Topic: Department of Homeland Security
The American Gestapo and the Dog that Didn't Bark Servando thinks that even the darkest cloud has a silver lining.by Servando Gonzalez
(libertarian)
Monday, April 27, 2009
A recent Department of Homeland Security Report titled "Right-wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment," dated April 7, has some people incensed about it. Though the Report was never classified as secret, it is obvious that it was not intended for public consumption.
The Report [you may download a .pdf copy] warns members of the DHS against the possibility of violence by unnamed "right-wing extremists," which are identified as people concerned about illegal immigration, abortion rights, increasing federal power, restrictions on firearms, abortion and the loss of U.S. sovereignty. Moreover, it singles out returning war veterans, that is, people who have risked their lives under the belief that they are defending the security their homeland, as particular threats to their homeland.
According to the Report, worsening economic woes, potential new legislative restrictions on firearms and "the return of military veterans facing significant challenges reintegrating into their communities could lead to the potential emergence of terrorist groups or lone wolf extremists capable of carrying out violent attacks."
Adding an unmistakable racist tone, the Report also suggests that the election of an African-American president [Not true. Obama is neither black nor African American.] and the prospect of his policy changes [Not true. Obama is just following Bush's policies] "are proving to be a driving force for right-wing extremist recruitment and radicalization."
The recent Homeland Security Report is actually a sort of follow up on a previous Report by the Missouri Information Analysis Center that linked conservative groups, like followers of presidential candidates Ron Paul, Chuck Baldwin, Bob Barr, the so-called patriot movement, and people who oppose the North American Union and the New World Order, to domestic terrorism. It is not a coincidence that the Missouri IAC Report was compiled with the assistance of the DHS.
There are strong reasons for Americans of all political persuasions to be concerned about the gravity and dangerous implications of these reports. They are a harbinger of hard times to come for freedom-loving Americans who truly care for their country. They are also an unmistakable sign that this country is heading towards a totalitarian dictatorship. [In a forthcoming article I will analyze what type of totalitarianism we are heading to, Communism or Fascism.]
There are, though, some considerations to be made about these reports. But, before examining them, I would like to express my concerns about some of the complainers.
Frankly, I don't understand the outrage of some people, particularly some who call themselves conservatives, who applauded, or at least didn't complain, when George W. Bush created the Department of Homeland Security.
In the first place, because the DHS had nothing to do with avoiding events like 9/11 -- actually we don't fully know what really happened on 9/11 -- or capturing Muslim terrorists trying to enter the U.S. territory -- just a few hours after the attack, when all planes in the country had been landed, Bush authorized two planes full of members of the Bin Laden family to leave the country).
Bush backers should remember that, when, after the 9/11 events, airline pilots asked to carry guns in their cockpits, Bush refused to authorize them -- a proof that he fears more the American people than foreign terrorists. Moreover, Bush kept the southern border open to anyone who wished to sneak into the U.S., and made a clear point, through the Ramos and Compean case, that he wanted it to remain open.
Secondly, because the DHS was created to do exactly what is mentioned in the above Reports: keeping an eye on the restless natives to have them under control. It has nothing to do with international terrorism, but with national terrorism of the U.S. government against the American people. It is a government agency for the repression of dissidents. Therefore, we should not criticize a U.S. government agency for doing the job it is intended to do.
Actually, there is evidence that the ignominious DHS Report (document named DHS-RWE.pdf) on "right-wing extremism" was actually created on January 23, 2007, that is, during the Bush regime.
The Report, however, is also proof that every dark cloud has a silver lining. The fact that it was not supposed to be known by the American people, gives us a sure index to identify some true American patriots, which are none other than the ones mentioned in the Report.
But the most important thing about the Report is not the people it mentions, but the ones it doesn't. Like in the case of Sherlock Holmes' famous novel, the dog that didn't bark is an important clue to decipher the mystery. In this case, it is also a useful tool to identify some prominent traitors.
For example, it is an important clue that, that Rush Limbaugh is not mentioned in these Reports. Allegedly Limbaugh is a right wing conservative, and apparently he has turned into the Obama Administration's Public Enemy number one, to the point that Obama himself has openly criticized him several times.
Limbaugh even reached the cover of Newsweek magazine, who depicted him as a right-wing extremist. But, despite all of this, he is not mentioned in the DHS Report. Nor is mentioned Limbaugh's alter ego, Sean Hannity, also the target of Obama's criticisms.
Why this important omission?
Very simple: because, despite their claims on the contrary, neither Limbaugh, or Hannity, or most of the "conservative Republican" critics of the Obama administration, represent a threat to the globalist conspirators' plans. The conspirators only fear true American patriots like Ron Paul, Chuck Baldwin, Bob Barr and returning military veterans.
Actually Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity on the "conservative" side of the Repucratic coin, as well as Amy Goodman and Daniel Schorr on the "liberal" one, just to mention a few of the most notorious disinformers, play an important role in this ongoing psychological warfare operation currently being waged by the globalist conspirators against the American people.
What is the main role of both Limbaugh and Hannity in this psyop against the American people? Brainwashing their listeners on the wrong belief that everything going on today in America is just politics as usual, and that just by changing the puppets in Washington D.C. everything will change.
Constant repetition is one of the main features of brainwashing. It was exemplarily used by Hitler through radio and by Castro through television. And constant repetition is one of the main characteristics of both Limbaugh's and Hannity's radio shows. Just listen to any of them for half an hour and you will hear the words "conservatives," "Republicans," "liberals," and "Democrats," repeated dozens of times. To them, everything is just a matter of partisan politics, and the only parties they mention in their programs are the two factions of the Repucratic Party.
What you never hear in any of their programs, however, is the words "New World Order," "North American Union." or "Council on Foreign Relations." And when a caller begins questioning Bush's actions during 9/11, he is cut short and called a leftist loony.
It is interesting to notice that, though Limbaugh, Hannity and other disinformers call themselves conservatives, their philosophy closely resembles one of the most obnoxious characteristics of the liberal's ideology: situational ethics, which is just a fancy name for moral relativism.
True conservatives are not supposed to believe in moral relativism. To them, some actions are right or wrong disregarding who is the perpetrator. To faux conservatives like Limbaugh and Hannity, however, an action is right or wrong depending of the political affiliation of the person who carries it out.
Both Limbaugh and Hannity practically ignored the existence of Ron Paul during the past presidential campaign, and only mentioned Dr. Paul to criticize him. Candidate Chuck Baldwin was nonexistent to them. On the other hand, they gave lots of coverage to John McCain, who played the same treasonous role that Gore and Kerry played on previous campaigns. By the way, it is not a coincidence that all of them Gore, Kerry, and McCain, are proud members of the treasonous Council on Foreign relations.
A measure of the importance of the role these professional disinformers play in this psyop the conspirators are waging against the American people, was revealed a few months ago when Obama himself had to come to the rescue of none other than Rush Limbaugh.
Even though most of Limbaugh listeners apparently have lost their capacity for thinking by themselves -- a fact they have recognized by proudly calling themselves "ditto-heads" -- during the final months of the Bush ignominious time in power, more and more true conservative listeners were given Limbaugh a hard time by questioning Bush's treasonous behavior.
As the saying goes, you can only fool most of the people most of the time. Some of Limbaugh's listeners apparently began smelling a rat. They began to realize that both Bush and the Republican party had betrayed them.
The fact may have shown on Limbaugh's diminishing ratings, something that worried the disinformers. So, the conspirators sent their puppet Obama to rescue their puppet Limbaugh by openly criticizing him and elevating him to leader of the opposition
Immediately, perhaps based on the belief that the enemy of my enemy by force has to be my friend (but ignoring the fact that the alleged enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend), the anti-Obama listeners came back to the Limbaugh's program to get their daily doses of disinformation. The conspirators' strategy worked: after Obama criticized him, Limbaugh's ratings surged.
Last February, an important exhibition was developed at the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. Its title is extremely revealing: "State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda." (Edward Rohstein, "Nazis' Terrible Weapon Aimed at Minds and Hearts," The New York Times, February 24, 2009, p.C1)
The exhibition shows in graphic detail how the Nazis used propaganda to advance their hideous agenda. And it was very effective. On one of the walls, an enormous photo of Hitler speaking in a 1934 rally appears superimposed, as the author of the article puts it, "on a crowd of ecstatic Germans raising hands in salute as red gothic letters shout Ja!'"
Though apparently nobody seems to have made the connection, this exhibition comes at the right time in America, because, since the days of Nazi Germany, no people has been under such a concerted psychological warfare attack in the form of a barrage of scientifically designed propaganda as the American people. This perhaps explains the irrationality of the behavior of some well-intentioned, conservative Americans now faced with the actions of the Obama administration.
Apparently they are so blinded by the propaganda pouring from the disinformers of their own party that they cannot see that, contrary to his claims, Obama has not changed and will not change anything. Actually, Obama is just the continuation of the treacherous policies of the Bush regime, because both of them, Bush and Obama, are mere puppets in the hands of the Wall Street bankers and oil magnates.
It is time for Americans to begin thinking for themselves. The Republican/conservative Democrat/liberal dichotomy is a false one. The two parties are a myth. They are fully under the control of the globalist conspirators whose goal is the destruction of America as we know it.
When, following the conspirators' orders, George W. Bush created the Department of Homeland Security, allegedly to protect the U.S. against terrorism, and began curtailing individual liberties, most of his Republican followers backed him. They approved the creation of the DHS, they claimed, because they were not terrorists and had nothing to hide.
Very soon some of them are going to learn the hard way what everybody who has lived under a totalitarian dictatorship knows very well: a terrorist is anybody the government accuses of being a terrorist, and anything you have in your home, from gardening books to dog food, not to mention a copy of the Constitution, can be construed as a proof that you are a right-wing extremist conspiring against the government.
Moreover, like in totalitarian Cuba under Castro, after a few sessions of waterboarding, or any other type of "non-torture," all suspects, without an exception, confess their horrendous crimes against the state. Actually, Castro's Departamento de Seguridad del Estado (the Cuban DHS) is proud of its 100 percent confession rate.
If there is still a political solution to the present problems Americans face, it must begin by throwing all the incumbents, particularly the ones belonging to the two factions of the Repucratic party, into the trash can of history. With a few exceptions, America is suffering the most corrupt, traitorous group of politicians in power in the history of this country.
When, at the end of WWII, following orders from the CFR conspirators, General William Donovan pushed to turn the Offiice of Special Services into a central intelligence agency, the people's outcry stopped him short. Some critics rightly pointed out that America did not need a Gestapo. Eventually, the conspirators pushed the creation of the CIA, but some patriots managed to include a provision that the new intelligence agency could not operate inside the U.S. territory.
Despite that provision, however, the CIA participated in some operations inside the U.S. territory. But it was against the law, and later they were highly criticized for it. But the conspirators are patient, and eventually have made their cherished dream a reality: they have created a government agency whose only purpose is to legally harass the American patriots who oppose the destruction of their country.
This agency is none other than the Department of Homeland Security, a true American Gestapo.
The creation, under the pretense of fighting terrorism, of a government agency to repress dissidence is wrong, whoever, liberal or conservative, created it. Therefore, instead of just asking for the resignation of the Secretary of Homeland Security, who was just doing her job by the book, we the people of the United States should demand the immediate elimination of this repressive organization that has no place whatsoever in a free, democratic society.
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Servando Gonzalez is a Cuban-born American writer. He received his training as a historian at the University of Havana, and has written books, essays, articles, and multimedia on Cuban and Latin American history, intelligence and espionage, semiotics and political satire.
Servando is the author of Historia hertica de la revolucin fidelista; Fidel Castro para herejes y otros invertebrados, Observando, The Secret Fidel Castro: Deconstructing the Symbol, The Nuclear Deception: Nikita Khrushchev and the Cuban Missile Crisis, and La madre de todas las conspiraciones: una novela de ideas subversivas. He is currently working on his second novel, Juegos mentales: una novella de guerra psicolgica, which deals with the Bogotazo riots and the true origins of the CIA.
His articles have been published in many magazines, newspapers, and Web sites in the U.S. and abroad. As a multimedia developer, Servando authored many computer programs, among them: Hypertext for Beginners, Popol Vuh: An Interactive Text/Graphics Adventure, The Riddle of the Swastika: A Study in Symbolism, and How to Create Your Own Personal Intelligence Agency. His documentary film, Treason in America: The Council on Foreign Relations, the first program of the TruhLies series, appeared in mid 2008. The next program, Partners in Treason: The CFR-CIA-Castro Connection will appear in early 2009.
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Look, I'm with you and all - I despised the creation and continuation of the DHS, but there is enough evidence, and solid, concrete arguments against the formation of that huge Department without having to include incomplete or misleading information.
"Bush authorized two planes full of members of the Bin Laden family to leave the country." OK, that is still rumor; the only thing remotely credible is one guy interviewed by Vanity Fair, and that does not make it proven fact. And even in your link (BTW, I like WND and read it daily myself), if the rumor were true, it at least acknowledges this was "after the travel ban was lifted" and that Osama bin Laden is, "estranged from his family," things you have left out.
I agree with most all of your article; being one of those retired vet's who are now, "classified a potential threat to Homeland Security," I have even more distain for the DHS... I'm just advising to ensure the completeness and veracity of your sources before citing them to keep your stated case solid.
Even though, given the high level of desinformation from official sources, there is no way to ensure the "completeness and veracity" of any source, I consider myself a careful researcher and I do my homework.
Let's see:
Craig Unger, former editor of Boston Magazine, has reported extensively on the planes. See, for example.
Craig Unger, “Saving the Saudis,” http://www.wesjones.com/saudi1.htm
Craig Unger, House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties http://search.barnesandnoble.com/House-of-Bush-House-of-Saud/Craig-Unger/e/9780743253390
See also,
Bin Ladens allowed out of U.S. after 9-11 Former White House official confirms operation said to be rumor http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34405
On the other hand, the 9/11 commission draft report, which we know is full of omissions and outright lies, states, "After the airspace reopened, six chartered flights with 142 people, mostly Saudi Arabian nationals, departed from the United States between September 14 and 24. One flight, the so-called Bin Ladin flight, departed the United States on September 20 with 26 passengers, most of them relatives of Usama Bin Ladin." National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, Threats and Responses in 2001, Staff Statement No. 10, The Saudi Flights, p. 12.
As we know, after the World Trade Center and the Pentagon attacks, President Bush ordered commercial flights grounded. Between Sept. 11 and Sept. 13, only military aircraft were allowed in the skies. Limited flying was allowed on Sept. 13.
But a US Customs and Border Protection document released by the Department of Homeland Security under the FOIA, Feb 24, 2004, contradicts the NCTAUSA report. It lists 162 Saudi Nationals who flew out of the country between 9.11.2001 and 9.15.2001, 38 of them departing from American airports on 9.13.2001. You may download the document at: http://www.judicialwatch.org/archive/2004/homelandscurity.pdf
Moreover, the connections between the Bushes and the bin Ladens has been extensively documented.
Bush-bin Laden family conections http://www.911myths.com/index.php/Bush-bin_Laden_family_links
So, if I made a mistake it was by mentioning just two planes. It seems that almost a dozen planes participated in the bin-Ladens' rescue.
Citing in your reply the exact same story in WND you referenced in the article, and then citing the source that WND cites as THEIR source is a bit circular and only confirms exactly what I wrote.
The Judicial Watch link is a little misleading w/o other needed information - like exactly, OFFICIALLY, when was the travel ban lifted? Evidenced in a couple of links here it was lifted at 11AM Sept 13th:
"According to the Sept. 13, 2001, edition of the Detroit News, "U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta said commercial and private planes would be allowed to fly effective 11 a.m. EDT Thursday." Other papers reported the same thing. In fact, limited flights resumed the afternoon of September 12. William Shumann spokesman for the FAA told me that commercial airline and charter flights resumed 11a.m. on September 13."
But since you prefer to, "rest your case," I guess there is no room for ANY consideration of possible opposing evidence or viewpoints...
BTW, I do not deny in any form the Bush-bin Laden business connections, all the business elite are beholden and in bed with one another to some extent; some more than others. I despise multinationalism with business for just this type of reason... no loyalty to anything but gaining power and the almighty dollar.
When I said "I rest my case," it meant "I", Servando. And I said that because I don't see any further gain in proving that the bin-Ladens were authorized to leave the country, and even given FBI support to do it, a few hours before or a few hours after the no-fly ban was lifted.
But, if you don't agree, I encourage you to pursue that line of research. Actually, most of the articles and books I have written have been motivated by something I read which I didn't agree.
By the way, the US Customs and Border Protection document released by the Department of Homeland Security under the FOIA, Feb 24, 2004, 38 of them departing from Boston on 9.13.2001. Assuming that all of them were not living in Boston, one can guess that they flew to Boston from other parts of the U.S. Did this flights happen before of after the lifting of the ban?
Even more important, why Bush lifted the ban? To allow the bin-Ladens to escape? That would be an important thing to investigate.
Also, I left out that Osama bin Laden is, "estranged from his family," because I don't buy it. Actually, I don't discard the possibility that he is still working for the CIA -- or, to make it more precise, for the people who control the CIA.
Could have flown or driven to Boston, but yes, I get where you are coming from... they seemed to all "congeal" and pack it in all together; that requires coordination & substantial finance. Also - it appears the flights that were approved to depart were, "previously scheduled" and "other" chartered flights. The "other" leaves it open to interpretation.
I may not buy into it to the extent you seem convinced, but I'll definately concede that it seems something may be there. One has to be careful not to lend internal credence to evidence based solely on whether it agrees with ones internal prejudices, but whether the evidence itself stands as credible, solid and verifiable.
I'll concede Osama indeed may still have ties with some of his family, I really do not think we will EVER know that. But with the extreme wealth the bin Laden family has, its (relatively) above-board sources and ease of fiscal tracking NSA & CIA can do; if he IS still connected, they do not seem to be financing his efforts in any large portion.
Unlike America, it is within the Arabian culture to be patient and take the, "long-view," and my opinion is likely his family has told him not to call, wished him luck, and if America goes down in flames, he will be welcomed back openly, otherwise, persona non grata.
Not sure I'd want to delve into the conspiracy theory of bin Laden still being on the CIA payroll. I am suspicious and cynical by nature, but even I believe that that alliance dissolved quite some time ago.
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