The FBI and Administrative Subpoenas
By Justin Oldham
You don't have to be a conspiracy theorist to know that our Constitutional rights are once more in jeopardy. A recent Senate Intelligence Committee report concluded that the FBI needs expanded powers to gather information. The "administrative subpoena," as they propose it, would allow FBI investigators to ask for (and get) most written or electronic records from non-private sources that relate to anyone, for virtually any reason.
You can read the actual text of the committee report here:
http://www.icdc.com/~paulwolf/cointelpro/churchfinalreportIId.htm
You can read an informative article on the issue here:
http://volokh.com/posts/1116609947.shtml
This recommendation is being put forward by the Government's senior elected officials as part of a larger effort to overhaul the Patriot Act. Done with the best of intentions firmly in mind, the end result will clearly further the centralization of Federal power. It's part of a larger trend in National Government that I wrote about in The Fisk Conspiracy. If left unchecked, all agencies in all branches at the Federal level will continue to enhance their authorities at the expense of our Constitution.
An "administrative subpoena" would allow any Federal bureaucrat with the power to issue such an order to tap in to any records kept by anyone who provides a services for you. Your bank. Your credit card company. Your Doctor. Your local Library. All would be required to comply without telling you. As written, the current version of this subpoena would be applicable only in court cases. Specifically, Federal Grand Jury investigations. Once in effect, this 'law' could be changed by elected officials or senior civil servants. They could do it when-ever and how-ever the pleased.
The Right to Privacy has always been an impediment to Government. Dictators and despots have always been quick to do away with this most basic of civil rights. Even now, the thinking in Washington is that "we" can't be properly protected unless "they" can have timely access to any shred of information that might quickly bring down our enemies. It's a small but important shift in thinking. When "We the People" become "The State," it does make 'protecting' us much easier.
The temptation to centralize Government authority has been with us from the beginning. The Founders wrestled with this question with the same energy and urgency that we do today. Let's not forget that the KGB had its own form of "administrative subpoena." In modern Russia, the SVR operates with similar bureaucratic efficiency. When a citizen has no real privacy, they have no real freedom. The power of this Administrative Subpoena, even if used just for Grand Jury investigations, is simply too great. If we tempt them with it, our politicians will use it...on us.
Politics & Patriotism: The Fisk Conspiracy A Small Press Consultant
Justin Oldham
Author Shadow Fusion Enterprises
Box 282
104 Muldoon Road
Anchorage, Alaska
99504
Oldham@alaskalife.net
tel: 907-272-7379
============================
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In 1992, a Beaumont, Texas FBI agent, Zack Shelton, informed Truth, Truth, Truth Inc. And Houston criminal attorney Don Ervin that there was a man in prison that he believed to have knowledge of the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Agent Shelton, a former Chicago Organized Crime Strike Force member, stated that the prisoner is a "legitimate mobster" - had been the "driver-bodyguard" for Chicago Mafia hitman Charles Nicoletti - has a long history of violent crime - and had been tortured and left for dead shortly after the murder of Charles Nicoletti in 1977, prior to Nicoletti testifying before the House Select Committee on Assassinations.
http://jfkmurdersolved.com/frept97.htm
By Justin Oldham
You don't have to be a conspiracy theorist to know that our Constitutional rights are once more in jeopardy. A recent Senate Intelligence Committee report concluded that the FBI needs expanded powers to gather information. The "administrative subpoena," as they propose it, would allow FBI investigators to ask for (and get) most written or electronic records from non-private sources that relate to anyone, for virtually any reason.
You can read the actual text of the committee report here:
http://www.icdc.com/~paulwolf/cointelpro/churchfinalreportIId.htm
You can read an informative article on the issue here:
http://volokh.com/posts/1116609947.shtml
This recommendation is being put forward by the Government's senior elected officials as part of a larger effort to overhaul the Patriot Act. Done with the best of intentions firmly in mind, the end result will clearly further the centralization of Federal power. It's part of a larger trend in National Government that I wrote about in The Fisk Conspiracy. If left unchecked, all agencies in all branches at the Federal level will continue to enhance their authorities at the expense of our Constitution.
An "administrative subpoena" would allow any Federal bureaucrat with the power to issue such an order to tap in to any records kept by anyone who provides a services for you. Your bank. Your credit card company. Your Doctor. Your local Library. All would be required to comply without telling you. As written, the current version of this subpoena would be applicable only in court cases. Specifically, Federal Grand Jury investigations. Once in effect, this 'law' could be changed by elected officials or senior civil servants. They could do it when-ever and how-ever the pleased.
The Right to Privacy has always been an impediment to Government. Dictators and despots have always been quick to do away with this most basic of civil rights. Even now, the thinking in Washington is that "we" can't be properly protected unless "they" can have timely access to any shred of information that might quickly bring down our enemies. It's a small but important shift in thinking. When "We the People" become "The State," it does make 'protecting' us much easier.
The temptation to centralize Government authority has been with us from the beginning. The Founders wrestled with this question with the same energy and urgency that we do today. Let's not forget that the KGB had its own form of "administrative subpoena." In modern Russia, the SVR operates with similar bureaucratic efficiency. When a citizen has no real privacy, they have no real freedom. The power of this Administrative Subpoena, even if used just for Grand Jury investigations, is simply too great. If we tempt them with it, our politicians will use it...on us.
Politics & Patriotism: The Fisk Conspiracy A Small Press Consultant
Justin Oldham
Author Shadow Fusion Enterprises
Box 282
104 Muldoon Road
Anchorage, Alaska
99504
Oldham@alaskalife.net
tel: 907-272-7379
============================
Report details FBI 9/11 flubs
Chicago Tribune, IL - 9 hours ago
... The report blames the failures primarily on CIA-FBI turf battles and confusion about when intelligence information could be shared with criminal investigators. ...
Report details FBI missteps before 9/11 ANALYSIS / THE WAR ON ... Bangkok Post
Memo on 9/11 Plotters Blocked ktla 5
Report details FBI failures in 9/11 OregonLive.com
KPHO Phoenix -
all 385 related »
--------------------------
FBI admits it may have fired flammable devices in Waco siege August 25, 1999 Reno
rejects suggestions FBI was responsible for Waco fire July 29, 1999 ...
MORE:>>
In 1992, a Beaumont, Texas FBI agent, Zack Shelton, informed Truth, Truth, Truth Inc. And Houston criminal attorney Don Ervin that there was a man in prison that he believed to have knowledge of the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Agent Shelton, a former Chicago Organized Crime Strike Force member, stated that the prisoner is a "legitimate mobster" - had been the "driver-bodyguard" for Chicago Mafia hitman Charles Nicoletti - has a long history of violent crime - and had been tortured and left for dead shortly after the murder of Charles Nicoletti in 1977, prior to Nicoletti testifying before the House Select Committee on Assassinations.
http://jfkmurdersolved.com/frept97.htm
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