Thursday, October 25, 2012

12-10-25 Wikileaks - back in business...

Wikileaks had a little snag, when it tried to leak Bank of America records... That is a NONO.   Now it is back to leaking US government records.  -jz
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A fresh wave of embarrassment could be about to hit the US, as WikiLeaks begins releasing over a hundred classified files this Thursday. This time they're detailing America's detention procedures, including those in infamous prisons such as Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. RT's Laura Smith reports.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

12-10-25 PRESS RELEASE – The case of self-immolated social protest activist Moshe Silman – Judge Hagai Brenner steps down


The evidence shows that the case as a whole was conducted as simulated litigation [Halichim LeMar'it A'in]. The original complaint was filed under a case number, which now the Tel Aviv District Court says never existed, and Judge Brenner affected dismissal of the original complaint and also dismissed an appeal from his own decision. Public access to court records in this case is yet to be gained.

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Self-immolated social protest activist Moshe Silman.
           

Tel Aviv, October 25 – In response to Disqualification for a Cause, filed by Joseph Zernik, PhD, of Human Rights Alert (NGO), Judge Hagai Brenner stepped down from the case of Silman v Social Security Administration in the Tel Aviv District Court.
The August 30, 2012 notice, received from the Tel Aviv District Court says:
The Request is replete with baseless claims, stemming from lack of understanding by the Requester of the manner in which decisions are issued  in Net HaMishpat [the case management system of the Court-jz] and regarding work procedures in the Court. There is not a single valid reason in the Request, which could lead to real concern regarding bias. With it, given changes in the work schedule of the Court, the Request to Inspect and to Copy will be reviewed by the Honorable Magistrate. Therefore, the current Request is moot, and there is no need to address its contents.
It should be noted that the notice was served as an unsigned  "Post-it Decision", and was accompanied by an unsigned authentication record.
The Disqualification for a Cause noted evidence that the case as a whole was conducted as simulated litigation [Halichim LeMar'it A'in]: [2]
  • The original complaint was filed under a case number 13491/2008, which now the Tel Aviv District Court says never existed, and
  • Judge Brenner affected dismissal of the original complaint (in his hat of magistrate) and also dismissed an appeal from his own decision (in his hat of pro tem district judge).
The August 30, 2012 notice by Judge Hagai Brenner also demonstrates the failure of the courts of the State of Israel to establish valid and transparent judicial assignment and re-assignment procedures.
In the meanwhile, the Tel Aviv District Court continues to delay access to the court file records, and also continues to delay decision on a request for copies of decisions in the case, certified by the Clerk of the Court.
The case of the late Moshe Silman was submitted as part of the Human Rights Alert (NGO) report to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations, due for review in early 2013. [3]
The Human Rights Alert report is titled, "Integrity, or lack thereof, in the electronic records of the courts of the State of Israel", and subtitled, "A court which refuses to certify its own decisions, is certified corrupt".
LINKS:
[1] 12-08-30 Silman v State of Israel (1752-08) in the Tel Aviv District Court – Judge Hagai Brenner's simulated decision to step down in response to Disqualification for a Cause
[2] 12-07-25 Time Line of Events: Moshe Silman - self-immolated, Israeli social protest activist - and the justice system of the State of Israel
[3] 12-10-11 Human Right Alert's Appendix IV to Submission; 2013 UPR of the State of Israel - The case of Moshe Silman

12-10-25 Medieval...


Whoever thinks that a government that engages in the conduct, detailed below, could respect the Human Rights of its own citizens, must be delusional... JZ

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Whistleblower who revealed CIA torture sentenced to prison

Former CIA agent John Kiriakou pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to crimes related to blowing the whistle on the US government’s torture of suspected terrorists and was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison. 
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The Back Story to Kiriakou's Imminent Guilty Plea

By Jesselyn Radack 

October 23, 2012 "
Daily Kos" -- A change of plea hearing is set for today at 11:00 am in the Espionage Act case against Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) whistleblower John Kiriakou.
Let's be clear, there is one reason, and one reason only, that John Kiriakou is taking this plea: for the certainty that he'll be out of jail in 2 1/2 years to see his five children grow up.
The government is prepared to drop 80% of its case, including all Espionage Act charges (sound familiar, ahem, Tom Drake?). Kiriakou is expected to plead guilty to violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act (IIPA)--there are no reported cases interpreting it because it's nearly impossible to prove--for "outing" a torturer. "Outing" is in quotes because the charge is not that Kiriakou's actions resulted in a public disclosure of the name, but that through a Kevin Bacon-style chain of causation, GITMO torture victims learned the name of one of their possible torturers. Regardless, how does outing a torturer hurt the national security of the U.S.? It's like arguing that outing a Nazi guarding a concentration camp would hurt the national security of Germany.
In the last couple of weeks, it became public that:
 
. . .  The CIA officer listed as "Officer A" in the John Kiriakou complaint has been revealed to be Thomas Donahue  Fletcher. Born in 1953. Fletcher is currently a resident of Vienna, VA. Further - source states journalists have known identity of this person prior to August 2008, when Kiriakou allegedly confirmed the identity in an email to Matthew Cole, formerly of ABC News. . . . Thomas Donahue Fletcher was the chief of the Headquarters Based Rendition Group and was personally responsible for the rendition of Abu Zubaydah (as well as other high-value detainees) to the CIA black site in Thailand and witnessed and played a role in Zubaydah's torture.
An effectively-forced plea from John Kiriakou will be the tragic bookend to the torture narrative: Kiriakou will be going to jail, while Fletcher happily enjoys retirement in Vienna VA, safe with protection from "the most transparent administration in history."
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U.S. Intends to Keep Adding names to Kill Lists
By Greg Miller
Over the past two years, the Obama administration has been secretly developing a new blueprint for pursuing terrorists, a next-generation targeting list called the "disposition matrix." 

12-10-24 The Israel Bar Association refuses to disclose the nature of its relationship with ComSign, LTD - sole certifier and hacker of the electronic signatures of the State of Israel

The Human Rights Alert (NGO) submission to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations provides evidence of large-scale fraud in the implementation of the Electronic Signature Act (2001), which undermines the integrity of the justice and financial systems of the State of Israel.  Key figures in such conduct are Attorneys Yoram HaCohen and Amit Ashkenazi, senior officers of the Ministry of Justice.  The Israel Bar Association, while expressing its authority to review Ethics Complaints against the two attorneys, refuses to provide a statement on the record regarding its relationship with ComSign, LTD. Public records indicate that the Bar is in close business relationship with ComSign, LTD. A reasonable person would seriously doubt that the Israel Bar Association and/or its District Committees are competent for review of Ethics Complaints against Attorneys HaCohen and/or Ashkenazi in matters pertaining to their conduct vis-à-vis ComSign, LTD.  The Human Rights Alert submission, titled, " Integrity, or lack thereof, in the electronic record systems in the courts of the State of Israel", is scheduled for review in January-February 2013.
 



Jerusalem, October  24 – Human Rights Alert (NGO) has released recent correspondence with the Israel Bar Association-Central Committee, and the Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem-District Committees, pertaining to Ethics Complaints, previously filed with the Bar against Attorneys Yoram HaCohen and Amit Ashkenazi. [1-5]

The latest communications show that:
·                  Neither the Israel Bar-Central Committee, nor the Jerusalem-, Tel-Aviv-District Committees have responded so far on previous requests to disclose the nature of their relationship with ComSign, LTD. 
·                  The Tel Aviv District engages in communications of dubious nature in this matter:  It fails to refer to the previously filed Complaint against Attorney Amit Ashkenazi as such.  It only confirms receipt of a "letter" [פנייה]; it failed to issue a reference number for the Complaint against Attorney Amit Ashkenazi; It fails to explain, why the previously filed Complaint against Attorney Amit Ashkenazi has not been registered by the Tel Aviv-District as such, and it fails to include a reference number for its recent communication in this matter.  Overall, conduct of the Tel Aviv Bar suggests that it is ready, willing, able to initiate a simulated complaint review procedure.

On such background, a reasonable person would seriously doubt that the Israel Bar Association and/or its District Committees are competent for review of Ethics Complaints against Attorneys HaCohen and/or Ashkenazi in matters pertaining to their conduct vis-à-vis ComSign, LTD.

Conduct of the Israel Bar Association in this matter is not unique among Israeli professional organizations, either:
·         The Israeli chapter of ISACA, "The Worldwide Association of Information Systems Professionals",  "dedicated to the audit, control, and security of information systems," and its President Mr Doron Ronen, CPA (Isr), refuse to opine on integrity, or lack thereof, in the electronic records of the State of Israel, while, attempting legal intimidation against the author.
·         The Israeli Institute of Certified Public Accountants and its President Doron Copman, CPA (Isr) refuse to opine, or accept complaint, pertaining to alleged fraud in the 2012 Audit Letter for ComSign, signed by Accountant Erez Shefler CPA (Isr).

The notable exception are a number of Israeli computing/cryptology and legal experts,  who were willing to advise and opine on the matter.

The Human Rights Alert submission to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations is titled, " Integrity, or lack thereof, in the electronic record systems in the courts of the State of Israel", and subtitled, "A court, which refuses to certify its own records, is certified corrupt".  It is scheduled for review in January-February 2013. [6-10]

LINKS:
[1] 12-10-24 Letter to the Israel Bar Association, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem-Districts, in re - Ethics Complaints against Attorneys Yoram HaCohen and Amit Ashkenazi s
[2] August 12, 2012 Letter by the Israel Bar-Tel Aviv District, in re – "Letter" concerning Attorney Ashkenazi (No reference number)
[3] 12-08-23 Letter by the Israel Bar-Jerusalem District Committee, in re – Complaint  Against Attorney Yoram HaCohen (313-12פ)
[4] 12-09-11 Letter by the Israel Bar-Central Committee, in Re – Complaint against Attorney Ashkenazi, filed with the Tel Aviv District Committee (A'2-Complaints 01195412)
[5] 12-10-11 Letter by the Israel Bar–Jerusalem District Committee, in re – Complaint  against Attorney Yoram HaCohen (313/12פ)
[6] 12-06-04 Human Right Alert's Submission; 2013 UPR of the State of Israel: Integrity, or lack thereof, of the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israel
[7] 12-05-10 Human Right Alert's Appendix I to Submission; 2013 UPR of the State of Israel: Integrity, or lack thereof, in the electronic record systems in the courts of the State of Israel
[8] 12-07-18 Human Right Alert's Appendix II to Submission; 2013 UPR of the State of Israel: Integrity, or lack thereof, in the electronic record systems in the courts of the State of Israel - Additional Responses by National Authorities/Experts, Re: ComSign, LTD - sole certifier and hacker of the digital signatures of the State of Israel
[9] 12-10-10 Human Right Alert's Appendix III to Submission; 2013 UPR of the State of Israel - Integrity, or lack thereof, in the electronic record systems in the courts of the State of Israel - peer-reviewed and published in Data Analytics 2012 s
[10] 12-10-11 Human Right Alert's Appendix IV to Submission; 2013 UPR of the State of Israel - Integrity, or lack thereof, in the electronic record systems in the courts of the State of Israel - the case of Moshe Silman
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* The 2010 submission of Human Rights Alert to the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the United Nations, regarding the United States, was reviewed by the HRC professional staff and incorporated in the official HRC Professional Staff Report with a note referring to “corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California.”
* The 2012 submission of Human Rights Alert to the HRC regarding the State of Israel, titled "Integrity or lack thereof, of the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israel".  It is scheduled for review in early 2013.

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

12-10-24 Hello World!


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12-10-23 SURPRISE! Widespread corruption of the judiciary in Social Security Administration...


What began back in late 2010 as a regional SSA scandal alleging fraud and "case-fixing' of disability appeal claims by an SSA Judge with the Office of Disability Adjudication & Review (ODAR) office in Huntington WV, now has federal authorities and US Senators focusing their attention on the national ODAR offices also. Is the entire system corrupt? Will SSA Commissioner Michael Astrue be held accountable as it all unfolds.
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PRESS RELEASE – Petition alleges Bank of Israel Fischer patronizes criminality at Bank HaPoalim, BM עתירה לבג"ץ טוענת שנגיד בנק ישראל פישר נותן חסותו להתנהלות פלילית בבנק הפועלים בע"מ. 12-10-23


The three fundamental issues are a) Brazen conduct by the Bank, which should be deemed as a pattern of Extortion through corporate White-collar Crime, b) Sovereignty, or lack thereof, of the State of Israel, in general, and Bank of Israel- Banking Regulation, in particular, vis-a-vis their United States counterparts, and c) Integrity, or lack thereof, in Bank of Israel-Banking Regulation Consumer Complaints procedures. 
The case in the High Court of Justice of the State of Israel provides a novel perspective on the US-Israel relationship, one where the State of Israel is administered as a US corporate province, and an Israeli bank is permitted to establish and enforce on Israelis, who are "United States Persons" (according to the bank - in the State of Israel - US citizens and green card holders, but apparently not corporations), its own version of US IRS Regulations and waivers of customers' privacy to the US government. In view of widespread corruption of US banks and US banking regulation and the successive collapse of major US financial institutions, the caving in of the Israeli Banking Regulator to the US government, by permitting organized white-collar criminality in a financial institution, should raise doubts regarding integrity and stability of the Israeli financial system.


 

Stanley Fischer, Governor of the Bank of Israel; Bank HaPoalim is the largest consumer bank in Israel
        
View as PDF (Hebrew and English): http://www.scribd.com/doc/110868267/


Jerusalem, October 23 - In Zernik v Fischer (7650/12), filed today in the High Court of Justice of the State of Israel, Joseph Zernik, PhD, of Human Rights Alert (NGO), a US citizen and a resident of Jerusalem, claims that Stanley Fischer, Governor of the Bank of Israel and Israel's banking regulator has been patronizing for some time organized white-collar criminality among senior management of Bank HaPoalim, BM, the largest consumer bank in Israel. [1]
The Petition asks for a Conditional Decree (decree nisi), for Fischer to order the immediate registration of Dr Zernik's August 25, 2012 Complaint against Bank HaPoalim [2] and its overdue review.
On August 25, 2012, the Complaint was first received by Bank of Israel-Banking Regulation, but regardless of repeated requests, Bank of Israel refuses to issue a complaint number, or confirm registration of the complaint.
In the August 25, 2012 complaint against Bank HaPoalim, Dr Zernik provided evidence that the Bank issued fabricated legal papers, claiming that it was authorized and required to establish and enforce its own version of United States IRS Regulations on 'United States Persons' in the State of Israel.  With it, the Bank demanded that 'United States Persons' sign waiver of privacy for the United States government, relative to their banking transactions. 
At the same time, Bank HaPoalim refuses to provide the same customers the statements of interest gained in the customers' accounts on an annual basis, absent which IRS tax returns cannot be filed.  In addition, Bank HaPoalim apparently does not recognize Corporate Personhood - the Bank's communications refer to enforcement of IRS Regulations only on US citizens and green card holders, but not corporations, as 'United States Persons'.
Today's Petition to the High Court of Justice alleges that, "the matter at the foundation of instant Petition is blatantly unlawful conduct by executives at Bank HaPoalim… against… 'United States Persons' in the State of Israel.  Such conduct by Bank HaPoalim… shows the characteristics of organized white-collar crime.  Such conduct commenced prior to the filing of Petitioner's Complaint, and continues to this date with full knowledge and patronizing by Bank of Israel-Banking Regulation.  The ongoing refusal by [Fischer] and Bank of Israel-Banking Regulation to register the… complaint against Bank HaPoalim, BM, is integral to this state of affairs… Fischer and Bank of Israel-Banking Regulation continue to patronize simulated lawfulness, to aid and abet the conduct of Bank HaPoalim… fraud, deceit, or large-scale public deception…  undermin[ing] the sovereignty of the State of Israel. … replac[ing] his loyalty to the State of Israel and its laws with loyalty to the laws of another nation and/or the interests of a financial institution... undermin[ing] the rule of law in the State of Israel.… misprision of felonies and abuse of his office…. basic failure of banking regulation in the State of Israel, at the time that other nations suffer under socio-economic crises that originated in similar conduct by their banks and banking regulator."
Stanley Fischer, has served as Governor of the Bank of Israel since 2005 and in 2010 was named by EuroMoney 'Central Bank Governor of the Year', from 2002-5 – as  Deputy Chair at Citigroup, from 1994-2001 – in the International Monetary Fund, and from 1988-2001 – in the World Bank.
Joseph Zernik has authored in recent years reviews of large-scale fraud by banks and banking regulators in the United States, under the color of simulated legality.  His studies were published in academic peer-reviewed journals in computing and criminology. [3,4] He is a US citizen and a resident of Jerusalem since 2010.
LINKS:
[1] Joseph Zernik v Stanley Fischer (7650/12) Petition in the High Court of Justice of the State of Israel, filed October 23, 2012  (including Bank HaPoalim communications with its "US Persons" customers in English), October 23, 2012.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/110868553/
View Index of Case of the Court at: http://elyon2.court.gov.il/
[2] Zernik, J., complaint against Bank HaPoalim - for attempting to extort compliance with US IRS regulations in Jerusalem - filed with the Israeli Banking Regulator (in English), August 25, 2012.
http://es.scribd.com/doc/103922991/
[3] Zernik, J., "Large-scale fraud in US court records is linked to failing banking regulation, detailed in a paper, peer-reviewed and published in a data analytics journal", OpEdNews (2012).
[4] Zernik, Joseph, Biographical Sketch

ירושלים, אוקטובר 23- בעתירה שהוגשה היום לבג"ץ, צרניק נ פישר (7650/12),
ד"ר יוסף צרניק טוען שסטנלי פישר, נגיד בנק ישראל, נותן את חסותו מזה זמן מה לעבריינות צווארון לבן מאורגנת בקרב הנהלת בנק הפועלים, בע"מ – הבנק הגדול במדינה. [1]
העתירה מבקשת צו על תנאי:
מדוע לא יורה המשיב על בנק ישראל-הפיקוח על הבנקים, לרשום מיד ולבדוק כדין את תלונת העותר נגד בנק הפועלים בע"מ מיום ה-25 לאוגוסט, 2012?
תלונתו של ד"ר צרניק נגד בנק הפועלים, בע"מ, הוגשה והתקבלה לראשונה בבנק ישראל ב-25 לאוגוסט, 2012. אולם מאז ועד עתה מסרב בנק ישראל להנפיק מספר לתלונה ולבדוק אותה כדין.
התלונה מיום ה-25 לאוגוסט, 2012, מציגה תיעוד לגבי בדותות משפטיות, המופצות על ידי בנק הפועלים, בע"מ, ואחרים, על פיה הבנק רשאי וחייב להנהיג ולאכוף על "אנשי ארצות הברית" במדינת ישראל את גרסתו שלו לתקנות מס ההכנסה של ארצות הברית, וכן, שהבנק רשאי וחייב להנהיג ולאכוף על "אנשי ארצות הברית" במדינת ישראל ויתור על הפרטיות הבנקאית לטובת ממשלת ארצות הברית.
עוד אומרת העתירה:
לטענת העותר, העניין העומד בבסיסה של עתירה זאת הוא התנהלות בלתי חוקית בעליל של הנהלת בנק הפועלים בע"מ, ו/או תאגידים הקשורים אליו כנגד העותר ו"אנשי ארצות-הברית" אחרים במדינת ישראל.  בהתנהלותם של בנק הפועלים בע"מ ואחרים מופיעים סממנים מובהקים של עבריינות צווארון לבן מאורגנת. התנהלות זאת החלה עוד קודם להגשת תלונתו של העותר, ומתמשכת עד יום זה בידיעתו ובחסותו של בנק ישראל-הפיקוח על הבנקים. סירובם המתמשך של המשיב ובנק ישראל-הפיקוח על הבנקים לרשום את תלונתו של העותר נגד בנק הפועלים בע"מ הוא חלק בלתי נפרד ממצב עניינים זה.
הודעה נמסרה לוועדת הסכמי באזל (לבנקאות בינלאומית) ולבנקים מרכזיים של אומות שונות.
LINKS:
[1] 12-10-23 Joseph Zernik v Stanley Fischer (7650/12) Petition in the High Court of Justice of the State of Israel
[2] 12-08-25 Dr Zernik's complaint, filed with Israeli banking regulation against Bank HaPoalim - for attempting to extort compliance with US IRS regulations in Jerusalem
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* United States - the 2010 submission of Human Rights Alert to the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the United Nations was reviewed and incorporated in the official HRC Professional Staff Report with a note referring to “corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California.”  
[1] 10-10-01 United Nations Human Rights Council Records for 2010 Review (UPR) of Human Rights in the United States, where Human Rights Alert (NGO) submission was incorporated with a note referring to "corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California."
* State of Israel  - the 2012 submission of Human Rights Alert to the HRC, titled, "Integrity, or lack thereof, of the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israel', is scheduled for review in January 2013.
[1] 12-06-04 Human Right Alert's Submission;  2013 UPR of the State of Israel: "Integrity, or lack thereof, of the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israel"
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WHAT DID THE EXPERT SAY ABOUT THE CURRENT FINANCIAL CRISIS?
*  "I think it's difficult to find a fraud of this size on the U.S. court system in U.S. history," said Raymond Brescia, a visiting professor at Yale Law School who has written articles analyzing the role of courts in the financial crisis. "I can't think of one where you have literally tens of thousands of fraudulent documents filed in tens of thousands of cases." Reuters (Jan 22, 2012)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/79572282/
* “Foreclosure fraud: The homeowner nightmares continue” CNN (April 7, 2011)
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“About 3 million homes have been repossessed since the housing boom ended in 2006… That number could balloon to about 6 million by 2013” Bloomberg (January 2011)
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"...a system in which only the little people have to obey the law, while the rich, and bankers especially, can cheat and defraud without consequences." Prof Paul Krugman, MIT (2011)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/50753639/
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