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The Amerikan Gestapo: Here it Comes!

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BEHIND THE SCENES IN THE BELTWAY
by Al Martin

Watch Out for Jackboots and Swagger Sticks

Before his speech, on September 20, 2001, George Bush Jr. kissed
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Everyone knows he should
have kissed her because she was the deciding vote in the Florida
ballot issue, which formally brought Bush Jr. into the White House.

Later during the speech, Bush announced the creation of a Cabinet
level position called "Office of Homeland Security."

The Office of Homeland Security will initially be run by former
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge. It should be noted that Ridge
himself got in trouble a few years ago for praising the efficiency
of the Third Reich's civilian administration. Ridge also spoke
highly of Mussolini's ability to keep the Italian trains running
on time. Now Ridge will be the guy running the Office of Homeland
Security.

Although it hasn't been made public yet, there is a proposal being
prepared. The Bush administration, however is playing it smart.

They're being cautious by whipping up public support first. Later
they will announce some of the more sinister activities of this
agency.

According to an inside source, the "Office of Homeland Security"
will operate three divisions. One will be a plain-clothes division
similar to the FBI, which will be called the State Security Division
(SSD).

Ironically SSD is the same acronym as the former East German Secret
Police.

The second division of the Office of Homeland Security will be a
smaller uniformed division, which currently remains nameless. It
will act as a defacto State Political Police.

By the way, Ridge wants the uniforms of this State Political Police
division to be modeled on existing state trooper uniforms - except
done in black.

If you've ever seen New Jersey or Pennsylvania State Police uniforms,
they have dark blue pants and lighter blue uniform on top. They
also have those old-fashioned pants that bag out like the old German
or Gestapo pants. They'll have jet-black jackboots, and black
uniforms with lots of gold insignias indicating the Power of the
State. Of course, "State" here is used in the context of the American
Nation State.

The third division of the Office of Homeland Security will be called
the Office of the United States Air Marshals (Air Marshal Services.)
They will have to federalize the new air marshal service because
security on aircraft is currently being provided by state police.
The problem, of course, is that there will be jurisdictional issues.

The actual name of this agency, Office of Homeland Security, is
very reminiscent of 20th century era German/Fascist and Russian/Communist
secret police agencies. In America, "Homeland" is a neuter word.
In German, however, the word is translated as "Vaterland" (Fatherland),
while in Russian, the word is "Rodina" (Motherland). In both cases,
these words can be translated into the English neuter word --
"homeland."

There is no precedent for the use of this word "homeland" in the
United States Government.

This new agency will also operate "with extralegal authority." They
will then be able to act under suspension of habeus corpus and
under suspension of the right against self- incrimination, the
Fifth Amendment privilege, and also the Fourth Amendment privilege.

That power will be in their charter -- they can act in an extra-legal
authority, in certain cases, where the security of the "homeland"
is "threatened."

The Bush Administration is essentially laying the foundation for
a whole new classification of law. That's why, in his speech, Bush
purposely never used the words "national security." He did this
deliberately so as not to confuse the two.

With this new agency, the seeds are being sown for a new classification
of law that will most likely be called "Homeland Security Law."
Nobody knows what it will be called yet. But this is obviously what
they're doing. Anyone, who knows the Bushes for what they are, can
see that this will be the groundwork for a new, more powerful, more
sinister agency, wherein all sorts of covert activity, illegal and
not, will be extant.

In order to take the concept of "illegal" covert activity away,
they are laying the foundation for a whole new separate body of
law that will be parallel to, but above, the National Security
Acts.

The Office of Homeland Security will be a separate agency, not
under any other agency, not even under the Department of Justice.
It will be the most senior agency in the Cabinet. It will probably
fall somewhere between the Department of State and the Department
of Defense, or somewhere between Treasury and Defense. In terms of
authority, it will be called a "Super Agency," which implies it
will not be under anyone.

It will act as a coordinating agency, but will be above the FBI,
CIA, NSA, and DIA. This will, of course, create a whole new set of
turf war battles. But no agency head - in this post-WTC environment
- will dare say anything against it because they'd lose their job.

Ridge will most likely be a political figurehead. He was probably
given this job as political payback for Bush. It hasn't been decided
yet, but one of the names that has been mentioned (and I certainly
hope it doesn't happen) is Barry McCaffrey. If they put that old
nazi in charge, watch out! Meanwhile back in the Redstone Arsenal
in Huntsville, there was a large party of old generals visiting
from the Department of Defense and everybody was laughing. They're
all interested in seeing what corporations will be getting the new
contracts.

With that in mind, the Al Martin Raw website will remain vigilant
to see who gets all the new contracts to create this new agency.
These will be contracts not only for a whole new office building,
but the furniture as well as contracts for electronic components,
surveillance equipment, weapons, etc. Let's see which corporations
get these contracts, how many shares the Bush family trust has in
these corporations, and how much money the so-called "winning"
bidders contribute to right-wing think tanks and institutes.

The Office of Homeland Security will have its own helicopters. Even
the FBI doesn't have its own helicopters, but has to borrow them
from the GSA pool. The Department of Justice doesn't have any of
its own helicopters either.

The new Office of Homeland Security helicopters will be painted a
matte black and have digitized red lettering that says State
Security, dark tinted windows, and numerous aerials and dishes with
a big searchlight on the front. Bell Helicopters is supposed to
get the new contract to produce this new super-surveillance
helicopter. Supposedly they'll have the most sophisticated surveillance
electronics ever made. This equipment will include gear that people
don't even know has been invented yet.

It can't happen here? Watch out for jackboots and swagger sticks.

 
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