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08-05-2005, 02:09 PM
US military to increase domestic surveillance
By Tom Regan | csmonitor.com
posted August 4, 2005 at 11:00 a.m.
The US Defense Department has developed a new counterterrorism strategy "that would increase military activities on American soil, particularly in the area of intelligence gathering." FoxNews reported Monday that this has caused a great deal of concern among civil liberties advocates who fear the possibility of the military "encroaching" on domestic law.
"Do we want, as a free people, with the notion of privacy enshrined in the Constitution and based on the very clear limits and defined role of government, to be in a society where not just the police, but the military are on the street corners gathering intelligence on citizens, sharing that data, manipulating that data?" asked former Rep. Bob Barr (R) of Georgia, a constitutional law expert and civil libertarian.
The plan, known as the "Strategy for Homeland Defense and Support," was released in early July without background briefings or a formal news conference. The document says the US government must have a "a multi-layered, preventive approach to national defense" in order to counter an "unconventional" enemy like Al Qaeda, which can attack anywhere at any time.
<snip>
Meanwhile, Mr. Barr says the Pentagon's plan is yet another attempt to revive the failed Total Information Awareness (TIA) project, which he called a "massive, centralized information database using public and private records of individuals" that was killed by Congress in 2002.
MORE:Christian Science Monitor (http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0804/dailyUpdate.html)
Oh what fun, the U.S. is preparing to use our own military intelligence against all of us in order to catch a handful of terrorists that may or may not even exist, and that's not all, folks, see they have to do something with all those immoral people who are drug-dealers, prostitutes, adulters, you name it...what to do...what to do...
Time, Girls and Boys. Grab a cuppa java, settle in for an interesting read on what your government has been planning.
Your assignment this afternoon is to read Army Regulation AR210-35, which was updated on January 14, 2005. The title is "Civilian Inmate Labor Program." You can find little gems on every page. Even the Table of Contents makes for good reading.
<snip>
Chapter 1
Introduction, page 1
Purpose • 1–1, page 1
References • 1–2, page 1
Explanation of abbreviations and terms • 1–3, page 1
Responsibilities • 1–4, page 1
Civilian inmate labor programs • 1–5, page 2
The process • 1–6, page 2
Chapter 2
Establishing Installation Civilian Inmate Labor Programs, page 4
Policy statement • 2–1, page 4
Negotiating with corrections systems representatives • 2–2, page 4
Governing provisions • 2–3, page 4
Procedures for establishing installation civilian inmate labor programs • 2–4, page 7
Chapter 3
Establishing Civilian Inmate Prison Camps on Army Installations, page 8
Policy statement • 3–1, page 8
Negotiating with correctional systems representatives to establish prison camps • 3–2, page 8
Governing criteria civilian inmate prison camps • 3–3, page 8
Governing provisions for operating civilian inmate prison camps on Army installations • 3–4, page 9
Procedures for establishing a civilian inmate prison camp on Army installations • 3–5, page 9
Interservice, interagency, or interdepartmental support agreements • 3–6, page 10
Chapter 4
Reporting and Recordkeeping, page 10
Incident reports • 4–1, page 10
Media coverage • 4–2, page 10
Recordkeeping • 4–3, page 11
Appendixes
A. References, page 12
B. Memorandum of Agreement Format, page 13
C. Sample Inmate Labor Plan, page 19
D. Management Control Evaluation Checklist, page 23
E. 18 USC 4125(A), and Executive Order 11755, page 23
<end snip>
Here's a few passages I thought were interesting:
Section 2-1(b). The Army is not interested in, nor can afford, any relationship with a corrections facility if that relationship
stipulates payment for civilian inmate labor.
Section 2-3(6)(c). Services provided to installations. Services provided to the installation must be in accordance with 18 USC
4125(a). Such services are constructing or repairing roads; clearing, maintaining, or reforesting public land; building levees; or constructing or repairing any other public way or works financed wholly or in major part by funds appropriated by Congress. Inmates may perform custodial tasks, building demolition, debris removal, mowing, landscaping, painting, carpentry, trash pickup, transporting debris to and from recycling centers, and other similar activities. No other services are allowed by law.
In the Memorandum of Agreement, Section 4(r) Inmates will not have access to or use phone lines or fax fax machines, computers/computer systems (and any other restrictions to the local Federal corrections facility may place on inmate use.)
ARMY.MIL (http://www.army.mil/usapa/epubs/pdf/r210_35.pdf)
I'm sure pleased to know OUR government is prepared for any eventuality.
By Tom Regan | csmonitor.com
posted August 4, 2005 at 11:00 a.m.
The US Defense Department has developed a new counterterrorism strategy "that would increase military activities on American soil, particularly in the area of intelligence gathering." FoxNews reported Monday that this has caused a great deal of concern among civil liberties advocates who fear the possibility of the military "encroaching" on domestic law.
"Do we want, as a free people, with the notion of privacy enshrined in the Constitution and based on the very clear limits and defined role of government, to be in a society where not just the police, but the military are on the street corners gathering intelligence on citizens, sharing that data, manipulating that data?" asked former Rep. Bob Barr (R) of Georgia, a constitutional law expert and civil libertarian.
The plan, known as the "Strategy for Homeland Defense and Support," was released in early July without background briefings or a formal news conference. The document says the US government must have a "a multi-layered, preventive approach to national defense" in order to counter an "unconventional" enemy like Al Qaeda, which can attack anywhere at any time.
<snip>
Meanwhile, Mr. Barr says the Pentagon's plan is yet another attempt to revive the failed Total Information Awareness (TIA) project, which he called a "massive, centralized information database using public and private records of individuals" that was killed by Congress in 2002.
MORE:Christian Science Monitor (http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0804/dailyUpdate.html)
Oh what fun, the U.S. is preparing to use our own military intelligence against all of us in order to catch a handful of terrorists that may or may not even exist, and that's not all, folks, see they have to do something with all those immoral people who are drug-dealers, prostitutes, adulters, you name it...what to do...what to do...
Time, Girls and Boys. Grab a cuppa java, settle in for an interesting read on what your government has been planning.
Your assignment this afternoon is to read Army Regulation AR210-35, which was updated on January 14, 2005. The title is "Civilian Inmate Labor Program." You can find little gems on every page. Even the Table of Contents makes for good reading.
<snip>
Chapter 1
Introduction, page 1
Purpose • 1–1, page 1
References • 1–2, page 1
Explanation of abbreviations and terms • 1–3, page 1
Responsibilities • 1–4, page 1
Civilian inmate labor programs • 1–5, page 2
The process • 1–6, page 2
Chapter 2
Establishing Installation Civilian Inmate Labor Programs, page 4
Policy statement • 2–1, page 4
Negotiating with corrections systems representatives • 2–2, page 4
Governing provisions • 2–3, page 4
Procedures for establishing installation civilian inmate labor programs • 2–4, page 7
Chapter 3
Establishing Civilian Inmate Prison Camps on Army Installations, page 8
Policy statement • 3–1, page 8
Negotiating with correctional systems representatives to establish prison camps • 3–2, page 8
Governing criteria civilian inmate prison camps • 3–3, page 8
Governing provisions for operating civilian inmate prison camps on Army installations • 3–4, page 9
Procedures for establishing a civilian inmate prison camp on Army installations • 3–5, page 9
Interservice, interagency, or interdepartmental support agreements • 3–6, page 10
Chapter 4
Reporting and Recordkeeping, page 10
Incident reports • 4–1, page 10
Media coverage • 4–2, page 10
Recordkeeping • 4–3, page 11
Appendixes
A. References, page 12
B. Memorandum of Agreement Format, page 13
C. Sample Inmate Labor Plan, page 19
D. Management Control Evaluation Checklist, page 23
E. 18 USC 4125(A), and Executive Order 11755, page 23
<end snip>
Here's a few passages I thought were interesting:
Section 2-1(b). The Army is not interested in, nor can afford, any relationship with a corrections facility if that relationship
stipulates payment for civilian inmate labor.
Section 2-3(6)(c). Services provided to installations. Services provided to the installation must be in accordance with 18 USC
4125(a). Such services are constructing or repairing roads; clearing, maintaining, or reforesting public land; building levees; or constructing or repairing any other public way or works financed wholly or in major part by funds appropriated by Congress. Inmates may perform custodial tasks, building demolition, debris removal, mowing, landscaping, painting, carpentry, trash pickup, transporting debris to and from recycling centers, and other similar activities. No other services are allowed by law.
In the Memorandum of Agreement, Section 4(r) Inmates will not have access to or use phone lines or fax fax machines, computers/computer systems (and any other restrictions to the local Federal corrections facility may place on inmate use.)
ARMY.MIL (http://www.army.mil/usapa/epubs/pdf/r210_35.pdf)
I'm sure pleased to know OUR government is prepared for any eventuality.