Everybody knows the FBI has been monitoring social media, yet they want to step it up more!
Social media has never been private. And the FBI has taken advantage of social media carelessness with all they've got.
Although OSINT, better known as open-source intelligence, has been around for a long time, people continue to share photos, videos and personal info without a second thought.
Not only does the FBI want a data-mining social media application, but InformationWeek reports that the CIA, DHS and the IARPA, also known as "the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency, are also interested in mining the Web. Pretty much every acronym in the book is for picking up clues about public opinion and news for use in only god knows what.
Even though this is all publicly available information, it's still a bit sinister, considering your 'personal info' could be misinterpreted and saved by a government database like the DHS database of secret watchlists.
This is all not new, as the ACLU reported that spying on free speech was nearly at Cold War levels back in 2010. In 2010, the EFF also warned that Big Brother wants to be your friend on social media. And it's getting worse. The spying and data storage is at epidemic levels. Just this week, Napolitano said in her DHS pressrelease, "Think of it this way--if we have to look for a needle in a haystack, it makes sense to use all of the information we have about the pieces of hay to make the haystack smaller."
Recently, the FBI busted MegaUpload founders for copyright infringement on a massive scale. Now the government is in the market for a social media application to help them predict, prevent and respond to crises.
In fact, the FBI is looking for a geospatial and analysis mapping tool that will allow them to identify and geolocate events, incidents and emerging threats. Supposedly, this will be used for reconnaissance and surveillance, national security events planning and operations, counterintelligence, terrorism, “cyber” crime, SIOC (Semantically-Interlinked Online Communities) operations, as well as other missions. They want a flexible system that can adapt and identify a variety of situations.
The government has already been unofficially using social networking sites for investigations, data collection, and surveillance for quite some time. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Samuelson Clinic at U.C. Berkeley filed suit against several government agencies recently for refusing to disclose their data collection policies.
The draft search warrants are especially interesting as they show the full extent of data the government regularly requests for investigations of people. This includes more than just people's profile information but also who you “poke” and who “pokes” you, who rejects your friend requests, what music you listen to, all photos you upload as well as any photos you’re tagged in (whether or not you upload them), who’s in each of your Facebook groups, which apps you use, your privacy settings and IP logs that can show if and when you viewed a specific profile and from what IP address you did so.
These findings did indeed reveal how few, if any, of our online activities are actually private. Yet still the government wants more. Here are some of their most requested capabilities:
The uncovered information did raise concerns that such surveillance could have a negative impact on free speech and freedom of the press. But just because the government is watching, doesn’t mean it is actually, officially watching you. MegaUpload.com for example, had a large-scale operation with 50 million daily visitors and 150 million registered users that accounted for 4% of the total traffic on the Internet. The indictment stated the company had made about $175 million in profits through advertising revenue and premium memberships. The amount of damages to copyright holders is believed to total more than $500 million.
What's really interesting is, that all of this occurred without the help of the censorship bills SOPA, PIPA or ACTA. It goes to show that there is already enough surveillance and censorship legislation and technology out there. Do we really need more?
Written By: Tom Retterbush
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Never Mind SOPA, PIPA or even the New ACTA, the NDAA Bill is the Worst U.S. Legislation since the Patriot Act!
What is Wrong Our President, Our Senate, Our House and the Rest of Our Government allowing Oppression last seen in the former Soviet Union?
With all the gift-giving and partying over the holidays, all the other attention given to the social action to repeal the legislation of SOPA and PIPA, and now the new ACTA, plus god knows whatever else our leaders are trying to put on us, I can see how the general public could miss the importance of the new NDAA bill. Particularly when considering that the elitist controlled mainstream media has been ignoring or downplaying the issue, trying to avoid the public resistance that stopped the two infamous censorship bills, SOPA and PIPA.
However, if you don't know what all the fuss is about, let me sum it up for you: Last New Year's Eve, President Obama signed the NDAA, or National Defense Authorization Act, which gives him, and any future president, the ability to use the military against the America people.
Yes, as of January 1, 2012, anyone the government considers a "threat" to the nation can be arrested off the street and detained indefinitely without representation of an attorney and without due process. Not by the FBI or local police, but by the military! Does this remind you of something?
Yes, according to the bill, the U.S. Military can snatch you out of bed in the middle of the night, without telling anyone, anything. No warrant, no reasonable doubt. No lawyer. No trial. Just like the Gestapo did in Germany before and during WWII.
This legislation is by the same politicians who claim that veterans returning from combat, anti-abortion and anti-big government believers were potential domestic terrorists. I guess I had better start worrying!
I don't know if it's out of fear of the chaos and anarchy that could erupt should our economy collapse, or if it's just part of the elitist plan for a New World Order, but either way our government has decided to turned the Land of the Free, into a police state. Or should I say, a military state, primed for Martial Law?
After 9/11, when the War on Terrorism was just beginning, President Bush enacted the Patriot Act. This allowed the government to spy on Americans, monitoring their phones, mail, financial records and activities to discover whether or not someone was a terrorist. It brought about changes in law enforcement that trampled on citizen's rights like nothing before in the history of the United States. Until now.
The provisions of the Patriot Act allows the government to spy upon U.S. citizens while the NDAA also allows the government to arrest a citizen for no reason other than being "suspected" of terrorism, setting the stage for Martial Law.
Even though many Americans were willing to trade privacy for safety and security, many people don't realize that this is exactly what both the terrorists and our politicians wanted all along. The terrorists have succeeded in making us live in fear and change our care-free lifestyles, while our government got the green light to tighten the noose of control around our necks.
Although I am not saying that our politicians were involved in the 9/11 attacks, or in cahoots with the terrorists like some conspiracy theorists are claiming, I must admit that the terrorists did some of our power-hungry politicians a favor.
To demonstrate how our politicians are using fear to strengthen their grab for power, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolinaargued that the law would only apply to U.S. citizens' who have aided Al-Qaeda or other terrorist organizations. He made up a story of how a U.S. citizen might fly to Pakistan to receive terrorist training, only to return home and shoot fellow citizens, using this fairy-tale example of how one single U.S. citizen might become a possible risk, to justify doing away with a citizen's right to due process and trial by jury.
The NDAA bill should have the entire country calling for the impeachment of any and all politicians responsible for the NDAA. While normally this is just an act which details the monetary calls of the Department of Defense which is passed every year, the changes in the bill for the 2012 fiscal year and can be seen as an extension of the Patriot Act.
How could this law have been passed, I ask, when it is clearly unconstitutional? The Fourth Amendment grants liberty from unreasonable search and seizures and the Sixth guarantees every U.S. citizen trial by jury. No matter what the bill's supporters might have claimed about the provisions being misunderstood, the fact remains that it is unconstitutional.
In a country that once prided itself in a law that guaranteed legal representation and due process, and meant being innocent until proven guilty, this is an disturbing change of which many American are even unaware of.
Knowing good and well that the bill is unconstitutional, and just plain wrong, President Obama released a statement regarding NDAA:
"Moreover, I want to clarify that my Administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens. Indeed, I believe that doing so would break with our most important traditions and values as a Nation. My Administration will interpret section 1021 in a manner that ensures that any detention it authorizes complies with the Constitution, the laws of war, and all other applicable law."
President Obama went on to say that, "...his administration will not authorize the indefinite detention of American citizens." However, Obama also said that he would close Guantanamo Bay, that he would recall the troops from Iraq within 16 months of taking office and that he would end the Bush tax cuts. No matter why these promises were not kept. They weren't kept.
President Obama stated concern about the provision which would allow the military to be used in place of law enforcement and indefinitely detain American citizens. However, is the President doing anything to reverse of suspend the provision to give the military this new power?
Not long ago the Internet united against the two censorship bills, SOPA and PIPA, which would have given the U.S. Government new powers to shut down websites believed have violated copyright laws. The Internet responded with thousands of forwarding all their traffic to a website directing people to call their Representatives to protest the “Internet Censorship Bills” going through Congress. Over 13 Million American citizens did, prompting Congress to suspend both bills indefinately.
This demonstrated that Representative Democracy works to a certain extent if people participate! But this participation must be in great numbers, and must include both voting and calling elected officials. As I mentioned in my article, Repeal NDAA! Initiative to Take Back America!, it's not from perfect, but it is better than bowing down to a dictator or king. Even the wealthy elite know their limits to how far they can push us. As I mentioned before, they remember the French Revolution, and they surely remember the guillotine.
Unfortunately, most people don't call their representatives until it is almost too late. They wait until the last possible moment, after something terrible has happened, before finally taking action. If we the the people wait until Martial Law has been declared to call our Representatives, chances are it will be too late.
Repeal the NDAA
On February 3rd there is a Nationwide NDAA 2012 Congressional Protest planned to oppose NDAA, so if you haven’t called your Representatives by then, do so on February 3rd in order to unite with as many people as possible in a productive form of participatory democracy! You could of course organize a similar event in your hometown, your state, nationally or online. The options are endless and the support is everywhere.
Representative Ron Paul recently introduce legislation to repeal section 1021 from the NDAA (the section giving the military said powers). We should flood our representatives phones, officies and mailboxes with demands they support Rep. Paul’s H.R. 3785, and repeal section 1021 from the National Defense Authorization Act. To find a links of petitions and resources to appeal the NDAA bill, go to my article, Repeal NDAA! Initiative to Take Back America!
The implications of the Patriot Act, NDAA, SOPA, PIPA, ACTA and other government grabs for power are getting bolder all the time, as they step on our rights and freedoms. For example, according to Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, there are laws regarding terrorist suspects in America in place by the Department of Justice against having a food supply lasting at least seven days can be grounds for being suspected of terrorism.
I have a pantry which contains more than a seven day food supply. Worse, I am writing a story that is against the politicians in Washington. Can I be seen as an enemy of the United States of America?
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As Americans look upon the unbelievable horror of the legislation passed under NDAA, National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, many begin to realize that the United States has been classified as a “battlefield,” allowing American citizens to be arrested off the streets, carted off to a foreign detention camp and held indefinitely without trial.
Everybody who understands the amendments of the new NDAA bill, no matter if they have been introduced to it or if they happen to stumble across it by accident, is alarmed and appalled that this could be happening in the United States of America.
A few days ago I wrote the article, New NDAA Bill Prepares U.S. for Martial Law as Washington Plans to Squash Civil Unrest, to warn you of what's happening and prepare you for what's ahead. Though the article got an overwhelming response, I got the feeling many people just couldn't believe this was really happening. Well, read on folks, you'll see that this nightmare is all too real!
Section 1022 expressly states that the military will imprison anyone who is a member of al-Qaeda or "an associated force" that acts like al-Qaeda; and anyone who planned or carried out an attack, or attempted attack, against the U.S.
Section 1022 continues that detaining American citizens is not required. "UNITED STATES CITIZENS — The requirement to detain a person in military custody under this section does not extend to citizens of the United States."
Even before the bill was signed by Obama, the President had mixed emotions about certain NDAA amendments.
The bill only has a 2 percent approval rating on a poll conducted by OpenCongress.com. Only 8 people support the bill out of 395 voters. Another poll conducted by PopVox has the bill with a 9% approval rating and a 91% disapproval rating out of 397 participants.
In a statement released after the signing of the bill, Obama said, "I want to clarify that my Administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens. Indeed, I believe that doing so would break with our most important traditions and values as a Nation."
Obama continued, "I have signed this bill despite having serious reservations with certain provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation, and prosecution of suspected terrorists," even though he signed the bill not agreeing with everything included in the bill.
The White House has not only asserted the right to carry out state-sponsored assassination anywhere in the world without having to provide any evidence or go through any legal process, the administration merely has to state that the target is a terrorist and it doesn’t matter whether they are an American citizen or not.
What's more, the bill's Feinstein Amendment 1031(e) states that “any person who has committed a belligerent act” faces indefinite military custody, but no trial or evidence has to be presented, the White House merely needs to make the accusation. And what is, a "belligerent act”? That could be almost anything!
Although this seems to be the biggest cause of alarm for most people, like myself, the Obama administration never had a real problem with the indefinite detention described in Section 1031 of the bill, thus "acting" to ensure it applied to American citizens.
The question of whether or not Obama would veto the bill arose out of issues with Section 1032, which is the part of the bill that worries me the most as well, as it pertains to using the military, rather than law enforcement, to take custody of individuals.
Obama threatened a veto for 1032, but not 1031 which refers to imprisoning citizens without a trial. Obama has never suggested using a veto to stop Section 1031 citizen imprisonment. Like me, our President is more worried about using the military as a police force.
This makes even more sense if we go back to mid-August 2009, when the Pentagon approached Congress requesting to post approximately 400,000 military personnel throughout the United States. In conflict with the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, which established to limit the Federal government’s ability to use the military for domestic law enforcement. At the time the move was seen by many as another alarming measure on the part of the government to implement martial law as a matter of course, rather than a worst case scenario.
Ron Paul went as far as saying that with the signing of the NDAA bill, "President Obama has began the official establishment of martial law in the United States."
Recently our Leaders have Witnessed the Power of the People
On January 18, 2012 the Internet united against the SOPA and PIPA censorship bills. These two bills would have given the Federal Government new powers to shut down websites it believes have infringed copyright laws. Thousands of Website went on blackout! They forwarded their traffic to a website dedicated to directing citizens to calling their Representatives to voice their opposition to the “Internet Censorship Bills” going through Washington. Over 13 million Americans acted, successfully stopping both bills... for now. Even if there is a new danger on the horizon with what is called ACTA I will be reporting about ACTA tomorrow on my sister site, Censorship Watch, the people did show the elitists our strength.
What this proves is that Representative Democracy works to a certain, small degree…if you participate in it! Both by voting, and by calling your elected officials. It's far from perfect, but it is better than having a dictator or a king. Are elections manipulated? Of course, but even the wealthy elite have their limits to how far they can push us. They remember the French Revolution, the masses that had finally enough, and they sure remember the guillotine.
The problem is most people only call their representatives when something horrible comes to vote. If you wait until Martial Law has been declared to call your Representatives, chances are you will be too late. Every single Session of Congress is important. Rights and freedoms are taken away slowly over time, often without anybody even noticing or anything being done to stop the approaching oppression.
"We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality —judiciously, as you will—we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. We’re history’s actors…and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do." - A “senior adviser” to President Bush, as quoted by Ron Suskind
The Internet gives us the ability to easily keep track of our government, so don't be too lazy to contact your Representatives to let them know how you want them to vote.
Next Course of Action: Repeal Section 1021 of NDAA
The National Defense Authorization Act introduced a new concept, the ability for the military to indefinitely detain U.S. Citizens suspected of Terrorism, without Trial or Due Process of Law.
Ron Paul went as far as sponsoring a poll by govtrack.us to find out how Americans really feel about the NDAA bill. Here is a screenshot of the poll.
Are you for reversing the section 1021 of the NDAA? What is your position on repeal section 1021 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012?
Please vote support or oppose on the poll, by going HERE.
Representative Ron Paul recently introduce legislation to repeal section 1021 from the NDAA (the section giving the military said powers). We should flood our representatives phones, offices and mailboxes with demands they support Rep. Paul’s H.R. 3785, and repeal section 1021 from the National Defense Authorization Act. Unfortunately, nobody seems to wan to do anything, as most people aren't taking the bill seriously.
Thank god Ron Paul recognized the dangers of the NDAA, introducing a bill that fixes the NDAA by eliminating the offensive parts of Section 1021 regarding martial law and the indefinite prison detention of possibly innocent Americans. In fewer than 100 words, the text of Paul’s legislation, HR 3785, would overturn section 1021 of the NDAA, but it seems he is not getting the support he will need to overturn, repeal or reverse the offensive language of the bill.
"Please contact your representative and tell them to support Paul's bill # HR 3785. - better yet, become a sponsor, writes even Tea Part member, Catherine Crabill, from middle.peninsulateaparty.org
I don't understand why I don't see near the support for NDAA as I saw for SOPA, PROTECT IP or the new ACTA. Don't people care anymore?
I have scoured the Internet, both far and wide, looking for some big, sponsored petitions to repeal NDAA, (possibly even finding one that had Section 1032 as the main issue, rather than 1031 like most of them) but was shocked, outraged and disgusted to only find a couple of small petitions, the biggest of which only had 1,258 signatures at the time I am writing this. I don't know if this is just not getting the publicity it deserves, or if people just don't care, but I am going to fight the NDAA in its entirety with everything I've got.
Here are the online petitions to repeal the NDAA you can sign:
Unfortunately, the problem is that all the petitions only have a few signatures and the Facebook Pages all only have a few Likes. All of us patriots who started these ant-NDAA petitions and Facebook Pages need to work together if we want to have any success in getting this bill repealed. If you are one of these true Americans, let us stand together and really do something against the NDAA. Let us pool our sources and resources and either write a new petition or agree to sponsor one of the ones already in circulation. Let us together promote that petition and make sure it gets to President Obama.
On February 3rd there was a day of protest and action to oppose NDAA, unfortunately the media's efforts to keep everything NDAA out of the headlines worked, and few people than expected participated in this public display of discontent.
Indeed, the National Defense Authorization Act is still buried in the back burners of mainstream media. Everybody seems to be fighting ACTA and the new HR 1981 Internet snooping bill which was authored by lead SOPA sponsor Lamar Smith. Though definitely worthwhile causes (which I will be fighting on my Censorship Watch blog) the NDAA is truly the most dangerous legislation to have come out of Washington since the Patriot Act.
To start our battle against the NDAA, censorship and oppression, though he doesn't have the charisma of Obama, the persuasiveness of Newt Gingrich or the presence of Mitt Romney, we must vote for Ron Paul, the only presidential candidate against the NDAA. If you are for freedom and against the NDAA, you must vote for the mild manored, soft spoken Pon Paul, as he is the only presidential candidate with integrity and honor to really care about the people of the United States.
If you are a true, real-life American patriot and would like to help me get a real, effective initiative rolling against the NDAA, contact me at tomretterbush@gmail.com.
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DHS outsourced $11.3 Million to monitor social media sites like Facebook and Twitter for signs of discontent.
Records reveal that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security paid contractors $11.3 million dollars to monitor Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, alternative news media, blogs, forums and many other sites.
Although USDHS Undersecretary Caryn Wagner said recently that the Homeland Security department, established after the 9/11 attacks, is not actively monitoring any social networks, in the Department of Homeland Security’s National Operations Center (NOC) released Publicly Available Social Media Monitoring and Situational Awareness Initiative, the intelligence-gathering arm of the DHS, the Office of Operations Coordination and Planning (OPS) gives itself permission to “gather, store, analyze, and disseminate” data on millions of users of social media (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube) and business networking sites (Linkedin).
Specifically, it described the plan and purpose behind the DHS’s collection of personal information from news anchors, journalists, reporters, or anyone else who posts articles, comments, or other information to many popular web outlets. The report defined the target audience as anyone who may use “traditional and/or social media in real time to keep their audience situationally aware and informed.”
Documents of a lawsuit by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (‘EPIC’), disclose that the federal government awarded a 11.3 million dollar contract to the military contractor, General Dynamics, to monitor social networks, blogs, news media sites, even comments, for “public reaction to major governmental proposals with homeland security implications.” That’s government bureaucratic-lingo for public discontent.
DHS agents using advanced modeling and simulation equipment
While it has long been known that the department monitors the Internet for information about emerging threats to public safety like a natural disaster or a terrorist attack, the documents show that its Social Networking / Media Capability program is also focused on “public reaction to governmental proposals with homeland security implications.”
The DHS activities are one of the key reasons why the U.S. Senate created the Church Committee in the 1970′s in the first place, inquiring why federal agencies were investigating political dissent. Yes, that's right, Americans spying on Americans who disagreed with U.S. policies.
As I detailed in my article, Facebook is CIA's Primary Intelligence Source, people share virtually every bit of information about themselves with their favorite social media sites. Not only are people sharing the obvious, such as their age, race, sexual orientation and religious beliefs, they are now even posting their political affiliations, convictions and frustrations, some of which could be misinterpreted. They are now sharing literally everything. And since this is open source information, it is totally legal for the DHS, FBI, ATF, DEA, CIA, NSA and any other acronym and law enforcement agency to use it.
This information is posted alongside your picture, where the government creates a composite profile of you and literally every American who is even remotely connected to a social media site, particularly Facebook, but also Twitter, Google Plus, MySpace, YouTube and about a dozen others.
This collected data is then assessed, studied and analyzed by experts, the results of which are "sought by the highest levels at the White House" and ends up in the President's intelligence briefing almost on a daily basis, Doug Naquin, director of the CIA's Open Source Center was quoted saying.
Deputy CIA Director, Christopher Sarinsky, went as far as saying about Facebook: “After years of secretly monitoring the public, we were astounded so many people would willingly publicize where they live, their religious and political views, an alphabetized list of all their friends, personal emails addresses, phone numbers, hundreds of photos of themselves, and even status updates about what they were doing moment to moment. It is truly a dream come true for the CIA.”
Facebook Twitter, Google Plus, MySpace and the other social media sites are enabling every agency reporting to Washington to get reliable real-time assessments of public sentiment during these troubling times.
It is not surprising that our government want to keep up with public sentiment and keep tabs on the troublemakers and rebel rouses, considering the civil uprisings and revolutions are happening around the world. Obama and other Washington lawmakers are scared that public discontent could eventually lead to an uprising like the ones they recently witnessed in North Africa, ending with those governments being overrun and their leaders being ousted, even executed. Is it not conceivable that our government fears that something of this nature could happen in the US? Check out my article, Did Obama Administration pass NDAA in fear of civil uprisings like in Libya, Egypt or Syria?
Still, the legal, social and moral implications of US social networking surveillance programs tracking dissent of its own citizens, even with open source tools, are deeply disturbing.
Also troubling is the fact that US Homeland Security not only knows who disagrees with them, but that the agency can shut down any sites not flattering towards the US government anytime they so choose, without warning, explanation or due process.
Though it never bothered me that Conspiracy Watch is being watched, it does bother me when realizing that they could shut down the site if they chose to do so. Even if Conspiracy Watch, or one of my sister sites, like Censorship Watch, were doing nothing but their patriotic duty trying to get out important information to the public, someone from DHS could pull the plug on my civilly minded watchdog sites.
It is activities like these of the Department of Homeland Security that the US Senate created the Church Committee in the 1970′s to investigate why US government agencies were spying on American’s who disagreed with federal policies. This resulted in the founding of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, over 35 years ago, for keeping tabs on the intelligence community (the spying on the spies) to prevent unlawful monitoring of citizens.
The Church Committee should have oversight of the kinds of wrongs that the EPIC lawsuit found out had been perpetrated by DHS contractors at General Dynamics.
Here are some of the things that DHS paid General Dynamics to monitor:
The contractor shall perform a broad open sources search for information on breaking news stories.
The contractor shall monitor major broadcast networks
The contractor shall monitor and review all Associated Press (AP) stories generated within the U.S. by each state’s AP bureau
The contractor shall monitor and receive alerts on local and regional broadcast news via categorized/focused text/video feeds
The contractor shall monitor and receive alerts on other wire service stories via categorized/focused Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds
The contractor shall monitor appropriate Internet web sites on breaking situational events
The contractor shall monitor and receive full motion video (FMV) or other streaming media
If an “incident” occurred — a “National Security Situation / International Security Situation (NSS/ISS)” — General Dynamics had to continue working on the six items above, in addition to:
Query and search the Internet using other search engines such as Google and Yahoo
Continue to monitor/review reports available via above open sources for information on other breaking news stories
Who or What is our Government Afraid of?
Department of Homeland Security Undersecretary Caryn Wagner (right) said the use of such technology in uprisings that started in December in Tunisia shocked some officials in the U.S. into attention. What, are they afraid citizens will storm the Capitol and unseat our President, Senators and Congressmen? You are kidding, Ms. Wagner, aren't you? Come on, this is America!
Aside from discussing the use of technology in unrest that has led to regime changes in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, Wagner delivered a speech that addressed the way the department operates, implying that its critical elements include a nationwide network of 72 fusion centers that gather and analyze reports of suspicious activity.
Well, Ms. Wagner, what do you consider suspicious activity? Could it include someone posting how our government policies suck?
If so, now with Obama's new Executive Order passed, maybe I should pack my toothbrush and prepare for a long stay in the Big House.
Written By: Tom Retterbush
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USDA Admits to Killing Millions of Birds and Other Animals
Remember the mysterious deaths of millions of birds a while back? Everyone was wondering, what was causing the sudden death of all these birds?
There had been all kind of conspiracy theories surrounding the death of all those birds. Everything from the environment was killing them to bird-suicide. Well, some of you may have heard that the mystery has been solved. The USDA has admitted to being behind these mysterious bird deaths. Yes, the United States Department of Agriculture has publicly admitted being responsible for the mass poisoning of tens of millions of birds over the last several years. However, there is more to this story than meets the eye!
Indeed, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has publicly admitted it is responsible for the mass poisoning of tens of millions of birds over the last several years. It’s all part of the USDA’s program called “Bye Bye Blackbird,” and we even have the USDA’s spreadsheet where they document how many millions of birds (and other animals) they’ve poisoned to death.
After hundreds of starlings were found dead in the Yankton Riverside Park, concerned citizens began investigating. After a while, a USDA official called the local police and admitted they had poisoned the birds.
“They say that they had poisoned the birds about ten miles south of Yankton and they were surprised they came to Yankton like they did and died in our park,” says Yankton Animal Control Officer Lisa Brasel.
The USDA then confirmed the story and explained it was all “part of a large killing” in Nebraska. Some of the birds that ate the poison apparently flew all the way to Yankton before succumbing to the poison.
So why was the USDA poisoning birds in the first place? What's was the purpose of killing the animals? There were too many of them. A Nebraska farmer was apparently complaining that the starlings were defecating in his feed meal. The answer to this conundrum apparently isn’t to cover your feed meal but rather call the USDA and ask them to poison thousands of birds.
The USDA complied, apparently agreeing this was a brilliant idea. So they put out a poison called DRC-1339 and allowed thousands of birds to feed on that poison.
Carol Bannerman from USDA Wildlife Services ridiculously claimed the bird kill was also to protect “human health.”
Bannerman claimed; “We’re doing it to address, in this case, agricultural damage as well as the potential for human health and safety issues,” she said. That’s just a lie, of course. In what universe do starlings pose a threat to human health and safety?
Remember, these are mass killings funded with your tax dollars. The kicker is, that the government is, in fact, responsible for many of the other mysterious animal deaths that have been reported across the country.
Yes, many people had already heard that the bird killings were the handy-work of the USDA, but that's not all they've been killing off. The federal government thinks nothing of murdering million living, breathing animals, showing their total lack of respect for wildlife.
Birds aren't the only animals on the USDA death-list. Besides the 1,046,109 cowbirds, 1,259,714 European Starlings, 965,889 red-winged blackbirds, 93,210 Grackles, 96,297 pigeons and 24,519 Canadian geese, the USDA has ordered the slaughter of 27,000 beavers, 1700 bobcats, 81,000 coyotes, 2,000 gray foxes, 336 mountain lions, 1900 woodchucks, 130 porcupines, 12,000 raccoons, 20,000 squirrels, 30,000 wild pigs and 478 wolves.
And if the USDA poisons birds because certain groups become too populous, what do you suppose is planned for when human population grows too large? There are too many people now. So are they or another government agency going to start killing off humans?
Believe it or not, that's what some of our leaders, like Bill Gates, would like to do! The issue of overpopulation is older that actual overpopulation itself. Indeed, the King of England openly stated that the overpopulation of third world nations pose a threat to the international elite of global power as long ago as 1944. However, the issue of overpopulation was first brought to mainstream society by Charles Darwin a few years later, in 1952. Regarded as one of the greatest minds in history, Darwin came up with the solution he described in his book, The Next Million Years, introducing “population control” and the “future history” of mankind to the world.
“The world today has 6.8 billion people… that’s headed up to about 9 billion. Now if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower that by perhaps 10 or 15 percent.” - Bill Gates
Back on Sunday, October 10, 2010, I wrote the article, New World Order & American Elite call for Population Reduction, where I try to explain to the world the intentions of these madmen. With the same reasoning as Charles Darwin almost 60 years ago, population control will not impact the more intelligent, capable people who have the ability to move human civilization forward. The rich and powerful, the scientists and engineers, the doctors and innovators would be spared.
“It’s only the stupid people that are going to be killed off anyway, so this is actually helping the future of humankind,” those in control would say.
If mankind is to avoid extinction, he will first have to learn how to be human, for the killing of less intelligent individuals or species, shows that he is the least intelligent of them all.
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Censorship is not meant to protect us, but to control and silence us!
No mainstream media, hardly any alternative news sources, hardly even any independent bloggers are covering perhaps the biggest scandal since Watergate. Maybe that is why it's being called "Copygate" by some.
Copygate originally refered to the alleged plagiarism of material in the Wegman Report. If you are not familiar with the Wegman Report, it was a report to the US Congress about the The Great Global Warming Swindle, also known as the Hockeystick Controversy, produced by Dr. Wegman, a renown statistical analyzer. According to evidence, 35 pages of the 96 page Wegman Report were plagiarized.
But this has grown far larger than the original plagiarism issue. Like Watergate, and the less known Climategate, the Copygate corporate file sharing scandal of the the so-called nonprofit group named the Recording Industry Association of America, their association with Viacom/CBS, and it’s support of illegal copyright infraction on file sharing networks with the intent to sue many thousands of American file sharers for profit, as well as pass laws further censoring the Internet.
Why are these organizations fighting for copyright protections when they’re giving out their own stuff to piracy networks for free? It’s not really about copyright infraction, it’s about the control of information on the Internet.
The rich, fat-cat elitists and their big media empires have been losing their very profitable grip on information due to the alternative media, independent bloggers and social media. Until the rise of the Internet, they used to control all information via newspapers, magazines, the radio and television. They own all the major news networks, broadcasting networks and publishing houses.
The problem is, the elitists don't own the Internet, nobody does. It is because they don't own the Internet, they cannot control the information passing through it. Well, so would seem... so they are trying to manipulate the Internet in their favor by passing laws.
The elitist backed lawmakers have tried again and again to gain control of the Internet through legislation. Without due process they ban sites and filter information. How can they do this I ask again? They do not own the Internet!
A former U.S. senator, once head of the MPAA, favors a Chinese style censorship system to the one the U.S. lawmakers are trying to pass.
"...the ones exposing copygate scandal sit there and call anyone who copies a anime, song, movie, or even software a thief or hurting the artists but the real people hurting the artists are not ever the downloaders but the Money masters at the top that rip most of the music artists money. They manipulate society and morals and have created the beliefs that anyone giving access to free information is a terrorist or pirate that needs to be put down. That’s what the Big Media wants us to believe. If you don’t think the real bad guys are the top level executives of the MPAA/RIAA then why are they making record profits while going after file sharers and music artists suffer in the process. This is about legitimizing a war on open disclosure of information in a free society." - Brian D. Hill
Of course there is nothing wrong with non commercial open sharing of information when people support the artists that create that they watch, listen to, or download on a voluntary basis. There will always be those who take advantage of this, but the Internet has proven the system to be profitable for the artists in a big way, while still allowing those who are disadvantaged access to something they would otherwise never know.
Censorship stifles creativity and innovation, in that it prevents possibly gifted and able, yet disadvantaged people people access to the information and tools they need to reach their potential.
Since 1995 various governments around the world have been addressing the problems of material on the Internet that is illegal under their offline laws, as well as what they considered harmful or otherwise unsuitable for minors. Again, who are they to say what is harmful or unsuitable for minors? If someone doesn't like it; they don't have to get on the Internet! Why can't it be, use at your own discretion?
The nature of material of principal concern has varied from political speech, promotion of or incitement to racial hatred, pornographic,scandalous and fraudulent material. Again you don't have to get on the Internet and you don't have to visit these sites if you don't like it!
Since these reasons didn't get the elitists the control they wanted, they've found a new excuse to censor the Internet, copyright violations. Anything to shut us up!
The thing is, by passing censorship laws and taking control of the Internet, it would be easier still for the powers that be to pass other laws similar or even worse than the NDAA, without us even knowing about them until it is too late.
It’s time for action. Spread the word to your friends and family. Promise not to vote for politicians who support NDAA or any censorship bill. There are protests, rallies and meetups happening all across the United States. There are all kinds of websites, blogs and petitions online dealing with these issues. Better yet, start your own! If you are ready to fight for America, I strongly suggest you read, How to Coordinate a Campaign for Change, which is one of the many free ebooks available at Assetebooks.com, and join the fight to reverse the NDAA amendment. Tell your family and friends about NDAA. Start a group or coalition or a petition with theChange.org. Call your Senators and write your Congressmen.
Although I am an Independent when it comes to politics, I say vote for Ron Paul for President, considering he is the only candidate who urged his congressional colleagues to support legislation that would repeal a clause of the NDAA that could allow for the indefinite detention of American citizens, simultaneously criticizing Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) for his past comments on detainees.
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