Obama appointee previews the imminent preventive detention debate

by Glenn Greenwald, Salon
By all accounts, the White House is going to unveil its proposal for indefinite detention within the next four to eight weeks, and it has begun dispatching proponents of that scheme to lay the rhetorical groundwork.  In The Washington Post today, one of the proposal’s architects — Law Professor Robert Chesney, a [...]

Cops Allow Dog to Bite Compliant Suspect, Then Plant Drugs on Him… All on Camera

from Nov. 2008 Cookeville, TN.

The fact that they had a pre-determined hand signal and the fact that the officer brought the drugs with him in his pocket, makes you wonder how many times they have done this is the past.

The Pending H1N1 “Pandemic” Isn’t What You Think It Is…

by Scott Creighton
***UPDATE*** from CNN this morning;  “The U.S. military wants to establish regional teams of military personel to assist civilian authorities in the event of a significant outbreak of the H1N1 virus — the swine flu — this fall, according to Defense Department officials.”
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Everything Old is New Again…
According to the head of the CDC [...]

The Obama justice system

(“presidential post-acquittal detention power” – the courts are meaningless in the face of the absolute power of the Obama regime.)
by Glen Greenwald, Salon (go to the Salon link to read his UPDATES)
Spencer Ackerman yesterday attended a Senate hearing at which the DOD’s General Counsel, Jeh Johnson, testified.  As Ackerman highlighted, Johnson actually said that even for those [...]

Obama contemplates Executive Order for detention without charges

by Glenn Greenwald, Salon
When Obama first unveiled his “preventive detention” policy, many defenders praised him (and claimed he was different than Bush) because of his vow that — as he put it — “my Administration will work with Congress to develop an appropriate legal regime.”  But now, relying exclusively on three Obama officials speaking behind [...]

Fuck You Glenn Beck: “9/11 Truthers Would like to Destroy the Country” Beck

by Scott Creighton
Now they are tying in 9/11 Truth movement to this attack at the Holocaust Museum…
“One of these groups that I have been warning about for a very long time, are these 9/11 Truther’s…. this guy is a hero in the 9/11 Truth community. Don’t know if that’s true….” Glenn Beck .
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Obama Is Said to Consider Preventive Detention Plan

by S.G. Stolberg, New York Times
President Obama told human rights advocates at the White House on Wednesday that he was mulling the need for a “preventive detention” system that would establish a legal basis for the United States to incarcerate terrorism suspects who are deemed a threat to national security but cannot be tried, two [...]

When Homeland Security Infects Scouting It’s A…

by Scott Creighton
One training drill had them hunting down a “disgruntled Iraq War veteran“.
“This is about being a true-blooded American guy and girl,” A. J. Lowenthal.   Is that what Scouting is about?

“Their tears are filling up their classes; no expression, no expression..”

American Badly Hurt in Clash With Israeli Military

the AP from New York Times
An American demonstrator was critically wounded Friday in a clash between protesters and Israeli troops over Israel’s West Bank separation barrier. ( ”He had a large hole in the front of his head, and his brain was visible.”)

Church Document Encourages Congregation To Obey Government

by Paul Joseph Watson, from Prison Planet

A shocking document has come to light from a church in Ohio which educates its congregation that Barack Obama’s presidency is appointed by God and that Obama himself is “God’s minister,” in another perversion of Romans 13, the bible verse cited as an excuse for Christians not to oppose [...]