Posted on 09/26/2006 11:10:53 PM PDT by mukraker
Government documents released by a Freedom of Information Act request reveal the Bush administration is running a "shadow government" with Mexico and Canada in which the U.S. is crafting a broad range of policy in conjunction with its neighbors to the north and south, asserts WND columnist and author Jerome R. Corsi.
The documents, a total of about 1,000 pages, are among the first to be released to Corsi through his FOIA request to the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, or SPP, which describes itself as an initiative "to increase security and to enhance prosperity among the three countries through greater cooperation."
"The documents clearly reveal that SPP, working within the U.S. Department of Commerce, is far advanced in putting together a new regional infrastructure, creating a 'shadow' trilateral bureaucracy with Mexico and Canada that is aggressively rewriting a wide range of U.S. administrative law, all without congressional oversight or public disclosure," Corsi said.
Among the initial discoveries, said Corsi, is the existence of an internal Intranet website that never has been revealed to Congress or the public.
"This private internal website undoubtedly contains a wealth of documentation that the FOIA request has so far intentionally excluded."
Corsi told WND the documents reveal hundreds of internal meetings, memoranda of understanding and other referenced agreements that have not been disclosed.
"We have here the beginnings of a whitewash in which SPP evidently thinks the public will be hoodwinked by a 'Myths vs. Facts' document posted for public relations purposes on their public website."
Among the documents is an organizational chart accompanied by a listing of trilateral Mexican, Canadian and U.S. administrative officers who report on multiple cabinet level "working groups."
The government watchdog Judicial Watch announced today it has received some of the same documents, including the organizational chart, which can be seen in this pdf file, on page seven.
"There is no specific authorization for this massive administrative-branch integration with Mexico and Canada other than what amounts to a press conference jointly issued by President Bush, Mexico's President Vicente Fox, and Canada's then-Prime Minister Paul Martin on March 23, 2005, at the end of their summit in Waco, Texas," Corsi said.
"Even the "Myth vs. Facts" blurb on the SPP.gov website admits the SPP is neither a treaty nor a law."
"The Bush administration is trying to create the infrastructure of a new regional North American government in stealth fashion, under the radar and out of public view. Where is Congress, asleep at the wheel?"
The SPP organizational chart shows 13 working groups covering a wide range of public policy issues, including Manufactured Goods; Energy, Food & Agriculture; Rules of Origin' Health; E-Commerce; Transportation; Environment; Financial Services; Business Facilitation; External Threats to North America; Streamlined & Secured Shared Borders; and Prevention/Response within North America.
U.S. administrative-branch officers participating in these working groups are drawn from the U.S. departments of State, Homeland Security, Commerce, Treasury, Agriculture, Transportation, Energy, Health and Human Services, and the office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
The released documents affirm that counterparts from official governmental agencies in Mexico and Canada are combined with the U.S. administrative branch to form new trilateral "working groups" that actively rewrite U.S. administrative law to "harmonize" or "integrate" with administrative law in Mexico and Canada.
"What we have here amounts to an administrative coup d'etat," Corsi told WND. "Where does the Bush administration get the congressional authorization to invite two foreign nations to the table to rewrite U.S. law?"
So now we dance. My observation that Pastor is a leftist professor, and that our country is flooded with them, didn't sit well with you. I have no power to keep them from their think-tanks, foundations, non-profits, and even boardrooms. You don't either. So where do you plan on going with this observation?
I have no power to keep them from their think-tanks, foundations, non-profits, and even boardrooms. You don't either.
Did I ever claim to have that power?
So where do you plan on going with this observation?
I was wondering the same thing about yours.
Oops, I stepped on your toes. Sorry about that.
Isn't that supposition on your part? [chortle]
Something about my toes.
Isn't that supposition on your part?
Ward Churchill got himself removed from Colorado, or wherever he was.
His own actions are what got him removed, once they were exposed.
Looks like a trip to me.
"Ward Churchill got himself removed from Colorado, or wherever he was," andEven the instant replay ref has to provide a reason for the call."His own actions are what got him removed, once they were exposed?"
What I do disagree with you on is that he is no longer in a position to do/influence anything!
Pastor is a seriously misguided fellow, and should he ever get in a position where his ideas carry any weight, then I'll be the first to move to a bunker in Idaho.
You don't think that his current job does just that?
What is 'avoiding the question' called? Stumbling?
I have to go get ready for work, but I'll be back later.
Don't bother, I was speaking colloquially. If you think I was claiming that Churchill intended to get himself fired, then . . . heck, this is pointless.
What I do disagree with you on is that he is no longer in a position to do/influence anything!
Pastor is a seriously misguided fellow, and should he ever get in a position where his ideas carry any weight, then I'll be the first to move to a bunker in Idaho.
You don't think that his current job is "a position where his ideas carry any weight"?
I would argue that someone such as Noam Chomsky has some (my nod to you) weight, but having Hugo Chavez promote one of his books does nothing in the grand scheme of things. Nor does World Net Daily's flogging of this issue give any more weight to someone such as Jerome Corsi (also a professor and author).
Please substitute "do not claim" for "do not deny."
I would argue that someone such as Noam Chomsky has some (my nod to you) weight...
Yeah, yeah, yeah...Been there, done that...
Do you have a CLUE who Seymour Hersh and Noam Chomsky are? Apparently not.
Pathetic. Got any newer steps?
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