Posted on 07/26/2006 3:54:18 AM PDT by Trupolitik
After missing a deadline, the U.S. Department of Commerce finally has granted a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain complete disclosure of a congressionally unauthorized plan to implement a trilateral agreement with Mexico and Canada that critics say could lead to a EU-style alliance in North America.
The plan is being implemented through an office within the Department of Commerce called the "Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America," under the direction of Geri Word, who is listed as working in the agency's North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, office.
As WorldNetDaily previously reported, the White House has established executive branch working groups documented on the Commerce website SPP.gov. The Security and Prosperity Partnership, or SPP, was issued as a joint press statement by President Bush, Mexican President Vincente Fox and then-Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin in Waco, Texas, on March 23, 2005.
Granting of the FOIA request comes after the Commerce Department missed a statutory requirement to respond within 20 businesses days.
The request was filed by author Jerome R. Corsi on June 19.
Corsi said the Commerce Department's compliance with the request is a major breakthrough.
"We're now going to get the documentary evidence to determine if the working groups in SPP.gov are creating new memoranda of understanding and trilateral agreements that under our Constitution should more appropriately be submitted to Congress as new treaties or laws," he said.
Corsi added that if this turns out to be the case, "we're going to present that evidence to the American people and let them make up their own minds."
Freedom of Information Act Officer Linda Bell mailed the "first interim response" yesterday and promises more response as batches of documents are processed, according to Brenda Dolan, a departmental officer.
Robert McGuire, attorney for Corsi, e-mailed Commerce July17, notifying the agency of the statutory violation in its failure to respond. He then received an e-mail from Dolan indicating the request was being processed. But McGuire asserted the response was unacceptable, saying the department "skipped a deadline required by law."
Just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean they aren't out to get you.
Please add subterfuge to the list. Thanks, and remember there are many conspiracy theories that were proven to NOT be conspiracy theories afterall.
And you'll find FReepers (so-called) that will also do this. As someone once said, RIDICLUE IS THE EASIST, FASTEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO SILENCE SOMEONE.
It isn't "the government". It's individuals within groups who happen to be part of the gov. You kind of remind me of the liberals who believe in no military defense, up until ballistic missles are 3 minutes from Washington. Oh well.
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Add me too!
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Either my head is too hard, my hide too thick, of brains too slow, to allow ridicule to even attempt to silence my mouth a lot of the time. My Dad always sad that was one of my biggest handicaps. LOL!!!
Respect and ridicule are not of the same foundations of spirit.
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Ditto.
Good news.
I hope none of the docs have been altered by experts at such.
A hideous, traitorous trend. Alas, it won't be stopped until it has run it's course . . . I figure 3.5-7 years for it to be in power once the world government is formally & overtly established.
Ike called it the 'military industrial complex.'
"Any international agreements concerning trade or national security need to go through congress for an up or down vote."
It already did, read the last part of NAFTA which very few people bothered to do, they are relying on what was reported in the press.
The last 2 pages of the Congressional summary spells it out in detail.
I read it in our Congressmans office, pointed it out to his staff and was told that it didn't mean anything and not to worry.
I wanted to have a copy but was told no, that it was only for Congressman. Ron Packard.
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You are incorrect. Treaties do not supersede the Constitution.
That's funny! So I guess you have many examples of treaties that currently supersede the Constitution?
Sure. INTERPOL...You can be arrested and extradited to another country where you can be held for five years without trial in direct violation of our Constitution.
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