Alex,
Thanks for the constructive response this week. It is always a pleasure to converse and
exchange perspectives with you! A border is a start to minimizing illegal immigrants and aliens
of the United States, right? However, I do not believe that it will stop terrorist or unwanted
personnel from getting into the homeland or carrying out attacks. It has already happened
multiple times, on various occasions past and recent. So it comes to the question, are immigrants
or terrorists successful because of their training & tactics? Or is it that protocols within the
United States are corrupt and horrific, but we still use them anyways? Everyone has witnessed
the Florida NightClub shooting. Charleston Church Massacre, 9/11, Boston Marathon, Naval
Base Pensacola, and numerous school shootings. We could possibly learn something from other
countries if our governments took the chance to do so and not rely on their own understanding
and tactics. They implement control measures when they are more beneficial to them, rather than
the people.
For example, law enforcement is discriminatory in all aspects. Media portrays them to
mean well but make the wrong decisions constantly due to race, ethinc background, and white
power ideologies, and white supremacists. Terrorists in the United States are not minorities.
Everyone is aware of it but government officials tend to sway the manipulative towards everyone
but themselves. In other words “the pot calling the kettle black” metaphor. According to Sinnar
(2019), government executives rigorously surveils and patrols Muslim neighborhoods and
suburban communities to search for or root out potential terrorist. They tap phone concernations,
obtain secret warrants from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to gather internet
records. The FBI even uses confidential informants to help them select individuals without proof
that deem capable of committing radicalizations measures and imposes forced opportunities for
them to engage in violence as bait to indict them on material support to terrorism. They induce
innocent people to commit felonies on their behalf and charge them with acts of terrori with no
previous history. Does this sound ethical to you? We preach moral codes and belief in the justice
system, but why is the law protecting certain ethics groups, but not everyone? How can we be
protected from terrorists but not the government, law enforcement, and white nationalist inside
the domestic borders of America?
Consequently, the government can pose penalties on innocent muslims or blacks in
America, but not their own kind. The federal government's actions towards white supremacists,
anti-government militias, sovereign citizens, and numerous other groups who have always
presented significant threats, imposed harm, and recruitment right under their nose is non-
existent. Why do you believe that is? There are no secret wants used to investigate these groups
or individuals, or coerced information used to support charges to pint them to incidents
committed or not committed. These homegrown terrorists are considered fine people by the
president and are rarely charged (Sinnar, 2019). Why are informants not used undercover for
them but for those that are non-white? The bible states that, “You shall do no injustice in court.
You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your
neighbor” (King James Bible, 1769/2017, Leviticus 19:15). For we are to be fair unto all people
righteously and not of impure intentions for justices. For law enforcement are God's servants to
maintain peace, prosperity, and control in the world. But why is it the opposite in America?
References
King James Bible. (2017). King James Bible Online. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/
(Original work published 1769)
SINNAR, S. (2019). Separate and unequal: The law of "domestic" and "international" terrorism.
Michigan Law Review, 117(7), 1333-1404.
Thomas,
I am appreciative of your response and broad perspective this week. I agree that before
the attack on 9/11 government officials at all levels withheld sensitive information from each
other for decades. Information was given on a need to know basis, which ultimately set them up
for failure and the United States. More disappointingly, they failed the citizens of the U.S. by
gambling with their civil liberties and freedoms across the globe. The arrogance and cockiness of
officials that represent America was shamed and scrutinized for their incompetence to safeguard
the communities, Pentagon, airports, mailing systems, and screening processes.
Additionally, the USA PATRIOT ACT did jump start law enforcement in the right
direction and set enforcement standards and protocols for officials to follow in order to gain the
competitive edge on terrorists plots before they are executed. Someone argued that this act gave
too much power to law enforcement and feared their rights to privacy were going to be invaded.
How do you feel about that? Because several terrorist groups on American soil have been public
about their objectives to harm those of color and to regain overall control of their “America” and
do not care whom they hurt or kill. Even with law enforcement having all the necessary
information on domestic groups little is done about it or their fellow brothers in blue. Why?
According to Sinnar (2019), if law enforcement personnel suspect foreign immigrants of
terrorist acts, it is easy for them to ask the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for
authorization to wiretap personnel phones or emails who could be linked to terrorist activities, a
permissive standard, and this requires little oversight. However, if officials suspect a person or
group to be linked to domestic terrorism, they must convince the judge to conduct an authorized
wiretap under a probable cause standed in order to use in a criminal proceeding. Conventional
standards are not required for FISA or probable cause that a crime was committed, or will be
committed by an entity of foreign power. But why is this not done for domestic terrorist such as
KKK, White supremacy, Neo-Nazi, Left and White Wing groups? Meanwhile, similar to federal
judges' conventional tapping of the phones, FISA judges also require that warrants are approved
after the reviewing of the evidence and probable cause is determined. An attorney general or
deputy is required to approve these foreign power arrangements but not for domestic attacks.
Nonetheless, the FBI can issue these National Security Letters to acquire electronic records from
communication providers, consumer agencies, financial institutions, without judicial
authorization. But NSLs require governments to certify records as a means or threat towards
national security, but exclude known domestic terrorism. Can you tell me why you think that is
Thomas?
The bible states “He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain
of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of
bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking on evil, he will dwell on the heights; his place of
defense will be the fortresses of rocks; his bread will be given him; his water will be sure” (King
James Bible, 1769/2017, Isaiah 33:15-16). Those who know of crooked cops, congressmen,
jurors, judges, or anyone that seeks for personal gain over public health shall be casted out and
punished for their actions. They shall face redemption and charges by the same notions they
opposed on others not in positions of power. Do you agree?
References
King James Bible. (2017). King James Bible Online.
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/ (Original work published 1769)
Sinnar, S. (2019). Separate and unequal: The law of "domestic" and "international"
terrorism. Michigan Law Review, 117(7), 1333-1404.
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