Victory is what the government says. I say NOT!

US 'Victory' against Cult Leader Was 'Massacre'

by Patrick Cockburn

There are growing suspicions in Iraq that the official story of the battle outside Najaf between a messianic Iraqi cult and the Iraqi security forces supported by the US, in which 263 people were killed and 210 wounded, is a fabrication. The heavy casualties may be evidence of an unpremeditated massacre. A picture is beginning to emerge of a clash between an Iraqi Shia tribe on a pilgrimage to Najaf and an Iraqi army checkpoint that led the US to intervene with devastating effect. The involvement of Ahmed al-Hassani (also known as Abu Kamar), who believed himself to be the coming Mahdi, or Messiah, appears to have been accidental. The story emerging on independent Iraqi websites and in Arabic newspapers is entirely different from the government's account of the battle with the so-called "Soldiers of Heaven", planning a raid on Najaf to kill Shia religious leaders. The cult denied it was involved in the fighting, saying it was a peaceful movement. The incident reportedly began when a procession of 200 pilgrims was on its way, on foot, to celebrate Ashura in Najaf. They came from the Hawatim tribe, which lives between Najaf and Diwaniyah to the south, and arrived in the Zarga area, one mile from Najaf at about 6am on Sunday. Heading the procession was the chief of the tribe, Hajj Sa'ad Sa'ad Nayif al-Hatemi, and his wife driving in their 1982 Super Toyota sedan because they could not walk. When they reached an Iraqi army checkpoint it opened fire, killing Mr Hatemi, his wife and his driver, Jabar Ridha al-Hatemi. The tribe, fully armed because they were travelling at night, then assaulted the checkpoint to avenge their fallen chief. Members of another tribe called Khaza'il living in Zarga tried to stop the fighting but they themselves came under fire. Meanwhile, the soldiers and police at the checkpoint called up their commanders saying they were under attack from al-Qai'da with advanced weapons. Reinforcements poured into the area and surrounded the Hawatim tribe in the nearby orchards. The tribesmen tried - in vain - to get their attackers to cease fire. American helicopters then arrived and dropped leaflets saying: "To the terrorists, surrender before we bomb the area." The tribesmen went on firing and a US helicopter was hit and crashed killing two crewmen. The tribesmen say they do not know if they hit it or if it was brought down by friendly fire. The US aircraft launched an intense aerial bombardment in which 120 tribesmen and local residents were killed by 4am on Monday. The messianic group led by Ahmad al-Hassani, which was already at odds with the Iraqi authorities in Najaf, was drawn into the fighting because it was based in Zarga and its presence provided a convenient excuse for what was in effect a massacre. The Hawatim and Khaza'il tribes are opposed to the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) and the Dawa Party, who both control Najaf and make up the core of the Baghdad government. This account cannot be substantiated and is drawn from the Healing Iraq website and the authoritative Baghdad daily Azzaman. But it would explain the disparity between the government casualties - less than 25 by one account - and the great number of their opponents killed and wounded. The Iraqi authorities have sealed the site and are not letting reporters talk to the wounded. Sectarian killings across Iraq also marred the celebration of the Shia ritual of Ashura. A suicide bomber killed 23 worshippers and wounded 57 others in a Shia mosque in Balad Ruz. Not far away in Khanaqin, in Diyala, a bomb killed 13 people, including three women, and wounded 29 others. In east Baghdad mortar bombs killed 17 people.

GOD knows the truth! So can you.

BBC Reported Building 7 Had Collapsed 20 Minutes Before It Fell
Revealing, shocking video shows reporter talking about collapse with WTC 7 still standing in background, Google removes clip

Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones
Prison Planet
Tuesday, February 27, 2007 (UPDATED 5:36AM CST)


RELATED: After This Fiasco, How Can We Trust Anything They Told Us About 9/11?

An astounding video uncovered from the archives today shows the BBC reporting on the collapse of WTC Building 7 over twenty minutes before it fell at 5:20pm on the afternoon of 9/11. The incredible footage shows BBC reporter Jane Standley talking about the collapse of the Salomon Brothers Building while it remains standing in the live shot behind her head.

Minutes before the actual collapse of the building is due, the feed to the reporter mysteriously dies.

This amazing clip was on Google Video (now back again here), but was removed within hours of the story breaking. However, hundreds of people had already managed to download the clip and it has gone viral on the Internet and the censors won't be able to shut the lid this time. A You Tube upload is available here but we fully expect this to be removed soon. You can watch it for the time being at this link and also here. A WMV link is here (on our server) and a Quicktime here. Bit torrent versions of the file can be found here. An avi version can be found here.

To be clear, the Salomon Brothers Building is just a different name for Building 7 or WTC 7. Skip forward to around the 14:30 minute mark.

Although there is no clock or time stamp on the footage, the source claims the report was given at 4:57pm EST, 23 minutes before Building 7 collapsed at 5:20pm. While the exact time of the report cannot be confirmed at present, it is clear from the footage that the reporter is describing the collapse of WTC 7 while it clearly remains standing behind her in the live shot.

Here are some further screenshots from the video.

The fact that the BBC reported on the collapse of Building 7 over twenty minutes in advance of its implosion obviously provokes a myriad of questions as to how they knew it was about to come down when the official story says its collapse happened accidentally as a result of fire damage and debris weakening the building's structure.


As we have documented before, firefighters, police and first responders were all told to get back from the building because it was about to be brought down. It is widely acknowledged by those who were there on the scene that warnings were issued for people to evacuate the area in anticipation of the building's collapse, with some even stating that a 20 second countdown preceded the collapse of the 47-story skyscraper, again clearly suggesting that it was taken down by means of explosives as the video footage of its implosion illustrates.

Alex Jones' film Terror Storm documents how Thermate was the likely culprit for the implosion of the twin towers and also explores the collapse of WTC 7.

In a September 2002 PBS documentary, the owner of the WTC complex Larry Silverstein discusses Building 7 and states that in the late afternoon of September 11, the decision was made to "pull it." The term "pull it" is industry jargon for controlled demolition, but Silverstein denied charges that WTC 7 had been deliberately brought down.

This newly uncovered video confirms that the collapse of WTC 7 was no surprise, because television news stations were reporting on it before it happened!

What is FAIR? Not a tax on Labor! Enough is Enough!

Terrorism, Drugs, Crime, Poverty, and Tax Evasion: The Ties That Bind

A Discussion of Capitalism's Achilles Heel: Dirty Money and How to Renew the Free-Market System

Each year, an estimated $1 trillion passes illegally across borders, aided by an elaborate "dirty money" structure comprising tax havens, financial secrecy jurisdictions, dummy corporations, anonymous trusts and foundations, money laundering techniques, and loopholes intentionally left in the laws of western countries. Of this amount, some $500 billion a year comes out of developing and transitional economies into western coffers, fostering crime, facilitating terrorism, voiding trade and investment, dampening economic development, deepening poverty, supporting tax evasion, creating political instability, and, most fundamentally, abusing capitalism's founding ideals of fair play.

In his new book, Capitalism's Achilles Heel: Dirty Money and How to Renew the Free-Market System, Raymond W. Baker examines the illicit outflows of "dirty money" across international borders and reveals how dirty money, poverty, and inequality are inextricably intertwined in the global free-market system. The Brookings Center for Executive Education hosts a panel of experts who will address key aspects of the dirty-money equation detailed in Baker's study: anti-money laundering issues, global inequality, and the philosophical underpinnings of capitalism.

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That does not even include those who refuse to pay tax on labor. That’s just the cost of doing business. But when is the last time you saw the federal government take down one of these Illegal tax shelters. These kinds of programs are where the term "tax shelter" came from. Not from Irwin Schiff trying to sell a few books or inform the public of what the actual tax law states in black and white. The tax Honesty movement is not corporate tax shelters, Loopholes or offshore bank accounts. We are families trying to earn a living and purchase the products we see millionaires buy on TV except that we don't have enough left over for our children’s college funds because the tax system starts taking 25% after we earn a living wage, living in a high interest environment riddled with inflation and complexity. The real problem is the rich paying tax and saying the rest of us should pay our FAIR SHARE. That’s easy when you have $500,000 left after taxes. But it's not fair when you only have 10, 20 or even $30,000 "After Tax". Then there are student loans, child support, mortgages, food, fuel and all the expenses of going back to work the next day. Especially when what is left gets taken up by the other 55 taxes we all pay. So what’s fair about being a slave?

If the government has the right to take a piece of my labor it doesn't need my permission. I will not voluntarily comply and I will not assess myself. I don't want your deductions or allowances. If the law is fair and the law is mandatory than just take it. But don't think you can force me to volunteer. You don't need my permission so just take it. If that's a crime then just come and get me. I'll surrender right now.

When is enough, ENOUGH!

According to Ron Paul the Dollar is only worth 4 cents compared to the dollar the federal reserve started with in 1913. Where did all that money go. Private banks of course.

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Find the law - Win Millions of Federal Reserve Notes and Private property worth millions.

Inside these books are the codes, statutes, regulations and publications applicable to the income tax as applied to the common right labor of Americans. Inside is also millions of dollars if you can find the specific statutes or law that makes American labor taxable by the federal government. Can you find it and claim the million dollar prize? Go ahead, I dare you to try.


However, If you win - You will be taxed at the highest tax rate just like lotto prizes. So forget about that trip into space, you will have to sell it all just to pay tax on it. Enjoy!

861 Evidence

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Complying with the Tax Law (Part 8)

by Larken Rose

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So now you've had a crash course (or crash rehash) of the 861 evidence. While the conclusion (that most of us never owed a penny in federal income taxes) is obviously difficult at first to accept, the path leading to that conclusion consists entirely of solid steps.

1. Is it "frivolous," "nonsense," "without merit," or "stupid" to think that there are some kinds of income which, though not exempted by any particular section of the tax code, are nonetheless NOT subject to the federal income tax because they are, "under the Constitution, not taxable by the federal government"? Since, as we've now seen, that's exactly what many decades of official income tax regulations SAY, how could any honest person call it "frivolous"?

2. Is it "frivolous," "nonsense," "without merit," or "stupid" to think that income from international trade MUST be reported as "gross income," and taxes must be paid on such income? Since the current regulations, and 80+ years of older regs, have said exactly that (while NOT mentioning purely domestic income), how could any honest person call it "frivolous"?

3. Is it "frivolous," "nonsense," "without merit," or "stupid" to think that, when the law specifically points out things to which it applies, we should conclude that it does NOT apply to anything NOT specifically pointed out? Since the Supreme Court has said exactly that over and over again (and the principle of law, "inclusio unius," dictates it as well), how could any honest person call it "frivolous"?

4. Is it "frivolous," "nonsense," "without merit," or "stupid" to think that we should all use Section 861 of the tax code, and the related regulations, to determine how much (if any) taxable DOMESTIC income we have? Since a pile of citations straight from the government's own lawbooks say exactly that, how could any honest person call it "frivolous"?

5. Is it "frivolous," "nonsense," "without merit," or "stupid" to think that income from inside the U.S. is taxable for nonresident foreigners, and for certain people who also receive income from federal possessions (e.g., Guam, Puerto Rico)? Since over 80 YEARS of statutes and regulations which "evolved" into the current 861 and its regulations say that as plain as the nose on your face, how could any honest person call it "frivolous"?

6. Is it "frivolous," "nonsense," "without merit," or "stupid" to wonder why the sections of law about "income from sources within the United States have NEVER said that such income is taxable for any U.S. citizen who does NOT do business in federal possessions? Since that has been true for over 80 years, how could any honest person call it "frivolous"?

7. Again, is it "frivolous," "nonsense," "without merit," or "stupid" to think that, when the law specifically points out things to which it applies, we should conclude that it does NOT apply to anything NOT specifically pointed out? Since the Supreme Court has said exactly that over and over again (and the principle of law, "inclusio unius," dictates it as well), how could any honest person call it "frivolous"?

So let's put all the non-frivolous, perfectly reasonable (if not downright undeniable) steps together, and see what we get:

There are some kinds of income, not exempted by any statute, that are nonetheless tax-free because of the Constitution itself. Income from international trade, however, MUST be reported as "gross income," and taxes must be paid on such income. There are particular sections of law to be used to determine when income from INSIDE the U.S. is taxable, and for over 80 years those sections said that such income is taxable for foreigners, and for Americans with possessions income, but did NOT say that U.S.-source income was taxable for all Americans. It is well established that one should NOT assume that tax laws apply to any matters which are not specifically pointed out.

Not to beat a dead horse, but notice again that all of this is about how to properly determine one's taxable income--in other words, how to correctly COMPLY with the law. It's not about a loophole, a trick, a protest, or anything of the sort--it's about DETERMINING WHAT WE OWE, and that's all. So why are the feds so fond of calling people "tax cheats" and "tax protestors" for talking about this stuff? Why do they paint this conclusion as a "fraudulent tax scheme"? Why do they vilify, demonize, threaten, and prosecute people for believing what THE LAW says, or even for just asking QUESTIONS about the law?

Name-calling is one thing, but how despicable is it for the feds to throw people in PRISON for believing what you see above, having NEVER cited ANYTHING in the law refuting any of it? Is it okay when they refuse to answer simple questions, and instead publicly slander people, characterizing them as criminals and tax cheats, execute armed invasions of their homes, subject them to a mock trials at which all relevant evidence is suppressed, and finally throw them in prison?

The term "terrorism" is often defined as the use of force to achieve a political end. Doesn't that describe what the IRS and DOJ have been doing? Whatever you believe the truth to be, or whatever you think of my conclusions, is it okay with you that your government uses violence to deal with the issue, instead of using the law, or reason, or evidence, or logic?

In my next message, you'll hear a bit about what our lovely "public servants" have done to one person in particular, and you can decide for yourself who is on the side of justice.

SHOW ME THE LAW - Here It Is? NOT!

For those of you who might think you can go online and down load some document proving the income tax on American labor is legal so you can win the prize being offered by Ed Brown and others, think again. As you can see from this picture the law involves more than you know, "JOEY"


First there is the Constitution of the united States of America, then

9543 pages of title 26 internal revenue code,

5 volumes 150,709 pages code of federal regulations,

Public Laws or acts of congress that created the law? Thousands of pages over 100 years,
Some lost forever in the national archives.

2 Volumes, Bill Benson's "The Law That Never Was",

The Holy Bible since our nation was founded on it's commandments and divine text.

Black's Law dictionary

The Federalist Papers

Then there are all the books written to help you sift through the volumes of codes, statutes, regulations and publications such as,

The Federal Mafia by Irwin Schiff
Cracking the Code by Peter Hendrickson
The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin
The Federal Zone by Paul Andrew Mitchell
Constitutional Income, Do you have any? by Phil Hart

Thousands of protester, research and government websites.

NONTAXPAYER.ORG
GIVEMELIBERTY.ORG
http://larkenrose.blogspot.com/ by Larken Rose
http://famguardian.org/

Just to name a few. Oh ya! lets not forget the IRS, House of representatives, Library of congress, firstgov.gov, Cornell Law School http://www.law.cornell.edu/tour.html#important
and the supreme court
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&navby=year

There are so many other places you may want to give up right now, so don't ever say we don't do our home work or our own research. This isn't a hobby to most of us.
It's Reality every day.


ALSO

America's Coming Tax Revolt, by R. W. Mertz, Parrot Communications Int'l, Inc., 2917 N. Ontario Street, Burbank, California 91504, 1992 (14.95 plus 2.75 S&H)



Are You A Nonresident Alien?, by Jack Colson, c/o ABS, P. O. Box 935, Medford, Oregon 97501, 1990 (3.00 includes S&H)



Become a Nontaxpayer and Save, Revised Edition, by Floyd Wright, c/o P. O. Box 323, Grass Valley, California 95945, 1992 (19.95 plus 2.00 S&H)



The Best Kept Secret, by Otto Skinner, P. O. Box 6609, San Pedro, California 90734, 1986 (10.00 plus 2.00 S&H)



The Biggest Con: How the Government is Fleecing You, by Irwin A. Schiff, Freedom Books, 60 Skiff St., Hamden, Connecticut 06517, 1976 (7.00)



Confidential IRS Tax Audit Guide, distributed by Common Sense Press, P. O. Box 1544, Billings, Montana 59103 (15.00)



Documentation Packet with Court Briefs, by Jerry Richey, c/o ABS, P. O. Box 935, Medford, Oregon 97501, 1990 (12.00 includes S&H)



Do Unto the IRS As They Would Do Unto You!, by M. J. "Red" Beckman, Common Sense Press, P. O. Box 1544, Billings, Montana 59103, 1983 (5.00 includes S&H)



Economic Survival, by National Citizen Education, 9205 S.E. Clackamas Road, Suite 435, Clackamas, Oregon 97015 (10.00 includes S&H)



The Federal Mafia, by Irwin A. Schiff, Freedom Books, 60 Skiff Street, Hamden, Connecticut 06517, 1990 (19.95 plus S&H)



The Federal Zone: Cracking the Code of Internal Revenue, by Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S., c/o Dr. John C. Alden, M.D., 350 – 30th Street, Suite 444, Oakland 94609-3426, CALIFORNIA, USA, 2001 A.D. (49.95 includes S&H)



Financial Survival, by National Citizen Education, 9205 S.E. Clackamas Road, Suite 435, Clackamas, Oregon 97015 (10.00)



41 Ways to Lick the IRS with a Postage Stamp, by Daniel J. Pilla, Winning Publications, 506 Kenny Road, Suite 120, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101, 1990



Free at Last -- from the IRS, by Dr. N. A. Scott, 2649 Vista Way, #8‑137, Oceanside, California 92054/TDC, 1991 (40.00 + 3.00 S&H)



Good-Bye April 15th!, by Boston T. Party, Javelin Press, c/o 504 West 24th Street, #73‑P, Austin, Texas Republic, Postal Zone 78705/tdc, 1992 (40.00 includes S&H, 43.00 for two‑day delivery)



The Great Income Tax Hoax, by Irwin A. Schiff, Freedom Books, 60 Skiff Street, Hamden, Connecticut 06517, 1985 (17.95)



The Great Internal Revenue Hoax Exposed, by R. J. "Ray" Stenson, M‑FACT Books, P. O. Box 8596 ‑‑ S.C. Br., Independence, Missouri 64054, 1983 (6.00 + 1.00 S&H)



How An Economy Grows and Why It Doesn't, by Irwin A. Schiff, Freedom Books, 60 Skiff Street, Hamden, Conn. 06517, 1985 (7.00)



How Anyone Can Stop Paying Income Taxes, by Irwin A. Schiff, Freedom Books, 60 Skiff Street, Hamden, Conn. 06517, 1982 (11.50)



How to Cure Inflation, by Hyrum J. Amundsen, Jr., Free Enterprise Society, 300 W. Shaw Avenue, Suite 205, Clovis, California 93612, 1978 (12.00 plus 1.50 S&H)



If You Are the Defendant, by Otto U. Skinner, P. O. Box 6609, San Pedro, California 90734, 1989 (21.00 plus 2.00 S&H)



The Income Tax Amendment is Null and Void, Liberty Library, 300 Independence Avenue, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003 (4.00)



The IRS and the Black Robed Cover-Up, by M. J. "Red" Beckman, Common Sense Press, P. O. Box 15444, Billings, Montana 59103, 1983 (7.00 includes S&H)



The IRS and the Question of Jurisdiction, by Ernest Solivan, 4202 E. Cactus Rd., #8202, Phoenix, Arizona 85032 (29.95 includes S&H)



The IRS Conspiracy, by Henry J. Hohenstein, Nash Publishing Corporation, 9255 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. 90069, 1974



The IRS, Federal Laws, Non-Resident Aliens, Etc., by Jerry Richey, c/o ABS, P. O. Box 935, Medford, Oregon 97501, 1990 (10.00 includes S&H)



IRS Humbug, IRS Weapons of Enslavement, by Frank Kowalik, Universalistic Publishers, P. O. Box 70486, Oakland Park, Florida 33307‑0486, 1991 (29.95 plus 3.55 S&H)



IRS in Action, by Santo M. Presti, Sherwood Communications, P. O. Box 535, Southampton, Penna. 18966, 1986 (9.95 plus 1.00 S&H)



Judicial Tyranny and Your Income Tax, by Jeffrey A. Dickstein, PEGS Bookstore, P. O. Box 9337, Missoula, Montana 59807, 1990



The Law That Always Was, by Vern Holland, F.E.A. Books, 8141 E. 31st Street, Suite "F", Tulsa, Oklahoma 74145, 1987 (14.95)



The Law That Never Was, Volume I, by M. J. "Red" Beckman and Bill Benson, Constitutional Research Associates, POB 550, South Holland, Illinois 60473, 1985 (25.00 plus 3.00 S&H)



The Law That Never Was, Volume II, by Bill Benson, Constitutional Research Associates, POB 550, South Holland, Illinois 60473, 1986 (25.00 plus 3.00 S&H)



A Law Unto Itself: Power, Politics and the IRS, by David Burnham, Random House, Inc., New York, New York 10022, 1989 (22.50)



A Moderate Proposal for Restoring Prosperity Individual and National, by Jean Carpenter, PRS Nutshells, 5147 South Harvard Ave., Suite 248, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135, 1991 (7.50 includes S&H)



Money -- Bona Fide or Non-Bona Fide, by Dr. Edward E. Popp, Wisconsin Education Fund, P. O. Box 321, Port Washington, Wisconsin 53074, 1970 (0.50 each)



The Naked Truth, by Daniel J. Pilla, Winning Publications, 506 Kenny Road, Suite 120, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101, 1986



The Omnibus, by Ralph F. Whittington, c/o P. O. Box 91109, Houston, Texas 77291‑1172, 1987 (40.00 includes S&H)



Ratification of the Income Tax Amendment: Has the Federal Government Defrauded the American People? A Response to the Ripy Report, by Andrew B. Spiegel, Constitutional Research Associates, P. O. Box 550, South Holland, Illinois 60473, September 15, 1986



Secrets of the Federal Reserve, by Eustace Mullins, P. O. Box 1105, Staunton, Virginia 24401, 1985



Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country, by William Greider, Simon & Schuster, Rockefeller Center, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020, 1987



Secrets of the Tax Revolt, by James Ring Adams, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1250 ‑ 6th Ave., San Diego, Calif. 92101, 1984 (16.95)



The Silver Bulletin, by Bill Medina, c/o P. O. Box 70400, Sunnyvale, California 94086‑0400 (25.00)



16th Amendment Reliance Package, by Bill Benson, Constitutional Research Associates, P. O. Box 550, South Holland, Illinois 60473 ($200.00 includes S&H)



The Social Security Swindle, by Irwin A. Schiff, Freedom Books, 60 Skiff Street, Hamden, Connecticut 06517, 1983 (12.95)



Super Gun, by Lori Jacques, c/o P. O. Box 1509, Bisbee, Arizona 85603‑2509, 1992 (30.00 + 3.50 S&H)



Tax Fraud & Evasion: The War Stories, by Donald W. MacPherson, MacPherson & Sons Publishers, Ltd., 3404 West Cheryl Drive, A‑250, Phoenix, Arizona 85051, 1989 (17.95 plus 2.00 S&H)



Taxpayers' Ultimate Defense Manual, by Daniel J. Pilla, Winning Publications, 506 Kenny Rd., #120, St. Paul, Minn. 55101, 1989



Tax Revolt, by Martin A. Larson, Devin‑Adair Publishers, 6 North Water Street, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830, 1985



Tax Scam, by Alan Stang, Research Publications, P. O. Box 84902, Phoenix, Arizona 85071, 1988 (9.95 plus 1.50 S&H)



A Ticket to Liberty, by Lori Jacques, c/o P. O. Box 1509, Bisbee, Arizona 85603‑2509, November 1990 (33.00 includes S&H)



To Harass Our People, by Congressman George Hansen, Positive Publications, P. O. Box 23560, Washington, D.C. 20024, 1984



United States Citizen versus National of the United States, by Lori Jacques, c/o P. O. Box 1509, Bisbee, Arizona 85603‑2509, 1989 (write author for price and availability)



Which One Are You? The American Nonresident Nontaxpayer ‑or‑ United States Citizen Resident Taxpayer, by The Informer, published by Who Are You, c/o 60‑6 Roundtree Drive, Naugatuck, Connecticut (55.00 includes S&H)



Who's Afraid of the IRS, by Miss Lynn Johnston, Laissez Faire Books, 532 Broadway ‑ 7th Floor, New York, New York 10012, 1983 (14.95 includes S&H)



You Can Rely on The Law That Never Was! Selections from the Trial and Post‑Trial Motions of William J. Benson, Constitutional Research Associates, P. O. Box 550, South Holland, Illinois 60473 ($35.00 plus 2.00 S&H)

ACLU’s Top Lobbyist Urges Congress to Protect Freedom of Information Act, Says Government Transparency Vital to American Democracy (2/14/2007)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Media@dcaclu.org

WASHINGTON - Caroline Fredrickson, Director of the American Civil Liberties Union Washington Legislative Office, today appeared before a key House panel to discuss the Freedom of Information Act. Since the enactment of FOIA in 1966, the ACLU has used that crucial law to shed light on the government's actions and abuses.

"The Freedom of Information Act is democracy's X-ray," said Fredrickson. "It shows us the inner workings of government so we can identify the waste, fraud, abuse and corruption."

Fredrickson appeared before the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and National Archives. She noted that FOIA is the best tool Congress created to expose government abuse, and through exposure, to help end those abuses. Recently, ACLU litigators have used FOIA to bring to light illegal and improper methods the Bush administration has pursued in its anti-terrorism efforts.

For example, recent ACLU FOIA requests have revealed Pentagon and FBI spying programs targeting peaceful protest groups in the United States. Such actions waste precious government resources: every hour spent spying on a Quaker peace group is an hour not spent on investigating true terrorist threats. Another ACLU FOIA exposed evidence of officially sanctioned torture in U.S. detention facilities in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, and Iraq. While thousands of pages of documents have been released, the government continues to withhold countless documents that would shed further light on the decisions that led to the abuse.

FOIA's effectiveness has been undermined by the Bush administration's disdain for open government. In October 2001, in a reversal from Attorney General Janet Reno's practice that there should be a "presumption of disclosure," Attorney General John Ashcroft issued a memorandum encouraging executive agencies to adopt a policy of non-disclosure. This White House has used national security classification designations to hide embarrassing information or misconduct that is not truly secret information.

Fredrickson made 8 recommendations to the subcommittee including urging Congress to rescind the Ashcroft memo and restore the original purpose of FOIA by emphasizing the presumption toward disclosure.

"The Bush administration is intentionally and improperly shielding itself from public view, using ‘national security' as a barrier to prevent Americans from seeing what's happening inside our government," Fredrickson added. "Congress needs to restore and improve FOIA. A robust FOIA demonstrates the strength of a free nation dedicated to the rule of law."

The ACLU's testimony before the panel is available at: www.aclu.org/natsec/foia/28361leg20070214.html

The Forfeiture Documents That the Justice Dept Wanted to Destroy

>>> Federal Depository Libraries house tons of documents published by the US government. Several times a year, a federal agency asks these libraries to withdraw and destroy material on its shelves. In half the cases, the reason given is that the material wasn't meant to be released, that it's for "internal use only" or "official use only." [learn more]

On 22 July 2004, the Justice Dept—via the Government Printing Office—told libraries to destroy five documents on asset forfeiture, a highly controversial practice in which the authorities take people's property. (Sometimes the people have been convicted of crimes; other times they haven't even been charged with a crime.) [Learnmore] The order said:

Please withdraw these materials immediately and destroy them by any means to prevent disclosure of their contents. The Department of Justice has determined that these materials are for internal use only.

Unlike all the other times an order like this was issued, some librarians, libraries, and the American Library Association put up a fight. The Justice Dept's request was met with widespread derision online, and the mainstream media picked up the story. In the face of this unexpected resistance, the Justice Dept backed down eight days later. By that time, many libraries—eager to do the government's bidding—had unhesitatingly burned these public documents. If a few parties hadn't raised hell, the material would be out of public circulation forever.

The Memory Hole has obtained the sensitive documents that the Justice Dept wanted to destroy. They've been scanned and posted above. One of the documents on the burn list—"Civil and Criminal Forfeiture Procedure"—was sent to libraries on microfiche and isn't currently available here. When we get a paper copy, we'll post it.

http://www.wanttoknow.info/corruptiongovernmentmilitary

Major Government, Military Corruption
Trillions Missing at Defense Department

" 'According to some estimates we cannot track $2.3 trillion in transactions,' Rumsfeld admitted. $2.3 trillion — that's $8,000 for every man, woman and child in America."
-- CBS News, 1/29/02, U.S. Secretary of Defense raises evidence of government, military corruption

"A GAO report found Defense inventory systems so lax that the U.S. Army lost track of 56 airplanes, 32 tanks, and 36 Javelin missile command launch-units. When military leaders were scrambling to find enough chemical and biological warfare suits to protect U.S. troops, the department was caught selling these suits as surplus on the Internet 'for pennies on the dollar.' "
-- San Francisco Chronicle, 5/18/03

"The Defense Department spent an estimated $100 million for airline tickets that were not used over a six-year period and failed to seek refunds even though the tickets were reimbursable."
-- New York Times, 6/9/04

The courts, by using these pattern criminal instructions - see below - are violating our 6th Amendment Right of Due Process and a fair trial. U.S. Constitution: Sixth AmendmentSixth Amendment - Rights of Accused in Criminal ProsecutionsAmendment Text Annotations In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence. PATTERN CRIMINALJURY INSTRUCTIONS_______________Chapter 1.00

GENERAL PRINCIPLESCommittee Commentary 1.022005 Edition The Committee made no change in the instruction.A panel of the Sixth Circuit quoted paragraph (4) of this instruction and stated that it cured any confusing statements made by the district court during voir dire. United States v. Okeezie, 1993 WL 20997 at 4, 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 1968 at 4 (6th Cir. 1993)(unpublished).1991 EditionThe jurors have two main duties. First, they must determine from the evidence what the facts are. Second, they must take the law stated in the court's instructions, apply it to the facts and decide whether the facts prove the charge beyond a reasonable doubt. See Sparf v. United States, 156 U.S. 51, 102-107, 15 S.Ct. 273, 39 L.Ed. 343 (1895); Starr v. United States, 153 U.S. 614, 625, 14 S.Ct. 919, 923, 38 L.Ed. 841 (1894).The jurors have the power to ignore the court's instructions and bring in a not guilty verdict contrary to the law and the facts. Horning v. District of Columbia, 254 U.S. 135, 138, 41 S.Ct. 53, 54, 65 L.Ed. 185 (1920).But they should not be told by the court that they have this power.United States v. Krzyske, 836 F.2d 1013, 1021 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 832, 109 S.Ct. 89, 102 L.Ed.2d 65 (1988); United States v. Avery, 717 F.2d 1020, 1027 (6th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 466 U.S. 905, 104 S.Ct. 1683, 80 L.Ed.2d 157 (1984); United States v. Burkhart, 501 F.2d 993, 996-997 (6th Cir.1974), cert. denied, 420 U.S. 946, 95 S.Ct. 1326, 43 L.Ed.2d 424 (1975).They should instead be told that it is their duty to accept and apply the law as given to them by the court. United States v. Avery, supra at 1027.

Bluff

the internal revenue service In a recent conversation with an official at the Internal Revenue Service, I was amazed when he told me that "If the taxpayers of this country ever discover that the IRS operates on 90% bluff the entire system will collapse". -- Henry Bellmon, Senator (1969)

If no information or return is filed, [the] Internal Revenue Service cannot assess you. -- Gary Makovski, Special IRS Agent, testifying under oath in US. v. Lloyd Our tax system is based on individual self-assessment and voluntary compliance. -- Mortimer Caplin, Internal Revenue Audit Manual (1975)

Only the rare taxpayer would be likely to know that he could refuse to produce his records to IRS agents...Who would believe the ironic truth that the cooperative taxpayer fares much worse than the individual who relies upon his constitutional rights. -- Judge Cummings, U.S. Federal Judge, in US. v. Dickerson (7th Circuit 1969)

Let me point this out now. Your income tax is 100 percent voluntary tax, and your liquor tax is 100 percent enforced tax. Now, the situation is as different as night and day. Consequently, your same rules just will not apply... -- Dwight E. Avis, former head of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division of the IRS, testifying before a House Ways and Means subcommittee in 1953

Fear is the key element for the IRS in achieving its mission. Without fear, the IRS would have a difficult time maintaining our so-called system of voluntary compliance...Given the opportunity, the IRS will take the easy way out and grab whatever it can...the IRS does not really care about you and what your future...may be. -- Santo Presti, former IRS Criminal Investigation Agent and author of IRS In Action The IRS is an extraordinary example of the end justifying the means.

The means of this agency is growth. It is interesting that the revenue officers within the IRS refer to taxpayers as "inventory". The IRS embodies the political realities of the selfish human desire to dominate others. Thus the end of this gigantic pretense of officialdom is power, pure and simple. The meek may inherit the earth, but they will never receive a promotion in an agency where efficiency is measured by the number of seizures of taxpayers' property and by the number of citizens and businesses driven into bankruptcy. -- George Hansen, Congressman and author of To Harass Our People

I have sat on many a promotion panel where the first question of panel members was "How many seizures have you made?". -- Joseph R. Smith, eighteen-year IRS agent, testifying before Congress The agency that is so strict on the way Americans keep their books cannot even pass a financial audit. -- Ted Stevens, Republican Senator from Alaska Eight decades of amendments...to [the] code have produced a virtually impenetrable maze...

The rules are unintelligible to most citizens...The rules are equally mysterious to many government employees who are charged with administering and enforcing the law. -- Shirley Peterson, Former IRS Commissioner, April 14, 1993 at Southern Methodist University