(IPS) NSA Spying Scandal Extends to DEA, IRS
- 8-21-2013
- http://www.atlantaprogressivenews.com/interspire/news/2013/08/21/%28ips%29-nsa-spying-scandal-extends-to-dea-irs.html
This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/08/spying-scandal-engulfs-other-u-s-agencies/
- Earlier this month, Reuters revealed that a special division within the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has been using intelligence intercepts, wiretaps, informants and a mass database of telephone records to secretly identify targets for drug enforcement actions.
In the wake of these revelations, a former prosecutor tells IPS he believes he and his colleagues may have been unwitting pawns in the federal government’s effort to deceive defendants and the court system, thereby violating citizens’ constitutional rights.
“None of us had any idea whatsoever there was a secret DEA programme that instructed DEA agents to conceal the source,” Patrick Nightingale, a former prosecutor for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, told IPS.
“My oath as an attorney and as a prosecutor was as an officer of the constitution, and not to win at all costs. This [programme] is a win at all costs mentality: whether it’s constitutional or not we’re going to use it and we can conceal it,” he said.
Called the Special Operations Division (SOD), it is comprised of some two dozen federal agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency (NSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the Department of Homeland Security.
Everything about the SOD is secret, including the size of its budget and the location of its offices.
Reuters has also identified the IRS as a recipient of the information, pointing to a former IRS training manual that referenced the SOD programme.
As a routine practice, the SOD secretly provides the information to local authorities across the U.S., allowing them to start investigations against U.S. citizens under false pretenses, in a practice known as “parallel construction”.
For example, under parallel construction, local law enforcement will be instructed to find a reason to stop a particular vehicle – for example, through a routine traffic stop – and then once the drugs are found, the government will falsely state the drugs were found in the traffic stop.
The IRS training document details how government officials are instructed to conceal – from prosecutors, defence attorneys, and even the courts – the methods by which a suspected drug criminal is identified and then targeted for apprehension.
“Special Operations Division has the ability to collect, collate, analyze, evaluate, and disseminate information and intelligence derived from worldwide multi-agency sources, including classified projects,” the 2005 and 2006 IRS training manual says, according to Reuters.
“SOD converts extremely sensitive information into usable leads and tips which are then passed to the field offices for real-time enforcement activity against major international drug trafficking organizations,” the document states.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a group that defends free speech and privacy issues, calls it “intelligence laundering“.
Since the revelations on Aug. 5, the Justice Department has said it is reviewing the programme, according to reports. But such a review does not address the constitutional violations that appear to have already occurred.
“Our criminal justice system is based on the presumption of innocence and our constitution demands fair play in criminal proceedings. It demands that prosecutors reveal to the defence both the good and the bad,” Nightingale said.
“If the source of this information is so sensitive that a law enforcement agency is told to keep the information from its own team [including federal and local prosecutors] because it knows members of its team are required to divulge it to the other side [the defence], then it’s a problem,” he said.
Nightingale told IPS he had no awareness of the programme as a prosecutor, even though he worked on many cases where he sought court approval for a Title 3 wiretap based on certain evidence. Now he does not know – nor does he have any way of knowing – how many of those cases originated from a secret SOD tip.
“This is changing the rules of the game so they can conceal the source and use tainted information, depriving… defence attorneys and defendants from being able to have a fair trial as defined by the Constitution,” he said.
Hanni Fakhoury, a staff attorney with EFF, told IPS, “The NSA data is being gathered on purpose, and then directed to a different purpose.” He said the information being gathered by the NSA “should” be something that the FISA Court has been approving, although there is no way to know.
“Those orders have a broad scope. The orders aren’t public, there isn’t insight into what the orders look like, or how the court operates really,” Fakhoury said.
“The big concern is they’re not being forthright about the fact that they’re using the information directed toward a purpose not related to national security, and they’re not telling the court or the defendants the true source of that information.
“It’s yet more proof what is being said publicly [by the NSA] is not all entirely accurate,” he said. “It’s another reason why we have to very carefully scrutinise the government’s justification for these types of programmes.”
Fakhouri says the SOD programme is unconstitutional because of the Fifth and Sixth Amendments combined.
Full and fair disclosure is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution as part of the Sixth Amendment, which states, “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right… to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation.”
The Fifth Amendment provides, “No person shall be… deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”
The revelations also raise the possibility that individuals who have been convicted over the last 20 years on drug charges, or perhaps IRS-related charges, will challenge those convictions in court on the basis that secret evidence may have been used in the investigative process.
“I think we’re going to see a lot of those types of arguments. How successful those will be – will be a tough sell. I think it will be an interesting thing to watch,” Fakhoury said.
(END/2013)
- Earlier this month, Reuters revealed that a special division within the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has been using intelligence intercepts, wiretaps, informants and a mass database of telephone records to secretly identify targets for drug enforcement actions.
In the wake of these revelations, a former prosecutor tells IPS he believes he and his colleagues may have been unwitting pawns in the federal government’s effort to deceive defendants and the court system, thereby violating citizens’ constitutional rights.
“None of us had any idea whatsoever there was a secret DEA programme that instructed DEA agents to conceal the source,” Patrick Nightingale, a former prosecutor for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, told IPS.
“My oath as an attorney and as a prosecutor was as an officer of the constitution, and not to win at all costs. This [programme] is a win at all costs mentality: whether it’s constitutional or not we’re going to use it and we can conceal it,” he said.
Called the Special Operations Division (SOD), it is comprised of some two dozen federal agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency (NSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the Department of Homeland Security.
Everything about the SOD is secret, including the size of its budget and the location of its offices.
Reuters has also identified the IRS as a recipient of the information, pointing to a former IRS training manual that referenced the SOD programme.
As a routine practice, the SOD secretly provides the information to local authorities across the U.S., allowing them to start investigations against U.S. citizens under false pretenses, in a practice known as “parallel construction”.
For example, under parallel construction, local law enforcement will be instructed to find a reason to stop a particular vehicle – for example, through a routine traffic stop – and then once the drugs are found, the government will falsely state the drugs were found in the traffic stop.
The IRS training document details how government officials are instructed to conceal – from prosecutors, defence attorneys, and even the courts – the methods by which a suspected drug criminal is identified and then targeted for apprehension.
“Special Operations Division has the ability to collect, collate, analyze, evaluate, and disseminate information and intelligence derived from worldwide multi-agency sources, including classified projects,” the 2005 and 2006 IRS training manual says, according to Reuters.
“SOD converts extremely sensitive information into usable leads and tips which are then passed to the field offices for real-time enforcement activity against major international drug trafficking organizations,” the document states.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a group that defends free speech and privacy issues, calls it “intelligence laundering“.
Since the revelations on Aug. 5, the Justice Department has said it is reviewing the programme, according to reports. But such a review does not address the constitutional violations that appear to have already occurred.
“Our criminal justice system is based on the presumption of innocence and our constitution demands fair play in criminal proceedings. It demands that prosecutors reveal to the defence both the good and the bad,” Nightingale said.
“If the source of this information is so sensitive that a law enforcement agency is told to keep the information from its own team [including federal and local prosecutors] because it knows members of its team are required to divulge it to the other side [the defence], then it’s a problem,” he said.
Nightingale told IPS he had no awareness of the programme as a prosecutor, even though he worked on many cases where he sought court approval for a Title 3 wiretap based on certain evidence. Now he does not know – nor does he have any way of knowing – how many of those cases originated from a secret SOD tip.
“This is changing the rules of the game so they can conceal the source and use tainted information, depriving… defence attorneys and defendants from being able to have a fair trial as defined by the Constitution,” he said.
Hanni Fakhoury, a staff attorney with EFF, told IPS, “The NSA data is being gathered on purpose, and then directed to a different purpose.” He said the information being gathered by the NSA “should” be something that the FISA Court has been approving, although there is no way to know.
“Those orders have a broad scope. The orders aren’t public, there isn’t insight into what the orders look like, or how the court operates really,” Fakhoury said.
“The big concern is they’re not being forthright about the fact that they’re using the information directed toward a purpose not related to national security, and they’re not telling the court or the defendants the true source of that information.
“It’s yet more proof what is being said publicly [by the NSA] is not all entirely accurate,” he said. “It’s another reason why we have to very carefully scrutinise the government’s justification for these types of programmes.”
Fakhouri says the SOD programme is unconstitutional because of the Fifth and Sixth Amendments combined.
Full and fair disclosure is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution as part of the Sixth Amendment, which states, “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right… to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation.”
The Fifth Amendment provides, “No person shall be… deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”
The revelations also raise the possibility that individuals who have been convicted over the last 20 years on drug charges, or perhaps IRS-related charges, will challenge those convictions in court on the basis that secret evidence may have been used in the investigative process.
“I think we’re going to see a lot of those types of arguments. How successful those will be – will be a tough sell. I think it will be an interesting thing to watch,” Fakhoury said.
(END/2013)
Comments (1)
Burroughston Broch
Said this on 8-21-2013 At 09:50 pm
For all progressives who are offended by
NSA, DEA, et. al. spying on you, how do you feel about President Obama
now? The bulk of this has happened on his watch and he owns it.
Do you have buyer's remorse now?
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America's Winter of Discontent
Over the past decade or so, we've endured terrorist attacks... two
financial market collapses... the bankruptcy and ruin of countless
banks, financial firms, and insurance companies... not to mention the
financial pain that's been inflicted on people like you and me...
But according to the research you'll see in a moment, all of this was predictable.
Even the troubles in Washington, with out-of-control spending taking
our national debt to crippling heights, were predictable. So were the
scandals, mismanagement, and trampling of our civil liberties by the
likes of the NSA, IRS, FBI, and even Congress.
You see, the research below shows all of this has been about "those in power" maintaining the status quo... and keeping your freedom and prosperity in their tight little grip.
It's no secret that America has been in a long winter season.
And frankly, it's taken one heck of a toll.
Just look at some of the facts and figures I've put together:
- In 2001, the gross domestic product (GDP) of the United States accounted for 31.8% of all global economic activity. Today, it's only 22%.
- In 1988, the Economist determined the United States was the No. 1 place to be born. Today, the U.S. is tied for 16th!
- The U.S. government borrows more than half of every dollar it spends.
- Over 46 million Americans are on food stamps — and one out of four are children.
- Nearly HALF of all Americans live in a home that receives direct benefits from the federal government.
- The value of the U.S. dollar has declined 96% since the Federal Reserve was created.
- One in four U.S. workers makes less than $10.00 per hour.
- The suicide rate in the U.S. has more than doubled since 2000 — and there are twice as many suicides as homicides.
- More than 33% of Americans are obese.
- The use of antidepressants has increased 400% in the last two decades alone!
I could go on and on with more data, but you get the point...
Something is definitely wrong here.
But even though it all looks pretty bleak, I've got some good news: America's long winter is about to end — taking with it the endless days of crisis and discontent.
I'm talking about an end to everything that has plagued our nation for more than a decade.
It will end the reign of crooked Wall Street Bankers, fat-cat CEOs,
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It will end Washington's spending spree and run-up in the national
debt to the highest level in U.S. history, now hovering around $17
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It will end the National Security Agency's domestic spying programs
that have been recording all your email, Internet activity, and
telephone calls for years.
It will end the IRS targeting of political groups and individual citizens that disagree with them.
It will end FBI intimidation of news agencies through the
confiscation of phone records and labeling of journalists as criminals,
when they are just doing their job of exposing government corruption.
In light of all that we've been through, it's easy to see there is something very wrong with America.
But the good news is that one season ALWAYS turns to the next. And
this "American Winter" is ushering in an "American Spring" that will
send our country soaring to new heights — heights not seen for more than
80 years.
In fact, the end of the last American Winter — after the Great
Depression and World War II — catapulted the United States into the
greatest superpower on earth.
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But this isn't the only time an American Spring has ushered in massive wealth and prosperity.
In fact, it's happened over and over again for nearly 500 years. And
with FIVE centuries of data, the Ivy League research of William Strauss
and Neil Howe easily confirms...
Our History is Repeating Itself — Again!
Graduating with a master's degree in public policy from Harvard's
Kennedy School of Government and holding a doctorate from Harvard Law
School, William Strauss wrote extensively about American history and
generations.
But it wasn't until the late 1980s, when Strauss teamed up with Neil
Howe — a graduate from Yale University with dual master's degrees in
economics and history — that their combined generational research took a
prophetic leap...
And what they found was nothing short of shocking.
You see, Strauss and Howe identified — with 100% accuracy — a
recurring generational cycle that has permeated American history as far
back as 1584...
It's an inescapable pattern that repeats itself every 80 years or so.
It's the reason baby boomers became massive consumers and spenders...
while the G.I. generation of World War II were thrifty savers...
It's the reason Millennials (born from 1982–2004) are more concerned
about volunteerism and social good than Generation Xers (born from
1961–1981), with their splintered culture and individual survivalism...
You see, as one new generation enters young adulthood (around their
late teens and early 20s), the oldest generation in enters elder-hood
(around their early 60s).
And the generation entering young adulthood represents a new "turning" in American society.
It's this newest generation that sets America on a completely new
path, as they "react" to the social and economic norms of the prior
generation.
And just like clockwork, these turnings repeat themselves over and over and over again — and have done so for 500 years.
Strauss and Howe strengthened their arguments when they examined
generational trends elsewhere in the world, and they were shocked to
find similar cycles in several developed countries as well.
That's why they can tell precisely when this crisis period will start — and, better yet, when it will end.
Let me show you what I mean...
The First Turning in this cycle is a HIGH.
This is an upbeat era when individualism wanes and institutions are strengthened for the common good.
One example is the post-World War II American High that started in
1946... led to America's rise as a global superpower... and then ended
with the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
This is when the baby boomers were kids and the G.I. generation entered midlife.
Next is the Second Turning... an AWAKENING.
It's a passionate era when beliefs are questioned and civic order comes under attack as new values are pushed onto the society.
This is what happened during the "Consciousness Revolution" that
started around 1964 with campus and inner city revolts that catapulted
the civil rights movement as hippies experimented with a New Age
lifestyle.
This turning ended when Reagan was re-elected under an upbeat economy
that saw one-time hippies become self-focused Yuppies bent on
consumption and ever-higher social status.
Then there's the Third Turning. This is the Unraveling.
Strauss and Howe describe the Third Turning as a downcast time when
individualism takes center stage and institutions are weakened. And
that's exactly how this era played out...
The excesses of the 80s made people feel good about their personal
lives for a while. But after the impeachment of a sitting President...
9/11 and the freedom-crushing Patriot Act... and back-to-back crashes in
the stock and real estate markets, people no longer trusted our
country's institutions.
That's why the baby boomers entered midlife and Generation
Xers entered young adulthood in the middle of a cultural and economic
powder keg.
And just as predicted, this unraveling led to the Fourth Turning, aptly labeled by Strauss and Howe as a Crisis.
It's the crisis period we're in the middle of right now.
And frankly, you don't need a degree from Harvard or Yale to know what this Fourth Turning feels like.
It doesn't matter if you're in the boardroom... the workroom... or
the bathroom... you can easily feel what this crisis has done.
And you know America is in trouble — at least for the time being.
Even if you couldn't put your finger on what's wrong, you know this crisis is bigger than an ailing economy.
It's bigger than Washington's out-of-control spending and the Federal
Reserve's insistence on printing new money to cover up the debt
addiction.
It's bigger than fat cat Fortune 500 executives and their bailout buddies in Congress.
And it's even bigger than greedy Wall Street bankers that nearly burned our financial system to the ground.
Think back to the Occupy Wall Street movement that started in October
of 2011... The vitriol and anger toward Wall Street was hot. But you
may remember that as the Occupy movement gained momentum, the protestors
never put forth any concrete demands.
Why? Because they couldn't put into words what was wrong. They just knew SOMETHING was wrong!
That's why Strauss and Howe call this a turning: It's not just one
event or a couple of events... It's a series of multiple events that
radically changes the mood of the country — and ultimately sends America
off into a new direction.
Just look at how the American mood has changed in a few short years...
The feelings of disgust and distrust for our government and our institutions are right in line with Strauss and Howe's research.
It's not surprising that a Gallup poll recently revealed that only
26% of Americans say they have confidence in U.S. banks and the
financial system. That means 74% of American have lost faith in
financial institutions.
And that's only in the financial sector...
As I mentioned, what's wrong with our country right now is much deeper than a bad economy and financial system.
Look at what the Internal Revenue Service is doing to individual
citizens like you and me. They have been caught red-handed actively
targeting individuals and organizations they don't agree with by
withholding certain tax exemptions — tax exemptions these law-abiding
citizens and organizations are legally entitled to!
These actions are criminal when it comes to the U.S. Constitution and your rights.
Your blood should be boiling — especially now that we KNOW it's not
some low-level IRS employees in a far-flung office in the Midwest doing
the profiling. This stuff came straight from Washington!
This is the kind of government targeting you hear about in other
countries like Russia and communist China, not here in the LAND OF THE
FREE!
Like I said, what's wrong with our country is much bigger than just a bad economy.
Another Gallup poll confirms again how bad things are... and how right Strauss and Howe were, even back in 1997...
According to Gallup, 60% of Americans think the IRS "frequently
abuses its powers," while 62% of Americans think the IRS has "been given
more power than it needs to do its job."
Adding insult to injury, now the IRS has been given the mandate... by the White House, I might add... to ENFORCE ObamaCare.
I guess that makes sense since ObamaCare is arguably the largest tax increase in U.S. history.
But the scary part here is the word enforce...
You see, Congressman Jeff Duncan of the Homeland Security oversight
committee recently found IRS agents training with semi-automatic AR-15
rifles during one of his oversight tours. And it shocked him enough that
he is formally looking into why the IRS needs automatic weapons with
standoff capability.
But according to the generational theory I've been sharing with you today, the reason is simple: We are in the midst of a Fourth Turning, and...
Washington and Wall Street will do whatever it takes to maintain their unbridled power — all at your expense.
The fact that we now have a "Tea Party" speaks volumes.
People are mad as hell, and they're not going to take it anymore.
And the fact that Strauss and Howe predicted this back in 1997 is simply astounding...
They further write that the Fourth Turning is:
"An
era in which America's institutional life is torn down and rebuilt from
the ground up... always in response to a perceived threat to the
nation's very survival."
As predicted, our nation's institutions have overreached, trampling our constitutional rights in the process.
Under the threat of terrorism, the Patriot Act — written long BEFORE September 11th — was finally enacted into law.
Now our leaders have taken these broad powers to a whole new level, one that was never intended.
And that's precisely why young generation whistle-blowers like
Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden have risked everything — even their
very lives — to expose the abuse of power at the highest levels of our
institutions.
Come to find out the National Security Agency, the highest
intelligence apparatus in the land, has been engaged in covert
surveillance of all U.S. citizen email, Internet traffic, and phone
calls. And they've been doing it for years.
But that's not all...
They have also been secretly recording all Internet and voice traffic
of our international allies as well as our potential enemies.
Look, I'm all for patriotism and protecting our country... but at what expense?
The loss of your freedom?
The loss of faith and trust from longstanding allies around the world?
Something is definitely wrong. And the suspicions and distrust between Americans and U.S. institutions is only getting worse.
Confidence in most major U.S. institutions has hit all-time lows:
- Only 23% of Americans have confidence in television news and newspapers
- Only 22% have any faith in Big Business...
- Only 20% have confidence in organized labor...
- Only 19% think HMO's are working...
- A mere 10% of Americans have any faith in Congress...
According to Gallup, confidence in Congress is so low, it's the worst recording of ANY institution they've measured since 1973!
The bottom line is this: 90% of Americans have lost faith in
our leaders... and 77% or more have lost faith in major U.S.
institutions, just as Strauss and Howe predicted.
In fact, this entire time of crisis was predicted.
And like it or not, America is undergoing a radical transformation from the inside out.
Try as they may, no banker or politician can stop the next event in this cycle: the Rebirth of America.
That's why you need to pay close attention to the steps I've laid out below. They are a clear blueprint for staking your claim and raking in new wealth with both fists.
The End of the American Winter
Just like clockwork, seasons come and go. The end of this American Winter is no different.
In fact, the Rebirth of America this time around will eclipse every other High.
After the Revolution and War of 1812, it was the Era of Good Feelings
when Americans set out to build their empires in a new harmonious land.
New territories were settled, and the wilderness was pushed back for
the growth of turnpikes, steam boats, and canals as interstate commerce
exploded.
After the Civil War, it was the Reconstruction Era when Civil War
veterans sought fame and fortune in new industries like railroads,
mining, and oil. And as machinery and mass production roared to life,
the new wealthy made money hand over fist under skyrocketing wages and
massive jumps in savings rates.
The middle class sprang to life as America prospered.
And don't forget what happened after the Great Depression and World War II, when America became a world superpower...
The country hit new levels of prosperity as Americans thrived. The
suburbs grew. And international highways sent families on an adventure.
Cars were out in full force as family and friends fired up their
barbecues in the backyard. Black-and-white TVs soon followed as everyone
had a steady diet of Leave it to Beaver, Lucy and Ricky, and Ozzie and Harriet.
This was a time when you could ask your neighbor for a cup of sugar... and they were more than happy to oblige.
Friends and family sat on the porch in the cool of the evening,
drinking iced tea and swapping stories until long after the sun went
down.
It was a time of tire swings, swimming holes, and kids riding bikes in the streets without helmets.
And as long as the little ones were home in time for dinner, no one
worried about their safety — because everyone in the neighborhood looked
out for everyone else.
In fact, there's a good chance you even left your doors unlocked at night.
Because you felt safe. You felt safe and secure as the Crisis mood was swallowed by a unified American High.
This was the High after the Crisis — and it's about to happen again!
Eighty years from the Revolution to the Civil War... Eighty more years to the Great Depression...
And here we are, eighty years later, and it's about to happen again.
This time, you'll be able to work less while making more.
You'll have more time to enjoy your family... and just plain enjoy life again.
You'll no longer worry about retiring well... or staying retired if you're already there...
Because this era will have the upbeat attitude of a First Turning, a
High: a mood that drives individuals closer together in a growing sense
of community, as old institutions (like the IRS and NSA) are torn down
and new ones are built in their place.
It's a time of great prosperity and an era of "good feelings" that
will usher in an American economy that will hit incredible new highs.
Highs like the end of the last Crisis — when World War II propelled
America out of the Great Depression, giving investors massive returns on
companies like...
Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Co., which went ballistic ,with gains of 13,483%, and...
Granby Consolidated Mining that soared an incredible 16,578%, and...
International Paper, which rocketed up an astronomical 30,503%!
And these are only THREE of the companies that saw massive returns as a result of the last High.
A study at the University of Chicago found major corporations in the
decade before and after the end of the last Crisis had unfathomable
growth.
The top 50 performing stocks during the period leading up to
and after the end of the last Crisis had an average return of 15,385%!
That's enough to turn a modest $1,000 investment into more than $154,000... or a $10,000 investment into more than $1,548,000!
I'm talking wild industrialist, robber-baron-type wealth.
But here's the catch: These gains didn't start when the American High started.
They started BEFORE the American High started — in what Strauss and Howe call the regeneracy.
And in just a moment, I'll show you how to use this short
window of opportunity to set yourself up for massive profits in the
months and years ahead.
You see, every Crisis has four components: a catalyst... a regeneracy... a climax... and a resolution.
The catalyst started around 2007 with the collapse of the
real estate market and the start of the Great Recession. This is when
the mood of the country radically shifted, with the start of public
actions like the Occupy Movement and the Tea Party.
The next step is regeneracy, when civic purpose and pride
starts to take hold as more and more like-minded people come together to
create a better social order. This is where the ideas of movements like
Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party begin to gain ground and force
change...
Take, for instance, what happened to Former Citigroup CEO Vikram
Pandit: He stated publicly that he understood and even sympathized with
the mood of Occupy Wall Street. And he also said he would meet with
Occupy leaders anytime they wanted. That's when Occupy's Alternative
Banking Group responded...
They had taken the time to get very clear on what the dialogue should
be, and they were ready to meet. Led by Cathy O'Neal, a hedge fund
mathematician who formerly worked with U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence
Summers, the Alternative Banking Group issued a public letter calling
Mr. Pandit to honor the meeting.
But it never happened. In fact, just eight months later, Mr. Pandit unexpectedly "resigned" as Citigroup's CEO.
However, anonymous sources on the Board of the bank told Bloomberg News
this was no resignation. They said Mr. Pandit had been ousted for
"eroding investor confidence and damaging company relations with
regulators."
Whatever the reason told to the media, it's pretty obvious: The powers that be will do whatever it takes to maintain the status quo, just as Strauss and Howe predicted.
But this Fourth Turning is already racing toward its climax...
And history shows a historic shift is about to take place.
The good news is that you still have a little time to prepare during the regeneracy.
Best of all, I have taken volumes of research and steeped it down to
the simple steps you need to build massive wealth during this Rebirth of
America.
As I mentioned earlier, my name is Nick Hodge.
From a young age, I always knew that I would never be an insider...
I wasn't going to go to some Ivy League school with a buddy-pass straight to a corner office on Wall Street.
No. For me, it was always hard work and the belief that there was no such thing as a free lunch.
You had to make your own way... and not look for any handouts.
I started a landscaping business by the time I was 12 years old. I
made up my own fliers, maintained a client list, and billed them with
invoices I made on my family's computer.
I believed early on that anybody had the ability to excel at whatever
they put their minds to — even though that belief has been beaten out
of most people these days...
Maybe you feel the same way.
But even more than innate leadership and drive was a looming notion I had since high school... that something is wrong with "the system."
I knew the valedictorian wasn't necessarily the smartest
person in the school; he or she was simply the person who memorized the
most and maintained the status quo by regurgitating the information when
test time came around.
Personally, I never wanted to memorize what others told me I had to.
Again, maybe you feel the same way...
I wanted to solve problems, think critically, and see a goal through to completion.
The things that built our
country from the ground up — not what you were told to learn by those
that want to keep you in your current station in life.
All I knew was that I wanted to be successful — and on my own terms.
No handouts and no whining that I got a rough ride.
Maybe you felt... and still feel... the same way.
You see, I grew up on a farm, which meant cutting firewood, fixing
fences, working on the well for the barn, tilling, planting, managing
livestock, building wagons, and baling hay.
I learned how to fish and hunt from my father, and later worked as a butcher to get through college...
I learned to be frugal and stretch resources from my mother...
Today I can catch or shoot dinner... skin it... dress it or fillet
it... and cook it. In fact, my freezer is full of venison, wild fowl,
fish, and other game.
Needless to say, I've learned to be quite self-sufficient, leveraging
the help of family members and mentors until I could do everything I
needed to on my own.
And the same holds true when it comes to money...
You see, I have no debt outside of my mortgage. I manage all my own
finances — including a SIMPLE IRA, traditional IRA, and brokerage
accounts totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars. And I've done this
all before my 30th birthday.
I've also written two best-selling books about investing, and I've
helped thousands of individuals make a lot of money with my financial
research over the past few years...
I'm talking about gains like:
- Organovo Holdings — 102.46% gains
- Natcore Technology — 128.81% gains
- DNI Metals — 113.33% gains
- Alternate Energy Holdings — 115.91% gains
- JA Solar — 101.97% gains
And these are just a handful of the winning recommendations I've made to others over the past few years.
Just listen to what a few of my readers have to say about what my recommendations have done for them...
Please know I haven't said any of this to impress you or brag about myself. I just want you to know that I have the ability to take this new research and combine it with actionable steps that will make you money... and even change your life.
Had you invested in any of the plays I just showed you... you could have easily doubled your money.
But now, with this new research on The Fourth Turning and the reports I've put together for you, doubling your money is only a start.
And that's precisely why I put together a new community called Like Minded People...
A community where I can share with you the secrets I've discovered about massively growing your wealth and expanding your personal freedoms during the Rebirth of America.
It's an opportunity for you to take full advantage of this short "regeneracy" window that Strauss and Howe predicted, a time to get in early on the companies that are set to rack up massive gains just like companies during the last American High...
Companies like Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Co, Granby Consolidated Mining, and International Paper — which shot up by 13,483%, 16,578%, and even 30,503%.
In fact, as a new member of the Like Minded People community, you will have access to every company I've already identified for explosive growth in the months ahead.
But that's not all...
You'll also have complete access to my personal freedom library and online forum.
Here you'll get multiple special reports I've specifically created
for getting you through the rest of this Crisis... and well into the
coming American High.
Here are the first THREE reports I have ready for you now:
- "Bucking the System: Your 3 Simple Steps to Get Started"
- "My Secret to Real Wealth: The 3 Investments You Must Own Today that have Nothing to Do With the Stock Market"
- "How to Break the Bank: The Best Way to Protect Your Wealth"
In my first report, "Bucking the System: Your 3 Simple Steps to Get Started," you'll discover:
- A little-used financial tool missed by most individual investors while every multi-billion-dollar corporation uses it to grow and increase its cash flow and decrease its expenses. (Once you start using this simple tool, you'll be amazed how much money you'll make... and save... year after year.)
- A proven strategy to maximize your wealth. I'm talking about the difference between retiring with $500,000 in savings... or $5 million in savings.
- The most sure-fire (and legal) method I know of — and personally use! — to lower your income taxes each year, no matter how much money you make. (Just doing this alone could save you tens of thousands of dollars that you'd have to pay to the government.)
I'll show you how you can get your free copy of this must-have report in a moment.
But first, I want to tell you about the second report you'll get as a member of Like Minded People...
It's
no surprise more and more people are pulling their money out of the
markets with greater frequency. They're starting to see that the market
is much like a casino — people lose and "the house always wins."
Why?
You guessed it — it's rigged that way!
As I mentioned before, from Wall Street to Washington to fat-cat CEOs
in corporate America... a powerful few will do anything they can to
find ways to win at your expense.
Remember how company CEOs publicly proclaimed how well their
companies were doing, while the numbers told a completely different
story?
- General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner said, "I know things will turn around."
Over the next two years, General Motors stock plummeted from $42.64 to 83 cents.
- Thornburg Mortgage CEO Larry Goldstone said, "We will NOT be filing for bankruptcy!"
Just 24 months later, their stock was trading for just one penny per share.
- Nortel Networks CEO Frank Dunn predicted, "I think we will grow faster than the market!"
By spring their stock crashed from $31.63 to just seven cents per share.
- Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation said, "The best is yet to come."
Their stock dropped from $12.75 to 14 cents.
- Lear Corporation CEO Roberto Rossiter proclaimed, "Our outlook for 2008 is solid, our financial position is strong..."
In July 2009 the Lear Corporation filed bankruptcy.
- Robert Wood, CEO of Chemtura Corp., optimistically expressed, "I remain excited by Chemtura's future."
Within two years, his company's shares sunk from $12 to 72 cents.
This is precisely why like-minded people throughout the country have
become sick and tired of fat cats and their bailout buddies ruling the
roost.
But most people had no idea where to safely invest their hard-earned
money when America's institutions and leaders can no longer be trusted.
And that's why I created a second special report I'd like to get into your hands today. It's called, "My Secret to Real Wealth: The 3 Investments You Must Own Today that have Nothing to Do With the Stock Market."
In it you'll discover:
- The single greatest asset class that billionaires are piling their money into right now. Billionaire investor Jim Rogers has been all over the investment press saying this is his preferred moneymaking vehicle: "If I'm right, [this industry] is going to be one of the greatest industries in the next 20 years, 30 years."
- A special commodity that has proven to consistently go up in value. You should invest in this today — no matter what happens in the financial markets. In fact, I've invested thousands of dollars myself into this commodity as it acts as a hedge against all sorts of financial mayhem. (And this has nothing to do with gold, silver, or other precious metals.)
- A much-needed investment that China is prepared to spend up to $617 million on over the next decade — one you can still snap up while its incredibly cheap.
Again, you can get a FREE copy of this report in just a moment.
But first, let me tell you about another report you'll also get — and
with the Fourth Turning bringing more and more pressure on the elite
and those in power, this report couldn't be more timely.
Did you know that a bank can legally take the contents of your safety deposit box without letting you know?
Did you know that if you wanted to withdraw over $5,000 from your own
checking or savings account today, you may need special permission from
your bank?
This is YOUR money!
Did you know that the IRS or a creditor can put a freeze on your bank account to satisfy a debt?
Imagine going to the bank or the ATM to make a withdrawal... only to
find you have "insufficient funds" because of a levy on your account.
This is exactly what happened to a friend of mine who was late with paying his income taxes.
Fortunately, he was smart enough to only keep several hundred dollars
in each of his bank accounts to cover monthly bills — and secretly
stashed his cash elsewhere.
This allowed him to sort things out with the IRS on his terms, saving
him thousands of dollars... instead of having his money "held hostage"
by some dim-witted government bureaucrat.
Shockingly, this report shows you why it makes sense for you to NOT keep more than 1/10th of your wealth in banks.
And with the numerous fees banks charge today for services that used
to be free, it makes sense that more and more financially-savvy people
are less inclined to keep more than the minimum amount of cash in their account to pay their monthly bills.
Plus with five-year CD rates under 1.75% — it makes absolutely no sense to keep your money in the bank, as your gains get eaten away by inflation... and then some.
So what do you do?
Bury your cash in the backyard in coffee cans? Stuff it under your mattress? Hide it in the baseboards of your closet?
No. I have some much better ideas of what a growing community of smart Like Minded People is doing...
And to explain these ideas, I created another special report I'd like to give you FREE today. I call it "How to Break the Bank: The Best Way to Protect Your Wealth."
In it you'll discover:
- How to preserve your savings — even if banks continue to tack on more and more service fees and surcharges.
- Why traditional "brick and mortar" banks are becoming obsolete because of the emergence of safe and secure online banks.
- "Alternative" accounts where you can put your savings. These accounts offer the highest interests — without any monthly or annual fees.
You could easily make or save tens of thousands of dollars this year alone from what you discover in these THREE special reports.
But that's not all...
As I mentioned before, I want to make sure you have everything you need to get through the rest of the Fourth Turning and onto the New American High.
That's why I've put together FOUR more incredibly useful (and somewhat controversial) reports for new Like Minded People members. These include:
- "On Our Own Together: The Foundation of Like Minded People" — Here I reveal why I've created this community — and the numerous ways you'll benefit as a new member.
- "Freedom from Centralized Power: What You REALLY Need to Know about Guns and Precious Metals" — In this report you'll discover the five simple steps you can take over the next few weeks to significantly make yourself (and your family) 10 times more self-reliant and less dependent on "the system."
- "Energy Independence: A Guide to Turning the Table on the Utility and Gas Companies" — While most people are burdened with higher fuel and utility bills, a growing number of people are discovering the exceptional energy investment opportunities that allow them to make substantial profits by investing in select energy sectors. In this report, I'll show you where to get in on these plays over the next several years — where your gains could easily pay for your gas, heat, and electricity... but possibly even your mortgage payments, too!
- "The Next Level: Capitalizing On Market Shifts" — As you may know, each time the markets shift, people stand to make a substantial fortune. However, most people don't recognize when these shifts are going to happen. In this special report you'll discover where I see the upcoming shifts occurring... and how to profit from them.
And every quarter, I'll be adding new special reports to the Personal Freedom Library... reports that could make a substantial difference in the ways you save, invest, and maintain your personal freedoms.
Plus, as a new member of the Like Minded People community, you'll also get:
- Complete 24/7 online access to a special forum where you can interact with me and other members of this community... asking and answering each other's questions and exchanging ideas on investing, wealth preservation, self-reliance, privacy protection, and much, much more...
- 12 monthly issues of the Like Minded People newsletter sent to you each month, in which you'll discover unique investment opportunities that could consistently grow your wealth, no matter how much or how little you currently have, and strategies on how to (legally) live outside "the system." Plus, you'll also be able to access these monthly issues from your computer or even your cell phone.
- Investment alerts and updates letting you know about special investments I'm researching. I also address our portfolio and any actions I recommend you take with our positions. And while I cannot offer personalized advice, during these updates, I will be publishing answers to questions or comments we get from our members.
Now, you may be wondering what it costs to join Like Minded People. And I'll get to that in just a moment.
I do know that you'll be pleasantly surprised at how affordable I've made it for you to join us.
In fact, I've worked it out for you to take a 100% risk-free test-drive of Like Minded People, just to make sure this growing community is for you.
But before I talk price, I do need to make one more thing clear...
I can all but guarantee that a membership in Like Minded People is very different from anything you've ever been a part of before.
You're going to learn about ideas and opportunities that you won't
likely see or hear about anywhere else... Ones that many other people
don't know about or don't agree with.
That being said, if you're ONLY interested in ordinary stocks, bonds, and mutual funds — the status quo — then Like Minded People may not be right for you.
But if you're NOT SATISFIED with how this country is being run by politicians — and you don't believe that they have your best interests in mind — then I believe you'll find yourself in good company with Like Minded People.
If you're FRUSTRATED with how all those "too-big-to-fail" banks and
large corporations work in tandem with each other — while being bailed
out by the government — all so they can live a life of ease while at the expense of you and me... then you're going to love the strategies I've put together for freeing yourself from these corrupt institutions.
And if you've HAD ENOUGH of the government stealing your hard-earned money through excessive taxes... increasing the number of laws that make everybody some sort of criminal... eroding your God-given right to privacy... and blatantly eliminating your civil rights, year after year — then this community is the place you've been looking for.
So here's what I recommend you do...
Just let me know you'd like to give Like Minded People a risk-free trial run today, and we'll make sure you receive everything I mentioned in this presentation.
That includes all SEVEN reports (worth over $50 each, for a total value of $350) — absolutely free.
You'll have one full year to decide if Like Minded People is the community for you.
If you decide the ideas or wealth-building strategies are too "out
there" for you... or that you're better off sticking with the status
quo... simply let me know, and I'll make sure you get back 100% of your
membership fee — no questions asked.
And you can keep all seven reports as my way of saying thanks for giving Like Minded People a try.
This is how confident I am in the Like Minded community.
You see, I firmly believe that when you start raking in money hand over
fist on the recommendations I provide you, the refund will be a moot
point.
Of course, the ideas I'll share in the newsletters and the updates —
along with the ideas you'll hear about in the online forum — are
certainly not for everyone.
In fact, they're probably not right for most ordinary people.
That's because most people will follow the status quo — and by the
time they see the new American High in full swing, it will be too late
to grab the massive profits I see on the horizon.
You see, I realized long ago, during my teenage years, that life is
so much better when you take the road less traveled — much like the
other members of our growing community...
People like you know something is wrong with America, and you're
taking steps to prepare yourself and your family for what's next.
The best part is that by accepting this invitation today, you are agreeing only to test-drive a membership to Like Minded People to see if you like it.
Trying out a membership in this "club" puts all the risk on MY
shoulders: Either I live up to the claims I mentioned today, or you get
ALL your money back — not some of it... not a pro-rated amount... I will refund every single penny you paid.
It's as simple as that.
The membership fee for Like Minded People, by the way, is only $199 for one full year.
That's just 54 cents a day. You can't even get a cup of good coffee for that amount.
At that price, I am sure there's no better bargain for access to the
kind of financial research and proven wealth-building strategies I have
in store for you.
And I can promise you the ideas I introduce you to will be different.
They have to be, because the regeneracy is starting, and it will take
new insights to maximize the wealth-building opportunities ahead...
But rest assured, joining Like Minded People could easily be worth an absolute fortune to you.
It's highly unlikely you'll hear about these ideas anywhere else, and
the fact that you can get all of this information for less than $1,000
is simply amazing.
But here's the really great news ...
Because this is a brand-new community, you can become a Charter Member and pay 50% LESS than what we'll ask others to pay.
That's right. Instead of paying $199, like other readers will
in the future, you'll get a full year's membership — including
everything I mentioned here — for just $99.
That comes to just 27 cents a day, and it could possibly be the best investment you ever make.
There is, however, a catch in order to qualify for this deal...
You see, this is the first time I've ever set up a
membership community like this. And as a result, my team and I are
building out the infrastructure for it slowly. This means I can only
enroll about 5,000 new members this month.
While that may sound like a lot, when you consider this video will be
seen by millions of people... those spots are sure to fill up fast.
But don't worry...
If you click on the link below to enroll, and all the spots are full,
you'll be placed on a VIP priority notification list — and you can get
started when we open up more spots next month.
I sincerely hope you take advantage of this unique opportunity to join our growing community of Like Minded People.
Just click the link below to get started before this half-off Charter Membership offer ends.
I look forward to welcoming you as a new member...
Sincerely,
Nick Hodge
Managing Editor, Like Minded People
Managing Editor, Like Minded People
P.S. When you try out your 12-month, risk-free membership today, you'll receive immediate
access to all seven special reports I mentioned previously — along with
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Plus, you'll be able to review ALL the existing newsletter issues, which include our member investment portfolio... all for just $99. And when you get started today, you can lock in this deeply-discounted membership rate for as long as you choose to be a member.
But you must act quickly — before all the allotted spots for
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One more thing... remember that second book I told you about, the one that is going to press right now? As a member of Like Minded People, I will send you a free copy of Energy Investing for Dummies as soon as it's printed. Consider it a "thank you" gift for giving this life-changing service a try.
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