Category: Abuse of Power

catalogue of bureaucratic abuse of power

Report of organized federal/police forfeiture of personal property

everyone, liberal or conservative should be concerned about abuse of power

discussion of the history of government murder in totalitarian states

Malte Spitz in Germany explains how the phone companies tracked everything he did, where he went, every step he took. The EU required data retention collect an enormous amount of information about each phone user, later ruled unconstitutional. But they are still recording the data. This a blueprint for surveillance of society. If this had been present in 1989 the STASI (secret police) could have tracked everyone that was protesting and the Berlin wall would have never fallen.

Obama's disregard of the separations of power in the federal government, ignoring Congresses specific actions, implementing policy law through executive orders and regulatory "discretion".

Two year study of the governments Intelligence apparatus reveals a mammoth conglomerate of some 1271 government organizations and 1,931 private companies working on programs to protect us against terrorism, at an unknown cost. There are 33 building complexes for top-secret intelligence work under construction with more than 3 times as much space as the Pentagon. 50,000 intelligence reports a year. And for what?

The Obamas don't seem to be suffering from the sequester as the spend $50 million on an trip to Ireland and will spend $100 million going to Africa at the end of the month, at Taxpayer's Expense.

President Obama defends $100 million first family week long trip to Africa which will include "... military cargo planes airlifting 56 support vehicles, including 14 limousines, and three trucks to carry bulletproof glass panels to cover the windows where the family is set to stay". The same money would fund 26 years of White House tours that were cancelled due to the sequestration.

History of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) from inception in 1978 to 2008 that appears to have been compiled in response to President Bush's illegal wire taps prior to Obama's presidency. This is a very long but informative compilation of the changes in the laws and their misuse by NSA, CIA, and FBI. It also discusses the purpose of the "wall" between these agencies to prohibit the use of intelligence information obtained without warrants in the prosecution of criminal cases