{"id":25943,"date":"2013-02-04T20:09:27","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T19:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/SHTFplan\/~3\/ypj79FjQrT0\/are-all-those-guns-and-ammunition-for-obamas-civilian-national-security-force_02042013"},"modified":"2013-02-04T20:09:27","modified_gmt":"2013-02-04T19:09:27","slug":"are-all-those-guns-and-ammunition-for-obamas-civilian-national-security-force-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/are-all-those-guns-and-ammunition-for-obamas-civilian-national-security-force-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Are All Those Guns and Ammunition for Obama\u2019s Civilian National Security Force?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_main\">\n<div class=\"c18\">\n<table width=\"490\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"240\">\n<div id=\"article_info\">Mac Slavo<br \/>\n February 4th, 2013<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.SHTFplan.com\">SHTFplan.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read by 18,138 people<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"350\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c18\">\n<p class=\"c20\"><a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fdaletoons.blogspot.com%2F\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17012\" alt=\"Civilian Security Force\" src=\"http:\/\/shtfplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/civilianforce.jpg\" width=\"457\" height=\"605\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><br \/><strong><em>(Image courtesy of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fdaletoons.blogspot.com%2F\" >DaleToons<\/a>)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speculation abounds surrounding the <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.examiner.com%2Farticle%2Fdhs-adds-200-000-rounds-to-its-2-billion-round-stockpile\" >2 billion rounds of ammunition<\/a> purchased by the Department of Homeland Security and other national alphabet agencies in recent years. Moreover, as the White House and their cohorts in Congress contemplate the disarming of American citizens, the very assault weapons purported to be <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shtfplan.com%2Fheadline-news%2Fthe-ban-list-ar-15-ak-47-ar-10-saiga12-bushmaster-ruger-beretta-hk-smith-wesson-sig_01242013\" >so dangerous in the hands of law abiding gun owners<\/a>\u00a0are <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.infowars.com%2Fdhs-buys-7000-full-auto-assault-rifles-calls-them-personal-defense-weapons%2F\" >being purchased in mass quantities<\/a> by local and federal law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n<p>So what is the purpose and motivation behind the government\u2019s continued efforts to stockpile so much firepower?<\/p>\n<p>One frightening theory could explain what the President and his national security apparatus are up to.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Many of you will remember\u00a0a <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wnd.com%2F2008%2F07%2F69601%2F\" >story I broke<\/a> a long time ago \u2014 about presidential candidate Barack Obama\u2019s little-noticed announcement that, if elected in 2008, he wanted to create a \u201ccivilian national security force\u201d as big, as strong and as well-funded as the Defense Department.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what he actually said at a campaign stop in Colorado July 2, 2008:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we\u2019ve set. We\u2019ve got to have a civilian national security force that\u2019s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Could what we see happening now in the Department of Homeland Security be the beginning of Obama\u2019s dream and our constitutional nightmare?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We never heard another mention of Obama\u2019s \u201ccivilian national security force\u201d again. Not in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 or 2012.<\/p>\n<p>But that brings us up to 2013 and the highly unusual stockpiling of firearms and ammo by Homeland Security \u2014 firearms and ammo that Obama would like to deny to ordinary citizens who are not members of his domestic army.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I hate to say it, but I may have predicted this, too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wnd.com%2F2012%2F10%2Fobamas-2nd-term-war-on-domestic-opposition%2F\" >In a Halloween column last fall, I stated that, if re-elected, Obama would \u201cdeclare a full-scale war on his domestic opposition.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I wasn\u2019t joking. I was deadly serious \u2014 so serious, in fact, that I did something I pledged I would never do: Vote for Mitt Romney. It was a matter of self-defense and self-preservation. I said then that a second term of Obama might mean we would never see another free and fair election in America. (I\u2019m not even sure we saw one in 2012.) I suggested due process would go the way of the horse and buggy. I said I expected <strong>Obama would move to shut down or destroy all independent media. I even speculated that his biggest critics would eventually be rounded up in the name of national security.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Think about it.<\/p>\n<p>Why does the civilian Department of Homeland Security need\u00a0<em>billions<\/em>\u00a0of rounds of ammunition?<\/p>\n<p>This is the agency that is responsible for policing the border. But it doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>This is the agency that is responsible for catching terrorists. But it doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>So why does Homeland Security need so many weapons and enough hollow-point rounds to plug every American six times?<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpted <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wnd.com%2F2013%2F02%2Fwhy-is-government-stockpiling-guns-ammo%2F\" >from Josefph Farah of WND<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The official explanation?<\/p>\n<p>Target practice.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>As for concern about the type of bullets \u2013 hollow points, which expand upon impact \u2013 the statement said the type is \u201cstandard issue\u201d and is used during \u201cmandatory quarterly firearms qualifications and other training sessions.\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fpolitics%2F2012%2F08%2F17%2Fagencies-tamp-down-speculation-over-hollow-point-ammo-purchases%2F\" >link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While the majority of Americans will take this explanation at face value, there are some key facts that suggest the Department of Homeland Security is mobilizing for a significant future action against the American people.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"c21\">The US military has been <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shtfplan.com%2Fmarc-faber%2Fpentagon-military-actively-war-gaming-large-scale-economic-breakdown-and-civil-unrest_11222010\" >actively war-gaming worst-case scenarios<\/a> that include economic collapse and civil unrest, going so far as to simulate wide-scale food riots.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"c22\">Just last month the military deployed <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shtfplan.com%2Fheadline-news%2Fgunships-over-miami-machine-gun-fire-strafing-runs-troops-rappelling-from-choppers-and-road-blockades_01282013\" >gunships over Miami<\/a> and executed a training exercise with local police departments. A few days later, similar <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.infowars.com%2Fhouston-residents-rattled-by-government-gunfire-and-helicopters%2F\" >exercises were held in Houston, TX<\/a>. Last year these \u201cexercises\u201d also included <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alt-market.com%2Farticles%2F866-military-tanks-on-st-louis-streetsbut-why\" >ground forces, armored personnel carriers and tanks<\/a> on the streets of St. Louis.<\/li>\n<li class=\"c22\">Despite overwhelming opposition, there is an overt and focused movement to disarm Americans of their right to bear semi-automatic personal defense rifles and any other firearms deemed dangerous to the public. Those calling for this disarmament qualify their positions by claiming these weapons are not necessary for sporting, hunting, or personal defense. As if this provision of the US Constitution doesn\u2019t even exist, there is a total blackout on the fundamental <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.infowars.com%2Ffounding-fathers-battle-gun-grabbers-from-the-grave-special-report%2F\" >intent of the Second Amendment<\/a>, which allows for citizens to bear arms to protect themselves against tyrannical government.<\/li>\n<li class=\"c22\">Heavily armored vehicles <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shtfplan.com%2Fheadline-news%2Fwhat-are-the-milipolice-planning-on-doing-with-these-heavily-armored-vehicles_09122012\" >have been spotted all over the country<\/a>, and many local law enforcement agencies have taken possession of these vehicles, normally reserved for military engagements, and have put them to use in neighborhoods and communities around America.<\/li>\n<li class=\"c22\">Congress has authorized the deployment of some 30,000 <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedailysheeple.com%2Fdrones-cleared-for-domestic-use-across-the-us_112011\" >surveillance drones in the skies of America<\/a>, to be available for use by intelligence agencies by 2015.<\/li>\n<li class=\"c22\">The National Security Agency is <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedailysheeple.com%2Fwhistleblower-nsa-is-quietly-building-the-largest-spy-center-in-the-country_042012\" >building a massive spy center<\/a> capable of recording, aggregating and analyzing every digital interaction on the planet \u2014 phones, internet, purchasing patterns, travel, and even what we say in the privacy of our own homes. A 30 year veteran of the NSA says the data mining program is so vast it will \u201ccreate an Orwellian state.\u201d<\/li>\n<li class=\"c22\">The US government, in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks, has created legislation that directly targets American citizens. The Patriot Act makes it possible for anyone who is identified as attempting to subvert government legitimacy as a terrorist, and also allows for the warrantless wiretapping of everyone for any reason. Under the Patriot Act and expanded government definitions, just about <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shtfplan.com%2Fheadline-news%2Fdo-you-qualify-as-a-domestic-terrorist_04062011\" >anyone now qualifies as a domestic terrorist<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"c22\">The National Defense Authorization Act takes the Patriot Act even further, allowing the government to detain anyone suspected of being a terrorist indefinitely and without trial \u2014 this includes American citizens living in the United States.<\/li>\n<li class=\"c22\">And, as <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wnd.com%2F2013%2F02%2Fwhy-is-government-stockpiling-guns-ammo%2F\" >Joseph Farah points out<\/a>, the President specifically claimed he would create a civilian national security police force as large as the US military. If he meant it, then we\u2019re talking about 2 million or so civilians that will be armed, deputized and backed by the government. To do what? We\u2019re not quite sure, but apparently we need these civilians for something important, or else the President wouldn\u2019t have brought it up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are but a few examples of what our government has been up to. There are hundreds of others.<\/p>\n<p>Now put all those together and the complete puzzle begins to emerge.<\/p>\n<p>This surveillance infrastructure and <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shtfplan.com%2Fheadline-news%2Fmcgrath-the-control-grid-is-being-put-into-place-to-handle-what-they-know-is-coming_04062012\" >control grid<\/a> are being designed not for foreign terrorists or rogue nations that may do harm to America. They have been designed for you.<\/p>\n<p>You, my fellow American, are the enemy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c25\"><a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shtfplan.com%2Fprivacy\" onclick=\"NewWindow(this.href,'popup','400','500','yes','center');return false\" onfocus=\"this.blur()\" class=\"c24\">Subscribe to our newsletter<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"c32\">\n<p><strong>Author:<\/strong>  Mac Slavo<br \/><strong>Views:<\/strong> Read by 18,138 people<br \/><strong>Date:<\/strong> February 4th, 2013<br \/><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.SHTFplan.com\">www.SHTFplan.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <strong>Copyright Information:<\/strong> Copyright SHTFplan and Mac Slavo. This content may be freely reproduced in full or in part in digital form with full attribution to the author and a link to www.shtfplan.com. 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Moreover, as the White House and their cohorts in Congress contemplate the disarming of American citizens, the very assault weapons purported to be <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shtfplan.com%2Fheadline-news%2Fthe-ban-list-ar-15-ak-47-ar-10-saiga12-bushmaster-ruger-beretta-hk-smith-wesson-sig_01242013\" target=\"_blank\">so dangerous in the hands of law abiding gun owners<\/a>&nbsp;are <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.infowars.com%2Fdhs-buys-7000-full-auto-assault-rifles-calls-them-personal-defense-weapons%2F\" target=\"_blank\">being purchased in mass quantities<\/a> by local and federal law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n<p>So what is the purpose and motivation behind the government&rsquo;s continued efforts to stockpile so much firepower?<\/p>\n<p>One frightening theory could explain what the President and his national security apparatus are up to.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Many of you will remember&nbsp;a <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wnd.com%2F2008%2F07%2F69601%2F\" target=\"_blank\">story I broke<\/a> a long time ago &ndash; about presidential candidate Barack Obama&rsquo;s little-noticed announcement that, if elected in 2008, he wanted to create a &ldquo;civilian national security force&rdquo; as big, as strong and as well-funded as the Defense Department.<\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s what he actually said at a campaign stop in Colorado July 2, 2008:<\/p>\n<p><strong>&ldquo;We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we&rsquo;ve set. We&rsquo;ve got to have a civilian national security force that&rsquo;s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.&rdquo;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Could what we see happening now in the Department of Homeland Security be the beginning of Obama&rsquo;s dream and our constitutional nightmare?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We never heard another mention of Obama&rsquo;s &ldquo;civilian national security force&rdquo; again. Not in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 or 2012.<\/p>\n<p>But that brings us up to 2013 and the highly unusual stockpiling of firearms and ammo by Homeland Security &ndash; firearms and ammo that Obama would like to deny to ordinary citizens who are not members of his domestic army.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I hate to say it, but I may have predicted this, too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wnd.com%2F2012%2F10%2Fobamas-2nd-term-war-on-domestic-opposition%2F\" target=\"_blank\">In a Halloween column last fall, I stated that, if re-elected, Obama would &ldquo;declare a full-scale war on his domestic opposition.&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I wasn&rsquo;t joking. I was deadly serious &ndash; so serious, in fact, that I did something I pledged I would never do: Vote for Mitt Romney. It was a matter of self-defense and self-preservation. I said then that a second term of Obama might mean we would never see another free and fair election in America. (I&rsquo;m not even sure we saw one in 2012.) I suggested due process would go the way of the horse and buggy. I said I expected <strong>Obama would move to shut down or destroy all independent media. I even speculated that his biggest critics would eventually be rounded up in the name of national security.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Think about it.<\/p>\n<p>Why does the civilian Department of Homeland Security need&nbsp;<em>billions<\/em>&nbsp;of rounds of ammunition?<\/p>\n<p>This is the agency that is responsible for policing the border. But it doesn&rsquo;t.<\/p>\n<p>This is the agency that is responsible for catching terrorists. But it doesn&rsquo;t.<\/p>\n<p>So why does Homeland Security need so many weapons and enough hollow-point rounds to plug every American six times?<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpted <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wnd.com%2F2013%2F02%2Fwhy-is-government-stockpiling-guns-ammo%2F\" target=\"_blank\">from Josefph Farah of WND<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The official explanation?<\/p>\n<p>Target practice.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>As for concern about the type of bullets &mdash; hollow points, which expand upon impact &mdash; the statement said the type is &ldquo;standard issue&rdquo; and is used during &ldquo;mandatory quarterly firearms qualifications and other training sessions.&rdquo; (<a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fpolitics%2F2012%2F08%2F17%2Fagencies-tamp-down-speculation-over-hollow-point-ammo-purchases%2F\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While the majority of Americans will take this explanation at face value, there are some key facts that suggest the Department of Homeland Security is mobilizing for a significant future action against the American people.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>The US military has been <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shtfplan.com%2Fmarc-faber%2Fpentagon-military-actively-war-gaming-large-scale-economic-breakdown-and-civil-unrest_11222010\" target=\"_blank\">actively war-gaming worst-case scenarios<\/a> that include economic collapse and civil unrest, going so far as to simulate wide-scale food riots.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Just last month the military deployed <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shtfplan.com%2Fheadline-news%2Fgunships-over-miami-machine-gun-fire-strafing-runs-troops-rappelling-from-choppers-and-road-blockades_01282013\" target=\"_blank\">gunships over Miami<\/a> and executed a training exercise with local police departments. A few days later, similar <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.infowars.com%2Fhouston-residents-rattled-by-government-gunfire-and-helicopters%2F\" target=\"_blank\">exercises were held in Houston, TX<\/a>. Last year these &ldquo;exercises&rdquo; also included <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alt-market.com%2Farticles%2F866-military-tanks-on-st-louis-streetsbut-why\" target=\"_blank\">ground forces, armored personnel carriers and tanks<\/a> on the streets of St. Louis.<\/li>\n<li>Despite overwhelming opposition, there is an overt and focused movement to disarm Americans of their right to bear semi-automatic personal defense rifles and any other firearms deemed dangerous to the public. Those calling for this disarmament qualify their positions by claiming these weapons are not necessary for sporting, hunting, or personal defense. As if this provision of the US Constitution doesn&rsquo;t even exist, there is a total blackout on the fundamental <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.infowars.com%2Ffounding-fathers-battle-gun-grabbers-from-the-grave-special-report%2F\" target=\"_blank\">intent of the Second Amendment<\/a>, which allows for citizens to bear arms to protect themselves against tyrannical government.<\/li>\n<li>Heavily armored vehicles <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shtfplan.com%2Fheadline-news%2Fwhat-are-the-milipolice-planning-on-doing-with-these-heavily-armored-vehicles_09122012\" target=\"_blank\">have been spotted all over the country<\/a>, and many local law enforcement agencies have taken possession of these vehicles, normally reserved for military engagements, and have put them to use in neighborhoods and communities around America.<\/li>\n<li>Congress has authorized the deployment of some 30,000 <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedailysheeple.com%2Fdrones-cleared-for-domestic-use-across-the-us_112011\" target=\"_blank\">surveillance drones in the skies of America<\/a>, to be available for use by intelligence agencies by 2015.<\/li>\n<li>The National Security Agency is <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedailysheeple.com%2Fwhistleblower-nsa-is-quietly-building-the-largest-spy-center-in-the-country_042012\" target=\"_blank\">building a massive spy center<\/a> capable of recording, aggregating and analyzing every digital interaction on the planet &ndash; phones, internet, purchasing patterns, travel, and even what we say in the privacy of our own homes. A 30 year veteran of the NSA says the data mining program is so vast it will &ldquo;create an Orwellian state.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>The US government, in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks, has created legislation that directly targets American citizens. The Patriot Act makes it possible for anyone who is identified as attempting to subvert government legitimacy as a terrorist, and also allows for the warrantless wiretapping of everyone for any reason. Under the Patriot Act and expanded government definitions, just about <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shtfplan.com%2Fheadline-news%2Fdo-you-qualify-as-a-domestic-terrorist_04062011\" target=\"_blank\">anyone now qualifies as a domestic terrorist<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The National Defense Authorization Act takes the Patriot Act even further, allowing the government to detain anyone suspected of being a terrorist indefinitely and without trial &ndash; this includes American citizens living in the United States.<\/li>\n<li>And, as <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wnd.com%2F2013%2F02%2Fwhy-is-government-stockpiling-guns-ammo%2F\" target=\"_blank\">Joseph Farah points out<\/a>, the President specifically claimed he would create a civilian national security police force as large as the US military. If he meant it, then we&rsquo;re talking about 2 million or so civilians that will be armed, deputized and backed by the government. To do what? We&rsquo;re not quite sure, but apparently we need these civilians for something important, or else the President wouldn&rsquo;t have brought it up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are but a few examples of what our government has been up to. There are hundreds of others.<\/p>\n<p>Now put all those together and the complete puzzle begins to emerge.<\/p>\n<p>This surveillance infrastructure and <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shtfplan.com%2Fheadline-news%2Fmcgrath-the-control-grid-is-being-put-into-place-to-handle-what-they-know-is-coming_04062012\" target=\"_blank\">control grid<\/a> are being designed not for foreign terrorists or rogue nations that may do harm to America. 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