Obama’s secretive Executive Order amended an order issued by President Reagan in 1983. Reagan’s order recognized Interpol as an International Organization and gave it privileges and immunities commonly extended to foreign diplomats. Reagan opened the door to allow Interpol to operate in partnership with the U.S. but with significant constitutional safeguards. Specifically, Interpol’s property and assets remained subject to search and seizure by American law enforcement, and its archived records remained subject to public scrutiny under provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. Interpol had to answer to the FBI and U.S. courts under Reagan’s order. These safeguards were stripped away by Obama’s action the week before Christmas without debate or explanation. Obama picked the holiday season to make this radical change to minimize media coverage.
This order marks a significant change in federal policy and usurps the constitutional power of our government by yielding it to an international organization. Michael van Der Galien writes, “This foreign law enforcement organization can operate free of an important safeguard against government and abuse. Property and assets, including the organization’s records, cannot now be searched or seized. Their physical operational locations are now immune from U.S. legal and investigative authorities.”
Obama has given an international organization unsupervised freedom to investigate Americans on our own soil without recourse or the supervision of our own government.
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Seeing as how Van Jones, the Marxist, Racist, anti-American appointed by Obama, “somehow” was cleared for a TS Clearance and the FBI said or did nothing, should say it all. Especially since this Van Jones was a profound anti-Law Enforcement, Berkley radical.
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every time he says: historic moment, crisis, or unprecedented
everyone has to take a small drink.
Everyone should be alcohol poisoned by the time the speech is over.
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Just imagine what the press would be saying if he dropped in to wish Rush well, has he missed a golden opportunity to curry favour with the press?
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I don’t think this latest terrorist even had a passport, but do they call them terrorists???? I thought they were foreign contigency operatives!
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I don’t wanna say it, but it’s probably likely. As long as he keeps giving away the rights that we earn, as Americans, to terrorists and illegals. Those that commit the crimes are allowed to live, even after killing thousands in acts of terrorism. I’m surprised he hasn’t commissioned a new flag for our country that has the words “kick me” embroidered on it.
OK – go ahead liberals, criticize at your discretion…. (go ahead and accuse our troops of being terrorists or killers)
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Is it because he (Mutallab) is a Muslim? Black? or simply because he is from his (Obama’s) home country (Nigeria)?
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come the 2010 and 2012 elections?
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Do you feel more confident or worried? Proud or ashamed? Safer or threatened? Thank you for your input.
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He went over to Europe with a big plans for a big commitment for Carbon Reduction. How do you think looks on the Global scene?
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