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Michael Scott Moore
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Wed, 12 May 2010 15:48 EDT

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Be prepared for a search of what’s on your laptop as you cross into the United States these days.
Two years ago a freelance journalist named Bill Hogan returned home to Virginia from a trip to Germany and had his laptop seized at Dulles International Airport. U.S. Customs agents reportedly told him he’d been selected for a random investigation. The agents went through photos on his digital camera, he said, and impounded the computer for two weeks.
He was especially angry because "they knew I was a reporter," he said at the time. "They did not seem to give a rat’s patootie."
One underreported aspect of border security in America since 9/11 is that U.S. Customs and Border Protection sees a laptop as a sort of digital briefcase, to be rifled through without a warrant. And court decisions in recent years have upheld the government’s right to prosecute people based on data found on their hard drives.
The latest ruling is by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, which declared last month that child pornography found during a warrantless search of Sandeep Verma’s laptop at a Houston airport in 2008 was material evidence against him.
Of course, Verma was not charged with possessing child pornography until Customs agents searched his laptop and found it there.
Justices on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco made the government’s argument for these searches in an earlier case, also involving child pornography: "It should not matter … whether documents and pictures are kept in ‘hard copy’ form in an executive’s briefcase or stored digitally in a computer," the three-judge panel wrote. "The authority of customs officials to search the former should extend equally to searches of the latter."
Child pornography is obviously a crime and so are the terrorist plots that the CBP claims these random searches are meant to intercept. But is a laptop really just a digital briefcase? What about cell phones, digital cameras, USB sticks, PDAs and now iPads? Don’t they contain enough personal data to require some sort of warrant to examine?
"These highly intrusive government searches into a traveler’s most private information, without any reasonable suspicion, are a threat to the most basic privacy rights guaranteed in the Constitution," argued American Civil Liberties Union attorney Catherine Crump, who led an investigation into the problem.
The ACLU demanded records on laptop seizures under the Freedom of Information Act and found a surprising number of them – 1,500 in nine months – as well as a possible pattern of racial profiling. In mid-2009, the Department of Homeland Security brought out new guidelines, but the upshot was nothing but a limit on the amount of time the relevant agencies could hold a laptop for examination. "DHS’ latest policy announcement on border searches is a disappointment," said Crump, "and should not be mistaken for one that restores the constitutional rights of travelers at the border."
Europeans find the policy impossible to understand. One refrain popular with Washington officials is that Europeans are soft and haven’t learned what it’s like to be threatened by terrorists because Sept. 11 never happened to them.
But Europe lost its innocence about terrorism long ago: Islamists were a problem in the Eastern Hemisphere long before they came to America. France had to contend with Algerian nationalists in the ’60s, and Palestinian terrorists brought mayhem to Munich and European airspace before al-Qaeda even existed.
In a Paris airport, in the ’90s, I once watched a bomb squad calmly clear spectators away from an unattended luggage cart to a distance of 50 yards, loop wires around a briefcase and blow it open. (It was full of papers.) At the time I remember thinking, "This would never happen in the United States." These days Europeans pass through American airports with the same sense of astonishment.

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With much media fanfare, 9 members of a Michigan militia were arrested last March and charged with “seditious conspiracy”–specifically, plotting to murder law enforcement officers. Ostensibly, this was supposed to precipitate some kind of wholesale revolt against the government. Question: Have any of you heard anyone from the propaganda press corps (national news media) tell you what has been happening with this case? No? Did you not wonder why? Well, I’ll tell you why: the case has fallen apart.

The first indication of the Feds’ case going bad was a local report in the Toledo (Ohio) Blade, dated April 28, 2010. “An FBI agent who led the investigation of nine Michigan militia members charged with trying to launch war against the federal government couldn’t recall many details of the two-year probe yesterday during questioning by defense lawyers.

“Even the judge who must decide whether to release the nine until trial was puzzled.

“‘I share the frustrations of the defense team . . . that she doesn’t know anything,’ U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts said after agent Leslie Larsen confessed she hadn’t reviewed her notes recently and couldn’t remember specific details of the case.”

See the report at:

http://www.toledoblade.com/article/20100428/NEWS02/4280343/-1/rss

Can you believe testimony such as this was given in a court of law by a supposedly intelligent federal officer–an agent who had supposedly compiled the evidence that was used to arrest and incarcerate these supposedly “dangerous militia members”? If it wasn’t so serious, this would be a joke!

Remember that it was a federal informant who had infiltrated the group and even offered to teach Hutaree members how to make improvised explosive devices. On this point, William Grigg wrote, “While federal prosecutors have provided ample evidence that members of the Hutaree are passionately anti-government–what decent person ISN’T–they haven’t been able to demonstrate that the group did anything more than engage in survivalist training and indulge in apocalyptic rhetoric.” (Emphasis in the original.)

As a result, Judge Roberts found the government’s case sorely lacking. “Discussions about killing local law enforcement officers–and even discussions about killing members of the judicial branch of government–do not translate to conspiring to overthrow, or levy war against, the United States government,” she wrote, ordering that the Hutaree suspects be released on bail.

About which, Grigg wrote, “Since the federal case against the Hutaree rests entirely on what was SAID by the suspects, rather than anything specific that was DONE by them, it’s difficult to see what’s left of it [the case].” (Emphasis in the original.)

See Grigg’s column at:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/57041.html

But then again, punishing people because of their speech or political associations seems to be exactly where America is heading.

Remember that the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is famous for supplying Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Fusion Centers and State law enforcement agencies with warnings against people due to their political beliefs (pro-life, pro-Second Amendment, anti-United Nations, anti-New World Order, or anti-illegal immigration, for example), their associations (Libertarian or Constitution parties, for example), or even who they voted for (Ron Paul, Bob Barr, or Chuck Baldwin, to be precise). Previous reports even identified people as “dangerous” because of the books they were reading. (Tell me, again: this is the United States and not Nazi Germany, right?)

Now consider the statements of US Congressman Andre Carson (D-Indiana), who likens Tea Party protesters to “a terrorist threat.”

Washington Times reporter Kerry Picket recorded Rep. Carson as he explained it all:

Kerry Picket (Washington Times): “Do you think the people outside [Tea Party protesters] are generally dangerous or no?”

Rep. Carson: “Oh, absolutely. I worked in homeland security. I’m from intelligence, and I’ll tell you, one of the largest threats to our internal security  . . . I mean terrorism has an Islamic face, but it really comes from racial supremacist groups. (inaudible) It’s the kind of thing we keep a threat assessment on record [for].”

Larry O’Connor at BigGovernment.com then wrote, “And we can now see this two pronged message continuing in the narrative from Democratic politicians and the media: The Tea Party protests are really about white rage and they are sowing the seeds for domestic terrorism. This was the message delivered by Rep. Carson that afternoon and that is the message the media has run with.

“Only problem is, we can’t find any proof to back up Rep. Carson’s story.”

See the report at:

http://tinyurl.com/teaparty-terrorism

The truth is, if the federal government and its prostitutes at the SPLC have their way, ANYONE COULD BE IMPRISONED FOR ANYTHING! Don’t believe physicians should destroy human life in the womb? You’re a terrorist. Don’t like the United Nations? You’re a terrorist. Believe immigrants should come through the front door when migrating to America? You’re a terrorist. Voted for Ron Paul? You’re a terrorist. Believe in the return of Jesus Christ? You’re a terrorist. Ad infinitum. Ad nauseam.

Again, maybe this helps explain why all those (non-existent) FEMA camps are being built!

In my initial column on the Hutaree raid, I wrote, “Did members of the Hutaree intend to carry out aggressive violence against law enforcement personnel? I have no idea. Until this story broke in the national media, I had never heard of this group. I will wait for the facts to come out–if indeed the federal government and national media even allow the facts to come out.”

See my column at:

http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?p=1177

Well, the facts are beginning to come out: The FBI agent who brought the charges against these self-professed militia members made a complete fool of herself under oath in a court of law. She presented zero evidence to indicate that the Hutaree posed an imminent threat to anybody. Now that the judge has released the Hutaree members from jail and rebuked the agent for presenting such inept testimony, we’ll see if the Feds decide to pursue the case any further. Again, as Will Grigg said, “Since the federal case against the Hutaree rests entirely on what was SAID by the suspects, rather than anything specific that was DONE by them, it’s difficult to see what’s left of it [the case].”

However, the bigger question is, How far will Big-Government toadies try to take this Nazi-like philosophy: that anyone who believes in limited government and freedom, and who rejects their sanctimonious attitude and bullying is a “dangerous terrorist”? And even greater is the question, How long will the American people put up with it?

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usually don’t send out messages like this, but this time I think it may be my only choice. What I’ve been hearing is too serious to keep to myself and I need to share this with the American people.

The last month of so I have been in contact with a true Insider, who is also known as Illuminator13. He has become a good friend after quite some down-to-the-point conversations and he is working behind the scenes for the benefit of mankind. He has helped me in my personal life, given most insightful advice and been supportive in general. I now consider him a good friend and a soul brother.

If this man would have been somebody who just briefly contacted me and gave me a warning, I would most probably ignore it, but this guy is different. However, take this message as you wish — if it vibrates with you, take action! If not…it’s your choice. Anyway, this is what this guy has to say. (I) = Illuminator13, (W) = Wes Penre:

A few days ago:

(I) I am going to advise you to leave the United States of America if you can because things have happened and consequences will be dire. I myself am going to be leaving within the next four months, if there is enough time left. Even I am concerned about my safety now. If you want to know where you should be thinking about going: Anywhere in the Southern Hemisphere near the Equator but away from Volcanoes, Fault Lines, The Sea etc. Try to stay inland, if you are going that is.
The only reason I am telling you this is because I would not feel right if I did not attempt to help you. I am not attempting to scare you as I am sure you do not fear death, I just think kind people like you need to survive what is coming.
Well anyway, The Clock is about to strike 12 Mr. Penre. What will you do when midnight comes?

(W) From your email, it seems obvious that a catastrophe is near, whether it’s manmade, natural or both.

(I) It is going to be both but I’m not going to give out the details though.
I’m just going to say that everything is FUBAR.

[Yesterday, May 6, 2010]:

(I) That oil spill changed my plans. I am leaving within two weeks. I STRONGLY advise you to get out before it is too late.
When the economy crashes Martial Law will be declared as there is also a food shortage in America that HAS NOT been allowed to leak in the mainstream media. When this happens Gold will be outlawed and it will be worthless. All of the ‘food hoarder’s’ will be in for a surprise because their food will be taken. The U.S. Army is going to be used as ‘shock troops’. Everything will go down in a less than 2 months at the most and I want you and your family to leave immediately. I haven’t even mentioned the thing about China and its plan…if you stay I am 95% sure that you will not live to see 2012.
This reminds me of a movie I watched called ‘Saw’…

Good luck in whatever you decide to do, but I prefer to be watching from the sidelines and not be apart of the fray. Life in XXX (deleted) will be hard and something that I am accustomed to (I was training to be a Special Operations Soldier) but life in America is almost certain death.
I can only shake my head at all of the people who are oblivious to what is coming, they live in fantasy land and very soon reality will hit them like a ton of bricks and, trust me, you DON’T want to be around when that happens.

I have been told that China is plotting an invasion after the US economy collapses btw. You don’t want to be around when that happens.
There is no Military here, they are in the Middle East.
There won’t be any Gun owners because when Martial Law is declared guns will be banned.
Hell, there isn’t even enough food.

…I see people on the street arguing about petty things and superficial matters…America has truly gone to the ‘Dark Side’ and it will all come crashing down shortly, maybe then, in their final moments, will they realize what is truly important and what is not. Foreigners were right, America is a greedy place.

So if this Insider is correct, there is very little time.

I advise anyone who takes this seriously to ASAP leave the country if at all possible and follow Illuminator13′s instructions. Those who have followed my work over the last 12 years know that this is not coming as a surprise — I have told people for years that this will happen in time, just like lots of researchers, and it looks like this time could be now!

My source said in his first dialogue with the ATS team not to worry about 2012, but that may be the least of our concerns now. Those who follow Illuminator13′s advice may live to see what 2012 brings, but the many may not.

Do as you wish — take this announcement seriously or discard it, it’s up to you. Personally, I will take it seriously until I know more. However, if I am wrong (and my source is wrong), no one would be happier than me, and it’s "business as usual", whatever that means. If this is the case, and people rage against me for putting this information out, so be it! At least I tried to save lives when I thought I had an opportunity to do so — perhaps MANY lives.

Perhaps the most important thing of all: don’t panic! Take a deep breath and start thinking about you OWN unique situation and how you can make the changes. There are different solutions for different people — but be rational! If you are guided by fear, your solution will not be beneficial to your survival. So sit down and write down a plan and stick to it. That’s the way to do it. If people panic, that alone will get us in deep trouble.

It’s always hard to be the bringer of "bad news", but I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I ignored the warnings and had to learn the hard way that it was all true. Knowing I could have saved lives and didn’t. So it’s a real dilemma for me to know what to do here. If it’s false, people may have taken actions for nothing. Still, leaving the U.S. is ALWAYS a good idea. You-know-what is going to hit the fan here sooner or later anyway.

I usually don’t post things like this, especially when there is a time frame, but this is an exception, even if I risk my credibility. At least I’m honest to myself and can better live with whatever consequences there may be, because I know I posted this with the intention to help.

There is always a chance in situations like this, that it is disinformation to create mass panic and when people see it was a "hoax", they will not believe it when tings REALLY happen, which they will, sooner or later.

But again, the reason I am posting this is because I trust Illuminator13. That doesn’t mean that he hasn’t been set up, but I’ll take the chance and those who resonate with this message may take actions, the rest won’t.

Nothing of what I’ve posted – ever – is about me anyway. It’s about you, the reader. I want you to take in any information I am giving you, and either accept it as a piece of a puzzle or discard it. That’s all I can ever hope for.

Thanks for listening and let’s pray this won’t happen.

In love and light,
Wes

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