Saturday, March 9, 2013

13-03-10 The culture of lying - military style...


  
Patriot missile system                               Iron Dome missile system
Public images of this type were used in experts analysis            

In recent decades, some of the largest hoaxes are in the development of military systems, reporting their efficacy, and their pricing.
The current example, below, is from Israel.  The Iron Dome system was developed at great cost by Israel, with substantial US support.  Its main effect so far has been to placate the public, regarding potential war with Iran, through misconception of some protection from anticipated retaliatory barrage of missiles from Gaza, Lebanon, or elsewhere...
Similar conclusions were drawn after the First Gulf War (1990--1), regarding performance of the anti-ballistic Patriot missile system.  The Patriot missiles were reported by the US military exceptional, but analysts from MIT found it to be close to zero.  At the time Pentagon tried to pressure the President of MIT to suppress the publication of the paper (I think it was published in Nature or Science, top, refereed science journals).  All sources were public records (TV clips of the purported hits, released by the military).  Pentagon claimed that through analysis of public records, the scientists derived data that was classified and harmful to national security, if released. MIT refused to yield, and it won an ovation in the editorial for that stand.  

I wonder what would have happened today in the US under the same circumstances...

Haaretz

How many rockets has Iron Dome really intercepted?

While IDF figures put the Iron Dome missile defense system's success rate at 84 percent, three scientists claim the real figure could be much lower than that.
"Iron Dome’s intercept rate, defined as destruction of the rocket's warhead, was relatively low, perhaps as low as 5%, but could well be lower."
READ MORE:
http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/how-many-rockets-has-iron-dome-really-intercepted.premium-1.508277

Opposing opinion:

Where have all the Gaza rockets gone?

If only 10 percent of the rockets fired from Gaza were intercepted by the Iron Dome system, where did the nearly 430 rockets that apparently fell nowhere vanish?

READ MORE:
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Here is how Wikipedia, a US government organ, summarized the story, pertaining to the Patriot missile system, under "Theodore Postol":

Theodore A. Postol (born 1946) is a professor of Science, Technology, and International Security at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Patriot missiles in Operation Desert Storm

The Patriot Missile was used in Operation Desert Storm to intercept descent-phase SCUD missiles fired by Iraq. The U.S. Army claimed a success rate of 80% in Saudi Arabia and 50% in Israel, claims that were later reduced to 70% and 40%. But President George H. W. Bush claimed a success rate of more than 97 percent during a speech at Raytheon's Patriot manufacturing plant in Andover, Massachusetts during the Gulf War, declaring, the "Patriot is 41 for 42: 42 Scuds engaged, 41 intercepted!"[1]
In April 1992, Postol told a House committee that "the Patriot's intercept rate during the Gulf War was very low. The evidence from these preliminary studies indicates that Patriot's intercept rate could be much lower than 10 percent, possibly even zero."[2]
The House Government Operations Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security later reported,
The Patriot missile system was not the spectacular success in the Persian Gulf War that the American public was led to believe. There is little evidence to prove that the Patriot hit more than a few Scud missiles launched by Iraq during the Gulf War, and there are some doubts about even these engagements. The public and the Congress were misled by definitive statements of success issued by administration and Raytheon representatives during and after the war.[3]
Postol later went on to criticize the Army's "independent" Analysis of Video Tapes to Assess Patriot Effectiveness as being "seriously compromised" by the "selective" and "arbitrary" use of data.[4] The Army ultimately downgraded its assessment of the systems' effectiveness.
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Some of the largest hoaxes of this type took place under Presidents Regan and Bush II. I would have to take the time to find the references

Thursday, March 7, 2013

13-03-07 US: Status note


"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."

Claire Wolfe, 101 Things to Do 'Til the Revolution (1999) !!!

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

13-03-06 Looking for volunteers!

Now that I have a little guest house, since I moved to the bigger tent, I am looking for guests/volunteers, who are willing to contribute up to a couple of hours of work per day, from social work, building, cleanup, summerizing, etc.
Great location, close to beaches, Arlozorov terminal, nice park setting...

13-03-06 Why the Persecution of Bradley Manning Should Terrify Us All



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Glenn Greenwald: Why the Obama Administration's Persecution of Bradley Manning Should Terrify Us All

The Government's charges portend a dangerous new world for journalists and whistleblowers.
Bradley Manning is escorted from a hearing, on January 8, 2013 in Fort Meade, Maryland. Manning has told a military tribunal that he leaked incident logs from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to WikiLeaks in order to start a "public debate".

13-03-06 Upgrade!

Upgrade through the generosity of a stranger...  life on a grand scale!
Next - the net for shade.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

13-03-04 Press Release: FATCA, Stanley Fischer, and altered records of the Supreme Court of the State of Israel

Relative to the filing of the Petition Joseph Zernik v Stanley Fischer (7650/12), the office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court first failed to register the filing of commencing record in the process.  Later, after protest, it was falsely registered as commencement of an “appeal” process, and the Chief Clerk refused to correct the error. After the fact, the docket was altered to show the commencement of a "Petition".
The petition sought to compel Stanley Fischer to perform his duties as Governor of the Bank of Israel, pursuant to the law of the State of Israel.  The petition claimed that in his uncoditional submission to FATCA, Fischer exchanged his loyalty to the State of Israel and its law with loyalty to another nation and its law and/or loyalty to financial institutions and their interests. 
On the one hand, the retroactive alteration of the Supreme Court docket can be seen a corrective action. On the other hand, the case documents how the dockets of the Supreme Court of the State of Israel can be altered after the fact, with no notice to the parties, and with no way for the public to discern that the docket was altered, when, by whom, and by what authority.

[pics] Altered online records of the Supreme Court of the State of Israel in Zernik v Fischer (7650/12). A record, filed on November 5, 2012, was listed originally as an “Appeal”, a false registration that the Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court refused to correct. Now it is listed as a “Petition”.


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[pics] Stanley Fischer, Governor of Bank of Israel, showing off his newly acquired Israeli ID in 2005. Petition in the Israeli High Court of Justice alleged that Stanley Fischer exchanged his loyalty to the State of Israel and its laws with loyalty to another nation and its laws and/or loyalty to financial institutions and their interests. FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) is a US law, which fancies to subject any bank, worldwide, to the US government, force banks to report any financial transactions by any "US Person", and serve as the US government's tax collector under threat of serious sanctions.


View as PDF: http://www.scribd.com/doc/128638635/


Jerusalem, March 4 - the Petition Zernik v Fischer (7650/12) in the Supreme Court of the State of Israel sought to compel Governor of the Bank of Israel Stanley Fischer to establish banking regulation in the State of Israel, pursuant to the laws of the State of Israel. The case originated in the unconditional submission of Stanley Fischer to the US law FATCA, under which banks in Israel were permitted to fabricate and enforce restrictions on accounts of “US Persons” and extort their waivers of privacy to the US government. The petition claimed that Stanley Fischer exchanged his loyalty to the State of Israel and its law with loyalty to another nation and its law and/or loyalty to financial institutions and their interests.

The office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court initially refused to register the commencing of process in the Petition under the Court's case management system. Later, after protest, the Petition was falsely registered as commencement of an "Appeal". After the Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court refused to correct the erroneous registration, Petitioner abandoned the case, giving the Chief Clerk notice that Petitioner no longer deemed the Court file 7650/12 worthy of any further filing. Consequently the case was dismissed for lack of action.

Now, review of the electronic online records shows that the docket in this case was altered after the fact, and now the system shows retroactively the commencement of a "Petition".

No notice was given to the parties of such change in the docket of the case. Moreover, the system now does permit the public to discern that the docket was altered, when, by whom, and by what authority.

The Human Rights Alert (NGO) submission to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations documented that Ms Sarah Lifschitz, who has been occupying the office of Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court for over a decade, holds no lawful appointment record as Chief Clerk.

The Human Rights Alert (NGO) submission, pertaining to the State of Israel, was incorporated into the Human Rights Council UPR Professional Staff Report (2013) with a note referring to: “lack of integrity in the electronic records of the Supreme Court, the district courts and the detainees courts in Israel”.

The Human Rights Alert (NGO) submission, pertaining to the United States was incorporated into the Human Rights Council UPR Professional Staff Report (2010) with a note referring to: “corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California.”

Joseph Zernik, PhD, of Human Rights Alert (NGO) also published and presented in various international conferences evidence of the tight link between corruption of the courts, failing banking regulation, and the financial crisis.

Combined, conduct of Stanley Fischer, Bank of Israel, and the Supreme Court must raise concern regarding integrity of Israeli banking regulation, moreover, regarding integrity and stability of the Israeli financial system in general.

Links:
[1] 12-11-08 Zernik v Fischer (7650/12) in the High Court of Justice of the State of Israel – petition to compel the Governor of the Bank of Israel to perform his duties – online public access system records
[2] 13-03-04 Zernik v Fischer (7650/12) in the Supreme Court of the State of Israel– altered online records, downloaded on March 4, 2013
[3]  12-09-04 J. Zernik, "Design and Operation of the Electronic Record Systems of the US Courts are Linked to Failing Banking Regulation", Data Analytics 1:83-93 (2012)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/104880125/
http://thinkmind.org/index.php?view=article&articleid=data_analytics_2012_3_50_60059
[4] 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
http://www.scribd.com/doc/108663259/
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8Aa2xQGbmk5cjNxd2szX05oMkU
[5]  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."
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38566837/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/108663259/
[612-12-27 PRESS RELEASE – FATCA, Stanley Fischer, and "Chief Clerk" Sarah Lifschitz in the High Court of Justice of the State of Israel
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Joseph Zernik, PhD
< josephzernik@humanrightsalertngo.org>
Sent from "1984", Iceland-based Internet Service Provider
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Human Rights Alert (NGO)   
* 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
[2] 12-05-10 Appendix I to Human Right Alert's Submission; 15th UPR - State of Israel: Integrity, or lack thereof, of the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israe
[3] 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
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11-12-10 Where should Occupy go next? Civil Disobedience in the footsteps of Thoreau and Gandhi!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 crisishttp://www.scribd.com/doc/96504009/Secede! The US in its current form is simply unmanageable...12-01-01 Secession - A Smart Business Move!http://www.scribd.com/doc/76877453/Get Up, stand up, stand up for your rights! 
_____________________________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/79572282/* Foreclosure fraud: The homeowner nightmares continue” CNN (April 7, 2011)* 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/_____________________________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/29043589/
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 "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/27433920/* "Innocent people remain in prison"* "...the LA Superior Court and the DA office, the two other parts of the justice system that the Blue Panel Report recommends must be investigated relative to the integrity of the system, have not produced any response that we know of..." LAPD Blue Ribbon Review Panel Report (2006)http://www.scribd.com/doc/24902306 /_____________________________
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/38566837/_____________________________
WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE STATE COURTS IN THE UNITED STATES?
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 "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/article/national_dojspeechto%20chiefjustice07-26-2010_gideonalert 
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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/72546279/_____________________________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/49586436/_____________________________WHAT DID CHIEF JUDGE OF THE US COURT OF APPEALS, 5TH CIRCUIT, SAY ABOUT THE US JUSTICE SYSTEM? 
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 "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/50137887/_____________________________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/38472251/____________________________