Showing posts with label citizen journalism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label citizen journalism. Show all posts

May 21, 2008

We the People take a deeper look at the pResident's information warfare

by
Virginia Braddock Simson


With the revelations of the past few weeks stemming from Freedom of Information Act disclosures about information used against the American public (We the People), it is clear that We don't need to prove the pResident did anything, yet our investigations continue. It's the job of the court or Congress or war crimes prosecutors to provide the final legal answers to what should be done with the Bush administration and provide the nexus.

But We the People have a job: to establish what is most likely happening; outline that problem; and most importantly, maybe, to discuss solutions. Then we can discuss a coherent strategy. Whether the US Congress or the international community agree or disagree is irrelevant. Our contract is obviously with the US Constitution and our obligation to uphold Geneva, which is the Supreme Law of the Land.

To meet our goals, we must examine the emerging date showing there is a domestic threat to the US Constitution. This data is in the recently released DoD emails.

Some are getting lost in the details, but missing the larger nexus.

Some are confused about what needs to be proven. The data speaks for itself. We're not here to prove the email is or isn't part of information warfare, it is. The question is not whether the data and information that we have does or does not fit with the Department of Defense (DoD) information warfare guidance. It does.

The issue is whether we will broaden our horizon and act on the assumption that there is information warfare against American citizens, and look for other programs that threaten the US Constitution. The information is there. Our job is to find it. Our task is to examine the open source information for the clues to who else is involved, what is going on and how these patterns fit in with other lines of evidence related to other illegal activity.

Once that is established that we don't need perfect information on the details (that is someone else's job), but to consider the other types of programs the pResident and the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel (DoJ OLC) organized under this DoD information warfare umbrella. That umbrella has provided a "temporary" shelter for a coup which took place with the stolen election of 2000. We the People are now engaged in the process of taking that "shelter" away by showing precisely how it conflicts with international accords and the legacy of Nuremberg.

It is beyond dispute there is a reasonable basis to request information through the FOIA process about this larger, vague but emerging nexus. We must stop waiting for evidence to ask questions. We must ask questions. We must ask questions to understand what evidence might exist.

That same pattern - that of having key players crossing between two issues - is how, in part, We demonstrated the connection between the National Security Agency (NSA) and contractors; and how We the People discovered some details of the still not-fully disclosed illegal activity. We're recognizing some of the common, loose threads of the same nexus. The same information connections to new, emerging lines of evidence in other illegal activity. It is the same nexus, not a new or isolated problem.

Some may not be familiar with these violations of international law or human rights. Our job is to focus on these violations, and not be preoccupied debating whether the nexus is real. Our time is better spent focusing our energy on finding information that would confirm or deny the scope of the illegal nexus. Although the information supporting the nexus outweighs the information against it, we're not here to debate whether the symptoms are real. Our job is to lawfully confront the problem of this unacceptable - and illegal - nexus with solutions.

This is not asking anyone to avoid questions, or stop independent research. That important work must continue, in parallel.

Some believe this information is hidden. Some of it is, but some data is out there, still to be discovered, through the FOIA process. Other data can be pieced together using the open sources to guide others to important, new insights.

Our job is to lay the foundation for those asking for information to show there is specific evidence supporting these FOIA requests. This asks that you keep an open mind about how these findings fit in with the larger nexus, and how the smallest piece of information can make the difference. This is of critical importance to We the People, you and I. We need every one involved to notice the details in the emails. They are important and connect to other things that cannot remain hidden.

The information is available in public. This effort will hopefully guide others. The FOIA responses - and by this I mean in particular to questions about the digital data forensics, conference coordination and data exchange between the IT industry - will give us more details. This will strengthen the connection between the FBI contacts in re Wecht; and the NSA illegal domestic surveillance.

The larger issue isn't illegal Federal Intelligence Security Agency (FISA) violations. That is a symptom. The larger nexus is the common information warfare. It includes NSA FISA violations, POW abuse, Wecht jury tampering and the military analysts' domestic propaganda.

Indeed, it is time confusing for We the People to comb through these documents. But the Constitution demands we continue our work, finding the connections and pathways, examining the decayed foundation below our nation's house. Combined, each of our points of light forms a giant torch, illuminating new tunnels within this nexus.

Some data from one cavern reflects from one inconsequential rock, and bounces across the tunnels, illuminating a new pathway we missed. Our job is to notice where the stray light falls, and recognize the new jewels newly flickering in these untraveled caverns. We must shine our lights, adjust to the unfamiliar light, and notice what is new. The smallest flicker may lead to the important tunnel. Our job is to find it, then lead the way.

To put this another way, the fact that the government has hidden information that is otherwise available through open sources strongly supports the assertion that the aim is NOT to protect "private information" (which is disclosed elsewhere), but to hide information useful to show the DoD information warfare guidance largely matches the evidence related to FBI jury tampering, NSA domestic surveillance/FISA violations, and information directed at civilians.

We the People need to recognize that the issue isn't that there is or isn't evidence. The problem is that people are NOT seeing each new disclosure doesn't contradict the original assertion; the assertion was and continues to be that DoD guidance was used to organize this illegal information warfare, which the telecoms, NSA, DoD and White House used to violate FISA and our Constitution of the United States.

If you take a close look (even just a smidgen of a glance!) it appears the DoD emails substantially complement the lines of evidence showing there is illegal data mining, domestic surveillance and information warfare.

The pResident hopes to distract us from the larger nexus. As evidence emerges from the walls, people have begun arguing of whether the data/evidence related to the symptoms is or isn't real. That is a misdirection, and a waste of our energy. But of course, this was intended, under the plan for information warfare !

As we connect the tunnels, and examine new jewels within these taverns, prepare to stumble upon convoluted maps with false trails, invalid arguments, and convoluted rewards for delay. These are from trolls. These disinformation agents are surfacing within blog threads, weakening our nation's foundations, but not our resolve. Beware those bearing false maps, singing a promise that others will do the work. They are bought and paid for by DoD, the US State Department or outside Contractors, and other alphabet-soup agencies. It is our job to find the way, not be lulled into inaction. We must continue.

The DoJ Inspector General's (DOJ IG) report - long awaited by We the People - has been discredited, and it does not focus on key DoD guidance or other decisions made outside the FBI to block investigations. DOJ IG is focusing on the parsin of the interrogation-connection, but fails to explain why Nuremberg precedents were enforced. That claim of "unclear guidance" is irrelevant.

The DoJ IG report substantially contradicts the US government's contentions about the FBI contacts with Wecht jury members. FBI agents at Guantanamo did object; but one cannot say the same in re those jury contacts.

The Wecht case, jury tampering and the DoD emails are NOT the points to prove - they are symptoms of the larger data information warfare. We the People are called to establish just how much other activity under his information warfare umbrella of which We are unaware. We don't need data proving the pResident personally did anything. The fact that all data is well couched by the DoD information warfare guidance is the basis for the FOIA:

- what other emails related to this information warfare;

- How was the email related to these other information warfare destroyed, not preserved; and

- When did legal counsel discuss war crimes in re using illegal information against civilians ??

What can We the People conclude?
  • A. There is a reasonable basis to use the DoD emails to prosecute US contractors for illegal information;
  • B. There is a link between the President and jury tampering;
  • C. The pResident ignored the restriction against POW abuse and jury tampering;
  • D. The FBI inconsistently argued it was doing the right thing on the POW abuse; but contradicts itself by doing the wrong thing on the jury tampering.
I have provided the first installment of "InfraGard - First in a Series" to show you how infragard relates to the NSA violations and Wecht jury tampering; It's part of the same information warfare against US citizens. The pResident is still waging illegal information warfare against us US citizens (and Canada, too) with Wecht jury tampering, NSA violations, propaganda (and the attendent cointelpro efforts) as well as the harassment of bloggers who are outside the propaganda matrix.

We the People must rise above the weeds! This citizen of We the People and our attorneys post this in the hopes We will soon hear back from you whether this perspective is helpful; or let us know whether you would like some additional assistance, discussion, or dialog. We would be most interested to learn if you have had trouble with accessing or posting to your blogsites or any interference in commenting to share the truth!



February 17, 2008

Links to Journalism

The Electronic Journalist - USA
Society of Professional Journalists

Ethic Net - Finland
Databank for European Codes of Journalism Ethics
University of Tampere

FAIR, Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting - USA
FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting) is a national media watch group.

Journalism Net - Canada
By Julian Sher. This list of Internet resources is designed to help Canadian (and other) journalists, investigative reporters and TV people.

Journalism - USA - World Wide Web Virtual Library
Editor: John Makulowich

Media Watchdog - USA
Media Watchdog is a collection of online media watch resources, including specific media criticism articles and information about media watch groups.

Megasources - Canada
compiled by Dean Tudor, Professor, School of Journalism, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, Canada

The National Press Club - NPC - USA
NPC is a professional and social organisation for journalists, and is one of Washington D.C.'s most prestigious institutions.

NewsLink - USA

The Poynter Institute for Media Studies - USA
The Poynter Institute is a school dedicated to teaching and inspiring journalists and media leaders.

American Journalism Review
Columbia Journalism Review

The News - page
The Journalism - page
Yahoo - USA

Dan Froomkin's list of web sties for journlists

Web sites for journalists

SHOWCASE | July 01, 2004

Here are some outstanding sites that help journalists do better work.

Profiles of select journalism Web sites can be found below.

Journalism Web sites

Romenesko and Pressthink

Two journalism blogs -- Jim Romenesko's Romenesko and Jay Rosen's Pressthink have become essential daily stops on the World Wide Web for anyone interested in the current state of the industry – and its future.

Romenesko ceaselessly updates his site with the latest media-related stories, tidbits and gossip from publications across the Internet. And increasingly, he's linking to himself, because his letters page is one of the liveliest, smartest and best-informed forums around. Plus he Web-publishes internal memos. He's got great sources; they're also his readers.

Rosen is the chair of the journalism school at NYU, and where Romenesko's posts are pithy summaries of hot items, Rosen's are long, thoughtful musings on Big Ideas. And they're the big ideas everyone else will be talking about, too, before long. A fundamentally old-fashioned journalist who is fascinated by the new technology, Rosen writes in his blog's mission statement:

"The people who will invent the next press in America -- and who are doing it now online -- continue an experiment at least 250 years old. It has a powerful social history and political legend attached."

Rosen writes copiously about blogging, but also looks at general-interest topics such as the issue of media bias, news judgment and the relationship between the White House and the press.

IRE Web site

Looking for examples of fine investigative reporting? Look no further than Extra! Extra!, the blog of the Investigative Reporters & Editors Web site.

Derek Willis and the IRE staff update the site daily with links to and descriptions of the latest and greatest investigative works. You can also sort by topic, such as housing or justice.

The main IRE Web site also offers a wide variety of resources for journalists, including some compiled for recent breaking news stories.

Journalism.org (Project for Excellence in Journalism)

Journalism.org is the Web site of the Project for Excellence in Journalism, a research organization that specializes in using empirical methods to evaluate and study the performance of the press. It is non partisan, non ideological and non political.

Committee of Concerned Journalists

The Committee of Concerned Journalists (CCJ) is a consortium of reporters, editors, producers, publishers, owners and academics concerned about the future of journalism. Affiliated with the University of Missouri School of Journalism, it conducts traveling workshops and offers a catalog of tools, techniques and ideas, research, and many other resources. From 1997 until 2006, CCJ was affiliated with and administered by the Project for Excellence in Journalism.

Center for Public Integrity

A nonprofit, nonpartisan group, the Center for Public Integrity conducts investigative research and reporting on public policy issues in the United States and around the world.

Come here for The Buying of the President 2004, continuing coverage of who's bankrolling who -- and what they expect in return.

Use their Media Tracker to find out who controls the media where you live.

See their Global Integrity Report, a comprehensive assessment of the precise extent of openness, accountability and governance in 25 countries that hold elections. It uses a Public Integrity Index to measure the extent of citizens' ability to ensure their government is open and accountable.


September 05, 2007


Search Flickr with Flickr Leech

Flickr Leech is a cool new way to search Flickr. Check it out. (via Kevin Dugan)

Staying Healthy in an INSANE world

Marc Parent puts out the blog deluxe!! It's a newswire, called the Crimes and Corruption of the New World Order News .. and as you can guess that includes an entire catalogue of stuff. {,ore below on THAT}


Now what is cool about his service, is that you can run a google search on all his 50,000 items. Some are stored on his other blog, as there are really alot of items!!

Like me, Jean Hudon, global research.ca - he's posting up here in CANADA. Maybe we are ahead of the curve on citizen journalism ..? Maybe just a bit?

I am working HARD to get OpEd News to get with putting up information about CANADA and MEXICO .. it's time for that.

Here's another very good blog I found:
Showing posts with label Big Truth Reality. Show all posts

I go through a minimum of 300 emails PER DAY, some of which are really news round ups and I go through 20 google alerts, too.

Today was a BIG DAY For me .. google now put me in as a google reader, google desktop feature. This means you can get a feed on my best stuff right direct, each and every day. Just punch up the link below. You'll get my best efforts to keep you up to date on the emerging financial meltdown, uranium (and other poisons) news, stuff on Big Pharma, stuff on militarism and the institutionalization of Homeland Insecurity, and maybe MOST importantly all that activist stuff to keep our sacred sites, our biodiversity, our totem animals and live as the Creator intended us to be .. NOT items on little robots who THINK/BELIEVE and LIVE as if building up the (US) MILITARY IS GOD. All the propoganda that says people are GOD has to GO if we are to survive is my honest opinion. Tom Engelhardt's latest essay has affected me very very deeply.

Truly, I cannot publish news sources from the right, as it is full of racism, hatred, sexism, classism and all the rest of the ROT. I also highly recommend Maissoneuve's excellent mediascout ... Here is a recent blog they did, called are Canadian bloggers pussies ... as always with these things, the comments are the best. My favorite comments of ALL are on Juan Cole's fabulous blog ...

News dugg by ladybroadoak
Full steam ahead! Forget HOW to build bridges and communities! Stop the coming Security and Prosperity Protocol (SPP) or expect to see more of the same. ...


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For a taste treat, and to get you CURRENT, here are Marc Parent's links as of September. Pretty darned impressive ... it's time to PAY ATTENTION. We must avert the war with IRAN, if we are to survive . .or at least to know what is actually happening ... we have maybe 90 days if WE ARE LUCKY to stop the catapaulting of the propoganda ..

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