Bush sneaking North American super-state without oversight?

WorldNet Daily ^ | June 13, 2006 | Jerome Corsi

[conservativecorner]

Despite having no authorization from Congress, the Bush administration has launched extensive working-group activity to implement a trilateral agreement with Mexico and Canada.

The membership of the working groups has not been published, nor has their work product been disclosed, despite two years of massive effort within the executive branches of the U.S., Mexico and Canada.

The groups, working under the North American Free Trade Association office in the Department of Commerce, are to implement the Security and Prosperity Partnership, or SPP, signed by President Bush, Mexican President Vicente Fox and then-Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin in Waco, Texas, on March 23, 2005.

This trilateral agreement, signed as a joint declaration not submitted to Congress for review, led to the creation of the SPP office within the Department of Commerce.

The SPP report to the heads of state of the U.S., Mexico and Canada, -- released June 27, 2005, -- lists some 20 different working groups spanning a wide variety of issues ranging from e-commerce, to aviation policy, to borders and immigration, involving the activity of multiple U.S. government agencies.

The working groups have produced a number of memorandums of understanding and trilateral declarations of agreement.

The Canadian government and the Mexican government each have SPP offices comparable to the U.S. office.

Geri Word, who heads the SPP office within the NAFTA office of the U.S. Department of Commerce affirmed to WND last Friday in a telephone interview that the membership of the working groups, as well as their work products, have not been published anywhere, including on the Internet.

Why the secrecy?

"We did not want to get the contact people of the working groups distracted by calls from the public," said Word.

She suggested to WND that the work products of the working groups was described on the SPP website, so publishing the actual documents did not seem required.

WND can find no specific congressional legislation authorizing the SPP working groups. The closest to enabling legislation was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., on April 20, 2005. Listed as S. 853, the bill was titled "North American Cooperative Security Act: A bill to direct the Secretary of State to establish a program to bolster the mutual security and safety of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and for other purposes." The bill never emerged from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

In the House of Representatives, the same bill was introduced by Rep. Katherine Harris, R-Fla., on May 26, 2005. Again, the bill languished in the House Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment.

WND cannot find any congressional committees taking charge for specific oversight of SPP activity.

WND has requested from Word in the U.S. Department of Commerce a complete listing of the contact persons and the participating membership for the working groups listed in the June 2005 SPP report to the trilateral leaders. In addition, WND asked to see all work products, such as memorandums of understanding, letters of intent, and trilateral agreements that are referenced in the report.

Many SPP working groups appear to be working toward achieving specific objectives as defined by a May 2005 Council on Foreign Relations task force report, which presented a blueprint for expanding the SPP agreement into a North American Union that would merge the U.S., Canada and Mexico into a new governmental form.

Referring to the SPP joint declaration, the report, entitled "Building a North American Community," stated:

The Task Force is pleased to provide specific advice on how the partnership can be pursued and realized.

To that end, the Task Force proposes the creation by 2010 of a North American community to enhance security, prosperity, and opportunity. We propose a community based on the principle affirmed in the March 2005 Joint Statement of the three leaders that "our security and prosperity are mutually dependent and complementary." Its boundaries will be defined by a common external tariff and an outer security perimeter within which the movement of people, products, and capital will be legal, orderly, and safe. Its goal will be to guarantee a free, secure, just, and prosperous North America.

The CFR task force report called for establishment of a common security border perimeter around North America by 2010, along with free movement of people, commerce and capital within North America, facilitated by the development of a North American Border Pass that would replace a U.S. passport for travel between the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

Also envisioned by the CFR task force report were a North American court, a North American inter-parliamentary group, a North American executive commission, a North American military defense command, a North American customs office and a North American development bank.

[Ikemeister]

Like father, like son.

[mkjessup]

Hey it's not so bad, I'm looking forward to watching the French-Canadians and the Mexicans fight over which one of their languages gets to be the "official" second language of North America.

[DoctorMichael]

Glo-baloney Bump!

[namvet66]

Well, the Globalists, "United Countries of 'North' America" and "One-World" crowd must be ecstatic over this prospect.

This one seems to be flying just beneath the radar, as I have heard/read very little about it and did not realize that it (appears to be/is) a "fait accompli;" a "hecho arreglo," or in good ol English, a "Done Deal."

This is great. We are going to have a "Spanish" company paying for and building (no doubt using "undocumented workers" as laborers) a "Toll Road" (AND NO DOUBT, ONLY ACCEPT "AMEROS"--the New Proposed Currency)across the US of A, which will be "restricted" in its use for us "commoners."

It is times like this that I no longer wish that I was 21 again, as I fear that in 20 - 30 years from now, this wonderful and great Country of ours, will "No Longer Be!"

[AmishDude]

Yes, the mysterious new world order.

Woooooeeeeeeeoooooo

[cripplecreek]

Actually both parties seem to have the same goal.

[conservativecorner]

There's no mystery here. You just have to look and become educated on what is taking place. It's a lot easier to throw up a cartoon, as opposed to becoming knowledgeable concerning the giving away of our sovereignty.

[Mikey_1962]

I'm looking forward to watching the French-Canadians and the Mexicans fight over which one of their languages gets to be the "official" second language of North America.

My money's on the Mexicans, the Frogs will whine and snivel and give up.

[AmishDude]

I just want to know if it's the size of the JFK conspiracy or is it of Da Vinci Code proportions.

No, wait, this might be Area 51 stuff here.

[IncPen]

This smells alot like H!llary sCare® in the way it's being handled...

[dljordan]

"It's a lot easier to throw up a cartoon, as opposed to becoming knowledgeable concerning the giving away of our sovereignty."

It seems to me that every time someone warned about this in the past they got deluged with cutesy tin-foil-hat pictures. I've seen people deny that there is a CFR or Bilderberg group.

[conservativecorner]

Is there anything in the article that is an untruth? Surely you have something other than a one liner, or is this your whole ball of wax?

[David Isaac]

There are probably d--- few on this board who can remember who derailed Bush Sr.'s presidential bid in 1980, and why.

[Montana4Jesus]

President George Bush, President Vicente Fox of Mexico, and Prime Minister Paul Martin of Canada unveiled a blueprint for a safer and more prosperous North America when they announced the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) on March 23 in Waco, TX. They agreed on ambitious security and prosperity agendas to keep our borders closed to terrorism and open to trade. The SPP is based on the premise that security and our economic prosperity are mutually reinforcing, and recognizes that our three great nations are bound by a shared belief in freedom, economic opportunity, and strong democratic institutions.

The SPP provides the framework to ensure that North America is the safest and best place to live and do business. The Partnership is a trilateral effort to increase security and enhance prosperity among the three countries through greater cooperation and information-sharing.

Guided by a Leaders Statement and Action Plans on Security and Prosperity, Cabinet Secretaries and Ministers convened trilateral working groups to develop concrete work plans and specific timetables for securing North America and ensuring legitimate travelers and cargo efficiently cross our shared borders; enhancing the competitive position of North American industries in the global marketplace; and, providing greater economic opportunities for all of our societies while maintaining high standards of health and safety.

This is straight from the Home Page of the Website WWW.SPP.GOV

[AmishDude]

I've seen people deny that there is a CFR or Bilderberg group.

Don't forget about the trilateralists.

You can't forget the trilateralists.

[OB1kNOb]

"Actually both parties seem to have the same goal."

That's been my assessment too, based on their actions. - OB1

[dljordan]

"You can't forget the trilateralists."

Ancient history.

[conservativecorner]

From their own mouths, and ya just can't make this stuff up:

The Partnership is a trilateral effort to increase security and enhance prosperity among the three countries through greater cooperation and information-sharing.

[AmishDude]

But what does that eye on the top of the pyramid mean?

You know what I'm talking about...