------ Forwarded Message > From: Sardar <sar...@spiritone.com> > Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:30:59 -0700 > To: Sardar <recon1968br...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Understanding the Mechanics of the Police State by Michael Hampton > > Understanding the Mechanics of the Police State > by Michael Hampton > > > > > > "People don't know what fusion centers are," says Catherine > Bleish, who was the opening speaker at the 2010 New Hampshire Liberty Forum > on March 19. > > > Fusion centers were created after the September 11, 2001, > terrorist attacks as a way for local and state law enforcement agencies to > share terrorism related information with the federal government, and vice > versa. The idea quickly ran into problems, first among them the fact that > there simply isn't enough terrorist activity to justify the concept. Instead > of shutting down as pointless, fusion centers gradually began expanding into > sharing information about all crimes. Fusion center activity over the years > has also raised concerns about government surveillance of legally protected > political activity. > > Bleish, who was led into becoming an activist by the 2008 Ron > Paul presidential campaign, said she was informed of a report published by > the Missouri Information Analysis Center, leaked in March 2009, which stated > among other things that people with Gadsden flag and Ron Paul bumper > stickers could be militia members or potential terrorists. Bleish, who is > the executive director of the Liberty Restoration Project, spearheaded > further investigation and activism, eventually leading to MIAC retracting > the report. > > "MIAC is a Department of Homeland Security fusion center," she > said during her speech. "These institutions are doing a lot of damage to the > relationship between the general public and the law enforcement community." > > Bleish also runs Operation Defuse, a project to inform the > public about the nature and activities of fusion centers and how those > activities contribute to the federalization and militarization of law > enforcement. > > > Embedding for this video disabled by request. To view this > video, visit: > Catherine Bleish: Understanding the Mechanics of the Police > State > > > The New Hampshire Liberty Forum is an annual conference held by > the Free State Project, a movement to bring 20,000 activists to New > Hampshire to work toward reducing the size, scope and power of government > and increasing individual liberty and responsibility. The project has signed > over 10,000 participants, and over 800 have already moved. The Liberty > Forum, and the project's summer camping event, PorcFest, allow people > undecided about the project to see the state firsthand and observe and > participate in local activism. > > Reprinted from Homeland Stupidity. > > > March 27, 2010 > > > Homeland Stupidity > > > > > > Back to LewRockwell.com Home Page > > http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig11/hampton-m1.1.1.html
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