From my archive of press clippings:
Stars and Stripes
Communication stressed in first intel conference
By Nancy Montgomery, Stars and Stripes
Online Edition, Friday, February 19, 2010
HEIDELBERG, Germany — There were spies everywhere.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"They came from the U.S. military services, the FBI, Interpol.
Mostly administrators, they discussed their sensors, platforms, metadata.
There were no cloaks and daggers."
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"(S)peakers discussed the difficulties in sharing intelligence and yet the importance of doing so in countering terrorism, narcotics and human trafficking, and on the battlefield."
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Friday, February 26, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
WT - GAFFNEY: Death of 1,000 cuts. Transnationalists imperil our liberties on multiple fronts
From my archive of press clippings:
Washington Times
GAFFNEY: Death of 1,000 cuts
Transnationalists imperil our liberties on multiple fronts
By Frank J. Gaffney Jr.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Seasoned observers understand that, in official Washington, the so-called "death of a thousand cuts" technique is the preferred means of stealthily undermining, and ultimately defeating, initiatives and institutions too strong to be taken on via a frontal assault. The Obama administration appears intent on applying this approach of inflicting myriad attacks on the essential ingredient of American exceptionalism - our sovereignty - in ways that seem individually innocuous but that will, over time, surely prove lethal to our Constitution and country.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Mr. Obama's recent Executive Order 12425 is a case in point. Issued with no fanfare on Dec. 17 in the run-up to the Christmas holidays, this document amends an earlier order promulgated by President Ronald Reagan in 1983. The Reagan directive granted the International Criminal Police Organization (popularly known as Interpol) limited immunity with respect to its operations inside the United States. Mr. Reagan, however, ensured that Interpol was subject to constitutional protections (notably, the Fourth Amendment's prohibition of unreasonable searches and seizures) and U.S. laws (including the Freedom of Information Act).
By contrast, the Obama executive order strips away those limitations, granting the international law enforcement agency blanket immunity from official and private efforts to assess its activities in the United States."
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Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. is president of the Center for Security Policy, a columnist for The Washington Times and host of the nationally syndicated program, "Secure Freedom Radio."
Washington Times
GAFFNEY: Death of 1,000 cuts
Transnationalists imperil our liberties on multiple fronts
By Frank J. Gaffney Jr.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Seasoned observers understand that, in official Washington, the so-called "death of a thousand cuts" technique is the preferred means of stealthily undermining, and ultimately defeating, initiatives and institutions too strong to be taken on via a frontal assault. The Obama administration appears intent on applying this approach of inflicting myriad attacks on the essential ingredient of American exceptionalism - our sovereignty - in ways that seem individually innocuous but that will, over time, surely prove lethal to our Constitution and country.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Mr. Obama's recent Executive Order 12425 is a case in point. Issued with no fanfare on Dec. 17 in the run-up to the Christmas holidays, this document amends an earlier order promulgated by President Ronald Reagan in 1983. The Reagan directive granted the International Criminal Police Organization (popularly known as Interpol) limited immunity with respect to its operations inside the United States. Mr. Reagan, however, ensured that Interpol was subject to constitutional protections (notably, the Fourth Amendment's prohibition of unreasonable searches and seizures) and U.S. laws (including the Freedom of Information Act).
By contrast, the Obama executive order strips away those limitations, granting the international law enforcement agency blanket immunity from official and private efforts to assess its activities in the United States."
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Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. is president of the Center for Security Policy, a columnist for The Washington Times and host of the nationally syndicated program, "Secure Freedom Radio."
Monday, January 5, 2009
JG - Sun, sea and stolen sand
From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Gleaner
Sun, sea and stolen sand
published: Sunday October 26, 2008
A.J. Nicholson, Contributor
IF I knew then, what I know now, I would never have bet against the proposition that five hundred truck loads of white sand could be transported from a defined area, and hidden on our small island, Jamaica, to the bafflement of the security forces and the entire government.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"It is certainly odd that we are not now hearing any real squeal coming out of any tourism interest whose stock in trade includes our sand, particularly, our white sand.
The second element of curiosity - and sadness - is that, following hard on the heels of the international focus on Jamaica's stellar performance and acclaim on the world stage at Beijing, here comes the exposure of the case of the missing white sand, loaded and transported before none of the eyes of nearly three million people.
Clearly, that is international news; for, it is the stuff that fables are made of. A first!"
"So, the illegal loading and transporting and unloading of five hundred truck loads of white sand from a single location may well be against the laws of nature; it is certainly a crime against the entire Jamaican citizenry and their descendants.
The minister responsible for tourism, whose foundational selling points for Jamaica as a destination include its white sand, has maintained a studied silence on the matter which has attracted the attention even of the international press.
The minister with responsibility for industry, whose foundational selling points to attract foreign and local investment include the fact of our beaches of white sand, has only told us that 'a thief is a thief is a thief', and has not had much else to tell us on the matter."
"The minister in charge of the security forces and with responsibility for the security of the people of the nation has not been forthcoming with anything to do with the issues involved. He is always strident in his call for the citizens of Jamaica to be actively involved in the fight against crime. What has he said in relation to the case of the stolen sand to energise the public in that fight?
Is it reasonable, then, for him to expect our people to be quick to assist in that fight, when, with all of the resources available to the authorities - wide intelligence facilities, including whistle-blowers, and police personnel in every township in every parish - they are not afforded even a report on the state and stage of the 'investigations'?
So, then! Are we to send to ask for Dutch investigators to come here to help the authorities; or Interpol? For it is certainly going to be a difficult sell that not a shred of evidence has been unearthed during these several days, weeks and months."
"The five hundred truck loads of white sand could not have been deposited in the interior of the island, visible to eyes on land and from the air, and perhaps from the ocean.
I have heard it said that the stealing and movement of the sand must have been organised by some beach- tourism interest or interests. For me, at this point in time, all bets are off.
Second, whose trucks were used for the movement of the sand and what is the genesis of the information that the number was five hundred and not one thousand?
Is it likely that this kind of enterprise would have been contracted out to several truck owners?
Or to one or two, to help to keep matters 'under wraps'?
I have heard it said that soon we are likely to hear that there were fifty truck loads or five."
"Some hefty payments must have been made to the truck owners in this earth-shaking criminal venture. So, then, these loaded trucks did not pass through any of the townships and other areas where there are policemen and women who are duty bound to keep their eyes peeled and to take note of unusual operations, including such trucking operations."
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"Since nothing is being heard from the authorities as to the resting place of the missing sand, or any other element of that unimaginable activity, one can never be sure that any tourist frolicking on a white sand beach at any hotel anywhere in Jamaica is not romping on stolen sand."
Jamaica Gleaner
Sun, sea and stolen sand
published: Sunday October 26, 2008
A.J. Nicholson, Contributor
IF I knew then, what I know now, I would never have bet against the proposition that five hundred truck loads of white sand could be transported from a defined area, and hidden on our small island, Jamaica, to the bafflement of the security forces and the entire government.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"It is certainly odd that we are not now hearing any real squeal coming out of any tourism interest whose stock in trade includes our sand, particularly, our white sand.
The second element of curiosity - and sadness - is that, following hard on the heels of the international focus on Jamaica's stellar performance and acclaim on the world stage at Beijing, here comes the exposure of the case of the missing white sand, loaded and transported before none of the eyes of nearly three million people.
Clearly, that is international news; for, it is the stuff that fables are made of. A first!"
"So, the illegal loading and transporting and unloading of five hundred truck loads of white sand from a single location may well be against the laws of nature; it is certainly a crime against the entire Jamaican citizenry and their descendants.
The minister responsible for tourism, whose foundational selling points for Jamaica as a destination include its white sand, has maintained a studied silence on the matter which has attracted the attention even of the international press.
The minister with responsibility for industry, whose foundational selling points to attract foreign and local investment include the fact of our beaches of white sand, has only told us that 'a thief is a thief is a thief', and has not had much else to tell us on the matter."
"The minister in charge of the security forces and with responsibility for the security of the people of the nation has not been forthcoming with anything to do with the issues involved. He is always strident in his call for the citizens of Jamaica to be actively involved in the fight against crime. What has he said in relation to the case of the stolen sand to energise the public in that fight?
Is it reasonable, then, for him to expect our people to be quick to assist in that fight, when, with all of the resources available to the authorities - wide intelligence facilities, including whistle-blowers, and police personnel in every township in every parish - they are not afforded even a report on the state and stage of the 'investigations'?
So, then! Are we to send to ask for Dutch investigators to come here to help the authorities; or Interpol? For it is certainly going to be a difficult sell that not a shred of evidence has been unearthed during these several days, weeks and months."
"The five hundred truck loads of white sand could not have been deposited in the interior of the island, visible to eyes on land and from the air, and perhaps from the ocean.
I have heard it said that the stealing and movement of the sand must have been organised by some beach- tourism interest or interests. For me, at this point in time, all bets are off.
Second, whose trucks were used for the movement of the sand and what is the genesis of the information that the number was five hundred and not one thousand?
Is it likely that this kind of enterprise would have been contracted out to several truck owners?
Or to one or two, to help to keep matters 'under wraps'?
I have heard it said that soon we are likely to hear that there were fifty truck loads or five."
"Some hefty payments must have been made to the truck owners in this earth-shaking criminal venture. So, then, these loaded trucks did not pass through any of the townships and other areas where there are policemen and women who are duty bound to keep their eyes peeled and to take note of unusual operations, including such trucking operations."
&
"Since nothing is being heard from the authorities as to the resting place of the missing sand, or any other element of that unimaginable activity, one can never be sure that any tourist frolicking on a white sand beach at any hotel anywhere in Jamaica is not romping on stolen sand."
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