hey NB

i can't find the thread where you mentions the pa gov

so i thought you would really enjoy hearing what he has done


Firm wants terror alerts off the Web
Monday, September 20, 2010
By Ron Todt, The Associated Press
The co-director of a Pennsylvania company that provided intelligence bulletins to the state that outraged Gov. Ed Rendell and prompted his apologies to peaceful protest groups says that posting the bulletins online increases the risk of harm to potential targets.

In a memo obtained by The Associated Press, Michael Perelman of the Philadelphia-based Institute of Terrorism Research and Response expresses concern that the state's release of the bulletins last week "has increased the threat to Pennsylvania's infrastructure -- including its most vulnerable component, students studying abroad."

The bulletins were posted Friday night on the state Homeland Security website after requests for copies of them were filed by various news organizations, including the AP.

Mr. Perelman's memo, sent to Pennsylvania Homeland Security Director James Powers Jr., urges Mr. Powers to pull the PA Intelligence Bulletin issues off the Internet "until they can be carefully reviewed and redacted of all information that provides intelligence to those who would do harm to American citizens, the Commonwealth, and its people."

Mr. Perelman told the AP on Sunday that he did not authorize distribution of the memo but he confirmed its contents.

"I'm very uncomfortable about the unredacted posting of intelligence bulletins," Mr. Perelman said.

Maria Finn, spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, which oversees the Homeland Security Office, could not be reached for comment.

The bulletins were initially distributed privately through Mr. Powers' office. Mr. Rendell learned of the bulletins Tuesday, and apologized to groups whose peaceful protests or events, from an animal rights demonstration to a gay and lesbian festival, were the subject of regular anti-terrorism bulletins.

The governor said the information was useless to law enforcement agencies and that distributing it was tantamount to trampling on constitutional rights. He ordered an end to the $125,000 contract with Mr. Perelman's company, which expires in October.

Copyright 2010 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.


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here you go
http://www.infowars.com/pennsylvania-homeland-security-employed-israeli-company-to-suppress-american-political-dissent/


Yes we can`t or at least not supposed to know what they are doing and its plainly obvious that any state government holding an event like that would take its direction from the Federal government as far as security matters go . Nothing is left to chance

no no..i think you misunderstood

the gov was pissed that this agency put innocences on their list as possible terrorists
and sent bulletins about them
and so he posted all of their bullentins about folks on line for the public to see what they were doing

it's great..
and he fired them as a source of info to the state homeland ....

it's a good thing


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ACLU seeks more info on anti-terrorism bulletins
Monday, September 20, 2010
By Tracie Mauriello, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
HARRISBURG -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania today filed a right-to-know request for all records related to the anti-terrorism bulletins circulated by the state Office of Homeland Security.

The bulletins were released Friday, but ACLU legal director Witold "Vic" Walczak wants more information, including a list of exactly who received the bulletins.

The controversial security bulletins ostensibly warned of potential threats to the state's infrastructure, but also included information about groups planning peaceful protests and other demonstrations.

Many of the bulletins included information about protests by groups opposed to natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale. The alerts were sent to law enforcement officials as well as to at least one energy-company lobbyist.

Mr. Walczak wants to know who else received them. He also wants to know the precise source of the $103,000 in funding paid to the Institute for Terrorism Research and Response, a non-profit that provided the bulletins under a state contract.

"The Pennsylvania surveillance program was based on the un-American notion that dissent equals danger," Mr. Walczak said. "This is an egregious abuse of governmental power."

The institute's contract was due to expire next month, but Gov. Ed Rendell pulled the plug Tuesday after learning about the content of the bulletins from media reports.
The bulletins can be viewed online at http://www.homelandsecurity.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/homeland_security/14251


Tracie Mauriello: 717-787-2141 or tmauriello@post-gazette.com

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also

http://kdka.com/wireapnewsfnpa/Company.official.warns.2.1920513.html

Quote :

"This is an egregious abuse of governmental power."

Couldn`t we say this about all of government LOL