Comments on: FBI Chief Planned Mass Jailing http://mlyon01.wordpress.com/2007/12/23/fbi-chief-planned-mass-jailing/ Age and Youth in Action Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:23:05 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Obama: Where do you stand on Civil Liberties? « SF Gray Panthers http://mlyon01.wordpress.com/2007/12/23/fbi-chief-planned-mass-jailing/#comment-6012 Obama: Where do you stand on Civil Liberties? « SF Gray Panthers Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:33:10 +0000 http://mlyon01.wordpress.com/2007/12/23/fbi-chief-planned-mass-jailing/#comment-6012 [...] lists of homegrown terrorism suspects that could be kept secret and used years later. In 1950 FBI planned to suspend habeas corpus and indefinitely detain 12,000 radicals from a list the FBI had been [...] [...] lists of homegrown terrorism suspects that could be kept secret and used years later. In 1950 FBI planned to suspend habeas corpus and indefinitely detain 12,000 radicals from a list the FBI had been [...]

]]> By: S. A. Weiss http://mlyon01.wordpress.com/2007/12/23/fbi-chief-planned-mass-jailing/#comment-5592 S. A. Weiss Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:11:46 +0000 http://mlyon01.wordpress.com/2007/12/23/fbi-chief-planned-mass-jailing/#comment-5592 It is most fascinating that the NY Times chose to write about Hoover's plan for mass jailing in 1950 but refuses to write about the actual execution of Hoover's mass jailing in 1941 isn’t it? Does the NY Times believe the public is more interested in Hoover's PROPOSED plans to intern American citizens and legal residents than the actual reality of interning 15,000 European American citizens and legal residents that occurred during WWII? The mechanics of Hoover's proposed plan during the cold war was identical to the actual plan that was carried out on European Americans, labor leaders, communists and so called radicals just a decade earlier. A custodial index was compiled as early as 1936 to supposedly “apprehend all individuals potentially dangerous” to national security. The arrests were carried out all over the country under “a master warrant attached to a list of names” provided by the bureau. There were over 50 Department of Justice internment camps during WWII. These camps are different than the relocation camps where Japanese Americans were incarcerated. For over 60 years, internees, family, friends and constitutional defenders, have pushed for a congressional examination of "selective internment" policies used against mostly innocent citizens and immigrants during WWII. But how do you influence legislators to investigate a program cloaked in secrecy, when there are only a few hundred victims alive and they are dispersed across political districts throughout the US? Unfortunately, I have come to the conclusion that both political parties are complicit in the cover up of WWII "selective" internment. Honestly, neither party wants to expose this chapter of history, which is more concerning than the actual event because it confirms the collaboration between the parties. That coupled with total media silence demonstrates there is a lot to hide from the public. Ask the question, why is the NY Times more interested in writing about a plan not executed than one that was? Even with actual FBI records obtained through FOI requests we can not get the media to expose this story. Unfortunately,without exposure we do not have the political clout to influence legislators to establish a commission to investigate this chapter of American history. Why is this 60 year old history important? Rendition, black sites,Guantanamo are all modeled after earlier programs but modified to become more secretive, these programs are not designed for public safety but for control of populations. For more information on European American internment during WWII visit the following websites: www.foitimes.com www.gaic.info www.traces.org It is most fascinating that the NY Times chose to write about Hoover’s plan for mass jailing in 1950 but refuses to write about the actual execution of Hoover’s mass jailing in 1941 isn’t it? Does the NY Times believe the public is more interested in Hoover’s PROPOSED plans to intern American citizens and legal residents than the actual reality of interning 15,000 European American citizens and legal residents that occurred during WWII? The mechanics of Hoover’s proposed plan during the cold war was identical to the actual plan that was carried out on European Americans, labor leaders, communists and so called radicals just a decade earlier. A custodial index was compiled as early as 1936 to supposedly “apprehend all individuals potentially dangerous” to national security. The arrests were carried out all over the country under “a master warrant attached to a list of names” provided by the bureau. There were over 50 Department of Justice internment camps during WWII. These camps are different than the relocation camps where Japanese Americans were incarcerated.

For over 60 years, internees, family, friends and constitutional defenders, have pushed for a congressional examination of “selective internment” policies used against mostly innocent citizens and immigrants during WWII. But how do you influence legislators to investigate a program cloaked in secrecy, when there are only a few hundred victims alive and they are dispersed across political districts throughout the US? Unfortunately, I have come to the conclusion that both political parties are complicit in the cover up of WWII “selective” internment. Honestly, neither party wants to expose this chapter of history, which is more concerning than the actual event because it confirms the collaboration between the parties. That coupled with total media silence demonstrates there is a lot to hide from the public. Ask the question, why is the NY Times more interested in writing about a plan not executed than one that was?

Even with actual FBI records obtained through FOI requests we can not get the media to expose this story. Unfortunately,without exposure we do not have the political clout to influence legislators to establish a commission to investigate this chapter of American history. Why is this 60 year old history important? Rendition, black sites,Guantanamo are all modeled after earlier programs but modified to become more secretive, these programs are not designed for public safety but for control of populations.

For more information on European American internment during WWII visit the following websites:

http://www.foitimes.com
http://www.gaic.info
http://www.traces.org

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