FBI Reproved For Spying On Journalists

FBI Perv Robert S. Mueller

According to DOJ Inspector General, Glenn A. Fine's testimony in Congress this week, the FBI, headed by psycho, Robert S. Mueller, has been spying on journalists and bloggers in America, in violation of the U.S. Constitution, as the Judiciary Report and its sister site, The Sound Off Column, have stated for years.

Fine's report stated FBI agents, under instructions from headquarters, routinely lied to telephone companies to spy on journalists and bloggers, clearly with no probable cause.

However, the issue of the FBI spying on innocent people in their homes visually (hidden cameras, spyware surreptitiously installed on computers to access webcams, as in the Blake Robbins case that has now been proven true) and audibly (roving mobile phone bugs) needs to be addressed.

These thoroughly perverse forms of spying have been utilized by the FBI against innocent Americans, such as scientists, doctors and professors (who do groundbreaking research and patents) and journalists and bloggers (who write exposes or unflattering articles about the Bureau or their affiliates).

STORY SOURCE 1:

FBI caught lying to spy on reporters, citizens without court order

4/20/2010 1:05 - (Washington) -- Federal agents have been lying to get access to phone records that should require a court order, allowing them to sift through private phone calls of news reporters and other citizens, according to the Justice Department's Inspector General.

Testifying this week before the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Inspector General Glenn Fine urged Congress to increase its oversight on FBI agents' abuses of a process that allows them to get phone records without a court order...

http://beforeitsnews.com

STORY SOURCE 2:

FBI Caught Lying To Spy On Reporters Without Court Order

Obama Angers The Gays With DADT U-Turn

U.S. President Obama: what I said was...

U.S. President Barack Obama has angered homosexuals in America, by promising to repeal the U.S. Military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" which bars gays from openly serving in the forces.

Engaging in what has become habit with President Obama, he says one thing to be popular, then has another segment of his government do the dirty work for him. This time, it is again the Department of Justice (DOJ), who have stated they will not repeal "Don't Ask Don't Tell."

Previously, Obama released a memo proclaiming his government is one of transparency and on this accord, Freedom of Information Act documents must be released to the public.

Then in the next breath, the Department of Justice, headed by Obama's questionable, bumbling pick, Eric Holder, continues to vigorously fight the nation's citizens and organizations like a junkyard dog, who request documents under the Freedom of Information Act. Not to mention, haughtily strolling into court on other cases and obstinately refusing to answer questions, deeming the DOJ is above the law.

This dear friends, is an old trick crooked politicians use, to garner votes and public sympathy, by appearing to be a damsel in distress at the hands of their cabinet, while secretly sending their lackeys out to quietly do their dirty work, which reflects their true agenda.

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STORY SOURCE:

White House Suggests Justice Department Brief Upholding 'Don’t Ask,Don’t Tell' Was 'Odd'

April 06, 2010 9:36 PM - White House press secretary Robert Gibbs Tuesday suggested a Justice Department brief upholding the “don’t ask,don’t tell” ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military was “odd,” given that it used 17-year-old language from Gen. Colin Powell (ret.) that the former Joint Chiefs Chairman says he no longer believes.

http://blogs.abcnews.com

On June 29, 2009, during his speech in front of an audience attending the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Pride Month Reception, held at the White House, President Obama said:

"As I said before--I'll say it again--I believe 'don't ask, don't tell' doesn't contribute to our national security. In fact, I believe preventing patriotic Americans from serving their country weakens our national security."

In the lawsuit, Justice Department attorneys admitted that the President made this statement. So, using President Obama's exact words, Log Cabin's lawyers then asked the government to admit that what the President said about DADT was true. Justice Department lawyers objected, and refused to answer -- Log Cabin filed and won a motion to compel the government to answer the questions, the government appealed, and the court rejected the appeal.

Consequently, on Monday, April 12, 2010, the government finally had to answer the questions and, when the Justice Department lawyers answered, they told the court that the President of the United States, Barack Obama, was wrong about DADT.

Specifically, when asked to admit that Don't Ask, Don't Tell "does not contribute to our national security", the government's response was "Deny." Meaning, DOJ disagrees with the President -- DOJ thinks the gay ban does contribute to our national security. So they're not only contradicting the President, they're not only saying that the President is wrong, they're actually putting out an anti-gay argument that hurts our efforts to repeal DADT because it defends the underlying basis for the law.

When asked to admit that Don't Ask, Don't Tell "weakens our national security", the government's response was again "Deny". And, when asked to admit that discharging service members pursuant to Don't Ask, Don't Tell "weakens our national security," the government's response was "Deny".

The government's responses attempt to explain why these denials differ from what the President had said but they candidly admit that the government's position in this case differs from the President's view of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

- Log Cabin Press Release

The FBI Harassed Innocent Scientist

Dr. Steven Hatfill, who was wrongfully accused by the U.S. FBI and DOJ, of waging acts of bioterrorism using anthrax that killed and injured innocent civilians, spoke about his terrible ordeal at the hands of the nation's primary law enforcement agency.

Hatfill stated the FBI stalked him, invaded his privacy and leaked defamatory information about him, which destroyed his life. They followed his vehicle everywhere, frequently ticketed him for invented traffic offenses and sat on either side of him at restaurants, constantly and menacingly making their presence known.

The FBI also audaciously threatened Dr. Hatfill's friends, telling them they were not to have any contact with him, in conduct that can only be described as un-American, hideous, disgraceful and ugly, in attempts at isolating him into insanity and a mental breakdown.

The FBI only switched gears half way through the Anthrax case and pointed the finger at another man, Dr. Bruce Ivins, who later killed himself, cracking after being abused, threatened, harassed and hounded, as Hatfill had been by the FBI and its parent agency, the DOJ.

In a futile attempt to justify their reckless, criminal conduct, the FBI arrogantly and insanely invented a form of science, rubbished and dismissed by REAL scientists all over the globe, as quackery and tom foolery, outside the realm of accepted scientific principles, precedents and protocols.

To this day, many scientists do not believe the FBI's case against Dr. Bruce Ivins or Dr. Hatfill, as there are so many holes in their legal theories, a completely implausible timeline and a discredited, unaccepted form of science packed with such bunk, poorly backing it, one realizes it was a desperate attempt to cover a law enforcement trial of terrible missteps and egregious errors, befitting dimwitted imbeciles.

Dr. Steven Hatfill

One has to wonder about the mental stability of those in charge of a law enforcement agency, that specializes in criminology and very poorly might I add, deciding to invent an unproven, illogical, so-called form of science, just to close out a criminal case. Somebody at the FBI has been watching too much "CSI" and not taking their meds.

All it takes is one FBI or DOJ employee to get some crazy idea in their vacant head about someone and huge sums of taxpayer dollars will be wasted investigating, disrupting and destroying the life of an innocent person. The sad fact of the matter is the FBI and DOJ, do not do due diligence and have destroyed many innocent people in the process.

The FBI destroyed Richard Jewell's life by wrongfully accusing him of the Atlanta Olympic bombing, with the stress from it all deteriorating his health, sending him to an early grace. They also destroyed the lives of four innocent men they framed for murder that ended up spending 40 years in prison, but later sued and won.

They recently had to make a $250,000 settlement using taxpayer money, for threatening, harassing and bullying, Abdallah Higazy, in an attempt at forcing a phony confession out of him. The FBI agent assaulted Higazy, threw him against a wall, placed his hand around his throat in a forceful manner and threatened to "make his family disappear" (kidnapped and killed) if he didn't confess to a crime he did not commit.

Then, when the FBI and DOJ's folly becomes so painfully evident to anyone with common sense, they are sued for destroying the lives of innocent people and have to make settlements or pay court judgments, once again, out of taxpayer money.

Invariably, this chronic, reckless, damaging criminal misconduct against the public, constituting police brutality, ends up in court, as people's rights are violated. Taxpayer money is then spent to defend criminal conduct by the FBI.

However, the FBI sees taxpayer funds as money to burn and spend like drunkards, with too much cash on their hands, therefore they do not care if they are hit with lawsuits for egregious misconduct against the public.

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller

Their expense accounts are padded, luxuries are consumed, overtime is abused and discretionary funds wasted, all underwritten by the American taxpayer - so to them it's just another dollar.

They engage in deeds so ugly and un-American against the nation's citizens and residents, they have to engage in massive cover-ups to hide the truth from the public.

It's a terrible way to run a law enforcement agency and it has needlessly made them many enemies in the nation and the world. The collateral and financial damage the FBI arrogantly racks up is enormous.

Federal employees needs to be held personally liable when they make wantonly bad, terrible judgment calls that damage the lives of innocent people.

If more federal employees were made to realize and adhere to the principle that taxpayer money will not bail you out when you become power mad and maliciously, in investigating and harassing others, they would watch their corrupt backsides before they ventured into illegal, abusive territory against innocent citizens, some of whom have died terrible deaths at the FBI's hands.

In closing, I ask you, the readers of this website, how would you feel if the FBI targeted, threatened, spied on and harassed you and your family and friends, publicly defaming you, costing you your job and good name, destroying your life, over a crime you did not commit that they did not properly investigate, only seeking to find someone to pin it on to meet an arrest quota, to keep the taxpayer cash flowing in from Congress. Think about that and remember this, they have done it to many people and continue to do so and you could be next.

STORY SOURCE: Exonerated anthrax suspect: FBI harassed me

Eric Holder Faces Wrath Of Congress

Eric Holder

U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder, was slammed in Congress today, for indecisive and duplicitous answers, on whether the Obama administration intends to hold terrorist trials in populous Manhattan in New York and if they shall be in the civilian format, as opposed to military.

It seems odd that one can show up for a civil lawsuit, such as a contract or financial dispute and be seated in the same communal court areas as terrorist mass murderers. Something about that is somewhat off. Holder is in over his head at the Justice Department and it's showing.

STORY SOURCE: Schumer: White House isn't being honest about KSM trial site

FBI Destroyed Terrible File On Obama's Grandfather

U.S. President Barack Obama

The Federal Bureau of Investigation destroyed an incendiary file on, Stanley Armour Dunham, the controversial grandfather of U.S. President Barack Obama.

The President's grandfather was a close friend of communist and national security risk, Frank Marshall Davis, a Chicago journalist and poet, who sold marijuana and cocaine, in the presence of a young Obama and granddad Dunham.

WND Reports: FBI destroyed file on Obamas grandfather

4/13/2010 1:51 - Here is a part of an article from World Net Daily news that describes the File that was destroyed on Obama's grandfather and his connections to Communist, Frank Marshall Davis:

"In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, the FBI has formally acknowledged a file existed on President Barack Obama's grandfather, Stanley Armour Dunham, that was destroyed May 1, 1997.

The FBI previously released some 600 pages of the FBI file of Frank Marshall Davis, the Chicago -based journalist and poet who as a member of the Communist Party USA retired in Hawaii and befriended Dunham.

Obama frequently sought advice from Davis during the future president's elementary and high school years.

Until the FBI's response to the FOIA request, there was no public disclosure of the existence of a file on Obama's grandfather.

The file raises the question whether the FBI considered Dunham to be a national security risk, possibly because of his association with Davis.

http://beforeitsnews.com

Eric Holder Hypocritically Attends Sexual Assault Awareness Month Event

Eric Holder

U. S. President Barack Obama's controversial and frequently slammed U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder, hypocritically attended a gathering for Sexual Assault Awareness Month and touted the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women.

I find his appearance at the event hypocritical and disgusting in light of the willful criminal negligence he has displayed in the Aisha v. FBI case, since talking office a year ago, which allowed a terrible situation, where a victim of crime, me, was made to endure even more trauma, when a vile male member of Madonna's Kabbalah cult stalked and approached me on a public street in Downtown Miami, then started making disturbing, invasive statements about me and reached out and tried to sexually assault me.

If I had not quickly moved out of the way when I realized what he was trying to do, that pervert would have succeeded at sexually assaulting me. I was appalled someone would do such a thing under the circumstances, especially in public. Had the FBI and DOJ done their job, that terrible incident would not have happened.

However, that's the kind of confidence Madonna's Kabbalah has in the DOJ and FBI's corruption. In 2005, the FBI and its parent agency, the DOJ, were notified in writing that Madonna and her sick Kabbalah cult have been stalking and harassing me, among other things. I was interviewed twice by the Miami FBI.

They told me to come into their office (Miami FBI), after I sent the formal, written complaint and called to inquire about the status of it. On three separate occasions they said they would investigate the case. They even sent me a letter stating I'm a victim of crime.

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller

However, when FBI Director Robert S. Mueller found out Madonna and co. have been harassing, terrorizing and threatening me, among other things, in bids at trying to get me to give up the rights to my preexisting, Library of Congress registered, Copyrighted Catalog worth billions (same thing Michael Jackson was killed for - copyrights) he ordered the Miami FBI to do nothing. According to protocol, they are supposed to issue a report on the investigation regarding the copyrights and human rights abuse case, yet they have not, seeking to cover up everything.

I was then told by a very credible source in the know on these matters that Mueller instructed the Miami FBI to drag its feet on my case and let the criminal misconduct and human rights abuses transpiring against me, endangering my life, continue as it has been benefiting Hollywood via ill-gotten financial gains and numerous undeserved awards, for the duplicated and derivative works that have been stolen from my preexisting Copyrighted Catalog that contains over 12,500 songs, 1000 movie scripts, movie treatments and short stories, 15 book manuscripts, 300 music video treatments, 500 photographs, among other things.

The same credible source informed me that the FBI, on Mueller's orders, illegally opened an investigation into me, with warrantless wiretaps, illegal scanning of my emails, computers and bank accounts, hoping to find some dirt on me worthy of arrest, to deflect the criminal activity Hollywood has been engaging in at my expense, via stealing billions in copyrights from my Catalog and committing unspeakably wicked human rights abuses against me, with the hope it would destroy me.

However, when the investigation into me yielded no negative results, Mueller ordered a cover-up, as he'd violated the U.S. Constitution and U.S. Code via waging a malicious, illegal investigation into an innocent victim of crime, who has been greatly defrauded, having no probable cause to have done so. And that's the kind of dirty animal leading the FBI. One of my responses to this betrayal of my rights, has been exclusive after exclusive, exposing the FBI's misdeeds.

Mad-onna

The criminal misconduct transpiring against me has been witnessed by family and friends and digital data, forensic evidence and mobile phone photos bear witness to the fact, members of Madonna's Kabbalah keep invading my privacy, stalking and approaching me. Under the law, this conduct is patently illegal.

They have no excuse or justification under the law to be infringing my copyrights, invading my privacy and following me everywhere, every time I set foot outside the house. It's sick and depraved. They should not be in such close proximity to me and repeatedly.

They should not be approaching and confronting me anywhere, communicating threats on behalf of that madwoman Madonna, but have on many occasions. I have nothing to do with them and want nothing to do with them. Yet they persist in this madness.

Even this past weekend, I went to Tallahassee, Florida with my mom, which is 7 hours away from where I currently live in Miami and a member of Kabbalah got onto the same elevator as me and kept staring at me in this weird way. I didn't realize it until the elevator door had already closed, otherwise I would not have gotten on. If an old couple had not gotten on the elevator when I did, that Kabbalah member would have probably tried to assault me like other members of his cult have done on other occasions.

Kabbalah members have even stalked me into other countries, like my homeland Jamaica and Britain, where some of my forbearers come from.

This persistent misconduct is criminal and constitutes aggravated stalking. Only crazy people do things like that. Yet the FBI and DOJ, who are supposed to prevent crime and uphold the law of the land, have allowed the criminal harassment, stalking and assault to continue, to facilitate copyright infringement of a preexisting Copyrighted Catalog, by parties in Hollywood, such as Madonna.

The proof is there. The witnesses and photos testifying to the crimes are there. The time stamped, preexisting copyrights bear witness to the blatant duplications that have been transpiring in violation of the U.S. Copyright Act and the Berne Treaty.

The FBI/DOJ should be ashamed of themselves for facilitating such crimes, as it is disgraceful and an embarrassment millions are reading about on a regular basis in America and all over the world. But God is on my side. You aren't getting away with anything.

Remarks by Attorney General Eric Holder at Sexual Assault Awareness Month Program

WASHINGTON, April 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following are the remarks by Attorney General Eric Holder at the Sexual Assault Awareness Month Program:

Thank you, Tom [Perrelli]. I appreciate your kind words, and, more importantly, your outstanding leadership. Your talent for bringing people together has enabled this administration, and this Department, to deliver on last year's promise to address the causes and consequences of sexual assault with renewed focus, purpose, and urgency.

Of course, these achievements would not be possible without our Office on Violence Against Women, which leads the Justice Department's efforts to raise awareness about sexual assault and to combat these devastating crimes. Since opening its doors 15 years ago, OVW has awarded more than $3.5 billion in grants to some of our nation's most effective victim service providers and programs. This office has been instrumental in helping victims of sexual assault find assistance and empowering survivors to seek justice. It's also created a forum for providers and advocates from across the field to come together and to share cutting-edge research, best practices, and innovative strategies.

Catherine Pierce has been a part of this work from the start. Although she often says that she's witnessed the great progress OVW has made over the years, Catherine has actually helped lead this progress. I'm grateful to her, and I know that OVW's enthusiastic new director, Sue Carbon, looks forward to building on all that this office has achieved. As a former judge myself, I know that, after nearly two decades of service on the bench, Sue will bring a unique and insightful perspective to OVW's work. Her experience and expertise will allow the department to reach new communities, strengthen current partnerships and provide enhanced support for OVW grantees.

I'm glad that so many of our grantees are here with us today. We are honored to support the work you do to heal and empower survivors, to provide hope, to raise awareness, and to improve lives.

Let me also welcome our other special guests who have joined us to share their experiences facing and fighting sexual assault. Their courage inspires us all. And their stories illustrate - far better than I possibly could - the reasons why ending sexual assault must be a priority across this department, this administration and this nation.

We all know what we're up against. Our own research shows that nearly 19 million women and 3 million men have experienced at least one incident of sexual assault. Confronting this reality is difficult. It's often painful. But it's also important. Acknowledging and discussing the prevalence of sexual assault creates opportunities to act, to assist, to educate, and to collaborate.

We should all be encouraged by President Obama's historic commitment to shining a light on this problem and to seeking new pathways toward help, healing and justice. Many of you in this room made the commitment we celebrate, and the progress we've seen, possible. For years, you've given voice to this problem. You've stood up for victims in crisis and communities in need. And you've called for the resources - as well as the leadership - necessary to address and to end sexual assault.

The President's most recent budget is a testament to your efforts -- and to his focus on reversing current trends. For Fiscal Year 2011, an increase of nearly $30 million was requested for our Office on Violence Against Women. The budget doubles funding - from $15 million to $30 million - for our Sexual Assault Services Program, which provides crisis intervention, criminal justice advocacy and support during forensic exams. Funding for civil legal assistance for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault would be increased by $9 million. And, for the first time, the Office for Victims of Crime would set aside $100 million in funds specifically to address violence against women.

These investments are critical. And I will ensure that this department and our partners have the resources necessary to combat sexual assault and bring offenders to justice. This issue is deeply important to me. During a career spent as a prosecutor, a judge and a United States Attorney, I have seen the effects of sexual violence -- in the courtroom and far beyond. I understand how these crimes can devastate lives, families and communities. But I've never been more hopeful about our ability to make meaningful progress in ending sexual assault.

I know this progress won't come as easily or as quickly as we would like. But there's no question that this work is a priority for this administration and for this department. In fact, over the last two months, a dozen members of the department's leadership team have traveled to college campuses across the country to discuss the problem of sexual assault. Not only are they raising awareness about the problem, they're increasing our odds of eliminating it. I'm proud of this work, and I'm encouraged by the new investments we'll make this year. But I also recognize that the Justice Department can't tackle such a challenge on its own. The federal government can't either. Progress will depend on our ability to work together -- with those serving in the field and with our state, local, tribal and community partners.

I'm committed to this progress. I'm proud to count you all as partners in this work of prevention and healing. And I look forward to what we will accomplish together.

Thank you.

SOURCE U.S. Department of Justice

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FBI Faulted For Failures On Identity Theft

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller (Photo credit: Stephanie Woodrow)

U.S. Inspector General for the Department of Justice, Glenn Fine, has taken his subordinates to task at The FBI, for failing to properly tackle the identity theft problem in America. He wrote the agency had not implemented any of his suggestions on correcting their shortcomings in the investigative aspect of identify theft.

Inspector General Report Faults DOJ Identity Theft Efforts

March 30, 2010 - The U.S. Department of Justice is falling short in its efforts to combat identity theft, according to a report released on Tuesday by the department's Office of the Inspector General. The report said the department isn't complying with many of the recommendations of then-President George W. Bush’s identity theft task force.

The report found that DOJ had not even assigned an official to oversee the implementing of those recommendations, released in April 2007, and that it lacked a clear overall strategy.

"This lack of a coordinator responsible for the DOJ's identity theft efforts has led to an uncoordinated, and sometimes nonexistent, approach by DOJ components to address identity theft," the report stated...

http://legaltimes.typepad.com

The FBI Fancies Itself A Corporation

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller

Today on The FBI's website, the national law enforcement agency fancied itself a corporation, much like the Judiciary Report's sister site the Sound Off Column made reference to in 2006, drawing parallels to point out the agency's shortcomings, costing the taxpayers of America a fortune, due to their folly.

Today the FBI stated, "In the corporate world, the approach might help reveal inefficiencies and save money. For the FBI, finding intelligence gaps or discovering better methods could save lives."

However, the FBI clearly thinks a lot of itself, which is ironic given its terrible failure rate. As the Sound Off Column did in 2006, comparing the FBI to a corporation to highlight its failures, the Judiciary Report shall do today as well, especially in light of recently released Inspector General reports, painfully illustrating the FBI is still wasting hundreds of millions in taxpayer money. Some people never learn.

A corporation could never function in the manner the FBI has under Director Robert S. Mueller. If the FBI had been an actual corporation, it would have went bankrupt, folded and gone out of business long ago, with shareholders protesting in revolt at its poor practices that cost them a big bundle.

In corporate terms, the FBI suffers from self-inflicted bad PR, systematic budget overruns, financial misappropriation, exorbitant expense accounts, embezzlement, unethical business practices, deceptive advertising, invades customers' privacy, poor consumer ties, ineptitude, breach of fiduciary duty, misconduct, insider trading, unaccounted for and stolen equipment, unnecessary overtime, gross lack of efficiency, computer illiterate, bad communications systems, a bad line of products and a treacherous, ruthless megalomaniac CEO.

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TALKING STRATEGY

The New Intelligence-Driven FBI - 04/02/10 - With the leadership of almost every major FBI program seated around a conference table at FBI Headquarters and the top echelons of the Bureau’s three largest field offices appearing via remote television monitors, Director Robert Mueller arrived in shirtsleeves and got down to business.

The assistant directors in charge of the New York, Los Angeles, and Washington Field Offices, along with their top managers, were present—leaning forward, ready to field questions on how they are tackling the Bureau’s top priorities and their own most pressing threats.

The meeting is called a Strategy Performance Session, or SPS. It’s a management tool to drill down and identify how well a field office knows its territory and what its investigative strengths and weaknesses are. In the corporate world, the approach might help reveal inefficiencies and save money. For the FBI, finding intelligence gaps or discovering better methods could save lives.

The two-hour, semi-annual sessions—and the preparation leading up to them—can help reveal not only how much our 56 field offices know, but how they know it. What effective techniques can be adopted by other offices?...

“Everyone in that room heard from the Director about what he wants,” Harrington said. By meeting’s end, action items are clear. Headquarters knows what commanders are up against, and the field has unfiltered insight into Director Mueller’s priorities. “By asking the right questions, we’re engaging them to start thinking about it.”...

http://www.fbi.gov

FBI and NSA Wiretapping Ruled Illegal

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller

U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker ruled the FBI and NSA's warantless wiretapping of Islamic charity, al-Haramain, was illegal. The ruling comes as a blow to the U.S. government.

However, one should follow the U.S. Constitution, as it is the law of the land and the Fourth Amendment was clearly violated in this case. If the government wanted to wiretap al-Haramain, they should have done so with a warrant and not trampled the U.S. Constitution. The international condemnation warantless wiretapping has caused, tarnished the government's name in the world.

Eric Holder

Disgraced Attorney General, Eric Holder, who has been slammed in Congress and the press, for a wide range of faux pas and failures, utilized the State Secrets defense, in an inexcusable bid to defend the indefensible, but the argument did not prevail in court.

Since when does the term "classified" (State Secrets) cover illegality. Inherently, if something is illegal, it cannot lawfully, ethically or legitimately be categorized "classified." Think about that.

Government held liable in warrantless wiretapping case

April 1, 2010 -- Updated 0102 GMT (0902 HKT) - San Francisco, California -- A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the government is liable for illegally wiretapping an Islamic charity without a valid search warrant.

The ruling in Northern California District Court reaffirmed an earlier decision that the warrantless wiretaps conducted on an Oregon-based Islamic non-profit organization were illegal.

In Wednesday's ruling, District Judge Vaughn R. Walker said the government is liable for damages from the illegal wiretapping.

http://edition.cnn.com

IG: FBI Computer System On Track For Failure

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller (Photo credit: Stephanie Woodrow)

U.S. Inspector General Glenn A. Fine has confirmed, the FBI's mess of a computer system is on track to fail once again. One part of the report cites an application within the computer system that has rendered over 10,000 software errors and become a nightmare for FBI agents. The computer system is behind once again and has wasted hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money.

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FBI Computer System Still A Financial Sinkhole

FBI's new computer system facing more costs, delay

Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:16pm EDT - (Reuters) - A long-running effort to upgrade FBI computerized case files faced additional big cost overruns and a new delay, the U.S. Justice Department's inspector general said in a report issued on Wednesday.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the contractor Lockheed Martin Corp were renegotiating the budget -- last estimated at $451 million -- as well as the schedule and some of the work to be performed, the report said.

The system, known as Sentinel, had been expected to be completed by September but FBI Director Robert Mueller told Congress earlier this month it would be delayed until 2011.

"We have significant concerns with the rate and cost at which Sentinel's development is progressing," the report said. "The FBI will require significant additional time and funding to address these issues."...

http://www.reuters.com

Annals of crime: the FBI's continuing computer woes

...The back story, in case you’ve missed the OIG’s reports on Sentinel over the past five years:

“After more than 3 years and $334 million expended on the development and maintenance of Sentinel, the cost to Sentinel is rising, the completion of Sentinel has been delayed, and the FBI does not have a current schedule or cost estimate for completing the project.”

Actually, it gets worse:

“In today’s report," the OIG continued, "we also noted that the FBI had conditionally accepted delivery of Segment 4 of Sentinel’s Phase 2 in December 2009, despite knowing that there were serious performance and usability issues. “

Investigators found “10,000 inefficiencies in Sentinel’s software code” supplied by the FBI’s contractor, Lockheed Martin...

http://blog.washingtonpost.com

Eric Holder Running From Congress

Eric Holder

U.S. Attorney General and Obama appointee, Eric Holder, is running from Congress. He postponed his appearance in Congress, that was slated to occur today, deferring it to April 14, 2010. The last time he appeared in Congress, he came across as incompetent and unprepared and senators verbally ripped him to shreds

Holder is widely being slammed in the mainstream press and by the general public online for a number of follies and critics are interpreting this postponement as fear on the part of the Attorney General. Members of Congress slammed today's no show.

I do not like how this man operates at all. So many people in the press and on the blogs, are complaining of his lack of transparency and sheer treachery in matters of law.

I've seen it firsthand in the Aisha v. FBI case. Rather than do the right and honorable thing, Holder and Mueller have tried every crooked legal maneuver in the world, to continue hiding Freedom of Information Act documents, while millions watch their misconduct - and they did it at a time I am physically ill and my life and health are at stake, due to conduct the FBI contributed to.

You're appalling and have no conscience or scruples. When you do things like that, you make a mockery of the nation's laws for the world to see. Who could respect something like that.

Sessions Slams Delayed Holder Hearing

March 23, 2010 5:45 pm - The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee criticized the decision to delay a scheduled oversight hearing with Attorney General Eric Holder Tuesday, taking the opportunity to flesh out his disagreements with the way the Justice Department has handled terrorism cases under his leadership.

“The last time Attorney General Holder testified before the Senate was November 18th of last year. Then in late January, following revelations that the Christmas Bomber had been hastily Mirandized—without consulting the relevant intelligence agencies—Republicans called for an immediate hearing with the Attorney General,” Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) said in a statement. “Unfortunately, that hearing never was never held. We were told instead that we would have an opportunity to question Attorney General Holder at a planned oversight hearing in March.”

“Now that won’t happen either. But while this hearing has been delayed, the Attorney General cannot delay action to repair his broken policies,” Sessions added...

http://www.mainjustice.com

AG Holder, Facing Hits From Left And Right, Gets Reprieve From Senate Hearing

Mar. 23, 2010, 8:26 AM - US Attorney General Eric Holder was scheduled to have a chat with the Senate today, but, with less than 24 hours on the clock, it was rescheduled for April 14.

The postponement is possibly due to the signing of the health care bill, but Republicans think Holder might be glad for the extra time. No matter when it happens, it will not be a passive event.

The hearing is officially billed as "oversight of the Department of Justice" but general consensus is he'll face strong questioning over his decision (which seems more and more likely to be reversed) to try some of the alleged 9/11 masterminds in federal court.

The Wall Street Journal has a full report today on criticisms lobbed from both the left and the right and suggest that "the controversies provoked by his decisions threaten to derail his career..."

http://www.businessinsider.com

ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER AND HIS NON-TRANSPARENCY

March 21, 2010 - In 1999, Eric Holder helped arrange Bill Clinton pardons for 16 unrepentant members of FALN who had been convicted of “a variety of charges that included conspiracy, sedition, violation of the Hobbes Act (extortion by force, violence or fear), armed robbery and illegal possession of weapons and explosives -- including large quantities of C-4 plastic explosive, dynamite and huge caches of ammunition.”

More and more Americans are discovering that the Obama Administration's definition of transparency is more Clintonian and semantic than it is honest and encouraging.

The latest embarrassment for the Obama White House is the discovery that Attorney General Eric Holder has been less than forthcoming about his activities prior to being appointed U.S. Attorney General.

This week, the U.S. Department of Justice celebrated the one-year anniversary of Attorney General Eric Holder’s 2009 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) guidelines.

Issued exactly one year ago, Holder's guidelines were supposed to aid President Barack Obama’s “new era of open government” by establishing a “criteria governing the presumption of disclosure” and creating “effective systems for responding to requests.”

Unfortunately, after only the first year under these heralded guidelines, legal watchdog group Judicial Watch reported on March 17 that its officials have experienced little improvement in U.S. government transparency or accountability.

In fact, a recent analysis finds that government secrecy has actually increased under Obama...

http://www.newswithviews.com

Report: Eric Holder's Job In Jeopardy

Eric Holder

According to several mainstream reports, the job of U.S. Attorney, Eric Holder is in jeopardy. After upsetting the people of New York with preparations to hold terrorism trials in the vicinity of the September 11th crash site, embarrassing clashes and faux pas in Congress, making statements that contradicted U.S. generals in the Middle East and noted incidents of him hiding his legal briefs from Congress and separately Freedom of Information files from numerous requesters, Holder has not only fallen afoul of the American people, but the U.S. Congress as well...all in less than one year.

Holder's future uncertain amid terror trial disputes

Mar 21 07:30 PM US/Eastern - US Attorney General Eric Holder took office pledging a sharp shift away from the last administration's policies, but an apparent change of heart in the White House could see the top lawyer leave his job.

Holder, 59, is the first African-American to hold the top legal post, and was generally regarded with bipartisan respect when he took office.

But a series of gaffes, fights with both Republicans and Democrats, and apparent disagreements between him and the White House have left Holder looking increasingly embattled.

He came under renewed fire when he told lawmakers Tuesday that Osama bin Laden would not be captured alive, and that US officials would read legal rights to the Al-Qaeda leader's corpse.

But the ridicule and attacks that followed are only the latest blows Holder has faced in the 14 months since he took office pledging to reverse the worst "war on terror" legal abuses sanctioned by former president George W. Bush's administration.

Ultra-conservative activists have questioned his ethics and even his patriotism over his decision to hire lawyers who defended terror suspects to Justice Department posts...

http://www.breitbart.com

Hollywood Law Firm Embroiled In Jamaican Extradition Controversy

Eric Holder (left) President Obama (right)

There is controversy today, regarding the American law firm, Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, having lobbied the Obama administration, to gain the extradition of alleged local drug dealer, Christopher Michael Coke.

Mr. Harold Brady of Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, also allegedly approached the incumbent Jamaican Prime Minister, to be the legal representation of the island of Jamaica.

That would constitute a massive conflict of interest, due to who Manatt, Phelps and Phillips' other clients in Hollywood are and what they have been doing regarding Jamaica.

Manatt, Phelps and Phillips represent the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers, Warner Bros and Sony studios and record labels, American Idol and Madonna to name a few (Robert Jacobs of Manatt, Phelps and Phillips in New York). http://www.manatt.com/Entertainment.aspx. There are more suitable U.S. firms in operation.

The Coke extradition has hit an extraordinary snag, as it has been revealed, the evidence the U.S. Department of Justice submitted in attempting to gain Coke's removal from the island, consists of items that violated Jamaican wiretap laws and in turn, Mr. Coke's rights under Jamaican statutes and the Jamaican Constitution, which was born from the British Constitution (Queen Elizabeth is still Jamaica's monarch, as it is a former British colony).

One of the oddities of this case is the fact the law firm Manatt, Phelps and Phillips represents many Hollywood clients that are apart of the "boycott Jamaica" campaign tinsel town initiated a year ago, through a member of the U.S. Congress and separately racist, n-word using gay blogger, Perez Hilton, due to certain dancehall artists' anti-gay lyrics.

Manatt, Phelps and Phillips represent Hollywood stars that have irrationally slammed the entire nation of Jamaica, for the deeds of a few anti-gay rappers. Manatt, Phelps and Phillips have also represented members of Hollywood's "gay mafia" as they are called.

Manatt, Phelps and Phillips does not mean Jamaica well in any measure, nor does some of its clients in Hollywood that tried to destroy the island nation last year with an international boycott they called for that failed.

Eric Holder (courtesy of the New York Times)

Where most sane people call for boycotts of products or companies, nasty Hollywood called for a boycott of an entire nation of men, women, children and babies, because they disliked the free speech lyrics of a few people that do not even constitute 1% of the island nation's population. That is the definition of ignorance.

Manatt, Phelps and Phillips knew of Coke from stories about "The Shower Posse" drug ring and sought to cause trouble in Jamaica with the extradition they lobbied for.

It is the rule, not the exception, that the U.S. Department of Justice must meet the rule of law that exists in other nations and vice versa, when requesting extraditions. Going to the Jamaican government with illegally wiretapped evidence is unlawful and inadmissible in court. That's the rule of law in many nations.

If I were in government in Jamaica and suspected a U.S. citizen located in New York, for example, of committing crimes in America that touched Jamaican shores, violating laws on the island as well, I could not legally engage the Jamaica Constabulary (Police) Force to bypass the U.S. government and wiretap said suspect in New York, from all the way in Jamaica without warrant or permission from the host nation, then march into the U.S. State Department demanding they extradite the person with the illegally obtained wiretap evidence.

Another example, if I were in government in America and suspected a British citizen of engaging in crimes in London that touched American shores, I could not legally engage the FBI to bypass the British government and wiretap said suspect in London, from all the way in America, without warrant or permission, then march into the British Foreign Secretary's office, demanding they extradite the person, using the illegally obtained wiretap evidence.

Therefore, why is Obama's Attorney General, Eric Holder and the U.S. Attorney's office in New York, submitting evidence for an extradition that was obtained via illegal wiretaps that violate Jamaican law. Why are you putting the Jamaican government in that position, Mr. Holder.

Americans don't even like it when you violate the Constitution and illegally wiretap U.S. citizens. Why would you think Jamaicans in Jamaica would welcome that invasiveness and massive overreach of your authority. Your congressional mandate is confined to U.S. Shores. Why have you done this.

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller is consistently in trouble in the U.S. Congress for illegally wiretapping people in America

Now, you are asking the Jamaican government to extradite a man on illegally obtained evidence, who community activists are openly stating in the press, will not go without a gunfight, where innocent Jamaicans could get killed in the crossfire.

What that says to the world is, as long as you and your kids are safe, Mr. Holder, you clearly could care less about any Jamaican grandparents, parents and kids in Tivoli Gardens (Jamaica) that could die.

Once again, the Judiciary Report is for law and order, but does not respect the way this was done. Typically in drug cases, they nab one guy and get him to sing on the others. That evidence is then used in tandem with additional items, to gain a proper, lawful extradition. That is the accepted international legal standard. Jamaica has extradited dozens of people to America in this manner.

However, Obama's Department of Justice, headed up by Eric Holder, is testing the waters in Jamaica, to set an international legal precedent for illegally wiretapping foreigners in their own nations, in violation of foreign law and using it in U.S. courts to gain convictions. Today, it is Jamaica, tomorrow it could be Britain, Spain, France, Canada or any of the other islands in the Caribbean.

Furthermore, it is a felony to wiretap someone on Jamaican shores without a proper warrant from the Attorney General and Jamaican Police. It is a criminal offense punishable by up to 5 years in prison.

Manatt, Phelps and Phillips is the law firm that willfully and knowingly submitted falsified evidence and committed perjury in court, in acting on behalf of Madonna and co, to steal preexisting copyrights registered to me in the Library of Congress, years before she stole them.

Copyrights whose proceeds were meant to go towards producing cures to AIDS and cancer, but instead went to lining the pockets of stars criminally breaking U.S. and U.N. law.

That decision almost cost me my life, as described here, because after the corrupt ruling went through in 2005, sicko Madonna cast off all restraint and sent members of the Miami Kabbalah center to threaten, harass and assault me in documented incidents, believing there would be no consequences for her crimes.

With the horrible ill-will and unprovoked hatred Manatt, Phelps and Phillips' famous clients have shown Jamaicans, in trying to destroy the entire island nation over the anti-gay music of a few, not to mention abusing an innocent Jamaican family, what business do they have petitioning the Jamaican government to be their legal representation, collecting Jamaican taxpayer dollars, unless it is a Hollywood trojan horse, seeking to surreptitiously damage Jamaica from the inside.

Why have you misrepresented yourselves and gone out to Jamaica, reportedly taken Jamaican taxpayer money, knowing full well your famous clients have been actively acting against the island nation, in bids at destroying it.

Was money paid to lobby the US for 'Dudus'?

Published: Sunday | March 21, 2010 - Red-hot controversy continues to swirl around the Government over the deal involving top-flight American law firm Manatt, Phelps and Phillips.

The troubling arrangement, which attracted a hefty US$100,000- (approximately J$8.9 million) per-quarter fee, kicked off last October.

The firm then filed documents on the United States Department of Justice website claiming that it represented the Government of Jamaica.

"We will be speaking with members of the (US) executive branch to provide information on issues regarding existing political and economic matters, including existing treaty agreements between Jamaica and the US," the firm stated in its documentation.

And even as the controversy deepens, more questions are being asked about who paid the bill charged by the American firm.

"The questions still remain to be answered as to what money was paid, by whom was it paid, what services were rendered, and whether the resources of the taxpayers were used to engage this firm, and I add, if not the taxpayers' whose resources?" declared Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller.

"This new development, which has been linked to the already complicated, sensitive, controversial and contentious extradition impasse between Jamaica and the United States of America will only serve to further jeopardise Jamaica's standing and reputation and diminish its credibility within the community of nations," Simpson Miller added.

So far, the Bruce Golding administration has rejected all allegations of wrongdoing, as well as the insinuation that the firm was contracted to deal with the impasse surrounding the extradition request for Christopher 'Dudus' Coke.

Instead, the administration is pointing the finger at attorney-at-law Harold Brady, who continues to argue that reports that he contracted the company to work for the Government are all a mistake, which has been corrected by the firm.

But there is no correction on the Department of Justice website, and up to Friday, officials at that office were still reporting that the firm was dealing with political and economic matters, including treaty arrangements, for Jamaica.

http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com

‘I didn’t know it was Dudus’ phone'

...In the dispute, Jamaica accuses the US of breaching the Interception of Communications Act 2002 (ICA) which governs wire-tapping in Jamaica.

Jamaica insists that there is a general Constitutional right of freedom of expression in Jamaica, including the right of freedom from interference to receive and impart ideas, as well as freedom from interference with one's correspondence and other means of communication.

Moreover, Jamaica argues, because the ICA is an intrusion on a citizen's Constitutional right to freedom of expression, its provisions have to be scrupulously observed and followed.

No order was ever made authorising the disclosure of information to a foreign government, agents of a foreign government or an agency of a foreign government, says Jamaica.

The Act provides that any person who intercepts communication in unauthorised circumstances commits a criminal offence and is liable to imprisonment for a period of three years or a fine not exceeding $3 million or both; and that any person who knowingly discloses the contents of any communication commits a criminal offence and is liable to imprisonment for a period of five years or a fine of $5 million or both.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com

FBI Agent Arrested For Illegally Accessing Files

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller

FBI Agent Peter H. Norell Jr. has been arrested for illegally accessing government files for personal gain. It is alleged he, "Overstepped his authority to illegally get information."

A year and a half ago, FBI Agent Mark T. Rossini, illegally accessed FBI/DOJ files and passed them along to his actress girlfriend, Linda Forentino, who was in league with disgraced private investigator, the now incarcerated, Anthony Pellicano.

The Judiciary Report is not surprised another FBI employee has been detained for this breed of misconduct. The site has maintained for sometime that FBI employees, including Director, Robert S. Mueller, have illegally accessed the private information of innocent Americans and continues to do so.

In 2006, the Judiciary Report’s sister site the Sound Off Column, was the first to break the news of the terrible invasiveness that permeates the FBI.

Ex-FBI agent accused of illegally accessing files

Updated: 03/15/2010 03:42:45 PM PDT - SANTA ANA, Calif.—A former FBI white-color crime investigator in Orange County has pleaded not guilty to using a bureau computer to obtain information he was not authorized to access.

Peter H. Norell Jr. entered his plea Monday before a U.S. magistrate judge in Santa Ana. Norell resigned after the criminal charge was filed against him. He faces up to a year in jail and a $100,000 fine if convicted...

http://www.mercurynews.com

U.S. Poll: America's Image Has Declined In The World Since Obama

President Barack Obama

A poll conducted in America offered the opinion, the United States image and standing have declined in the world, since U.S. President Barack Obama has taken office. The poll squarely blamed Democrats for the decline.

Former Republican and U.S. President, George W. Bush did the most damage in this regard, with a war in Iraq that killed over a million civilians and thousands of soldiers from different nations.

However, President Obama is now following suit, via sending more troops to the Middle East, terrible political policies in the area of finance, wild spending initiatives and issuing international snubs of world leaders and monarchs, in incidents that have been widely reported in the press.

The U.S. economy is also intertwined with that of several other nations and President Obama's recording spending is alarming many in international financial circles, as they have invested in America and vice versa. It seems as if every day the public wakes up to news of more spending and it is alarming. The money being thrown around consists of significant sums not easily recouped.

The Justice Department, F.B.I., C.I.A. and N.S.A. are illegally combing emails and wiretapping the phones of politicians and diplomats of foreign countries IN THEIR RESPECTIVE NATIONS, causing massive offense and damaging international relations, as it violates the law in other nations.

Domestic scandals that prominently feature members of the President's cabinet such as Rahm Emanuel, D.O.J. Attorney General, Eric Holder and F.B.I. Director, Robert S. Mueller, are doing Mr. Obama and his administration no favors domestically or internationally.

From a distance, it has the appearance of chaos and confusion, which does not instill confidence. In short, President Obama is getting some very bad advice. Mr. Obama is an intelligent, educated, articulate man. Why he has chosen this path and is listening to certain people, is stupefying.

Carville poll: Majority now say U.S. is less respected than it was two years ago

posted at 8:30 pm on March 8, 2010 by - It's a poll of Americans, not foreigners, so it's not so much evidence that we are less respected than that we perceive ourselves to be. I hope The One finds comfort in that fact when these numbers start to shake out in November.

Devastating.

The Democracy Corps-Third Way survey released Monday finds that by a 10-point margin - 51 percent to 41 percent - Americans think the standing of the U.S. dropped during the first 13 months of Mr. Obama's presidency.

"This is surprising, given the global acclaim and Nobel peace prize that flowed to the new president after he took office," said pollsters for the liberal-leaning organizations.

On the national security front, a massive gap has emerged, with 50 percent of likely voters saying Republicans would likely do a better job than Democrats, a 14-point swing since May. Thirty-three percent favored Democrats…

A May 2009 survey by the pollsters found the public saw the Democratic and Republican parties as equally able to handle national security (41 percent trusted Democrats more, and 43 percent trusted Republicans more.) On conducting the war on terrorism, the two parties were tied at 41 percent...

http://hotair.com

Poll shows Obama, Dems losing ground

Monday, March 8, 2010 - A majority of Americans say the United States is less respected in the world than it was two years ago and think President Obama and other Democrats fall short of Republicans on the issue of national security, a new poll finds.

The Democracy Corps-Third Way survey released Monday finds that by a 10-point margin -- 51 percent to 41 percent -- Americans think the standing of the U.S. dropped during the first 13 months of Mr. Obama's presidency...

http://washingtontimes.com

Obama Seeking Military Trials For Terrorists

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and President Barack Obama

According to the Washington Post, U.S. President Barack Obama is making a u-turn, regarding civilian trials for terrorists in American courts that are used by everyday citizens.

The report states, the President is going against the position of his Attorney General, Eric Holder, opting for trial by military tribunal on U.S. shores, which as the Judiciary Report stated a month ago, is appropriate.

Rights groups warn Obama on 9/11 trial U-turn

WASHINGTON — Human rights advocates voiced dismay Friday at signals President Barack Obama is considering a military tribunal for the September 11 plotters, backtracking on a plan for a civilian trial.

The U-turn would reportedly be part of a compromise with Congress in hopes that Republicans would agree to help Obama on another key goal -- closing the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Self-confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four accused co-plotters are detained in Guantanamo Bay awaiting trial for the 2001 attacks that killed almost 3,000 people, most in New York.

The Washington Post said Obama aides were set to recommend a military tribunal and rescind plans to try the men in a civilian court in New York, just steps from where the World Trade Center once stood...

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