One might ask the question, what-the-hell is going on here?
I will leave it up to people on the ground to assess what is going on here. I am just the messenger
Caught
On Tape: National Guard Troops Patrol California City, Conduct New
Jersey "Homeland Response Drill"
17
April, 2015
Late
last week, when we
covered the
various signs that "something big" may be coming, we
discussed the one "exercise that people have really been buzzing
about" - operation "Jade Helm", an
“unconventional warfare exercise” during which the states Texas
and Utah will be designated as hostile territory.
As previously
profiled,
"Jade Helm is a challenging eight-week joint military and
Interagency (IA) Unconventional Warfare (UW) exercise conducted
throughout Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and
Colorado,” according to an unclassified military document
announcing the training drill, which runs from July 15 through
September 15.
Multiple
branches of the US military, including Green Berets, Navy Seals, and
the 82nd Airborne Division, will participate in the 8-week long
exercise, which may result in “increased aircraft in the area at
night.”
Troops
will be tasked with honing advanced skills in “large areas of
undeveloped land with low population densities,” and will work
alongside “civilians to gain their trust and an understanding of
the issues.”
The
exercise, in which some participants will be “wearing civilian
clothes and driving civilian vehicles,” lists Texas and Utah as
“hostile" territory.
The
proposed theater of operations of Operation Jade Helm is shown on the
map below:
So
while there are still three months until Jade Helm officially opens,
various documented reports of substantial national guard drills and
troop exercises are starting to trickle in early. As Paul
Joseph Watson notes,
the first documented proof of National Guard drills comes from
Ontario, California where National Guard troops can be seen
patrolling residential streets and practicing traffic control.
ol.
In
the video troops, followed by a humvee, are seen marching close to an
elementary school and single family homes.
“I just watched it again and recognized the low block wall and the elementary school! It was right there where my sister and her husband live! OMG how frightening!” one YouTube commenter responded, while others insisted the patrols were a routine occurrence.
However, another respondent insisted that the patrol was not normal.
“During the last few seconds I got a quick glimpse of my sister and brother-in-laws house on Fuschia. Ave,” wrote the commenter.”That motorcycle was parked almost in front of their house. They told me they saw this procession going on from their front yard. They have lived in that house for 30 or so yrs and this is the first time they have seen this type of thing in their neighborhood. Might be a common thing to do their training someplace else but not in that area.”
This
is not the first such clip: a disturbing
video out
of Fort Lauderdale, Florida last month also showed military and law
enforcement practicing the internment of citizens during martial-law
style training.
Meanwhile
on the eastern US easboard, the
PostStar reports
that nearly 600 Army and Air National Guard forces from New Jersey
and New York "are preparing for the worst."
They are participating in a homeland response force drill at New Jersey's Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on Friday.
The troops specialize in rescue, security, decontamination and medical treatment.
The units will train to rapidly assess and identify a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear incident.
Of
course, the bigger concern is that the real motive behind this major
national guard exercise is not a focus on a "defensive"
drill from an outside threat, but one dealing with a domestic threat.
How
is that possible, some would say? Could the national guard really be
preparing for a confrontation with the US population?
Unfortunately
the answer is yes, as we reported last August
in "Under What Conditions Can The US Army Engage Citizens: The
Army's "Civil Disturbances" Primer"
which lays out not only when the US Army (and national guard) can
engage the US population, but lays out clearly the protocol under
which the US army is specifically permitted to engage in "PSYOPs"
against the US population.
Here
are the salient points, as reported
previously, from the primer
which begins with the umbrella statement:
Civil unrest may range from simple, nonviolent protests that address specific issues, to events that turn into full-scale riots. Gathering in protest may be a recognized right of any person or group, regardless of where U.S. forces may be operating. In the United States, this fundamental right is protected under the Constitution of the United States...
"Protected"
it may be, but as usual, the interpretation of the Constitution is in
the eye of the beholder, or more appropriately, gun
holder.
Because shortly thereafter we further read the following:
The Constitution of the United States, laws, regulations, policies, and other legal issueslimit the use of federal military personnel in domestic support operations. Any Army involvement in civil disturbance operations involves many legal issues requiring comprehensive legal reviews. However, federal forces are authorized for use in civil disturbance operations under certain circumstances.
What
circumstances? For the answer we turn to section, 2-8. To wit:
The Constitution of the United States provides two exceptions for which the Posse Comitatus Act does not apply. These exceptions are based upon the inherent right of the U.S. government to ensure the preservation of public order and to carrying out governmental operations within its territorial limits by force, if necessary. These two exceptions are—
Emergency authority. A sudden and unexpected civil disturbance, disaster, or calamity may seriously endanger life and property and disrupt normal governmental functions to such an extent that local authorities cannot control the situation. At such times, the federal government may use military force to prevent the loss of life or wanton destruction of property and to restore government functions and public order. In these circumstances, federal military commanders have the authority, in extraordinary emergency circumstances where prior authorization by the President is impossible and duly constituted local authorities are unable to control the situation, to engage temporarily in activities that are necessary to quell large-scale, unexpected civil disturbances (see DODD 3025.18).
Protection of federal property and functions. When the need for the protection of federal property or federal functions exists, and duly constituted local authorities are unable to, or decline to provide adequate protection, federal action, including the use of military forces, is authorized.
2-9. Laws passed by the U.S. congress include four exceptions to the Posse Comitatus Act. With the first three laws discussed below (10 USC 331–333) there is a prerequisite that the President must take personal action, including the issuance of a proclamation calling upon insurgents to disperse and retire peaceably within a limited time. The four exceptions, based on law are—
10 USC 331. When a state is unable to control domestic violence and they have requested federal assistance, the use of the militia or Armed Forces is authorized.
10 USC 332. When ordinary enforcement means are unworkable due to unlawful obstructions or rebellion against the authority of the United States, use of the militia or Armed Forces is authorized.
10 USC 333. When a state cannot or will not protect the constitutional rights of the citizens, due to domestic violence or conspiracy to hinder execution of State or Federal law, the use of the militia or Armed Forces is authorized.
House Joint Resolution 1292. This resolution directs all departments of the U.S. government, upon request of the Secret Service, to assist in carrying out its statutory duties to protect government officials and major political candidates from physical harm.
In
other words, if and when the US Armed Forces decide that rioting
infringes upon any of these exclusions, then the constitution no
longer applies and the use of lethal force becomes a viable option
against US citizens.
It
gets worse, because whereas one would expect that a "Constitutional
expert" such as the president, Barack Obama would be the one
tasked with interpreting if and when the Constitution no longer
applies, the primer is quite explicit in handing over responsibility
to "federal military commanders":
... federal military commanders have the authority, in extraordinary emergency circumstances where prior authorization by the President is impossible and duly constituted local authorities are unable to control the situation, to engage temporarily in activities that are necessary to quell large-scale, unexpected civil disturbance.
So
should Obama resume his vacation even as things in Missouri escalate
dramatically, and be "unreachable", it may well come to
pass that Obama's opinion will be irrelevant not only whether the
National Guard should be unleashed in Ferguson, but whether Posse
Comitatus is suddenly null and void.
The
good news: the use of lethal force is not the only option the US Army
would have if and when it engages with the population. US citizens
may simply be herded into "temporary
internment camps"
for reindoctrination purposes under the supervision of PSYOP Officer
(no really, they used that word), as follows from the Army's
FM3-39.40 "Internment
and Resettlment Operations"manual:
Internment and Resettlement (I/R) operations facilitate the ability to conduct rapid and decisive combat operations; deter, mitigate, and defeat threats to populations that may result in conflict; reverse conditions of human suffering; and build the capacity of a foreign government to effectively care for and govern its population. This includes capabilities to conduct shaping operations across the spectrum of military operations to mitigate and defeat the underlying conditions for conflict and counter the core motivations that result in support to criminal, terrorist, insurgent, and other destabilizing groups. I/R operations also include the daily incarceration of U.S. military prisoners at facilities throughout the world.
An adaptive enemy will manipulate populations that are hostile to U.S. intent by instigating mass civil disobedience, directing criminal activity, masking their operations in urban and other complex terrain, maintaining an indistinguishable presence through cultural anonymity, and actively seeking the traditional sanctuary of protected areas as defined by the rules of land warfare. Such actions will facilitate the dispersal of threat forces, negate technological overmatches, and degrade targeting opportunities. Commanders will use technology and conduct police intelligence operations to influence and control populations, evacuate detainees and, conclusively, transition rehabilitative and reconciliation operations to other functional agencies. The combat identification of friend, foe, or neutral is used to differentiate combatants from noncombatants and friendly forces from threat forces.
Presenting
army camps, hopefully not in a city near you:
Detainee facilities, an important planning consideration, are treated in the same basic fashion as any base camps. The same basic planning considerations are taken into account. Some detainee facilities will be subordinate to a larger base camp but they may also be at a separate location.
Of
course, none of this will be needed if the Army's Psyops work as
required:
The PSYOP officer in charge of supporting I/R operations serves as the special staff officer responsible for PSYOP. The PSYOP officer advises the military police commander on the psychological impact of military police or MI actions to prevent misunderstandings and disturbances by detainees and DCs. The supporting I/R PSYOP team has two missions that reduce the need to divert military police assets to maintain security in the I/R facility. The team—
Assists the military police force in controlling detainees and DCs.
Introduces detainees or DCs to U.S. and multinational policy.
Develops PSYOP products that are designed to pacify and acclimate detainees or DCs to accept U.S. I/R facility authority and regulations.
Gains the cooperation of detainees or DCs to reduce the number of guards needed.
Identifies malcontents, trained agitators, and political leaders within the facility who may try to organize resistance or create disturbances.
Develops and executes indoctrination programs to reduce or remove antagonistic attitudes.
Identifies political activists.
Provides loudspeaker support (such as administrative announcements and facility instructions when necessary).
Helps the military police commander control detainee and DC populations during emergencies.
Plans and executes a PSYOP
In
other words, if and when the time comes to "override" Posse
Comitatus, random US citizens may have two options: i) end up in the
US version of a Gulag or, worse, ii) be shot. For now, however, just
keep an eye on the various drill videos to get a sense of the US
army's preparedness in dealing with "civil disobedience."
This is from a couple of days ago
Signs
That 'The Elites' Are Feverishly Preparing For Something Big
Michael
Snyder
17
April, 2015
What
in the world are the elite up to?
In recent days, we have learned that the New York Fed is moving a lot
of operations to Chicago because of concerns about what a “natural
disaster” could do, the federal government is buying 62 million
rounds of ammunition commonly used in AR-15 semi-automatic rifles for
“training” purposes, and NORAD is moving back into Cheyenne
Mountain because it is “EMP-hardened”. In addition,
government authorities have scheduled a whole host of unusual
“training exercises” all over the nation. So
are the elite doing all of this in order to prepare for something
really BIG, or should we just chalk up all of this strange activity
to rampant government paranoia?
First,
let’s talk about what the New York Fed has been doing.
What kind of natural disaster would be bad enough to completely shut
down the operations of the New York Federal Reserve Bank? It
would have to be something very unusual, and apparently the New York
Fed is very concerned that such an event could happen.
According to Reuters,
the New York Fed has been transferring personnel to Chicago and
building up its satellite office there just in case a “natural
disaster” makes it impossible for normal operations to continue in
New York…
The
New York branch of the U.S. Federal Reserve, wary that a natural
disaster or other eventuality could shut down its market operations
as it approaches an interest rate hike, has added staff and bulked up
its satellite office in Chicago.
Some
market technicians have transferred from New York and others were
hired at the office housed in the Chicago Fed, according to several
people familiar with the build-out that began about two years ago,
after Hurricane Sandy struck Manhattan.
Officials
believe the Chicago staffers can now handle all of the market
operations that are done daily out of the New York Fed, which is the
U.S. central bank’s main conduit to Wall Street.
This
seems very odd.
In
all of U.S. history, there has never been a natural disaster in New
York City that would have been bad enough to totally shut down the
operations of the New York Fed for an extended period of time.
So
why are they so concerned?
Well,
I can think of one event that could cause such a disruption…
An
east coast tsunami.
This
is something that I wrote about in
this article.
But other than that, it is hard to imagine a natural disaster which
could shut down the New York Fed for an extended period of time.
Another
very odd thing that we learned about this week is an absolutely
massive purchase by the government of ammunition that is commonly
used in AR-15 semi-automatic rifles.
The following comes from an article by
Paul Joseph Watson…
The
Department of Homeland Security is set to purchase over 62 million
rounds of ammo typically used in AR-15 semi-automatic rifles, just
weeks after the ATF was forced to back down on a ban on M855 bullets.
A
posting
on FedBizOpps.gov
this week reveals that the DHS is looking to contract with a company
to provide 12.6 million rounds of .223 Remington ammunition per year
for a period of five years – totaling 62.5 million bullets.
The
solicitation explains that the purchase is intended, “to achieve
price savings over the current .223 Rem duty ammunition.” The
bullets will be used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents
nationwide for “training” purposes.
Why
in the world would U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents
nationwide need such a massive amount of ammunition for “training”
purposes?
That
seems very odd.
Something
else that seems very strange is the fact that NORAD is
moving back into Cheyenne mountain
after all these years…
It
shut down nearly ten years ago as the threat from Russia seemed to
subside, but this week the Pentagon announced that Cheyenne Mountain
will once again be home to the most advanced tracking and
communications equipment in the United States military.
The
shift to the Cheyenne Mountain base in Colorado is designed to
safeguard the command’s sensitive sensors and servers from a
potential electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack, military officers said.
The
Pentagon last week announced a $700 million contract with Raytheon
Corporation to oversee the work for North American Aerospace Command
(NORAD) and US Northern Command.
Admiral
William Gortney, head of NORAD and Northern Command, said that
‘because of the very nature of the way that Cheyenne Mountain’s
built, it’s EMP-hardened.’
So
the U.S. military is concerned about an EMP attack all of a sudden?
Spending
700 million dollars to move back inside a mountain just because it is
“EMP-hardened” is a pretty big deal.
Do
they know something that we on’t?
On
top of everything else, we have been seeing lots of strange “training
exercises” being scheduled all over the nation recently.
This
week you may notice extra emergency vehicles and public safety
officers running around in tactical gear, Hazmat suits, and bomb
suits. It’s a part of a statewide drill Des Moines is
hosting Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare emergency personnel for
dealing with weapons of mass destruction.
Brian
O’Keefe with the Des Moines Fire Department said emergency
officials in Iowa need to be prepared for anything.
“You
know we’re number one seed producer with corn and soy, chicken
embryo development, middle of the country heartland. So I’m sure
all states access it. But we’re a target like any other large
community,” said O’eefe.
And
here is an excerpt form a news story about an exercise
known as “Northern Exposure” that is being held in
Michigan…
The
National Guard event is called Northern Exposure, which is taking
place across Michigan during the month of June, he said. According
to the Michigan
National Guard website,
Northern Exposure is “a major exercise in Michigan where the
military provides defense support to civilian authorities.”
In
addition, the U.S. military will be conducting some “unusual”
training activity out
in Arizona and California…
If
you see some unusual helicopters overhead in the next couple of
days, there’s nothing to worry about.
The
I Marine Expeditionary Force G-7 will be conducting a Realistic
Military Training this week, using the Prescott Municipal Airfield as
a helicopter refueling point in order to facilitate a Long Range Raid
at Camp Navajo, Arizona.
This
Certification Exercise (CERTEX) is directed to be conducted from
April 8-21, 2015 at various training locations throughout California
and Arizona. The training at Prescott will take place on April 15,
16.
All
of this is in addition to the exercise that people have really been
buzzing about.
It is called “Jade Helm”, and in this particular “unconventional
warfare exercise”, the states of Texas and Utah will
be designated as “hostile territory”…
“Jade
Helm is a challenging eight-week joint military and Interagency (IA)
Unconventional Warfare (UW) exercise conducted throughout Texas, New
Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and Colorado,” according
to an unclassified military document announcing the training drill,
which runs from July 15 through September 15.
Multiple
branches of the US military, including Green Berets, Navy Seals, and
the 82nd Airborne Division, will participate in the 8-week long
exercise, which may result in “increased aircraft in the area at
night.”
Troops will
be tasked with honing advanced skills in “large areas of
undeveloped land with low population densities,” and will
work alongside “civilians to gain their trust and an
understanding of the issues.”
The
exercise, in which some participants will be “wearing civilian
clothes and driving civilian vehicles,” lists Texas and Utah as
“hostile” territory.
Should
we be alarmed by these exercises?
Some
people sure think so.
Another
thing that has people scratching their heads are the weird
closures of Wal-Mart stores all
over the nation
for supposed “plumbing problems”…
Not
just one, but five Walmart stores across the U.S. are closing their
doors due to plumbing problems that, in some cases, will take four to
six months to repair.
Those
closing include locations in Livingston and Midland, Texas; Tulsa,
Oklahoma; and near Los Angeles.
For
the Brandon Walmart, I talked to Hillsborough County and Walmart to
get answers about why these plumbing repairs will take so long and
whether the issues are connected, but local customers are already
skeptical.
“Why
is it just plumbing problems? It’s gonna take them six months to
fix up the store?” asked customer John Mambrl.
Yes,
is it really going to take them six months to fix the toilets?
Either
someone at Wal-Mart is extremely incompetent, or there is something
fishy going on here.
In
the end, perhaps there is nothing to any of this.
Perhaps
all of these examples are just unrelated coincidences.
If it weren't for slightly saner heads I would end to dismiss this. I will leave you with Alex Jones who will milk this for all it is worth
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