{"id":29799,"date":"2013-03-07T19:29:04","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T18:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?guid=dbc981ecd24dbafae4a28ef37a579f07"},"modified":"2013-03-07T19:29:04","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T18:29:04","slug":"are-attorney-general-holders-statements-on-banks-and-drones-connected-how-far-will-the-government-go-to-defend-the-too-big-to-fail-banks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/are-attorney-general-holders-statements-on-banks-and-drones-connected-how-far-will-the-government-go-to-defend-the-too-big-to-fail-banks\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Attorney General Holder\u2019s Statements on Banks and Drones Connected? How Far Will the Government Go to Defend the Too Big to Fail Banks?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"368\" height=\"221\" src=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/129615.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"State-sponsored assassination: Attorney General Eric Holder Justifies Killing Americans On Foreign Soil\" title=\"State-sponsored assassination: Attorney General Eric Holder Justifies Killing Americans On Foreign Soil\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Attorney General of the United States made the following 2 statements within 48 hours:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"The president can assassinate American citizens on U.S. soil\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2013%2F03%2Fattorney-general-holder-prez-can-assassinate-americans-on-u-s-soil.html\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2013\/03\/attorney-general-holder-prez-can-assassinate-americans-on-u-s-soil.html']);\">The president can assassinate American citizens on U.S. soil<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"The big banks shouldn\u2019t be prosecuted, as that would destabilize the economy\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2013%2F03%2Fthe-government-has-it-bass-ackwards-failing-to-prosecute-criminal-fraud-by-the-big-banks-is-killing-the-economy.html\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2013\/03\/the-government-has-it-bass-ackwards-failing-to-prosecute-criminal-fraud-by-the-big-banks-is-killing-the-economy.html']);\">The big banks shouldn\u2019t be prosecuted, as that would destabilize the economy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These statements may \u2014 at first glance \u2014 seem unconnected. And the mainstream media is treating them as separate.<\/p>\n<p>True, the government is hell-bent on\u00a0<a title=\"100% subsidized to keep them afloat\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2013%2F02%2Fvirtually-all-of-the-big-banks-profits-come-from-taxpayer-bailouts-and-subsidies.html\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2013\/02\/virtually-all-of-the-big-banks-profits-come-from-taxpayer-bailouts-and-subsidies.html']);\">keeping the giant banks afloat<\/a>, even though virtually all independent\u00a0<a title=\" prominent economists, financial experts and bankers\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2013%2F03%2Fstunning-list-of-bankers-economists-and-financial-experts-who-say-we-need-to-break-up-the-big-banks.html\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2013\/03\/stunning-list-of-bankers-economists-and-financial-experts-who-say-we-need-to-break-up-the-big-banks.html']);\">economists, financial experts and bankers<\/a>\u00a0are calling for them to be broken up, and Americans\u00a0<a title=\"overwhelmingly want the government to get tougher on prosecuting Wall Street fraud\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2011%2F11%2Fa-majority-of-americans-including-both-ows-and-the-tea-party-agree-on-the-most-important-issues-we-just-dont-realize-it.html\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2011\/11\/a-majority-of-americans-including-both-ows-and-the-tea-party-agree-on-the-most-important-issues-we-just-dont-realize-it.html']);\">overwhelmingly want the government to get tougher on prosecuting Wall Street fraud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But there might be more to it then than that \u2026 and Holder\u2019s statements may be intimately connected.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and other government agencies worked hand-in-hand with the big banks to\u00a0<a title=\"violently crack down on the Occupy protests\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2012%2F12%2Fgovernment-and-big-banks-joined-forces-to-violently-crush-peaceful-protests.html\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2012\/12\/government-and-big-banks-joined-forces-to-violently-crush-peaceful-protests.html']);\">violently crack down on the Occupy protests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And what was Occupy protesting? One of the core complaints of the Occupy protesters was that there are\u00a0<a title=\"two systems of justice\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2011%2F10%2Foccupy-wall-street-enforce-the-laws-for-the-99.html\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2011\/10\/occupy-wall-street-enforce-the-laws-for-the-99.html']);\">two systems of justice<\/a>: the little guy gets thrown in jail for the smallest infraction, while banksters escape prosecution for\u00a0<em>their<\/em>\u00a0criminal fraud. (Occupy also protested the fact that that\u00a0<a title=\"the big banks got bailed out, while the rest of us got sold out\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2011%2F11%2Fobama-heckled-for-allowing-police-brutality-against-protesters.html\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2011\/11\/obama-heckled-for-allowing-police-brutality-against-protesters.html']);\">the big banks got bailed out, while the rest of us got sold out<\/a>. And see\u00a0<a title=\"this\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2011%2F11%2Fa-majority-of-americans-including-both-ows-and-the-tea-party-agree-on-the-most-important-issues-we-just-dont-realize-it.html\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2011\/11\/a-majority-of-americans-including-both-ows-and-the-tea-party-agree-on-the-most-important-issues-we-just-dont-realize-it.html']);\">this<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>In other words, it is exactly the Department of Justice\u2019s policy of not prosecuting big bank crimes which was one of Occupy\u2019s core complaints \u2026 and \u2014 in response \u2014 the federal government sent in the goons to crack heads and trash the free speech rights of the protesters.<\/p>\n<p>This is not an isolated incident.<\/p>\n<p>The big banks literally\u00a0<a title=\"own the politicians\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2011%2F06%2Fwell-theres-your-problem-right-there-insider-trading-rules-don%25E2%2580%2599t-apply-to-congress.html\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2011\/06\/well-theres-your-problem-right-there-insider-trading-rules-don%E2%80%99t-apply-to-congress.html']);\"><em>own<\/em>\u00a0the politicians<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For many years, the government has used anti-terror laws\u00a0<em>mainly<\/em>\u00a0to\u00a0<a title=\"crush political dissent\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2012%2F12%2Fthe-fbi-drowning-in-counter-terrorism-money-power-and-other-resources-will-apply-the-term-terrorism-to-any-group-it-dislikes-and-wants-to-control-and-suppress.html\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2012\/12\/the-fbi-drowning-in-counter-terrorism-money-power-and-other-resources-will-apply-the-term-terrorism-to-any-group-it-dislikes-and-wants-to-control-and-suppress.html']);\">crush political dissent<\/a>\u00a0and to\u00a0<a title=\"help the too big to fail businesses\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2012%2F02%2Fgovernment-uses-anti-terror-laws-to-crush-dissent-and-help-big-business.html\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2012\/02\/government-uses-anti-terror-laws-to-crush-dissent-and-help-big-business.html']);\">help the too big to fail businesses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Asking questions about Wall Street shenanigans, speaking out against government policies, and protesting anything\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2012%2F12%2Fthe-fbi-drowning-in-counter-terrorism-money-power-and-other-resources-will-apply-the-term-terrorism-to-any-group-it-dislikes-and-wants-to-control-and-suppress.html\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2012\/12\/the-fbi-drowning-in-counter-terrorism-money-power-and-other-resources-will-apply-the-term-terrorism-to-any-group-it-dislikes-and-wants-to-control-and-suppress.html']);\">Asking questions about Wall Street shenanigans, speaking out against government policies, and protesting anything<\/a>\u00a0are all considered grounds for being labeled a \u201cpotential terrorist\u201d by the government. Whistleblowers are also\u00a0<a title=\"being treated as terrorists\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newrepublic.com%2Farticle%2F112554%23\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.newrepublic.com\/article\/112554#']);\" >being treated as terrorists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the government agency with the power to determine who gets assassinated is the\u00a0<a title=\"same agency that is at the center of the \u201cubiquitous, unaccountable surveillance state aimed at American citizens\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2012%2F10%2Fthe-same-secret-government-agency-which-spies-on-all-americans-also-decides-who-gets-assassinated-by-drones.html\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2012\/10\/the-same-secret-government-agency-which-spies-on-all-americans-also-decides-who-gets-assassinated-by-drones.html']);\"><em>same<\/em>\u00a0agency that is at the center of the \u201cubiquitous, unaccountable surveillance state aimed at American citizens<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If this sounds like breathless fearmongering, please remember that the U.S. military now<a title=\" considers the American homeland to be a \u201cbattle zone\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2013%2F03%2Fattorney-general-holder-prez-can-assassinate-americans-on-u-s-soil.html\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2013\/03\/attorney-general-holder-prez-can-assassinate-americans-on-u-s-soil.html']);\">\u00a0considers the American\u00a0<em>homeland<\/em>\u00a0to be a \u201cbattle zone\u201d<\/a>\u00a0(and\u00a0<a title=\"see this\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2012%2F10%2Fthe-same-secret-government-agency-which-spies-on-all-americans-also-decides-who-gets-assassinated-by-drones.html\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2012\/10\/the-same-secret-government-agency-which-spies-on-all-americans-also-decides-who-gets-assassinated-by-drones.html']);\">see this<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>And the banking system is\u00a0<a title=\"considered \u201ccritical infrastructure\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2F2013%2F2%2F14%2F3989686%2Fwhite-house-says-cyber-threats-include-web-site-defacement-ip-theft\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2013\/2\/14\/3989686\/white-house-says-cyber-threats-include-web-site-defacement-ip-theft']);\" >considered \u201ccritical infrastructure\u201d<\/a>\u00a0by the Department of Homeland security.<\/p>\n<h3>Another Connection Between Big Banks and Drones<\/h3>\n<p>There is another connection between big banks and drones.<\/p>\n<p>The big banks have a direct role in\u00a0<a title=\"encouraging\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fquery.nytimes.com%2Fmem%2Farchive-free%2Fpdf%3Fres%3D9504E7DA1538EE32A25757C1A9649C946696D6CF\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/query.nytimes.com\/mem\/archive-free\/pdf?res=9504E7DA1538EE32A25757C1A9649C946696D6CF']);\" >encouraging<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"financing war\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2013%2F01%2Fbillions-in-blood-money-enjoyed-by-war-criminals-families.html\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2013\/01\/billions-in-blood-money-enjoyed-by-war-criminals-families.html']);\">financing war<\/a>. And\u00a0<a title=\"see this\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2013%2F02%2Ftop-economic-advisers-forecast-war-and-unrest.html\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2013\/02\/top-economic-advisers-forecast-war-and-unrest.html']);\">see this<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And Ron Paul\u00a0<a title=\"agreed\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.safehaven.com%2Farticle%2F6801%2Finflation-and-war-finance\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.safehaven.com\/article\/6801\/inflation-and-war-finance']);\" >noted<\/a>\u00a0in 2007:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Congress and the Federal Reserve Bank have a cozy, unspoken arrangement that makes war easier to finance<\/strong>. Congress has an insatiable appetite for new spending, but raising taxes is politically unpopular. The Federal Reserve, however, is happy to accommodate deficit spending by creating new money through the Treasury Department. In exchange, Congress leaves the Fed alone to operate free of pesky oversight and free of political scrutiny.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The big banks\u00a0<a title=\"own the Federal Reserve\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fthe-banks-own-the-fed-and-the-central-banks-own-bis.html\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2009\/08\/the-banks-own-the-fed-and-the-central-banks-own-bis.html']);\"><em>own<\/em>\u00a0the Federal Reserve<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Indeed,\u00a0<a title=\"some say\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2F5hfEBupAeo4\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/youtu.be\/5hfEBupAeo4']);\" >some say<\/a>\u00a0that all wars are really bankster wars.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"368\" height=\"221\" src=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/129615.jpg\" alt=\"State-sponsored assassination: Attorney General Eric Holder Justifies Killing Americans On Foreign Soil\" title=\"State-sponsored assassination: Attorney General Eric Holder Justifies Killing Americans On Foreign Soil\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Attorney General of the United States made the following 2 statements within 48 hours:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"The president can assassinate American citizens on U.S. soil\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2013%2F03%2Fattorney-general-holder-prez-can-assassinate-americans-on-u-s-soil.html\">The president can assassinate American citizens on U.S. soil<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"The big banks shouldn&rsquo;t be prosecuted, as that would destabilize the economy\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2013%2F03%2Fthe-government-has-it-bass-ackwards-failing-to-prosecute-criminal-fraud-by-the-big-banks-is-killing-the-economy.html\">The big banks shouldn&rsquo;t be prosecuted, as that would destabilize the economy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These statements may &ndash; at first glance &ndash; seem unconnected.&nbsp; And the mainstream media is treating them as separate.<\/p>\n<p>True, the government is hell-bent on&nbsp;<a title=\"100% subsidized to keep them afloat\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2013%2F02%2Fvirtually-all-of-the-big-banks-profits-come-from-taxpayer-bailouts-and-subsidies.html\">keeping the giant banks afloat<\/a>, even though virtually all independent&nbsp;<a title=\" prominent economists, financial experts and bankers\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2013%2F03%2Fstunning-list-of-bankers-economists-and-financial-experts-who-say-we-need-to-break-up-the-big-banks.html\">economists, financial experts and bankers<\/a>&nbsp;are calling for them to be broken up, and Americans&nbsp;<a title=\"overwhelmingly want the government to get tougher on prosecuting Wall Street fraud\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2011%2F11%2Fa-majority-of-americans-including-both-ows-and-the-tea-party-agree-on-the-most-important-issues-we-just-dont-realize-it.html\">overwhelmingly want the government to get tougher on prosecuting Wall Street fraud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But there might be more to it then than that &hellip; and Holder&rsquo;s statements may be intimately connected.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and other government agencies worked hand-in-hand with the big banks to&nbsp;<a title=\"violently crack down on the Occupy protests\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2012%2F12%2Fgovernment-and-big-banks-joined-forces-to-violently-crush-peaceful-protests.html\">violently crack down on the Occupy protests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And what was Occupy protesting?&nbsp; One of the core complaints of the Occupy protesters was that there are&nbsp;<a title=\"two systems of justice\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2011%2F10%2Foccupy-wall-street-enforce-the-laws-for-the-99.html\">two systems of justice<\/a>: the little guy gets thrown in jail for the smallest infraction, while banksters escape prosecution for&nbsp;<em>their<\/em>&nbsp;criminal fraud.&nbsp; (Occupy also protested the fact that that&nbsp;<a title=\"the big banks got bailed out, while the rest of us got sold out\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2011%2F11%2Fobama-heckled-for-allowing-police-brutality-against-protesters.html\">the big banks got bailed out, while the rest of us got sold out<\/a>.&nbsp; And see&nbsp;<a title=\"this\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2011%2F11%2Fa-majority-of-americans-including-both-ows-and-the-tea-party-agree-on-the-most-important-issues-we-just-dont-realize-it.html\">this<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>In other words, it is exactly the Department of Justice&rsquo;s policy of not prosecuting big bank crimes which was one of Occupy&rsquo;s core complaints &hellip; and &ndash; in response &ndash; the federal government sent in the goons to crack heads and trash the free speech rights of the protesters.<\/p>\n<p>This is not an isolated incident.<\/p>\n<p>The big banks literally&nbsp;<a title=\"own the politicians\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2011%2F06%2Fwell-theres-your-problem-right-there-insider-trading-rules-don%25E2%2580%2599t-apply-to-congress.html\"><em>own<\/em>&nbsp;the politicians<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For many years, the government has used anti-terror laws&nbsp;<em>mainly<\/em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<a title=\"crush political dissent\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2012%2F12%2Fthe-fbi-drowning-in-counter-terrorism-money-power-and-other-resources-will-apply-the-term-terrorism-to-any-group-it-dislikes-and-wants-to-control-and-suppress.html\">crush political dissent<\/a>&nbsp;and to&nbsp;<a title=\"help the too big to fail businesses\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2012%2F02%2Fgovernment-uses-anti-terror-laws-to-crush-dissent-and-help-big-business.html\">help the too big to fail businesses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Asking questions about Wall Street shenanigans, speaking out against government policies, and protesting anything\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2012%2F12%2Fthe-fbi-drowning-in-counter-terrorism-money-power-and-other-resources-will-apply-the-term-terrorism-to-any-group-it-dislikes-and-wants-to-control-and-suppress.html\">Asking questions about Wall Street shenanigans, speaking out against government policies, and protesting anything<\/a>&nbsp;are all considered grounds for being labeled a &ldquo;potential terrorist&rdquo; by the government.&nbsp; Whistleblowers are also&nbsp;<a title=\"being treated as terrorists\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newrepublic.com%2Farticle%2F112554%23\" target=\"_blank\">being treated as terrorists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the government agency with the power to determine who gets assassinated is the&nbsp;<a title=\"same agency that is at the center of the &ldquo;ubiquitous, unaccountable surveillance state aimed at American citizens\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2012%2F10%2Fthe-same-secret-government-agency-which-spies-on-all-americans-also-decides-who-gets-assassinated-by-drones.html\"><em>same<\/em>&nbsp;agency that is at the center of the &ldquo;ubiquitous, unaccountable surveillance state aimed at American citizens<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>If this sounds like breathless fearmongering, please remember that the U.S. military now<a title=\" considers the American homeland to be a &ldquo;battle zone&rdquo;\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2013%2F03%2Fattorney-general-holder-prez-can-assassinate-americans-on-u-s-soil.html\">&nbsp;considers the American&nbsp;<em>homeland<\/em>&nbsp;to be a &ldquo;battle zone&rdquo;<\/a>&nbsp;(and&nbsp;<a title=\"see this\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2012%2F10%2Fthe-same-secret-government-agency-which-spies-on-all-americans-also-decides-who-gets-assassinated-by-drones.html\">see this<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>And the banking system is&nbsp;<a title=\"considered &ldquo;critical infrastructure&rdquo;\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2F2013%2F2%2F14%2F3989686%2Fwhite-house-says-cyber-threats-include-web-site-defacement-ip-theft\" target=\"_blank\">considered &ldquo;critical infrastructure&rdquo;<\/a>&nbsp;by the Department of Homeland security.<\/p>\n<h3>Another Connection Between Big Banks and Drones<\/h3>\n<p>There is another connection between big banks and drones.<\/p>\n<p>The big banks have a direct role in&nbsp;<a title=\"encouraging\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fquery.nytimes.com%2Fmem%2Farchive-free%2Fpdf%3Fres%3D9504E7DA1538EE32A25757C1A9649C946696D6CF\" target=\"_blank\">encouraging<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a title=\"financing war\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2013%2F01%2Fbillions-in-blood-money-enjoyed-by-war-criminals-families.html\">financing war<\/a>. And&nbsp;<a title=\"see this\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2013%2F02%2Ftop-economic-advisers-forecast-war-and-unrest.html\">see this<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And Ron Paul&nbsp;<a title=\"agreed\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.safehaven.com%2Farticle%2F6801%2Finflation-and-war-finance\" target=\"_blank\">noted<\/a>&nbsp;in 2007:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Congress and the Federal Reserve Bank have a cozy, unspoken arrangement that makes war easier to finance<\/strong>. Congress has an insatiable appetite for new spending, but raising taxes is politically unpopular. The Federal Reserve, however, is happy to accommodate deficit spending by creating new money through the Treasury Department. In exchange, Congress leaves the Fed alone to operate free of pesky oversight and free of political scrutiny.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The big banks&nbsp;<a title=\"own the Federal Reserve\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonsblog.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fthe-banks-own-the-fed-and-the-central-banks-own-bis.html\"><em>own<\/em>&nbsp;the Federal Reserve<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Indeed,&nbsp;<a title=\"some say\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2F5hfEBupAeo4\" target=\"_blank\">some say<\/a>&nbsp;that all wars are really bankster wars.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[487],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-29799","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-breaking-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}