Congrats to the folks in Boulder for their successful defeat of university censorship! Israel Anderson, manager for the well known liberty-minded muscian, Marc Scibilia, founded the Boulder C4L and lead a successful campaign against such blatant information control!
Read the story here: http://www.coloradodaily.com/news/2009/mar/31/cu-email-censored-young-americans-liberty/
We have been told SEVERAL stories of folks being followed, pulled over and even asked to search the car for drugs since the MIAC report on modern militias was disseminated to law enforcement by the Missouri Information Analysis Center. (recent story here: http://www.mogop.org/wp/2009/03/919/ )
Have you had an experience like this? We want your story. info@libertyrestorationproject.org
Please give us as many relevant details as possible: when, where, what stickers/signs you had on/in your car, and if you would like your name to be published or remain anonymous.
If it appears this is happening in abundance, we will be taking these stories to our Governor to hold him accountable for allowing this document off of his desk and to our legislature to protect us from such abuses!
peace, love and LIBERTY,
Catherine
Text of letter:
Josh Carter
3143 Pestalozzi Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63118
(314) 607-7280/joshcarter1935@gmail.com
Honorable Jay Nixon Governor, State of Missouri
VTA FAX: (573)751-1495
March 26,2009
Dear Governor Nixon,
This past Monday, March 23,1 faxed you a Sunshine Request due to my concern about the MIAC report and your meetings in your office. My request was faxed to you around 10 am that morning. By about 4 pin that same day, at least two associates or friends of mine were being questioned by law enforcement officers here in the St. Louis area. These law enforcement officers were asking these people about me, my support for Presidential candidate Ron Paul and others aspects of my political positions and beliefs including my opposition to the expansion of the Federal Reserve. Governor Nixon, I am deeply concerned that I am being targeted by law enforcement within hours of my Sunshine Request and critical comments about your MIAC report. I believe that you could have violated state and federal law in the process of all of this. Not content with those visits on Monday, it is now known to me that St. Louis law enforcement officers have visited at least seven (7) of my friends or associates over the past few days. Governor Nixon, please leave me and my friends alone. You have no right to target me or people like me – pro-life, anti-illegal immigration, critical of the Federal Reserve or federal powers – simply because you do not agree with us. I am copying this letter to the local press to try to stop you and your efforts to treat people wrong through abuse of your power. I have also gotten myself a lawyer and am looking into options for protecting myself and/or suing you. And I have spoken to my elected official.
Sincerely,
Josh Carter
Well, the LRP team has returned from the regional c4l conference, stay tuned for a more detailed update and photos from the event! It can not be denied that our booth was HUGE success nor that our speech to the Missouri attendees was abundant with energy!
We are also working on the phase two of the MIAC response. We have received preliminary responses from the Highway Patrol and SEMA (SEMA claims they had nothing to do with the MIAC report, so we have to address that……), but are struggling with the Governors Office at this time. Nixon’s office is claiming the hand delivered letter was not addressed to them and that the faxed letter never made it to them. SO I have decided to give them the benefit of the doubt (although I have my suspicions of the truth) and have re-faxed the document today and we will give them an additional three days to respond.
Of almost equal concern is the fact that we have called and shown up in the Governors Office in person, twice, asking for a face to face meeting with him and have been ignored… Is it time to start demanding answers?
The document may have been rescinded, BUT we still need to know who wrote it, why they wrote it, what sources they used to write it and who else they sent this to! We also need to know that similar documents will not be released! Should we trust the organization who released the documents to investigate this issue? Maybe it is time to call for our State Senators to use their supeona powers to get some answers?? A plan of action will be released soon!
peace, love and LIBERTY,
Catherine
http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/17825#new
Now THAT is the results of REAL grassroots action! We’ll talk about the next step tonight at our weekly meeting at the coffee house!
peace,
Catherine
Our apologies, One bit of information in this video is incorrect. The ACLU filed a Formal Complaint. To our knowledge, they are NOT suing the Governor. This error was based on incorrect reports, sorry.
Missourians United for Life
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Missouri Libertarian Party
PO Box 78623 St. Louis, MO 63178-8623 For Immediate Release March 22, 2009 Contact: Mike Ferguson, Missouri Libertarian Party Spokesman, at 816.695.1425 ormike@focalpointcommunications.net. Missouri Libertarian Party Demands Answers: Why Was U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s “Civil Liberties Impact Assessment Template” Ignored in Creation of MIAC “Strategic Memo”? (Columbia, MO) - The Civil Liberties Impact Assessment Template (1), a guideline created by the US Department of Homeland Security’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, was obviously ignored by the Missouri Information Analysis Center (MIAC) when creating the now-infamous “Strategic Memo” on militia activity. The document in question is a training memo for law enforcement in Missouri that characterizes certain political views as potential indicators of involvement in extremist, violent militia activity. Among the political views listed are opposition of illegal immigration, opposition to abortion, opposition to federal taxes and opposition to gun control legislation. The memo also lists displays of support for third parties, like the Libertarian Party, and former presidential candidates Bob Barr (Libertarian) and Ron Paul (Republican) as being among the “paraphernalia” that could indicate involvement in hate-based militia groups. MIAC is a “fusion center”; a cooperative of local, state and federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies, including the US Department of Homeland Security. The Department of Homeland Security has a document designed to prohibit the political profiling and other civil rights violations contained in the “Strategic Memo.” Specifically:
Because the US Department of Homeland Security is a cooperating agency in the “fusion center’s” domestic intelligence efforts, its regulations and safeguards for citizens should be observed in all activity. Missouri Libertarian Party spokesman Mike Ferguson asks if these safeguards were considered during the development of the training document. “We want to know if a Civil Liberties Impact Assessment was done at all. Training law enforcement officers to watch for political speech like signs and bumper stickers when trying to determine if someone is part of a violent hate group will, obviously, ‘chill open discourse’ and people’s willingness to express their beliefs. Just knowing you might be profiled in a way that links you to groups like these discourages people from making their voice heard. “This training document is not only misguided, it is dangerous and clearly violates the safeguards designed to protect our First Amendment rights.” The Missouri Libertarian Party reiterates its desire to have representatives meet with Governor Nixon, and with the leadership of the Missouri Highway Patrol, the Missouri Information Analysis Center and the Missouri Department of Public Safety. Ferguson states “We want to be part of the solution that keeps our troopers safe, stops the real bad guys and protects our freedoms at the same time. “Unfortunately, our repeated requests to have that discussion and reach a solution have been rejected so far.” (1) The US Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties’ Civil Liberties Impact Assessment Template can be found at: http://www.it.ojp.gov/documents/Civil_Liberties_Impact.pdf
Mike Ferguson
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