by Jim Marrs
Military as panacea for domestic problems: Matthew Carlton Hammond, “The Posse Comitatus Act: A Principle in Need of Renewal,” Washington University Law Quarterly (Summer 1997)
Attack on Kingsville: http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=16957
101st Airborne in Troy, Tennessee: http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2009/09/23/101st-airborne-soldiers-to-conduct-air-assault-training-into-troy-tn/
Britt Snider and Garden Plot: Ron Ridenhour with Arthur Lubow, “Bringing the War Home,” New Times (November 28, 1975); http://www.namebase.org/ppost14.html
Cable Splicer and reactions: http://www.namebase.org/ppost14.html
Rex-84 testing military use against the civilian population: http://www.publiceye.org/liberty/fema/Fema_3.html
Diana Reynolds and William French Smith: Ibid.
Strategic Support Branch: http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/23/pentagon.intel/
Military recruiters denied, Representative Vitter and Jill Wynns: David Goodman, “No Child Unrecruited,” Mother Jones (November–December 2002)
Kindergartners disciplined: Editors, “‘Gun-Toting’ Tot Loses Suspension Suit,” Associated Press (May 1, 2002)
Ellen Schrecker and Nadine Strossen: http://www.progressive.org/0901/roth0102.html
Paul Proctor on snooping as un-American: http://www.newswithviews.com/war_on_terror/war_on_terrorism1.htm
Deficient Border Patrol
Senator John Warner: http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/forum/forumnew62.php
Representative Tom Tancredo and irrelevance of the PCA: James P. Tucker Jr., “Defend US Borders with US Army Troops,” American Free Press (October 21, 2002)
John Brinkerhoff on irrelevance of PCA: http://www.homelandsecurity.org/journal/Articles/ brinkerhoffpossecomitatus.htm
Only 815 of 8,607 miles of U.S. border effectively controlled: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/54514
Office of Strategic Influence
The New York Times on Pentagon’s credibility: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/19/international/19PENT.html?pagewanted=all
Office of Strategic Influence closed: Editors, “US Closes ‘Disinformation’ Unit,” BBC News (February 26, 2002)
Henny Penny, the sky is going to fall: http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1859&printer_friendly=1
Oath Keepers
Oath Keepers: http://oathkeepers.org/oath/
Bob Hanafin on illegality of disobeying orders: http://www.veteranstoday.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=8752&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
Patrick M. Fahey and the UCMJ: http://republicdefenders.blogspot.com/2009/10/veterans-today-piece-on-oath-keepers.html
Oath Keepers will not obey these orders: http://oathkeepers.org/oath/2009/10/06/veterans-today-hit-piece-and-an-unofficial-response/
Mark Potok and the SPLC: http://www.lvrj.com/news/oath-keepers-pledges-to-prevent-dictatorship-in-united-states-64690232.html
Hate Crimes
SPLC one of most profitable charities: http://www.americanpatrol.com/SPLC/ChurchofMorrisDees001100.html
Minutemen as resurgent antigovernment patriots: http://www.splcenter.org/blog/index.php?s=minutemen&submit=
Judy Andreas on wildly flailing SPLC: http://www.borderguardians.org/03.html
Joe Solmonese and Jim DeMint on hate crimes prevention act: http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/ 20091023/News01/910230351/-1/XML
Jeff Sessions on troubling language: Ibid.
DARPA
Christopher H. Pyle on army plan to spy on Americans: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/comm/oped/spying2.shtml
James Bamford on new databases for the NSA: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/23231
Electronic Surveillance
Senator Frank Church: James Bamford, “The Agency That Could Be Big Brother,” New York Times (December 25, 2005)
Representative Paul on “Know Your Customer”: Ron Paul, “Privacy Busters: Big Bank Is Watching,” Ron Paul Newsletter (December 1998)
Walter Soehnge: Bob Kerr, “Pay Too Much and You Could Raise the Alarm,” Providence Journal (February 28, 2006)
Representative Butch Otter: http://www.federalobserver.com/archive.php?aid=847
Editorial comment: Editors, “Another Cave-In on the Patriot Act,” New York Times (February 11, 2006)
Bruce Fein on unchecked abuse: Liz Halloran, “Everyone’s Spinning the Spying,” US News & World Report (February 13, 2006)
ACLU’s Nadine Strossen: http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/policeState.html
Act used hundreds of times: Mark Mueller, “To Catch a Monster, Using Anti-Terror Law,” Star-Ledger (August 14, 2005)
Tucker Bounds comment: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/07/10/MN3H11ME7C.DTL
Obama administration supporting the PATRIOT Act: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/22/obama-patriot-act-surveil_n_295194.html
Kevin Bankston on Obama administration sounding like Bush administration: http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2009/04/05
Ron Paul quote: http://www.federalobserver.com/archive.php?aid=847
Magic Lantern, Fluent, dTective, and Encase
Key logger used by FBI: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/31/technology/ ebusiness/31TECH.9.html; Ted Bridis, “Anti-Terror Tools Include High-Tech,” Associated Press (October 28, 2001); http://multimedia.belointeractive.com/attack/response/1028tech.html
William Newman: Nat Hentoff, “The Sons and Daughters of Liberty,” Village Voice (June 21, 2002)
Appeals court approves no warrant surveillance: http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2007/07/fbi_spyware?currentPage=all
Fluent and Oasis programs: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/03/06/ cia_patching_echelon_shortcomings/
Video improvement with dTective: http://www.oceansystems.com/dtective/
Encase to recover computer disks: http://www.encaseenterprise.com/support/articles/restore.aspx
Russ Kick’s worst-case scenario: http://www.villagevoice.com/2001-02-20/news/gotcha/
National ID Act
National ID system: http://www.federalobserver.com/archive.php?aid=4309
Janet Napolitano on repeal of the REAL ID Act: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/22/real.ID.debate/
A Chip in Your Shoulder
NYPD chips: http://policechiefmagazine.org/magazine/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_arch&article_id=127&issue_id=102003
National ID system: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,191857,00.html
Comprehensive national ID system: http://www.lewrockwell.com/yates/yates64.html
ChipMobile: http://www.hoise.com/vmw/02/articles/vmw/LV-VM-06-02-6.html
CityWatcher.com and Tommy Thompson: http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48760
VeriChip stock triple with implantable microchips for swine flu: http://www.reuters.com/article/hotStocksNews/ idUSTRE58K4BZ20090921
Novartis and microchipped pill: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1215200/Forgetful-patients-fitted-microchips-remind-pills.html#ixzz0V3lb7dOd
Sheriff Don Eslinger and GPS tracking: http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2002/10/55740
Texas representative Larry Phillips: http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/07/texas-state-representative-wants-transponders-in-all-cars/
Siemens tracking device and teens: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/24/living/24QUEE.html?pagewanted=1; also see http://www.digitalangel.com/
Court rules GPS tracking legal: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/09/18/ sjc_oks_secret_use_of_gps_devices/
Echelon and TEMPEST
Jim Wilson on Echelon and TEMPEST: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/defense/1281281.html
New Cyberspace security plan: Ted Bridis, “US Considers Cybersecurity Plan,” Associated Press (September 7, 2002)
The Cybersecurity Act of 2009
Leslie Harris on cybersecurity threat: http://www.cdt.org/headlines/1196
Larry Selzer on direct control of the president: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=
93966
Jennifer Granick on loss of privacy: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/04/should-obama-control-internet
Homeland Security
Bush’s urgent need: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2031255.stm
Bush quote on Homeland Security: Editors, “Bush Signs Homeland Security Bill,” CNN News (November 25, 2002)
James Joyner on dispersion of Homeland Security: http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/ dhs_new_hq_in_lunatic_asylum/
Obama releases some Reagan records: http://www.allgov.com/ViewNews/ Obama_Opens_Some_Reagan_Records_Kept_Secret_by_Bush_90413
Obama blocks release of White House visitor list: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31373407/ns/politics-white_house/
Oliver North’s martial law plan: Alfonso Chardy, “Plan Called for Martial Law in US,” Knight-Ridder News Service (July 5, 1987); also see http://www.bcrevolution.ca/fema_secrets.htm
John Dean’s concern: http://www.bcrevolution.ca/fema_secrets.htm
Timothy H. Edgar and ACLU objections to Homeland Security: http://www.aclu.org/natsec/emergpowers/14418leg20020625.html
No-Fly List
Timothy Sparapani and Alberto Gonzales: Walter Pincus and Dan Eggen, “325,000 Names on Terrorism List,” Washington Post (February 15, 2006)
Senator Kennedy and ACLU counsel Shuford: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A17073-2004Aug19?language=printer
Arizona treasurer Dean Martin: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/17/ arizona_treasurer_dean_martin_nofly_list/
Dr. Robert Johnson: www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?pid=63406
Michael Chertoff working for body scanner manufacturer: http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2010/01/scanning_the_source_1.html
Kate Hanni critizes Chertoff: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/01/02/ group_slams_chertoff_on_scanner_promotion/
Ben Wallace on scanners not picking up plastic, chemicals, and liquids: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/are-planned-airport-scanners-just-a-scam-1856175.html
Peeping TSA
Boian Alexandrov and team on DNA damage: http://arxiv.org/abs/0910.5294
Evidence of damage hard to find: http://republicbroadcasting.org/?p=6086
Office of Transport Security manager Cheryl Johnson: http://www.prisonplanet.com/admitted-airport-body-scanners-provide-crisp-image-of-your-genitals.html
Virtual strip-searching: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/07/full-body-scan-uk-airport
Paul Joseph Watson on high definition and inverted images: http://www.infowars.com/inverted-body-scanner-image-shows-naked-body-in-full-living-color/
Marc Rotenberg on potential for misuse of scanning machines: http://cnn.org/2010/TRAVEL/01/11/body.scanners/index.html
Security Abuses
Robert Lee Lewis: author’s interviews, summer 1999
Library incident: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/16/AR2006021602066.html
Rebecca Soloman and bag of white powder: Editors, “Student Falls Victim to TSA Worker’s Prank,” Austin American-Statesman (January 24, 2010)
Photographers Under Fire
Mike Maginnis arrested: http://vigilant.tv/article/2528/photographer-arrested-camera-confiscated-for-taking-snaps-of-hotel
Photography under attack: http://photographernotaterrorist.org/events/
David Proeber and memory card: http://carlosmiller.com/2009/02/26/illinois-police-had-confiscated-dramatic-photos-of-gun-wielding-man/
Carlos Miller: http://carlosmiller.com/
SPJ president Clint Brewer: http://www.spj.org/news.asp?REF=812#812
Laura Sennett and DOJ raid: http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/09/25/ Photog_Sues_Feds_for_Heavy-Handed_Raid.htm
You’re on Camera
Vehicle surveillance in Medina, Washington: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/ 2009873854_medina16m.html
D.C. mayor Anthony A. Williams: http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-1508565/Mayor-cites-need-for-surveillance.html
Internet Eyes instant event notification system: http://interneteyes.co.uk/
PART IV—HOW TO FREE ZOMBIES: THE THREE BOXES OF FREEDOM
Andrew Gavin Marshall on listening to people who have been nothing but wrong: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=15501
THE SOAP BOX
An Unfettered News Media
Research on mass media including the Internet: http://usa.usembassy.de/media.htm
Iraq as unmitigated disaster: http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060303/ news_lz1e3madsen.html
Firms with Pentagon contracts: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-12-13-propaganda-inside-usat_x.htm
Wayne Madsen on independent reporting: http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060303/ news_lz1e3madsen.html
Larry Siems and PEN court challenge to FISA Amendments Act: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-siems/why-were-challenging-the_b_242843.html
Principles for an unfettered and free press: http://www.newswatch.in/newspaedia/395
Phil Donahue on support for journalists: http://mediachannel.org/wordpress/2007/01/26/no-substitute-for-free-and-unfettered-news-gathering/
StopBigMedia.com Coalition: http://www.stopbigmedia.com/=about
Robert McChesney on I. F. Stone and new Internet journalists: http://www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/246.php
Back-to-Basics Education
Mark Taylor on the essence of education: Mark Taylor e-mail to author, October 7, 2009
Homeschooling
Jon Reider and the NCHE: http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000002/00000234.asp
Isabel Shaw and Kelley Hayden: http://school.familyeducation.com/homeschooling/college-prep/41108.html
Hal Young on colleges pursing homeschoolers: http://davidnbass.com/2007/04/03/colleges-courting-homeschoolers-self-discipline-work-ethic-and-morals-catching-eye-of-recruiters/
Chris Klicka on missing out on crime: http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000000/00000068.asp
Online education grows with homeschooling: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125374569191035579.html
Matthew Ladner on alternatives to traditional public education: http://www.ocpathink.org/publications/perspective-archives/september-2009-volume-16-number-9/?module=perspective&id=2321
Caring for Health
Dr. Len Saputo on disease care: Len Saputo, MD, with Byron Belitsos, A Return to Healing: Radical Health Care Reform and the Future of Medicine (San Rafael, CA: Origin Press, 2009), p. xxv
Saputo on allowing natural processes to take charge: Ibid.
Dr. Saputo on the integral-health medicine of the future: Ibid., p. 242
National Health Interview Survey: http://www.naturalnews.com/027291_health_medicine_biofeedback.html
Dr. Oliver Fein and doctors’ letter to candidates: http://www.pnhp.org/news/2008/october/doctors_to_candidate.php
U.S. life expectancy: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2102rank.html
U.S. child mortality: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2091rank.html