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To: Neeka who wrote (340706)	12/30/2009 4:42:09 PM
From: KLP	1 Recommendation Respond to of 793848

Good Lord. THIS IS SERIOUS! Obama gives Interpol free hand in U.S. Examiner Editorial December 30, 2009 Message 26210836

To: Neeka who wrote (340706)	12/30/2009 4:50:25 PM
From: KLP	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793848

This from Andy McCarthy: Why Does Interpol Need Immunity from American Law? [Andy McCarthy] Wednesday, December 23, 2009 You just can't make up how brazen this crowd is. One week ago, President Obama quietly signed an executive order that makes an international police force immune from the restraints of American law. Interpol is the shorthand for the International Criminal Police Organization. It was established in 1923 and operates in about 188 countries. By executive order 12425, issued in 1983, President Reagan recognized Interpol as an international organization and gave it some of the privileges and immunities customarily extended to foreign diplomats. Interpol, however, is also an active law-enforcement agency, so critical privileges and immunities (set forth in Section 2(c) of the International Organizations Immunities Act) were withheld. Specifically, Interpol's property and assets remained subject to search and seizure, and its archived records remained subject to public scrutiny under provisions like the Freedom of Information Act. Being constrained by the Fourth Amendment, FOIA, and other limitations of the Constitution and federal law that protect the liberty and privacy of Americans is what prevents law-enforcement and its controlling government authority from becoming tyrannical. On Wednesday, however, for no apparent reason, President Obama issued an executive order removing the Reagan limitations. That is, Interpol's property and assets are no longer subject to search and confiscation, and its archives are now considered inviolable. This international police force (whose U.S. headquarters is in the Justice Department in Washington) will be unrestrained by the U.S. Constitution and American law while it operates in the United States and affects both Americans and American interests outside the United States. Interpol works closely with international tribunals (such as the International Criminal Court — which the United States has refused to join because of its sovereignty surrendering provisions, though top Obama officials want us in it). It also works closely with foreign courts and law-enforcement authorities (such as those in Europe that are investigating former Bush administration officials for purported war crimes — i.e., for actions taken in America's defense). Why would we elevate an international police force above American law? Why would we immunize an international police force from the limitations that constrain the FBI and other American law-enforcement agencies? Why is it suddenly necessary to have, within the Justice Department, a repository for stashing government files which, therefore, will be beyond the ability of Congress, American law-enforcement, the media, and the American people to scrutinize? Steve Schippert has more at ThreatsWatch, here. [KLP Note: See following post] 12/23 07:59 AM Share

To: Neeka who wrote (340706)	12/30/2009 5:00:05 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793848

This is just one page articles of O's ExOrder 12425 - BAD INDEED! 1. News results for President Obama's Executive Order 12425, Progressive.org Just What Did President Obama's Executive Order regarding INTERPOL Do?? - 3 hours ago "This is the disturbing context for President Obama's quiet release of an amended Executive Order 12425. American sovereignty hangs in the balance if these ... ABC News (blog) - 22 related articles » 2. Pajamas Media » Obama Surrenders U.S. Sovereignty: His INTERPOL ... 1) Obama's Executive Order makes a minor modification to the original EO 12425 signed June 16, 1983 by President Reagan. Reagan's EO is what gave INTERPOL ... pajamasmedia.com/.../obama-surrenders-u-s-sovereignty-his-interpol-executive-order/ - Cached 3. Obama gives foreign cops new police powers in U.S. Dec 28, 2009 ... A little-discussed executive order from President Obama giving foreign ... it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 12425 of June 16, 1983, ... www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=120363 - Cached 4. Executive Order -- Amending Executive Order 12425 \| The White House Dec 17, 2009 ... President Barack Obama • Vice President Joe Biden • First Lady Michelle Obama ... AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER 12425 DESIGNATING INTERPOL ... www.whitehouse.gov/.../executive-order-amending-executive-order-12425 - Cached 5. Just What Did President Obama's Executive Order regarding INTERPOL ... Dec 30, 2009 ... "This is the disturbing context for President Obama's quiet release of an amended Executive Order 12425. American sovereignty hangs in the ... blogs.abcnews.com/.../just-what-did-president-obamas-executive-order-regarding-interpol-do.html - 3 hours ago 6. Why Does Interpol Need Immunity from American Law? - Andy McCarthy ... Dec 23, 2009 ... By executive order 12425, issued in 1983, President Reagan ... President Obama issued an executive order removing the Reagan limitations. ... corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q... - Cached 7. Executive Order 12425 What The Hell Is This? What Did Obama Just ... Dec 21, 2009 ... Executive Order 12425 What The Hell Is This? What Did Obama Just Do? .... by Pierre LeGrand that President Obama signed an Executive Order ... pierrelegrand.net/.../executive-order-12425-what-the-hell-is-this-what-did-obama-just-do.htm - Cached 8. Obama Amends Executive Order 12425, US under authority INTERPOL ... U.S. President Barack Obama recently signed an Executive Order -- Amending Executive Order 12425, granting INTERPOL a new level of full diplomatic immunity. ... www.nowpublic.com/.../obama-amends-executive-order-12425-us-under-authority-interpol - Cached 9. The Volokh Conspiracy » Blog Archive » Executive Order 12425 and ... Dec 30, 2009 ... Eugene Volokh said: Executive Order 12425 and the Legal Status of INTERPOL: I've received a .... “Why does President Obama hate the Smurfs? ... volokh.com/.../executive-order-12425-and-the-legal-status-of-interpol/ - 14 hours ago 10. Worth Reading: Obama Executive Order Cedes US Sovereignty, Citizen ... Dec 22, 2009 ... Executive Order — Amending Executive Order 12425 ... President Obama has just placed our Constitutional rights under international law. ... www.worth-reading.com/.../obama-executive-order-cedes-us.html - Cached 11. Obama's Executive Order 12425 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the ... Obama's Executive Order 12425 - Philomena (1 replies) ... www.aipnews.com/talk/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=11372&posts=2 8888888 888888888888

To: Neeka who wrote (340706)	12/30/2009 5:01:00 PM
From: Proud Deplorable	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793848

Let's see now, FEMA concentration camps, Obama brown shirts, gun control, theft by the banksters, the drugging of America by the pharmaceutical companies, internet and phone tapping, cameras everywhere, no fly lists, mandatory vaccinations for kids, random strip searches, government controlled news media, no freedom of speech in schools or elsewhere, children and pastors across the land bribed to turn their parents and their flock in. I don't care who says I have a point on my head, I know what I see. And I see the new National Socialist Party 2010 style. Anyone who isn't listening to Alex Jones everyday is woefully uninformed IMO.

To: Neeka who wrote (340706)	12/30/2009 5:01:37 PM
From: Proud Deplorable	1 Recommendation Respond to of 793848

TODAY ON THE ALEX JONES SHOW * Wayne Madsen Alex welcomes back to the show Washington, D.C.-based investigative journalist, author and columnist Wayne Madsen. He is a former consultant for the National Security Agency and currently edits the Wayne Madsen Report. Alex talks again with Kurt Haskell, the Michigan attorney who witnessed the underwear bomber incident on Christmas. Paul Craig Roberts, economist, syndicated columnist, and former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan Administration also makes an appearance. Alex covers the latest on the highly suspicious botched underwear bombing, the latest important news items, and takes your calls. infowars.com

To: Neeka who wrote (340706)	1/1/2010 4:17:28 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793848

Executive Order: International Police Granted Full Immunity in US and Not Subject to FOIA Requests by Larry O'Connor biggovernment.com In 1983, President Ronald Reagan issued an Executive Order which gave permission to the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) to operate within the boundaries of the United States. Reagan’s EO put INTERPOL under the same basic guidelines as the CIA, FBI, ATF and other Federal law enforcement agencies. Two weeks ago, without any announcement, debate, discussion or inquiry from journalists charged with “speaking truth to power” President Obama issued an amendment to this EO. The amendment removed part of Reagan’s order that kept INTERPOL from having full diplomatic immunity while operating within the United States. In other words: Under Reagan and right up until two weeks ago, INTERPOL was authorized to operate within the USA but they did not have full diplomatic immunity and had to adhere to certain laws set forth for investigative agencies. Laws that prohibit authorities from violating our constitutionally protected rights. This story has begun to make the rounds at some other blogs and web sites. Some scream about the on-set of the New World Order, some merely question the timing, motives and logic behind such a move while we are still fighting foreign wars and under threat of attack from Al Qaeda and other international terrorist bodies. I certainly don’t walk down the New World Order/One World Government path, I don’t look good in tin-foil hats… but, I do wonder why this move was made so quietly and why the White House Press Corps has not made any hay about it. I also wonder why my friends on the left, who screamed from the rooftops about phone companies conducting analysis of phone calls made from the US to known over-seas terrorists, about members of the Saudi family being allowed to leave the country in the days following 9/11, about the EVILS of the Patriot Act and how it would lead to the stripping of basic civil rights to anyone checking out a book in a library. I wonder how they feel about the President granting permission to an international organization to operate within our borders under full diplomatic immunity. One other tasty tidbit: Due to the amended language created by President Obama, INTERPOL is now, no longer subject to Freedom of Information Act Inquiries. I wonder if during his vacation in Hawaii if one of the intrepid reporters could ask the President: “Mr. President, is it true that due to your amendment to Executive Order 12425, INTERPOL may break into a home without a warrant, seize private property of a US citizen, hold a citizen for questioning without the right of legal representation and not be subject to any legal or criminal repercussion?” I’d really like them to ask that question. Wouldn’t you?