A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State

by Whitehead, John W.

  487 Noah Shachtman, "Army Tracking Plan: Drones That Never Forget a Face," Wired (Sept. 28, 2011), http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/09/drones-never-forget-a-face/.

  488 Peter Finn, "A future for drones: Automated killing," The Washington Post (Sept. 19, 2011), http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/national-security/a-future-for-drones-automated-killing/2011/09/15/gI QAVy9mgK_story.html.

  489 Jo Becker and Scott Shane, "Secret 'Kill List' Proves a Test of Obama's Principles and Will," New York Times (May 29, 2012), http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/world/obamas-leadership-in-war-on-al-qaeda.html?_r=2&hp&pagewanted=all.

  490 Jo Becker and Scott Shane, "Secret 'Kill List' Proves a Test of Obama's Principles and Will," New York Times (May 29, 2012), http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/world/obamas-leadership-in-war-on-al-qaeda.html?_r=2&hp&pagewanted=all.

  491 Jo Becker and Scott Shane, "Secret 'Kill List' Proves a Test of Obama's Principles and Will," New York Times (May 29, 2012), http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/world/obamas-leadership-in-war-on-al-qaeda.html?_r=2&hp&pagewanted=all.

  492 Daniel Klaidman, "Drones: How Obama Learned to Kill," The Daily Beast (May 28, 2012), http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/05/27/drones-the-silent-killers.html.

  493 Daniel Klaidman, "Drones: How Obama Learned to Kill," The Daily Beast (May 28, 2012), http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/05/27/drones-the-silent-killers.html.

  494 Jo Becker and Scott Shane, "Secret 'Kill List' Proves a Test of Obama's Principles and Will," New York Times (May 29, 2012), http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/world/obamas-leadership-in-war-on-al-qaeda.html?_r=2&hp&pagewanted=all.

  495 Ibrahim Mothana, "How Drones Help AI Qaeda," New York Times (June 6, 2012), http:// www.nytimes.com/2012/06/14/opinion/how-drones-help-al-qaeda.html?_r=l.

  496 Jo Becker and Scott Shane, "Secret 'Kill List' Proves a Test of Obama's Principles and Will," New York Times (May 29, 2012), http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/world/obamas-leadership-in-war-on-al-qaeda.html?_r=2&hp&pagewanted=all.

  497 Bruce Fein and Ralph Nader, Letter to Patrick Leahy and Lamar Smith (June 11,2012).

  498 Amy Davidson, "The President's Kill List," The New Yorker (May 30, 2012), http://www. newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2012/05/the-presidents-kill-list.html.

  499 David Frost, Frost/Nixon: Behind the Scenes of the Nixon Interviews (HarperCollins, 2007)

  500 Associated Press, "Government under pressure to open US skies to unmanned drones despite safety concerns," FOX News (June 14, 2010), http://www.foxnews.com/ us/2010/06/14/government-pressure-open-skies-unmanned-drones-despite-safety-concerns/.

  501 Richard Wheeler, "Drones Set to Invade National, State Parks," Wired (Feb. 28,2011), http:// www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/02/drones-set-to-invade-u-s-national-parks/.

  502 Peter Bowes, "High hopes for drone in LA skies," BBC News (June 6,2006), http://news.bbc. co.uk/2/hi/americas/5051142.stm.

  503 Declan McCullagh, "Drone aircraft may prowl U.S. skies," CNET News (March 29, 2006), http://news.cnet.eom/drone-aircraft-may-prowl-u.s.-skies/2100-11746_3-6055658.html.

  504 Geoff Mulvihill, "Lockheed unveils maple-seed-like drone," Navy Times (Aug. 11, 2011), http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/08/ap-lockheed-unveils-maple-seed-like-drone-081111/.

  505 Paul Joseph Watson, "Surveillance Drones To Zap Protesters Into Submission," Prison Planet (Feb. 12, 2010), http://www.prisonplanet.com/surveillance-drones-to-zap-protesters-into-submission.html.

  506 Paul Joseph Watson, "Surveillance Drones To Zap Protesters Into Submission," Prison Planet (Feb. 12,2010), http://www.prisonplanet.com/surveillance-drones-to-zap-protesters-into-submission.html.

  507 David Hambling, "Future police: Meet the UK's armed robot drones," Wired (Feb. 10,2010), http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-02/10/future-police-meet-the-uks-armed-robot-drones?p=l.

  508 Associated Press, "US drones outfitted with infrared, laser and radar targeting begin patrol on Somali pirates," NY Daily News (Oct. 23,2009), http://articles.nydailynews.com/2009-10-23/news/17936654_l_international-maritime-bureau-somali-coast-drones.

  509 Buck Sexton, "Aerial 'Shadowhawk' Police Drones can Now Deploy Tasers & Tear Gas," The Blaze (March 12, 2012), http://www.theblaze.com/stories/want-to-see-the-aerial-drone-police-could-soon-deploy-in-your-town/.

  510 Congressmen Edward Markey and Joe Barton, Letter to FAA Administrator Michael P. Huerta (April 19,2012), http://markey.house.gov/sites/markey.house.gov/files/documents/ 4-19-12.Letter%20FAA%20Drones%20.pdf.

  511 Nick Fielding, "US draws up plans for nuclear drones," Guardian (April 2, 2012), http:// www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/02/us-plans-nuclear-drones (accessed April 26, 2012).

  512 Elisabeth Bumiller and Thom Shanker, "War Evolves With Drones, Some Tiny as Bugs," New York Times (June 19, 2011), http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/20/world/20drones. html?_r=l.

  513 David Zucchino, "War zone drone crashes add up," Los Angeles Times (July 6,2010), http:// articles.latimes.com/2010/jul/06/world/la-fg-drone-crashes-20100706.

  514 Noah Shachtman, "Border Drone Flights Suspended After Comms Breakdown," Wired (Junel8, 2010), http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/06/border-drone-breaks-comms-with-pilot-flights-suspended/.

  515 Lolita C. Baldor, "Errant drone near DC almost met by fighter jets," Washington Times (Sept. 10,2010), http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/sep/10/errant-drone-near-dc-almost-met-by-fighter-jets/?page=all.

  516 "Future of Policing: Unmanned Drones?" (Jan. 20, 2011), http://www. experiencedcriminallawyers.com/future-of-policing-unmanned-drones/.

  517 Stephen C. Webster, "Seychelles drone crash raises more questions about security," Raw Story (Dec. 13, 2011), http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/12/13/another-u-s-drone-mysteriously-crashes-this-time-in-seychelles/.

  518 Associated Press, "Surveillance drone crashes in Somali capital," FOX News (Feb. 3,2012), http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/02/03/surveillance-drone-crashes-in-somali-capital/.

  519 Trevor Timm, "Drones: A deeply unsettling future," Al-Jazeera (Dec. 7, 2011), http://www. aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/12/201112774824829807.html.

  520 Stephen C. Webster, "Mysterious virus infects America's drone aircraft," Raw Story (Oct. 7, 2011), http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/10/07/mysterious-virus-infects-americas-drone-aircraft/.

  521 Nick Fielding, "US draws up plans for nuclear drones," Guardian (April 2, 2012), http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/02/us-plans-nuclear-drones.

  522 Jeff Glor, "Drone use in the U.S. raises privacy concerns," CBS News (April 5,2012), http:// www.cbsnews.com/8301-505266_162-57409759/drone-use-in-the-u.s-raise-privacy-concerns.

  Part Six: The New American Order

  523 George Orwell, 1984 (Plume, 1983)

  524 George Orwell, 1984 (Penguin, 1977)

  C H A P T E R TWENTY-TWO

  525 Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Recommendations to the Congress to Curb Monopolies and the Concentration of Economic Power," (April 29,1938), in The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, ed. Samuel I. Rosenman, vol. 7, (New York, MacMillan: 1941), pp. 305-315.

  526 George Orwell, 1984 (Plume, 1983)

  527 William Styron, Introduction to Richard Rubenstein, The Cunning of History: The Holocaust and the American Future (Harper Perennial, 1987), p. xi.

  528 Aldous Huxley, Brave New World (Harper Torchbook, 1965), p. xviii-xix.

  529 Dr. Robert Gellately, Backing Hitler: Consent and Coercion in Nazi Germany, 1933-1944 (Oxford University Press, 2002), http://www.fsu.edu/profiles/gellately/.

  530 Dr. Robert Gellately, Backing Hitler: Consent and Coercion in Nazi Germany, 1933-1944 (Oxford University Press, 2002).

  C H A P T E R TWENTY-THREE

  531 George Will, "Blowing the whistle on the federal Leviathan," The Washington Post (July 27, 2012), http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-will-blowing-the-whistle-on-leviathan/2012/07/27/gJQAAsRnEX_story.html.

  532 John Baker, "Revisiting the Explosive Growth of Federal Crimes," The Heritage Foundation (June 16, 2008), http:
//www.heritage.org/research/reports/2008/06/revisiting-the-explosive-growth-of-federal-crimes.

  533 Nathan Burney, "An Illustrated Guide to Criminal Law," http://thecriminallawyer.tumblr. com/post/27956783155/work-in-progress.

  534 Radley Balko, "We're All Felons, Now," Reason (Oct. 19, 2009), http://reason.com/ archives/2009/10/19/were-all-felons-now.

  535 L. Gordon Crovitz, "You Commit Three Felonies a Day," Wall Street Journal (Sept. 27,2009), http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471504574438900830760842.html.

  536 David Gumpert, "Raids are increasing on farms and private food-supply clubs – here are 5 tips for surviving one," Grist (July 15, 2010), http://grist.org/article/food-five-tips-for-surviving-a-raid-on-your-farm-or-food-club/full/.

  537 "Criminalizing everyone," The Washington Times (Oct. 5, 2009), http://www. washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/05/criminalizing-everyone/.

  538 George Will, "Blowing the whistle on the federal Leviathan," The Washington Post (July 27, 2012), http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-will-blowing-the-whistle-on-leviathan/2012/07/27/gJQAAsRnEX_story.html.

  539 Kendra Alleyne, "Oregon Man Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail -- for Collecting Rainwater on His Property," CNS News (July 26, 2012), http://cnsnews.com/news/article/oregon-man-sentenced-30-days-jail-collecting-rainwater-his-property

  540 Kendra Alleyne, "Man Sentenced to 30 Days for Catching Rain Water on Own Property Enters Jail," CNS News (Aug. 8, 2012), http://cnsnews.com/news/article/man-sentenced-30-days-catching-rain-water-own-property-enters-jail; Kendra Alleyne, "Oregon Man Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail – for Collecting Rainwater on His Property," CNS News (July 26, 2012), http://cnsnews.com/news/article/oregon-man-sentenced-30-days-jail-collecting-rainwater-his-property.

  541 Mark Carlson, "Coralville Police Shutdown Several Children's Lemonade Stands," KCRG-TV (Aug. 2, 2011), http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Coralville-Police-Shutdown-Several-Childrens-Lemonade-Stands-126592563.html.

  542 Mark Carlson, "Coralville Police Shutdown Several Children's Lemonade Stands," KCRG-TV (Aug. 2, 2011), http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Coralville-Police-Shutdown-Several-Childrens-Lemonade-Stands-126592563.html.

  543 "America's 'Nanny State' Laws," CNBC (May 31,2012), http://www.cnbc.com/id/47631869/ America_s_Nanny_State_Laws.

  544 Paul Hsieh, "The Dangerous Synergy Between The Nanny State And Universal Health Care," Forbes (June 18, 2012), http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2012/06/18/the-dangerous-synergy-between-the-nanny-state-and-universal-health-care/.

  545 Laurel J. Sweet and Chris Cassidy, "Parents: Rule's Half-baked," Boston Herald (May 7, 2012), http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20220507parents_rules_half-baked_states_junk_food_ban_could_take_bite_out_of_school_fundraisers/ srvc=home&position=0.

  546 "Nanny State: Spoiled Milkshakes," Richmond Times-Dispatch (July 6,2012), http://www2. timesdispatch.com/news/rtd-opinion/2012/jul/06/tdopin01-spoiled-milkshakes-ar-2036945/.

  547 John Glaser, "'Trespass Bill' Would Violate Peaceful Assembly Rights," Anti-War.com (Feb. 28, 2012), http://news.antiwar.com/2012/02/28/trespass-bill-would-violate-peaceful-assembly-rights/.

  548 Mike Masnick, "Chipping Away At The First Amendment: New 'Trespassing' Bill Could Be Used To Criminalize Legitimate Protests," Tech Dirt (March 2,2012), http://www.techdirt. com/articles/20120301/15425317936/chipping-away-first-amendment-new-trespassing-bill-could-be-used-to-criminalize-legitimate-protests.shtml.

  549 Bill Mears, "Justices reject appeal of war protester over Cheney encounter," CNN Justice (June 4, 2012), http://articles.cnn.com/2012-06-04/justice/justice_scotus-retaliatory-arrests-cheney_l_agents-arrest-protester?_s=PM: JUSTICE.

  550 Mark Baard, "Free Speech Behind the Razor Wire," Wired (July 27, 2004), http://www. wired.com/politics/law/news/2004/07/64349.

  551 "Judge Denies DNC Free-Speech Zone Challenge," WCVB-TVBoston (July 22,2004).

  552 Nathan Burney, "An Illustrated Guide to Criminal Law," http://thecriminallawyer.tumblr. com/post/27956783155/work-in-progress.

  C H A P T E R TWENTY-FOUR

  553 Henry Giroux, "Violence, USA: The Warfare State and the Brutalizing of Everyday Life." Truthout (May 2, 2012), http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8859-violence-usa-the-warfare-state-and-the-brutalizing-of-everyday-life.

  554 Cevin Soling, The War on Kids (Spectacle Films, 2009).

  555 Shaun Chaiyabhat, "Brevard County middle school student suspended for hugging girl," WKMG Local 6 (Nov. 3, 2011), http://www.clickorlando.com/news/Brevard-County-middle-school-student-suspended-for-hugging-girl/-/1637132/4299476/-/f0amd3z/-/ index.html.

  556 Laura Hibbard, "Student, 9 Years Old, Suspended For Sexual Harassment, Calling Teacher 'Cute.'" The Huffington Post (Dec. 5, 2011), http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/05/ student-9-years-old-suspended-for-sexual-harassment_n_1129683.html.

  557 Andrew Jones, "Cops arrest 6-year-old kindergartener in Georgia," Raw Story (April 17, 2012), http://vnvw.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/17/cops-arrest-6-year-old-kindergartener-in-georgia/.

  558 "Hercules Family Battles Sex Assault Claim Against 6-Year-Old," CBS San Francisco (Jan. 27, 2012), http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/01/27/hercules-family-battles-playground-sex-assault-claim-against-6-year-old/.

  559 Piper Weiss, "Kindergartner Charged with Battery. Why Are We Criminalizing Kids?" Yahoo (April 29,2012), http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/kindergartener-charged-battery-why-criminalizing-kids-175600847.html.

  560 Stephanie Chen, "Girl's arrest for doodling raises concerns about zero tolerance," CJVJV (Feb. 18,2010), http://articles.cnn.com/2010-02-18/justice/new.york.doodle.arrest_l_zero-tolerance-schools-police-precinct?_s=PM:CRIME.

  561 "Are Zero Tolerance Policies Effective in the Schools?" American Psychological Association (Dec. 2008), http://www.apa.org/pubs/info/reports/zero-tolerance.pdf

  562 Jim Kiertzner, "4 Monroe Jefferson High School students charged in cafeteria food fight," Click On Detroit (March 28, 2012), http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/4-Monroe-Jefferson-High-School-students-charged-in-cafeteria-food-fight/-/1719418/9741876/-/ a2v4f/-/index.html.

  563 Mike Masnick, "High School Student Expelled For Tweeting Profanity; Principal Admits School Tracks All Tweets," Techdirt (March 26, 2012), http://www.techdirt.com/ articles/20120326/04334818242/high-school-student-expelled-tweeting-profanity-principal-admits-school -tracks-all -tweets.shtml.

  564 Chris McGreal, "The US schools with their own police," Guardian (Jan. 9, 2012), http:// www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/09/texas-police-schools.

  565 "In-school arrests fuel nationwide debate over when to involve police," Detroit Free Press (April 19,2012), http://www.freep.com/article/20120419/NEWS07/204190543/In-school-arrests-fuel-nationwide-debate-over-when-to-involve-police.

  566 Annette Fuentes, Lockdown High: When the Schoolhouse Becomes a Jailhouse (Verso, 2010)

  567 "Are Zero Tolerance Policies Effective in the Schools?" American Psychological Association (Dec. 2008), http://www.apa.org/pubs/info/reports/zero-tolerance.pdf

  568 Shaun Chaiyabhat, "Nurse refuses student inhaler during asthma attack," Click Orlando (May 21, 2012), http://www.clickorlando.com/news/Nurse-refuses-student-inhaler-during-asthma-attack/-/1637132/13560430/-/wml3uaz/-/index.html.

  569 Howard Portnoy, "8-year-old ordered to remove numbered football jersey by school," Examiner.com, (Sept. 14, 2012), http://www.examiner.com/article/8-year-old-ordered-to-remove-numbered-footbaU -jersey-by-school.

  570 Howard Portnoy, "School disciplines 10-year-old for gun-shaped pizza slice," Examiner com, (Dec. 25,2011), http://www.examiner.com/article/school-disciplines-10-year-old-for-gun-shaped-pizza-slice-video?cid=PROD-redesign-right-next.

  571 Howard Portnoy, "Deaf preschooler forbidden to sign own name because gesture resembles gun," Examiner.com (Aug. 28, 2012), http://www.examiner.com/article/deaf-preschooler-forbidden-to-sign-own-name-because-gesture-resembles-gun?cid=PROD-redesign-right-next.

  572 Howard Portnoy, "HS valedictorian denied diploma after saying word 'hell' in graduation sp
eech," Examiner.com (Aug. 23, 2012), http://www.examiner.com/article/ hs-valedictorian-denied-diploma-after-saying-word-hell-graduation-speech.

  573 Cevin Soling, The War on Kids (Spectacle Films, 2009).

  574 Samreen Hooda, "Texas School ID Tracking Chips Protested By Parents And Students," Huffington Post (Sept. 6, 2012), http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/05/school-id-tracking-chips-_n_1861049.html.

  575 David Kravets, "Tracking School Children With RFID Tags? It's All About the Benjamins," Wired (Sept. 7, 2012), http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/09/rfid-chip-student-monitoring/.

  576 Northside ISD "Smart" ID Cards: Student Locator Pilot, http://www.nisd.net/student-locator/.

  577 "Texas School District Reportedly Threatening Students Who Refuse Tracking ID, Can't Vote For Homecoming," Huffington Post (Oct. 8, 2012), http://wwwhuffingtonpost. com/2012/10/08/texas-school-district-rep_n_1949415.html?utm_hp_ref=teen.

  578 David Rosen, "Big Brother invades our classrooms," Salon (Oct. 8,2012), http://www.salon. com/2012/10/08/big_brother_invades_our_classrooms/.

  579 David Rosen, "Big Brother invades our classrooms," Salon (Oct. 8,2012), http://www.salon. com/2012/10/08/big_brother_invades_our_classrooms/.

  580 David Rosen, "Big Brother invades our classrooms," Salon (Oct. 8,2012), http://www.salon. com/2012/10/08/big_brother_invades_our_classrooms/.

  581 David Rosen, "Big Brother invades our classrooms," Salon (Oct. 8,2012), http://www.salon. com/2012/10/08/big_brother_invades_our_classrooms/.

  582 David Rosen, "Big Brother invades our classrooms," Salon (Oct. 8,2012), http://www.salon. com/2012/10/08/big_brother_invades_our_classrooms/.

  583 David Rosen, "Big Brother invades our classrooms," Salon (Oct. 8,2012), http://www.salon. com/2012/10/08/big_brother_invades_our_classrooms/.

  584 Bruce Levine, "Why Are Americans So Easy to Manipulate and Control?" Alternet (Oct. 11, 2012), http://www.alternet.org/why-are-americans-so-easy-manipulate-and-control?paging=off

  585 Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century (Simon & Schuster, 2003), p. xxii.