MY TWITTER FOR THE PRESENTATION PAGE
“Part of our responsibility, as we saw it, was not to forget the terrible harm that had been done to America and not to let 9/11 become the prelude to something much bigger and far worse. That attack itself was, of course, the most devastating strike in a series of terrorist plots carried out against America at home and abroad. In 1993, terrorists bombed the World Trade Center, hoping to bring down the towers from a blast down below. The attacks continued in 1995, with the bombing of U.S. facilities in Riyadh; the killing of servicemen at Khobar Towers in '96; the attack on our embassies in East Africa in 1998; the murder of American sailors on the USS Cole in 2000; and then, of course, the hijackings of 9/11, and all the grief and loss that we suffered on that day.”
“9/11 caused everyone to take a serious second look at threats that had been gathering for a while and enemies whose plans were getting bolder and more sophisticated. Throughout the '90s, America had responded to these attacks, if at all, on an ad hoc basis. The first attack on the World Trade Center was treated as a law enforcement problem, with everything handled after the fact: arrests, indictments, convictions, prison sentences, case closed.”
“That's how it seemed from a law enforcement perspective, but for the terrorists the case was not closed. For them, it was another offensive strike in their ongoing war against the United States. And it turned their minds to even harder strikes and higher casualties. 9/11 made necessary a shift of policy, aimed at a clear strategic threat: what the Congress called an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. From that moment forward, instead of merely preparing to round up the suspects and count the victims after the next attack, we were determined to prevent attacks in the first place.”
“We could count on almost universal support back then, because everyone understood the environment we were in. We'd just been hit by a foreign enemy, leaving 3,000 Americans dead, more than we lost at Pearl Harbor. In Manhattan, we were staring at 16 acres of ashes. The Pentagon took a direct hit. And the Capitol or the White House were spared only by the Americans on Flight 93, who died bravely and defiantly.”
“Everyone expected a follow-on attack, and it was our job to stop it. We didn't know what was coming next, but everything we did know in that autumn of 2001 looked bad. This was the world in which al-Qaida was seeking nuclear technology and A.Q. Khan was selling nuclear technology on the black market. We had the anthrax attack from an unknown source. We had the training camps in Afghanistan and dictators like Saddam Hussein with known ties to Mideast terrorists.”
“In the years since, I've heard occasional speculation that I'm a different man after 9/11. I wouldn't say that. But I'll freely admit that watching a coordinated, devastating attack on our country from an underground bunker at the White House can affect how you view your responsibilities. To make certain our nation never again faced such a day of horror, we developed a comprehensive strategy, beginning with a far greater homeland security to make the United States a tougher target. But since wars cannot be won on the defensive, we moved decisively against the terrorists in their hideouts and sanctuaries and committed to using every asset to take down their networks.”
“We did not invent that authority. It's drawn from Article Two of the Constitution, and it was given specificity by Congress after 9/11 in a joint resolution authorizing all necessary and appropriate force to protect the American people. Our government prevented attacks and saved lives through the Terrorist Surveillance Program, which let us intercept calls and track contacts between al-Qaida and persons inside the United States. The program was top secret, and for good reason, until the editors of the New York Times got it and put it on the front page.”
“We had a lot of blind spots after the attacks on our country, things we didn't know about al-Qaida. We didn't know about al-Qaida's plans, but Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and a few others did know. And with many thousands of innocent lives potentially in the balance, we did not think it made sense to let the terrorists answer questions in their own good time, if they answered them at all. In the event of another terrorist attack on America, the Homeland Security Department assures us it will be ready for this, quote, man- made disaster, never mind that the whole department was created for the purpose of protecting Americans from terrorist attack.”
“And when you hear that there are no more enemy combatants, as there were back in the days of that scary war on terror, at first that sounds like progress. The only problem is that the phrase is gone, but the same assortment of killers and would-be mass murderers are still there. And finding some less judgmental or more pleasant-sounding name for terrorists doesn't change what they are or what they would do if we let them loose. Keep in mind that these are hardened terrorists picked up overseas since 9/11. The ones that were considered low risk were released a long time ago. And among these, it turns out that many were treated too leniently, because they cut a straight path back to their prior line of work and have conducted murderous attacks in the Middle East. An estimated 14 percent of those released previously are believed to be back in the business of jihad.”
“I think the president will find upon reflection that to bring the worst of the worst terrorists inside the United States would be cause for great danger and regret in the years to come. Another term out there that slipped into the discussion is the notion that American interrogation practices were a, quote, recruitment tool for the enemy. On this theory, by the tough questioning of killers, we have supposedly fallen short of our own values. This recruitment-tool theory has become something of a mantra lately, including from the president himself. And after a familiar fashion, it excuses the violent and blames America for the evil that others do. It's another version of that same old refrain from the left, we brought it on ourselves.”
“These recruitment tools were in vigorous use throughout the 1990s, and they were sufficient to motivate the 19 recruits who boarded those planes on September 11, 2001. The United States of America was a good country before 9/11, just as we are today. List all the things that make us a force for good in the world - for liberty, for human rights, for the rational, peaceful resolution of differences - and what you end up with is a list of the reasons why the terrorists hate America.”
“What is equally certain is this: The broad-based strategy set in motion by President Bush obviously had nothing to do with causing the events of 9/11. But the serious way we dealt with terrorists from then on, and all the intelligence we gathered in that time, had everything to do with preventing another 9/11 on our watch. The enhanced interrogations of high-value detainees and the Terrorist Surveillance Program have without question made our country safer. Every senior official who's been briefed on these classified matters knows of specific attacks that were in the planning stages and were stopped by the programs we put in place.”
“I believe this information will confirm the value of interrogation of detainees, and I am not alone. President Obama's own director of national intelligence, Admiral Blair, put it this way: High-value information came from interrogations in which those methods were used and provided a deeper understanding of the al-Qaida organization that was attacking this country, end quote.”
“Admiral Blair put that conclusion in writing, only to see it mysteriously deleted in a later version released by the administration, the missing 26 words that tell an inconvenient truth. For all the partisan anger that still lingers, our administration will stand up well in history, not despite our actions after 9/11, but because of them. And when I think about all that has come - has to come during our administration and afterward - the recriminations, the second-guessing, the charges of hubris - my mind always goes back to that moment.”
“To put things in perspective, suppose that, on the evening of 9/11, President Bush or I promised that, for as long as we held office - which was to be another 2,689 days - there would never be another terrorist attack inside this country. Talk about hubris; it would have seemed a rash and irresponsible thing to say. To the very end of our administration, we kept al-Qaida terrorists busy with other problems. We focused on getting their secrets, instead of sharing ours with them. And on our watch, they never hit this country again.”
“After the most lethal and devastating terrorist attack ever, seven-and-a-half years without a repeat is not a record to be rebuked and scorned, much less criminalized. It is a record to be continued until the danger has passed. For all that we've lost in this conflict, the United States has never lost its moral bearings. And when the moral reckoning turns to the men known as high-value terrorists, I can assure you they were neither innocent nor victims. As for those who asked them questions and got answers, they did the right thing. They made our country safer, and a lot of Americans are alive today because of them.”
Saturday, May 23, 2009 Dear Mitchelle Mulkin, when I was in 10th grade; I was asked to choose one topic that interested me and to go down to Washington DC and research it. What caught my eye was Executive Order 9066: The Internment of the Japanese During World War II. When I chose it, my teacher who had been a beauty queen said "do you know who the Kobayashi's and Yamamoto's are?" They are almost royals like the Hong Kong elites. Then she said, "His father is head of the organization and would love to talk to you; let me give you his number." From there we met in Washington at the Library of Congress and he showed me how to go through the Archives and the documents the United States government has. So I had a pleasant experience interviewing and listening to real people who were not mad and were very successful, very. Consider this before you throw this case at me again or try to harass and corner me by putting my back on the wall; I am the one who brought it up to the Reagan and adjudicated it before I was old enough to drive a car. Do not test my wisdom and my patience by sticking my face in the mess and telling me how it feels.
I will give you some facts that I still remember which will shatter all your grievances or attempts to bone wiggle around the Reagan Era and the consensus of his administration. First, the men and head of the family were not interned; it was the entire family to include women and children. Second, less than a handful of spies were caught only in Hawaii for spying and never on the mainland. Third, those who served in the military or had family who volunteered for the war were never excluded or spared. I also made a small size model of a typical internment camp to include guard posts, entrances, water towers, buildings, farms, etc... I did have to do some work. All this occurring in the 1980s when Japan slowly became an economic giant. I saw it also and before it happened. These were hallmarks of the New Deal and FDR administration (Sec. of War Stimson). They were also the irony which resurfaced in the 1980s with trade policies and destruction of property or seizure. You all screwed up bad and when you did; you affected a lot of others badly. Enough so that they problem relish the thought of you all being hanged for being felons and fugitives.
These were very nice and honorable people; they would not lie or try something sneaky like you are such as sneaking around or forcing others to your side. Most of if not all these families were business owners, had boats and property, and enterprises which are and were considered very successful. Like myself, I was snatched out of the night and my property wrecked for no reason but to appeal and express anger over the Reagan Administration and listening to a 15 year old kid in high school learning the ropes of DC. I had the power and ability to choose any case or bring up any topic and issue; that is well connected and power; even at age 15. I am insulted and angered by your pithy little moment in my life. If I had the power and the well connected resources to adjudicate in one semester a long case which could not get attention; what makes you think I would bend over backwards for an ounce of yours? You people make me sick and I am thoroughly sick now after being kidnapped by a bunch of barbarians who have a disorder which causes bad grades or academic failures. To me it was maybe the pain you felt; but I was imprisoned by you goons, my life was stripped, and then you had to stick my face in it; or do it to me. You liberals and communists are such superior and powerful people always wishing a challenge and a fight. You all are some type of hidden curse and mole in our society where spying is how paranoid and unwinding you truly are.
I find this not only an insult but almost conspiratorial. I can sit here and tell you who is behind it; those who claim to be fighting the Nazis. They forget to tell us they are the communist or moles. It is of such urgency to catch and stop Nazis, they forget the most important part, and they are spies and resent Reagan. You resent me because I was so loved, so well connected, and was adjudicating this stuff even as a small child. I met these people and they liked me. They were not mad; they merely wanted to correct the record and be reimbursed a meager amount. Consider how they were very successful and did not need the money. All these families were well educated and some well off. I can name off other groups who are ten times the threat they are. But as the story goes, accidents and injustice always follow the damned and the history of the damned in America. I do not know and like your kind, never have and never will. I do not know how to make it, you just don't get it.
If I had a choice and if I ever find out who is truly behind this, I will make sure I use all my connections at age 39 and strip you of life, liberty, and your life savings as you did me. Take it as a warning and how you have turned over a stone which you will never put back or fix. Now if I had that level of power and was able to adjudicate the cases that quick; imagine how I am today. Imagine how I feel about you left wing spies and nuts; how you claim to water board me or torture me because you are angry and losing. Your problem is you want to share my life and demand love from others. Your problem is you snatch people off the street and cannot understand that if you water board someone for no reason then stupidity or adventure; they most likely want to kill you. If you only water boarded them five times and claim it is no big deal; they will sue you for millions and make sure you are an international criminal on the run. You all have really messed up and made me really upset and angry; so if I am well connected and hold the power of this earth in my hands; let's just say the feeling of me crushing you and hearing you spit out the last bits of truth and justice is an uncommon valor I cherish.
Do not associate your case, the black movement, the holocaust, or the typical liberal and left wing; to the same cause I had adjudicated. The Japanese have twice your academic scores today, they are peaceful and happy, they are very successful, and they do not scream and shout for our attention. Now, I have to hear this every single day and feet stomping, "go home" yelled at me, how you all are the police, how you do not want to die, how it is your home also and you wish to share my life, how your evil is only oppression, and how you are in pain by my scorn and power. Listen carefully, I have stared down evil and to crush it makes me cherish life all the more pleasant. You deliver that message to whomever you are an emissary but do not kidnap my life, our country, our side, or the world and say how patriotic and sensible you are fighting for freedom and Nazis. You keep attacking and attacking, then the country, and keep saying how it is a hate crime. What the hell is going on with you and are you this worthless? If so, leave before we have to hunt you and capture you dead or alive. Do not tell us more excuses or how unstoppable you are.
Your new stunt was the Arabs and interning Arabs or terror plots; here is a message you can deliver, your charade and spy group will perish in my lifetime like it or not for the past decade of terror and scandals. This I will promise you. It took a lot of work and a long time to catch up and catch you in the act. You deliver that message to the masterminds and the top leadership of the army of the damned (and tell that fat cow Sue to stop stomping on the floor every time I read or sit down to write my book, it is getting old and is beyond insane and psycho). It will come to an end in my lifetime, do I make myself clear? What part do you spies and criminals not understand and need clarification on? If I need to talk to you and need your comments and opinions; I will ask for it. I do not need it forced fed. To think you are trying to beat us and make us go away or die angry, using our own name, is a complete joke and a total insult. You all know now how bad you screwed up and just how much trouble you truly are in, so stop lying about it and pretending to be so aloof and unaffected; I will crush you and cherish it because you are that evil and that nuisances.
Here is a test. Go and grab a human being, of any race and ethnicity. Then water board them five times. Then water board them 10 times for no reason. Then see if they are ready to kill you and why. Do you have a case on them really or do they? Try it, these people will be very surprised how many times it takes before that person says I want to kill them and ready to kill someone. Don’t forget to blindfold them also, that is very important because you must blame someone or make them look like a monster and fugitive. 911 were to boost their cause and to also put a face on the problem. We are all Arabs and we are all terrorist trying to share the life with goons and moles caught red handed. You do not even have to tell me what people are going to say after you snatch them and water board them 5 times for no reason. Most people are not this stupid but we are dealing with an enemy and a terror plot that is. They want us to revere them and share our life with them or else.
Saturday, May 09, 2009 We have a lot of people taking sides and defending viewpoints that convolute the overall reach of the arguments. First is the issue of war and prisoners. Second is the issue of war and total casualty. Third is the issue of war and civilian dead. Japan committed some of the most heinous war crimes and cruel acts to their prisoners. However, when it came to civilian deaths and overall deaths in numbers; it was Russia and Germany who won this title. Japan is blamed for some of the most ill treatment of prisoners and it is well documented of this.
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In so far as liberals and this communist and terrorist group we are dealing with; they argue against the dropping of the atomic bomb. They also argue how humane the communist are by frequently using labor camps to rehabilitate their dissidents instead of killing them or torturing them. Thus, oppression is widespread and the liberals, left wing, and communists are eager to imprison people but feel humane and civilized because it is only oppression. Keep in mind the overall deaths and civilian deaths at the hands of these people. Also keep in mind how many wars they started and how many people died after they started those wars. So the left wing may claim to be humane and how they only use oppression and torture; but the truth is the overall impact and the totality of the problem.
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If we were to let the left wing gain power of every country in this world, by the time we liberated them again, the number of casualties would be astronomical. They may claim to be humane but almost every war in this century has been started by the left wing and radicals. Once those wars begin, there are cruel acts and killing on both sides. To say no war crimes and no inhumane treatment goes unnoticed during warfare is not reality, there are always acts of cruelty on and off the battlefield. However, this argument is very simply put on who starts the wars and how many casualties we can blame them for. To say it is merely oppression, which we hear day in and day out by our kidnappers is a complete and total lie.
The communist and the left wing are constantly using the Japanese and the Germans as scapegoat to suggest the communists are humane or treat their prisoners well. The Gulag was a frequent and regular way to break people psychologically. To suggest random and frequent imprisonment is going to be needed for our future or to argue for communism; is to say the Bush Administration would speak out against this. It is not oppression, it is total invasion. It is an act of war and that war has massive casualty anyway you look at it. This spy group and this terror group we ran into are trying to present a half sided story and one which paints communists as oppressors and not barbarians. That is a total lie. Oppression starts wars and revolts and there is so much killing in war, the cruelty does not compare to water boarding or torture. However, we view a few cases with sensationalism and shock while we use it to speak for the overall condition.
In order to torture someone, they must first surrender. This is some agreement that they will be taken alive. Once an enemy combatant surrenders, then the laws of war, the Geneva Convention and even human rights kick in. Until an enemy surrenders, these laws do not apply to them. Civilians are not enemy combatants and do not wage war. Some are considered irregular or recruited in the cause; thus they forfeit the civilian ranks. Civilians do not surrender during war; they are not supposed to engage in it. However, there is another set of laws and guidelines for them to muster. There are human beings who are so cruel, so mean, and so dangerous that capturing them alive is suicide. Also the crimes they are charged with are so heinous an order of "dead or alive" dignifies the hunt.
War is something you want to avoid and to suggest that mere oppression or denying the rights of others by a left wing and communist government is a peaceful act; that does not accept any responsibility for the capture and apprehending parts where warfare and acts of war may be needed. However, if a larger conflict and a full scale war erupts or slides a society into mass chaos; then the fault of those who never took any precautions or warnings must be equally damning as the people who commit a single act of cruelty and a single casualty. Would we risk mass casualty and war over one civilian being tortured or would we inflict one act of cruelty so that war can be avoided?
