We the People Have Spoken

"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."

~Thomas Jefferson

"A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins."

~Benjamin Franklin

Yesterday afternoon before the Congress, Rep. Ron Paul delivered his farewell address. In true patriot fashion, Dr. Paul told it like it is: "Though the grant of power many times is meant to be small and limited, it inevitably metastasizes into an omnipotent political cancer." 

In 45 minutes, he explained the difference between authoritarianism and liberty, and how to achieve such liberty; warned Americans to stop depending on government because "our liberties are restricted and government operates outside the rule of law, protecting and rewarding those who buy or coerce government into satisfying their demands;" told us to trust ourselves, not the government because "seeking the truth and finding the answers in liberty and self-reliance promotes the optimism necessary for restoring prosperity;" asked many questions about the mess the excessive government has created; and named five of the greatest dangers threatening Americans. 

Dr. Paul concluded, "I have come to one firm conviction after these many years of trying to figure out 'the plain truth of things.' The best chance for achieving peace and prosperity, for the maximum number of people world-wide, is to pursue the cause of LIBERTY. If you find this to be a worthwhile message, spread it throughout the land."

The message of liberty has spread! All 50 states have petitioned the White House to secede. We the People want to restore our republic. And for those people calling for petitioners to be jailed or deported, good luck surviving under globalist rule. You will remain enslaved.

'Bush at War:' Bill Clinton's bin Laden Fail

Chapter one of Bush At War also describes the Bill Clinton administration 's blatant failure to kill or capture Osama bin Laden in the late 1990s:

     (pg. 6) Neither Clinton, nor Bush to this moment, had given the CIA lethal authority to send the Seniors or other paid CIA assets to kill or assassinate bin Laden. The presidential ban on assassination, first signed by President Gerald Ford, had the force of law.

Clinton actually did authorize the CIA or its agents to use lethal force, if necessary, to capture bin Laden--secretly.

     (pg. 7) What the rules did permit was for the CIA to seize bin Laden and turn him over to law enforcement, an operation legally known as "rendering." A big operation to do this was put on the covert action drawing boards. Tenet was convinced that bin Laden would never allow himself to be taken alive, so such an operation, if successful, would lead to his demise.

Bush At War doesn't include Clinton's admission that he failed to extradite bin Laden, or the two offers by the Sudan government  to arrest him. Apparently the former president was distracted with the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

Courtesy of Wikipedia

Instead the book offers excuses for NOT capturing bin Laden:

(pg.5) ... President Clinton directed the U.S. military to launch 66 cruise missiles into terrorist training camps in Afghanistan where bin Laden was believed to be in a high-level meeting. But he had apparently left a few hours before the missiles arrived.
     In 1999, the CIA commenced a covert operation to train 60 commandos from the Pakistani intelligence agency to enter Afghanistan to capture bin Laden. But the operation was aborted because of a military coup in Pakistan. More ambitious and riskier options had been weighed in seemingly endless meetings with the top Clinton national security officials.
     One option that had been considered was a clandestine helicopter-borne night assault on bin Laden with a small, elite U.S. military Special Forces unit of roughly 40 men. It would require aerial refueling, as the helicopters would have to fly some 900 miles. But they were spooked by the 1980 Desert One operation President Carter had ordered to rescue the American hostages held in Iran when several aircraft had crashed into the desert, and the downing of two Blackhawk helicopters in Somalia during the 1993 mission ...   

(pg.6) The CIA had daily secure communications with the "Seniors" as they were called ... But tracking bin Laden grew increasingly difficult. He moved at irregular times, often departing suddenly at night.
     Incredibly, the Seniors seemed to have him located most of the time, but they er never able to provide "actionable" intelligence--to say with any confidence that he would remain there fir the time needed to shoot cruise missiles at the location. And the CIA failed to recruit a reliable human spy in bin Laden's circle who could tip them to his plans.
     There were those in the Clinton White House and national security apparatus who were skeptical of the Seniors, because times there was contradictory intelligence about bin Laden's location. And in Afghanistan people, especially intelligence assets, were regularly bought off.  

In May this year during a CBS "60 Minutes" interview, former CIA Officer Hank Crumpton said Clinton wouldn't authorize a bin Laden kill in 1999. In June the National Security Archive released declassified documents also detailing CIA agents' frustrations in the hunt for bin Laden.

(pg. 7) Given the money that was available, the covert action resources and the atmosphere, Tenet figured the CIA had done everything they knew how to do. But he had never requested a change in the rules, had never asked Clinton for an intelligence order that would have permitted the Seniors to ambush bin Laden.

Or Tenet simply knew not to ask because of the war in Kosovo. Clinton sent American troops to defend the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) against the Yugoslavian Army. The KLA also was receiving supplies, soldiers, and money from another source: Osama bin Laden.   

'Bush at War:' The Creation of al CIAeda

Bob Woodward's book Bush at War is an account of former President George W. Bush at war during the first 100 days after 9/11. Woodward wrote: "I have attributed thoughts, conclusions, and feelings to the participants. These come either from the person himself, a colleague with direct knowledge of them, or the written record--both classified and unclassified." 

Chapter 1

It's ironic that then-CIA Director George J. Tenet and former Senator David L. Boren (D-OK) were discussing Osama bin Laden over breakfast on September 11, 2001. According to the book, Tenet was discussing his concern about bin Laden, and Boren thought he was overreacting:

     (pg. 3) "What are you worried about these days?" Boren asked Tenet that morning. "Bin Laden," Tenet replied, referring to terrorist leader Osama bin Laden ... He was convinced that bin Laden was going to do something big, he said. "Oh, George!" Boren said. For the last two years he had been listening to his friend's concerns about bin Laden. How could one private person without the resources of a foreign government be such a threat? he asked. "You don't understand the capabilities and the reach of what they're putting together," Tenet said. 

Courtesy of www.ontheissues.org

In Bush at War, Osama bin Laden is the exiled Saudi living in Afghanistan and developed the worldwide network al Qaeda. I expected a veteran journalist like Bob Woodward--the man who, along with Carl Bernstein,  broke the Watergate scandal--to research and report in his book who actually created al Qaeda and put bin Laden in charge: the United States. (Maybe he forgot, like when he and Bernstein forgot to mention the Howard Hughes-CIA link to Watergate.) Thank you, Hilary Clinton, for clearing this up: