Today I received a call from a reliable source who wanted me to know that a person who was under this program supposedly a surveillance program was murdered in her home. It makes me wonder if this could happen with the satellite surveillance program then how safe is anyone? Perhaps it is just an excuse to practice torture and mind control programs at the expense of human lives. If there was an ounce of integrity in the men and women using this technology then that woman would be alive.

Everytine a Senator speaks out he is suddenly silenced. If not silenced then his career s targeted. Is this why they allow this program to be used or is it that they also are controlled and do not know it? Just imagine the world being run by unethical people using military weapons against those who they want you to believe they protect?

Americans deserve more than a night of mental anguish or a night of sexual assaults and images or feelings of rape. When torture becomes a part of your nights then it is time for people to stand together and fight for their civil liberties. Please do not vote for senators and presidents who turn their heads on the American plight of torture. This is not happening in Iran or as a part of gathering information against those who are terrorist but to innocent people because they MAY know something. They may have spoke to a person who is a neighbor or in a store and they become targets of abuse and torture. Two nights ago I felt what was something like a comb going up and down on my private area. Last night it was my being made to think that I was having sex and an orgasm. This is exactly why we need to stop the so called neural monitoring. Please send an email to your senator and ask him to stop the back door policies of the Patriot Act and if he sends you the standard reply that we are in a war on terrorist, ask him why a 4 year old would be considered terrorist, why rape is a part of standard military intelligence.TORTURE IS NEVER ACCEPTABLE AS A WAY TO GATHER INFORMATION.

Will You Be Next?

First they came for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up,because I wasn’t a Communist.Then they came for the Jews,and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn’t speak up, because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me,and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me. by Rev. Martin Niemoller, 1945

These were taken through my LR window. Interesting.

Take Obamas civil liberties record seriously

Great article that every person who believes in freedom should read.



http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/11/08/liberals-need-to-take-obamas-civil-liberties-record-seriously/

Neurochemical

Advancing neurochemical monitoring


Paul A Garris

Two new approaches to neurochemical monitorinign vivo—an

improved real-time microsensor and genetically engineered cells that

sense neurotransmitter levels—address the critical issue of brain

reactivity to implanted devices.

Identifying the neural basis of behavior

is a core focus of neuroscience. One

prominent methodology in this pursuit

is monitoring the neurotransmitters that

underlie communication between neu -

rons. Although technical improvements

have advanced neurochemical measu-re

ments to the real-time domain, one crit-i

cal limitation of present methods is the

highly invasive nature of implanting a

recording device and the subsequent re-ac

tion of brain tissue. Neuroin ammation

not only alters the sampled microenv-i

ronment, but also results in a di usion

barrier that encapsulates the probe and

therefore restricts access to released ne-u

rotransmitters. Taking radically di erent

strategies, two new approaches address

this key hurdle for achieving the longstanding

goal of chronic, real-time neurochemical

monitoring. In this issue of

Nature Methods, Clark et al.1 describe a

microelectrode that retains the capability

for subsecond dopamine measurementins

vivo for months. In Nature Neuroscience ,

Nguyen et al.2 report implantable genet-i

cally engineered cells for electrode-free

acetylcholine sensing.

Microdialysis3 and voltammetry4 have

dominated the modern era of neurochem- i

cal monitoring in vivo. With exquisite sensitivity

and selectivity by virtue of removing

brain analytes for ex vivo determination,

microdialysis is better suited for measu-r

ing basal neurotransmitter levels. By using

electrochemistry at the probe tip foirn situ

detection, the superior temporal resolution

of voltammetry is more appropriate

for capturing faster chemical signals.

Recent advances in voltammetry have

overcome the historical criticisms of

poor sensitivity and chemical speci city.

Indeed, by providing nanomolar

and subsecond measurements and a

chemical signature in the form of a vo-l

tammogram, fast-scan cyclic voltammetry

(FSCV) has met the demanding analytica l

criteria for monitoring phasic dopamine

Paul A. Garris is in the Department of Biological Science, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, USA.

e-mail: pagarri@ilstu.edu

© 2010 Nature America, Inc. All rights reserved.

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electrophysiologically. Optical imaging

techniques have also been recently used

for biosensing, using implantable cells

containing organic dyes for imaging Ca2+

in vivo11 and using neurotransmittersensitive

fluorescent proteins expressed

in cultured neurons12.

Nguyen et al.2 make use of these recent

advances in biosensing to develop electrode-

free, noninvasive methodology

for monitoring acetylcholine. In their

cell-based reporters, called CNiFERsa

clever twist of both the moniker and

the approach of the original ‘sniffer

pipette’detection is also based on

cholinergic receptors, in this case a

metabotropic receptor. CNiFERs are an

immortal cell line genetically engineered

to express a fluorescent Ca2+ protein sensor

and the M1 muscarinic receptor (Fig.

1b). Binding of acetylcholine initiates a

biochemical cascade involving a G protein,

phosopholipase C and the second

messenger inositol trisphosphate, ultimately

leading to increased intracellular

Ca2+ levels and altered fluorescence.

When chronically implanted in the rat

cortex and monitored by two-photon

laser-scanning microscopy, CNiFERs

robustly respond to basal and electrically

evoked levels of acetylcholine for up to six

days2. Suggestive of a physiological role,

measured signals temporally coincided

Army's Mind Control

Thank You TIME

Sunday, Sep. 14, 2008


The Army's Totally Serious Mind-Control Project


By Mark Thompson / Washington



Soldiers barking orders at each other is so 20th Century. That's why the U.S. Army has just awarded a $4 million contract to begin developing "thought helmets" that would harness silent brain waves for secure communication among troops. Ultimately, the Army hopes the project will "lead to direct mental control of military systems by thought alone."



If this sounds insane, it would have been as recently as a few years ago. But improvements in computing power and a better understanding of how the brain works have scientists busy hunting for the distinctive neural fingerprints that flash through a brain when a person is talking to himself. The Army's initial goal is to capture those brain waves with incredibly sophisticated software that then translates the waves into audible radio messages for other troops in the field. "It'd be radio without a microphone, " says Dr. Elmar Schmeisser, the Army neuroscientist overseeing the program. "Because soldiers are already trained to talk in clean, clear and formulaic ways, it would be a very small step to have them think that way."



B-movie buffs may recall that Clint Eastwood used similar "brain-computer interface" technology in 1982's Firefox, named for the Soviet fighter plane whose weapons were controlled by the pilot's thoughts. (Clint was sent to steal the plane, natch.) Yet it's not as far-fetched as you might think: video gamers are eagerly awaiting a crude commercial version of brain wave technology — a $299 headset from San Francisco-based Emotiv Systems — in summer 2009.



The Army doesn't move quite as fast as gamers though. The military's vastly more sophisticated system may be a decade or two away from reality, let alone implementation. The five-year contract it awarded last month to a coalition of scientists from the University of California at Irvine, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Maryland, seeks to "decode the activity in brain networks" so that a soldier could radio commands to one or many comrades by thinking of the message he wanted to relay and who should get it. Initially, the recipients would most likely hear transmissions rendered by a robotic voice via earphones. But scientists eventually hope to deliver a version in which commands are rendered in the speaker's voice and indicate the speaker's distance and direction from the listener.



"Having a soldier gain the ability to communicate without any overt movement would be invaluable both in the battlefield as well as in combat casualty care," the Army said in last year's contract solicitation. "It would provide a revolutionary technology for silent communication and orientation that is inherently immune to external environmental sound and light."



The key challenge will be to develop software able to pinpoint the speech-related brain waves picked up by the 128-sensor array that ultimately will be buried inside a helmet. Those sensors detect the minute electrical charges generated by nerve pathways in the brain when thinking occurs. The sensors will generate an electroencephalogram — a confusing pile of squiggles on a computer screen — that scientists will study to find those vital to communicating. "We think we can train a computer to understand those squiggles to the point that they can read off the commands that your brain is issuing to your mouth and lips," Schmeisser says. Unfortunately, it's not a matter of finding the single right squiggle. "There's no golden neuron that's talking," he says.



Dr. Mike D'Zmura of UC-Irvine, the lead scientist on the project, says his task is akin to finding the right strands on a plate full of pasta. "You need to pick out the relevant pieces of spaghetti," he says, "and sometimes they have to be torn apart and re-attached to others." But with ever-increasing computing power the task can be done in real time, he says. Users also will have to be trained to think loudly. "How do we get a person to think something to themselves in a way that leaves a very strong signal in EEGs that we can read off against the background noise?" D'Zmura asks. Finally, because every person's EEG is different, persons using "thought helmets" will have to be trained so that computers intercepting their unspoken commands recognize each user's unique mental pattern.



Both scientists pre-emptively deny expected charges that they're literally messing with soldiers' minds. "A lot of people interpret wires coming out of the head as some sort of mind reading," D'Zmura sighs. "But there's no way you can get there from here," Schmeisser insists. "Not only do you have to be willing, but since your brain is unique, you have to train the system to read your mind — so it's impossible to do it against someone's will and without their active and sustained cooperation."



And don't overlook potential civilian benefits. "How often have you been annoyed by people screaming into their cell phones?" Schmeisser asks. "What if instead of their Bluetooth earpiece it was a Bluetooth headpiece and their mouth is shut and there's blessed silence all around you?" Sounds like one of those rare slices of the U.S. military budget even pacifists might support.



http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1841108,00.html

The New Intelligence

Night after night people who are under so called satellite surveillance or remote interrogation are subjected to burning in their groins or private areas. This technology or weapon causes burns and it has not been eliminated that it may cause cancer. The sky is sprayed with chemicals or chem trails as a means to perpetrate the technology that is used in this type of surveillance. This goes on for years and years never ending and never any arrest just a form of sexual assault that is supported by people who do not know that these people are not guilty of criminal acts such as terrorism. Once in a while you will read about someone who has been under this system being arrested because they were a "Person of Interest". Once in a while.  Does this warrant this type of interrogation and has the intelligence community become lazy in seeking out the truth through normal channels that is not harmful to the many innocent victims who have been targeted?
There are many of you who do not understand that this technology burns the skin (military) that leaves scars. The victims are subjected to both physical and psychological abuse.  We are just collateral damage to these men and women. I do not know what story they have been told that would justify to them the torture, dreams and pain that they feel is morally right to inflict upon us. I thought we were protected by the Bill of Rights. Of course if they call you an enemy combatant then you have no rights. Where is the evidence to support their stories? Why can't we have our day in court especially after years of interrogation and abuse? Why is our President turning his back on our civil liberties?  Instead our congress is misled and a Bioethics Commission is created that is just lip service and does nothing to stop this abuse even after doctors, lawyers and others who are victims spoke on record about these abuses. Look up the Bioethics Commission it was formed by the Obama Administration and the findings obviously are ignored.


Many years ago I turned over information to the FBI that supposedly they claim they did not receive. I became a target as a means to silence me so that some agent would not have to explain that they had the right man who committed the criminal act but they had to let someone else go who may have collaborated with him. In fact the FBI made a big deal out of making the statement that he was a lone wolf. Yet comments that the second person made were repeated in a book that was written about the incident and were supposedly quoted by the "lone wolf".  I think my information was just another piece of information that was ignored thus leading to more deaths. Could it have been sent to the lab and lost?  Another lab mistake?  By the way this was a huge case and I am sure that thousands of pieces of information were given to this Task Force. I do not blame them for their mistake just the way that I am being treated. I did not deserve to have
everything taken from me, an attempt to discredit me nor to be punished by technology that leaves the same psychological imprint on your mind that POWs suffer.  I was supposed to be a witness not a victim.

Instead they may have claimed an innocent person was 1) mentally ill 2) on drugs. Both proven not to be true. But it does not help once the rumors are set in motion.
Neither was the truth but when I went to Senator Burr's office with all the documentation to support what was done to me...I was told they (FBI) were protecting their case as if I should accept the burns, rape and other criminal acts I have endured. They were actually obstructing justice something you and I would have been sent to prison for.

I became the victim of military weapons and technology that is so advanced that it was able to simulate a gunshot to my head complete with the shaking of the head, stickiness of blood on my face, body going numb then cold and stiff and gunshot odor...several rapes which were possibly done by a computerized program as the sexual techniques used to simulate the rapes were identical. These rapes went on for several days until I ended up in a pool of blood.

Tonight once again I was burned and tortured by the same people that are responsible for the cover up. I have been threatened with many things including arrest...(believe me it would be a trumped up charge) they threatened to tell every little thing I ever did wrong from the time I was a teen if I told on them. This is the program that we are teaching military intelligence and the subjects for this are mostly innocent victims like myself.

I am here to tell you do not get involved with any federal agency as they lie and you could end up just like me. I thought I was doing the right thing but I was wrong. The blind trust I had in these people put me in danger and took away my freedom. Night after night I am tortured and sexually victimized by men and women who are supposed to serve and protect. Our military no longer looks after it's citizens. We are in no better shape than the women in Iraq and Iran who are raped by their military. We are no longer safe in our homes.  I have photos that are so revealing that I can't post them. They make Abeu Gharib look tame in comparison.

We have a President, Attorney General and Defense Department that supports the use of these programs and methods of gathering intelligence. This has been going on for over ten years. Do you not think they should have gotten their so called information by now? This is about revenge, whistle blowing and  covering up mistakes. I have done nothing except know someone who did.

Richard Tice tried to tell congress what was going on. He was with  National Security and ignored.  Some FBI agents have spoken out while others take advantage of the shield of secrecy that this program allows. There are decent agents out there but how do you know which ones can be trusted after being targeted by a few.

I have read that Drug Enforcement is the leader in using this program or should I say misuseing this program. Most of the victims are supposed to be dealers...I am not one. I have never used drugs and certainly never sold drugs. I had nothing to do with drugs so I don't believe this is the agency that has done these things to me. If it is they have made a huge mistake.  Is this really what America stands for and isn't there a better way to protect this country than ruining the lives of it's citizens? All the agencies involved have no accountability. They do not have to do anything but say they think you are a person of interest. FISA Court has now become the joke of the century even though it was created to stop this type of violations. The FBI has run amuck with unjustified power and the Justice Department is led by someone who let guns be given to drug cartels and dealers which in turn was responsible for the killing of one of our agents. This holiday that family will go without their son because of this error. 

I awake each day with new puncture wounds on me where I have been subjected to this type of interrogation or perhaps it is just a persuasive technique to try to get me to lie and change my story. How many others have these marks on their skin?

Yet another violation of civil liberties

Please go to http://www.aclu.com/ and sign your name to stop this horrendous violation of civil liberties.
The Senate could start considering the bill as soon as tomorrow. Urge your senators to vote against indefinite detention.
They're at it again. Yesterday, a Senate deal was announced that leaves the door wide open to American citizens and others being indefinitely detained without charge or trial, even on American soil.
The deal was brokered behind closed doors, with no hearing and no public debate, and is an effort by the Senate Armed Services Committee to jam the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the massive defense spending bill, through Congress.

I can tell you that this is a bad bill, and we need your help to reject it. Contact your senators immediately. Urge them to vigorously oppose any and all provisions that open the door to indefinite detention. (This link will open a page with your membership information already filled in.)

ACLU and Bachman

Go to the ACLU and sign their page to show support of democracy. Michelle Bachman stated the ACLU ran the CIA....How misinformed can you get?

CLUE #1: If the ACLU ran the CIA, we wouldn't have undermined our security and values by using waterboarding and other forms of torture.




CLUE #2: If the ACLU ran the CIA, we would have helped restore our nation's standing in the world with a full and complete accounting of any past involvement in torture.



CLUE #3: If the ACLU ran the CIA, the senior officials who authorized U.S. involvement in torture would have been brought to justice in a court of law.



CLUE #4: If the ACLU ran the CIA, there wouldn't have been any secret CIA prisons operating around the world.



CLUE #5: If the ACLU ran the CIA, the American people would never have seen extraordinary rendition, indefinite detention, targeted killing of people far from any battlefield, and other human rights abuses carried out in our name.

Oxymoron

This is what directed energy attacks look like. There is no reason for this torture. The threat of terrorist is like an oxymoron when we are tortured daily. The lack of the intelligence agencies to recognize a threat should not mean that innocent people should be neural monitored, given dreams that mean nothing and verbal threats that include death, anthrax, or arrest. What is our President thinking?

Recently I heard on the news that non-iodizing radiation has never had a study done to determine the long term effects. Why? We have done studies on why birds migrate in winter but something that affects our physical well being has no test results. Something tells me that the effects are known and that they just don't want us to know.

I have read several stories about victims of this horrific so called surveillance program that is being used by the FBI and other agencies. Even after being cleared they still keep people on a neural monitoring program. This program is so invasive that victims have reported lesions to the brain. Many of these victims have been undermined when applying for employment. In addition, many are left homeless or have to resort to Social Security Disability. All they have to do is tell their story and immediately these people are granted their disability. The problem is they are perceived as mentally ill. In today's world instead of protecting our freedoms we now have agencies along with congress and even the President taking them away.  Of course it is done in such a manner as to look perfectly normal but victims know the difference. There are too many coincidences and too many victims hit with pain beams where without any explanation they find their bodies bleeding or new injuries.
Let me tell you what a simulated gunshot to the head feels like: The first jolt of pain came in my ear and then my brains felt like they were shaking inside my skull. From there I began to feel like my body was going to sleep (like your foot does) from the head down. I then felt cold and stiff from the head down. I heard a engine running and smelled gunpowder. I was then told that this is what a gunshot to the head feels like. This is a simulation that no human being should have to endure. I will be posting all communication that I have regarding the reason for the gunshot. It was a threat from an agent who wanted me to stay silent about tapes that clearly showed a person either committing a crime, having information regarding a crime. The crime took several lives at different times and maybe if they had done what they said " clean up the tapes by sending to a lab" or even just listening to them they would have saved someone from being blinded and killed. This is what they are using these weapons for...not for finding terrorist because after ten years and all the mind games these people know that I did not do anything to deserve the rapes, gunshot, job manipulation or anything else.  One of the agents involved retired but the others are still out there using psyops to silence anyone who tells the truth.
I promise you that I will not vote again for Obama because he has failed to make the changes that he promised. It is not about the economy because I would rather stand in a bread line and have the right to stand in that bread line rather than have someone deny me the right to live my life as I was meant to.

I will be asking for others to post to a new location if you have gone to your senator and the results of that visit.  The other question that I will post is " Do you think the military has the right to practice these programs on anyone that the intelligence agents place on a list even after they have been cleared. Should these agents have to submit to brain mapping and neural monitoring to keep them honest? Should victims be compensated for damages done to their reputations, or  should they be compensated for the scars and other physical damages? Should they be compensated for the mental abuse that they receive on a daily basis? How would you feel if this happened to you when you did nothing but tell the truth? How would you feel if their purpose was to keep you unemployed or homeless? You can do something...go to the Presidents petition page and sign anything that does not support the use of this technology or repeals the Patriot Act.

From the ACLU

http://action.aclu.org/site/PageServer?pagename=dissent_is_patriotic&emsrc=Nat_Appeal_AutologinEnabled&s_subsrc=111019_OWS&emissue=free_speech&emtype=cultivation

For a wallet sized Know Your Rights go to the ACLU website above and print it out.

Know Your Rights: What To Do If You're Stopped By Police, Immigration Agents or the FBI


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We rely on the police to keep us safe and treat us all fairly, regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin or religion. This card provides tips for interacting with police and understanding your rights.



Note: Some state laws may vary. Separate rules apply at checkpoints and when entering the U.S. (including at airports).



WHAT TO DO IF YOU'RE STOPPED BY POLICE, IMMIGRATION AGENTS OR THE FBI (Download»)



YOUR RIGHTS

- You have the right to remain silent. If you wish to exercise that right, say so out loud.

- You have the right to refuse to consent to a search of yourself, your car or your home.

- If you are not under arrest, you have the right to calmly leave.

- You have the right to a lawyer if you are arrested. Ask for one immediately.

- Regardless of your immigration or citizenship status, you have constitutional rights.



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YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

- Do stay calm and be polite.

- Do not interfere with or obstruct the police.

- Do not lie or give false documents.

- Do prepare yourself and your family in case you are arrested.

- Do remember the details of the encounter.

- Do file a written complaint or call your local ACLU if you feel your rights have been violated.



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If You Are

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...Contacted By The FBI

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If You Feel Your Rights Have Been Violated





IF YOU ARE STOPPED FOR QUESTIONING

Stay calm. Don't run. Don't argue, resist or obstruct the police, even if you are innocent or police are violating your rights. Keep your hands where police can see them.

Ask if you are free to leave. If the officer says yes, calmly and silently walk away. If you are under arrest, you have a right to know why.

You have the right to remain silent and cannot be punished for refusing to answer questions. If you wish to remain silent, tell the officer out loud. In some states, you must give your name if asked to identify yourself.

You do not have to consent to a search of yourself or your belongings, but police may "pat down" your clothing if they suspect a weapon. You should not physically resist, but you have the right to refuse consent for any further search. If you do consent, it can affect you later in court.



IF YOU ARE STOPPED IN YOUR CAR

Stop the car in a safe place as quickly as possible. Turn off the car, turn on the internal light, open the window part way and place your hands on the wheel.

Upon request, show police your driver's license, registration and proof of insurance.

If an officer or immigration agent asks to look inside your car, you can refuse to consent to the search. But if police believe your car contains evidence of a crime, your car can be searched without your consent.

Both drivers and passengers have the right to remain silent. If you are a passenger, you can ask if you are free to leave. If the officer says yes, sit silently or calmly leave. Even if the officer says no, you have the right to remain silent.



IF YOU ARE QUESTIONED ABOUT YOUR IMMIGRATION STATUS

You have the right to remain silent and do not have to discuss your immigration or citizenship status with police, immigration agents or any other officials. You do not have to answer questions about where you were born, whether you are a U.S. citizen, or how you entered the country. (Separate rules apply at international borders and airports, and for individuals on certain nonimmigrant visas, including tourists and business travelers.)

If you are not a U.S. citizen and an immigration agent requests your immigration papers, you must show them if you have them with you. If you are over 18, carry your immigration documents with you at all times. If you do not have immigration papers, say you want to remain silent.

Do not lie about your citizenship status or provide fake documents.



IF THE POLICE OR IMMIGRATION AGENTS COME TO YOUR HOME

If the police or immigration agents come to your home, you do not have to let them in unless they have certain kinds of warrants.

Ask the officer to slip the warrant under the door or hold it up to the window so you can inspect it. A search warrant allows police to enter the address listed on the warrant, but officers can only search the areas and for the items listed. An arrest warrant allows police to enter the home of the person listed on the warrant if they believe the person is inside. A warrant of removal/deportation (ICE warrant) does not allow officers to enter a home without consent.

Even if officers have a warrant, you have the right to remain silent. If you choose to speak to the officers, step outside and close the door.



IF YOU ARE CONTACTED BY THE FBI

If an FBI agent comes to your home or workplace, you do not have to answer any questions. Tell the agent you want to speak to a lawyer first.

If you are asked to meet with FBI agents for an interview, you have the right to say you do not want to be interviewed. If you agree to an interview, have a lawyer present. You do not have to answer any questions you feel uncomfortable answering, and can say that you will only answer questions on a specific topic.



IF YOU ARE ARRESTED

Do not resist arrest, even if you believe the arrest is unfair.

Say you wish to remain silent and ask for a lawyer immediately. Don't give any explanations or excuses. If you can't pay for a lawyer, you have the right to a free one. Don't say anything, sign anything or make any decisions without a lawyer.

You have the right to make a local phone call. The police cannot listen if you call a lawyer.

Prepare yourself and your family in case you are arrested. Memorize the phone numbers of your family and your lawyer. Make emergency plans if you have children or take medication.

Special considerations for non-citizens:

- Ask your lawyer about the effect of a criminal conviction or plea on your immigration status.

- Don't discuss your immigration status with anyone but your lawyer.

- While you are in jail, an immigration agent may visit you. Do not answer questions or sign anything before talking to a lawyer.

- Read all papers fully. If you do not understand or cannot read the papers, tell the officer you need an interpreter.



IF YOU ARE TAKEN INTO IMMIGRATION (OR "ICE") CUSTODY

You have the right to a lawyer, but the government does not have to provide one for you. If you do not have a lawyer, ask for a list of free or low-cost legal services.

You have the right to contact your consulate or have an officer inform the consulate of your arrest.

Tell the ICE agent you wish to remain silent. Do not discuss your immigration status with anyone but your lawyer.

Do not sign anything, such as a voluntary departure or stipulated removal, without talking to a lawyer. If you sign, you may be giving up your opportunity to try to stay in the U.S.

Remember your immigration number ("A" number) and give it to your family. It will help family members locate you.

Keep a copy of your immigration documents with someone you trust.



IF YOU FEEL YOUR RIGHTS HAVE BEEN VIOLATED

Remember: police misconduct cannot be challenged on the street. Don't physically resist officers or threaten to file a complaint.

Write down everything you remember, including officers' badge and patrol car numbers, which agency the officers were from, and any other details. Get contact information for witnesses. If you are injured, take photographs of your injuries (but seek medical attention first).

File a written complaint with the agency's internal affairs division or civilian complaint board. In most cases, you can file a complaint anonymously if you wish.

Call your local ACLU or visit www.aclu.org/profiling.



This information is not intended as legal advice.

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Stop Neural Monitoring

The Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community including the NSA, FBI, DEA, ATF, under the Patriot Act is using this technology to gather information on citizens in this country. The FBI has stated that electrodes are no longer needed to brain fingerprint and it is possible that new agents and military personnel are participating in a secret program that is illegal, unethical, and even has the capability of physically and mentally causing injuries to innocent people including children.   These secret programs are funded by your tax dollars. In addition, these agencies are not accountable to anyone. Our Senators have not grasped the seriousness of the damage that they do to this country.  Please email your Senator and tell them that Remote Neural Monitoring is unsafe to be used on citizens. It is unconstitutional as it invades your privacy. It has the same effects as cell phones only this program keeps the frequencies and waves on you 24/7 without the benefit of medical treatment. Many have burns and scars from these secret weapons and programs. It is used to demonstrate dreams or scenarios and it eliminates any opportunity that a person would have to speak to their attorneys in private. It could be used to obstruct justice, manipulate the congress or president and therefore in the wrong hands it is dangerous. NO FREE WILL EXIST WITH THIS PROGRAM.

http://science.dodlive.mil/2010/09/01/remote-control-of-brain-activity-using-ultrasound/
Remote Control of Brain Activity Using Ultrasound




Dr. William J. Tyler is an Assistant Professor in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University, is a co-founder and the CSO of SynSonix, Inc., and a member of the 2010 DARPA Young Faculty Award class.

Every single aspect of human sensation, perception, emotion, and behavior is regulated by brain activity. Thus, having the ability to stimulate brain function is a powerful technology.

Recent advances in neurotechnology have shown that brain stimulation is capable of treating neurological diseases and brain injury, as well as serving platforms around which brain-computer interfaces can be built for various purposes. Several limitations however still pose significant challenges to implementing traditional brain stimulation methods for treating diseases and controlling information processing in brain circuits.


For example, deep-brain stimulating (DBS) electrodes used to treat movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease require neurosurgery in order to implant electrodes and batteries into patients. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) used to treat drug-resistant depression and other disorders do not require surgery, but have a low spatial resolution of approximately one centimeter and cannot stimulate deep brain circuits where many diseased circuits reside.

To overcome the above limitations, my laboratory has engineered a novel technology which implements transcranial pulsed ultrasound to remotely and directly stimulate brain circuits without requiring surgery. Further, we have shown this ultrasonic neuromodulation approach confers a spatial resolution approximately five times greater than TMS and can exert its effects upon subcortical brain circuits deep within the brain.

A portion of our initial work has been supported by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) Army Research Laboratory (ARL) where we have been working to develop methods for encoding sensory data onto the cortex using pulsed ultrasound.


Through a recent grant made by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award Program, our research will begin undergoing the next phases of research and development aimed towards engineering future applications using this neurotechnology for our country’s warfighters. Here, we will continue exploring the influence of ultrasound on brain function and begin using transducer phased arrays to examine the influence of focused ultrasound on intact brain circuits. We will also be investigating the use of capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUTs) for use in brain stimulation. Finally, to improve upon spatial resolution, we will examine the use of acoustic metamaterials and hyperlenses to study how subdiffraction limited ultrasound influences brain wave activity patterns.

How can this technology be used to provide our nation’s Warfighters with strategic advantages? We have developed working and conceptual prototypes in which ballistic helmets can be fitted with ultrasound transducers and microcontroller devices to illustrate potential applications as shown below. We look forward to developing a close working relationship with DARPA and other Department of Defense and U.S. Intelligence Communities to bring some of these applications to fruition over the coming years depending on the most pressing needs of our country’s defense industries.

Advancing Nuerochemical monitoring

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Advancing neurochemical monitoring

Paul A Garris

Two new approaches to neurochemical monitorinign vivo—an
improved real-time microsensor and genetically engineered cells that
sense neurotransmitter levels—address the critical issue of brain
reactivity to implanted devices. Identifying the neural basis of behavior
is a core focus of neuroscience. One prominent methodology in this pursuit
is monitoring the neurotransmitters that underlie communication between neurons. Although technical improvements have advanced neurochemical measu-rements to the real-time domain, one critical limitation of present methods is the highly invasive nature of implanting a recording device and the subsequent re-action of brain tissue. Neuroin_ammation not only alters the sampled microenvironment, but also results in a dilusion barrier that encapsulates the probe and therefore restricts access to released ne-u
rotransmitters. Taking radically different strategies, two new approaches address this key hurdle for achieving the longstanding goal of chronic, real-time neurochemical monitoring. In this issue of Nature Methods, Clark et al.1 describe a microelectrode that retains the capability for subsecond dopamine measurementins vivo for months. In Nature Neuroscience ,Nguyen et al.2 report implantable genet-ically engineered cells for electrode-free
acetylcholine sensing.

How?

With Directed Energy Weapons (DEWs) innocent people in this country are monitored often with severe injuries and even death. Along with satellites the use of low radio frequencies has brought a new dimension to surveillance. Privacy in your home can no longer be taken for granted. Women and men have complained of sexual assaults, even burns on their genitals. Of course this has been denied by the head of the intelligence committee and the heads of various agencies. These victims have been tortured for years. Many have been discredited when they have told the truth by weapons that are used to disorient and then made to make them appear to be delusional thus ending up in mental institutions or made to get a mental exam when they had no history of mental illness.

In the article below you can see that even after they are cleared they are still kept on the "people of interest" list. Do you think that ten or fifteen years of surveillance without an arrest are logical or should we be funding this program with taxpayers money when the National Debt is so high? What would happen if this program were a method of manipulating their minds subliminally? Remember when Homeland Security gave a defense contract to the Russian agency Psychotechnical Laboratory Research Institute? Do you understand what they do and why would we spend taxpayers money to fund a Russian program? Where was the outcry? I will post the article this week. What is the connection to surveillance and this program? Isn't it time we got real answers to these issues instead of the run around by the FBI and congress. When Eric Holden testified did he tell the truth? I have posted several articles that should make your skin crawl because today it is them tomorrow it is you. If this is not soon stopped there will be the possibility that control over another person’s mind will be eminent. Ask those that are sleep deprived, stung on a regular basis for telling the truth, and those that have lost their jobs or homes not because of the economy, but because they have been attacked with low radio frequencies, microwaves and the Active Denial Weapons System. Ask those who have been threatened through the use of acoustic weapons or those who have been subjected to a mock execution and rape. America was supposed to be the country that sent our soldiers to fight for other countries freedoms. WHAT HAPPENED? Who is fighting the fight for our freedom and what country can we depend on to help us when our congress, president and head of the Justice Department along with the DOD has lied and denied us the same freedoms for which our soldiers are fighting and dying in other countries freedoms?  Think about this and protest the use of these weapons and psychological subliminal programming.

Old photos ( I wish they were clearer for you.

The first photo was taken through my window. The second is my scalp where you can see the injury and the directed energy. The third was taken of a small tree and when the energy is in play the photos look out of focus but they aren't. I once had a blurred photo but the stop sign was straight and clear. These are taken with a small pixel camera and when they are enlarged they tend to blend everything in. I keep the memory cards in several offices where they will be safer. I put a book in a locked trunk a week before I moved and yesterday I discovered that someone unlocked the trunk and removed the book and copies of documents. No warrants just thieves. There is nobody who would be interested in the book. I am willing to bet it shows up back in the trunk very soon. I have some videos on You Tube that are better than the photos. Early on there was severe gaslighting for victims but after several years they just torture. The book is replaceable and therefore I am not even concerned. It is just that the person who would have an interest in the book had no authority to enter my home without permission. Many victims go through the same thing.  Sorry the photos are out of order but you can see which goes with what description. 

FBI allowed to keep cleared people on terrorist list

People on the terrorist list are subjected to neural monitoring, invasive military technology. They are watched in their homes, even in their bath and bedrooms. Sometimes marriages break up because the men are unable to perform in bed due to the intrusions of the satellite spy program. You ask why there is a tin hat community (of which I don't belong) it is to stop the torture and pain. Next time you feel like laughing imagine being raped, sexually assaulted, physically harmed and burned by people who claim to protect this country but get huge salaries to be abusive to innocent people.  Please sign the petition listed below and help support these innocent victims of this secret abusive program. Please go to September post and follow the instructions and link to the petition page.  LINK          http://wh.gov/401



Now they should be sued.

CBS News
September 28, 2011 12:46 AM

Report: Cleared people can stay on terror list

The FBI is allowed to keep people on its terrorist watch list even after they have been cleared in court of terrorism-related offenses, The New York Times reports.
That information was gleaned from newly-released documents, attained by the Electronic Privacy Information Center in a Freedom of Information Act request, which detail just how someone ends up on the list.
Inclusion on the list makes life difficult: It invites more intense scrutiny at police stops, blocks noncitizens from entering the country and keeps them off airplanes.
While there an estimated 420,000 names on the list, including as many as 8,000 Americans, the FBI claims there are actually strict procedures for adding people that go beyond hearsay and innuendo.
The F.B.I.'s Terrorist Screening Center controls the list, and its director, Timothy J. Healy, told The Times: "There is a very detailed process that the F.B.I. follows in terms of nominations of watch-listed people.
The Times reports: "The 91 pages of newly disclosed files include a December 2010 guidance memorandum to F.B.I. field offices showing that even a not-guilty verdict may not always be enough to get someone off the list, if agents maintain they still have "reasonable suspicion" that the person might have ties to terrorism."The "reasonable suspicion" must include corroboration by at least one extra source, according to the Times, and mere "hearsay" is not enough
Healy also told the Times that many people's fears about being on the list are often unfounded, and intense scrutiny at airports and border crossings happens for many reasons. He said more than 200,000 people have complained to the Department of Homeland Security about their belief that they were wrongly on the list, but fewer than 1 percent of them were actually on it.

Please sign petition

Those of you who would like to sign the petition here is how you do it.

Go to: https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/create

1) create a user name


2) create a password

3) press- vote

4) it will take you someplace weird

5) see if you have an email link

from the White House (forget this)

6) return to site again

7) see log in screen - but before you

Log on

8) get the petition in front of

You- (USING the SAME BROWSER),

9) reduce this site and return to the log

in screen, FROM the SAME BROWSER.

10) sign in,

11) then reduce that screen and press

the other screen- where the petition

is located.

12) press VOTE!

13) if all else fails- call the White House

Web master- don't get off until

they help you sign on-

I hope some of this is helpful- The petition is here:

http://wh.gov/401

Thanks to all who care and to the person who sent these instructions.

Sign Petition

Please sign this petition so we can stop the misuse of the Patriot Act.

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Washington Post Article

A must read for anyone who wants America to stay free of military influence. Our intelligence agencies have run amuck at the expense of innocent citizens in this country. Some may be guilty of misdemeanors but are subjected to neural monitoring and torture. These people may be used for training purposes for the intelligence community. Some of the training has been linked to mental illness including anxiety and PTSD. Many are just whistle blowers trying to move forward with their lives but unable to as a result of FBI and other intelligence community interference. Women are subjected to simulations of rape and gunshots to the head. Men have been subjected to erections lasting as long as eight hours. Most are carrying scars from the technology that has been used. There is one report of a 84 year old woman who was subjected to this abuse on her death bed. Please read the following articles and the five that articles in the Washington Post by Dana Priest. If this doesn't scare you then imagine that you have tried everything available to stop this abuse but it continues for 10 or even 15 years. This is what should be protested. Please contact your senator or the senators below in the article and ask for an investigation into the misuse of the Patriot Act.

Public Said to be Misled on Patriot Act

Public Said to Be Misled on Use of the Patriot Act
By CHARLIE SAVAGE
Published: September 21, 2011
NY Times WASHINGTON — Two United States senators on Wednesday accused the Justice Department of making misleading statements about the legal justification of secret domestic surveillance activities that the government is apparently carrying out under the Patriot Act.

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Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, above, and Senator Mark Udall of Colorado, have questioned the Justice Department about surveillance activities.
The lawmakers — Ron Wyden of Oregon and Mark Udall of Colorado, both of whom are Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee — sent a letter to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. calling for him to “correct the public record” and to ensure that future department statements about the authority the government believes is conveyed by the surveillance law would not be misleading.
“We believe that the best way to avoid a negative public reaction and an erosion of confidence in U.S. intelligence agencies is to initiate an informed public debate about these authorities today,” the two wrote. “However, if the executive branch is unwilling to do that, then it is particularly important for government officials to avoid compounding that problem by making misleading statements.”
The Justice Department denied being misleading about the Patriot Act, saying it has acknowledged that a secret, sensitive intelligence program is based on the law and that its statements about the matter have been accurate.
Mr. Wyden and Mr. Udall have for months been raising concerns that the government has secretly interpreted a part of the Patriot Act in a way that they portray as twisted, allowing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct some kind of unspecified domestic surveillance that they say does not dovetail with a plain reading of the statute.
The dispute has focused on Section 215 of the Patriot Act. It allows a secret national security court to issue an order allowing the F.B.I. to obtain “any tangible things” in connection with a national security investigation. It is sometimes referred to as the “business records” section because public discussion around it has centered on using it to obtain customer information like hotel or credit card records.
But in addition to that kind of collection, the senators contend that the government has also interpreted the provision, based on rulings by the secret national security court, as allowing some other kind of activity that allows the government to obtain private information about people who have no link to a terrorism or espionage case.
Justice Department officials have sought to play down such concerns, saying that both the court and the intelligence committees know about the program. But the two lawmakers contended in their letter that officials have been misleading in their descriptions of the issue to the public.
First, the senators noted that Justice Department officials, under both the Bush and Obama administrations, had described Section 215 orders as allowing the F.B.I. to obtain the same types of records for national security investigations that they could get using a grand jury subpoena for an ordinary criminal investigation. But the two senators said that analogy does not fit with the secret interpretation.
The senators also criticized a recent statement by a department spokesman that “Section 215 is not a secret law, nor has it been implemented under secret legal opinions by the Justice Department.” This was “extremely misleading,” they said, because there are secret legal opinions controlling how Patriot Act is being interpreted — it’s just that they were issued by the national security court.
“In our judgment, when the legal interpretations of public statutes that are kept secret from the American public, the government is effectively relying on secret law,” they wrote.
That part of the dispute appeared to turn on semantics. The department said that while the national security court’s opinions interpreting the Patriot Act are classified, the law itself is public.


Rethinking the TSA: No Longer Accepting Police Repression in Exchange for Safety
William John Cox, Truthout: "Everyone who travels by air in the United States has a depressing story to tell about airport screening. Media stories of a gravely ill 95-year-old grandmother forced to remove her adult diaper before being allowed on a plane and viral videos showing terrified children being intimately touched by TSA agents are more than depressing. They are a chilling commentary on the police state increasingly accepted by the American public in the name of security."

Military Strategy

Having been raped and sexually assaulted by misled misfits who have become corrupted under the Patriot Act I find this very interesting. When our government tortures private citizens not because they have done wrong but to find out if they did wrong; there is something very sick about what the intelligence community stands for. When congress ignores the pleading of thousands of citizens and continues to pretend that they are protecting America by violating civil liberties then it is time to protest what we have become and to take back what we lost through the court system and non violently. Do we really need the neural monitoring system and is it justified to give an already FBI more power to abuse the great people of this country?


Military strategy
Amnesty International has challenged the view that sees rape and sexual abuse as a by-product of war. According to Amnesty International rape is now used as deliberate military strategy rather than opportunistic rape and pillage of previous centuries.[42] As a military strategy war rape is reportedly used for the purpose of conquering territory by expelling the population therefrom, decimating remaining civilians by destroying their links of affiliations, by the spread of AIDS, and by eliminating cultural and religious traditions. War rape may be described as "weapon of war" or a "means of combat" in the media.[36] With specific reference to recent war rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo and other African countries the aims of war rape as a military strategy have been listed as follows: increase in military morale, decrease the military morale of the enemy, to offend the enemy, and to loot the maximum of an enemy’s belongings (including women and children).[39]
Commenting on the use of rape in wars, Gita Sahgal said in 2004 that it is a mistake to think such assaults are primarily about "spoils of war" or sexual gratification. She said rape is often used in ethnic conflicts as a way for attackers to perpetuate social control and redraw ethnic boundaries. "Women are seen as the reproducers and careers of the community," she said.[43]

Thank you Albert Melise

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Army Reservist Told He's Barred From Re-Enlistment for Speaking to Truthout About Guantanamo
Thursday 25 August 2011
by: Jason Leopold, Truthout Report

Pfc. Albert Melise was accused by the US Army of leaking classified information to Truthout during an interview about Guantanamo. (Photo courtesy of Albert Melise)
The US Army has told a reservist who has spent half his life in the military that he is barred from re-enlisting, asserting he "leaked" classified information to this reporter during an interview in which he spoke candidly about his experiences working as a guard at Guantanamo Bay eight years ago.
"In accordance with your security clearance agreement during 2003-2004, you are not authorized to freely talk to the press about your duties at GITMO or what you might think have occurred there to the press," states an April 2 "developmental counseling form" presented to Pfc. Albert Melise that was signed by Alphonso Holt, a lieutenant colonel in the US Army reserves and the battalion commander of Melise's reserve unit. "I have reported your actions to the security manager and I am initiating a bar to re-enlist."
It's unknown whether Holt's recommendation to bar Melise from re-enlisting was approved by the Department of the Army. Melise said he still has not received a copy of his administrative file despite being honorably discharged June 27. An Army Reserve spokesman, who declined to confirm or deny whether the re-enlistment bar was accepted, told Truthout to file a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in order to obtain additional information about Melise's status.
Truthout conducted a series of interviews [3] with Melise beginning last November, after being told by former detainee David Hicks, who had just published a memoir [4] about the five-and-a-half years he spent at the prison facility and gave his first interview [5] to Truthout, that Melise was one of the guards to whom he owed his life.
Melise, 40, a former housing authority officer in Boston who has been an Army reservist for nearly 19 years and was attached to the 623 Transportation Company in West Palm Beach, Florida, had never spoken publicly before about the ten months he spent at Guantanamo where his first job was to escort detainees held in Camp Delta to interrogation rooms and "chain them down" to the floor.
In describing his duties as a detainee escort, Melise, who had secret security clearance, said he was also ordered to adjust the temperature in the interrogation rooms to low levels, turn the volume on the music up to excruciatingly loud levels and flick on the strobe lights, which were part of the Defense Department's standard operating procedure designed to "break" detainees.
While at Camp Delta, Melise said he was aware that "fake" detainees were planted in cells to try and gather intelligence from the "real detainees." He said he knew some detainees were "fake" because they were "placed in cells for two or three months and then they would "pretend to be going to another camp for interrogations." But, Melise said, "I would see them shopping, dancing or ordering a sandwich or hanging out at McDonald's during that time." Then the "fake" detainees would return to their cells.
Melise said detainees were also bribed with prostitutes as incentive to get them to work as agents for the US government. He said there was a camp at Guantanamo that just housed children, some of who were as "young as 12 and over 8" years old, called Camp Iguana. There was also a camp where CIA interrogators worked out of called Secret Squirrel.Maj. John Adams, a spokesman for the 143rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) based in Orlando, Florida, which oversees more than 10,000 reservists throughout the country, told Truthout it appeared that Melise's comments violated the terms of a "Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreemen [6]t" he signed when he left Guantanamo in 2004.
Exactly what information Melise disclosed that the Army Reserves considers classified is unknown and Major Adams would not discuss it. He did, however, provide Truthout with a blank copy [6] of the nondisclosure form (also referred to as SF 312) Guantanamo guards are required to sign.
Eugene R. Fidell, who teaches military justice at Yale Law School, reviewed the nondisclosure agreement as well as Melise's counseling forms. He said the agreement is designed "to deter people from disclosing classified information to the media or anyone else and to prevent them from benefiting financially if they do so."
But Fidell adds that "uncertainty about just what is classified means that these agreements are likely to have a broader chilling effect, discouraging people from disclosing information that is not classified simply out of an abundance of caution."
"There is inevitably a gray area," Fidell said, and "that's a problem." Without having access to the relevant official "classification guide" and a security expert to interpret and apply it, Fidell warns that a soldier who has signed such an agreement "may be traversing a legal minefield."
The nondisclosure agreement has been cited by more than two dozen former Guantanamo guards and officers with whom Truthout has spoken over the past two years as the primary reason they will not discuss anything publicly about the time they spent working at the prison facility.
Former Guantanamo guard Brandon Neely, who, along with Melise, was also featured in Truthout's story on Hicks, said he is not surprised
"Since I have spoken publicly [7] about my time at Guantanamo I have spoken with roughly 20 to 25 former Guantanamo guards and one psychologist who all have stories about the abuse and mistreatment of detainees," said Neely, one of the first active duty Army soldiers sent to Guantanamo when the facility first opened in January 2002. "But they won't speak publicly because they are in fear of being prosecuted due to the nondisclosure agreement they signed."
"Two days before I left Guantanamo in 2002, I was told I had to sign this form or I would not be able to return home," Neely added. "I was also told I could never speak with the media, write a book, or make a movie or I could face prosecution. I am seriously considering legal action against the United States government. The truth has the right to be told and should not be suppressed because of this document."
Inside the Wire
Melise said he was torn up about the job he was forced to perform at Camp Delta and began to drink heavily - two bottles of Bacardi 151 per night - to deal with his own pain and suffering.
"When you see people broken down so much, you tend to drink a little to cope with what you're seeing," Melise said during the interview. "I couldn't deal with what they were putting me through."
He was eventually transferred to Camp Echo, which is where he met Hicks. To "redeem" himself, Melise gave Hicks and some of the other Camp Echo detainees, extra food. He also sneaked a handheld DVD player into their cells and screened movies for them to make them feel more comfortable. Additionally, Melise told Hicks he would mail a letter Hicks had written to his father that revealed details of the Australian's abusive treatment and the pressure he was under to plead guilty to crimes he said he did not commit. Melise took the letter with him when he left Guantanamo but he never mailed it, fearing he "would have been arrested" if he had.
Major Adams told Truthout that giving detainees "extra food" was considered a violation of the 2003 Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). To do so, Major Adams said, would be considered a violation of Article 92 [8] of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) - failure to obey order or regulation.
"If a service member admits to doing something against UCMJ and even admits to that later on actions can be taken against that service member," Major Adams said. "Based on [Melise's] quotes [in the Truthout report on Hicks] that is grounds for discharge."
Truthout reminded Major Adams that Melise's developmental counseling form specifically stated that Lieutenant Colonel Holt initiated a bar to re-enlist for Melise due to the fact that he "leaked classified information" and violated his security clearance, not for any alleged UCMJ violation.
Upon reviewing Melise's counseling form, which Major Adams requested Truthout send him a copy of, he said, "as far as I can tell, the only accusation was that the soldier gave an unauthorized press interview where he leaked classified information. He in fact 'Agreed' to that characterization of his actions in the counseling form. The soldier waived his right to make a rebuttal to the [re-enlistment] Bar (it's in the form) on April 2, 2011."
But Melise said he was "under duress" when he signed the form and after consulting with his attorneys he had filed a rebuttal and submitted a statement via email opposing the charges within the seven-day deadline. Major Adams did not respond to additional questions about whether Army Reserve officials reviewed Melise's statement.
Haunted By The Past
Melise was previously a sergeant in the reserves for two-and-a-half-years. But in January 2009, he showed up "to one drill with all my gear and just handed it in and left and never came back," meaning he was AWOL.
He said he did not return to his unit because he was battling what sounds like post-traumatic stress disorder and was overwhelmed by a laundry list of personal problems, fueled by his father's deteriorating health (he died last year). Melise said he had recurring nightmares about the ten months he spent at Guantanamo and the incidents he witnessed and participated in there. Again, he turned to alcohol to numb out. Melise broke down and sobbed as he recounted that point of his life during an interview this week.
In December 2010, Melise was asked by a recruiter to return to the Army reserves. He accepted, however, he was penalized for leaving his unit in 2009 and busted down to a Pfc.
Although Truthout originally offered Melise anonymity, he said it was important to him to have his name attached to his comments. He hoped that doing so would encourage other military personnel to step forward and speak up about their own experiences.
Melise said during the course of his interviews with Truthout last November that, after eight years of recurring nightmares that continue to this day, he felt relieved about "getting this stuff off my chest."
Moreover, he said he did not believe he was doing anything wrong by speaking out about his tenure at Guantanamo and took issue with Lieutenant Colonel Holt's claim that all or part of his comments were considered classified.
But the Army Reserves disagreed.
Internal Investigation
Two months after the story on Hicks was published, Melise reported to his reserve unit for duty in Florida and was told by Sgt. Eric Wright, who is in charge of operations for the 623 Transportation Company, that he was being "flagged" for counseling.
The issue was serious enough that it resulted in Lieutenant Colonel Holt, who is based in another state, making a personal trip to Florida to discuss the charges against Melise. Melise told Truthout that Lieutenant Colonel Holt spoke to him for about 20 minutes, informing him that he was being barred from re-enlisting in the Army reserves and would not be eligible for any promotions while he continued to serve with his reserve unit because he "spoke to the press" about his service at Guantanamo.
At the time, Melise had two months left as a reservist and intended to re-enlist for at least another year, which would have made him eligible for a full pension.
Lieutenant Colonel Holt then handed Melise a copy of the five-page counseling form and urged him to sign it.
"On 16 Feb 2011, you conducted a SKYPE interview with a news source and leaked classified information," the form signed by Lieutenant Colonel Holt charged, without identifying the substance of the classified information. "During the interview, you claimed detainees were tortured even though you never witnesses [sic] torture. Your hearsay has negatively impacted the United States Army and violated the conditions of your security clearance."
Truthout's interview with Melise, however, took place in November 2010, a month before he re-enlisted with the Army Reserves. February 16 was the date Truthout's report on Hicks was published.
The counseling form went on to state that if Melise continued to speak with the media he could face a dishonorable discharge and lose all of the benefits he had earned during his nearly two decades of service, including the GI Bill funding he depends upon to pay for nursing school.
Melise was advised, according to the counseling form, that he should "not give anymore interviews to the press about your duties at GITMO or what you might think have occurred there."
Attached to the counseling form was a "Bar to Reenlistment Certificate," recommending "the soldier named below be barred from reenlistment for continuing service as a member of the U.S. Army Reserve in any status or category."
Major Adams said he confirmed with a Staff Judge Advocate (SJA) that an investigation into Melise was conducted following the publication of Truthout's report on Hicks. Major Adams would not disclose what the findings of that investigation were or whether any aspect of that probe included a determination that his comments were deemed classified.
Melise said details of the investigation were never shared with him.
Shocked at the assertions leveled against him and frightened that he would be prosecuted , Melise said he signed the bar to re-enlist without reviewing it, which meant he essentially agreed with the charges against him and declined to submit a statement in his own defense.
"I was tired," Melise said. "By the time they called me in I had just worked 16 hours straight between my civilian job as a security guard and the 8 hours I spent with my unit. I didn't read that I was barred from re-enlistment until the very next day. Once I did read that I was furious, I was mad. I honestly didn't realize what the hell I did."
He sought out legal advice and with the help of an attorney, drafted a response that he sent to Judge Advocate Generals (JAGs), Sgt. Wright and other military officers in his reserve unit, stating he was "ill advised to check the box which waived my right to make a statement within 7 days" and that he now wished "to make a statement."
His letter cited "significant defects in the forms that I was given which should lead to the denial of the recommendation to bar my re-enlistment."
A former Judge Advocate General (JAG) officer with more than a decade of military justice experience reviewed Melise's "developmental counseling form" and said it appears Melise was under pressure to "settle" his case by signing the bar to re-enlist form.
"The counseling form informs [Melise] he could get dishonorably discharged," said the former JAG officer, who requested anonymity in order to speak frankly. "The only way to get this type of punitive discharge, the worst the military has to 'award,' is via a court-martial. The worst administrative (non-court-martial) discharge he could receive is an Other Than Honorable."
"By informing [Melise] that they were notifying the security manager, that indicates they were threatening an investigation into matters involving classified information," the former JAG officer, who has represented hundreds of service members on these types of cases and was also tasked with disciplining military personnel, added. "It sounds like they were pressuring him to 'settle' this matter by signing the counseling forms and not rebutting the bar to re-enlistment, with a guaranteed honorable discharge, and if he didn't then they'd initiate a full-fledged investigation and prosecution."
The former JAG officer added that the Army Reserve's own records indicate Melise has a "clean discplinary record, "so why deny this almost 19-year veteran re-enlistment?"
"Clearly the disclosures [to Truthout] irked" Army Reserve officials.
None of the reserve officials Melise contacted after he submitted his statment responded to his emails or numerous phone calls between April and June, in which he sought help in hopes of remedying his situation, he said.
Under Pressure
On June 6, Melise said he received a phone call from a sergeant who told Melise he needed to immediately report to his unit to sign documents and he needed to do it that day because it was the last shot at receiving an honorable discharge. Melise said the paperwork he was given was already filled out and included false statements indicating that he personally requested to be discharged from the Army Reserves and that it was due to "personal reasons."
"I didn't write that," Melise said. "I didn't write anything they said came from me in those papers. I told them I did not want to leave the reserves. I wanted to stay in and was ready to do anything to do so."
Melise said he was told by the sergeant and another officer that he was "barred" and would not be eligible to re-enlist.
"They told me, 'this meeting was to let you know you only have this time to get an honorable discharge' and if I didn't sign the papers I would face further trouble," he said.
Still, Melise signed the discharge papers.
"I felt like I had no choice," he said. "I did not want to go through whatever it was they had planned for me if I decided to continue fighting."
The documents included another "developmental counseling form" that stated, "soldier is flagged due to security violation; resulting in soldier beeing [sic] disqualified for reenlistment."
"No action is deemed necessary as soldier is requesting to be released from the" US Army Reserves.
Melise declined to check the box indicating he was in agreement with the security violation charge and instead wrote, "there was no security violation on my behalf. I would like some type of trial to prove my innocence."
Army Reserve officials never responded to Melise's request, Maj. Adams said, because Melise signed the discharge papers that stated he did not wish to re-enlist and requested to be discharged.
"The soldier has no need to clear his name of anything," Maj. Adams said, declining to respond to allegations by Melise that statements attributed to him in the separation agreement were written by reserve officers. "Our records regarding the soldier are confidential. Again, he was discharged with an Honorable Discharge" on June 27.
The former JAG officer, however, said the papers Melise signed shows the Army Reserves "initiated Administrative Separation on June 7th, but it doesn't indicate why."
"It appears they were going to 'ad sep' him for whatever reason and he decided to submit his voluntary separation papers to avoid the risk of getting a less than honorable discharge via the admintrative separation process they had initiated," the former JAG officer said.
Melise sunk into a deep depression. He isolated himself in his apartment, shut out his friends, family and the attorney who was advising him and he began to drink heavily again. In July, he was hospitalized for acute pancreatitis.
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In a follow-up telephone interview two days prior to the publication of this story, Major Adams, the Army Reserve spokesman, dramatically shifted his position about the circumstances behind any re-enlistment bar Melise may have. Major Adams, who spoke to Truthout in the presence of an SJA, said if Melise is barred from re-enlistment it is likely due to Melise's weight, stating that Melise was 5 feet, 2 inches tall and weighed 220 pounds.
"I'm speculating," Major Adams said about the possibile reason Melise is barred from re-enlisting. "But it's those dimensions that are probably the factor."
Melise's military identification card and Florida driver's license state, however, that he is 5 feet, 6 inches tall - not 5 feet, 2 inches. Moreover, Melise said he lost 30 pounds during the month of May in preparation for an Army physical fitness test.
Major Adams failed to respond to questions about the contradictions with his statement about Melise's weight possibly playing a role in his bar to re-enlist and Melise's June 6 separation agreement that said he was being "flagged for security violations" and was "disqualified" from re-enlistment.
The former JAG officer said, based on what he read in Melise's "developmental counseling form, "it certainly looks like they barred [Melise] from re-enlisting solely because of the 'leak.'"
Despite all of the turmoil, Melise said his decision to speak publicly was cathartic and he doesn't have any regrets.
"I told the truth and I was punished for it," Melise said. "I gave half my life to a service that is now turning its back on me. I don't feel I did anything wrong and I stand by that."
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Jose Delgado was a monster who the CIA cultivated and emulated as a means to gather information. Imagine a citizen in this country being probed and prodded like cattle just to determine IF they have done anything without any provocation other than getting placed on one of Bush's infamous list through the FBI etc. Go further and imagine that the FBI used this program not to gather information but to keep a person silence and to protect one their cases because of the FBI mistakes. You don't have to go far...I know they did it to me. This is not a single incident but now has become their MO and they no longer have to work at getting their information they just subject the victim to a program that never stopps and includes threats, torture, rape and sexual assaults as a means to controol the victim. Not all agents have access to this program but keep in mind those that do have been chosen for what they have but for what they lack. We have good agents intelligence agents and like any employer we have agents that have questionable ethics and who cover up their mistakes at the expense of the innocent. I owe this post to the group of men and women who chose to burn my private area over the weekend and who chose to use sexual images as a means to silence me. The threats have only convinced me to expose the truth to the public not to remain silenced as I have since 2002. Look for the complete story on You Tube.

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Judge allows American to Sue Rumsfield

For the complete article Google Judge allows American to Sue Rumsfield Hats off to Neidra Pickler and to the Judge for supporting the Constitution of the United States, something our congress has forgotten about.

The Obama administration has represented Rumsfeld through the U.S. Justice Department and argued that the former defense secretary cannot be sued personally for official conduct. The Justice Department also argued that a judge cannot review wartime decisions that are the constitutional responsibility of Congress and the president. And the department said the case could disclose sensitive information and distract from the war effort, and that the threat of liability would impede future military decisions.
But U.S. District Judge James Gwin rejected those arguments and said U.S. citizens are protected by the Constitution at home or abroad during wartime."The court finds no convincing reason that United States citizens in Iraq should or must lose previously declared substantive due process protections during prolonged detention in a conflict zone abroad," Gwin wrote in a ruling issued Tuesday.
"The stakes in holding detainees at Camp Cropper may have been high, but one purpose of the constitutional limitations on interrogation techniques and conditions of confinement even domestically is to strike a balance between government objectives and individual rights even when the stakes are high," the judge ruled. CREDIT to Nedra Pickler