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From: CCRKBA Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 Subject: STOP Obama-Napolitano Gun Harassment - Activate All Gun Owners NOW!
Alert: ABC News is reporting that Obama's Department of Homeland Security is monitoring the comments and posts of conservative Americans and gun owners on web sites and within social networks like Facebook and Twitter.
sources:
During the Olympics, The Feds Will Be Reading Your Tweets -- And the Blotter
DHS Is Monitoring Social Media and Web Sites for Terror and Disaster Info
As the winter Olympics begin, the Department of Homeland Security has disclosed that it will be monitoring the comments and posts on websites and social media like Twitter for information on possible terror threats. Among the sites listed in a privacy impact statement filed Friday afternoon by DHS are the Drudge Report, the Huffington Post, Twitter, Google and this web site, the Blotter.
The National Operations Center of DHS will watch the web for information, according to the statement, to "provide situational awareness" in the event of natural disaster, an "act of terrorism, or other manmade disaster.""The Olympics are a potential target for such events," said the statement. The statement did not list all web sites and social media that the NOC will monitor, but provided 31 examples, many of them, like the Blotter, sites that cover breaking news, security, or terror.
DHS officials say they will not be monitoring the web sites extensively, but would use the sites as a reference and open source tool in the event of an incident or emergency. DHS officials also used the monitoring of social media sites in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake to aid rescue efforts.
In one instance a DHS employee noticed a message on a web site about a person trapped under rubble in Port-au-Prince and was able to direct a State Department team to help in the rescue.
One official told ABC News that monitoring the web sites during an emergency is like watching "a canary in a coal mine," since social media sites can have real-time information. The official said the raw information that is available on the sites can help first responders and law enforcement officials make quick assessments to help in their response to events.
And, sources:
Man Charged With Threatening Obama in Web Poem
KENTUCKY'S SPENCER POSTED 'THE SNIPER' ON WHITE SUPREMACIST SITE
(AP) A Kentucky man has been arrested and charged with posting a poem [in 2007] threatening President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on a white supremacist website. The Secret Service said Johnny Logan Spencer Jr. of Louisville wrote and posted the poem, titled "The Sniper," on a site called NewSaxon.org.
A special agent said the poem describes a gunman shooting and killing a "tyrant," later identified as the president. Spencer is scheduled to appear before a judge today for a detention hearing. He's in federal custody charged with making threats against the president and threatening to kill or injure a major candidate for the office of the president.
Obama You Can Keep the "Change." I Support the Second Amendment.
This raises very serious concerns. This is America NOT Iran!
The Department of Homeland Security, led by leftist anti-gun rights Secretary Janet Napolitano, has a history of trying to suppress gun owners and conservative opponents of the President.
This latest news with the admission that the Obama Administration is monitoring the comments of Americans should raise concerns about big brother and the security and privacy of individual Americans.
We need to be absolutely sure that the political views of Americans - especially gun owners and those with conservative views critical of the President - are not being monitored for political suppression.
We need to stop this travesty now. We need confidence that gun owners and conservative Americans are not being monitored because of their opinions.
Last year you may remember the uproar over an official DHS report that Napolitano requested.
It was a formal Federal Government paid report titled: "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment."
In this report, Obama's Department of Homeland Security said among other things: Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements ... and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to gun control or illegal immigration.
First Obama's federal department sought to tie the word and emotion of "hate" to those who favor state's rights - in essence the form of democracy created by our founding fathers. Secondly, it sought to label as dangerous those who oppose gun control or who favor a crackdown on illegal immigration.
But there is more...
Obama and Napolitano's official report also said: "Rightwing extremists are harnessing this historical election (Obama's election as President) as a recruitment tool. Many rightwing extremists are antagonistic toward the new presidential administration and its perceived stance on a range of issues, including immigration and citizenship ... and restrictions on firearms ownership and use. Rightwing extremists are increasingly galvanized by these concerns and leverage them as drivers for recruitment."
So, if you believe in the Second Amendment to the constitution or if you disagree with Obama's policies - you too can be dangerous according to Janet Napolitano and Obama's Department of Homeland Security.
The Obama administration thinks that gun owners and conservatives are more dangerous than terrorists, Napolitano's Department is admitting they are monitoring websites and social media feeds for "increased security."
In light of her past actions it makes one wonder what they are monitoring.
Political suppression MUST Be Stopped.
When Napolitano's report came to light last year it was also revealed that it included passages saying the American government should be afraid of returning troops coming back from war.
In effect her report said we should be afraid of veterans. It said, "rightwing extremists will attempt to recruit and radicalize returning veterans in order to exploit their skills and knowledge derived from military training and combat."
Americans should be afraid of our brave men and women returning from combat who could turn on us. That is what Napolitano's report said.
CNN reported that s a result the American Legion's national commander, David K. Rehbein, said in a letter to Napolitano that, "I think it is important for all of us to remember that Americans are not the enemy. The terrorists are."
Her response was to say "I know that some veterans groups were offended by the fact that veterans were mentioned in this assessment, so I apologize for that offense. It was certainly not intended."
However, this apology did not include an apology to the millions of gun owners and conservative American's who did not vote for Obama, who do not support his policies and who are not radical but average, concerned Americans - the same Americans who have attended gun shows, Tea Party protests, events like our Gun Rights Policy Conference or who have supported the NRA.
Now we find out that she and her Department are monitoring website posts and other online social media networks.
Do you remember last summer when the White House attempted to track emails?
The Dallas Morning News had reported the Obama White House government official website called for supporters to track "disinformation" from opponents. [ flag@whitehouse.gov ]
Another report from the Syracuse Post-Standard newspaper noted the White House told their supporters "If you get an email that seems fishy, send it." They then provided a special email address just to track opponents. [ flag@whitehouse.gov ]
The Obama White House has a history of trying to track and suppress political dissent and has a history of using official government resources to track opponents.
They paid for reports critical of veterans, gun owners and those with conservative political views. They created a program to track messages and email addresses of those opposed to government run health care. Now the administration - the same Department led by Napplitano that issued the anti-conservatives report is admitting to monitoring website posts and social networks.
It is important to ensure this data is not used for political attempts to track opponents.
I think it is important for freedom loving Americans to have a comfort level that the White House will not use official government information to track the views of conservatives and gun owners.
Political suppression MUST Be Stopped.
In effect her report said we should be afraid of veterans. It said, "rightwing extremists will attempt to recruit and radicalize returning veterans in order to exploit their skills and knowledge derived from military training and combat."
Americans should be afraid of our brave men and women returning from combat who could turn on us. That is what Napolitano's report said.
CNN reported that s a result the American Legion's national commander, David K. Rehbein, said in a letter to Napolitano that, "I think it is important for all of us to remember that Americans are not the enemy. The terrorists are."
Her response was to say "I know that some veterans groups were offended by the fact that veterans were mentioned in this assessment, so I apologize for that offense. It was certainly not intended."
However, this apology did not include an apology to the millions of gun owners and conservative American's who did not vote for Obama, who do not support his policies and who are not radical but average, concerned Americans - the same Americans who have attended gun shows, Tea Party protests, events like our Gun Rights Policy Conference or who have supported the NRA.
Now we find out that she and her Department are monitoring website posts and other online social media networks.
Do you remember last summer when the White House attempted to track emails?
The Dallas Morning News had reported the Obama White House government official website called for supporters to track "disinformation" from opponents. [ flag@whitehouse.gov ]
Another report from the Syracuse Post-Standard newspaper noted the White House told their supporters "If you get an email that seems fishy, send it." They then provided a special email address just to track opponents. [ flag@whitehouse.gov ]
The Obama White House has a history of trying to track and suppress political dissent and has a history of using official government resources to track opponents.
They paid for reports critical of veterans, gun owners and those with conservative political views. They created a program to track messages and email addresses of those opposed to government run health care. Now the administration - the same Department led by Napplitano that issued the anti-conservatives report is admitting to monitoring website posts and social networks.
It is important to ensure this data is not used for political attempts to track opponents.
I think it is important for freedom loving Americans to have a comfort level that the White House will not use official government information to track the views of conservatives and gun owners.
Political suppression MUST Be Stopped.
Together we can help preserve both the First Amendment freedom of speech and the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.
Keep calling your Senators today, toll free numbers include 1-877-851-6437 and 1-866-220-0044, or call toll 1-202-225-3121 AND REGISTER YOU'RE OUTRAGE at ongoing efforts to monitor Americans!
CALL PRESIDENT Obama, 202-456-1111 and 202-456-1414 expressing your disdain and ABSOLUTE REJECTION of all GUN BANS.
DO NOT BE SILENCED - MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!
Thank you. I know I can count on you.
Sincerely,
Alan Gottlieb, Chairman, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA)
P.S. I hope that you are as appalled as I am to find out that Obama's official Department of Homeland Security is monitoring website posts, Twitter and Facebook. We need to ensure they are not tracking gun owners and political opponents.
Keep calling your Senators today, toll free numbers include 1-877-851-6437 and 1-866-220-0044, or call toll 1-202-225-3121 AND REGISTER YOU'RE OUTRAGE at ongoing efforts to monitor Americans!
CALL PRESIDENT Obama, 202-456-1111 and 202-456-1414 expressing your disdain and ABSOLUTE REJECTION of all GUN BANS.
DO NOT BE SILENCED - MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!
Thank you. I know I can count on you.
Sincerely,
Alan Gottlieb, Chairman, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA)P.S. I hope that you are as appalled as I am to find out that Obama's official Department of Homeland Security is monitoring website posts, Twitter and Facebook. We need to ensure they are not tracking gun owners and political opponents.
Select Here to: STOP THE MONITORING OF GUN OWNERS AND CONSERVATIVES: SEND YOUR FAXES TO CONGRESS NOW!
If you prefer to donate by check, please mail to: The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, 12500 NE Tenth Place, Dept Code 3650, Bellevue, Washington 98005
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If you prefer to donate by check, please mail to: The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, 12500 NE Tenth Place, Dept Code 3650, Bellevue, Washington 98005
NOTE: We need TENS OF THOUSANDS of faxes and PHONE CALLS and EMAILS delivered to ALL Congressmen right away! For our projects to be successful, we must count on the voluntary financial support from individuals like you who care. Your contribution of $20 or $25 is urgently needed today. Your donation for just $10 will help so much. If you can afford to send $50 or $100 or more it would truly be a godsend. Remember, protecting our freedom is not inexpensive. But then, it's impossible to put a price tag on freedom. Together, we can preserve the Constitutional rights our Founding Fathers intended our people to have forever. For more information about CCRKBA go to http://www.ccrkba.org/
With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is one of the nation's premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the United States. Contributions are not tax deductible. The Citizens Committee can be reached by phone at (425) 454-4911, on the Internet at www.ccrkba.org or by email to InformationRequest@ccrkba.org
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