ToDaZeD Fascist Wherethehellareweagain?!?
WTF, indeed
Running is circles shouting? If not for the imprimatur of PJM, this article’s tone and its author’s request for Anonymity “to avoid being targeted for prosecution by the Justice Department for exercising First Amendment rights” would have me raising a host of Red Flags. As it is, only a coupla few go up: but it’s worth keeping an eye on.
In 2002, Attorney General John Ashcroft directed the Justice Department to hold an annual training session for lawyers from Civil Rights as well as Assistant U.S. Attorneys and FBI agents. Its purpose was to educate these individuals regarding the requirements of both civil election laws — such as the Voting Rights Act that guarantee access to the polls — and the criminal election statutes that prohibit voter fraud and registration improprieties.
The recent 2008 conference, according to multiple sources, was a radical departure from prior events and quite disturbing. Unlike the past, all of the Civil Rights Division’s presentations were not made by lawyers from the Voting Section. Instead, some were also made by lawyers from the Criminal Section of Civil Rights. While most of the laws enforced by that Division are civil statutes, a small number provide for criminal prosecution for violations of the law that involve the threat or use of force.
...The Criminal Section is headed by a former ACLU attorney, Mark Kappelhoff
...One cited example of a “criminal” violation supposedly intended to “suppress” voting was sending mailers informing voters that you must be a citizen to vote, a requirement of state and federal law. One of the deputy chiefs, Mark Blumberg, told FBI agents and federal prosecutors that the individuals responsible for such a brochure should be brought before a federal grand jury to ask them if they belong to any “anti-immigrant” groups.
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