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number 10 07.03.05
Experienced Appointee to Head National Spy Agency
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This week, as many Americans make
plans and preparations for their
celebrating 229 years of
independence, President George
Bush made the historic appointment
of the nation’s first Director of
National Intelligence (DNI) to head
the newly created National Security
Service (NSS). The NSS, created as a
recommendation of the White
House Weapons of Mass Destruction
Commission, is the first domestic
surveillance organization in American
History.
The DNI will oversee all spy
plans and preparations for their
celebrating 229 years of
independence, President George
Bush made the historic appointment
of the nation’s first Director of
National Intelligence (DNI) to head
the newly created National Security
Service (NSS). The NSS, created as a
recommendation of the White
House Weapons of Mass Destruction
Commission, is the first domestic
surveillance organization in American
History.
The DNI will oversee all spy
operations in the United States. The
director will coordinate the spending
of more than $40 billion annually to
carry out its mission of internal
surveillance. President Bush said in a
press conference announcing his
appointment that the DNI “will have
the authority to order the collection
of new intelligence” and sharing of
intelligence gained through domestic
spying with federal, state and local
police authorities. Bush’s
appointment is the first ambassador
to occupied Iraq, John Negroponte,
who unexpectedly resigned from the
ambassadorial post last month.
director will coordinate the spending
of more than $40 billion annually to
carry out its mission of internal
surveillance. President Bush said in a
press conference announcing his
appointment that the DNI “will have
the authority to order the collection
of new intelligence” and sharing of
intelligence gained through domestic
spying with federal, state and local
police authorities. Bush’s
appointment is the first ambassador
to occupied Iraq, John Negroponte,
who unexpectedly resigned from the
ambassadorial post last month.
During the 1980’s, Negroponte was
Ronald Regan’s ambassador to Honduras.
It was during this time that Honduras was
used as a military training ground for
America’s covert war against Nicaragua.
Negroponte oversaw the construction of
a military airbase in Honduras that was
used by the C IA to train the Honduran
security forces. In 2001, nearly 200
unidentified corpses were excavated from
the grounds of the airbase.
The President praised Negroponte as
understanding “the power centers in
Washington.” Negroponte, the president
said, would be “my primary briefer.”
Ronald Regan’s ambassador to Honduras.
It was during this time that Honduras was
used as a military training ground for
America’s covert war against Nicaragua.
Negroponte oversaw the construction of
a military airbase in Honduras that was
used by the C IA to train the Honduran
security forces. In 2001, nearly 200
unidentified corpses were excavated from
the grounds of the airbase.
The President praised Negroponte as
understanding “the power centers in
Washington.” Negroponte, the president
said, would be “my primary briefer.”
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Its no Secret:
Classifying Costs
Escalating
Classifying Costs
Escalating
Church Group Tolerant of War's Casualties...Not Much Else
In the week that President Bush spoke
to the nation about the war in Iraq
characterizing those we are fighting as
having a “totalitarian ideology that hates
freedom (and) rejects tolerance”, a
Christian Church located in Topeka
Kansas continued a series of protests
begun this month at the funerals of fallen
service men thanking God for the deaths
of our troops.
Members of the Westboro Baptist
Church, led by Pastor Fred Phelps, held
signs at the funeral of Specialist
Michael Ray Hayes with slogans such as
“God Blew up the Troops”, “Fag
to the nation about the war in Iraq
characterizing those we are fighting as
having a “totalitarian ideology that hates
freedom (and) rejects tolerance”, a
Christian Church located in Topeka
Kansas continued a series of protests
begun this month at the funerals of fallen
service men thanking God for the deaths
of our troops.
Members of the Westboro Baptist
Church, led by Pastor Fred Phelps, held
signs at the funeral of Specialist
Michael Ray Hayes with slogans such as
“God Blew up the Troops”, “Fag
Soldiers in Hell” and “God Hates
America” as three Black Hawk
Helicopters flew overhead and Adjunct
General Donald Strum read a eulogy
about the fallen solider.
The church believes that God is
punishing America by allowing the deaths
of US soldiers in Iraq due to the
tolerance of homosexual orientation
here in America. The protesters also
held signs that said “God sent the IEDs”-
an acronym for the “improvised
explosive devices” used by the Iraqi
resistance. The religious group’s
pamphlets at the event read “They
America” as three Black Hawk
Helicopters flew overhead and Adjunct
General Donald Strum read a eulogy
about the fallen solider.
The church believes that God is
punishing America by allowing the deaths
of US soldiers in Iraq due to the
tolerance of homosexual orientation
here in America. The protesters also
held signs that said “God sent the IEDs”-
an acronym for the “improvised
explosive devices” used by the Iraqi
resistance. The religious group’s
pamphlets at the event read “They
turned America over to the fags,
they’re bringing them home in body
bags.”
The Christian group plans to protest
events marking the disembarkation of
soliders who are headed to Iraq to
support the occupation force. The
congregants will picket a rally to be
held on July 1 in Topeka KS. The
web page of the Westboro Baptist
Church threatens leaving soldiers
stating “If God kills you with an IED
in Iraq…we will protest your funeral
when you arrive home in a body bag.”
they’re bringing them home in body
bags.”
The Christian group plans to protest
events marking the disembarkation of
soliders who are headed to Iraq to
support the occupation force. The
congregants will picket a rally to be
held on July 1 in Topeka KS. The
web page of the Westboro Baptist
Church threatens leaving soldiers
stating “If God kills you with an IED
in Iraq…we will protest your funeral
when you arrive home in a body bag.”
The Information Security
Oversight Office (ISOO) released
its yearly estimate of the costs
associated with making public
documents secret. In the last
reportable year, 2004, the
executive branch alone spent $7.2
billion to make government
documents secret. The ISOO
tracks executive branch programs
to classify and safeguard national
security information. The figure
of $72 billion reflects the
expenditures to make public
information secret in 41
branch agencies including the
Department of Defense. The
CIA’s overall budget is itself
classified and not included in the
ISOO report.
The expenditure represents an
increase of 11 percent over the
cost estimate for the previous
year. The ISOO report noted
that “the fortified homeland
defense posture adopted by many
agencies” as a result of 9/11
increased the executive branch’s
rate of classifying public
documents and the associated
costs.
The ISOO report also estimated
that private industry spent an
estimated $823 million in security
classification costs in 2004. The
costs for private industry are
down 18 percent over fiscal year
2003.
Oversight Office (ISOO) released
its yearly estimate of the costs
associated with making public
documents secret. In the last
reportable year, 2004, the
executive branch alone spent $7.2
billion to make government
documents secret. The ISOO
tracks executive branch programs
to classify and safeguard national
security information. The figure
of $72 billion reflects the
expenditures to make public
information secret in 41
branch agencies including the
Department of Defense. The
CIA’s overall budget is itself
classified and not included in the
ISOO report.
The expenditure represents an
increase of 11 percent over the
cost estimate for the previous
year. The ISOO report noted
that “the fortified homeland
defense posture adopted by many
agencies” as a result of 9/11
increased the executive branch’s
rate of classifying public
documents and the associated
costs.
The ISOO report also estimated
that private industry spent an
estimated $823 million in security
classification costs in 2004. The
costs for private industry are
down 18 percent over fiscal year
2003.
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Town Officials Tired of Hearing
From Public in Public Meetings
From Public in Public Meetings
The city council of Yelm, WA has voted
to ban the public’s use of the word
“Walmart” or the term “big box stores”
in its public meetings. Yelm is currently
being considered by Walmart as a
location for a retail store. In a recent
meeting the council voted to no longer
accept public comments regarding either
Walmart or large retail stores. Until the
recent vote, citizens would be asked to
sit down if they mentioned Walmart.
Some citizens feel that the vote silences
them in the public forum and that their
opinions on the banned subjects are
being disregarded or even censored by
their elected officials.
to ban the public’s use of the word
“Walmart” or the term “big box stores”
in its public meetings. Yelm is currently
being considered by Walmart as a
location for a retail store. In a recent
meeting the council voted to no longer
accept public comments regarding either
Walmart or large retail stores. Until the
recent vote, citizens would be asked to
sit down if they mentioned Walmart.
Some citizens feel that the vote silences
them in the public forum and that their
opinions on the banned subjects are
being disregarded or even censored by
their elected officials.
The attorney for Yelm, Brent Dille,
advised the board to cease all public
comment about Walmart due to his
fears of a lawsuit filed by Walmart,which
has not yet submitted a request to the
council to build a store, alleging “bias”
on the part of city council members.
The Yelm city council had previously
banned comment on a moratorium
halting the council’s approval of big box
stores pending a review of local zoning
rules. “It’s the council’s meeting,” Dille
told the Seattle Times, “they can
decide what they want to hear and what
they’re tired of hearing.”
advised the board to cease all public
comment about Walmart due to his
fears of a lawsuit filed by Walmart,which
has not yet submitted a request to the
council to build a store, alleging “bias”
on the part of city council members.
The Yelm city council had previously
banned comment on a moratorium
halting the council’s approval of big box
stores pending a review of local zoning
rules. “It’s the council’s meeting,” Dille
told the Seattle Times, “they can
decide what they want to hear and what
they’re tired of hearing.”
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Local PD Targets Local Anarchists
US Per Capita Prison
Population Highest
in the World
Population Highest
in the World
The police department in Melbourne,
Florida has collected over 600 pages of
records on citizens of Brevard County
who have attended anti-war protests.
The records were obtained by the
Florida American Civil Liberties Union
after the attendees at a January 2005
anti-war rally realized that the local
police were video taping the permitted
event. The surveillance reports date
back to 2002 and reflect espionage
carried out by the Melbourne Police
Department at more than a dozen
political, religious and civil rights events.
The reports revealed that the police had
developed a “War Protest Operational
Plan” which allows officers to
clandestinely photograph and videotape
public events where citizens voiced their
opposition to the occupation of
Iraq and other policies of the Bush
administration. In addition to the
surreptitious recording of the rallies
Melbourne police reportedly infiltrated
meetings where organizers planned the
events to secretly gather information
about the event’s planners. The records
obtained by the ACLU also indicate that
police “monitored” the movements of
Florida has collected over 600 pages of
records on citizens of Brevard County
who have attended anti-war protests.
The records were obtained by the
Florida American Civil Liberties Union
after the attendees at a January 2005
anti-war rally realized that the local
police were video taping the permitted
event. The surveillance reports date
back to 2002 and reflect espionage
carried out by the Melbourne Police
Department at more than a dozen
political, religious and civil rights events.
The reports revealed that the police had
developed a “War Protest Operational
Plan” which allows officers to
clandestinely photograph and videotape
public events where citizens voiced their
opposition to the occupation of
Iraq and other policies of the Bush
administration. In addition to the
surreptitious recording of the rallies
Melbourne police reportedly infiltrated
meetings where organizers planned the
events to secretly gather information
about the event’s planners. The records
obtained by the ACLU also indicate that
police “monitored” the movements of
the event planners.
The officers who performed the
espionage collected VIN & license plate
information on over 60 vehicles, did
background checks on planners and rally
participants, and identified 67 “persons
of interest” under the operational plan.
During the time when the plan was being
carried out by the police department a
pro-war rally was held in Melbourne
where no photographs or videos were
taken by officers no vehicle information
was collected and no “persons of
interest" were identified.
Spokes persons for the Brevard chapter
of the ACLU stated that “if you are part
of the peace movement or you are
against the administration you can pretty
much bet your personal information is
going to be on file” with local police
authorities. Bruce Parker, director of
the Melbourne Sheriff’s Investigative
Support Unit assured Floridians that
“we're looking for anarchists”. The
Melbourne Police Department has
discontinued their policy of videotaping
pro-peace events since it‘s clandestine
data collection practices were revealed.
The officers who performed the
espionage collected VIN & license plate
information on over 60 vehicles, did
background checks on planners and rally
participants, and identified 67 “persons
of interest” under the operational plan.
During the time when the plan was being
carried out by the police department a
pro-war rally was held in Melbourne
where no photographs or videos were
taken by officers no vehicle information
was collected and no “persons of
interest" were identified.
Spokes persons for the Brevard chapter
of the ACLU stated that “if you are part
of the peace movement or you are
against the administration you can pretty
much bet your personal information is
going to be on file” with local police
authorities. Bruce Parker, director of
the Melbourne Sheriff’s Investigative
Support Unit assured Floridians that
“we're looking for anarchists”. The
Melbourne Police Department has
discontinued their policy of videotaping
pro-peace events since it‘s clandestine
data collection practices were revealed.
The International Centre for Prison
Studies of the Kings College London
reported in it's World Prison
Population List that America has the
highest per capita prison population.
The report revealed that 22 percent
of the world’s 9 million prisoners are
incarcerated in the US. The report
reflects analysis of data from 2003
through 2005.
The United States prison population
rate of 714 persons per 100,000
citizens is the highest in the world.
Following behind the US are Russia
(532), Turkmenistan (489), and China
(118). The sixth edition of the
prison population list counts people
held in penal institutions throughout
the world; both pre-trial detainees
and those who have bee convicted
and sentenced. The Centre
reported that more than one half of
the worlds prisoners are being held in
the US, China, and Russia.
Studies of the Kings College London
reported in it's World Prison
Population List that America has the
highest per capita prison population.
The report revealed that 22 percent
of the world’s 9 million prisoners are
incarcerated in the US. The report
reflects analysis of data from 2003
through 2005.
The United States prison population
rate of 714 persons per 100,000
citizens is the highest in the world.
Following behind the US are Russia
(532), Turkmenistan (489), and China
(118). The sixth edition of the
prison population list counts people
held in penal institutions throughout
the world; both pre-trial detainees
and those who have bee convicted
and sentenced. The Centre
reported that more than one half of
the worlds prisoners are being held in
the US, China, and Russia.
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