Would Someone Impeach These Scum Already?

 

According to an excerpt from the 2012 FBI Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide:

…[I]f the contents of an unopened message are kept beyond six months or stored on behalf of the customer after the e-mail has been received or opened, it should be treated the same as a business record in the hands of a third party, such as an accountant or attorney. In that case, the government may subpoena the records from the third party without running afoul of either the Fourth or Fifth Amendment.”

Presidential Oath of Office:

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

 

A Big Fucking Joke

Crimes Against Humanity in Iraq

The Guardian today posted an investigation and a documentary film on the architects of the “Salvador Option” and the death squads of Iraq. Col. James Steele and Gen. David Petraus, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Dick Chency, the names are expected but for Steele. The documentary highlights Steele’s atrocities from Vietnam through Central America on his way to Baghdad.

From El Salvador to Iraq: Washington’s man behind brutal police squads

Numerous witnesses are on the record. I have one complaint, however, and that is a bogus civilian casualty count mentioned near the beginning of the film. A total of 130,000 Iraqis is stated as some kind of fact with no discussion or examination. This is likely the US military’s own body count; ironically from an invading force that bragged “we don’t do body counts” (Gen. Tommy Franks).

 

Iraq War Casualties

Lancet survey
601,027 violent deaths out of 654,965 excess deaths

Opinion Research Business survey
1,033,000 deaths as a result of the conflict
 

Police Ambushes –Who’s the Danger?

The premeditated hit on Dorner, as described by the two women’s lawyer. The women were inside the truck pictured above:

Jonas [lawyer for the two women] told The Times that the police officers gave “no commands, no instructions and no opportunity to surrender” before opening fire. He described a terrifying encounter in which the pair were in the early part of their delivery route through several South Bay communities.

Hernandez was in the back seat handing papers to her daughter, who was driving….

Jonas estimated that the officers fired between 20 and 30 rounds. Photographsof the back of the truck showed at least two dozen bullet holes. Neighbors, however, suggested there were more shots fired. The street was pockmarked with bullet holes in cars, trees, garage doors and roofs.

Hunting Humans in California

by PETER LEE

We know beyond any reasonable doubt that the San Bernadino police deliberately burned Dorner alive in the cabin. Should you be concerned that police throughout Southern California across multiple jurisdictions are acting as unaccountable death squads?

And of course Christopher Dorner was fired specifically for blowing the whistle against fellow officers abusing suspects. His Manifesto.
 

Christopher Dorner’s Manifesto (Uncensored)

 

“He’s a black republican; no wonder he went nuts.” -K

 
This LAPD cop incident is certainly the most fascinating story around tonight. I don’t know what the hell happened recently. Apparently, this ex-Navy, ex-LAPD officer has targeted his enemies inside the LAPD, after he was unjustly fired in 2009. He may have gone off the deep end recently, given his clear embrace of terrorism. But he still names names in LAPD crimes that occurred several years back. These names have been CENSORED from corporate media, and so I’m posting the full uncensored version here.

Christopher Dorner’s main beef is with an officer called Teresa Evans, a.k.a. the “The Chupacabra,” who allegedly kicked a mentally ill man — a bunch of years ago. That incident may have led to Dorner’s firing from the force, because Evans had friends in the department. Dorner believes that racism is a large factor, as he is black, and has had incidents with white and Mexican fellow officers.

Here are some sensational excerpts from the 11 page “Manifesto”, which is posted in full at the end.

“In 8/07 I reported an officer (Ofcr. Teresa Evans/now a Sergeant), for kicking a suspect (excessive force) during a Use of Force while I was assigned as a patrol officer at LAPD’s Harbor Division. While cuffing the suspect, (Christopher Gettler), Evans kicked the suspect twice in the chest and once in the face. The kick to the face left a visible injury on the left cheek below the eye.”
“…nothing was done.”
“They still found me guilty and terminated me.”
“I ask that all earnest journalist investigating this story ask Ofcr. Abraham Schefres about the incident when Ofcr. Burdios began singing a nazi youth song about burning jewish ghettos.”
“That day, the LAPD stated that it is acceptable for fellow officers to call black officers niggers to their face and you will receive a slap on the wrist.”
“She has a very well known nickname, Chupacabra, which she was very proud to flaunt around the division. She found it very funny and entertaining to draw blood from suspects and arrestees. At one point she even intentionally ripped the flesh off the arm of a woman we had arrested for battery (sprayed her neighbor with a garden water hose). Knowing the woman had thin elastic skin, she performed and Indian burn to the woman’s arm after cuffing her. That woman was in her mid-70’s, a mother and grandmother, and was angry at her tenants who failed to pay rent on time.”
“Teresa Evans, I found her as a woman who was very angry that she had been pulled from patrol for a short time because of a domestic violence report made by Long Beach Police Department because of an incident involving her active LAPD officer boyfriend, Dominick Fuentes, and herself. Dominick Fuentes is the same officer investigated for witness tampering.”
“Evans, you are a POS and you lied right to the BOR panel when Randy Quan asked you if you kicked Christopher Gettler.”
“. A FOIA request will most likely be needed to access these at Parker center or at the Personnel/Records.”
“…Sgt. Anderson all new I was innocent but decided to terminate me so they could continue Ofcr. Teresa Evans career.”
“…I am a man who has lost complete faith in the system, when the system betrayed, slandered, and libeled me.”
“You fuckers knew Evans was guilty of kicking (excessive force) Gettler and you did nothing but get rid of what you saw as the problem, the whistleblower.”
“Gettler himself stated on video tape ( provided for the BOR and in transcripts) he was kicked and even his father stated that his son said he was kicked by Evans when he was released from custody. The video was played for the entire BOR to hear. Tingirides, Eisenberg, and Martella all heard it”
“You can not police yourselves and the consent decree was unsuccessful.”
“The enemy combatants in LA are not the citizens and suspects, it’s the police officers.”
“You didn’t because you knew I was innocent and a criminal court would find me innocent and expose your department for suppressing the truth and retaliation, that’s why.”
“The attacks will stop when the department states the truth about my innocence, PUBLICLY!!! I will not accept any type of currency/goods in exchange for the attacks to stop, nor do i want it. I want my name back, period. There is no negotiation.”
“This department has not changed from the Daryl Gates and Mark Fuhrman days. Those officers are still employed and have all promoted to Command staff and supervisory positions. I will correct this error. Are you aware that an officer (a rookie/probationer at the time) seen on the Rodney King videotape striking Mr. King multiple times with a baton on 3/3/91 is still employed by the LAPD and is now a Captain on the police department? Captain Rolando Solano is now the commanding officer of a LAPD police station (West LA division).”
“Are you aware Evans has since promoted to Sergeant after kicking Mr. Gettler in the face. Oh, you Violated a citizens civil rights? We will promote you.”
“Same as LAPD did with the the officers from Metro involved in the May Day melee at MacArthur Park. They promoted them to Sergeant (a supervisor role).”
“I am here to change and make policy. The culture of LAPD versus the community and honest/good officers needs to and will change.”
“It is endless the amount of times per week officers arrest an individual, label him a suspect-arrestee-defendant and then before arraignment or trial realize that he is innocent based on evidence.”
“Don’t honor these fallen officers/dirtbags. When your family members die, they just see you as extra overtime at a crime scene and at a perimeter. Why would you value their lives when they clearly don’t value yours or your family members lives? I’ve heard many officers who state they see dead victims as ATV’s, Waverunners, RV’s and new clothes for their kids. Why would you shed a tear for them when they in return crack a smile for your loss because of the impending extra money they will receive in their next paycheck for sitting at your loved ones crime scene of 6 hours because of the overtime they will accrue.”
“They take photos of your loved ones recently deceased bodies with their cellphones and play a game of who has the most graphic dead body of the night with officers from other divisions”
“You allow an officer, Thaniya Sungruenyos, to attempt to hack into my credit union account and still remain on the job even when Det. Zolezzi shows the evidence that the IP address (provided by LAPFCU) that attempted to hack into my account and change my username and password leads directly to her residence.”
“How do you know when a police officer is lying??? When he begins his sentence with, “based on my experience and training”.”
“Bratton, Beck, Hayes, Tingirides, Eisenberg, Martella, Quan, Evans, Hernandez, Villanueva/Gallegos, and Anderson. Your lack of ethics and conspiring to wrong a just individual are over.”
“Suppressing the truth will leave to deadly consequences for you and your family. There will be an element of surprise where you work, live, eat, and sleep. I will utilize ISR at your home, workplace, and all locations in between. I will utilize OSINT to discover your residences, spouses workplaces, and children’s schools. IMINT to coordinate and plan attacks on your fixed locations. Its amazing whats on NIPR. HUMINT will be utilized to collect personal schedules of targets. I never had the opportunity to have a family of my own, I’m terminating yours.”
“This is simple, I know your TTP’s and PPR’s. I will mitigate any of your attempts at preservation.”
“I will conduct DA operations to destroy, exploit and seize designated targets. If unsuccessful or unable to meet objectives in these initial small scale offensive actions, I will reassess my BDA and re-attack until objectives are met.”
“You are aware that I have always been the top shot, highest score, an expert in rifle qualifications in every unit I’ve been in. I will utilize every bit of small arms training, demolition, ordnance, and survival training I’ve been given.”
“[Taliban fighters] embrace death as it is a way of life. I simply don’t fear it. I am the walking exigent circumstance you created.”
“I will bring unconventional and asymmetrical warfare to those in LAPD uniform whether on or off duty.”
“You may have the resources and manpower but you are reactive and predictable in your op plans and TTP’s. I have the strength and benefits of being unpredictable, unconventional, and unforgiving.”
“I know your significant others routine, your children’s best friends and recess. I know Your Sancha’s gym hours and routine. I assure you that the casualty rate will be high.”

After threatening to kill the families of officers, Dorner even rants in favor of gun control:

“In the end, I hope that you will realize that the small arms I utilize should not be accessed with the ease that I obtained them. … Whether by executive order or thru a bi-partisan congress an assault weapons ban needs to be re-instituted. Period!!!”

“You disrespect the office of the POTUS/Presidency and Commander in Chief. You call him Kenyan, mongroid, halfrican, muslim, and FBHO when in essence you are to address him as simply, President.”
“Before you start with your argument that you believe I would vote for Obama because he has the same skin color as me, fuck you. I didn’t vote in this last election as my choice of candidate, John Huntsman, didn’t win the primary candidacy for his party.”
“It’s kind of sad I won’t be around to view and enjoy The Hangover III. What an awesome trilogy. Todd Phillips, don’t make anymore Hangovers after the third, takes away the originality of its foundation. World War Z looks good and The Walking Dead season 3 (second half) looked intriguing. Damn, gonna miss shark week.”
“Gov. Chris Christie. What can I say? You’re the only person I would like to see in the White House in 2016 other than Hillary. You’re America’s no shit taking uncle.”
“Chris Matthews, Joe Scarborough, Pat Harvey, Brian Williams, Soledad Obrien, Wolf Blitzer, Meredith Viera, Tavis Smiley, and Anderson Cooper, keep up the great work and follow Cronkite’s lead.”
“The honorable President George H.W. Bush, they never give you enough credit for your successful Presidency. You were always one of my favorite Presidents (2nd favorite).”
“Ellen Degeneres, continue your excellent contribution to entertaining America and bringing the human factor to entertainment.”
“Westboro Baptist Church, may you all burn slowly in a fire, not from smoke inhalation, but from the flames and only the flames.”
“Christopher Walz, you impressed me in Inglorious Basterds. After viewing Django Unchained, I was sold”
“Anonymous, you are hated, vilified, and considered an enemy to the state. I personally view you as a culture and a necessity that brings truth to a cloaked world. Forge ahead!”

This might not be too much of a surprise:

“Charlie Sheen, you’re effin awesome.”

“Blacks must strive for more in life than bling, hoes, and cars. The current culture is an epidemic that leaves them with no discernible future. They’re suffocating and don’t even know it. MLK Jr. Would be mortified at what he worked so hard for in our acceptance as equal beings and how unfortunately we stopped progressing and began digressing.”

End excerpts.

“He’s a Fucking Hero” -K

 

CIA Whistleblower who exposed war crimes, torture, speaks out on RT’s Breaking the Set.  John Kiriakou is interviewed by Abby Martin and speaks about his prison sentence and lawless impunity for war crimes at the top of the government.

 

 

Clennon Excoriates Moore on Torture

Good stuff in this morning’s CounterPunch:

Michael Moore’s Repellent Defense of “Zero Dark Thirty”

‘Feminist’ torturer and murderer? Get real, Mike.

[See our extensive coverage of the Zero Dark Thirty torture scandal here.]

PS

Obama just imprisoned the one CIA officer who exposed war crimes in the CIA, whistleblower John Kirakou, while promoting and protecting war criminals who torture and murder for the state. That makes Barack Obama party to the conspiracy to torture. Kirakou is railroaded for “Leaks of highly sensitive, closely held, and classified information” about torture war crimes he allegedly divulged to NY Times journalists and defense lawyers for Guantanamo detainee torture victims.

A petition to Obama demanding to release John Kirakou.

Hey Michael Moore — where are you?

 

Zero Dark Thirty Scandal Files

SUCCESS!

Zero Dark Thirty failed to take home any of the big awards at Oscars 2013.

“Instead, the CIA learned of the existence of the courier, his true name and location through means unrelated to the CIA detention and interrogation program.”  –Senate Intelligence Committee Letter to Sony Pictures

Articles on the torture scandal:

• Imperial Propaganda: Oscar Edition – The CIA and Hollywood’s fawning admiration.
• Zero Dark’s Crackpot Pragamatism - Steve Breyman takes on Washington Post torture proponent Richard Cohen.
• Torture and the Dark Side of Zero Dark Thirty – Jennifer Epps deconstructs the film, and the nonsensical defenses offered by the filmmakers.
• Assassination Bureau – CIA – Zero Dark Thirty - Jennifer Epps  compares and contrasts ZD30 to other films that are said to explore similar themes.
• Not a Fan of Zero Dark Thirty – Randy Shields rants and rails against the mindset that would produce such a heinous glorification of empire and domination.
• Zero Dark Thirty by Dennis Loo – A rebuttal to the claims of Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal, citing their straw man defense of the events depicted on screen.
• Learning to Love Torture, Zero Dark Thirty-Style – Author Karen J. Greenberg is the Director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School and has written non-fiction accounts of Guantanamo prison and the Abu Ghraib torture scandal.
• Zero Dark Thirty: Torturing the Facts – Marjorie Cohn is a former president of the National Lawyers Guild and a professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, where she teaches criminal law and procedure, evidence, and international human rights law. She lectures throughout the world on human rights and US foreign policy.
• Arrest All Torturers – This is the law, the law that has been broken, the war crimes that as yet go unpunished, yet have no statute of limitations.

Posts

• Memo: Zero Dark Torture Scandal – Declassified release
• Kicking ZD30 One More Time – Glenn Greenwald takes on fawning critics in the wake of the film’s Oscar defeat.
• NRCAT: Fact Not Fiction (Torture) – Join the National Religious Campaign Against Torture.
• Bigelow the Tool – Denial will take you damned far in the movie business.
• ACADEMY: Disqualify Zero Dark Thirty – Tell them yourself: contact@oscars.org
• Zero Dark Manipulators – Boal and Bigelow disregard all legitimate criticism, mocking the Senate Intelligence Committee concerns over the false torture propaganda contained in their film.
• Boal and Bigelow Still Dissembling on Torture – Link to the Senate letter to Sony Pictures.
• Zero Dark Treason? – This is the real CIA officer “Maya.” Her name is Alfreda Frances Bikowsky, and you don’t see her investigated in mainstream media. In addition to supervising torture, Alfreda helped hide the 9/11 hijackers from Richard Clarke and FBI investigators prior to the September 11th attacks, and if you don’t know anything about the “San Diego cell” then you are woefully uninformed.
• Our Glorious Torturers: Zero Dark Thirty’s Fabrications – Glenn Greenwald hit hard, and early, against the torture fabrications of Zero Dark Thirty.
• Zero Snuff Thirty - Written prior to release, the long list of unanswered questions concerning Osama bin Laden that will receive no attention whatsoever in this jingoistic snuff film. Propaganda is as much about what is not shown as what is revealed.

Letter to the Editor

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Academy member, actor David Clennon, has spoken out against Zero Dark Thirty, urges boycott.

“At the risk of being expelled [from the Academy] for disclosing my intentions, I will not be voting for Zero Dark Thirty – in any Academy Awards category. Everyone who contributes skill and energy to a motion picture – including actors – shares responsibility for the impressions the picture makes and the ideas it expresses. If I had played the role that was offered to me on Fox’s 24 (Season 7), I would have been guilty of promoting torture, and I couldn’t have evaded my own responsibility by blaming the writers and directors.”

Ed Asner and Martin Sheen also protesting the film, urge other actors to speak out.

“Co-Chair” of Sony Pictures, Amy Pascal, had the brass balls to type:

“We fully support Kathryn Bigelow and [screenwriter] Mark Boal and stand behind this extraordinary movie. We are outraged that any responsible member of the Academy would use their voting status in Ampas as a platform to advance their own political agenda. … This film should be judged free of partisanship. To punish an artist’s right of expression is abhorrent.”

Torture is a partisan political issue now?

Amy Pascal is a frothing fount of idiocy.

Sony used special insider access to create a pro-torture film, probably fed lies by the tortuers themselves at CIA.  They created scenes, most likely as all-too willing dupes of their CIA sources, which showed information extracted via torture, that never happened in real life.  The real Osama bin Laden location was determined “through means unrelated to the CIA detention and interrogation program.” (Senate Intelligence Committee Letter)

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Resisting Government Lies and Propaganda

Former representative Cynthia McKinney gives an inspiring speech…