SUSPICIONS RUN HIGH THAT ELITES WILL TRY TO PUSH-THROUGH TPP IN THE UPCOMING LAME-DUCK SESSION

LET'S  ALL  FIGHT  TPP, TOGETHER!

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                                        Germany (anti-TTIP protest--similar trade deal to TTP)

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 The People are going to have to take matters into their own hands and stop the political elites from pushing TPP through in the vulnerable time between November 15th and mid-December---The so-called "lame-duck" session, when lawmakers are historically the least-acountable 
to The People.

It is as simple as that.

(See article links below as evidence of this, and these are only 3 chosen out of many, BTW). 

We must make a ...

How will We, The People, do this?

When enough people join in, traditional methods can work well, and have been used effectively by numerous activist groups 
of all types in America.

They include:

--Emailing your Senator and Congressperson in polite, mature, but clear and strong language
regarding your request.

--Emailing The President with same.

--Leaving phone messages on your Senator/Congressperson's office message system.

--Signing petitions.

--Going to peaceful demonstrations outside offices of your Senator/Representative, where a number of people can lawfully, but clearly, make their sentiments known.

This is a case for ... Super-Citizen (aka--YOU).

If  We, The People, do not do these things, and in great numbers,
our financial elites and their obedient politicans will almost certainly try to sneak TPP through between November 15th and mid-December, and it could happen very quickly.


 The 3 links below show that elites want TPP, badly.

OBAMA WANTS TO PUSH TPP IN 2016 LAME-DUCK SESSION  

TPP SUPPORTERS PIN HOPES ON LAME-DUCK VOTE



SENATE FINANCE CHAIRMAN SAYS TPP DEAL CAN GET DONE IN LAME-DUCK SESSION


Beware the "Lame-Duck"!

Why is TPP so bad, again?

1. MORE JOB LOSSES

    Millions more US jobs will shift to Asian factories, subcontracted by US 
    and other Companies in search of low-cost labor and sparse 
    regulations.


2. THE ISDS PROVISIONS--THE *REAL DEVIL*  IN THE DETAILS

     The ISDS provision of TPP, will, 
     if passed, enable for the first time, imternational  corporations and 
     investor-groups to sue governmental  agencies and localities for claimed profit-loss, forcing them to yield to the interests of those corporations, BY NOT ENFORCING US LAWS,
due to an inability to pay millions, or billions,
in future "lost profits" to said corporations.

This literally puts US Laws hostage to international moneyed interests.

This leverage against sovereign laws is new in American History----Except for a provision in NAFTA that contains weaker "ISDS-type"
stipulations that are now enabling the thwarted Keystone Pipeline
backers, TransCanada, to attempt to sue the US Gov't for
$15-Billion dollars in lost profits over its veto in 2015 by Obama.
And they may win! This tells us all we need to know about ISDS.

It is true TPP does not alter any US Law at all, in any way.
Sometimes this is used by TPP-backers as a deceptive defense of 
the pact.

But TPP doesn't have to change any laws, since it provides a way for
international companies to SUPERCEDE US Law
via the threat of huge countersuits for future lost profits, awarded by insider
corporate tribunals of etablished corporate attorneys provided by 
TPP's  ISDS format.
This is a stacked-deck.

International companies will now, shockingly to most citizens,
have a way of overriding laws they deem undesirable.
Our own Supreme Court will have to stand idly by, as ISDS tribunals decide the outcomes for American Citizens, and all the citizens of the other signee countries as well (that is whay there have been mass-demonstrations against TPP in Japan and other countries, though sadly not covered in US Corporate Media).

This translates into an inability to enforce our
own environmental and other laws mean't to protect
the Public. Even laws intended to mitigate Climate
Change would be overruled, since they invariably
inhibit international corporate profits to some degree.
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HOW CAN WE FIGHT?

1. Locate your Representative
2. Email and/or call them. 


HOW TO LOCATE AND CONTACT 
YOUR REPRESENTATIVE (links):

 LOCATE AND CONTACT YOUR US SENATOR


(uses voter zip-codes or addresses)
LOCATE AND CONTACT YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE


Next,
Get your words together.

If you need any help with this, or want to speed-up the process,  
please see below for a number of sample letters you can use in 
any form you want for our anti-TPP cause.

Below are intros and texts of various possible letters to representatives I have written, that I offer for anyone's use in writing to 
their senator or congressperson. Check them out, and if you agree, feel free to use it as is, or with any changes you want.

Copy/paste as you wish, edit stuff out, add your own phrases, whatever you want to do to communicate your opposition to TPP.

Feel free also to use any of the text or phrases in the samples below in
any phone messsages you might leave, if you wish.

The emails don't have to be long. We just need their to be lots of them from lots of people. Please try to ask a few friends to join in this campaign.


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 *******Letters to Elected Officials to oppose TPP*******



****INTROS****


(choose most appropriate)


Dear Senator _________________:



Dear Congressman _____________:



Dear Congresswoman _________:


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****Letters to Senators/Representatives****




I strongly urge you to oppose the TPP and vote against it,
should it come up for a vote in the upcoming
November-December session, or any time thereafter.

TPP will not only cause the loss of millions of jobs in
America, but will, more importantly, cause damage to
US Sovereignty through the ISDS section of TPP.

This is unacceptable to all those who do not want to
see US Law overridden or superceded by these ISDS
provisions.

As a voter, I will oppose and actively work against,
any elected officials who end up supporting TPP's passage.

Your Truly,

(your name)__________________

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It is extremely important that you oppose and vote against
the Trans-Pacific-Partnership (TPP), if it comes up for
a vote in the upcoming "lame-duck" session, or any
time after.

As an elected official in a representative system, please
be aware that I, and many other voters, are strongly
opposed to multiple aspects of TPP, too detailed to
outline in this communication at this time.

And make no mistake about it---We, the American People
are watching very closely what our elected officials
are doing on this issue.

Please vote against TPP, and do not support it, in any form,
even at a later time.

The TPP needs to be scrapped, and a better
agreement drafted, from the ground up, with far more participation
and input from people who are not merely financial or
other insiders seeking to protect and expand their
own interests.

Sincerely.

_________________________

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As you may be aware, the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership)
is said by some to be coming-up for a possible vote in
this November-December's "lame-duck" session of congress.

If this happens, I emphatically request that you
OPPOSE TPP, AND VOTE AGAINST IT.

I do not know a single working person (I am not counting
big investors and bankers), who is not disturbed by
the domestic job losses TPP will cause, as well as the
ISDS provision's ability to supercede US Sovereign Law,
on behalf of international corporations.

TPP is unacceptable, and must be opposed and stopped.

All elected officials who end up supporting TPP will
inevitably face the wrath of voters on a mass-scale.

Please be a good representative, and do not support TPP.

Yours Truly,

_____________________________



TPP and its ISDS provision are bad news for most Americans.

I strongly advise you to oppose TPP, and vote against it,
if it comes up in this November-December's session,
or any time later.

TPP is unacceptable to the working people of America,
and all those who value American Sovereignty.

Do not support or vote for TPP.


Yours Truly, (a voter)

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****Letters to Obama****



Dear President Obama:

Please reverse your position on TPP (Trans-pacific
Partnership).

The majority of the American people, when they learn of it,
oppose it.

The ISDS provision of TPP will cripple America's
ability to enforce its environmental,
workplace safety, and other laws, in the face
of daunting ISDS countersuits by corporations amounting to
billions of dollars.

Please do the right thing, Mr. President, and stop TPP in its tracks.

TPP might be good for the top investors and corporate earners,
but it is bad for the overwhelming majority of Americans.


Your Truly,

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Dear President Obama:

The Trans-Pacific Partnership must be opposed.
Please change your mind on this huge issue.

American taxpayers are already facing a $15-Billion dollar
lawsuit thru ISDS provisions included in NAFTA, over your
veto of the Keystone Pipeline.

TPP has much stronger ISDS provisions in it.
How can you support this?

I agreed with your veto of the pipeline, but I feel it is wrong
for the taxpayers to have to pay "ransom" to Trans-Canada investors
over FUTURE profits they never even worked for.

TPP will just make this situation worse for taxpayers.

Also, how are we supposed to mitigate climate-change, or
environmental toxification, when corporations will be able,
thru TPP's ISDS provisions, to actually
counter-sue against, and override, American Laws?

Please change your mind and save your Legacy by opposing TPP and its
dangerous ISDS provisions.

Sincerely,

 


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Dear Mr. President:

If TPP is passed in this lame-duck session, and you sign it,
as you have promised to do, then I predict this will become
the heart of your Legacy.

Do you really want that?

TPP's ISDS provision has the ability to dis-impower US Laws,
and seriously damage American Sovereignty.
This is an historic change.

Is that really how you want to conclude, and define,
your term-of-office?

If you sign TPP into law, you will historically be remembered as
the "TPP President", and sadly, with reason.

Please have the courage to reverse your position on TPP, and VETO IT,
should it come up in the November-December session.

If you do that, some bankers and CEOs will undoubtedly be unhappy.

But the majority of the American People will be thankful.


Yours Sincerely,
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Thank you for coming here, 
and fight the good fight!

Links to other articles against TPP passage in the "Lame-Duck" session:

Don't let lame duck Congress pass TPP  


STOP TPP IN 2016 LAME-DUCK SESSION 

 
Obama Has Plans for the TPP during the Lame Duck—Here's What You Need to Know 


 
If you want to fight some more, check out 
this site:

HOW TO FIGHT TPP, Plus entire TEXT of TPP Document 

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She stood up to no less than Dick Cheney and his rapacious crowd,
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And most importantly, she stood for truth and integrity
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Link:
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Link:
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 Testifying before Congress in June 2005, she called the $20-Billion military contract with (Cheney's pet corporation) Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root, the worst case of government abuse she had ever witnessed in her 20-year career.

 


Link:
 Time Magazine Feature on Bunnatine Greenhouse


Link:
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 More recently, in calmer times...

 


Link:
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lINK: Bunnatine  Greenhouse
One of the bravest and best American Public Servants 
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Cartoonist/Editorialist Ted Rall was apparently fired from the LA Times based on Corrupt, TAMPERED, LAPD Evidence

It Looks disturbingly like the LAPD used Tampered-with Evidence to discredit Ted Rall and get him (and his work) dismissed (i.e fired) from the LA Times.

                            Ted Rall

         
                                                      Ted Rall, at work

                             Nicholas Goldberg, LA Times Editorial  
                    Editor----Villain?

       Austin Beutner, LA Times Publisher----Super-Villain?

          
              Charlie Beck, LAPD Chief----Working in-Collusion   
              with The LA Times to  punish a critic of  LAPD?

 
youtube Video  is here (please copy/paste to browser):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=26&v=Xpdjb-owu_o


            The story started in late July, 2015, when LAPD gave an audiotape of an arrest of Rall in 2001 for jaywalking to The LA Times. With regards to the arrest, Rall had previously recounted certain acts by the arresting officer that were denied by the LAPD. Supposedly, the tape verifed LAPD claims, and proved Rall a "liar" about the incident, which was grounds for his firing.

The LA Times dismissed Rall in a public editorial in their paper, with no further investigation of the only "evidence" they based the dismissal on----The audiotape itself.

Within a few days after his dismissal, a professional expert (sound engineer) was employed, by Rall. The Engineer's work verified the tape had been tampered-with, and as such, would be inadmissable as evidence in court, or in any legal process.
Further, the newly clarified audio tape seems to solidly support Rall's side of the story, and contradict the LAPD's side.

Excerpt from post linked-to below (from Phil Ebersole's Blog):

"Ted Rall, one of my favorite cartoonists, was fired last Monday from his job at the Los Angeles Times after somebody produced an audiotape indicating he had lied in a column about his bad treatment by a Los Angeles police officer when arrested for jaywalking in 2001.
 He [Rall] said the tape consisted of about 20 minutes of talk and 6 minutes of unintelligible noise, so he asked an audio technician to try to restore the original tape.  Lo and behold! – the tape indicated that Rall was telling the truth."

Read the rest, plus a couple good links for more info, here:

Summary of Ted Rall's Dismissal from LA Times and Later Developments


The Cole Smithy FilmBlog has an excellent write-up on the case, and do a great job as investigative Suspicionists, in the opinion of this Blog. 
 Bully for Cole Smithy!! (link below)

Excerpt:
"Nicholas Goldberg, LA Times Editor of the Editorial Pages, and investigative reporter Paul Pringle are both intimately attached to the scandal, and were both directly involved in Rall's dismissal from the LA Times, for which Rall has been a weekly contributor for over six years. Neither Goldberg or Beck has responded to media requests made by repeated email and phone calls. Fishy, fishy.
The world is about to get an up-close and personal look at what passes for investigative reporting at the LA Times, and it ain't pretty or professional." 
Read MORE at this link:

Ted Rall case looks like possible LAPD-Times collusion


Here's Ted Rall's own response:
Ted Rall's Blog-response to his dismissal from LA Times and subsequent developments
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The cui bono aspect:

First, the LA Times' increasingly Corporatist leanings have been detectable to some readers (including this one). Perhaps Rall is way too "leftist/dissenter-ist" to be desirable any longer to The Times ownership, who perhaps needed an excuse to get him out of their paper without some of The Public objecting?
OK, that's my opinion.

But nonetheless ...
The question to ask is -----Did the LAPD have it in for Rall, after his series of ferociously-biting cartoons on police violence and malfeasance, including at least one specifically mentioning LAPD (see below)?

Here are some samples of Rall's recent work, which is protected by the US Constitution, even if it may be unpleasant for some people (including law enforcement personnel) to see:

       And this one, specifically naming the LAPD:

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       So is this what America has come to---You criticize the police, and you pay a price (whatever they can come up with, apparently).
    Sorry, but satire, even insulting, biting satire, is protected by our Constitution and Laws.
If it weren't, let's face it ---- Rush Limbaugh and his like would have been fired decades ago, as well as John Stewart, Bill Maher, Lee Camp,and at least 50,000 comedians and activists.

    The LAPD and LA Times really look corrupt and complicit in this stench-ridden case where a talented, although admittedly controversial cartoonist and writer, was wrongfully dismissed.

Here's a good summary and time-line: 

Time-Line and summary of Ted Rall Case, up to August 2nd, 2015

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JADE HELM ------- Just a silly right-wing fantasy -------- Or IS IT?

*Please Note opinion from source site ("so what we have here...") superimposed over chart above), and keep separate from factual info.
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      On some levels, the issues and speculation that have accompanied the preparation for the upcoming, massive Jade Helm (AKA  "Jade Helm 15") military-training operation in a number of western states including Texas, are amusing ---- The supposed "takeover" of Texas (already a very Conservative, pro-corporate, pro-military state), mass-shootings, and the Chinese invasion angle, especially. 
      Alright, those parts, and other spinoff-ideas, are dumb. 
Fair enough.
Over-the-top, paranoid web sites on Jade Helm are numerous and easy-to-find, and I won't link to any here.

     For this particular issue, virtually all of the level-headed concern (and there is some), as well as the more publicized paranoia, wild theories and conspiracy-ideas, seem to be clustered on the Conservative side of the political spectrum. 

To the Progressive side, Jade Helm is a non-issue, except for the opportunity to mock "those silly wingers on the other side". 

But should it be a non-issue for Progressives and Liberals?
Is there more to this issue?

With Jade Helm, the tendency of Liberals to be suspicious and questioning 
of the military, while Conservatives are as a rule more trusting 
and deferential, has been reversed.  Odd, that.

How did this happen?
Does it mean anything?  

     It is the major media who are energetically putting some of the wacky ideas front-and-center, and presenting them so prominently as to frame, and seemingly discredit the entire issue as rural Conservative paranoia.
This apparent "slant" in the reporting compelled me to wonder ---- why are the corporate-media so determined, right from the get-go, to frame concerns about Jade-Helm as, "wacky"?

      It somehow has immediately become habit for Liberals and Progressives, led by media, to ridicule Conservative fears about 
Jade Helm. And many have followed along, as I did for the first weeks 
this story was out.

     Then I decided to look deeper.

     I admit to being a political Progressive who constantly questions Conservative or "establishment" ideas. 
     But now, after some re-thinking,  I refuse to entirely write-off the "other side" on this issue anymore, even though some claims are unequivocally outlandish.
     Let me explain why.


    OK, so first ---- Let's look at what we do know about Jade Helm,
putting aside the wild, chuckle-inducing theories the media loves to 
throw out there so easily.
     There have long been military-training exercises all over America.
The big questions about this one are ---- Is Jade Helm different from the others? Why is so little known about it, and also, what is the purpose behind it? There's not a ton of info out there about Jade Helm, as much of it seems to be classified (except for official disclosures such as in the diagram/panels at top of page).


      Jade Helm does not appear to be just another round of conventional "War Games" for combat troops. 
It is described as a new type of "counterinsurgency"-training for ONLY elite commando-type units (like the team that got Bin Laden, and others), in all branches of the military, operating in different states, practicing local infiltration and reconaissance as well as having military materials necessary to the operation moved-around and made ready as they would be in an actual combat-defense situation. 

      There is more to it ofcourse, but little else is directly known, except that local law enforcement officers will be notified and prepared ahead-of-time for some public reaction to the exercises on a local level, as they occur (i.e. anticipated citizen reports of "people acting suspiciously" in their communities or surrounding areas).

        So OK. It's large, it's new, it's innovative, it's to protect the country, etc etc etc.

     But I still have some questions.

     Sooo ...  Who the heck are the "insurgents" these special military teams are being trained to counter, target and neutralize? Al Qaeda or ISIS "death squads" loose in the US? Clive Bundy-types? Rightwing neo-military survivalists? The next version of Occupy? Code Pink? Future Anti-war demonstrators?
And how can training in American towns and communities prepare special Ops for fighting "insurgents" in countries like Afghanistan, Iraq,  Syria or Pakistan? This part is extremely unclear.



One thing is for sure ---- Once the machinery, strategies and protocols are worked out and established, they can be used for other than the originally stated purposes.

     As a Liberal, I naturally have a distrust of the Military Industrial Complex, with its huge political clout, and I share, along with increasing numbers of Americans, an uneasiness with the ever-growing vastne$$ of the US military, and its oversized budget,  in general.

    Emphatically,  I suggest other Liberals who share those sentiments apply them in this case.

     If you do, you may find yourself having a few creepy doubts about this operation yourself, even if the silly "flagship" parts of the story (takeover of Texas, mass-executions of Christians, "FEMA death-domes" etc), seem extremely stupid and are easily-mocked.

     Think beyond the distracting "dumb stuff" up-front.


     Have the crazy-sounding, "paranoid" ideas put out by the media, as shown in the statement and image seen below, been distracting people away from any real discussion about this issue?

     Effective stereotyping of Conservative fears as silly paranoia encourages ridicule and shuts-down communication between left 
and right:

Here again:

Although liked and respected by Liberals, has Progressive-leaning TV comedian John Stewart's mockery of Conservative fears about Jade Helm helped close Liberals' minds to the full implications of this issue?

Even Liberal Cartoon Icon Doonesbury has joined in the dismissive guffawing at Jade Helm worries as some form of silly Texan extremism:
   (By Gary Trudeau/June 14, 2015).

              
                  
                   But are Liberals missing something on Jade Helm?
                   Are they being played on this issue?


 
Always publicizing and framing questioners of Jade Helm as pursuers of some extreme conspiracy, as in the dramatically sci-fi--themed panel just below, seems to encourage craziness, and keeps too many other people laughing at something they should perhaps think more deeply about:

       OK, where's the cui  bono? 



     You shouldn't have to be a raving conspiracy-theorist to see some potential sense of threat behind these rather mysterious, but BIG, military special-forces exercises, which involve some degree of what is described as "local infiltration" and surveillance.    
     Authorities will say it is for "National Security", public safety, blah blah blah, as would be expected. However, others believe the cui bono  would be for the governmental/elite interest$ who would desire to have more 
security-state measures and preparations put in place -- in anticipation of mass civil unrest, possibly in response to an economic collapse or controversial new war.     
      The current uncertain social-economic-political atmosphere in America, as the background for the exercises, would suggest this possibility, and the overall picture grows slightly more ominous when seen in light of the current trend in America towards the militarization of local police forces across the country, which has been well-documented, along with many examples of excessive violence used against citizens, coast-to-coast. 
     Additional context can be added by considering also the NSA's mass-collection of metadata on average Americans, as revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden, who, by the way, would still be immediately imprisoned for decades were he ever to re-enter the 
United States.
     Also, Progressives would be foolish to forget the police-state-like suppression of the Occupy Movement just a few short years ago ---- A policing policy which was certainly a cui bono for financial and corporate elites made uneasy by Occupy's decidedly anti-elite message. 
   
  Here, Noam Chomsky talks about that suppression:

Remember?
NYC Police arrest Occupy Movement members: 

     Liberals and Progressives need to put Jade Helm in this context, away from the lunatic raving, and see this as a potential preparation for dealing with political resistance coming from the masses. Including the Left-leaning masses.  
This is the frightening possible cui bono for The Authoritarian State that many fear is emerging in America.
     Plenty of smart people on the Left, like Chris Hedges and others, have warned about the shift in our American system to a more militarized, potentially repressive state, in order to enforce the corporate-run order in a society of more and more purloined resources and wealth, taken away from the American People by ultra-wealthy elites. That isn't conspiracy theory. That's just the big picture, seen clearly.

     So OK, maybe Jade Helm is just a standard training exercise, nothing to see here, etc.

     But at least think it through before writing it all off right away just because it is presented as a "right-wing" fear-point with some outlandish spin-off ideas.
Military know-how and expertise, such as is being refined in Jade Helm, could be used just as easily against an anti-war movement (should one arise) or a new version of Occupy, just as easily as it could be used to 
go after some hypothetical terrorist cell we're all supposed to be so 
scared of.

I  pose  this  question:
      If you are a Liberal, and say, Jeb Bush were President and this operation was being planned as is, would you still feel the same way about it?
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Does Jade Helm violate The Posse Comitatus Law?


1st, a Reminder:
Posse Comitatus Act -- A United States federal law (passed, 1878) prohibiting members of the military from exercising powers that maintain "law and order" on non-federal property.
(Editor's note: presumably, the prohibition would include the actual arrest and detainment of citizens, or a law-enforcement assault of any kind. Apparently, the law does not prohibit practice or training, just actual enforcement.)

On Wikipedia: 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act



    Below (in the view of The Suspicionist Blog)
is a more balanced analysis, undistracted by inane sidelights, of the Jade Helm operation and its possible implications:

Excerpts from link to article on the Blog,  "Who-What-Why"  below:

"Jade Helm presenters have stated that troops will “infiltrate” towns and cities, and rove among the civilian population, both in uniform and in civilian clothes. Roy Boyd, chief deputy of the Victoria County Sheriff’s Office, told the Houston Chronicle: “They’re going to set up cells of people and test how well they’re able to move around without getting too noticed in the community… They’re testing their abilities basically [to] blend in with the local environment and not stand out and blow their cover.”
Elaborating further, Thomas Mead, a contractor hired by USASOC, said in a presentation to the Big Spring, Texas, City Council in March that special forces “operators,” as Special Ops soldiers are called, will enlist local roleplayers as informants. Mead told the City Council that operators will be looking for “someone who gives a little nugget of information for them to build an intelligence picture.”
It is these kinds of activities, resembling counter-insurgency, that set Jade Helm apart from the previous exercises that the Army cites as similar to Jade Helm. This argument hinges on what is meant by “similar.” The scripts in those previous exercises called for Special Ops “operators” to assist local insurgents or “freedom fighters” in resisting tyrannical authorities. In Jade Helm, the US operators will apparently be working to suppress an insurgency. This will involve activities more in keeping with law enforcement, such as information-gathering from locals, moving about undercover in communities, and assaults on selected “targets.” Residents have been told to expect “increased aircraft in the area at night.”
Critics of Jade Helm note that the military is not intended nor designed to function as a law enforcement body, and that soldiers are not trained to evaluate the legal nuances of probable cause or to safeguard the rights of civilian detainees."
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"The media have done a grave disservice by repeatedly mis-characterizing Texan citizens as hysterically complaining of a 'takeover' of Texas. In fact, the video record shows questions from the audience at the military’s city council presentations to be calm and reasonable. At no point does anyone accuse the Army of plotting to 'take over Texas,' a recurring catchphrase in the mockery of Jade Helm critics. At a Bastrup County meeting, one man expresses concern over 'increasing indications that the military is getting a little too involved in civilian law enforcement.' "

Link:
Does Jade Helm violate Posse Comitatus?

For added perspective ...  

Link:
LA Times gives the Mainstream view of Jade Helm

Link:
Is Jade Helm a Psy-Op? 
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The next link below is to a very strong-opinioned article on Jade Helm from a site called,   beforeitsnews.com.

While The Suspicionist Blog does not necessarily endorse the opinions and views expressed on that site, it is included here because it gives significant added information, and helps to give a broader perspective on Jade Helm:

Link:
What Is Jade Helm 15?

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Beware ...

Relevant warnings from Chris Hedges 
and Noam Chomsky:

 

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