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2012/01/05 19:03:37
Subject: local Social Security office turned into a random Homeland Security checkpoint Tuesday morning,
There needs to be a serious revision of the scope of the DHS or a slap back as they are attempting to overreach their authority. This is just getting ridiculous.
DHS Officers Armed With Semiautomatics Set Up Unannounced ID Checkpoint
Staff of Florida Social Security office not informed of drill, Homeland Security officials refused to talk to media
Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Residents of Leesburg, Florida were shocked to see their local Social Security office turned into a random Homeland Security checkpoint Tuesday morning, as DHS officers armed with semiautomatic rifles and accompanied by sniffer dogs checked identifications of locals.
“With their blue and white SUVs circled around the Main Street office, at least one official was posted on the door with a semiautomatic rifle, randomly checking identifications. And other officers, some with K-9s, sifted through the building,” reports the Daily Commercial.
The activity was part of Operation Shield, an unannounced drill conducted by the DHS’ Federal Protective Service centered around “detecting the presence of unauthorized persons and potentially disruptive or dangerous activities.”
Thomas Milligan, district manager for the Social Security Administration office, said staff were not informed their offices were about to be stormed by armed FPS officers. DHS officials refused to answer questions asked by local media and left with no explanation at noon.
“Part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, FPS is the federal law enforcement agency that provides integrated security and law enforcement services to over 9,000 federally-owned and leased buildings, facilities, properties and other assets,” states the report.
Indeed, the FPS is used for a variety of roles, not just limited to setting up unannounced ID checkpoints.
As part of the reinvention of the Department of Homeland Security to serve as a tool of political repression, the Federal Protective Service is used by the DHS to track the political activities of peaceful advocacy groups. The FPS was seen arresting photographers in Portland last November during an OWS rally.
In 2004, the FPS arrested a veteran for the crime of complaining to his local VA office in Des Moines.
A separate component of Homeland Security, VIPR (Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response), recently received an expansion in funding from Congress that will see 2011′s figure of around 9,300 checkpoints increased with the addition of 12 new VIPR teams, who will be used to carry out security checks at bus depots, train stations, ferry ports and highways.
The extra money is being demanded despite the fact that there is “no proof that the roving viper teams have foiled any terrorist plots or thwarted any major threat to public safety,” according to an L.A. Times report.
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Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
2012/01/07 05:35:02
Subject: local Social Security office turned into a random Homeland Security checkpoint Tuesday morning,
I knew about VIPR teams which are TSA as I recall, but some random govt agent demanding to see my ID would find himself on the prompt end of a "go FETH yourself." if there is going to be a new civil war in America DHS will be the cause.
Avatar 720 wrote: You see, to Auston, everyone is a Death Star; there's only one way you can take it and that's through a small gap at the back.
Powder Burns wrote:what they need to make is a fullsize leatherman, like 14" long folded, with a bone saw, notches for bowstring, signaling flare, electrical hand crank generator, bolt cutters..
2012/01/07 06:59:48
Subject: local Social Security office turned into a random Homeland Security checkpoint Tuesday morning,
As part of the reinvention of the Department of Homeland Security to serve as a tool of political repression, the Federal Protective Service is used by the DHS to track the political activities of peaceful advocacy groups. The FPS was seen arresting photographers in Portland last November during an OWS rally.
There is indeed a war on for your mind, and you are a part of it.
Still, DHS has turned about to be a fairly useless "innovation".
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
2012/01/07 08:41:21
Subject: local Social Security office turned into a random Homeland Security checkpoint Tuesday morning,
AustonT wrote:I knew about VIPR teams which are TSA as I recall, but some random govt agent demanding to see my ID would find himself on the prompt end of a "go FETH yourself." if there is going to be a new civil war in America DHS will be the cause.
I thought there was no national ID scheme in the US? (Same as the UK and Japan.)
In these days of identity theft by social engineering, I am quite reluctant to give out personal details to random strangers.
There are no mandatory official documents which are guaranteed to carry a photo and signature. If asked to prove ID, someone in Britain has to provide a variety of documents from bank/credit card to utility bills showing the home address, etc. It can be quite a faff.
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There is no national ID per se, but the State issued drivers licences are a de facto unified system already. Mostly my response is based, rightly or not, that I live in a country where I don't have to carry my papers with me everywhere I go.
Avatar 720 wrote: You see, to Auston, everyone is a Death Star; there's only one way you can take it and that's through a small gap at the back.
Powder Burns wrote:what they need to make is a fullsize leatherman, like 14" long folded, with a bone saw, notches for bowstring, signaling flare, electrical hand crank generator, bolt cutters..
2012/01/07 08:46:13
Subject: local Social Security office turned into a random Homeland Security checkpoint Tuesday morning,
Wow...I wouldn't show my ID, we do not live in a police state. Unreasonable search? If I didn't carry an ID, whats the worst they could do, not let me enter the building based on....?
Ikasarete Iru
Graffiti from Pompeii: VIII.2 (in the basilica); 1882: The one who buggers a fire burns his penis
Xenophanes: "If horses had Gods, they would look like horses!"
2012/01/08 20:04:02
Subject: Re:local Social Security office turned into a random Homeland Security checkpoint Tuesday morning,
J-Roc77 wrote:Wow...I wouldn't show my ID, we do not live in a police state. Unreasonable search? If I didn't carry an ID, whats the worst they could do, not let me enter the building based on....?
Arrest you and deport you to El Salvador?
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
2012/01/08 20:14:10
Subject: local Social Security office turned into a random Homeland Security checkpoint Tuesday morning,
OP's post made me laugh so hard, because the abbreviation of DHS says "Deamonhunters" when scrolled over.
so I kept reading "Deamonhunter officers armed with semi-automatic rifles". "An unannounced drill conducted by the Deamonhunter Federal Protective Service". "Deamonhunter officials refused to answer questions asked by local media and left with no explanation at noon".
Hehe.
"The Imperium is nothing if not willing to go to any lengths necessary. So the Trekkies are zipping around at warp speed taking small chucks out of an nigh-on infinite amount of ships, with the Imperium being unable to strike back. feth it, says central command, and detonates every vortex warhead in the fleet, plunging the entire sector into the Warp. Enjoy tentacle-rape, Kirk, we know Sulu will." -Terminus
"This great fortress was a gift to the Blood Ravens from the legendary Imperial Fists. When asked about it Chapter Master Pugh was reported to say: "THEY TOOK WHAT!?""
2012/01/08 20:46:59
Subject: Re:local Social Security office turned into a random Homeland Security checkpoint Tuesday morning,
J-Roc77 wrote:Wow...I wouldn't show my ID, we do not live in a police state. Unreasonable search? If I didn't carry an ID, whats the worst they could do, not let me enter the building based on....?
Arrest you and deport you to El Salvador?
I would try to use an illegal immigrants name from the Bahamas.....free vacation!
Ikasarete Iru
Graffiti from Pompeii: VIII.2 (in the basilica); 1882: The one who buggers a fire burns his penis
Xenophanes: "If horses had Gods, they would look like horses!"
2012/01/08 20:48:20
Subject: local Social Security office turned into a random Homeland Security checkpoint Tuesday morning,
I think the towns overreacting they just had a little visit from the Inquisition.
"The Imperium is nothing if not willing to go to any lengths necessary. So the Trekkies are zipping around at warp speed taking small chucks out of an nigh-on infinite amount of ships, with the Imperium being unable to strike back. feth it, says central command, and detonates every vortex warhead in the fleet, plunging the entire sector into the Warp. Enjoy tentacle-rape, Kirk, we know Sulu will." -Terminus
"This great fortress was a gift to the Blood Ravens from the legendary Imperial Fists. When asked about it Chapter Master Pugh was reported to say: "THEY TOOK WHAT!?""
2012/01/08 20:53:17
Subject: Re:local Social Security office turned into a random Homeland Security checkpoint Tuesday morning,
J-Roc77 wrote:Wow...I wouldn't show my ID, we do not live in a police state. Unreasonable search? If I didn't carry an ID, whats the worst they could do, not let me enter the building based on....?
Arrest you and deport you to El Salvador?
I would try to use an illegal immigrants name from the Bahamas.....free vacation!
Thats executive thinking right there!
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
2012/01/08 20:55:42
Subject: local Social Security office turned into a random Homeland Security checkpoint Tuesday morning,
*This Thread is under review by the Inquisition for HERETICAL content, Thank you, and have a nice day*
"The Imperium is nothing if not willing to go to any lengths necessary. So the Trekkies are zipping around at warp speed taking small chucks out of an nigh-on infinite amount of ships, with the Imperium being unable to strike back. feth it, says central command, and detonates every vortex warhead in the fleet, plunging the entire sector into the Warp. Enjoy tentacle-rape, Kirk, we know Sulu will." -Terminus
"This great fortress was a gift to the Blood Ravens from the legendary Imperial Fists. When asked about it Chapter Master Pugh was reported to say: "THEY TOOK WHAT!?""
2012/01/09 14:24:54
Subject: Re:local Social Security office turned into a random Homeland Security checkpoint Tuesday morning,
...this response and yet when I complained about going out for a run and being IDed by cops on more than one occasion for having done nothing, general response is that it was somehow my fault. Nobody should have to identify themselves for simply walking, ever.
Worship me.
2012/01/09 16:29:36
Subject: local Social Security office turned into a random Homeland Security checkpoint Tuesday morning,
In the UK we once had some friendly chaps called the IRA setting bombs off left, right and center. We never needed this kind of crap to deal with them and they really went for it (my mum lived through two seperate bomb attacks on her place of work in central London and was inconvenienced by several more).
Just out of interest have there actually been any successful terrorist attacks on the mainland U.S. since 9/11? I haven't heard of any apart from the odd lone nutter.
Do you want to give up your freedom to Federal agencies or do you want to vote for someone else. IMHO two political parties do not make for a balanced democracy.
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More have died in the name of normality than ever for strangeness. Beware of normal people.
He who asks a question is a fool for 5 minutes; He who does not is a fool forever. (Confucius).
SilverMK2 wrote:I thought crap like this is why you guys love guns so much
Yes, but we need more.
Guns I mean.
The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
My blog
2012/01/09 16:44:41
Subject: local Social Security office turned into a random Homeland Security checkpoint Tuesday morning,
d-usa wrote:Of course not, which must mean that the TSA, the PATRIOT Act, and domestic spying is working.
That does make sense. Though you can never give up too much freedom in order to be safe
Correlation does not equal causation.
The freedoms you have lost as a nation are really not worth the risks. All you needed was tighter airport security which was lax to say the least on domestic flights.
Britain has a large population of people that have a reason (justified or not) to be annoyed at the government and we haven't lost half as many rights. We have had one attack and we have thwarted about 30-40 attempts since 9/11 (yes it is that many, the court sessions are held behind closed doors) that I can recall but we have not needed anything like the DHS.
If you give up freedoms to fight terrorists the terorists win.
More have died in the name of normality than ever for strangeness. Beware of normal people.
He who asks a question is a fool for 5 minutes; He who does not is a fool forever. (Confucius).
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
2012/01/09 18:13:02
Subject: local Social Security office turned into a random Homeland Security checkpoint Tuesday morning,
More have died in the name of normality than ever for strangeness. Beware of normal people. 
