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“The 7,000-page report was the WikiLeaks disclosure of its time, a sensational breach of government confidentiality that shook Richard Nixon’s presidency and prompted a Supreme Court fight that advanced press freedom. Prepared near the end of Lyndon Johnson’s term by Defense Department and private foreign policy analysts, the report was leaked primarily by one of them, Daniel Ellsberg, in a brash act of defiance that stands as one of the most dramatic episodes of whistleblowing in U.S. history.”

These are dangerous times. If you go into the Intelligence Committee several times a week, as Senator Udall and I do, you come away with the indisputable judgment that there are threats to the well-being of this country, that there are people who do not wish our citizens well. In these dangerous times, the sources and methods of our antiterror operations absolutely must be kept secret. That is fundamental to the work of the intelligence community–keeping the sources and methods of those who serve us so gallantly secret and ensuring that they are as
safe as possible.

But while we protect those sources and methods, the laws that

authorize them should not be kept secret from the American people. That is what this is all about–whether the laws that authorize the operations that are so essential, which have been passed by the Congress–that their interpretation should be kept secret from the American people. I call it “secret law.” I want to say to this body, yes, we need secret operations, but secret law is bad for our democracy. It will undermine the confidence the American people have in our intelligence operations.

GUVECCI, Turkey (AP) — Syrian policemen turned their guns on each other, soldiers shed their uniforms rather than obey orders to fire on protesters, and three young men who tried to escape were beheaded by forces loyal to President Bashar Assad.

While I’m no authority on much of anything, it does seem to me that “money matters” may be involved in these anomalies of statecraft. But it could be more than just money. It could be a very serious world-sized power-play. I’m sure the CIA would tell me, were such things not protected by secrecy. So all I can say is that I can’t say much about China and her relationship with America and the world.

If any readers here have a clue about what’s going on, please inform me by leaving comments under this article.

Sheriff Richard Mack in Tucson Arizona for the Memorial Day events surrounding the May 5th shooting of Jose Guerena by Pima County SWAT.

Current Serving Air Force A-10 Pilot and Pima County GOP Chairman, Brian Miller at the Oath Keepers Memorial Day event in Tucson, Arizona.

Upon searching five years of past issues, I found that indeed the word “interdependence” was quite popular and the word “independence” quite unpopular. This made me wonder some more: do the articles in Foreign Affairs REALLY represent NO consensus of beliefs as the editors state in the front of each edition? I don’t recall ever seeing an article by Ron Paul, Andrew Napolitano, Edwin Vieira, G. Edward Griffin or Gary Johnson in the pages of Foreign Affairs magazine. Do you?

The Department for Education refused to comment on the incident, saying they would not do so until the case was closed.

They did however confirm that their Office of the Inspector General had issued the search warrant.

But the statement of the SWAT supervisor is worth reading. After the SWAT team entered Guerena’s home, the supervisor left one or two “operators” with the body while the rest searched the house. What did he mean by operator? Well, a police officer. But the term connotes something entirely different.

“Operator” is a term of art in the special operations community. Green Berets, SEALs and other special operations personnel often refer to themselves as operators. It’s a recognition of both the elite standards of their units and the hybrid nature of their duties — part soldier, part spy, part diplomat. But importing operator terminology into domestic law enforcement is not a benign turn of the phrase.

“Gold totaling $11.1 billion as of September 30, 2010, and 2009, was pledged as collateral for gold certificates issued and authorized to the FRBs by the Secretary of the Treasury.“
Given that the Fed has an indirect claim to the Treasury’s gold, it is questionable what line of reasoning the Fed’s general counsel was using when stating so broadly that the Fed has “no interest in the gold that is owned by the treasury”.

In November 2010 Jimenez provided “security” in his patrol car while co-conspirators stole controlled substances and drug money from a storage facility in Green Valley, Sherwood said in the news release. FBI agents in Tucson conducted the investigation.

“Those of us who were there on Memorial Day walked away knowing that it was the right thing to do – and let the chips fall where they may.” – Stewart Rhodes

http://RTR.org | An epidemic is sweeping the nation. In this special report, never seen on the mainstream news, we look at the symptoms of tyranny and take you to Arizona where the Oath Keepers converged to march for a fallen Marine. Jose Manuel Guerena was shot 61 times in his home when Pima County SWAT entered to serve a search warrant. You will get an inside look at the Oath Keepers memorial service where Stewart Rhodes and Sheriff Richard Mack spoke of the recent abuses, presented the widow with a plaque, and provided solutions on how you can overcome these symptoms of tyranny.

The classic scenario for a SWAT callout is a barricaded hostage taker, a situation that commonly ends with a negotiator talking the suspect or suspects out without bloodshed, or more rarely, with a single shot from a sniper’s rifle. More rare still is an assault by SWAT operators. This is rare because no matter how much SWAT types love to do this sort of thing, it is horrendously dangerous to everyone involved. SWAT teams are also commonly employed for the service of no-knock warrants, where absolute surprise, speed, and overwhelming action are a necessity to minimize danger and prevent the destruction of evidence.

TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) – The family of former marine Jose Guerena are still wondering why it happened. They marched side by side with the oath keepers, a group dedicated to protect the constitution and the rights it gives. Founder Stewart Rhodes tells 9OYS this incident with SWAT crossed the line.

“All you know is you got yelling men entering your home with guns in their hands, how are you going to react? it puts them in a no win situation,” Rhodes said.

The sheriff’s department video was released after the oath keepers planned their march so we asked if these pictures changed what they thought.

TUCSON – Hundreds gathered in Pima County Monday for a fallen Marine, but this was no typical Memorial Day ceremony.

A group called Oath Keepers organized a march and protest for Jose Guerena.

Guerena was killed by a Pima County SWAT team on May 5th. They entered his home with a search warrant, but deputies said when they went in, Guerena aimed an assault rifle at them. They fired 71 rounds and killed him.

More than a hundred people took part in the march, some of which came from as far away as Vegas. The people said they were there for a number of reasons: pay tribute to a fallen marine, support the victim’s family, and protest the tactics of the SWAT team.

Ed Vallejo of Phoenix captured this interview at the Memorial Day event in Tucson.

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