Former Intelligence Analyst: Obama Was Wiretapped By NSA In 2004. Russ Tice Does the NSA have something on President Barack Obama? Maybe, according to former intelligence analyst and whistler-blower Russell Tice. In a radio interview Tice alleged that the NSA ordered a wiretap on Barack Obama in 2004. Russ Tice, a former intelligence analyst who in 2005 blew the whistle on what he alleged was massive unconstitutional domestic spying across multiple agencies, claimed Wednesday that the NSA had ordered wiretaps on phones connected to then-Senate candidate Barack Obama in 2004…“Here’s the big one … this was in summer of 2004, one of the papers that I held in my hand was to wiretap a bunch of numbers associated with a 40-something-year-old wannabe senator for Illinois,” he said.
What did the NSA find out? “I was worried that the intelligence community now has sway over what is going on,” Tice said. Knowledge is power, especially knowledge about embarrassing and/or illegal activities by politicians. Photo by Russell Tice under Creative Commons license. Bush-era whistleblower: Obama was NSA wiretap victim in 2004. Former National Security Agency analyst Russ Tice, a Bush-era whistle-blower, recently made startling claims that the federal government’s wiretap endeavors targeted high-ranking government officials, including military officials, lawmakers and diplomats.
One of those target wound up being elected president. In appearance on “The Boiling Frogs Show” on Wednesday, Tice made the astonishing claim that the NSA had ordered wiretaps on phones connected to then-Democratic Senate hopeful Barack Obama in 2004, weeks prior to his breakout speech at the 2004 Democratic Convention in Boston. “Now, here’s the big one,” Tice said. “I haven’t given you any names. This was in summer of 2004. One of the papers that I held in my hand was to wiretap a bunch of numbers associated with a 40-something-year-old wannabe senator for Illinois.
Listen: (h/t Huffington Post) Russ Tice, Bush-Era Whistleblower, Claims NSA Ordered Wiretap Of Barack Obama In 2004. Furor Over Colorado Bill to Give Secret Service Agents Police Powers. Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper is expected to sign into law a bill that would give the U.S. Secret Service "limited" police power while operating in the state of Colorado. The bill, SB 13-013, which has already been passed by both the Colorado House and Senate, has sparked a firestorm of controversy because of fears that the proposed power could be used by Secret Service agents, acting on behalf of the Obama administration, to arrest sheriffs in Colorado who refuse to enforce unconstitutional federal gun controls.
Just such a scenario of federal overreach was expressed by Colorado state Representative Lori Saine, who was quoted on March 29 by World Net Daily exclaiming: This is insane! In theory if a Secret Service agent is in a county where the sheriff has refused to enforce some of the recent unenforceable gun laws, the agent could [ignore the sheriff entirely and] arrest any individual if he believes the law has been broken.... (signed) — Sheriff Justin Smith 1. 2. 3. 4. White House blocking release of Monsanto-linked lobbyist’s email. By End the Lie The Obama administration is now blocking a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by an environmental group, Public Employees for Environment Responsibility (PEER), which is attempting to uncover Obama’s connections to Monsanto-linked lobbyists.
Keep in mind, Monsanto’s products have been linked to some horrific effects on biological systems like the human body, not the least of which is creating necrosis and significant mutations in critical cell types. Also quite noteworthy is the fact that Monsanto was actually recently found guilty of chemical poisoning in the case of a French farmer. The group suspects the Obama White House of working with these lobbyists to defend genetically engineered (GE) crops and the attempts to get these GE crops planted in wildlife refuges across the United States. The White House claims that they had to block portions of the email because it contained information on BIO’s lobbying strategy. Have something to add? Immigration program sidesteps democratic process and good sense.
Action Alert. In defense of Obama's drones - Terrorism. To hear some people tell it, the United States hovers on the brink of tyranny. President Obama has seized dictatorial power to murder any American citizen he secretly deems a terrorist. Attorney General Eric Holder’s craven rationalization of the so-called “CIA assassination” of U.S. -born Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in the wilds of Yemen last September struck some as the veritable death-knell of democracy. “The President and his underlings,” writes one fiery critic, “are your accuser, your judge, your jury and your executioner all wrapped up in one, acting in total secrecy and without your even knowing that he’s accused you and sentenced you to death, and you have no opportunity even to know about, let alone confront and address, his accusations.”
Sounds grave, doesn’t it? Yoo, of course, is the Bush administration lawyer who helped write memos rationalizing that anything short of “organ failure or death” wasn’t torture. In short, it’s not a legal proceeding; it’s an act of war. Senators look to advise Treasury on Iran sanctions. The two senators' measure forces the United States to sanction foreign banks that do significant business with Iran and its central bank. State-owned and central banks can only be sanctioned for oil-related transactions, and the measure also includes a waiver for food, medicine and other humanitarian assistance meant for the Iranian people. President Obama signed the defense authorization act, which included the sanctions measure, on Dec. 31. But before that, administration officials had expressed some concern about Kirk and Menendez’s ideas, saying the sanctions could damage relationships within the international coalition opposing Iran.
Under the measure, the president is also allowed to exempt countries from sanctions if the nation has “significantly reduced” its petroleum purchases from Iran. “High-level delegations from the Departments of the Treasury and State have already been traveling across the globe to consult with their counterparts on this issue,” the official said. LOBBYISTS AND MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL FASCISTS: NDAA. The NDAA legislation, which a smiling Barack Obama recently signed into law, is by far the most frightening set of laws ever passed by our corrupt plutocratic Federal government.
It allows people to be taken away “indefinitely” and forever for being a “terrorist”. Since almost anyone can be considered a “terrorist” if they are disruptive in any way, the laws allows for unlimited, unrestricted, unprotected detention and removal off all DOMESTIC threats, as loosely defined by the police state, bureaucrats, lawyers, prosecutors or even average people.
Report you neighbor as a “terrorist” and he can be taken away and never seen or heard from again. The implications of NDAA are beyond ludicrous to a nation that was founded on individual rights and freedom. It’s not enough that we have more than 2 million people already in jail, more than any other country in the world. Lobbyists have received criticism by the mainstream media and the public for their role influencing the government.
NEW CAMPAIGN: Repeal Indefinite Detention. In his last official act of 2011, President Barack Obama signed the massive bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that included shocking detainee provisions. We explain the reasons in the letter below. We invite you to send a letter to your Representatives and Senators demanding repeal, and you may borrow from or copy this... I demand you repeal the detainee provisions of the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act. I am appalled that any member of Congress would support provisions such as... * REQUIRED military detention of foreigners that are suspected of being terrorists * Military detention as the preferred OPTION for American terror suspects * No charges need to be filed, and no trials must be held * Prisoners to be held "until the end of hostilities"These provisions can be more accurately described as "kidnapping" — which is a crime whether it's done by individuals, gangs, or bigger gangs called States.And what does "the end of hostilities" mean?
'A symbol of the new year, of what was to come' | The Bloomington Alternative. 2011 was full of social upheavals against nepotistic dictators, mass demonstrations and occupations against the 1 percent, and the brutalization of thousands of innocent protesters around the world. In the United States, Occupy protests, with no established targets or tactics, have shifted the national discourse to issues rooted in a culture of domination and systematic elite white supremacy over the poor, working classes. 2012 began with noise demonstrations in front of jails as gestures of solidarity with the incarcerated and to object to one of the most repressive means of control in Western society – the prison-industrial complex.
Protesters in about 25 cities around the world, including Bloomington, participated in the international call for New Year’s Eve jail solidarity. Read the Alternative's Occupy archive Rhea and Heisey were released on their own recognizance. " Resistance and arrests continued in Oakland and New York. Diana Petrova can be reached at dianapetrova90@gmail.com. The Pentagon’s strategy review: A blueprint for world war. 9 January 2012 “The tide of war is receding,” President Barack Obama declared, not once, but twice on Thursday in his brief remarks at the Pentagon introducing a new defense guidance strategy that formally announces an aggressive US buildup toward military confrontation with China. Perhaps the US president felt compelled to repeat the phrase because it is so belied by the contents of the document he unveiled. The strategy guidance, together with the remarks that have accompanied and followed its release, points to a further eruption of American militarism and the palpable threat of a third world war.
Obama based his rhetoric about a receding tide of war on the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, the modest drawdown of forces in Afghanistan—where over 90,000 US soldiers and Marines remain—and the proposal, mandated by a deficit reduction measure passed by Congress, to cut $487 billion from projected Pentagon spending over the next decade. Bill Van Auken.