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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 12:27:40 -0700
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The MAW document, authorized by the attorney general of the
United States, directs the head of the FBI to: "Arrest
persons whom I deem dangerous to the public peace and
safety. These persons are to be detained and confined until
further order."
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WorldNetDaily.com
1998/05/11
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Hidden threats -- Part I
By Geoff Metcalf
©1998, WorldNetDaily.com
For several years now I have been getting all sorts of wild reports about
"Government Internment Camps." I have generally dismissed these rumblings
as classic right-wing paranoia, extrapolation of facts not yet in evidence, or
creative writing. However, recently, additional information has been revealed
which lends credibility to the myriad concerns which have been expressed.
Hey, even paranoids get chased.
The U.S. Army director of resource management has confirmed the validity
of a memorandum relating to the establishment of a civilian inmate labor
program under development by the Department of Army. The document
states, "Enclosed for your review and comment is the draft Army regulation
on civilian inmate labor utilization" and the procedure to "establish civilian
prison camps on installations."
Civilian internment camps or prison camps, often referred to as concentration
camps, have been the subject of much rumor and speculation during the past
several years in this country. Various publications, Internet threads and some
radio talk programs have focused on the issue.
However, I found it significant when Rep. Henry Gonzalez, D-TX, clarified
the question of the existence of these civilian detention camps. In an interview
Hank said, "the truth is yes -- you do have these standby provisions, and the
plans are here ... whereby you could, in the name of stopping terrorism ...
evoke the military and arrest Americans and put them in detention camps."
Heck, we did it before (to Americans of Japanese descent), we could do it
again.
This is not anything new. This is not a partisan Democrat/Republican, or
Conservative/Liberal issue. It may have just recently been actually
acknowledged, but it has a history.
Most even modestly educated folks know that Hitler did it, and Stalin did it.
However, you should know that the venerable Franklin Delano Roosevelt also
developed a plan for the United States. In fact, on Aug. 24, 1939, ole FDR met
with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover to develop the detention plan for us. Five
months later, Hitler opened the Auschwitz detention center in Poland.
Hoover met with Attorney General J. Howard McGrath on Aug. 3, 1948 to
detail a plan whereby President Truman could suspend constitutional liberties
during a national emergency. The plan was code-named "Security Portfolio"
and, when implemented, it would authorize the FBI to summarily arrest up to
20,000 persons and place them in national security detention camps. Prisoners
would not have the right to a court hearing or habeas corpus appeal.
"Security Portfolio" allowed the FBI to develop a watch list of those who
would be detained as well as detailed information on their physical
appearance, family, place of work, etc. This was long before sub-dermal
bio-chip implants, retinal scans and other biometrics.
Two years later, Congress approved the Internal Security Act of 1950. This
pre-FEMA puppy contained a provision authorizing an emergency detention
plan. It is real interesting that Hoover was not satisfied with this law because
it did not suspend the Constitution and it guaranteed the right to a court
hearing (habeas corpus). For two years, while the FBI continued to secretly
establish the detention camps and work out detailed seizure plans for
thousands of individuals, Hoover kept badgering Attorney General McGrath
for the official permission to ignore the 1950 law and move on with the more
aggressive 1948 program.
As evidence that we have waaaay too many laws, codes, rules and
regulations, it wasn't until the Senate held hearings in December of 1975 (25
years later) that it was revealed the ongoing internment plan had never been
terminated. The report, entitled, "Intelligence Activities, Senate Resolution
21," exposed the covert agenda. In a series of documents, memos and
testimony by assorted government informants, the reality emerged of the
designs by the federal government (our government) to monitor, infiltrate,
arrest and incarcerate a potentially large segment of American society. That
Senate report also exposed the existence of the Master Search Warrant
(MSW) and the Master Arrest Warrant (MAW) which, by the way, are
currently STILL in force today.
The MAW document, authorized by the attorney general of the United
States, directs the head of the FBI to: "Arrest persons whom I deem
dangerous to the public peace and safety. These persons are to be detained
and confined until further order." Please note the language, "Whom I deem
dangerous." Who might a Janet Reno choose to arbitrarily and capriciously
"deem dangerous"? Constitutional Conservatives? Patriots? Conservative
Republicans? Radio Talk Show Hosts? Joe Farah and everyone on the
administration's enemies list?
The MSW also instructs the FBI director to "search certain premises where
(1) it is believed that there may be found contraband, prohibited articles,
or (2)
other materials in violation of the Proclamation of the President of the United
States. It includes (3) such items as firearms, shortwave radio receiving sets,
cameras, propaganda materials, printing presses, mimeography machines,
membership and financial records of organizations or groups (4) that have
been declared subversive, or may hereafter be declared subversive by the
Attorney General."
I added the numbers for ease of the following:
1."it is BELIEVED that there MAY be" -- Hell-o?!?!? No probable
cause needed. Just Because. Because they can by brute force.
2."other materials in violation of the Proclamation of the President of the
United States" -- Huh? Proclafreakingmation?!?!?
3."such items as firearms ..." -- The EXACT reason we have the Second
Amendment is to preclude this kind of neutering. The framers
WANTED us armed to prevent abuse of power under the color of
authority.
"shortwave radio receiving sets" -- Silence the critics, and deny
INFORMATION to the people.
"cameras" -- To prevent the dissemination of abuses of power?
"propaganda materials" -- Like Thomas Paines' "Common Sense" or a
contemporary WorldNetDaily.
"mimeography machines" -- Expect that to turn into fax machines,
computers and modems.
4."that have been declared subversive, or MAY hereafter be declared
subversive by the Attorney General." -- In other words, "facts which
contradict the administration's preconceived opinions" or anything
which does not conform with the politically correct government
sanctioned view.
Geoff Metcalf can be heard Monday-Friday on:
KSFO, 560AM in Northern California.
His web site and newsletter information is at:
http://www.ksfo560.com/Personalities/GM.htm
E-mail Geoff at:•••@••.•••
©1998, Western Journalism Center
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1998/05/18
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/metcalf/980518.comgm.html
Hidden threats -- part 2
By Geoff Metcalf
©1998, WorldNetDaily.com
Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have
film.
Last week, I reluctantly shared with you part one of some
of the hidden threats "We the People" face from our
government leaders. Despite the remarkable response from
readers, I want to underscore that none of this is really
new. All this information, and more, has been circulating
in the constitutional conservative community for years.
Much of this kind of documented, factual information is
pooh-poohed as the paranoid ramblings of the radical right-
wing wackos by "the controllers" who would treat us like
mushrooms.
I have often noted that some people just don't want to be
confused with facts which contradict their preconceived
opinions. The director of resource management for the U.S.
Army has confirmed the validity of a memorandum relating to
the establishment of a civilian inmate labor program under
development by the Department of Army. The document states,
"Enclosed for your review and comment is the draft Army
regulation on civilian inmate labor utilization" and the
procedure to "establish civilian prison camps on
installations." (Chereith Chronicle, June 1997)
In the wake of Senate hearings in 1975, the steady
development of highly specialized surveillance
capabilities, combined with the exploding computerized
information technologies, have enabled a massive data base
of personal information to be developed on millions of
unsuspecting American citizens. It is all in place awaiting
only a presidential declaration to be enforced by both
military and civilian police.
In 1982, President Ronald Reagan issued National Security
Directive 58 which empowered Robert McFarlane and Oliver
North to use the National Security Council to secretly
retrofit the Federal Emergency Management Agency to manage
the country during a national crisis. In 1984 "REX
exercises" simulated civil unrest culminating in a national
emergency with a contingency plan for the imprisonment of
400,000 people. REX '84 was so secretive that special metal
security doors were installed on the FEMA building's fifth
floor, and even long-term officials of the Civil Defense
Office were prohibited entry. The alleged purpose of this
exercise was to handle an influx of refugees created by a
war in Central America, but a more realistic scenario was
the detention of American citizens.
STATE OF EMERGENCY
Under REX, the president could declare a state of
emergency, empowering the head of FEMA to take control of
the internal infrastructure of the United States and
suspend the Constitution. The president could invoke
executive orders 11000 through 11004 which would:
1) Draft all citizens into work forces under government
supervision;
2) Empower the postmaster to register all men, women and
children;
3) Seize all airports and aircraft;
4) Seize all housing and establish forced relocation of
citizens.
FEMA, with a black budget allegedly provided by the
Department of Defense, has worked closely with the Pentagon
in an effort to avoid the legal restrictions of Posse
Comitatus. While FEMA may not have been directly
responsible for these precedent-setting cases, the
principle of federal control was seen during the Los
Angeles riots in 1992 with the federalization of the
National Guard and during the siege at Waco, where Army
tanks were involved in the final conflagration.
GOVERNMENT VIOLENCE IS "LEGITIMATE"?
The deputy attorney general of California commented at a
conference that anyone who attacks the state, even
verbally, becomes a revolutionary and an enemy by
definition. Louis Guiffreda, who was head of FEMA, stated
that "legitimate violence is integral to our form of
government, for it is from this source that we can continue
to purge our weaknesses."
It is significant to note that the dictionary definition of
terrorism -- "the calculated use of violence" --
corresponds precisely to the government's stated policy of
"the use of legitimate violence." Hold on, a reasonable
person who can read might ask: Who are the real terrorists?
Guiffreda's remark provides a revealing insight into the
thinking of those who have been charged with oversight of
the welfare of the citizens in this country. Apparently, if
one's convictions or philosophy do not correspond with the
government's agenda, that individual may find himself on a
government enemy list thereby making him/her a "target" to
be "purged" by the use of "legitimate violence."
The stories of the 56 men who signed the Declaration of
Independence are the stories and sacrifices of the American
Revolution. These were not wild-eyed, rabble-rousing
ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education.
They had good lives, which included security, but they
valued liberty more. Despite the comfort of their life
style they pledged: "For the support of this declaration,
with firm reliance on the protection of the divine
providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives,
our fortunes, and our sacred honor." Honor ... honor is not
and should not be an anachronism. Sadly, it is a principle
and concept fading into obscurity.
History books don't tell us much of what happened in the
Revolutionary War. We didn't just fight the British. We
were British subjects at that time and we fought our own
government! No wonder our founding fathers had a hatred for
standing armies, and allowed, through the second amendment,
for everyone to be armed.
Philosopher George Santayana once noted, "He who does not
learn from history" (Russia, Germany, Czechoslovakia,
China, et al.) "is destined to repeat it."
Geoff Metcalf can be heard Monday-Friday on: KSFO, 560AM in
Northern California. His web site and newsletter
information is at:
http://www.ksfo560.com/Personalities/GM.htm E-mail Geoff
at:•••@••.•••
©1998, Western Journalism Center
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