Democracy Or Occupation? Inside a Comparisonof the U.S

Published at UCSD June 2003 By the n.i.collective 36th Year of Publication

Democracy or Occupation? inside A comparisonof the U.S. conflicts in Afghanistan andIraq page 2 EFFreviews Total Information We havebeen told by theU.S. media that forwhere it cameto theministry of oil. saryresources such as hospitals,drink- Awareness (ieorgeBush has led two successful armed In the lootingthat accompaniedthe ablewater and fix)d are not available to conflictsand liberatedtwo oppressed sackingof Baghdad,museums including alland valuable history has been stolen page3 populationsfromtyrannical rule. Ill Iraq, theIraq National Museum, the Koranic and destroyedunder the eyesof the How to FindNews on the Web theUnited States military along with thcir Libraryand the Iraqi National Archives U.S.Pcacekecpmg lbrces. Instead, the Britishsidekicks have toppled Saddam wereburned, priceless historical arlilhcts militaryhas done an outstandingjob of page 4 ihmscin’srule and replacedit with weremethodically stolen and history was protectingtheMinistry of ()iland all Why War? tlemocracy.Unlbrtnnatcly lbrthe citizens purposefullydestroyed under the supervi- theoil fields. of Iraq,"democracy’" seems to bcacode sionof theinvading American amay. TheU.S. military has not been trained page5 wordfor American Occupation. Despite I)espitcrepeated calls from various to dealwith the post-conflict situation Instant-MixImperial Democracy claimsthat the United States wants Iraqis U.S.archaeological associations to the in Iraq.Soldiers arc trigger happy and by ArundhatiRoy torule lhemsclves+ Iraq is still under mar- Pentagonurging the military to protect nervous.Repealed warnings that the tiallaw with the U.S. military making the thehuge amount of historystored in the U.S.military lbrccs nccdcd pcacckcepmg page7 decisions.There have beennumerous nluseunl, pleasIt) exercisecaution went trainingwcrc ignored. Instead, soldiers WE ALMOSTFORGOT IT WAS A LIE! attemptsto setup a U.S.friendly govern- unheeded.Mc(iuirc Gibson of theUni- regularlyfire on carspassing checkpoints Morefun for the whole family! mentbut they did not even make the pre- versityof (’hicago’sOriental Institute becauseot" misconlnlunication, hi one textof includingthe highly popular and toldTit(" (’hronich, ~IIligher t:¢h/cation. situation,a whole lhmily was shotto page8 (theback one!) organizedShiitc Muslims. "1have been talking to themilitary since deathin theircar becausethey didn’t WMDs? What WMDs? I)cspitcthe so called end of hostilities January24th, and wc suppliedthem with unt!erstandAmerican soldiers shouting in Iraq,in thepast week alone two U.S. a lislo|" nlorc than 5,000 archaeological througha bullhorn m Englishto stop. Soldierswcrc killed and anothernine sites,which they’ve been putting on their (DemocracyNow) ~3crcwounded. In addition,eighteen maps.They know where those locations Well,ofconrsc the road will be bumpy Iraqicivilians were killed. There have are."(www.electroniciraq.net) butthings will get better in Iraq... beenregular protests by thousandsof As bad as SaddamHusscin was, the Notnecessarily. Justlike Iraq, the U.S. Iraqicitizens demanding that the U.S. U.S.is worse. (ioveynnlcnIsaid thal Ills nlain reason soldiersleave. The U.S. administration At leastunder the dictatorshipof for invadingAfghanistan was to bring hadno planslbr how to fillthe organiza- Hussem,there was somelaw and order tionalrole of theIraqi government except m Iraq.Now, looting is common,ne,-es- continuedon page 4 UC Wide Student-Labor Network Price Center Expansion Studentsand Workers Unite Fee ReferendumPasses by Renee Maas underthe AFSCME3299 union. Workers nowreceive S9-$12/hr plus benefits. Undemocratictactics by UCSDAdministration and Studentsfrom each UC campus and some workersand unionrepresenta- Studentgroup formed (as a resultof cam- Pro-referendumStudents Unfairly Bias the Results tivesmet on May 3-4,2003 to create paign):Students for Economic Justice a statewidestudent-labor organizing Mostof us haveheard that the Price a seeminglyneutral campaigning group network.Theconference was madepos- UC Los Angeles -- 2002 Centerexpansion Referendum passed two givesthe referendum more legitimacy. sibleby a grantwritten by theStudents weeksago. After five days of votingon Inaddition tothe lack of equal funding, forLabor Solidarity at UC SantaCruz, and Issue:80 ASUCLAStudent Center Dining studentlink, 29% of thestudents at UCSD theadministration refused in writingto wasfully funded by UC unions.The rise ServicesWorkers earning $6.75 with no votedand about 54% of thosewho voted, givethe "no" campaign equal opportunity in student-workerorganizing in the UC benefitsand categorizedas temporary votedin favorof theexpansion. While the foradvertising space. In section18.14.19 systemis partof a nationaland interna- workers. turnoutat theelection was very good for of theStudent Policies and Procedures, tionaleffort to reshapesocial and eco- a UCSDvote, most of thestudents voting it statesthat, "when funding for printed nomicconditions for the working poor. Results:In Fallof 2002the contract didnot have the full story. electionmaterials is providedby the The Student-Labormovement first withStar Staffing was terminatedand Unfortunately,the campaigningby UCSDadministration, equal funding and explodedonto the scenein the 1990s workerstitles changed from temporary the"Yes" and the"Neutral" sides fell publicationopportunity must be givento withthe United Students Against Sweat- to full-time.Workers went under the wellshort of fair and this unfairness kept thosestudents with opposing arguments shops (USAS).USAS beganfighting AFSCME3299 unionand now earn 59- studentsmisinformed about the issues andpoints of view.’+The administration for "sweatshopfree" conditions in the $12/hrdepending on experiencewith surroundingthis referendum. First of usedspaces that wcrc inaccessible to factoriesof multinational corporations benefits. all,students were lied to by the "’Neutral" studentsto advertisefor the referendum, likeNike, that create collegiate apparel. campaign.Students who were"Neutral" suchas theGilman parking structure. The Over time they have expandedtheir Studentgroup formed: Student Worker wereconstantly helping with the "yes" reasonsbehind this policy arc the admin- organizingefforts from global worker Front campaign,including campaigning, fold- istration’sgreater access to fundingand solidarityto communityand on-campus ingflyers, passing out literature andeven resourcesIhan a typical[.J(’SI) student. campaigns.Surprisingly fewer student- UC Santa Cruz -- 2003 literallyswitching to the"yes" campaign Theadministration hasa greatpower that workercampaigns have come out of mid-week.One of themost verbal "neu- canaffect the outcome of studentelec- Californiathan the rest of thenation, Issue:350 subcontracted dining services tral,+campaigners, James Lynch, wrote the tionsand referendumunless checks and butthose numbers are on therise in the workersearning $7.50/hr with no ben- languagefor both the "neutral" and "yes" balancesexist. Unfimunately, therules new millennium.Since 2001 there have efits. advertisingandstatements on the ballot. werenot followed and the administration been3 victoriouson-campus student- Whilethis may not seemoverly unfair wasallowed to overlyinfuence this stu- laborsolidarity campaigns within the Results:In September2003 the Sodexho initially+it becomesso whenone takes dentreferendum UC systemalone, here’s how they break contractwill be terminatedand workers intoaccount that the +’Neutral +"campaign This becomeseven more important down: will be broughtunder AFSCME3299 wasgiven funds in excessof $7,000!The whenone takes into account that the "yes" union.Workers will earn $10/hr and up "Yes"and the "No" sides were both given campaignwas systematicallydestroying UC San Diego -- 2001 dependingon experience,with benefits. $3,500.In effectthe whole reason for the information,banners and other printed creationof a "neutral"side was to enable materialsof the "no"campaign. On at Issue:57 sub-contractedjanitors earning Studentgroup formed (as o resultof cam- the administrationto give more than leastthree separate occasions, more than S6.7S/hrwith no benefits. paign):Students for Labor Solidarity doublethe fundingto pro-referendum20 bannersmade by the "no"side were studentsas theanti-referendum students. destroyed.Each time,"yes" banners Result:In Fallof 2001the contract with Thecoalition between students, workers, Theirother reason for existence was from wereput up in theplace where there had Bergenson’sjanitorial services was theadministrative advisors, Braiisford terminatedand workerswere brought continu~lon I~ 6 and Dunlaveywho recommendedthat continuedon INIge4 new indicator new indicator Page3

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In 2000, one, absentsome catastrophic paigntl,eatened students who security,in thiscase the secu- and the administrationclaimed hv ~)~mmonDreams.org.The Butthis time it wasn’tjust your In the UnitedStates, the U.S.,which has the most ardent, to wage thiswar on the middle PNAC submitteda reportabout and catalyzingevent--like a rityof the people."Democracy, were passingout "no"litera- that it was an AS referendum. talkhas been edited fi)r h’ngth. arrangementis more complex. vociferousdefenders of the cast.Many say it is lbr democ- "’RebuildingAmericas Military" ordinarybrand of friendlyneigh- new PearlHarbor." ture. One memberwho is also This confusionwas increased the modem world’sholy cow, (’learChannel Worldwide Incor- ideaof FrccSpeech, and (until riley,others say it is foroil. In {eventhough the Military had, at borhoodfrenzy. It was Frenzy is in crisis.And the crisis is a After 9/11 and following the vice-chairof UCAB,Justin whenthe AS, who was in charge poratedis thelargest radio sta- recently)the most elaborate leg- thck the policymakers them- thetime over 40% of thenational Whenthe UnitedStates invaded witha Purpose.It usheredin an conflictin Aflghanistan,theBush Williams,threatened a female of running the referendum, profoundone. Every kind of tionowner in thecountry. It runs islationto protectit, has so cir- selveshave alreadysaid why. budget).The PNAC reportwas Iraq, a New Yark Times/CBS olddoctrine in a newbottle: the Administrationin Septemberof studenton the "’No"campaign, voted to endorsethe referen- outrageis beingcommitted in morethan 1,200 channels, which cumscribedthe spacein which In 1990 when the USSR broke openabout their desire to move News surveyestimated that 42 Doctrineof Pre-emptiveStrike, 2002 publishedits "National whisperingmenacingly, "you dum,creating a conflict of inter- the name of democracy.It has togetheraccount tbr 9 percentof thatfreedom can be expressed. up and ceased to be a world theU.S. toward imperialist mili- percentof the Americanpublic a.k.a.The UnitedStates Can Do SecuritStrate, ’of" the United betterwatch out." "Yes" cam- becomelittle more than a hollow the market.Its CEOcontributed super power, America tbund est. The lack of bylawsgave believedthat SaddamHussein In a strange,convoluted way, the tarism.In orderto movetowards Statesof America."The official WhateverThe ttell It Wants, word,a prettyshell, emptied of paign members attempted to the"yes" campaign (self titled was directlyresponsible for hundredsof thousandsof dollars soundand fury that accompanies itselfthe single most powerful a policy"conducive to American AndThat’s Official. all contentor meanmg.It can policyof theU.S. government, is physicallyremove campaign the "ReferendumStrike Force") to Bush’selection campaign. thelegal and conceptual dcfimsc countryin theworld. It called interestsand ideals... The chal- the SeptemberI lth attackson Thewar against lraq has been virtuallyidentical to thepolicy materialfrom library walk and thego-ahead to indiscriminately be whateveryou wantit to be. When hundreds of thousands of" Free Speech in America this powcr"preeminence".This h’ngeo] thiscoming centum’ is the World Trade Center and foughtand won and no Weapons proposalsin the variouswhite verballyharassed two members destroy and deface the "No" Democracyis the Free World’s of Americancitizens took to servesto maskthe process of the "’preeminence’"was something to preserveand enhancethis the Pentagon. And an AB(" of Mass Destructionhave been papersof the Projectfor the of the "No" campaign.They whore,willing to dressup, dress the streetsto protestagainst that neededto be guardedand campaign’sliterature. The Newspoll said that55 percent rapiderosion of thepossibili- ’Americanpeace’." in order New AmericanCentury (PNAC) found.Not even a littleone. Per- down,willing to satisfya whole also slanderedthe "no" cam- AS un-electPresident, Jeremy of Americans believed that the war on Iraq,(’lear (’han- tiesof actuallyexercising that hencethe plansto controlthe to createand enforce this "pax hapsthey’ll have to be planted rangeof taste,available to bc andothers like it overthe past paignwith literaturecalling Gallagherwas presentedwith nelorganized pro-war patriotic freedom middleeast. Americana"PNAC says that we SaddamHussein directly sup- beforethey’re discovered. And decade. historicalinformation, "lies", usedand abused at will. "Ralliesfor America"across The news and entertainment PNAC,or the Projectfbr the thisproblem before the voting portedAI Qaida.None of this then, the more troublesome willneed to "’.fightand decisiveh, Chief among them is the Untilquite recently, right up the country.It used its radio and "deceit."In an effortto startedand had the chance to do opinionis based on evidence industryin theU.S. is lbr the New American Century was win multiph,, simultaneous policy of "pre-emptive"war amongstus willneed an expla- to the 1980"s,democracy did respondto these smear tac- somethingabout it, but did not. stationsto advertisethe events most partcontrolled by a few fbundedin 1997 by a group of major-theaterwars. "’ (becausethere isn’t any). All nationfor why SaddamHusscin seemas thoughit mightactually Whenever the U.S. thinks a tics, the "No" campaignput Studentsfrom the co-opssug- and thensent correspondents to majorcorporations - AOL-Timc conservativesincluding Donald it is basedon insinuation,auto- didn’tuse themwhen his coun- In servingas world "con- country may be amassingtoo up a website to document succeedin deliveringa degree of coverthem as thoughthey were Rumsfeld,Dick Cheney,James gestedpostponing the election suggestion,and outfightlies Warner,Disney, Viacom, News stable,"no otherforces will much power and/orcould pro- trywas being invaded. realsocial justice. breakingnews. The era of manu- theirsources of information. until9th weekin orderto get circulatedby theU.S. corporate Corporation.Each of these Woolsey,Paul Wollbwitz,Rich- be permittedto getin theway. vide some sort of competition Of course,there’ll be no But moderndemocracies have Thissite can still be foundat properelections bylaws but Gal- facturingconsent has given way corporationsowns and controls ard Perle,Bill Kristol,James Such actions"’demand Ameri- in the "benevolenthegemony" media,otherwise known as the answers... beenaround fbr long enough tbr www.studentcontrol.org,even lagherwas unwilling to listento to the era of manufacturing TV stations,film studios, record Bolton,Zalmay M. Khalilzad, canpolitical leadership rather "’FreePress," that hollow pillar In starkcontrast to thevenal- region, it can be attacked, thoughthe accusationsfrom the thisrequest. The GSA’s lack of nee-liberalcapitalists to learn news. Soon media newsrooms companies,and publishingven- WilliamBennett, Dan Quayle, thanthat o[the United Natures." on which contemporaryAmeri- ity displayedby theirgovern- withoutprovocation. A later "Yes"website were taken down how to subvert them. They willdrop the pretense, and start tures.Effectively, theexits are and Jeb Bush. in 1998, PNAC No countrywill be permittedto participationis also disturbing candemocracy rests. ments,on the 15thof February, corollarywould open up the immediatelyafter the election. havemastered the technique of" hiringtheatre directors instead urged President Clinton to giventheir charge of represent- Apartfrom the invented links sealed. competewith the U.S. when it country’satomic policy: nuclear One of the most important weeksbefore the invasion,in infiltratingthe instruments of of journalists. invadeIraq. While he refused, ing UCSD graduatestudents. betweenIraq and AI Qaida,we America’smedia empireis comesto weaponryor influence; weapons no longer need be the mostspectacular display of democracy- the "independent’" As America’sshow business he did continuethe frequent failingsin thisreferendum was Thefact that they were unwill- controlledby a tinycoterie of therefore,more U.S. military considereddefensive, but could had the manufhcturedfrenzy publicmorality the world has judiciary,the "free" press, the thelack of ElectionsBylaws. In ingto participatein creating any gets more and more violent people.Chairman of theFederal bombingof Iraqicivilians and baseswill be establishedin the about Iraq’sWeapons of Mass everseen, more than 10 million an attemptto blocka grassroots parliament- and moldingthem and war-like,and America’s (’ommunications(’ommission infrastructure.Their plans did variousregions of the globe. Destruction.George Bush the peoplemarched against the war studentmovement to include to theirpurpose. The project wars get more and more like continuedon page 7 Lesserwent to the extentof MichaelPowcll, the son of Sec- continuedon page 6 on 5 continents.Many of you, of corporateglobalization has showbusiness, some interesting sayingit wouldbe "suicidal" l’m sure, were among them. crackedthe code. Frec elections, an appaHingroadtr, p lasting bombs that the U.S. dropped TIA: cross-oversare taking place. The continuedon page 6 Democracy: matterthat there is no "real- up to fburdays, so thirstythey stilllitter the country, continuedfrom front page centralizeddatabase? People clawedat theskin of theirfellow Human Rights Watch has technologiesis a "verydifficult Act’sreliance on secretcourts arealready concerned about the municationsAssistance to Law is usedand who has access [O prisonersas theylicked perspi- writtenabout the post-U.S, inva- tinuedfrom page 2 TIA: problem"and that it’s just begin- and proceedingsis of highly EnlbrcementAct ((’ALEA) I)emocracyto its peoples.Even rationand even drankblood lossof "practicalobscurity" as it,and lherighl to knowwhal sion of Afghanistanthat there fromprevious page ningthese tests. R-I 7. questionableconstitutionality: enactedto ensurethat the FBI institutionsand record systems thoughthe media has dropped from open wounds. searchablepublic records data- are"increasingly harsh restric- the DefenseIntelligence Agency Second,the Reportempha- and the Fourth Amendment’s willahvays be ahleto intercept containpersonal Jnfi)rnlalJon all Afghanistanlike an oldrag, yes- Witnesses say that when basesgo onlineand as search tions on women and girls"by and DoD’sCounterintelligence sizesprivacy protection tech- constitutionalprotections have phoneconversations. revolvearound accountability. terday’snews is stillimportant. thetrucks arrived and soldiers enginesmake it easierto find (or publicrecord reformation) the new Afghani government. FieldActivity. A-2. nologies,like automated audit been greallyweakened by the But theReport doesn’t discuss We shouldlook at Afghanistan openedthe containers,most of informationabout them across for themto "giverise" to con- "’whohas receivedmilitary and Moreto thepoint, the direc- trails,selective revelation, and Supreme(’ourt’s restricted con- Thereport gives short shrift these issueseven thoughTIA foran exampleof how theU.S. the peopleinside were dead. manywebsites. financialassistance from the cerns. anonymization.R-34. But the ccptof "reasonableexpectation to othercivil liberties issues is alreadybeing tested on real managesa countrythat it has tivesays: "During experiments, Theyalso say US SpecialForces UnitedStates." The Reportdoes recognize probableeffectiveness of" these of privacy." brought"democracy" to. DARPA,contract and contract Fe.7,; ~ programsare actually dataabout real people. For the re-directedthe containers carry- "The UnitedStates blocked that"the various tools lbr Imman technologiesis not discussed. Second,the gaps in exist- By law, this Report was Afghanistanis stillreeling supportpersonnel analyze real evaluated ordinaryperson, TIA is a giant ingthe living and dead into the proposalsby Afghan leaders identificationat a distance No intbmlationis givenabout ing privacylaw ;.irewidening requiredto "’assess[]the likely fromthe U.S. invasion and tales datawith various tools to exam- stispicion-generatingmachine. desertand stood by as survivors including President ttamid (ltumanlD, ARM, and NGFR) thecurrent state of thesetech- becauseof new technologies impactof the implementation" of humanrights abuses arc filter- inereal problems .... As a result The Reportadmits that "ulti- T[A’s most obvious purpose wereshol and buried. Now, up to Karzai,and the UnitedNations may raisesignificant privacy niqt.csor howwell they will in a that exposemore of our lives of TIA on civil libertiesas ingthrough the tight security that of theseexperiments, interest- mateimplementation of some of is to idcnti[~isuspected terror- threethousand bodies lie buried tbr an expandedISAF to patrol issuesif deployedin particular largeand complex system. to otilcrsand eliminate "’reason- wellas of privacy,l’Fl:’s con- theU.S. is tryingto keeparound ingresults from an intelligencethe componentprograms of TIA ists(although, giveu the recent in a massgrave. the countrysideand act as a contexts."R-35. But it doesn’t Third, the Report relies able’"privacy expectations. The allinformation in Aflghanistan. perspectivemay be generated. mayraise significant and novel ternsabout programs like IIA allegationsabout lhc use of the The filmhas sentshockwaves discusshow those isstics would deterrentto renewedfighting Judgmentsregarding the value heavily on the mantra that riseof" the Internet and c-mail and (’APPSII alwaysinclude IlomeJandSecurity I)eparlmenl Citizensin Afghanistanare aroundthe world.It has been privacyand civil liberties policy and human rights abuses by of suchresults and any st, bsc- or shouldbe resolved. existinglaw protectsprivacy. meansthat warrantless survcil- accountability,because account- to trackDemocralic legislators complamingthat the Talibanis broadcaston nationaltelevision issues."R-27. But it does little to warlordsand their subordinates. qucntproduction of intelligence For instance,each operational hmcc can gatherinformation abilityis essentialto both"thir m Texas.one shouldbe con- backand it is evenmore repres- in Britain,Germany, Italy and addressthese issues. Instead, the Thesolution ott~red by theU.S., is thepurview of theoperational Litth"concrete discussion ~?/ componentof Dol) that hosts about people’s reading and informationprinciples’" andcivil cernedthat TIA will be used sive than before.The U.S. is Australia.It hasbeen screened Reportaddresses privacy issues , to havewarlords provide secu- usersand analysts,not DARPA." lwivac.) TIAtools or technologiesis sup- viewinghabits -something that libertiesother than privacy. Bul for other purposes).Ilow do even putting members of the by the Europeanparliament. thatmight arise during DARPA’s rityoutside of Kabulwhile the D-5.We seehere, all too clearly, posedto "’preparea substantive was unlikelyto happenbclbre there’seven less discussion in you clear your name if a TIA Talibanback into powerwhere It has outragedhuman rights developmentof TIA. And even internationalcommunity trains a that DARPAhas alreadywashed Evenfor the remaining lbur pro- legalreview that . . . analyzes theInternct. theReport of accountabilityand analysl,aided by an "’intelli- alternativesexist. groupsand internationalhuman here, the Reportraises more fhtureAfghan army, has proven its handsas to the potential grams Genisys, EELD, SSNA the legalissues raised by the Third,"existing" privacy law civilliberties issues. gentagcnl,’" mistakenly decides In additionto this,there is rightslawyers. They are calling questionsthan it answers:TIA is to be a fhilure.’"(www.hrw.org/ effectsof using TIA on data and MinDet- the discussion underlyingprogram to which changes.Since 9/I I, thepassage that you’resuspicious? Will new. conclusiveevidence that for investigationinto whether beingtested on "’realdata" about backgrounder/asia/afghanistan/ is sparse.The Reportidenti- theTIA tools will bc applied." of the USA-PATRIOTAct, the t’uhlicaccountahilitv in"1"1,4 :v U.S. fbrceshave beeninvolved aboutreal people. realpeople. you even know? Amazingly, U.S.Special Forces arc guilty of bonnI yr-bck.htm) tiesthe main privacy issues tbr R-34.Maybe these reviews will I lomelandSecurity Act, and ~t(’l’elopment in the slaughterof 3000 plus When the Reportdoes talk while EFF worriesabout the war crimes. Theseare significantprob- The Report’sdiscussion of theseprograms as: aggregation bc more enlighteningthan the theAviation Security Act have accuracyand quality of thedata unarmedprisoners in Afghani- aboutspecific TIA programs,it But most Americans have lemsand it leadsone to askthe of data,unauthorized access to Reportitselt: causedtectonic shifts in thepri- The Reportemphasizes admin- thatTIA woulduse, the Report stan._A~a0 Ma~sacre: Conv~.~, privacyis toolimited takesshortcuts. Of the 18 TIA neverheard of thefihn. That’s question:Is theU.S. serious in TIA, and unauthorizeduse of ~r~lC) landscape,and not lbl the istrati~,ccontrols on TIA’s of__[)cjKbis a recentdocumen- programs,the Reportidentifies blithelydisnlis~es the isstie: becausenot onecorporate media itsattempts to bringdemocracy TIA. R-33.It doesn’tseem to The reportignores problems better.Tellingly, the Report actu- development,such ;.is a l)ol) taryabout the U.S.’s treatment onlyeight that raise privacy con- "TIAdoes not, in andof itselE outlelin the U.S. will touch it. It to the peoplesof Afghanistan thinkthat authorized use ofTIA in exislingprivacy law allylists the LJSA-PAIRIOTAct oversightboard and a Federal raiseany particularconcerns of prisonersm Afghanistan.It hasnever bcfbre been broadcasl cerns: Genisys,EELD, SSNA, andIraq? If it is nolblatantly A clearmessage of theReport is raisesa majorprivacy issue. and the ItomclandSecurity Act Advisory(’onnniltcc of outside aboutthe accuracyof indi~idu- tellsthe story of thousandswho in thiscountry. (to download: MInl)et,Bio-ALIRT, ttumanlD, lying,is theU.S. even capable Bulit doesn’taddress those The Reporl tells us that as lawsthat "’might either con- experts.R-31. Such administra- alh identiliableinftwmatlon." surrenderedto the I.JS military’s thatTIA is notintended to create ARM, and NGFR. But almost m infbrmationclearinghousc.inre/ of providingthe basicorgani- issuesso much as it dellccts TIA must "’operatewithin the strataor (asa logisticalmatter) tiveconlrols are no substitutefor Afghanallies after the siege of a grantgovernment database. R- thesame breath, the Report sets R-32.The Report’s logic is that article3532.hlm). zationalnecessities to a wartorn 27 (’the TIA Programis no! them.First, the Report empha- conlinesof exislmglaw.’" R- completelyblock deployment of trnepublic accountability: the TIAis "’simplya lool l~,~r inore Kunduz.According to eyewit- ltumanrights organizations asideBio-ALIRT and the three country?These are not merely attemptingto createor access sizes DARPA’scommitment to 32: R-28 ("This reportdoes TIAsearch tools." R-18. lackof mlbrmationm thiscon- elticientlyinquiring aboul dala nesses,some threethousand of are condemning America’s "’humanidentification" tools questions to ponder in the a centralizeddatabase that will TIA’s effectivenessand accu- not reconnnend"my changesm And sometimes, when new gressionally-mandalcdreport in Ihc hands of others."and the prisonerswere forcedinto involvementin Afghanistan. because"they are not the pro- abstract.There arc many who storeinformation gathered from racy.R-3Y Unfortunately, it’s statutorylaw"). There are three technologiesmight make surveil- shouldmake lhat clear. ihisconcern aboul dahl qualiiy scaledcontainers and loaded The U.S. specialforces have gramsthat have given rise to the areliving the responses to these vanouspublicly or privately not clearhow TIA’seffective- problemshere. First, there’s no lanceharder fbr the government, "’wouldexist regardless of lhe ontotrucks for transport to She- refusedto allowinternational greatestlevel of concern(or that questions right now. Maybe helddatabases"). nesswill be evaluated."We can reasonto thinkthai existing law newlaws or regulationslighten .4(’countahilitvinthe use ~?/ TIA method employed."R-32-33. bcrghanprison. Eyewitnesses pressaccess and have continued gaverise to this report)." R-3 I. adequatelyprotects personal pri- beforewe starttalking about But thismessage is no com- neverknow for certain that there the government’sburden. The II’sremarkable lhat the govern- say when the prisonersbegan to threaten,intimidate and beat Thisis a prettyblatant dodge. thenext country to destabilize fort. As noted above,part of is a terroristplan out there to vacyor civilliberties. For exam- useof encryptionhas been held PrivacyAct conceptslike the mentcan so easilyignore the shoutingfbr air, U.S.-allied reporters.Women’s rights have For example, ARM and NGFR or "bring democracyto", we TIA aims to make physically be detecteduntil after the t~lcl; ple,Watergate-era laws like the back by governmentregulation rightto a copyof one’srecords, harm that suspicionbased on Afghansoldiers fired directly declinedto worsethan they were weren’t even funded in FY shouldattempt to makegood on disparateheterogeneous data- therefore,DoD is developing PrivacyAct are widelyregarded of encryptionexport; when the theright to disputeor correct baddata might cause Io people. intothe truck,killing many of underthe Taliban.Unexploded 2003;there’s hardly been time our promisesto help Afghani- basesseem like a giant"virtual" collateralmeasures of perfbr- today as under-enforcedand FBI toldCongress thai digital informationbelieved to be giventhe problemswe already them.The rest suffered through bombletsfrom illegalcluster startand Iraq. database.If so, doesit really mance." R-15. DARPA admits riddledwith loopholes; the For- telephonymight hinder its abil- inaccurate,the rightto know continuedon next page thattesting TIA’s data-mining eignIntelligence Surveillance ityto wiretapphone, the Corn- how one’spersonal information continuedon page 6 new indicator new indicator

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Students for Economic Roy .Ir.’s74th birthday, President Network: nizinglnstitute(UCOl).StudentsJustice(SEJ) is doingresearch continuedfrom page5 Bushdenounced the University continuedfrom frontpage agreedto meet regularlyby on a campusliving wage and WE ALMOST FORGOT IT WAS A LIE! of Michigan’saffirmative acuon regionsto shareresources and on what gains can be made programfavouring Blacks and faculty,staff, politicians andthe strategiesand to havea UCOI withPrice Center Food Court retaryof State (’olin Powell, has Latinos.He called it "divisive,’" local communityhave been conferenceeach year. workersthat earn $6.75/hour proposedeven further deregu- "’unfair,"and"unconstitutional." theforce that have pushed all Studentsacross the UC are and have no benefitsor job h~tionof the communication The successfuleffort to keep of thesecampaigns to victory at differentstages of organiz- security.Off campus SEJ helped industry,which will lead to even Blacksoff the voting rolls in in a relativelyshort period of ing, some like UCR and UCI win the Justicefor Janitors greaterconsolidation. theState of Florida in orderthat time.Although workers had are just beginningto form contractcampaign and is help- So hereit is - theWorld’s GeorgeBush be electedwas of been attemptingto organize coalitionsand others like UCSD ingto passa livingwage ordi- (ireatestDemocracy, led by courseneither unthir nor uncon- foryears, the formation of a and UCLAare workingon new nancefor the city of SanDiego. manwho was not legally elected. stitutional.I don’t suppose affir- coalitioncatalyzed the timeline campaignsand on developing Accordingto the campaignwin America’sSupreme Court gifted mativeaction tbr WhiteBoys of each campaign.From the newand maintaining old rela- patternin theUC’s, 2004 should him his job.What price have FromYale ever is. timeof theformation of their tionshipswith campus workers. bringits fair share of victories Americanpeople paid for this So we knowwho’s paying for respectivecoalitions the UCSD At UCLAstudents hold classes acrossCalifornia, if students spuriouspresidency’? thewar. We knowwho’s fighting campaignwon in four months on citizenshipand Englishas continueto playa pivotalrole. In thethree years of George it.But who will benefit from it’? and the UCSCcampaign won in a secondlanguage, and are For more info on how to Bushthe Lesser’sterm, the Whois homingin on therecon- onlysix weeks. Although all of currentlyworking on a new get involvedin thisstate- Americaneconomy has lost structioncontracts estimated thesestudent-labor solidarity campaigninvolving parking morethan two millionjobs. wide movementemail us at to be worthup to one hundred effortswere occurring across workers.At UCSD, MEChA’s [email protected] come to Outlandishmilitary expenses, billondollars? Could it be the UC systemstudents were workerscommitte.~ is doing an SEJ meeting:Tuesday 7pm corporatewclthre, and tax give- America’spoor and unemployed not connectedon any formal buildingvisits with janitors, at theWomen’s Center. awaysto therich have created a andsick’? Could it be America’s leveluntil the Santa Cruz con- andwill also be holdingwork- financialcrisis tbr the U.S. edu- singlemothers’? Or Americas cationalsyslem. According to a Blackand Latino minorities? FINALLY! FREEDOM COMES TO IRAQI!! IT WAS SO TRIUMPHANT!SO GLORIOUS! surveyby theNational Council Arcingacross this subter- EVERYONE IS FREE TO TRAMPLE ON THE HATED STATUE OF SADDAM! WAIT! WHERE THE FUCK DID THAT FLAG COME FROMI??! ofthe information thatthe "No’" responseto studentslike you EVERYONE HELP PULL IT DOWN ofState Legislatures, U.S.states fuge,dwarfing it by thesheer campaignput out and the pres- HOW DID THE FLAG FROM THE 9/11 PENTAGON cut.-19 billion dollars inpublic Price: organizingefforts and putting magnitudeof itsmalevolence, surethey levied by organizinga pressureon theadministration GET TO BAGHDAD WITH SOME MARINES!??! services,health, welfare bene- continuedfrom front page is America’santi-terrorism leg- hugeNo-Vote turnout (well over to listento ourvoices. It is tits,and education in2002. They islation.The U.S.A. Patriot Act electionbylaws marginalized 2000students voted against the planto cutanother 25.7 billion evenmore important after the LOOK HOW THE PEOPLE OF BAGHDAD ARE CROWDING THE passedin October2001, has the high amountof Graduate refbrendum),the administra- dollarsthis year. That makes passageof theadministration’s STREETSTO CELEBRATETHEIR FREEDOM! becomethe blueprint for similar Studentdiscontent with the ref- tionwas scramblingto start referendumthat we make it a totalof 75 billiondollars. anti-terrorismbillsin countrieserendum. longoverdue improvements on clearthat the moneyraised LOOK HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE AROUND THE STATUE! Bush’sinitial budget request Io acrossthe world. It waspassed Whileit is sadthat the ref- the StudentCenter, UCAB is is student’smoney, it is also THERE’SLIKE - 200! IN A CITY OF OVER 5 MILLION! Congressto financethe war m in theHouse of Representativeserendumpassed becauseof consideringforthe first time in Iraqwas 80 billion dollars. importantnot to let all of these by a majorityvote of 337 to undemocratictactics by the itsten year existence to have movementsdrop by the way- So who’spaying tbr the war’? 7o ,ccordingto the Nev York AND A TANK WAS PULLING DOWN THE STATUE!! administrationandtheir student electionsfor some of itsrepre- side.The information that the America’spoor. Its students, its Times,"Many lawmakers said I DIDN’TSEE THAT ON TV!!! lackeys,it is nottoo late for sentativesand the student gov- NewIndicator printed in theFee unemployed,its singlemoth- it hadbeen impossible to truly the studentsat UCSDto get ernmentsare finally seriously ers,its hospital and home-carc Referendumissue and online at HOW MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE JOURNALISTS???! debateor evenread the legisla- intbrmedand takecontrol of consideringindependence. All patients,itsteachers, andhealth www.studentcontrol.orgis still tion." theirstudent centers. Because of thesethings are the direct relevant. workers. The PatriotAct ushersin WE SHOULD BE SO PROUD THAT 139 AMERICANS WENT TO Andwho’s actually fighting an era of systemicautomated IRAQ TO DIE SO THAT ALL OF THESE HAPPY CITIZENSCOULD thewar’? TEAR DOWN THIS STATUE!!! surveillance.Itgives the govern- OrganizationFile (VGTOF), vacyAct requirements of accu- Onceagain. America’s poor. meetthe authorityto monitor is expanding.In 1995VG’FOF The soldierswho arc baking racy,relevance, timeliness, and THIS IS CERTAINLYTHE FREEDOM THEY WERE LOOKING FOR! phonesand compulcrsand spy TIA: was mainlyused to trackvio- inIraq’s desert sun are not the on peoplein waysthat would completeness.Why? Because WITH HELP FROM TANKS AND MARINES! continuedfrom page 5 lenturban street gangs: today, "itis impossibleto determine childrenof Ihcrich. Only one haveseemed complelcly unac- it includescategories like in advancewhat intbrmation is ofall the representatives in the ccptablea few years ago. It gives DONALD RUMSFELDCALLED THIS "BREATHTAKING"!!!! "’anarchists,""militia," "white accurate,relevant, timely and tlouscof Representativesand theFBI the power to seizeall of see with "no-fly"and other theSenate has a childfighting supremacist,""’black extrem- complete." I AM PROUD OF MY PRESIDENT! thecirculation, purchasing, and watchlists. ist,’""animal rights extremist," in In America’s"’volunteer" otherrecords of libraryusers N. "environmentalextremist," The rqmrt~nores how photosfrom: www.informationclearinghouse.info/article2838.htm armyin factdepends on a pov- and bookstorecustomers on Civilliberties andTIA "radicalIslamic extremist," and deployingH/t might ~apand ertydraft of poor whites, Blacks, thesuspicion that they are part "Europeanorigin extremist." surveillance. l,atinos,and Asians looking tbr of a terroristnetwork. It blurs TheReport defines civil liber- theworld targeted institutions name,and you have the right to a way Io cam a IMngand get And of course,data accuracy Roy of apartheid.Each one of them refuse.You could refuse to fight. theboundaries between speech hesas "relat[ing]primarily to is a problemhere. The Denver Why?: an education.Eederal statistics andcriminal activity creating Finally,the Reportis almost shouldbe named,exposed, and Refuseto movethose missiles TIA: theprotection of the individual’s police departmenthad for silenton howthe very existence from previouspage continuedfrom page 6 showthat African Americans the spaceto construeacts of constitutionalrights to, among boycotted.Forced out of busi- fromthe warehouse to thedock. continuedfrom page4 yearsbeen keeping secret files and use of TIA might cause Refuseto wavethat flag. Refuse makeup 21 percentof thetotal civildisobedience as violating others,freedom of expression,on politicalactivists such as ness.That could be ourresponse armedforces and 29 percent missioncreep, source creep, and companiesthat should be to theShock and Awe campaign. thevictory parade. infamousin CaliforniaBank- be usedoffensively m support thelaw. freedomof thepress and assem- the AmericanFriends Service of the U.S.army. They count andso on.There are hints--the It wouldbe a greatbeginning. You havea richtradition ersAssociation v. Shultz. Even of political/economicends: Apartfrom paying the actual bly,freedom of religion, inter- Committee,a Quakerpeace- boycotted.Apart from the usual for only 12 percentof the Reportrecognizes that human targets- Coke,Pepsi, McDon- Anotherurgent challenge is of resistance.You needonly withoutTIA, therehas been so-called"mini-nukes" could economiccosts of war,Amen- statetravel, equal protection, activistgroup, and the pro-gun generalpopulation. It’s ironic, identificationtools might be aids- governmentagencies like to exposethe corporate media readttoward Zinn’s A People’s talkof requiringISPs to retain be employedin theseregional canpeople are paying for these anddue process of law."R-27. lobby.Last summer,when a isn’tit - thedisproportionately used"to justify longer retention USAID,the British DFID, Brit- forthe boardroom bulletin that Historyof theUnited States to recordsof theirsubscriber’s wars. warsof "liberation"with their Butit saysnothing meaningful manlisted in the Denver files as highrepresentation of African of[]stored surveillance tapes of ishand American banks, Arthur it reallyis. We need to createa remindyourse!f ofthis. Interactuse. TheBush administration is ownfreedoms. For the ordinary abouthow implementingTIA a gun-rightsgroup member got Americansin the army and American,the priceof "New publicplaces." R-35. 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Everyday Saddamremains in So hasthe strategic decision Obviouslythe administration U.S.officials never expected powerwith chemical weap- beenmade to disarmIraq of intendsto publicizeall the that"we weregoing to open ons,biological weapons, and itsweapons of massdestruc- weaponsof massdestruction garagesand find"weapons the developmentof nuclear tionby theleadership in U.S.forces find--and there of massdestruction. weaponsis a dayof danger Baghdad?I thinkour judg- willbe plenty. CondoleezaRice forthe United States. menthas to be clearlynot. Neoconscholar Robert May 12, 2003 Sen. JosephLieberman, Colin PoweU Kagan Democrat- CT March 8, 2003 April9, 2003 I justdon’t know whether September4, 2002 it wasall destroyed years Intelligencegathered by I thinkyou have always ago--Imean, there’s no Simplystated, there is no thisand other governments heard,and youcontinue to questionthat there were doubtthat Saddam Hussein leavesno doubtthat the hearfrom officials, a mea- chemicalweapons years now has weaponsof mass Iraqregime continues to sureof highconfidence that, ago--whetherthey were destruction. possessand concealsome indeed,the weaponsof mass destroyedright before the Dick Cheney of themost Lethal weapons destructionwill be found. war,(or) whether they’re August26, 2002 everdevised. AriF[eischer stillhidden. GeorgeBush April10, 2003 Maj.Gen. David Petraeus Rightnow, Iraq is expanding March 17, 2003 Commander101st Airborne andimproving facilities that We are[earning more as we May 13, 2003 wereused for the production Well,there is no question interrogateor have discus- of biologicalweapons. thatwe haveevidence and sionswith Iraqi scientists Beforethe war, there’s no GeorgeW. Bush informationthat Iraq has andpeople within the Iraqi doubtin my mindthat September12, 2002 weaponsof massdestruc- structure,that perhaps he SaddamHussein had weap- tion,biological and chemical destroyedsome, perhaps he onsof massdestruction, If he declareshe hasnone, particularly..,allthis will be dispersedsome. And so we biologicaland chemical. I thenwe willknow that madeclear in thecourse of willfind them. expectedthem to be found. SaddamHussein is once theoperation, for whatever George Bush I stillexpect them to be againmisleading the world. durationit takes. April24, 2003 found. AriFteischer AriFteischer Gen. MichaelHagee December2, 2002 March 21, 2003 Thereare people who in Commandantof the Marine Largemeasure have infor- Corps We knowfor a factthat Thereis no doubtthat the mationthat we need..,so May 21, 2003 thereare weapons there. regimeof SaddamHussein thatwe can trackdown the AriFleischer possessesweapons of mass weaponsof massdestruc- Giventime, given the 3anuary9, 2003 destruction.As this opera- tionin thatcountry. Donald numberof prisonersnow tioncontinues, those weap- Rumsfe[dApril 25, 2003 thatwe’re interrogating, I’m Ourintelligence officials onswill be identified,found, We’llfind them. It’ll be a confidentthat we’re going estimatethat Saddam Hus- alongwith the peoplewho matterof timeto do so. to findweapons of mass seinhad the materials to haveproduced them and GeorgeBush destruction. produceas muchas 500 tons who guardthem. May 3, 2003 Gen.Richard Myers of satin,mustard and VX Gen. Tommy Franks ChairmanJoint Chiefs of nerveagent. March 22, 2003 I am confidentthat we will Staff GeorgeW. Bush findevidence that makes May 26, 2003 3anuary28, 2003 I haveno doubtwe’re going it clearhe hadweapons of to findbig stores of weapons massdestruction. Theymay havehad timeto We know that SaddamHus- of massdestruction. ColinPowell destroythem, and I don’t seinis determinedto keep KennethAdelman, Defense May 4, 2003 knowthe answer. hisweapons of massdestruc- PolicyBoard Donald Rumsfeld tion,is determinedto make March 23, 2003 I neverbelieved that we’d May 27, 2003 more. justtumble over weapons ColinPowel! Oneof ourtop objectives is of massdestruction in that For bureaucraticrea- February5, 2003 to findand destroy the WMD. country. sons, we settled on one Thereare a numberof sites. DonaldRumsfeld We havesources that tell Pentagon Spokeswoman May 4, 2003 issue, weapons of mass us thatSaddam Hussein VictoriaClark destruction(as justi- recentlyauthorized Iraqi March 22, 2003 I’mnot surprised if we begin ficationfor invading fieldcommanders to use to uncoverthe weapons Iraq) because it was chemicalweapons--the very We knowwhere they are. programof SaddamHus- the one reason every- weaponsthe dictator tells us Theyare in thearea around sein--becausehe had a one could agree on. he doesnot have. Tikritand Baghdad. weaponsprogram. George Bush DonaldRumsfeld GeorgeW. Bush PaulWolfowitz February8, 2003 March 30, 2003 May 6, 2003 May 28, 2003