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LAPD Moves to Further Restrict Public Oversight

Oppressive police have been able to disappear people who are politically inconvenient. In Soviet Russia and Pinochet's Chile -- to name a couple of examples in recent history-- have created a reign of fear among the populace.

(LOS ANGELES) - In a startling reversal of an established transparency policy, the Los Angeles Police Department has refused a recent routine records request, citing a 1993 court case, County of Los Angeles v. Superior Court (Kusar).

The Kusar case affirmed the public's right to view contemporaneous records and the LAPD has cited this case in its refusal to release a record which is only nine months old.

The United States of America Violates International Bioweapons Treaty

FIRST, THEY CAME FOR BRADLEY MANNING

(LOS ANGELES) - While the country responds with growing alarm over torture policies first instigated against prisoners in Guantánamo, policies which now appear to be levied against at least one American citizen, Bradley Manning, another policy violation has been overlooked by the guardians of our freedom.

The U.S. press has been mum, at least up until now, on the violation of the Biological Weapons Convention by none other than the United States government.

The Perfect Crime: Weaponized Conservatorship as a Whistleblower Gag (AUDIO)

Once these wheels start rolling there is no stopping that train...

(PORTLAND, Ore. KBOO) - Investigative journalist, Janet Phelan has hit a deep nerve in the Judicial-Industrial brainstem: What she has uncovered is the Perfect Crime as well as the only legal, airtight bag in which to silence whistleblowers.

Thanks to dubious accidental loopholes in the legal code, it is possible to strip an individual of the right to fight a well as the resources necessary to defend oneself.

Sacramento Judge Grants Melodie Scott a License

Janet discussing the latest in the Melodie Scott chronicles; Tune in and find out, Mike Herzog hosts "American Awakening" which airs on Oraclebroadcasting.com at 7:00 p.m. Central this Monday.…

(SACRAMENTO) - In a hearing in Sacramento Superior Court last Friday, controversial conservator Melodie Scott was granted a license to practice as a professional fiduciary.

The Empire Has No Clothes

The U.S. stated a commitment to dialogue with human rights groups prior to the review in Geneva, but failed to respond to human rights groups who as a result, were excluded from participation.

(LOS ANGELES) - Last month, representatives from the U.S. State Department submitted to the first-ever international review of the U.S. human rights record.

Running a highly charged gauntlet of criticism, the U.S. response with a display of a curious combination of concern, denial and self-congratulation.