The Patriot's Flag - O gives USA to INTERPOL
Posted on 01/02/2010 4:50:54 AM PST by Kaslin
With the signing of an under-publicized amendment to Executive Order 12425, Barack Obama has fundamentally altered your constitutional rights. His actions are undermining your rights to protect personal privacy from a foreign internationalist police agency named Interpol. A one-paragraph executive order may seem inconsequential to many, but this action has far reaching implications and threatens the sovereignty of America.
Obama's secretive Executive Order amended an order issued by President Reagan in 1983. Reagan's order recognized Interpol as an International Organization and gave it privileges and immunities commonly extended to foreign diplomats. Reagan opened the door to allow Interpol to operate in partnership with the U.S. but with significant constitutional safeguards. Specifically, Interpol's property and assets remained subject to search and seizure by American law enforcement, and its archived records remained subject to public scrutiny under provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. Interpol had to answer to the FBI and U.S. courts under Reagan's order. These safeguards were stripped away by Obama's action the week before Christmas without debate or explanation. Obama picked the holiday season to make this radical change to minimize media coverage.
This order marks a significant change in federal policy and usurps the constitutional power of our government by yielding it to an international organization. Michael van Der Galien writes, "This foreign law enforcement organization can operate free of an important safeguard against government and abuse. Property and assets, including the organization's records, cannot now be searched or seized. Their physical operational locations are now immune from U.S. legal and investigative authorities."
Obama has given an international organization unsupervised freedom to investigate Americans on our own soil without recourse or the supervision of our own government.
Andy McCarthy writing for the National Review asks some very significant questions: "Why would we elevate an international police force above American law? Why would we immunize an international police force from the limitations that constrain the FBI and other American law-enforcement agencies? Why is it suddenly necessary to have, within the Justice Department, a repository for stashing government files which, therefore, will be beyond the ability of Congress, American law-enforcement, the media, and the American people to scrutinize?"
Interpol is the enforcement arm of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The United States never signed onto the Rome Treaty which created the ICC because of the potential for abuse by foreign interests. Obama has signaled he may sign the treaty over these objections and subject Americans to prosecution overseas in the ICC. This is harmful for two reasons. First, the U.S. Constitution clearly states that it is the supreme law of our land and allowing the ICC to supersede the U.S. Constitution violates America's sovereignty. Second, the War on Terror is unpopular with Europeans and the ICC may attempt to prosecute heroic American soldiers with trumped up war crimes. Obama is putting brave American men and women at grave risk.
An added wrinkle to this executive order is that Interpol's operations center for the United States is housed within our own Justice Department. Many of the agents are Americans who work under the aegis of Interpol. This order has potentially created the new civilian security force that Obama proposed during his campaign. This group of law enforcement officials is no longer subject to the restraints enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.
The order guarantees that Interpol officers have immunity from prosecution for crimes they may commit in the United States. Ironically, some Interpol nations are attempting to try American intelligence agents for their work abroad in the War on Terror.
This order shows blatant disregard for the U.S. Constitution. While Obama is extending due process rights to terrorists he is weakening those same rights for American citizens. If a citizen were to be prosecuted by Interpol their newly granted immunity would interfere with the discovery process. Since Interpol files are immune to disclosure, a citizen could be denied his right to see the information used to prosecute him or her.
Obama's executive order has done more to weaken civil liberties than the much maligned Patriot Act. The silence in the mainstream media on this issue should scare all freedom loving Americans. Obama just signed away parts of our precious legal protections.
The problem is that it won’t get any attention till its used in a high profile case and then they’ll call it Reagan’s EO.
Leads one to believe that he is aiding and abetting our enemies.
Because every good Marxist needs his KGB or Stasi.
InterPol, The Face of Obambys’ Big Brother?
Which is why he needs to be impeached and tried for treason.
I was about to comment that I’m glad this is starting to get some attention, but then I read your post and realize you’re right. :-/
They already had that status in Sicily.
The fundamental problem is that the second a police organization is placed beyond the bounds of ordinary jurisprudence folks still need to get satisfaction, and they will do that one way or the other.
I'd suggest here that it all has to do with Chicago politics. Mayor Daley wants something and he's sent Obama out to get it. Once the Mayor has what he wants, the EO will be revised. (Not saying there's a war on between the Democrats in Chicago and the mob, but they do have friction).
maybe Interpol wants to join the SEIU.
unions are going global to boost their bank accounts...
and ACORN is going global as well...
hmmmmm
Ronald Noble still heading Interpol?
"You cannot expect the police to secure every citizen, every building in every location from every possible terrorist attack," Interpol chief Ronald Noble said Tuesday at a security conference in Manila. "The only way is to identify terror groups and dismantle them."
Okaaaay....
This is why you don't fight a war by calling the cops.
I’m pinging you to the above, especially reply #11 just in case you’d find it of interest :)
....Why would we elevate an international police force above American law? ......
One reason might be a quid pro quo.
That is, there is another secret agreement giving similar privileges to American LEOs operating offshore
The Patriot's Flag - O gives USA to INTERPOL
Keep in mind.....anything and everything Obama does is a strategic move to increase his power over the people through the executive branch.....
FOR YOUR REFERENCE The phrase "to gain executive branch authority" was first heard 70 years ago, or so.....part of a package called "The Enabling Acts"......although it was written in German. The Enabling Acts granted "the executive" the authority to write new laws and change old laws without oversight.
I don’t much about this but isn’t it ok if Reagan did the same thing? Sometimes we just complain to complain. Remember Reagan is our hero? Has everyone forgotten suddenly?
hehehe, I’m waiting for the knock on my door...
“Interpol! We have some questions for you!”
I will give creative licencing to the FReepers here as to what may happen in response to that interuption to my day...
And then shot after convicted. We need to make an example of traitors.
Our constitution is worth more now than ever.
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