Monthly Archives: December 2012

Indefinite Detention Without Trial: Completely Unconstitutional, Yet Routine

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“Seattle residents Matt Duran and Katherine Olejnik have been imprisoned in the SeaTac Federal Detention Center for weeks.  Neither of them has been indicted, arraigned, or even arrested for a crime. They have been imprisoned for civil contempt by a federal prosecutor for refusing to answer personal questions during a secretive grand jury investigation of other people in the Occupy movement.  Olejnik exercised her constitutionally protected right to remain silent. That is why she was sent to prison on the orders of U.S. District Judge Richard A. Jones. Duran’s case is nearly identical. They may remain in prison until 2014.”

http://prolibertate.us/index.php/indefinite-detention-without-trial-completely?blog=7

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Records show FBI monitored ‘Anarchist’ Occupy Wall Street protests

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“Newly-released records show the Federal Bureau of Investigations used counter-intelligence measures to monitor several Occupy Wall Street protests, at times labeling their actions as ‘Anarchist’ and investigating them as potential domestic terrorists.  The documents, which were obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund in redacted form, show that the bureau began monitoring the movement as early as August 2011, when Occupy was establishing itself in Zuccotti Park in New York City. The fund’s director, Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, said the findings prove authorities overstepped their bounds in gathering information against lawful protesters.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/25/records-show-fbi-monitored-anarchist-occupy-wall-street-protests/

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U.S. Passport as Instrument of Control

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“Career civil servant Ruth B. Shipley acted as chief of the Passport Division of the U.S. State Department from 1928 to 1955. Shipley personally reviewed every passport application, and prior to 1958 Supreme Court decision, her actions were subject to no judicial review. Shipley denied passports to Paul Robeson, Arthur Miller, Linus Pauling, and ‘many other’ Americans during the 1950s. Kahn’s article explores how Shipley acquired such power and how the US passport became an instrument to prevent rather than permit travel.”

http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2012/12/24/u-s-passport-as-instrument-of-control/

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Iran to citizens: avoid U.S. travel due to ‘targeted Iranophobia’

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“Iran has issued a travel warning to its citizens against visiting arch-foe the United States, an official said, after the death of an Iranian national reportedly following a grilling by US customs officials.  ‘Iranian citizens are advised to avoid non-essential travels to the US and, in case of visit, to exercise maximum caution,’ foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said in remarks reported by the ISNA news agency.  The US is a ‘high risk’ destination for Iranian travellers, he said citing a ‘targeted Iranophobia trend in the US and repeated incidents in which Iranian citizens are threatened and arrested there.'”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/24/iran-to-citizens-avoid-u-s-travel-due-to-targeted-iranophobia/

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Democrat Kathy Hochul Plumps for Drones at Niagara Falls Air Base

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“What’s wrong with America? One thing for sure: its government. Here’s one example. There’s an air base in Niagara Falls. It’s a U.S. Air Force base called the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station. It’s run out of mission. It never had a good mission to begin with but that unproductive mission has run out. So now a local member of Congress has worked to get it a new mission, which would be DRONES. This will be approved today in the  Defense Authorization Bill being voted in Congress. Drones and the military in general are one big pork barrel. This is what the U.S. Constitution has wrought by centralizing defense in the federal government.”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/128952.html

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U.K. pays Iraqi torture victims millions in compensation

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“The Ministry of Defence has paid out £14m in compensation and costs to hundreds of Iraqis who complained that they were illegally detained and tortured by British forces during the five-year occupation of the south-east of the country.  Hundreds more claims are in the pipeline as Iraqis become aware that they are able to bring proceedings against the UK authorities in the London courts.  Human rights groups and lawyers representing former prisoners say that the abuse was systemic, with military interrogators and guards responsible for the mistreatment acting in accordance with both their training in the UK and orders issued in Iraq.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/20/u-k-pays-iraqi-torture-victims-millions-in-compensation/

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Egypt approves new constitution with 32.9% voter turnout

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“Egypt’s constitution was passed with 63.8 percent voter support in the two-stage referendum that ended last weekend, the national electoral commission said on Tuesday.  Turnout was 32.9 percent of Egypt’s total 52 million voters, the president of the commission, Samir Abul Maati, told a news conference in Cairo.  The figures confirmed those given by President Mohamed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood, which had backed the new charter.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/25/egypt-approves-new-constitution-with-63-8-support/

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Obama Orders Children Murdered

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“As Obama grandstands and uses the Sandy Hook crisis to, in the words of Eric Holder ‘brainwash the public’ that guns are bad and the cause of violent crime and misery, We decided to show just a few of the documented cases of drone attacks that he personally ordered where children were killed. Drone attack after drone attack you will see the real face of the Globalists. This man does not care about children he cares about disarming the American people to bring in a totalitarian government.”

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U.S. Ready to Offer Mercenaries $10 Billion for a Drug-War Air Force

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“Unsure how your private security firm makes money as the U.S. war in Afghanistan winds down? One option: Go into the drug trade — more specifically, the lucrative business of fighting narcotics. The State Department needs a business partner to keep its fleet of drug-hunting helicopters and planes flying worldwide. You could make up to $10 billion-with-a-B.  Without much publicity, the State Department has built a bespoke air force since the mid-1980s, one that’s stacked with helicopters and heavily reliant on contractors.  From its headquarters at Florida’s Patrick Air Force Base, the State Department directs 51,000 annual hours worth of air operations.”

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/12/diplo-air-force/

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Cannabis For Infant’s Brain Tumor, Doctor Calls Child “A Miracle Baby”

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“Medical marijuana is gaining acceptance, but could it even help kids? Saying he was ‘quite a skeptic 5 or 6 years ago’, Dr. William Courtney continued that ‘my youngest patient is 8 months old, and had a very massive centrally located inoperable brain tumor.’ The child’s father pushed for non-traditional treatment utilizing cannabis.  ‘They were putting cannabinoid oil on the baby’s pacifier twice a day, increasing the dose… And within two months there was a dramatic reduction, enough that the pediatric oncologist allowed them to go ahead with not pursuing traditional therapy.’ The tumor was remarkably reduced after eight months of treatment.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/01/cannabis-for-infants-brai_n_2224898.html

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