Recently in tests of airport security some airports had a 70 percent failure rate. Napolitano dismisses this indicating that many of the tests were old and out of date and that there were other problems with them.
Think about this for a second.
In the tests either contraband items did or did not get past the security screening system. Whether it was done an “old” way or a “new” way is irrelevant. Not being able to identify the “problems” is a clear indication that the only problem is that the security screening system doesn’t work and not that there was anything wrong with the tests themselves.
Any tests that reveals a deficiency is a successful test of a faulty system. Tests that are restricted in ways to only show how good a system is are useless.
In this case there are indeed a lot of fundamental faults in the security system. Why? It’s because the security system is not designed to enhance security. It’s designed to do something else.
Recently the federal government went after an airline pilot who revealed gapping holes in airline security. There are a lot of people who have access to passenger aircraft every day who undergo no screening whatsoever. Why? The government says it is because they can’t screen everyone, and that’s true. So, if you can’t screen everyone what do you do?
Who were the 9/11 hijackers? Fifteen of the nineteen hijackers were from Saudi Arabia, two from the United Arab Emirates, one from Egypt (Atta), and one from Lebanon. They were all in their 20’s to early 30’s. They were all Muslim. They were all males.
Who was the “Shoe Bomber”? He was a male British citizen. He was in his late twenties at the time of the attempted bombing. He is a Muslim.
Who was the “Underwear Bomber”? He was a male from Nigeria. He was in his early twenties. He is a Muslim.
Who was the “Times Square Bomber”? He was a male 30 year old Pakistani immigrant who obtained U.S. citizenship through marriage. He is Muslim.
Who was the “Portland Bomber”? He is a 19 year old Somali-born naturalized U.S. citizen. He is Muslim.
So why are people attacking the United States? It is because they consider non-Muslim governments to be the enemy of Islam and that they must be defeated, destroyed or converted to Islam.
So, if you had limited ability to screen people to actually try to improve safety or security what would you do? Would you be spending scarce resources screening 90 year old men in wheelchairs? Would you be preventing 5 year olds from boarding a plane because the name John Smith is on a no-fly list? Would you be requiring naked body scanning of 50 year old women? Would you be scanning airline pilots who actually don’t have to take control of the aircraft because they already have control of it?
What part of the population has the greatest likelihood of being a threat? From the above descriptions of known threats it is male Muslims between the ages of 19 and 39 who are foreign citizens or naturalized U.S. citizens of foreign birth.
Does this mean every U.S. Muslim naturalized of foreign male from 19 to 39 is a terrorist? No. This is only part of a profile. So, what else are you looking for? How about all the things that might make someone suspect (what a concept)? Things like buying tickets with cash, flying one way, having no baggage including carry on, and maybe trying to board an international flight without a passport. How about also considering the people who have intimate access to aircraft who can cause harm without endangering themselves like maintenance workers, food service and cleaning crews?
Consider this. Has TSA security screening ever detected and stopped a terrorist from boarding an aircraft? What? You’ve never heard of it happening? Do you realize that this would be front page news if it had ever happened?
OK, so if the TSA system is not designed to screen for actual terrorists, what is it designed to do? Well what is it doing?
The bottom line here is that completely innocent people who fit no criminal profile and with no identified “probable cause” have been manipulated into waiving their Fourth Amendment right, “to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”
Is naked body scanning without probable cause unreasonable? Yes. Are intrusive body pat downs without probable cause unreasonable? Yes. Is probable cause just the act of buying a ticket and boarding a plane to see aunt Suzie? No.
So what has been accomplished by the present security system? The federal government has manipulated people into eliminating the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution without a single vote.
So, now what do you think the airline security system was really designed to do? I think it is already doing what it was designed to do and I don’t mean enhancing our security.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
So Many Fronts
It’s not being paranoid if they really are out to git ya!
I don’t remember a time when if feels like our way of life is being attacked on so many fronts at the same time. One day you find that the economy is racing for disaster. The next day you find a school preventing a student from displaying the American flag. The day after that you discover the government is preparing to allow the United Nations to dictate our ability to “bear arms.” Then you find out how various government officials are supporting a Mosque near ground zero followed by news that a church that was damaged on 9/11 near ground zero is prevented from rebuilding.
In the same week you find out that the dollar is headed for the bargain basement and the government is eyeing the possibility of grabbing your 401K. Shortly thereafter you find that Social Security benefits are being reduced but they want to increase your Social Security taxes. In the mean time your house valuation is dropping like a rock while your property taxes are rising.
The government insists on searching citizens, including the elderly and babies, to make sure they are not terrorists, but attacks a State for trying to stop millions of illegal aliens from crossing its borders. We are supposed to be constitutionally protected from unreasonable searches, but are in danger of an $11,000 fine if we protest having a TSA agent inside our pants (the kind of behavior that would get any non-TSA agent jail time).
You see people trying to deal with the insanity in one area and before they make any progress something even crazier (is that a word?) crops up. It’s like playing “wake a mole.”
I don’t remember a time when if feels like our way of life is being attacked on so many fronts at the same time. One day you find that the economy is racing for disaster. The next day you find a school preventing a student from displaying the American flag. The day after that you discover the government is preparing to allow the United Nations to dictate our ability to “bear arms.” Then you find out how various government officials are supporting a Mosque near ground zero followed by news that a church that was damaged on 9/11 near ground zero is prevented from rebuilding.
In the same week you find out that the dollar is headed for the bargain basement and the government is eyeing the possibility of grabbing your 401K. Shortly thereafter you find that Social Security benefits are being reduced but they want to increase your Social Security taxes. In the mean time your house valuation is dropping like a rock while your property taxes are rising.
The government insists on searching citizens, including the elderly and babies, to make sure they are not terrorists, but attacks a State for trying to stop millions of illegal aliens from crossing its borders. We are supposed to be constitutionally protected from unreasonable searches, but are in danger of an $11,000 fine if we protest having a TSA agent inside our pants (the kind of behavior that would get any non-TSA agent jail time).
You see people trying to deal with the insanity in one area and before they make any progress something even crazier (is that a word?) crops up. It’s like playing “wake a mole.”
Terrorism and Manipulation
I'm not a conspiracy nut, at least I don't think I am, but it is getting harder and harder to ignore evidence.
My son and I have discussed this at length and there is a consistent theme for the last 40 years. In this case it is Wikileaks.
The thing that at first defies understanding, if true, is having an approximately 20 year old PFC with what should have been Top Secret clearance considering what he had access to. I am doubtful that a 20 year old PFC can acquire a Top Secret security clearance. Then allowing said PFC into and out of an area where he had access to this material carrying any kind of computer media. In this case it is said he had a CD RW disguised as a music CDROM (not much of a disguise). Then he had access all by himself without any oversight so that he could copy the material from a computer that did not have external media access disabled as it should have been (both CD write and USB stick access should have been disabled).
Over and over again we find the same pattern which appears once again. Someone in a position of authority (not our PFC) wants something to happen for an unknown reason. Then it is just a matter of finding the guy who may already have some motive for doing the wrong thing. You enhance that motive by making sure he talks with the right (wrong) people. Then you give him the access he would need to do the job and make sure the obstacles stay out of the way.
Think Lee Harvey Oswald, 1963. He somewhat magically went to Russia and returned. The last obstacle was the Secret Service agent who was supposed to be riding on the back bumper that day (he would have been in the line of fire). Hopefully you have seen the video where this agent is inexplicably ordered not to assume his normal position at the last moment much to his dismay.
The Christmas underwear bomber who received assistance getting on a plane, paying for a one-way ticket in cash, with no passport on an international flight all AFTER his father warns officials that his son is a threat.
We've seen how authorities spot these people in advance. The most recent case in Portland. Once they have them spotted it is only a matter of letting the ones that are likely to do what you want them to do get away with it. In fact, there was the FBI memo noting the problem with potential terrorists getting flight training BEFORE 9/11.
As they say follow the money.
Kennedy may have been about to pull the plug on Vietnam. Kennedy dies and we stay mired in Vietnam 10 more years.
9/11 happens and we get wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The shoe bomber fails to light his shoe (I have serious doubts whether it COULD be detonated). What do we get? The average citizen agrees to searches that previously would have been considered unreasonable.
The underwear bomber fails (again doubtful it could be detonated) and we get body scanners and intrusive pat downs that would have not only been considered unreasonable but rape.
Wikileaks happens and the government is on the verge of killing free speach on the internet and putting the FCC in control of the last free media.
This could all be the old adage of not letting any catastrophe go to waste in furthering your agenda. Or it could be much worse and entail actually orchestrating the catastrophes themselves so that it's all a big scam.
As is often said, the nine most frightening words in the english language are, "I'm from the government and I'm
here to help." (Ronald Reagan)
My son and I have discussed this at length and there is a consistent theme for the last 40 years. In this case it is Wikileaks.
The thing that at first defies understanding, if true, is having an approximately 20 year old PFC with what should have been Top Secret clearance considering what he had access to. I am doubtful that a 20 year old PFC can acquire a Top Secret security clearance. Then allowing said PFC into and out of an area where he had access to this material carrying any kind of computer media. In this case it is said he had a CD RW disguised as a music CDROM (not much of a disguise). Then he had access all by himself without any oversight so that he could copy the material from a computer that did not have external media access disabled as it should have been (both CD write and USB stick access should have been disabled).
Over and over again we find the same pattern which appears once again. Someone in a position of authority (not our PFC) wants something to happen for an unknown reason. Then it is just a matter of finding the guy who may already have some motive for doing the wrong thing. You enhance that motive by making sure he talks with the right (wrong) people. Then you give him the access he would need to do the job and make sure the obstacles stay out of the way.
Think Lee Harvey Oswald, 1963. He somewhat magically went to Russia and returned. The last obstacle was the Secret Service agent who was supposed to be riding on the back bumper that day (he would have been in the line of fire). Hopefully you have seen the video where this agent is inexplicably ordered not to assume his normal position at the last moment much to his dismay.
The Christmas underwear bomber who received assistance getting on a plane, paying for a one-way ticket in cash, with no passport on an international flight all AFTER his father warns officials that his son is a threat.
We've seen how authorities spot these people in advance. The most recent case in Portland. Once they have them spotted it is only a matter of letting the ones that are likely to do what you want them to do get away with it. In fact, there was the FBI memo noting the problem with potential terrorists getting flight training BEFORE 9/11.
As they say follow the money.
Kennedy may have been about to pull the plug on Vietnam. Kennedy dies and we stay mired in Vietnam 10 more years.
9/11 happens and we get wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The shoe bomber fails to light his shoe (I have serious doubts whether it COULD be detonated). What do we get? The average citizen agrees to searches that previously would have been considered unreasonable.
The underwear bomber fails (again doubtful it could be detonated) and we get body scanners and intrusive pat downs that would have not only been considered unreasonable but rape.
Wikileaks happens and the government is on the verge of killing free speach on the internet and putting the FCC in control of the last free media.
This could all be the old adage of not letting any catastrophe go to waste in furthering your agenda. Or it could be much worse and entail actually orchestrating the catastrophes themselves so that it's all a big scam.
As is often said, the nine most frightening words in the english language are, "I'm from the government and I'm
here to help." (Ronald Reagan)
Monday, December 6, 2010
Watch your neighbor watch you
The following came from http://www.suite101.com/content/fear-and-secrecy-in-the-nazi-police-state-a260577
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Jul 12, 2010 Michael Streich
Living in Hitler’s Germany characterized every aspect of what is often referred to as a “police state.” Everyday Germans were drafted into Nazi control and secrecy, often without realizing it. By employing fear techniques, few government agents, such as the Gestapo, were actually needed to control the masses. Such tactics involved normal citizens willing to spy on neighbors, teachers reporting on what their students may have said in class, and monitoring newspaper and radio usage.
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Then we have the following from your friendly United States government.
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Press Office
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Dec. 6, 2010
WASHINGTON -- Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the expansion of the Department’s national “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign to hundreds of Walmart stores across the country—launching a new partnership between DHS and Walmart to help the American public play an active role in ensuring the safety and security of our nation.
“Homeland security starts with hometown security, and each of us plays a critical role in keeping our country and communities safe,” said Secretary Napolitano. “I applaud Walmart for joining the ‘If You See Something, Say Something’ campaign. This partnership will help millions of shoppers across the nation identify and report indicators of terrorism, crime and other threats to law enforcement authorities.”
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See the similarity. If you don't you might need a new pair of glasses. Having the populace fearful and suspicious of each other and ready to turn each other in for the security of "the fatherland" or "the homeland" is how a facist government controls the people. It keeps them too busy to realize the real enemy is those who pit them against one another. They pit the poor against the rich, race against race, religion against religion, political group against political group. Why? Because united we stand and divided we fall.
Maybe we should build a bunch of Walmarts along our southern border.
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