KEEPING US AT FEAR THRESHOLD: GEARING UP FOR PROJECT BLUEBEAM?

What you don't know can hurt you.

This article may strike you as being nuts, particularly if you deny the existence of UFOs and black projects (top secret research projects carried out by the government/military of which the public is not aware). If you fall into this category, then i highly suggest you familiarize yourself with both before reading this article.

Dr. Steven Greer heads the Disclosure Project which, in short, was founded to shine the light of day on secret technologies that the government is keeping from the public. At last count he has 400-500 government, ex-government and government contractors that are willing to go before congress and testify as to what they witnessed and/or know. Many of them held top secret clearances and these are some of the most patriotic Americans there are. Some were radar operators, some manned minute man nuclear missile silos during the cold war. One was a spokesperson for Werner von Braun (German rocket scientist).

On May 1, 2001, a National Press Club conference was held in Washington DC during which about 15 of the witnesses testified about their experiences. If i remember correctly, there were about 100 members of the media present and it was broadcast live across the internet. To my knowledge, none of the mainstream media covered this historic event. -- ZDN

Disclosure Project website

links to the 2001 NPC video

Or watch it on Google... -- ZDN

further witness testimony (part 1)

further witness testimony (part 2)

Following is an excerpt from the 'KEEPING US AT FEAR THRESHOLD: GEARING UP FOR PROJECT BLUEBEAM?' atricle... -- ZDN

As immense as that game is, there is a bigger one: Control through fear. As Wernher von Braun related to Dr. Carol Rosin, his spokesperson for the last 4 years of his life, a maniacal machine - the military, industrial, intelligence, laboratory complex - would go from Cold War, to Rogue Nations, to Global Terrorism (the stage we find ourselves at today), to the ultimate trump card: A hoaxed threat from space.

GOV. ARNOLD QUESTIONED ABOUT HIS NAZI CONNECTIONS

So chummy was Arnie with the former Nazi, he invited him to his wedding to blue blood Maria Shriver, niece of the John F. Kennedy. Waldheim didn't attend, but he did send a gift, reported to be a statue of Arnold, in lederhosen, bearing off Maria, who wore a dirndl. â€œMy friends don't want me to mention Kurt's name, because of all the recent Nazi stuff and the U.N. controversy, but I love him and Maria does too, and so thank you, Kurt,â€ Arnie gushed.

BUSH REAFFIRMS NORTH AMERICAN UNION AGENDA AT LEADERS' SUMMIT

President Bush yesterday reaffirmed a commitment to progress the much maligned Security and Prosperity Partnership agenda, amid intensified opposition from commentators and critics concerned that the plan constitutes an undermining of national sovereignty.

SHERIFF CANDIDATE BELIEVES CRIME IS TERRORISM

The blurring of lines between crime and terrorism continues. According to section 802 of the Patriot Act, minor criminal offenses can be interpreted as terrorism by government officials.

LOAD UP THE PANTRY

I don't want to alarm anybody, but maybe it's time for Americans to start stockpiling food.

No, this is not a drill.

GLOBAL WARMING HYSTERIA CREATES FOOD SHORTAGES

Global warming does threaten mankind, but the danger lies in the Draconian measures Gore and others demand be taken to prevent a non-existent threat which in themselves imperil our very well being.

I PRACTICED CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE TODAY AND WON !

Down the road from where I live they set up road blocks about every month and stop everyone and ask to see your identification and registration and insurance.

My son called me to tell me they had him pulled off the road and where grilling him. So I told him to hold tight I would be there in a minute.

THE NWO SCRIPT

The Civilian Inmate Labor Program is a program of the United States Army provided by Army Regulation 210-35[1]. The regulation, first drafted in 1997, underwent a "rapid act revision" in January 2005; it provides policy for the creation of labor programs and prison camps on Army installations.

TRULY AMAZING RESULTS IN PENNSYLVANIA!

With the addition of 127,000 new votes in Pennsylvania today, the number of raw votes for Ron Paul comes to over 954,000!!!

Pennsylvania has been Ron's most successful primary!!! He got 16% of the vote AND the most votes in one state here!!!!!! Plus, his percentage of the vote was DOUBLE that of his 2nd best primaries where he received 8%.

TRIAL DATE IN PAUL VS. CLINTON TO BE SET ON FRIDAY

The complaint says Bill Clinton promised to promote Paul's Internet entertainment company, Stan Lee Media, in exchange for stock, cash options and massive contributions to his wife's 2000 Senate campaign.

WHAT THE IRAQ WAR IS ABOUT

The more likely explanation for the US invasion of Iraq is the neoconservative Bush Regime's commitment to the defense of Israeli territorial expansion. There is no such thing as a neoconservative who is not allied with Israel.

BUSH'S CONSPIRACY TO CREATE AN AMERICAN POLICE STATE: PART VI, THE GOVERNMENT PLACES ITSELF ABOVE THE LAW

BUSH'S CONSPIRACY TO CREATE AN AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Bush's ascent to dictatorship began with a violent attack upon vote recounters in Florida. It was given an imprimatur of legitimacy with the disingenuous 5-4 decision of a conservative SCOTUS. A felonious, physical attack had the effect of stopping the court ordered recount of votes, a count that would given the White House to Al Gore. Those events and the consolidation of near absolute power since are simply the most visible characteristics of a stunning coup d'etat consolidated quickly in the aftermath of what many believe to have been a false flag attack upon the US: 911!

CRISIS IN FOOD PRICES THREATENS WORLDWIDE STARVATION: IS IT GENOCIDE?

Rising worldwide food prices are resulting in shortages, riots and protests, promises by governments to expand food aid, expressions of concern by international bodies like the World Bank, and stress on household budgets even in developed countries like the U.S. Did this just â€œhappenâ€ or is there a plan?

BREAKING THE SILENCE - ISRAELI SOLDIERS SPEAK

"We, reserve officers and soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)....have always served in the front lines....were first to carry out any mission, light or heavy, (and we did it) to protect the State of Israel and strengthen it.

We....served....long weeks every year, in spite of dear cost to our personal lives, have been on reserve duty all over the Occupied Territories, and were issued commands and directives that had nothing to do with the security of our country (but were only given to perpetuate) our control over the Palestinian people. We('ve)....seen the bloody toll this Occupation exacts from both sides.

....the commands issued to us in the Territories (have) destroy(ed) all the values (we learned) growing up in this country.

....the (way) the Occupation (undermines the) IDF's human character and (exposes) the corruption of the entire Israeli society.

We....know that the Territories are not Israel, and that all settlements are bound to be evacuated in the end.

We hereby declare that we shall not continue to fight this War of the Settlements.

We shall not continue to fight beyond the 1967 borders to dominate, expel, starve and humiliate an entire people.

We hereby declare that we shall continue serving the Israel Defense Forces in any mission that serves Israel's defense.

The missions of occupation and oppression do not serve this purpose - and we shall take no part in them."

IRAQ: US-ALLIED FORCES LOSING CONTROL? AL-SADR THREATENS 'OPEN WAR'

Muqtada al-Sadr, the Iraqi Shia Muslim leader, has threatened to declare "open war" if a security crackdown by Iraqi and US forces against his loyalists is not called off.

PETRAEUS HID MALIKI RESISTANCE TO US TROOPS IN BASRA

WASHINGTON, Apr 17 (IPS) - In testimony before Congressional committees last week, Gen. David Petraeus portrayed Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's late March offensive in Basra as a poorly planned effort that departed from what U.S. officials had expected.

What Petraeus did not reveal is that al-Maliki was deliberately upsetting a Petraeus plan to put U.S. and British forces into Basra for a months-long operation to eliminate the Mahdi Army from the city.

WAL-MART'S SAM'S CLUB LIMITS RICE PURCHASES

NEW YORK, April 23 (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc's (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Sam's Club warehouse division said on Wednesday it is limiting sales of several types of rice, the latest sign that fears of a rice shortage are rippling around the world.

WHO HATES WOMEN AND MINORITIES?

WHO HATES WOMEN AND MINORITIES

Hagel (R-NE) and McCain (R-AZ) did not vote, but you won't believe what McDubya had to say!!

McCain explained his opposition to the bill by claiming it â€œopens us up to lawsuits for all kinds of problems.â€

FUEL CRISIS THREATENS UN GAZA AID

The United Nations has said it will have to suspend humanitarian work in the Gaza Strip within hours unless it receives fresh fuel supplies.

CHERTOFF SAYS FINGERPRINTS AREN’T ‘PERSONAL DATA’

QUESTION: Some are raising that the privacy aspects of this thing, you know, sharing of that kind of data, very personal data, among four countries is quite a scary thing.

SECRETARY CHERTOFF: Well, first of all, a fingerprint is hardly personal data because you leave it on glasses and silverware and articles all over the world, they’re like footprints. They’re not particularly private.

THE COLLAPSE OF THE UNITED STATES IS ACCELERATING: OIL IN EUROS VS. US DOLLARS

To accomplish PNAC’s goals, all threats needed to be eliminated. From the onset, the United Sates earmarked two countries as mortal enemies: Venezuela and Iran. With Venezuela, it is well documented that the CIA attempted to overthrow the democratically elected government of Chavez. And with Iran, the United States continues to use it as a scapegoat for its failures in Iraq. These cold war tactics however are proving to be US’s undoing.

HUNDREDS OF EPA SCIENTISTS REPORT POLITICAL INTERFERENCE

WASHINGTON -- More than half of the scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency who responded to a survey said they had experienced political interference in their work.

US SECRETLY SUPPORTS WB SETTLEMENTS

Israeli authorities claim that four years ago they reached a secret agreement with the US government to expand the West Bank settlements.

AHMADINEJAD: US SABOTAGING OWN POWER

In a Thursday meeting with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, Ahmadinejad said, "Washington has long conspired to gain control of the Middle East due to its strategic position."

FIERCE CLASHES IN BAGHDAD CLAIM 13

Clashes between gunmen and US-Iraqi forces have continued for a second day, killing at least 13 people throughout Baghdad, officials say.

WEDNESDAY: 2 US SOLDIERS, 1 US CONTRACTOR, 59 IRAQIS KILLED; 114 IRAQIS WOUNDED

At least 59 Iraqis were killed and 114 more were wounded in the latest violence, much of it involving continued fighting between the Mahdi army and Iraqi security forces. Exact figures are difficult to obtain due to the nature of the clashes. One American soldier was killed during combat operations in Baghdad, while the DOD reported the death of a U.S. soldier from non-combat injuries. The remains of an American contractor who was kidnapped in 2006 were positively identified. Also, a former Iraqi Vice President under Saddam Hussein, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, has possibly been captured.

PETRAEUS PROMOTION FREES CHENEY TO THREATEN IRAN

The nomination of Gen. David Petraeus to be the new head of the Central Command not only ensures that he will be available to defend the George W. Bush administration's policies toward Iran and Iraq at least through the end of Bush's term and possibly even beyond.

SPINNING SADDAM'S SO-CALLED LINKS TO AL-QAEDA

Further evidence that the al-Qaeda/Saddam link was bogus will do little to change the distorted opinions of those who support the Iraq occupation.

HILLARY TURNS UP HEAT, THREATENS TO 'OBLITERATE' IRAN

Is the campaign trail the best place to ratchet up the rhetoric against Iran? Clinton thinks so.

BORDER AGENTS CAN SEARCH LAPTOPS WITHOUT CAUSE, APPEALS COURT RULES

Federal agents at the border do not need any reason to search through travelers' laptops, cell phones or digital cameras for evidence of crimes, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, extending the government's power to look through belongings like suitcases at the border to electronics.

Looks like encryption is about to become allot more popular -- ZDN

POLICE MAY SEARCH EVEN IF ARREST IS INVALID

The Supreme Court affirmed Wednesday that police have the power to conduct searches and seize evidence, even when done during an arrest that turns out to have violated state law.

WORLD MIGHT BE HEADING TOWARDS ICE AGE

CANBERRA: Scientists have warned that the world might once again be heading towards an Ice Age, with global warming approaching a possible end.

Evidence in support of this theory has come from pictures obtained from the US Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, which showed no spots on the sun, thus determining that sunspot activity has not resumed after hitting an 11-year low in March last year.

I don't recall when, but the government had some sort of study done to find out what can be done to prevent an ice age. The answer was to block 1% of the suns heat from reaching the earths surface (i realize that may sound contradictory, but if you research it, it isn't). Could this be what chemtrails are for??? -- ZDN

John Ashcroft Yelled at Me Tonight. No Joke.

Finally, I got to ask my question about waterboarding--and the result was, of course, the reason for this diary's title:

ME: First off, Mr. Ashcroft, I'd like to apologize for the rudeness of some of my fellow students. It was uncalled for--we can disagree civilly, we don't need that. (round of applause from the audience, and Ashcroft smiles) I have here in my hand two documents. One of them, you know, is the text of the United Nations Convention against Torture, which, point of interest, says nothing about "lasting physical damage"...

ASHCROFT: (interrupting) Do you have the Senate reservations to it?

ME: No, I don't. Do you happen to know what they are?

ASHCROFT: (angrily) I don't have them memorized, no. I don't have time to go around memorizing random legal facts. I just don't want these people in the audience to go away saying, "He was wrong, she had the proof right in her hand!" Because that's not true. It's a lie. If you don't have the reservations, you don't have anything. Now, if you want to bring them another time, we can talk, but...

ME: Actually, Mr. Ashcroft, my question was about this other document. (laughter and applause) This other document is a section from the judgment of the Tokyo War Tribunal. After WWII, the Tokyo Tribunal was basically the Nuremberg Trials for Japan. Many Japanese leaders were put on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including torture. And among the tortures listed was the "water treatment," which we nowadays call waterboarding...

ASHCROFT: (interrupting) This is a speech, not a question. I don't mind, but it's not a question.

ME: It will be, sir, just give me a moment. The judgment describes this water treatment, and I quote, "the victim was bound or otherwise secured in a prone position; and water was forced through his mouth and nostrils into his lungs and stomach." One man, Yukio Asano, was sentenced to fifteen years hard labor by the allies for waterboarding American troops to obtain information. Since Yukio Asano was trying to get information to help defend his country--exactly what you, Mr. Ashcroft, say is acceptible for Americans to do--do you believe that his sentence was unjust? (boisterous applause and shouts of "Good question!")

ASHCROFT: (angrily) Now, listen here. You're comparing apples and oranges, apples and oranges. We don't do anything like what you described.

'DISNEYLAND IN IRAQ': MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR ENTERTAINMENT PARK COMING TO BAGHDAD

Llewellyn Werner, a California investor, admits he is facing obstacles most amusement park developers never have to deal with. Such as insurgent attacks and looting.

MASSIVE PROPAGANDA LAUNDRY AT THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

This may or may not be related to why the Wall Street Journal's top editor, Marcus Brauchli, quit yesterday, but it sure looks to be connected. The "this" that I am referring to is the propaganda piece published in the WSJ - now owned by propaganda magnate, R. Murdoch

PELOSI PUSHING TO FUND MORE OCCUPATION OF IRAQ

House Leadership Set to Pass Biggest War Spending Bill Yet!

While the House leadership was sharply critical of recent reports by General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker, they now appear ready to give President Bush an additional $172 Billion in war funding.

LAND OF THE NOT-SO-FREE

The United States of America holds nearly one-quarter of the world’s prisoners. That’s because of an alarmingly high incarceration rate—the highest by far in the world—that strikes some as tough and others as simply barbaric. About one in every 100 adult Americans sits behind bars. Oh, and it’s a racist system, to boot. Take that, China!

EFF: HELP STOP BUSH’S STATE SECRETS PRIVILEGE ABUSE

The Bush administration has repeatedly invoked the state secrets privilege, a doctrine that was adopted in the McCarthy era, that was originally meant to be used only in exceptional circumstances. Since 2001, however, the Bush Administration has repeatedly abused the privilege in attempts to cover up potentially embarrassing or illegal activities in cases involving warrantless wiretapping and other aspects of the NSA’s domestic spy program, kidnapping, aka ‘extraordinary rendition‘, and torture, just to name a few. They have relied on it not only to silence critics and whistleblowers, but also to use it as a shield to go after them like they have to James Risen, Sibel Edmonds and many others. Just this week it’s come out that they once again have invoked it in an attempt to keep the details hidden in the case against Thomas Kontogiannis, one of the convicted bribers of Republican congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham, where the executive branch has asserted that once they deem something classified, the “courts are virtually powerless to review or disagree.”

HELEN THOMAS CONFRONTS PERINO ON TORTURE; PERINO DENIES AND LIES

More than a week after the revelation that President Bush knew and endorsed the Principals’ specific plans of torturing detainees, the media has been largely silent over it other than cursory mentions at best. But Helen Thomas isn’t about to go silently into that good night and becomes the first White House reporter to ask White House spokesliar Dana Perino about how the president could have lied multiple times that we do not torture only to turn around and admit that not only do we, but he approved of it.

WEXLER CONFRONTS MUELLER ON CIA TORTURE AND LACK OF INVESTIGATION BY FBI

In two weeks the Judiciary Committee will be holding hearings to investigate the fact that the highest levels of the Bush Administration sanctioned and ordered the torture of prisoners in United States custody. This is intolerable and we must vigorously oppose this policy that demeans our nation and offends our conscience.

GOP CANDIDATE TONY ZIRKLE WISHES ADOLF A HAPPY BIRTHDAY

On Sunday, Tony Zirkle, a Republican candidate for Indiana’s 2nd District, took time out from saving the economy by shredding vintage Playboys (of course!) so he could attend a 119th birthday celebration for Adolf Hitler.

DRUG CONSUMPTION DECRIMINALIZED IN ARGENTINA

A federal court in Argentina has decriminalized the consumption of marihuana.

MANIPULATIONS IN TIME OF WAR AND HUNGER

The Fed pumps out reserve notes, elitist politics position to control, no new petro refineries since the 70s wtf? GM food and bio fuel scams, food price rise is an orchestrated scam based on currency manipulation, news from the Plunge Protection Team, disinformation in WSJ, no victory in Iraq, so blame Iran

MAN TASERED FOR 24 SECONDS IN CRITICAL CONDITION

A Chicago man remains in critical condition after police shot him with a taser for 24 seconds.

GEORGE ORWELL, BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOUR HOUSE

According to the latest studies, Britain has a staggering 4.2million CCTV cameras - one for every 14 people in the country - and 20 per cent of cameras globally. It has been calculated that each person is caught on camera an average of 300 times daily.

THE BIOFUEL BOONDOGGLE

Biofuels will do far greater harm to the economy and the ecosystem than America’s ever-growing oil addiction could ever achieve.

CONVENIENTLY FORGOTTEN FACTS

As a "60's radical you can pump a bullet into someone's head, and a few years later, in the same state, you can become an assistant college dean! Only in America!

STOP CHILD ABUSE IN PROGRAMS THAT SUPPOSEDLY "HELP"

My book, Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids, was the first to detail the horrifying history of these programs and the fact that there is no scientific evidence that their approach works, and much to suggest that it can do harm. Two of the three families who testified last time about the negligence and abuse that killed their children at these programs were prominently featured in the book.

LATE 2006-FALL 2007: INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DRAFTS NEW NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE SHOWING IRAN STOPPED ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM IN 2003

The US intelligence community begins plumbing the data they have compiled on Iran’s nuclear weapons program in an attempt to shore up the Bush administration’s premature conclusion that Iran is on the verge of producing a nuclear weapon. Instead, their conclusions are that Iran shut down its nuclear weapons program in 2003.

FEBRUARY 26, 2004: JUDITH MILLER SAYS REPORTERS DO NOT NEED TO ASSESS THE QUALITY OF INFORMATION GIVEN BY US GOVERNMENT

New York Times reporter Judith Miller is interviewed for an article in the New York Review of Books. Miller wrote a series of stories promoting intelligence that would justify an invasion of Iraq; all the content of these stories were later found to be false.

APRIL 16, 2006: CHENEY’S STAFF POWERFUL, SECRETIVE, AND HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL, REPORTER FINDS

Dick Cheney’s Office of the Vice President (OVP) is so cloaked in secrecy, journalist Robert Dreyfuss reports, that it routinely refuses to provide a directory of staff members or even the numbers of staff and employees.