It's Time to Nail Our Colors to the Mast

Dr Tony Beam

Dr. Tony Beam
Director of Christian Worldview Center at North Greenville University.

It's Time to Nail Our Colors to the Mast

They say confession is good for the soul so at the risk of sounding whiny I want to confess that I am physically and mentally exhausted. In fact, last week the thought crossed my mind to toss in the towel with my writing and my radio show and simply concentrate on my responsibilities at North Greenville University.

My weariness is not from my schedule, although doing the radio show requires my getting up at the crack of dawn and my responsibilities at North Greenville often see me working well into the evening. No, the source of my weariness is the pressure I feel from all sides to compromise or at least moderate my stand in both the kingdom of God and the kingdom of Man.

It seems everywhere I turn I read the opinions and hear the voices of well-respected, well-educated evangelicals who say we must change our message because the world doesn’t like us much. I hear we need to back off our defense of marriage and our insistence on protecting the sanctity of life because the world has moved on to a different agenda. Unbelievers think Christians are narrow-minded, mean, and too political. What we need, the voices say, is a complete image makeover so we can convince the world that in the battle of good and evil we are the good guys. We need to raise the white flag in the culture war since we lost long ago and focus on how we can connect with people who are concerned about global warming and the politics of change.

Clemson University Professor Dr. Dave Woodard, writing in the new book Why We Whisper he co-authored with U.S. Senator Jim DeMint, (R-SC) said,

“In the late twentieth century, the authority of political power became wedded to the secular-progressive worldview, a philosophy that replaced absolute truths with grand abstract narratives and unfounded pronouncements. This new worldview asserts that since there is no public truth, the only thing that matters is private truth. As Americans lost their right to disagree with secular- progressive beliefs, they were forced to bear the costs, often extreme, of the new standards of behavior. These resulting costs of our deteriorating culture are now borne by Americans who cannot complain without being berated and being labeled racist, sexist, homophobic, intolerant, and ignorant.”

Woodard speaks of the privatization of truth that demands people who have a well developed Christian worldview and a strong set of traditional values never raise their voice above a whisper in the public arena. It is ok for us to speak openly, within the safe confines of our houses of worship but we must moderate our message in the public sphere so we can avoid the growing list of negative labels that are attached to us by the media when we dare to raise our voices in the marketplace of ideas.

Apparently, it isn’t just evangelicals who are buying into this need to change. Right now, because of three consecutive key losses in three state congressional races that should have been automatic wins for the party, the national Republican leadership is calling for a “re-branding” of the Republican image. It is unpopular to talk about abortion, the defense of traditional marriage, the myth of global warming, and the importance of a strong national defense in the face of the threat of international terrorism. So we are told what is needed is for conservatives to moderate their message and enlarge their tent so more people will like us.

Rather than sticking to what we believe is true and passionately arguing for the traditional values that have made America great, we need to move to the middle and join those who would take us down a completely different path. A path to a new, more progressive America where the real issues are the crisis of climate change, the lack of universal health care, and the need to help our enemies understand us better.

I was almost ready to join the march to the middle for no other reason except I was growing weary of seeming to be out of step with the masses. But then I received a timely reminder from an unlikely source of what is really needed in our world today. Every morning as I prepare for the airing of Christian Worldview Today I read something called the radio “prep sheet.” It is a list of celebrity birthdays, cultural trivia, historical events for the day, and so on that can be used as filler in the course of the show. One of the filler items was a trivia question asking where the term “nail your colors to the mast” originated. It is a naval term used in battle. Every navel vessel flies the flag (the colors) of their county in battle. When the captain of the ship realizes the battle is lost he gives the order to “strike the colors” to indicate surrender.

Nailing the colors to the mast means no surrender. It means the captain and crew are ready to fight until the ship goes down.

Reading this, I immediately thought of the words of Jesus in Luke 9:62, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.” I decided to nail my colors to the mast, stay in the battle, and keep my trust in the Master of the sea.
***************************************************************************************

(This is exactly what christian patriots must do. If we as Americans are to save our republic from a complete communist/socialist/marxist police state we must do what the crew and captain of a ship does when they will not surrender to the enemy. We must not surrender to government tyranny.

The enemy of the people's freedom has become our own government.) Story Reports

Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
George Washington

Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth.
George Washington

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
George Washington

Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.
George Washington

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.
George Washington

The enemy of the people's freedom has become our own government. Martial law is in effect as soon as obama signs the ndaa of 2012


The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 in section 1031 authorizes the US military to "kidnap" or kill "a person" or ANY US CITIZEN WITHOUT THE INDIVIDUALS OR INDIVIDUAL BEING ALLOWED TO QUESTION OR DEFEND ANYTHING. NO CHARGES, NO TRIAL NO OPPURTUNITY TO CONFRONT THE ACCUSERS.

Section 1031 is worded to explain this is needed in a time of war to detain terrorists in America. This section gives several examples of terrorists.

All these examples can be ignored because the US military CAN "kidnap", not arrest A PERSON or ANY PERSON WITH OUT ANY CHARGES OR TRAIL, and keep them in detention forever.

The communist obama regime specifically requested that this ILLEGAL UNCONSTITUTIAL mandate be put into the bill.

It allows the federal government and military to indefinitely imprison American citizens without charge or trial, inside or outside of the United States.
Sections 1031 and 1032

This violates the 5th, 6th, 7th Amendment, and the Posse Comitatus Act.

5th Amendment: "No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law"

6th Amendment: The right to a speedy and public trial

7th Amendment: The right of trial by jury)

The NH Supreme Court will hear the Obama ballot-access case filed on behalf of numerous NH Legislators

The NH Supreme Court will hear the Obama ballot-access case filed on behalf of numerous NH Legislators.

Taitz v Gardner - Obama NH Ballot Access Challenge - Supreme Court of New Hampshire

H.R. 3676 introduced 12/15 to amend NDAA, "U.S. citizens may not be detained without all the rights of due process

H.R. 3676 introduced 12/15 to amend NDAA, "U.S. citizens may not be detained without all the rights of due process..."

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3676/show

H.R.3676 - To amend the detainee provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 to specifically state that United States citizens may not be detained against their will without all the rights of due process afforded to citizens in a court ordained or established by or under Article III of the Constitution of the United States.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:h.r.3676

Email your U.S. Representative and ask them to sign on as a Co-sponsor to H.R. 3676.

contact your Representative

Government and state reconnaissance of individual households to find out if they are hoarding food and/or weapons is ongoing

Government and state reconnaissance of individual households to find out if they are hoarding food and/or weapons is ongoing. Not good. The local government claims that they have good intentions – I don’t believe it. You cannot trust the government and the Feds. They are not doing any of this out of concern for you.

Oathkeepers states it flatly and correctly:

“Deprivation of food has long been a weapon of war and oppression, with millions intentionally starved to death by fascist and communist governments in the 20th Century alone.

Accordingly, we will not obey or facilitate orders to confiscate food and other essential supplies from the people, and we will consider all those who issue or carry out such orders to be the enemies of the people.”

If those who carry out such orders to confiscate food are enemies of the people, then that same label also fits anyone in the government compiling lists of Americans who store food. There is no legitimate reason for the Department of Homeland Security to compile such lists. Al Qaida suicide bombers are not known to store powdered milk and buckets of wheat. Nor are they known to store away dehydrated carrots and instant potatoes, or fruit punch mix for the kids. But the Mormons are known to do so, and so are many other Americans who have the common sense and maturity to take personal responsibility for ensuring that their families will have food, come what may.

It is part of Mormon Church religious doctrine to store food for hard times and emergencies, with a recommendation that each family store a year’s worth of basic dry goods along with three months worth of store-bought canned and boxed foods. To facilitate that practice, the Mormon Church runs its own food storage canneries selling powdered milk, wheat, flour, rice and beans, sugar, salt, and various other dry goods either in bulk 50 lb bags or in #10 cans for long term food storage (up to 30 years for some items). These Church canneries also often sell food storage items to non-church members, seeing it as both morally right and prudent to help their neighbors store food, whatever their faith. The cannery in Tennessee that was “visited” by federal agents follows that practice of helping the general public become better prepared.

This is said to have occurred in the National Guard:

He just got home from a EDRE (emergency deployment readiness exercise) at the armory. He said that during the exercise 3 companies of infantry were polled by questionare about the drill and it’s purpose. One of the questions was, will you as a member of the Nat. Guard use lethal force against the American public if ordered to do so? One of the men stepped forward and refused to take the poll and explained that it was a moral judgement on his part and that he could not do so. He then placed his weapon on the ground and fell in behind the formation. Devon said it was like a waterfall, Every member layed their weapons on the deck and fell in beside the one lone specialist. This included ALL NCO’s, STAFF NCO’s and SENIOR NCO’s. The only people left in front of the original formation was 3 Capt’s. 2 Lt’s and the BN Commander who was so upset he started having chest pains from yelling and screaming about court martials and disbandment of the unit into other units.

The Specialist who first layed down his weapon was held in county jail by the Bn CMDR, awaiting a hearing under the UCMJ. He was there for a few hours and has been released. An investigation is being conducted into those who started the poll and no charges against the soldiers are being filed.

Again, this is unconfirmed, and we are working on confirming it. Please keep that in mind. But this is certainly the kind of mass, whole-unit stand-down that may well become necessary, especially in light of the treason of the US Senate, which voted 93-7 to authorize military detention and trial of U.S. citizens — claiming the power to apply the laws of war to the American people in the same way as they are used on a conquered, enemy population, like Iraq or Afghanistan. While National Guard units can, and have been used for riot control without violating their oath, we suspect that this survey was asking them about whether they would do something far worse than just keep the peace during riots. We will do our best to get to the bottom of this, and provide all details once confirmed.

If accurate, this is reminiscent of the stand-down during Katrina by SSGT Joshua May’s Utah National Guard Unit, where the whole unit let their commander know, in a peremptory refusal, that they would not participate in any gun confiscation.

****************************************************************************************

Beware of Homeland Security Training for Local Law Enforcement, by An Insider

Beware of Homeland Security Training for Local Law Enforcement, by An Insider

****************************************************************************************

I’ve been in law enforcement for the past 18 years. I have attended a variety of training over those years. During the 1990s, most training I attended was community-oriented, sponsored by local agencies or private companies specializing in police training. Themes common to training of the past included topics such as Constitutional rights, community partnerships, youth-oriented programs and problem-oriented policing.

During the past several years, I have witnessed a dramatic shift in the focus of law enforcement training. Law enforcement courses have moved away from a local community focus to a federally dominated model of complete social control. Most training I have attended over the past two years have been sponsored by Department of Homeland Security (DHS), namely the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

No matter what topic the training session concerns, every DHS sponsored course I have attended over the past few years never fails to branch off into warnings about potential domestic terrorists in the community. While this may sound like a valid officer and community safety issue, you may be disturbed to learn how our Federal government describes a typical domestic terrorist.

These federal trainers describe the dangers of “extremists” and “militia groups” roaming the community and hiding in plain sight, ready to attack. Officers are instructed how to recognize these domestic terrorists by their behavior, views and common characteristics. State data bases are kept to track suspected domestic terrorists and officers are instructed on reporting procedures to state and federal agencies. The state I work in, like many others, have what is known as a “fusion center” that compiles a watch list of suspicious people.

So how does a person qualify as a potential domestic terrorist? Based on the training I have attended, here are characteristics that qualify:

Expressions of libertarian philosophies (statements, bumper stickers)
Second Amendment-oriented views (NRA or gun club membership, holding a CCW permit)
Survivalist literature (fictional books such as "Patriots" and "One Second After" are mentioned by name)
Self-sufficiency (stockpiling food, ammo, hand tools, medical supplies)
Fear of economic collapse (buying gold and barter items)
Religious views concerning the book of Revelation (apocalypse, anti-Christ)
Expressed fears of Big Brother or big government
Homeschooling
Declarations of Constitutional rights and civil liberties
Belief in a New World Order conspiracy

A recent training session I attended encouraged law enforcement agencies to work with business owners to alert police when customers appear to be stockpiling items. An example was given that a federal agent was monitoring customers at a well known hunting and fishing retail outlet and noting who was purchasing certain items. This is something to remember the next time you purchase a case of ammo at one of these popular outdoor sports retail stores.

Methods of developing evidence of terrorist activity from virtually any search have also been discussed. Various common materials which may be associated with homemade explosives are listed, such as lengths of pipe, gunpowder, matches, flammable liquids and fireworks. Officers are told when these items are found, they can be listed as “bomb making materials”. The training even goes so far as to instruct officers that the items are cleverly disguised as legitimate, such as gasoline stored near a lawn mower, pipes stored in a shop building or gunpowder stored with reloading materials.

One course I attended used the example of a person employed as a plumber being the target of a search warrant. In this example, the officers were told how to use his employment as a plumber as further evidence of terrorism. The suspect’s employment would be described as an elaborate scheme to justify possessing pipes and chemicals so as to have bomb making materials readily available. Based on this example, all plumbers are potential pipe bomb makers. All gun dealers are plotting to provide arms to gangs or terrorists. All pest control companies are preparing mass poisonings. By using this logic, simply having the ability to do something criminal automatically makes the person guilty of plotting the crime. With all the various methods of manufacturing methamphetamine, it would also be easy to claim that a disassembled clandestine drug lab was located during the search. In other words, it is easy to frame anyone for possessing bomb making materials (or other crimes) if the officer knows what items to list in the report and how to link these items to terrorism.

Another common tactic used in DHS sponsored training is the slander of certain ideologies by linking an erroneous characteristic to a particular group. Here are some examples:

These groups hold the anniversaries of certain dates as significant such a Ruby Ridge, Waco and Hitler’s birthday
They oppose abortion, support gun rights and are affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan
They are fearful of big government, espouse support for the Constitution and want to kill police officers
These groups collect firearms, survivalist books and explosives
These extremists read books such as Patriots, One Second After and The Anarchist Cookbook
They are religious zealots, reading the book of Revelation, speak of the second coming of Christ and plan mass murders to summon the end of the world
These people grow their own food, raise livestock and plot attacks on commercial food production facilities

Do you see how this tactic works? List common characteristics of libertarian/conservative minded people, then throw in a slanderous accusation. If A and B apply, then you should automatically presume C applies as well. If they were disturbed by the incidents at Ruby Ridge and Waco, then obviously they must celebrate Hitler’s birthday. Officers are being conditioned to assume criminal and terroristic views when politically-incorrect views are observed. As simple-minded and ridiculous as this line of thinking is, there are some officers who unfortunately buy into this.

Another training session I attended two years ago discussed the dangerous of people who have strong views of the U.S. Constitution. One trainer made the statement that “these people actually believe the Second Amendment gives them the personal right to own a gun.” Of course, the trainer failed to mention that our Founding Fathers, as well as recent Supreme Court rulings, verify this view as being completely accurate. The obvious attempt here was to suggest to officers that the Second Amendment does not apply to individual gun ownership and to be suspicious of anyone who holds such a view. It was also stressed to be cautious of anyone who quotes the Constitution and even worse, actually possesses a copy of this radical document. Incredibly, in the United States of America today belief in our founding legal principles is now grounds for being labeled a domestic terrorism. Imagine how they would respond to some of the known statements of Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry or George Mason concerning the issue of individual liberty and limited government. It is true that one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.

There are several things that we, the patriotic, self-sufficient defenders of liberty can do to counter this effort. First, get involved in local elections. Elect county sheriffs who will not fall for such propaganda nor go along with oppressive federal agendas. Elect city council members who will not tolerate such behavior by their city police department. Elect state representatives who will hold state agencies accountable for participating in such tactics. Bring these issues up during elections, demand a public statement on their position on such propaganda and a promise to stand against these efforts while in office.

Second, get to know your local law enforcement officers. It is much more difficult for DHS to brainwash officers against people they personally know. When you are viewed as a neighbor, friend or fellow Christian, these officers are far less likely to submit your name to a terrorist watch list or view you as a potential terrorist. We want local officers to be personally offended when they hear members of their community slandered in such ways.

Third, always be friendly and courteous when speaking to your local officers. Even if that officer has fallen for this propaganda, be sure not to resemble the negative stereotypes labeled to us. After the fifth, sixth or maybe tenth time he deals with one of us, he or she may come to realize we are of no threat to law enforcement or anyone for that matter. Eventually, the officer may attend one of these training sessions, hear the propaganda and say to himself, “This isn’t true, I’ve dealt with many people like this, they are God-fearing, liberty loving Americans, they are not the enemy!”

I hope you find this information useful. Please remember that there are many people in law enforcement that have not, and will never, fall for DHS propaganda. Some of the most patriotic defenders of liberty and believers in self-sufficiency can be found in law enforcement. Officers like me will continue to do our part to fight tyranny from within while the general public can do its part by electing liberty-minded candidates to office and educating their friends and neighbors about issues important to all of us.

Congress has ignored the 5th 6th and 7th ammendments to the US Constitution

(Every federal agency under the communist control of the obama regime is expanding their regulatory powers using every method possible to enslave America.

The national defense act of 2012 in section 1031 authorizes the US military to "kidnap" or kill "a person" or ANY US CITIZEN WITHOUT THE INDIVIDYALS OR INDIVIDUAL BEING ALLOWED TO QUESTION OR DEFEND ANYTHING. NO CHARGES, NO TRIAL NO OPPURTUNITY TO CONFRONT THE ACCUSERS.

Section 1031 is worded to explain this is needed in a time of war to detain terrorists in America. This section gives several examples of terrorists.

All these examples can be ignored because the US military CAN "kidnap", not arrest A PERSON or ANY PERSON WITH OUT ANY CHARGES OR TRAIL, and keep them in detention forever.

The communist obama regime specifically request that this ILLEAL UNCONSTITUTIAL mandate be put into the bill.

It allows the federal government and military to indefinitely imprison American citizens without charge or trial, inside or outside of the United States.
Sections 1031 and 1032

This violates the 5th, 6th, 7th Amendment, and the Posse Comitatus Act.

5th Amendment: "No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law"

6th Amendment: The right to a speedy and public trial

7th Amendment: The right of trial by jury) Story Reports

****************************************************************************************

George Russell

Experts take their definition from an Obama Administration executive order of October, 2009, entitled Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance. It defines sustainability in sweeping fashion as the ability “to create and maintain conditions, under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations.”

The major focus of the EPA thinking is a weighty study the agency commissioned last year from the National Academies of Science. Published in August, the study, entitled “Sustainability and the U.S. EPA,” cost nearly $700,000 and involved a team of a dozen outside experts and about half as many National Academies staff.

In an American context, the study says sustainable development “raises questions that are not fully or directly addressed in U.S. law or policy.” Among them: “how to define and control unsustainable patterns of production and consumption and how to encourage the development of sustainable communities, biodiversity protection, clean energy, environmentally sustainable economic development, and climate change controls.”

The experts say they found the legal authority for EPA to foster sustainable development without further congressional approval in the wording of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, or NEPA. The study says the law, the cornerstone of U.S. environmental policy, declared that the “continuing policy of the Federal Government” is to “create and maintain conditions, under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations.”

(In fact, the study quotes selectively from that portion of NEPA. What that section of the Act says in full is that “it is the continuing policy of the Federal Government, in cooperation with State and local governments, and other concerned public and private organizations, to use all practicable means and measures, including financial and technical assistance, in a manner calculated to foster and promote the general welfare, to create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony, and fulfill the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations of Americans.)

The study offers up new tools for EPA to do the job. As opposed to environmental impact assessment, the study encourages the use of “sustainability impact assessment” in the evaluation of the hundreds and thousands of projects that come under EPA scrutiny to see whether they are moving in the proper direction

“Environmental impact assessment tends to focus primarily on the projected environmental effects of a particular action and alternatives to that action,” the study says.

Sustainability impact assessment examines “the probable effects of a particular project or proposal on the social, environmental, and economic pillars of sustainability”—a greatly expanded approach.

One outcome: “The culture change being proposed here will require EPA to conduct an expanding number of assessments.”

As a result, “The agency can become more anticipatory, making greater use of new science and of forecasting.”

The catch, the study recognizes, is that under the new approach the EPA becomes more involved than ever in predicting the future.

“Forecasting is unavoidable when dealing with sustainability, but our ability to do forecasting is limited,” the document says.

One forecast it is safe to make: the study shows whatever else the new sustainability mission does for EPA, it aims to be a much, much more important—and powerful-- federal agency than it is, even now.

.......................................................................................

(Every federal agency under the communist control of the obama regime is expanding their regulatory powers using every method possible to enslave America.

The national defense act of 2012 in section 1031 authorizes the US military to "kidnap" or kill "a person" or ANY US CITIZEN WITHOUT THE INDIVIDYALS OR INDIVIDUAL BEING ALLOWED TO QUESTION OR DEFEND ANYTHING. NO CHARGES, NO TRIAL NO OPPURTUNITY TO CONFRONT THE ACCUSERS.

Section 1031 is worded to explain this is needed in a time of war to detain terrorists in America. This section gives several examples of terrorists.

All these examples can be ignored because the US military CAN "kidnap", not arrest A PERSON or ANY PERSON WITH OUT ANY CHARGES OR TRAIL, and keep them in detention forever.

The communist obama regime specifically request that this ILLEAL UNCONSTITUTIAL mandate be put into the bill.

It allows the federal government and military to indefinitely imprison American citizens without charge or trial, inside or outside of the United States.
Sections 1031 and 1032

This violates the 5th, 6th, 7th Amendment, and the Posse Comitatus Act.

5th Amendment: "No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law"

6th Amendment: The right to a speedy and public trial

7th Amendment: The right of trial by jury) Story Reports

Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death Patrick Henry

(At Least 72 FEMA Camps Are Ready To Put You Into Detention Now.)

(Section 1031 of the NDAA of 2012 authorizes the military to hold or imprison ANY PERSON in the United States without a trial or arrest warrant. This means it doesn't matter if you are accused of being a terrorist or anything else. Because the Military can KIDNAP you and not arrest you means you can be KIDNAPPED by the military for ANY REASON at ANY TIME and detained/held/killed for ANY REASON.

Section 1031 list various reasons for the authorization of military force. The reasons don't matter because the military does not have to give you an American Citizen ANY REASON FOR YOUR BEING KIDNAPPED BY THE MILITARY!!!!!!!!!

Do you understand now?

You will only understand if you are not slowly boilng in a pot like a frog. The frog doesn't perceive the imminent danger of his demise. The frog can be equated to an American who only watches and listens to the state run media cnn,nbc,cbs,abc,pbs etc. He is not aware of any danger. Think "out of the POT!") Story Reports

FEMA Concentration Camps: Locations and Executive Orders

http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifThe National Defense Act Also Authorizes Americans To Be Held In FEMA Camps Listen To This Radio Show Explaining What Congress Is Doing To Turn America Into A Police State!

*****************************************************************************************
Beware of Homeland Security Training for Local Law Enforcement, by An Insider

By James Wesley, Rawles

Beware of Homeland Security Training for Local Law Enforcement, by An Insider
*****************************************************************************************

I’ve been in law enforcement for the past 18 years. I have attended a variety of training over those years. During the 1990s, most training I attended was community-oriented, sponsored by local agencies or private companies specializing in police training. Themes common to training of the past included topics such as Constitutional rights, community partnerships, youth-oriented programs and problem-oriented policing.

During the past several years, I have witnessed a dramatic shift in the focus of law enforcement training. Law enforcement courses have moved away from a local community focus to a federally dominated model of complete social control. Most training I have attended over the past two years have been sponsored by Department of Homeland Security (DHS), namely the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

No matter what topic the training session concerns, every DHS sponsored course I have attended over the past few years never fails to branch off into warnings about potential domestic terrorists in the community. While this may sound like a valid officer and community safety issue, you may be disturbed to learn how our Federal government describes a typical domestic terrorist.

These federal trainers describe the dangers of “extremists” and “militia groups” roaming the community and hiding in plain sight, ready to attack. Officers are instructed how to recognize these domestic terrorists by their behavior, views and common characteristics. State data bases are kept to track suspected domestic terrorists and officers are instructed on reporting procedures to state and federal agencies. The state I work in, like many others, have what is known as a “fusion center” that compiles a watch list of suspicious people.

So how does a person qualify as a potential domestic terrorist? Based on the training I have attended, here are characteristics that qualify:

Expressions of libertarian philosophies (statements, bumper stickers)
Second Amendment-oriented views (NRA or gun club membership, holding a CCW permit)
Survivalist literature (fictional books such as “Patriots” and “One Second After”)
Self-sufficiency (stockpiling food, ammo, hand tools, medical supplies)
Fear of economic collapse (buying gold and barter items)
Religious views concerning the book of Revelation (apocalypse, anti-Christ)
Expressed fears of Big Brother or big government
Homeschooling
Declarations of Constitutional rights and civil liberties
Belief in a New World Order conspiracy

(I would say that many people have the above "characteristics". I exercise my right to freedom of speech. I am a member of the NRA. I have read survivalist literature and have watched some survivalist shows on tv. I believe in storing up some supplies for a rainy day. An obama communist socialist economic collapse is comming. I believe the bible. I have expressed my destain for what congress has done. I know home schooling is good for children. I have quoted the US Constitution. I do think there is a new world order on the way thanks to the evil members of various factions. So do i qualify?) Story Reports

A recent training session I attended encouraged law enforcement agencies to work with business owners to alert police when customers appear to be stockpiling items. An example was given that a federal agent was monitoring customers at a well known hunting and fishing retail outlet and noting who was purchasing certain items.

This is something to remember the next time you purchase a case of ammo at one of these popular outdoor sports retail stores.

NOTE:

Methods of developing evidence of terrorist activity from virtually any search have also been discussed. Various common materials which may be associated with homemade explosives are listed, such as lengths of pipe, gunpowder, matches, flammable liquids and fireworks. Officers are told when these items are found, they can be listed as “bomb making materials”.

The training even goes so far as to instruct officers that the items are cleverly disguised as legitimate, such as gasoline stored near a lawn mower, pipes stored in a shop building or gunpowder stored with reloading materials.

(Is there any doubt now that the obama regime is trying to set you up for a military "kidnapping" as he has requested in the NDAA of 2012? Obama is cleverly disguised as an American citizen but he is not. Obama himself has been painted as a legitimate president but he is not.) Story Reports

One course I attended used the example of a person employed as a plumber being the target of a search warrant. In this example, the officers were told how to use his employment as a plumber as further evidence of terrorism. The suspect’s employment would be described as an elaborate scheme to justify possessing pipes and chemicals so as to have bomb making materials readily available. Based on this example, all plumbers are potential pipe bomb makers. All gun dealers are plotting to provide arms to gangs or terrorists. All pest control companies are preparing mass poisonings.

By using this logic, simply having the ability to do something criminal automatically makes the person guilty of plotting the crime. With all the various methods of manufacturing methamphetamine, it would also be easy to claim that a disassembled clandestine drug lab was located during the search. In other words, it is easy to frame anyone for possessing bomb making materials (or other crimes) if the officer knows what items to list in the report and how to link these items to terrorism.

Another common tactic used in DHS sponsored training is the slander of certain ideologies by linking an erroneous characteristic to a particular group.

These groups hold the anniversaries of certain dates as significant such a Ruby Ridge, Waco and Hitler’s birthday
They oppose abortion, support gun rights and are affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan
They are fearful of big government, espouse support for the Constitution and want to kill police officers
These groups collect firearms, survivalist books and explosives
These extremists read books such as Patriots, One Second After and The Anarchist Cookbook
They are religious zealots, reading the book of Revelation, speak of the second coming of Christ and plan mass murders to summon the end of the world
These people grow their own food, raise livestock and plot attacks on commercial food production facilities

Do you see how this tactic works? List common characteristics of libertarian/conservative minded people, then throw in a slanderous accusation. If A and B apply, then you should automatically presume C applies as well.

If they were disturbed by the incidents at Ruby Ridge and Waco, then obviously they must celebrate Hitler’s birthday. Officers are being conditioned to assume criminal and terroristic views when politically-incorrect views are observed. As simple-minded and ridiculous as this line of thinking is, there are some officers who unfortunately buy into this.

(A Politically incorrect view would be to indicate obama is not a US citizen.) Story reports

Another training session I attended two years ago discussed the dangerous of people who have strong views of the U.S. Constitution. One trainer made the statement that “these people actually believe the Second Amendment gives them the personal right to own a gun.” Of course, the trainer failed to mention that our Founding Fathers, as well as recent Supreme Court rulings, verify this view as being completely accurate. The obvious attempt here was to suggest to officers that the Second Amendment does not apply to individual gun ownership and to be suspicious of anyone who holds such a view.

It was also stressed to be cautious of anyone who quotes the Constitution and even worse, actually possesses a copy of this radical document.

Incredibly, in the United States of America today belief in our founding legal principles is now grounds for being labeled a domestic terrorism.

Imagine how they would respond to some of the known statements of Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry or George Mason concerning the issue of individual liberty and limited government. It is true that one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.

There are several things that we, the patriotic, self-sufficient defenders of liberty can do to counter this effort. First, get involved in local elections. Elect county sheriffs who will not fall for such propaganda nor go along with oppressive federal agendas. Elect city council members who will not tolerate such behavior by their city police department. Elect state representatives who will hold state agencies accountable for participating in such tactics. Bring these issues up during elections, demand a public statement on their position on such propaganda and a promise to stand against these efforts while in office.

Second, get to know your local law enforcement officers. It is much more difficult for DHS to brainwash officers against people they personally know. When you are viewed as a neighbor, friend or fellow Christian, these officers are far less likely to submit your name to a terrorist watch list or view you as a potential terrorist. We want local officers to be personally offended when they hear members of their community slandered in such ways.

Third, always be friendly and courteous when speaking to your local officers. Even if that officer has fallen for this propaganda, be sure not to resemble the negative stereotypes labeled to us. After the fifth, sixth or maybe tenth time he deals with one of us, he or she may come to realize we are of no threat to law enforcement or anyone for that matter. Eventually, the officer may attend one of these training sessions, hear the propaganda and say to himself, “This isn’t true, I’ve dealt with many people like this, they are God-fearing, liberty loving Americans, they are not the enemy!”

Please remember that there are many people in law enforcement that have not, and will never, fall for DHS propaganda. Some of the most patriotic defenders of liberty and believers in self-sufficiency can be found in law enforcement.

The general public can do its part by electing liberty-minded candidates to office and educating their friends and neighbors about issues important to all of us.

(I would add don't be silenced by the threat of being labeled by the federal government if you speak out about the corruption that is taking place in the ferederal government.

Do continue to be aware and make others aware of the federal governments efforts to take away your freedoms and ignore the US Constitution.) Story Reports

Remember what Patrick Henry said: "I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"

"There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable--and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come."

Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death Patrick Henry

FEMA Camps: Seeking Contractors and Personnel to Staff and Confine
***************************************************************************************

For years, America’s crept closer to totalitarian rule. Notably, the 1996 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act eased surveillance and death penalty restrictions, eroded habeas protection, and smoothed the way for repressive measures to follow.

Post-9/11, they proliferated. Constitutional protections have been systematically eliminated. FY 2012 NDAA provisions destroy fundamental Bill of Rights ones, including Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment due process rights.

The Fifth Amendment says, “No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury..”

Moreover, no one shall “be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb….be compelled (to bear) witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law….”

The Fourteenth Amendment says, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are” US citizens.

“No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of (US) citizens..nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law….”

Overall, America’s Constitution protects against unreasonable, arbitrary, or capricious laws not based on rule of law principles.

Supreme Court rulings affirmed Bill of Rights protections. In November 2008, Justice Anthony Kennedy sided with a majority ruling, saying:

“After carefully considering the relevance of the 10 inviolable rights that comprise the ideological foundation on which our nation is built, the court finds that these basic freedoms remain important for the time being, and should not be overturned.”

“Until such time as it can be definitively proven that citizens no longer require the protections provided by the Bill of Rights, it shall remain the principal legal guidance for the United States of America.”

Under Obama and the 112th Congress, inviolability no longer holds. Tyranny replaced it. America’s no different than other totalitarian states. As a result, no one challenging state power is safe.

Denouncing imperial lawlessness can be criminalized. So can defending right over wrong. Constitutional protections no longer apply.

People power alone can restore them. There’s no other way.

***************************************************************************************

Section 1031 Subtitle D -Detainee Matters

(15) (b) says a covered person ia (A person). You need to be aware that "A person" is any person in outside or inside the United States.

Section 1031 (c) (1) Detention under the law of war without trial

Section 1032 (1) (2) armed forces of the United States shall hold a person described in paragraph (2)

Paragraph (2) covered persons- The requirement in paragraph (1) shall apply to any person whose detention is authorized under section 1031.

(Section 1031 of the NDAA of 2012 authorizes the military to hold or imprison ANY PERSON in the United States without a trial or arrest warrant. This means it doesn't matter if you are accused of being a terrorist or anything else. Because the Military can KIDNAP you and not arrest you means you can be KIDNAPPED by the military for ANY REASON at ANY TIME and detained/held/killed for ANY REASON.

Section 1031 list various reasons for the authorization of military force. The reasons don't matter because the military does not have to give you an American Citizen ANY REASON FOR YOUR BEING KIDNAPPED BY THE MILITARY!!!!!!!!!

Do you understand now?) Story Reports

Martial Law Being Established in America

Martial Law Being Established in America

Presidential Frontrunner Warns Martial Law Being Established in America

Leading GOP candidate Ron Paul has warned in recent interviews that the amendments passed in the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) are not only dangerous, but authorize the establishment of total martial law inside the United States. Not only does the bill, in sections 1031 and 1032, declare the unconstitutional right to detain Americans indefinitely without trial, but it authorizes an Internet offensive and online Pentagon takeover under the pretext of cybersecurity and stopping online piracy.

Yes, America has been declared a battlefield, and average Americans portrayed as potential enemies.

CALL TO ACTION: Help Get This Vital Video Warning Out to All Americans, and Every Patriot Who Can Help Stop This Tyrannical Takeover Before It’s Too Late
Please send this video to all your contacts, friends, families and strangers to warn them that martial law and a total federal takeover is at stake. ONLY YOU can prevent the total destruction of the Constitution, Bill of Rights and American way in this time of global consolidation and rule by a collective of allied bankers, military, industrial and globalist powers.

Info Wars RSS Feed

Alex Jones - 2011-Dec-16, Friday Obama’s NDAA Power Grab vs. Bill of Rights

Obama’s NDAA Power Grab vs. Bill of Rights

Alex Jones - 2011-Dec-16, Friday

Alex Jones - 2011-Dec-16, Friday

The future these Americans will awaken into should they fail to heed the many warnings being shouted out to them was described best by George Orwell in his seminal work 1984 wherein he warned….“People simply disappeared, always during the night. Your name was removed from the registers, every record of everything you had ever done was wiped out, your one-time existence was denied and then forgotten. You were abolished, annihilated: vaporized was the usual word.”

The Total Collapse

voices from across the political spectrum are concerned that the bill opens the door for the military – led by the president as commander in chief – to indefinitely detain American citizens, even within the U.S.

"We're talking about American citizens who can be taken from the United States and sent to a camp at Guantanamo Bay and held indefinitely," explains Rand Paul of Kentucky, one of 13 senators who voted against the bill.

"There are laws on the books right 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. If you are suspected because of these activities, do you want the government to have the ability to send you to Guantanamo Bay for indefinite detention?"

The senator was likely referring to documents released by the Department of Justice in Obama's first year in office listing everyone from returning veterans to pro-life activists to 2nd Amendment advocates as possible "domestic terrorists."

Joining Paul in opposing the bill were unlkely allies Ben Cardin D-Md., Tom Coburn, R-Okla., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Jim DeMint, R-S.C., Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Al Franken, D-Minn., Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Mike Lee, R-Utah, Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Jim Risch, R-Idaho, Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore.

Americans now have the same rights as random enemy combatants in Afghanistan

Americans now have the same rights as random enemy combatants in Afghanistan.

Your government is now treating you as it'd treat a member of the Taliban. Congress has committed treason against the American people.

The media is not telling the public about this bill, which means you have to, before your right to speak out disappears. Tell everyone. This cannot be allowed to stand. This is still the United States of America. And any senator who voted in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act in its current form should be forced to resign from public office immediately.

They've crafted a bill that turns America's military against its own people and suspends habeas corpus.

Up until now, no matter how much (or how little) wealth you had... no matter how much or little education and influence you had... every American was at least guaranteed a freedom from fear: your government could not come in the middle of the night with military non-police forces, without charge, and take you away.

None of us will be safe. You won't be given access to a trial or a lawyer.

Sens. John McCain, Carl Levin, and Lindsey Graham INTENDED for this bill to redefine the US homeland as a "battlefield" (Graham's words, not mine), allowing the revocation of even our most basic civil rights and access to due process.

When the intent is bad, an intentionally vague section of the NDAA can be interpreted by authorities in the worst possible way.

Any US citizen can be considered a "terrorist" or an aid to terroristic activity. Any US citizen who is inconvenient to the US government can be detained and silenced.

Peaceful protesters could be rounded up, dishonestly labeled as potential terrorists or "suspicious," and imprisoned for life without a trial or attorney.

(This is martial law. This is the beginning of an American gestapo. This is the beginning of the end of free speech etc. Martial law suspends the US Constitution.

Every senator and congressman who voted for this bill is a traitor to America and has ignored the US Constitution and its bill of rights.

**************************************************************************************

"We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt,"

(Patrick Henry Could have written this part for the citizens of America that have been ignored by congress and the hoax obama.) Story reports

**************************************************************************************

There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free-- if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending--if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained--we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!

(Patrick Henry Could have written this part for the citizens of America that have been abandoned by congress.) Story reports
**************************************************************************************

Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. The millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable--and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come.

(Patrick Henry Is Talking From The Past Now To All Patriots Who Love Liberty And Freedom) Story Reports
**************************************************************************************
It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace-- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!

I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!

(These words of Patrick Henry would be considered a belligerent act. ALL AMERICANS ARE CONSIDERED "COVERED PERSONS" under this UNCONSTITUTIONAL LAW. Our government has declared war on its own citizens. Our government will arrest its citizens without warrant or trial and send them to a prison camp. What recourse do Americans have? The rule of law providing protection from the government is no longer in effect.) Story Reports

**************************************************************************************
The defense authorization act allows Americans to be arrested on SUSPICION that they are about to perform a terrorist act! This is EXACTLY the same thing that the nazis did in germany! There is NO difference!

Read section 1031 and section 1032 starting on page 359 of this PDF that Allows the US Military to arrest and imprision you without anybody including yourself doing anything about it.

***************************************************************************************
Section 1031
Subtitle D—Detainee Matters (National Defense Act 2012)


5 (b) COVERED PERSONS.—A covered person under
16 this section is any person as follows:
17 (1) A person who planned, authorized, com18
mitted, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred
19 on September 11, 2001, or harbored those respon20
sible for those attacks.
21 (2) A person who was a part of or substantially
22 supported al-Qaeda, the Taliban, or associated forces
23 that are engaged in hostilities against the United
24 States or its coalition partners, including any person
25 who has committed a belligerent act or has directly

1 supported such hostilities in aid of such enemy
2 forces.
3 (c) DISPOSITION UNDER LAW OF WAR.—The dis4
position of a person under the law of war as described
5 in subsection (a) may include the following:
6 (1) Detention under the law of war without
7 trial until the end of the hostilities authorized by the
8 Authorization for Use of Military Force.
9 (2) Trial under chapter 47A of title 10, United
10 States Code (as amended by the Military Commis11
sions Act of 2009 (title XVIII of Public Law 111–
12 84)).
13 (3) Transfer for trial by an alternative court or
14 competent tribunal having lawful jurisdiction.
15 (4) Transfer to the custody or control of the
16 person’s country of origin, any other foreign coun17
try, or any other foreign entity.
18 (d) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section is in19
tended to limit or expand the authority of the President
20 or the scope of the Authorization for Use of Military
21 Force.
22 (e) REQUIREMENT FOR BRIEFINGS OF CONGRESS.—
23 The Secretary of Defense shall regularly brief Congress
24 regarding the application of the authority described in this
25 section, including the organizations, entities, and individ-
VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:53 Nov 16, 2011 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00360 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1867.PCS S1867 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
361
•S 1867 PCS
1 uals considered to be ‘‘covered persons’’ for purposes of
2 subsection (b)(2).


**************************************************************************************

I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! Patrick Henry

National Defense Act For 2012 Will Nullify The Bill Of Rights

The US military can arrest Americans at any time without an arrest warrant or trial because obama has requested this nullification of the bill of rights.

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 Allows US Military To Arrest And Detain American Citizens

Section 1031 of the National Defense Authorization Act (S.1867/H.R.1540) as currently worded (see text below) authorizes the President to use Military Force to detain indefinitely and without trial persons who engage in belligerent acts or are part of or support forces engaged in "hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners":

In summary, once the NDAA becomes law a US citizen on US soil can lawfully be detained or killed by the US military if the military believes that citizen to be a terrorist affiliated with Al Qaeda or its allies.

The National Defense Authorization Act is unconstitutional.

It allows the federal government and military to indefinitely imprison American citizens without charge or trial, inside or outside of the United States.
Sections 1031 and 1032

This violates the 5th, 6th, 7th Amendment, and the Posse Comitatus Act.

5th Amendment: "No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law"

6th Amendment: The right to a speedy and public trial

7th Amendment: The right of trial by jury

The Founding Fathers warned about this. James Madison said that "if tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be under the guise of fighting a foreign enemy".

Benjamin Franklin advised us to be against security measures such as these, when he said "those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

[In case they say it doesn't apply to Americans]: The bill is misleadingly structured in a way that it appears American citizens are exempt from it. There is an exemption for Americans from the mandatory detention requirement (Section 1032), but no exemption for Americans from the authorization to use the military to indefinitely detain people without charge or trial (Section 1031).

Read section 1031 and section 1032 starting on page 359 of this PDF that Allows the US Military to arrest and imprision you without anybody including yourself doing anything about it.

(This section 1031 does NOT exempt US citizens from arrest and detention in the camps the US government has prepared. Like all laws it is confusing but know this: anybody that tells you the US military can't take you away without at any time for any reason is full of sh-it! This includes anybody in the military that tells you otherwise.) Story Reports

Subtitle D—Detainee Matters
4 SEC. 1031. AFFIRMATION OF AUTHORITY OF THE ARMED
5 FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES TO DETAIN
6 COVERED PERSONS PURSUANT TO THE AU7
THORIZATION FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE.
8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Congress affirms that the author9
ity of the President to use all necessary and appropriate
10 force pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military
11 Force (Public Law 107–40) includes the authority for the
12 Armed Forces of the United States to detain covered per13
sons (as defined in subsection (b)) pending disposition
14 under the law of war.
15 (b) COVERED PERSONS.—A covered person under
16 this section is any person as follows:
17 (1) A person who planned, authorized, com18
mitted, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred
19 on September 11, 2001, or harbored those respon20
sible for those attacks.
21 (2) A person who was a part of or substantially
22 supported al-Qaeda, the Taliban, or associated forces
23 that are engaged in hostilities against the United
24 States or its coalition partners, including any person
25 who has committed a belligerent act or has directly
VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:53 Nov 16, 2011 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00359 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1867.PCS S1867 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
360
•S 1867 PCS
1 supported such hostilities in aid of such enemy
2 forces.
3 (c) DISPOSITION UNDER LAW OF WAR.—The dis4
position of a person under the law of war as described
5 in subsection (a) may include the following:
6 (1) Detention under the law of war without
7 trial until the end of the hostilities authorized by the
8 Authorization for Use of Military Force.
9 (2) Trial under chapter 47A of title 10, United
10 States Code (as amended by the Military Commis11
sions Act of 2009 (title XVIII of Public Law 111–
12 84)).
13 (3) Transfer for trial by an alternative court or
14 competent tribunal having lawful jurisdiction.
15 (4) Transfer to the custody or control of the
16 person’s country of origin, any other foreign coun17
try, or any other foreign entity.
18 (d) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section is in19
tended to limit or expand the authority of the President
20 or the scope of the Authorization for Use of Military
21 Force.
22 (e) REQUIREMENT FOR BRIEFINGS OF CONGRESS.—
23 The Secretary of Defense shall regularly brief Congress
24 regarding the application of the authority described in this
25 section, including the organizations, entities, and individ-
VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:53 Nov 16, 2011 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00360 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1867.PCS S1867 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
361
•S 1867 PCS
1 uals considered to be ‘‘covered persons’’ for purposes of
2 subsection (b)(2).

(sec 1032 exempts US citizens but The above sec 1031 DOES NOT!!!)


3 SEC. 1032. REQUIREMENT FOR MILITARY CUSTODY.
4 (a) CUSTODY PENDING DISPOSITION UNDER LAW OF
5 WAR.—
6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para7
graph (4), the Armed Forces of the United States
8 shall hold a person described in paragraph (2) who
9 is captured in the course of hostilities authorized by
10 the Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public
11 Law 107–40) in military custody pending disposition
12 under the law of war.
13 (2) COVERED PERSONS.—The requirement in
14 paragraph (1) shall apply to any person whose de15
tention is authorized under section 1031 who is de16
termined—
17 (A) to be a member of, or part of, al-
18 Qaeda or an associated force that acts in co19
ordination with or pursuant to the direction of
20 al-Qaeda; and
21 (B) to have participated in the course of
22 planning or carrying out an attack or attempted
23 attack against the United States or its coalition
24 partners.
VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:53 Nov 16, 2011 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00361 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1867.PCS S1867 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
362
•S 1867 PCS
1 (3) DISPOSITION UNDER LAW OF WAR.—For
2 purposes of this subsection, the disposition of a per3
son under the law of war has the meaning given in
4 section 1031(c), except that no transfer otherwise
5 described in paragraph (4) of that section shall be
6 made unless consistent with the requirements of sec7
tion 1033.
8 (4) WAIVER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY.—The
9 Secretary of Defense may, in consultation with the
10 Secretary of State and the Director of National In11
telligence, waive the requirement of paragraph (1) if
12 the Secretary submits to Congress a certification in
13 writing that such a waiver is in the national security
14 interests of the United States.
15 (b) APPLICABILITY TO UNITED STATES CITIZENS
16 AND LAWFUL RESIDENT ALIENS.—
17 (1) UNITED STATES CITIZENS.—The require18
ment to detain a person in military custody under
19 this section does not extend to citizens of the United
20 States.
21 (2) LAWFUL RESIDENT ALIENS.—The require22
ment to detain a person in military custody under
23 this section does not extend to a lawful resident
24 alien of the United States on the basis of conduct
25 taking place within the United States, except to the
VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:53 Nov 16, 2011 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00362 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1867.PCS S1867 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
363
•S 1867 PCS
1 extent permitted by the Constitution of the United
2 States.
3 (c) IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURES.—
4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after
5 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President
6 shall issue, and submit to Congress, procedures for
7 implementing this section.
8 (2) ELEMENTS.—The procedures for imple9
menting this section shall include, but not be limited
10 to, procedures as follows:
11 (A) Procedures designating the persons au12
thorized to make determinations under sub13
section (a)(2) and the process by which such
14 determinations are to be made.
15 (B) Procedures providing that the require16
ment for military custody under subsection
17 (a)(1) does not require the interruption of ongo18
ing surveillance or intelligence gathering with
19 regard to persons not already in the custody or
20 control of the United States.
21 (C) Procedures providing that a determina22
tion under subsection (a)(2) is not required to
23 be implemented until after the conclusion of an
24 interrogation session which is ongoing at the
25 time the determination is made and does not
VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:53 Nov 16, 2011 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00363 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1867.PCS S1867 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
364
•S




.......................................................................................
National Defense Act Will Nullify The Bill Of Rights

The bill codify into law the indefinite detention without trial of American citizens.

Mainstream news outlets like The Hill, as well as neo-con blogs like Red State, are still pretending the indefinite detention provision doesn’t apply to American citizens, even though three of the bill’s primary sponsors, Senator Carl Levin, Senator John McCain, and Senator Lindsey Graham, said it does during speeches on the Senate floor.

Sen Comrad Carl Levin said last week, it was the White House itself that demanded Section 1031 apply to American citizens.

“The language which precluded the application of Section 1031 to American citizens was in the bill that we originally approved…and the administration asked us to remove the language which says that U.S. citizens and lawful residents would not be subject to this section,” said Levin, Chairman of the Armed Services Committee.

Senator McCain also told Rand Paul during a hearing on the bill that American citizens could be declared an enemy combatant, sent to Guantanamo Bay and detained indefinitely,

“no matter who they are.”

Inside the 682 pages of the, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (NDAA), the Bill under the title 'Detainee Matters' in section 1031 and 1032, Congress has essentially given the Department of Defense the explicit power to take civilians into military custody and to indefinitely detain people suspected of terrorism activities with no charges or trial.

Codifying indefinite military detention into law is one of the most egregious developments since the passage of the PATRIOT Act in 2001.

A close read of the relevant sections means that all control would be taken out of the hands of civilian-controlled judicial system, and placed into the secretive and unaccountable domains of the American military.

(This in effect is a military take over of the judicial system. Martial Law has been legialized by this bill.) story Reports

Until now, the Department of Justice, the state and local law enforcement agencies have had the primary responsibility and the appropriate training to enforce anti-terrorism laws within the United States. The NDAA would, in the case of many civilian suspects, remove these entities from the process of investigation, arrest, criminal prosecution, and imprisonment and cede such powers over to the military.

Section 1031 of S. 1253 would be the first time in more than 60 years that our so-called representatives in Washington would allow indefinite detention of American citizens, with no charges or trial without Congressional authorization.

The US Senate has thus acted to render irrelevant the essence of our legal and judicial foundation: habeas corpus. According to Article I of the Constitution, it is a judicial mandate that requires that a prisoner be brought before the court to determine whether the government has the right to continue detaining them. The individual being held or their representative can petition the court for such a writ.

The current Senate bill has in effect endorsed the notion that the government can do whatever it likes to any citizen, it merely suspects individuals of being involved in terrorism. And since the so-called war on terrorism is an open-ended war and knows no geographical demarcations, the entire framework of the constitution could disappear through a sinkhole.

Do not be surprised when a terrorist attack is committed or is imminent, our government would authorize soldiers to break into our homes undeterred, round up any citizens the government deems suspicious, and deny them any recourse. We used to condemn countries for engaging in these practices against their own citizens. And now here we are doing it in these United States.

In section 1031(b) (2), there is not a requirement for a civilian judge to issue a warrant. So it appears this legislation directly violates the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution with regard to those rights which are inalienable, according to the Declaration of Independence, and should be inviolate as your birthright as an American citizen.

Also, despite the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of a right to trial, the Senate bill would let the government lock up any citizen it swears is a terrorist, without the burden of proving its case to an independent judge, and for the lifespan of an amorphous war that conceivably will never end.

Don’t be confused by anyone claiming that the indefinite detention legislation does not apply to American citizens. It does. There is an exemption for American citizens from the mandatory detention requirement (section 1032 of the bill), but no exemption for American citizens from the authorization to use the military to indefinitely detain people without charge or trial (section 1031 of the bill).

So, the result is that, under the bill, the military has the power to indefinitely imprison American citizens, but it does not have to use its power unless ordered to do so.

Under questioning from Rand Paul, another co-sponsor – John McCain – said that Americans suspected of terrorism could not only be indefinitely detained, but could be sent to Guantanamo:

The Indefinite Detention Bill DOES Apply to American Citizens on U.S. Soil

A National Defense Act or how to undermine the US Constitution?

........................................................................................
(Who is responsible for America being changed into a police state? The congress who crafted the defense act of 2012 and obama.

Who is responsible for their own personal self defense? You and me.

This unconstitutional law allows the military to act like the nazi gestopo.

.......................................................................................
The Nazi Police State was to ensure that everybody did as they were told - or paid the price. The Nazi Police were controlled by Heinrich Himmler and his feared secret police - the Gestapo - did as it pleased in Nazi Germany.

A substantial number of Germans did not support Hitler and the Nazis. These people were likely to be a constant thorn for Hitler unless they were dealt with. For these people, the Nazis developed a policy of intimidation. Fear became a by-word for those who did not support Hitler. The wrong comment overheard by a Nazi official could have very serious consequences.

Hitler’s police state worked on the rule that if you said nothing, no harm, could come to you. If you had doubts about the way the country was going, you kept them to yourself - or paid the price. As nearly 17 million people had not voted for either the Nazis or the Nationalist in March 1933, a large and visible police force was required to keep this sizeable group under observation and control.

(The defense authorization act allows a large and visible force, US military, to keep US citizens under obervation and control just like hitler's gestapo did in germany. ) Story Reports

In Nazi Germany the police were allowed to arrest people on suspicion that they were about to do wrong. This gave the police huge powers.

(The defense authorization act allows Americans to be arrested on SUSPICION that they are about to perform a terrorist act! This is EXACTLY the same thing that the nazis did in germany! There is NO difference!) Story Reports

All local police units had to draw up a list of people in their locality who might be suspected of being "Enemies of the State". This list was given to the Gestapo - the Secret Police. The Gestapo had the power to do as it liked. Its leader - Reinhard Heydrich - was one of the most feared man in Nazi Germany. His immediate chief was Heinrich Himmler. Both men ran their respective branches with ruthless efficiency.

Those arrested by either the police or the Gestapo had less than three minutes to pack clothing and say their goodbyes. Once arrested, they were sent to the nearest police cell. Those in custody were told to sign Form D-11; this was an "Order For Protective Custody". By signing this, you agreed to go to prison.

Those who did not sign it were beaten until they did or officers simply forged their signature. Once a D-11 was signed, you were sent to a concentration camp. How long you stayed here depended on the authorities. The usual rule of thumb was whether it was felt that you had learned your lesson (even if there had not been one to learn) and would behave in an acceptable manner once outside of prison.

The concentration camps were deliberately barbaric. Before 1939, deaths in them occurred but they were not common. The idea was that anybody who had been in one, once released, would ‘advertise’ the fact that they were not places where people wanted to go. This was another way of ensuring that people kept their ideas to themselves.

The concentration camps were run by men who could disguise their violent nature simply because they wore a uniform.

The Nazi Police State

(Wearing a uniform and being in the US military does not allow any military man or woman to follow an unlawful order. Congress and obama will give the US military and UNLAWFUL order to arrest and detain Americans on the mere SUSPICIAN of "terrorisim" or anything else this unconstitutional law allows!) Story Reports

Who would get arrested?

The list was intentionally expansive. Anybody considered to be a political threat was arrested;

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

(I talked with an army first sgt today. I told him about this bill and what it would do. His answer was only terrorists would be arrested and they should be. He said if an American citizen is arrested because of suspected terrorism related acts he should be. He was speaking of any an all Americans.

I told him this bill is unconstitutional because it does not allow any court to review what the government does. I told him that he could be arrested simply because the military wants to arrest him. I said this kills the bill of rights for all Ameicans.

The army first sgt response was that I was full of sh-t because I though the US government and military would arrest anybody but a terrorist.

This is the mind of one army military person. Ignorance and stupidity.

Because of this man's willful ignorance of the Constitution and law he has sworn to uphold we as Americans are at risk of being arrested by military people like him who fully and totally trust the government without reserve.

He if asked will act just like the nazi gestapo police to dutifully arrest and detain any INNOCENT American.) Story Reports