Re: The U.S. War on Journalists

"Andrew Swallow" <am.swallow@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message...

> David Morgan (MAMS) wrote:

> > WTF was an "enemy combatant" or a "detainee" _before_ 911 ??!??

> Murderers and traitors the USA, as a sovereign state, had the right
> to kill without trial.

You have a great misunderstanding of criminal justice and guilt, as well
as what rights you have to kill another human being.

You also, apparently can't even use a dictionary.... sorry about that.

In case you've forgotten, the vast majority of illegally 'rendered,'
so-called
"detainees" that initially filled Guantanamo, were gathered up by Afghan
bounty hunters in exchange for cash offered by the US Military and the
CIA.  Most of them were farmers and children, turned in to the American
authorities solely for the cash reward.

If caught on "the battlefield", these people are POWs.  But since there
IS NO honestly 'declared' war, there can be no POWs.  It is also illegal
to remove these POWs from the nation in which combat is occurring.
If they were brought to the USA, they would have had rights.... hence the
trips to Guantanamo and the further illegal 'rendition' of those captured
back to other foreign nations from which the torture could be carried out.

There is no such thing as a "terrorist" until AFTER an act of terrorism
has been committed, and/or the guilty party claims responsibility or there
is sufficient evidence to accuse a specific person or party.

One can NOT have a "war" against a modus-operendi, a way of doing
things, or an ideal.  There MUST be a specific and definable enemy;
a specific and definable target (forcing 'democracy' on unwilling
recipients does not count); and a distinct objective to achieve with
a battle plan for achieving that objective, ending the conflict, and
withdrawing in an organized fa****on.

As to the rapid loss of American freedoms, it appears that you are
slightly uninformed (don't have a clue) or choose to remain voluntarily
ignorant of the changes taking place around you.

As to Journalists in the battlefield.... well, it appears that you don't
have much information about their presence there, either.  (And
the "embedded" [spoon-fed and censored] journalists don't count).

As to fighting a phony "war" for the sake of the Cor****ate Coup D'Etat
of 2000 in order to secure for them the natural resources of a foreign
nation without their express permission (opium and oil included)... well,
sorry that you happen to either misunderstand or choose to ignore that
intended goal as well.

But... it's the USA that _I'm_ concerned with.






                    "If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will
be
                    in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy."

                                              -- James Madison










> > The loss of Habeas Corpus and extended police powers for local and
state
> > level, has given the US government and local authorities the (at
least) new
> > 'permission' to incarcerate without release, charge or trial, anyone
in America
> > who dissatisfies the arresting authority.
> >
> > America now has more people in jail than ANY other nation in the
WORLD,
> > both by way of overall percentages, as well as Per Capita ratio. 
Although
> > the average 'Joe' can't see this as he/she is brainwashed by the
misdirection
> > and dis-information coming for the mainstream media by way of the
leaders
> > of the nation and it's local governments, it's never the less a fact
that the
> > USA is bordering on a totalitarian police state.
> >
> >
> >
> > Here's what the US Department of Justice has to say for 2007....
> > http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/p06.htm
> >
> > Here is last years DoJ spreadsheet on current US incarcerations....
> > http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/p06.pdf
> >
> > The stats are pretty easy to find on the net - here's a couple for
ya'....
> > http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/12/05/usdom17491.htm
> > http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080301192147AA4bxru
> >
> >
> > Below is February's A.P. wire on Prison Population assessment....
> >
> > ________________________________________
> >
> >
> > Record Number of Americans in Prison
> >
> > By DAVID CRARY, AP
> > Posted: 2008-02-28 22:20:03
> > Filed Under: Nation News
> >
> > NEW YORK - For the first time in U.S. history, more than one
> > of every 100 adults is in jail or prison, according to a new re****t
> > documenting America's rank as the world's No. 1 incarcerator.
> > It urges states to curtail corrections spending by placing fewer
> > low-risk offenders behind bars.
> >
> > Using state-by-state data, the re****t says 2,319,258 Americans
> > were in jail or prison at the start of 2008 — one out of every 99.1
> > adults. Whether per capita or in raw numbers, it's more than
> > any other nation.
> >
> > The re****t, released Thursday by the Pew Center on the States,
> > said the 50 states spent more than $49 billion on corrections last
> > year, up from less than $11 billion 20 years earlier. The rate of
> > increase for prison costs was six times greater than for higher
> > education spending, the re****t said.
> >
> >
> > Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.
> >
> > 2008-02-28 16:39:17
> >
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