[CitizensTruth] National Security Presidential Directive 59

[Chuck Minne]

From:  http://dprogram.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/big-brother-presidential-directive-biometrics-for-identification-and-screening-to-enhance-national-security/

 
“Big Brother” Presidential Directive: “Biometrics for Identification and Screening to Enhance National Security”
Posted by thenai1 on June 11, 2008
 


The latest Big Brother police state measure emanating from the Bush administration, with virtually no press coverage, is NSPD 59 (HSPD 24) entitled Biometrics for Identification and Screening to Enhance National Security [Complete text of NSPD 59 (HSPD 24) in Annex below]
 
by Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research, June 11, 2008
 
NSPD is directed against US citizens.
 
It is adopted without public or Congression debate. Its relevant procedures have far-reaching implications.
 
NSPD 59 goes far beyond the issue of biometric identification, it recommends the collection and storage of “associated biographic” information, meaning information on the private lives of US citizens, in minute detail, all of which will be “accomplished within the law”:

“The contextual data that accompanies biometric data includes information on date and place of birth, citizenship, current address and address history, current employment and employment history, current phone numbers and phone number history, use of government services and tax filings. Other contextual data may include bank account and credit card histories, plus criminal database records on a local, state and federal level. The database also could include legal judgments or other public records documenting involvement in legal disputes, child custody records and marriage or divorce records.”(See Jerome Corsi, June 200  
The directive uses 9/11 as a all encompassing justification to wage its witch hunt against dissenting citizens, establishing at the same time an atmosphere of fear and intimidation across the land.
 
It also calls for the integration of various data banks as well as inter-agency cooperation in the sharing of information, with a view to eventually centralizing the information on American citizens. In a carefully worded text, NSPD 59 “establishes a framework” to enable the Federal government and its various police and intelligence agencies to: “use mutually compatible methods and procedures in the collection, storage, use, analysis, and sharing of biometric and associated biographic and contextual information of individuals in a lawful and appropriate manner, while respecting their information privacy and other legal rights under United States law.”

The Directive recommends: “actions and associated timelines for enhancing the existing terrorist-oriented identification and screening processes by expanding the use of biometrics”.
 
Other Categories of Individuals 
 
The stated intent of NSPD 59 is to protect America from terrorists, but in fact the terms of reference include any person who is deemed to pose a threat to the Homeland. The government requires the ability:

“to positively identify those individuals who may do harm to Americans and the Nation… Since September 11, 2001, agencies have made considerable progress in securing the Nation through the integration, maintenance, and sharing of information used to identify persons who may pose a threat to national security.
The Directive is not limited to KSTs, which in Homeland Security jargon stands for “Known and Suspected Terrorists”:

“The executive branch has developed an integrated screening capability to protect the Nation against “known and suspected terrorists” (KSTs). The executive branch shall build upon this success, in accordance with this directive, by enhancing its capability to collect, store, use, analyze, and share biometrics to identify and screen KSTs and other persons who may pose a threat to national security.
The executive branch recognizes the need for a layered approach to identification and screening of individuals, as no single mechanism is sufficient. For example, while existing name-based screening procedures are beneficial, application of biometric technologies, where appropriate, improve the executive branch’s ability to identify and screen for persons who may pose a national security threat. To be most effective, national security identification and screening systems will require timely access to the most accurate and most complete biometric, biographic, and related data that are, or can be, made available throughout the executive branch.”
NSPD 59 calls for extending the definition of terrorists to include other categories of individuals “who may pose a threat to national security”.
 
In this regard, it is worth noting that in the 2005 TOPOFF (Top officials) anti-terror drills, two other categories of individuals were identified as potential threats: “Radical groups” and “disgruntled employees”, suggesting than any form of dissent directed against Big Brother will be categorized as a threat to America.

 
Continued at:
 
http://dprogram.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/big-brother-presidential-directive-biometrics-for-identification-and-screening-to-enhance-national-security/


 




 

--- On Mon, 6/30/08, Hal Snyder <hal at drxyzzy.org> wrote:

From: Hal Snyder <hal at drxyzzy.org>
Subject: Re: [CitizensTruth] Preparing the Battlefield
To: citizenstruth at six.pairlist.net
Date: Monday, June 30, 2008, 6:56 AM

Candy Crowley's last question speaks volumes. After we hear that Bush  
and Cheney are authorizing murder and mayhem and subverting mandated  
checks and balances to do so, she asks,

"Can you give me in a nutshell why it's so dangerous. Is it because  
it could prompt a war with Iran if they were to find these special  
ops people?"

No mention of the question of morality, of whether it might in some  
sense be wrong to go about ordering kidnapping and murder. No mention  
of the irony of Bush and Cheney ordering black ops while they claim  
to oppose terror, or doing everything in secret as they demand ever  
more transparency into *our* personal lives. No mention of the  
extended history of human misery and blowback from over 100 years of  
U.S. interventionism, including the overthrow of a previous  
democratically elected government in Iran.

I don't think we need Hindenberg-style hysterics. If she had merely  
asked a couple important questions, it would have been enough.

The Executive branch of our government is insane, and as disturbing  
as that might be, what makes it worse is the profound dissociation of  
many who see it. It's like a bad dream.

On Jun 30, 2008, at 5:40 AM, Robin Migalla wrote:


> You know what amazes me about all this is how calm, cool, and  

> collected

> Crowley is.  When did we stop being horrified by horrible news.  I can

> remember the broadcast of the Hindenberg disaster (footage here

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F54rqDh2mWA to jar your memory).   

> It's as if

> all of our media people are emotionless automatons.

>

> -----Original Message-----

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>

> Preparing the Battlefield

> Sunday, June 29, 2008

> Seymour Hersh describes current US military actions within Iranian  

> borders

> to CNN

> http://www.radiodujour.com/people/hersh_seymour

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