Liberty

The right to do and act according to one’s own will. The freedom to exercise personal rights without government interference.

What’s the interest? The basic rights outlined in the Constitution and other founding documents are being eroded by governmental actions. While these actions reduce personal rights, such as privacy and trial by jury (habeas corpus), they add to governmental control and power over citizens. Many issues have been raised such as presidential signing statements, executive orders, spying on U.S. citizens, passage of anti-consitutional laws, and the cooperation of media and government at high levels. Many of these challenges to liberty come from “In the interest of national security...”. Others appear to relate to paranoia and ruling elite ideology.

Quote: ”Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.”

Benjamin Franklin - U.S. author, inventor, politician, statesman, and founding father (1706-1790)

Video

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Aaron Russo Interviewed by Alex Jones: a highly recommended interview of Aaron (Led Zeppelin and Bette Midler promoter, movie director) in 7 parts. All parts are located in the player above by accessing the menu and are under 10 min per part.

Aaron Russo Interview: interesting interview regarding Freedom to Facism film. Recommended. 37 min.

Operation Gladio - Key top-secret state operated terrorist actions by European countries and U.S. This is a 3 part BBC series. Recommended

Part 1 - 47 min

Part 2 - 49 min

Part 3 - 49 min

Electronic Voting Machines: easily hacked without a trace by Princeton University. Shows you how on a Diebold machine.

Florida 2004 Presidential Election - how did Bush win Florida? BBC looked into it. 14 min.

Oliver North: questioned on “FEMA suspension of constitution” activities. 2 min

Freedom to Facism: Recommended documentary about the Federal Reserve and the IRS by award winning producer Aaron Russo. 1 hr 51 min.

COINTELPRO - the U.S. FBI program to spy on it’s citizens. 5 min.

Church Committee Report - footage taken from coverage discussing COINTELPRO actions against U.S. citizens. CSPAN, 13 min.

Reading

Executive Order - on July 17, President Bush signed an Executive order that authorized blocking the use of any property held by anyone he says is a threat to the “stabilization” of Iraq. That means anyone who opposes his Middle East foreign policy now is subject to loss of home, automobiles, savings, investments, and anything else considered as property. Document

Center for Constitutional Rights Site

Electronic Frontiers Foundation - excellent resource for government abuse in the digital age. Site

Model State Emergency Health Powers Act - proposed legislation in national health emergencies is revealing. Jun 2002. Article

Operation Garden Plot - background on suspension of constitutional law of US federal government. Also see REX 84. Read Article

Bush Above the Law - asserts he does not have to obey four laws in his signing statement of National Defense Authorization Act. Boston Globe. Jan 2008 Article

Military Commisions Act - OpEd piece on this proposed 2006 bill. Sept , 2006. Article

20 Voting Tidbits - Makes you wonder doesn’t it? Article list

Senators question FBI surveillance - spying seen as abuses relative to Patriot Act. Article

Senate Approves Expansion in US Spying - approved bill also make telecomm companies who help immune to illegal actions. NY Times Jul 2008 Article

Patriot Secret Subpoenas Nixed - District Court Judge finally does what Congress didn’t. UPI Sep 2007 Article

Point, Click...Eavesdrop - a new network for the FBI called DCSNet permits instant access to your communications. Wired Aug 2007 Article

FBI Cell Carrier Interconnection - whistleblower details connections between FBI and cell phone companies. Wired Mar 2008 Article

Total Information Awareness - nothing new. See Echelon on this site’s Secrecy page. This is a current overview of an old topic. Wired Mar 2008 Article

Domestic Use of Spy Satellites - new efforts for increased survellance of US citizens for national security reasons. Washington Post Aug, 2007 Article

Reagan Aides and the Secret Government - an article originally on the front page of the Miami Herald, July, 1987. Article

Martial Law Concerns - speech raising issues on homeland security, FEMA, and other government activities Mar 2003, Jim McDermott, Congress (D-WA). Article

Great Firewall of China - the Golden Shield Project provides censorship and surveillance of China’s citizens. Wikipedia. Read Epoch Times, April 2006 Article.