by The Omega Man » Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:25 pm
Hugh you're spot on and in a fascist regime it's the artists, poets, intellectuals and that lot that the empire sees as a threat. Really anyone who can effect change, inspire or galvanize the masses to action. The Third Reich if nothing else, can provide a viable roadmap as to how PTB begin terror campaigns to 'neutralize' dissenters. This is not a game and I fear that it won't be long until people are shown such. The American Phoenix Project is well on it's way to being revitalized in a very real way. The first order of business will be to ascertain who among the masses are the 'enemies of the state', who are their sympathizers and keep tabs on them. The second would be to establish honey-pots on the internet and in with certain organizations to attract the most comitted, most determined, sincere resistors and 'trouble-makers'. Then keep tabs on them and in the case of organizations, have your agent provocateurs incite and entrap members into actions that will get them arrested. Hence your Miami 7 and many more who are firm in their convictions (good, bad or ugly) that become the poster-children for the legitimization of the Patriot Act.<br><br>The NSA target anyone they feel is a potential threat who falls within their narrow scope and agenda. You first get a cursory surveillance, then an escalated watch with an associated file catagorization. Then your personal contacts are scrutinized for 'contamination' and surveillance is escalated upon those contacts they believe are a threat. Your phone calls, emails, internet behavior are all screened for content and anything relevent is filed for future action. You then receive a threat level characterization and if they warrant it, a security review with reccommendations i.e. No Fly Listing. If your threat level is such, they will advance to possible contact, physical and electronic surveillance of your person and home, interviews of neighbors, supervisors and co-workers. I can go on much farther but I'll stop right there for now cause it gets uglier from there.<br><br>Anyone who thinks this is paranoid or wants to dismiss it's importance need only review the targets, strategies and logistical measures taken in Operation CHAOS and COINTELPRO; both of which have been revised since and never deactivated.<br><br>Great big ups to Sunny for dispensing the tracerouting info! <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=theomegaman@rigorousintuition>The Omega Man</A> at: 7/1/06 11:35 am<br></i>