Why aren't Democrats talking about this? Why isn't the creation of this SS type agency not being mentioned on the DNC site? How are we going to make Americans aware of just what is going on behind the scenes (while they are all embroiled in the media diversion of the week,) if all we do as a Party is still tow the "talking points" line? There is no other way to say it- these people are Fascists, and they must be ousted. And in all honesty, just giving Karl Rove a "pink slip" is not going to stop this.
First they came for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up,
because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up,
because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn't speak up,
because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time there was no one
left to speak up for me.
by Rev. Martin Niemoller, 1945
"A dictatorship would be a heck-of a lot easier; as long as I'm the dictator." President George W. Bush
And remember the key words from this excerpt. Negroponte will report DIRECTLY TO BUSH. NO Congress, therefore, no prying eyes of the American public. That is clearly in my view a violation of checks and balances.
By Mike Whitney
07/16/05
Excerpt:
The freshly minted National Security Service, which has been dubbed the New SS, will operate under the authority of former ambassador to Iraq, John Negroponte, whose involvement in overseeing the terrorist activities of death squads in Nicaragua will provide him with the necessary experience for his new task. Negroponte, the new Intelligence czar, will report directly to the President, who in turn will carefully monitor the violations of civil liberties that will naturally evolve from unsupervised investigations.
The rest here:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9483.htm
Senator Robert Byrd already warned the American people about the repercussions of the intelligence bill hastily passed last December which eliminates Congressional oversight regarding what Negroponte does, as he will report directly to Bush. His speech was right on target, so I am posting the link here.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/121004X.shtml
And look at this report from almost three months ago. Chertoff wants to privatize this so that those who are spying on you aren't accountable to the American people. This is TIA all over again, and it is a gratuitous attack on our civil liberties.
We no longer live in a Democracy no matter what anyone tries to say to give that illusion. It won't be long before we will be asked for our papers while walking in the streets at this rate, and the scary thing about it is that I now have no doubt that many would comply!
I was always leery of the "Homeland" Security Department. I do not believe it is really here to protect Americans, it is here to protect the government FROM Americans. It appears to me that everything is happening here as it did in Nazi Germany, and that is stated because it has historical merit. So please, no attacks from members asking me to apologize for making an historical comparison, because I won't do that.
People who essentially haven't been hurt badly by anything these policies have done are still living in denial, for they do not see that what is done to one is done to all. So was the case then, hence the comparison. I honestly do not know what will become of this country now, but I am very concerned for her future.
April 29, 2005
DHS chief floats idea of collecting private citizens' information
By Siobhan Gorman, National Journal
Call it Total Information Awareness, homeland-style.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff this week floated an idea to start a nonprofit group that would collect information on private citizens, flag suspicious activity, and send names of suspicious people to his department.
The idea, which Chertoff tossed out at an April 27 meeting with security-industry officials, is reminiscent of the Defense Department's now-dead Total Information Awareness program that sought to sift though heaps of foreign intelligence information to root out potential terrorist activity.
According to one techie who attended the April 27 meeting, Chertoff told the group, "Maybe we can create a nonprofit and track people's activities, and an algorithm could red-flag individuals. Then, the nonprofit could give us the names."
More here:
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0405/042905nj1.htm