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Lawmakers Differ on Middle East Weapons Trafficking

Lawmakers Differ on Middle East Weapons Trafficking

During questioning at Thursday’s Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing, members learned from outgoing defense secretary Leon Panetta and General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the US military's joint chiefs of staff, that the Obama administration supported a plan to arm Syrian rebels. The committee focused on the deadly attack in Benghazi:

“How many more have to die before you recommend military action?” Mr. McCain asked Mr. Panetta on Thursday, noting that an estimated 60,000 Syrians had been killed in the fighting.
And did the Pentagon, Mr. McCain continued, support the recommendation by Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Petraeus “that we provide weapons to the resistance in Syria? Did you support that?”
“We did,” Mr. Panetta said.
“You did support that,” Mr. McCain said.
“We did,” General Dempsey added.
The revelation showed the deep rift within the Obama administration over whether or not to aid the rebel forces against the Assad regime, when violence broke out in Syria last summer.
Senators John McCain (R – AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R – SC), both members of the armed services committee, have long advocated for the administration to arm the Syrian rebels to help overthrow the Bashar Assad regime.
“I believe there are ways to get weapons to the opposition without direct United States involvement,” McCain told The Hill last year. “The Iranians and the Russians are providing Bashar Assad with weapons. People that are being massacred deserve to have the ability to defend themselves.”
The Obama administration also toyed with the idea of arming rebel forces in Libya when Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi was in the midst of being toppled in 2011.
"I'm not ruling it out. But I'm also not ruling it in," Obama told NBC News in an interview Tuesday evening.
"It's fair to say that if we wanted to get weapons into Libya, we probably could," Obama told ABC.
Gadhafi's forces had been held in abeyance by military strikes, the president said, and the administration was trying to gauge whether the Libyan leader's forces could be "sufficiently degraded" to the point where it was unnecessary to arm the rebels.
"But we're not taking anything off the table at this point," Obama said. "Our primary military goal is to protect civilian populations and to set up the no-fly zone. Our primary strategic goal is for Gadhafi to step down so that the Libyan people have an opportunity to live a decent life."
Lawmakers at the time cautioned that arming Libyan rebels could bring about other problems, however, citing al Qaeda factions had infiltrated Libyan opposition forces.:
"There are al Qaeda elements. But we need to pour it on, we need to stay behind the opposition forces, give them the military support just like we're doing now," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Monday night on CNN. "But when this is over and Gadhafi leaves, it would be a huge mistake not to help the Libyan people ... And if there are al Qaeda elements in that country, we will help the Libyan people take care of them."
Obama said in an interview with CBS that all of the Libyan dissidents with whom U.S. officials have met have been "fully vetted," but that that doesn't mean there might not be some elements within the faction opposed to U.S. interests.
Senator Rand Paul (R –KY) asked Hillary Clinton during her testimony about the Benghazi attack if she was aware about U.S. involvement in the procuring of weapons that were transferred, bought or sold to Turkey out of Libya.
CLINTON: To Turkey? I will have to take that question for the record. Nobody has ever raised that with me.
PAUL: It’s been in news reports that ships have been leaving from Libya and that they may have weapons and what I’d like to know is the annex that was close by, were they involved with procuring, buying, selling, obtaining weapons and were any of these weapons being transferred to other countries, any countries, Turkey included?
CLINTON: Well, Senator, you’ll have to direct that question to the agency that ran the annex and I will see what information is available.
PAUL: You’re saying you don’t know.
CLINTON: I do not know. I don’t have any information on that.
Senator Paul told reporters on a teleconference call on Thursday that he believes the CIA run annex that was attacked in Benghazi back in September was complicit in “the selling of weapons and that the U.S. was involved in some way with the collecting or distributing [of weapons] in Turkey.”
And it’s going to the rebels and I think that’s wrong that when it’s official stated policy of President Obama’s government that we are not selling arms or giving arms. Technically, the Turks are doing it, but are we complicit with that? I think if they were honest, they are being complicit with it and it may have had something to do with the attack. That’s why I think we were distracted by this movie. Now I think we’re being distracted by whether it’s movie or terrorism, when the real question we should be asking is did it have anything to do with the transmitting of arms out of Libya into Turkish hands.
Senator Paul’s initial questioning about the issue was scoffed at by left wing critics. Paul responded to them saying:
I think there were some articles in the New York Times as well as the London Times, and so I’m a little bit appalled when the left comes forward and says this is a crazy conspiracy theory, because it’s been reported in mainstream newspapers.
In fact, not only has it been reported that the ship with arms had left from Libya, it was a Libyan ship, a week before the ambassador was killed. I read about this after the attack. I know where the ship was and, in fact, the captain they interviewed, he’s detailed what arms were on there.
He’s also detailed that there was a fight among some of the rebels on who was getting which arms. But it also listed grenade launchers as well as other significant weaponry. And I fully do think the annex there was involved somehow with this.
If you look at the answer from Clinton, her response was as if she never heard of the question. She’s not even keeping up with current event news if she’s never even heard of the question, but I still think the U.S. is involved in someway with the selling of weapons.
Senator Paul is not the first lawmaker to talk about the issue. In late January,  Speaker of the House John Boehner (R – OH) discussed it with radio host Laura Ingraham.
“I’m somewhat familiar with the chatter about this and the fact that these arms were moving towards Turkey, but most what I know about this came from a classified source and I really can’t elaborate on it.”
Boehner is one of eight individuals in Congress who would know about such “classified” information. The other seven members who would have access to this information prior the Benghazi attack would be Rep. Mike Rogers (R – MI)--Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D – CA), Rep. Dutch Ruppersberg (D – MD)--Ranking Member House Select Committee on Intelligence, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D – CA)--Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D – NV), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R – KY), and Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R – GA)--Ranking Member on the Select Committee on Intelligence
Senator Chambliss told Breitbart News on Thursday he knew nothing about the Libyan gun running issue that Senator Paul spoke of or that Speaker Boehner referenced.

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U.S. Navy mistakenly sends how-to memo on dodging FOIA requests

U.S. Navy mistakenly sends how-to memo on dodging FOIA requests

Talk about a misstep. The U.S. Navy accidentally sent out a memo that spells out various ways to duck and dodge Freedom of Information Act requests to a local NBC News reporter.
Politico reported that Scott MacFarlane, an NBC 4 reporter who works in Washington, D.C., had asked the Navy for certain documents. But he never expected as part of his FOIA request to receive an internal Navy note that details how to dismiss his request as a “fishing expedition.”
Mr. MacFarlane had sought information related to the Navy Yard shooting in September and had asked that all fees beyond $15 be waived, Politico reported.
The surprise Navy memo said to negotiate with Mr. MacFarlane over his request and characterize it as a waste of time. It also said, Politico reported, to speak about the cost of fulfilling the request as a means of pressuring Mr. MacFarlane to “narrow the scope” of his FOIA. The memo specifically states: “Again, ‘fishing expedition.’ Just because they are media doesn’t mean the memos shed light on specific government activities.”
The U.S. Navy apologized for the memo.
In a tweet, the Navy said: “#USNavy regrets the content of an internal email sent to @nbcwashington cc @politico @Gawker.”
© Copyright 2014 The Washington Times, LLC. Click here for reprint permission.

Benghazi Select Committee

Investigating the Benghazi Terrorist Attack

Over the last year, I have led congressional efforts to create a bipartisan House Select Committee to fully investigate the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate and annex in Benghazi, Libya.  After a year of investigations in five separate House committees, it is clear that the only way the American people will ever learn the truth is through a single Select Committee that will hold public hearing and issue "friendly subpoenas" to the survivors so they may finally be able to tell their stories about the attack and the failure by the U.S. to send assistance that night without fear of reprisal from agencies.  It is inexplicable that after a year of investigations none of the survivors or the administration officials responsible for the decision not to send assistance that night have been compelled to testify under oath before Congress.
My legislation, H. Res. 36, to create the Select Committee has more than 175 cosponsors - a majority of the majority in the House.  It has been endorsed by family members of the victims of the attack, the Special Operations community, the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (which represents the DSS agents in Benghazi) and the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal,  among many others.
I have repeatedly written Speaker Boehner urging him to create the Select Committee given the overwhelming support for this effort.  Additionally, this summer I went to the House floor nearly every day for three weeks to ask a question of the day about Benghazi (see box below).
More information about the Select Committee resolution and my efforts to raise awareness of the unanswered questions are available below.
CLICK HERE for a full list of cosponsors of H. Res. 36.
BENGHAZI QUESTION OF THE DAY
Question of the Day #12
Why are these heroes being told not talk?  What is the administration afraid of?
What is it protecting?

Question of the Day #11
Who in the White House knew what was going on in the CIA annex in Benghazi?
Question of the Day #10
Why was there a facility operated by the CIA in Benghazi? 

Question of the Day #9
Who are the anonymous senior administration officials who admitted "mistakes" in their handling of the attack to CBS News?

Question of the Day #8
What happened in Washington on the night of the attack and in the days to follow?

Question of the Day #7
Ambassador Stevens made several calls for help to nearby consulates. Which foreign consulates did he call? How did those consulates respond?
Question of the Day #6
Why did Gen. [Carter] Ham speak publicly about the military's response at a forum in Aspen, Colorado – where tickets start at $1,200 – yet his testimony before Congress was behind closed doors?

Question of the Day #5
Why was the CIA's security team repeatedly ordered to "stand down"  after the attack began?

Question of the Day #4
Why haven't we applied pressure to countries refusing to allow the FBI to access the terrorists responsible for the attack?
Question of the Day #3
How many Benghazi survivors were forced to sign Non-Disclosure agreements?
Question of the Day #2
Which agency was responsible for vetting the Libyan security guards at the U.S. consulate?
Question of the Day #1
Where are the Benghazi survivors?
CLICK HERE for a full list of questions.

Important Documents

-Wolf/McCaul letter to State Department asking to use the Rewards for Justice Program to find the Benghazi suspects
-Wolf/McCaul letter to State Department requesting records about the use of the Rewards for Justice Program to find the Benghazi suspects
-Letter from respected national security leaders urging Speaker Boehner to create a Select Committee
-Letter from American Legion endorsing H.Res. 36

-Reports on the failure of the Benghazi Investigation:
Judicial Watch
OPSEC

More on Benghazi Select Committee

Dec 12, 2013
Thursday December 12, 2013 Contact: Jill Shatzen (202) 225-5136
Oct 30, 2013
Wednesday October 30, 2013 Contact: Jill Shatzen (202) 225-5136
Oct 23, 2013
Wednesday October 23, 2013 Contact: Jill Shatzen (202) 225-5136 Washington, D.C. (October 23, 2013) – A national poll released Tuesday shows that 63 percent of Americans believe the Obama Administration is covering up the facts about last year’s terrorist attack in Benghazi. The poll also showed:
Sep 27, 2013
  Contact: Jill Shatzen (202) 225-5136 AMERICAN LEGION ENDORSES SELECT COMMITTEE ON BENGHAZI
Sep 26, 2013
Contact: Jill Shatzen (202) 225-5136 WOLF SAYS THEFT OF U.S. WEAPONS IN LIBYA AND ABANDONED OUTPOSTS POINT TO VITAL NEED FOR SELECT COMMITTEE ON BENGHAZI  
Sep 19, 2013
Contact: Jill Shatzen (202) 225-5136 WOLF STATEMENT ON BENGHAZI SUBPOENAS
Sep 10, 2013
Contact: Jill Shatzen (202) 225-5136 WOLF: SUPPORT FOR SELECT COMMITTEE ON BENGHAZI GROWINGWolf Said He Appreciates ‘Unwavering Support’ of Special Ops Community and Grassroots Groups; Resolution to Create Select Committee Continues to Gain Support in Congress
Sep 9, 2013
Contact: Jill Shatzen (202) 225-5136 WOLF RENEWS CALL TO CREATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON BENGHAZI, NOTES POSSIBLE CONNECTION TO SYRIAN CONFLICTNine Members Signed Onto Resolution Since the House Recessed in August; Total is Now 171
Aug 2, 2013
Contact: Jill Shatzen (202) 225-5136 WOLF: BENGHAZI QUESTION OF THE DAY #12Last in 12-Part Series of Floor Speeches Raising Questions About Benghazi Attack
Aug 1, 2013
Contact: Jill Shatzen (202) 225-5136 WOLF: BENGHAZI QUESTION OF THE DAY #11 Washington, D.C. (August 1, 2013) – In today’s question about the Benghazi attack, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) asked:

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U.S. Navy mistakenly sends how-to memo on dodging FOIA requests

U.S. Navy mistakenly sends how-to memo on dodging FOIA requests


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Talk about a misstep. The U.S. Navy accidentally sent out a memo that spells out various ways to duck and dodge Freedom of Information Act requests to a local NBC News reporter.
Politico reported that Scott MacFarlane, an NBC 4 reporter who works in Washington, D.C., had asked the Navy for certain documents. But he never expected as part of his FOIA request to receive an internal Navy note that details how to dismiss his request as a “fishing expedition.”
Mr. MacFarlane had sought information related to the Navy Yard shooting in September and had asked that all fees beyond $15 be waived, Politico reported.
The surprise Navy memo said to negotiate with Mr. MacFarlane over his request and characterize it as a waste of time. It also said, Politico reported, to speak about the cost of fulfilling the request as a means of pressuring Mr. MacFarlane to “narrow the scope” of his FOIA. The memo specifically states: “Again, ‘fishing expedition.’ Just because they are media doesn’t mean the memos shed light on specific government activities.”
The U.S. Navy apologized for the memo.
In a tweet, the Navy said: “#USNavy regrets the content of an internal email sent to @nbcwashington cc @politico @Gawker.”
© Copyright 2014 The Washington Times, LLC. Click here for reprint permission.

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 —Ronald Reagan, First Inaugural Address (1981)
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The spirit of 1776 is not dead. It has only been slumbering. The body of the American people is substantially republican. But their virtuous feelings have been played on by some fact with more fiction; they have been the dupes of artful maneuvers, and made for a moment to be willing instruments in forging chains for themselves. But times and truth dissipated the delusion, and opened their eyes.” –Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Lomax, 1799. ME 10:123

Agenda 21 is the 21st Century PLAN for a “New World Order”
through GLOBAL GOVERNANCE.
  Agenda 21 is the UN plan to inventory and control every aspect of human activity.
Regardless of whether you think you understand what is happening in American, you     MUST SEE This VIDEO:            Iron Mountain, Blueprint for Tyranny
Or read this report: Iron Mountain (2607)
Agenda 21 is the ELITIST plan to control your life demanding you, “do as I say, not as I do”. You will be required to give up your individual freedom, your personal property and redistribute your wealth. Gone forever will be American exceptionalism, American nationalism. The western way of life will be  classified as unsustainable.  The ELITISTS will use the government to take your money, exercise more power and to control every aspect of your life.  Agenda 21 is not a Democratic or Republican “plan”, it reaches across the aisle.  The Elite will call us names and make up lies to try and divide us. They use doublespeak as code to reinforce their lies. We will not listen.  We Are Americans, the largest group of FREE people in the world, never to be divided.  Americans will never give up our lives, family, morality or country. Drop the adjectives and join us…
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Agenda 21 is the plan to inventory and control every aspect of human activity
Read Agenda21
This link used to go to http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/agenda21/res_agenda21_00.shtml
Since we have been reporting on the UN involvement with Agenda 21 they have removed the link. Not to worry, the document is on the next link below. Notice the UN logo on the bottom of the cover page.
PDF Version of UN Agenda 21
In their own words:
•“Participating in a UN advocated planning process would very likely bring out many…who would actively work to defeat any elected official….undertaking Local Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
•So we will call our process something else such as ‘comprehensive planning’, ‘growth management’ or ‘smart growth’
       J Gary Lawrence,      1998 UNEP Conference, UK
In other words folks, they lie…
The 4 “E’s” of Agenda 21 are not what they appear:
  • Education = Indoctrination into believing that nature is more important than man and the group is more important than the individual . The new purpose of education is to learn values not facts. Students must become global, not American citizens
  • Equity = Theft of private property, open borders, remove God, morality and responsibility 
  • Economy = Redistribution of America’s wealth to foreign countries by outsourcing jobs, factories and technology creating massive unemployment
  • Environment = Nature is more important than man.  The new god is Mother Earth. Phony science creates phony regulations destroying energy independence and Industry.    Each policy and regulation is in place to control more and more of your life.
Join us as we learn the truth together.  You are not alone. Become an AgEnder, American against UN Agenda 21.  Sign up for our newsletter and connect with other Americans involved in Operation Paul Revere.
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JFK’s Executive Order 11110 is quite infamous as Jim Marrs, author of the 1989 book Crossfire: The Plot that Killed Kennedy, who speculate that there is a link between the John F. Kennedy assassination and E.O. 11110 by arguing that the Federal Reserve Board was involved in the murder to protect its power over the monetary policy of the United States.
President Kennedy was assassinated on 22nd November, 1963 ten days after he made a speech to Columbia University on Nov 12, 1963 stating, “The high office of the President has been used to foment a plot to destroy the American’s freedom and before I leave office, I must inform the citizens of this plight.”
JFK knew of Iron Mountain
Lee Harvey Oswald renounced his US citizenship to live in Russia.
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The UN plans Rio+20 in 2012 for more green regulations to control your life. Did you elect these people?
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Dear God, You are the sole source of our unalienable rights.  Through Your eternal love, we have the right to life.  Through Your boundless grace, we have the right to liberty. Through Your endless mercy, we have the right to the pursuit of happiness.
We, Your children, humbly come before You, imploring Your continued divine guidance and protection in our battle against the inherent evil that exists in the United Nations and in their plan for a godless one world government.
We beseech You, oh Lord, to make us, once again, a virtuous nation, worthy of Your blessing of freedom.        Amen

U.S. NATIONAL PARKS TO BE OFF LIMITS TO AMERICANS

U.S. NATIONAL PARKS TO BE OFF LIMITS TO AMERICANS

By Patricia Neill
At Yellowstone National Park, United Nations' delegates who surveyed the area last year, called for a "buffer zone" around the Park. So, the Park Service is choking off the local economy by refusing to maintain certain highways and by buying up any property available. Of course, there will be plenty available as more and more owners are denied the use of their own private property which causes businesses to shut down and the economy to show.
Inside Yellowstone, the Park Service is shutting down campgrounds as the park is being prepared to become the core of a huge biosphere reserve, as part of the United Nations global plan. Once established, no human activity will be permitted in the area. This represents fulfillment of plans outlined in the United Nation's Biodiversity Treaty - which, though still unratified by the U.S. Senate, is being implemented by the Clinton Administration.
The way it is done is illustrated by what happened to the owners of the Crown Butte New World gold mine, which is OUTSIDE Yellowstone National Park. After being threatened with non-stop litigation that could have lasted decades, the mining company finally agreed to a deal which leaves at least $650 million of known gold reserves in the ground. In exchange, the mining company was given the right to explore other federal lines for mining purposes and paid $65 million dollars ($21 million of which must be used for "environmental cleanup."
Another recent example was Clinton's declaration of Kaiwoporwits non-polluting coal reserves in Utah a "National Monument" by executive order. This "monument" will cost the Utah Public School system alone $60 BILLION in lost education fees. It will cost the future economy of Utah over a TRILLION dollars. The "monument" consists of 1.5 million acres of Utah land which the people of Utah not only did not KNOW was about to be snatched by Clinton as a key part of a future United Nations "biodiversity" area, but were vehemently opposed to.
Other United Nations designations as "biodiversity" areas include the following National Park Service lands:
Biosphere Reserves:
  • Big Bend National Park, Tx. (801,163 acres)
  • Big Thicket National Preserve, TX (85,750 acres)
  • Congaree Swamp National Monument (SC (22,200 acres)
  • Death Valley National Monument, CA (2,067,628)
  • Denali National Park and Preserve, AK (6,500,000 acres)
  • Everglades National Park and
  • Fort Jefferson National Monument, Fl. (1, 571,199 acres)
  • Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserver, AK (7,523,888 acres)
  • Glacier National Park, Mt (1,013,572 acres)
  • Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, AK (3,283,168 acres)
  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN/NC (520,269)
  • Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, HI (229,177 acres)
  • Isle Royale National Park, MI (571,790 acres)
  • Joshua Tree National Monument, CA (559,954 acres)
  • Kings Canyon National Park, CA (461,901 acres)
  • Mammoth Cave National Park, KY (52,708 acres)
  • Noatak National Preserve, AK (6,574,481 acres)
  • Olympic National Park, WA (922,651 acres)
  • Organ Pipe National Monument, AZ (330,689 acres)
  • Redwood National Park, CA (110,232 acres)
  • Rocky Mountain National Park (265,727 acres)
  • Sequoia National Park, CA (402,482 acres)
  • Virgin Islands National Park, VI (14,689 acres)
  • Yellowstone National Park, WY (2,219,791 acres)
World Heritage Sites
  • Carlsbad Caverns National Park, NM (46,766 acres)
  • Grand Canyon National Park, AZ (1,217,158 acres)
  • Mesa Verde National Park, CO (52,122 acres)
  • Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve and Preserve, AK (13,188,325 acres)
  • Yosemite National Park, CA. (761,236 acres)

1972 Treaty Grants the United Nations Control Over American Historical Landmarks
by Melissa Wiedbrauk
When our Founding Fathers sparked the American Revolution and signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, they sought self-government for the American colonies and an escape from the dominance of England.
The Founding Fathers would be shocked to learn that some of their successors have given control of key American sovereign territory to other nations.
Through an international treaty, the United States is allowing the United Nations and its member countries access to and control of American soil - in particular, our historic buildings and treasured wilderness.
In 1972, our government signed the United Nations' World Heritage Treaty, a treaty that creates "World Heritage Sites" and Biosphere Reserves." Selected for their cultural, historical or natural significance, national governments are obligated to protect these landmarks under U.N. mandate.1 Since 1972, 68 percent of all U.S. national parks, monuments and preserves have been designated as World Heritage Sites.2
Twenty important symbols of national pride, along with 51 million acres of our wilderness, are World Heritage Sites or Biosphere Reserves now falling under the control of the U.N. This includes the Statue of Liberty, Thomas Jefferson's home at Monticello, the Washington Monument, the Brooklyn Bridge, Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite, the Florida Everglades and the Grand Canyon - to name just a few.
Most ironic of all is the listing of Philadelphia's Independence Hall. The birthplace of our Republic is now an official World Heritage Site. The very place where our Founding Fathers signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution - the documents that set America apart from other nations and created the world's longest-standing democracy - is no longer fully under the control of our government and the American people.
Protection of our treasured places is a sound undertaking, but doing so by ceding control of our sovereign territory to a foreign power is wrong and threatens our rights and freedoms.
In 1995, Crown Butte Mines in the New World Mining District in Montana was forced to abandon a mine development project after the U.N. listed Yellowstone National Park as a "World Heritage Site in Danger."3 Crown Butte proposed to mine a medium-size underground operation on private property three miles from the boundary of Yellowstone. The project would have employed 280 people and generated $230 million in revenue.4
This mining project was not unique. The area had been mined for 150 years before Yellowstone National Park was established. Crown Butte had worked along with the U.S. Forest Service to ensure that all of the necessary precautions were being taken to ensure that the project would be environmentally responsible. Crown Butte had won an award for excellence in 1992 and was considered to be a "showcase operation."5
None of these factors mattered to the U.N.'s World Heritage Committee. Citing the project as a potential threat, the U.N. exerted its authority to force the abandonment of the project. It did not matter to the U.N. that this violated Crown Butte's exercise of its private property rights under the U.S. Constitution. Nor did the U.N. care that its action also went against U.S. federal law prohibiting the inclusion of non-federal property within a U.S. World Heritage Site without the consent of the property owner.6
Although it has not happened yet, under the World Heritage Treaty the U.N. has the legal right to someday restrict us, as American citizens, from visiting our national treasures.
Many environmentalists believe that the mere presence of humans disturbs the environment. As such, it is not farfetched to wonder when the politically-correct U.N. will ban the American public from Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, the Florida Everglades and other precious natural wonders now visited annually by millions of tourists.
Ironically, banning generations of young people from visiting our natural wonders would undermine the public's appreciation for the spectacular gifts of nature, and undercut support for environmental protection.
Unfortunately, the World Heritage Treaty is just one of a series of government actions that is stripping away the gift of freedom we received from our Founding Fathers.
To stop this erosion of sovereign rights, federal legislation has been introduced to restore the rights of Americans against this threat to freedom. The American Land Sovereignty Protection Act seeks to preserve the sovereignty of the United States over public lands and preserve the private property rights of private citizens. It would require congressional oversight of U.N. land designations within the U.S.7
We should not turn our backs on the Founding Fathers by surrendering the precious gift of sovereignty. We should treasure and protect it.
 

Footnotes:
1 "World Heritage Sites and Biosphere Reserves Fact Sheet," United States House or Representatives Committee on Resources.
2 "American Land Should Be Controlled By Americans," press release, The National Center for Public Policy Research, Washington, D.C., February 24, 1999, available on the Internet at http://www.nationalcenter.org/PRLandSov299.html.
3 Kathleen Benedetto, National Wilderness Institute, testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Washington, D.C., May 26, 1999.
4 Ibid.
5 Ibid.
6 Ibid.
7 "American Land Should Be Controlled By Americans."

Melissa Wiedbrauk is a research associate with The National Center for Public Policy Research, a Washington, D.C. think tank.
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National parks off-limits
U.N.-designated panel calls for increased 'buffer zones'

By Jon E. Dougherty
© 2008 WorldNetDaily.com |  July 15, 1999

Last year a United Nations-designated panel, at the behest of the Clinton administration, called for the creation of uninhabited "buffer zones" around several U.S. national parks. Since then roughly two dozen U.S. parks and preserves, covering millions of acres of public land, have been included in the plan. Now, however, new plans to expand these zones are in the works, and the outrage has reached a near fever pitch among experts who say these U.N.-designated sites are merely attempts to "globalize" huge portions of the United States -- with taxpayers picking up the tab.
Henry Lamb of Eco-Logic -- a watchdog organization that monitors U.N. activities and U.S. sovereignty issues -- told WorldNetDaily that one example -- at Yellowstone National Park, where the creation of a larger buffer zone is well underway -- was "just a sign of things to come."
"Inside Yellowstone, the U.S. Park Service is shutting down campgrounds as the park is being prepared to become the core of a huge biosphere reserve, as part of the United Nations global biodiversity plan," he said. "Once established, no human activity will be permitted in the area," even though U.S. taxpayers must continue to fund the maintenance and upkeep of Yellowstone and other popular outdoor tourist sites.
Lamb said that in order to increase the buffer zone around Yellowstone, the Park Service drove local businesses away by refusing to maintain access roads. When the businesses folded as a result of heavy financial losses, the land was bought with taxpayer money and a larger zone of inaccessibility was created by default.
"Once they buy the land, the government is obviously not going to resell it," he said, thus creating permanently larger buffer zones.
"The purpose of establishing sites as U.S. national parks was to have people in them enjoying them," Lamb added. "But the Clinton administration has completely bought into this U.N. notion that our land ought to be their land, managed by them. And as such, it ought to be uninhabited as well."
He said if most Americans "knew what was going on (with their national parks), the uproar would be deafening."
In the case of Yellowstone, Lamb said the government's acquiescence to the U.N.'s agenda cost a gold mining company about $30 million and in the end prevented them from mining one ounce of known gold reserves, even though the government indicated they initially would have allowed it.
"The owners of the Crown Butte New World gold mine, which is outside of Yellowstone National Park," he said, "were told by the government to comply with a list of environmental requirements before they could move in and begin mining."
But after being threatened with non-stop litigation from environmental groups funded by U.N. agencies that could have lasted decades, the mining company finally agreed to a deal that leaves at least $650 million of known gold reserves in the ground instead. That deal provided the company with about $65 million dollars for "more exploration." Of that amount, the government said about $21 million had to be used for "environmental clean-up."
Lamb said that Congress has consistently ignored Clinton administration orders and directives designed to implement many of the U.N. mandates. Clinton, he said, is implementing U.N. directives via executive order and presidential directive "because then he doesn't have to worry about getting Senate treaty ratification."
At present a U.N.-sponsored biodiversity treaty, designed to limit U.S. public access to so-called "World Heritage Sites" and "Biodiversity sites" is languishing in the Senate. No action is scheduled on its ratification.
Lamb added that in the course of the next several years, with no congressional oversight, the addition of more U.S. parks to the "Heritage" and "Biodiversity" sites lists will follow.
"It is a well-documented fact that the U.N. is trying to gain control over vast amounts of U.S. territories to herd more people into cities where they are more manageable," Lamb said. "That can't be done without at least tacit approval from Congress, regardless of the political agenda of any administration."
Lamb said he has "allies" in Congress that are opposed to the implementation of this, and other, U.N.-mandated land use plans.
"But they're relatively few and as such equally unsuccessful" in stopping such initiatives, he added.
SOURCE: National parks off-limits
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Wait, What? The Alamo May Soon Fly The Blue United Nations Flag As An Official UN Heritage Site?
October 29, 2013  //  By:   //  Today's News  //  309 Comments



Remember the Alamo… remember when it was an American icon? That may soon change and the United Nations may be the new manager if San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro gets his way.
San Antonio, Texas Mayor Julián Castro is currently negotiating with the United Nations to designate the Alamo as a UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site, meaning that a blue UN flag may fly above the historic shrine of liberty once it falls under UN control.
UNESCO, a specialized agency within the UN, created the World Heritage Site status out of a 1972 international agreement, which calls for nations to join together to manage historical sites through “collective assistance.”
“San Antonio has the opportunity for its five Spanish Colonial Missions [including the Alamo] to be nominated to be the first UNESCO World Heritage site in the State of Texas and the 22nd World Heritage designation in the United States,” the October 2013 City of San Antonio newsletter reads.
We don’t need “collective assistance” to manage our historical sites. And we certainly don’t need the United Nations in control of the Alamo.

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Eric Odom is Managing Director of LibertyNEWS.com, a liberty movement activist and self-described libertarian-minded political consultant.

Inside the Beltway: A little gift to the ‘Stop Hillary’ movement




The determined activists behind Stop Hillary PAC — a grass-roots political action committee founded six months ago solely to deter Hillary Clinton from making a 2016 run for the White House — are still devoted to their task, spokesman Garrett Marquis tells Inside the Beltway.
And they’re excited. The group has been invigorated by a few choice revelations in an upcoming memoir by former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates that suggest the former secretary of State opposed the 2007 troop surge in Iraq as a calculated political strategy. At the time, voters were knee-deep in the critical lead-up to the presidential campaign that was to follow. Proper talking points were vital.
“Secretary Gates confirms what so many American have already known, Hillary Clinton is disingenuous and deceitful. She will do anything, including mislead the country, by putting her political ambitions ahead of the safety of Americans at home and abroad,” Mr. Marquis says.
“From Whitewater to Benghazi and now the truth about her opposition to the troop surge, Hillary continues to show her true colors and why Americans can’t trust her now or as president,” he concludes.
IS DENNIS A DIPLOMAT?
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman will play in an exhibition basketball game in North Korea on Wednesday to mark leader Kim Jong-un's birthday. (ASSOCIATED PRESS) Former NBA star Dennis Rodman will play in an exhibition basketball game ... more >
Now immersed in his fourth visit to North Korea, Dennis Rodman and a cast of former basketball greats will stage an exhibition game before the isolated nation’s most elite citizens on Wednesday, all to celebrate the 31st birthday of dictator Kim Jong-un. Mr. Rodman insists it’s hard but productive work, and that the leader is his close pal; the athlete screamed as much to CNN in an aggressive interview with Chris Cuomo. The network correspondent dryly noted he was relieved the encounter was via video rather than in person.
Yes, well. The world looks on anyway, waiting for spectacle. Or something. Both State Department and White House remain elusive on the Rodman phenomenon, insisting that the trip is one of a private citizen and that’s that.
“Sports exchanges can be valuable. Sports diplomacy can be valuable. And it’s something that we pursue in many places around the world, including through direct support. But this is a private trip,” White House spokesman Jay Carney told the daily press gathering on Tuesday.
“I don’t think we should ignore the real suffering in this gulag state,” counters Rep. Eliot Engel, a New York Democrat who is minority leader of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. “And Dennis Rodman wants to go there and play basketball. It would be like inviting Adolf Hitler to lunch. What Dennis Rodman is doing is very ill-conceived.”
But then there’s this from Jesse Jackson in a Tweet: “Ping pong diplomacy worked in China, and basketball seems to work in North Korea.”
Or it could all be an odd diplomatic hybrid which has some legs, ramped up by a news media eager for fabulous controversy and stunts. Mr. Rodman and his team are “unlikely emissaries,” says a New York Times analysis, conducting “a strange trip that has left the world’s diplomatic corps puzzled and, perhaps, a little jealous over the access the players may receive.”
PINING FOR THE POLL BOOTH
Americans are looking forward to the 2014 midterm elections more than either the Academy Awards or the World Cup soccer tournament, offering some proof that the nation is politically engaged indeed. A Pew Research Center poll released Tuesday reveals that 51 percent of the citizenry is “especially looking forward” to the election, compared to 24 percent who anticipate the Oscars and 22 percent who will follow the tournament.
Only the Super Bowl and Winter Olympics eclipse the midterms in the survey, winning 55 percent and 58 percent, respectively of the public attention.
And a small note to political strategists: the Grand Old Party is pining for the poll booth more than Democrats and independents. The survey found that 63 percent of Republicans are looking forward to Nov. 4, compared to 53 percent of Democrats and 48 percent of the independents.
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Ready for Hillary? Clinton’s rented-out email list ratchets run talk

Ready for Hillary? Clinton’s rented-out email list ratchets run talk


Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign’s rented out its email list to the new super PAC, Ready for Hillary – and the PAC sent out free bumper sticker promos to her subscribers with a seemingly pro-presidential slogan: “I’m Ready for Hillary.”
Time magazine reported Ready for Hillary PAC sent out the bumper sticker offer to all the addresses on its rented email list on Sunday. And the return address? Info@hillaryclinton.com, Time reported.
Still, supporters of the former first lady are trying to downplay the message that she’s decided on a run. The super PAC may be in existence to lay the groundwork for a Mrs. Clinton run – but a spokesman for the group said the rented email list doesn’t translate into an actual announcement.
“[We] rented the hillaryclinton.com email list to connect with her past supporters,” PAC spokesman Seth Bringman told Time.
Meanwhile, the Blaze reported the Drudge Report was first to post an email from Gen. Wesley Clark – a staunch Clinton family supporter – as he jumped aboard the bumper sticker promotional bandwagon with an emailed statement: “Hillary has what it takes to be the next president of the United States. But today, as she decides whether to run, she needs to see our support.
“Now is the time to get our support for Hillary organized and ready for 2016. Claim your free sticker: Proudly put your support for Hillary on display and tell your friends to do the same.”
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