Attorney General Wants All Your Web Records
Mood:  incredulous
Now Playing: You May be a Child Porn Surfer = Retention of your web surfing requested
Topic: MEDIA
Can you see where this is all going Zebra 3 Readers?
My research comes from this one link on CNet

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INTERNET SURFING RECORDS OF ALL CITIZENS WANTED BY US GOVERNMENT

This intrussion by Mr Gonzales, is being requested of all the big Internet players: AOL, Comcast, Google, Microsoft and Verizon.
And it was just last Friday, that Attorney General Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller, requested this information in the name of the "T-word".
You all remember it was just last month the reason to snoop was needed because "it was stopping child pornography"! Gonzales Speech Here
At least ....last month that was what they say the reason to want to snoop was for!
Now the Government is migrating the snoop to include stopping Terrorism too! Go Figure!

And the retention time of their proposal would be 2 years of Data Collecting of --> "your" Internet and email records!
No warrant required no reason other than
"you could be a child porn surfer or terrorist"

The way it is now, the current law is based from a 1996 federal law called the Electronic Communication Transactional Records Act. Which regulates data preservation. It requires Internet providers to retain any "record" in their possession for 90 days "upon the request of a governmental entity."
This now new twist can be referred to as
Preservation "versus" Retention

Now to this average joe, this new push for information from the Attorney General's Office smells of government spying and civil rights violations to our constitutional right to privacy!

I wonder why their can't be an efficient checks and balance on the Child Porn done on the people that are publishing it, or hosting it. Rather than prowl through everybody surfing traffic, they should be focused on the people that are promoting it and propagating it!
Punish those that are involved. And leave the rest of us out of their dragnet. The terrorism charge is being trumped to violate our privacy 'again'. There are already safeguards and proper channels to filter or catch Terrorists using the approved tools and ways and means that confine to our Nations Laws. And further more, if we are referring to Sept 11 terrorism, nothing that happened on 9-11 could of been stopped by any of these Draconian measures!
No amount of snooping or spying on innocent citizens could of helped nor prevented the attack. But! - In fact there was plenty of evidence already being presented that was ignored or disregarded prior to the attack that this administration seriously dropped the ball on their watch as the saying goes. And as the Neocons plan unfolded, George went to the Ranch ...and America went to Hell! ....Plan is in motion for "operation stopping terrorism"
We have been backsliding ever since, it continues today with this push to steal our surfing privacy.
Will reading your mail will be next?

In every free society their is room and the opportunity to cheat or do wrong. We don't destroy the (our) freedom because some are doing wrong within it. We don't cut off our hand because a finger was bad.

Although this request last month was was primarily for stopping child porn. It not surprising this month it is for of course, our favorite excuse when violating civil rights
....... "Stopping TERRORISM"
If this new style like the European Union's approach were adopted, Internet companies would be required to save logs showing the identities of e-mail and, perhaps, instant messaging correspondents in addition to data about which customer was assigned which Internet address.

My point is we have measures to monitor suspicious activity that is within the framework of our constitution and we should live by our laws. The current administration is now pushing this new twist to snoop. I don't trust nor respect this Neocon group to be: honest, forthright, or truthful.
Nor are they really concerned about anything they are claiming to the sheeple's corporate media, that they are trying to be. The naive will absently buy this constitutional breech, based on fear and manipulation.
The ones informed my dear Z3 readers will be at least understanding and able to fight to keep our freedom and liberty intact and protected.

Let me say it this way with an old quote, see if it sounds familiar.......

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
Now what the hell is going on with that old adage, I ask?

For what its worth I read in the CNet article near the the very beginning of the article"We have real reservations about data retention requirements because of the security and privacy risks attached to it," said Mark Uncapher, senior vice president of the Information Technology Association of America. ITAA's board members include representatives of AT&T, Sybase, Fujitsu and Unisys.

Gee I can't seem to be too impressed!
They should be real serious!

US Military shoots and Kills Pregnant Mother in Iraq
Mood:  down
Now Playing: Our Sick Ass Invasion is killing all kinds of Innocent Iraqies
Topic: WAR

A young boy riding a bicycle looks across at a newly-erected warning sign put up Wednesday, May 31, 2006 on a road around 100 metres from the maternity hospital which Nabiha Nisaif Jassim, 35, a pregnant woman and her 57-year-old cousin Saliha Mohammed Hassan, were driving to for Jassim to give birth when they were killed in Samarra, Iraq Tuesday, May 30, 2006. (notice it went up the day after the US shot the two ladies)

U.S. forces apparently shot to death two Iraqi women, one of them pregnant, when they fired at a vehicle that failed to stop at an observation post in the town, Iraqi officials and relatives said.

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Z3 READERS:
The article below just came across the main stream press today.
I am so sick of BUSHMAN's authorized Killing
How long can we American citizens sit around with our thumbs deep in our ass's .....as we slaughter women, children, and innocent civilians.
In this case today we read where two ladies, one who was pregnant were killed by our MILITARY FASCIST GOON SQUAD
For Gods sake we are not even in our own land, and we shoot who ever we want for no reason.

I DEMAND that this killing
--> by my MILITARY STOP NOW!
****** damnit! ******

READ WHAT "YOUR" PROUD USA MILITARY IS DOING IN YOUR NAME WITH YOUR TAXES
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The U.S. military said coalition troops fired at a car after it entered a clearly marked prohibited area near an observation post but failed to stop despite repeated visual and auditory warnings.

"Shots were fired to disable the vehicle," the military said in a statement e-mailed to The Associated Press. "Coalition forces later received reports from Iraqi police that two women had died from gunshot wounds ... and one of the females may have been pregnant."

Jassim's brother, who was wounded by broken glass, said he did not see any warnings as he sped his sister to the hospital. Her husband was waiting for her there.

"I was driving my car at full speed because I did not see any sign or warning from the Americans. It was not until they shot the two bullets that killed my sister and cousin that I stopped," he said. "God take revenge on the Americans and those who brought them here. They have no regard for our lives."
He said doctors tried but failed to save the baby after his sister was brought to the hospital.

The shooting deaths occurred in the wake of an investigation into allegations that U.S. Marines killed unarmed civilians in the western city of Haditha.

The U.S. military said the incident in Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad, was being investigated. The city is in the heart of the so-called Sunni Triangle and has in the past seen heavy insurgent activity.

"The loss of life is regrettable and coalition forces go to great lengths to prevent them," the military said.

The women's bodies were wrapped in sheets and lying on stretchers outside the Samarra General Hospital before being taken to the morgue, while residents pointed to bullet holes on the windshield of a car and a pool of blood on the seat.

Khalid Nisaif Jassim, the pregnant woman's brother, said American forces had blocked off the side road only two weeks ago and news about the observation post had been slow to filter out to rural areas.

He said the killings, like those in Haditha, were examples of random killings faced by Iraqis every day.
The killings at Haditha, a city that has been plagued by insurgents, came after a bomb rocked a military convoy on Nov. 19, killing a Marine. Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting record), D-Pa., a decorated war veteran who has been briefed by military officials, has said Marines shot and killed unarmed civilians in a taxi at the scene and went into two homes and shot others.

Military investigators have evidence that points toward unprovoked murders by Marines, a senior defense official said last week.

In his first public comments on the incident, President Bush said he was troubled by the allegations, and that, "If in fact laws were broken, there will be punishment."
EXCUSE ME **** "HE IS IS A FUCKING LIAR!!!!"
COMMENT BY JOE ANYBODY

Former Iraqi Foreign Minister Adnan Pachachi told the BBC that the allegations have "created a feeling of great shock and sadness and I believe that if what is alleged is true ? and I have no reason to believe it's not ? then I think something very drastic has to be done."

"There must be a level of discipline imposed on the American troops and change of mentality which seems to think that Iraqi lives are expendable," said Pachachi, a member of parliament.

If confirmed as unjustified killings, the episode could be the most serious case of criminal misconduct by U.S. troops during three years of combat in Iraq. Until now the most infamous occurrence was the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse involving Army soldiers, which came to light in April 2004 and which Bush said he considered to be the worst U.S. mistake of the entire war.

Once the military investigation is completed, perhaps in June, it will be up to a senior Marine commander in Iraq to decide whether to press charges of murder or other violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

The incident has sparked two investigations, one into the deadly encounter itself and another into whether it was the subject of a cover-up. The Marine Corps had initially attributed 15 civilian deaths to the car bombing and a firefight with insurgents, eight of whom the Marines reported had been killed.

"People in Samarra are very angry with the Americans not only because of Haditha case but because the Americans kill people randomly specially recently," Khalid Nisaif Jassim said.

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YOU SEE FOLKS WE KILL WHO EVER WHEN EVER WE WANT TO
DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?
WE AMERICANS ARE BOUND BY NO LAW OR MORALS OR ETHICS
WE WILL FUCKING KILL YOU ALL --- JUST WATCH!

USA KILLS INNOCENT UNPROVOKED
Read more from this AP press report on the two dozen innocent Iraqies we just killed.
2 Dozen Innocent Killed

In Memory of Those
Mood:  loud
Now Playing: Joe Anybody Memorial Day Video's
Topic: WAR

Its not just about Bar-B-Q's
Memorial Day is not only about car races
Its about remembering those who
Fought and Died for Freedom & Liberty

This link is my Tribute --> Joe Anybody Memorial Day

120 DAYS IN PRISON - For not fighting in the illegal BUSH WARS
Mood:  irritated
Now Playing: My Tax Money - US PRISON = Jailed War Resistor Peace Advocate
Topic: WAR

What a Patriot! Standing up to War!
Learn more of what this Girl is doing!

Joe Anybody PRoTEST Page

Portland Indy Media

FREEDOM - FREE SPEECH - PRIVACY = ACLU & LIBRARIANS TEAM UP
Mood:  bright
Now Playing: ACLU and The Patriot Act ~ Libriarians Gag Order Lifted
Topic: CIVIL RIGHTS

So Zebra 3 Readers, when was it that you threw down your civil rights and didn't care anymore? Do you recall being asked to forgo our civil rights?
Well when the Librarians were told to SHUT UP
And when they were "GAGGED" so to speak, about this type of civil rights violations,
They stood up along with the ACLU and fought then as well as "now" for all our rights.
These Patriots "rock" They are My Hero's
Read this surmounting and aspiring link of dedication for civil justice and the freedom to speak and read what we want, in spite of the
NEW NEOCON LAWS that are replacing what we hold true and proud "Our Old Constitution"

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"FREE SPEECH"
LIBRARIANS FIGHT FOR ALL OUR RIGHTS IN ONE WEEK:

I am excited to tell you that the ACLU won the right to address "in public" some concerns of the Patriot Act's National Security Letter Provision which next week will be getting challenged in the open public!

The controversial "NSL" provision authorizes the FBI to demand a range of personal records without prior court approval, including records of Web site visits, e-mail addresses, and certain library records. The statute also "gags" anyone served with such a letter from revealing that the FBI sought or obtained information from them.

Well due to this challenge ....The appeals court effectively lifted the gag that prevented Connecticut librarians who received a NSL from disclosing their identities. The gagged librarians will speak publicly about the case for the first time next week. Civil Right are on the March! (MAY 30 2006)

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For more information on National Security Letters, go to
The ACLU Page on the NSA LETTERS

John Trudells New Film
Mood:  irritated
Now Playing: I had to Die to get through it ....They cracked down hard...
Topic: NATIVE AMERICANS
Watch this short video Trailer
Which starts out with the comment
"There is no clear thought being exercised right now in the America public"
Is this a guy.... who is a threat?
Hardly so, Listen to this Native American Activist
Speak up and Speak out
Z3 readers, ...this is John Trudell!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6927088246731642640

Also please check this wonderful site out of Johns
Trudellthemovie.com

I really liked his MULTIMEDIA Link

Enjoy & Peace From:
Joe Anybody

It is a crime to NOT Fight & Kill for the USA Criminal Leaders
Mood:  down
Now Playing: I AIN"T MOVIN !
Topic: WAR

The following excerpt is from the March Issue of the Oregon Peace Works Newspaper by Kevin Benderman
He is currently serving 15-months jail time in a Military Prison for being a
"Conscience Objector"

He opens his letter by stating:
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"I consider it an honor to be put in prison for standing for what is right and all that I can say to the men responsible is "I feel sorry for you." The reason I feel for them is because they refuse to see the truth, and self-deception is the worse kind."
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He goes on to state what I have felt and commented to my Congressmen just last week by my passionately written lengthly letter:
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But on a larger scale, the American people were lied to by men who care for nothing but their own personal agenda and are willing to abuse the goodwill and patriotism of the American people in order to reach their personal goals. This is not what our founding fathers envisioned for this country. They did not want elected representatives to use fear as a governing tool and they did not want citizens to give over all of their rights to people who would let absolute power corrupt absolutely.
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Then Kevin mentions what I also feel strongly is what we citizens can do about it by:

(quote)
I, for one, believe in the Constitution when it says that the ultimate responsibility for ensuring that this country is run correctly lies with the American people and not solely with this government. While we do hire people to do the work of government it is up to us, the citizens, to ensure that they are doing this in accordance with the law of the land.

True freedom requires eternal diligence and it will take everyone doing their share of keeping watch to prevent freedom from slipping out of our hands.
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And Finally the sweet reminder that:
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It is the small things that add up to keep all of us in line. Which brings to mind three small words spoken by a woman who had had enough, "I ain?t movin." The woman was Rosa Parks. We should think about her courage when we feel as if we are too small to matter.

"I ain?t movin." Are you?

--Kevin Benderman,
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To send encouragement and thanks for Kevin's stance
please write to the following address:
c/o Benderman Defense Trust, P.O. Box 1122, Knoxville, Tennessee 37901.

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For more information on this travesty see
Joe Anybody's Protest Page

The US Trys To Bullshit UN
Mood:  don't ask
Now Playing: UN Committee on Torture says
Topic: TORTURE

Human Rights Report
UN Committee Against Torture May 9 2006
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/us_law/etn/cat/blog/post-050906-rona.asp
May 9 -06 was the United States’ second and final appearance before the
Committee against Torture
The United States also submitted a voluminous
(185-page) supplemental report purporting to answer specific questions raised by the Committee members in response to the United States’ Second Periodic report. In less than two weeks, the Committee against Torture will publish its concluding observations.

READ THIS ON MY WEBSITE as post #22 on my Torture Page

Folks this Torture crap is un excusable.
Everybody knows it,
And now the UN is outright saying it!
So has the Red Cross!
Amnesty International!
Human Rights Groups!
ACLU!
Veterans!
And Joe Anybody's from all-around the world!

I ask truly ......
* Who is responsible for this kind of "treatment"? *
No trial - No Charges - Just Psychotic Abuse

385 Million Dollars for Housing Jailed Immigrants
Mood:  irritated
Now Playing: HALLIBURTON CASH'S IN ON INPRISONING MEXICANS
Topic: FAILURE by the GOVERNMENT
Hey Zebra 3 Readers look at ole' Halliburton who just got a 385 Million Dollar contract to build temporary prisons for the INS along the border.
Now does that surprise you any?

Which by the way get used to this new acronym ICE cause thats the new one for these Bad Boys.
A new acronym and some new --> "SUPERJAILS" costing hundreds of millions of dollars and having as many as 2,800 beds. You better be heads up .....Anytime you see mass prison camps being built it is not a good sign.


The following link is from www.Alternet.org

Nationwide, the number of ICE detainees went from 7,444 in 1994 to about 23,000 now; during the same period, the Marshals Service's population more than doubled to an estimated 63,000. Just in the last two years, Congress has authorized 40,000 new ICE beds over the next five years and given the Marshals Service funding for another 4,000 to 5,000. And the President's proposed 2007 budget calls for a $452 million increase in ICE funding, including money for another 6,700 beds.

One of the companies to benefit from the government's building -- and privatizing -- binge is KBR, a Halliburton Co. subsidiary, which in January was awarded a contract worth up to $385 million to build temporary immigrant detention facilities for the Homeland Security Department in case of an "emergency influx of immigrants," according to a KBR press release. The top companies running South Texas detention centers are the Corrections Corp. of America (CCA), GEO Group Inc., and Emerald Correctional Management.

The Office of Detention and Removal, a sub-agency of ICE, calls its 10-year plan "Endgame," the goal of which is to "remove all removable aliens" by 2012, including the 590,000 people who have ignored deportation orders and the 630,000 "criminal aliens" serving sentences in jail or prison at any given time.

The 6,700 new ICE detention beds requested in the 2007 budget represent a much greater number of potential deportees -- that's enough to allow an additional 134,000 people per year to be moved through the system.

- And then I liked this comment on the same link:

Immigration attorneys and advocates have watched with a mixture of amazement and apprehension as the U.S. Attorney's office has increasingly focused on nailing border-crossers. "When I first started practicing immigration law many years ago, the only people that were prosecuted for illegal entry were people who had entered before or people who were doing something else wrong when they were entering," says Barbara Hines, director of the immigration law clinic at the University of Texas Law School. "I think that's really changed -- the people who are being prosecuted [now] are coming for the first time, who have no other criminal record, and they are being prosecuted and serving jail time." Sentences can range from probation to up to 20 years if the individual has an "aggravated felony" on record.

WOW it's not surprising we don't send those captured immigrants to Guantanamo!
This place here in Texas has some news coverage on their "new Business" the prison will be drumming up here real soon due to the immigration arrests.
Here are the last few lines from that article,
Dear Z3 Readers, listen to the tone of this sales pitch for some warm bodies and the general attitude of this unhumanitarian spin. I am ashamed!

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The future of CCA's Taylor facility has been in limbo the last several months because of a lack of inmates. During that time, CCA has been marketing the prison actively to use all the available space.
Without any inmates, CCA would have implemented a mothballing plan for the facility, using only a skeleton staff to maintain it so it wouldn't fall into disrepair.
Most recently, the prison housed inmates that had to be relocated from the Gulf Coast as result of hurricanes Rita and Katrina. Prior to that, the facility held prisoners for the U.S. Marshal's Service, and it also held inmates from the overflow at the Williamson County jail.
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Read Complete Article Here --> http://www.taylordailypress.net/articles/2005/12/21/news/news01.txt

To read more information by Joe Anybody on "Detention Camps in the USA" please check my post on Portlan Indy Media or click -->
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/05/339886.shtml

IMMERGRATION - HUMANITY
Mood:  on fire
Now Playing: Git Out..We No Longer Care!
Topic: IMMIGRATION

What can I say!
When Hate Runs Its Way
It Looks Ugly!