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2012/01/13

Eagle: Indefinite detention – Instrument of tyranny

07 Other Atrocities, 09 Justice, 10 Security, 11 Society, Corruption, DoD, Government, Law Enforcement, Military

Indefinite detention: Instrument of tyranny

By By ALLEN S. KELLER AND YANG-YANG ZHOU

McClatchy, 13 January 2012

When President Obama signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act on New Year's Eve, he codified policies of arbitrary and indefinite detention for terror suspects including possibly U.S. citizens. Alexander Hamilton referred to such policies as the “favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny.” Based on our experience in evaluating and caring for victims of torture and human rights abuses from all over the world, Hamilton was right.

Regardless of the law's applicability to U.S. citizens, indefinite detention in a military facility without charge can be tantamount to torture, causing profound health consequences.

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2012/01/12

Josh Kilbourn: Raising Debt Ceiling, US Troops Into Libya, Undeclared War on Iran…

03 Economy, 04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 05 Iran, 06 Genocide, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, 09 Justice, 10 Security, Blog Wisdom, Corruption, DoD, Government

Let's see, 12,000 US troops going into Libya? Undeclared war on Iran? Absolute US guarantee of energy supply for Israel “no matter what?” Whatever could we be borrowing money for?

Obama Sends Request To Congress For $1.2 Trillion Debt Ceiling Increase

Update:

HOUSE TO VOTE JAN. 18 ON OBAMA'S DEBT-LIMIT INCREASE REQUEST

Two days ago we wondered how long it would take for Obama to restart the debt ceiling theater. Not that long it turns out.

OBAMA SENDS CONGRESS REQUEST TO RAISE DEBT CEILING
OBAMA NOTIFICATION STARTS 15-DAY CLOCK FOR CONGRESS TO VOTE

So with Congress in recess, will Obama succeed in passing another automatic vote using base trickery? The same Obama, who as recently as 3 hours ago warned Congress that any attempts to pass approval on the Keystone Pipeline without his involvement are “counterproductive”… In other news, America' new debt ceiling of $16.3 trillion, or 107% of GDP is now just a formality, about to be interrupted by a little circus clowning.

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2012/01/122012/01/12

Bert Laden – The Story Continues

07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Director of National Intelligence et al (IC), DoD, Government, IO Deeds of War, Military, Officers Call

Another SEAL Book, Another Version, Colonel Mustard With A Mallot in the Music Room?

Gordon Duff, Senior Editor

Veterans Today, 12 January 2012

The Murdoch papers are carrying a new version of the bin Laden saga. This one contains much of the fiction of the last 25, leaving out much as well. Nothing is new, just a set of lies with some reason for them to be retold. We know what that reason is, nobody takes a word of it seriously anymore, not the first stories, not the sea burial, not the execution of the world’s most valuable intelligence asset.

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2012/01/06

Penguin: Drums of War on Iran

04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Iran, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, 10 Security, Corruption, Government, Officers Call, Peace Intelligence

And with the rise of oil prices by early Spring “caused by Iranian threats”, the Casus Belli will have been laid.

THE ROVING EYE
The US-Iran economic war
By Pepe Escobar

NEW YORK – Here's a crash course on how to further wreck the global economy.

A key amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act signed by United States President Barack Obama on the last day of 2011 – when no one was paying attention – imposes sanctions on any countries or companies that buy Iranian oil and pay for it through Iran's central bank. Starting this summer, anybody who does it is prevented from doing business with the US.

This amendment – for all practical purposes a declaration of economic war – was brought to you by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), on direct orders of the Israeli government under Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu.

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2011/12/292011/12/29

Mini-Me: Occupy 9/11 Emergent – War by Deception 2011 – The shadow government and shadow economy

03 Economy, 04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 06 Genocide, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, 10 Security, 11 Society, Corruption, Government, InfoOps (IO), IO Deeds of War, Military, Movies, Officers Call, Power Behind-the-Scenes/Special Interests, Videos/Movies/Documentaries

Occupy 9/11 is emergent. This film, loaded on 1 February 2011, is now going viral. At 2:28:42, this is one of the best documentaries on the topic, and it is free online.

YouTube War by Deception 2011

Phi Beta Iota: This is an extraordinary contribution. It is highly recommended for students as well as adult learning clubs; it provides the best “overview” in one place.

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2011/12/292012/03/07

Robert Steele: ON REVOLUTION

07 Other Atrocities, Civil Society, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, IO Impotency, Methods & Process, Money, Banks & Concentrated Wealth, Movies, Officers Call, Policies, Reform, Resilience, YouTube

UPDATE: I was not happy with these, the first one got a lot of views, the other two did not, so I have removed them. Instead I recommend the below mid-1990's condensation of my 1976 thesis.

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2011 Thinking About Revolution in the USA and Elsewhere

2011/12/28

Marcus Aurelius: Obama, CIA, Murder by Drone…

07 Other Atrocities, Corruption, Director of National Intelligence et al (IC), DoD, Government, Military, Power Behind-the-Scenes/Special Interests

Marcus-Aurelius-150x150 — Marcus Aurelius

Under Obama, an emerging global apparatus for drone killing

Greg Miller

Washington Post, 27 December 2011

The Obama administration’s counterterrorism accomplishments are most apparent in what it has been able to dismantle, including CIA prisons and entire tiers of al-Qaeda’s leadership. But what the administration has assembled, hidden from public view, may be equally consequential.

In the space of three years, the administration has built an extensive apparatus for using drones to carry out targeted killings of suspected terrorists and stealth surveillance of other adversaries. The apparatus involves dozens of secret facilities, including two operational hubs on the East Coast, virtual Air Force cockpits in the Southwest and clandestine bases in at least six countries on two continents.

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