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12-07-06 ComSign - a legitimate electronic signature certifier for the State of Israel, or a large-scale con on the People by the government of the State of Israel?
ComSign is a private corporation, which was established through a dubious process as the only certifying authority for electronic signatures, which is recognized by the State of Israel. ComSign issues certificates of authenticity. However, to this date, after reviewing thousands of judicial records and other legal public records of the State of Israel, a single visible certificate is yet to be discovered. At least one browser (Mozilla) is documented refusing to recognize ComSign certificates, for failure to produce audit records. The evidence discovered to this date, does not enable one to discern: Is ComSign a legitimate electronic signature certifier, or a large-scale con on the People by the government of the State of Israel? In effort to resolve the dilemma, sample digital certificates were requested from both ComSign and the Ministry of Justice of the State of Israel. The responses hold particular significance to Human Rights and banking regulation in the State of Israel.
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VIEW as PDF: http://www.scribd.com/doc/
As part of efforts to discern the nature of ComSign, LTD, and its conduct as sole certifying authority for the State of Israel, Joseph Zernik, PhD, of Human Rights Alert (NGO), has filed requests with the Ministry of Justice of the State of Israel [1] and ComSign, LTD, [2] for sample certificates of electronic signatures, pursuant to theElectronic Signature Act (2001). The Administration of Courts, which operates the electronic record systems of the courts, refuses to answer on any Freedom of Information requests on this matter, with no legal foundation. [3]
Little noticed, unannounced regime change took place in Israel in the early 2000s with the passage and implementation of the Electronic Signature Act (2001), the new Regulations of the Courts - Office of the Clerk(2004), and the concurrent implementation of new electronic record systems in the courts of the State of Israel: [3]
One of the notable features of the new electronic record systems is neither a single visible certified digital signature, pursuant to the Electronic Signature Act (2001), nor a single certified server has been discovered in recent review of thousands of public legal records. [4] All decisions of the Supreme Court are now published as electronic record, unsigned and uncertified, subject to "editing and phrasing changes", and the Supreme Court refuses to duly serve its decisions on parties to litigation. [3]
In parallel, the Human Rights Alert (NGO) 2012 report [3] documents the proliferation of simulated records in the Supreme Court of the State of Israel, conduct of simulated review of cases before the court, [6] and fraud in certification of decisions of Supreme Court by the Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court. [9] Falsification of records in the District Court in Tel Aviv was documented by the Israel Bar Association [8], and falsification of records in the Detainees Courts was reported by Haaretz daily. [10]
Separately, the Administration of Courts denied a Freedom of Information request for the appointment records of the Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court, claiming that is was a "record of internal deliberation." [9]
Several individuals, appearing under various titles, were central to the fraud in implementation of the Electronic Signature Act (2001):3) Amit Ashkenazi
Of particular concern is in this context is the nature of ComSign, LTD, and its conduct as sole certifying authority for the State of Israel.
The ComSign Certification Practice Statement opens with the following: [11]
The English web site of Comsign state, under "Solutions", "SSL": [11]
Some light is shed on this case in correspondence from 2003-2012 between ComSign, LTD, COO, and Mozilla, the non profit browser maker, asking to have ComSign added to the Mozillas root CA store: [11]- Please also tell us how you comply with sections 8, 9 and 10 of our
CA policy:
http://www.mozilla.org/ Thanks,
Gerv
Comment 2Gervase Markham [:gerv] 2007-06-27 08:04:02 PDT Gerv
Comment 3Ran Harel 2007-06-27 08:09:37 PDT 1. We do not currently offer OCSP service.
2. We are not currently planning on issuing EV certificates.
3. Since all audits were/are conducted for the Israeli Ministry of
Justice, they are in Hebrew, and so we are in the process of translating
and notarizing them for this purpose. If there is any other way to get
this approval please tell me.
Thank you,
Ran
Comment 4Gervase Markham [:gerv] 2007-06-27 08:41:09 PDT It may well be useful to have your audit documents translated - but
the key questions are:
- Who did the audit? - To what standard (e.g. WebTrust, ETSI) was the audit done?
Are you able to answer these two questions?
Gerv
Comment 5 Gervase Markham [:gerv] 2007-08-15 08:08:47 PDT Gerv As of this date, ComSign is still listed on the Pending Requests List, although on April 8, 2012, the accountants office Sharoni, Shefler et al (CPAs) issued an audit statement. [11] In contrast, Comsign does appear on the approved list of IBM and Microsoft corporations. [11]
It should also be noted, that when trying to open the root certificates of ComSign, Microsoft Windows issues a security warning: "Unknown Publisher".
The experience gained in Israel, relative to implementation of the Electronic Signature Act (2001) and the new electronic records systems of the courts, demonstrates:
Events that have taken place in Israel over the past decade also demonstrate that the biggest hacking risk to government data systems is from 'inside jobs' by government officials, and that no government should be trusted with constructing such systems, absent adequate transparency and public oversight.
The electronic record systems of the courts in the United States were compromised a couple of decades earlier. Today, fraud in the electronic record systems of the many of the states (SUSTAIN) and the federal (PACER, CM/ECF) courts is rampant. [12]
Corruption of the courts in the United States is most notably seen in abuse of Human Rights and failing banking regulation. [13]
Conditions that have been established in the State of Israel pose similar risks to Human Rights and banking regulation in the State of Israel. Israeli computing and encryption experts, some of the best in the world, should hold a particular civic duty in the safeguard of Human Rights and banking regulation in the State of Israel in the digital era.
LINKS:
[1] 12-06-27 Freedom of Information Request on the Ministry of Justice in re: Certified Digital Signatures of Officers of the Ministry of Justice s
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
[4] 12-06-25 PRESS RELEASE: Hijacking of the Digital Seal of the State of Israel
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
[5] 10-00-00 State of Israel - Ombudsman's Report 60b, Ministry of Justice Computerization (2010) p 693 Et Seq
http :// www.scribd.com/doc/50624862/
[6] 04-11-25 Takanot Batey Hamishpat - Mazkirut (2004) // Regulations of the Courts - Offices of the Clerks (2004) (Heb + Eng)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
[7] 11-12-19 Simulated Records, Simulated Litigation Enabled by the Electronic Record Systems of the Supreme Court of the State of Israel (English) s
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
[8] 12-04-16 PRESS RELEASE: Criminal Fraud Complaint Against SARAH LIFSCHITZ, Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Israel, Filed Today With Israel Policehttp ://www.scribd.com/doc/
[9] 12-04-10 The Judge Alsheikh Affair – “Reconstructed Transcript” in the Tel-Aviv District Court _ Globe
http :// www.scribd.com/doc/90686541/
[10] 11-02-08 Dana Weiler: Court issues ruling, with quotes, from a nonexistent hearing - Haaretz
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
[14] 12-07-06 List of Justice Ministers of the State of Israel 2001-2012 _ Wikipedia
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
VIEW as PDF: http://www.scribd.com/doc/
As part of efforts to discern the nature of ComSign, LTD, and its conduct as sole certifying authority for the State of Israel, Joseph Zernik, PhD, of Human Rights Alert (NGO), has filed requests with the Ministry of Justice of the State of Israel [1] and ComSign, LTD, [2] for sample certificates of electronic signatures, pursuant to theElectronic Signature Act (2001). The Administration of Courts, which operates the electronic record systems of the courts, refuses to answer on any Freedom of Information requests on this matter, with no legal foundation. [3]
Little noticed, unannounced regime change took place in Israel in the early 2000s with the passage and implementation of the Electronic Signature Act (2001), the new Regulations of the Courts - Office of the Clerk(2004), and the concurrent implementation of new electronic record systems in the courts of the State of Israel: [3]
- The Electronic Signature Act (2001) established certified digital signatures for State officers and attorneys appearing in courts, and prescribed that a Magistrate Judge be appointed by the Minister of Justice, holding the office of "Registrar of Certifying Authorities", to oversee the implementation of the database of certified digital signatures. However, Freedom of Information response by the Ministry of Justice states that no individual was appointed for a full decade, until 2011, to hold that office. Regardless, individuals falsely appeared in the intervening years as "Registrar of Certifying Authorities" and conducted business on behalf of that office, promulgated guidelines, filed annual reports with the legislature (Knesset) and engaged in enforcement, all with no lawful authority. Through such conduct, ComSign, LTD, was established as the sole certifying authority of electronic signatures for the State of Israel. With it, the digital seal of the State of Israel was effectively hijacked. [4]
- New electronic record systems were concurrently implemented in the courts of the State of Israel. The 2010 State Ombudsman's Report 60b [5] documents that the systems were developed and implemented in violation of State law and regulations:
- The systems were developed with no specifications
- Development of the systems was delegated to corporations with no bidding (US-based corporations, IBM and EDS, were involved in this project)
- Development was conducted with no core supervision by State employees
- The systems were received with no independent testing by the State client.
- The servers, holding the records of the courts of the State of Israel were removed to corporate grounds, and are not under State control.
- The Regulations of the Court - Office of the Clerk (2004) were amended in 2005, in conjunction with implementation of the new electronic record systems in the courts. The amendment permitted the Director of Administration of Courts to modify the Regulations as necessary in the process of implementing the systems. [5] The Director of the Administration of Courts has never published the modification that were introduced in the Regulations under such authority, and the Administration of Courts refuses to answer on any Freedom of Information requests, pertaining to the electronic record systems. [3]
One of the notable features of the new electronic record systems is neither a single visible certified digital signature, pursuant to the Electronic Signature Act (2001), nor a single certified server has been discovered in recent review of thousands of public legal records. [4] All decisions of the Supreme Court are now published as electronic record, unsigned and uncertified, subject to "editing and phrasing changes", and the Supreme Court refuses to duly serve its decisions on parties to litigation. [3]
In parallel, the Human Rights Alert (NGO) 2012 report [3] documents the proliferation of simulated records in the Supreme Court of the State of Israel, conduct of simulated review of cases before the court, [6] and fraud in certification of decisions of Supreme Court by the Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court. [9] Falsification of records in the District Court in Tel Aviv was documented by the Israel Bar Association [8], and falsification of records in the Detainees Courts was reported by Haaretz daily. [10]
Separately, the Administration of Courts denied a Freedom of Information request for the appointment records of the Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court, claiming that is was a "record of internal deliberation." [9]
Several individuals, appearing under various titles, were central to the fraud in implementation of the Electronic Signature Act (2001):
- 1) Meir Shitrit
- 2001-3 - Minister of Justice, signed Electronic Signature Act (2001) and oversaw the first couple of years of its implementation;
- 2) Yoram HaCohen
- - Head of the Justice, Information, Technology Authority;
- - Registrar of Databases in the Ministry of Justice;
- - Registrar of Certifying Authorities" pursuant to the Electronic Signature Act (2001).
- - Legal Counsel of the Justice, Information, Technology Authority;
- - Registrar of Certifying Authorities" pursuant to the Electronic Signature Act (2001).
The ComSign Certification Practice Statement opens with the following: [11]
- 1.1.1. ComSign’s electronic certificate issuing services have been created to
- support secured E-commerce and additional electronic services to
- provide a solution to the technical, business and personal needs of
- electronic signature technology users. ComSign is registered as a CA at
- the CA registrar as defined by the Law[Electronic Signature Act (2001)of the
- State of Israel - jz]and is acting as a reliable third party that issues,
- manages, and revokes electronic certificates according to these procedures.
- Electronic signatures
- In the last decade, the ability to transfer data electronically has developed enormously. One of the key problems in developing transfer technology is authenticating the web surfer - the identity of the specific person who has performed an action on the internet cannot be known. This inability to identify prevents innumerable entities from providing services via information transfer technology and thus many procedures are still "stuck", cumbersome and bureaucratic.
- Electronic signatures have existed for many years already, and in 2001 the Knesset even passed the Electronic Signature Law, which reduced the gap between the authorities from the legal aspect and the existing technology.
- An electronic signature is an encrypted file attached to a message or document which allows identifying its sender and guarantees that the original content of the message or document has not been changed since being signed, and if it has been changed, the reader will receive a warning that the document is not complete compared to the original document that was signed.
- Digital signatures are based on methodical theory and by using complex algorhythms they prevent break-ins and/or changes to a document without the knowledge of the document signatory/reader.
- How can we recognize a digitally signed file/message?
- One must ensure that the
sign appears, which confirms that the message was signed electronically.
The English web site of Comsign state, under "Solutions", "SSL": [11]
- SSL
- Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a method of encrypting and protecting secure web pages. Secure pages are those where the communication between them and the browser is encrypted and the identity of the company or person representing the pages can be clarified.
- When a web surfer reaches a secure page, the lock symbol (
) appears at the top and bottom of the browser, and sometimes it even makes a locking sound.
- These indicate to the web surfer that the page is secure. Double-licking the lock symbol while visiting a secure page will display the identity of the company that owns the secure pages. (When clicking on the lock, it is recommended to check the name of the company responsible for the encryption and not be tempted to give your details to just any ephemeral company which has fabricated an opportunity for themselves).
Some light is shed on this case in correspondence from 2003-2012 between ComSign, LTD, COO, and Mozilla, the non profit browser maker, asking to have ComSign added to the Mozillas root CA store: [11]
- Comment 1Gervase Markham [:gerv] 2007-06-01 08:29:49 PDT
- - Do you offer OCSP service?
- Can you confirm you are, as you say, planning to issue EV certificates (http://www.cabforum.org)?
Mr Harei: Are you able to answer my questions? If not, the bug will be closed.
Hi Gerv, sorry for the delay
Ran,
Resolving INCOMPLETE due to lack of input from reporter.
It should also be noted, that when trying to open the root certificates of ComSign, Microsoft Windows issues a security warning: "Unknown Publisher".
The experience gained in Israel, relative to implementation of the Electronic Signature Act (2001) and the new electronic records systems of the courts, demonstrates:
- The Executive had no intention of complying with the Electronic Signature Act (2001);
- The Judiciary were intimately involved in the conduct related to undermining the integrity of court record in the State of Israel;
- The Legislative is not ready, willing, able to exert oversight - individuals fraudulently appeared and filed annual reports with the Knesset as "Registrars of Certifying Authorities", pursuant to the Act.
Events that have taken place in Israel over the past decade also demonstrate that the biggest hacking risk to government data systems is from 'inside jobs' by government officials, and that no government should be trusted with constructing such systems, absent adequate transparency and public oversight.
The electronic record systems of the courts in the United States were compromised a couple of decades earlier. Today, fraud in the electronic record systems of the many of the states (SUSTAIN) and the federal (PACER, CM/ECF) courts is rampant. [12]
Corruption of the courts in the United States is most notably seen in abuse of Human Rights and failing banking regulation. [13]
Conditions that have been established in the State of Israel pose similar risks to Human Rights and banking regulation in the State of Israel. Israeli computing and encryption experts, some of the best in the world, should hold a particular civic duty in the safeguard of Human Rights and banking regulation in the State of Israel in the digital era.
LINKS:
[1] 12-06-27 Freedom of Information Request on the Ministry of Justice in re: Certified Digital Signatures of Officers of the Ministry of Justice s
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
[4] 12-06-25 PRESS RELEASE: Hijacking of the Digital Seal of the State of Israel
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
[5] 10-00-00 State of Israel - Ombudsman's Report 60b, Ministry of Justice Computerization (2010) p 693 Et Seq
http :// www.scribd.com/doc/50624862/
[6] 04-11-25 Takanot Batey Hamishpat - Mazkirut (2004) // Regulations of the Courts - Offices of the Clerks (2004) (Heb + Eng)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
[7] 11-12-19 Simulated Records, Simulated Litigation Enabled by the Electronic Record Systems of the Supreme Court of the State of Israel (English) s
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
[8] 12-04-16 PRESS RELEASE: Criminal Fraud Complaint Against SARAH LIFSCHITZ, Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Israel, Filed Today With Israel Policehttp ://www.scribd.com/doc/
[9] 12-04-10 The Judge Alsheikh Affair – “Reconstructed Transcript” in the Tel-Aviv District Court _ Globe
http :// www.scribd.com/doc/90686541/
[10] 11-02-08 Dana Weiler: Court issues ruling, with quotes, from a nonexistent hearing - Haaretz
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
[14] 12-07-06 List of Justice Ministers of the State of Israel 2001-2012 _ Wikipedia
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
12-06-30 If it ain't a party, it ain't my occupation...
Social protest in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 30, 2012
Social protest in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 23, 2012
Police in social protest in the United States.
An official government committee was established already last year to review the underlying issues - extreme concentration of wealth in the hands of small number of tycoons in recent decades, tight relationship between such tycoons and corrupt government officials, unaffordable housing, food prices, inequality in the burden of military service, etc...
It is yet to be seen that the recommendation of the committee are implemented, and that is in part the reason for the renewed protest this year.
Although there was some police violence during the protests, the relatively unarmed police presence is a far cry from police conduct in the United States.
Thursday, July 5, 2012
12-07-06 WikiLeaks Begins Publishing Two Million Syria Emails
It will be interesting to see, which way the People were deceived...
jz
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WikiLeaks said Thursday it was publishing over two million emails from Syrian political figures dating back to 2006 but also covering the period of the crackdown on dissent by Syria's regime."Just now... WikiLeaks began publishing the Syria files, more than two million emails from Syrian political figures, ministries and associated companies dating from August 2006 to March 2012," said Sarah Harrison, spokeswoman for the anti-secrecy website.
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/1019720/wikileaks_begins_publishing_two_million_syria_emails/
12-07-06 Unannounced regime change in Israel - the Electronic Signatures Act (2001) and the Biometric Database Act (2009)
The Biometric Database Act (2009) was and is fiercely opposed by experts as “a step to a true police state” and as transition to a "post-democratic" regime. Little noticed, unannoucned regime change had already taken place in Israel in the early 2000s with the passage and implementation of the Electronic Signature Act (2001), the Regulations of the Courts - Offices of the Clerks (2004), and new electronic record systems in the courts. Integrity of the electronic records of the courts and other legal public records was undermined. MEIR SHITRIT, YORAM HACOHEN, and AMIT ASHKENAZI were and are central to conduct related both to the Electronic Signatures Act (2001) and Biometric Database Act (2009). Given the involvement of senior officers of all three branches of government in this conduct, a Truth and Reconciliation Commission appears as the only plausible solution.
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Jerusalem, July 6 - The Biometric Database Act (2009) permits the government of the State of Israel to initiate the construction of a comprehensive database of personal IDs, linked to fingerprints and facial biometric photographs of all residents of the State of Israel. The database could be used for access control, for surveillance, and for other police purposes. The Act was and is fiercely opposed by experts and Human Rights advocates in Israel. In recent years, government's personal information databases in Israel have been repeatedly compromised. The Act was described in Israel as “a step to a true police state” and as transition to a "post-democratic" regime. [1]
Little noticed, unannounced regime change had already taken place in Israel in the early 2000s with the passage and implementation of the Electronic Signature Act (2001), the new Regulations of the Courts - Office of the Clerk (2004), and the concurrent implementation of new electronic record systems in the courts of the State of Israel: [2]
In parallel, the Human Rights Alert (NGO) 2012 report [2] documents the proliferation of simulated records in the Supreme Court of the State of Israel, conduct of simulated review of cases before the court, [6] and fraud in certification of decisions of Supreme Court by the Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court. [7] Falsification of records in the District Court in Tel Aviv was documented by the Israel Bar Association [8], and falsification of records in the Detainees Courts was reported by Haaretz daily. [9]
Separately, the Administration of Courts denied a Freedom of Information request for the appointment records of the Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court, claiming that is was a "record of internal deliberation." [2]
Several individuals, appearing under various titles, were and are central to both to the fraud in implementation of the Electronic Signature Act (2001) and passage and implementation of Biometric Database Act (2009):2) Yoram HaCohen
3) Amit Ashkenazi
Given that establishment of a comprehensive state biometric database is an uncharted territory, opposition to theBiometric Database Act (2009) in Israel has been so far focused on theoretical consideration.
However, the experience gained in Israel, relative to implementation of the Electronic Signature Act (2001) and the new electronic records systems of the courts, provides relevant precedents. Such precedents demonstrate: The Executive had no intention of complying with the Electronic Signature Act (2001); The Judiciary were intimately involved in the conduct related to undermining the integrity of court record in the State of Israel; The Legislative is not ready, willing, able to exert oversight - individuals fraudulently appeared and filed annual reports with the Knesset as "Registrars of Certifying Authorities", pursuant to the Act.
"Given the involvement in recent years of senior officers of all three branches of government in undermining the integrity of the justice system of the State of Israel, the only conceivable solution is in the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission," says Joseph Zernik, PhD, of Human Rights Alert.
Events that have taken place in Israel over the past decade also demonstrate that the biggest hacking risk to government data systems is from 'inside jobs' by government officials, and that no government should be trusted with constructing a biometric database.
The electronic record systems of the courts in the United States were compromised a couple of decades earlier. Today, fraud in the electronic record systems of the mamy the states (SUSTAIN) and federal (PACER, CM/ECF) courts is rampant. [10]
Corruption of the courts in the United States is most notably seen in abuse of Human Rights and failing banking regulation. Conditions that have been established in the State of Israel pose similar risks to Human Rights and banking regulation in the State of Israel.
LINKS:
[1] 12-07-05 The Biometric Database Act (2009) in Israel – “a step to a true police state” - compilation of media reports and legal records http://www.scribd.com/doc/
[2] 12-06-04 Human Right Alert's Appendix to Submission; 15th UPR Working Group Session (Jan-Feb 2013) - State of Israel: Integrity, or lack thereof, of the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israel http://www.scribd.com/doc/
[3] 12-06-25 PRESS RELEASE: Hijacking of the Digital Seal of the State of Israelhttp://www.scribd.com/
[4] 10-00-00 State of Israel - Ombudsman's Report 60b, Ministry of Justice Computerization (2010) p 693 Et Seqhttp ://www.scribd.com/doc/
[5] 04-11-25 Takanot Batey Hamishpat - Mazkirut (2004) // Regulations of the Courts - Offices of the Clerks (2004) (Heb + Eng) http://www.scribd.com/doc/
[6] 11-12-19 Simulated Records, Simulated Litigation Enabled by the Electronic Record Systems of the Supreme Court of the State of Israel (English) shttp://www.scribd.com/doc/
[7] 12-04-16 PRESS RELEASE: Criminal Fraud Complaint Against SARAH LIFSCHITZ, Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Israel, Filed Today With Israel Policehttp ://www.scribd.com/doc/
[8] 12-04-10 The Judge Alsheikh Affair – “Reconstructed Transcript” in the Tel-Aviv District Court _ Globehttp ://www.scribd.com/doc/
[9] 11-02-08 Dana Weiler: Court issues ruling, with quotes, from a nonexistent hearing - Haaretzhttp://www.scribd.com/
[10] 11-07-06 Request filed by Windsor and Zernik with US Attorney General Eric Holder for Review of Integrity of Public Access and Case Management Systems of the US Courtshttp://www.scribd.com/
[11] 12-06-08 Courts and Judges as racketeering enterprises under RICO (the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) - key element in the current financial crisishttp://www.scribd.com/
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The 2010 submission of Human Rights Alert to the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the United Nations 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.
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Jerusalem, July 6 - The Biometric Database Act (2009) permits the government of the State of Israel to initiate the construction of a comprehensive database of personal IDs, linked to fingerprints and facial biometric photographs of all residents of the State of Israel. The database could be used for access control, for surveillance, and for other police purposes. The Act was and is fiercely opposed by experts and Human Rights advocates in Israel. In recent years, government's personal information databases in Israel have been repeatedly compromised. The Act was described in Israel as “a step to a true police state” and as transition to a "post-democratic" regime. [1]
Little noticed, unannounced regime change had already taken place in Israel in the early 2000s with the passage and implementation of the Electronic Signature Act (2001), the new Regulations of the Courts - Office of the Clerk (2004), and the concurrent implementation of new electronic record systems in the courts of the State of Israel: [2]
- The Electronic Signature Act (2001) established certified digital signatures for State officers and attorneys appearing in courts, and prescribed that a Magistrate Judge be appointed by the Minister of Justice, holding the office of "Registrar of Certifying Authorities", to oversee the implementation of the database of certified digital signatures. However, Freedom of Information response by the Ministry of Justice states that no individual was appointed for a full decade, until 2011, to hold that office. Regardless, individuals appeared in the intervening years as "Registrar of Certifying Authorities" and conducted business on behalf of that office, promulgated guidelines, filed annual reports with the legislature (Knesset) and engaged in enforcement, all with no lawful authority. Through such conduct, COMSIGN Corporation was established as the sole certifying authority of certified digital signatures of the State of Israel. With it, the digital seal of the State of Israel was effectively hijacked. [3]
- New electronic record systems were concurrently implemented in the courts of the State of Israel. The 2010 State Ombudsman's Report 60b [4] documents that the systems were developed and implemented in violation of State law and regulations:
- The systems were developed with no specifications
- Development of the systems was delegated to corporations with no bidding (US-based corporations, IBM and EDS, were involved in this project)
- Development was conducted with no core supervision by State employees
- The systems were received with no independent testing by the State client.
- The servers, holding the records of the courts of the State of Israel were removed to corporate grounds, and are not under State control.
- The Regulations of the Court - Office of the Clerk (2004) were amended in 2005, in conjunction with implementation of the new electronic record systems in the courts. The amendment permitted the Director of Administration of Courts to modify the Regulations as necessary in the process of implementing the systems. [5] The Director of the Administration of Courts has never published the modification that were introduced in the Regulations under such authority, and the Administration of Courts refuses to answer on any Freedom of Information requests, pertaining to the electronic record systems. [2]
In parallel, the Human Rights Alert (NGO) 2012 report [2] documents the proliferation of simulated records in the Supreme Court of the State of Israel, conduct of simulated review of cases before the court, [6] and fraud in certification of decisions of Supreme Court by the Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court. [7] Falsification of records in the District Court in Tel Aviv was documented by the Israel Bar Association [8], and falsification of records in the Detainees Courts was reported by Haaretz daily. [9]
Separately, the Administration of Courts denied a Freedom of Information request for the appointment records of the Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court, claiming that is was a "record of internal deliberation." [2]
Several individuals, appearing under various titles, were and are central to both to the fraud in implementation of the Electronic Signature Act (2001) and passage and implementation of Biometric Database Act (2009):
- 1) Meir Shitrit
- - 2001-3 - Minister of Justice, signed Electronic Signature Act (2001) and oversaw the first couple of years of its implementation;
- - 2009-11 - Chair of the Justice and Technology Committee, championed the passage of the Biometric Database Act (2009).
- - Head of the Justice, Information, Technology Authority;
- - Registrar of Databases in the Ministry of Justice;
- - Registrar of Certifying Authorities" pursuant to the Electronic Signature Act (2001).
- - Legal Counsel of the Justice, Information, Technology Authority;
- - Registrar of Certifying Authorities" pursuant to the Electronic Signature Act (2001).
However, the experience gained in Israel, relative to implementation of the Electronic Signature Act (2001) and the new electronic records systems of the courts, provides relevant precedents. Such precedents demonstrate: The Executive had no intention of complying with the Electronic Signature Act (2001); The Judiciary were intimately involved in the conduct related to undermining the integrity of court record in the State of Israel; The Legislative is not ready, willing, able to exert oversight - individuals fraudulently appeared and filed annual reports with the Knesset as "Registrars of Certifying Authorities", pursuant to the Act.
"Given the involvement in recent years of senior officers of all three branches of government in undermining the integrity of the justice system of the State of Israel, the only conceivable solution is in the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission," says Joseph Zernik, PhD, of Human Rights Alert.
Events that have taken place in Israel over the past decade also demonstrate that the biggest hacking risk to government data systems is from 'inside jobs' by government officials, and that no government should be trusted with constructing a biometric database.
The electronic record systems of the courts in the United States were compromised a couple of decades earlier. Today, fraud in the electronic record systems of the mamy the states (SUSTAIN) and federal (PACER, CM/ECF) courts is rampant. [10]
Corruption of the courts in the United States is most notably seen in abuse of Human Rights and failing banking regulation. Conditions that have been established in the State of Israel pose similar risks to Human Rights and banking regulation in the State of Israel.
LINKS:
[1] 12-07-05 The Biometric Database Act (2009) in Israel – “a step to a true police state” - compilation of media reports and legal records http://www.scribd.com/doc/
[2] 12-06-04 Human Right Alert's Appendix to Submission; 15th UPR Working Group Session (Jan-Feb 2013) - State of Israel: Integrity, or lack thereof, of the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israel http://www.scribd.com/doc/
[3] 12-06-25 PRESS RELEASE: Hijacking of the Digital Seal of the State of Israelhttp://www.scribd.com/
[4] 10-00-00 State of Israel - Ombudsman's Report 60b, Ministry of Justice Computerization (2010) p 693 Et Seqhttp ://www.scribd.com/doc/
[5] 04-11-25 Takanot Batey Hamishpat - Mazkirut (2004) // Regulations of the Courts - Offices of the Clerks (2004) (Heb + Eng) http://www.scribd.com/doc/
[6] 11-12-19 Simulated Records, Simulated Litigation Enabled by the Electronic Record Systems of the Supreme Court of the State of Israel (English) shttp://www.scribd.com/doc/
[7] 12-04-16 PRESS RELEASE: Criminal Fraud Complaint Against SARAH LIFSCHITZ, Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Israel, Filed Today With Israel Policehttp ://www.scribd.com/doc/
[8] 12-04-10 The Judge Alsheikh Affair – “Reconstructed Transcript” in the Tel-Aviv District Court _ Globehttp ://www.scribd.com/doc/
[9] 11-02-08 Dana Weiler: Court issues ruling, with quotes, from a nonexistent hearing - Haaretzhttp://www.scribd.com/
[10] 11-07-06 Request filed by Windsor and Zernik with US Attorney General Eric Holder for Review of Integrity of Public Access and Case Management Systems of the US Courtshttp://www.scribd.com/
[11] 12-06-08 Courts and Judges as racketeering enterprises under RICO (the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) - key element in the current financial crisishttp://www.scribd.com/
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The 2010 submission of Human Rights Alert to the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the United Nations 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.
”Human Rights Alert online
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Take away justice, then, and what are governments but great bandit bands?Saint Augustine, Civitas Dei (City of God,4.4) _____________________________
12-07-04 Couple terrorized by police for flying an upside down US flag
| Couple Terrorized, Assaulted and Arrested For Flying an Upside Down U.S. Flag Police officer recently returned from Iraq smashed into Kuhn's home, choked husband and then claimed they assaulted him |
A North Carolina couple who were terrorized by a police officer who had recently returned from Iraq are now fighting back, after sheriff's deputy Brian Scarborough broke into their house, assaulted them and then arrested the Kuhns for the crime of flying an upside down U.S. flag.
Mark and Deborah Kuhn of Asheville, North Carolina made headlines last week when they were arrested for flying an upside down U.S. flag, a commonly recognized sign of distress, in their backyard, after police claimed they were violating a statute for "desecration of the flag".
As is supported by the United States Flag Code as well as a similar incident in 2001, flying the flag upside down is not a mark of disrespect, and in fact is considered by many to be the highest form of patriotism.
However, since 9/11 there have been several cases where individuals have been harassed, intimidated and even arrested for inverting the flag, by those who confuse a love of government with a love of country.
Buncombe County Sheriff’s deputy Brian Scarborough had just returned from Iraq and according to the Deborah Kuhn, was sent by his staff Sergeant from the local National Guard to "deal with" the Kuhns after a local resident complained about the flag, a fact that was later admitted on TV news. A National Guard soldier in military fatigues had also previously visited the Kuhn's to harass them about the flag.
"This is a distress signal, we're not trying to desecrate the flag," Kuhn told Scarborough when he told the couple they were violating a statute. Police claimed the messages attached to the flag were the problem, but the notes merely pointed out that the upside down flag represented a distress signal and a warning that the country was in danger.
Even though Kuhn took the flag down, the officer immediately demanded that the couple show their ID's and when they refused told them to put their hands behind their back and was about to arrest them before the couple shut and locked the door.
Scarborough then proceeded to kick the door in, "And the next thing we know, the glass is flying, he unlocks the deadbolt and he comes into our house after us," Kuhn told The Alex Jones Show.
The officer then pursued Mark Kuhn through the house before intercepting him in the kitchen and putting him in a choke hold.
Deborah Kuhn called 911 to report that the officer had broken into the home and was assaulting her husband.
The officer then pulled out pepper spray to which Mark Kuhn responded, "Are you going to spray me in my house?" before Scarborough whipped out his billy club and the Kuhn's ran out of the house into the street, pleading for help from their neighbors.
"Nine police cars showed up, they whipped out the Tasers, they said 'get down we're gonna Taser you' added Kuhn.
The couple were handcuffed, arrested and bundled into a squad car, to the protests of numerous neighbors who demanded to know why the Kuhns were being incarcerated, but were told to leave by police.
Contradicting the police's account of the incident, that Buncombe County Sheriff’s deputy Brian Scarborough was injured when the Kuhn's slammed the door on his hand, Deborah Kuhn vehemently maintains that Scarborough smashed the glass of their door with his bare fist before breaking in, a description which is backed up by three other eyewitnesses, one of which appeared on TV later that day.
The Kuhn's are now also being charged with "assault on a government employee" - meaning that the new definition of assault is if a police officer cuts his hand by breaking into your house and putting you in a choke hold - you have assaulted him.
Scarborough claims that Deborah Kuhn slapped him while she was on the phone to the police, but the audio file of the call (listen here) clearly contradicts this.
They each face over a year in prison.
The Kuhn's case is similar in many ways to that of Kelly Rushing, a man from Lyon County Kentucky, who was arrested and charged for handing out videotapes of Ron Paul videos to police officers. Rushing was later found not guilty of the offence of "terroristic threats" but continues to be harassed by police.
It also mirrors the case of an Alabama man, who was arrested in 2004 for displaying a sign in his yard that read "Our Courts System is a Joke," under the pretext that it was illegal to criticize the authorities.
We are encouraging our listeners and readers to call the following number and remind the officials concerned that this is not Russia or Nazi Germany, and that officer Scarborough's conduct was shameful and an insult to everything America is supposed to stand for.
Scarborough's experience in Iraq of kicking down doors and taking innocent people to camps is not something that should be brought back to America, and the charges against the Kuhns should be dropped immediately along with a formal apology issued.
Sheriff Van Duncan's Office: 828-250-4503
Click here to listen to the interview with Deborah Kuhn.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
12-07-04 Coup d'Etat in Paraguay
opednews.com
Welcome to 'Democraship'
By Pepe EscobarJuly 3, 2012 at 19:55:29
Cross-posted from Asia Times
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Let's start with a bomb. Over 10 days ago a new brand of coup d'etat took place in Paraguay against elected president Fernando Lugo. It was virtually unnoticed by global corporate media.
Anything unexpected? Not really. A March 2009 cable from the US Embassy in Asuncion, revealed by WikiLeaks, [1] had already detailed how oligarchs in Paraguay were busy devising a "democratic coup" in congress to depose Lugo.
At the time, the US embassy noted political conditions were not ideal for a coup. Key among the plotters was former president Nicanor Duarte (2003 to 2008), severely bashed by progressive South American governments for having allowed US Special Forces in Paraguayan soil to conduct "educational courses," "domestic peacekeeping operations" and "counter-terrorism training."
This US Special Forces drive was happening decades after "one of our bastards," notorious dictator-general Alfredo Stroessner (in power from 1954 to 1989) had allowed the set-up of a giant US-owned semi-clandestine landing strip near the Argentina-Brazil-Paraguay Triple Border -- later to become part of the war on drugs, and then the war on terror.
So it's a no-brainer which was the first government to recognize last Friday's coup plotters in Paraguay: the United States of America.
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12-07-04 July 4, 2012 - Occupy National Gathering in Philadelphia
As American as mom and apple pie. Reliable coverage - mostly on Russia Today...
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#occupywallstreet
From June 30th to July 4th, 2012, Occupy movement activists and supporters will gather in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the first Occupy National Gathering. This event is the culmination of months of organizing and consensus-building by countless activists from across the country. It has been endorsed by Occupy General Assemblies from Wall Street to Sacramento, and Austin to Kalamazoo, providing a clear example of the movement’s disparate chapters collaborating on a massive scale.
Occupy Philadelphia and the National Gathering Working Group, which initially proposed the event, invite all people to gather on Independence Mall for five days of community and movement building culminating in a massive outdoor gathering on July 4th. The main goals of the event are to strengthen our internal bonds, join together in direct actions, and engage in a transparent democratic process reflecting the values of the movement.
Activities will include:
Four days of discussions, teach-ins, political theater, and community bonding.
Protests and direct actions with Occupiers from across the movement.
Collectively crafting a Vision for a Democratic Future on July 4th.
All people of good conscience who are fed up and ready to stand up for economic and social justice are invited to join us at Independence Mall. We will send the message that injustice of any kind is unacceptable. No government or corporation can ignore the will of the people any longer. We can build a better world together.
Associated Press / NBC 10 Philadelphia
National 'Occupy' to Descends on Philly July 4A group of protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement plans to elect 876 “delegates” from around the country and hold a national “general assembly” in Philadelphia over the Fourth of July as part of ongoing protests over corporate excess and economic inequality.
The group, dubbed the 99% Declaration Working Group, said Wednesday delegates would be selected during a secure online election in early June from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories.
In a nod to their First Amendment rights, delegates will meet in Philadelphia to draft and ratify a “petition for a redress of grievances,” convening during the week of July 2 and holding a news conference in front of Independence Hall on the Fourth of July.
Facebook posters, pics, comments:
"NO BOMBS - NO JAILS - WE'LL BURN YOUR FUCKING BANKS" now that's what I call a chant!
NOW @ OCCUPY NATGAT Marching Philadelphia
July 2, 2012 Philadelphia
NOW @ OCCUPY NATGAT Marching Philadelphia
NATGAT March in Philadelphia now - Occupy Marines Flag
VIDEOS:#NatGat Protestors Arrested Kettled by PhillyPD Stre.
http://www.livestream.com/
OWS' first 'National Gathering'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
chris hedges at NatGat Philadelphia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Welcome Speeches & Trainings - Occupy National Gathering - (1 of 4)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Police Attack at Occupy National Gathering (part3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Fight for Philly In The News
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
_____Boycott the US presidential vote! It only legitimizes the illegitimate... 12-04-15 2012 Presidential election votes will be counted in Spain
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http :// www.scribd.com/doc/75348301/12-06-08 Courts and Judges as racketeering enterprises under RICO (the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) - key element in the current financial crisis
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
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Take away justice, then, and what are governments but great bandit bands?Saint Augustine, Civitas Dei (City of God,4.4)
_____________________________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/
* About 3 million homes have been repossessed since the housing boom ended in 2006… That number could balloon to about6 million by 2013 Bloomberg (January 2011)
* "...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." http://www.scribd.com/doc/
_____________________________
WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA?* "...judges tried and sentenced a staggering number of people for crimes they did not commit." Prof David Burcham, Dean, Loyola Law School, LA (2001)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
* "This is conduct associated with the most repressive dictators and police states... and judges must share responsibility when innocent people are convicted." Prof Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, Irvine Law School (2001) http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA?* "...corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California." United Nations Human Rights Council Staff Report (2010)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE STATE COURTS IN THE UNITED STATES?
* "On July 26, 2010, Laurence Tribe, Senior Counsel for the United States Department of Justice, Access to Justice Initiative, delivered an important speech to the Conference of Chief Justices, challenging them to halt the disintegration of our state justice systems before they become indistinguishable from courts of third world nations."Prof Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law School (2010), per National Defender Leadership Institute (2010)
http://www.nlada.net/library/
_____________________________
WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE CONDITIONS IN THE PRISON IN MONROE COUNTY, TENESSEE?* "What goes on there is more like gulags of centuries ago."ACLUhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/
WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES?* "More than 100 law professors have signed on to a letter released today that proposes congressional hearings and legislation aimed at fashioning "mandatory and enforceable" ethics rules for Supreme Court justices for the first time. The effort, coordinated by the liberal Alliance for Justice, was triggered by "recent media reports," the letter said, apparently referring to stories of meetings and other potential conflicts of interest involving Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas among others."More than 100 law professors, as reported by the Blog of the Legal Times (February 2011) http://www.scribd.com/doc/
WHAT DID CHIEF JUDGE OF THE US COURT OF APPEALS, 5TH CIRCUIT, SAY ABOUT THE US JUSTICE SYSTEM?
* "The American legal system has been corrupted almost beyond recognition..."
Chief Judge, US Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, Edith Jones, speaking before the Federalist Society of Harvard Law School (February 2003)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
WHAT DID THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SAY ABOUT THE US JUSTICE SYSTEM?* In a speech in Georgetown University, Senator Leahy, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee called for a "Truth and Reconciliation Commission" on the US Department of Justice.Transcript of Senator Leahy speech (2009)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
#occupywallstreet
From June 30th to July 4th, 2012, Occupy movement activists and supporters will gather in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the first Occupy National Gathering. This event is the culmination of months of organizing and consensus-building by countless activists from across the country. It has been endorsed by Occupy General Assemblies from Wall Street to Sacramento, and Austin to Kalamazoo, providing a clear example of the movement’s disparate chapters collaborating on a massive scale.
Occupy Philadelphia and the National Gathering Working Group, which initially proposed the event, invite all people to gather on Independence Mall for five days of community and movement building culminating in a massive outdoor gathering on July 4th. The main goals of the event are to strengthen our internal bonds, join together in direct actions, and engage in a transparent democratic process reflecting the values of the movement.
Activities will include:
Four days of discussions, teach-ins, political theater, and community bonding.
Protests and direct actions with Occupiers from across the movement.
Collectively crafting a Vision for a Democratic Future on July 4th.
All people of good conscience who are fed up and ready to stand up for economic and social justice are invited to join us at Independence Mall. We will send the message that injustice of any kind is unacceptable. No government or corporation can ignore the will of the people any longer. We can build a better world together.
Associated Press / NBC 10 Philadelphia
National 'Occupy' to Descends on Philly July 4A group of protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement plans to elect 876 “delegates” from around the country and hold a national “general assembly” in Philadelphia over the Fourth of July as part of ongoing protests over corporate excess and economic inequality.
The group, dubbed the 99% Declaration Working Group, said Wednesday delegates would be selected during a secure online election in early June from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories.
In a nod to their First Amendment rights, delegates will meet in Philadelphia to draft and ratify a “petition for a redress of grievances,” convening during the week of July 2 and holding a news conference in front of Independence Hall on the Fourth of July.
Facebook posters, pics, comments:
"NO BOMBS - NO JAILS - WE'LL BURN YOUR FUCKING BANKS" now that's what I call a chant!
NOW @ OCCUPY NATGAT Marching Philadelphia
July 2, 2012 Philadelphia
NOW @ OCCUPY NATGAT Marching Philadelphia
NATGAT March in Philadelphia now - Occupy Marines Flag
VIDEOS:#NatGat Protestors Arrested Kettled by PhillyPD Stre.
http://www.livestream.com/
OWS' first 'National Gathering'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
chris hedges at NatGat Philadelphia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Welcome Speeches & Trainings - Occupy National Gathering - (1 of 4)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Police Attack at Occupy National Gathering (part3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Fight for Philly In The News
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
_____Boycott the US presidential vote! It only legitimizes the illegitimate... 12-04-15 2012 Presidential election votes will be counted in Spain
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http :// www.scribd.com/doc/75348301/12-06-08 Courts and Judges as racketeering enterprises under RICO (the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) - key element in the current financial crisis
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
Joseph Zernik, PhDHuman Rights Alert (NGO)
The 2010 submission of Human Rights Alert to the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the United Nations 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.”Human Rights Alert online
http://inproperinla.wordpress.
http://human-rights-alert.
http://www.liveleak.com/user/
http://www.examiner.com/x-
Take away justice, then, and what are governments but great bandit bands?Saint Augustine, Civitas Dei (City of God,4.4)
_____________________________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/
* About 3 million homes have been repossessed since the housing boom ended in 2006… That number could balloon to about6 million by 2013 Bloomberg (January 2011)
* "...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." http://www.scribd.com/doc/
_____________________________
WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA?* "...judges tried and sentenced a staggering number of people for crimes they did not commit." Prof David Burcham, Dean, Loyola Law School, LA (2001)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
* "This is conduct associated with the most repressive dictators and police states... and judges must share responsibility when innocent people are convicted." Prof Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, Irvine Law School (2001) http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA?* "...corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California." United Nations Human Rights Council Staff Report (2010)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE STATE COURTS IN THE UNITED STATES?
* "On July 26, 2010, Laurence Tribe, Senior Counsel for the United States Department of Justice, Access to Justice Initiative, delivered an important speech to the Conference of Chief Justices, challenging them to halt the disintegration of our state justice systems before they become indistinguishable from courts of third world nations."Prof Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law School (2010), per National Defender Leadership Institute (2010)
http://www.nlada.net/library/
_____________________________
WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE CONDITIONS IN THE PRISON IN MONROE COUNTY, TENESSEE?* "What goes on there is more like gulags of centuries ago."ACLUhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/
WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES?* "More than 100 law professors have signed on to a letter released today that proposes congressional hearings and legislation aimed at fashioning "mandatory and enforceable" ethics rules for Supreme Court justices for the first time. The effort, coordinated by the liberal Alliance for Justice, was triggered by "recent media reports," the letter said, apparently referring to stories of meetings and other potential conflicts of interest involving Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas among others."More than 100 law professors, as reported by the Blog of the Legal Times (February 2011) http://www.scribd.com/doc/
WHAT DID CHIEF JUDGE OF THE US COURT OF APPEALS, 5TH CIRCUIT, SAY ABOUT THE US JUSTICE SYSTEM?
* "The American legal system has been corrupted almost beyond recognition..."
Chief Judge, US Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, Edith Jones, speaking before the Federalist Society of Harvard Law School (February 2003)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
WHAT DID THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SAY ABOUT THE US JUSTICE SYSTEM?* In a speech in Georgetown University, Senator Leahy, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee called for a "Truth and Reconciliation Commission" on the US Department of Justice.Transcript of Senator Leahy speech (2009)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
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