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After the sickening murder of a 9-year-old boy in Washington, our friend Spencer Ackerman made an impassioned plea: U.S. Central Command chief General David Petraeus for D.C. metro police chief. The idea of America’s leading counterinsurgent taking on one of its most crime-ridden towns definitely has a certain visceral appeal. But militarizing our approach to policing is an idea that could backfire in a hurry.

Spencer’s done an outstanding job of explaining counterinsurgency as a progressive military doctrine: The whole point is to not uphold the social status quo, it’s an attempt to get at the “root causes” of violence through political reform and public works. These days, that’s a job for both the armed forces and the police. “The ’soldiers aren’t cops’ argument isn’t going to fly here,” he wrote. After all, talented military officers are now telling their fellow soldiers to “view neighborhood security as if they were running Kansas City police patrols.”

Ackerman’s not the first to pick up on the idea that smart counterinsurgents could teach the police a thing or two. Last week, Karl Vick of the Washington Post reported on how the police in Salinas, Calif., enlisted the help of the Naval Postgraduate School to help them combat a homicide wave. And earlier this year, Andrew “Abu Muqawama” Exum hosted an interesting discussion thread about using counterinsurgency tactics in Oakland.

At first glance, counterinsurgency (at least the “soft,” population-centric American version) bears a fair amount of resemblance to community policing: It’s all about changing the dynamic in the communities where insurgents operate, encouraging troops to “walk the beat” and bringing in social services. And many of the tools of the modern counterinsurgent — forensic exploitation, pattern analysis and social-network diagramming — would be familiar to any detective. (The Law Enforcement Professionals program for combating roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan even called on retired agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to help take down insurgent networks.) And if you look at the geographic reach and organizational sophistication of some gangs — think Mara Salvatrucha or 18 — and it’s tempting to draw comparisons with, say, a Hezbollah or a Hamas.

But to the COINdinistas I would say: Be careful what you wish for. Counterinsurgency is still a tool for dealing with political emergencies, and it involves a heavy degree of population control. And at home, it’s a bridge too far.

“Policing can be informed by counterinsurgency – and they are in fact similar at some points,” said John P. Sullivan, a lieutenant with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and an expert on transnational gangs. “But at others they really diverge. So you need to be very, very careful.”

Sullivan, the co-founder of the Los Angeles Terrorism Early Warning Group, told Danger Room the parallels with community policing — patrolling contested areas, identifying centers of gravity — make it tempting to view counterinsurgency as a tool for containing gang violence. But domestic policing and military operations, he added, are inherently different. “It [counterinsurgency theory] is attractive, and I think that people looking at gangs should look at the literature,” he said. “But to wholesale take it in and do it is probably not a good idea.”

Take, for instance, checkpoint operations — a regular feature of any counterinsurgency. No harm, right?  Well, the police in Washington tried that; the whole idea was to “protect” the endangered population of the Trinidad neighborhood by cordoning it off and restricting the movement of vehicles. A federal appeals court struck down the operation as unconstitutional. Same for “cordon and knock” — going house to house, politely searching for contraband. The police tried that in D.C., too, under something called the “Safe Homes Initiative.” It didn’t go down well, either.

That’s not to mention the more potent intelligence tools of control that are essential to fighting insurgents: Human intelligence (i.e. informants); intrusive surveillance; biometric collection. Those methods are available to domestic law enforcement, but the point is counterinsurgency is to establish sweeping civil control. Anacostia ain’t Anbar province (Al Anbar Governorate).  As Sullivan described it, the bar for collecting intelligence on your own population has to be much higher.

“The liberty issues are vital,” Sullivan said. “What gives you legitimacy in the long haul is preserving liberty while providing security. If you don’t end up doing it right, it ends up enhancing the legitimacy of the gang.”

Want to see what a place looks like when counterinsurgency starts to seep into policing? For a softer example, take a look at the United Kingdom. I’m not going to wade into Second Amendment territory here, but suffice to say that the United Kingdom has a pretty expansive surveillance system that in part was developed in response to IRA terror. (It also has a more robust Official Secrets Act.)  For a more dismal example of what happens when the police take enthusiastically to checkpoint operations, take a look at Russia. We’ve been spared much of this, because we tend to intervene in other countries’ counterinsurgencies. Let’s not start looking for one at home.

There is still plenty of overlap between good policing and counterinsurgency “best practices.” Collecting unbelievably fine-grained statistics and holding local commanders responsible for their patrol areas are essential tasks. But we are dealing with two different things. Insurgency, at its heart, is a political struggle. I don’t see drug dealers or street gangs expressing a political grievance, or trying to control of some part of the government. We have an unhappy tendency to declare “war” on problems (drugs, crime, poverty, terrorism) that defy easy solution; do we need to treat a D.C. crime wave like a mini-Malaya Emergency?

Today was a hectic day which included a mass gathering of my peers in matching batman outfit on a site of great historical and religous significance. But more on my graduation another time.

Just a quick post today to chronical my encounter with a rather unfortunate security guard on campus who stopped and asked me who I was and for ID, I responded, perhaps without thinking, who did I need to be to be where I was. This was not intended to sound as beligerant as it did, the reason for this should become clear when you realise within my pockets I had

Which pretty much sums up my life at the moment.

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, T !

A good start to the day some guy I didnt know was coming turns up and says he cant fix the fence I didnt know was broken because his daughter (who I also don’t know) has fallen off a horse (who I may have met).
Also I got to make a pun.
T

So obviously there were no updates over the weekend, that pattern will probably continue unless I think of anything especially interesting to say. Mainly because what I do over the weekend isn’t very interesting to anyone, even me, and I’m the one doing it.

As for the significance of the title? Dont ask me WordPress assigned it as the URL and it felt it fitting.

Tomorrow’s plans include hopefully finally sorting out all remaining enrolment issues, and spending most of the day in the CISCO labs covering ethical hacking and information security lab sessions.

T

Anyone who drove by the Auburn Mall last night might have been shocked to see dozens of police and SWAT team vehicles parked there. Fortunately, there was no emergency.

A training exercise at the mall involved federal agents and more than 100 police officers and 20 police dogs from across Massachusetts. Data from the exercise will be used to increase security across the country, according to police.

The exercise, code name “Auburn Project,” was requested by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and designed by the Auburn and Boston police departments.

Joining ATF and U.S. Department of the Interior agents at the mall last night were U.S. Air Marshals and police from Boston, Auburn, Worcester, Quincy, Chelsea, Everett, Hanover, Revere, New Bedford and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

There were also officers from the Central Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council training inside the mall in conjunction with the K-9 officers.

Dozens of uniformed police swarmed throughout the length of the mall, while police dogs searched the mall inside and a row of school buses outside.

Officer James D. Ljunggren, Auburn’s K-9 officer, said ATF members kept detailed records of every aspect of the operation to help determine how many dogs are needed to find explosives hidden in a school bus, mall or other large building or vehicle.

Officer P. Troy Caisey, head dog trainer at the Boston Police Department, said “canine explosives-training devices” were hidden in school buses and in the mall, where police tested dogs facing distractions including scents left by thousands of shoppers and cooking odors in the food court.

“Every dog hit the odor every time. This was an invaluable experience. It was good to get the dogs out of the Boston area, which they are used to,” Officer Caisey said.

There as observers were state Rep. Paul K. Frost, R-Auburn, and state Sen. Michael O. Moore, D-Millbury.

Mr. Frost said, “Seeing local police and federal agencies coming together to train on such a massive scale is great. Thanks to the Auburn Mall for allowing this during their busiest season.”

Mr. Moore said, “This is a wonderful program. With dwindling state resources, we need to encourage regionalization. This is a perfect example of how the state’s 20,000 municipal police officers can share resources.”

Auburn Police Chief Andrew J. Sluckis said many of the explosives-detecting dogs and vehicles were paid for by Homeland Security grants, and said Mr. Moore and Mr. Frost were instrumental in helping Auburn get its grant.

He said that Officer Ljunggren has worked regularly with other departments when explosives are involved.

“He went to Boston to help in the church at Sen. (Edward) Kennedy’s funeral. There were four presidents, the vice president, senators and representatives there,” Chief Sluckis said.

Just last week, Officer Ljunggren traveled to Quincy, where explosives were found in a residence. Last year, Quincy police helped search Auburn Middle School when a bullet was found, Chief Sluckis said “These days, sharing resources is vital, “ Officer Ljunggren said.

He thanked the Auburn Mall, which closes at 6 p.m. on Sundays, for allowing police to stage training there, and said, “This is the largest Homeland Security operation ever held in Central Massachusetts. The information learned here will help across the state and the country.”

Domenic Schiavone, mall manager, said, “Our partnership with public safety is key. We’ve had smaller training exercises, but nothing like this.”

Officer Ljunggren said drug dogs must be trained once a week.

Explosives dogs are trained every day, only receiving their daily meals when they find the explosives scent.

Only three police officers in the state are certified nationally as explosives detection dog trainers. They are Officers Caisey and Ljunggren and Worcester Police Officer Stephen C. Cortis.

Officer Ljunggren said, “If a drug dog makes a mistake, someone might get away. If an explosives dog makes a mistake, there can be a disaster. We need them to be close to 100 percent.”

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As Christmas is approaching and we thought that we would acquire a few more badges for all you badges collectors and we have reduced some of the badge prices

We have listened to our customer comments, regarding the price of the current US Secret Service badges, that is why that over the next couple of weeks we will be taking delivery of some more US Secret Service Special Agent badges. These badges from another manufacture and have the  hallmark ”bellingham & carrington”on the back of the and with a rear pin attachment. These are excellent reproduction badges of the current issued US Secret service badges and they are at reasonable prices. We still  have the “Sun Badge Co” hallmark badges, which in my opinion are the best ones that the collector can buy, which is reflected in the price, “you pay for the quality. Judge for yourself by looking at the photos of each US Secret Service Special Agent badge on our website. But if the badge is going into a display cabinet, then the Bellingham & Carrington” will be just fine.

We have also got in stock one  U.S.CUSTOMS THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY INSPECTOR badge . Has original pin fitting on the back and no makers name a reproduction badge, which is slightly oversized from the original badge and is for available at a bargain price of $60……………that’s right $60 including worldwide registered shipping……..What a bargain!………..when emailing mention this blog for this price, the website shows the price at $60 plus shipping……………come on what are you waiting for…………email us now!!

Badges also expected are: Criminal Investigation – Internal Revenue Service (IRS) special agent badge, the IRS is part of the Department of the Treasury. Again this badge has a rear attachment pin and hallmark “bellingham& carrington”.

All enquiries please email store@policebadgestore.co.uk

Other hallmark “bellingham& carrington” badges are available on special order and the include:  US Secret Service Uniform Division, FBI, US Marshal (round Silver).

Today I had a day off and decided to do one of my favorite things, nothing. Now that might sound like a  bit of a copout but consider just how difficult it is to do nothing, I dont mean in a quantum physics sense mearly in a lazy day sort of way. While your doing nothing you cant do anything else at the same time, you exist in some Schroedinger-flux state between busy and not busy but cant provide a reason to get out of doing anything for anyone else without coming up with some rather inventive lie which more often than not requires alot of extra effort to keep up the pretence of not procrastinating.

So trying to do nothing can in many ways involve more work unless your good at it, and if there is anything im good at its nothing.

Looking back on the day though I managed to do alot while doing nothing, I installed ubuntu 9.10 on a spare laptop I had lying around (thanks to DJM for burning the disk).

I played a few games including the left4dead2 demo, which seems pleasent enough. I wont be offering a full post review of the game as I don’t really think I’ll be playing it that often, I wasn’t exactly a huge fan of the original L4D, I didn’t dislike it I just felt I played it more out of a sense of obligation then for enjoyment.

Over in World of Warcraft (yes I play it, no I’m not sorry, and no I don’t know where your key’s are have you checked behind the sofa?) I managed to get a couple of levels on my Druid questing in Ashenvale, so John if your reading this its time to catch up.

Also I came up with a few drafts for the Comic but I suspect non of them will ever reach the production stage, so I go into tomorrow still script-less and hoping John is too busy killing fighting for his life against hordes of the undead and playing left4dead2 to notice.

But in my dreams, I slew the dragon

T

Thats right today was all about number conversion in various bases, complete with the revelations that the lack of a number zero was responsible for the fall of the Roman empire and that hexidecimal is used exclusively by Siamese spiders.

Also in my guise as “Sir Mr Dude” (long story) I witnessed some year 2 creative computing students going up and down stairs, alot, and filming it. What this has to do with computers, and if it is creative I will leave off deciding until I have seen the “final cut” but lets be honest it will still probably be better than Avatar (yes I went there.)

Finally today I discovered the greatness the Synergy mod for HalfLife 2, as good a reason as any to replay the game.

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P.S: If you were in 360ct today and I asked you a hard question during the seminars, I’m sorry but blame JF he didn’t get me a kit-kat.

Today was a good day, so I decided to commit bloggery and finally get around to updating this blog.

As for its purpose? Well its mainly to remind me about what I’ve done, what that is I cant yet say, as I haven’t done it, but once I have done it or perhaps even while I am doing it, anyone reading this will be amongst the first to know what I did perhaps before even me.

Today’s events, a chance encounter with CB sorted enrolment issues, a lecture with AF involved unix commands and left4dead and lunch with DJM involved the seeing of signs and search for a guillotine.

Headline of the day : Colby the Christian Robot Wants Your Soul (io9)

Coming soon: my review of Dragon Age : Origins, The Prisoner and V remakes.

Here at the Police Badge Store we are always trying to source badges for collectors, to date we have been able to source 25 Federal and police badges for collectors,the latest was a set of three DEA badges and a large FBI badge for David. We are still waiting for another 2009 presidential inauguration ATF badge for one of our customers.

We have taken delivery of the US marshal service badges, these are not the normal badges that you can obtain with te rear attachment pin, these ones are with the rear wallet / belt attachment. It is the first time I have seen this type and we expect these will be in demand with all you collectors. We have also got the 2004 US marines Embassy Security badges with pin attachment, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) larger badge (6.5 cm by 4.5 cm) with wallet / belt attachment, both are of excellent quality.

We still have the following badges available at the Police Badge Store:

US Secret Service Special Agent and Technician (set of two badges) DHS Federal Air Marshal, DHS ICE Officer, TSA, National Security Agency, ATF Special Agent, CIA, FBI (wallet badge), US Marines CID, FAA Federal Air Marshal, AFOSI, US Marshal Joint Task Force, Whitter police (Alaska), Maui County, Hawaii, Las Vegas Police, Boston Police, Dade County, NYPD, Miami Beach police. We also have one Royal Military Police Warrant card holder / police wallet available, these are issued to the Close Protection Teams (bodyguards) and three 2009  presidential inauguration badges.

Remember to check out out badges that can be specially ordered on our website

We have again managed to get a very limited stock of the current US Secret Service special Agent badge and the very rare US Secret Service Technician badge.  We expect the demand of these badges to be very high, as they are a rare badges. Both are hallmark by “Sun Badge Co” and have a rear belt / wallet  attachment. These badges would make a lovely addition to any US Federal badge collector.

Special Agents: Special Agents within The USSS is mandated by statute and executive order to carry out two significant missions: protection and criminal investigations. During the course of their careers, special agents carry out assignments in both of these areas and must be available to be assigned to duty stations anywhere in the world.

The Technical Division of the US Secret Service (USSS) have the following responsibilities: Technical positions within the USSS are associated with the direct support of professional or administrative personnel. Assignments are generally non-routine in nature and involve extensive practical knowledge which is either gained through on-the-job experience,

Below is  an example of technical positions:

Information Technology Specialist, Photographer, Operations Support Technician, Protective Support Technician, Document Analyst, Fingerprint Specialist, Access Control Coordinator, Telecommunications Specialist, Physical Security Specialist and Special Officer

We have also got the US Secret Service badge (Obsolete) , FBI and California highway patrol badge contained in a wallet with a blank ID card (to be used for film prop use only!!)

The current DHS Transport Security Administration (TSA) special Agent badge and the ATF Task Force badge can be specially ordered through our website

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Special Forces soldier was arrested Monday after a pair of hunters found about 100 pounds of explosives outside his home near Fort Campbell.

Timothy Ryan Richards was charged with possessing two unregistered guns, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent Eric Kehn said he expects Richards will face more charges related to the explosives.

A sworn statement said agents found about 100 pounds of explosives — including C-4, a plastic explosive commonly used by the military. The material was sealed in watertight containers and partially buried near his home outside of Clarksville, near the sprawling Army post on the Tennessee-Kentucky state line.

Joel Siskovic, a spokesman for the FBI in Tennessee, said agents from the Joint Terrorism Task Force were called to the scene, but determined there was no terrorism connection.

According to police, two hunters found the explosives early Sunday morning and alerted the sheriff’s department.

ATF agents contacted Richards and he told agents that he had placed the explosives there, according to the affidavit.

Agents also found a 5.56mm caliber rifle and a .45 caliber machine gun inside his home.

Maj. April Olsen, a spokeswoman for the Army Special Forces at Fort Campbell, confirmed that he was a member of the 5th Special Forces Group, but his age and rank weren’t immediately available.

He appeared in court handcuffed in green coveralls. U.S. Magistrate Clifton Knowles ordered the federal public defender’s office to represent him and that he be held until a hearing Thursday.

He didn’t make any statements, but acknowledged to the judge that he understand the charge. He faces a maximum 10 years in prison if convicted on the weapons charge.

Another Fort Campbell soldier was arrested in October and charged with selling four stolen hand grenades and a stolen anti-tank rocket to an undercover officer in Tennessee.

Prosecutors said the transaction with Pfc. Joshua Bartlett Etherton, a 101st Airborne Division soldier, was arranged after police in the small town of Paris received a tip, but they would not say who he believed was the buyer.

He remains held without bond.

What if there was no justice in Arizona?

By John Donnelly

What would you do if you were a successful dentist and had been falsely arrested and held for several months under charges that were made up by your scheming wife (long-term drug addict and alcoholic) who was trying to get a divorce, obtain a strategic position for custody of your two children, gain control of all your money and property by lying to police in order to have you kept in jail so she could loot your bank accounts (corporate and joint accounts), steal drugs (DEA controlled narcotics), patient dental records, personal firearms collection (99 guns, ammo & accessories)?

What if your wife and her lawyer, accompanied by the lawyer’s paralegal, the paralegal’s husband (a Phoenix firefighter) 2 Sheriff’s detectives and another un-named person came into your house at midnight while you were in the hospital, opened your gun safes and removed your ninety-nine (99) guns and accessories, supposedly under a court order, for placement at a gun shop for consignment? What if there has NEVER been any court order produced to show the need to remove your firearms? What if the detectives were supposedly there for a civil standby, but have no official documents requesting their presence? What if they never made an accurate accounting (make, model and serial number) of the items removed? (Chain of custody) What if between the house and the gun shop, thirty-three (33) of the firearms disappeared? What if the lawyer denied the existence of these firearms for several months, and in several certified letters requesting information, the truth finally came out that he and the detectives had bought some of these guns and ammo? (Grand Theft) What if the gun shop where the other guns were taken refused to give you a list of firearms that they received and subsequently sold? (ATF form 4473 – Federal requirement for firearms transfer) What if, under a court-ordered subpoena, they still refused to provide this information? (Contempt of court) What if the gun shop owners sent a letter to the judge on your divorce trial telling him that they sold a large number of your guns for about $3,000? (Way under market value)

What if your wife had been seeing at least 18 different doctors (doctor shopping) in order to get prescriptions for narcotics? What if she had been taking these drugs behind your back for several years? What if she was writing prescriptions in other peoples’ names, and calling them in to pharmacies for herself (using your DEA license) and getting more drugs in that manner? What if, in addition to the illegal narcotics that she was taking, she also was taking prescription drugs for depression and schizophrenia? What if you found out that your wife had been stealing drugs from your office as early as one year after you had been married? What if she met an attorney at the gun range whom she kept in contact with for several years, and used this attorney later when your guns were stolen? What if she obtained a confidential list of judges (and their home addresses) from this attorney, and this list was found in your vehicle when you were arrested? What if it is not illegal or unlawful to have a copy of this list?

What would you do if the attorney that represented your wife, had you allegedly sign papers (with her attorney acting as the Notary) while you are in the hospital due to a head injury and under heavy medication (vulnerable adult), giving her access to your corporate bank account, and then she promptly cleaned out the account of about $22,000? (NOTARY FRAUD by the Attorney, and conflict of interest, assisting another in commission of a Felony)

What if she (the wife) stole vehicles and property that belonged to the corporate trust and concealed their whereabouts? What if she stole your computers, over 2,000 patient records [HIPAA violation (Federal) Identity theft] gold, DEA controlled narcotics (drugs), DEA controlled substance logs, and prescription pads from your office.

What if your wife filed a restraining order against you in order to keep you away from your house in order to conceal the fact that she had cleaned out the house, safes and office, of all your money, property ($663,000) and possessions? What if she sold some of that property (that was not hers) in order to buy drugs, go on uncontrolled spending sprees, and take trips to Mexico and California?

What if the local police department assisted her in removing your property from your house, locked safes and office, and when you tried to report the theft of property, the police failed and refused to respond or act on the report or any other reports that you attempted to make and treated you in a hostile manner?

What if the wife was found passed out in the gravel in front of Walgreens, with an open bottle of rum? (PUBLIC DRUNKENESS) What if her employer drove her home from work, (the school where she teaches) because she was drunk on the job? What if she was drunk and running through her apartment complex late at night, banging on doors and screaming that she was sexually assaulted, and when the police came, denied it? What if the wife was charged with 3 DUI’s within 2 years, one involving an accident where she INJURED a young man, who was required to be in the hospital for several weeks for treatment and recovery, destroying his semester at ASU? What if she didn’t get any REAL punishment or jail time for these 3 DUI’s, and what she did get, amounted to a slap on the wrist?

What if during one of the DUI’s she was involved in an accident, WHILE your child was in the vehicle? (FELONY CHILD ENDANGERMENT) What if the detectives and county prosecutor were covering up all these crimes by the wife (a known drug addict and alcoholic), because she was the only witness that they had against you? What if the wife had tried to commit suicide on at least 2 occasions, while your children were in her care (drugs and/or alcohol) and CPS refused to remove your children from her home? What if her own daughter expressed to police deep concern for her mother’s behavior? What if the police came and made a report, called CPS and they did NOTHING about removing the children from this home? What if you weren’t allowed to see, or have any contact with, your own children for over 3 years?

What if her attorney, and the detectives who were present when her lawyer cleaned out your gun safes, (99 guns, ammo, and accessories) purchased some of these guns for much less than fair market value, and lied about it to you and the State Bar, for several months before being caught in a lie? What if this attorney “gave” one of the guns to his brother out of state? (Federal firearms violation – interstate transportation of a stolen firearm)

What if the Arizona State Bar ADMITTED that this attorney was guilty of lying and theft, but failed to file sanctions against him (censure) or recommend disbarment for his crimes?

What if the attorney that you hired to defend you, pretended to act in your interests and failed to provide a reasonable defense, (ineffective counsel) failed to file objections and motions needed in a timely manner, and all the while charging you exorbitant amounts and when you ask for an itemized billing, made excuse after excuse and never provided the requested information? What if this attorney also had possession of 12 of your firearms, (that were given to him by the wife’s attorney) and sold those firearms for his personal gain? (Grand Theft) What if this attorney knew of the firearms theft by the wife’s attorney and (by state law) FAILED to report him to the state bar for punishment?

What if the Sheriff made inflammatory public statements (SLANDER) to the media about you regarding the false charges? What if the Sheriff also put you in jail among the general population, endangering your life?

What would you do, if, while you are being held in jail illegally, the detectives who were working on your case, lied to the grand jury (PERJURY) about evidence that they had in their possession, that POSITIVELY cleared you of the charges that you were being held for?  What if they held you in jail for several more weeks, AFTER they KNEW of the evidence EXCLUDING you from the alleged crime? What if they made you pay a ridiculously high bond, ($360,000.00) that didn’t fit the crime, in order for you to get out of jail?

What if the county prosecutor called herself the “ANGEL OF DEATH” (and was so proud of this name she used it for her email name) and had previously worked with these lying detectives and was now trying to put you away for several felony counts? (CONSPIRACY) What if her motives were to keep you quiet, so the REAL TRUTH about the trumped-up charges, and her involvement with the lying, thieving detectives were never known?

What if the judges assigned to your case kept making delay after delay (usually 30-60 days) WITHOUT making any rulings, and then recusing themselves when things started getting hot, and judge after judge refused to hear the case, because it was a political hot potato? What if the judge kept making delays that pushed your trial date PAST the legally allowed time (over 3 years since your initial arrest) to deny your constitutional right to a speedy trial? What if the judge failed to follow both Arizona Constitution and the U.S. Constitution laws guaranteeing your rights? What if the judge got sick and never recused himself?  The Supreme Court acted to intervene, without obtaining his recusal! (More delays)

What if they finally got a judge from an adjoining county, (who continued making 60-day delays) that held a hearing in the next county, that you were unable to attend, (and judge refused to allow you to appear telephonically) because it would violate your bond release agreement?

What if the wife’s lawyers pushed this judge to revoke your bond to restrict your movements and hamper your efforts to get the truth, work on your defense and in order for your wife to try and claim your house to get money? What if you were put back in jail because of this supposed bond revocation?

What if a good friend worked all night to file a Writ of Habeas Corpus with the Supreme Court and they refused to order your release? What if the judge failed to follow both Arizona Constitution and the U.S. Constitution laws guaranteeing your rights? What if all the law enforcement officers, attorneys, prosecutors, and judges involved in your case were totally ignored the rule of law, violating both STATE and FEDERAL statutes and DENYING YOUR CIVIL and HUMAN RIGHTS?

What if, because of these problems, you were not able to practice in your profession, and have lost out on over $300,000.00 in income? What if your mother (retired) had been paying your bills and helping in your legal defense for the past three years, expending all of her retirement savings?

What if your attorney at your divorce trial was inexperienced and didn’t get any help in defending you after being asked to? (Ineffective counsel) What if he failed to file motions in a timely manner or even to object to the nonsense that the wife’s attorneys were pulling and just kept billing you $300 an hour for doing nothing? What if the police pulled your mother over on the freeway, removed her from the car at gunpoint, and took away the car she was driving, even though she had a legal right to possess the car? What if your attorney didn’t even check on the status of the car for several days, to try and recover it for your mother, until after the wife had picked up the car from impound?

What if, during your criminal trial, you were taken from your cell at about 5:30 AM to be transported to the courthouse, without having anything to eat? What if you were put in a holding room until court started at 9:00 AM, sat in court until they recessed for lunch, were put back in the holding room (without getting any lunch) until court resumed at about 1:30 PM, and were taken back to your cell after court adjourned at 5:00 PM and didn’t get any dinner? What if this went on for 4 days a week for the entire time of your 3-week trial?

What if, during your trial, the prosecutor submitted circumstantial evidence that was never positively linked to you by DNA or fingerprints? What if the judge denied every motion from your defense attorneys to present evidence that disproved the prosecutions allegations? What if the judge had been talking to other judges and had a preconceived notion of your guilt, even before the trial commenced?

What if this judge denied your defense, in violation of your Constitutional rights guaranteed by the Arizona and U.S. Constitutions? What if, the judge prohibited the defense attorneys from giving the sentencing guidelines to the jury. What if the jury, after listening to the lies fabricated by your wife and the prosecutors, failed to understand the true legal definitions of the charges against you because of the interpretation given to them by the prosecutor, and found you guilty on all charges?

What if the judge sentenced you to 17-year (123.5 years total) consecutive terms on each charge? What if the sentence was excessive for a non-violent charge and this was your first offense? What if your defense attorneys ask the court to grant them an executive clemency hearing and were flat out denied? What if they explained to the judge that his sentence was extremely excessive for a non-violent charge, and that if you had committed something like a rape or murder, you would have received less time, and would be eligible for parole and the judge denied them again?

What if, 2 days after your sentencing, while you were in county jail, supposedly in protective custody, you were put in a cell with a convicted murderer, (ex-Mexican Mafia) who knew several of the judges, attorneys, etc. involved in your case? What if he came up behind you at 4:00 AM and severely beat you and knocked your 8 front teeth loose? What if, when you were taken to county hospital for treatment, and when you were taken back to jail, you were denied ANY pain medication? What if you were taken a few days later to a state facility for classification, while you were supposed to be in protective custody, where 2 inmates beat you again while the detention officers turned their heads? What if you heard that there was a contract out on you, because the (guilty) people involved in your case didn’t want you to talk about the case or ever see the light of day again?

What if, a month after your trial, a copy of the sheriff’s detective’s report turned up, showing that they were at your house the night that your guns were stolen?  [and the report was concealed from evidence]

What would you do if all these things were TRUE? And you were not guilty of anything.

Would you finally believe there is no justice in Arizona?

IF you still have doubts, ask me – I have PROOF!

www.justicefordrkennedy.info

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The new organization dedicated to rooting out political corruption in San Bernardino County held its first public meeting on October 6 in Redlands. The meeting was relocated at the last minute when the San Bernardino Public Employees Association (SBPEA) reneged on its agreement to allow the group to use its meeting room.

The organizers had hoped for eight to 12 people, but were pleasantly surprised when 26 showed up, including one broadcast reporter and Press-Enterprise columnist Cassie MacDuff. MacDuff has since written two columns on the group.

The next meeting of the group will be on Tuesday, October 20, at 6 p.m., in the meeting room of the Denny’s Restaurant located at 1180 Alabama Street, just north of Interstate 10, in Redlands.

Of those in attendance, 23 shared their impressions of witnessing years of various aspects of political corruption in the Inland Empire, although few had ever met each other and almost none had ever worked together.

Although the meeting was set to adjourn at 9 p.m., and the agenda was not completed until 9:45, there were still 20 people networking with each other at 10:45, and there were still ten left at midnight.

While continuing to work under the generic name of the “San Bernardino County Anti-Corruption Group,” organizational names being considered include “Citizens Inspiring Victory by Impeachment of Corruption (CIVIC)” and “Ethics, Truth, and Honesty In the County of San Bernardino (ETHICSb).”

The greatest challenge facing the group is to develop a general plan which unifies all efforts on a countywide level while addressing the diversity of each individual’s need for personal support to deal with the cases of corruption they are most personally troubled by. The group plans to work on both levels, as well as an intermediate level in which individuals from the same community also work on their local issues of corruption.

The group plans to prioritize county-wide cases of corruption in two ways. The primary priority will be whatever is the most controversial form of corruption at any given time. The secondary priority will be whatever issue of corruption the group can most directly influence.

Local community subgroups will set their own priorities for what issues of corruption to deal with. Individuals will be able to access all resources the group can muster to deal with their own personal issues and cases of corruption.

The group loosely addressed a mission statement and set of organizational goals. Some of the specifics mentioned were “to educate the citizens of San Bernardino County on ethics and corruption; to highlight, expose, and fight political corruption in San Bernardino County; to act as a citizens ethics commission to establish an official San Bernardino County Ethics Commission; to establish campaign finance and contribution limits, a sunshine ordinance, and a commitment to criminal prosecution and civil litigation; and to act as a citizens watchdog group to monitor the county ethics commission and support the county grand jury.”

The group is considering forming as a non-profit educational corporation, a non-profit membership corporation, and also as a political action committee. The original board of directors will be established with volunteers to elect from among them a chair, vice-chair, secretary, and treasurer for the organization.

Numerous tactics were discussed for attacking political corruption. The group set its sights on the election in June and November, 2010, with the intent of replacing the district attorney, county sheriff, various county judges, and two county supervisors. Also mentioned was a countywide initiative to establish an ethics commission and campaign contribution limits.

Several methods of fundraising were discussed. General fundraising was mentioned, including receiving tax-deductible contributions, grants, and direct mail solicitations. Topical fundraising, such as memberships, raffles, 50-50 drawings, refreshments for sale, and the passing of a collection plate at open forums were suggested.

Media communications were considered, including the need for a website, and plans to make digital video and audio recordings of the public forums to be aired on television and radio.

Public relations and outreach were considered. The public image and appeal of the organization, as well as the framing of its agenda and shaping of its issues, was also discussed. Several individuals and outlets in the media were mentioned as potential associates to be developed for the ongoing campaigns against political corruption.

A discussion of other organizations with which to affiliate identified Judicial Watch, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Common Cause, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), The Howard Jarvis organization, the First Amendment Coalition, CopWatch, and Californians Aware.

The group plans to host public forums on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, beginning with its first one on Tuesday, Nov. 17. The locations of the public forums will be announced when a venue is secured.

Growing lists of celebrities are publishing autobiographies to chronicle their lives in and out of the public eye. An upcoming book, “Open,” by Andre Agassi describes the 1997 event when Agassi tried crystal methamphetamine from his assistant Slim to soothe his pain from poor posture and anguish over his marriage to actress Brook Shields. After taking the drug, Agassi tested positive in an American Tennis Federation drug test, to which he concocted a lie to free his name. He said Slim would put crystal meth in his soda, which was true, but then Agassi lied and said he accidentally ingested the soda. The ATF believed his story and allowed him to continue in the league, without penalizing him.

This is a major revelation that casts a terrible light on the ATF and Agassi. I do not see the purpose of releasing this information. Clearly, Agassi wants to sell more copies of his book, so such a large revelation will boast sales. However, this revelation serves no greater good. Hulk Hogan, or Terry Bollea, is also releasing a book. Inside the book, he discusses his suicidal thoughts after filing for divorce from his wife, Linda Bollea. His purpose of releasing this information is it can serve a greater good, showing people going through divorce that there is light at the end of the tunnel. In Agassi’s book, I do not sense any greater good. He talks about lying and getting away with it, as well as doing drugs. He says he felt terrible, but without consequence, it shows others that lying can help you achieve success. Agassi went on to become one of six men to complete a grand slam. When the book comes out, maybe there will be a lesson from this story, but now it seems only like a publicity stunt.

In terms of damage to the AFC, I think it is unfair for Agassi to release this information. First, he lied to them, now he released this information. It is obviously embarrassing for the AFC, but they probably had faith in Agassi. His long history in the league and good name gave him credibility. When he lied, the ATC believed him because they had no reason not to. It reminds me of the saying, “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.” In essence, the ATC was a venue for Agassi to achieve fame, success and wealth. Then, he went against them in his book. In my eyes, he is being ungrateful and harming the organization that did so much for him. Hopefully his negligence will not affect other tennis players within the organization by making the management trust them less.

Do you think his revelation has any significance or is it simply publicity?

Nullification: Firearms Freedom Act Introduced in Ohio.

Firearms Freedom Acts have already passed in both Montana and Tennessee, and have been introduced in a number of other states around the country. There’s been no lack of controversy surrounding them, either.

The Tenth Amendment Center recently reported on the ATF’s position that such laws don’t matter:

The Federal Government, by way of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms expressed its own view of the Tenth Amendment this week when it issued an open letter to ‘all Tennessee Federal Firearms Licensees’ in which it denounced the opinion of Beavers and the Tennessee legislature. ATF assistant director Carson W. Carroll wrote that ‘Federal law supersedes the Act’, and thus the ATF considers it meaningless.

Constitutional historian Kevin R.C. Gutzman sees this as something far removed from the founders’ vision of constitutional government:

“Their view is that the states exist for the administrative convenience of the Federal Government, and so of course any conflict between state and federal policy must be resolved in favor of the latter.”

“This is another way of saying that the Tenth Amendment is not binding on the Federal Government. Of course, that amounts to saying that federal officials have decided to ignore the Constitution when it doesn’t suit them.”