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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Photo Proof Of FEMA Coffins Being Moved Northbound On Georgia Highway Possibly To Chicago

When the driver of this truck noticed the photographer taking pictures, he immediately pulled off of the highway.
RELATED STORY: Obama and FEMA DETENTION CAMPS

I was the photographer. This picture was taken on highway 85 Northbound two miles south of Elberton, Ga. It is absolutely true.

May 8 2012: Thank you for posting on this forum! I was the photographer. This picture was taken on highway 85 Northbound two miles south of Elberton, Ga. It is absolutely true. I blew past the truck doing 82MpH. My tail lights were even with the front of the rigs cab when it occurred to me what they were. I slammed on my brakes to let the rig pass. As I pulled out my blackberry and positioned for the shot, the driver looked in his side-view mirror and slammed on his brakes. He then banked right to exit the highway onto an exit ramp towards Elberton. I could not operate the manual transmission, save the shot, and maneuver my vehicle to follow.
Thanks again to whomever posted this here. People need to see this.
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NTEB MUST-READ: The Blessed Hope!

Lawmaking in our nation has indeed taken a strange twist. Senators invite illegal aliens to testify before Congress…but American citizens working as law enforcement officers within our nation’s broken immigration system are purposely excluded from the process and prohibited from providing input.
Suffice it to say, following the Boston terrorist attack, I was appalled to hear the Gang of Eight telling America that its legislation was what American law enforcement needs.

Fourth Amendment threat CISPA slips quietly through House while media busy covering Boston bombing Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/040073_CISPA_internet_security_Fourth_Amendment.html#ixzz2RWiDxL9Y

(NaturalNews) Media coverage of late has focused primarily on the Boston Marathon terrorist attack, gun control, immigration "reform" and little else. Few outlets have paid much attention at all to a piece of legislation that essentially tears the heart out of the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

The legislation is called the "Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act," or CISPA, and it has already passed in the Republican-led House (248-168; 42 Democrats voted for the bill, while 28 Republicans voted against it).

There is some potentially good news, though, according to Scott Bomboy of the National Constitution Center. "Like gun control," he writes, "it's far from a done deal after the House passes CISPA. It would need Senate approval, and President Barack Obama has indicated he'll possibly veto CISPA if it comes to his desk."

Not a done deal, but still...

If he would use his veto power, two-thirds of both Houses would need to vote to override it and that seems unlikely, given Washington's hyper-partisan atmosphere.

But what is worrisome is that the legislation was passed in the House, largely by a party that is supposed to be all for smaller, less intrusive government. See how there isn't much difference these days between Republicans and Democrats?

At CISPA's core is the Fourth Amendment, which reads:

The right of the people 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.

That seems clear enough - no government intrusion into your private "effects" without "probable cause" and a search warrant. But, says Bomboy, CISPA would essentially nullify these rights as long as the federal government says it needs to do so to protect you:

CISPA is designed to let the federal government work with private companies to fight hackers and cybercriminals in and outside of the United States. As part of the effort to detect cyber threats, private companies could voluntarily share with the government data about Internet users. The sharing could be done in "real time" as the cybercops try to defeat and track down the evildoers. Companies could also share data among themselves as part of the effort.

Obviously there are big problems with this kind of legislation, to say nothing of the constitutional implications.

The most obvious drawback is, of course, the damage it does to constitutional privacy protections. Supporters of the measure say it protects consumers, but critics point out those so-called "protections" are intentionally vague or, in some cases, non-existent. "The government and companies can't look at your personal data, such as medical records and tax if they are part of the 'data dump' that is shared in real time," writes Bomboy. "But the law doesn't require that companies excise, or edit out, that information in the transfer process."

For another, no warrant will be needed before the government can obtain that kind of information. Also, none of the companies that cooperate with the government can be held legally liable for sharing your personal information - "a practice that seemingly conflicts with privacy policies on existing websites," Bomboy points out.

Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., is one of CISPA's primary congressional critics. In a speech on the House floor Apr. 17, Polis said, "This is the biggest government takeover of personal information that I've seen during my time here in Congress."

Telecom giants are okay with privacy violations

The American Civil Liberties Union agrees that the measure is "fatally flawed."

"The core problem is that CISPA allows too much sensitive information to be shared with too many people in the first place, including the National Security Agency," the ACLU says, in a statement.

Major telecommunications companies - no doubt as a way to win favor with the federal government - are on board with CISPA, but, Bomboy notes, "Facebook and Microsoft had signed on to support CISPA, but now they are reportedly backing away. Google appears to be on the fence about the issue."

Benjamin Franklin, one of our nation's founders, once said of a situation very much like this, "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

Sources for this article include:

http://news.yahoo.com/cispa-fourth-amendment-143420272.html

http://www.motherjones.com

http://www.salon.com/2013/04/22/anonymous_pushes_anti_cispa_protests/

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/040073_CISPA_internet_security_Fourth_Amendment.html#ixzz2RWi88FtP

ACLU Uncovers Illegal Debtors’ Prisons Across Ohio

April 25, 2013

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Source: Disinfo

Despite being blatantly unconstitutional, citizens are commonly being jailed for their inability to pay tickets and fines, wreaking havoc on people’s lives (and costing the state far greater sums than the unpaid tickets), ACLU Ohio reveals:

The resurgence of contemporary debtors’ prisons sits squarely at this intersection of poverty and criminal justice. In towns across the state, thousands of people face the looming specter of incarceration every day, simply because they are poor.
For Ohio’s poor and working poor, an unaffordable traffic ticket or fine is just the beginning of a protracted process that may involve contempt charges, mounting fees, arrest warrants, and even jail time. The stark reality is that, in 2013, Ohioans are being repeatedly jailed simply for being too poor to pay fines.
The U.S. Constitution, the Ohio Constitution, and Ohio Revised Code all prohibit debtors’ prisons. The law requires that, before jailing anyone for unpaid fines, courts must determine whether an individual is too poor to pay.
Despite clear constitutional and legislative prohibitions, debtors’ prison practices are alive
and well throughout Ohio. An investigation by the ACLU of Ohio uncovered conclusive evidence
of these practices in 7 of the 11 Ohio counties examined. Courts in Huron, Cuyahoga, and Erie counties are among the worst offenders. In the second half of 2012, over 20% of all bookings in the Huron County Jail were related to failure to pay fines. There is no evidence that any of these people were given hearings to determine whether or not they were financially able to pay their fines, as required by the law.

epartment of Homeland Security

DHS Directives System

Instruction Number:

110

001

Revision Number:

Issue Date:

6/8/2012

OPERATIONAL USE OF SOCIAL

MEDIA

Purpose

Instruction

implement

Department of Ho

meland Security (DHS) Directi

110

01,

Operational Use of Social Media

II.

Scope

This Instruction applies throughout DHS regarding the

access

to and collection, use,

maintenance

retention

, disclosure, deletion, and destruction of Personally Identifiable

Information

(PII) in relation to operational use of social media, with the exception

operational use of social media for

(a)

communications and

outreach

with the public

authorized by the Office of Public Affairs

;

(b) situational awareness

by the

National

Operatio

ns Center

;

(

situational awareness

omponents

other than the

National

Operations Center, upon approval by the Chief Privacy Officer following completion of a

Social Media Operational Use Template

;

and (

)

the conduct of authorized intelligence

activit

ies carried out by the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, the intelligence and

counterintelligence elements of the United States Coast Guard, or any other

Component

performing authorized foreign intelligence or counterintelligence functions,

in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 12333

, as amended

This

Instruction does not apply to the Office of the Inspector General; however, the OIG will

comply with the spirit of the Instruction.

III.

References

Public Law 107

347, “E

Government Act of 200

”

as amended

, Section

208 [44 U.S.C.

3501 note]

Title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.), Section 552a, “Records maintained

on individuals” [The Privacy Act of 1974, as amended]

Title 6, U.S.C., Section 142,

“

Privacy

fficer

”

Title 44, U.S.C., Chapter 3

5, Subchapter III, “

nformation Security” [The

Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002, as amended

(FISMA)

]

Instruction #

110

001

Revision

Title 6

C.F.R., Chapter 1, Part 5, “

Disclosure o

records and information”

Directive 047

01, “Privacy Policy and Compliance”

DHS Sen

sitive Systems Policy Directive 4300A

Privacy

related memoranda issued by the Office of Management and

Budget

including:

OMB Memorandum 10

, “Guidance for Online Use of Web

Measurement and Customization Technologies” (June 25, 2010)

OMB Memorandum 10

, “Guidance for Agency Use of Third

Party Websites and Applications”

(June 25, 2010)

OMB

Memorandum 07

16, “Safeguarding Against and Responding

to the Breach of Personally Identifiable Information" (May 22, 2007

)

OMB

Memorandum 06

20, “FY 2006 Reporting Instructions

for

the

Federal Information Security Management Act and Agency Privacy

Management” (July 17, 2006)

OMB

Memorandum 06

19, “Reporting Incidents Involving

Personally Identifiable Information and Incorporating the Cost for

ecurity

in Agency Information Technology Investments” (July 12, 2006)

OMB

Memorandum 06

15, “Safeguarding Personally Identifiable

Information” (May 22, 2006)

OMB

Circular No. A

130, “

Transmittal Memorandum #4,

Management of Federal Information Resources” (November 28, 2000

)

Chief Privacy Officer

and published on the Privacy Office website

, including:

02,

DHS Policy

Regarding Privacy Impact Assessments

(December 30,

2008)

01,

The Fair

Information Practice Principles: Framework for Privacy Policy at the

Department of Homeland Security

(December 29, 2008)

Handbook for Safeguarding Sensitive Personally Identifiable

Information at

DHS (

March

12)

Instruction #

110

001

Revision

IV.

Definitions

Counsel means the Office of the General Counsel attorney, from either the

Immediate Office of the General Counsel or component counsel, assigned to

provide legal advice to the component covered by this Instruction.

Fair Inf

ormation Practice Principles

means the policy framework

adopted by the Department in

Directive

047

, Privacy Policy and Compliance,

regarding the

collection, use, maintenance

, disclosure

, deletion

, or destruction

Personally Identifiable Information.

Individual

means a natural person, including a United States citizen,

Legal Permanent Resident, visitor to the United States,

alien,

DHS employee, or

DHS contractor.

Operational Use

means

authorized use of social media to

collect

personally identifiable

nformation

for the purpose of enhancing situational

awareness, investigating an individual

in a criminal, civil, or administrative

context, making a benefit

determination about a person,

making

a personnel

etermination about a

Department employee

making

a suitability determination

about a prospective Department employee, or for any other

official Department

purpose that has the potential to affect the rights, privileges, or benefits of

individual

Operational use does not include the use of search eng

ines for

general Internet research, nor does it include the use of social media for

professional development such as training and continuing education

or for

facilitating

internal meetings

Personally Identifiable Information (PII

)

means

any

nformation

that

permits the identity of an individual to be directly or indirectly inferred,

including

other information

that is

linked or linkable to

individual

For example, when linked or linkable to an individual, such information

includes a

name,

ocial

ecurity number, date and place of birth, mother’s maiden name,

Alien Registration

Number

account number, license number, vehicle identifier

number,

license plate

number

device identifier or serial number

, internet protocol

address,

biometric

identifier

(

e.g.,

facial recognition

photograph, fingerprint, iris

scan, voice print)

education

al information

, financial

information

, medical

information

, criminal or employment

information

information created specifically

to identify or authenticate an individual (

e.g.,

a random generated number)

Privacy

Compliance Documentation

means any document required by

statute or by the Chief Privacy Officer that supports compliance with DHS privacy

policy, procedures, or requirements, including but not limited to the Social Media

Operational Use Template (Template)

, Privacy Impact Assessments

(PIAs)

System of Records Notices

(SORNs)

Notices of Proposed Rulemaking for

Instruction #

110

001

Revision

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Mary

Ellen

Callahan

Date

Chief

Privacy

O icer

Components

complete

implementation

this

Instruction,

including

obtaining

approval

from

the

Chief

Privacy

O icer

Templates

for