Increasing Government Power Threatens Freedom
By John Stossel
Government is taking us a long way down the Road to Serfdom. That doesn't just mean that more of us must work for the government. It means that we are changing from independent, self-responsible people into a submissive flock. The welfare state kills the creative spirit.
F.a. Hayek, an Austrian economist living in Britain, wrote "The Road to Serfdom" in 1944 as a warning that central economic planning would extinguish freedom. The book was a hit. Reader's Digest produced a condensed version that sold 5 million copies.
Hayek meant that governments can't plan economies without planning people's lives. After all, an economy is just individuals engaging in exchanges. The scientific-sounding language of President Obama's economic planning hides the fact that people must shelve their own plans in favor of government's single plan.
At the beginning of "The Road to Serfdom," Hayek acknowledges that mere material wealth is not all that's at stake when the government controls our lives: "The most important change ... is a psychological change, an alteration in the character of the people."
This shouldn't be controversial. If government relieves us of the responsibility of living by bailing us out, character will atrophy. The welfare state, however good its intentions of creating material equality, can't help but make us dependent. That changes the psychology of society.
I'll explore this tomorrow night on my Fox Business show, 8 p.m. Eastern (rebroadcast Friday at 10 p.m.).
According to the Tax Foundation, 60 percent of the population now gets more in government benefits than it pays in taxes. What does it say about a society in which more than half the people live at the expense of the rest? Worse, the dependent class is growing. The 60 percent will soon be 70 percent.
Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin seems to understand the threat: He worries that "more people have a stake in the welfare state than in free enterprise. This is a road that Hayek perfectly described as 'the road to serfdom.'" (Tomorrow I will ask Ryan why, if he understands this, he voted for TARP and the auto bailouts.)
Kurt Vonnegut understood the threat of government-imposed equality. His short story "Harrison Bergeron" portrays a future in which no one is permitted to have any physical or intellectual advantage over anyone else. a government Handicapper General weighs down the strong and agile, masks the faces of the beautiful and distracts the smart.
So far, the Handicapper General is just fantasy. But Vice President Joe Biden did shout at the Democratic National Convention: "Everyone is your equal, and everyone is equal to you." If he meant that we're all equal in rights and before the law, fine. If he meant government shouldn't put barriers in the way of opportunity, great. But statists like Biden usually have more in mind: They want government to make results more equal.
Two actual examples of the lunacy:
When colleges innovated by having students use Kindle e-book readers instead of expensive textbooks, the Justice Department sued them, complaining that the Kindle discriminates against blind students. The department also is suing the Massachusetts prison system because it makes prospective prison guards take a physical test. Since women don't do as well as men on that test, Justice claims the test discriminates against women.
Arthur Brooks, who heads the American Enterprise Institute, says statism is becoming the "central organizing power in our economy," and that the battle between free enterprise and statism will shape our futures. He remains optimistic because a recent poll showed that 70 percent of Americans want free enterprise. I'm less sanguine. In that same poll, 54 percent of Americans said government should exert more control over the economy. Brooks discounts that, claiming people forget their "core values" during crises.
But he asks the right question: Do we want a culture of takers or makers? Ryan and Brooks say most people want "the American idea": freedom and self-responsibility. I fear they want a Mommy State to take care of them. What do you think?
The choice is crucial. If we continue down the Road to Serfdom, our destination will be a poorer society, high unemployment, stagnation and complacency.
_________________ "Find something you love to do so much, you can’t wait for the sun to rise to do it all over again" Christopher Paul Gardner
Posté le: Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:17 pm Sujet du message:
Laisse nous ca Jazziste. Ca threaten le freedom de qui en France? au Canada par exemple?
The New Bess _________________ If you didn't hear it with your own ears or see it with your own eyes,don't invent it with your small mind and share it with your big mouth.
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Posté le: Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:40 pm Sujet du message:
jazziste a écrit:
Bess a écrit:
Laisse nous ca Jazziste. Ca threaten le freedom de qui en France? au Canada par exemple?
The New Bess
Nous sommes uniques et nous voulons rester unique, pas ressembler aux autres.
Nous,mis pour qui Jazziste?
Sinon j'ai un pote qui est Republicain et l'autre jour il m'a confirme qu'il ne regarde que Fox News. J'ai pense directement a Jazziste.
C'est au moment des tax que je me rends vraiment compte que je partage certains ideaux avec les Republicains. How que je n'ai meme pas un tax return de 1/5 des taxes qu'ils ont cut. Les 4/5 partent que ou que sauf? Et dans tout cela je ne suis meme pas elligible to collect my social security. I pay for Medicare and shit, but I am not even elligible for state help. Why the hell should I have to work for somebody else to be using that hard earned cash? Countless people are sitting on their ass waiting on government funding while some of us bust our ass to earn that money. That tax system should definitely be revised. Now Iunderstand wy rich peoplemake all those donation.It will be an abomination to be taxed more money just because you work hard to earn all that excessive amount of cash.
How can you pay $70 000 on taxes when you have a combined earning of $100 000. In which world do we live in? _________________ Health for everyone. http://www.ascovime.fr/?lang=en
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Posté le: Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:03 pm Sujet du message:
foxyforever a écrit:
jazziste a écrit:
Bess a écrit:
Laisse nous ca Jazziste. Ca threaten le freedom de qui en France? au Canada par exemple?
The New Bess
Nous sommes uniques et nous voulons rester unique, pas ressembler aux autres.
Nous,mis pour qui Jazziste?
Sinon j'ai un pote qui est Republicain et l'autre jour il m'a confirme qu'il ne regarde que Fox News. J'ai pense directement a Jazziste.
C'est au moment des tax que je me rends vraiment compte que je partage certains ideaux avec les Republicains. How que je n'ai meme pas un tax return de 1/5 des taxes qu'ils ont cut. Les 4/5 partent que ou que sauf? Et dans tout cela je ne suis meme pas elligible to collect my social security. I pay for Medicare and shit, but I am not even elligible for state help. Why the hell should I have to work for somebody else to be using that hard earned cash? Countless people are sitting on their ass waiting on government funding while some of us bust our ass to earn that money. That tax system should definitely be revised. Now Iunderstand wy rich peoplemake all those donation.It will be an abomination to be taxed more money just because you work hard to earn all that excessive amount of cash.
How can you pay $70 000 on taxes when you have a combined earning of $100 000. In which world do we live in?
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Posté le: Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:25 pm Sujet du message:
jazziste a écrit:
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I think my Republican friend ideologies are rubbing off on me.
Conservatism is a way to go Foxy, At least fiscal conservatism if you cannot be morally conservative
I am definitely a fiscal conservatist. It's the moral conservatism that I do not understand. Tu ne sais pas combien ca m'enerve de constater que je dois payer plus de taxes parce que sois disant je suis celibataire et ej em fais trop de dos. Et puis quoi encore? Est ce qu'ils se sont arretes a un moment pour se demander ce que ja fais decet argent? En plus de cela je paie toutes ces taxes et je dois encore payer ma propre assurance medicale car mon boulot ne me l'offre pas. On vit dans kel monde? Pendant ce temps je vois les gens foutrent leurs vies en l'air et profiter du fruit de mon travail ardu.
I am all about making everybody accountable for their actions. Therefore, if you mess up your life, well you only have yourself to blame and people should not be the ones cleaning up your mistakes.
But I still believe that something needs to be done about healthcare because too many people are sick and can't afford to pay for the services they receive. Now in the emergency rooms, you have to mpay $200 upfront because we've been loosing too much money in that area with people not paying their bills and overutilization those services. It costs close to $800 to spend less than 24 hours in the hospital and that's just for room and board. If you add physicians pay on top of that, you can easily be in the thousands. However, someof this could also be avoided if people would take their health ito their hands and be proactive with disease prevention.
Therefore, more money needs to be allocated in preventing diseases rather than allocating more money to cure them. _________________ Health for everyone. http://www.ascovime.fr/?lang=en
Posté le: Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:29 pm Sujet du message:
Foxy des que tu te calmes ,fais moi signe je reviens t'expliquer ce que tu ne comprends pas. Et tax bla bla dont on parle la, c ets pas Obama qui a cree hein. _________________ If you didn't hear it with your own ears or see it with your own eyes,don't invent it with your small mind and share it with your big mouth.
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Posté le: Fri Feb 12, 2010 10:19 pm Sujet du message:
An article from Bloomberg titled, Man Up, Obama, or Make Way for President Palin By David Reilly
Citation:
Commentary by David Reilly
Feb. 12 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama is starting to look like the second coming of Jimmy Carter. If he’s going to avoid that fate, the president had better take radical action -- and fast.
That means doing more than offering belated talk about jobs, or waging ineffectual on-again, off-again bank warfare. What, after all, is the point of bashing Wall Street only to then blow bonus kisses to JPMorgan Chase & Co. chief Jamie Dimon and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. head Lloyd Blankfein?
Obama needs to ditch his professorial, community-organizer mien and start cracking some heads. Unless, that is, he is intent on paving the way for a Palin presidency in 2013.
Supporters are crying out for Obama to pull out of his tailspin. In an article in Politico, Douglas Wilder, the nation’s first African-American governor and an early Obama supporter, urged the president to get his act together.
“The need is becoming more obvious by the day,” Wilder wrote. “Getting elected and getting things done for the people are two different jobs.”
Obama’s lack of resolve even makes comparisons to Carter seem charitable. Financial blogger Eric Salzman argued that we haven’t seen such a lack of leadership “in the White House since our 15th president, James Buchanan, stood by and let the country dissolve into Civil War while trying to appease everyone.”
What’s to be done? Here are three ways for Obama to man up, chart a new course and avert the kind of debacle that tarnished his party in the eyes of a generation of voters.
Learn From Clinton
-- Bring congressional Democrats to heel with a Sister Souljah moment.
Such an action is named for former President Bill Clinton’s putdown of hate speech by a rapper -- and, by extension, the far-left wing of the Democratic Party. Clinton’s move was designed to appeal to centrist voters.
For his Sister Souljah moment, Obama needs to pick a particularly egregious action by his erstwhile allies on Capitol Hill and then use a veto, or the threat of one, to show congressional Democrats he is in charge, not them.
Sadly, Obama has already passed on two perfect opportunities. The first came with last year’s pork-stuffed economic stimulus bill. Obama should have threatened a veto unless Congress focused the legislation on unemployment, not pet congressional projects.
Don’t Be Afraid
The second opportunity involved the health-care bill initially approved by Senate Democrats. Obama should have made it clear to Majority Leader Harry Reid that he wasn’t about to countenance $100 million bribes to get the likes of Democratic Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson on board.
-- Don’t be afraid of the big, bad banks.
Obama can get financial reform if he wants it. He just has to realize that he’s, well, the president. And presidents don’t haggle with banks that are alive only thanks to $8.2 trillion in government lending, spending and support. Nor do they let armies of bank lobbyists tie them down on Capitol Hill.
And they certainly don’t countenance bank chiefs who fail to show for White House meetings. Trying that with Nixon would have meant quick inclusion on the “enemies list”; George W. Bush’s folks would have issued an immediate invitation to go hunting with Vice President Dick Cheney.
Obama, on the other hand, talks tough, then worries about upsetting Wall Street. That’s insane.
Wall Street respects only one thing -- strength. If it smells weakness, the Street will try to leave the other guy with nothing but his socks and a smile.
Offer a Reminder
So don’t ask, tell. Remind the banks, none too subtly, that Obama can make their lives miserable.
The government, after all, controls bank regulation. Maybe, for instance, capital requirements at too-big-to-fail institutions like Goldman or JPMorgan should shoot up to 25 percent. Perhaps the amount of borrowed money financial behemoths can use needs to be capped at five times equity.
And since banks are so opposed to a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Obama will have to find a new job for Elizabeth Warren, the driving force behind that proposal. Heading up the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which regulates all the big, national banks, might be a perfect fit for her.
Or the banks can quickly agree to take some lumps and get on board with financial reform.
That’s the kind of deal-making Wall Street responds to.
Use the Broom
-- Clean house.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has to go. So too does White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers. And while he’s at it, the president should jettison Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.
All are too stuck in the pre-crisis, let’s-not-risk- curbing-financial-innovation mentality that helped get us into this mess. They also tie Obama directly to the crisis, negating claims that it was someone else’s doing.
Geithner was head of the New York Fed and a lead singer in the bailout choir. Summers, back during the Clinton administration, helped knock down the separation of commercial and investment banking while making sure derivatives markets wouldn’t be regulated. And Emanuel was a director of mortgage giant Freddie Mac, now a ward of the state.
Not to mention that Geithner, with plenty on Capitol Hill calling for his scalp, no longer is a credible salesman for the administration’s policies. Emanuel, meanwhile, is so driven by the goal of striking a deal, any deal, that he ends up letting Congress call the shots.
In their place, Obama needs people who understand but aren’t beholden to Wall Street. And he needs folks who are willing to stand up to Congress.
Obama needs to get tough. If he doesn’t, voters will.
(David Reilly is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.)
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Posté le: Sat Feb 13, 2010 2:15 am Sujet du message:
Avant meme de lire cet article, j'aimerai savoir si les gens croient vraiment que Palin ferait un bon president. OMG! Je suis pour une femme candidate, mais serieusement si les Republicains mettent Palin comme front runner, cela laisse vraiment a desirer et je me pose la question de savoir se ce parti a perdu sa direction.
However, je suis d'accord qu'Obama doit apprendre a frapper le point sur la table. Je letrouve un peu mou a mon gout. J'ai jamais apprecie la politique de Bush ou Saddam Hussein, mais j'ai toujours admire leur fermete. Sur ce point, I really miss Bush. dernierement je suis Michelle sur Larry King Live. On lui demande si son epoux se fache souvent au point ou il tape le point sur la table. Elle dit oui, mais qu'il le fait dans son cabinet avec ses conseillers. Le peuple a un moment donne a besoin de voir que le Presi peut etre fort de caractere. Les evenements du 24 Dec avec le would-be-bomber Nigerian sont passes et a peine si j'ai entendu Obama parle. Ajoutes a cela tu as les multiples personnes qui continuent a se pointer a la maison blanche sans invitation. Il y a clairement security breach, mais il ne me semble pas que quelqu'un ait ete reprimande pour ces choses qui auraient pu etre fatales si ces intruders etaient des terroristes. Mais qu'a dit Obama? Man, no know!
Je crois qu'Obama a eu un an pour s'adapter a son nouveau role, mais de grace il doit se reveiller sinon ce pays risque de tomber sous son nez. _________________ Health for everyone. http://www.ascovime.fr/?lang=en
Posté le: Sat Feb 13, 2010 4:32 am Sujet du message:
Hum... Qu'est ce qu'on ne va pas lire ici????
Foxy si tu es fatiguee ou stressee ,faut laisser le nom d "obama en paix pardon, pardon seulement.
Si tu etais president de la republique toi, qu aurais tu fais apres l incident du 25 decembre que lui il n'a pas fait????
-Declarer la guerre au Nigeria??? Tuer tous les nigerians que tu croises en route?? Ou alors effacer le Nigeria de la carte du monde??? Je wanda souvent sur vos reactions hein N'a t il pas renforce les mesures de securite des le lendemain?? Tu n es pas au courant de toutes les reunions qui se sont tenues entre le president , le secretaire of uscis et tous les autres concernes a cet effet?? Faut suivre C- span aussi des fois. ne fais pas comme Jazziste qui est scottche sur Fox news. There are so many interesting channels out there. Vraiment ca m'enerve souvent a un point la de vous voir raconter vos histoires la comme ca et faire comme si Obama etait un super-homme qui doit remodeler le monde. Ca m'enerve franchement,et parfois j'ai meme l'impression surtout Jazziste qu il le fait souvent juste pour me faire parler. Anyway... bye !!!
Et ok le couple s'est infiltre dans la maison blanche??? And so what?? Qu est ce qu'il doit faire??? Re-ouvrir Guantanamo et et les envoyer la bas?? Ou alors leur enlever la nationalite americaine??? J'entends les gens parler de freedom en amerique tous les jours ''Land of freedom'' a gauche a droite, le freedom la c est seulement qd ca vous arrange??? tsiiip!
Et que Michelle a dit quoi sur Larry King??? Et tu voulais qu'elle dise quoi??? Qu'elle vienne dire sur Larry King devant des millions de telespectateurs comment Barack gronde a la maison etc etc etc ??? She's a very smart lady, VERY and she knows the rules of the game so she plays it smart as well. VOILA! _________________ If you didn't hear it with your own ears or see it with your own eyes,don't invent it with your small mind and share it with your big mouth.
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Posté le: Sat Feb 13, 2010 4:59 am Sujet du message:
Personne n'a demande a Obama de declarer la guerre au Nigeria, deja que cela n'aurait pas de sens. Neamoins, a part les mesures de securite qui ce sont corcees dans les aeroports, son gouvernement a encore fait quoi?
Si tout le monde peut s'infiltrer a la maison blanche comme ce couple la, a se demander ce que font les services secrets. En passant, apres que ce couple ce soit infiltre, il y a encore eu ce meme incident quelques semaines apres. Si ces personnes avaient de mauvais intentions, et bien Obama serait sur le carreau il y a longtemps. Et pour une puissance qui doit defendre son honneur, il est innadmissible que ce genre de chose se passe, mais encore que l'on ne soit pas au courant des mesures prises pour que de tels actes ne se repetent plus.
Being smart n'a rien a voir avec ce que Michelle a dit. C'est bien si Obama se fache dans osn cabinet avec ses conseillers, mais il y a des situations qui demanderaient a ce que cette fermete soit mise en exhegue devant le peuple.
Tu as beau te facher behind the scene vis-a-vis de kelkun, mais tant que tu ne montres pas a cette personne que tu es fachee, elle ne saura jamais que tu ne tolereras pas son acte. Des fois dans la vie il y a des situations ou il faut s'affirmirmer ouvertement, chose qu'Obama n'a pas encore fait. Il est trop souple a mon gout.
Pour le reste, je ne regarde pas que CNN. Il y a MSBNC, C-Span et FOX news. a la liste j'ajoute aussi BBC. Et jamais sur ces chaines j'ai vu Obama s'affirmer. _________________ Health for everyone. http://www.ascovime.fr/?lang=en
Posté le: Sat Feb 13, 2010 5:29 am Sujet du message:
foxyforever a écrit:
Personne n'a demande a Obama de declarer la guerre au Nigeria, deja que cela n'aurait pas de sens. Neamoins, a part les mesures de securite qui ce sont corcees dans les aeroports, son gouvernement a encore fait quoi? .
Personne comment??? Je te vois oser comparer Obama a un Bush et tu me dis que personne ne lui a demande de declarer la guerre au Nigeria??? C'est pas ce que Bush a fait apres les attentats du 11 septembre? Je suppose que tu t'attendais au meme genre de reaction pour reconnaitre k autorite d Obama. Ok supposons meme que tu ne l'aies pas dit, jusque la je ne vois rien de concret que tu aies propose si toi tu etais a sa place puisque selon toi renforcer les mesures de securite c est rien?? qu aurais tu fait toi Foxy??? Trop parler c est maladie.
foxyforever a écrit:
Si tout le monde peut s'infiltrer a la maison blanche comme ce couple la, a se demander ce que font les services secrets. En passant, apres que ce couple ce soit infiltre, il y a encore eu ce meme incident quelques semaines apres. Si ces personnes avaient de mauvais intentions, et bien Obama serait sur le carreau il y a longtemps. Et pour une puissance qui doit defendre son honneur, il est innadmissible que ce genre de chose se passe, mais encore que l'on ne soit pas au courant des mesures prises pour que de tels actes ne se repetent plus. .
Ok et c'est lui les services secrets??? Que voulais tu qu'il fasse??? Tu n'as pas lu/vu que les responsables directs charges du procole a cet evenement ont ete fired juste apres cet incident?? Tu choisis les informations qui te plaisent pour debattre ou comment?? Il y;a 2 choses soit tu as tes facts et tu ne les comprends pas toujours, soit encore tu les as ,les comprends mais ne retiens que ce qui t'arrange mais c est un peu agacant parce que ca nous fait avancer a reculons. But then again, propose ce que toi Foxy tu aurais fait de plus que lui si tu etais a sa place.
foxyforever a écrit:
Being smart n'a rien a voir avec ce que Michelle a dit. C'est bien si Obama se fache dans osn cabinet avec ses conseillers, mais il y a des situations qui demanderaient a ce que cette fermete soit mise en exhegue devant le peuple.
Being smart a tout a voir avec ce que Michelle a dit parce que justement quand tu occupes la position qu elle occupe, et que tu accordes des entretiens a de grandes chaines de tele comme Cnn, tout ce que tu dis peut etre retenu contre toi et donc faut pouvoir etre fin dans le choix des mots que tu emploies. Je sais pas si tu as suivi la polemique qu'il y a eu la semaine derniere (debat sur l obesite des jeunes)sur elle simplement parce que de facon je dirais meme naive, elle a dit qu'elle pensait que ses filles etaient ''ok'' jusqu a ce que leur medecin leur dise qu'elles tendaient a etre overweight... ''American people'' like you call them ont trouve que c etait tres maladroit de prendre ses filles comme exemple blablabla... Eh oui ma chere je prends un exemple banal comme celui la juste pour te dire a quel point every single word that comes out of her mouth could be interpreted. So like i say, she 's smart enough , knows the rules and just does what has to be done. Thumbs up to her!
foxyforever a écrit:
Tu as beau te facher behind the scene vis-a-vis de kelkun, mais tant que tu ne montres pas a cette personne que tu es fachee, elle ne saura jamais que tu ne tolereras pas son acte. Des fois dans la vie il y a des situations ou il faut s'affirmirmer ouvertement, chose qu'Obama n'a pas encore fait. Il est trop souple a mon gout.
Tu parles meme de quoi depuis??? Peut etre tu parles d autre chose et moi je suis la je gaspille on energie hein...Obama devait se facher contre qui??? Abdumuttalab? or whatever his name is...et le lui montrer??? C'est a croire que le gars vadrouille dans les rues de Dc ou de New york tranquille . Ce pays est un pays de droit Foxy. Everything goes by the rule. The president doesn't make the laws. Meme au Cameroun normalement c est pas Biya qui fait les lois je dis bien NORMALEMENT. So Obama ne peut prendre AUCUNE je dis bien AUCUNE decision sans l'accord du congres. Et dans le congres juste au cas ou tu l'aurais oublie il n y a pas que des democrates ,y'a des ''republicains'' et meme des democrates qui ne sont pas forcement toujours d accord avec ce que lui il dit. Ok??? Et donc ca fait que le processus qui selon toi semble si facile devient plutot long et complique lorsqu'il faut prendre des decisions. Peut etre qu'on aurait meme du commencer par la...Bref!!!
foxyforever a écrit:
Pour le reste, je ne regarde pas que CNN. Il y a MSBNC, C-Span et FOX news. a la liste j'ajoute aussi BBC. Et jamais sur ces chaines j'ai vu Obama s'affirmer.
Very good for you then. And i mean it VERY GOOD! mais quand tu visionnes, make sure que tu retiens tout ce que tu entends et non pas seulement ce qui t'arrange selon le debat. That's not fair at all. _________________ If you didn't hear it with your own ears or see it with your own eyes,don't invent it with your small mind and share it with your big mouth.
Posté le: Sat Feb 13, 2010 5:47 am Sujet du message:
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
December 29, 2009
Presidential Memorandum - Watchlisting Procedures
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY
THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION
THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM
CENTER
THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY
SUBJECT: Inventory of Watchlisting Files and Procedures Review
On December 27, 2009, I directed that the White House lead an interagency review of the watchlisting system in the aftermath of the December 25, 2009, attempt to detonate an explosive device onboard Northwest flight 253. This review should include the following input from departments and agencies:
* An inventory of all intelligence or other information in U.S. Government files that existed prior to and up through December 25, 2009, relevant or potentially relevant to the alleged attempt to detonate an explosive device onboard Northwest flight 253, the individual allegedly responsible, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, and the date on which the intelligence or other information was available. In addition, a written account of how any such intelligence or other information was handled, shared, and acted upon within individual departments and agencies and what intelligence or other information was shared with others.
* a written account of the standards and processes for nominating, reviewing, and approving or denying individuals for placement on the Terrorist Watchlist, including a summary of how those standards and processes have developed, or have been revised, since 2001.
All aspects of this review shall be conducted in a manner that does not interfere with the ongoing criminal investigation and prosecution of any individuals involved in the attempt to detonate an explosive device onboard Northwest flight 253. Please provide a response to this directive, including initial findings and recommendations regarding ways to strengthen the watchlisting system, to the White House Staff Secretary by December 31, 2009. Follow-up direction will be provided, as appropriate, based on input received on December 31, 2009.
BARACK OBAMA _________________ If you didn't hear it with your own ears or see it with your own eyes,don't invent it with your small mind and share it with your big mouth.
Posté le: Sat Feb 13, 2010 5:50 am Sujet du message:
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
December 29, 2009
Presidential Memorandum - Aviation Screening
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY
CC: THE SECRETARY OF STATE
THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY
THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
SUBJECT: Aviation Screening Technology and Procedures Review
On December 27, 2009, I directed that an immediate review of aviation screening technology be initiated. This review should be led by the Department of Homeland Security, working with other departments and agencies including the Department of Energy and the National Laboratories. All aspects of aviation screening technology and procedures regarding domestic and international air travel should be considered as part of this review. This review shall be conducted in a manner that does not interfere with the ongoing criminal investigation and prosecution of any individuals involved in the attempt to detonate an explosive device onboard Northwest flight 253 on December 25, 2009.
a preliminary report, including recommendations for strengthening aviation screening technology and procedures and outlining how the Department of Homeland Security plans to proceed, shall be provided to the White House Staff Secretary by December 31, 2009. Follow-up direction will be provided, as appropriate, based on the contents of the December 31, 2009, report.
BARACK OBAMA _________________ If you didn't hear it with your own ears or see it with your own eyes,don't invent it with your small mind and share it with your big mouth.
Posté le: Sat Feb 13, 2010 5:56 am Sujet du message:
Et je rappelle qu'il etait en semaine de vacances . Si tu veux ou si tu as oublie ce que tu as vu et qui a ete pris comme mesure par la suite dans tous les details, je peux me faire le plaisir egalement de te copier le document complet et meme detaille, mais ca c'est juste pour toi, parce que je ne peux meme pas me donner ce genre de peine la pour quelqu'un d autre dans ce sujet ci. C'est chacun qui va a la recherche de son savoir.
Bref je t'ai copie les presidential memoranda juste pour que tu saches que contrairement a ce que tu as pense ,il ne reagit pas aussi lentement que tu le penses. Anyway.. I'm out for now.. _________________ If you didn't hear it with your own ears or see it with your own eyes,don't invent it with your small mind and share it with your big mouth.
Posté le: Sat Feb 13, 2010 5:58 am Sujet du message:
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
January 07, 2010
Presidential Memorandum Regarding 12/25/2009 Attempted Terrorist Attack
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
THE SECRETARY ENERGY
SUBJECT:
THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY
THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION
THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY
THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM
CENTER
SUBJECT: Attempted Terrorist Attack on December 25,2009: Intelligence, Screening, and Watchlisting System Corrective Actions
After receiving the conclusions ofthe White House-led review of the U.S. watchlisting system and the performance of the intelligence, homeland security, and law enforcement communities as related to the attempt to bring down a Detroit-bound flight on December 25 by detonating an explosive device, and a Department of Homeland Security-led review on Aviation Screening, Technology and Procedures; I have concluded that immediate actions must be taken to enhance the security of the American people. These actions are necessary given inherent systemic weaknesses and human errors revealed by the review of events leading up to December 25th. They also are required to ensure that the standards, practices, and business processes that have been in place since the aftermath of 9111 are appropriately robust to address the evolving terrorist threat facing our Nation in the coming years.
Department of State
* Review visa issuance and revocation criteria and processes, with special emphasis on counterterrorism concerns; determine how technology enhancements can facilitate and strengthen visa-related business processes.
Department of Homeland Security
* Aggressively pursue enhanced screening technology, protocols, and procedures, especially in regard to aviation and other transportation sectors, consistent with privacy rights and civil liberties; strengthen international partnerships and coordination on aviation security issues.
* Develop recommendations on long-term law enforcement requirements for aviation security in coordination with the Department of Justice.
Director of National Intelligence
* Immediately reaffirm and clarify roles and responsibilities of the counterterrorism analytic components of the Intelligence Community in synchronizing, correlating, and analyzing all sources of intelligence related to terrorism.
* Accelerate information technology enhancements, to include knowledge discovery, database integration, cross-database searches, and the ability to correlate biographic information with terrorism-related intelligence.
* Take further steps to enhance the rigor and raise the standard of trade craft of intelligence analysis, especially analysis designed to uncover and prevent terrorist plots.
* Ensure resources are properly aligned with issues highlighted in strategic warning analysis.
The Central Intelligence Agency
* Issue guidance aimed at ensuring the timely distribution of intelligence reports.
* Strengthen procedures related to how watchlisting information is entered, reviewed, searched, analyzed, and acted upon.
Federal Bureau of Investigationfferrorist Screening Center
* Conduct a thorough review of Terrorist Screening Database holdings and ascertain current visa status of all "known and suspected terrorists," beginning with the No Fly list.
* Develop recommendations on whether adjustments are needed to the watchlisting Nominations Guidance, including biographic and derogatory criteria for inclusion in the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment and Terrorist Screening Database, as well as the subset Selectee and No Fly lists.
National Counterterrorism Center
* Establish and resource appropriately a process to prioritize and to pursue thoroughly and exhaustively terrorism threat threads, to include the identification of appropriate followup action by the intelligence, law enforcement, and homeland security communities.
* Establish a dedicated capability responsible for enhancing record information on possible terrorists in the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment for watchlisting purposes.
National Security Agency
* Develop and begin implementation of a training course to enhance analysts' awareness of watchlisting processes and procedures in partnership with National Counterterrorism Terrorist Center and the Terrorist Screening Center.
National Security Staff
* Initiate an interagency policy process to review the systemic failures leading to the attempted terror attack on December 25,2009, in order to make needed policy adjustments and to clarify roles and responsibilities within the counterterrorism community.
* Initiate an interagency review of the watchlisting process, including business processes, procedures, and criteria for watchlisting, and the interoperability and sufficiency of supporting information technology systems.
I have designated my Assistant for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan to be the responsible and accountable White House official to ensure rapid progress is made in all areas. a monthly status report on actions underway should be submitted to me through Mr. Brennan. In addition, I am directing Mr. Brennan to work with departments and agencies and the Office of Management and Budget on resource requirements that are necessary to address the shortcomings uncovered by our review. Finally, I will ask my Intelligence Advisory Board to look at broader analytic and intelligence issues associated with this incident, including how to meet the challenge associated with exploiting the ever-increasing volume of information available to the Intelligence Community. As we go forward, it is imperative that we work together to correct problems highlighted by this incident, focusing on concrete solutions. We are all responsible for the safety and security of the American people and must redouble our efforts to be effective in carrying out this solemn responsibility. _________________ If you didn't hear it with your own ears or see it with your own eyes,don't invent it with your small mind and share it with your big mouth.
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Evan Bayh, one of the prominent Democrat senator, is jumping off the ship. This is telling to those that have the eyes to see and the ears to hear that the OB administration is the Jimmy Carter adminstration reloaded.
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