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Under Jade Helm, Extracted American Resistance Leaders Will be Sent to Guantanamo

Under Jade Helm, Extracted American Resistance Leaders Will be Sent to Guantanamo

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The purpose of this article is to reveal the end game of Jade Helm and expose the lies coming from President Obama when it comes to his announced intention to close the terrorist detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
For 10 days, I have been sitting on information that President Obama is going imprison key Patriot leaders at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. On April 14th, I received another confirmation from my most trusted source. In the past 10 days, I have been seeking to find circumstantial confirmation that my two sources are correct. This is what I have determined.

Changing the Mission at Guantanamo Bay

Despite assurances that Obama intends to close the terrorist prison facility at Guantanamo Bay, he does not. Although he is in the process of eventually releasing or transferring all terrorists from Guantanamo Bay, he plans to maintain the facility for future prisoners (i.e. the new terrorists) and this intention is likely tied to the Jade Helm drills.

Obama Wants To Close Guantanamo?

In 2014, President Obama announced that he was going to begin to either release terrorists, or have them transferred to other prisons. However, Obama’s plan to clear space at Guantanamo by releasing or transferring terrorists from the facility has met with stiff resistance from his own people.
Former Defense Secretary, Chuck Hagel, not the President, is given the final authority to transfer any of the 149 terror suspects being held at Guantanamo. Hagel’s former spokesmen formerly stated that they must carefully consider the risks before signing off on any releases and transfers.
Hagel dragged his feet when it came to the release of terrorists at Guantanamo. I strongly suspect that Hagel believed that Obama was going to replace “al-Qaeda prisoners” with American dissidents and he was not on board with this.
The slow pace of moving the facility at Guantanamo Bay was the result of a law that gave the Defense Secretary, not the commander in chief, the final authority regarding the disposition on the handling of these prisoners.
Chuck Hagel, to his credit, was clearly not going along with Obama’s plan to release known terrorists. And where is Hagel at today? He was fired by Obama and now we are just beginning to learn the truth behind the sacking of Hagel. Simply put, Chuck Hagel was fired as the Defense Secretary because he was not on board with transferring terrorists to American prisons, or worse yet, simply releasing some of the most dangerous terrorists on the planet and replacing them with American, “home-grown, domestic terrorists”.

The DNI Report Exposes Obama’s Guantanamo Agenda

The Director of National Intelligence released a report this week indicating that the United States has “confirmed” that 116 detainees, imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay have “transferred” out of the prison. According to DNI records most of these terrorists have subsequently reengaged in terrorist or insurgent activities. So why is President Obama engaged in such an insane act?
In light of the new DNI report, House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul criticized President Obama’s policy of releasing Guantanamo detainees. “At a time when Islamist extremists are surging worldwide, President Obama’s policy of releasing hardened terrorists from the Guantanamo Bay facility is replenishing their ranks,” said McCaul. “This administration must reassess its reckless detainee policies and stop freeing terrorists.”

Why Is Obama Clearing Space At Gitmo?


In January of this year, President Obama released five more terrorists from Guantánamo Bay, though you’d be hard-pressed to understand it from the New York Times headline: “US Moves Five Yemenis from Guantanamo.”  Moved? What kind of insane act and subsequent statement is that?  Where did they move to? The answer to that last question is that it really does not matter because what does matter, is that Obama is clearing space at Guantanamo for a new type of prisoner.

Stupidity, or An Overt Act of Treason?


The release of these terrorists has replenished the ranks of al-Qaeda and strengthened and emboldened ISIS as well. Please consider the fact that we now have it on good authority that ISIS is operating a base camp, in Mexico, just a few miles from American soil. The circumstances behind the existence of this camp bears some analysis.

ISIS is operating a camp just a few miles from El Paso, Texas, according to Judicial Watch sources that includes a Mexican Army field grade officer and a Mexican Federal Police Inspector. Yet, President Obama is completely ignoring this fact. This is a monumental national security issue and all we hear from the Obama administration are the proverbial crickets chirping. Meanwhile, he is releasing terrorists who are potentially strengthening this force accordingly to the DNI report. This is an undeniable case of treason. I will fully cover the implications of the existence of this ISIS base camp located just a few miles from the American border in a future article.

With regard to this issue, a very big question looms: Why is Obama releasing terrorists and these releases will only serve to strengthen the forces at this ISIS base camp?

As the facts begin to surface regarding the release of terrorists from Guantanamo, coupled with the coincidental timing of Jade Helm 15 drills in conjunction with the discovery of this ISIS base camp only a few miles from American soil, it is becoming more likely that these three events are connected and will culminate in a false flag event designed to bring about martial law under the auspices of Jade Helm.


A false flag event would give the Jade Helm forces the pretext to take the drill live and extract dissidents and impose martial law.

Obama Has No Intention of Closing Guantanamo

I received a pair of emails over the past few days which stated that Army Reservists from South Dakota were being deployed in the first week of May to Guantanamo for non-specific training. Guantanamo is a single use facility as they are specifically in the prison business. Further investigation into the claim that reservists are being trained in Guantanamo type of duties, in ever-greater numbers, can be validated.  
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Dave,
I have a friend whose son is in the Army Reserves.  He and his unit are being deployed to Guantanamo Bay sometime this summer.  It is my understanding this unit is military police/security type unit. Do you think this has anything to do with Jade Helm?
Thanks for your great reporting and hard work to inform the masses! God Bless!
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Hi Dave,
My brother is being deployed to Guantanamo in May. He is in the Army Reserves out of South Dakota. He is being trained on internment policies and procedures. I thought Obama said he was closing Guantanamo? What is going on? Is this where they are going to take Americans who are kidnapped during Jade Helm? My brother does not like this drill and is dreading going to Guantanamo.
Please write back with opinion-     thanks, I read your articles everyday.
Best wishes,
Susan
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The Army Times announced a month ago that the Reservists from New York will also be training at Guantanamo. Further, forces from the U.S. Southern Command are training at the same facility. In fact, there are multiple Reserves that are training at Guantanamo. Why are so many Reservists training at Gitmo over the next couple of months since Obama is seriously reducing the number of actual terrorists are being held at the facility and Obama’s ultimate goal is to close Guantanamo? It is clear that Obama never intends to close the facility, he only plans to change the type of prisoners he houses there.

No Shortage of FEMA Camps

As I have previously reported, there are approximately 800 FEMA camps. Adding to this number are all sports arenas and stadiums and malls that have a signed agreement qith DHS to allow their facilities to be used to house Americans in case of a national “emergency”.
Yesterday, Walmart began closing several stores. Many suspect that Walmart is the latest that will allow DHS to commandeer its stores in times of emergency. After all, Walmart has been in bed with DHS since the Napolitano “See something, say something” campaign of five years ago.
Different kinds of detention camps allow for the classifcation and resettlement (re: FM 3-39.40) activities associated with any roundup of American citizens.
It is obvious that any leadership from any form of resistance would need to be segregated from the rank and file dissidents in order to limit their influence. Nowhere, do we read a description about where the resistance leadership will be detained, until now.

What About the Future of Guantanamo?

Al-Qaeda can stand down, America has a new breed of terrorist and its ranks are growing with each passing day.
This new breed of terrorist is referred to in DHS documents, as “home-grown, domestic terrorists”. The presence of these newly classified terrorists was first made known by the DHS report which has come to be referred to as the MIAC Report. And just who are these new terrorists? According to the report, they Bible-believing Christians, Second Amendment supporters, Constitutionalists, former supporters of Ron Paul, Chuck Baldwin, Bob Barr, the so-called patriot movement and other political activist organizations opposed to the North American Union and the New World Order are the “new terrorists”. In other words, average Americans have been declared to be the new enemies of the state. Both Jade Helm and the MIAC Report are overt acts of war being committed by the government against its people.

Conclusion

It is clear, that when it comes to the detention facility at Guantanamo, Obama is simply going to replace one set of prisoners (i.e. terrorists) with another (i.e. American citizens). The Reservists are preparing to accept future prisoners at Guantanamo which will include the leaders of the present resistance movement. In order to accomplish this goal, al-Qaeda must be relocated to prisons inside of the United States and this is exactly what is happening.
For now, this is a just a drill. However, many believe that a false flag event is what will be needed to make Jade Helm go live. Having an ISIS base camp a few miles from the American border, as well as the failed state of the economy, are among the possibilities that could certainly provide the impetus for a false flag event and subsequently, Jade Helm could go live.


Dave Hodges

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Green Berets Are Coming to Aggieland

Posted by Featured Stories, News Thursday, February 26th, 2015
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Logo of JADE HELM 15, the nickname of the realistic military training exercise.
This August, Brazos County will be invaded by the Green Berets. County commissioners earlier this month approved the U.S. Army’s request to conduct realistic military training.
Spokesman Tom Mead from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, says it’s part of JADE HELM 15, an exercise involving multiple military branches that will take place in seven states over an eight week period.
The Green Berets will be freshening up on their skills in unconventional warfare. Mead, who served 20 years in Army special forces, says it’s similar to the United States helping the French Underground after Germany captured France during World War II.
Mead says training will be based on the Texas A&M Riverside campus. There will also be increased aircraft activity at night in and out of Easterwood Airport.
Other Texas locations for the mass training includes Caldwell and Bastrop.
Mead says other participants includes the Navy Seals, Air Force and Marine special operations, and the 82nd Airborne Division.
Click below to listen to the county commission presentation.
021015 Realistic Military Training presentation
Click HERE to read background information presented to Brazos County commissioners.
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Privacy Documents for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Privacy Documents for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

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DHS/FEMA/PIA-001 - EP&R Individual Assistance Privacy Impact Assessment

EP&R Individual Assistance Privacy Impact Assessment, September 21, 2004 (PDF, 12 pages - 449 KB) The purpose of this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) is to provide details about this collection of information and how privacy may be impacted by permitting victims of a disaster to submit personal information via an Internet-based version of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Form 90-69. The data is the same as the existing paper-based version of the same form, which is covered by an existing approved system of records.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-002 - 9/11 Heroes Stamp Act of 2001 File System

9/11 Heroes Stamp Act of 2001 File System, July 26, 2005 (PDF, 13 pages - 229 KB) This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) applies to the systems and procedures implemented by FEMA to distribute the funds raised from the sale of the Heroes semipostal stamp to benefit eligible emergency relief personnel killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty and to their families. The Heroes Stamp Act, Public Law 107-67, directed the United States Postal Service (USPS) to issue a semipostal stamp and distribute the proceeds through the Federal Emergency Management Agency to the families of emergency relief personnel killed or permanently disabled while serving in the line of duty in connection with the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. In order to distribute the funds, it is necessary for FEMA to collect and maintain in a database, which is used to track agency activities, personal information from either the victims or their personal representatives. Associated with the above PIA and published concurrently is a Privacy Act of 1974, System of Records Notice for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate (ERP), Federal Emergency Management Agency , 9/11 Heroes Stamp Act of 2001 File System, July 26, 2005 (PDF, 13 pages - 169 KB) and Notice of Availability of Privacy Impact Assessment, July 26, 2005 (PDF, 2 pages - 72 KB)
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-005 - FEMA National Disaster Medical System Professional Credentials

FEMA National Disaster Medical System Professional Credentials, October 13, 2006 (PDF, 19 pages - 279 KB) The National Disaster Medical System Medical Professional Credentials (NDMS) provides health services, health-related social services, other appropriate human services, and appropriate auxiliary services including mortuary and veterinary medical services in times of national emergency, and providers respond to the needs of victims of a public health emergency or other public emergency, as defined in 42 USC §§ 300hh-11(b)(3)(A). The NDMS program collects and maintains personally identifiable information in order to hire and retain qualified medical professionals and other professionals that can be activated and deployed in times of emergency.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-006 - FEMA National Emergency Management Information System Mitigation Electronic Grants Management System

FEMA National Emergency Management Information System Mitigation Electronic Grants Management system, January 16, 2007 (PDF, 26 pages - 390 KB) The Federal Emergency Management Agency operates the National Emergency Management Information System (NEMIS) Mitigation (MT) Electronic Grants Management (eGrants) system. The eGrants system is an online grant application and grant management system. This privacy impact assessment (PIA) is being conducted because personally identifiable information may be included in grant applications made by States or local communities.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-008 - First Responder Training System (FRTS)

First Responder Training System (FRTS), July 16, 2008 (PDF, 15 Pages - 277 KB) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency has developed the First Responder Training System (FRTS), FirstResponderTraining.gov. FRTS serves as a central access point to validate, FEMA-approved Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) training and information. FRTS is an internet-based tool used to guarantee the provision of critical training for First Responders. The purpose of this PIA is to ensure the privacy risks associated with the collection of personally identifiable information (PII) are addressed for this new system.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-009(a) - Document Management and Records Tracking System (DMARTS)

Document Management and Records Tracking System (DMARTS), May 15, 2013, (PDF, 18 pages-283KB).  FEMA Mission Support Bureau (MSB), Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) operates the Document Management and Records Tracking System (DMARTS). DMARTS is an electronic document management and records management system that retrieves, stores, and disseminates PII on individuals applying for disaster assistance benefits.  FEMA conducted this PIA because DMARTS retrieves, stores, and disseminates PII about members of the public seeking disaster assistance from FEMA.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-010 - Homeland Security Virtual Assistance Center (HSVAC)

Homeland Security Virtual Assistance Center (HSVAC), November 3, 2008 (PDF, 14 pages - 246 KB) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency National Preparedness Directorate (NPD) operates the Homeland Security Virtual Assistance Center (HSVAC). HSVAC is an advanced web-based, technical assistance management solution that supports FEMA in the scheduling, coordination, and management of training provided to First Responders, including state and local government entities and organizations. FEMA has conducted this privacy impact assessment (PIA) because HSVAC will use and maintain personally identifiable information (PII) to authenticate user identities of those individuals requesting access to the application.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-011 - National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)

National Flood Insurance Program Information Technology System October 12, 2012 (PDF, 23 pages-211.26 KB) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration (FIMA) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) owns and operates the NFIP Information Technology System (ITS). The NFIP ITS processes flood insurance policies and claims, specifically, policies and claims from the FEMA Direct Servicing Agent (DSA) contractor on behalf of the NFIP and by Write Your Own Companies (WYO) that sell and service flood insurance policies. An NFIP flood insurance policy can be obtained directly from a DSA through a licensed insurance broker or from WYOs. Since 1983, participating insurance companies have delivered and serviced NFIP policies in their own names, through the “Write Your Own” arrangement. The policy coverage and premiums do not differ if purchased from the DSA or WYOs. FEMA is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because NFIP ITS collects, uses, maintains, retrieves, and disseminates personally identifiable information (PII) about individuals who purchase, as well as those who process, flood insurance policies from NFIP and individuals requesting access to the system.
DHS/FEMA/PIA-007 FEMA National Flood Insurance Program Map Service Center, February 12, 2007 (PDF, 21 Pages - 440 KB) The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Map Service Center or MSC (formerly known as the NFIP Information Exchange) exists to provide immediate access to flood map information for any area in the United States to anyone needing map information. The NFIP Map Service Center is the Federal Emergency Management Agency's distribution center for the NFIP's 100,000 Flood Insurance Rate Maps, 12,000 flood studies, and other related material. A user may freely view the entire map online or purchase a paper map, purchase a digital version of the map on compact disc, or download the map from the website. It is the collection of personally identifiable information associated with the collection of customer information that is the reason for and subject of this privacy impact assessment (PIA).
DHS/FEMA/PIA-004 FEMA National Flood Insurance Program Appeals Procedure, February 9, 2006 (PDF, 13 pages - 183 KB). The intent of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is to reduce future flood damage through effective community floodplain management, and insurance protection for property owners. Congress designated FEMA to be the administrator of the NFIP and the FEMA Mitigation Division has responsibility for program management and oversight. The NFIP Appeal Procedure will provide the individual policyholder a voluntary option for resolving problems by requesting an appeal of their NFIP insurance claim without proceeding to a lawsuit.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-012(a) - Disaster Assistance Improvement Plan (DAIP)

Disaster Assistance Improvement Program (DAIP) November 16, 2012 (PDF, 27 pages-384 KB). FEMA’s Office of Response & Recovery (OR&R), Recovery Directorate, National Processing Service Center (NPSC) Operations Branch  sponsors and funds the DAIP.  In accordance with Executive Order 13411 “Improving Assistance for Disaster Victims,” DAIP developed the Disaster Assistance Center (DAC) system. As a part of DAIP, DAC maintains disaster survivor application and registration information collected through various media including: (1) DAIP paper forms (attached at Appendix A), (2) the www.disasterassistance.gov website, (3) the http://m.fema.gov mobile website, and (4) via telephone.  DAIP/DAC shares the information with the National Emergency Management Information System (NEMIS) – Individual Assistance (IA) module to facilitate eligibility determinations and with other federal, tribal, state, local, and non-profit agencies/organizations that also service disaster survivors.  FEMA is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because DAIP/DAC collects, uses, maintains, retrieves, and disseminates personally identifiable information (PII) of disaster survivors who either request IA benefits from FEMA or whom FEMA may refer to its partners.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-013 - Grant Management Programs

Grant Management Programs, February 19, 2015 (PDF, 20 pages).  FEMA administers and manages grants to enhance the level of preparedness of its customers and stakeholders, and the public’s ability to prevent, mitigate, respond to, and recover from all hazards. FEMA determines awards for both disaster and non-disaster grants, and manages the grant lifecycle for all grantees, as well as internal and external partners, and ensures critical and measurable results. FEMA updated and republished this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because FEMA collects PII from grant applicants as part of the grant application process.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-014(a) - National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System (NEFRLS)

National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System (NEFRLS), July 14, 2011 (PDF, 9 pages - 193 KB) The Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) operates the National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System (NEFRLS). The NEFRLS system is a Web-based system that, when activated, collects information from individuals to assist in reuniting family that have been displaced as a result of a presidentially-declared disaster or emergency. An initial Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) was completed and approved for the NEFRLS system on August 27, 2009. This PIA update outlines and analyzes substantive enhancements made to the NEFRLS system including new information collected on law enforcement officers for identity verification and authentication purposes. When FEMA is conducting a search on behalf of a displaced individual the collection of cell phone numbers allows the FEMA Disaster Assistance Improvement Program system to use its text messaging functions to notify the individual when an official missing person report has been submitted.
DHS/FEMA/PIA-014 National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System (NEFRLS), August 27, 2009 (PDF, 18 pages - 272 KB)
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-015 - Quality Assurance Recording System (QARS)

Quality Assurance Recording System (QARS), August 15, 2014 (PDF, 20 pages).  FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery (ORR), Recovery Directorate, National Processing Service Center (NPSC) Division operates the Quality Assurance Recording System (QARS). QARS captures telephone and computer screen recordings for the purpose of evaluating employee and contractor performance. These evaluations are designed to improve customer service to disaster assistance applicants requesting assistance under the Robert T Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. FEMA conducted this PIA because QARS captures PII about Individual Assistance and Public Assistance applicants, as well as FEMA employees and contractors.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-016 - Application and Registration Records for Training and Exercise Programs (ARRTEP)

Application and Registration Records for Training and Exercise Programs (ARRTEP),March 3, 2011 (PDF, 20 pages – 275 KB) The Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) sponsors, hosts and conducts numerous training and exercise programs in support of its mission. These programs collect personally identifiable information (PII) to register individuals for the respective training and exercise programs and to coordinate field exercises and provide training to FEMA employees, contractors, and members of the first responder and emergency management communities. This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) covers programs that collect basic PII but do not require sensitive PII such as Social Security numbers, dates of birth, financial and medical information for registration purposes.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-017 - Federal/Emergency Response Official (F/ERO) Repository

Federal/Emergency Response Official (F/ERO) Repository, June 20, 2011 (PDF, 21 pages – 274 KB) The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Office of National Capital Region Coordination (NCRC) owns and operates the Federal Emergency Response Official (F/ERO) Repository. FEMA uses the F/ERO Repository as the authoritative data source to identify and verify federal employees/contractors, and participating non-federal employees/contractors likely to respond during times of response and recovery for natural disasters, terrorism, or other emergencies. The F/ERO Repository allows for immediate electronic verification of an employee/contractor’s personal identity and emergency management attribute at a given disaster zone. The purpose of this PIA is to document how FEMA collects, uses, maintains, and disseminates PII.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-018 Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR)

Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR), September 9, 2011 (PDF, 12 pages - 158.56 KB) The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), manages a process for Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR). This process, assigned to FEMA’s Office of the Chief Security Officer (OCSO), is designed to collect, investigate, analyze, and report suspicious activities to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), Federal Protective Service (FPS), and/or other federal, state, or local law enforcement authorities required to investigate and respond to terrorist threats or hazards to homeland security. FEMA is conducting this privacy impact assessment (PIA) because this SAR process collects, maintains, and uses personally identifiable information (PII).
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-019 Firehouse Database (Unclassified and Classified) Assistance Privacy Impact Assessment

Firehouse Database (Unclassified and Classified) Privacy Impact Assessment, December 15, 2011 (PDF, 15 pages - 211 KB). The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center (MWEOC) Emergency Services Division (ESD) owns and operates two Firehouse Databases: 1) Firehouse Database (classified); and 2) Firehouse Database (unclassified). The difference between the two databases is that the classified Firehouse Database contains classified locations on which MWEOC ESD may respond at the MWEOC facility. FEMA uses the unclassified and unclassified Firehouse Database to manage the collection, documentation, and reporting of information about emergency incidents, incident investigations, site inventory and inspections, staffing, scheduling, and personnel certifications and training of FEMA paramedics, emergency management technicians, firefighters, and other first responders at MWEOC ESD. FEMA is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because FEMA’s unclassified and classified Firehouse Database collects, uses, maintains, retrieves, and disseminates personally identifiable information (PII) of MWEOC residents, employees and contractors, visitors, as well as members of the immediate local community surrounding MWEOC. This PIA covers both the unclassified and classified Firehouse Databases.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-020(a) Web Integrated Financial Management Information System (Web-IFMIS)

Web-IFMIS (Integrated Financial Management Information System), August 16, 2013, (PDF, 176 KB, 14 pages).  FEMA’s Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) owns and operates Web-IFMIS. Web-IFMIS is FEMA’s official accounting and financial management system that pulls all of FEMA’s financial data from other FEMA, DHS, and Government-wide systems (subsystems), and is the source of data for both internal and external financial reporting. The system records and tracks all financial transactions. FEMA is conducting this PIA because Web-IFMIS collects, uses, maintains, retrieves, and disseminates PII from the subsystems. This PIA replaces the previously published DHS/FEMA/PIA-020 Integrated Financial Management Information System Merger (IFMIS - Merger), located in the Retirement section below.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-021- Advanced Call Center Network (ACCN) Platform

Advanced Call Center Network (ACCN) Platform, March 23, 2012 (PDF, 12 pages - 205.41 KB) The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Office of Response and Recovery (OR&R), Recovery Directorate, Individual Assistance (IA) Division, operates the Advanced Call Center Network (ACCN) Platform. ACCN provides intelligent call routing for FEMA's National Processing and Service Centers (NPSCs) in support of disaster survivors who are applicants for FEMA individual assistance (hereafter referred to as "individual assistance disaster applicants"). The purpose of this system is to provide applicants requesting assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act), the highest quality of technology and support services. FEMA is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because ACCN uses individual assistance disaster applicants' personally identifiable information (PII) to provide status updates regarding their individual assistance disaster application.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-022 – Student Training/Exercise Application and Registration Records (STARRS)

Student Training/Exercise Application and Registration Records (STARRS), March 29, 2012 (PDF, 20 pages – 15.55 MB) The DHS FEMA collects, uses, maintains, retrieves, and disseminates STARRS of sponsors, hosts, and attendees and conducts numerous training and exercise programs/systems, including conferences and seminars hosted by FEMA, in support of its mission. These programs collect PII to register individuals for the respective training and exercise programs/systems; coordinate field exercises; and support the general administration of all registration, training, and exercise delivery and course evaluation for FEMA employees, contractors, members of the first responder community, as well as others. Where possible, FEMA’s training and exercise programs/systems collect non-sensitive PII such as contact information, business card information, biographies, and phone lists, as published in the FEMA Application and Registration Records for Training and Exercise Programs PIA. Those include some programs within FEMA’s Office of the Component Chief Human Capital Officer (OCCHCO), Federal Employee Knowledge Center, and Learning Management System. Other programs, such as those sponsored by the National Training and Education Division, National Emergency Training Center, Emergency Management Institute, National Fire Academy, Center for Domestic Preparedness, and others from OCCHCO collect Sensitive PII such as Social Security Numbers, performance information, financial information, name plus date of birth, and medical information because of the nature of the training or exercise program. This PIA documents how FEMA collects, uses, maintains, retrieves, and disseminates SPII in support of its training and exercise missions.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-023 - Enterprise Coordination and Approval Processing System (eCAPS)

Enterprise Coordination and Approval Processing System (eCAPS), May 21, 2012 (PDF, 17 pages – 180 KB) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Office of Response and Recovery (OR&R) operates the Enterprise Coordination and Approvals Processing System (eCAPS) application. Following a Presidentially-declared disaster, OR&R utilizes eCAPS, a FEMA intranet-based application, to collect, use, maintain, and disseminate personally identifiable information (PII) from federal and state points of contact (POCs) who request disaster support from FEMA. eCAPS tracks action requests, electronic coordination and approval of internal requisitions for services and supplies, and mission assignments. This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) is being conducted because eCAPS collects, uses, maintains, and disseminates PII from federal and state POCs.

DHS/FEMA/PIA-024- Accounting Package (ACCPAC)

Accounting Package (ACCPAC), June 8, 2012 (PDF, 13 pages - 192 KB) ACCPAC is a commercial off the shelf product that assists FEMA Accounts Receivable personnel track, monitor, and manage debts owed to the Agency. FEMA conducted this PIA because ACCPAC collects, uses, maintains, retrieves, and disseminates personally identifiable information (PII), including Employer Identification Numbers (EIN) and Social Security Numbers (SSN) to perform its tasks.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-025 – Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) System

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) System, June 28, 2012 (PDF, 15 pages- 3 MB) The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration (FIMA) operates the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) system. The HMGP system is a grant application and management system. This privacy impact assessment (PIA) is being conducted because the FEMA FIMA HMGP system may collect, use, maintain, retrieve, and disseminate personally identifiable information (PII) of grantees or sub-grantees as well PII on individual property owners associated with the grants or sub-grants.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-026 – Operational Data Store and Enterprise Data Warehouse

Operational Data Store (ODS) and Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW), June 29, 2012 (PDF, 26 pages - 225 KB) ODS and EDW replicate source system-provided data from other operational FEMA systems and provides a simplified way of producing Agency reports for internal use as well for external stakeholders. FEMA conducted this PIA because ODS and EDW collect, use, maintain, retrieve, and disseminate personally identifiable information (PII) pulled from the source systems.
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  • Since ODS and EDW do not collect information directly from individuals and no new information is created through the system about individuals, the information contained in the source systems performing the original collection is covered by the individual SORNs for those systems as listed in the PIA above.

DHS/FEMA/PIA-027 – National Emergency Management Information System-Individual Assistance (NEMIS-IA) Web-based and Client-based Modules

National Emergency Management Information System-Individual Assistance (NEMIS-IA) Web-based and Client-based Modules, June 29, 2012 (PDF, 19 pages - 274 KB). FEMA conducted this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because NEMIS-IA collects, uses, maintains, retrieves, and disseminates the personally identifiable information (PII) of applicants to FEMA’s disaster recovery individual assistance programs.
Associated SORN(s):

DHS/FEMA/PIA-028 - Mapping Information Platform (MIP)

Mapping Information Platform, April 30, 2013, (PDF 4MB, 20 pages).  FEMA’s Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration (FIMA) owns and operates the Mapping Information Platform (MIP).  MIP supports the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and provides an online method for property owners and certifiers to reference and petition to update the maps that define floodplains throughout the United States and its territories.  FEMA is conducting this PIA because the MIP collects, uses, maintains, retrieves, and disseminates the PII of property owners seeking changes to FEMA flood maps or purchasing flood mapping services and products through MIP; certifiers (i.e., Registered Professional Engineers and Licensed Land Surveyors) acting on behalf of property owners; and state and local government officials with authority over a community’s floodplain management activities. This PIA replaces the previously published DHS/FEMA/PIA-003.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-029 - Citizen Corps Program

Citizen Corps Program, June 28, 2013 (PDF, 160 KB, 12 pages).  FEMA’s Office of Protection and National Preparedness (PNP), Individual and Community Preparedness Division (ICPD) administers the Citizen Corps Program, which also includes the Citizen Corps web-based application, and the Citizen Corps Database. Citizen Corps’ mission is to strengthen the collaboration between government and community leaders from all sectors to encourage citizens’ preparedness through education, training, and volunteer service to make communities safer, stronger, and better prepared to respond to all hazards and all threats. Through Citizen Corps, communities can establish and register Citizen Corps Councils (Councils) and Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) programs. This PIA analyzes Citizen Corps’ collection, use, maintenance, retrieval, and dissemination of PII associated with points of contacts designated by Councils, CERTs, and other Citizen Corps partners.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-030, FEMA Smartphone Application with Disaster Reporter Feature

FEMA Smartphone Application with Disaster Reporter Feature, July 29, 2013 (PDF 2.42 MB, 12 pages).
FEMA’s Office of External Affairs, Public Affairs Division sponsors the Smartphone Application with the Disaster Reporter feature, which provides users the ability to upload and transmit photos and text descriptions from the scene of a disaster via any smartphone to FEMA. FEMA then displays the user provided information on a public-facing map which allows FEMA, its stakeholders, and members of the public to view the compiled crowd source information for situational awareness, and to help inform decision making. The Disaster Reporter Application does not collect, use, or transmit PII from users; however, it does collect geospatial information (location data) pertaining to where the photos were taken. FEMA conducted this PIA to address the privacy impact of FEMA’s use of the smartphone geospatial functions with mobile media for delivering information to the public.
No associated SORN.

DHS/FEMA/PIA-031-Authentication and Provisioning Services (APS)

Authentication and Provisioning Services (APS), August 6, 2013, (PDF, 311 KB, 16 pages).  FEMA Mission Support, Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), manages and operates the APS system.  APS is FEMA’s enterprise platform system that provides identification, authentication, account management, and Active Directory account provisioning to internal and external users, through Microsoft Active Directory Servers.  FEMA is conducting this PIA because APS collects, uses, maintains, and retrieves PII about employees; contractors; members of the public; and federal, state, local, and tribal government officials.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-032-Deployment Programs

Deployment Programs, August 16, 2013, (PDF, 230 KB, 26 pages).  FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery (OR&R), Response Directorate, Incident Workforce Management Office (IWMO) Deployment Unit, coordinates deployment programs under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act). To deploy disaster response and recovery personnel, the IWMO Deployment Unit operates the Automated Deployment Database (ADD) system. FEMA collects information from FEMA disaster response and recovery personnel assigned to support disaster response and recovery operations and uses that information to coordinate and manage deployments. FEMA is conducting this PIA because FEMA collects, uses, maintains, retrieves, and disseminates PII through ADD for the purpose of coordinating and managing deployments.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-033-Deployment Qualifications Program

Deployment Qualifications Program, August 16, 2013, (PDF, 190 KB, 15 pages).  FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery, Response Directorate, Incident Workforce Management Office (IWMO) Deployment Unit, maintains the FEMA Qualification System (FQS), a set of performance measures and criteria used to establish and evaluate disaster response and recovery personnel competency. To assign and qualify deployment personnel, FEMA leverages the FQS doctrine with the Automated Deployment Database (ADD), Learning Management System (LMS), Enterprise Data Warehouse/Operational Data Store (EDW/ODS), and the Department of Interior (DOI), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Incident Qualifications and Certification System (IQCS), to track job titles, certifications, and training of participants in FEMA’s deployment programs. FEMA is conducting this PIA because, in conjunction with FQS, FEMA collects, uses, maintains, retrieves, and disseminates PII through ADD and other systems, and shares it with DOI/BLM for the purpose of qualifying disaster response and recovery personnel for deployment.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-034(a) Electronic Fingerprint System

Electronic Fingerprint System (EFS), January 8, 2015.  FEMA’s Office of the Chief Security Officer (OSCO) is updating and replacing the original PIA dated September 24, 2013.  FEMA OCSO uses the EFS as part of the security suitability, clearance, and badging process for FEMA employees, contractors, and affiliates.  FEMA is conducting a PIA update because EFS collects PII, and now uses NPPD’s Office of Biometric Identity Management’s (OBIM) Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT) to store fingerprints as a part of its background investigations.
Previous PIAs:
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-035 Customer Satisfaction Analysis System (CSAS)

Customer Satisfaction Analysis System (CSAS), February 27, 2014, PDF, 19 pages.  The FEMA Recovery Directorate, Customer Satisfaction Analysis (CSA) Section owns and administers the Customer Satisfaction Analysis System (CSAS). CSAS collects, stores, and reports on responses received through surveys, questionnaires, focus groups, and/or one-on-one interviews designed to assess customer satisfaction and improving FEMA services. FEMA conducted this PIA because CSAS stores PII from FEMA employees and members of the public in order to conduct CSA’s customer service satisfaction assessments.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA – 036 Emergency Notification System (ENS)

Emergency Notification System, April 7, 2014, PDF, 14 pages.  FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery (ORR), Response Directorate, Operations Division, FEMA Operations Center, operates and directs the Emergency Notification System (ENS).  ENS provides alerts, notifications, warnings, and other similar operations during all hazards, threats, and emergencies to designated FEMA personnel, DHS employees, detailees, contractors, and employees of other participating federal, state, and local agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGO) in the event of a scheduled exercise or an actual emergency. FEMA conducted this PIA because ENS collects, uses, maintains, retrieves, and disseminates PII in order to provide this service to DHS.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA – 037 National Responder Support Camp (NRSC)

National Responder Support Camp, May 28, 2014, PDF 16 pages.  FEMA established the National Responder Support Camp (RSC) initiative to support FEMA’s mission to improve its ability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards. RSCs are contractor-built and operated structures that are assembled (as requested) during emergencies and disasters to provide shelter, food, and other basic needs to emergency response personnel. FEMA published this PIA for the initiative because FEMA collects PII from the emergency response personnel to provide secured access to the RSC.
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The following SORNs cover the collection of medical information from the responders:

DHS-FEMA-PIA-038(a) Virginia Systems Repository (VSR): Data Repositories

Virginia Systems Repository (VSR): Data Repositories, May 12, 2014 PDF, 8 pages.  FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery (OR&R) Recovery Directorate, develops, maintains, and supports the Virginia Systems Repository (VSR). VSR is a multifaceted system that develops and deploys applications and services to support the rapidly changing needs of FEMA programs. VSR also has data repository capabilities that systematically ingest and store information from various FEMA source systems for the explicit purpose of replication and use by VSR applications.  FEMA conducted this PIA to document the retrieval, replication, and storage of PII held in VSR data repositories.
Associated SORNs:
None.

DHS-FEMA-PIA–039 Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration Risk Insurance Division Underwriting and Claims Operation Review Tool (U-CORT)

U-CORT, August 29, 2014, PDF, 16 pages.  FEMA’s Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration (FIMA) Risk Insurance Division (RID) owns and operates the Underwriting and Claims Operation Review Tool (“U-CORT” or “Tool”).   U-CORT is a modernization of previously manual oversight mechanisms to improve the management of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) underwriting and claim loss adjustment process. This PIA documents how U-CORT collects, uses, disseminates, and maintains PII of NFIP policy holders associated with underwriting and claim operation reviews.
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DHS-FEMA-PIA-040 Deployment Tracking System Beta Test

Deployment Tracking System (DTS) Beta Test, March 20, 2015 (PDF, 19 pages).  FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery (ORR), Response Directorate, Incident Workforce Management Division (IWMD) coordinates deployment programs under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act). The IWMD Deployment Branch operates DTS to assign and track the deployment of disaster response and recovery personnel. FEMA conducted this PIA because FEMA collects uses, maintains, retrieves and disseminates PII through DTS to coordinate and manage emergency and disaster deployments of personnel.
Associated SORN(s):

Retired PIAs

DHS/FEMA/PIA-003 Mapping Information Platform (MIP), January 20, 2006 (PDF, 17 pages - 244 KB).
DHS/FEMA/PIA-011 National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Modernization/Business Process Improvement/Systems Engineering Management Support, November 26, 2008 (PDF, 18 pages - 348 KB)
DHS/FEMA/PIA-015 - Quality Assurance Recording System (QARS) Quality Assurance Recording System (QARS),November 10, 2010 (PDF, 19 pages – 274 KB).  Note: this PIA was replaced by a new version in 2014.
DHS/FEMA/PIA-020 Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) Merger, December 16, 2011 (PDF, 16 pages – 213.47 KB).

Last Published Date: April 23, 2015
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Black Helicopters Rehearse Transporting “American Enemy Combatants” to Jade Helm 15 “Black Sites”

Black Helicopters Rehearse Transporting “American Enemy Combatants” to Jade Helm 15 “Black Sites”

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Black helicopters deep in the heart of Texas.
Black helicopters deep in the heart of Texas.

Black helicopters in Texas moving “enemy combatants” from Point A to Point B


This is one of the "black sites" where torture of illegal detention of Chicago residents is taking place. These Chicago style black sites are appearing all around the country and they are a part of the Jade Helm 15 operation.
This is one of the “black sites” where torture of illegal detention of Chicago residents is taking place. These Chicago style black sites are appearing all around the country and they are a part of the Jade Helm 15 operation.
As I was working on a report concerning the existence of nationwide rendition centers known as black sites, I was sent a video, from multiple people, made by  Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton filming  black helicopters, yesterday, in Texas (see video below). This video validates many reports that I am receiving about preemptive arrests of dissidents notated as “enemy combatants” in preparation for Jade Helm 15 and this is what I believe the two reporters are witnessing.

Execution of Red List Activities to Remove Known Dissidents

Dissident extractions consist of personnel in armored vehicles descending upon a home of a known dissident. The known dissident and the family are SWAT-teamed and arrested. The dissident is transported to a waiting helicopter where they and other similarly collected dissidents are transported to where ground transportation will be used to move the captives to a “black site re-education facility”.  This protocol is for the main target only. The planned fate of dissident family members is something that I have not been able to determine

Jade Helm 15 Has Already Commenced


Please note that Jade Helm 15 (JH 15)  is not commencing on July 15, 2015, as announced by the military. JH 15 is happening right now. Further, JH 15 is not only taking place in the American Southwest, there are multiple reports that JH 15 is also being conducted in North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. In Florida, I have received reports of black sites that are in play and “dress rehearsals” are taking place as we speak. I have two reports from confidential sources that multiple black sites are in play in Tampa, FL
The dress rehearsals include, “abducting” drill volunteers as these people disappear to a black site for two days and then are released. One member of the staff at The Common Sense Show has also received a similar report, but to date, nobody has  had the courage to go on the record.
When I began to receive reports from around the country about the discovery of black sites (let’s call them what they are “Rendition centers”), I made official inquiries to the city government of Chicago and the Chicago Police Department regarding the funding sources of their black sites (Yes, Chicago has more than one site which includes an underground facility on the north side of the city). I suspect that these city-run black sites are receiving DHS money as a part of Program 1033 which has militarized local police departments. The funding for the Chicago black sites is a closely guarded “state secret”. Three days of inquiries made to Chicago city and police officials proved fruitless as they will “answer no questions on this topic”.
I went through a number of my sources who I thought would have inside information. One source has confirmed that extractions of known dissidents, designated as “enemy combatants” will take place before a declaration of martial law. It is clear to me that this is what we are seeing in the Dykes-Melton video. The landing of these helicopters is likely simulating prisoner transfers to waiting vehicles which will complete the transport of a known dissident to a black site. If on the other hand, if the helicopters were a part of a more standard military operation, we would see corresponding military activity on the ground. The Dykes-Melton video does not show any corresponding military activity. People in Texas and Florida should also be on the look out for simulated SWAT team raids which would be a part of this activity. This has captured the attention the media in Utah, as I am appearing on a Utah radio station on Friday afternoon to answer questions as to why I think Utah was designated to be a “hostile” state in the JH 15 literature.

Conclusion

The bigger questions remain: When will this military snap exercise, known as JH 15, actually go live? And will there be a false flag event which will serve as a precipitating event? When will real Americans begin to disappear? There is one question that can now be answered as we at least we now know why the NDAA was passed.
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Obama Admin Quietly Removes Iran and Hezbollah from “Terror List”

Obama Admin Quietly Removes Iran and Hezbollah from “Terror List”


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Unlike the Obama Administration's dealing with the United Arab Emirates concerning the designation of the Council on America-Islamic Relations as a terrorist organization, the administration has rather quietly removed Iran and Hezbollah as terrorist threats to the United States.
According to the Times of Israel:
An annual report delivered recently to the US Senate by James Clapper, the director of National Intelligence, removed Iran and Hezbollah from its list of terrorism threats, after years in which they featured in similar reports.

The unclassified version of the Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Communities, dated February 26, 2015 (PDF), noted Iran's efforts to combat Sunni extremists, including those of the ultra-radical Islamic State group, who were perceived to constitute the preeminent terrorist threat to American interests worldwide.

A January 2014 report from Clapper listed both Hezbollah and Iran in the "Terrorism" section, stating that both "continue to directly threaten the interests of U.S. allies. Hizballah [sic] has increased its global terrorist activity in recent years to a level that we have not seen since the 1990s." In fact, in 2011, 2012 and 2013, Iran was given its own "Regional Threats" subheading in the section of "Terrorism."
Though Iran has been removed from being considered a "threat assessment," it is still listed by the State Department as a state-supporter of terrorism. How exactly does that work?
Newsweekd adds:
Yet in the latest report, Clapper omits both Iran and Hezbollah from this section, only mentioning the Shiite Muslim militant group once in reference to the threat it faces from radical Sunni groups - such as ISIS and the al-Nusra Front - on Lebanon's borders. In regard to Iran, the report names it as both a cyber and regional threat to the U.S. because of its support for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.

However, the report speaks of Tehran's assistance in preventing "ISIL [another term for ISIS] from gaining large swaths of additional territory" in Iraq. It adds that the Islamic Republic has "intentions to dampen sectarianism, build responsive partners, and deescalate tensions with Saudi Arabia".

The report fails to mention that Hezbollah is labelled as a terrorist organisation by both the U.S. and the European Union, while it receives the majority of its funding from Tehran. The omission comes as Washington and other world powers continue to negotiate with Iran to strike a deal over its nuclear program and capabilities.

The assessment adds that Iran has "overarching strategic goals of enhancing its security, prestige, and regional influence [that] have led it to pursue capabilities to meet its civilian goals and give it the ability to build missile-deliverable nuclear weapons, if it chooses to do so."

What's going on here? According to professor of political science at Northeastern University and member at the Council of Foreign Relations Max Abrahms, the administration is involving itself in a "quid pro quo."
"I think that we are looking at a quid pro quo, where Iran helps us with counter-terrorism and we facilitate their nuclear ambitions and cut down on our labelling of them as terrorists," said Abrahms. "The world has changed. The Sunni threat has gotten worse, the Islamic State is a greater danger than al-Qaeda ever was, and the Iranians have really come up big in terms of helping us out in combating the Islamic State."
So, let's get this straight: An Islamic nation, who engages in jihad, calls America "The Great Satan," has threatened our allies and mocks us want to trade counter-terrorism information with us in exchange for our assistance in facilitating their nuclear program by not labeling them terrorist? After all, they are fighting the Islamic State, too, right? On top of that we are to trust the leadership of an alleged member of the Muslim Brotherhood, whose eligibility to hold the office of the president of the United States is incredibly questionable, whose brother is a known financier of the Muslim Brotherhood and whose close personal adviser in everything he does is an Iranian born woman, who was raised by parents and grandparents with deep Communist ties? I think not.

Forget Sunni and Shia here. Their foundations are in Islam, found in the teachings of Koran, and part of that teaching in taqiyyah. America would have done well to head the words of George Washington:

The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop. Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none; or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.

Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one people under an efficient government. the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel.

Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?

It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world; so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But, in my opinion, it is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend them.

Taking care always to keep ourselves by suitable establishments on a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies.

Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest. But even our commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand; neither seeking nor granting exclusive favors or preferences; consulting the natural course of things; diffusing and diversifying by gentle means the streams of commerce, but forcing nothing; establishing (with powers so disposed, in order to give trade a stable course, to define the rights of our merchants, and to enable the government to support them) conventional rules of intercourse, the best that present circumstances and mutual opinion will permit, but temporary, and liable to be from time to time abandoned or varied, as experience and circumstances shall dictate; constantly keeping in view that it is folly in one nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its independence for whatever it may accept under that character; that, by such acceptance, it may place itself in the condition of having given equivalents for nominal favors, and yet of being reproached with ingratitude for not giving more. There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion, which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.

In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish; that they will controul the usual current of the passions, or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations. But, if I may even flatter myself that they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good; that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury of party spirit, to warn against the mischiefs of foreign intrigue, to guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism; this hope will be a full recompense for the solicitude for your welfare, by which they have been dictated.

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