20 Examples of the Obama Administration Assault on Domestic Civil Liberties


Bill Quigley
Activist Post
December 2, 2011
The Obama administration has affirmed, continued and expanded almost all of the draconian domestic civil liberties intrusions pioneered under the Bush administration. Here are twenty examples of serious assaults on the domestic rights to freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of association, the right to privacy, the right to a fair trial, freedom of religion, and freedom of conscience that have occurred since the Obama administration has assumed power. Consider these and then decide if there is any fundamental difference between the Bush presidency and the Obama presidency in the area of domestic civil liberties.
Patriot Act
On May 27, 2011, President Obama, over widespread bipartisan objections, approved a Congressional four year extension of controversial parts of the Patriot Act that were set to expire. In March of 2010, Obama signed a similar extension of the Patriot Act for one year. These provisions allow the government, with permission from a special secret court, to seize records without the owner’s knowledge, conduct secret surveillance of suspicious people who have no known ties to terrorist groups and to obtain secret roving wiretaps on people.
Criminalization of Dissent and Militarization of the Police
Anyone who has gone to a peace or justice protest in recent years has seen it – local police have been turned into SWAT teams, and SWAT teams into heavily armored military. Officer Friendly or even Officer Unfriendly has given way to police uniformed like soldiers with SWAT shields, shin guards, heavy vests, military helmets, visors, and vastly increased firepower. Protest police sport ninja turtle-like outfits and are accompanied by helicopters, special tanks, and even sound blasting vehicles first used in Iraq. Wireless fingerprint scanners first used by troops in Iraq are now being utilized by local police departments to check motorists. Facial recognition software introduced in war zones is now being used in Arizona and other jurisdictions. Drones just like the ones used in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan are being used along the Mexican and Canadian borders. These activities continue to expand under the Obama administration.
Wiretaps
Wiretaps for oral, electronic or wire communications, approved by federal and state courts, are at an all-time high. Wiretaps in year 2010 were up 34% from 2009, according to the Administrative Office of the US Courts.

Corbett Report Radio 022 – The Next False Flag: A Scenario

Corbett Report
December 1, 2011

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For years now, the politicians have been hyping the cyberterror threat. Now the USAF is claiming that insurgents have hacked into their predator drone communications, and even installed keyloggers on the control equipment. Are these threats real, or are we being prepped for a pre-planned event? Join us tonight on Corbett Report Radio as we ponder the preparatory phases of the next false flag.

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UBS On “How Bad Might It Get” And Why “Sooner Or Later Intense Instability Will Resume”


Zero Hedge
December 2, 2011
Despite the very short term bounce in markets on yet another soon to be failed experiment in global liquidity pump priming, UBS’ Andrew Cates refuses to take his eyes of the ball which is namely preventing a European collapse by explaining precisely what the world would look like if a European collapse were allowed to occur.
Which is why to people like Cates this week’s indeterminate intervention is the worst thing that could happen as it only provides a few days worth of symptomatic breathing room, even as the underlying causes get worse and worse. So, paradoxically, we have reached a point where the better things get (yesterday we showed just how “better” they get as soon as the market realized that the intervention half life has passed), the more the European banks will push to make things appear and be as bad as possible, as the last thing any bank in Europe can afford now is for the ECB to lose sight of the target which is that it has to print. Which explains today’s release of “How bad might it get“, posted a day after the Fed’s latest bail out: because instead of attempting to beguile the general public into a false sense of complacency, UBS found it key to take the threat warnings to the next level. Which in itself speaks volumes. What also speaks volumes is his conclusion: “Finally it is worth underscoring again that a Euro break-up scenario would generate much more macroeconomic pain for Europe and the world. It is a scenario that cannot be readily modelled. But it is now a tail risk that should be afforded a non-negligible probability. Steps toward fiscal union and a more proactive ECB, after all, will still not address the fundamental imbalances and competitiveness issues that bedevil the Euro zone. Nor will they tackle the inadequacy of structural growth drivers and the deep-seated demographic challenges that the region faces in the period ahead. Monetary initiatives designed to shore up confidence can give politicians more time to enact the necessary policies. But absent those policies and sooner or later intense instability will resume.” So what exactly does UBS predict will happen in a scenario where the European contagion finally spills out from the continent and touches on US shores?
Here’s what:
We stressed that the most obvious downside risk to our new forecasts would be a further intensification of the European debt crisis and an even greater degree of regional and global financial instability, alongside perhaps even a break-up of the euro. But what would those risks invoke for the world economy?

Republican Jewish Coalition Bars Ron Paul From Debate: ‘He’s misguided and extreme’


Matt Welch
Reason

December 2, 2011
On Wednesday, Dec. 7, the Republican Jewish Coalition will host a presidential-candidates forum featuring Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, and Rick Santorum. Not invited is the GOP candidate currently polling around third in New Hampshire and second in Iowa: Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas). The explanation:
Paul was not invited to attend the RJC’s candidates forum because the organization – as it has stated numerous times in the past – “rejects his misguided and extreme views,” said [RJC Executive Director Matt] Brooks.
“He’s just so far outside of the mainstream of the Republican party and this organization,” Brooks said. Inviting Paul to attend would be “like inviting Barack Obama to speak.”
Link via the Twitter feed of an approving Jamie Kirchick.
Brooks gave a more detailed critique of Ron Paul back in May:
“As Americans who are committed to a strong and vigorous foreign policy, we are deeply concerned about the prospective presidential campaign of Congressman Ron Paul. While Rep. Paul plans to run as a Republican, his views and past record place him far outside of the Republican mainstream. His candidacy, as we’ve seen in his past presidential campaigns, will appeal to a very narrow constituency in the U.S. electorate. Throughout his public service, Paul has espoused a dangerous isolationist vision for the U.S. and our role in the world. He has been a virulent and harsh critic of Israel during his tenure in Congress*. Most recently Paul gave an interview in which he voiced his objection to the recent killing of Osama Bin Laden.
Brooks added, “We certainly respect Congressman Paul’s right to run, but we strongly reject his misguided and extreme views, which are not representative of the Republican Party.”

Senate Bill 1867 Turns Office of "President" to "Oberfuhrer"

SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS!!!
Mark Matheny
December 2, 2011

Well, Obama should be proud of himself. Through this new bill (S 1867) it looks as though he has transformed from the "President of the Republic", to the "Oberfuhrer of the Homeland".

The term Oberfuhrer was an early paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party dating back to 1921. The English equivalent of the word means "Senior Leader". An Oberführer was typically a Nazi Party member in charge of a group of paramilitary units in a particular geographical region, but soon became to be equivalent to the rank a British Brigadier General.


It appears now that the ten sectors of FEMA dividing our country are now a new battle field on the "War of Terror", and since there are plans for a major transformation of the world's Financial institutions into a World Central Banking Criminal Cartel, there is also the need now for our fascist government to be able to detain anyone who is against this New World Order takeover! - INDEFINITELY!!!!

We are now in the stages of  the "Fall of the Republic" and the setting up of a Fascist Dictatorship comprised of Global Banking Institutions, Elite Dynastic families, and transnational corporations who have co-opted and control our government, military, and law enforcement institutions.

Senate Bill 1867 has passed the senate with a vote of 93 for, and only 7 opposed. This is a sad and terrible day for the United States. We have let the control of our once great nation fall into the hands of a "den of vipers" - ( or should I say "viper teams").

The T"SA" will now become the T"SS" and we as Americans will soon see the storm troopers coming in the dark of night to carry away our neighbors. Under the new bill, if you happen to be missing fingers, or have more than 7 days supply of food stored, you might be working with Al Qeada, and be swept away in the night - never to be heard from again.

No warrants, no charges, no trial.




" Know good and well, that some day, there could be a government in power that is shipping its citizens off for disagreements - There are laws on the books now that characterize who might be a terrorist. Someone missing fingers on their hands is a suspect according to the Department of Justice. Someone who has guns, someone who has ammunition that is weatherproofed, someone who has more than seven days of food in their house, can be considered a potential terrorist. "  - Sen. Rand Paul R-Kentucky

Have You Heard About The 16 Trillion Dollar Bailout The Federal Reserve Handed To The Too Big To Fails?


TheEconomicCollapse Blog
December 2, 2011

What you are about to read should absolutely astound you.  During the last financial crisis, the Federal Reserve secretly conducted the biggest bailout in the history of the world, and the Fed fought in court for several years to keep it a secret.  Do you remember the TARP bailout?  The American people were absolutely outraged that the federal government spent 700 billion dollars bailing out the "too big to fail" banks.  Well, that bailout was pocket change compared to what the Federal Reserve did.  As you will see documented below, the Federal Reserve actually handed more than 16 trillion dollars in nearly interest-free money to the "too big to fail" banks between 2007 and 2010.  So have you heard about this on the nightly news?  Probably not.  Lately Bloomberg has been reporting on some of this, but even they are not giving people the whole picture.  The American people need to be told about this 16 trillion dollar bailout, because it is a perfect example of why the Federal Reserve needs to be shut down.  The Federal Reserve has been actively picking "winners" and "losers" in the financial system, and it turns out that the "friends" of the Fed always get bailed out and always end up among the "winners".  This is not how a free market system is supposed to work.
According to the limited GAO audit of the Federal Reserve that was mandated by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the grand total of all the secret bailouts conducted by the Federal Reserve during the last financial crisis comes to a whopping $16.1 trillion.
That is an astonishing amount of money.
Keep in mind that the GDP of the United States for the entire year of 2010 was only 14.58 trillion dollars.
The total U.S. national debt is only a bit above 15 trillion dollars right now.

‘Indefinite Detention’ Bill Passes Senate 93-7


Americans completely stripped of all rights under Section 1031
Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
Friday, December 2, 2011
The Senate last night codified into law the power of the U.S. military to indefinitely detain an American citizen with no charge, no trial and no oversight whatsoever with the passage of S. 1867, the National Defense Authorization Act.
Detention
One amendment that would have specifically blocked the measures from being used against U.S. citizens was voted down and the final bill was passed 93-7.
Another amendment introduced by Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein that attempted to bar the provision from being used on American soil, an effort to ensure “the military won’t be roaming our streets looking for suspected terrorists,” also failed, although Feinsteinvoted in favor of the bill anyway.
Feinstein was able to include a largely symbolic amendment which states that “nothing in the bill changes current law relating to the detention of U.S. citizens and legal aliens,” but this measure is meaningless according to Republican Congressman Justin Amash, a fierce critic of the bill.
“Some have asserted that Sen. Feinstein’s amendment, S Amdt 1456, protects the rights of American citizens and preserves constitutional due process. Unfortunately, it does not. It’s just more cleverly worded nonsense,” Amash wrote on his Facebook page.

Chinese General Threatens “Third World War” To Protect Iran


US dispatches three more warships to Middle East
Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
Thursday, December 1, 2011
A military General from the Chinese National Defense University says that China should not hesitate to protect Iran, even if it means launching world war three, as more US warships are dispatched to the region amidst heightening tensions.
According to NDTV, a Chinese news station based outside the country, in regard to recent speculation that Iran would be the target of a US-Israeli military assault, Major General Zhang Zhaozhong commented that, “China will not hesitate to protect Iran even with a third world war,” remarks described as “puzzling to some”.
The news report also quotes Professor Xia Ming as paraphrasing Zhaozhong’s quote that, “not hesitating to fight a third world war would be entirely for domestic political needs.”
China has vehemently reaffirmed its alliance with Iran in recent weeks, most notably yesterday when it refused to criticize Iran for a raid on the British Embassy in Tehran launched by Iranian students earlier this week.
Both China and Russia have made it clear that they will veto any UN authorization of military action against Iran in the aftermath of claims that Iran is on the verge of developing a nuclear weapon.
“China has noted the tough reactions made by the relevant countries over this event and is concerned over the development of the situation,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei told reporters today.
“We hope relevant countries will keep calm and exercise restraint and avoid taking emotional actions that may rachet up the confrontation.”

Peter Schiff Explains What Today’s Global Fed-Funded Bailout Means For The Future


Zero HedgeThursday, December 1, 2011
If anyone is still confused by what has transpired today, here is Peter Schiff explaining in simple words, why what happened “may be one of the most important economic events of the year” and what to do next: “Today’s unprecedented announcement by the world’s most powerful central banks was a loud and clear bell ringing to buy precious metals. The move, disguised as an attempt to help the fragile state of the global economy, is in reality a move to prop up failing banks in Europe and the US. By reducing interest rates paid for dollar swaps, central bankers are in effect increasing the quantity of global dollars in circulation.
The result? The dollar will weaken, inflation will rise, and gold will soar. Gold was up more than $30 today, and the dollar got crushed. I urge you to take 7 minutes to watch the video I recorded exclusively for my subscribers a few hours ago. It explains, in plain language, what happened today – and what is the likely outcome for your portfolio. This may be one of the most important economic events of the year.” And pardon Schiff’s self-promotional piece at the end, but the truth is that he is essentially correct about what the actions means from a big picture perspective. Furthermore, as Goldman made all too clear, this is merely the beginning as more and more inflationary actions have to be undertaken by central banks to save banks from being crushed by untenable debt loads. 
Whether they succeed in overturning the deflationary tsunami is unknown. What is certain is that they will bring fiat currencies to the verge of viability (and beyond) in trying.

Newt Gingrich: Serial Hypocrisy


RonPaul2012.com
November 30, 2011
The Ron Paul 2012 Presidential campaign announced today that it has released and will broadly distribute a 150-second online advertisement that challenges former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on a group of issues dear to conservative voters.
Much of the ad is in the former Speaker’s own voice, and after a few statements by Newt it follows with an image of him sitting on a loveseat beside former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the two chuckling over their agreement concerning as-yet scientifically proven anthropogenic global warming. The ad also features Newt’s knee-jerk assault on Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) modest budget proposal, and the former Speaker’s lobbying ties to government mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae that perpetuated the financial crisis and recession. In addition, the spot showcases discussion of Newt’s lobbying ties to healthcare firms prior to his support of an Obama-Pelosi-Reid individual mandate as part of the recent wildly unpopular healthcare reform, to the absolute horror of nationally-syndicated conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh.
Taken together, claims made in the ad present conservative voters with a question about Newt, and indeed the ad concludes with this query. And that is “What will you tell me next time?”
The campaign will send the ad to a far-reaching email list of conservative voters nationally, including in key early voting states, and it will purchase banner ads on national and state websites where conservative readers congregate.
“Our campaign is making a bold move to debunk the myth that the Newt we are seeing on the 2012 campaign trail is the conservative he has been touted to be all along. This step we are taking is necessary, as voters are seeking authenticity among conservatives who are able to show a decades-long career of consistently walking the walk of Constitutional principles, limited government, and promoting sound money and economic policy. Ron Paul is the only Republican presidential candidate with that record,” said Ron Paul 2012 National Campaign Chairman Jesse Benton.

Air Force says it's extending mission of mysterious X-37B

Editor's Note: This is another Drone that could possibly be used as a weapon, according to the article. Drones in the Police Depts, in the military actions around the world, and now in space!
November 29, 2011

The Air Force is extending the mission of an experimental robotic space plane that’s been circling the Earth for the last nine months.
The pilotless X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, which looks like a miniature version of the space shuttle, was launched in March from Cape Canaveral, Fla. At the time, Air Force officials offered few details about the mission, saying that the space plane simply provided a way to test new technologies in space, such as satellite sensors and other components.
The military did confirm that the 29-foot space plane was slated to land 270 days later, which would be Wednesday, on a 15,000-foot airstrip at Vandenberg Air Force Base, northwest of Santa Barbara. Now the Air Force has announced that the mission has been extended, but the exact landing date has not yet been set.
“We initially planned for a nine-month mission, which we are roughly at now, but we will continue to extend the mission as circumstances allow,” Lt. Col Tom McIntyre, the spacecraft's systems program director, said in a statement. “Keeping the X-37 in orbit will provide us with additional experimentation opportunities and allow us to extract the maximum value out of the mission.”
The X-37B was built in tight secrecy by Boeing Co.'s Space and Intelligence Systems unit in Huntington Beach. Engineering work was done at the company's facilities in Huntington Beach and Seal Beach. Other components were fabricated at its satellite-making plant in El Segundo.
Some industry analysts have theorized that -- because of its clandestine nature -- the X-37B could be a precursor to an orbiting weapon, capable of dropping bombs or disabling foreign satellites as it circles the globe. The Pentagon has repeatedly said that the space plane is simply a “test bed” for other technologies.
“We are learning new things about the vehicle every day, which makes the mission a very dynamic process,” McIntyre said.
The X-37B now orbiting the Earth is the second launched by the military. The first X-37B was launched in April 2010 and it landed 224 days later on its own -- fully automated -- at Vandenberg.
  
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Photo: The X-37B space plane, which resembles a miniature space shuttle, is hangared at a facility near Cape Canaveral, Fla.. before its launch in March. Credit: U.S. Air Force

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From 1973 to 2011: An engineered global crisis


Essential Intelligence
November 30, 2011
A primary target of any globalist war in Iran will be to spike oil prices in order to save the dollar from oblivion.
Just as we explained in a previous post (looming war with Iran ?) , all the hype about an ‘imminent’ Israeli or NATO attack on Iran was largely based on agenda driven disinformation campaign, and all the counter-globalist websites who took part in it were serving ,in fact, the globalist purpose of mounting the psychological pressure on Iran, especially towards the IAEA report about the Iranian nuclear program , which will be published in the second week of November 2011. Nevertheless, in the longer term, the ongoing display of smoke and mirrors might be the harbinger of a new ‘oil shock’ crisis of the 1973 caliber, with far reaching implications.
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Future implications for Israel
As our analysis of the Egyptian policy in the post-Mubarak era has shown, the globalist color revolution in Egypt has led to an increasing militarization of the Sinai peninsula, up to the point of Egyptian drones and Helicopters routinely violating Israeli airspace .
The Libyan crisis has already resulted in a massive flux of advanced weapons from Qaddafi’s stockpiles to Gaza and Sinai. This was demonstrated in the multiple rocket launchers deployed against Israeli targets in late October 2011. While officialy blamed on the chaos and anarchy of the Libyan war’s aftermath, there is room to suspect active involvement of Al-CIAeda in the smuggling networks for the purpose of further destabilizing Israel in order to tie its hands towards a possible strike on the Iranian nuclear facilities.
(This has been implicitly confirmed by Debka.com in its post dated 11/11/2011)
Arab Muslim control over the Samaria (west bank) is the final artillery move in order to bring Israel down to its knees, giving it all up to NATO ‘peacekeeping’ troops. Such a development could be made to happen only in extreme conditions of a defeat in a regional catastrophic war- of the kind the globalists are planing these days.

Bloomberg: The NYPD Is ‘My Own Army’


Politickerny.com
November 30, 2011
Being mayor of New York is awesome, Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday during a speech at MIT.
“I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world,” Bloomberg said, according to the New York Observer. “I have my own State Department, much to Foggy Bottom’s annoyance. We have the United Nations in New York, and so we have an entree into the diplomatic world that Washington does not have.”
What a town! Bloomberg’s right, though. In September, NYPD Comissioner Ray Kelly told CBS News that his police force could take down an airplane “in a very extreme situation.” We don’t know by what means, of course.
Bloomberg went on to say that cities and mayors — unlike politicians in the beltway — can actually get things done.
“The difference between my level of government and other levels of government is that action takes place at the city level,” Bloomberg said. “The cities and mayors are where you deal with crime, you deal with real immigration problems, you deal with health problems, you deal with picking up the garbage.”
The Observer reports that Bloomberg’s speech at times seemed to flirt with the idea of a White House bid, an ambition the three-term mayor has long denied.
Read more here.

Foreknowledge of Pearl Harbor Attack Revealed in Declassified Memo


SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS!!!
Mark Matheny
November 30, 2011
 For those who didn't believe President Roosevelt had knowledge of the Pearl Harbor attack, read this article, and then get your head out of your **s!! Now think about 9/11........ 

U.S.News.com
November 30, 2011

Three days before the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attack on PearlHarbor, President Roosevelt was warned in a memo from naval intelligence that Tokyo's military and spy network was focused on Hawaii, a new and eerie reminder of FDR's failure to act on a basket load of tips that war was near.

In the newly revealed 20-page memo from FDR's declassified FBI file, the Office of Naval Intelligence on December 4 warned, "In anticipation of open conflict with this country, Japan is vigorously utilizing every available agency to secure military, naval and commercial information, paying particular attention to the West Coast, the Panama Canal and the Territory of Hawaii."
The memo, published in the new book December 1941: 31 Days that Changed America and Saved the World went on to say that the Japanese were collecting "detailed technical information" that would be specifically used by its navy. To collect and analyze information, they were building a network of spies through their U.S. embassies and consulates.