-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a prelude to war! AMERICAN Women for the USA A Compilation of Informative Articles On this Thanksgiving Day November 25, 1999 Dedicated to the Men and Women of the United States Military Armed Forces and Bill Richer, Vietnam Era Vet ******************** "It is the soldier, not the reporter, Who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, Who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, Who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, Who salutes the flag, Who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, Who allows the protester to burn the flag." Father Denis Edward O'Brien, USMC ******************** WHO IS MICHAEL NEW? 1. "Michael New: Mercenary...or American Soldier?" - 12/7/98 2. Michael New - Congress has become Irrelevant - 4/6/99 3. News on Michael New - 4/27/99 4. Army Court Finally Rules on Michael New - 4/29/99 5. Michael New Fights Another Battle - 7/20/99 6. Military Court to Review Michael New Court Martial - 11/4/99 ********************* "MICHAEL NEW: MERCENARY...OR AMERICAN SOLDIER?" Joe Sager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Friends: Daniel New, with the assistance of Cliff Kincaid, has just finished his book "MICHAEL NEW: MERCENARY...OR AMERICAN SOLDIER?". This book shows the family perspective on what happened when Michael New refused to wear an unauthorized United Nations uniform, and what it means for America, if our soldiers can be forced to serve under the United Nations against their will. For ordering information please visit our special website at: http://www.mikenew.com/book.html <A HREF="http://www.mikenew.com/book.html">Click here: MICHAEL NEW: MERCENARY… OR AMERICAN SOLDIER?</A> ******************** CONGRESS HAS BECOME IRRELEVANT Daniel D. New Copyright 1999, permission to reprint in full granted 4 April 1999 Congress has become Irrelevant Daniel D. New When, in the course of human events, those who are entrusted with any particular duty decide to abdicate that responsibility and do other things, they become irrelevant, at best, and tyrants at worst. When those charged with preserving the liberty of a nation decide that it is more important to guard their elite status, their rank and privilege, their salaries and retirement, then those individuals and the institution which they comprise becomes irrelevant. The Constitution clearly provides that only Congress shall declare War. The Founding Fathers greatly feared the inevitable tyranny of allowing one man, or even one branch of government, the absolute power to determine foreign policy and military policy for the nation. For this reason, they established a "separation of powers," giving Congress the power to declare war, and calling the President into the role of Commander in Chief when war is declared. It is a perversion of the Constitution for the President to send troops when and where he will, and to authorize himself with "Presidential Decision Directives," such as PDD 25, which he claims is the basis on which Michael New was ordered into Macedonia. (And which he then classified so that even Congress is not allowed to read it!) Indeed, it is an impeachable act. But the very Representatives charged with enforcing the Constitution do not have the political will to impeach on Constitutional grounds. The best they could do was respond to national disgust with this particular president by impeaching on "Zippergate," competing with day-time television for a season. There are so many anomalies and questionable actions by this administration that impeaching on grounds of constitutional abuse poses only a problem of where to start! The People understand that getting involved in the political process has become irrelevant, and yet a number of elected representatives are going to be surprised next year when they are not re-elected because the voters stay home in droves. Of course, the special interest groups will vote, because it is not irrelevant to them that they elect people who will pander to their pocketbooks. But the average citizen, gainfully employed and duly milked as a taxpayer, is glumly resigning himself to the fact that his voting and campaigning for better representatives in Washington causes nothing to happen. He stayed home in limited numbers in 1998, and he's going to do it in larger numbers in 2000. The bumper sticker I saw in 1976 best sums up the philosophy of a growing body of American citizens: "Spirit of '76: Re-elect Nobody!" As Claire Wolfe so eloquently states, "If voting made a difference, it would be outlawed!" At issue is whether the USofA is to be a nation ruled by law or by the whims of men. If the latter, then Congress may as well go home and let's quit wasting our money on their irrelevant salaries. Should the miracle happen that Congress discovers its backbone, it could become relevant again. Don't bet the farm on that happening. We are witnessing the demise of a Republic and the rise of an Empire. The parallels to Roman history are so close that one can read the future by reading the past. The coming "Pax Americana" may bring "peace and prosperity" of a sort, but it will be at the cost of individual liberty, of national sovereignty, and of the progress that such freedom enables. Copyright 1999, permission to reprint in full granted. Daniel D. New Michael New Action Fund P.O. Box 100 Iredell, Texas 76649 "He (President Clinton) refused to wear the U.S. military uniform and was elected President of the United States, but when I refused to surrender my U.S. Army uniform to wear the uniform of another government, he had me court-martialed." Spc. Michael G. New, U.S. Army ******************** NEWS ON MICHAEL NEW Michael New Action Fund P.O. Box 100 Iredell, Texas 76649 vox: 254/796-2173 fax: 254/796/2682 <http://www.mikenew.com>http://www.mikenew.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: DANIEL NEW 4/27/99 (Falls Church, VA) - The soldier who refused to serve under the United Nations in Macedonia in 1995, Army Spc. Michael New, has filed a motion for an expedited hearing with the Army Court of Criminal Appeals here. The case has lingered in that court for almost one year. Retired Lt. Col. Henry Hamilton, from his law office in South Carolina, has emphasized that ten months is more than a reasonable time for the Army to rule on the case. "The Federal (civilian) courts told us to exhaust our military remedy and then come back. The Army is apparently focusing on the word, 'exhaust.' They know that our resources are limited and that theirs are not. But we have American soldiers, from the same deployment that Michael New was ordered on in Macedonia, now being charged as war criminals by the Serbs. This is precisely what we warned the Army about in our original defense -- the court-martial in which the Army judge refused to allow the jury to look at the evidence. Now, perhaps, they can see why we were concerned about the status of American soldiers serving in deployments as mercenaries instead of Americans, or patrolling armed in regions where we have no legal basis for a presence." Several Congressmen have inquired into why the Army is delaying their ruling. According to Daniel New, spokesman for the legal defense, "We don't expect to win in this court, but we at least hope they'll beat us up and get it over with so we can get on to the federal courts where the Constitutional questions can be considered. This case has yet to be heard on its merits, after three years. Every law student knows the maxim, 'Justice delayed is justice denied.'" Michael New, a resident of Montgomery County, Texas, is a full-time student while awaiting his appeal. He was serving in Germany at the time, as a medic in the 3rd Infantry Division, which has been dissolved and merged into the 1st Infantry Division. "He (President Clinton) refused to wear the U.S. military uniform and was elected President of the United States, but when I refused to surrender my U.S. Army uniform to wear the uniform of another government, he had me court-martialed." Spc. Michael G. New, U.S. Army ******************** ARMY COURT FINALLY RULES ON MICHAEL NEW Conviction Stands, Petition Rendered Moot News Report and Editorial Comment by Daniel D. New (Falls Church, Va.) - Exactly eleven months after hearing the appeal of Army Specialist Michael New's 1996 court martial, the Army Court of Criminal Appeals (ACCA) finally issued its foregone conclusion -- the court martial is affirmed and his conviction stands. The case can now proceed to the next stage, the Court of Appeals of the Armed Forces (CAAF), where the Army will have one more chance to delay the course of justice, before the case moves back to Article III (civilian) courts, where the case will hopefully be heard on its merits. A more detailed report will be issued and placed on the web within a couple of days. We simply wanted to let our friends know that progress has been made, that we've advanced another step on the way to the Supreme Court. This also means that the petition drive to Congress is effectively halted by this action. Over 20,000 American signatures signed that petition calling for Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert to initiate an inquiry into what is taking the Army so long to rule. We are not disappointed, we are excited that we can put that effort to bed and move on to the next step. If you have been collecting petitions, feel free to send them to us, and we'll add the names to our mailing list for future progress reports. There are three young men sitting in a Serbian prison today, as a result of the illegal actions of President Clinton. They were placed in Macedonia illegally, on a United Nations deployment as peacekeepers. When the deployment was ended in February by the UN, they were left in Macedonia, illegally, with no umbrella of protection. The Pentagon could not even define their status when they were captured--were they POWs? Were they detainees? Were they hostages? Or were they, as Serbia maintains, war criminals? This was one of our concerns in the beginning, and the Army told us in writing that, if captured, Michael New would not be protected by the Geneva Conventions of War, but would be protected by the United Nations treaties. How consoling. Now even that umbrella has been removed, but the soldiers were left-- unprotected by even a flimsy excuse for legal protection and legitimacy. Perhaps the Serbs are right. Perhaps Rodriguez, Stone and Ramirez are war criminals! If they are, who put them there? Who left them there? The very same president who, today, claims that these occupying troops without legal authority are suddenly protected by the Geneva Conventions on War! The implications of this case are far reaching. Perhaps now a few more Americans will wake up and demand that we quit running our nation and our wars on popularity polls and return to a nation under Law. If we do not, then the grand exercise in Freedom, the American Republic, is dead. Copyright 1999 Daniel D. New Permission to reprint is granted. "He (President Clinton) refused to wear the U.S. military uniform and was elected President of the United States, but when I refused to surrender my U.S. Army uniform to wear the uniform of another government, he had me court-martialed." Spc. Michael G. New, U.S. Army ********************* MICHAEL NEW FIGHTS ANOTHER BATTLE National Action Forum Michael New Action Fund Contact: Daniel New 254/796-2173 Michael New Fights Another Battle (Conroe) - Michael New, famous for his stand against the U.S. Army and his refusal to wear the United Nations uniform in 1995, is now fighting another enemy. This time it's prescription pain killers, and a dependency stemming from three operations on his right knee in 1998. Faced with the option of a fourth operation and a possible artificial knee at 25 years old, Michael also found himself addicted to the very drug his doctor and employer was prescribing. Late in 1998 Michael pled guilty to a single charge of fraudulently obtaining a prescription drug. He was placed on a deferred adjudication and parole and released. He then went through the intense withdrawal from drugs that accompanies any drug, legal or not. Still not completely well, and perhaps with complications of the dependency, New reported to a clinic the last week of April with nausea and a fever. While in the clinic he collapsed with a seizure, quit breathing, and required emergency hospitalization. In early May he requested a prescription for something to help him sleep. What happened next is not clear, least of all to Michael. He is charged with attempting to get prescription medicine without a prescription. What is clear is that Michael New, who has stood so immovable in a court martial, in federal courts, and in appellate courts, is indeed human and is indeed vulnerable. According to a spokesman for the defense fund and the educational organization, "The family requests prayers as we seek proper treatment for Michael." *** "He (President Clinton) refused to wear the U.S. military uniform and was elected President of the United States, but when I refused to surrender my U.S. Army uniform to wear the uniform of another government, he had me court-martialed." Spc. Michael G. New, U.S. Army *** The Michael New Action Fund P.O. Box 100 Iredell, Texas 76649 <http://www.mikenew.com>http://www.mikenew.com **COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only. [Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml] ******************** MILITARY COURT TO REVIEW MICHAEL NEW COURT MARTIAL Michael New Action Fund Contact: Daniel New [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.O. Box 100 Iredell, Texas 76649 Military Court to Review Michael New Court Martial (Washington) -- the Court of Appeals of the Armed Forces, highest military court in the land, has granted a petition for review (writ of certiorari) to Army Specialist Michael New, and will be setting a date for that hearing within the next two weeks. Final briefs will be submitted by Army lawyers and by Henry Hamilton, LTC (ret.), New's attorney in the military appeals process. SPC New was court-martialed in January 1996, for his refusal to obey an order to wear a "United Nations uniform," which was essentially an American uniform modified with headgear and insignia. When New reported to formation on 10 October 1995 wearing the authorized battle dress uniform instead of the unauthorized United Nations uniform, he was court martialed. None of the evidence proving the uniform unauthorized was allowed to be presented to the "jury" (panel) of officers and enlisted men during the court-martial. That is the primary basis of the appeal. The CAAF has three alternatives. 1. They can overturn the court-martial and rule that SPC New was right. 2. They can uphold the court-martial and free New's attorneys to pursue an appeal in Article III civilian courts. 3. They can order a new court-martial. According to Daniel New, Project Manager for the Michael New Action Fund, in his inimitable understated way, "We can expect them to do whatever it takes to delay justice for as long as possible. These men, who also took an oath to protect and defend the United States Constitution, are proving to be politicized cowards, quaking in fear of the current corrupt administration, a disgrace to their uniforms and to their country. The chances of justice coming from a military court are slim to none. We can look for them to continue to stall, and then to throw us off into another defensive effort. Every law school student knows that "justice delayed is justice denied," and yet, we believe we are legally and constitutionally solid in our underlying premises, and in time, God permitting, we shall prevail in the Supreme Court. The irony is that Michael New stands up for all these men in brass, and they don't seem to have the brains to understand that it is in their best interest to expedite his hearings and get him on up the road to the Supreme Court." **COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. 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