POLICE STATE AMERICA: "American Jihadist Terrorism: Combating a Complex Threat"

Preventive Policing

"In the post-9/11 environment, the public has expected law enforcement to adopt a proactive

posture in order to disrupt terrorist plots before an attack occurs. Investigative leads about

terrorist plots in the homeland may originate from foreign intelligence sources. But, for the most

part, information about homegrown plots is available only through domestic intelligence

activities. In order to proactively gather intelligence, law enforcement has adopted a preventive

policing approach that focuses not just on crime that has occurred, but on the possibility that a

crime may be committed in the future.

In this context, a major challenge for law enforcement is gauging how quickly and at what point

individuals move from radicalized beliefs to violence so that a terrorist plot can be detected and

disrupted. At the federal level, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of

Investigation (FBI) have implemented a forward-leaning approach with a revision to the Attorney

General’s Guidelines for Domestic FBI Operations.2 The revision, meant to streamline the FBI’s

investigations and make them more proactive, has at its heart a new investigative tool,

assessments. These allow for the investigation of individuals or groups without factual

predication. The new guidelines have, however, generated some controversy among civil

libertarians.

Also critical among the proactive approaches employed by law enforcement is the monitoring of

Internet and social networking sites. The USA PATRIOT Act (P.L. 107-56) authorizes the FBI to

use National Security Letters to obtain a range of information including data pertaining to e-mail

and Internet use. It appears that U.S. law enforcement has effectively exploited the Internet—

which radicalizing individuals can mine for information and violent jihadists use while plotting—

in its pursuit of terrorists. A review of criminal complaints and indictments in terrorism cases

reveals that the FBI has exploited the Internet and/or e-mail communications to build cases

against defendants in at least 22 of the post-9/11 cases studied in this report. Although much is

said about terrorist use of the Internet for recruitment, training, and communications, these cases

suggest that terrorists and aspiring terrorists will not find the Internet to be a uniformly

permissive environment."

What is New York? Image factory for fascism.

"The raid was nice. First they blocked off all entrance and ext, including the subway (which they shut down). They then told the reporters (and this was verified by CNN staff on the ground) to leave or they would be arrested. Classy.

 They surrounded the park. There was a long standoff until a pair of large, white open-bed industrial garbage haulers drove in followed by a trail of police. As protesters shouted obscenities or pleaded, the cops grabbed tents, backpacks, luggage, everything- throwing it all into one big, broken pile.

 Then they threw it into the backs of the trucks, swept up what was left and hauled it all off. Meanwhile people were running into the camera guy reporting bludgeoning, people being dragged by their hair or on their faces, tear gas- all in areas that had been swept clear of cameras or reporters. I watched the reports coming in over the chat window. I also watched various people calling in reports from police scanners- Where to avoid. Sometimes one of the possible Anonymous folks would come in with AMBUSH! and street names. It was fascinating and likely a very dumb and expensive way to go about things."

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I think this just goes to show you that New York, and the money lenders in lower manhatten are the real fascists hiding in broad daylight. The globalists, the pro-UN neo-Liberals all issue their marching orders from New York. New York is an image factory that reproduces images of NY, but what is NY politicially? It is a stronghold and bulwark of reactionary corporate oligarchy. It must be resisted by any means necessary. New York is an image factory of fascism.