EXCLUSIVE: French police were alerted about Toulouse shooter and did NOTHING!

By Mario Andrade
DeadlineLive.info
March 22, 2012

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How much did French authorities know about Mohamed Merah, the confessed author of the Toulouse and Montauban shootings? After the cold blooded shooting of four Jewish civilians and three soldiers, the shocking tragedy leaves more unanswered questions, including the questions of a mother who does not understand why the authorities did not take seriously the threats of this young Islamist, who had beaten her children after he failed to recruit them.

In an interview with the French news agency, Le Télégramme , she calls herself Aisha. She does not understand why the French police did not stop the young Frenchman of Algerian origin Mohamed Merah, who confessed to seven murders, including the killing of three children in front of a Jewish school. During this interview, Aisha said that in June of 2010, her then 15-year-old son had been invited by Merah to his apartment to watch “Al-Qaeda videos,” that included images of women being executed by being shot in the head, and men being decapitated.

The day before her 15-year-old son was attacked by Merah, the teenager was riding around with him in his car. Her son says that Merah would listen to a CD believed to be songs and calls to go into battle. “He drove my son to his home, the same home where he was entrenched when the police arrived. In his apartment, there was a huge Koran in his living room and several large swords hanging on the wall. He then forced my son to watch Al-Qaeda videos in his room from 5PM till midnight,” she said.

“I filed a police complaint against Mohamed Merah twice and insisted (to authorities) during many occasions…  for nothing,” says the mother and witness.

In her account, Aisha said that Merah retaliated against her son for having told her mother about the video images he had seen in the apartment. “He came out to the street wearing a black robe with a hood, carrying a big sword, shouting ‘Allah Akbar.’ He then hit my son, and my daughter tried to intervene. However, he struck her too. There were many people, but nobody did anything,” said Aisha, who after filing a complaint (against Merah) was also beaten and threatened by him, according to her lawyer.

Aisha kept all evidence related to this incident, including, photos, medical certificates, and her daughter’s bloody dress, but for some reason, no action was taken against Merah. The incident, however, was reported by some local media.

“During the attack, he accused me of being an atheist and had to pay like all the French. He kept repeating that he was Mujahedeen and he would die as a martyr, and would erase from the earth all those who kill Muslims …” according to her account.

One peculiar detail that emerges from the interview is that Aisha mentioned that Mohamed’s older brother, Abdelkader, was the real “brain” of the operation (Mohamed’s handler). “He filled his head with ideas. He was the one who traveled frequently abroad, particularly to Egypt,” she recalls.

She mentions that Merah used to be an ordinary boy until a group of ‘extremists’ came to the neighborhood, insinuating that he had been brainwashed by them. She also describes that there were some inconsistencies with Merah’s behavior: ‘While there were rumors of him going to Afghanistan, sometimes he would wear traditional clothing, and sometimes he was seen wearing western attire, riding a motorcycle, with his hair dyed blond and a fake Maori-style tattoo on his head,” she said.

“Why, despite all my information, Mohamed Merah was not arrested? We even saw him last week, threatening us. I told the police and the prefecture several times about this series of incidents, and look at where we are now. This is incomprehensible and outrageous,” said the woman.

Chiapas Governor 6 minutes before earthquake: “We’re ready for the mega earthquake drill”

By Mario Andrade
DeadlineLive.info
March 22, 2012

The Mexican State of Chiapas held a ‘mega earthquake drill’ just minutes before the 7.8 Richter scale earthquake registered in Southern Mexico, according to the news website ADNPolitico.com. Governor Juan Sabines Guerrero sent a message from his Twitter account just six minutes before the actual earthquake. The translation of the message is the following:

“We’re at the State of Chiapas Civil Protection Center. Everything is ready for the 7.9 Richter scale earthquake simulation.”

Six minutes later, and about 500 kilometers west of Chiapas, in the neighboring southern state of Guerrero, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake was registered. The earthquake was so massive that over a hundred aftershocks were felt throughout the following day.

The Chiapas Civil Protection ‘mega earthquake simulation’ was planned since last February, according to state officials. The purpose of this drill was to test the responsiveness of the State Civil Protection System and the general public upon the occurrence of a large scale earthquake, and to allow the exercise participants to evaluate and provide feedback on first response protocol.

The Chiapas state government said that this geographical area is located in a region between three tectonic plates: The Cocos Plate, the Caribbean Plate and North American Plate.

State officials also emphasized that earthquakes are very common in that region. “Just in January, there were 188 earthquakes with epicenter in this state, over 50% of registered earthquakes in the country. That’s why we must be prepared to avoid or reduce undesirable effects of these earthquakes.” said a Chiapas state official.

The mega earthquake drill involved nearly 43,000 public officials and more than 19,600 school facilities. A list of documents, details of the simulation, location, and the drill schedule can be found on the Chiapas Civil Protection Website.

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U.S. Special Ops Commander and Navy SEAL to Oversee Mexican Military Training

By Mario Andrade
DeadlineLive.info
March 20, 2012

The U.S. Embassy in Mexico City has a new member who’s now responsible for the training of Mexican troops, according to KGBT news. Rear Admiral Colin Kilrain, a U.S. Navy SEAL will oversee the training that Mexican troops need to fight the drug cartels.

One of the proponents of the idea to send the Rear Admiral and Navy SEAL to Mexico is Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar. In an interview with KGBT, Cuellar said:

“Just using brute force doesn’t work anymore. You need to have intelligence, technology, training and operations to make sure that they do win. We’ve always had military attaches. This just meets a higher level.”

The Admiral’s arrival follows a recent secret meeting between the U.S. and Mexican military forces in Matamoros, Mexico, as well as the failed capture of Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman two weeks ago in Los Cabos, Mexico.

Last year, DeadlineLive.info reported that a joint U.S.-Mexico training base was being built in Puebla, Mexico. The 54-acre facility will cost tax payers $22 million. It will have barracks for about 500 personnel, two conference auditoriums, two chow halls, a helicopter landing area, four watch towers, a gun range, a forensic lab, a training court room, as well as smoke and fire simulation buildings.

Although the base is supposed to be a police academy, local residents and public officials claim that the base will be used for special forces training -both law enforcement and military.

Opponents of President Felipe Calderon are accusing him of ‘bin-ladenizing’ the attempts to capture Joaquin Guzman –the most wanted drug lord in the world. Now that a Navy SEAL will be training Mexican troops, critics are now bracing for a spectacular capture of Guzman, which will boost the National Action Party presidential candidate and Calderon’s would-be successor, Josefina Vazquez Mota to power.

Rear Admiral Colin Kilrain currently serves in the National Security Council. Before retiring from active duty, Admiral Kilrain was commander of Naval Special Warfare Group Two in Norfolk, Va. He was responsible for coordinating Navy SEAL deployments and operations in Europe and the Americas.

Both U.S. and Mexican governments have admitted that American special operations teams are currently deployed in Mexico, serving in ‘advisory roles.’

Obama can take over all resources under both “Emergency” and NON EMERGENCY Conditions” – Govt. Taking Over EVERY aspect of your Life

This new Executive Order (EO) is REX 84 on steroids. It gives the Federal Govt and its agency heads total power over EVERY sector, every resource, (INCLUDING FOOD AND WATER) and even labor (They can make you work for them with ZERO compensation! IE: Their Slave).

It cancels contracts, It collects constant data on everyone and everything in the guise of “Preparedness” … It even provides the ability for the Govt to give your resources to Foreign Countries. It also gives the Federal Reserve Power to loan money to anyone, and or sell off Govt (the people’s) resources to anyone it wants with no explanation!

As for the “Emergency” that might enact this EO…. It could be real or made up. It could be something coming we do not yet see, and will have to trust Govt agencies for, no matter what.

THIS IS ESSENTIALLY DICTATORIAL POWER – AT THE WHIM OF THE GOVERNMENT AND ITS AGENTS!

~ Jack Blood

 

Mar17 - Surviving With Grace

 

Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
March 16, 2012
Executive Order — National Defense Resources Preparedness

EXECUTIVE ORDER

NATIONAL DEFENSE RESOURCES PREPAREDNESS

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

PART I – PURPOSE, POLICY, AND IMPLEMENTATION

Section 101. Purpose. This order delegates authorities and addresses national defense resource policies and programs under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (the “Act”).

Sec. 102. Policy. The United States must have an industrial and technological base capable of meeting national defense requirements and capable of contributing to the technological superiority of its national defense equipment in peacetime and in times of national emergency. The domestic industrial and technological base is the foundation for national defense preparedness. The authorities provided in the Act shall be used to strengthen this base and to ensure it is capable of responding to the national defense needs of the United States.

Sec. 103. General Functions. Executive departments and agencies (agencies) responsible for plans and programs relating to national defense (as defined in section 801(j) of this order), or for resources and services needed to support such plans and programs, shall:

(a) identify requirements for the full spectrum of emergencies, including essential military and civilian demand;

(b) assess on an ongoing basis the capability of the domestic industrial and technological base to satisfy requirements in peacetime and times of national emergency, specifically evaluating the availability of the most critical resource and production sources, including subcontractors and suppliers, materials, skilled labor, and professional and technical personnel;

(c) be prepared, in the event of a potential threat to the security of the United States, to take actions necessary to ensure the availability of adequate resources and production capability, including services and critical technology, for national defense requirements;

(d) improve the efficiency and responsiveness of the domestic industrial base to support national defense requirements; and

(e) foster cooperation between the defense and commercial sectors for research and development and for acquisition of materials, services, components, and equipment to enhance industrial base efficiency and responsiveness.

Sec. 104. Implementation. (a) The National Security Council and Homeland Security Council, in conjunction with the National Economic Council, shall serve as the integrated policymaking forum for consideration and formulation of national defense resource preparedness policy and shall make recommendations to the President on the use of authorities under the Act.

(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall:

(1) advise the President on issues of national defense resource preparedness and on the use of the authorities and functions delegated by this order;

(2) provide for the central coordination of the plans and programs incident to authorities and functions delegated under this order, and provide guidance to agencies assigned functions under this order, developed in consultation with such agencies; and

(3) report to the President periodically concerning all program activities conducted pursuant to this order.

(c) The Defense Production Act Committee, described in section 701 of this order, shall:

(1) in a manner consistent with section 2(b) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2062(b), advise the President through the Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor, the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, and the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy on the effective use of the authorities under the Act; and

(2) prepare and coordinate an annual report to the Congress pursuant to section 722(d) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2171(d).

(d) The Secretary of Commerce, in cooperation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and other agencies, shall:

(1) analyze potential effects of national emergencies on actual production capability, taking into account the entire production system, including shortages of resources, and develop recommended preparedness measures to strengthen capabilities for production increases in national emergencies; and

(2) perform industry analyses to assess capabilities of the industrial base to support the national defense, and develop policy recommendations to improve the international competitiveness of specific domestic industries and their abilities to meet national defense program needs.

PART II – PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS

Sec. 201. Priorities and Allocations Authorities. (a) The authority of the President conferred by section 101 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2071, to require acceptance and priority performance of contracts or orders (other than contracts of employment) to promote the national defense over performance of any other contracts or orders, and to allocate materials, services, and facilities as deemed necessary or appropriate to promote the national defense, is delegated to the following agency heads:

(1) the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to food resources, food resource facilities, livestock resources, veterinary resources, plant health resources, and the domestic distribution of farm equipment and commercial fertilizer;

(2) the Secretary of Energy with respect to all forms of energy;

(3) the Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to health resources;

(4) the Secretary of Transportation with respect to all forms of civil transportation;

(5) the Secretary of Defense with respect to water resources; and

(6) the Secretary of Commerce with respect to all other materials, services, and facilities, including construction materials.

(b) The Secretary of each agency delegated authority under subsection (a) of this section (resource departments) shall plan for and issue regulations to prioritize and allocate resources and establish standards and procedures by which the authority shall be used to promote the national defense, under both emergency and non-emergency conditions. Each Secretary shall authorize the heads of other agencies, as appropriate, to place priority ratings on contracts and orders for materials, services, and facilities needed in support of programs approved under section 202 of this order.

(c) Each resource department shall act, as necessary and appropriate, upon requests for special priorities assistance, as defined by section 801(l) of this order, in a time frame consistent with the urgency of the need at hand. In situations where there are competing program requirements for limited resources, the resource department shall consult with the Secretary who made the required determination under section 202 of this order. Such Secretary shall coordinate with and identify for the resource department which program requirements to prioritize on the basis of operational urgency. In situations involving more than one Secretary making such a required determination under section 202 of this order, the Secretaries shall coordinate with and identify for the resource department which program requirements should receive priority on the basis of operational urgency.

(d) If agreement cannot be reached between two such Secretaries, then the issue shall be referred to the President through the Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor and the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism.

(e) The Secretary of each resource department, when necessary, shall make the finding required under section 101(b) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2071(b). This finding shall be submitted for the President’s approval through the Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor and the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism. Upon such approval, the Secretary of the resource department that made the finding may use the authority of section 101(a) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2071(a), to control the general distribution of any material (including applicable services) in the civilian market.

Sec. 202. Determinations. Except as provided in section 201(e) of this order, the authority delegated by section 201 of this order may be used only to support programs that have been determined in writing as necessary or appropriate to promote the national defense:

(a) by the Secretary of Defense with respect to military production and construction, military assistance to foreign nations, military use of civil transportation, stockpiles managed by the Department of Defense, space, and directly related activities;

(b) by the Secretary of Energy with respect to energy production and construction, distribution and use, and directly related activities; and

(c) by the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to all other national defense programs, including civil defense and continuity of Government.

Sec. 203. Maximizing Domestic Energy Supplies. The authorities of the President under section 101(c)(1) (2) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2071(c)(1) (2), are delegated to the Secretary of Commerce, with the exception that the authority to make findings that materials (including equipment), services, and facilities are critical and essential, as described in section 101(c)(2)(A) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2071(c)(2)(A), is delegated to the Secretary of Energy.

Sec. 204. Chemical and Biological Warfare. The authority of the President conferred by section 104(b) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2074(b), is delegated to the Secretary of Defense. This authority may not be further delegated by the Secretary.

PART III – EXPANSION OF PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY AND SUPPLY

Sec. 301. Loan Guarantees. (a) To reduce current or projected shortfalls of resources, critical technology items, or materials essential for the national defense, the head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense, as defined in section 801(h) of this order, is authorized pursuant to section 301 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2091, to guarantee loans by private institutions.

(b) Each guaranteeing agency is designated and authorized to: (1) act as fiscal agent in the making of its own guarantee contracts and in otherwise carrying out the purposes of section 301 of the Act; and (2) contract with any Federal Reserve Bank to assist the agency in serving as fiscal agent.

(c) Terms and conditions of guarantees under this authority shall be determined in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The guaranteeing agency is authorized, following such consultation, to prescribe: (1) either specifically or by maximum limits or otherwise, rates of interest, guarantee and commitment fees, and other charges which may be made in connection with such guarantee contracts; and (2) regulations governing the forms and procedures (which shall be uniform to the extent practicable) to be utilized in connection therewith.

Sec. 302. Loans. To reduce current or projected shortfalls of resources, critical technology items, or materials essential for the national defense, the head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense is delegated the authority of the President under section 302 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2092, to make loans thereunder. Terms and conditions of loans under this authority shall be determined in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of OMB.

Sec. 303. Additional Authorities. (a) To create, maintain, protect, expand, or restore domestic industrial base capabilities essential for the national defense, the head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense is delegated the authority of the President under section 303 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2093, to make provision for purchases of, or commitments to purchase, an industrial resource or a critical technology item for Government use or resale, and to make provision for the development of production capabilities, and for the increased use of emerging technologies in security program applications, and to enable rapid transition of emerging technologies.

(b) Materials acquired under section 303 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2093, that exceed the needs of the programs under the Act may be transferred to the National Defense Stockpile, if, in the judgment of the Secretary of Defense as the National Defense Stockpile Manager, such transfers are in the public interest.

Sec. 304. Subsidy Payments. To ensure the supply of raw or nonprocessed materials from high cost sources, or to ensure maximum production or supply in any area at stable prices of any materials in light of a temporary increase in transportation cost, the head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense is delegated the authority of the President under section 303(c) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2093(c), to make subsidy payments, after consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of OMB.

Sec. 305. Determinations and Findings. (a) Pursuant to budget authority provided by an appropriations act in advance for credit assistance under section 301 or 302 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2091, 2092, and consistent with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, as amended (FCRA), 2 U.S.C. 661 et seq., the head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense is delegated the authority to make the determinations set forth in sections 301(a)(2) and 302(b)(2) of the Act, in consultation with the Secretary making the required determination under section 202 of this order; provided, that such determinations shall be made after due consideration of the provisions of OMB Circular A 129 and the credit subsidy score for the relevant loan or loan guarantee as approved by OMB pursuant to FCRA.

(b) Other than any determination by the President under section 303(a)(7)(b) of the Act, the head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense is delegated the authority to make the required determinations, judgments, certifications, findings, and notifications defined under section 303 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2093, in consultation with the Secretary making the required determination under section 202 of this order.

Sec. 306. Strategic and Critical Materials. The Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of the Interior in consultation with the Secretary of Defense as the National Defense Stockpile Manager, are each delegated the authority of the President under section 303(a)(1)(B) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2093(a)(1)(B), to encourage the exploration, development, and mining of strategic and critical materials and other materials.

Sec. 307. Substitutes. The head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense is delegated the authority of the President under section 303(g) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2093(g), to make provision for the development of substitutes for strategic and critical materials, critical components, critical technology items, and other resources to aid the national defense.

Sec. 308. Government-Owned Equipment. The head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense is delegated the authority of the President under section 303(e) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2093(e), to:

(a) procure and install additional equipment, facilities, processes, or improvements to plants, factories, and other industrial facilities owned by the Federal Government and to procure and install Government owned equipment in plants, factories, or other industrial facilities owned by private persons;

(b) provide for the modification or expansion of privately owned facilities, including the modification or improvement of production processes, when taking actions under sections 301, 302, or 303 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2091, 2092, 2093; and

(c) sell or otherwise transfer equipment owned by the Federal Government and installed under section 303(e) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2093(e), to the owners of such plants, factories, or other industrial facilities.

Sec. 309. Defense Production Act Fund. The Secretary of Defense is designated the Defense Production Act Fund Manager, in accordance with section 304(f) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2094(f), and shall carry out the duties specified in section 304 of the Act, in consultation with the agency heads having approved, and appropriated funds for, projects under title III of the Act.

Sec. 310. Critical Items. The head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense is delegated the authority of the President under section 107(b)(1) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2077(b)(1), to take appropriate action to ensure that critical components, critical technology items, essential materials, and industrial resources are available from reliable sources when needed to meet defense requirements during peacetime, graduated mobilization, and national emergency. Appropriate action may include restricting contract solicitations to reliable sources, restricting contract solicitations to domestic sources (pursuant to statutory authority), stockpiling critical components, and developing substitutes for critical components or critical technology items.

Sec. 311. Strengthening Domestic Capability. The head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense is delegated the authority of the President under section 107(a) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2077(a), to utilize the authority of title III of the Act or any other provision of law to provide appropriate incentives to develop, maintain, modernize, restore, and expand the productive capacities of domestic sources for critical components, critical technology items, materials, and industrial resources essential for the execution of the national security strategy of the United States.

Sec. 312. Modernization of Equipment. The head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense, in accordance with section 108(b) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2078(b), may utilize the authority of title III of the Act to guarantee the purchase or lease of advance manufacturing equipment, and any related services with respect to any such equipment for purposes of the Act. In considering title III projects, the head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense shall provide a strong preference for proposals submitted by a small business supplier or subcontractor in accordance with section 108(b)(2) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2078(b)(2).

PART IV – VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS AND ADVISORY COMMITTEES

Sec. 401. Delegations. The authority of the President under sections 708(c) and (d) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2158(c), (d), is delegated to the heads of agencies otherwise delegated authority under this order. The status of the use of such delegations shall be furnished to the Secretary of Homeland Security.

Sec. 402. Advisory Committees. The authority of the President under section 708(d) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2158(d), and delegated in section 401 of this order (relating to establishment of advisory committees) shall be exercised only after consultation with, and in accordance with, guidelines and procedures established by the Administrator of General Services.

Sec. 403. Regulations. The Secretary of Homeland Security, after approval of the Attorney General, and after consultation by the Attorney General with the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, shall promulgate rules pursuant to section 708(e) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2158(e), incorporating standards and procedures by which voluntary agreements and plans of action may be developed and carried out. Such rules may be adopted by other agencies to fulfill the rulemaking requirement of section 708(e) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2158(e).

PART V – EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL

Sec. 501. National Defense Executive Reserve. (a) In accordance with section 710(e) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2160(e), there is established in the executive branch a National Defense Executive Reserve (NDER) composed of persons of recognized expertise from various segments of the private sector and from Government (except full time Federal employees) for training for employment in executive positions in the Federal Government in the event of a national defense emergency.

(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall issue necessary guidance for the NDER program, including appropriate guidance for establishment, recruitment, training, monitoring, and activation of NDER units and shall be responsible for the overall coordination of the NDER program. The authority of the President under section 710(e) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2160(e), to determine periods of national defense emergency is delegated to the Secretary of Homeland Security.

(c) The head of any agency may implement section 501(a) of this order with respect to NDER operations in such agency.

(d) The head of each agency with an NDER unit may exercise the authority under section 703 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2153, to employ civilian personnel when activating all or a part of its NDER unit. The exercise of this authority shall be subject to the provisions of sections 501(e) and (f) of this order and shall not be redelegated.

(e) The head of an agency may activate an NDER unit, in whole or in part, upon the written determination of the Secretary of Homeland Security that an emergency affecting the national defense exists and that the activation of the unit is necessary to carry out the emergency program functions of the agency.

(f) Prior to activating the NDER unit, the head of the agency shall notify, in writing, the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism of the impending activation.

Sec. 502. Consultants. The head of each agency otherwise delegated functions under this order is delegated the authority of the President under sections 710(b) and (c) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2160(b), (c), to employ persons of outstanding experience and ability without compensation and to employ experts, consultants, or organizations. The authority delegated by this section may not be redelegated.

PART VI – LABOR REQUIREMENTS

Sec. 601. Secretary of Labor. (a) The Secretary of Labor, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and the heads of other agencies, as deemed appropriate by the Secretary of Labor, shall:

(1) collect and maintain data necessary to make a continuing appraisal of the Nation’s workforce needs for purposes of national defense;

(2) upon request by the Director of Selective Service, and in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, assist the Director of Selective Service in development of policies regulating the induction and deferment of persons for duty in the armed services;

(3) upon request from the head of an agency with authority under this order, consult with that agency with respect to: (i) the effect of contemplated actions on labor demand and utilization; (ii) the relation of labor demand to materials and facilities requirements; and (iii) such other matters as will assist in making the exercise of priority and allocations functions consistent with effective utilization and distribution of labor;

(4) upon request from the head of an agency with authority under this order: (i) formulate plans, programs, and policies for meeting the labor requirements of actions to be taken for national defense purposes; and (ii) estimate training needs to help address national defense requirements and promote necessary and appropriate training programs; and

(5) develop and implement an effective labor management relations policy to support the activities and programs under this order, with the cooperation of other agencies as deemed appropriate by the Secretary of Labor, including the National Labor Relations Board, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, the National Mediation Board, and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.

(b) All agencies shall cooperate with the Secretary of Labor, upon request, for the purposes of this section, to the extent permitted by law.

PART VII – DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT COMMITTEE

Sec. 701. The Defense Production Act Committee. (a) The Defense Production Act Committee (Committee) shall be composed of the following members, in accordance with section 722(b) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2171(b):

(1) The Secretary of State;

(2) The Secretary of the Treasury;

(3) The Secretary of Defense;

(4) The Attorney General;

(5) The Secretary of the Interior;

(6) The Secretary of Agriculture;

(7) The Secretary of Commerce;

(8) The Secretary of Labor;

(9) The Secretary of Health and Human Services;

(10) The Secretary of Transportation;

(11) The Secretary of Energy;

(12) The Secretary of Homeland Security;

(13) The Director of National Intelligence;

(14) The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency;

(15) The Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers;

(16) The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and

(17) The Administrator of General Services.

(b) The Director of OMB and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall be invited to participate in all Committee meetings and activities in an advisory role. The Chairperson, as designated by the President pursuant to section 722 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2171, may invite the heads of other agencies or offices to participate in Committee meetings and activities in an advisory role, as appropriate.

Sec. 702. Offsets. The Secretary of Commerce shall prepare and submit to the Congress the annual report required by section 723 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2172, in consultation with the Secretaries of State, the Treasury, Defense, and Labor, the United States Trade Representative, the Director of National Intelligence, and the heads of other agencies as appropriate. The heads of agencies shall provide the Secretary of Commerce with such information as may be necessary for the effective performance of this function.

PART VIII – GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 801. Definitions. In addition to the definitions in section 702 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2152, the following definitions apply throughout this order:

(a) “Civil transportation” includes movement of persons and property by all modes of transportation in interstate, intrastate, or foreign commerce within the United States, its territories and possessions, and the District of Columbia, and related public storage and warehousing, ports, services, equipment and facilities, such as transportation carrier shop and repair facilities. “Civil transportation” also shall include direction, control, and coordination of civil transportation capacity regardless of ownership. “Civil transportation” shall not include transportation owned or controlled by the Department of Defense, use of petroleum and gas pipelines, and coal slurry pipelines used only to supply energy production facilities directly.

(b) “Energy” means all forms of energy including petroleum, gas (both natural and manufactured), electricity, solid fuels (including all forms of coal, coke, coal chemicals, coal liquification, and coal gasification), solar, wind, other types of renewable energy, atomic energy, and the production, conservation, use, control, and distribution (including pipelines) of all of these forms of energy.

(c) “Farm equipment” means equipment, machinery, and repair parts manufactured for use on farms in connection with the production or preparation for market use of food resources.

(d) “Fertilizer” means any product or combination of products that contain one or more of the elements nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium for use as a plant nutrient.

(e) “Food resources” means all commodities and products, (simple, mixed, or compound), or complements to such commodities or products, that are capable of being ingested by either human beings or animals, irrespective of other uses to which such commodities or products may be put, at all stages of processing from the raw commodity to the products thereof in vendible form for human or animal consumption. “Food resources” also means potable water packaged in commercially marketable containers, all starches, sugars, vegetable and animal or marine fats and oils, seed, cotton, hemp, and flax fiber, but does not mean any such material after it loses its identity as an agricultural commodity or agricultural product.

(f) “Food resource facilities” means plants, machinery, vehicles (including on farm), and other facilities required for the production, processing, distribution, and storage (including cold storage) of food resources, and for the domestic distribution of farm equipment and fertilizer (excluding transportation thereof).

(g) “Functions” include powers, duties, authority, responsibilities, and discretion.

(h) “Head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense” means the heads of the Departments of State, Justice, the Interior, and Homeland Security, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the General Services Administration, and all other agencies with authority delegated under section 201 of this order.

(i) “Health resources” means drugs, biological products, medical devices, materials, facilities, health supplies, services and equipment required to diagnose, mitigate or prevent the impairment of, improve, treat, cure, or restore the physical or mental health conditions of the population.

(j) “National defense” means programs for military and energy production or construction, military or critical infrastructure assistance to any foreign nation, homeland security, stockpiling, space, and any directly related activity. Such term includes emergency preparedness activities conducted pursuant to title VI of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5195 et seq., and critical infrastructure protection and restoration.

(k) “Offsets” means compensation practices required as a condition of purchase in either government to government or commercial sales of defense articles and/or defense services as defined by the Arms Export Control Act, 22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq., and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, 22 C.F.R. 120.1 130.17.

(l) “Special priorities assistance” means action by resource departments to assist with expediting deliveries, placing rated orders, locating suppliers, resolving production or delivery conflicts between various rated orders, addressing problems that arise in the fulfillment of a rated order or other action authorized by a delegated agency, and determining the validity of rated orders.

(m) “Strategic and critical materials” means materials (including energy) that (1) would be needed to supply the military, industrial, and essential civilian needs of the United States during a national emergency, and (2) are not found or produced in the United States in sufficient quantities to meet such need and are vulnerable to the termination or reduction of the availability of the material.

(n) “Water resources” means all usable water, from all sources, within the jurisdiction of the United States, that can be managed, controlled, and allocated to meet emergency requirements, except “water resources” does not include usable water that qualifies as “food resources.”

Sec. 802. General. (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 802(c) of this order, the authorities vested in the President by title VII of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2151 et seq., are delegated to the head of each agency in carrying out the delegated authorities under the Act and this order, by the Secretary of Labor in carrying out part VI of this order, and by the Secretary of the Treasury in exercising the functions assigned in Executive Order 11858, as amended.

(b) The authorities that may be exercised and performed pursuant to section 802(a) of this order shall include:

(1) the power to redelegate authorities, and to authorize the successive redelegation of authorities to agencies, officers, and employees of the Government; and

(2) the power of subpoena under section 705 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2155, with respect to (i) authorities delegated in parts II, III, and section 702 of this order, and (ii) the functions assigned to the Secretary of the Treasury in Executive Order 11858, as amended, provided that the subpoena power referenced in subsections (i) and (ii) shall be utilized only after the scope and purpose of the investigation, inspection, or inquiry to which the subpoena relates have been defined either by the appropriate officer identified in section 802(a) of this order or by such other person or persons as the officer shall designate.

(c) Excluded from the authorities delegated by section 802(a) of this order are authorities delegated by parts IV and V of this order, authorities in section 721 and 722 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2170 2171, and the authority with respect to fixing compensation under section 703 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2153.

Sec. 803. Authority. (a) Executive Order 12919 of June 3, 1994, and sections 401(3) (4) of Executive Order 12656 of November 18, 1988, are revoked. All other previously issued orders, regulations, rulings, certificates, directives, and other actions relating to any function affected by this order shall remain in effect except as they are inconsistent with this order or are subsequently amended or revoked under proper authority. Nothing in this order shall affect the validity or force of anything done under previous delegations or other assignment of authority under the Act.

(b) Nothing in this order shall affect the authorities assigned under Executive Order 11858 of May 7, 1975, as amended, except as provided in section 802 of this order.

(c) Nothing in this order shall affect the authorities assigned under Executive Order 12472 of April 3, 1984, as amended.

Sec. 804. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect functions of the Director of OMB relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

BARACK OBAMA

THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 16, 2012.

Link to EO http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/16/executive-order-national-defense-resources-prepare

(This link has just been taken down for some reason – we will update with a new link when we have one)

 

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New 911 development! More Eyewitness reports that cannot be easily explained by “official story” pushers… as far as we know this is not a hoax! We are working to confirm the origins of these tapes now… stay TUNED (and stay BOLD)

EXCLUSIVE: Afghan villagers claim massacre was act of revenge for recent IED explosion

DeadlineLive.info
March 13, 2012

Afghan villagers who witnessed last weekend’s massacre in the Panjwai District participated in a press conference yesterday. According to the Spanish news agency ABC.es, the villagers told the press that there were more soldiers involved in the massacre where 16 people died and not just one.

“A few days earlier, a bomb exploded when one of their vehicles was passing by a street in Zangabad, Panjwai. Later that day, the U.S. troops rounded up a lot of people and accused them of placing the bomb. They threatened them and said that they were going to get their revenge by killing their women and children,” said Tribal Leader Haji Muhammad Shah Khan. Another villager, Haji Muhammad Hassan said the attack was carried out by a small group of soldiers that had air support.

However, the U.S. and NATO are sticking to their official version that the attack was carried out by only one soldier, a Staff Sergeant based out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. The Staff Sergeant was assigned to a special operations unit responsible for ‘village stabilization.’

This is not the first time soldiers from the Joint Base Lewis-McChord have been engaged in violent acts against civilians. Recently, four soldiers from Lewis-McChord were convicted of shooting civilian Afghans for sport just northwest of Panjwai, where this recent massacre took place.

According to a news report by kimatv.com, the Ft. Lewis soldiers “were accused of forming a ‘kill team’ that murdered Afghan civilians for sport – slaughtering victims with grenades and powerful machine guns during patrols, then dropping weapons near their bodies to make them appear to have been combatants.”

While the villagers were being interviewed, a team of Afghan police and military was at the scene conducting an investigation when they came under attack by gunmen. The gunmen evidently tried to disrupt or stop the investigation of the massacre. Two of Karzai’s brothers were part of the team and they were targeted by the gunmen. However, they were not injured.

Hours after last weekend’s massacre, German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Afghanistan and told her troops that NATO may not necessarily leave Afghanistan in 2014.

 

 

Mexico captures ‘Ocho Cinco’ drug cartel operative linked to CIA cocaine flights

Meet the real Ocho Cinco… no, not the American professional sports athlete but the CIA drug smuggler and mass murderer.

By Mario Andrade
DeadlineLive.info
March 13, 2012

 

Last Friday, the Mexican military captured Erick Valanecia Salazar, aka. ‘El 85’ (Ocho Cinco) in the town of Zapopan, state of Jalisco. Valencia was one of Chapo Guzman’s lieutenants responsible for creating the death squad known as “Los Matazetas” (Killers of Zetas).

Valencia worked for CIA cocaine smuggler Nacho Coronel. When Coronel was killed in during a military raid in 2010, Valencia took his place the State of Jalisco, where he expanded the Sinaloa Cartel cell in Jalisco to other states in order to fight Los Zetas.

‘El 85’ created the death squad known as Los Matazetas when a rival cartel known as ‘the resistance’ (La Resistencia) decided to join forces with Los Zetas in order to gain control of the State of Jalisco.

‘The resistance’ was also made mostly of former Nacho Coronel’s operatives. After Coronel died, his operatives split in two different factions that later became rivals: One headed by Valencia and the other group which became ‘the resistance,’ headed by Elpidio Ramirez, aka. ‘El Pilo.’

Valencia was responsible for bringing cocaine from Colombia and ephedrine, used for making crystal meth. The ephedrine was being brought from China. His death squad, known as ‘Los Matazetas’ was responsible for killing and dumping the bodies of 35 alleged Zeta members in a Veracruz highway last year. His nickname ‘el 85’ was actually a radio call sign.

Drug Lord ‘El Chapo’ Was ‘Almost Captured’ During Hillary Clinton Mexico Visit

The most wanted drug lord in the world, Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman was almost captured in Los Cabos, Baja California while Hillary Clinton was meeting with foreign diplomats in the same town during the last days of February. Was this a failed staged event?

By Mario Andrade
DeadlineLive.info
March 13, 2012

One of the world’s most wanted drug lords, Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman was almost captured in Los Cabos during a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, according to the Mexican newspaper El Universal.

According to a spokesman from the Mexican Federal Police’s special organized crime investigative unit, the federales almost captured ‘El Chapo’ right after Hillary Clinton met with a group of G-20 foreign diplomats in Los Cabos, Baja California.

Spokesman Jose C. Salinas said that foreign dignitaries were having a meeting with Hillary Clinton to discuss the preparations for the upcoming G-20 summit in June when the federal police learned that ‘El Chapo’ Guzman was in the same town. He was allegedly at one of his mansions in the coast overlooking the Sea of Cortez, in the section of town called Punta Ballena.

Salinas did not provide information that indicated if the DEA was involved in the raid, but he mentioned that Mexican Federal Agents were very close and they almost captured the notorious drug lord. He somehow managed to escape (again). However, authorities were able to arrest a small group of his operatives that were still inside the house, including one of his pilots (CIA?).

On February 28th, DeadlineLive.info received information from a Mexican Government source indicating that Guzman’s arrest was going to be staged this year in order to help elect the National Action Party presidential candidate, Josefina Vazquez Mota. The source provided the information when Vazquez Mota was still running in the primaries. Last week, she accepted her party’s nomination to run for president.

Joaquin Guzman is the alleged leader of the Sinaloa Drug Cartel –the most powerful criminal organization in Mexico, and some say in the world. “El Chapo” recently made Forbes’ list of most powerful and wealthy people in the world. He single-handedly controls the crystal meth market, which he pioneered in the 80’s and 90’s. He also controls most of the cocaine smuggled into the U.S… He’s married to Emma Coronel, niece of the notorious CIA cocaine smuggler Nacho Coronel.

FUKUSHIMA – ONE YEAR LATER: Danger Persists, Cover-ups Continue, Next event Not “If” but When….

We are all Fuked!
 

BBC Investigative Reporter, and Best selling Author GREG PALAST will be joining us on THE JACK BLOOD SHOW – Monday March 12th @ 10 am CT to discuss his research on the Fukishima, Japan disaster! Here is some of what you will hear:

The Fukushima story you didn’t hear on CNN

“Completely and Utterly Fail in an Earthquake”

by Greg Palast
for FreePress.org

 

 

Fukushima, one year later: Safety fears and slow fixes

by Martin LaMonica March 9, 2012 6:14 AM PST

 

Read more:

 

Fukushima One Year Later: Don’t Let It Happen Here

A year ago on March 11, an earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear disaster at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, leading to the evacuation of 160,000 people, a 12-mile exclusion zone around the crippled plant, and an ongoing crisis. A disaster of the same scale here, at Indian Point nuclear power plant, which sits just 35 miles from Midtown Manhattan, could cause the evacuation of as many 20 million people and hobble the nation’s largest city.

Don’t let it happen here. Even absent a catastrophe, Indian Point is a source of radioactive leaks and the killer of more than 1 billion fish and other river creatures every year. With Nuclear Regulatory Hearings on Indian Point’s future on the horizon this summer, we have the best opportunity in a generation to close a plant that is dangerously past its expiration date. We have better options, readily available, to provide low-cost electricity that is cleaner and infinitely safer.

Lies and disinformation regarding troops at the Texas Kite Festival‏ (from a friend)

Last Sunday, at the Texas Kite Festival, there were Texas State Guard troops assisting the event organizers at the parking lot. The event took place at the popular Zilker Park, in Austin, Texas.

The following day, the story broke out on certain so-called ‘alternative news and talk show’ that these troops were performing domestic police roles, as their website posted a video of them loading people on buses with a Blackhawk helicopter flying over the park.

The talk show host implied that these troops were there to acclimate the public into accepting the new NDAA directive signed by Obama. The article, written by his so-called ‘editor-in-chief’ and the comments by their readers nearly portrayed these troops as Nazis loading Jews onto the trains on the way to the execution chambers.

What was most disgusting was the fact that this host went so far as to say on air that the troops were inappropriately ‘touching’ little children at the park, making false comparisons with the recent TSA incidents, spewing vicious lies out of his mouth like a real slime ball.

Given that I’m a member of the Texas State Guard, I was deeply offended at the lies, smear tactics, and fear mongering made by this so-called ‘talk show host,’ the sheer venom in the words written by the author of the article, and the idiotic comments posted by their cult-like zombified followers.

The truth is that we were actually ASKED by the event organizers to help them out with parking duties. Mr. Obama did not send us there; neither did the Pentagon. We do this type of work at many public events.

Typically, we accept invitations from many different events, like air shows, parades, rodeos, sporting events, and yes, even kite festivals like this one. In exchange, they let us set up a small recruiting booth so we can hand out flyers to let people know who we are.

Also, if the organizers are generous enough, sometimes they donate a small fee to our unit(s) so we can have funds to purchase cots, first aid kits, and other equipment that we use during natural emergencies like floods or hurricanes. We operate with zero budget in order to save tax-payer dollars; we have to raise our own money like the volunteer fire-fighters do.

We are Texas military volunteers that help other Texans during floods and other natural disasters. We’re not federal troops. We’re not allowed to carry weapons. We purchase our own uniforms and equipment and unfortunately, we have to rely on events like this so we can pay for our own training, meals, and gear so we can better serve our fellow citizens during emergencies.

And what about the video showing the Blackhawk helicopter near the park?

If this talk show host knew his way around Austin, he should know that Zilker Park is located a couple of miles from Camp Mabry, our military home base. Helicopters fly in and out of the base regularly, especially during drill weekends like this last Sunday. And again, our base is located almost right next to the park, on the other side of the lake. Of course this talk show host failed to mention that blatant fact. I’m not sure if it’s because he’s not familiar with that area, or if he intentionally chose not to mention it so he could conveniently lie by omission in order to continue scaring his audience. I hope it wasn’t the latter. Either way, his venomous comments and lies made my stomach turn, which made me feel obligated to write this response, hoping that the people find out the truth.

 
Thanks.

THE MAN WHO WROTE THIS LETTER IS A DEAR OLD FRIEND. HE HAS BEEN TELLING ME OF LATE THAT THE TX GUARD ARE JUST AS UPSET AS WE ARE ABOUT THINGS IN THE USA. MANY OF THEM ARE OATH KEEPERS, AND RON PAUL SUPPORTERS. WE ARE POSTING THIS BECAUSE THE UNBELIEVABLE HYPE AND SMEAR JOB DONE ON THEM IS EXACTLY WHAT MIGHT TURN SOME OF THEM AGAINST US! COINCIDENCE? OR JUST FEAR PROFITEERING AGAIN?

– Jack Blood

 

ORIGINAL STORY :

Troops Used For Crowd Control At Texas Kite Festival

 

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