Obama Unleashes International Cops On The United States
Weren't leftists against "fascist" cops that did not have to answer to the rule of law?
I spent twenty-two years serving in the Colorado criminal justice arena. I worked as a municipal police patrolman, a police detective, a patrol sergeant, and as a uniformed county sheriff’s deputy and detective. Following twenty years as a cop, I also spent two years on the other side of t
he Courtroom as an Investigator for the Colorado State Public Defender’s Office. So, I saw crime and punishment from both sides of the Courtroom. I spent my share of time at crime scenes gathering facts and evidence, then in Courts of Law, presenting the evidence and testifying under oath in trials.
Sometimes, warrant in hand, I actually kicked in doors and made arrests at gunpoint, but not exactly like this Clint Eastwood “Dirty Harry” operation. Real cops don’t get to do business like Dirty Harry did — but it is fun to watch his movies.
To convince a judge to sign a search or arrest warrant I had to first make sure that in preparing my affidavit for arrest or search warrant I had jumped through all of the hoops within the Fourth Amendment, which guarantees protection from unreasonable police searches of our homes, and capricious or illegal arrests. All of my reports, photos, and collected evidence were a matter of public record, available to defense attorneys through motions for discovery, to lay members of the public, and to members of the press via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Imagine now a foreign international police department that does not have to worry about the constraints of the Fourth Amendment, an agency that has license to bypass American Courts of Law, can investigate and arrest American citizens within our own borders, haul them off to Court in a foreign land, and does not have to reveal any records or documents to anyone in the United States. Sounds like a recipe for disaster to me.
I can foresee American military officers and enlisted personnel, CIA agents, former White House policy makers, even Dick Cheney and George Bush in jeopardy of left-driven arrests and war-crimes prosecutions.
Impossible, you say! Well, now, hold on. That police department is called Interpol. The Court I’m talking about is in The Netherlands.
From the Washington Examiner comes a sinister report:
“No presidential statement or White House press briefing was held on it. In fact, all that can be found about it on the official White House Web site is the Dec. 17 announcement and one-paragraph text of President Obama’s Executive Order 12425, with this innocuous headline: “Amending Executive Order 12425 Designating Interpol as a public international organization entitled to enjoy certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities.”In fact, this new directive from Obama may be the most destructive blow ever struck against American constitutional civil liberties. No wonder the White House said as little as possible about it…”
I cannot imagine a scenario as a cop where I would not have made everything I did in an investigation available to the defense team and to the Court. Neither can I imagine working for a law enforcement agency that is allowed to keep its records of completed investigations concealed from public inspection. The fact that an American President, by a stroke of his pen, has by all appearances created such a situation in the United States is beyond astonishing and terribly dangerous to our liberties.
This does not look good for our Constitutional guarantees or for our national sovereignty, folks. It’s time to write a letter or pick up the phone.
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As a retired officer with a similar background to Mr. Work (now there’s a great cop name!) I must concur with his appraisal of this horrendous situation. Even with every other outrageous action going on the past year, this may stand as the greatest example of leftist hypocrisy yet! I should also add that, like much of the NewsReal staff, I am also a former liberal.
RG
That sounds very ugly.
Where does the EO say that foreign cops (Interpol) are not subject to the Fourth Amendment? It doesn’t. It says that its property cannot be searched by us. But they can’t arrest or search in the U.S. Period.
I believe the government is in the process of removing a multitude of amendments from our constitution because heretics wrote it. You see, these people are smarter than they were. Just ask them, that question they will answer!
What everybody seems to be forgetting is that Interpol has neither offices or officers in the US.
The offices they have are those in the dept. of justice that have been set aside to deal with Interpol
matters. The officers they have are US dept. of justice and other US law enforcement officers
that are handling matters connected with Interpol. Perhaps a clue to this weird action could be found with the current head of Interpol, not only as US citizen but also a “brother”.
As a former cop you should probably know that Interpol doesn’t have any arrest, search or seizure powers in the US. All this EO does is give their offices immunity from a search warrant and some tax immunities that a plethora of other foreign organizations already have, it does not give interpol any right to perform searches, with or without a warrant.
In theory this seems worrisome (and definitely unnecessary, unless the intent is to cover up more UN-type scandals), but it seems overblown for the following reasons:
1) Adam J is basically correct on the current reach
2) A lot of other pieces would have to line up for the worst to happen
3) The U.S. Courts would have to go along with civil right denials (could happen, but doubtful. If we are to really worry about this issue then we need to wargame this facet)
4) Executive orders can be countermanded by later administration’s executive orders. So let’s ensure there is one.
I wouldn’t worry too much. If they don’t have a warrant, and they aren’t local law enforcement, or Federal agents, then the first time they bust down a door, some citizen with a gun will blow them away and claim “Castle doctrine.”
International Police aren’t needed here, and we don’t want them. Why would we want a police force that doesn’t answer to the citizenry? All it would take is the illegally arrested citizen to shout, “Help, I’m being kidnapped.” and things would happen.
This might be the dumbest thing Obama has ever done. Is it any wonder he should be impeached?
Obama worries that the Christmas bomber receives US Constitutional rights but then allow INTERPOL to come on American soil and with immunity ignore the Constitutional Rights of American Citizens. Tell me this guy isn’t a socialist globalist snake. Here comes facism people!
I'm curious. What would happen if International Police were to arrest Obama's opponents? Arrest and haul away a certain Republican candidate or two in the middle of the night, just before a major election or major deadline for an election? Oh, that's crazy. It's just my paranoia kicking in. It's not as though a lib would ever stoop so low as to getting some foreign police agency to do his dirty work for him.
I don’t know where to begin with respect to pointing out likely constitutional flaws with Obama’s international police force, so please be patient with the following.
First, the USSC decided in Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952) that executive orders don’t have the impact of law. This should be evident to anyone who reads Section 1 of Article I; Congress has all legislative powers. So regardless what constitutional “experts” like “King” Obama have been indoctrinated to “think” about executive orders, Obama doesn’t have the power to force international police on US citizens via executive orders that he thinks are laws.
And if you think that Congress has the power to use an international police force to limit our constitutional rights, you might want to reconsider. Although I haven’t seen the word treaty concerning Obama’s international police force, consider the following. Regardless that the President and Senate have the power to negotiate treaties, keep in mind that the federal government has no powers outside those expressly delegated to it by the Constitution, particularly those listed in Section 8 of Article I, to negotiate treaties; the Founding States made the 10th A. to reserve the lion’s share of government power to serve the people to the states, not the Oval Office and Congress.
What all this means, IMO, is that Obama and the Senate cannot use their power to negotiate treaties as a back door to forcing US citizens to do things that the federal government has no constitutional authority to do anyway. And if you don’t believe me then perhaps you’ll believe a respected constitutional expert.
“Surely the President and Senate cannot do by treaty what the whole government is interdicted from doing in any way.” –Thomas Jefferson: Parliamentary Manual, 1800.
Again, Obama and Congress cannot use executive orders or treaties as loopholes to water down our constitutional rights.
Also, 2nd A. advocates might find this interesting. I have yet to find any constitutional statute which expressly delegates power to Congress to regulate civilian firearms, with or without the 2nd Amendment; the 2nd A. is certainly not a delegation of such power.
And having briefly reviewed federal gun regulations for civilians, significant federal gun regulations seemingly didn’t appear in the books until the FDR administration. What is disturbing about FDR-period gun regulations is that the corrupt Congress was blatantly overstepping is constitutional limits on many aspects of everyday life anyway. So I question the constitutionality of federal gun regulations for civilians.
Finally, to be blunt, I don’t think that citizens would lose as much sleep over the unconstitutional shenanigans of Obama and Congress as much if they got themselves up to speed on the Constitution and its history. Citizens would at least have the satisfaction of knowing that Obama has likely been indoctrinated with politically correct interpretations of the Constitution and, other than acting out the socialistic fantasies that he’s been programmed to obey, simply doesn’t know what he’s doing.
The bottom line is that voters have a big mess to clean up in DC in 2010. Voters need to use the opportunity provided by the 2010 elections to destroy the phony powers associated with the Oval Office and Congress.
Dear Mr. Johnson,
Thank you, sir, for reading my posting and for taking your time to comment. I think you misread or misunderstood what I wrote. You are quite correct in asserting that Interpol does not YET have extra-Constitutional arrest powers and I did not assert that it does. However Interpol's offices and documents are now exempt from search and seizure under the guidelines of the Fourth Amendment by our law enforcement agencies, by virtue of Obama amending Reagan's original executive order. Any documents given to Interpol by our own government officials for storage or concealment are therefore also exempt from lawful search and public inspection.
Reagan did not grant Interpol that protection for a very good reason. It is no secret that the left wing in this nation is very anxious to assign and cede to the International Criminal Court supremacy over our own Courts. This is but one more small step toward a World Government. It is a step that the White House took very quietly and, ominously has refused to discuss with reporters.
Very best wishes,
John L. Work
Dear President Obama,
My name is Harold Estes, approaching 95 on December 13 of this year. People meeting me for the first time don't believe my age because I remain wrinkle free and pretty much mentally alert.
I enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1934 and served proudly before, during and after WW II retiring as a Master Chief Bos'n Mate. Now I live in a "rest home" located on the western end of Pearl Harbor, allowing me to keep alive the memories of 23 years of service to my country.
One of the benefits of my age, perhaps the only one, is to speak my mind, blunt and direct even to the head man.
So here goes.
I am amazed, angry and determined not to see my country die before I do, but you seem hell bent not to grant me that wish.
I can't figure out what country you are the president of. You fly around the world telling our friends and enemies despicable lies like:
"We're no longer a Christian nation"
"America is arrogant" – (Your wife even announced to the world, "America is mean- spirited." Please tell her to try preaching that nonsense to 23 generations of our dead buried all over the globe who died for no other reason than to free a lot of strangers from tyranny and hopelessness.)
I'd say shame on the both of you, but I don't think you like America, nor do I see an ounce of gratefulness in anything you do, for the obvious gifts this country has given you. To be without shame or gratefulness is a dangerous thing for a man sitting in the White House.
After 9/11 you said, "America hasn't lived up to her ideals."
Which ones did you mean?
Was it the notion of personal liberty that 11,000 farmers and shopkeepers died for to win independence from the British?
Or maybe the ideal that no man should be a slave to another man, that 500,000 men died for in the Civil War?
I hope you didn't mean the ideal 470,000 fathers, brothers, husbands, and a lot of fellas I knew personally died for in WWII, because we felt real strongly about not letting any nation push us around, because we stand for freedom.
I don't think you mean the ideal that says equality is better than discrimination. You know the one that a whole lot of white people understood when they helped to get you elected.
Take a little advice from a very old geezer, young man.
Shape up and start acting like an American. If you don't, I'll do what I can to see you get shipped out of that fancy rental on Pennsylvania Avenue . You were elected to lead not to bow, apologize and kiss the hands of murderers and corrupt leaders who still treat their people like slaves.
And just who do you think you are telling the American people not to jump to conclusions and condemn that Muslim major who killed 13 of his fellow soldiers and wounded dozens more. You mean you don't want us to do what you did when that white cop used force to subdue that black college professor in Massachusetts, who was putting up a fight?
You don't mind offending the police calling them stupid but you don't want us to offend Muslim fanatics by calling them what they are, terrorists.
One more thing. I realize you never served in the military and never had to defend your country with your life, but you're the Commander-in-Chief now, son. Do your job. When your battle-hardened field General asks you for 40,000 more troops to complete the mission, give them to him.
But if you're not in this fight to win, then get out. The life of one American soldier is not worth the best political strategy you're thinking of.
You could be our greatest president because you face the greatest challenge ever presented to any president.
You're not going to restore American greatness by bringing back our bloated economy. That's not our greatest threat. Losing the heart and soul of who we are as Americans is our big fight now.
And I sure as hell don't want to think my president is the enemy in this final battle.
Sincerely,
Harold B. Estes
Dear Mr. Estes,
I thank you for reading my posting and for your service to our country. My father, who died in 1995, served during WWII in the CBI Theatre under General Joseph "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell.
I echo many of your sentiments and hope you will continue to read and comment.
Very best wishes,
John L. Work
Dear Master Chief,
I wish that our President would actually take the time to read your letter, but I do not think he would understand nor would he even make an attempt to understand what you have written. I come from a long line of military veterans, ours is a military family. My grandfather flew B-17's and took 4 tours in them even though he could have rotated stateside after the first tour. My Dad was in the 1st Cav. and I was and Military Intelligence officer. So, like you, I am stunned and amazed by what our Commander and Chief is up to. I have often thought "Is this why I played roulette with my life?". I believe that what you, my grandfather and so many others have done has kept us free. As a student of history, I am frightened by the thought of what this world would have looked like if people like you had not stepped up.
While I may feel like we our losing, I believe that the American people will wake up and stop this man and his little band of progressives. The American people are waking up and boy are they not happy. So if you should read this post, which was made two weeks after yours, I would implore you to send a copy of this letter by email and by post to the President. I would ask you to send it to every Congressman and Senator who you believe would read it. You have been gifted with a clarity of thought gained through those 95 years of life. Someone is bound to actually listen, hey it could happen.
In closing I would like to say that I am happy to know there are people like you who are still out there. Please believe that there are younger people that are ready to do all we can to make sure your county does outlive you and will outlive us.
Thank you for your time,
David M. Nelson
…so would American citizens have the same immunity as Interpol does, for, say, shooting and killing an Interpol officer who showed up at their house to kidnap ("arrest") them?
Interpol has always operated in America through the offices and agents of the FBI. I'm not sure what if anything truly has changed. Interpol is a crime information gathering house, not enforcement.