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Mike McGinness wrote: >Greetings all, > >I recently watched the PBS broadcast, interview whose transcript is >below. It is about our own government (USA) breaking the law and spying >on its own citizens, in general. It speaks for itself.......It also says >a lot, in my opinion as to why so few in the USA spoke out against the >war in Iraq, until recently. They were afraid to labeled as traitors, >including the democrats in congress. I think and hope that tide has >changed here as I am seeing more and more of this sort of report getting >into the news lately. > > > >>Transcript, March 24, 2006 >> >> >> >Here is a short bit to wet your appetite for reading the whole >transcript: > > > > >>BRANCACCIO: Welcome to NOW, on the road this week in Central Florida, in >>sight of what military officials call "the home >>game." Before the attacks of September 11th, the U.S. Armed Forces paid >>attention to threats outside our borders. >> >>Now our military is expanding the way it watches for potential threats here >>at home. The Pentagon, working with local law >>enforcement, now has secret databases to keep tabs on possible terrorist >>activity. And it is surprisingly easy to get swept into the >>system. In some cases, it's been as easy as joining a peace march here in >>Florida. >> >>The program is called TALON, and as we found out, it's operating without much >>in the way of Congressional oversight. Bryan >>Myers produced our report. >> >>BRANCACCIO: October 4th, 2002. An alarming report works its way thru a >>sheriff's office in central Florida. A confidential source >>warns the Brevard County authorities that a planned peace protest at nearby >>Kennedy Space Center may turn violent. Calling the >>protest group "sinister," the source warns "something special" is in store. >> >>The day of the rally, captured on home video, sheriff's deputies and NASA >>security officials are everywhere, ready for the worst. >> >>PROTESTER: I came today to protest against the anti-weapons and nuclear power >>in the space program. >> >>BRANCACCIO: The "sinister" protestors. Funny, maybe, but something very >>serious is going on here. It's the story of just why the >>authorities got so nervous about a bunch of law-abiding citizens. It turns >>out, the confidential source who raised the alarm was our >>own United States Air Force. >> >> >> >........ > > > >>PRESIDENT BUSH: I, George Walker Bush, do solemnly swear... >> >>BRANCACCIO: After President Bush was re-elected in 2004, Jeff and his fellow >>activists had an idea: hold a so-called "counter >>inaugural" at the local city hall where they would publicly reaffirm their >>liberal values. 34 others joined them for what would be a >>peaceful rally. >> >>NALL: At some point, we were there after the ceremony had sort of ended, and >>we were holding signs, somebody says, "Look over >>there, what's going on? There's an officer with a camera pointed right at us." >> >>BRANCACCIO: The local police didn't see the rally as so innocent. In fact, >>it's the police tape you've been watching. Nall enlisted >>the local ACLU to find out what was going on. He learned the videotape was >>the tip of the iceberg. Over the years, the local sheriff >>had written hundreds of pages of reports about Nall's group and others....... >> >> >> > >Please browse to: >http://www.pbs.org/now/printable/transcriptN0W212_full_print.html > >for the rest of the story. > >Mike McGinness > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
