Re: CIA, Nixon, Watergate, JFK Assassination

On 19 May, 02:37, "David Morgan \(MAMS\)" <fin...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
> "Dave" <dwickf...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> > I think that with Reagan and after the role of US President is just a
> > mouthpiece.  So the Presidential Office itself is now defunct.
>
> That's pretty much been true since Kennedy.
>
> However, the President has one big tool to screw America with....
>
> The Presidential  "Signing Statement" 
dictator****p...http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2007/02/13/the-signing-statement-...http://www.abanet.org/media/releases/news072406.htmlhttp://www.fff.org/comment/com0610c.asphttp://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20060113.htmlhttp://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/signingstatements.phphttp://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060721/21signing.htmhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/25/dobbs.july26/index.htmlhttp://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1149361,00.htmhttp://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/04/30/bush_challenges...http://www.coherentbabble.com/signingstatements/TOCindex.htmhttp://www.fff.org/comment/com0610c.asphttp://www.wa****ngtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/27/AR200...http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1828114,00.html?gusrc=rsshttp://www.antiwar.com/ips/fisher.php?articleid=9222
> And over one million
more....http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=George+Bush%2C+signing+statement...
>
> "National Security Letters" (gag orders)  silence patriots, courts,
media & business
> as they pry into America's private
side.http://www.techlawjournal.com/topstories/2005/20050824a.asphttp://writ.news.findlaw.com/ramasastry/20060109.htmlhttp://www.aclu.org/safefree/nationalsecurityletters/index.htmlhttp://www.aclu.org/safefree/patriot/17458res20040929.htmlhttp://www.wa****ngtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/05/AR200...http://reclaimdemocracy.org/articles_2004/national_security_letters.htmlhttp://www.sptimes.com/2005/11/13/Columns/National_security_let.shtmlhttp://leahy.senate.gov/press/200512/120805.html
> And over 67 Million
more....http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=National+security+letter&btnG=Go...
>
>             "If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in
the guise of
>             fighting a foreign enemy."
>                                                   -- James Madison

> I think that with Reagan and after the role of US President is just a
> mouthpiece.  So the Presidential Office itself is now defunct.

That's pretty much been true since Kennedy.

However, the President has one big tool to screw America with....



The Presidential  "Signing Statement"  dictator****p...
http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2007/02/13/the-signing-statement-dictator****p/
http://www.abanet.org/media/releases/news072406.html
http://www.fff.org/comment/com0610c.asp
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20060113.html
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/signingstatements.php
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060721/21signing.htm
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/25/dobbs.july26/index.html
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1149361,00.htm
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/04/30/bush_challenges_hundreds_of_laws/
http://www.coherentbabble.com/signingstatements/TOCindex.htm
http://www.fff.org/comment/com0610c.asp
http://www.wa****ngtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/27/AR2006062700145.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1828114,00.html?gusrc=rss
http://www.antiwar.com/ips/fisher.php?articleid=9222
And over one million more....
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=George+Bush%2C+signing+statements&btnG=Google+Search



"National Security Letters" (gag orders)  silence patriots, courts,
media & business
as they pry into America's private side.
http://www.techlawjournal.com/topstories/2005/20050824a.asp
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/ramasastry/20060109.html
http://www.aclu.org/safefree/nationalsecurityletters/index.html
http://www.aclu.org/safefree/patriot/17458res20040929.html
http://www.wa****ngtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/05/AR2005110501366.html
http://reclaimdemocracy.org/articles_2004/national_security_letters.html
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/11/13/Columns/National_security_let.shtml
http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200512/120805.html
And over 67 Million more....
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=National+security+letter&btnG=Google+Search

Very interesting.  Powers used in secret inevitably become corrupt.

For example it is not safe to take commercially sensitive data through
US customs.