CIVIL WAR

> To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;
> Sent: Thu, Sep 3, 2015 4:49 pm
> Subject: GENERAL HAM TO LEAD GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC
>
> I HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM THIS SPECIFIC STORY, BUT HERE’S A LINK
> TO STARS AND STRIPES THAT CONFIRMS HAM’S INVOLVEMENT; THIS IS PRETTY
> SERIOUS STUFF. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, E.G., HE’S BEEN APPOINTED BY
> THIS GROUP BUT HAS HE ACCEPTED THE APPOINTMENT? ETC. IF YOU HEAR
> ANYTHING ABOUT THIS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. MB
> http://www.stripes.com/retired-gen-carter-ham-to-head-army-force-structure-commission-1.341483
>
> This was re issued on the wires yesterday
>
> Issued to All Members of the Domestic Police Forces, US Marshals
> Service, the Provost Marshal, Members of the American Bar Association
> and the American Armed Services.
> These organic American states of the Union known as The United States
> of America (major) exercising plenary civil power upon the land hereby
> appoint General Carter F. Ham to lead and command The Grand Army of the
> Republic (GAR) and its successors under the guidance of the Joint
> Chiefs of Staff and with their full support.
>
> Should it become necessary to suppress commercial mercenary forces
> operating under the guise of being federal government agencies
> including but not limited to the Department of Homeland Security, the
> Federal Emergency Management Administration, the Internal Revenue
> Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, etc., General Ham
> shall assume immediate command and control of all armed forces and
> services owed to The United States of America (major) stationed in
> North America and shall join them under his Command as The Grand Army
> of the Republic. All forces of air, land, and sea are to be employed.
> Any cost or loss suffered as a result of deployment of The Grand Army
> of the Republic shall be charged as stipulated prior.
>
> All effort shall be made by The Grand Army of the Republic to spare
> life and property while undertaking any action whatsoever within the
> states of the Union without exception. The GAR is uniquely enabled by
> these Orders to operate on the land of the fifty (50) organic states
> for the purposes of securing the lives and property of the American
> States and American State Citizens. The GAR is not a foreign army and
> is composed primarily of American State Citizens.
> If required to take field position, the local commanders shall make
> every effort to communicate the basis of their authority and the
> reasons for their presence on American State soil to ensure a prompt
> cessation of hostilities and a widespread understanding of the
> usurpations and acts of fraud which have led to any conflict. All
> parties must be brought to understand the nature of the federal
> government, the limitations of its authority, and their own obligation
> to act in favor of the organic states of the Union. The Grand Army of
> the Republic shall continue to operate under General Order 100 known as
> the Lieber Code, extant from the pen of the last Republic President,
> Abraham Lincoln.
> No orders, Executive or otherwise, issued by Barack H. Obama pretending
> authority on the land of the American States while operating as
> “President” of the UNITED STATES Corporation nor as the “President” of
> the United States of America (minor) are owed any performance by the
> Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Ham, or any Ordinary. All plainly stated
> grants of contractual authority evident in The Constitution for the
> united States of America remain in place, subject to good faith
> performance of the accompanying obligations and treaties.
> Mr. Obama is the “President” of a governmental services corporation
> under contract to provide stipulated services to the organic states and
> is on their payroll. He otherwise acts as a foreign dignitary
> representing the United States of America (minor). In neither of these
> capacities is he allowed any granted authority to impose upon American
> State Citizens, endanger American State property, or command mercenary
> forces on American State soil, however veiled as federal civilian
> service agencies. We require the Joint Chiefs of Staff and General Ham
> to commence measures to disarm federal civilian agency personnel and to
> seize control of the vast stockpiles of arms which have been improperly
> amassed by “the Department of Homeland Security”, FEMA, and other
> agencies employed by the UNITED STATES.
>
> The only federal agency allowed free egress on the land of the American
> States is the U.S. Marshals Service, and then only when their personnel
> are engaged in their duty to protect the U.S. Mail and sworn to act as
> constitutional officers. All other federal agency personnel are limited
> to unarmed service until further notice.
> We direct the Joint Chiefs of Staff to communicate these first two
> General Civil Orders directly to Mr. Obama, the members of the “US
> Congress”, the administrators of all “federal” agencies, the members of
> the “Supreme Court” and those acting as “Governors” to compel their
> rapid understanding and cooperation.
>
> Any expense or damage incurred by these organic states or any American
> State Citizen as a result of actions undertaken by any federal agency
> personnel acting as armed mercenaries on American State soil will be
> understood as the result of violent crimes committed against the
> peaceful inhabitants of the land and will incur immediate judgment
> liquidating the assets of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the
> Federal Reserve (FEDERAL RESERVE) in payment of the stipulated
> reparations. Such crimes shall also be considered contract default
> increasing the public debt subject to bounty.
> Any and all corporate officers of the UNITED STATES or any successor
> organization(s) inheriting “federal” service contracts who support,
> condone, or promote such crimes against the American States or against
> American State Citizens shall be subject to arrest and prosecution for
> commercial and violent crimes. All foreign officials operating as
> elected or appointed officials of the United States of America (minor)
> who support, condone, or promote such crimes against the American
> States or against American State Citizens shall be subject to arrest,
> confiscation of their assets, and deportation to Puerto Rico, Guam, or
> such other “states” as may be willing to receive them.
> Such “foreign officials” include members of the American and British
> Bar Associations who were licensed to act as privateers against the
> interests of the American States and the American State Citizens from
> 1845 to 2013 in flagrant Breach of Trust. All such licenses are now
> extinguished. Members of the Bar Associations are required to cease and
> desist assaults against the American States and American State Citizens
> and shall be subject to arrest, confiscation, and deportation
> otherwise.
>
> Insomuch as corporate officers operating the United States of America,
> Incorporated, and the UNITED STATES have contrived under conditions of
> fraud and semantic deceit to re-venue the estates of the American
> States and living American State Citizens to the foreign jurisdiction
> of the United States of America (minor) they are found guilty of
> capital crimes, including acts of fraud and treason committed between
> 1933 and 1945, and are condemned posthumously. Insomuch as elected
> officials operating the United States of America (minor) have similarly
> committed war crimes against the American States and their peaceful
> inhabitants during the same time period, they stand condemned
> posthumously.
> No enforcement upon any American State or American State Citizen is
> owed as a result of any “Act” of any “Congress” operating as the
> sovereign government of the United States of America (minor), nor as
> the Board of Directors or Board of Trustees of any incorporated entity
> whatsoever.
>
> All those Estates and ESTATES erroneously believed to represent the
> American States and American State Citizens and which were conveyed by
> fraud and legal deceit to the United States of America (minor) and more
> recently to the City-State of the United Nations, are re-venued without
> exception to the geographically defined American States and the
> American State Citizens where they shall remain in perpetuity as assets
> belonging to the rightful and lawful beneficiaries.
> All legal fiction entities however structured and named after the
> American States and American State Citizens are returned to them and
> their control, free and clear of any debt, promise, encumbrance or
> obligation alleged against them as a result of false claims made “in
> their behalf” by officers of the United States of America, Inc. and the
> UNITED STATES, INC. or by any foreign officials operating the United
> States of America (minor), or the United Nations City State falsely
> claiming to “represent” them or have jurisdiction over them.
>
> We note that the current circumstance is in part the result of criminal
> acts engaged in 150 years ago, which resulted in the commercial
> enslavement of African Americans who were summarily claimed as chattels
> backing “US government” debt in the wake of the Civil War.
> Despite every act of abolition and declaration of prohibition against
> both peonage and slavery, it has been the policy of the “US government”
> to enslave its citizens and to operate as a rogue state among the
> nations of the world. Instead of freeing African Americans the sum
> total result of the Civil War was to vastly expand public sector
> ownership of slaves, giving rise to the outrageous and improper claims
> that have been made against the American States and the American State
> Citizens that we are dealing with today. It is uniquely fitting that
> The Grand Army of the Republic is recalled to settle this circumstance
> in favor of the people.
>

Proof Al Gore is an idiot

A new study out of Germany casts further doubt on the so-called global warming “consensus” by suggesting the atmosphere may be less sensitive to increases in carbon dioxide emissions than most scientists think.

A study by scientists at Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Meteorology found that man-made aerosols had a much smaller cooling effect on the atmosphere during the 20th Century than was previously thought. Why is this big news? It means increases in carbon dioxide emissions likely cause less warming than most climate models suggest.

What do aerosols have to do with anything? Well, aerosols are created from human activities like burning coal, driving cars or from fires. There are also natural aerosols like clouds and fog. Aerosols tend toreflect solar energy back into space, giving them a cooling effect that somewhat offsets warming from increased CO2 emissions.

The Max Planck study suggests “that aerosol radiative forcing is less negative and more certain than is commonly believed.” In layman’s terms, aerosols are offsetting less global warming than was previously thought. And if aerosols aren’t causing as much cooling, it must mean carbon dioxide must be causing less warming than climate models predict.

“Going forward we should expect less warming from future greenhouse gas emissions than climate models are projecting,” write climate scientists Pat Michaels and Chip Knappenberger with the libertarian Cato Institute, adding that this study could be a “death blow” to global warming hysteria.

Independent climate researcher Nick Lewis put out a study last year with Georgia Tech’s Dr. Judith Curry that found that the climate’s response to a doubling of atmospheric CO2 levels — a measurement called “climate sensitivity” was 1.64 degrees Celsius.

Lewis revised his findings based on the Max Planck aerosol study and found something astounding: climate sensitivity drops dramatically. Lewis also looked at climate sensitivity estimates given by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — often regarded as the world’s top authority on global warming.

The IPCC’s latest assessment put climate sensitivity between 1.5 and 4.5 degrees Celsius. The IPCC says that despite “the large uncertainty range, there is a high confidence that aerosols have offset a substantial portion of [greenhouse gas] global mean forcing.”

Basically, the IPCC says aerosols deflect a lot of warming — the opposite of the Max Planck study’s finding.

But incorporating the results from the Max Planck study dramatically reduces the upper bound estimate of climate sensitivity from 4.5 degrees to 1.8 degrees Celsius.

To put this into perspective, atmospheric concentrations of CO2 currently stand at around 400 parts per million, if this were to double, according to the IPCC’s estimates temperatures could rise as high as 4.5 degrees Celsius.

But incorporate the Max Planck study results and warming would only be as high as 1.8 degrees Celsius — less than half what the IPCC originally predicted.

Michaels and Knappenberger say Lewis’s findings basically eliminate “the possibility of catastrophic climate change—that is, climate change that proceeds at a rate that exceeds our ability to keep up.”

“Such a result will also necessarily drive down estimates of social cost of carbon thereby undermining a key argument use by federal agencies to support increasingly burdensome regulations which seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,” write Michaels and Knappenberger.

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This man tells us what the Army Manuals wrote for soldiers.... 68 years ago...about curing cancer. He tells you exactly what to do. Pure knowledge in simple terms is rare...and he gives it to you freely....this is genuine.

Reporting.
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Author: American and Russian Alliance of 1858 (ISBN: 13: 9780595215010)
Candidate for US Senate 2004-Web Archive in Library of Congress:
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QUOTE - Link sent from a doctor.. to all of us....learn quickly.

By Dr William Mount (Captain of the Army; Ambassador )

PHONE: 253-686-6290

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tOIe7lUBVQ

22 minutes

Published on Jun 12, 2013

This 22 minute Video Could Save Your Life! If you follow these concepts you will build your immune system. Your body will be able to fight disease and you will feel better. The miracle is inside you! Simply unleash your own body's natural defenses and stave off the ravages of the environment. Mount claims that our leaders worship Lucifer. Ironically, there is truth in this assertion. The Lucis Trust Fund is a key part of the United Nations. Their Original founders dedicated their organization to Lucifer. Mount is fighting the tough fight to stop global domination and the destruction of our species.

Mount exposes what he learned in the Army as a Captain. He shows how simple seaweed can limit the effects of radiation from Fukishima. He discusses the miraculous benefits of blue green algae in increasing T cells!

Many people are trending with Mount, like Patch Adams and the Gesundheit Institute!

William Mount discusses what you can do to combat the neglect of bad eating and toxins in our environment. The Gov't is allowing companies to push GMOs which affect our immuno-health. You can achieve great results from following these simple tips. None of this is about profit. Mount is exposing the truth about the dangers of the World we live in. As an Ambassador, he discusses many disturbing trends in our processed, advertised, fake society. He shows you how the Ion Cleanse Unit will clean out your body of dangerous toxins, commonly available for $120 on the Net. This unit is routinely used in Asia as a holistic health aid. So, by using these tips, you will live longer and prosper with good health.

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Who were those guys with guns???

Subject: Who Were Those Bad Guys With Guns?

Commentary from Paul R. Beane on KFYO radio on 1/24/2013: Good afternoon, I'm Paul R. Beane, and I'm your right-wing gun nut. You know me and my fellow gun owners are responsible for all the carnage in our streets and our schools. Never mind that Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than my entire collection of firearms. Most of which I have owned since childhood, when I saved my pennies and nickels in order to purchase them, and each and every one is in perfect working order. It is the responsible gun owners of today who are being blamed for all the shootings. Obama calls us the right-wing gun nuts, clinging to our guns and to our religion. But let's take a little closer look. The Fort Hood shooter is a Muslim and a registered Democrat. The Virginia Tech shooter wrote hate mail to George Bush and his staff and was a registered Democrat. Aurora Colorado shooter was a staff worker on the Obama campaign and took part in Occupy Wall Street. He was a progressive liberal and guess what? A registered Democrat. The Newtown, Conn, shooter hated Christians and was a registered Democrat. The Columbine highschool shooters were too young to vote, but both of their families were progressive liberals and registered Democrats. And one more thing...not a single one of these killers was a member of the National Rifle Association. So I have got it figured out how to make this country much safer; leave the guns alone and lock up all the Democrats! I'm Paul R. Beane, and that's the way I see it!

Christians may be imprisoned for sharing faith...

Anthony Gucciardi
Prison Planet.com
May 2, 2013
Freedom of religion for soldiers? A new Pentagon statement says US soldiers can be sentenced to imprisonment under federal military law for ‘sharing their faith’.
A major slap in the face to United States military forces who are being stripped of the very rights they are supposed to be fighting to protect overseas, the Pentagon met with well known anti-Christian militant Mikey Weinstein [a Jew] of the laughable “Military Religious Freedom Foundation” in order to set new rules that punish Christians with imprisonment and dishonorable discharge for daring to share the Gospel in any capacity. According to the new statement by the Pentagon, as reported on by Breitbart in a piece that has now close to 1 million Facebook shares alone, Christians who dare to share the Bible or the teachings of Jesus may face court martial.
As released early this morning, the Pentagon stated:

“Religious proselytization is not permitted within the Department of Defense…Court martials and non-judicial punishments are decided on a case-by-case basis…”

SHARING FAITH ‘TREASON’, SAME AS ‘SEXUAL ASSAULT’
What’s even more concerning, however, is what the individual who worked with the Pentagon has to say about Christians who share their faith and what should happen to them. Mikey Weinstein actually has said that those who share their faith, such as even a bible verse of anything, are guilty of downright ‘treason’. In fact, Weinstein says that sharing your faith amounts to ‘spiritual rape’, which he says is the same thing as sexual assault. So not only are you a traitor accused of treason for sharing the gospel in any capacity, but you are also committing a form of sexual assault.

Weinstein, who worked closely with the Obama administration Pentagon heads to draft the procedures outlined in the Pentagon statement, even calls Christians “bloody monsters” who are raping and terrorizing the people. And this is the individual chosen to help draft the procedure for military conduct with regards to faith in the military. In response to the insanity, a petition has gone up calling upon the government to cease their relationship with Weinstein and his militaristic anti-Christian mindset that has led to the latest Pentagon announcement.
The report echoes prior warnings from law enforcement around the nation who have been warning that Christians are increasingly being classified by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as domestic terrorists. Meanwhile, the top mega banks have been caught red handed funding Mexican drug cartels and terror cell groups around the nation — all without a scratch. The fact of the matter is simple: Christians and average citizens will continue to be the target of government attacks (which will be parroted by the mainstream media) while banks spewing with taxpayer cash continue to gut the nation.
This post originally appeared at Story Leak

This article was posted: Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 4:37 am

Muslim Brotherhood in the White House...

Look who's new in the white house!

Arif Alikhan - Assistant Secretary for Policy Development

for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Mohammed Elibiary - Homeland Security Adviser

Rashad Hussain - Special Envoy to the (OIC)

Organization of the Islamic Conference

Salam al-Marayati - Obama Adviser –

founder Muslim Public Affairs Council

and its current executive director

Imam Mohamed Magid - Obama's Sharia Czar –

Islamic Society of North America

Eboo Patel - Advisory Council on Faith-Based

Neighborhood Partnerships

This is flat out scary!!!!

The foxes are now living in the hen house...

Now ask me why I am concerned!!!

PASS THIS ON!!!

THE PROUD AND THE VERY FEW

BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff March 18, 2013 Gen. James Mattis, known to his troops as “Mad Dog Mattis,” is retiring after 41 years of military service. The Marine Corps Times is calling Mattis the “most revered Marine in a generation.” Mattis has been commander of the United States Central Command since 2010 and led the 1st Marine Division into Iraq in 2003. According to reports, President Barack Obama decided to force the Marine Corps legend out early because he rubbed civilian officials the wrong way, and forced them to answer tough questions regarding Iran. Mattis was an inspirational leader of men and his powerful words will go down in history. Here are some of the best words that the “Mad Dog” has had to offer: 1. “I don’t lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.” (San Diego Union Tribune) http://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/James-Mattis-AP.jpg 2. “The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event. That said, there are some assholes in the world that just need to be shot.” (Business Insider) 3. “I come in peace. I didn’t bring artillery. But I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I’ll kill you all.” (San Diego Union Tribune) 4. “Find the enemy that wants to end this experiment (in American democracy) and kill every one of them until they’re so sick of the killing that they leave us and our freedoms intact.” San Diego Union Tribune) http://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Mattis-Speaking-Flickr.png 5. “Marines don’t know how to spell the word defeat.” (Business Insider) 6. “Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.” (San Diego Union Tribune) 7. “The most important six inches on the battlefield is between your ears.” (San Diego Union Tribune) 8. “You are part of the world’s most feared and trusted force. Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.” (Mattis’ Letter To 1st Marine Division) http://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Mattis-2006-flickr.png 9. “There are hunters and there are victims. By your discipline, cunning, obedience and alertness, you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim.” (Business Insider) 10. “No war is over until the enemy says it’s over. We may think it over, we may declare it over, but in fact, the enemy gets a vote.” (Defense News) 11. “There is nothing better than getting shot at and missed. It’s really great.”(AMEN!) (San Diego Union Tribune) 12. “You cannot allow any of your people to avoid the brutal facts. If they start living in a dream world, it’s going to be bad.” (San Diego Union Tribune) http://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Mattis-Dempsey-Flickr.png 13. “You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn’t wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain’t got no manhood left anyway. So it’s a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them. Actually it’s quite fun to fight them, you know. It’s a hell of a hoot. It’s fun to shoot some people. I’ll be right up there with you. I like brawling.” (CNN) 14. “I’m going to plead with you, do not cross us. Because if you do, the survivors will write about what we do here for 10,000 years.” (San Diego Union Tribune) 15. “Demonstrate to the world there is ‘No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy’ than a U.S. Marine.” (Mattis’ Letter To 1st Marine Division) 16. “Fight with a happy heart and strong spirit” (Mattis’ Letter To 1st Marine Division)

CONSTITUTIONAL FREE ZONES..

Here is what my research dug up:

Patriot Act Reauthorization:

On May 26, 2011, President Barack Obama used an Autopen to sign a four-year extension of three key provisions in the USA PATRIOT Act while he was in France.

Why didn’t he sign the reauthorization in the US? Why was it kept secret?

Do the Constitutional Free zones exist until May 26, 2015?

Constitution Free Zone: The Numbers October 22, 2008
The numbers below are taken from the 2007 U.S. Census. States that are not listed, have zero population within the 100 mile zone.

State	Estimated 2007 Border Population	Estimated 2007 State Population	Percentage of Population in Constitution-Free Zone
Alabama	1,104,926	4,627,851	23.88%
Alaska	584,156	683,478	85.47%
Arizona	5,570,479	6,338,755	87.88%
California	36,453,649	36,553,215	99.73%
Connecticut	3,502,309	3,502,309	100.00%
Delaware	864,764	864,764	100.00%
District of Columbia	588,292	588,292	100.00%
Florida	18,251,243	18,251,243	100.00%
Georgia	1,512,950	9,544,750	15.85%
Hawaii	1,283,388	1,283,388	100.00%
Idaho	199,202	1,499,402	13.29%
Illinois	9,847,235	12,852,548	76.62%
Indiana	2,607,575	6,345,289	41.09%
Louisiana	3,388,334	4,293,204	78.92%
Maine	1,317,207	1,317,207	100.00%
Maryland	5,516,123	5,618,344	98.18%
Massachusetts	6,449,755	6,449,755	100.00%
Michigan	10,071,822	10,071,822	100.00%
Minnesota	623,477	5,197,621	12.00%
Mississippi	976,345	2,918,785	33.45%
Montana	518,717	957,861	54.15%
New Hampshire	1,315,828	1,315,828	100.00%
New Jersey	8,685,920	8,685,920	100.00%
New Mexico	452,904	1,969,915	22.99%
New York	18,795,187	19,297,729	97.40%
North Carolina	2,795,661	9,061,032	30.85%
North Dakota	279,695	639,715	43.72%
Ohio	7,885,365	11,466,917	68.77%
Oregon	3,249,327	3,747,455	86.71%
Pennsylvania	10,890,623	12,432,792	87.60%
Rhode Island	1,057,832	1,057,832	100.00%
South Carolina	2,603,946	4,407,709	59.08%
Texas	10,301,403	23,904,380	43.09%
Vermont	584,802	621,254	94.13%
Virginia	6,282,997	7,712,091	81.47%
Washington	6,076,268	6,468,424	93.94%
West Virginia	233,344	1,812,035	12.88%
Wisconsin	4,716,621	5,601,640	84.20%

Below are the remarks of Craig Johnson on October 22, 2008, at the ACLU's press conference on the U.S. "Constitution-free Zone."

Good morning. I am Craig Johnson. I’m an associate professor of music at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, CA. First, I want to thank you for allowing me to share my story with you. Point Loma, I’m proud to say, encourages its faculty and students to involve themselves in social justice and reconciliation issues. And it was through my involvement in one such event that my story begins.

On June 1 of this year I was privileged to participate, along with my two oldest children, in a vigil sponsored by the San Diego Foundation for Change and supported by members of the Point Loma campus community at the Border Field State Park on the U. S. border with Mexico. My involvement in this event was to demonstrate my opposition to the Federal government’s proposed construction of a dual layer border fence through this park and the nationally protected estuary and research center that are part of the grounds. One activity during the vigil was to have been what is known in some faith traditions as a “love feast” – it was to have been the sharing of food through the fence to demonstrate solidarity and hospitality between citizens of both countries. That day, however, there was a much stronger presence of Border Patrol agents, a dozen or more, than is typical at events of this nature. They informed us that if any food was passed through the fence, we would be arrested on violations of customs regulations. We took them at their word and the love feast became a love lament, with only the US citizens eating while our Mexican neighbors looked on. Incidentally, an article appeared in yesterday’s New York Times about this park and the Border Patrol agents, and it seems that they have softened their position on this considerably.

While there was a strong presence of agents at the park itself, other officers were recording license plates of all the vehicles in the parking lot, which unfortunately was a mile and a half away. In fact, one student’s car was even towed for expired registration during the event.

Six days later, on June 7, I went to Tijuana, Mexico to sing a benefit recital. On my re-entry into the U.S., I submitted my current passport to the Customs agent and was then told to freeze with both of my hands on the desk in front of me. After being asked if I had any weapons on me, I was handcuffed by Customs agents and told that I was listed as “armed and dangerous.” At that point I was escorted in front of literally hundreds of onlookers waiting to enter the U. S. and taken to a holding room where my suit coat, tie, outer shirt, belt, and shoes were removed, my pockets emptied and the contents confiscated and I was aggressively searched. This was not your typical airport security pat-down. Every inch and crack of my body was thoroughly pressed and probed. I was in complete bewilderment. I felt violated and frankly, I was embarrassed. I could not believe what was happening.

After this I was questioned about my reasons for being in Mexico, my length of stay there, and where specifically I would be returning to the U. S. After about 45 minutes I was released to collect my belongings and rejoin my friends with whom I had been in line.

I normally travel to Mexico for any reason that presents itself – escorting visitors from out of town or just going down for the sights and sounds of the country. I even worked regularly there in 2006 with Tijuana Opera and would cross the border several times per week. Never before my June 7 experience had I encountered the slightest problem.

It took me four months to muster the courage to try crossing again. I had hoped that this was a mistake and that I would be removed from “armed and dangerous” status. On October 5, I decided to go to Mexico to try re-entering in order put my mind to rest. I was hoping for the best, but prepared for the worst, and once again I was subjected to the same treatment – arrest, searching, questioning, and detainment.

I do not own firearms. I do not have a criminal record. Yet when I think of the treatment that my own government shows to me, I am alarmed. It’s frightening enough knowing that my personal and private data are being accessed with unknown consequences, but when I know what some of those consequences are, I am even more disturbed.

It took me four months to return to Mexico after June 1, not because I’m afraid of travelling outside of my own country, but rather because I’m afraid of returning home. This should not be.

Comment:

Is this Nazi Germany?
Since 9/11, fear mongering has led to the belief that if one has nothing to hide, one should be happy to submit to unwarranted searches, have their phones tapped, have their emails read....just slap an Orwellian name like Patriot Act on it and it becomes law.... and that is perfectly okay if the government holds people for years without a formal charge, without being able to consult an attorney or see their families...in the name of being "secure"...this is a false sense of security that I don’t share....It’s a big deal when someone is violated like this.

Freedom isn't something I'm willing to compromise on. Is, "Land of the Free" just empty words we speak, never considering what it even means?

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The first time he experiences this newly hardened US-Canada border, it takes him by surprise. It’s a freezing late December day and Matthews, a lawyer (who asked me to change his name), is on the passenger side of a car as he and three friends cross the Blue Water Bridge from Sarnia, Ontario, to the old industrial town of Port Huron, Michigan. They are returning from the Reviving the Islamic Spirit conference in Toronto, chatting and happy to be almost home when the car pulls up to the booth, where a blue-uniformed US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent stands. The 60,000-strong CBP is the border enforcement arm of the Department of Homeland Security and includes both customs and US Border Patrol agents. What is about to happen is the furthest thing from Matthews’s mind. He’s from Port Huron and has crossed this border “a million times before.

Todd Miller: After scanning their passports and looking at a computer screen in the booth, the agent says to the driver, as Matthews tells the story:

“Sir,  turn off the vehicle, hand me the key and step out of the car.”

He hears the snap of handcuffs going around his friend’s wrists. Disoriented, he turns around and sees uniformed men kneeling behind their car, firearms drawn.

“To my disbelief, situated behind us are agents, pointing their guns.”

The CBP officer asks Matthews and the remaining passengers to get out of the car and escorts them to a waiting room. Thirty minutes later, he, too, is handcuffed and in a cell. Forty-five minutes after that another homeland security agent brings him into a room with no chairs. The agent tells him that he can sit down, but all he sees is a countertop. “Can I just stand?” he asks.

And he does so for what seems like an eternity with the door wide open, attempting to smile at the agents who pass by. “I’m trying to be nice,” is how he put it.

Finally, in a third room, the interrogation begins. Although they question Matthews about his religious beliefs and various Islamic issues, the two agents are “nice.” They ask him: Where’d you go? What kind of law do you practice? He tells them that a former law professor was presenting a paper at the annual conference, whose purpose is to revive “Islamic traditions of education, tolerance and introspection.” They ask if he’s received military training abroad. This, he tells me, “stood out as one of their more bizarre questions.” When the CBP lets him and his friends go, he still thinks it was a mistake.

However, Lena Masri of the Council of American Islamic Relations-Michigan (CAIR-MI) reports that Matthews’s experience is becoming “chillingly” commonplace for Michigan’s Arab and Muslim community at border crossings. In 2012, CAIR-MI was receiving five to seven complaints about similar stops per week. The detainees are all Arab, all male, all questioned at length. They are asked about religion, if they spend time at the mosque and who their Imam is.

According to CAIR-MI accounts, CBP agents repeatedly handcuff these border-crossers, often brandish weapons, conduct invasive, often sexually humiliating body searches and detain people for from two to twelve hours. Because of this, some of the detainees have lost job opportunities or jobs, or given up on educational opportunities in Canada. Many are now afraid to cross the border to see their families who live in Canada. (CAIR-MI has filed alawsuit against the CBP and other governmental agencies.)

Months later, thinking there is no way this can happen again, Matthews travels to Canada and crosses the border, this time alone, on the Blue Water Bridge to Port Huron. Matthews still hadn’t grasped the seismic changes in Washington’s attitude toward our northern border since 9/11. Port Huron, his small hometown, where a protest group, Students for a Democratic Society, first famously declared themselves against racism and alienation in 1962, is now part of the “frontline” in defense of the “homeland.” As a result, Matthews finds himself a casualty of a new war, one that its architects and proponents see as a permanent bulwark against not only non-citizens generally but also people like Matthews from “undesirable” ethno-religious groups or communities in the United States.

While a militarized enforcement regime has long existed in the US-Mexico borderlands, its far more intense post-9/11 version is also proving geographically expansive. Now, the entire US perimeter has become part of a Fortress USA mentality and a lockdown reality. Unlike on our southern border, there is still no wall to our north on what was once dubbed the “longest undefended border in the world.” But don’t let that fool you. The US-Canadian border is increasingly a national security hotspot watched over by drones, surveillance towers and agents of the Department of Homeland Security

In a video shown to reporters at a national press conference event Wednesday, retired San Diego social worker Vince Peppard complained that he and his wife were stopped at a checkpoint on a road east of San Diego on I-94, many miles after crossing back into the United States with tiles he'd bought in Mexico.

When he refused to let the Customs and Border Protection officer search his car, the officer led him to a bench, called in the contraband dog and then "ransacked" his car.

"I didn't feel like I was inside the U.S.," Peppard said, calling the search on the side of the road embarrassing. "I felt like I was in a B-movie with Nazis asking for my papers."

ACLU attorney Chris Calabrese is certain there are more people who have been negatively affected than have complained.

As an example, he cited Seattle's domestic ferries, where DHS agents ask passengers for ID to check their citizenship and use license plate readers.

"The people who live on these islands are undergoing this extra scrutiny just when they are going to get their groceries," Calabrese said.

Customs and Border Protection Cilberti's says he did not specifically look into Peppard's case, but said that refusing a search does not create probable cause for a search and that if a CBP agent searched his car, it's because their experience and training made them believe they had probable cause.

The ACLU hopes that Congress will include changes to the border zone in traveler privacy protection bills that focus on prohibiting suspicion-less searches and seizures of laptops at the border. Congress is currently out of session and would not move on any legislation until sometime in 2009 at the earliest.

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You're driving along a remote, dusty road, when suddenly you come upon a border patrol checkpoint. There, agents demand to see your identity papers, and search your car. You are taken by surprise, because you know you haven?t wandered across the Texas-Mexico border. In fact, you?re quite sure of that, because you?re driving through rural Wisconsin countryside west of Green Bay. Even the Canadian border is more than 90 miles away.

This scene is not as far-fetched as you might want to believe. The government is turning vast swaths of our country into a "Constitution-Free Zone" in which U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is allowed to exercise extraordinary authority that would not normally be permitted under the Constitution. The government says that "the border"- where there is a longstanding view that the Constitution does not fully apply- actually stretches 100 miles inland from the nation's "external boundary." And increasingly, we are seeing DHS vigorously utilize that authority.

Today we held a press conference at the National Press Club here in D.C. to try to draw attention to this problem ? and the fact that, as we showed, nearly two-thirds of the U.S. population live within this "Constitution-Free Zone." That?s 197.4 million people.

We calculated this using the most recent, 2007 numbers from the U.S. Census, and released a map showing the cities and states that are enveloped by this zone. It includes some of the largest metropolitan areas in the country: New York City, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon. States that are completely within this Constitution-Free Zone include Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Rhode Island. When you say "border," they think "all of New England."

CBP has been setting up checkpoints far inland - on highways in states such as California, Texas and Arizona, and at ferry terminals in Washington State. Typically, the agents ask drivers and passengers about their citizenship. People are also reporting that even after they provide passports or state driver's licenses, CBP continues to interrogate them and try to pressure them into permitting a search.

• EPIC Obtains New Details on PATRIOT Act: As the result of a Freedom of Information Act request, EPIC has obtained more than 650 pages of documents related to the PATRIOT Act. EPIC had requested information related to the FBI's abuse of PATRIOT Act authorities and documents concerning the 2009 sunset of the PATRIOT Act. The documents disclosed by the FBI include training presentations, answers to questions from Senators Leahy and Specter, and a list of reporting requirements. In an answer to Senator Leahy, the FBI stated that while it would discontinue the use of exigent letters, which the Inspector General had previously noted as a frequent source of abuse, the agency planned to continue its use of the emergency disclosures provision of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. For more information, see EPIC: USA PATRIOT Act. (Apr. 4, 2012)
• Senator Leahy Pursues Bipartisan PATRIOT Act Reform: As Congress consider renewal of the PATRIOT Act, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) has proposed adoption of an amendment that will establish new privacy and civil liberties safeguards. The Amendment, cosponsored with Senator Rand Paul [R-KY], would sunset National Security Letter authority authority, mandate public reporting requirements, and create other protections. A similar amendment was endorsed by a majority of the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this year. EPIC has obtained over 1,500 pages of government documents obtained through a related Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Justice concerning PATRIOT Act abuses. For more information, see EPIC: USA PATRIOT Act. (May. 24, 2011)

Congress> Common Law court puts down 'Constitution Free Zone'

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Extra Extra Read all about it:

Common Law Court puts down the 100 Mile Constitution Free Zone in the 3rd Circuit Common Law Court on King County Washington.

"1. All Constitution Free Zones and any Legislation such as the Patriot Act, FEMA Regulations, Executive Orders if not allowed by the US Constitution or the Washington constitution 1878 are null and void."

"2. Sheriffs, Police, De facto governmental authorities, et al. are, to understand that they too are answerable to the US Constitution and there are NO CONSTITUTION FREE ZONES. Any Obstruction of the Constitutional Rights as per the US Constitution 1791, can and will be brought forward in a Common Law court. All orders given or taken must adhere to the Constitution or they are null and void."

"3. De facto Courts decisions, that are not Lawful as per the US Constitution 1791 (which includes the Bill of Rights) and the Washington Constitution 1878, are null and void."

"4. Make provisions that the Common Law courts will be held in the proper esteem befitting their long standing position, held in Judicial history. Each plaintiff or defendant will have the right to choose the De facto courts or the common law courts."

Now how about the rest of you doing the same?

Why not simply get 10 persons signatures or more in your area to confirm the findings of the Western Judicial 3rd Circuit Common Law Court. Sign your names and email address then send them to me at scantv77 at gmail.com.

Stand behind your oath to protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies both foreign and domestic. When you do so we will email you a list of how to proceed with your own common law courts if you request it.

Looking forward to hearing from you.