On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Leland F. Jackson, CPA <[email protected]> wrote: > Interpol only has a budget of only $59 million per year for > its world wide operations, so it must have a very limited, > but focused operation. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpol
So, brainiac, what does such a supposedly "small" organization need that kind of diplomatic and police power for? - Publius > > Regards, > > LelandJ > > > On 12/30/2009 11:10 AM, Publius Maximus wrote: >> http://bit.ly/4RzUxo >> >> - - - >> No presidential statement or White House press briefing was held on >> it. In fact, all that can be found about it on the official White >> House Web site is the Dec. 17 announcement and one-paragraph text of >> President Obama's Executive Order 12425, with this innocuous headline: >> "Amending Executive Order 12425 Designating Interpol as a public >> international organization entitled to enjoy certain privileges, >> exemptions, and immunities."In fact, this new directive from Obama may >> be the most destructive blow ever struck against American >> constitutional civil liberties. No wonder the White House said as >> little as possible about it. >> >> There are multiple reasons why this Obama decision is so deeply >> disturbing. First, the Obama order reverses a 1983 Reagan >> administration decision in order to grant Interpol, the International >> Criminal Police Organization, two key privileges. First, Obama has >> granted Interpol the ability to operate within the territorial limits >> of the United States without being subject to the same constitutional >> restraints that apply to all domestic law enforcement agencies such as >> the FBI. Second, Obama has exempted Interpol's domestic facilities -- >> including its office within the U.S. Department of Justice -- from >> search and seizure by U.S. authorities and from disclosure of archived >> documents in response to Freedom of Information Act requests filed by >> U.S. citizens. Think very carefully about what you just read: Obama >> has given an international law enforcement organization that is >> accountable to no other national authority the ability to operate as >> it pleases within our own borders, and he has freed it from the most >> basic measure of official transparency and accountability, the FOIA. >> >> The Examiner has asked for but not yet received from the White House >> press office an explanation of why the president signed this executive >> order and who among his advisers was involved in the process leading >> to his doing so. Unless the White House can provide credible reasons >> to think otherwise, it seems clear that Executive Order 12425's >> consequences could be far-reaching and disastrous. To cite only the >> most obvious example, giving Interpol free rein to act within this >> country could subject U.S. military, diplomatic, and intelligence >> personnel to the prospect of being taken into custody and hauled >> before the International Criminal Court as "war criminals." >> >> As National Review Online's Andy McCarthy put it, the White House must >> answer these questions: Why should we elevate an international police >> force above American law? Why would we immunize an international >> police force from the limitations that constrain the FBI and other >> American law-enforcement agencies? Why is it suddenly necessary to >> have, within the Justice Department, a repository for stashing >> government files that will be beyond the scrutiny of Congress, >> American law enforcement, the media, and the American people? >> - - - >> >> Wow. Don't be fooled into thinking he's a naive do-gooder. He knows >> exactly what he's doing, even when he's getting his diplomatic clock >> cleaned by the clowns in Tehran, or trading our strategic advantages >> to Russia for the short term gain of friendly CEOs at GE. >> >> It is by design, and his goal is to destroy this country as we've >> known it. From the inside. >> >> - Publius >> > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
