American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies That the Government Tells Us (34 page)

The BIS: “The Bloodless Coup of the Global Financial Stability Board: From Guidelines to Rules,” by Ellen Brown, June 24, 2009.

Jefferson warning: Letter to James Monroe, January 1, 1815.

National debt, 1791:
www.brillig.com/debt_clock/faq
.

Budget deficit, dollar situation: “The American Empire is Bankrupt,” by Chris Hedges, June 14, 2009,
www.truthdig.com
.

Bush overpayment: “Bush Overpaid Banks in Bailout, Watchdog Says,” Associated Press, February 6, 2009.

Senate report: “The Stomach-Turning Truth About Bush's Torture Programs,” by Scott Horton, April 28, 2009,
www.alternet.org
.

Torture manual: “New CIA Docs Detail Brutal ‘Extraordinary Rendition' Process,” by Scott Horton, August 28, 2009,
www.huffingtonpost.com
.

CIA videotapes: “Trail of Torture Tapes,” by Nat Hentoff,
Village Voice,
December 27, 2007.

“Battle Lab”: “CIA Experiments on US Soldiers Linked to Torture Program,” by Jeffrey Kaye,
www.truthout.org
.

Pressuring Justice Department: “What the New Jim Comey Torture E-mails Actually Reveal,” by Glenn Greenwald, June 7, 2009,
www.salon.com
.

Major Burney on interrogations: “The Stomach-Turning Truth,” op.cit.

Torture and death of Al-Libi: “New Revelations About the Torture and Alleged Suicide of Ibn Al-Shaykh Al-Libi,” by Andy Worthington, June 19, 2009,
www.pubrecord.org
.

Waterboarding of 9/11 Witnesses: “Why Didn't Pelosi Speak Out Against Torture,” by Robert Scheer, May 15, 2009, Truthdig,
www.alternet.org
.

Bush-Blair meeting: “Confidential Memo Reveals US Plan to Provoke an Invasion of Iraq,” June 21, 2009,
www.guardian.co.uk
.

“executiveassassination ring”: “Investigative Reporter Seymour Hersh Describes ‘Executive Assassination Ring,'” by Eric Black, March 11, 2009,
www.newsfromunderground.com
.

Assassination and Blackwater: “CIA Sought Blackwater's Help to Kill Jihadists,” by Mark Mazetti, August 20, 2009,
New York Times
.

Privatization in Afghanistan: “Flushing Blackwater,” by Jeremy Scahill,
The Nation
, August 31, 2009,
www.truthout.org
.

Erik Prince as “Christian Crusader”: Ibid.

Blackwater killing Iraqi Civilians: “Blackwater Founder Accused in Court of Intent to Kill,” by Jerry Markon,
Washington Post
, August 29, 2009.

Blackwater image change: “Blackwater's Business,”
The Nation
, December 24, 2007.

Triple Canopy: “Former Iraq Security Contractors Say Firm Bought Black Market Weapons, Swapped Booze for Rockets,” by T. Christian Miller and Aram Roston, ProPublica, September 21, 2009,
www.truthout.org
.

Blackwater operations:
Nation articles
, Ibid. and op.cit.

Blackwater in New Orleans: “Blackwater Down,” by Jeremy Scahill,
The Nation
, September 21, 2005.

Patriot Act: “Bill of Rights Under Bush: A Timeline,” by Phil Leggiere, for Question Authority (on the Web).

NSA spying and setup: “Obama's Black Widow,” by Nat Hentoff,
Village Voice
, January 7, 2009,
www.truthout.org
.

Targeted journalists: “Whistleblower: NSA Targeted Journalists, Snooped on All U.S. Communications,” by Kim Zetter, January 22, 2009,
http://blog.wired.com
.

Clinton e-mails: “NSA Secret Database Ensnared President Clinton's Private Email,” by Kim Zetter, June 17, 2009,
www.truthout.org
.

“Suspicionless Surveillance”: “Did Bush Continue to Secretly Operate Total Information Awareness?”, by Jason Leopold, September 19, 2009,
www.truthout.org
.

Brochure: See
www.infragard.net
.

For more on Infragard, check out:
www.democracynow.org
, February 11, 2008, interview by NPR's Amy Goodman with
Progressive Magazine
editor Matt Rothschild.

Memo on anti-terrorist plans: “Extraordinary Measures,” by Michael Isikoff,
Newsweek
, March 3, 2009, posted on
www.truthout.org
.

Ratner on “Fuhrer's Law”: “Do the Secret Bush Memos Amount to Treason? Top Constitutional Scholar Says Yes,” by Naomi Wolf, Alternet, March 26, 2009,
www.truthout.org
.

Operation Garden Plot: “Secret Bush Administration Plan to Suspend US Constitution,” by Tom Burghardt, Global Research, October 6, 2008.

Rex 84: “Rex 84: FEMA's Blueprint for Martial Law in America,” by Allen L. Roland, Global Research, August 20, 2006.

Iran-Contra hearing:
The Road to 9/11
, by Peter Dale Scott, University of California Press, 2007, p. 184.

Top-level planning: Ibid.

Rumsfeld/Cheney: Ibid., p. 185, citing author James Mann.

COG plan: Dated January 19, 2001, the latestversionwasheaded: “Army Regulation 500-3, Emergency Employment of Army and Other Resources. Army Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program.” According to the Web site Wikileaks that published it, there was an addendum: “Destruction Notice: Destroy by any method that will prevent disclosure of contents or reconstruction of the document.”

New terrorism task force: Ibid., p. 185.

Allbaugh at FEMA:
The Road to 9/11
, p. 210.

“Shadow government”: “Shadow Government Is at Work in Secret,” by Barton Gellman and Susan Schmidt,
Washington Post
, March 1, 2002.

ENDGAME: “Rule By Fear or Rule By Law?”, by Lewis Seiler and Dan Hamburg, February 4, 2008,
www.sfgate.com
.

Troop plan/NORTHCOM: “Secret Bush Administration Plan,” op.cit.

Northern Command quote: U.S. Department of Defense, “U.S. Northern Command,”
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr2002/no4172002_200204175.html
.

Granite Shadow:
The Road to 9/11
, p. 242.

Bush defining insurrection: “Thousands of Troops Are Deployed on US Streets Ready to Carry Out ‘Crowd Control,'” by Naomi Wolf, Alternet, October 8, 2008.

McHale on fundamental change: “Pentagon to Detail Troops to Bolster Domestic Security,” by Spencer S. Hsu and Ann Scott Tyson,
Washington Post
, December 1, 2008.

KBR contract: First revealed by author Peter Dale Scott, quoted in “Secret Bush Administration Plan,” op.cit.

Military Commissions Act: “Rule by Fear or Rule By Law?”, op.cit.

2007 laws and decrees: Ibid.

Troops deployed in U.S.: “Thousands of Troops Are Deployed on U.S. Streets,” op.cit.

Financial meltdown/plan names: “Secret Bush Administration Plan,” op.cit.

US Army War College study: “Bad News From America's Top Spy,” by Chris Hedges, February 16, 2009,
www.truthdig.com
.

Gang subculture in Salinas: “Navy School Takes on Salinas Gangs,” by Jack Foley, February 3, 2009,
www.thecalifornian.com
.

20,000 troops by 2011: “Pentagon to Detail Troops to Bolster Domestic Security,” op.cit.

Fort Stewart unit: “Apparent Plan to Deploy Active-Duty Military Unit Inside the U.S. Draws ACLU Scrutiny,” by Marcia Coyle, November 4, 2008,
www.law.com
.

“Fusion centers”: “Police to get access to classified military intelligence,”
http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/09/16
.

Extremists in army: “I Hate Arabs More Than Anybody: Desperate Army Recruits Neo-Nazis,” by Matt Kennard, Nation Institute Investigative Fund, June 17, 2009,
www.alternet.org
.

Coup against Obama:
http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/09/newsmaxcolumnist-military-coup-may-be-needed-toresolve-the-obama-problem.php/
(cited by Mark Miller's newsfromunderground on October 2, 2009).

Obama and military: “Military Waging War Against the White House,”
Huffington Post
, October 23, 2009.

Beck/background checks: “Pitchforks and Pistols,” by Charles M. Blow,
New York Times
op-ed, April 4, 2009.

Rise of militias: “Report: Militia Activity on the Rise in U.S.,” by Arthur Bright,
Christian Science Monitor
, August 16, 2009,
www.truthout.org
.

Millionaire Patriot training: e-mail on
www.townhall.com

Thought police: “Obama's Black Widow,” op.cit.

CIA/FBI Wikipedia edits: “CIA, FBI Computers Used for Wikipedia Edits,” Yahoo! News, August 16, 2007.

Pentagon electronic war: “US Plans to ‘Fight the Net' Revealed,” by Adam Brookes, BBC Pentagon correspondent, January 25, 2009,
http://news.bbc.co.uk
.

DNA Fingerprint Act: Web site of Center for Constitutional Rights.

FBI biometrics program: “FBI Prepares Vast Database of Biometrics,” by Ellen Nakashima,
Washington Post
, December 22, 2007.

Airport iris ID: Ibid.

Border searches: “Border Agents Can Search Laptops Without Cause, Appeals Court Rules,” By Ryan Singel,
Wired
, April 22, 2008.

VeriChip: “VeriChip Injects Itself into Immigration Debate,” May 18, 2006,
www.spychips.com
.

RFID tags: “Microchips Everywhere: A Future Vision,” by Todd Lewan, Associated Press, January 29, 2008,
Seattle Times
.

Saving the wealthy: “Rapture Rescue 911: Disaster Response for the Chosen,” by Naomi Klein,
The Nation
, December 19, 2007.

Security increase: “How to Profit From a ‘Police State,” by Jon Markman, MSN Money, November 8, 2007.