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'Citizen, Can I See Your ID...'

By Al Martin

10-23-1

What has not been explained to the American people is the reason why 35,000

Army Reservists and 65,000 National Guard have been called up. It is to

maintain internal checkpoints. It has nothing to do with the external "War on

Terrorism." All of these people are being trained at the US Army School of

Urban Control at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. CNN actually showed an urban

training mock-up, what they're training on, and what the new Internal

Security checkpoint is going to look like. It was mighty sinister looking.

There was a barrier that went across the road. To the right was an elevated

shed like structure, elevated perhaps fifteen feet in the air. It had a small

second story that was open. On it was a sign that read "Homeland Security

Internal Checkpoint." There were sandbags and the wooden arm that crossed the

road read "100% ID Checked." Then there was a small shed to the right with a

small barbed wire area behind that. On this structure was a sign, which read,

"All citizens not having proper identification will be detained. All foreign

nationals will be detained. All citizens who are deemed to be acting in a

suspicious manner will be detained." At each of these posts there will be six

armed Army or National Guard reservists with M-16's with full field kit. On

top of the structure to the rear, the open structure on top, there's a man

with a machine gun emplacement.

They showed the actual mockup used for training purposes. They had new

uniforms. They weren't in their regular uniforms. It's a new gray uniform

with a gray helmet and a visor so you can't see their eyes. The only thing

you can see is from their lips down because they said that's "to prevent any

retribution" from people who don't like this new idea.

This uniform looked exactly like the Imperial Storm Troopers from "Star Wars"

except instead of white, it was gray. All the helmets have little

transceivers so they can communicate with each other. There will be six

guards at each internal security checkpoint. And there's another warning on

the inside of the barbed wire enclosure, "Any detainees attempting to escape

will be shot." It was a yellow and red sign inside the detainment area.

The only person who actually spoke on camera during this story was a

sergeant, an Army Reservist sergeant. You could tell that he completely

disagreed with what was going on. You couldn't hear the question being asked,

but he was looking at the camera and he said, "We're here to protect the

people." Then he put his head down and shook his head, and you could tell he

didn't believe a word of what he was saying -- like it was some big frigging

joke.

Then they showed the procedure they were using to train these guys. An

average American car, like a Ford or a Chevy, drives up and there's supposed

to be a husband and wife in the front seat and a couple of kiddies in the

back. So they drive up to the checkpoint, and the corporal comes up to the

car and says, "May I see your identification, citizen."

They call everyone "citizen." I swear to God, I'm not making this up. Then

the guy asks for his driver's license, then something else and something

else. Then he says, "Very good, citizen."

There's a spot on the gate that goes across the road that they had x-ed out.

But you could tell what it said because the sergeant alluded to it. It said,

"All citizens are required to present their National Identification Cards."

But they left it blank as a black spray-painted out spot because the

legislation for that hasn't happened yet.

The big sign on the side of the one and half story shed with the machine gun

nest on top said "Homeland Security Internal Checkpoint." And now we're all

supposed to say, "Hail the Republic." That's the new mantra. They showed a

bunch of guys being trained at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, probably enlisted and

reservists and such. And they kept raising up their right arm saying, "Hail

the Republic."

The sergeant even said that they are duplicating the ancient Roman Legions sa

lute to Caesar, using the right arm upraised with the fist. Instead of "Hail

Caesar," though they say, "Hail the Republic."

This is what's coming. People don't believe it or people don't understand it

but when 80% of the people support whatever "security" measures are

necessary.

What does it all mean? We all better start worrying when George Bush starts

to play the fiddle.

Congress is supposed to be recessed for the rest of the year, but they will

be giving the Administration extraordinary wartime authority -- pursuant to

all remaining legislation. In other words, they will simply allow the

Administration to act under pending statutes. They are simply going to

transfer to the Administration emergency wartime power to act under bills,

which are still pending, even though they haven't been passed.

The implication is that we will be under a defacto state of martial law soon.

There are 100,000 military being trained for these internal security

checkpoints.

When they were showing the lines of enlisted and reserve people being trained

in this camp, with M-16s in their hands, I can tell you I don't think any of

them would hesitate to shoot at American citizens. I think they're being

indoctrinated. The indoctrination they're going through is obvious. The

enlisted people are being told by the drill sergeant that they are being

given extraordinary authority that "your job is to protect the security of

the State at all costs."

There is a direct parallel between the old Soviet Union and the East Bloc and

what we are doing. We are establishing internal travel restrictions on the

American people. We are essentially following the Soviet textbook. In the

Soviet Communist Bloc, for example, there were checkpoints in every city. You

had to have what's called an "internal travel visa." You had to have that

visa stamped at every checkpoint in every city. Then they checked you out at

every entrance to every city. Then if you checked out, they would affix a

visa stamp and charge you ten marks for it. It was a real racket.

What will be interesting to see is what kind of a racket is going to go along

with these internal security check points. In other words, how much of a

"toll" are they going to charge? They're going to have to do something to pay

for all of this and one of the obvious ways to pay for it would be to charge

everyone a one or two dollar "toll."

And this is what we should be looking forward to - toll booths around the

nation. They're not saying this yet, but obviously in an effort to pay for

this, there's going to be some sort of a "security tax." Since this system is

incredibly cumbersome (having to stop every single vehicle and check

identification) and we've been taught to be suspicious of driver's licenses

because it's so easy to obtain false driver's licenses, the implication is

that national security cards are the only thing that will eventually be

accepted as identification. The further implication is that in order to

accommodate traffic (this will create traffic jams miles and miles long),

there would be a separate line for those carrying pre-approved internal visas

whose allegiance to the government has already been checked.

The sergeant on the news report said that all the people involved (100,000

military people) are being forced to swear new loyalty oaths to the United

States. He just mentioned the government's overall policy, which Bush talked

about last week, that all federal civilian employees are going to have to

take new oaths of allegiance to the "Republic." And that extends to some

members of the military who will be involved in internal security.

Surprisingly enough all these border checks, you would think, would be

handled directly by the military - or under the auspices of the military.

They're not. They're under the auspices of "Homeland Security." What it means

is that you have 100,000 troops (reservists and national guards people) based

in the United States, which will be seconded to the Office of Homeland

Security. Their ultimate jurisdiction is being transferred from the

Department of Defense to the Office of Homeland Security.

In other words, the Office of Homeland Security is gaining a militarized

division of 100,000 troops.

It's finally getting some of the liberals nervous. But it's coming. Day after

day, they're showing polls that seventy to eighty percent of the American

people are prepared to approve whatever security measures are "necessary" to

"fight terrorism."

* * *

MILITARY FRAUD DEPT.: According to the Friendly Colonel, the Redstone Arsenal

base commander was chortling over the fact that the accuracy of the missile

strikes in Afghanistan thus far was 37%. He was actually chortling on how

"high" the accuracy rate has been. The general's exact words were that "the

defense contractors will get paid as long as the things go off and hit the

right country."

Also, the Friendly Colonel realizes the reason the FBI didn't stop all those

weapons shipments from Huntsville Alabama (See previous story

http://www.almartinraw.com/column22.html)

What they were doing was pre-positioning materiel in Pakistan. That leads one

to the conclusion which he had already made earlier - that somebody knew this

war was going to happen, possibly as long as six months ago (May 2001). In

other words, they didn't know specifically the target, but somebody thought

it likely that a "terrorist event" would happen that would precipitate a

response by the US in Afghanistan.

And Where Did the "Mushrooms" Go? (See previous column

http://www.almartin.raw/column32.html) They were intended for use by US armed

forces. In other words, they were pre-staging supplies. That's where the

"mushrooms" (anti-personnel land mines) went. He got an explanation how these

"mushrooms" are used by Special Forces when they are clearing an area. When

an area is being swept, they drop this weapons system behind them - to

protect their rear and also to prevent anyone else from re-infiltrating an

area which has already been cleared. The specific use of these mushrooms is

in a sweep operation. When forces sweep an area and they don't want the area

re-infiltrated they leave this passive weapons system behind. These weapons

are principally used in an urban warfare environment.

The only correlation that can be made is that there would be an attack

against the United States of sufficient size which would warrant a response,

hence the predisposition of these weapons system, like these mushrooms which

are under intense international criticism by an anti-land mine group in

London.

The general also said that they're "re-ordering missiles like crazy - the

Cruise and Tomahawk missiles." They are being reordered and Rockwell is

building them as fast as they can. Cruise Missiles are about $1.6 million

each, and the Tomahawks, which are larger, longer range, more advanced with a

heavier payload, are about $3.5 million each.

He estimated that about 300 missiles have been used so far. It's not big

money, but these missile systems are extremely profitable to build. They have

a simple guidance system, a simple conventional explosive, and the

micro-processors necessary for the look-forward view capacity is pretty

simple. All they have to do is not hit the side of a mountain on the way to

their target

* * *

MEDIA DEPT.: According to a reliable inside source, all the mainstream media

outlets have received a confidential memorandum from the White House asking

that they change the monikers they're using "Homeland Security" to "Home

Front Security." Apparently they believe that "Home Front Security" sounds

more patriotic and less sinister than "Home Land Security."

They have also asked the media not to show any more footage of the urban

training and internal security checkpoints and to minimize the coverage of

any "future" troop movements within the United States. The implication is

that when these internal security checkpoints get set up, there will be a lot

of movement of troops, helicopters, etc. So as not to disturb the domestic

tranquility of the people by telling the people the truth, the government is

asking the media to limit coverage of any domestic troop movements.

All the media will comply because they're all dying to jump on the government

line. MSNBC has in fact changed their moniker form "Homeland Security" to

"Home Front Security." "Home Front" is more homey sounding and much more

patriotic. It strikes a chord with a lot of people especially older people

who remember this being so extensively used for security measures put in

place during the Second World War.

* * *

EDUCATION/ INDOCTRINATION DEPT.: A warning of note -- Mothers of America

beware. Last week during National Patriotism Day, sixty million American

schoolchildren were supposed to stand up and say the Pledge of Allegiance

together.

There was a little known and briefly shown incident on TV about a teacher in

New Jersey. He was a fifth grade teacher who changed the words of the Pledge

of Allegiance from "I pledge allegiance to the flag" to "I pledge allegiance

to the Office of Homeland Security." Subsequently it was noted that in his

opinion children are never too young to be taught obedience to the State. It

should also be noted that the teacher in question who professed to be a loyal

Vietnam veteran with a flat top hairdo, a Marine Corps. tattoo on his arm and

a Timex watch, and replete with a polyester tie. He rather looked like some

sort of reject for the corner stool at the local VFW, when he explained that

"he never saw a commie he didn't want to bomb."

* * *

HISTORY OF FBI ANTI-TERRORISM SUCCESS DEPT.: In 1995, pursuant to the first

round of "anti-terrorism" legislation a/k/a HR1701, the FBI was given a

special $300 million grant to track down terrorist assets worldwide.

After a five-year search and an expenditure of $300 million of American

taxpayers' money, they managed to find one bank account belonging to the

Hamas terrorist group. It was in a savings bank in New Jersey, and it had

$17000 in it.

The Treasury Department's current pronouncements that the terrorist assets

they're freezing every day is just so much nonsense. They're not giving us

any details about who owns these accounts or how they know they're connected

to terrorist groups. One of the accounts they seized in California? Upon

further investigation, it turned out that the account with $346 in it was in

fact the coffee and donut fund for the local Arab American Chamber of

Commerce.

* * *

FREEDOM OF SPEECH DEPT.: Having gone out to the $8.99 All You Can Eat Chinese

Buffet with a bunch of cohorts, we found out that unbeknownst to us, there

was an FBI agent sitting in the booth nearby. He was there not in an official

capacity, but just having dinner with his wife. Anyway, we were talking about

the new Office of Homeland Security and what the internal checkpoints were

going to look like and what the new parameters of our new National Identity

cards will be and, of course, referencing George Bush as George "Never Saw a

Document He Didn't Want to Shred" Bush. And we talked about the number of

civil rights that the American people will be giving up in this new campaign

against terrorism.

When we got up to leave, the FBI agent said to me, "Hey pal, best flap your

gums while you can because a year from now I'll have the power to arrest you

for such seditious talk."

He was wearing his FBI badge on the inside to ensure that he would get his

15% discount at the restaurant.

My pals are all older and they're afraid that they'll get their Social

Security checks taken away from them for hanging out with me. Then I told the

FBI agent that, "Hey, we're just speaking the truth." And he said, "Like I

said, seditious talk."

So remember - the new government mantra is "Speaking the truth about

government misdeeds and abuses of power equals sedition."

* * *

AS SEEN ON TV DEPT.: The new checkpoints have been established and they look

just like the mockups that were shown on TV. There's a large red and yellow

placard that says "Homeland Security Internal Checkpoint." You have to show

your driver's license to go through and you're told that soon even that will

not be sufficient. There was a company of National Guard setting up an

ancillary facility. They had their new gray helmets with the visors on, so

you couldn't see their eyes. And it is true. We went through the checkpoint.

And yes, they really do address you as "Citizen."

AL MARTIN is America's foremost whistleblower on government fraud and

corruption. A retired US Navy Lt. Commander and former officer in the Office

of Naval Intelligence, he has testified before Congress (the Kerry Committee

and the Alexander Committee) regarding Iran-Contra. Al Martin is the author

of "The Conspirators: Secrets of an Iran Contra Insider" (2001, National

Liberty Press, $19.95; Toll FREE order line: 1-866-317-1390) He lives at an

undisclosed location, since the criminals named in his book have been

returned to national power and prominence. His column "Behind the Scenes in

the Beltway" is published regularly on Al Martin Raw: Criminal Govt

Conspiracy (http://www.almartinraw.com )

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