By TLB Contributor: Dave Hodges
When the government is gathering information on us which goes beyond the basic census information, then we should be asking a lot of questions along the lines of “When will the surveillance gathering being conducted by the NSA turn into outright persecution”?
The Unmistakable Pattern of Tyranny and Oppression
Every advancing tyranny has two distinct stages. In the first stage, the “enemies” of the state are identified. Lists are created and distributed among law enforcement. These lists are often leaked to the public to serve as a deterrent against any thoughts of engaging in anti-government behavior. There is typically a prolonged period of demonization followed by formal labeling.
History is replete with examples when surveillance gathering turns into labeling followed by outright persecution. In fact, I cannot think of an accurate historical example of when a country engaged in a police state surveillance grid, did not eventually victimize a significant number of its own citizens.
In the second stage of tyranny, the identified groups are singled out for “corrective” action. Corrective action usually commences on an incremental basis. Following identification, enemies of the state are usually singled out for employment discrimination, travel restrictions, residency restrictions and then the inevitable incarcerations and worse begin to transpire. This pattern happens every time following the establishment of a police state in America. America does indeed meet the denotation of a police state according to the dictionary.
po-lice state
Noun
A totalitarian state controlled by a political police force that secretly supervises the citizens’ activities.
Once this process begins, the advancement of tyrannical persecution of the people is inevitable without a revolution. The whole process begins with unwarranted surveillance
Who Does Our Government Watch?
Last year, the National Intelligence recently released a series of declassified documents which demonstrates how the National Security Agency (NSA) has been granted carte blanche to spy on American citizens.
What can an American do to end up under the watchful eye of the NSA? The recent release of information with regard to this question led to the discovery that their agency concerns extended to those who worship in a mosque, people who write and read articles which criticizes the government, speaks publicly about their opposition to various government policies, publicly profess a belief in the First Amendment and anyone who works as a journalist.
The implications of the above mentioned groups which warrant NSA surveillance are stunning as well as frightening. Does anyone else find this very unsettling, that one can become an enemy of the state for professing a belief in the First Amendment? Imagine that you are a victim of health insurance dumping and Obamacare incompetence has left you without medical insurance, you are labeled a dissident for speaking out.
Ask the Question
With all the historical precedents, it is amazing that nobody seems to be asking the question, “When does all of this intelligence gathering become actionable”? In other words, what is the government going to do with all the surveillance data that they have acquired?
We are not going to have to wait long to answer that question as that day has arrived as evidenced by the following video.
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It’s NOT JUST THE NSA involved IN GATHERING INFORMATION. AND IT ISN’T JUST ABOUT GATHERING INFORMATION ANYMORE EITHER.
SEARCH AND SURVEILLANCE, AS WELL AS GAND STALKING OPERATIONS ARE already being used to politically target activists, like myself for crimes.
People are stupid to keep funding civil and constitutional rights organizations that do nothing legally to expose the crimes committed by Homeland Security personnel involved in using surveillance equipment and technology against targeted activists, journalist and other citizens.
I’m convinced they just exist to raise money to fund their own salaries, and won’t get involved in court cases like mine that would expose the use of Homeland Security Agencies personnel involved in targeted surveillance crimes against citizens.
I believe that most of the Activist Organizations have been Inflitrated and Corrupted from within (like the controlled MAJOR MEDIA and Political Parties) by Groomed Activists who JUST EXIST TO MAKE GRANDSTANDING APPEARANCES and TAKE NO LEGAL ACTION TO EXPOSE THE CRIMES AND POLITICAL TARGETING IN COURT CASES WITH LAWSUITS IN CASES LIKE MINE.
Even when you have witnesses as well as Private Investigation information to document the targeting YOU CAN’T GET ANY CIVIL OR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION TO HELP YOU…….
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They have been using FOIA DENIALS, FOIA APPEAL DENIALS, GAG ORDERS, NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS AND EVEN — “CLASSIFIYING” INFORMATION IN ORDER TO COVER UP THEIR CRIMES AGAINST TARGETED INDIVIDUALS, ACTIVISTS AND JOURNALISTS.
The US Government is the Biggest Organized Crime Syndicate on the Planet and they are Committing High Tech Surveillance Targeted Crimes now, using Ex-Military, CIA, special operations personnel and equipment to carry out their crimes against targeted individuals. People like Kay Griggs, Michael Hastings, Phillip Marshall, Judi Bari and myself have been targeted by these special ops teams involved in criminal operations in the US. They have been promoting and rewarding war criminals for years from the CIA and Military into Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and other government agencies to target citizens, as well as monitor personnel within the agencies.
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I know this because:
Since 2011, I’ve been targeted for surveillance burglaries, vandalism, pet torture, vehicle tampering as well as the planting of stolen and unknown origin property and malicious prosecution. My safe deposit box was even burglarized. No one would help me, out of the dozens and dozens of organizations and attorneys I’ve contacted. I can’t get my FOIA Requests fulfilled for information on my surveillance “Watch List” targeted crimes and it’s even common knowledge in Washington state that Homeland Security personnel are involved in my targeted surveillance crimes.
The only hope people have is to get out of the country before the dollar collapses. As a targeted activist, who can’t find an attorney or a civil rights or constitutional rights organization to help me, my only hope is to leave the country. My cruise control stopped working on my 140 mile trip back from Spokane WA, on Thursday — February 26 this year, and I was gang stalked on the highway by multiple vehicles (one of them with a Big Transformer Decal on the Back Window, one with a Big US “Infantry” sticker on his back window, as well as by WA license plate # WEPLAY2) and after they all turned off and I got past Colville, WA, I tried my cruise control again and it started working. I know they have had remote control over my car alarms on my vehicles for a long time now, and it looks to me that they can also remote control my cruise control as well now……
YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK FUNDING CRIMINAL OPERATIONS BY HOMELAND SECURITY PERSONNEL, CONTRACTORS AND AGENTS……………