the phone calls and e-mails of Americans without warrants is unconstitutional and must be stopped. This is the first ruling by a federal court to strike down the controversial National Security Agency surveillance program. "Today's ruling is a landmark victory against the abuse of power that has become the hallmark of the Bush administration," said Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the ACLU. "Government spying on innocent Americans without any kind of warrant and without Congressional approval runs counter to the very foundations of our democracy. Now Congress needs to do its job and stop the president from violating the law." Today's ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Anna Diggs Taylor agreed with the ACLU that the NSA program violates Americans' rights to free speech and privacy under the First and Fourth Amendments of the Constitution, and runs counter to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) passed by Congress. Judge Taylor also rejected the government's argument that the case could not proceed because of state secrets, saying that facts about NSA wiretapping have already been conceded by the government. Read More [ permalink ] |
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COURT DECLARES NSA SPYING UNCONSTITUTIONAL
From American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) - Thursday, August 17, 2006 ACLU wins federal court challenge to White House spy program The ACLU is challenging the Bush administration's illegal spying, which violates the Fourth Amendment and other constitutional protections guaranteed to every American. In the first federal challenge ever argued against the Bush administration's NSA spying program, U.S. District Court Judge Anna Diggs Taylor rules that the program to monitor the phone calls and e-mails of millions of Americans without warrants is unconstitutional. Calling for a halt to this abuse of presidential power, Judge Taylor states that "[t]here are no hereditary Kings in America and no powers not created by the Constitution," so all the president's "inherent powers" must derive from the Constitution. Read the landmark decision from Judge Anna Diggs Taylor ACLU v. NSA Federal Court Decision Read More [ permalink ] |
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Bush's Own Words Prove that he is Lying
From benfrank.net - Friday, February 24, 2006 [Follow the link to hear the clip] This 1 minute audio clip mp3 is proof enough to warrant impeachment. "Now I want to be absolutely clear, what the President ordered in this case was a crime. Now we can debate whether he had a good or bad motivation, but it was a crime." -- Former NSA Lawyer Jonathan Turley In 2004 on the campaign trail, Bush promised his supporters he wasn't spying without warrants. This turned out to be a flat out lie. When did lying on the campaign trail become acceptable? Once it's been proven that a candidate Lied to get elected, shouldn't that alone be enough to toss him out of office? But even more important than lying to his supporters, is his demonstration of the facts, that he knows that spying without a warrant is unconstitutional. Bush is openly disregarding the Constitution, spying on political enemies- this is EXACTLY why Nixon resigned, he was to be impeached for domestic spying. Yet our current Congress is content [to] let this slide, they're even going to re-write the laws to make this UnConstitutional Act "legal". [Follow the link to hear the clip] Read More [ permalink ] |
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