http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=blake Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:59:31 -0400 Liveleak http://edge.liveleak.com/80281E/u/u/ll2/logo.gif http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=blake Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:00:05 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=97b_1371678966 104JebackaBrigada Exactly one year to the day after entering London's Ecuadorian Embassy, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lashed out at the Obama administration Wednesday over the White House's ongoing pursuit of leakers. Citing the prosecution of alleged WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning and the recent case of Edward Snowden, Assange said President Barack Obama's relentless efforts in office to hold Americans accountable for leaking state secrets is ravaging what remains of the reputation for a country once known for its vast press freedoms. "We know from at least three national security reporters that their sources are hesitant to speak to them, and explicitly cite the treatment of Bradley Manning as a reason as to why they are hesitant to disclose abuses by the United States government in the national security sector," Assange told RT's Andrew Blake in a conference call conducted from the embassy. "So already the Manning prosecution is harming the quality of Western democracy and the quality of reporting in the press." The conversation, conducted over the phone for around 90 minutes on Monday, afforded reporters the rare opportunity to discuss the highly contested cases against Manning, WikiLeaks and Snowden with some of the most knowledgeable experts on the subject of whistle-blowing. In additional to Assange, panelists included "Pentagon Papers" leaker Daniel Ellsberg and former National Security Agency analyst Thomas Drake, who was indicted in 2010 after complaining about surveillance practices within the NSA. Private Manning, a 25-year-old Army intelligence analyst, is accused of giving Assange and WikiLeaks classified documents that the Obama administration says harmed national security, and if convicted of the most serious of charges could spend the rest of his life in prison. He was detained in pretrial confinement for three years until his military court-martial began earlier this month. "The broad case establishes a precedent that publishing national security related information about the United States is espionage," Assange said. "President Obama must do the right thing. He must immediately drop the immoral investigation against WikiLeaks, its staff and its sources," he said. Assange has yet to be formally indicted by a grand jury, but warned that other journalists and sources could suffer the same fate as either Manning or himself if they continue to expose state secrets, especially those critical of the current administration. The WikiLeaks founder has been attempting to get safe passage to Ecuador where he has been granted asylum, but the UK wants to extradite him to Sweden where he faces questioning over alleged sex crimes. According to Assange, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation has a 42,135 page file on WikiLeaks and another 8,000 relating specifically to his organization's alleged relationship with Manning. If sent to Sweden, Assange has cautioned, he will likely be shipped to America and put on trial. Commenting on the case of Edward Snowden, Assange said the US government is likely to charge the NSA leaker with espionage as well, and that even the Guardian journalists who published his evidence of widespread surveillance of American's phone and Internet habits should expect prosecution. "It is clear to me at this stage that Mr. Snowden . . . is being very aggressively pursued by the US national security sector, and there's an open question as to whether the journalists, Laura Poitras and Glenn Greenwald, will be in the same position that I will be in in a year's time," he said. "Will Glenn Greenwald be granted asylum by Brazil this time next year?" asked Assange. But while the WikiLeaks chief had harsh words for the Obama administration during Wednesday's presser, he fell short of accusing the current commander-in-chief from launching the alleged attack against journalists. In Assange's point of view, that's a mission that never would have made it off the ground if former-President George W. Bush didn't start slashing civil liberties in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. It was Pres. Bush who first authorized the programs exposed by Snowden, but only under Obama did those initiatives intensify. " We're seeing a shift from Bush to Obama ," insisted Assange. "Bush corrupted the presidency in his executive orders calling for mass seizure of telecommunications records from American companies like Verizon. To really corrupt the presidency you have to bring in an expert. You have to bring in a constitutional scholar. So Obama did it properly." The president didn't stop there, though, Assange cautioned. "He not only corrupted the presidency in his pursuit of expanding to the horizon the power of the national security state, he also corrupted the court-the FISA court," he said. "He corrupted the oversight committee in the Senate, he corrupted the US tech companies like Google and Facebook and others who are being led into feeding in that system." In the wake of Snowden's revelations, the White House, Department of Justice and NSA have all defended the surveillance practices. Eighty-four-year-old Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the now infamous Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War, added during Wednesday's conference call that while the Obama administration's actions are unprecedented, they aren't free from the influence of earlier administrations. "President Obama has gone further than any of the others in using the apparatus of the government to shut down a process of revelations from within his government that he doesn't control," he said. Ellsberg has spent the last several years drumming up support for Manning, WikiLeaks and Assange, and during Wednesday's phone call said that Snowden and another whistleblower, former NSA agent Thomas Drake, " performed a very great service " by stepping forward the way they did. Like Manning, both Ellsberg and Drake were charged under the 1917 Espionage Act before their trials ultimately concluded with a comparably meager slap on the wrist. Even if that doesn't match up to what Manning faces, though, Ellsberg said their cases aren't without further comparisons. "Each of us was willing to take a personal cost, a personal risk, to expose it to the public," Ellsberg said, "So I see fundamental similarity there." Elsewhere, Ellsberg said he'd likely act just as Snowden did if provided the opportunity. "If I had documents showing that the NSA at that time was carrying out dragnet surveillance without suspicion, without probable cause-and in the early years, after 911, without even referring to these rubber stamp FISA courts -I'm sure I would have put that out at the time. But I didn't see anything of that nature." But commenting on the likely fates that Snowden and the WikiLeaks source will be faced with, Ellsberg said there's likely won't be "more Bradley Mannings" in the near future. " Well, don't hold your breath. Fat chance ," said Ellsberg. Later in the discussion, Assange said he'll likely be indicted for espionage as a publisher, whereas Manning and Snowden both served as insider sources. "I'm a publisher and a journalist," said Assange, "However, the law enforcement tools and the disturbing political rhetoric that has been implied has been the same in all three cases." "What's happened here is national security became the state religion," Drake added to the discussion. "Now we have claims about what is illegal and what is illegal both with secret interpretations of the law erected by the DOJ, and secret courts where they don't reveal how they process the law. And secret oversight committees. There is a pantomime of a legal process but there is no legal process that any common person in the world would recognize to be just," Drake said. On his part, Ellsberg said that the legal practices being enacted right now by the president are not necessarily constitutional, even if lawmakers let them be signed into law. Ellsberg called the surveillance techniques operated by the NSA and the FISA court "childish" and disagreed with the notion that the government will not abuse them in order to go after Americans never suspected of any terroristic activities. The fourth week of Bradley Manning's court martial will begin next Monday following a brief recess that has sidelines proceedings for this week. That trial is expected to wrap up in August, with the soldier likely to receive at least 20 years for the 10 counts he already pleaded guilty to. What lies ahead for Snowden, however, is something much less uncertain at this time. Following the publication of the leaked NSA papers, Snowden went into hiding in Hong Kong and has since dropped off the map. "We are in touch with Mr. Snowden's legal team and have been involved in the process of brokering his asylum in Iceland," Assange said during the talk. http://rt.com/usa/assange-obama-snowden-elsberg-963/ http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=97b_1371678966 104JebackaBrigada Assange: Obama 'corrupted the presidency' Anniversary, Conflict, Court, Hacking, History, Human rights, Information Technology, Internet, Mass media, Military, Obama, Politics, SciTech, USA, WikiLeaks Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:59:19 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=222_1371551770 Emre Gn G Mr. prime minister ERDOGAN changes lots of things for this country.And also when he want finish the teror (DHKP-C-PKK-PEJAK-TKP-.....) in Turkey, OUR IDIOT BLIND YOUNG GENERATION find them in these terorrist groups.Some activities of DHKP-C.and elecetion in TR. 1980s Since the late 1980s, the group has targeted primarily current and retired Turkish security and military officials. It began a new campaign against foreign interests in 1990, which included attacks against U.S. military and diplomatic personnel and facilities. To protest what it describes as US imperialism during the Gulf war , the DHKP/C assassinated two U.S. military personnel, wounded an Air Force officer and bombed more than 20 U.S. and NATO military, commercial and cultural facilities. It is significant that the only American killed by terrorists during the First Gulf War was a victim of Dev Sol. U.S. Insurance Executive John Gandy was murdered in his Istanbul office in February 1991 by a well-trained Dev Sol hit team that gained access to the office building by wearing Turkish National Police (TNP) uniforms. After tying Gandy to a chair the Dev Sol operatives shot him multiple times in the head. The terrorists then wrote anti-US graffiti on the office walls with the victim's blood. Although Dev Sol was under active investigation by the American, British, French, Austrian and Danish intelligence and security services, it posed a significant challenge for counterterrorist agents because it was one of the few terrorist organizations (at that time) to employ professional operational and counterintelligence tradecraft. It used sophisticated surveillance and countersurveillance techniques, it employed multi-layer assassination squads with surveillance, primary and secondary shooters, and it successfully exfiltrated its operatives back and forth between Western Europe and Turkey as needed. It skillfully employed professionally forged documents and disguise, and it has been claimed by opponents that it preyed on innocent Turks living in Europe, extorting money from them in exchange for "protection." However, the DHKP/C denies any involvement in extortion and it is not unknown for criminal gangs to use the name of the DHKP/C and other armed political groups as a cover for their activities without any authorisation from or actual connection to those organisations. 1990s On 13 August 1991, Andrew Blake, the head of British Commercial Union in Istanbul, was killed in a shooting. His killing was claimed by DHKP/C. However, the Turkish wing of Islamic Jihad also claimed the killing as their work. In its next significant act as DHKP/C on 9 January 1996, it assassinated "Ozdemir Sabanci , a prominent Turkish businessman, and two others: an associate Haluk G"org"un and a secretary Nilg"un Hasefe. The murders were carried out by hired assassins who had been given access to the Sabanci Towers by a member, the student Fehriye Erdal , working there at that time. DHKP/C later claimed responsibility for the act. 2001 to present DHKP/C added suicide bombings to its operations in 2001 with attacks against Turkish police in January and September of that year. On 10 September 2001, a suicide bomber killed himself and three other people in Istanbul, being the bloodiest attack perpetrated by the group. Security operations in Turkey and elsewhere have weakened the group, however. DHKP-C did not conduct any major attacks in 2003, although a DHKP/C female suicide bomber Sengul Akkurt's explosive belt detonated by accident on 20 May 2003 in Ankara , in a restroom, while she was preparing for an action. On 24 July 2004, another mistaken detonation, on a bus in Istanbul, occurred, killing Semiran Polat of DHKP-C and three more people and injuring 15 others. On 1 July 2005, Ey"up Beyaz of DHKP-C was killed in Ankara in an attempted suicide bombing attack on the ministry of justice . In late February 2006, female member Fehriye Erdal was convicted in Belgium , while under house arrest. citation needed ] However, shortly before her conviction she escaped and still has not been found. On 29 April 2009, Didem Akman of DHKP-C was wounded in her attempt to assassinate Hikmet Sami T"urk at Bilkent University right before a lecture in Constitution Law. Akman and her accomplice S. Onur Yilmaz were caught. On 11 September 2012, a suicide bomber, a DHKP/C militant, blew himself up at the Sultangazi district in Istanbul killing himself, a Turkish National Police Officer and several others. The Turkish National Police identified the bomber as Ibrahim Cuhadar, a member of DHKP/C. On 1 February 2013, a suicide bomber, a DHKP/C militant, blew himself up at the US embassy in Ankara , killing a Turkish security guard and wounding several other people. Istanbul police identified the bomber as Ecevit Sanli, a member of DHKP/C. On 19 March 2013, DHKP/C militants conducted a double attack against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) headquarters and the Justice Ministry. Responsibility for the attacks was been claimed by the DHKP/C. On 20 March 2013, the entrance to the central library in the Kartal district was bombed by the group. TURKISH General elections 2002-2013 Election date Party leader Number of votes received Percentage of votes Number of deputies November 3, 2002 Recep Tayyip Erdogan 10,763,904 34.26% 363 July 22, 2007 Recep Tayyip Erdogan 16,327,291 46.58% 341 June 12, 2011 Recep Tayyip Erdogan 21,442,206 49.83% 326 Local elections Election date Party leader Provincial council votes Percentage of votes Number of municipalities March 28, 2004 Recep Tayyip Erdogan 13,447,287 42.18% 1750 March 29, 2009 Recep Tayyip Erdogan 15,513,554 38.83% 1404 Referendums Election date Party leader Yes vote Percentage No vote Percentage AK Party's support October 21, 2007 Recep Tayyip Erdogan 19,422,714 68.95 8,744,947 31.05 Yes vote September 12, 2010 Recep Tayyip Erdogan 21,787,244 57.88 15,856,79 42.12 Yes vote http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=222_1371551770 Emre Gn G Taksim Gezi park ( DHKP-C terrorists) and some turkish blind youngs caos in Turkey ERDOGAN,Taksim,turkey,recep tayyip erdogan, dhkp-c Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:08:14 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=567_1371427596 SAPD_HRT When a carjacked victim's vehicle crashed following a police pursuit by officers from the Los Angeles Police Department, the armed homicide suspect - who was shot by officers - continued to shoot. The terrified victim, with the help of two officers, was removed from danger. The frantic driver of a vehicle involved in the collision was near the shooter and was pulled out of the car by an officer while his colleagues maintained his cover. A police K-9 was enlisted to enable officers to handcuff the uncooperative and injured suspect. The LEOs involved in the heroic acts that day were Sergeants Joel Miller and Joseph Sanchez, as well as Officers Hans Almaraz, Joseph Arevalo, Mark Austin, David Blake, Joseph Broussard, Juan Garcia Bradford Gorby, Ryan Nguyen, Clint Perez, and Sean Schneider. These were just a few of the officers honored by the National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) at the 20th Annual 'Top Cops' awards ceremony in May 2013. Another was Detective John Saavedra - from the Miami-Dade County Police Department and a member of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) - was attempting to apprehend some drug dealers when he was shot Saavedra several times by an assailant who had been hiding in a darkened vehicle. Saavedra fired at the gunman and hit him multiple times, but while Saavedra was down, he was ambushed by another man who punched and kicked him in the face. Saavedra was rescued by his colleagues, airlifted to a hospital, and he recovered from his wounds. Officer Del Pearson of the Chicago Police Department ended up in a foot chase with a curfew violator following a conversation. Pearson was ambushed and shot twice in the chest. His left arm was incapacitated, but he returned fire with his right arm. Two officers came to his aid and took him to the hospital. He was released eight days later. Senior Trooper Eric Nash of the Indiana State Police was recognized for his ability to keep cool under deadly fire and for his willingness to risk his life for a fellow officer. Nash attempted to end a deadly shootout in which Green County Sherriff's Department Deputy James O'Malley was seriously injured from the suspect's gunshot. Trooper Nash positioned his vehicle toward the house to tend to O'Malley's wound at which time the suspect emitted another round of gun fire and hit another officer. Nash maintained his position. After ten minutes of gun fire, the suspect was apprehended. When two armed bank robbers traversed three counties and engaged in a fierce gun battle with cops, Senior Trooper Mark Domino, the top cop of the Iowa State Patrol, was in pursuit. Amid a hail of bullets, Domino was shot in the arm but kept going. While steering the vehicle with his injured right arm, he returned fire - leaning out of the cruiser with his left arm. His assistance was instrumental in the apprehension. Members of Las Vegas area's Criminal Apprehension Team (CAT) were commended for their heroic efforts in attempting to apprehend a suspected murderer who had used a machete in his crime. Following their pinch formation, the suspect ran, shot at officers, and a gun battle ensued. Detective Greg Theobald was hit. The suspect was killed and colleagues aided in getting Theobald to the hospital. Detectives Eric Collins, Thomas Fuller, Richard Hart, Craig Lilienthal, Troy Radke, Greg Theobald, Linda Theobald, Sergeant David Stansbury of LVPD - alongside Detective David Rowlett of the City of Henderson PD, and Special Agents Daniel Coxon, T. Scott Hendricks III, and Christopher D. McInnes of the FBI - a were honored. Captain Mark McGrath of the Wayne (NJ) Police Department was recognized for saving his colleague's life. McGrath rescued Officer Robert Franco after a tree fell onto his vehicle. Following a 14-hour shift, McGrath crawled under live wires in the narrow space between vehicles and carefully loosened Franco's vest that was blocking his airway. For 45 minutes, he led a small team that removed the door and unloaded Franco. When off-duty cop Ivan Marcano observed an elderly man being pistol whipped and went to assist, he was shot in the chest and fell to the ground. He stumbled into his girlfriend's car. En route to the hospital, Marcano observed the criminals in a vehicle. He exited the car, clutching his chest, and shot at the suspects who crashed their car. Marcado, in foot pursuit, shot at them, and he took his assailant down. In 36 hours, his colleagues apprehended the other suspects. Detectives Ivan Marcano, Terrence Munnelly, and Steven Smith were the cops honored from the New York City Police Department. When U.S. Marshall Designate Gary Blankinship, his wife, Police Officer Nicole Blankinship-Reeves, and children were dining in a Pasadena restaurant, a gunman entered. When Officer LaReau appeared, he ordered the suspect to drop his weapon. The suspect refused and raised his gun. Lareau shot him six times and secured the scene until Pasadena Police arrived. These cops of the Houston Police Department are related family members. The top cops of the Oak Creek Police Department who responded to the Sikh Temple shooting are Lieutenant Brian Murphy and Officers Sam Lenda, John Finco, Julie Grauberger, Dean Kleinhans, Michael Shultz, Derick Slamka, and Kelly Romel. Lieutenant Murphy had been shot 17 times. Officer Lenda shot and wounded the suspect and saved Murphy from further attacks. The other officers aided other victims and got Murphy to a hospital. All these officers saved an untold number of lives. "These members of America's finest have gone above and beyond the call of duty to keep our nation safe," NAPO President Thomas Nee said. For their heroic acts, they serve as models of inspiration and deserve much gratitude for their contributions to public safety. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=567_1371427596 SAPD_HRT 2013 'Top Cops' honored in DC ceremony Police, Sheriff, Top, Awards, Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:32:57 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0d5_1371213032 Fine_Just_Fine NOTE: The following article is based off a speech given on June 8, 2013 at the Celebration of Liberty event in Topeka, KS. While some of the nullification strategies are specific for Kansas, the general principles can and should be applied in every state of the country. So NSA boss James Clapper is pretty irritated that he and his buddies got busted this week. Here's what he had to say, "The unauthorized disclosure of information about this important and entirely legal program is reprehensible and risks important protections for the security of Americans." To these criminals, you being aware of what they're doing is a bad thing. And speaking of "reprehensible," let's talk a little bit about a Mr. Eric Holder. Not only is his office tasked with defending the NSA in front of the secret courts that authorized this mass spying (wow, "secret court" sounds a little like something Stalin would've used, doesn't it?), he also doesn't like the idea of YOU having the right to keep and bear arms unless HE says it's ok. As many of you already know, our Supreme Leader Lord Holder threatened you in a letter to Governor Brownback. Here's a little of what Eric had to say: "In purporting to override federal law and to criminalize the official acts of federal officers, SB102 directly conflicts with federal law and is therefore unconstitutional." This Holder guy has the arrogance to tell you - the People of Kansas - what your constitution means. This hubris isn't limited to Eric - it's pervasive in the entire government. On the NSA spying program, Barack Obama told us all not to worry. It's "legal" because Congress has reauthorized the program over and over. The view of tyrants has been the same throughout history - if they do it, it's ok. But our buddy Eric Holder didn't stop at just claiming kingly powers for himself. He also decided to threaten you. "I am writing to inform you that federal law enforcement agencies...will continue to execute their duties to enforce ALL federal firearms laws and regulations. Moreover, the United States will take all appropriate action, including litigation if necessary, to prevent the State of Kansas from interfering with the activities of federal officials enforcing federal law." This is what power-mad criminals always do. Holder and his criminal friends have been doing this for quite some time. Back in 2009, his office sent a letter to the Oklahoma Attorney General's office. He used aggressive language, threatening to withhold Federal funds appropriated for Oklahoma. The reason? A proposed amendment to the State Constitution, which would have made English the official language of the State. Regarding that letter to Oklahoma, Rob Natelson - one of the nation's leading constitutional scholars - said this: "During the 2nd century AD, Roman Emperors began to increasingly interfere with local government and they did this with...letters...letters that look something like this. They started out as almost advisory and they got increasingly peremptory. By the end of the 2nd century, there was very little local government left. I look at this and I see this letter which gets close to looking like an order from the central government down to a sovereign state legislature, and I say...WOW! This looks like something that Septimius Severus would have sent to the local officials." This is the arrogance of an emperor. QUESTION The question is this - What are you going to do about it? Well, here's a few options that are guaranteed to fail. I've got a 100% guarantee on this. Vote the Bums out in Congress. Well, people have been voting bums out for at least a century or more and we just keep getting more bums. Make the case in court. Yeah, good luck with that. You know, those people who ruled that inactivity was "taxable"? - Well I wouldn't trust them with my garbage. March on DC! - Sorry. Only dogs begs for scraps. I recommend a different direction and you're already on that path. No more waiting. The time to nullify is now . IN PRACTICE So let's put that into practice. And in order to do that, I want to review just a little about what you have as law here in the State of Kansas - it's actually far broader and stronger than what most people think it is. The 2nd Amendment Protection Act that Sam Brownback signed into law last month has two major parts: a) A "firearms freedom act" component. This is what most of the experts talk about as the entirety of the bill. This part of the law exempts firearms manufactured within the state and sold within the state from federal laws and regulations under the Interstate commerce clause. It also provides for criminal penalties for federal agents who attempt to violate this portion of the law. The constitutional philosophy behind this is that these goods have not traveled in "interstate commerce" and are outside of federal purview. Constitutionally-speaking, this is absolutely correct when considering the view of the founders instead of the living-breathing constitution that the federal courts have given us. If this was the entirety of the law, it would be a great first step for you in Kansas. But this is just one part of the 2nd Amendment Protection Act. This other part - is just awesome - and with some work, could really have an impact in favor of your right to keep and bear arms. It states, in part: Any act, law, treaty, order, rule or regulation of the government of the United States which violates the second amendment to the constitution of the United States is null, void and unenforceable in the state of Kansas In conjunction with Section 6a, the bill defines what is meant by "the second amendment to the constitution of the United States," and it isn't based off a decision of the supreme court. The second amendment to the constitution of the United States reserves to the people, individually, the right to keep and bear arms as that right was understood at the time that Kansas was admitted to statehood in 1861. Based off this text, the state of Kansas is not allowed to enforce - since the law calls the acts "unenforceable" - any federal gun control measures that violate the 2nd Amendment as understood at the time that Kansas joined the Union in 1861. And since there's no evidence that the People of Kansas agreed to a Constitution that allowed the federal government to restrict the right to keep and bear arms in any way - that means all federal gun control laws, rules, regulations, treaties and orders are "unenforceable" in Kansas. Don't get me wrong, the feds are still going to WANT to enforce these so-called federal laws, but they rely so heavily on assistance and support from state and local government that a law banning everyone in the state from enforcing these federal acts will render the feds almost toothless. Judge Andrew Napolitano has confirmed this recently, telling us that such widespread noncompliance in a state would make federal gun laws "nearly impossible to enforce." This is exactly what James Madison said we should be doing regarding constitutional violations. In Federalist #46 he advised us to a few things, most prominently: - refuse to cooperate with officers of the Union - use "legislative devices" to create "very serious impediments" Madison told us that if several adjoining States would do the same it "would present obstructions which the federal government would hardly be willing to encounter." In other words - the feds cannot enforce gun control in Kansas without the help of Kansas. WHAT'S NEXT? Well, the state isn't going to magically stop enforcing federal law. Unless you get active and take steps to enforce this "unenforceable" section of the Kansas 2nd Amendment Protection Act, nothing will change. Nothing - guaranteed. But if you start to take action, and take action now, you can turn this mess around. There are three things you need to accomplish to make your state the 2nd Amendment freedom state. Get your local community - city or town AND your county to pass a 2nd Amendment Preservation Ordinance . Once the state is blanketed with local communities passing these ordinances, get the state to follow up and expand the current law just a bit further. Taking James Madison's advice - work with and support your neighboring states. As far as the first two, Here at the TAC, we've already drafted legislation to do just that. The Kansas Local 2nd Amendment Preservation Ordinance . ( other states here ) Here's the 2 most important excerpts: Whereas, the (CITY, COUNTY, TOWN) of (NAME) affirms its support for the 2nd Amendment Protection Act by confirming that the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, as understood at the time that Kansas entered the union in 1861, did not authorize the federal government to enact any laws, orders, rules or regulations, whatsoever, regarding the right to keep and bear arms; and andNo agency of the (CITY, COUNTY, TOWN) of (NAME), or person in the employ of the (CITY, COUNTY, TOWN) of (NAME) shall enforce, provide material support for, or participate in any way in the enforcement of any act, law, treaty, order, rule or regulation of the government of the United States regarding personal firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition within the boundaries of this (CITY, COUNTY, TOWN). Things are already moving forward thanks to the tireless work of great patriots like Patricia Stoneking. Plus good folks like Blake Branson, Rob Wood - and many others I should be mentioning. The Sedgewick county commissioners already passed this as law. And under the leadership of Mayor Kenny Chartier, the small town of Herndon passed Ordinance #510 last month - to fully ban local enforcement of federal gun laws. Two down. 100 more to go? Then you'll take on the 2nd task and work to get the state legislature to do the same. They should pass what should be an easy bill- one to expressly prohibit all state agents, agencies, employees and assets from ever participating in any way in the enforcement of any federal gun control measures. All of them. A total stand-down. Finally, the third step, support your neighbors. Instead of donating money to some 2016 presidential candidate? Send $50 over to Missouri First - they followed your lead here in Kansas and got their state to pass a 2nd Amendment Preservation Act to nullify all federal gun control measures as well. Support the group, Oklahoma Liberty . Become a member and support the TAC! CLOSING Three things. That's what you need to do. Blanket the state and the entire region with laws like this - and federal gun control is as good as dead no matter what they try to pass in Washington DC. I can assure you that facing down the evil empire is not going to be easy. But easy is for losers. I hope you'll take this advice from Samuel Adams, the great agitator for liberty: Instead of sitting down satisfied with the efforts we have already made, which is the wish of our enemies, the necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance. The time for waiting......is over. The time to act.....is now. Together, we can send a message to Eric Holder and all his successors - something that will shake their foundation and resonate through history. We don't need your stinkin' permission to exercise our rights - we're going to exercise them whether you want us to or not. READ MORE from Tenth Amendment Center for your rights and how to be involved. http://www.rightsidenews.com/2013061332700/us/homeland-security/three-steps-to-nullify-federal-gun-control.html http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0d5_1371213032 Fine_Just_Fine THREE STEPS TO NULLIFY FEDERAL GUN CONTROL gun control, gun rights, second amendment Mon, 10 Jun 2013 07:05:40 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6e0_1370861128 DesertEagle VICE tour to Afghanistan I didn't plan on spending six years covering the war in Afghanistan. I went there in 2007 to make a film about the vicious fighting between undermanned, underequipped British forces and the Taliban in Helmand, Afghanistan's most violent province. But I became obsessed with what I witnessed there-how different it was from the conflict's portrayal in the media and in official government statements. All I had to do was trek out to one of the many tiny, isolated patrol bases that dot the barren, sunbaked landscape and hang out with British infantry troops to see the chaotic reality of the war firsthand: firefights that lasted entire days, suicide bombers who leaped onto unarmored jeeps from behind market stalls, IEDs buried everywhere, and bombs dropped onto Afghans' homes, sometimes with whole families of innocent civilians inside. In 2006, when troops were sent into Helmand, British command didn't think there'd be much fighting at all. The mission was simple: "Facilitate reconstruction and development." The UK Defense Secretary John Reid even said he hoped the army could complete their mission "without a single shot being fired." But with each year that followed, casualties and deaths rose as steadily as the local opium crop. Thousands more British troops were deployed, then tens of thousands of US troops, at the request of General Stanley McChrystal, following a six-month review of the war after President Obama took office. Still, the carnage and confusion continued unabated. Suicide bombings increased sevenfold. Every step you took might reveal yet another IED. In February 2013, on his last day at the helm of NATO forces in Afghanistan, General John R. Allen described what he thought the war's legacy will be: ''Afghan forces defending Afghan people and enabling the government of this country to serve its citizens. This is victory, this is what winning looks like, and we should not shrink from using these words.'' The US and British forces are preparing to leave Afghanistan for good (officially, by the end of 2014), and my time in the country over the last six years has convinced me that our legacy will be the exact opposite of what Allen posits-not a stable Afghanistan, but one at war with itself yet again. Here are a few encapsulated snapshots of what I've seen and what we're leaving behind. For the vast majority of troops in Sangin, a city of 14,000 and a hub of opium production in the south of the country, the war was already over by late 2012. The US Marines had abandoned the patrol bases they'd established at great cost over the last six years and pulled back to the safety of their headquarters, just north of the city center, which they rarely left. Sangin was firmly in the hands of the Afghan government. Two teams of 18 marine "advisors" occasionally visited the patrol bases, which had been repurposed by the Afghan police and army, but in no way could this be construed as a sign of success. Transition is the fourth and final stage of NATO's counterinsurgency policy, but it isn't supposed to happen until the Taliban have been cleared out, infrastructure has been built up, and the Afghan security forces have been trained and recruited to the point where they are ready to take over without outside support. After spending five weeks in Sangin, it was obvious to me that Afghan security was nowhere near ready. I'd seen policemen so high on heroin they couldn't stand up straight or tie sandbags, and soldiers firing hundreds of rockets, bullets, and grenades at the smallest of suspicious movements in the desert-"Fuck them, they are all Taliban here," one blurted out when he was told to stop shooting at a father and son-and on at least six different occasions, the use of child soldiers. The Afghan Police was still active, too, kidnapping civilians for ransom or as bargaining chips in prisoner exchanges. Weapons, fuel, and equipment NATO had supplied to the Afghan National Army were being sold at the local bazaar, and "ghosts"-officers who technically didn't exist-filled police payroll sheets. "Have you ever seen The Sopranos ?" said Major Bill Steuber, the marine in charge of the police-advisory team, describing the corruption. "It's vast." Worst of all, police commanders were routinely abducting young men and using them as "chai boys," house servants who were also kept as sex slaves. In separate incidents, three of those boys had been shot dead while trying to escape. One was shot in the face and one was shot at police headquarters. When a fourth boy was shot, Steuber marched into the police chief's office and demanded action. The police chief first said that the boys had chosen to live on the patrol bases: "They like being there and giving their asses at night." He also claimed that the practice of soldiers sexually abusing them was necessary. "If my commanders don't fuck these boys, who will they fuck? Their own grandmothers?" The man who came out of the mosque told the marines standing in the street that his daughter had been shot in the shoulder by a stray bullet the day before. The family had taken her to a hospital themselves, with no help from either the marines or the Afghan National Army. One of the marines blamed the shooting on the Taliban, saying that they use civilians for cover. He added that in the present scope of things, this was a good sign because it meant they were losing control and becoming more desperate. The mullah who accompanied the man from inside the mosque smiled as if his suspicions had been confirmed, then spoke directly to an Afghan National Army sergeant nearby. "There is no security beyond the road," he said. "They are just saying this to make themselves happy. The Russians did the same. God willing, they will suffer the same fate as the Russians. "Yes, the Taliban are here, but who are the Taliban? They are Afghans," he continued, waving his hand at the marines. "Who are they? We two have to come together! Because my orphans will be left to you, yours to me. They," he waved at the marines again, "will be leaving. God will cause them such problems that they will forget about here." Instead of imparting the mullah's words to the soldiers, the translator balked, saying instead, "We used to live in the Green Zone but it was dangerous, so now we live here and it's very good. The children can play." "That's good," said one marine, unaware of how badly he was being misled. "We are trying to increase security, and I'm happy that you feel safer." The interpreter spoke directly to the mullah. "I told him you said it was very secure here. I didn't tell him what you said. I told him the security was good here." The mullah argued that the three of them-the ANA sergeant, the translator, and himself-should unite against the foreigners. "Yesterday they killed six people in a house," he said. "Only two babies were spared. Is that the meaning of democracy? We don't want this democracy. We don't want this law of the infidel. We want the rule of Islam." The mullah's claim that six people had been killed in their home was eventually translated for the marine. "Well, we do drop a lot of bombs," he said, "but when we do, we are very careful where we drop those bombs, and who we are dropping them on." "If you don't get upset, I will tell you something," said the mullah. "Whatever you have brought into Afghanistan, your people are here for killing. Your tanks are here for killing. Your cannons are here for killing. Your planes are here for killing. You haven't brought anything that we like. All you have brought are the things for death." "I understand that you don't like us here because we attract bullets and we make a lot of noise and sometimes people get hurt because of us," said the marine. "But these things are going to have to happen before your country can become peaceful, and if you help us and help the ANA and we win, we're not going to have to be here in your lives." "The Taliban will be here half an hour after you leave," said the mullah, smiling. "They don't kill us. With them, we don't worry about going outside. They don't touch us. We don't touch them." It was difficult to tell if the mullah was on the verge of laughter or rage. "Thousands of people have died in this area. As you can see, it's empty. All you have done is build one and a half kilometers of road in the bazaar, but against that, more than 5,000 people have lost their lives. Men, women, and children. Now you can compare these two things against each other, which one of these do you say is better?" When the conversation ended, the mullah softened slightly. He said there was a small guesthouse inside the mosque and invited everyone in for a cup of tea. The marine looked at his watch and replied, "I would love to drink tea with you today, but unfortunately I'm all out of time, and I need to continue my patrol. But the next time we come down here, I would be more than happy to sit down with you and drink tea and discuss things." The mullah's smile turned back to a snarl. He gave up on whatever he thought talking could have achieved. Outside a house in Sangin, several large rocks were suspiciously strewn along a path. Lance Corporal Jeff Payne was on his knees, scraping at the ground with his knife, feeling for metal. Lance Corporal Blake Hancock slowly followed, stretching each leg straight out and pressing lightly on the ground with his toes before each step, looking like someone trying to avoid puddles in his best pair of shoes. Hancock thought the rocks were a guide for someone at the other end of a command wire. "They see someone walk by it, they know that's when to pull the trigger... Boom!" He fanned his hands out to demonstrate the explosion. "See that hole filled with rock?" said Hancock. "I'm not going there. That's like the one that hit McGuinness," a fellow soldier who was the victim of an IED. We approached an S-shaped bend in the path, a junction of four alleys. "There have to be IEDs on this fucking corner," Hancock said. No one knew it at the time, but Hancock was absolutely right. Buried underneath our feet was a seven-IED-long daisy chain, designed to kill or maim an entire platoon. Two command wires led down a pair of alleys; at the end of one, someone watched, waiting to detonate the bombs. That person held the power source, probably a battery, in one hand and the command wire in the other. As soon as he connected the two, the daisy chain would go off. This method left no metal in the ground for the soldiers to detect. I held my breath until I got past the corner. Four marines appeared behind me, looking down each alley through the sights of their rifles. Payne propped a ladder against a wall, trying to find a route off the path-the "fucking path," as everyone now called it. As he reached the top of the ladder, a huge explosion roared behind us. I turned to see two plumes of brown dust rising in the air. Stones and rocks rained down on us. "IS ANYBODY HIT? IS ANYBODY HIT?" screamed the marines. I couldn't see around the corner but could hear a few awful groans. I walked back to see what had happened. Everyone had frozen where they stood. The groans became horrendous. As the dust cleared, I saw a crater with the fragments of a yellow plastic jug in it. The jug was big enough to have held about 40 pounds of explosives, enough to blow several people to pieces. "Jesus fucking Christ. It was right there," said a marine. He pointed at the crater, about eight feet away. Another marine was on his knees, his right hand reaching for something to grab hold of. But his palm couldn't find the ground. In the distance a medic was screaming: Could he hear? Could he see? Could he crawl away from the corner? At least three IEDs had gone off together, but everyone was certain there were more around them. Payne appeared next to me. He surveyed the corner for a second, then quietly walked forward. He stepped over the first crater and bent down to assess the casualty. It was Corporal Christian Thomas, known as Big T. The other marines used to playfully mock him because he flinched at any explosion, even small, controlled ones. "Can you stand up, can you see?" asked Payne. "He's blind! Big T's a priority!" someone screamed into a radio. Less than three feet away from Big T's head was another crater, full of a fizzing dark powder that sounded like a fistful of matches being scratched alight at once. Payne tried to get Big T onto his feet, but he just patted the ground around him and groaned. "Can you see? Can you stand up?" "Huh?" "Can you see?" "Huh?" "He can't hear you, man," the medic shouted. Big T was blind and deaf. Payne helped him to his feet, but he collapsed, groaning. "Arrrggggh, fuck." "Follow me, grab my shoulder," said Payne. Putting Big T's arm around his neck, he staggered back down the path. I was suddenly alone, standing between two smoking craters. "Stay where you're at, don't move," yelled a marine in front of me. Big T was lowered to the ground. He groaned some more as his arms hung lifelessly from his body, like a stuffed dummy's. The black powder in the crater was now on fire, crackling ominously. Big T put his hands to his ears. His mouth was wide open, and his glasses were covered in thick dust, hiding his eyes. I shouted to the nearest marine that the powder was still burning. "Could it explode?" "I don't know, I'm not going over there," he said. Miraculously, none of the marines had been directly on top of the IEDs when they exploded. No one other than Big T had been seriously injured. The people at the front of the patrol-Payne, Hancock, four other marines, and me-had been standing on top of a bunch of the IEDs for about ten minutes before we had walked around the corner. Payne returned to continue sweeping the path until we could get up to a roof. A marine pointed down one of the alleys. He said he was sure that was where the triggerman was hiding. "It's all right," he said. "He'll be dead soon." The marines slept on the concrete floor of a long, thin building that was once a school. I was told to sleep with the medics, who had one room to treat casualties, one room for the doctor, and a mud courtyard that I shared with about 15 others. My bed was a stretcher, when the medics weren't using it. "Have you seen what's next door?" said a marine. "A gynecologist's bench with a dustbin at the end. How apt for this country." There was one casualty at the medical center. He was a local boy, a paraplegic who, despite being "somewhere between 16 and 30," couldn't have weighed more than 85 pounds. He'd been discovered in a nearby house that was ablaze after being hit by a Hellfire missile. His family had fled, along with everyone else, when the marines first landed. Unable to move and barely able to talk, the boy had almost starved to death. He told the interpreter that he'd been injured in a farming accident, which none of the marines believed. They assumed anyone who had been injured in the area was either involved in combat or making IEDs. The marines patrolled the surrounding area daily, but the Taliban were all but invisible. "This is some Vietnam shit," said one. "Most of the time it's like we're getting shot at by bushes." One soldier was miserable because his first phone call home had not gone well. During the pep talk before the operation, Echo Company had been told that "the world is watching," but his friends back home told him that most Americans didn't know there had been any fighting. He was just 21, had completed a tour of Iraq, and spent some time in prison for assault. "Our families know what's going on," he growled. "People in the military know, but the general population doesn't. America's not at war. America's at the mall," he growled. "No one fucking cares. It's, 'What's up with Paris Hilton now? Britney Spears fucking this...' The average American doesn't fucking know when people die over here." Another marine agreed. "Every day, we get shot at. I finally got to make a phone call today, expecting it to be like, 'Oh, I miss you so much.' No. It's 'Everything's fine. I'm partying, having a good life down here.' Doesn't even ask me how I'm doing. That's when I realized that people don't give a shit. No one even really mentions 9/11 anymore. To me, that's the whole reason I'm over here. That's why I went to Iraq, why I joined the Marine Corps. Now we're here, and I really don't know why." Some of the marines were just 11 or 12 years old when 9/11 happened. And the younger they were, it seemed, the less convinced they were that they were fighting the war on terror. One private, who had signed up exactly one year before, five days after his eighteenth birthday, said, "I don't know. Where I was, the economy wasn't good, you couldn't get a job, my stepdad was suffering, had a hard time finding a job. I knew this was a good organization, regular paycheck, they take care of you. Sitting here now, I'm helping my parents out a lot." His pay was just over $20,000 a year. A fellow marine stroked a small bush with his gloved hand. "Look at this fucking thing, it's nothing but thorns. It's just angry. It literally has no function except to cause pain. Everything in this country is just so fucking angry." June 2007 - "They Are Our Kings." The finger of the Gereshk district police chief trembled as he raised it in emphasis. He was a small man with a neatly cropped, graying beard. "The ISAF operations are not useful," he said. "They leave, and the Taliban come back. They are indiscriminate. They see no difference between women and children and the Taliban." I thought he was going over the top, trying to let everyone know that he empathized with them. But then I realized that he too had lost several family members to an air strike, which surprised no one but me. "They have hit me so hard that I am stunned. What can I do? I have lost four of my brothers. How can I look after their families now?" When he had finished, the elders raged about the bombings, saying that the Taliban were often far away by the time the bombs were dropped, that security was getting worse, and that more civilians would soon start joining the Taliban if things didn't change. "Life has no meaning for me anymore," said one man. "I have lost 27 members of my family. My house has been destroyed. Everything I've built for 70 years is gone." Metal containers were brought in, placed on tables in front of the group, and opened. The elders were given bricks of 500-afghani notes, signing for them by dipping their right thumbs in ink and making prints. They received roughly $2,000 for each family member killed. "I lost 20 people, and I was given 2 million afghanis ," said one man. "It was before 12:30 at night, when your forces came to our area. They were involved in a fight, but the Taliban retreated. Later, a jet came and dropped bombs on our house. Two rooms were destroyed. In one of the rooms, my two nephews and my son were there. My son survived. I rescued him from the debris. Six of my uncle's family were in the other room. All became martyrs. They were buried under the soil. I moved the children away and came back to rescue those under the debris. While we were trying to do that, the children were so frightened they started running away. The plane shot them one by one. "All we want is security, whether you bring it or the Taliban. We are not supporting war. We support peace and security. If you bring peace and security, you are my king. If they bring security, they are our kings." For more misery and hopelessness from Afghanistan, watch Ben Anderson's new film, This Is What Winning Looks Like, airing this Wednesday on VICE.com. Full length "This is what winning look like"- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja5Q75hf6QI This is just like the Vietnam war. South Vietnam's alliance with America and NATO against Communist North Vietnam. In the end, America failed and North Vietnam took over. This will likely happen to the Talibans. Now, the question is will Taliban take over? This documentary already showed the Afghan National Army(ANA) has problems with heroin addictions, lack of training and abusing civilians. Thanks to VICE for showing it. The Afghan who named themselves Talibans in the 80s had defeated Soviet Union alone and US with NATO support. Two superpowers failed to achieve their goal and it is obvious the ANA is noway near Talibans that made two superpower struggle. So, in my opinion once they withdraw either a civil war again like in the 90s or civilians will end up supporting the Talibans since they had already suffered with foreign occupation. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6e0_1370861128 DesertEagle US marines says Afghanistan is uncontrollable. His opinion, will Talibans take over again after NATO's withdrawal? Talibans, Afghanistan, VICE Sun, 26 May 2013 08:19:40 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=67e_1369566985 euronymus Note these are not in order. Also some include links to video footage. And of course not all dumb to find some more if find one or another more interesting. Operation Anthropoid: Operation Anthropoid was the code name for the assassination attempt on Nazi Officer Reinhard Heydrich. The operation was carried out in Prague on 27 May 1942 after having been prepared by the British Special Operations Executive with the approval of the Czechoslovak government-in-exile. Although only wounded in the attack, Heydrich died of his injuries on 4 June 1942. His death led to a wave of merciless reprisals by German troops, including the destruction of villages and the killing of civilians. Operation Valkyrie: Operation Valkyrie was a German World War II emergency plan issued to the Reserve Army to take control in case of civil breakdown. German Army officers General Friedrich Olbricht, Major General Henning von Tresckow, and Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg modified the plan with the intention of using it to take control of German cities, disarm the SS, and arrest the Nazi leadership once Hitler had been assassinated in the July 20 Plot. Hitler's death (as opposed to his arrest) was required to free German soldiers from their oath of loyalty to him. After lengthy preparation, the plot was carried out in 1944, but failed. Operation Paperclip: In the aftermath of World War II American Intelligence launched Operation Paperclip as a covert attempt to recruit the scientists of Nazi Germany for employment in the United States. It turned out to be quite successful. Operation Gold: Back in the 1950s, the American CIA and the British Secret Intelligence Service had joined together in order to breach the Soviet Army's defenses by tapping into their lines and having leaked information become a tool in determining the course of action. This was made possible with Operation Gold by creating a tunnel underneath the Soviet headquarters in Berlin and intercepting landline communications. However, before this mission even began, mole George Blake discovered the tunnel and foiled the mission. Acoustic Kitty: Acoustic Kitty was a CIA project launched by the Directorate of Science &amp; Technology in the 1960s attempting to use cats in spy missions to spy on the Kremlin and Soviet embassies. A battery and a microphone were implanted into a cat and an antenna into its tail. This would allow the cats to innocuously record and transmit sound from its surroundings. Due to problems with distraction, the cat's sense of hunger had to be addressed in another operation. Bay of Pigs Invasion: The Bay of Pigs was an unsuccessful military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961. A counter-revolutionary military trained and funded by the United States government's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the invading force was defeated by the Cuban armed forces under the command of Prime Minister Fidel Castro within three days. Operation Kufire: Operation Kufire was a program that sought to identify and track all communist party members who had flocked to Guatemala during the Arbenz regime. Via Kufire, the CIA was intent on charting their movements. This operation introduced the CIA to Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Operation Washtub: The CIA organized Operation Washtub to frame Guatemala as a close ally of Moscow by installing a fake Soviet arms cache in Nicaragua, which if proven, could overthrow Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz Guzm'an. The covert mission was considered a success although it didn't meet its original goals. Instead, operatives managed to frame Guatemala using a fake soviet submarine. Operation CHAOS: Operation CHAOS was the code name for a domestic espionage project conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency under President Lyndon B. Johnson. The program's goal was to unmask possible foreign influences on the student antiwar movement. Project Azorian: The US government spent over $800 million in order to complete Project Azorian , which involved the recovery of K-129, a Soviet submarine that sank in 1968. The mission was undertaken in 1974 with the hopes of recovering everything on the submarine, which included a nuclear missile, documents, and top secret equipment. The Hugh Glomar Explorer, a mission-specific ship was also created to be used as the primary vessel for the mission. Operation Ivy Bells: To have the advantage in the Cold War, the United States Army, National Security Agency, and the CIA worked together to tap Soviet communication lines in order to learn new information about missile technology, submarine innovation, and other top secret plans. The Sea of Okhotsk has long communications lines running beneath its waves and when it was discovered that they connect bases like Petropavlovsk and Vladivostok, Operation Ivy Bells was set in motion. Project 404: Project 404 was the code name for a covert United States Air Force advisory mission to Laos during the later years of the Vietnam War. The purpose of Project 404 was to supply the line crew technicians needed to support and train the Royal Laotian Air Force. Project Fubelt: The US government under President Richard Nixon deployed the services and expertise of the CIA in manipulating the government of Chile by preventing Salvador Allende's rise to power. Project Fubelt was to be executed by promoting a military coup and thus solidify the position of President Eduardo Frei Montalva. Operation Wrath of God: During the 1972 Munich Olympics, 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team were been murdered, which prompted a killing spree that spread all across Europe. Operation Wrath of God , set into motion by Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, was planned and executed by the Mossad (Israeli Special Forces) and involved the systematic extermination of a number of members of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) suspected to have taken part in the killings. Phoenix Program: The CIA, US Special Ops Forces, Australian Army Training Team, and South Vietnam's security force worked together in executing and operating the Phoenix Program, whose aim was to neutralize the forces of the Viet Cong. But instead of attacking soldiers, the program focused on abducting civilians and gathering information from them. Most civilians, especially those who were suspected members of the VC, were kidnapped, tortured, and killed. Operation MIAS: The CIA launched Operation MIAS (Missing in Action Stingers) in order to purchase back the stinger missiles that were given to the Mujahideen in order for Afghans to fight against the Soviet forces. In a way, it was created to clean the mess created by another mission, Operation Cyclone, that funded the Afghan-Soviet war to begin in the first place. Overall, aside from the need of the government to spend over $65 million to recover all the missiles, it was labeled a failure due to tracking issues. Operation Neptune Spear: Launched as part of the US retaliation program against the 9/11 terrorist attack involving Al Qaeda, Operation Neptune Spear was a clear capture-or-kill operation with Osama Bin Laden as the target. After over a decade it was successful in meeting its objectives. Abu Omar Case: On February 17, 2003, the CIA captured the Imam of Milan, Abu Omar, and transferred him to Egypt. According to sources the Imam was tortured as a result of alleged connections to Islamists. After public outrage, however, Italian courts prosecuted over 26 CIA agents and many others for the events of February 17th. Operation Merlin: The objective of the mission was to create a fake and flawed nuclear blueprint and have it presented to the Iranians to delay their nuclear weapon creation. While everything seemed to be going according to plan, the mission failed when the Russian scientist who presented the plan was too smart for his own good and mistakenly pointed out the flaws to the enemy, thus accelerating the program even more. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=67e_1369566985 euronymus Some Interesting Secret Military Operations in History military, operation, secret, anthropoid, valkyrie, paperclip, gold, cold, war, bay, cia, acustic, kitty, kufire, wrath, god Wed, 22 May 2013 18:29:20 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=86f_1369261447 USMC_SRT Blue chemical lights illuminated the Pacific under a early morning sky as 41 dark figures approached the black waters off San Onofre beach at 4 a.m. and patiently waited in the brisk air for the countdown to honor their fallen comrades to begin May 17. The announcer counted "3... 2... 1!" The Marines plunged into the frigid ocean and stroked their way through a 2,000 meter swim, which was the first evolution of the 5th Annual Recon Challenge here. Twenty two-man teams and Sgt. Maj. Blake Smith ran the event alone. The event consisted of swimming, climbing, and navigating obstacle courses. "You have to factor in the rocks, waves and your buddy's abilities," said Staff Sgt. Mark Rawson, a recon team leader with 1st Force Reconnaissance Company here. "You also have to keep account of all of your gear." Each competitor carried a ruck sack weighing no less than 50 pounds when filled with the supplies necessary to complete the race. "It was designed to simulate a full mission profile," said Master Sgt. Mariota Pa'u Jr., the operations chief and challenge staff noncommissioned officer in charge. "These guys aren't here to compete for a trophy or a Super Bowl ring," said Pa'u. "They're here to compete because they are representing the recon Marines that have been killed overseas." According to Pa'u, like every other recon challenge, this year's was dedicated to the families of fallen reconnaissance Marines and many aspects of the challenges symbolize that. "You start with the Marine's dog tags and name stenciled on your ruck-sack," said Pa'u. "You start with them, you finish with them." Competitors performed a callisthenic test, climbed a 35 ft. tower and did a 25 meter swim without breaching the surface. "Every few miles we had to stop and take our pack off and that affected a lot of people," said Gunnery Sgt. Collin Barry, course chief for Basic Reconnaissance Course with Reconnaissance Training Company, Advance Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-West. Barry said that the challenge was different this year from previous years because the exercise stations were added to the courses trails. "Whether it's 20 miles or 30 miles you can get in the right mind set, but not this year," said Barry. "Every two to three miles you're taking your ruck-sack off to do some type of event that smokes you." Although safety is paramount, injuries do occur. Event staff was sure to accommodate those who were impacted negatively during the trial. "My partner dislocated both of his shoulders yesterday," said Sgt. Maj. Blake Smith, director of the Staff Non-Commissioned Officer Academy here. "I was linked with a team in the beggining and told I could run on my own if I wanted to. That way I didn't affect any other team's performance." Although Smith's partner was unable to finish the race, he said he had to continue any way he could because the race was about those he'd lost long ago. "He was a good friend of mine from a long time ago," said Smith. "It was pretty emotional." Smith, coincidentally, had the honor of bearing the name of someone he knew this year. "(This event) is near and dear to a lot of our hearts because we go out and race with the names of our fallen brothers," said Smith, 43, the oldest participant this year. Smith's partner wasn't the only one to suffer minor injury. "I got a cramp on one of the obstacles and fell," said Cpl. Joshua Rios, reconnaissance Marine with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion in Okinawa, Japan. "The corpsman wrapped my knee up and recommended I stop, but I kept pushing." According to Rios, the risk was worth the reward. "It's going get tough and it's going to suck," said Rios. "That doesn't matter. You don't give up because it's much more worth it to see it through to the end than it is to quit." Running this event gives these Marines time to catch up with old friends. "It's a great opportunity for us recon Marines to come together, reunite and shake the hands of brothers we haven't seen in a long time," said Master Sgt. David Jarvis, operations chief with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion's Alpha Company. "The most important thing is remembering our fallen brothers." Jarvis came in first place with his teammate Gunnery Sgt. Tyler Fedelchak at 8 hours and 36 minutes. They beat second place finishers by seven minutes. "This really brings a tear to your eye because we care so much about the guys we've lost," said Jarvis, who came in first placefor the second year in a row. "Recon marines were tied to the hip with each other so those guys are literally like family to us." * Sgt. Johnathan Bumpus performs a functions check on an M-240G machinegun that he and his teammate, Sgt. Alexander Hale, assembled under 15-feet of water during the 5th Annual Recon Challenge here May 17. The challenge consisted of a 2,000-meter swim, calisthenics tests and other skill based events. ** Cpl. Benjamin Walker leaped off of the 35-foot tower at the 53-Area pool during the 5th Annual Recon Challenge. *** Sgt. Maj. Blake Smith dives 15-feet to retrieve an M240G machinegun which he assembled at the bottom of the 53-Area pool during the 5th Annual Recon Challenge. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=86f_1369261447 USMC_SRT Marines sacrifice at Recon Challenge for those who gave it all USMC, Marines, Recon, Challenge Sun, 05 May 2013 13:28:38 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fbe_1367774495 FrankMillerTankKiller LEWISTON - A 12-year-old boy has been charged with four counts of felony arson in connection with Friday's fire on Pierce Street. Lewiston Police Chief Michael Bussiere declined to release the boy's name, citing his age, until he has been formally charged in court. The charges have been made in connection with a fast-moving fire that destroyed four buildings on Pierce and Bartlett streets late Friday night. One of those buildings was condemned. The combined cost of damage to the buildings is estimated at $1 million. The boy is being detained and authorities are expected to draft a juvenile petition, formally charging him with the crimes. He is being held at the Long Creek Correction facility in South Portland, police said. He could appear in court the first of the week, Bussiere said. Police said they aren't aware of any connection between the boy charged with Friday's fire and 12-year-old Brody Covey of Lewiston, who was charged last week with three counts of arson in connection with a massive fire that destroyed three apartment buildings at Bates, Blake and Pine streets. The estimated damage of Monday's fire was also $1 million and two of the buildings have already been torn down. Bussiere said he didn't believe Friday's fire was a "copycat" crime. He said other juveniles may be charged in connection with Friday's fire. Police believe others at least witnessed the incident, but are investigating whether others encouraged or even participated. Bussiere declined to comment on how the fire was intentionally set and where it was set, but said there were "indications that an accelerant was used." The fire is believed to have been started at a four-bay garage behind the apartment at 116 Pierce St., which was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived at the scene at about 10:10 p.m. Friday. An estimated 100 people have been left homeless by the fire and roughly 50 of them have sought shelter at the Lewiston High School. Additional police patrols will be checking the area for juveniles on the streets after curfew, Bussiere said. Parents are asked to know where their children are at all times. "If you don't know where they are and they're starting fires, that's a problem," he said. "We don't want any more fires." On Saturday, investigators from the State Fire Marshal's Office were working at the Pierce Street fire scene to determine the cause and origin of the fire, but were tight-lipped at an afternoon press conference and wouldn't comment on whether the fire started inside or outside of the garage. Fire Chief Paul LeClair said the damaged buildings will be assessed for their structural integrity by city officials and the buildings' owners. Police helped evacuate the affected buildings. The city's public works department helped manage water pressure at hydrants. "So, a lot of people were putting their lives on the line," he said. Despite the possible dangers, there were few injuries, LeClair said. A civilian fell and two elderly people were treated for smoke inhalation. The fire spread from the garage to the outside of the back of 149 Bartlett St., an apartment building, which had working sprinklers inside, he said. The firefighting equipment has held up, but the back-to-back fires have taken a toll on firefighters, law enforcement and investigators, LeClair said. "It's been very taxing on all the personnel," he said. "We're all very tired." Hours before the arrest was announced Saturday afternoon, investigators combed through the rubble from Friday's fire, leading a black Lab on a red leash through the area. The dog sniffed at charred timbers, then sat at a spot where a wisp of smoke curled up from the darkened debris that once was the back of the four-bay garage. Investigators scooped bits of evidence in clear glass jars from the spots where the Lab had sat and brought the jars to their noses. Tim Saucier spoke with fire investigators at the scene. "I just saw two people bookin' it down that way," said Saucier, who pointed down Pierce Street toward Birch Street. Saucier had been visiting his girlfriend, Crystina Crowell-Gary, at an apartment building at 43 Bartlett St. when he saw flames out the window at about 10 p.m. Friday night. "The siding of both buildings was starting to melt and go up in flames," he said. He said he started pounding on doors in that building to alert residents. He and Crowell-Gary said they heard no smoke alarms. She woke her 4-year-old son and whisked him out of the building. Saucier tried to roust people from a building next door. "When I was in one of the buildings, there was black smoke everywhere and I didn't hear a single thing except for people opening their doors and running out. That was it," he said. He showed the left shoulder of his blue and white windbreaker was melted from where he had gotten too close to the flames. He said he told investigators that he could only see that the two figures running from the scene were roughly his height, about 5 feet, 10 inches tall and were either late teens or were adults. A building next to the burned garage, 116 Pierce St., had been condemned and was apparently empty, a city inspector said Saturday. A dark pool of water covered most of the area where the garage had been. Charred hulks of buildings showed the remains of melted vinyl siding that dripped down exterior walls. Sidewalks were littered with blackened debris. Street sweepers and motor-powered brooms swept the area in an effort to make walking the neighborhood easier and safer. Area residents basked in the sun on sidewalks and stoops, crowding behind yellow police tape that encircled the fire scene. Police announced the arson charges at a 4:30 p.m. press conference at the Park Street station. Bartlett and Pierce streets were closed most of the day Saturday; Bartlett Street was reopened in the evening. Source: http://www.sunjournal.com/news/lewiston-auburn/2013/05/04/another-12-year-old-accused-friday-fire-left-more/1358971 Video footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WerBlDoO6w This was from an earlier fire set on April 30th, allegedly by another 12 year old boy Full Story: http://www.sunjournal.com/news/lewiston-auburn/2013/05/01/lewiston-fire-probe-continues/1356873 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fbe_1367774495 FrankMillerTankKiller Another 12-year-old accused of setting a fire in Lewiston, ME maine, fire, arson, youth, burn, lewiston, news, 12 year old, boy Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:42:03 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=101_1365802790 fern420 Norwegian kicker Havard Rugland has signed a contract with the Detroit Lions , Tim Twentyman of DetroitLions.com announced on Twitter. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. The Lions were one of several NFL teams to take a closer look at the 6-foot-2, 245-pound Rugland, who has been working with former NFL kicker Michael Husted in California and Florida this offseason. The New York Jets and Cleveland Browns also worked out the Norwegian. " He's got great potential ," Husted told the Los Angeles Times in March. "On the other side, you need more than that. You need connections and to have a little bit of luck on your side. I always tell people that there are kickers who were better than me who did not make it. I was fortunate to have a nine-year NFL career." The Lions are in the market for a kicker for the first time since 1992 after Jason Hanson announced last week that his 21-season career was over . Rugland will compete against the equally untested Blake Clingan, who joined the team in March, though the favorite for the job is 38-year-old David Akers, who officially signed a one-year, $1.005 million contract earlier this week. Akers is not a lock for the job as a source with knowledge of his Lions' contract confirmed that the veteran received just $100,000 in fully guaranteed money, a sum comprised of a $65,000 signing bonus and $35,000 base salary guarantee. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=101_1365802790 fern420 Havard 'Kickalicious' Rugland signs with the Detroit Lions Norwegian kicker Havard Rugland detroit lions Sat, 06 Apr 2013 07:47:06 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=591_1365248472 gemini She admitted 'gratuitous' attack, but her crime isn't 'exceptional' enough By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 10:36, 6 April 2013 UPDATED: 10:49, 6 April 2013 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2304888/Polish-wife-killed-husband-stamping-repeatedly-head-deported-EU-rules.html Jailed: Polish national Teresa Rafacz admitted killing her husband, but cannot be deported A Polish woman who killed her husband by repeatedly stamping on his head cannot be deported from Britain because of EU rules, it emerged today. A judge rejected the Home Office's claim that Theresa Rafacz posed a danger to the public despite her admitting the 'gratuitous' attack. Mr Justice Blake, the UK's most senior immigration judge, ruled that she could stay because her crime did not cross a 'seriousness threshold' under European law. EU citizens can only be ordered out of the country if they have committed crimes in 'exceptional circumstances.' Rafacz pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was jailed for two years after Belfast Crown Court was told how she 'lost control' when she came home from work to find her husband Piotr drunk while he was meant to be looking after their three-year-old son. Tory MP Dominic Raab, who is campaigning to change the law on foreign criminals, told the Daily Telegraph: 'It beggars belief EU law bars the UK from deporting people convicted of homicide offences, unless the government can somehow prove they are still dangerous. "Brussels has whittled away our national border controls, undermining public safety and democratic accountability. 'If we can't renegotiate this kind of issue with Brussels, public trust in the EU will continue to ebb and the clarion calls for Britain to leave will grow louder.' The court heard Rafacz, found work in a restaurant after coming to Britain in 2007. Her husband, a man with a drink problem, followed her 18 months later. On the day of the attack in May 2009, she discovered he had left their son alone, probably for several hours, while he went drinking. Piotr died from blunt force trauma to the head, suffering considerable bruising and a broken nose. Rafacz's shoes and jeans were splattered with his blood. After she was assessed In March last year of posing a 'medium risk' of reoffending, the Home Office decided to deport her. When the lower immigration tribunal ruled in Rafacz's favour, Home Secretary Theresa May appealed the decision last November. Mr Justice Blake said:' There was no basis to conclude that her level of risk that she presented to the United Kingdom and its people was significant or could justify her deportation on the grounds of public policy.' Sir Andrew Green, chairman of MigrationWatch UK,told the Daily Telegraph: 'This underlines the difficulty which we face increasingly often in removing from Britain EU citizens whom we would much prefer not to have living in our community.' http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=591_1365248472 gemini Polish wife who killed husband by stamping repeatedly on his head, can't be deported under EU rules deport crime eu Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:02:36 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=251_1364137060 johnfrom17 School preacher Blake Bergstrom has embarrassing slip of the tongue. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=251_1364137060 johnfrom17 The Parable Of The Pinched Tits pinch tits, bergstrom, pastor, preacher Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:07:41 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8b4_1300737093 Willem1980 The audio quality isn't really to write home about but hey, it's a soundfilm from 1929. :) Enjoy Noble Sissle (July 10, 1889 - December 17, 1975) was an American jazz composer, lyricist, bandleader, singer and playwright. Sissle is noted for his collaboration with songwriter, Eubie Blake. The pair first performed in vaudeville and later produced the musicals Shuffle Along and The Chocolate Dandies. Sissle is also, famously, the only African-American artist to appear in the Path'e film archives. Shortly after World War I, Sissle joined forces with performer Eubie Blake to form a vaudeville music duo, "The Dixie Duo". After vaudeville, the pair began work on a musical revue, Shuffle Along, which incorporated many songs they had written, and had a book written by F. E. Miller and Aubrey Lyles. When it premiered in 1921, Shuffle Along became the first hit musical on Broadway written by and about African Americans. The musicals also introduced hit songs such as "I'm Just Wild About Harry" and "Love Will Find a Way." In 1923, Sissle made two films for Lee DeForest in DeForest's Phonofilm sound-on-film process. They were Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake featuring Sissle and Blake's song "Affectionate Dan", and Sissle and Blake Sing Snappy Songs featuring "Sons of Old Black Joe" and "My Swanee Home". Blake also made a third film in Phonofilm, playing his composition "Fantasy on Swanee River". These three films are preserved in the Maurice Zouary film collection at the Library of Congress. James Hubert Blake (February 7, 1887 - February 12, 1983) was an American composer, lyricist, and pianist of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. In 1921, Blake and long-time collaborator Noble Sissle wrote the Broadway musical Shuffle Along, one of the first Broadway musicals to be written and directed by African Americans. Blake's compositions included such hits as, "Bandana Days", "Charleston Rag", "Love Will Find A Way", "Memories of You", and "I'm Just Wild About Harry". http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8b4_1300737093 Willem1980 Sissle &amp; <span class="highlight">Blake</span>-Snappy Tunes (1923) Noble Sissle,Eubie Blake,Snappy Tunes,1929