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The terrorists have not only won, they are running the administration.
Police State Redux
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DixieDestroyer
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The vermin at the Orwellian TSA continue their totalitarian shakedown of innocent Americans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSQTz1bccL4
TSA Has met the "enemy" and it is US
These half@$$ rent-cops are a total joke. Just like the puppets running the DHS and TSA.
Edited by: DixieDestroyer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSQTz1bccL4
TSA Has met the "enemy" and it is US
These half@$$ rent-cops are a total joke. Just like the puppets running the DHS and TSA.
Edited by: DixieDestroyer
An article entitled "TSA Horror continues to unfold."
http://cofcc.org/2010/11/tsa-horror-continues-to-unfold/
http://cofcc.org/2010/11/tsa-horror-continues-to-unfold/
DixieDestroyer
Hall of Famer
More totalitarian tactics from the Orwellian bulldyke...
Next step for body scanners could be trains, boats, metro
By Jordy Yager - 11/23/10 02:09 PM ET
The next step in tightened security could be on U.S. public transportation, trains and boats.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says terrorists will continue to look for U.S. vulnerabilities, making tighter security standards necessary.
"[Terrorists] are going to continue to probe the system and try to find a way through,"Â Napolitano said in an interview that aired Monday night on "Charlie Rose."
"I think the tighter we get on aviation, we have to also be thinking now about going on to mass transit or to trains or maritime. So, what do we need to be doing to strengthen our protections there?"Â
Napolitano's comments, made a day before one of the nation's busiest travel days, come in the wake of a public outcry over newly implemented airport screening measures that have been criticized for being too invasive.
The secretary has defended the new screening methods, which include advanced imaging systems and pat-downs, as necessary to stopping terrorists. During the interview with Rose, Napolitano said her agency is now looking into ways to make other popular means of travel safer for passengers and commuters.
Napolitano isn't the only one who's suggested that advanced scanning machines could be used in places beyond airports.
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, introduced legislation this past September that would authorize testing of body scanners at some federal buildings.
Napolitano's comments were in response to the question: "What will they [terrorists] be thinking in the future?"Â She gave no details about how soon the public could see changes in security or about what additional safety measures the DHS was entertaining.
The recently implemented airport screening methods have made John Pistole, who heads the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the focus of growing public ire.
On Monday, Pistole said he understood peoples' privacy concerns and that the TSA would consider modifying its screening policies to make them "as minimally invasive as possible,"Â but he indicated the advanced-imaging body scans and pat-down methods would remain in place in the short term, including during the high-volume Thanksgiving period of travel.
Lawmakers from both parties have received hundreds of complaints about the new methods â€" some have likened the pat-downs to groping â€" and have called on Pistole to address the privacy concerns of their constituents, who were not informed about changes ahead of time.
Many lawmakers say the public should have been informed before the pat-downs and body-imaging techniques were put into practice. As a result, any move to implement new security screening measures for rail or water passengers is likely to be met with tough levels of scrutiny from lawmakers.
Pistole, who spent 26 years with the FBI, told reporters Monday that he rejected the advice of media aides who advised him to publicize the revised security measures before they took effect. Terrorist groups have been known to study the TSA's screening methods in an attempt to circumvent them, he said.
Napolitano said she hoped the U.S. could get to a place in the future where Americans would not have to be as guarded against terrorist attacks as they are and that she was actively promoting research into the psychology of how a terrorist becomes radicalized.
"The long-term [question] is, how do we get out of this having to have an ever-increasing security apparatus because of terrorists and a terrorist attack?"Â she said. "I think having a better understanding of what causes someone to become a terrorist will be helpful."
DHS and intelligence officials are not as far along in understanding that process as they would like, Napolitano said, adding that until that goal is reached, steps need to be put in place to ensure the public's safety.
"We don't know much,"Â she said. "If you were to try and devise a template about what connects this terrorist to this terrorist and how they were raised and what schools they went to and their socioeconomic status, or this or that, it's all over the map.
"I think there's some important work that's being done on that but "¦ the Secretary of Homeland Security cannot wait for that."Â
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/130549-next-step-for-body-scanners-could-be-trains-boats-and-the-metro-
Edited by: DixieDestroyer
Next step for body scanners could be trains, boats, metro
By Jordy Yager - 11/23/10 02:09 PM ET
The next step in tightened security could be on U.S. public transportation, trains and boats.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says terrorists will continue to look for U.S. vulnerabilities, making tighter security standards necessary.
"[Terrorists] are going to continue to probe the system and try to find a way through,"Â Napolitano said in an interview that aired Monday night on "Charlie Rose."
"I think the tighter we get on aviation, we have to also be thinking now about going on to mass transit or to trains or maritime. So, what do we need to be doing to strengthen our protections there?"Â
Napolitano's comments, made a day before one of the nation's busiest travel days, come in the wake of a public outcry over newly implemented airport screening measures that have been criticized for being too invasive.
The secretary has defended the new screening methods, which include advanced imaging systems and pat-downs, as necessary to stopping terrorists. During the interview with Rose, Napolitano said her agency is now looking into ways to make other popular means of travel safer for passengers and commuters.
Napolitano isn't the only one who's suggested that advanced scanning machines could be used in places beyond airports.
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, introduced legislation this past September that would authorize testing of body scanners at some federal buildings.
Napolitano's comments were in response to the question: "What will they [terrorists] be thinking in the future?"Â She gave no details about how soon the public could see changes in security or about what additional safety measures the DHS was entertaining.
The recently implemented airport screening methods have made John Pistole, who heads the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the focus of growing public ire.
On Monday, Pistole said he understood peoples' privacy concerns and that the TSA would consider modifying its screening policies to make them "as minimally invasive as possible,"Â but he indicated the advanced-imaging body scans and pat-down methods would remain in place in the short term, including during the high-volume Thanksgiving period of travel.
Lawmakers from both parties have received hundreds of complaints about the new methods â€" some have likened the pat-downs to groping â€" and have called on Pistole to address the privacy concerns of their constituents, who were not informed about changes ahead of time.
Many lawmakers say the public should have been informed before the pat-downs and body-imaging techniques were put into practice. As a result, any move to implement new security screening measures for rail or water passengers is likely to be met with tough levels of scrutiny from lawmakers.
Pistole, who spent 26 years with the FBI, told reporters Monday that he rejected the advice of media aides who advised him to publicize the revised security measures before they took effect. Terrorist groups have been known to study the TSA's screening methods in an attempt to circumvent them, he said.
Napolitano said she hoped the U.S. could get to a place in the future where Americans would not have to be as guarded against terrorist attacks as they are and that she was actively promoting research into the psychology of how a terrorist becomes radicalized.
"The long-term [question] is, how do we get out of this having to have an ever-increasing security apparatus because of terrorists and a terrorist attack?"Â she said. "I think having a better understanding of what causes someone to become a terrorist will be helpful."
DHS and intelligence officials are not as far along in understanding that process as they would like, Napolitano said, adding that until that goal is reached, steps need to be put in place to ensure the public's safety.
"We don't know much,"Â she said. "If you were to try and devise a template about what connects this terrorist to this terrorist and how they were raised and what schools they went to and their socioeconomic status, or this or that, it's all over the map.
"I think there's some important work that's being done on that but "¦ the Secretary of Homeland Security cannot wait for that."Â
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/130549-next-step-for-body-scanners-could-be-trains-boats-and-the-metro-
Edited by: DixieDestroyer
Colonel_Reb
Hall of Famer
I'm sick of this crap, and so are a lot of people. We talked about it in class this week as part of our discussion of politics. Seems as though a lot of people have had enough of this police state BS. I hope the effort to clog up the airports works and gives the NSA workers headaches. As long as we have people like her in positions of authority, you can expect more of this. Just another side effect of our "leadership's" bowing at the alter of the NWO/NWO and probing us to see how far they can push us.
Edited by: Colonel_Reb
Edited by: Colonel_Reb
Like everything in this world, it comes down to money. When enough people stop flying, the powerful Airline lobbyists will coerce the politicians to give the people their right to fly without a naked picture or pat down.Edited by: icsept
LabMan
Mentor
Report from Pittsburgh,Pittsburgh International Airport jam packed with air travelers At 5:00 A.M.!,and this was to be the no fly day to protest TSA tactics!,reports from other airports around the country please guys here at Caste.
An article entitled "'They were staring me up and down': Woman claimed TSA security staff singled her out for her breasts"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1332967/Woman-claimed-TSA-security-staff-singled-breasts.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1332967/Woman-claimed-TSA-security-staff-singled-breasts.html
Jimmy Chitwood
Hall of Famer
Colonel_Reb
Hall of Famer
Big Brother (er Sister), coming to a Walmart near you! Thanks to Dixie Destroyer for sending me these links.
http://drudgereport.com/flash2n.htm
http://www.infowars.com/big-sis-invades-wal-mart-if-you-see-something-say-something/
<tt><tt>Press Office
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Dec. 6, 2010
BIG SIS INVADES WAL-MART: 'IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING'
WASHINGTON -- Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet
Napolitano today announced the expansion of the Department's national
"If You See Something, Say Something"Â campaign to hundreds of Walmart
stores across the countryâ€"launching a new partnership between DHS and
Walmart to help the American public play an active role in ensuring the
safety and security of our nation.
"Homeland security starts with hometown security, and each of us plays a
critical role in keeping our country and communities safe,"Â said
Secretary Napolitano. "I applaud Walmart for joining the ‘If You See
Something, Say Something' campaign. This partnership will help millions
of shoppers across the nation identify and report indicators of
terrorism, crime and other threats to law enforcement authorities."Â
The "If You See Something, Say Something" campaignâ€"originally
implemented by New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority and
funded, in part, by $13 million from DHS' Transit Security Grant
Programâ€"is a simple and effective program to engage the public and key
frontline employees to identify and report indicators of terrorism,
crime and other threats to the proper transportation and law enforcement
authorities.
More than 230 Walmart stores nationwide launched the "If You See
Something, Say Something"Â campaign today, with a total of 588 Walmart
stores in 27 states joining in the coming weeks. A short video message,
available here, will play at select checkout locations to remind
shoppers to contact local law enforcement to report suspicious activity.
Over the past five months, DHS has worked with its federal, state, local
and private sector partners, as well as the Department of Justice, to
expand the "If You See Something, Say Something"Â campaign and Nationwide
SAR Initiative to communities throughout the countryâ€"including the
recent state-wide expansions of the "If You See Something, Say
Something"Â campaign across Minnesota and New Jersey. Partners include
the Mall of America, the American Hotel & Lodging Association,
Amtrak, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, sports and
general aviation industries, and state and local fusion centers across
the country.
In the coming months, the Department will continue to expand the "If You
See Something, Say Something"Â campaign nationally with public education
materials and outreach tools designed to help America's businesses,
communities and citizens remain vigilant and play an active role in
keeping the county safe.
[TUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czoww2l1xdw&feature=player_embedded</tt></tt>[/TUBE]
http://drudgereport.com/flash2n.htm
http://www.infowars.com/big-sis-invades-wal-mart-if-you-see-something-say-something/
<tt><tt>Press Office
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Dec. 6, 2010
BIG SIS INVADES WAL-MART: 'IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING'
WASHINGTON -- Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet
Napolitano today announced the expansion of the Department's national
"If You See Something, Say Something"Â campaign to hundreds of Walmart
stores across the countryâ€"launching a new partnership between DHS and
Walmart to help the American public play an active role in ensuring the
safety and security of our nation.
"Homeland security starts with hometown security, and each of us plays a
critical role in keeping our country and communities safe,"Â said
Secretary Napolitano. "I applaud Walmart for joining the ‘If You See
Something, Say Something' campaign. This partnership will help millions
of shoppers across the nation identify and report indicators of
terrorism, crime and other threats to law enforcement authorities."Â
The "If You See Something, Say Something" campaignâ€"originally
implemented by New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority and
funded, in part, by $13 million from DHS' Transit Security Grant
Programâ€"is a simple and effective program to engage the public and key
frontline employees to identify and report indicators of terrorism,
crime and other threats to the proper transportation and law enforcement
authorities.
More than 230 Walmart stores nationwide launched the "If You See
Something, Say Something"Â campaign today, with a total of 588 Walmart
stores in 27 states joining in the coming weeks. A short video message,
available here, will play at select checkout locations to remind
shoppers to contact local law enforcement to report suspicious activity.
Over the past five months, DHS has worked with its federal, state, local
and private sector partners, as well as the Department of Justice, to
expand the "If You See Something, Say Something"Â campaign and Nationwide
SAR Initiative to communities throughout the countryâ€"including the
recent state-wide expansions of the "If You See Something, Say
Something"Â campaign across Minnesota and New Jersey. Partners include
the Mall of America, the American Hotel & Lodging Association,
Amtrak, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, sports and
general aviation industries, and state and local fusion centers across
the country.
In the coming months, the Department will continue to expand the "If You
See Something, Say Something"Â campaign nationally with public education
materials and outreach tools designed to help America's businesses,
communities and citizens remain vigilant and play an active role in
keeping the county safe.
[TUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czoww2l1xdw&feature=player_embedded</tt></tt>[/TUBE]
DixieDestroyer
Hall of Famer
More shilling for the Orwellian police state from the Globalist vermin of Walmart.
Walmart Interested In Wine Vending Machines..with Breathalyzers
By David Highfield
December 7, 2010 11:04 PM
From angelakdka
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) â€" First Giant Eagle, then Shop ‘n Save and now Walmart is interested in having wine vending machines at several of its stores in our area.
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board says that Walmart has preliminary approval to put the kiosks in stores in North Fayette, North Versailles, Butler, Washington, Belle Vernon, Monaca and New Castle. However, negotiations are still going on and the list could change.
The machines require customers to swipe their driver's license and even give a breathalyzer test before they can choose between more than 50 varieties of wine.
"Why don't they just sell wine like they do in stores instead of using the machine where you put your cards and things in it?"Â asked Betty Menke of Cecil.
Others, though, had concerns over whether it would make it easier for someone to buy wine for people who are underage. Frank from South Fayette said, "I don't think it's a good idea because I think it's too tempting for younger people."Â
Jeff Merritt from Mount Washington had another concern: "At Walmart â€" guns and wine â€" maybe not the best things to have at Walmart."Â
Walmart did not return our call for a comment.
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2010/12/07/walmart-interested-in-wine-vending-machines/
Edited by: DixieDestroyer
Walmart Interested In Wine Vending Machines..with Breathalyzers
By David Highfield
December 7, 2010 11:04 PM
From angelakdka
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) â€" First Giant Eagle, then Shop ‘n Save and now Walmart is interested in having wine vending machines at several of its stores in our area.
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board says that Walmart has preliminary approval to put the kiosks in stores in North Fayette, North Versailles, Butler, Washington, Belle Vernon, Monaca and New Castle. However, negotiations are still going on and the list could change.
The machines require customers to swipe their driver's license and even give a breathalyzer test before they can choose between more than 50 varieties of wine.
"Why don't they just sell wine like they do in stores instead of using the machine where you put your cards and things in it?"Â asked Betty Menke of Cecil.
Others, though, had concerns over whether it would make it easier for someone to buy wine for people who are underage. Frank from South Fayette said, "I don't think it's a good idea because I think it's too tempting for younger people."Â
Jeff Merritt from Mount Washington had another concern: "At Walmart â€" guns and wine â€" maybe not the best things to have at Walmart."Â
Walmart did not return our call for a comment.
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2010/12/07/walmart-interested-in-wine-vending-machines/
Edited by: DixieDestroyer
DixieDestroyer
Hall of Famer
iPhone snitch network launched
Jason Douglass
Infowars.com
December 13, 2010
A new iPhone App with the misleading name ‘PatriotApp' attempts to draw on the power of the patriot movement, turning smartphone users into a gigantic snitch network.
You might think an app with such a patriotic name might have useful functions like a pocket constitution or quotes from our forefathers. But contrary to the services one might expect, this app allows users to report any ‘suspicious' behavior directly linking them with top government agencies.
Much like the new DHS program ‘If you see something, say something' this app is meant to turn average citizens into a network of spies feeding information back to the federal government.
Citizen Concepts, a company formed by insiders from DHS, defines the use of such an app on their homepage:
Citizen Concepts announces the launch of PatriotAppTM, the world's first iPhone application that empowers citizens to assist government agencies in creating safer, cleaner, and more efficient communities via social networking and mobile technology. This app was founded on the belief that citizens can provide the most sophisticated and broad network of eyes and ears necessary to prevent terrorism, crime, environmental negligence, or other malicious behavior.
Simply download, report (including pictures) and submit information to relevant government agencies, employers, or publish incident data to social network tools.
Key Features:
Integrated into Federal Agencies points of contacts
FBI
EPA
GAO
CDC
Custom integration with user employers
Fully integrated with Social Media (Facebook, Twitter)
Multiple menus and data fields
View FBI Most Wanted
Simple graphical user interface
Uses:
Enable citizens to record and communicate:
National Security, Suspicious activities, Crime
Government Waste
Environmental Crime or possible violations
White collar crime
Workplace harassment, discrimination, or other violations
Public Health concerns
PatriotApp encourages active citizen participation in the War on Terror and in protecting their families and surrounding communities.
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An app like this is meant to solidify the climate of fear in which our leaders want us to exist. The threat of terrorism must be palpable in order for the ‘War on Terror' to be justified and to validate all the extreme measures instituted in its name.
iPhone Launches "Snitch" App
Edited by: DixieDestroyer
Jason Douglass
Infowars.com
December 13, 2010
A new iPhone App with the misleading name ‘PatriotApp' attempts to draw on the power of the patriot movement, turning smartphone users into a gigantic snitch network.
You might think an app with such a patriotic name might have useful functions like a pocket constitution or quotes from our forefathers. But contrary to the services one might expect, this app allows users to report any ‘suspicious' behavior directly linking them with top government agencies.
Much like the new DHS program ‘If you see something, say something' this app is meant to turn average citizens into a network of spies feeding information back to the federal government.
Citizen Concepts, a company formed by insiders from DHS, defines the use of such an app on their homepage:
Citizen Concepts announces the launch of PatriotAppTM, the world's first iPhone application that empowers citizens to assist government agencies in creating safer, cleaner, and more efficient communities via social networking and mobile technology. This app was founded on the belief that citizens can provide the most sophisticated and broad network of eyes and ears necessary to prevent terrorism, crime, environmental negligence, or other malicious behavior.
Simply download, report (including pictures) and submit information to relevant government agencies, employers, or publish incident data to social network tools.
Key Features:
Integrated into Federal Agencies points of contacts
FBI
EPA
GAO
CDC
Custom integration with user employers
Fully integrated with Social Media (Facebook, Twitter)
Multiple menus and data fields
View FBI Most Wanted
Simple graphical user interface
Uses:
Enable citizens to record and communicate:
National Security, Suspicious activities, Crime
Government Waste
Environmental Crime or possible violations
White collar crime
Workplace harassment, discrimination, or other violations
Public Health concerns
PatriotApp encourages active citizen participation in the War on Terror and in protecting their families and surrounding communities.
Fresh food that lasts from eFoods Direct (Ad)
An app like this is meant to solidify the climate of fear in which our leaders want us to exist. The threat of terrorism must be palpable in order for the ‘War on Terror' to be justified and to validate all the extreme measures instituted in its name.
iPhone Launches "Snitch" App
Edited by: DixieDestroyer
DixieDestroyer
Hall of Famer
Feds raid the home of pilot critical of TSA...
http://www.news10.net/news/article.aspx?storyid=113529&provider=top&catid=188
Edited by: DixieDestroyer
http://www.news10.net/news/article.aspx?storyid=113529&provider=top&catid=188
Edited by: DixieDestroyer
DixieDestroyer
Hall of Famer
Orwellian DHS expands police-state grid to malls & hotels.
Napolitano Announces Expansion of Gestapo Zones from Airports to Malls and Hotels
Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
December 27, 2010
As we predicted, Homeland Security and national security state officialdom are in the process of expanding the police state and citizen humiliation grid from airports to hotels and shopping malls.
How long before you will be subjected to a virtual strip search before you can buy food or other necessities?
"The United States is stepping up security at ‘soft targets' like hotels and shopping malls, as well as trains and ports, as it counters the evolving Al-Qaeda threat, a top official said Sunday," reports AFP.
"We look at so-called soft targets â€" the hotels, shopping malls, for example â€" all of which we have reached out to in the past year and have done a fair amount of training for their own employees," DHS boss Janet Napolitano said.
Big Sis Napolitano knows the government's "See Something, Say Something"Â program to acclimate citizens to a police and surveillance state designed to rival anything established by East Germany's Stasi is more Big Brotherism.
"It just sounds very Big Brother to me, turning in the next door neighbor."Â CNN's Candy Crowley said to Napolitano during an interview on "State of the Union."Â
"It's not," Napolitano argued. "It depends on the common sense of the American people. I think they have common sense. And it depends on, again "¦ getting through this notion that our safety, our security and the world we live in today is a shared responsibility."Â
For bureaucrat Napolitano, the "common sense"Â of the American people means they will remain timid and apathetic. It means they will not protest and will tolerate going through porno-scanners and having goons stick their hands down their pants before they are allowed to shop at the local mall.
Napolitano defended the ambiguity of the snoop program. She said citizens can figure out for themselves who to snoop on and report to the authorities. Because there is no threat posed by al-Qaeda to the "homeland" Ã¢â‚¬" a word Big Sis used during the interview to refer to the United States â€" the government will receive thousands of calls from people turning in their neighbors for smoking marijuana, disciplining their children, or possessing entirely legal firearms.
"The overall message is everything is objectively better than it was a year ago, particularly in the aviation environment. But we're also looking at addressing other areas,"Â Napolitano said about the plan to turn malls and hotels into Gestapo zones where the Bill of Rights does not exist and citizen-subjects are obliged under threat of violence and $11,000 fines to allow minimum wage goons to stick their hands down their pants.
"And so we have enhanced measures going on at surface transportation, not because we have a specific or credible threat there, but because we know, looking at Madrid and London, that's been another source of targets for terrorists."Â
Evidence largely ignored by the corporate media reveals that the Madrid bombings were an inside job. Two patsies, Jose Emilio Suarez Trashorras and Antonio Toro, were government informants, a fact reported by the New York Times and the Times Online. Trashorras had had the private telephone number of the head of Spain's Civil Guard bomb squad.
In 2005, John Loftus revealed on Fox News that the supposed mastermind of the London bombings, Haroon Rashid Aswat, worked for British intelligence. In 1999, the U.S. Justice Department told prosecutors in Seattle to leave Aswat alone because he was a British intelligence asset.
Napolitano and the government cite the absurd underwear non-bombing as the reason they are aggressively moving the police state from airports to malls and hotels.
"The Detroit Christmas bomber was deliberately and intentionally allowed to keep his US entry visa as the result of a national security override issued by an as yet unknown US intelligence or law-enforcement agency with the goal of blocking the State Department's planned revocation of that visa,"Â Webster Griffin Tarpley wrote in February.
Patrick F. Kennedy, Undersecretary of State for Management, revealed this when he testified before the House Homeland Security Committee on January 27.
The underwear non-bomber "Mutallab was a protected patsy being used by rogue elements of the US intelligence community for the deliberate and intentional creation of a high profile incident with the goal of obtaining a large-scale political effect,"Â argues Tarpley.
The staged event is also providing a pretext to turn malls and hotels into Gestapo zones. It was used earlier this month to promote the government's snitch program.
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It should be obvious where all of this is headed. Following the next staged non-bombing by a clueless patsy, the government will move from malls and hotels into the streets and neighborhoods of America.
How long before you will be subjected to a virtual strip search before you can buy food or other necessities?
http://www.infowars.com/napolitano-announces-expansion-of-gestapo-zones-from-airports-to-malls-and-hotels/
Edited by: DixieDestroyer
Napolitano Announces Expansion of Gestapo Zones from Airports to Malls and Hotels
Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
December 27, 2010
As we predicted, Homeland Security and national security state officialdom are in the process of expanding the police state and citizen humiliation grid from airports to hotels and shopping malls.
How long before you will be subjected to a virtual strip search before you can buy food or other necessities?
"The United States is stepping up security at ‘soft targets' like hotels and shopping malls, as well as trains and ports, as it counters the evolving Al-Qaeda threat, a top official said Sunday," reports AFP.
"We look at so-called soft targets â€" the hotels, shopping malls, for example â€" all of which we have reached out to in the past year and have done a fair amount of training for their own employees," DHS boss Janet Napolitano said.
Big Sis Napolitano knows the government's "See Something, Say Something"Â program to acclimate citizens to a police and surveillance state designed to rival anything established by East Germany's Stasi is more Big Brotherism.
"It just sounds very Big Brother to me, turning in the next door neighbor."Â CNN's Candy Crowley said to Napolitano during an interview on "State of the Union."Â
"It's not," Napolitano argued. "It depends on the common sense of the American people. I think they have common sense. And it depends on, again "¦ getting through this notion that our safety, our security and the world we live in today is a shared responsibility."Â
For bureaucrat Napolitano, the "common sense"Â of the American people means they will remain timid and apathetic. It means they will not protest and will tolerate going through porno-scanners and having goons stick their hands down their pants before they are allowed to shop at the local mall.
Napolitano defended the ambiguity of the snoop program. She said citizens can figure out for themselves who to snoop on and report to the authorities. Because there is no threat posed by al-Qaeda to the "homeland" Ã¢â‚¬" a word Big Sis used during the interview to refer to the United States â€" the government will receive thousands of calls from people turning in their neighbors for smoking marijuana, disciplining their children, or possessing entirely legal firearms.
"The overall message is everything is objectively better than it was a year ago, particularly in the aviation environment. But we're also looking at addressing other areas,"Â Napolitano said about the plan to turn malls and hotels into Gestapo zones where the Bill of Rights does not exist and citizen-subjects are obliged under threat of violence and $11,000 fines to allow minimum wage goons to stick their hands down their pants.
"And so we have enhanced measures going on at surface transportation, not because we have a specific or credible threat there, but because we know, looking at Madrid and London, that's been another source of targets for terrorists."Â
Evidence largely ignored by the corporate media reveals that the Madrid bombings were an inside job. Two patsies, Jose Emilio Suarez Trashorras and Antonio Toro, were government informants, a fact reported by the New York Times and the Times Online. Trashorras had had the private telephone number of the head of Spain's Civil Guard bomb squad.
In 2005, John Loftus revealed on Fox News that the supposed mastermind of the London bombings, Haroon Rashid Aswat, worked for British intelligence. In 1999, the U.S. Justice Department told prosecutors in Seattle to leave Aswat alone because he was a British intelligence asset.
Napolitano and the government cite the absurd underwear non-bombing as the reason they are aggressively moving the police state from airports to malls and hotels.
"The Detroit Christmas bomber was deliberately and intentionally allowed to keep his US entry visa as the result of a national security override issued by an as yet unknown US intelligence or law-enforcement agency with the goal of blocking the State Department's planned revocation of that visa,"Â Webster Griffin Tarpley wrote in February.
Patrick F. Kennedy, Undersecretary of State for Management, revealed this when he testified before the House Homeland Security Committee on January 27.
The underwear non-bomber "Mutallab was a protected patsy being used by rogue elements of the US intelligence community for the deliberate and intentional creation of a high profile incident with the goal of obtaining a large-scale political effect,"Â argues Tarpley.
The staged event is also providing a pretext to turn malls and hotels into Gestapo zones. It was used earlier this month to promote the government's snitch program.
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It should be obvious where all of this is headed. Following the next staged non-bombing by a clueless patsy, the government will move from malls and hotels into the streets and neighborhoods of America.
How long before you will be subjected to a virtual strip search before you can buy food or other necessities?
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Bergen County, NJ police officers are the highest paid in the state and most likely among the highest paid in the country. Some of these cops make 150,000 a year. Want to know what they spend their time doing? Apparently chasing after people for selling caffeinated alcohol. Unbelievable!
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MAHWAH â€" Three women were arrested Tuesday for selling the banned caffeinated alcohol drink Four Loko to an undercover police officer.
Mahwah
detectives posed as college students to buy three cases of Four Loko
through an advertisement on the website Craigslist, according to a press
release Wednesday from Capt. Stephen Jaffe.
"We started to see it around and knew it was off the market since December,"Â Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli said. "It didn't take long before we saw it on Craigslist."Â
The Food and Drug Administration ordered the product off store
shelves as of Dec. 13 because of the dangerous effects the caffeine and
alcohol combination poses for consumers.
"It impacts your system so quickly that there's not enough time to slow down or stop drinking it,"Â Batelli said.
Ramapo College and Fairleigh Dickinson University banned Four
Loko in October after a rash of alcohol-related hospitalizations that
were attributed to the drink.
Mahwah Police on
Tuesday set up a meeting to purchase three cases of Four Loko for $335 â€"
a more than 200 percent mark-up from its retail price. That included a
$47 delivery charge.
The sellers met the undercover officer off Ramapo Valley Road,
near the Ramapo College campus. Once the money was exchanged, detectives
who were monitoring the sale moved in and arrested the two women who
delivered the alcohol: Stephanie Gomez, 21, of South Plainfield and
Johana Gonzalez, 20, of West New York. A third person, Gina Capardi, 23,
of West Caldwell, was arrested later for facilitating the sale over
Craigslist, the telephone and providing the delivery car.
The women were charged with selling an alcoholic beverage
without a state license â€" a fourth-degree crime that is indictable and
carries a maximum sentence of three years in jail, Batelli said.
They were released without bail pending a Jan. 25 municipal court appearance.
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MAHWAH â€" Three
women were arrested Tuesday for selling the banned caffeinated alcohol
drink Four Loko to an undercover police officer.
Mahwah
detectives posed as college students to buy three cases of Four Loko
through an advertisement on the website Craigslist, according to a press
release Wednesday from Capt. Stephen Jaffe.
"We started to see
it around and knew it was off the market since December,"Â Mahwah Police
Chief James Batelli said. "It didn't take long before we saw it on
Craigslist."Â
The Food and Drug Administration ordered the product
off store shelves as of Dec. 13 because of the dangerous effects the
caffeine and alcohol combination poses for consumers.
"It impacts your system so quickly that there's not enough time to slow down or stop drinking it,"Â Batelli said.
Ramapo
College and Fairleigh Dickinson University banned Four Loko in October
after a rash of alcohol-related hospitalizations that were attributed to
the drink.
Mahwah Police on Tuesday set up a meeting to purchase
three cases of Four Loko for $335 â€" a more than 200 percent mark-up
from its retail price. That included a $47 delivery charge.
The
sellers met the undercover officer off Ramapo Valley Road, near the
Ramapo College campus. Once the money was exchanged, detectives who were
monitoring the sale moved in and arrested the two women who delivered
the alcohol: Stephanie Gomez, 21, of South Plainfield and Johana
Gonzalez, 20, of West New York. A third person, Gina Capardi, 23, of
West Caldwell, was arrested later for facilitating the sale over
Craigslist, the telephone and providing the delivery car.
The
women were charged with selling an alcoholic beverage without a state
license â€" a fourth-degree crime that is indictable and carries a maximum
sentence of three years in jail, Batelli said.
They were released without bail pending a Jan. 25 municipal court appearance.
E-mail: priesa@northjersey.com</span>
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MAHWAH â€" Three women were arrested Tuesday for selling the banned caffeinated alcohol drink Four Loko to an undercover police officer.
Mahwah
detectives posed as college students to buy three cases of Four Loko
through an advertisement on the website Craigslist, according to a press
release Wednesday from Capt. Stephen Jaffe.
"We started to see it around and knew it was off the market since December,"Â Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli said. "It didn't take long before we saw it on Craigslist."Â
The Food and Drug Administration ordered the product off store
shelves as of Dec. 13 because of the dangerous effects the caffeine and
alcohol combination poses for consumers.
"It impacts your system so quickly that there's not enough time to slow down or stop drinking it,"Â Batelli said.
Ramapo College and Fairleigh Dickinson University banned Four
Loko in October after a rash of alcohol-related hospitalizations that
were attributed to the drink.
Mahwah Police on
Tuesday set up a meeting to purchase three cases of Four Loko for $335 â€"
a more than 200 percent mark-up from its retail price. That included a
$47 delivery charge.
The sellers met the undercover officer off Ramapo Valley Road,
near the Ramapo College campus. Once the money was exchanged, detectives
who were monitoring the sale moved in and arrested the two women who
delivered the alcohol: Stephanie Gomez, 21, of South Plainfield and
Johana Gonzalez, 20, of West New York. A third person, Gina Capardi, 23,
of West Caldwell, was arrested later for facilitating the sale over
Craigslist, the telephone and providing the delivery car.
The women were charged with selling an alcoholic beverage
without a state license â€" a fourth-degree crime that is indictable and
carries a maximum sentence of three years in jail, Batelli said.
They were released without bail pending a Jan. 25 municipal court appearance.
E-mail: priesa@northjersey.com
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MAHWAH â€" Three
women were arrested Tuesday for selling the banned caffeinated alcohol
drink Four Loko to an undercover police officer.
Mahwah
detectives posed as college students to buy three cases of Four Loko
through an advertisement on the website Craigslist, according to a press
release Wednesday from Capt. Stephen Jaffe.
"We started to see
it around and knew it was off the market since December,"Â Mahwah Police
Chief James Batelli said. "It didn't take long before we saw it on
Craigslist."Â
The Food and Drug Administration ordered the product
off store shelves as of Dec. 13 because of the dangerous effects the
caffeine and alcohol combination poses for consumers.
"It impacts your system so quickly that there's not enough time to slow down or stop drinking it,"Â Batelli said.
Ramapo
College and Fairleigh Dickinson University banned Four Loko in October
after a rash of alcohol-related hospitalizations that were attributed to
the drink.
Mahwah Police on Tuesday set up a meeting to purchase
three cases of Four Loko for $335 â€" a more than 200 percent mark-up
from its retail price. That included a $47 delivery charge.
The
sellers met the undercover officer off Ramapo Valley Road, near the
Ramapo College campus. Once the money was exchanged, detectives who were
monitoring the sale moved in and arrested the two women who delivered
the alcohol: Stephanie Gomez, 21, of South Plainfield and Johana
Gonzalez, 20, of West New York. A third person, Gina Capardi, 23, of
West Caldwell, was arrested later for facilitating the sale over
Craigslist, the telephone and providing the delivery car.
The
women were charged with selling an alcoholic beverage without a state
license â€" a fourth-degree crime that is indictable and carries a maximum
sentence of three years in jail, Batelli said.
They were released without bail pending a Jan. 25 municipal court appearance.
E-mail: priesa@northjersey.com</span>
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Wednesday January 12, 2011, 5:54 PM - mike1212
says:
Can't blame the cops. I'm sure they were jumping
at the opportunity to go undercover at a college to meet girls and drink
four loko and make overtime pay.
Wednesday January 12, 2011, 5:40 PM - HadEnuff
says:
Horaayyyyy...now how 'bout investing that much time, energy and money into busting the heroin dealers?!?!
Wednesday January 12, 2011, 5:01 PM - mike1212
says:
They would be better off driving around and
arresting all the illegals who are shoveling driveways today, for
landscape companies. Those people are more dangerous than girls selling
spiked kool-aid.
Wednesday January 12, 2011, 4:55 PM - treetop
says:
I think it's great these criminals got caught.
They broke the law, got caught and are now paying the price for breaking
the law.It always amazes me how people minimize wrong acts. The police
are doing their job so why criticize the fact they did their job. Kudos
to the Mahwah Police and Lt. Columbo. Great job!
Wednesday January 12, 2011, 4:50 PM - sorry
says:
Was this in the "Want Ad Press"?
Wednesday January 12, 2011, 4:10 PM - Fissile
says:
Wow! The $150K per year cops have so much spare
time on their hands they can arrange sting operations against college
students for selling caffeinated alcohol. I feel so much safer now.
Wednesday January 12, 2011, 4:08 PM - tompaine
says:
Outrageous! $47 bucks for delivery!
Wednesday January 12, 2011, 3:54 PM - modmike
says:
Gee, you would think that with the "Big Buck"
salary they get paid, the Mahawah Police force would have more important
things to do than looking at Craigslist; like solving crimes. Where is
LT. Columbo when you need him?
Wednesday January 12, 2011, 3:40 PM - joeblow122
says:
wow i feel so much safer now that these little monsters are off the street
Wednesday January 12, 2011, 3:39 PM - mike1212
says:
So stupid. It's stupid that this stuff is banned and that the police are wasting their time with this.
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Camden, which is usually the most crime ridden city in the country, lays off half it's police force. Can't wait for the results on this one.
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municipal layoffs destined to further erode the quality of life in
Camden, already one of the nation's most impoverished and crime-ridden
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About 335 workers, representing one-sixth of the
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Redd. It was worst in the public safety departments, where nearly half
the police force and close to one-third of the city's firefighters were
laid off.
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building, picked them back up and started to turn them in along with
their other gear.
"It's one of the worst days in the history of Camden," said Ken Chambers, president of the firefighters </span>union</span></font>.
Redd blamed the public safety employee cuts on their
unions, saying they have not been willing to make job-saving concessions
or accept the reality that the state government will no longer bail out
the city as it has for the past two generations.
"Instead of protecting and serving the city, the
residents of Camden, they're choosing to protect their high salaries,"
she said.
The mayor said she was willing to continue
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Redd said a proposal to the rank-and-file police
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back.
Police officers had begun turning in their badges
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many jobs.
Located directly across the Delaware River from
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related crimes. More than half of Camden's 80,000 residents, mostly
black and Hispanic, live in poverty.
A local pastor says "the fear quotient has been
raised," and a police union took out a full-page newspaper advertisement
last week warning that Camden would become a "living hell" if layoffs
were not averted.
The city was the nation's second-most dangerous based
on 2009 data, according to CQ Press, which compiles such rankings.
Camden ranked first the previous two years. In 2009, the city had 2,380
violent crimes per 100,000 residents â€" more than five times the national
average, the FBI said.
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layoffs in November.
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cities.
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laid off.
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snaking past City Hall, then lined up their helmets in front of the
building, picked them back up and started to turn them in along with
their other gear.
"It's one of the worst days in the history of Camden," said Ken Chambers, president of the firefighters </span>union</span></font>.
Redd blamed the public safety employee cuts on their
unions, saying they have not been willing to make job-saving concessions
or accept the reality that the state government will no longer bail out
the city as it has for the past two generations.
"Instead of protecting and serving the city, the
residents of Camden, they're choosing to protect their high salaries,"
she said.
The mayor said she was willing to continue
negotiating with unions to try to reach cost savings that would allow
the city to bring back some of the laid-off workers.
Redd said a proposal to the rank-and-file police
union, the Fraternal Order of Police, was to be voted on Wednesday. She
would not say exactly what the proposal entailed or how many jobs it
could save. But she said that if the unions agree to concessions, about
100 police officers and most of the firefighters could be brought back.
Chambers said residents should not expect to be safe as the number of fire </span>companies</span></font>
is reduced. He said the union will continue to meet with city officials
to try to reach a deal under which some firefighters could be brought
back.
Police officers had begun turning in their badges
Monday as it became clear that no last-minute deal was going to save
many jobs.
Located directly across the Delaware River from
Philadelphia, Camden is rampant with open drug-dealing, prostitution and
related crimes. More than half of Camden's 80,000 residents, mostly
black and Hispanic, live in poverty.
A local pastor says "the fear quotient has been
raised," and a police union took out a full-page newspaper advertisement
last week warning that Camden would become a "living hell" if layoffs
were not averted.
The city was the nation's second-most dangerous based
on 2009 data, according to CQ Press, which compiles such rankings.
Camden ranked first the previous two years. In 2009, the city had 2,380
violent crimes per 100,000 residents â€" more than five times the national
average, the FBI said.
The anti-crime volunteer group Guardian Angels says
it will patrol Camden, as it has Newark, where there were major police
layoffs in November.
The Fire </span>Department</span></font>
has already been relying on help from volunteer departments in
neighboring towns. Interim Fire Chief David Yates, who retired Jan. 1,
has warned that that layoffs will increase response times.
WA 33 you are seeing one of hundreds of medium to large municipalities go belly up. In about 6 to 8 months it will be a common occurrence. This Congress, if it remains principled will tell states and cities, "you are on your own, the gravy train from the FEDS has stopped, figure it out."
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Imagine that, Camden, NJ, a city with a population of almost entirely black and hispanic, is like a third-world country. I'm sure that it's "whitey's fault" somehow.
DixieDestroyer
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Ah yes, the use of aerial drones for (domestic) police surveillance on us lowly commoners/"slaves to be".
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/22/AR2011012204111.html
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JC, thou hast well stated good sir.
Renewed Push to Give Obama an Internet "Kill Switch"
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., right, Republican Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine,
A controversial bill handing President Obama power over privately owned computer systems during a "national cyberemergency," and prohibiting any review by the court system, will return this year.
Internet companies should not be alarmed by the legislation, first introduced last summer by Sens. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), a Senate aide said last week. Lieberman, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, is chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
"We're not trying to mandate any requirements for the entire Internet, the entire Internet backbone," said Brandon Milhorn, Republican staff director and counsel for the committee.
Instead, Milhorn said at a conference in Washington, D.C., the point of the proposal is to assert governmental control only over those "crucial components that form our nation's critical infrastructure."
Portions of the Lieberman-Collins bill, which was not uniformly well-received when it became public in June 2010, became even more restrictive when a Senate committee approved a modified version on December 15. The full Senate did not act on the measure.
The revised version includes new language saying that the federal government's designation of vital Internet or other computer systems "shall not be subject to judicial review." Another addition expanded the definition of critical infrastructure to include "provider of information technology," and a third authorized the submission of "classified" reports on security vulnerabilities.
The idea of creating what some critics have called an Internet "kill switch" that the president could flip in an emergency is not exactly new.
A draft Senate proposal that CNET obtained in August 2009 authorized the White House to "declare a cybersecurity emergency," and another from Sens. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) would have explicitly given the government the power to "order the disconnection" of certain networks or Web sites. House Democrats have taken a similar approach in their own proposals.
Lieberman, who recently announced he would not seek re-election in 2012, said last year that enactment of his bill needed to be a top congressional priority. "For all of its 'user-friendly' allure, the Internet can also be a dangerous place with electronic pipelines that run directly into everything from our personal bank accounts to key infrastructure to government and industrial secrets," he said.
Civil libertarians and some industry representatives have repeatedly raised concerns about the various proposals to give the executive branch such broad emergency power. On the other hand, as Lieberman and Collins have highlighted before, some companies, including Microsoft, Verizon, and EMC Corporation, have said positive things about the initial version of the bill.
But last month's rewrite that bans courts from reviewing executive branch decrees has given companies new reason to worry. "Judicial review is our main concern," said Steve DelBianco, director of the NetChoice coalition, which includes eBay, Oracle, Verisign, and Yahoo as members. "A designation of critical information infrastructure brings with it huge obligations for upgrades and compliance."
In some cases, DelBianco said, a company may have a "good-faith disagreement" with the government's ruling and would want to seek court review. "The country we're seeking to protect is a country that respects the right of any individual to have their day in court," he said. "Yet this bill would deny that day in court to the owner of infrastructure."
Other industry representatives say it's not clear that lawyers and policy analysts who will inhabit Homeland Security's 4.5 million square-foot headquarters in the southeast corner of the District of Columbia have the expertise to improve the security of servers and networks operated by companies like AT&T, Verizon, Microsoft, and Google. American companies already spend billions of dollars on computer security a year.
"Declaration of National Cyber Emergency"
The revised Lieberman-Collins bill, dubbed the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act, works this way: Homeland Security will "establish and maintain a list of systems or assets that constitute covered critical infrastructure" and that will be subject to emergency decrees. (The term "kill switch" does not appear in the legislation.)
Under the revised legislation, the definition of critical infrastructure has been tightened. DHS is only supposed to place a computer system (including a server, Web site, router, and so on) on the list if it meets three requirements. First, the disruption of the system could cause "severe economic consequences" or worse. Second, that the system "is a component of the national information infrastructure." Third, that the "national information infrastructure is essential to the reliable operation of the system."
At last week's event, Milhorn, the Senate aide, used the example of computers at a nuclear power plant or the Hoover Dam but acknowledged that "the legislation does not foreclose additional requirements, or additional additions to the list."
A company that objects to being subject to the emergency regulations is permitted to appeal to DHS secretary Janet Napolitano. But her decision is final and courts are explicitly prohibited from reviewing it.
President Obama would then have the power to "issue a declaration of a national cyberemergency." What that entails is a little unclear, including whether DHS could pry user information out of Internet companies that it would not normally be entitled to obtain without a court order. One section says they can disclose certain types of noncommunications data if "specifically authorized by law," but a presidential decree may suffice.
"No amount of tightening of what constitutes 'critical infrastructure' will prevent abuse without meaningful judicial review," says Berin Szoka, an analyst at the free-market TechFreedom think tank and editor of The Next Digital Decade book. "Blocking judicial review of this key question essentially says that the rule of law goes out the window if and when a major crisis occurs."
For their part, Lieberman and Collins say the president already has "nearly unchecked authority" to control Internet companies. A 1934 law (PDF) creating the Federal Communications Commission says that in wartime, or if a "state of public peril or disaster or other national emergency" exists, the president may "authorize the use or control of any...station or device."
In congressional testimony (PDF) last year, DHS Deputy Undersecretary Philip Reitinger stopped short of endorsing the Lieberman-Collins bill. The 1934 law already addresses "presidential emergency authorities, and Congress and the administration should work together to identify any needed adjustments to the act," he said, "as opposed to developing overlapping legislation."
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20029302-501465.html
Edited by: DixieDestroyer
Renewed Push to Give Obama an Internet "Kill Switch"
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., right, Republican Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine,
A controversial bill handing President Obama power over privately owned computer systems during a "national cyberemergency," and prohibiting any review by the court system, will return this year.
Internet companies should not be alarmed by the legislation, first introduced last summer by Sens. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), a Senate aide said last week. Lieberman, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, is chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
"We're not trying to mandate any requirements for the entire Internet, the entire Internet backbone," said Brandon Milhorn, Republican staff director and counsel for the committee.
Instead, Milhorn said at a conference in Washington, D.C., the point of the proposal is to assert governmental control only over those "crucial components that form our nation's critical infrastructure."
Portions of the Lieberman-Collins bill, which was not uniformly well-received when it became public in June 2010, became even more restrictive when a Senate committee approved a modified version on December 15. The full Senate did not act on the measure.
The revised version includes new language saying that the federal government's designation of vital Internet or other computer systems "shall not be subject to judicial review." Another addition expanded the definition of critical infrastructure to include "provider of information technology," and a third authorized the submission of "classified" reports on security vulnerabilities.
The idea of creating what some critics have called an Internet "kill switch" that the president could flip in an emergency is not exactly new.
A draft Senate proposal that CNET obtained in August 2009 authorized the White House to "declare a cybersecurity emergency," and another from Sens. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) would have explicitly given the government the power to "order the disconnection" of certain networks or Web sites. House Democrats have taken a similar approach in their own proposals.
Lieberman, who recently announced he would not seek re-election in 2012, said last year that enactment of his bill needed to be a top congressional priority. "For all of its 'user-friendly' allure, the Internet can also be a dangerous place with electronic pipelines that run directly into everything from our personal bank accounts to key infrastructure to government and industrial secrets," he said.
Civil libertarians and some industry representatives have repeatedly raised concerns about the various proposals to give the executive branch such broad emergency power. On the other hand, as Lieberman and Collins have highlighted before, some companies, including Microsoft, Verizon, and EMC Corporation, have said positive things about the initial version of the bill.
But last month's rewrite that bans courts from reviewing executive branch decrees has given companies new reason to worry. "Judicial review is our main concern," said Steve DelBianco, director of the NetChoice coalition, which includes eBay, Oracle, Verisign, and Yahoo as members. "A designation of critical information infrastructure brings with it huge obligations for upgrades and compliance."
In some cases, DelBianco said, a company may have a "good-faith disagreement" with the government's ruling and would want to seek court review. "The country we're seeking to protect is a country that respects the right of any individual to have their day in court," he said. "Yet this bill would deny that day in court to the owner of infrastructure."
Other industry representatives say it's not clear that lawyers and policy analysts who will inhabit Homeland Security's 4.5 million square-foot headquarters in the southeast corner of the District of Columbia have the expertise to improve the security of servers and networks operated by companies like AT&T, Verizon, Microsoft, and Google. American companies already spend billions of dollars on computer security a year.
"Declaration of National Cyber Emergency"
The revised Lieberman-Collins bill, dubbed the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act, works this way: Homeland Security will "establish and maintain a list of systems or assets that constitute covered critical infrastructure" and that will be subject to emergency decrees. (The term "kill switch" does not appear in the legislation.)
Under the revised legislation, the definition of critical infrastructure has been tightened. DHS is only supposed to place a computer system (including a server, Web site, router, and so on) on the list if it meets three requirements. First, the disruption of the system could cause "severe economic consequences" or worse. Second, that the system "is a component of the national information infrastructure." Third, that the "national information infrastructure is essential to the reliable operation of the system."
At last week's event, Milhorn, the Senate aide, used the example of computers at a nuclear power plant or the Hoover Dam but acknowledged that "the legislation does not foreclose additional requirements, or additional additions to the list."
A company that objects to being subject to the emergency regulations is permitted to appeal to DHS secretary Janet Napolitano. But her decision is final and courts are explicitly prohibited from reviewing it.
President Obama would then have the power to "issue a declaration of a national cyberemergency." What that entails is a little unclear, including whether DHS could pry user information out of Internet companies that it would not normally be entitled to obtain without a court order. One section says they can disclose certain types of noncommunications data if "specifically authorized by law," but a presidential decree may suffice.
"No amount of tightening of what constitutes 'critical infrastructure' will prevent abuse without meaningful judicial review," says Berin Szoka, an analyst at the free-market TechFreedom think tank and editor of The Next Digital Decade book. "Blocking judicial review of this key question essentially says that the rule of law goes out the window if and when a major crisis occurs."
For their part, Lieberman and Collins say the president already has "nearly unchecked authority" to control Internet companies. A 1934 law (PDF) creating the Federal Communications Commission says that in wartime, or if a "state of public peril or disaster or other national emergency" exists, the president may "authorize the use or control of any...station or device."
In congressional testimony (PDF) last year, DHS Deputy Undersecretary Philip Reitinger stopped short of endorsing the Lieberman-Collins bill. The 1934 law already addresses "presidential emergency authorities, and Congress and the administration should work together to identify any needed adjustments to the act," he said, "as opposed to developing overlapping legislation."
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20029302-501465.html
Edited by: DixieDestroyer
