ppi-029-USA: Government Internment Camps

1998-05-23

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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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WorldNetDaily.com
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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