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  • fg_admin

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    May 6, 2011 at 10:54 pm in reply to: 911 Truths-It was an inside job

    Top Terrorist Hunter For U.S. Government: Wolfowitz General Told Me 9/11 Was False Flag

    http://www.prisonplanet.com/top-terrorist-hunter-for-u-s-government-wolfowitz-general-told-me-911-was-false-flag.html

  • fg_admin

    Administrator
    May 6, 2011 at 9:51 pm in reply to: The coming Financial Collapse and How to Prepare

    Franklin,

    The video is 1 hour 35 minutes. I downloaded it and converted it and that is the only way I found out how long it truly is. You watched only half of it.

    I agree with you that he should have a progress bar or something. Perhaps he doesn't want people jumping to the chase and skipping any portion of it, and thereby stealing his thunder. Nevertheless, I do believe the video is worth the precious time of our members and readers to view.

  • SOURCE: http://www.realnewsreporter.com/?p=3141

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    Soviet Style Travel Restrictions Coming to Amerika?

    Posted by Real News Reporter on April 26th, 2011

    Edward Hasbrouck

    Consumer Traveler

    State Department Wants To Make It Harder To Get a Passport.

    If you don’t want it to get even harder for a U.S. citizen to get a passport — now required for travel even to Canada or Mexico — you only have until Monday to let the State Department know.

    The U.S. Department of State is proposing a new Biographical Questionnaire for some passport applicants: The proposed new Form DS-5513 asks for all addresses since birth; lifetime employment history including employers’ and supervisors names, addresses, and telephone numbers; personal details of all siblings; mother’s address one year prior to your birth; any “religious ceremony” around the time of birth; and a variety of other information.

    According to the proposed form, “failure to provide the information requested may result in … the denial of your U.S. passport application.”

    The State Department estimated that the average respondent would be able to compile all this information in just 45 minutes, which is obviously absurd given the amount of research that is likely to be required to even attempt to complete the form.

    It seems likely that only some, not all, applicants will be required to fill out the new questionnaire, but no criteria have been made public for determining who will be subjected to these additional new written interrogatories. So if the passport examiner wants to deny your application, all they will have to do is give you the impossible new form to complete.

    It’s not clear from the supporting statement, statement of legal authorities, or regulatory assessment submitted by the State Department to the Office of Management and Budget (OM:cool: why declining to discuss one’s siblings or to provide the phone number of your first supervisor when you were a teenager working at McDonalds would be a legitimate basis for denial of a passport to a U.S. citizen.

    You can submit comments to the State Dept. online at Regulations.gov until midnight Eastern time on Monday, April 25, 2011. Go here, then click the “Submit a Comment” button at the upper right of the page. If that link doesn’t work for you, it’s probably a problem with the javascript used on the Regulations.gov website. There are alternate instructions for submitting comments by email here.

    (Note that the proposed form itself was not published in the Federal Register. The Identity Project was eventually provided with a copy after requesting it from the Department of State, and posted it here.)

    Here’s a draft of the comments (PDF) being submitted by the Consumer Travel Alliance and other consumer, privacy, and civil liberties groups and individuals, if you would like to use it for ideas for comments of your own. (It’s also available in OpenOffice format for easier editing.)

    Extra points to the person who gives the best answer in the comments to the question on the proposed form, “Please describe the circumstances of your birth including the names (as well as address and phone number, if available) of persons present or in attendance at your birth.”


    Sources :

    Consumer Traveler: http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/state-dept-wants-to-make-it-harder-to-get-a-passport/

  • fg_admin

    Administrator
    May 4, 2011 at 4:59 am in reply to: 911 Truths-It was an inside job

    Osama bin Laden corpse photo is fake

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/02/osama-bin-laden-photo-fake?CMP=twt_fd

    GORDON DUFF: YEARS OF DECEIT: US OPENLY ACCEPTS BIN LADEN LONG DEAD

    http://www.veteranstoday.com/2009/12/05/years-of-deceit-us-openly-accepts-bin-laden-long-dead/

    The Dead Bin Laden Photo Does Nothing To Address These Facts

    http://www.prisonplanet.com/media-builds-strawman-argument-around-dead-obl-photos.html

    A witness to Bin Laden's 'death' says it's bull….

    http://revolutionarypolitics.tv/video/viewVideo.php?video_id=14798

    BBC: al Qaeda Does Not Exist

    http://youtu.be/mztfFdpd1Rk

    Benazir Bhutto: Bin Laden was Murdered

    http://youtu.be/UnychOXj9Tg

    Bush Caught Lying About September 11th

    http://youtu.be/Sm73wOuPL60

    You will convert if you will see these images.

    http://youtu.be/3FwREz324Ko

  • EDITORIAL: Interesting comments from Gary Livingston on the legitimacy of Obama's Birth Certificate.

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    I will tell you right now that I had never given this “birther” issue any credit. I watched the hype and the crazies come out. I completely dismissed the entire ordeal altogether. In fact, it was not until the White House released the birth certificate that it had gained my attention.

    I am the studious sort of guy, and I have plenty of time on my hands. So, I took a close look at this document. While I would have thought that this issue would have been closed for good (and, got the crazies to crawl back into their holes), I found two extremely strange inconsistencies that merit some attention.

    First of all, the birth certificate that the White House released lists Obama's birth as August 4, 1961. It also lists Barack Hussein Obama as his father. No big deal, right? At the time of Obama's birth, it also shows that his father is aged 25 years old, and that Obama's father was born in ” Kenya , East Africa “.

    This wouldn't seem like anything of concern, except the fact that Kenya did not even exist until 1963, two whole years after Obama's birth, and 27 years after his father's birth. How could have Obama's father have been born in a

    country that did not yet exist? Up and until Kenya was formed in 1963, it was known as the “British East Africa Protectorate”. But, this is not the only thing that I found that just does not jive.

    The other item that I looked into was the hospital that Obama was born in. On the birth certificate released by the White House, the listed place of birth is “Kapi'olani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital”. This cannot be, because the hospital(s) in question in 1961 were called “KauiKeolani Children's Hospital” and “Kapi'olani Maternity Home”, respectively.

    The name did not change to Kapi'olani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital until 1978, when these two hospitals merged. How can this particular name of the hospital be on a birth certificate dated 1961 if this name had not yet been applied to it until 1978? Go ahead, look it up. I am not talking crazy talk, these are the facts.

    Like I said, I thought that this was a non-issue until the actual certificate was released. Now that it has been released, of course I had to look into it. I have found these issues, now I know that something is up. If you doubt me, just look at the following resources:

    Sure as hell, the hospital part is true, as you can read about the 1978 merger here. Who the hell did he payoff now with our TAX Dollars to print this Bogus Certificate??……

  • fg_admin

    Administrator
    April 30, 2011 at 2:09 pm in reply to: Properity Preachers are Ruining Christianity

    More railing against prosperity Gospel preachers like Benny Hin and Joel Osteen:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9KUilKMDaY&feature=related

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miQQWA1zsbU

  • fg_admin

    Administrator
    April 30, 2011 at 9:32 am in reply to: Electronic books sales now trounce printed books

    Here's another article on the decline of book publishers.

    SOURCE: http://www.techeye.net/business/shift-to-e-books-pushes-book-publishing-off-the-cliff

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    Shift to e-books pushes book publishing off the cliff

    Mills and Boon can't help, maybe Kate Middleton can

    29 Apr 2011 11:53 | by Matthew Finnegan in London

    The book publishing industry is heading into decline as consumers swap books for e-readers.

    A long term period of decline is expected in the market for books in both traditional and electronic forms, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) showing a decline of three percent from 2010 to 2014, compared to a slight increase in the preceding five years. That's according to a report from analyst company IHS iSuppli.

    This will be mainly attributable to a five percent CAGR drop in paper books, despite the heroic efforts of Mills and Boon novels accounting for 200 million lofty tomes sold every year, giving a good indication that the days of the printed word are indeed on the wane.

    Meanwhile e-books are expected to see sales rise by a massive 40 percent, though this is not enough to drag the overall book industry into the black up until 2014 as the downturn in traditional books accounts for a significantly larger amount of revenue at this stage, with the electronic format costing around 40 percent less.

    In total the amount of cash drawn from book sales will fall to $22.7 billion in 2014 from $25.0 billion in 2010, symbolic of a stage of disruption in which the book industry seemingly prepares to shift to digital formats.

    It is in America where the forefront of the move towards digital publishing is occurring, with 13 percent of revenue expected to come from e-books by 2014, up from three percent in 2010 and six percent this year, with these trends expected to be seen throughout the rest of the world as e-reader sales increase.

    And in the short term it seems that the disruption to the book industry is likely to benefit manufacturers of e-readers in the short term, with shipments of devices expected to triple from 2010 until 2014, rising from 9.7 million to 30 million units.

    According to IHS iSuppli stats the generally held expectations for 43.4 million shipment s in 2014 are unlikely to be realistic due to competition and pricing factors.

    For example the increase in use of tablets means that people are unlikely to shell out for a Kindle having purchased whichever iPad incarnation over the next few years.

    Also price declines are unlikely to fall any further as firms are interestingly already working at “near-zero” margins.

    According to IHS iSuppli analyst Steve Mather it will be necessary for e-reader makers to broaden horizons a little and be inventive with the content accessible.

    This could mean adding magazines and news subscriptions to the likes of tablet paper The Daily, as well bored commuters favourite Sudoku, or even flogging royal wedding programmes adorned with Kate Middleton’s grinning mug like Apple are, would help uptake.

    Read more: http://www.techeye.net/business/shift-to-e-books-pushes-book-publishing-off-the-cliff#ixzz1KztRkS7c

  • fg_admin

    Administrator
    April 30, 2011 at 4:41 am in reply to: State Dept. proposes "Biographical Questionnaire" for passport applicants

    Folks:

    You have the opportunity to stop this. Here is the e-mail address for comments: GarciaAA@state.gov

    Here is the sample e-mail to cut and paste:

    “Re: 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: DS-5513, Biographical Questionnaire for U.S. Passport, 1405-XXXX.

    I find it disgusting that the State Department is proposing changes to the passport application demanding far greater personal information than necessary. It’s an intrusion of privacy and an insult to America’s first law, the Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776 .”

    ***

    Hurry….It says “…up to 60 days from February 24, 2011….” [business days??]

    US STATE DEPARTMENT GOING NAZI ON PASSPORT APPLICATIONS

    The U.S. Department of State has proposed a new questionnaire that would make it almost impossible for some people to get a passport.

    The new document (PDF) would require that certain applicants submit a list of every residence and every job they've ever had since birth.

    In February, the department published a request in the Federal Register allowing 60 days for comment before the new rules go into effect.

    “The Biographical Questionnaire for a U.S. Passport, form DS-5513, is used to supplement an application for a U.S. passport when the applicant submits citizenship or identity evidence that is insufficient or of questionable authenticity,” according to a supporting statement (PDF) issued along with the request for comment.

    “This form is used prior to passport issuance and solicits information relating to the respondent’s family, birth circumstances, residences, schooling, and employment,” the statement added.

    “In addition to this primary use of the data, the DS-5513 may also be used as evidence in the prosecution of any individual who makes a false statement on the application and for other uses as set forth in the Prefatory Statement and the Passport System of Records Notice (State-26).”

    The document also requires some applicants to submit information about the mother's pre-natal and post-natal care, the mother's residence one year before and after the birth, the persons in attendance at the birth and religious or institutional recordings of the birth.

    “The State Department estimated that the average respondent would be able to compile all this information in just 45 minutes, which is obviously absurd given the amount of research that is likely to be required to even attempt to complete the form,” Consumer Traveler's Edward Hasbrouck noted.

    The Consumer Travel Alliance opposes the new form as “exceeding the statutory authority of the DOS, unconstitutional, and in violation of U.S. obligations pursuant to international human rights treaties to which the U.S. is a party,” according to draft comments (PDF) prepared by the group.

    “[C]hoosing to require an applicant for a passport to complete the proposed Form DS-5513, which few if any applicants could complete, would amount to a de facto decision to deny that applicant a passport. And that decision would be standardless, arbitrary, and illegal,” they added.

    The State Department had not returned a call asking for comment at the time of publication.

    [9:15:43 AM] dave wissel: Reading between the lines on this, I see opportunity revealed–i.e. one could not give them info on the form they wanted, but rather give them other info and cite this.


    Original Message


    From: Garcia, Alexys A [mailto:garciaaa@state.gov]

    Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 11:37 AM

    To:

    Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: DS-5513, Biographical Questionnaire for U.S. Passport, 1405-XXXX.

    Thank you for your e-mail.

    If you are e-mailing regarding the proposed DS-5513, Biographical Questionnaire for a U.S. Passport, we appreciate your interest. We are seriously considering the comments that we continue to receive and may very well incorporate several of the suggestions into a revised version. We would also like to take this opportunity to clarify a few common misconceptions regarding this form.

    The Biographical Questionnaire for a U.S. Passport, form DS-5513, is not designed to replace the standard DS-11, Application for a U.S. Passport, but rather to supplement the DS-11 only when the applicant submits citizenship or identity evidence that is insufficient to meet his/her burden of proving citizenship or identity. The Department estimates that such supplemental information will only be requested for a small number of applicants, perhaps less than .5% of the applications we receive annually.

    The Department understands that some of the information requested is quite detailed. However, in those instances where an applicant cannot provide sufficient proof of citizenship or identity, it is important for the applicant to provide additional information which will help establish the applicant's United States citizenship or identity.

    The Department asks a wide range of questions related to an applicant's birth on the DS-5513, Biographical Questionnaire for a U.S. Passport form in order to accommodate the wide range of birth circumstances of U.S. citizens. Many of these questions may not apply to the majority of applicants; however, for cases where the information may apply, it gives an opportunity to provide additional information that may then support passport issuance.

    For information on what documentation is required when submitting a DS-11, please refer to page two of the instructions.

    We hope the above information addresses any concerns you may have.

    Thank you!

  • fg_admin

    Administrator
    April 28, 2011 at 4:04 am in reply to: Personal-safety GPS device presents security risk

    SOURCE: http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/apple-is-collecting-location-data-but-not-your-location-data-948581

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    Apple is collecting location data, but not YOUR location data

    Q&A explains all, kind of

    By Marc Chacksfield

    4/27/2011

    The iPhone 4 isn't watching you, it just likes to know where you are

    Apple has released an extensive Q&A about iOS 4's apparent gathering of location data and is adamant it is not tracking the location of your iPhone, rather “maintaining a database of Wi-Fi hotspots and cell towers around your current location.”

    This is to help speed up finding your location when, for instance, you need to load up a map app.

    “Calculating a phone's location using just GPS satellite data can take up to several minutes,” said Apple.

    “[The] iPhone can reduce this time to just a few seconds by using Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower data to quickly find GPS satellites, and even triangulate its location using just Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower data when GPS is not available (such as indoors or in basements).”

    Location, location, location

    According to Apple, this goes some way in explaining all the location data which can be taken from your iPhone – essentially it is not your own personal data but info that has been “crowd-sourced”.

    “This data is not the iPhone's location data—it is a subset (cache) of the crowd-sourced Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower database which is downloaded from Apple into the iPhone to assist the iPhone in rapidly and accurately calculating location,” explained Apple.

    “The reason the iPhone stores so much data is a bug we uncovered and plan to fix shortly. We don't think the iPhone needs to store more than seven days of this data.”

    Apple concludes with a heartfelt message about privacy, saying it is a big believer of putting the 'I' back into the iPhone.

    “iPhone was the first to ask users to give their permission for each and every app that wanted to use location.

    “Apple will continue to be one of the leaders in strengthening personal information security and privacy.”

    Sometime in the next few weeks Apple will be releasing an iOS software update to reduce the size of the crowd-sourced Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower database cached on the iPhone, stop backing up the cache anddelete the location-storing cache entirely when Location Services are turned off.

    Whether the Q&A is an example of complete honesty from Apple or a case of baffling its users with techno-babble, remains to be seen but it's good to see Jobs and co aren't burying their collective heads in the sand about the location data issue, and just in time for the UK release of the white iPhone 4, too.

    Read more: http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/apple-is-collecting-location-data-but-not-your-location-data-948581#ixzz1Kms2am9H

  • fg_admin

    Administrator
    April 26, 2011 at 12:41 pm in reply to: Personal-safety GPS device presents security risk

    SOURCE: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/04/android-phones-keep-location-cache-too-but-its-harder-to-access.ars

    Android phones keep location cache, too, but it's harder to access

    By Chris Foresman

    4/23/2011

    After this week's disturbing revelation that iPhones and 3G iPads keep a log of location data based on cell tower and WiFi base station triangulation, developer Magnus Eriksson set out to demonstrate that Android smartphones store the exact same type of data for its location services. While the data is harder to access for the average user, it's as trivial to access for a knowledgeable hacker or forensics expert.

    On Wednesday, security researchers Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden revealed their findings that 3G-capable iOS devices keep a database of location data based on cell tower triangulation and WiFi basestation proximity in a file called “consolidated.db.” The iPhone, as well as 3G-equipped iPads, generate this cache even if you don't explicitly use location-based services. This data is also backed up to your computer every time it is synced with iTunes. Warden wrote an application which can find, parse, and map the location data on a user's computer if the iOS device backups are not optionally encrypted.

    Allan and Warden's findings sparked major concerns over privacy, leading some to speculate that Apple was tracking all iPhone users. The controversy prompted letters from Sentator Al Franken (D-MN) and US Representative Ed Markey (D-MA) demanding that Apple answer questions about how the data is collected, how or when it is sent to Apple, and how Apple could protect a user's privacy.

    iOS data forensics expert Alex Levinson later on Wednesday revealed that the consolidated.db file was neither new—iOS has kept the same information in the past, just in a different database—nor was its existence necessarily a secret—Levinson had collaborated on a book with fellow security researcher Sean Morrisey that discussed consolidated.db in detail.

    Eriksson suspected that his Android device collected similar information. “Following the latest internet outrage to the revelation that iPhone has a cache for its location service, I decided to have look what my Android device caches for the same function,” he wrote in a note on GitHub. He put together an application similar to Warden's based on open source cache parsing code, which extracts data from “cache.cell” and “cache.wifi” and displays it on a map.

    Like iOS, Android stores these databases in an area that is only accessible by root. To access the caches, an Android device needs to be “rooted,” which removes most of the system's security features. Unlike iOS, though, Android phones aren't typically synced with a computer, so the files would need to be extracted from a rooted device directly. This distinction makes the data harder to access for the average user, but easy enough for an experienced hacker or forensic expert.

    Another important difference, according to developer Mike Castelman, is that Android keeps less data overall than iOS devices. “The main difference that I can see is that Android seems to have a cache versus iOS's log,” Castleman, who contributed some code improvements to Eriksson's tool, told Ars. That is, Android appears to limit the caches to 50 entries for cell tower triangulation and 200 entries for WiFi basestation location. iOS's consolidated.db, on the other hand, seems to keep a running tally of data since iOS is first installed and activated on a device. iOS will also keep multiple records of the same tower or basestation, while Android only keeps a single record.

    Regardless of those differences, however, the data could be used in the same way. For instance, said Castleman, “if you were arrested or something shortly after a crime was committed, either device would contain evidence that could be used against you.”

    The data in these caches is used when GPS data isn't available, or to more quickly narrow down a location while GPS services are being polled (known as “assisted” or aGPS). Apple and Google both collect some of this data to build and maintain databases of known cell tower and WiFi basestation locations. Both companies previously used similar data from Skyhook, but both recently moved to building and using their own databases (presumably for cost and/or performance reasons).

    A security researcher revealed to the Wall Street Journal that Google is also collecting a wide variety of location data from Android devices which could lead to privacy breaches. “According to new research by security analyst Samy Kamkar, an HTC Android phone collected its location every few seconds and transmitted the data to Google at least several times an hour,” the WSJ reported.

    While Google is also using the data to improve its internal cell tower and WiFi location database or to improve call routing like Apple, it also uses the data to improve Google Maps and collect information about traffic patterns. The problem with Google's data collection is that unlike Apple, the information sent to Google contains a unique identification number that can be tied to a particular phone. While technically anonymous, that number could potentially be used to trace back to an individual user.

    The fact that smartphones equipped with GPS could be used to track individual users isn't new, and a recent Nielsen survey revealed that many users are extremely wary about privacy when using location-based services via a mobile device. However, the details revealed in the past few days about the extent of location data collection and how easy it can be to access it have heightened privacy concerns even further.

    UPDATE: Google spokesperson Randall Sarafa contacted Ars to clarify that its data collection practices are opt-in, as is Apple's. “All location sharing on Android is opt-in by the user. We provide users with notice and control over the collection, sharing and use of location in order to provide a better mobile experience on Android devices,” he told Ars.

    Furthermore, he explained that the unique identifier number is random, not hashed from the unique IMEI or MEID number associated with all mobile devices. “Any location data that is sent back to Google location servers is anonymized and is not tied or traceable to a specific user,” Sarafa said. However, as researchers have shown numerous times in the past, “anonymized” data can often be analyzed and correlated with a single person with surprising accuracy.

  • fg_admin

    Administrator
    April 26, 2011 at 2:31 am in reply to: Personal-safety GPS device presents security risk

    SOURCE: http://www.techeye.net/security/taiwan-dunks-for-apple-on-location-storage

    Now the Apple iOS operating system on the iPhone has been exposed as logging the location of the user over a long period and storing the data on the phone. The Taiwanese government wants to prosecute and sue Apple for invading the privacy of their users and maybe even order Apple to buy the iPhones back from the consumers they sold them to!

    The original article that exposed this privacy breach on iphones is below:

    http://www.techeye.net/security/taiwan-dunks-for-apple-on-location-storage

    Yeah!

    _____________________

    Taiwan dunks for Apple on location storage

    Letter from Taiwan Government officials complain

    25 Apr 2011 14:52 | by Dan Bloom in Taiwan | posted in Security

    No sooner had two British data security researchers – Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden – published their assertions that the latest version of Apple's operating system is constantly recording the location of users and storing the data in hidden files somewhere in Appleland, than the Taipei city government asked Apple's branch office in the nation's capital what the hell was going on.

    Of course, the letter from the Taipei City Law and Regulation Commission director Ching-yuan Yeh didn't use the word “hell” and was much more polite, but it still asked for a full account of what the hell was going on.

    According to local news reports in the Chinese-language media here, Apple needs to provide some good explanations – as well as information on how it will compensate Taiwanese customers – within the next 7 days or it could face a maximum fine of around US$10,000.

    Apple needs to clarify to Taipei officials why it is gathering the location and GPS data without customers' full or partial knowledge, Yeh told reporters.

    He also said – and this has international repercussions even though little Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations – that the position-logging feature contained in Apple's new operating system iOS could violate Taiwan's new Computer-Processed Personal Data Protection Act, introduced in January.

    Taiwan has a few laws with teeth and many laws with no teeth. But according to the Consumers Protection Act here, domestic and international manufactures must recall products if they violate Taiwanese consumers' rights.

    As readers of TechEye know, of course, the newoperating system has been storing locations and time stamps, according to Allan and Warden. Oops. Who knew?

    Apple's response so far to the Taipei letter? No comment.

    Meanwhile, the China Post, an English-language expat newspaper in Taipei, ran a lead editorial on the weekend, comparing Apple's whopper of a blooper with James Cameron's “Terminator” movies, opining that “April 21, 2011 was Judgment Day” but adding that “chances are extremely slim that an Apple mainframe will go rogue and strike mankind.”

    Still, government officials in Taiwan has given notice to Apple's island operations here that it wants answers. And soon. Or else.

    Read more: http://www.techeye.net/security/taiwan-dunks-for-apple-on-location-storage#ixzz1KanHzWAV

  • fg_admin

    Administrator
    April 25, 2011 at 6:25 pm in reply to: USA v. U.S. Lawsuit

    SOURCE: http://usofavus.com/wp/2011/04/25/the-lawsuit-usa-vs-me/

    Here is the introduction to the lawsuit earlier posted.

    _________________

    The Lawsuit – USA vs Me

    Posted on April 25, 2011 by admin

    Does the Supreme Court recognize your rights as set forth in the US Constitution? This seems like it ought to be a simple question, right? Well, it’s not.

    When you illegally applied for Social Security, a federal retirement benefit available only to those ALREADY lawfully serving in public offices within the national and not state government, you:

    1.Created fraudulent evidence of the existence of an enforceable franchise contract with the US Government.

    2.Unlawfully created a public office in the U.S. government and through the application, produced prima facie evidence of consent to be treated as “federal personnel” per 5 U.S.C. §552a(a)(13).

    3.Reduced your legal status into a federal “person” (public officer), in exchange for federal retirement benefits as social security.

    4.Allegedly condoned the transformation of your constitutional rights into franchise privileges administered by covetous government bureaucrats even though the U.S. Supreme Court held that an unalienable Constitutional right cannot be bargained away by any commercial process, INCLUDING a franchise.

    5.Became an “individual”, which 5 U.S.C. §2105(a) says can only exist by lawfully serving in a public office.

    Even if you were OK with this transformation/application, you committed a crime if you don’t correct the evidence of it. Why? Because you cannot lawfully or unilaterally elect yourself into a public office in the U.S. government and if you do, you become a CRIMINAL under 18 U.S.C. §912.

    Being compelled under threat of administrative penalty or enforcement, which is a Bill of Attainder, to accept the obligations associated with the above unlawful transformation constitutes involuntary servitude PROHIBITED by the Thirteen Amendment, whether within a state OR on federal territory. The Supreme Court has long held that the government cannot force a human being to involuntarily accept the obligations of any status or franchise, see duress.

    This landmark case simply asks the Supreme Court to declare if Americans can be forced to enter into a franchise or commercial relation with the national government, and sets enforceable precedent for US lower courts. If The U.S. Supreme Court fails to uphold the Constitution in this original action then all Americans face conditions of involuntary servitude and slavery which precipitated the founding of this nation.

    Forced obligations, especially by a government, change the legal status of relationship to slavery or peonage. The notion that any American can be forced into an obligation toward or commercial relation of ANY KIND with any government against their will by franchise, or otherwise:

    1.Contradicts the core principles of our nation.

    2.Effectively outlaws private rights and private property.

    3.Penalizes the exercise or rights protected by the Constitution.

    4.Destroys equal rights and equal protection and replaces them with privileges, franchises, hypocrisy, and inequality and makes the government into a parens patriae (parent to everyone) and the people into wards of the state.

    5.Undermines the very PURPOSE of the formation of organized government, which is the protection of PRIVATE rights. The first STEP in that protection is protecting you from abuses by the government caused by involuntarily converting PRIVATE property and rights into PUBLIC property and rights without the consent of the owner.

    This issue is critical to every American. The Supreme Court briskly opposed the New Deal, and defended the choice of each American to not to be forced into doing business with the US Government. It’s that simple. The choice to contract or not with the administrative state key principle of this nation.

    Quote:
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    Selection of a US Citizen, when you filled out your Social Security Application, created fraudulent prima facie evidence that you are a domiciliary and SUBJECT physically located in or representing Washington DC – note the innocuous box that says “US Citizen”. A state citizen erroneously checking this box resulted in an unlawful exchange natural legal standing for federal privileged citizenship. Unlawful application for federal retirement benefits by an otherwise private human being, alienated constitutional standing and authorized the applicant to be treated as “federal personnel”, federal “employee”, and public officer until the evidence is corrected.

    This deception and conspiracy to alienate unalienable rights by covetous public servants has tricked almost every American into the obligations associated with franchises that are only enforceable against public officers within the government. A failure or refusal to correct this perversion of our legal system and this outright war against private rights and state rights results in a de facto government with no moral or legal or just authority. More information on the legal deception.

    The administrative state, established in 1935 by the New Deal, set the stage to legally abuse franchises such as Social Security in order to unconstitutionally convert unalienable rights into statutory privileges in violation of the legislative intent of the U.S. Constitution.

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    “But very different considerations apply to the internal commerce or domestic trade of the States. Over this commerce and trade Congress has no power of regulation nor any direct control. This power belongs exclusively to the States. No interference by Congress with the business of citizens transacted within a State is warranted by the Constitution, except such as is strictly incidental to the exercise of powers clearly granted to the legislature. The power to authorize [LICENSE, as with SSN de facto license numbers]a business within a State is plainly repugnant to the exclusive power of the State over the same subject. It is true that the power of Congress to tax is a very extensive power. It is given in the Constitution, with only one exception and only two qualifications. Congress cannot tax exports, and it must impose direct taxes by the rule of apportionment, and indirect taxes by the rule of uniformity. Thus limited, and thus only, it reaches every subject, and may be exercised at discretion. But, it reaches only existing subjects. Congress cannot authorize a trade or business [per 26 U.S.C. 7701(a)(26)] within a State in order to tax it.”

    [License Tax Cases, 72 U.S. 462, 18 L.Ed. 497, 5 Wall. 462, 2 A.F.T.R. 2224 (1866)]

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    April 25, 2011 at 5:50 pm in reply to: Noncitizen national on the I-9 Form

    For those readers reading this thread, we just discovered the following forms that describes how to answer requests to participate in the E-Verify process when applying for new jobs:

    1. About E-Verify, Form #04.107

    FORMS PAGE: http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm

    DIRECT LINK: http://sedm.org/Forms/Tax/Procedure/E-Verify/E-Verify.htm

    2. I-9 Amended, Form #06.028

    FORMS PAGE: http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm

    DIRECT LINK: http://sedm.org/Forms/AvoidingFranch/i-9Amended.pdf

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  • fg_admin

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    April 25, 2011 at 5:48 pm in reply to: New I-9 Form Includes a "national" option!

    For those readers reading this thread, we just discovered the following forms that describes how to answer requests to participate in the E-Verify process when applying for new jobs:

    1. About E-Verify, Form #04.107

    FORMS PAGE: http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm

    DIRECT LINK: http://sedm.org/Forms/Tax/Procedure/E-Verify/E-Verify.htm

    2. I-9 Amended, Form #06.028

    FORMS PAGE: http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm

    DIRECT LINK: http://sedm.org/Forms/AvoidingFranch/i-9Amended.pdf

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    April 25, 2011 at 4:21 am in reply to: US coppers steal phone data

    SOURCE: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20055961-83.html?tag=mncol;txt

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    April 20, 2011 11:54 PM PDT

    Michigan police refute claims of data-collection wrongdoing

    by Jennifer Guevin Font sizePrintE-mailShare52 comments .

    One of the data extraction devices made by Cellebrite and used by the Michigan State Police.

    The Michigan State Police today fired back at claims that it has been using handheld machines called “extraction devices” to download personal information from motorists they pull over during routine traffic stops.

    The Michigan branch of the American Civil Liberties Union last week said it was petitioning the MSP to release information regarding the use of portable devices that “can be used to secretly extract personal information from cell phones during routine stops.” The devices can reportedly download text messages, photos, video, and GPS data from most brands of cell phones. In its statement, the ACLU said it has been attempting to get more information about these devices for three years.

    Now, the police department says claims about how it uses the so-called data extraction devices, or DEDs, are off-base.

    “The MSP only uses the DEDs if a search warrant is obtained or if the person possessing the mobile device gives consent,” it said in a statement. “The DEDs are not being used to extract citizens' personal information during routine traffic stops.”

    As for secret collection of data, the police said, “The MSP does not possess DEDs that can extract data without the officer actually possessing the owner's mobile device. The DEDs utilized by the MSP cannot obtain information from mobile devices without the mobile-device owner knowing.”

    There has been some misunderstanding surrounding this story. To be clear, the ACLU of Michigan said it is not accusing the police of any inappropriate use of the devices. Its primary concerns are twofold.

    First, it is concerned that “if motorists hand over their cell phones, they may not know that Michigan State Police have a device that can extract a vast amount of data,” according to Mark P. Fancher, ACLU of Michigan staff attorney.

    Second is the fact that the MSP is only willing to disclose details about past use of the devices at great expense. “We don't believe we should go on an expensive fishing expedition to find out whether MSP is following the law,” said Fancher. “In fact, we are encouraged that they issued a statement saying that they now have policies and practices in place, but it's important to know what they did in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. The statement does not satisfy our request for documents regarding how these devices were used in practice in the past.”

    Update on April 21 at 6:27 p.m. PT: This story has been updated with comment from the ACLU of Michigan and to clarify that the ACLU itself has not accused the Michigan police of wrongdoing, contrary to several online reports.

    Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20055961-83.html#ixzz1KVODjB7D

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