activistpost--2020-05-11--How Big Wireless Lobbied Governments to Build 5G For Citizen Data Collection and Surveillance

While the debate continues around 5G ’ s potential impact on human health , the environment and wildlife , often overlooked in the discussion about 5G is how the technology will be used for data collection and surveillance .
Big Wireless has spent over three decades lobbying state powers to build this technology while selling it to the public as a means for faster downloads .
In that time the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association – an organization whose leadership has maintained a revolving-door relationship with the U.S. Federal Communication Commission – has collaborated on or guided regulatory policy related @ @ @ @ @ @ @ roll out of cell phones and other digital technology .
The CTIA annually lobbies for the industry to the tune of millions of dollars , making them one of the most powerful telecom lobby groups .
The COVID19 pandemic has caused governments around the world to lockdown their nations , cancel public school sessions , and cost millions of people their jobs .
Fears of spreading the virus and overloading the healthcare system are triggering an authoritarian response from many of these governments — including the United States .
For many Americans , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ activities .
Taking a trip to the gym , work , school , or out with friends – are no longer an option .
However , while most non-essential activities have stopped , the controversial expansion of the 5th generation of cellular infrastructure has continued .
With the support and lobbying of the CTIA , Big Wireless ’ 5G agenda is quickly expanding .
Records from ProPublica show the CTIA lobbied for 2 recent bills related to 5G infrastructure .
On March 23 , the 5G rollout took one step forward in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bill aimed at “ securing America ’ s 5G infrastructure.
” The Secure 5G and Beyond Act calls for Congress to present a comprehensive plan for accelerating the nation ’ s 5G network “ not later than 180 days.
” The building of the next generation network has rapidly advanced due to the passing of the Secure 5G and Beyond Act and the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability ( DATA ) Act , which passed the House in December 2019 .
In April 2019 , President Donald Trump held a press conference @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the U.S. wireless infrastructure as part of the effort to defeat China in the so-called “ Race to 5G.
” During the press conference , Trump stood next to the head of the Federal Communications Commission and telecommunication employees as he declared , “ The race to 5G is on and we must win.
” While Trump is certain that America must win this apparent race – even during the middle of a pandemic – determining exactly who is the driving force behind the push towards the 5th generation of cellular technology requires @ @ @ @ @ @ @ corruption , and captured agencies .
In part I of this investigation , this report will take a deep dive into the web of Big Wireless , who those companies are , it ’ s lobbyists , law firms and industry as a whole that are spending millions of dollars pushing for 5G around the world .
This report will expose the murky history of Big Wireless working within telecom companies that work with the US government to collect data on citizens , while also looking at how Big Wireless has worked to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ concern over its health impacts and civil liberties .
Part II of this series will look at how 5G will be used as a surveillance tool by governments to collect data on citizens and will work to fulfill the overall goal of creating a techno-tyranny state that should concern any American citizen that upholds their civil liberties .
Over the last couple years telecom companies and governments have spent billions of dollars promoting , marketing , and building the next generation of telecom technology , known as 5G , or 5th Generation .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the 5G rollout include Crowd Castle , American Tower , and Towerstream on the infrastructure side , and Comcast , Verizon , T-Mobile , Sprint , and AT & T on the internet/mobile service provider side .
Beginning with the introduction of 1G in 1979 , a new generation of cellular standards has appeared approximately every ten years .
Each generation is characterized by new frequency bands , higher data rates and non–backward compatible transmission technology .
As we move into the 2020s , the shift to the 5th Generation has begun @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like Houston , Atlanta , Boston , Chicago , Denver , San Diego , New York City , and Washington D.C. started deploying 5G for residential and commercial use .
While 5G is often touted as the solution to 4K movie downloads and virtual reality games , the new generation is also expected to herald the beginning of Smart Cities , where driverless cars , traffic lights , pollution sensors , smartphones and countless other smart devices interact in what is known as “ The Internet of Things.
” The IoT has raised @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it will involve surrounding the public with hundreds of thousands of interconnected devices and sensors which are gathering mass amounts of data that will be used for public advertising and monitoring of habits .
5G infrastructure will be the backbone of the IoT .
The switch from 4G to 5G is a change unlike those of previous generations .
One notable difference is that 5G technology uses much higher frequencies , ranging from 10-300 GHZ .
Currently , 4G wireless systems operate on 700 to 2700 MHz .
5G is using millimeter waves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ easily blocked by trees , buildings , and walls .
Due to the nature of mm waves , the FCC has stated that for 5G to operate successfully it will require the installation of hundreds of thousands of new cell sites , towers , and additions to existing infrastructure .
Due largely to the concerns about this exponential increase in towers ( and the subsequent exposure to radiofrequency radiation ) the 5G roll out has been opposed by thousands of doctors , scientists , health professionals , and even the U.S. military and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ movement against the 5G roll out also sparked a global day of protest in January and April 2020 .
Meanwhile , nations like Sweden , Slovenia , and cities like Brussels , Belgium have decided to ban or temporarily halt the roll out of the new infrastructure until further health studies are conducted .
Who ’ s Behind the Race to 5G ?
For the last year , Americans have been peppered with messages from telecommunications companies and the tech industry at large , stressing the importance of being first in the Race @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we want driverless vehicles , robot assistants , cleaner and safer cities , and more convenient lives we must support and pay for the upgrades to 5G .
Apparently , the public should also ignore the fact that this upgrade has sparked lawsuits over health , privacy , and local power concerns .
But beyond being a lackluster marketing campaign to convince the public to adopt the next generation of cell phones and devices , what exactly is this race about ?
Geopolitically speaking , the Race to 5G describes the ongoing rift @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new digital Cold War where these two superpowers race to implement the next generation of cellular technology because of its potential for massive profit and massive data collection .
The American mainstream media and President Trump have stated that Chinese company Huawei could use their 5G infrastructure to spy on Americans .
Additionally , Trump has called on federal officials and American companies to abandon Huawei equipment .
In January Foreign Policy wrote , This fear of Chinese spying using 5G equipment completely ignores the reality that the U.S. government has the same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spy on the private data of Americans .
Foreign Policy noted , Whether the public is actually demanding faster downloads is up for debate ; but what is not debatable is that the telecoms , global governments , and the tech industry are pushing the shift towards 5G .
While it is true that 5G has the potential to spur on innovation in the fields of medicine , manufacturing , entertainment , and other industries – it seems much of the hype around the 5G rollout is coming from the telecommunication industry itself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Association , or CTIA .
Established in 1984 , the CTIA claims to represent the U.S. wireless communications industry , from carriers and equipment manufacturers .
The CTIA “ advocates for legislative and regulatory policies at federal , state , and local levels that foster the continued innovation , investment and increasing economic impact of America ’ s wireless industry .
CTIA is active on a wide range of issues including spectrum policy , wireless infrastructure , and the Internet of Things , among others.
” They also host events on topics ranging @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Board of Directors includes the presidents , CEOs and other senior officials of Verizon , Sprint , T Mobile , Nokia , Erricson , Intel , General Motors , Tracfone , EZ Texting and others .
Brad Gillen , the current Executive Vice President of the CTIA , was formerly a Legal Advisor to a former FCC Commissioner and served in other senior policy roles at the FCC and with DISH Network .
Mr. Gillen was also a partner at Wilkinson Barker Knauer , LLP , a law firm stacked with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ National Telecommunications and Information Administration ( NTIA ) , the Federal Trade Commission ( FTC ) and other state government positions .
The CTIA ’ s current President and CEO is Meredith Attwell Baker .
Baker has spent the last two decades bouncing between lobbying for the telecoms and working for the government .
From 1998 to 2000 , Baker worked as Director of Congressional Affairs at the CTIA .
From 2004 to 2007 she served under the Bush administration as Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Acting Administrator @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( NTIA ) .
The NTIA is the President ’ s principal advisor on telecommunications and information policy .
Afterwards , she worked for the U.S. government as an FCC Commissioner between July 2009 to June 2011 .
During her tenure at the FCC she was vocal about her opposition to net-neutrality regulations .
In January 2011 , she voted in favor of Comcast purchasing NBCUniversal .
Only four months later she would leave the FCC to take her position as senior vice president of government affairs at Comcast-NBCUniversal .
Finally , in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ between lobbying for industry and working for the government – Baker went back to the CTIA , where she is now President and CEO , responsible for promoting the Race to 5G .
One of the ways the CTIA has spread enthusiasm for the Race to 5G is by working with city officials .
The CTIA has honored City Mayors who have worked to erode local authority regarding the 5G rollout .
The 5G Wireless Champion Awards “ honor the state and local officials ” who “ bring next-generation 5G networks ” into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deployment of next-generation wireless infrastructure ” .
In 2018 , the CTIA gave out 3 “ 5G Wireless Champion Awards ” to mayors across the United States , including Houston ’ s Mayor Sylvester Turner .
The 5G Wireless Champion Awards are but one example of how the CTIA lobbies on behalf of the telecommunications industry , sometimes derisively known as Big Wireless .
The industry has achieved the nickname due a revolving door between the government agencies designed to regulate the cellular industry – namely , the Federal Communications Commission – and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allowed the telecoms to grow while facing little legal challenges or roadblocks .
In the process , this incestuous relationship has overtaken the voices and concerns of the American people .
A 2015 expose published by investigative journalist Norm Alster for the Harvard Edmund J. Safra Center for Ethics details the financial ties between the FCC and telecom companies and how the industry has direct access and power over the agency meant to regulate it .
The report , “ Captured Agency : How the Federal Communications Commission is Dominated by the Industries @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the FCC , an independent government agency created in 1934 to regulate interstate communications by radio , television , wire , satellite and cable , has become a captured agency with Big Wireless leaders filling the government seats in a revolving door fashion similar to other federal agencies .
Regarding the passing of the 1996 Telecom Act – the act meant to regulate the developing mobile phone and internet infrastructure – Alster writes , Alster states that direct lobbying by industry is “ just one of many worms in a rotting apple.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a network of powerful moneyed interests with limitless access and a variety of ways to shape policy .
Alster believes the worst part is that the wireless industry has been allowed to grow unchecked and virtually unregulated , with fundamental questions on public health routinely ignored .
The Captured Agency report makes it clear that this type of corruption takes place because of “ the free flow of executive leadership between the FCC and the industries it presumably oversees.
” For example , at the time of the report ’ s release @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tom Wheeler , a man with deep ties to the wireless industry .
In 2013 , Wheeler was nominated as FCC chairman by former President Barack Obama after raising more than $ 700,000 for his presidential campaigns .
Wheeler led the two most powerful industry lobbying groups : The National Cable & Telecommunications Association ( NCTA ) and the CTIA .
Wheeler was also the head of the FCC during the debate around Net Neutrality .
Ajit Pai , current chairman of the FCC , is another example of this revolving door relationship @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as Associate General Counsel at Verizon Communications Inc. between 2001 and 2003 , where he handled competition and regulatory matters .
Pai was appointed to the FCC by Barack Obama in 2012 and then made FCC Chairman by Donald Trump in January 2017 .
In February , Pai admitted that the FCC failed to protect Americans ’ privacy after it was revealed that at least two companies were gaining access to Americans ’ private data and selling it to law enforcement .
Pai called for a fine of over $ 200 million on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and Sprint .
“ This FCC will not tolerate phone companies putting Americans ’ privacy at risk , ” Pai stated when announcing the fine .
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr is yet another example of a government official working closely with industry and maintaining relationships which clearly present conflicts of interest .
Carr is credited with accelerating the 5G build out .
Prior to joining the FCC , Carr worked as an attorney at Wiley Rein where his clients were Verizon , AT & T , Centurylink , and CTIA .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of activity for former government officials and industry regulars .
One of the founders of the law firm is Richard Wiley , himself a Former FCC Chairman .
According to Open Secrets , in the first four months of 2020 the Wiley Rein law firm has been retained by several telecoms , including AT & T for $ 80,000 , the CTIA for $ 50,000 , and Verizon for $ 30,000 .
For the last 15 years the law firm has spent at least $ 2 million dollars lobbying for their clients .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ spent $ 3 million on their own lobbying efforts .
On September 30 , 2019 , Commissioner Carr and other FCC officials were in Houston to discuss the future of 5G .
I interviewed Commissioner Carr about the concerns regarding his connections with the wireless industry , as well as the implications of the Captured Agency report released by Harvard ’ s School of Ethics .
Unfortunately , Mr Carr had no interest in addressing these questions and refused to answer my questions and only stated , “ We ’ re excited about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ local leaders.
” The silence from FCC officials on the charges of corrupted regulators and ignored studies is simply another facet of the relationship between industry and government .
Again , the strongest influence over the U.S. regulatory agencies can be traced to the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association .
In 2018 , Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut exposed that Big Wireless and the FCC have failed to adequately fund independent studies into the health effects of emerging 5G technology .
At a Senate Commerce committee hearing , Blumenthal questioned Brad Gillen , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the absence of this research .
At the end of the exchange , Blumenthal concluded , “ So there really is no research ongoing .
We ’ re kind of flying blind here , as far as health and safety is concerned.
” One of the reasons Americans are “ flying blind , ” as Blumenthal stated , is because of a history of pressure and defunding of researchers who reached conclusions which were at odds with the official line of the wireless industry : cell phones and wireless devices do not cause @ @ @ @ @ @ @ During the 1990s , biochemist Jerry Phillips was hired by cell phone giant Motorola to study the effects of the radiofrequency radiation emitted by cell phones .
Phillips previously worked with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs ’ Pettis VA Medical Center in Loma Linda , California and is currently the director of the Excel Science Center at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs .
His team looked at the effects of different RF signals on rats and on cells in a dish .
In the documentary Public Exposure , Phillips says @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was initially cordial but soured once he submitted research data to Motorola which found that exposure to radio-frequency radiation produced by cell phones caused damage to the DNA structure .
The negative results were not to Motorola ’ s liking and they began putting pressure on him .
Phillips describes how Motorola was unwilling to accept his study and urged him not to publish it .
Despite the pleas , Phillips published his study in the Journal of Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics in 1998 and ceased his work with Motorola .
Phillips cautioned that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because “ there is no money available for research other than what ’ s coming from industry.
” In another example of industry attempting to influence research , Dr. Henry Lai , the University of Washington , and fellow researcher Narendra Singh were looking at the effects of non-ionizing radiation – the same type of radiation emitted by cell phones and 5G – on the DNA of rats .
The researchers found that the DNA in the brain cells of the rats was broken by exposure to radiation .
Dr. Lai ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ considered safe by the FCC .
After publishing the research in 1995 , Dr. Lai would later learn of a “ full-scale effort ” to discredit the experiments .
At some point Motorola became aware of Lai ’ s unpublished results showing harm from cell phone radiation .
In a leaked internal Motorola memo executives claimed to have succeeded in “ War-Gaming ” and undermining the Lai-Singh experiments .
Lai and Singh caused further controversy when they publicly complained that their funders , the Wireless Technology Research ( WTR ) program , had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ response to the complaints , George Carlo , the head of the WTR , sent a memo asking Richard McCormick , president of University of Washington at the time , to fire Lai and Singh .
McCormick refused , but a clear message had been sent to the researchers .
Once again , the fingerprints of the CTIA are found in this attempt at suppressing unfavorable studies .
Carlo had recently been appointed head of the WTR after the FCC and the CTIA promised to fund research into the dangers of cell phones @ @ @ @ @ @ @ David Reynard sued the NEC America company because he blamed his wife ’ s lethal tumor on their phone .
Reynard ’ s story became a national sensation , leading to a congressional investigation .
Wheeler claimed the new studies would “ re-validate the findings of the existing studies.
” Soon after , Carlo would ask the University of Washington to defund Lai for alleged violations of research protocols and Lai would accuse the WTR of interfering with his experiments .
Eventually , Carlo himself would have a falling out with the FCC @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He also accused the FCC and the CTIA of covering up evidence of cell phone harms .
Despite the diverse credentials of the mass movement against 5G , the opposition has largely been derided as conspiracy theorists or quacks who don ’ t understand the electromagnetic spectrum .
In March 2019 , William Broad of the New York Times wrote a piece promoting the idea that those who are concerned about the health effects of 5G are simply falling prey to Russian propaganda designed to make America lose the Race to 5G .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Won ’ t Hurt You .
But Russia Wants You to Think Otherwise.
” , sought to place the blame for concern around 5G on the shoulders of America ’ s favorite bogeyman – The Russians .
This practice seems to be a new trend for corporate media as the Washington Post announced a similar deal with AT & T in November 2019 .
Questions regarding potential conflicts of interest have not been addressed between news outlets attacking those critical of 5G ’ s safety and telecom companies who fund them .
Interestingly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s article , in April 2019 the Times announced a partnership with Verizon to showcase a “ 5G journalism lab ” .
Broad wrote a second piece titled “ The 5G Health Hazard That Isn ’ t , ” attacking the critics of the rush to 5G and attempting to paint the opposition as being based on one single study which he says was found to be false .
Dr. Devra Davis , PhD , President of the Environmental Health Trust , responded to Broad ’ s claim by noting that “ by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ploy , he misses altogether the fact that the purportedly independent international authorities on which he relies that declare 5G to be safe are an exclusive club of industry-loyal scientists .
China , Russia , Poland , Italy and several other European countries allow up to hundreds of times less wireless radiation into the environment from microwave antennas than does the U.S. ” Davis went even further , comparing the treatment of those who raise awareness about the public impact of radio frequency microwave radiation to that of those scientists in the 1950s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alarm bells about the dangers of tobacco .
Davis wrote , These forces which “ sought to suppress this work ” have indeed been operating and influencing public policy on cellular technology for decades .
This cursory look at the history of the FCC , the CTIA , and the cell phone industry show clear conflicts of interest and suppression of research .
Now , these same forces are calling on the public to embrace the Race to 5G .
While most of the public is unaware of this history , understanding the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ research and light regulatory touch , is absolutely imperative as the world prepares to be surrounded by the devices and infrastructure of the emerging 5G industry .
Derrick Broze is an investigative journalist , documentary filmmaker , activist , and author from Houston , Texas .
He is the founder of The Conscious Resistance Network .
His most recent documentary , The 5G Trojan Horse , was released in February 2020 .
Broze is also the author of 5 books , most recently “ How To Opt-Out of the Technocratic State ” .
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By Derrick Broze
While the debate continues around 5G’s potential impact on human health, the environment and wildlife, often overlooked in the discussion about 5G is how the technology will be used for data collection and surveillance. Big Wireless has spent over three decades lobbying state powers to build this technology while selling it to the public as a means for faster downloads.
In that time the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association – an organization whose leadership has maintained a revolving-door relationship with the U.S. Federal Communication Commission – has collaborated on or guided regulatory policy related to not only 5G, but the roll out of cell phones and other digital technology. The CTIA annually lobbies for the industry to the tune of millions of dollars, making them one of the most powerful telecom lobby groups.
The COVID19 pandemic has caused governments around the world to lockdown their nations, cancel public school sessions, and cost millions of people their jobs. Fears of spreading the virus and overloading the healthcare system are triggering an authoritarian response from many of these governments — including the United States. For many Americans, these aggressive measures have halted typical daily activities. Taking a trip to the gym, work, school, or out with friends – are no longer an option.
However, while most non-essential activities have stopped, the controversial expansion of the 5th generation of cellular infrastructure has continued. With the support and lobbying of the CTIA, Big Wireless’ 5G agenda is quickly expanding. Records from ProPublica show the CTIA lobbied for 2 recent bills related to 5G infrastructure.
On March 23, the 5G rollout took one step forward in the U.S. when President Donald Trump signed a bill aimed at “securing America’s 5G infrastructure.” The Secure 5G and Beyond Act calls for Congress to present a comprehensive plan for accelerating the nation’s 5G network “not later than 180 days.” The building of the next generation network has rapidly advanced due to the passing of the Secure 5G and Beyond Act and the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability (DATA) Act, which passed the House in December 2019.
In April 2019, President Donald Trump held a press conference where he stated his intention to expand the U.S. wireless infrastructure as part of the effort to defeat China in the so-called “Race to 5G.” During the press conference, Trump stood next to the head of the Federal Communications Commission and telecommunication employees as he declared, “The race to 5G is on and we must win.” While Trump is certain that America must win this apparent race – even during the middle of a pandemic – determining exactly who is the driving force behind the push towards the 5th generation of cellular technology requires digging through decades of lawsuits, industry corruption, and captured agencies.
In part I of this investigation, this report will take a deep dive into the web of Big Wireless, who those companies are, it’s lobbyists, law firms and industry as a whole that are spending millions of dollars pushing for 5G around the world. This report will expose the murky history of Big Wireless working within telecom companies that work with the US government to collect data on citizens, while also looking at how Big Wireless has worked to bully and silence critics who have expressed concern over its health impacts and civil liberties.
Part II of this series will look at how 5G will be used as a surveillance tool by governments to collect data on citizens and will work to fulfill the overall goal of creating a techno-tyranny state that should concern any American citizen that upholds their civil liberties.
What is 5G?
Over the last couple years telecom companies and governments have spent billions of dollars promoting, marketing, and building the next generation of telecom technology, known as 5G, or 5th Generation. The telecom companies involved in various aspects of the 5G rollout include Crowd Castle, American Tower, and Towerstream on the infrastructure side, and Comcast, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T on the internet/mobile service provider side.
Beginning with the introduction of 1G in 1979, a new generation of cellular standards has appeared approximately every ten years. Each generation is characterized by new frequency bands, higher data rates and non–backward compatible transmission technology. As we move into the 2020s, the shift to the 5th Generation has begun. Beginning in late 2018, cities like Houston, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, San Diego, New York City, and Washington D.C. started deploying 5G for residential and commercial use.
While 5G is often touted as the solution to 4K movie downloads and virtual reality games, the new generation is also expected to herald the beginning of Smart Cities, where driverless cars, traffic lights, pollution sensors, smartphones and countless other smart devices interact in what is known as “The Internet of Things.” The IoT has raised alarm bells for some privacy advocates because it will involve surrounding the public with hundreds of thousands of interconnected devices and sensors which are gathering mass amounts of data that will be used for public advertising and monitoring of habits. 5G infrastructure will be the backbone of the IoT.
The switch from 4G to 5G is a change unlike those of previous generations. One notable difference is that 5G technology uses much higher frequencies, ranging from 10-300 GHZ. Currently, 4G wireless systems operate on 700 to 2700 MHz. 5G is using millimeter waves which do not travel far and are easily blocked by trees, buildings, and walls. Due to the nature of mm waves, the FCC has stated that for 5G to operate successfully it will require the installation of hundreds of thousands of new cell sites, towers, and additions to existing infrastructure.
Due largely to the concerns about this exponential increase in towers (and the subsequent exposure to radiofrequency radiation) the 5G roll out has been opposed by thousands of doctors, scientists, health professionals, and even the U.S. military and branches of the U.S. government. The movement against the 5G roll out also sparked a global day of protest in January and April 2020. Meanwhile, nations like Sweden, Slovenia, and cities like Brussels, Belgium have decided to ban or temporarily halt the roll out of the new infrastructure until further health studies are conducted.
Who’s Behind the Race to 5G?
For the last year, Americans have been peppered with messages from telecommunications companies and the tech industry at large, stressing the importance of being first in the Race to 5G. We are told if we want driverless vehicles, robot assistants, cleaner and safer cities, and more convenient lives we must support and pay for the upgrades to 5G. Apparently, the public should also ignore the fact that this upgrade has sparked lawsuits over health, privacy, and local power concerns. But beyond being a lackluster marketing campaign to convince the public to adopt the next generation of cell phones and devices, what exactly is this race about?
Geopolitically speaking, the Race to 5G describes the ongoing rift between the U.S. and China, the new digital Cold War where these two superpowers race to implement the next generation of cellular technology because of its potential for massive profit and massive data collection.
The American mainstream media and President Trump have stated that Chinese company Huawei could use their 5G infrastructure to spy on Americans. Additionally, Trump has called on federal officials and American companies to abandon Huawei equipment. In January Foreign Policy wrote,
Because the (Chinese) companies that make the equipment are subservient to the Chinese government, they could be forced to include backdoors in the hardware or software to give Beijing remote access. Eavesdropping is also a risk, although efforts to listen in would almost certainly be detectable.
This fear of Chinese spying using 5G equipment completely ignores the reality that the U.S. government has the same exact opportunity to pressure American companies to spy on the private data of Americans. Foreign Policy noted,
These insecurities are a result of market forces that prioritize costs over security and of governments, including the United States, that want to preserve the option of surveillance in 5G networks. If the United States is serious about tackling the national security threats related to an insecure 5G network, it needs to rethink the extent to which it values corporate profits and government espionage over security.
Whether the public is actually demanding faster downloads is up for debate; but what is not debatable is that the telecoms, global governments, and the tech industry are pushing the shift towards 5G. While it is true that 5G has the potential to spur on innovation in the fields of medicine, manufacturing, entertainment, and other industries – it seems much of the hype around the 5G rollout is coming from the telecommunication industry itself, specifically the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, or CTIA.
Established in 1984, the CTIA claims to represent the U.S. wireless communications industry, from carriers and equipment manufacturers. The CTIA “advocates for legislative and regulatory policies at federal, state, and local levels that foster the continued innovation, investment and increasing economic impact of America’s wireless industry. CTIA is active on a wide range of issues including spectrum policy, wireless infrastructure, and the Internet of Things, among others.” They also host events on topics ranging from cybersecurity to 5G.
The CTIA’s Board of Directors includes the presidents, CEOs and other senior officials of Verizon, Sprint, T Mobile, Nokia, Erricson, Intel, General Motors, Tracfone, EZ Texting and others. Brad Gillen, the current Executive Vice President of the CTIA, was formerly a Legal Advisor to a former FCC Commissioner and served in other senior policy roles at the FCC and with DISH Network. Mr. Gillen was also a partner at Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP, a law firm stacked with former employees of the FCC, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and other state government positions.
The CTIA’s current President and CEO is Meredith Attwell Baker. Baker has spent the last two decades bouncing between lobbying for the telecoms and working for the government. From 1998 to 2000, Baker worked as Director of Congressional Affairs at the CTIA. From 2004 to 2007 she served under the Bush administration as Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Acting Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). The NTIA is the President’s principal advisor on telecommunications and information policy. Afterwards, she worked for the U.S. government as an FCC Commissioner between July 2009 to June 2011. During her tenure at the FCC she was vocal about her opposition to net-neutrality regulations. In January 2011, she voted in favor of Comcast purchasing NBCUniversal. Only four months later she would leave the FCC to take her position as senior vice president of government affairs at Comcast-NBCUniversal. Finally, in 2014 – after spending a decade bouncing between lobbying for industry and working for the government – Baker went back to the CTIA, where she is now President and CEO, responsible for promoting the Race to 5G.
One of the ways the CTIA has spread enthusiasm for the Race to 5G is by working with city officials. The CTIA has honored City Mayors who have worked to erode local authority regarding the 5G rollout. The 5G Wireless Champion Awards “honor the state and local officials” who “bring next-generation 5G networks” into communities and “remove barriers to the deployment of next-generation wireless infrastructure”. In 2018, the CTIA gave out 3 “5G Wireless Champion Awards” to mayors across the United States, including Houston’s Mayor Sylvester Turner.
The 5G Wireless Champion Awards are but one example of how the CTIA lobbies on behalf of the telecommunications industry, sometimes derisively known as Big Wireless. The industry has achieved the nickname due a revolving door between the government agencies designed to regulate the cellular industry – namely, the Federal Communications Commission – and the industry itself. This arrangement has allowed the telecoms to grow while facing little legal challenges or roadblocks. In the process, this incestuous relationship has overtaken the voices and concerns of the American people.
A 2015 expose published by investigative journalist Norm Alster for the Harvard Edmund J. Safra Center for Ethics details the financial ties between the FCC and telecom companies and how the industry has direct access and power over the agency meant to regulate it. The report, “Captured Agency: How the Federal Communications Commission is Dominated by the Industries it Presumably Regulates”, details how the FCC, an independent government agency created in 1934 to regulate interstate communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable, has become a captured agency with Big Wireless leaders filling the government seats in a revolving door fashion similar to other federal agencies.
Regarding the passing of the 1996 Telecom Act – the act meant to regulate the developing mobile phone and internet infrastructure – Alster writes,
Late lobbying won the wireless industry enormous concessions from lawmakers, many of them major recipients of industry hard and soft dollar contributions. Congressional staffers who helped lobbyists write the new law did not go unrewarded. Thirteen of fifteen staffers later became lobbyists themselves.”
Alster states that direct lobbying by industry is “just one of many worms in a rotting apple.” His report says the FCC is involved in a network of powerful moneyed interests with limitless access and a variety of ways to shape policy. Alster believes the worst part is that the wireless industry has been allowed to grow unchecked and virtually unregulated, with fundamental questions on public health routinely ignored. The Captured Agency report makes it clear that this type of corruption takes place because of “the free flow of executive leadership between the FCC and the industries it presumably oversees.”
For example, at the time of the report’s release, the Chairman of the FCC was Tom Wheeler, a man with deep ties to the wireless industry. In 2013, Wheeler was nominated as FCC chairman by former President Barack Obama after raising more than $700,000 for his presidential campaigns. Wheeler led the two most powerful industry lobbying groups: The National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) and the CTIA. Wheeler was also the head of the FCC during the debate around Net Neutrality.
Ajit Pai, current chairman of the FCC, is another example of this revolving door relationship. Pai is an attorney who served as Associate General Counsel at Verizon Communications Inc. between 2001 and 2003, where he handled competition and regulatory matters. Pai was appointed to the FCC by Barack Obama in 2012 and then made FCC Chairman by Donald Trump in January 2017.
In February, Pai admitted that the FCC failed to protect Americans’ privacy after it was revealed that at least two companies were gaining access to Americans’ private data and selling it to law enforcement. Pai called for a fine of over $200 million on AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint. “This FCC will not tolerate phone companies putting Americans’ privacy at risk,” Pai stated when announcing the fine.
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr is yet another example of a government official working closely with industry and maintaining relationships which clearly present conflicts of interest. Carr is credited with accelerating the 5G build out. Prior to joining the FCC, Carr worked as an attorney at Wiley Rein where his clients were Verizon, AT&T, Centurylink, and CTIA.
The Wiley Rein law firm is a hotbed of activity for former government officials and industry regulars. One of the founders of the law firm is Richard Wiley, himself a Former FCC Chairman. According to Open Secrets, in the first four months of 2020 the Wiley Rein law firm has been retained by several telecoms, including AT&T for $80,000, the CTIA for $50,000, and Verizon for $30,000. For the last 15 years the law firm has spent at least $2 million dollars lobbying for their clients. Open Secrets also shows the CTIA has spent $3 million on their own lobbying efforts.
On September 30, 2019, Commissioner Carr and other FCC officials were in Houston to discuss the future of 5G. I interviewed Commissioner Carr about the concerns regarding his connections with the wireless industry, as well as the implications of the Captured Agency report released by Harvard’s School of Ethics. Unfortunately, Mr Carr had no interest in addressing these questions and refused to answer my questions and only stated, “We’re excited about the 5G build out and working with local leaders.”
The silence from FCC officials on the charges of corrupted regulators and ignored studies is simply another facet of the relationship between industry and government. Again, the strongest influence over the U.S. regulatory agencies can be traced to the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association.
A History of Big Wireless Bullying and Corruption
In 2018, Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut exposed that Big Wireless and the FCC have failed to adequately fund independent studies into the health effects of emerging 5G technology. At a Senate Commerce committee hearing, Blumenthal questioned Brad Gillen, Executive Director of the CTIA, about the absence of this research.
How much money has the industry committed to supporting additional independent research—I stress independent—research? And we’re talking about research on the biological effects of this new technology,” Blumenthal asked. To which Gillen responded, “There are no industry backed studies to my knowledge right now.”
At the end of the exchange, Blumenthal concluded, “So there really is no research ongoing. We’re kind of flying blind here, as far as health and safety is concerned.”
One of the reasons Americans are “flying blind,” as Blumenthal stated, is because of a history of pressure and defunding of researchers who reached conclusions which were at odds with the official line of the wireless industry: cell phones and wireless devices do not cause harm to humans or animal life.
During the 1990s, biochemist Jerry Phillips was hired by cell phone giant Motorola to study the effects of the radiofrequency radiation emitted by cell phones. Phillips previously worked with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Pettis VA Medical Center in Loma Linda, California and is currently the director of the Excel Science Center at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. His team looked at the effects of different RF signals on rats and on cells in a dish. In the documentary Public Exposure, Phillips says the relationship between him and his employer was initially cordial but soured once he submitted research data to Motorola which found that exposure to radio-frequency radiation produced by cell phones caused damage to the DNA structure. The negative results were not to Motorola’s liking and they began putting pressure on him.
“These folks were very, very upset, and began to talk about how they are going to handle this, what sort of spin can we put on this, what can we expect from this. From that point on the relationship changed,” Phillips states in the documentary. “What we saw was that Motorola began to exert more and more control over the work. Telling us what to do, telling us how to write abstracts, what to say in the abstracts, what to say in the papers, how to do the work. No, don’t do this. Yes, do it this way. This was unacceptable.”
Phillips describes how Motorola was unwilling to accept his study and urged him not to publish it. Despite the pleas, Phillips published his study in the Journal of Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics in 1998 and ceased his work with Motorola. Phillips cautioned that independent research on cell phones is sparse because “there is no money available for research other than what’s coming from industry.”
In another example of industry attempting to influence research, Dr. Henry Lai, the University of Washington, and fellow researcher Narendra Singh were looking at the effects of non-ionizing radiation – the same type of radiation emitted by cell phones and 5G – on the DNA of rats. The researchers found that the DNA in the brain cells of the rats was broken by exposure to radiation. Dr. Lai’s experiments showed negative health consequences at levels considered safe by the FCC.
After publishing the research in 1995, Dr. Lai would later learn of a “full-scale effort” to discredit the experiments. At some point Motorola became aware of Lai’s unpublished results showing harm from cell phone radiation. In a leaked internal Motorola memo executives claimed to have succeeded in “War-Gaming ” and undermining the Lai-Singh experiments. Lai and Singh caused further controversy when they publicly complained that their funders, the Wireless Technology Research (WTR) program, had placed restrictions on their work. In response to the complaints, George Carlo, the head of the WTR, sent a memo asking Richard McCormick, president of University of Washington at the time, to fire Lai and Singh. McCormick refused, but a clear message had been sent to the researchers.
“This shocked me. The letter trying to discredit me, the ‘war games’ memo,” Lai told Seattle Mag. “As a scientist doing research, I was not expecting to be involved in a political situation. It opened my eyes on how games are played in the world of business. You don’t bite the hand that feeds you. The pressure is very impressive.”
Once again, the fingerprints of the CTIA are found in this attempt at suppressing unfavorable studies. Carlo had recently been appointed head of the WTR after the FCC and the CTIA promised to fund research into the dangers of cell phones. The move came in 1993 after David Reynard sued the NEC America company because he blamed his wife’s lethal tumor on their phone. Reynard’s story became a national sensation, leading to a congressional investigation. Wheeler claimed the new studies would “re-validate the findings of the existing studies.” Soon after, Carlo would ask the University of Washington to defund Lai for alleged violations of research protocols and Lai would accuse the WTR of interfering with his experiments. Eventually, Carlo himself would have a falling out with the FCC and rebrand himself as a whistleblower. He also accused the FCC and the CTIA of covering up evidence of cell phone harms.
5G Conspiracy Theorists?
Despite the diverse credentials of the mass movement against 5G, the opposition has largely been derided as conspiracy theorists or quacks who don’t understand the electromagnetic spectrum. In March 2019, William Broad of the New York Times wrote a piece promoting the idea that those who are concerned about the health effects of 5G are simply falling prey to Russian propaganda designed to make America lose the Race to 5G. His article, “Your 5G Phone Won’t Hurt You. But Russia Wants You to Think Otherwise.”, sought to place the blame for concern around 5G on the shoulders of America’s favorite bogeyman – The Russians.
This practice seems to be a new trend for corporate media as the Washington Post announced a similar deal with AT&T in November 2019. Questions regarding potential conflicts of interest have not been addressed between news outlets attacking those critical of 5G’s safety and telecom companies who fund them.
Interestingly, only a month after Broad’s article, in April 2019 the Times announced a partnership with Verizon to showcase a “5G journalism lab”. Broad wrote a second piece titled “The 5G Health Hazard That Isn’t,” attacking the critics of the rush to 5G and attempting to paint the opposition as being based on one single study which he says was found to be false.
Dr. Devra Davis, PhD, President of the Environmental Health Trust, responded to Broad’s claim by noting that “by relegating concerns about 5G to a Russian ploy, he misses altogether the fact that the purportedly independent international authorities on which he relies that declare 5G to be safe are an exclusive club of industry-loyal scientists. China, Russia, Poland, Italy and several other European countries allow up to hundreds of times less wireless radiation into the environment from microwave antennas than does the U.S.”
Davis went even further, comparing the treatment of those who raise awareness about the public impact of radio frequency microwave radiation to that of those scientists in the 1950s and ’60s who attempted to ring alarm bells about the dangers of tobacco. Davis wrote,
Scientists who showed the harmful impacts of tobacco found themselves struggling for serious attention and financial support. For health impacts from wireless radiation, a similar pattern is emerging. Each time a U.S. government agency produced positive findings, research on health impacts was defunded. The Office of Naval Research, the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and the Environmental Protection Agency all once had vibrant research programs documenting dangers of wireless radiation. All found their programs scrapped, reflecting pressure from those who sought to suppress this work.
These forces which “sought to suppress this work” have indeed been operating and influencing public policy on cellular technology for decades.
This cursory look at the history of the FCC, the CTIA, and the cell phone industry show clear conflicts of interest and suppression of research. Now, these same forces are calling on the public to embrace the Race to 5G. While most of the public is unaware of this history, understanding the corporate and lobbyist influence on the scientific research and light regulatory touch, is absolutely imperative as the world prepares to be surrounded by the devices and infrastructure of the emerging 5G industry.
Source: MintPress News
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Derrick Broze is an investigative journalist, documentary filmmaker, activist, and author from Houston, Texas. He is the founder of The Conscious Resistance Network. His most recent documentary, The 5G Trojan Horse, was released in February 2020. Broze is also the author of 5 books, most recently “How To Opt-Out of the Technocratic State”. His journalism can be found on TheConsciousResistance.com, The Mind Unleashed, MintPress News, and The Last American Vagabond.
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activistpost--2020-05-11--The Origins of Militarized Police: From Peace Officer to Command and Control

To say that the militarization of the police is nothing new is to ignore America ’ s recent history as well as the long-standing model of a peace officer .
As the feds have pushed to militarize local police , the focus has shifted from one who keeps the peace to one who enforces the law – and that ’ s an important difference .
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By Michael Boldin
To say that the militarization of the police is nothing new is to ignore America’s recent history as well as the long-standing model of a peace officer.
As the feds have pushed to militarize local police, the focus has shifted from one who keeps the peace to one who enforces the law – and that’s an important difference.
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activistpost--2020-05-11--CV-1984: U.S. Wants Orwellian Tracking Similar To House Arrest Funded By HR 6666; Israel Wants Micro

CV-1984: U.S. Wants Orwellian Tracking Similar To House Arrest Funded By HR 6666; Israel Wants Microchips For Kids

Several U.S. states are exploring using technology to make sure COVID patients are staying home and adhering to social distancing and self-quarantine rules .
Meanwhile , Israel ’ s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that he wants all kids to get a microchip tracker when they are born as well as those who return to schools and kindergartens , something that would surely drip down to the rest of the population .
A deep dive by Reuters into the issue of using Orwellian technology revealed officials in the states of Arkansas , Hawaii , Kentucky and West Virginia suggests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to track COVID-19 patients .
“ Various ideas being evaluated for tracking those under mandatory quarantine in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are right now just that , ideas , ” Hawaii ’ s COVID-19 Joint Information Center said for the Reuters piece published Thursday .
“ We don ’ t want to take away people ’ s freedoms but at the same time we have a pandemic , ” added Amy Hess , Louisville , Kentucky ’ s chief of public services .
According to Reuters , officials in some states would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ orders given to arriving air passengers who are forced to abide by a 14-day quarantine .
Ankle bracelet tracking is already in place in Kentucky , Reuters further reports .
Reuters additionally reports that ankle bracelet supplier Shadowtrack Technologies Inc. President Robert Magaletta , which supplies nearly 250 clients across the criminal justice system , even commented that it has had state and local governments inquire about re-purposing their tools for quarantine enforcement .
However , the company wouldn ’ t name the states that have requested to buy the technology .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ app maker , E-Cell , said they had recently been approached by a state agency that wanted to adapt its detainee-tracking smartphone app for quarantine enforcement .
Of course there needs to be funding for the Orwellian COVID-19 tracing technology ; that ’ s where House Resolution 6666 comes in , a new bill proposed to fund it all .
The TRACE Act , states it is “ To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to conduct diagnostic testing for COVID–19 , and related activities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health units and , as necessary , at individuals ’ residences , and for other purposes ” upwards to $ 100 billion dollars allocated .
The latest Johns Hopkins University data on the contagion puts U.S. cases over 1.3 million , including almost 80,000 deaths at the time of this report .
The nation ’ s overall population sits at roughly 330 million so that ’ s still a small percentage of the population infected with the virus .
While America is going insane with prospective quarantine surveillance technology , Israel takes the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the country already implemented tracking of cellular communications , giving itself authority .
Now , Israel ’ s Prime Minister has suggested microchipping kids to keep their distance , treating them like a car alarm ( yes , really ) .
While speaking at a press conference , Jerusalem Post reports that Netanyahu suggested the Health Ministry use microchip technology to help Israel adjust to its new routine as the state is lifting the coronavirus lockdown .
“ That is , technology that has not been used before and is allowed under the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stated .
“ I spoke with our heads of technology in order to find measures Israel is good at , such as sensors .
For instance , every person , every kid – I want it on kids first – would have a sensor that would sound an alarm when you get too close , like the ones on cars , ” the prime minister said .
“ It will be hard to do it to more than a million schoolchildren who return to their educational institutions in order to ensure one student @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from another .
It is fictional and dangerous , ” cyber resilience expert Einat Meron told Ynet .
“ Theoretically , I get the idea behind it , ” she said .
“ But although such distance-sensitive microchips exist in vehicles , it is different in humans.
” According to Meron , “ a beeping sound telling me I got close to someone is not enough .
Who says it will change anything ?
I would have gotten closer either way.
” Israel currently has a total of 254 deaths and over 16,000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Johns Hopkins map at the time of this report .
Activist Post has previously told readers that COVID-19 would go down in history as COVID-1984 due to the measures being put in place that will last generations .
Specifically , Activist Post warned about smartphone tracking .
According to Top10VPN , which is tracing implementation of surveillance technology by constantly updating their blog post about it : • Physical surveillance technologies are in use in 10 countries • COVID-19-related censorship has been imposed by 16 governments When Activist Post originally reported on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there was only a total of 15 countries which had already started measures to track the phones of coronavirus patients , ranging from anonymized aggregated data to monitor the movement of people more generally , to the tracking of individual suspected patients and their contacts , known as “ contact tracing.
” Now , there are 28 countries that have implemented contact tracing through smartphone apps ; that ’ s a significant increase in just a month ’ s time .
Activist Post also expressed that measures being put into place now will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stopped and the virus has run its course .
That ’ s the everlasting effect that COVID-19 will have on our society .
The coronavirus is now classified as a pandemic by the World Health Organization , and it may very well be a legitimate health concern for all of us around the world .
But it ’ s the government ’ s response that should worry us more in the long run .
If you don ’ t agree with the direction we are heading , a petition is available : PROTECT @ @ @ @ @ @ @ H.R 6666 “ TRACE ACT ” !
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By Aaron Kesel
Several U.S. states are exploring using technology to make sure COVID patients are staying home and adhering to social distancing and self-quarantine rules. Meanwhile, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that he wants all kids to get a microchip tracker when they are born as well as those who return to schools and kindergartens, something that would surely drip down to the rest of the population.
A deep dive by Reuters into the issue of using Orwellian technology revealed officials in the states of Arkansas, Hawaii, Kentucky and West Virginia suggests using GPS-enabled ankle bracelets and smartphone apps to track COVID-19 patients.
“Various ideas being evaluated for tracking those under mandatory quarantine in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are right now just that, ideas,” Hawaii’s COVID-19 Joint Information Center said for the Reuters piece published Thursday.
“We don’t want to take away people’s freedoms but at the same time we have a pandemic,” added Amy Hess, Louisville, Kentucky’s chief of public services.
According to Reuters, officials in some states would also use the measures to enforce stay-at-home orders given to arriving air passengers who are forced to abide by a 14-day quarantine.
Ankle bracelet tracking is already in place in Kentucky, Reuters further reports.
Seven people who broke quarantine rules in Louisville, Kentucky were court-ordered to wear GPS-tracking devices manufactured by Colorado-based SCRAM Systems, according to Amy Hess, the city’s chief of public services.
Reuters additionally reports that ankle bracelet supplier Shadowtrack Technologies Inc. President Robert Magaletta, which supplies nearly 250 clients across the criminal justice system, even commented that it has had state and local governments inquire about re-purposing their tools for quarantine enforcement. However, the company wouldn’t name the states that have requested to buy the technology.
That’s not all, a smartphone app maker, E-Cell, said they had recently been approached by a state agency that wanted to adapt its detainee-tracking smartphone app for quarantine enforcement.
Of course there needs to be funding for the Orwellian COVID-19 tracing technology; that’s where House Resolution 6666 comes in, a new bill proposed to fund it all. The TRACE Act, states it is “To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to conduct diagnostic testing for COVID–19, and related activities such as contact tracing, through mobile health units and, as necessary, at individuals’ residences, and for other purposes” upwards to $100 billion dollars allocated.
The latest Johns Hopkins University data on the contagion puts U.S. cases over 1.3 million, including almost 80,000 deaths at the time of this report.
The nation’s overall population sits at roughly 330 million so that’s still a small percentage of the population infected with the virus.
While America is going insane with prospective quarantine surveillance technology, Israel takes the cake when it comes to surveillance; the country already implemented tracking of cellular communications, giving itself authority. Now, Israel’s Prime Minister has suggested microchipping kids to keep their distance, treating them like a car alarm (yes, really).
While speaking at a press conference, Jerusalem Post reports that Netanyahu suggested the Health Ministry use microchip technology to help Israel adjust to its new routine as the state is lifting the coronavirus lockdown. “That is, technology that has not been used before and is allowed under the legislation we shall enact,” Netanyahu stated.
“I spoke with our heads of technology in order to find measures Israel is good at, such as sensors. For instance, every person, every kid – I want it on kids first – would have a sensor that would sound an alarm when you get too close, like the ones on cars,” the prime minister said.
“It will be hard to do it to more than a million schoolchildren who return to their educational institutions in order to ensure one student sits at the distance of two meters from another. It is fictional and dangerous,” cyber resilience expert Einat Meron told Ynet.
“Theoretically, I get the idea behind it,” she said. “But although such distance-sensitive microchips exist in vehicles, it is different in humans.” According to Meron, “a beeping sound telling me I got close to someone is not enough. Who says it will change anything? I would have gotten closer either way.”
Israel currently has a total of 254 deaths and over 16,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, according to the Johns Hopkins map at the time of this report.
Activist Post has previously told readers that COVID-19 would go down in history as COVID-1984 due to the measures being put in place that will last generations. Specifically, Activist Post warned about smartphone tracking. According to Top10VPN, which is tracing implementation of surveillance technology by constantly updating their blog post about it:
28 countries have implemented contact tracing apps
Alternative digital tracking measures are active in 32 countries
are active in 32 countries Physical surveillance technologies are in use in 10 countries
are in use in 10 countries COVID-19-related censorship has been imposed by 16 governments
When Activist Post originally reported on the digital rights group’s list, there was only a total of 15 countries which had already started measures to track the phones of coronavirus patients, ranging from anonymized aggregated data to monitor the movement of people more generally, to the tracking of individual suspected patients and their contacts, known as “contact tracing.” Now, there are 28 countries that have implemented contact tracing through smartphone apps; that’s a significant increase in just a month’s time.
Activist Post also expressed that measures being put into place now will likely remain long after the pandemic has stopped and the virus has run its course. That’s the everlasting effect that COVID-19 will have on our society. The coronavirus is now classified as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, and it may very well be a legitimate health concern for all of us around the world. But it’s the government’s response that should worry us more in the long run.
If you don’t agree with the direction we are heading, a petition is available:
PROTECT OUR RIGHTS AGAINST THE ILLEGAL, UNCONSTITUTIONAL H.R 6666 “TRACE ACT”!
**By [@An0nkn0wledge](https://steemit.com/@an0nkn0wledge)**
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activistpost--2020-05-11--Dr. Andrew Kaufman: They Want To Genetically Modify Us With The COVID-19 Vaccine

In this powerful interview Spiro is joined with Doctor Andrew Kaufman .
Spiro and Dr. Kaufman discuss the expanding curtailment of basic civil liberties being normalized under the false pretext of a global health emergency .
Doctor Kaufman lays his reputation and his career on the line as he blows the whistle on what he describes as a manufactured crisis to carry out a preplanned agenda to facilitate global governance and population control .
Doctor Kaufman is a well-educated medical professional who convincingly illustrates , using the CDC ’ s own technical data , how the public has been manipulated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ All U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Are Nursing Home Residents or Workers https : //www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/09/us/coronavirus-cases-nursing-homes-us.html Army germ lab shut down by CDC in 2019 had several ‘ serious ’ protocol violations that year https : //wjla.com/news/local/cdc-shut-down-army-germ-lab-health-concerns 2 Dead From Unknown Respiratory Virus .
What Could It Be ?
https : //www.acsh.org/news/2019/07/11/2-dead-unknown-respiratory-virus-what-could-it-be-14147 Nearly 10K Military Personnel From 110 Nations In Wuhan China Weeks Before Coronavirus Outbreak !
https : //www.activistpost.com/2020/02/nearly-10k-military-personnel-from-110-nations-in-wuhan-china-weeks-before-coronavirus-outbreak.html French army returned from Wuhan military games in October with mystery illness https : //www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/french-army-returned-wuhan-military-21988912 Policy for Coronavirus Disease-2019 Tests During the Public Health Emergency ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Activist Post for truth , peace , and freedom news .
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By Spiro Skouras
In this powerful interview Spiro is joined with Doctor Andrew Kaufman. Spiro and Dr. Kaufman discuss the expanding curtailment of basic civil liberties being normalized under the false pretext of a global health emergency.
Doctor Kaufman lays his reputation and his career on the line as he blows the whistle on what he describes as a manufactured crisis to carry out a preplanned agenda to facilitate global governance and population control.
Doctor Kaufman is a well-educated medical professional who convincingly illustrates, using the CDC’s own technical data, how the public has been manipulated on the grandest scale.
As you can see, the fascists at YouTube erased this information, so we are bringing you the interview from a platform that supports free speech — BitChute
Doctor Kaufman’s Website
https://www.andrewkaufmanmd.com
Doctor Kaufman’s YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV7v2cvSnrJ9Qyz36cW1Ftw
Provisional Death Counts for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm
One-Third of All U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Are Nursing Home Residents or Workers
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/09/us/coronavirus-cases-nursing-homes-us.html
Army germ lab shut down by CDC in 2019 had several ‘serious’ protocol violations that year
https://wjla.com/news/local/cdc-shut-down-army-germ-lab-health-concerns
2 Dead From Unknown Respiratory Virus. What Could It Be?
https://www.acsh.org/news/2019/07/11/2-dead-unknown-respiratory-virus-what-could-it-be-14147
Nearly 10K Military Personnel From 110 Nations In Wuhan China Weeks Before Coronavirus Outbreak!
https://www.activistpost.com/2020/02/nearly-10k-military-personnel-from-110-nations-in-wuhan-china-weeks-before-coronavirus-outbreak.html
French army returned from Wuhan military games in October with mystery illness
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/french-army-returned-wuhan-military-21988912
Policy for Coronavirus Disease-2019 Tests During the Public Health Emergency (Revised)
https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/policy-coronavirus-disease-2019-tests-during-public-health-emergency-revised
Cepheid Letter of Authorization
https://www.fda.gov/media/136316/download
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activistpost--2020-05-11--Social Importance of Dissent

Social Importance of Dissent

I made my weekly trek to Whole Foods for groceries for my family of six ; just this week they had plastered the posts and walls outside with announcements that the store now wanted everyone in masks .
Most people brought their own .
For those who didn ’ t , there was a tray from which we were to grab our own medical gag , compliments of the shady Jeff Bezos .
I politely—it ’ s always important to have manners and eloquence in such actions— informed the greeter lady that I was not interested in wearing a mask @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was visibly upset and did not hide her incredulity .
She used the phrase “ irresponsible behavior.
” I replied calmly that I was not comfortable participating , or was it a store mandate ?
If it was an actual policy , well , I ’ d probably have to shop elsewhere .
She asked if I wanted to talk to the manager .
I wasn ’ t sure why , unless the manager wanted to talk to me for some reason— I ’ m happy to meet new people .
It ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s not a store rule , and it is therefore a suggestion of sorts , I should be able to shop— I asked her to correct me if I was wrong , I ’ ve been wrong before .
She finally huffed and let me in whispering , “ unbelievable.
” Obviously , it had never crossed her mind that it was possible to hold a conviction outside the extraordinarily narrow boundary of permissible opinion on this issue .
How is it even possible that this young man would reject the opportunity to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ staring .
But the awkwardness of standing firm paid off .
For looking behind me in the long line , two individuals who came in after me also decided to reject the mask .
How could the door attendant possibly argue with them ?
One of them walked straight up to me once inside and thanked me ; he opined that the entire state of affairs was bizarre , but he didn ’ t even think it was possible to say no .
He didn ’ t want to get in trouble .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ next time he visits a store— people need someone to take the first step to give them courage to fight .
We have the responsibility to dissent with dignity and courage .
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By C. Jay Engel
I made my weekly trek to Whole Foods for groceries for my family of six; just this week they had plastered the posts and walls outside with announcements that the store now wanted everyone in masks. Most people brought their own. For those who didn’t, there was a tray from which we were to grab our own medical gag, compliments of the shady Jeff Bezos.
I politely—it’s always important to have manners and eloquence in such actions— informed the greeter lady that I was not interested in wearing a mask, thank you very much. She was visibly upset and did not hide her incredulity. She used the phrase “irresponsible behavior.” I replied calmly that I was not comfortable participating, or was it a store mandate? If it was an actual policy, well, I’d probably have to shop elsewhere. She asked if I wanted to talk to the manager. I wasn’t sure why, unless the manager wanted to talk to me for some reason— I’m happy to meet new people. It’s just that, if it’s not a store rule, and it is therefore a suggestion of sorts, I should be able to shop— I asked her to correct me if I was wrong, I’ve been wrong before.
She finally huffed and let me in whispering, “unbelievable.” Obviously, it had never crossed her mind that it was possible to hold a conviction outside the extraordinarily narrow boundary of permissible opinion on this issue. How is it even possible that this young man would reject the opportunity to be made safe?! People were staring.
But the awkwardness of standing firm paid off. For looking behind me in the long line, two individuals who came in after me also decided to reject the mask. How could the door attendant possibly argue with them? One of them walked straight up to me once inside and thanked me; he opined that the entire state of affairs was bizarre, but he didn’t even think it was possible to say no. He didn’t want to get in trouble.
I hope he plays my part the next time he visits a store— people need someone to take the first step to give them courage to fight. We have the responsibility to dissent with dignity and courage.
Source: LewRockwell.com
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The Chinese System Comes to America

The plan : use the “ pandemic ” as the rationale for “ re-imagining ” the guts of society—education , the workplace , medical care , transportation , public events , social relationships , the family… That desiccated dusty vampire , NY Governor Cuomo , and the cosmically psychopathic Howdy Doody , Bill Gates , are in the process of re-imagining education in NY State .
Naturally , it ’ s all about more computers , and remote learning .
I guess the dinosaur called BOOKS won ’ t work , because there ’ s no glowing screen , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In other news , the Chinese social credit system is coming to corporate America .
( The Wall St. Journal has a relevant podcast , “ Welcome Back to the Office , Your Every Move Will Be Watched.
” ) Huge companies are scrambling to put together packages to sell to other huge companies : Social distancing in offices , automatically monitored in real time ; a caste system for employees based on health indicators ; a credit score for each worker at the end of the day showing up on his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for now .
For the new “ re-imagined ” America after the lockdowns are relaxed .
Unconstitutional , you say ?
Yes , there will be legal cases .
This is called at-will employment .
A corporation tells an employee : “ You don ’ t want to submit to an antibody test ?
Or a vaccine ?
You don ’ t want to carry your cell around with you at work , so we can accomplish minute-to-minute contact tracing ?
You don ’ t want to wear a wrist band that measures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This is a free country .
But you can ’ t work here anymore… ” How could this happen ?
Who—one of the richest men in the world—loved the Mao Revolution in China ?
Who wrote about it glowingly , in the NY Times : “ Whatever the price of the Chinese Revolution [ 30-60 million killed by their own government ] , it has obviously succeeded not only in producing more efficient and dedicated administration , but also in fostering high morale and community of purpose .
The social experiment in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is one of the most important and successful in human history.
” ( “ From a China Traveler ” , The New York Times , August 10 , 1973 . )
Who sent his agent , the president of the United States , Richard Nixon , to China , a year earlier , to open up trade after 25 years of diplomatic isolation ?
Whose family had staged a revolution in medicine in the early 20th century , ultimately forcing a pharmaceutical paradigm down the throats of billions of people ?
Who extended @ @ @ @ @ @ @ point at which populations would be hypnotized by it ?
Who knew that medical tyranny and dictatorship were the roads to travel , in order to gain control of nations and bring in a new world order ?
His beloved Chinese system of slavery comes to America .
Speaking of re-imagining , here is a backgrounder I wrote four years ago .
It lays out the operation known as the Trilateral Commission , created by David Rockefeller .
Its goal ?
A collectivist world , run as a corporate entity .
What better @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ pandemic ?
” Top-down governance of the planet , in order to detect the earliest signs of disease outbreaks anywhere… Who is in charge of destroying separate nations ?
One group has been virtually forgotten .
Its influence is enormous .
It has existed since 1973 .
Keep in mind that the original stated goal of the TC was to create “ a new international economic order.
” In the run-up to his inauguration after the 2008 presidential election , Barack Obama was tutored by the co-founder of the Trilateral Commission , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years before birthing the TC with David Rockefeller , Zbigniew Brzezinski wrote : “ [ The ] nation state as a fundamental unit of man ’ s organized life has ceased to be the principal creative force .
International banks and multinational corporations are acting and planning in terms that are far in advance of the political concepts of the nation state.
” Any doubt on the question of TC goals is answered by David Rockefeller himself , in his Memoirs ( 2003 ) : “ Some even believe we are part of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interests of the United States , characterizing my family and me as ‘ internationalists ’ and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure—one world , if you will .
If that is the charge , I stand guilty , and I am proud of it.
” Patrick Wood , author of Trilaterals Over Washington , points out there are only 87 members of the Trilateral Commission who live in America .
Obama appointed eleven of them to posts in his administration .
Here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a 1978 conversation between a US reporter and two members of the Trilateral Commission .
( Source : Trilateralism : The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management ; ed .
by Holly Sklar , 1980 , South End Press , Pages 192-3 ) .
The conversation was public knowledge at the time .
Anyone who was anyone in Washington politics , in media , in think-tanks , had access to it .
Understood its meaning .
But no one shouted from the rooftops .
No one used the conversation to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ loudly .
The conversation revealed that the entire basis of the US Constitution had been torpedoed , that the people who were running US national policy were agents of an elite shadow group .
No question about it .
And yet : official silence .
Media silence .
The Dept .
of Justice made no moves , Congress undertook no serious inquiries , and the President , Jimmy Carter , issued no statements .
Carter was himself an agent of the Trilateral Commission in the White House .
He had been plucked from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ elite TC press connections , vaulted into the spotlight as a pre-eminent choice for the Presidency .
The following 1978 conversation featured reporter , Jeremiah Novak , and two Trilateral Commission members , Karl Kaiser and Richard Cooper .
The interview took up the issue of who exactly , during President Carter ’ s administration , was formulating US economic and political policy .
The careless and off-hand attitude of Trilateralists Kaiser and Cooper is astonishing .
It ’ s as if they ’ re saying , “ What we ’ re revealing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s too late to do anything about it , why are you so worked up , we ’ ve already won… ” NOVAK ( the reporter ) : Is it true that a private [ Trilateral committee ] led by Henry Owen of the US and made up of [ Trilateral ] representatives of the US , UK , West Germany , Japan , France and the EEC is coordinating the economic and political policies of the Trilateral countries [ which would include the US ] ?
COOPER : Yes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Yet , in your recent paper you state that this committee should remain informal because to formalize ‘ this function might well prove offensive to some of the Trilateral and other countries which do not take part.
’ Who are you afraid of ?
KAISER : Many countries in Europe would resent the dominant role that West Germany plays at these [ Trilateral ] meetings .
COOPER : Many people still live in a world of separate nations , and they would resent such coordination [ of policy ] .
NOVAK : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ essential to your whole policy .
How can you keep it a secret or fail to try to get popular support [ for its decisions on how nations will conduct their economic and political policies ] ?
COOPER : Well , I guess it ’ s the press ’ job to publicize it .
NOVAK : Yes , but why doesn ’ t President Carter come out with it and tell the American people that [ US ] economic and political power is being coordinated by a [ Trilateral ] committee made up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ After all , if [ US ] policy is being made on a multinational level , the people should know .
COOPER : President Carter and Secretary of State Vance have constantly alluded to this in their speeches .
[ a lie ] KAISER : It just hasn ’ t become an issue .
This interview slipped under the mainstream media radar , which is to say , it was buried .
US ( and other nations ’ ) economic and political policy run by a committee of the Trilateral Commission—the Commission created @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sidekick , Zbigniew Brzezinski .
When Carter won the presidential election ( 1976 ) , his aide , Hamilton Jordan , said , if after the inauguration , Cy Vance and Brzezinski came on board as secretary of state and national security adviser , “ We ’ ve lost .
And I ’ ll quit.
” Lost—because both men were powerful members of the Trilateral Commission and their appointment to key positions would signal a surrender of White House control to the Commission .
Vance and Brzezinski were appointed secretary of state and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But he didn ’ t quit .
He became Carter ’ s chief of staff .
Now consider the vast propaganda efforts of the past 40 years , on so many levels , to install the idea that all nations and peoples of the world are a single Collective .
From a very high level of political and economic power , this propaganda op has had the objective of grooming the population for a planet that is one coagulated mass , run and managed by one force .
A central engine of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ —One planet , with national borders erased , under one management system , with a planned global economy , “ to restore stability , ” “ for the good of all.
” And one day in the future , a student would ask his teacher , “ What happened to the United States ?
” And the teacher would say , “ It was a criminal enterprise based on individual freedom .
Fortunately , our leaders rescued the people and taught them the superior nature of HARMONY AND COOPERATION.
” The author of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , EXIT FROM THE MATRIX , and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX , Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29th District of California .
He maintains a consulting practice for private clients , the purpose of which is the expansion of personal creative power .
Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize , he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years , writing articles on politics , medicine , and health for CBS Healthwatch , LA Weekly , Spin Magazine , Stern , and other newspapers and magazines in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ delivered lectures and seminars on global politics , health , logic , and creative power to audiences around the world .
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By Jon Rappoport
The plan: use the “pandemic” as the rationale for “re-imagining” the guts of society—education, the workplace, medical care, transportation, public events, social relationships, the family…
Thus installing a new culture.
That desiccated dusty vampire, NY Governor Cuomo, and the cosmically psychopathic Howdy Doody, Bill Gates, are in the process of re-imagining education in NY State. Naturally, it’s all about more computers, and remote learning.
I guess the dinosaur called BOOKS won’t work, because there’s no glowing screen, and the ability to read is a prerequisite.
In other news, the Chinese social credit system is coming to corporate America. (The Wall St. Journal has a relevant podcast, “Welcome Back to the Office, Your Every Move Will Be Watched.”) Huge companies are scrambling to put together packages to sell to other huge companies:
Social distancing in offices, automatically monitored in real time; a caste system for employees based on health indicators; a credit score for each worker at the end of the day showing up on his cell phone; wall-to-wall surveillance…
Not just for now. For the new “re-imagined” America after the lockdowns are relaxed.
Unconstitutional, you say? Yes, there will be legal cases. This is called at-will employment. A corporation tells an employee: “You don’t want to submit to an antibody test? Or a vaccine? You don’t want to carry your cell around with you at work, so we can accomplish minute-to-minute contact tracing? You don’t want to wear a wrist band that measures social distancing? Fine. We understand. This is a free country. But you can’t work here anymore…”
How could this happen?
Who—one of the richest men in the world—loved the Mao Revolution in China? Who wrote about it glowingly, in the NY Times: “Whatever the price of the Chinese Revolution [30-60 million killed by their own government], it has obviously succeeded not only in producing more efficient and dedicated administration, but also in fostering high morale and community of purpose. The social experiment in China under Chairman Mao’s leadership is one of the most important and successful in human history.” (“From a China Traveler”, The New York Times, August 10, 1973.)
Who sent his agent, the president of the United States, Richard Nixon, to China, a year earlier, to open up trade after 25 years of diplomatic isolation?
Whose family had staged a revolution in medicine in the early 20th century, ultimately forcing a pharmaceutical paradigm down the throats of billions of people?
Who extended the germ theory of disease to the point at which populations would be hypnotized by it?
Who knew that medical tyranny and dictatorship were the roads to travel, in order to gain control of nations and bring in a new world order?
DAVID ROCKEFELLER.
His beloved Chinese system of slavery comes to America.
Speaking of re-imagining, here is a backgrounder I wrote four years ago. It lays out the operation known as the Trilateral Commission, created by David Rockefeller.
Its goal? A collectivist world, run as a corporate entity. What better excuse for its necessity than a global “pandemic?” Top-down governance of the planet, in order to detect the earliest signs of disease outbreaks anywhere…
Backgrounder: The secret circle that controls governments
Who is in charge of destroying separate nations?
One group has been virtually forgotten. Its influence is enormous. It has existed since 1973.
It’s called the Trilateral Commission (TC).
Keep in mind that the original stated goal of the TC was to create “a new international economic order.”
In the run-up to his inauguration after the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama was tutored by the co-founder of the Trilateral Commission, Zbigniew Brzezinski.
In 1969, four years before birthing the TC with David Rockefeller, Zbigniew Brzezinski wrote: “[The] nation state as a fundamental unit of man’s organized life has ceased to be the principal creative force. International banks and multinational corporations are acting and planning in terms that are far in advance of the political concepts of the nation state.”
Goodbye, separate nations.
Any doubt on the question of TC goals is answered by David Rockefeller himself, in his Memoirs (2003): “Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as ‘internationalists’ and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure—one world, if you will. If that is the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it.”
Patrick Wood, author of Trilaterals Over Washington, points out there are only 87 members of the Trilateral Commission who live in America. Obama appointed eleven of them to posts in his administration.
For example:
* Tim Geithner, Treasury Secretary
* James Jones, National Security Advisor
* Paul Volker, Chairman, Economic Recovery Committee
* Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence
Here is a stunning piece of forgotten history, a 1978 conversation between a US reporter and two members of the Trilateral Commission. (Source: Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management; ed. by Holly Sklar, 1980, South End Press, Pages 192-3).
The conversation was public knowledge at the time.
Anyone who was anyone in Washington politics, in media, in think-tanks, had access to it. Understood its meaning.
But no one shouted from the rooftops. No one used the conversation to force a scandal. No one protested loudly.
The conversation revealed that the entire basis of the US Constitution had been torpedoed, that the people who were running US national policy were agents of an elite shadow group. No question about it.
And yet: official silence. Media silence. The Dept. of Justice made no moves, Congress undertook no serious inquiries, and the President, Jimmy Carter, issued no statements. Carter was himself an agent of the Trilateral Commission in the White House. He had been plucked from obscurity by David Rockefeller, and through elite TC press connections, vaulted into the spotlight as a pre-eminent choice for the Presidency.
The following 1978 conversation featured reporter, Jeremiah Novak, and two Trilateral Commission members, Karl Kaiser and Richard Cooper. The interview took up the issue of who exactly, during President Carter’s administration, was formulating US economic and political policy.
The careless and off-hand attitude of Trilateralists Kaiser and Cooper is astonishing. It’s as if they’re saying, “What we’re revealing is already out in the open, it’s too late to do anything about it, why are you so worked up, we’ve already won…”
NOVAK (the reporter): Is it true that a private [Trilateral committee] led by Henry Owen of the US and made up of [Trilateral] representatives of the US, UK, West Germany, Japan, France and the EEC is coordinating the economic and political policies of the Trilateral countries [which would include the US]?
COOPER: Yes, they have met three times.
NOVAK: Yet, in your recent paper you state that this committee should remain informal because to formalize ‘this function might well prove offensive to some of the Trilateral and other countries which do not take part.’ Who are you afraid of?
KAISER: Many countries in Europe would resent the dominant role that West Germany plays at these [Trilateral] meetings.
COOPER: Many people still live in a world of separate nations, and they would resent such coordination [of policy].
NOVAK: But this [Trilateral] committee is essential to your whole policy. How can you keep it a secret or fail to try to get popular support [for its decisions on how nations will conduct their economic and political policies]?
COOPER: Well, I guess it’s the press’ job to publicize it.
NOVAK: Yes, but why doesn’t President Carter come out with it and tell the American people that [US] economic and political power is being coordinated by a [Trilateral] committee made up of Henry Owen and six others? After all, if [US] policy is being made on a multinational level, the people should know.
COOPER: President Carter and Secretary of State Vance have constantly alluded to this in their speeches. [a lie]
KAISER: It just hasn’t become an issue.
This interview slipped under the mainstream media radar, which is to say, it was buried.
US (and other nations’) economic and political policy run by a committee of the Trilateral Commission—the Commission created in 1973 by David Rockefeller and his sidekick, Zbigniew Brzezinski.
When Carter won the presidential election (1976), his aide, Hamilton Jordan, said, if after the inauguration, Cy Vance and Brzezinski came on board as secretary of state and national security adviser, “We’ve lost. And I’ll quit.” Lost—because both men were powerful members of the Trilateral Commission and their appointment to key positions would signal a surrender of White House control to the Commission.
Vance and Brzezinski were appointed secretary of state and national security adviser, as Jordan feared. But he didn’t quit. He became Carter’s chief of staff.
Now consider the vast propaganda efforts of the past 40 years, on so many levels, to install the idea that all nations and peoples of the world are a single Collective.
From a very high level of political and economic power, this propaganda op has had the objective of grooming the population for a planet that is one coagulated mass, run and managed by one force. A central engine of that force is the Trilateral Commission.
—One planet, with national borders erased, under one management system, with a planned global economy, “to restore stability,” “for the good of all.”
And one day in the future, a student would ask his teacher, “What happened to the United States?” And the teacher would say, “It was a criminal enterprise based on individual freedom. Fortunately, our leaders rescued the people and taught them the superior nature of HARMONY AND COOPERATION.”
(To read about Jon’s mega-collection, The Matrix Revealed, click here.)
The author of three explosive collections, THE MATRIX REVEALED, EXIT FROM THE MATRIX, and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29th District of California. He maintains a consulting practice for private clients, the purpose of which is the expansion of personal creative power. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world. You can sign up for his free NoMoreFakeNews emails here or his free OutsideTheRealityMachine emails here.
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