police state updates: recruiting, nightmarish, hysteria

job openings for spies & interrogators*
collapse survival will be tribal:
begin recruiting now*
predator drones patrol entire US-mexico border*
more than 3,000 mexican federal police fired*
mexican massacre investigator found dead*
video: body scanners at lindbergh field in san diego*
video: colorado cops using biometric iris scan tech*
video: gps tracks chicago schoolbus kids*
boss made her a sex slave, homeland security worker says*
nightmarish hospital visit capped by beating, accident victim says*
download: obama's doj puts out 'extremism terms & concepts guide'*
2 suspects on united airlines flight arrested on terror charges in amsterdam*
video: 2 men held on terrorism precrime charges as anti-muslim hysteria reaches fevered pitch*
miami airport scare caused by metal canister in luggage*
fbi paid informant in bronx synagogue bomb plot $97k, who provided terror suspects with fake bombs*

52 children rescued in nation-wide prostitution sting, 700 arrested

... can the specter of the franklin scandal be far away? ...
from latimes: Federal officials rescued 52 children and arrested nearly 700 people over the last three days in a nationwide crackdown on child prostitution.

Almost 1,600 agents and officers took part in the raids, which followed investigations in 36 cities, according to the FBI, local law enforcement agencies and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Included in the arrests were 60 pimps, according to the FBI and local police officials.

Authorities say the youngest victim was 10.

In Southern California, two children were rescued in Riverside, and four adults were arrested, said Laura Eimiller, an FBI spokeswoman. Four suspected customers of child prostitutes were arrested in Orange County.

"It is repugnant that children in these times could be subjected to the great pain, suffering and indignity of being forced into sexual slavery for someone else's profit," Assistant Atty. Gen. Lanny A. Breuer said in a statement. He added that the latest raids show that "the scourge of child prostitution still exists on the streets of our cities."

The sweep, dubbed Operation Cross Country, is part of the Innocence Lost National Initiative, started in 2003 to address child sex trafficking in the U.S.

The initiative has rescued nearly 900 children; led to the conviction of 510 pimps, madams and their associates; and seized $3.1 million in assets, according to the FBI.

"We're having an enormous impact on this business," said Ernie Allen, president of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Most of the recovered children have been girls, who usually become victims of traffickers around age 12, Allen said.

He estimated that 100,000 children are still involved in sex trafficking in the U.S., adding that the problem is growing partly because of the recession.

related video: running in the shadows: recession drives surge in youth runaways - new york times article set in oregon

murder/mayhem: mind control, sex slaves & wildfires

video: couple who kidnapped girl 18 years back deny all charges*
sex kidnapper's wife was victim too*
jaycee lee dugard & phillip garrido's daughters 'like brainwashed zombies'*
jaycee lee dugard & 'sharon marshall': a related case of kidnapping*
uk police rescue sex slave children*
police: 7 found slain in georgia home*
aclu counsel & gay rights champion, larry frankel, found dead in dc park*

california wildfire doubles in size, threatens 12k homes*
manchester teenagers planned columbine-style attack*
indonesian quake leaves 57 dead, dozens missing*
documentary filmmaker shot dead in el salvador*

mystery/memes\mayhem: peltier, dunne, toxic talk & cult killings

history/mystery:
imprisoned since '77 for the deaths of 2 fbi agents,
leonard peltier denied parole*
freedom denied again for leonard peltier*
cops believe 1991 kidnap victim found alive in south lake tahoe, california - couple in custody*
kidnapped girl resurfaces after 18 years as sex slave*
the reinhard gehlen organization:
from the office of strategic services to the central intelligence agency*
'91 book covers nancy reagan's sexual trysts w/ frank sinatra & reefer madness w/ jack benny*
leaked video: the joke's on you -
cnn gulfwar1 propaganda produced by pentagon*


media/memes:
author dominick dunne dies at 83*
ellie greenwich, 'chapel of love' 'be my baby' & 'leader of the pack' co-writer, dies at 68*
fbi drove 'black power' actress jean seberg to suicide, claims son*
actress mischa barton breaks silence on involuntary psychiatric hold*
the grandaddy of toxic talk radio, bob grant, is back in nyc*
video: george carlin on 'conspiracy theorists'*


murder/mayhem:
michael jackson's death ruled a homicide by los angeles coroner*
pipe bombs go off at hillsdale high in san mateo, california*
alex youshock, 17yr old high school student, charged with trying to kill teacher & aide*
abc reports that '01 colorado triple homicide was cult killing*
did simon say kill?*
leo obstbaum, design director for the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver, dies suddenly at 40*
tennessee gop state sen. resigns amid lurid sex scandal with 22yr-old intern*

4/23 newspurge

police state international:
combat support battalion deployed to 'maintain public order' at boston marathon*
animal rights activist on fbi 'most wanted terrorists' list*
video: cop arrests abc news reporter for filming traffic accident*
hr1913: local law enforcement hate crimes prevention act of 2009, the end of free speech?*
US security boss clarifies comments about border*
illegal immigrants detained, then freed to work*
maddow compares sovereignty movt to confederacy*
veterans a focus of fbi extremist probe*
'operation vigilant eagle': another attack on the sovereignty movt*
police state pillow fight:
feathery fracas lands vermont man in court*
drill tests airport readiness in youngstown, ohio*
chicago students send the cia packing*
spying on americans: 'business as usual' under obama*
celente: 'america lives in a fascist state'*
alan keyes: govt will stage terror, declare martial law*
fox launches infowars clone website in
attempt to cannibalize the patriot movt*
shiny new 'internal security' police cars*
court debates strip search of student*
cash-strapped cities try private guards over police*
scotus strikes a blow for the 4th amendment*
crisis as a means to building a global totalitarian state*
shanghai cooperation organization [russia/china] to form single emergency situations center*
canada cops can 'take all your stuff'*
9 men arrested over suspected terror plot released to UK borders agency*
central asia holds military drill*
rudd to announce civilian corps*
children tracked by sat nav to stop bad behaviour*
suspected somali pirate arrives in US to face charges*

obamessiah & the apostles of war
obama’s 1st 100 days: worse than even we predicted*
obama & chavez shake hands at summit*
change you have been told to believe in:
a closer examination of obama’s foreign policy*
obama laments not being able to ban 'assault weapons'*
key witness in obama passport fraud case murdered*
obama & the dem 'leadership' oppose a torture probe*

9/11 updates
schumer supports a new 9/11 investigation?*
former 9/11 commission vice chairman makes bizarre comments
about intelligence failures before attacks*
port authority of ny/nj:
records for reported wtc renovation work destroyed on 9/11*
giuliani has connection to pedophile priest*

econocrash
freddie mac cfo david kellerman found dead from apparent suicide in virginia*
freddie mac official found dead in apparent suicide*
missouri & nevada bank failures 24 & 25 in '09*
tower of basel: secretive plans for the issuing of a global currency*
bank lending keeps dropping*
gm & chrysler get extra $5.5b in loans*
gm to shut plants for up to 9 weeks this summer*
israel's own madoff arrested*
US initial jobless claims rose to 640k last week*
video: homeowners wreck property in final act of vengeance*

drugwar
video: ron paul: the national drug war has failed*
california med-marijuana laws are moving pot into mainstream*
video: cocaine highways: post-nafta, most drugs cross US borders in trucks*
more humans than drugs trafficked in europe*
video: sen webb says marijuana legalization should be considered*

2 unrelated & unsurprising stories: paedophiles & pot

buckingham butler 'ran paedophile sex ring while working for the royal family'
from daily mail: A former Buckingham Palace butler has been unmasked as a sexual predator who ran a paedophile ring while serving the Royal Family. Bachelor Paul Kidd, 55, groomed at least one of his teenage victims for sex by taking him for tea with the Queen Mother at Clarence House, it has emerged. To the public, he had been the urbane gent who waited on the Royals for nine years - first the Queen at the Palace and then her mother. He often publicly gushed about his blue blood employers talking of the Queen as 'courteous and genuinely caring.'

cannabis less harmful than drinking, smoking
from afp: Cannabis is less harmful than alcohol or tobacco, according to a report by a research charity Thursday, which called for a "serious rethink" of drug policy. The Beckley Foundation, a charity which numbers senior experts and other academics among its advisors, said banning cannabis has no impact on supply and turns users into criminals. "Although cannabis can have a negative impact on health, including mental health, in terms of relative harms it is considerably less harmful than alcohol or tobacco," says the report by the Foundation's Global Cannabis Commission. The government is pressing for cannabis to be re-classified in law as a Class B drug compared with its current, less serious, Class C classification.

remember the alamo: 'cult' leader arrested for child sex

from wikinews: Controversial evangelist leader Tony Alamo was arrested in Flagstaff, Arizona Thursday and faces charges related to child sex abuse allegations at the Tony Alamo Christian Ministry organization. Alamo has previously been convicted on charges of tax evasion. United States federal agents raided Alamo's compound in Arkansas on Saturday and six girls were taken into state custody.

Law enforcement officials raided Alamo's compound in Fouke, Arkansas on Saturday and removed six girls aged 10 to 17. Over 100 federal and state agents participated in the raid on the compound, which followed a two-year investigation into Alamo and his organization.

Law enforcement officials were searching for evidence that minors had been videotaped performing sexual activities or had been molested. The Federal Bureau of Investigation searched Alamo's property for child pornography. Alamo, who claims he is legally blind and wouldn't be able to see child pornography, preaches that girls should marry young and sex with post-puberty girls is 'okay' because "in the Bible it happened".

update1: evangelist agrees to return to return to arkansas
update2: fbi says girls told agent evangelist alamo abused them

flashback: elitist perversion far deeper than foley

un peacekeepers & aid workers abusing kids

from ap: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed "deep concern" Tuesday after a leading children's charity said it uncovered evidence of widespread sexual abuse of children at the hands of U.N. peacekeepers and international aid workers. The report (448kb PDF) by Save the Children UK, based on field research in southern Sudan, Ivory Coast and Haiti, describes a litany of sexual crimes against children as young as 6.

flashbacks: dyncorp/halliburton sex slave scandal won't go away & elitist perversion far deeper than foley

oklahoma sheriff ran sex-slave operation from jail

from koco: An Oklahoma sheriff resigned after an investigation reveals he was running a sex-slave operation from his jail, police said. Michael Burgess surrendered to Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agents and posted bond Wednesday night, hours after he resigned as Custer County sheriff amid 35 felony charges, including accusations of forcible oral sodomy, kidnapping, rape and perjury. Investigators said at one point Burgess oversaw wet T-shirt contests at the Custer County Jail.

state dept can’t account for $1b paid to dyncorp

question: how much was spent on establishing a prostitution and slave ring in bosnia?

from nytimes: A pair of new reports have delivered sharply critical judgments about the State Department’s performance in overseeing work done by the private companies that the government relies on increasingly in Iraq and Afghanistan to carry out delicate security work and other missions.

A State Department review of its own security practices in Iraq assails the department for poor coordination, communication, oversight and accountability involving armed security companies like Blackwater USA, according to people who have been briefed on the report. In addition to Blackwater, the State Department’s two other security contractors in Iraq are DynCorp International and Triple Canopy.

At the same time, a government audit expected to be released Tuesday says that records documenting the work of DynCorp, the State Department’s largest contractor, are in such disarray that the department cannot say “specifically what it received” for most of the $1.2 billion it has paid the company since 2004 to train the police officers in Iraq.

larry craig pervert scandal is tip of the iceberg

from paul joseph watson: Revelations about Senator Larry Craig that have mired the Republicans in another sex scandal over the past few days continue to rumble across the media spectrum - but the true scale of perversion, organized child sex slavery rings and their connections to the elite is uniformly omitted from polite conversation.

Last year, Republican Rep. Mark Foley was investigated by the FBI after he sent sexually suggestive emails to boys working as congressional pages. It later emerged that House leaders had known for months about Foley's lurid behavior yet chose to look the other way. Foley was co-chairman of the Congressional Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus.

Larry Craig, albeit on a lesser scale, has now been exposed as a pervert and the media treadmill continues to afford this individual case blanket coverage - a deluge of attention not received by the thousands of missing children and victimized young men who were and continue to be the victims of gargantuan forced child prostitution rings that operate to service political, corporate and media elites all across the globe.

flashback: elitist perversion far deeper than foley & rep resigns over e-mails to teenage page

japan supplied sex slaves for gi's in wwii

from ap: Japan's abhorrent practice of enslaving women to provide sex for its troops in World War II has a little-known sequel: after its surrender - with tacit approval by US occupation authorities - Japan set up a similar "comfort women" system for American GIs, it was revealed today.

An Associated Press review of historical documents and records - some never before translated into English - shows that US authorities permitted the official brothel system to operate despite internal reports that women were being coerced into prostitution.

The Americans also had full knowledge by then of Japan's atrocious treatment of women in countries across Asia that it conquered during the war.

Tens of thousands of women were employed to provide cheap sex to American troops until the northern spring of 1946, when General Douglas MacArthur shut it down.

The documents show that the brothels were rushed into operation as US forces poured into Japan beginning in August 1945...

UPDATE: thanks to an anonymous comment, here's a video from 'foreign exchange' with fareed zakaria

news on the march

boston may install 'gunshot-detection system'
from boston globe: Boston city councilors, law enforcement officials, and community leaders are pressing City Hall to come up with $1.5 million to buy a promising acoustic gunshot-detection system... Similar gunshot-detection systems are already being used by police in a number of US cities in addition to Chicago, including Minneapolis; Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles; Oakland, Calif.; Gary, Ind.; Charleston, S.C.; and Rochester, N.Y.

UN investigated over 300 for sex abuse
from newsday: The United Nations has investigated more than 300 members of U.N. peacekeeping missions for alleged sexual exploitation and abuse during the past three years and more than half were fired or sent home, according to a senior U.N. official.

new passport rules to take effect
from burlington free press: In 2 1/2 weeks, air travelers to and from Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean will need a passport to cross the U.S. border.... In the spring, all U.S citizens applying for a passport will receive an electronic version that's embedded with a "smart" chip designed to thwart forgery.